The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-28 00:00:00

THE MANCHESTER TURN-OUT. The strike continues, but has not extended, though some few additional workpeople have been thrown out ut of employment through the strike. The Pe° A' 3 l le On o c t l i a st r a i n k d walked through the streets of the town on yesterday, to the number of 600 or 800, men Y and women, and with men at their head carrying bos and books for contributions. These persons entere xe d s hops and houses on either side the route of the procession, and requested subscriptions, and appeared to be rather successful in their object, though the amounts given were generally small. The committee appointed by the workpeople on strikes av e issued an answer to the ad dress of their employs, published last week : "' I am afraid it is part of our English character to keep too much aloof from those who are beneath us, and therefore they are too much encouraged to look upon us with suspicion and dislike. How painful is the thought there are men and women growing up around us, ad ministering to our comforts, supplying our wants and necessities, with whose affections and natures we are as much unacquainted as if they were inhabitants of some other sphere ! If I were asked what is the greatest want in English society to mingle class with class, I would say in one word—the want of sympathy.'—The memorable and dying words of Mr. Justice Talfourd. " We, the self-acting minders and piecers of Manches ter, now on strike (although not anxious to enter into a paper war with our employers), deem it necessary to make a reply to the very wordy document they , have thought proper to publish to the world to `justify' their conduct. The public are led to believe that the opera tives of Manchester are continually making claims on their employers for advances, and in defence of their own interests they have been compelled to 'unite' to prevent the continued exactions. Our employers have endeavoured to impress upon the public mind the idea that we are strong unionists, and that our conduct has been dictatorial. Public sympathy to wards us will not be lessened by this statement of the masters, when we state that we have had no orgaei aa'ion since 1847. In the year 1850 a partial union was formed to resist certain encroachments then made. This association, however, did not last. In 1853 an attempt was again made to form a union, but, like the former, it did not last many months ; therefore our employers can not demonstrate that we have been influenced by a strong union among us, either in soliciting an advance at any time, or resisting a reduction of wages. Now with regard to the advance in our wages to which the em ployers allude, the fact is that only two advances have taken place in Manchester during the last 11 years—one in 1844, and another in 1853 ;so that the constantly recurring efforts of the operatives to obtain advances of wages' dwindle into insignificance. The masters say that they are 'unable to compete with other districts,'because they are paying from 20 to 25 per cent. more than Ash ton, Bury, Bacup, and otherplaces. On the most minute inquiry into the prices paid in these various districts it will be found most difficult to compare lists of prices, the plan on which employers regulate their various mills being so different. In some mills and towns the masters pay the piecers, in others they pay a creeler, in others _ the master pays the minder so much per thousand banks and the minder pays the piecers. So that, considering all these variations, it is utterly impossible to state what are the comparative prices of Manchester and other places. The only way the public and ourselves can ar rive at a definite conclusion as to the prices is to ask what is the average amount of wages that the minders receive in Manchester and elsewhere. We here publicly state that the average earnings of the minders in Man chester are only 183. per week, while the same amount or more is received in the neighbouring townships. This is the strongest proof we can give that, whatever be the amount our masters pretend to pay us, theactual amount •f money we receive is no more than in other towns. There is a statement made by the employers that in 1853 the self-acting minders aryl piecers now on strike demanded an advance of from 10 to 25 per cent. from the masters.' This is a very large exaggeration. The fact is, we asked our employers for an advance of 2d. per 1,000 banks, and it was generally paid, but, instead of that advance being 25 per cent., it averaged from 10 to 15 er cent. "The employers state 'that the advance demanded anl obtained from them in 1853 was an improper one, and, as all the towns have long since withdrawn these advances, the masters in Manchester must follow their example.' The mildest term that we can use in answer to this is that it is not true. Many towns were advanced at that time—Ashton among the number—and, to the credit of the employers of Ashton be it told, they have never dreamed about reducing their workpeople. There are other towns that we could cite, similar to Ashton, so that can be no excuse for the gentlemen of Manchester. 'We are told in the masters' vindication that in nearly every other town in which cotton-spinning is established there has been a large increase of milts during the last 10 years, but in Manchester there has been little extension.' If some of the gentlemen whose names are attached to the document in question had looked at their own con cerns they would see that they had doubled their estab lishments during the last 10 years—a convincing proof, we think, that trade has not always been bad with them. In addition our employers may congratulate themselves that they live and have their establishments in the very centre of this commercial city, to which the great buyers of cloth and yarn come direct to make their purchases, thereby affording facilities and advantages such as are not enjoyed by the masters in the surrounding districts. " The now order of things established at Mr. Pooley's, so vauntingly held up by the employers, has given such satisfaction (?) that the men have given notice no longer to continue the new order of things,' but wish to re turn to the old system. And what is this boasted system of Mr. Pooley's ? It is having one minder in a wheelhouse, and discharging all the rest, —a system not adopted, we believe, in any other part of the manufac turing districts, and which can never be worked advan tageously either for employers or employed. "There is a seemingly strong ease made out in the masters' document about machinery being removed from Manchester to another district, and having been worked in its new locality at per 1,000 hanks lower than in Manchester. We have shown in the com mencement of this address the great disparity that exists in the manner of paying self-actor minders, and we have little doubt, if the employers had given us the locality and manner of paying, as compared with Manchester, very different conclusions would be arrived at. We now come to a most important paragraph in the masters' paper. They say, Either the prices paid by our neigh bouring fellow-masters must be raised to the level of the list by which we have long paid, or ours must fall.' rwo years ago this country was convulsed from its centre to circumference by the turn-out at Preston, and the idea of he operatives throughout the country was to bring that lowest of all paid districts up to the standard of other places, and thereby give employers a fair chance of competition, as well as the labourer a fair reward for his labour. How did those gentlemen whose names ap pear at the bottom of the master's reply act ! Did they unite with the men to raise Preston to the level with themselves ?' Nothing of the kind ; but they paid a certain amount per horse power to assist the masters of Preston to keep down prices, and, of course, we are now called upon to admire their consistency, and sympathise with their struggles of conscience before they came to the painful necessity' of reducing our wages. The ac tions of the employers, from the last-quoted sentence of their address, prove that their wishes have not been to raise up the poor humble operativeto comparative hap piness, but to s i n k him rite a still deeper gulf. We must trouble the reader with another quotation from the address. The question at issue between us, however, is not one of benevolence, but one of a purely commer cial character.' There was a time when English gentle men were proud of their benevolence e t ncand their ki n dly feelings to their workpeopl e , tu benevolence is now eschewed for things of co mmercialp urel ycharacter.' " But our ideas of commerce have ever comm erce, while it enriched those engaged therein, been that had a tendency to link nation to nation, continent to conti nent, and give mankind not only worldly riches, but those greater riches —riches of the mind ; that commerce expanded not only k nowled g e of mankin, but softened the asperities of his nature, and brought out in a pecu liar manner not only benevolence but the highest and holiest feelings of his nature. But we have been mis taken, or, at least, this sentence we have thought worthy of criticism, and quotation would leave mankind to think so. We now wish to draw this reply to a conclu sion, and we state broadly and distinctly that, whatever our employers say about paying more than other dis tricts, the actual amount of money we receive on Satur day night is no more than the average of surrounding places. " The reduction of an industrial population's wages is not the way to remedy the evils by which we are surrounded, neither is it calculated to secure that bar . mony of sentiment and kindliness of feeling that should eternally exist between employers and employed. We have shown in our first address the true remedy for the evil ; and, as the average wages we received before com ing out did not amount to 18s. per week, we confidently ask the public is that a sum to be reduced, and give con tentment in the cottage with the common necessaries of l ifed \v T e hi n s o i w s a fact, at any rate, that needs no comment. at call on all classes to support us in this un fortunateand their and, with every respeet for our em ployersa the heir property, we are willing to resume labour tant ratessuns- at which we came out—a far from exorbi labour, the advancement for a speedy return to our universal of happier and more peaceful times, and for remain, most among all classes of our community, „ Tax sw. ; . rn A most respectfully, ‘ 7l 14(1 MINDERS AND PLECEA S .O7 At Oldham the master cotton:y-1:e! spinnersha are tt he p ric proposing espa d o nn spun there are chiefly partially stop their mills. The coarse counts, but it is comnaonl scale than those to the svorkpeople are on a rather lownenr Exnunute, accoeS given at Manchester, and there i s ester s to-day, ing to the report current in our between employers and operatives as t o wag f e ' s object is simply to curtail production, in order to more remunerative prices than can be obtained in the present over-supplied state of the market ; and for er ; evil purely of this character this has always been found t ) be the proper remedy. Two EXTENSIVE PLATE ROBBEEIES.—Yester a Yesterday iu,, rning two ext ens i ve plate robberies we re reported the chid' police office s . The first case isthataot thnds.eere sideuee of T. Burnard, Esq., Charles-street, Lw square, of the plate-box, containing 24 large table spoon 7) 24 table forks, 6 salt spoons, 18 desert spoons, 18 tea spoons, sauce ladles, soup ladles, asparagus tongs, and other plate to a considerable amount, by a man 25 years jof age, S feet 9 inches high, dressed in a short round acket and wide-awake hat. Another at J. Cox's, Eg., M me Samuel Aecklenburg-squncare, consisting of a gold watch, makerq's o ther silver plate, ma r k e to ndon, silver te as p oons , an d dU.L. IA C.,G. C. A H. reward is offered in each case for the a pprehension of the offenders, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY IcVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1855. Naval and Military Intelligence. The court-martial which sat on board her Majesty's ship Victory at Portsmouth on Monday, for the trial of Commander Phillips and Mr. Braund, Master of her Majesty's steam troopship Urgent, for having got that ship ashore near Malta on the morning of the 20th ult., found as follows :—" That her Majesty's ship Urgent got on shore on Ricasole Point, at the entrance of Malta harbour, in attempting to enter it in the night, in conse quence of the master of the said ship not having paid due attention to keep Cape St. Elmo Light in a proper bear ing until he had distinctly made out the entrance of the harbour ; but that when the danger was discovered every proper precaution was taken to prevent the accident, which probably would have been avoided had the ship answered her helm more readily ; that, under the cir cumstances, no blame is imputable to Command er Phil lips, and the Court do therefore adjudge him to be ac quitted ; but, in consequence of the want of judgment on the part of Mr. Braund, the Court do adjudge him to be admonished to be more careful for the future." The Shannon, new 51-gun screw frigate, was taken from the harbour into the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday, to be fitted with her machinery. The Niagara steam transport, Captain Shannon, left Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, for Dublin, with the West Kent Militia on board. By per mission of Major the Earl of Granard, the band of the Westmeath Militia was in attendance at 7 a.m., and played some lively airs, finishing with "Auld Lang Syne," till the vessel was out of sight from the shore. The band was under the direction of Herr Kiussmann, late of the Bth Hussars. A court-martial assembled on board the flag-ship Waterloo, at Sheerness, on Tuesday, to try Mr. An. thong arris, Acting-Assistant Engineer of the Sd class, on the following charge : " For that he, the said Anthony Harris, while borne on the books of her Majesty's ship Cressy for temporary service, he being then in actual service and full pay of the fleet, did on the evening of the 2d of November inst. absent himself from the ship without leave, having been refused by his captain a few hours previously to his so doing, and did not return until brought on board by the Master-at-Arms on the afternoon of the sth of Novem ber." Captain Richard L. Warren, of the Cressy, prosecuted. The witnesses to prove the charge were Mr. Wm. Carter, clerk ; Commander Seccombe ; Jas. Brown, ship's cor poral ; and Win. Sweet, master-at-arms. Mr. Carter identified the prisoner as belonging to the ship. Com mander Seccombe proved that be had three times refused the prisoner leave, by the captain's order (the service requiring his personal duty to be done). The ship's cor poral proved his leaving the ship; and the master-at ' arms proved that he found the prisoner on shore, and conveyed him on board the Cressy on the sth instant, after which the Court was cleared. The prisoner de clined to call any witnesses, throwing himself entirely on the mercy of the Court. On the re-opening of the Court the sentence was read to the following effect :—That the Court, after maturely considering the evidence brought before them, and also what the prisoner had to say, were clearly of opinion that the charge had been fully proved, and they adjudged the prisoner to be committed to Maidstone gaol for the term of four calendar months, there to be confined, with hard labour. The prisoner, not being dismissed her Majesty's service, will, at the expiration of his imprisonment, be returned to the flag ship for the future orders of the Admiralty. The Mars, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, has been Wren into the fitting basin, Sheerness, and is receiving her boilers and machinery. The boilers of the Cuckoo steam gun-boat have been condemned, and are to be immediately taken out. The Horatio screw steam-frigate was uudocked yester day, and is to remain in the fitting-basin, Sheerness, to have her defects repaired. The Phcenix, screw steam-sloop, Commander Arthur Tower, has been paid off; her crew were immediately draughted to the Waterloo flag-ship, without being granted leave of absence. The Phcenix brought home six invalided privates of the Royal Marines from the Baltic, and one from the Black Sea. An order has arrived at Sheerness for the Cressy to be moored at Blackstakes when her defects have been made good, and her officers and crew are to be engaged in rig ging and fitting a certain number of gun-boats and mor tar-vessels ready for next spring. The Royal George is appointed, on her return to Sheerness, for the perform ance of similar duties, off Gillingham, at Folly Point. The Banterer gun-boat is nearly completed and ready for service. On Tuesday morning she got up steam in Woolwich basin to try her engines, which were proved to be effectively seaworthy. The iron mortar-boat, launched a few days ago from the yard of Messrs. Scott Russell, has arrived at Woolwich, and has been docked to receive her gear, which is being prepared, without delay. Her Majesty, by an order in Council, of the 21st of November, has been pleased to direct an increase to the present strength of the Artillery branch of the Royal Marines. The re-distribution of the corps is therefore as follows, viz.:-1 captain, 2 subalterns, 6 serjeants, 5 corporals, 3 drummers and buglers, and 104 privates —total, 121 ; and 14 artillery companies, each company to consist of 1 captain, 4 subalterns (either lst or 2d lieutenants), 11 serjeants, 9 corporals, 6 bombardiers, 3 drummers and buglers, and 153 gunners—total, 187 ; making the whole establishment— Divisional companies Artillery companies Staff 16,100 To effect the above'alteration the 110th and the 111th companies are to be broken np, and the company num bered 112, of the Plymouth division, is to bear the num bor 110, by which arrangoracn6 tho will stana in the following order:— Chatham .. 27 companies Portsmouth 14 artillery companies Plymouth Woolwich It is stated that the head-quarters of the South Wales military district will be removed from Carmarthen either to Pembroke or Newport. The barrack accommodation at the latter place is very commodious, and at Pembroke ❑ew barracks are to be erected, while at Carmarthen there are no military quarters. The want of such was severely felt when the Militia were under drill last sum mer. Major Macartney, of the 7th Dragoon Gua r d s , h av i ng been called upon to join his regiment, the non-commis- sioned officers and privates of the North Devon Mounted Rifles, of which he was adjutant, have presented him with a valuable gold watch, as a mark of their respect. Every man in the regiment contributed. It is in contemplation to take in a large portion of the river Medway immediately contiguous to and in con nection with Chatham dockyard, for the purpose of form ing a basin capable of floating several war steamers for special service or otherwise. _ _ The dress of the Medical Staff Corps consists of a blue cloth tunic, edged with white cord, grey stand-up collar, cuffs gray ; the stewards, by way of distinction, have the buttons on a white facing ; trousers the same colour, grey cord down the side. A blue cap, tied be hind, a•grey border, prominent peak. THE MILITIA. The Royal City of Dublin, or the Queen's Own Regi ment of Militia, will not leave for England before Thursday next. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From th.e Registrar-General's Report.) In the week that ended on Saturday the deaths of 1,073 persons—viz,, 547 males and 526 females, were registered in London. This return exhibits an increase of nearly 100 on the weekly deaths of the last fortnight —a result which is for the most part to be referred to the depression of temperature which was mentioned in the last report, and which continued to a great extent during last week. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average number of deaths was 1055, which, if raised in proportion to increase of popu lation, becomes 1,161. The present rate of mortality is, therefore, still considerably below the high rate which has ruled in London at this season, and which, it is be lieved, may be permanently reduced. Last week 524 persona, being nearly one-half of the total number, died under 20 years of age ; 37 died in the fifth vicenniad of life—namely, from 80 to 100 years ; the remainder are distributed in the table, in numbers which are nearly equal to each other, over the three in tervening periods, though the population which supplied these numbers exist in very different proportions at the different periods, and decreases regularly till the number of persons living about 80 years of age is not a twentieth part of the population at 20. Scarlatina still prevails, and is not less fatal to chil dren in London than it has been for the last two months. The number of fatal cases was 73 ; those from other kinds of fever 56. Four deaths from scarlatina occurred in Kensington ; 4 in the sub-district of St. John, West minster ; 3 in that of Goswell-street ; 6 in the district of Shoreditch •, 6 in Woolwich ; and 3 in each of the sub-districts, Mile-end Old Town Lower, Leather Mar ket (Bermondsey), and St. George (Camberwell). The deaths from bronchitis have increased from 60 and 80 to 101 ; 24 are attributed to cancer ; one was caused by in temperance ; 3 by delirium tremens ; and a case is re corded in which a woman of 28 years of age, the wife of a man who works at a wadding factory, died of exhaus tion, after premature labour, " the result mainly of poverty and privation." Last week the births of 828 boys and 786 girls, in all 1,614 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845.54 the average number was 1,401. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean read ing of the barometer, which was 30.041 in. on Sunday, continuously fell till Friday, when it was 29.655 in. The mean of the week was 29.812 in. The mean temperature, which in the previous week had been 41.4 deg., was last week 39.4 deg., or 2.6 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day except Sunday (the 18th). The air was coldest on Thursday, when the highest temperature was 41.2 deg., and the lowest 33.7 deg., and the mean 37.2 deg., which is nearly 5 deg. below the average. The wind was on the same day and Friday in the south-west and south ; it blew on other days from the north-east and north. The mean dew-point temperature was 38 deg., and the difference between that and the mean air tem perature was 1.4 deg. The temperature of the water of the Thames was 44.2 deg. ; its entire range in the week was 6 deg. There was rain every day ; the quantity on four days, measured by the gauge, was 17-hundredths of an inch. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS, NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 24. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 53 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 205 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 34 Causes not specified _ 244 55 166 26 37 44 10 DEATHS /MOH ALL CAUSES 986 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. spending week in the 1851. of 1854. Week West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 1,262 1,073 Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK Males B2B Females 786 Total 1,614 ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS FIRE AT T.H. DUBLIN STEAM WHARF. Yesterday evening, shortly after five o'clock, the inha- ItlLaut. vr I,s/tit Thcrito i3w iiIIoIQ welt, gLoaily in consequence of the outbreak of a fire of a formidable character in the extensive range of premises belonging to Mr. James Hartley, termed the Limerick and Dub lin Steam Screw Wharf. The buildings forming the wharf are exceedingly old, and stretch from Lower East Smithfield a 3 far as the water side. A number of other equally capacious wharves flanked the property on either side, and merchandise of almost every description was stored in the different floors of the wharf, including a great number of packages for the army in the Crimea. The circumstances attending this fire are of such a character as to lead to the supposition that it was wit fully caused by some person, but by whom cannot at present be ascertained. It appears that between the 19th and 20th of the present month not fewer than three, and it is believed four fires, took place in the same premises. Upon inquiring into their origin sufficient was seen to justify Mr. Hartley in concluding that the fires had been caused by some malicious persons, and that gentleman offered a reward of 50/. to any one who could give such evidence as would lead to the detection and apprehension of the guilty persons ; consequently large printed bills were distributed throughout the neighbourhood, setting forth the particulars of the fire, and the amount of the reward offered. The services of the police were also called into requisition, and constables have been placed on duty, both night and day, ever since the previous out breaks. Last evening whilst an officer was on duty in the floor beneath the highest, an alarm was given that flames were coming through the roof. Upon proceeding to the upper part of the warehouse it was found that the entire c)ntents, consisting of sails, cloths, and other articles, were in a general body of flames. 0 wing to the rapidity with which the fire extendel it was feared at one time that the whole of the wharf would have been consumed ; and owing to the great quantity of oil and other inflam mable articles in the place, if the lower floors had once become ignited, it is impossible to tell how far the hiuses even on the opposite side of the street would have es caped. Fortunately a couple of lengths of those were immediately run out from Messrs. Hoare's brewery, and a continuous supply of the East London Company's water was thrown, by means of a powerful steam-en gine, into the floor on fire, but in spite of which the flames continued to spread, and the tiles flew over the heads of the persons assembled in the street. Numerous engines of the London Brigade, with those of the West of England Insurance Office, her Majesty's Custom-house, and the powerful steam floating engine, also arrived with all possible expedition, and the fire men, under the direction of Mr. Braidwood, the super intendent, and Mr. Fogo, the foreman of the brigade, went to work in an admirable manner, and by eight o'clock they succeeded in getting the Eames entirely extinguished. The damage done, however, is rather considerable, as the top warehouse is burnt out, and the whole of the lower floors in that building are completely saturated with water. Mr. Braidwood and Mr. Superintendent Steed, of the H division, and Inspector Weakford closely inspected the premises for the purpose of ascertaining how the fires took place, and it is believed that some clue has been obtained to the guilty party. Excellent order was kept in the streets leading to the fire by a strong body of police of the H division. Fortu nately, Mr. Hartley was insured in several fire offices. (ADVERTIEJSKNNT.}—SIGIIT AND HEARING .—DEAFNIVI AND Diuscrive VISION RMLIEVED.— Messrs. S, and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—oppo site the York Hotel. Deafness—New Discorery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re moved; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desi red. — Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage deriveC from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation —can see with these lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. By leer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spectivo Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye. piece, kill show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 10 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary gbila s o , s t n h e e w s l i y z newly-invented, n o v f e a n w t e a d l n , ut, veryy whichs l small, vary ing from 4 a t t h o e 6 ac i o n r e g lr a s n, e wi na t b h le h u is s 6 t s o lt d e is ll c it o e v s e , r k m e. o — re n th e a ßo n the l above, an powerful waistcoat -pocket and known 1A miles distant • ,they aiswer the race-course, and at the opera house*, every purpoSO on and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. country scenery, Exhibition, 1851. V ali • valuable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to Th ey a z° in tlemen gamekeepers, and tourists. op era, sportsmen, ,- en ~ a n 'd perspective glasses, with wonderful a person can be seen race-course, eatu t . -+reet, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite power.-39, Albemarle- Ow. - • the York Hotel. THE BIBLE BURNING AT KINGSTOWN. DUBLIN, Monday.—This day being appointed for the investigation of the charge of Bible burning, preferred by the Attorney-General against the Redemptorist Father Pecherine, Kingstown, presented a❑ unusually excited appearance the whole forenoon. The bulk of the labouring population of the district were in the streets In the vicinity of the chapel and the police-court. Up wards of one hundred of the metropolitan police were present, aiding the local force in the preservation of order. Some persons were brought before the sitting magistrate, Frank Thorpe Porter, Esq., charged with obstructing the public thoroughfare, and ordered to en ter into recognisances to keep the peace. At 11 o'clock, Mr. Corballis, Q.C., Law Adviser to the Castle, accom panied by Mr. Rea, from the office of the Crown Solici tor, entered the office. Mr. B ayes, Q C., and Mr. Kernan appeared as counsel and solicitor for Father Pecherine. The case having been called on— Mr. Corballis rose and said, he appeared on the part of the Attorney-General, at whose suite the summons had been issued against Father Pecherine. The summons was to the effect that the defendant was required to ap pear "To answer the complaint of the Right Hon. Wm. Keogh, her Majesty's Attorney-General for Ireland, for blasphemously burning and treating with contempt the Holy Scriptures, thereby tending to bring religion into contempt, to wit, at Kingstown, on the sth day of November, 1355." Mr. Kernan said he appeared for the defendant, who bad only arrived within the past hour and a half Mitchelstown, in the county Cork, where he was served with the summons on Saturday evening at 4 o'clock. He had to perform duty there yesterday, consequently he had not had time to take measures for answering the charge now preferred against him. Under these cir cumstances he (Mr. Kernan) trusted the Crown would not object to a postponement until the end of the week, say Saturday next. Mr. Corballis said he would not object to a postpone. ment for a short time under the circumstances stated, but he could not consent to more than a day or two. The fact should be borne in mind that the summons was issued on Tuesday last. On that evening a con stable was sent to Limerick to serve it. He was told then the defendant was in the north, but after some in quiries he discovered that he was in the county Cork. The constable Was here to depose that he had made every exertion to have the reverend gentleman speedily served, and could not effect his object before Saturday after noon. Consequently there was no remissness on the part of the Crown. He (Mr. Corballis) was of opinion that Father Pecherine ought to be here present. Mr. Porter.—The case cannot proceed, unless in his presence. Mr. Corballis.—l wish him to be here, as, in addition to the information on which this summons was granted, I have an information against another party implicated in this transaction. As to the postponement asked for, it is a mere question of time. I think to-morrow, or at furthest the following day, ought to be fixed. Mr. Kernan said he could not be ready before Satur dayM. r. Corballis.---I object to Saturday. I see no rea son why it should not be to-morrow morning, The only ground for postponement is the personal inconvenience to the gentleman, after so long a journey. Mr. Porter suggested that Wednesday would be the most convenient day for him, as the other days in the week were set apart for public business in the office. Mr. Kernan urged on the Bench the inconvenience his client would suffer by being called upon to answer on Wednesday. Mr. Corballis observed that this case had caused a great deal of public excitement, and the sooner the in vestigation took place the better. Mr. Porter.—l cannot take the appearance of the de fendant by attorney. As he is in the vicinity, let him come forward. Mr. Kernan again complained of being pressed for time by fixing upon Monday. It was not fair of Mr. Corballis to say that the constable had been misinformed about the place where the defendant was to he found. The fact was that his superior had written to him to Mitchelstown that this summons had been issued against him, directing him to appear to it at any inconvenience. It was also a fact that he had been in the north, as the constable was informed. (Here Father Pecherine entered the office.) In reply to a question from his solicitor (Mr. Kernan), Father Pecherine said that he was in Derry in the ' early part of the week, from whence he returned to Michelstown, in the county of Cork. Mr. Kernan again observed that it was not fair of Mr. Corballis to assert, as he had done, that the police. man had been deceived. Mr. Corballis—l would be incapable of making any statement that was not borne out by evidence. The constable had sworn an affidavit that, on arriving in Limerick, he was informed Father Pecherine had gone to the north of I: eland, and after some time heard he was at Michelstown, whither he went, and thus effected the service. Mr. Porter observed that if it were known that a summons bad been issued against the rev, gentleman, he might undertake to say that 19 out of 20 of every one the constable would speak to on the subject would take care not tell orea word of truth about it. Mr. Porter, then addreteirig the defendant, asked him his Christian name 1 Father Feeherine—Vladamir. It is the name of a Russian saint. It was then arranged that he should enter into his own recognisances in 50/., and procure two sureties in 251. each to appear on Wednesday morning. AIN - OTEER CHARGE. • uornains then saia that ne naa an unormation to tender against a person named John Hamilton, who was charged with having participated in the offence charged against the rev, gentleman, with a view to having a summons issued for his appearance. The party who made the information was present, and could be examined by the Bench. Mr. Porter then proceeded to read the information of George Brown, who deposed that he was employed to deliver bread in the bakery establishment of Mrs. Makay, of Kingstown. One morning, about three weeks ago, as he was returning from having delivered some bread on board the Prince Arthur steamer, in the harbour, he saw a fire within the rails of the chapel yard, a short distance from the main road. There was a crowd around the fire, which appeared to consist of books and papers. He knew some of the persons then present. One was a boy named Messett, of Glasthall. Saw John Hamilton, who held up a Testament in his hand for us to look at ; be the n tore it in tw o parts, and flung them into the fire. S aw another bo y , whom he knows by appearan ce in Kingstown. He was shouting out—" We r they belonged to a Bibl e. T hese he id s o m e loose lea ves w bi eh were on the p a r e burning the Pro testants' Bibles." Th e d eponen t gave a h aak e i heer, ott p oawo i n c sntd le wee d f a ao carpenter by Mr. Porter if b e wou ld under take of the ste amer . Brow, that asked the book Hamilton tore up and burned was a Bible Witness replied that he was at too great a distance to see whether it was or not ; but as Hamilton held it up he said it was a Protestant Testament, and then flung the parts into the fire. The Magistrate to rown—Do you write ? Witness—Yes, sir. He was then bound in his own recognisances of 101., to prosecute. The sureties for Father Pecherine are Michael Er rington, Esq , and Jolin Quinlan, Esq., both of Kings town. The parties then left the office, and the vast crowd that bad assembled shortly after separated, h av i ng con . ducted Father Pecherile, with shouts, to his residence at the house of a friend. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN LEICESTER. SHIRE. LEICESTER, Tuesday.—About midnight, on Sunday, the village of Snar estone, which lies between Ashby-de la-Zouch and Atherstone, was the scene of a most atro• cious attempt at murder, which it is to be feared has ere this proved successful. The facts, so far as they can at present be ascertained, appear to be as follow :—There is a small farmer of Snarestone, an old man, named John Fowkes, who, yesterday, it is said, was about to make his will, leaving a large proportion of his little property to his grandson, a young man named John Acres Fowkes. At this, one of the old man's sons, who also was named John Fowkes, felt aggrieved, and he has been repeateily heard to threaten his nephew. About half-past 11 o'clock on Sunday night, the young man John Acres Fowkes met with Cooper, the county policeman stationed in the village, and asked him to go with him into his grandfither's And have a friendly gl ass of ale. To this the policeman assented, and at the old man's house they fount:, besides the grandfather, an uncle of the young man, a shopkeeper, named William Fowkes, who was sitting up with the old man. The party were quietly taking a jug o f ale, when, just about midnight, a gun was fired apparently close to the win dow, and the shot from which struck the young man in the face, particularly about the eyes and forehead. Ile was sitting nearly o ppoilte to the wind?w, about two a nd fell down directly he was yards and a half from it, shot. Immediately the gun was fired, W. Fowkes ex claimed, " That's our Jack that fired." The policeman, at first staggered and confussd, rushed to the door, but found it fastened on the outside. After some little de lay the cord with which it way fastened was cut, and the officer went into the street aad round the houses, bit could see nobody. The yang man was taken up to bed, and a surgeon called in. The policeman went over to Ashby and informed P. S. Platts, who, about five on Monday morning, apprehended the uncle, John Fowkes, on a charge of shooting his nephew. A gun and some shot were found in prisoner's house, and a pair of boots which corresponded with sOll3B footmarks discovered near his father's house. The cord with which the door was fastened on the outside has been identified as his property. Prisoner was a butcher, and lived about half a mile from his father's. The young man was liv ing last night, but his recovery was considered to be hopeless. SALE OF THE CARNIFORI AT THE SURREY ZOOLOGI CAL GARDENS.—Yesterday, Mr. J. C. Stevens, the auc tioneer, attended at the Surrey Zoological Gardens to dispose of the whole of the cartiv ori, the p resent pro prietor contemplating a total change of entertainment at this popular place of amusement. At 1 o'clock Mr. Stevens proceeded to sell the lions, which were knocked down at a price far below the value of the animals. The celebrated large elephant was bought in at 320 gutreas ; the bears, giraffes, acc., u nfortunately meeting with the same fate. The object of the proprietor is to erect a music hall or theatre, so that the success of the wonders produced will not depend upon the weather. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Nov. 27. MANSION HOUSE.—.Tohn Lawley, alias Robins, a man of between 60 and 70 years of age, who had just been released from prison after a twelvemonth's incar ceration, was placed at the bar, before Sir R. W. Carden, on a charge of stealing a silver tankard, two silver watches, and other articles of plate, under the following circumstances : W. Barrow, assistant to Messrs. Barker, pawnbrokers, of Houndsditch, said—Yesterday, about four o'clock, the prisoner came to our house and offered the tankard produced for sale. I asked him if it was his own pro perty, when he replied that it was, and that it had been presented to him by the Institution of Skinners, of Ber mondsey. I asked him how it came to be broken, and he said it had been trodden upon on the stairs. I asked him when it was presented to him, and he replied, " About two years ago." I questioned him as to the month, and he said, " July, 1854." Observing that the date on the cup was March, 1854, I sent for an officer, who took him into custody. Previously to offering the cup for sale he offered a silver watch, which I produce, and for which I gave him lls. He said it was his own, and that his name was John Lawley. Mr. J. Lawley, leather dresser, 11, Perseverance street, Neckinger-road, Bermondsey, said—l know the prisoner, who is a labourer and lodges in my house. The watch and cup produced are mine. They were stolen from my chest, which was forced open. I have also missed another watch, six silver teaspoons, a pair of silver sugar tongs, and a small wooden box, containing a gold ring, a brooch, and some coins. The watch and other articles produced by the officer are mine, the value of the whole being upwards of 101. The articles were stolen from my back bed-room, the door of which was not kept locked. The chest was double-locked, and it must have taken great violence to open it, as the screws have been forced out. H. Finnis, one of the city detective officers, said—l was sent for to Messrs. Barker's shop. I took the pri soner into custody, and, on searching him, found the silver watch produced, and the wooden box containing the articles referred to by the prosecutor, together with 19s. 10d. in money. The prisoner gave a false address. H. Hunt, metropolitan police-constable, 34 M—l know the prisoner. I had him in custody in September, 1854, when he was tried at the Clerkenwell Sessions in the name of John Robins, convicted and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. Sir R. W. Carden, after the usual caution, asked the prisoner what he had to say in answer to the charge, when the latter replied that he had been induced to com mit the robbery through distress. He was fully committed for trial. CLERKENWELL.—Thos. IVliittingluint, a young man 19 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged at the instance of the parish authorities of Clerkenwell on suspicion of having caused the death of his mother by administering poison to her. Mr. C. G. Conesford, surgeon, 96, St. John•street, Clerkenwell, said—At half-past 1 o'clock on Sunday afternoon I was called to a woman at 58 Coppice-row. I was told she was in a fit. I found her dead. The pri soner was struggling on the floor in strong convulsions, and calling out, " Sand my mother back," and " Lau danum." I inquired if she was in the habit of taking laudanum. The prisoner pulled a bottle from his pocket which contained laudanum. I gave information to the coror er, and a post-mortem examination is to be per formed. Wm. Stewart said—l rent the house 58, Coppice-row. Last Sunday, about half•past 1 o'clock, the sister of the prisoner, a little girl, 13 years of age, came to me and said her mother was dead orl dying. I went up stairs and saw her with her eyes closed. The prisoner was cry ing ; he was very much excited, struggling and kicking violently. I saw a teacup on a chair, with something dark in it. It was thrown off the chair and spilt. I sent for a surgeon immediately. Louisa Whittingham, the sister of the prisoner, 13 years of age, said—On Sunday morning my mother took a cup of tea. She was taken suddenly ill. Before she died I saw my brother give her a drop of something out of a bottle. It was dark. He gave her a drop in her tea, and said, "It will send you to sleep." She often complained of spasms in the chest. Mr. Corrie—Will you ask her any question ? Prisoner —No. What she says is all true. Mr. Corrie— Do you wish to say anything to the charge ! Prisoner—l do, Sir. O❑ Saturday night my mother could get no sleep. She had been very bad for some months. On Saturday night she was taken much worse, making a noise in her throat all night. She said she thought a little sleep would do her good, and asked me to fetch a little laudanum. I refused at first, but ulti mately I went and purchased a pennyworth on Clerken well-green. I took it home, and she asked me to give her 20 drops, and, not understanding it, I gave her only 10 , drops in a cup of cold water. She could not swallow it, and I put the remainder of the laudanum in my coat pocket for fear my sisters might get it. I went out on Sunday forenoon for three-quarters of an hour, and on my return I found her in the same condition as before. I heard a rattling in her throat. I sent for Mr. Stewart, who sent for a doctor. I remained in the room and saw my mother expire. [The prisoner here burst into tears and fell back in strong convulsions. On being partially restored he was about to say something further, but he was again seized with convulsions and carried out of court]. Mr. Corrie said be had no doubt that the prisoner's statement was true, and directed that he should be taken to the workhouse and properly attended to until the re sult of the coroner's inquest. The prisoner was accordingly taken to the workhouse with his little sisters. TFlA'MES.—Yesterday Mr. Yardley received a sove reign from " Anonymous ' for the relief of the 21 unfor tunate Lascars who navigated the ship Janet Mitchell from Calcutta to England, and whose wages have been withheld by the owner. LAMBETH.—Williant Giggs, a notorious offender, was finally examined before the Hon. G. C. Norton on a charge of being concerned with another man not in custody in drugging a youth named William Bray, and defrauding him of three guineas, the value of part of a load of hay. From the evidence it appeared that on Saturday, the 17th inst., the lad Bray had been sent by his master, Mr. Row, a farmer at Harefield, Middlesex, to town with three-quarters of a load of hay for sale, and, when pass ing the Knightsbridge-barracks, he was " picked up" by the prisoner and his companion, who offered to pay him the price he asked for the hay. They then took him over Westminster bridge' into Lambeth, where they sold and delivered the hay in piecemeal, and got the money for it. They then induced the youth to drink half a pint of beer, which they drugged so potently that immediately after drinking it he was seized with a vio lent sickness and stupor, and when carried to the sta tion-house in Kennington-lane he was in a dying state. Dr. Bushell was at once sent for, and on g ee i ng th e yout h he at once pronounced him to be labouring under the effects of some powerful narcotic, and administered the necessary antidotes; but it was somedays before the young sufferer finally recovered. In addition to the present case, it was shown in evidence that the prisoner had been several times in custody, and twice tried and convicted of a similar offence. A second charge was preferred against the prisoner of having defrauded Mr. Hasker, e corn dealer, in the Walworth-road, of corn to the amount of 51. 17s. In this case the goods were to have been paid for on delivery, but the prisoner having sold the corn to a cab proprietor for less than he had agreed to pay for it, snot Mr. Hasker's man to a public-house to have a pint of, beer, saying he should take the money to him, but this part of the engagement he forgot to keep, and put the 51. 10s., which it was alleged he had got for the property, into his own pocket. The prisoner, in reply to this charge, said, he had no recollection of it, nor was he prepared to meet it. Mr. Norton said, he should have abundant opportu nity for doing so, and ordered that the evidence as far as it went should be taken, and the prisoner brought up again on a future day. GREENWICH.—Joseph Burgess, carman, in the service of Messrs. Tilley, contractors, of Agar-town, was charged at the instance of the Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals with the following brutal treatment of a valuable horse, belonging to his em ployers. Defendant dealt the horse a tremendous blow with a piece of wood on the head, the effect of which was to make the animal reel round as far as the shafts would allow, and then fall dead. No explanation of the trans action was offered by the defendant on his return home. Burgess told Messrs. Tilley's foreman that the horse bad fallen dead, but nothing was heard of the injury it had suffered from defendant's violence until some days after wards, when the truth oozed out. Mr. Traill adjudged the defendant to undergo six weeks' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour. THE VACANT ALDERMANIC GOWN.--Rumour has already been busily engaged in appropriating to one gen tleman or another the vacant aldermanic gown of Bread street. We know that not less than three swell-qualified gentlemen have been waited upon with respect to it, but all of them have declined to accept it. Another one has been named, but we have the best authority to state, that when the due and proper time arrives, one of the rfearest relatives of the deceased alderman will be brought forward. by the wish of a majority of the con stituents of the ward. [ADVERTISEMENT.]— ii,f3w more of the extraordinary cures without Medicine o a ligestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervl 13i1ious, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption ',and Debility effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revaleuta Arabica Food, are here given : Cure 52,422. Bridgehouse, Frimloy, 3d April, 1854.—Thirty-three years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in the ears, constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and cough, have been removed by your Revaleuta Arabica. My lungs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my hearing perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaintances.—Jams Ronars, Wood Merchant. —From the Venerable Arch deacon of Ross.—NO. 32,836. Three years' excessive nervousness w ith pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my lifo very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food.—ALEXANDER STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen. In canisters, llb. 2s. 9d.; 21b, 4s. 60.; 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 225. The 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry dr Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at 182, Piccadilly; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street; 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 89, High-rtreet, Camden-town ; 18, Pall mall; 7, Pall-mall-East; 132, New Bond-street; 24, Mot• comb-street ; 13, King William-street, City ; 30, Conduit. street; 21, Cockspur-street ; 95, Farringlon-street ; 67, 19 t, Paul's Churchyard; 6, Edward-street, Pertnwi-squitre. From the London Gazette of Last Night. At the Court at Windsor, the 21st day of November, 1855.—Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by an act passed in the session of Parliament, holden in the sixteenth and seventeenth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An act t o amend and consolidate the laws relating to the Customs of the United Kingdom and of the Isle of Man, certain laws relating to trade and navigation, and the British possessions," it is enacted, that if the Legislature or proper legislative authority, of any of the British possessions abroad, shall present an address to her Majesty, pray ing her Majesty to authorise or permit the con veyance of goods or passengers from one part of such possession to another part thereof, in other than British ships, it shall thereupon be lawful for her Majesty, by Order in Council, so to authorise the conveyance of Fuch goods or passengers, on such terms and under such condi tions as to her Majesty may seem good :" And whereas an address has been presented to her Ma jesty, by the Legislative Council of Ceylon, praying her Majesty to authorise and permit the conveyance of goods and passengers from one part of that island to any other part of the same, in other than British ships: Now, therefore, her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority com mitted to her by the said recited Act, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the day of the date of this order, goods and passengers may be conveyed from one part of the Island of Ceylon to another part thereof, in other than British ships : And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions herein, as to them may, respectively, appertain. WM. L. BATHURST. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 23. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Sir George Hamilton Seymour, G.C.8., to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Austria. FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 24. The Queen has been pleased to rpprove of Mr. Gustavus Beckx as Consul at Melbourne, for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 27. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de spatch from her Majesty's Consul at theCapeYerd Islands, reporting that by a recant decree of the Portuguese Go vernment, an impost of 10) reals (5d 1-9th)per ton is levied upon all coal imported since July last, for the use of the Steam Packet Companies, whose vessels touch at St. Vincent to take in supplies of that article—and stating that a mu nicipal tax of 3 per cent. ad valorem, is imposed upon all goods imported into or exported from Villa Praia. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 27. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Marseilles, stating that the cholera has ceased, and that clean bills of health are issued at that port. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 27. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Eoreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Buenos Ayres stating that the Government of Brazil intend en forcing a strict quarantine at that port, and that all vessels are to await a visit of the, health officer from the guard ship before proceeding to an anchorage. ADMIRALTY, NOT. 23. CORPS OF ROTAL MARINES. Henry Cowley Bowker, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant Henry Ives de Kantzow, Gent., to be Second Lieu• tenant. Sidney Thomas Bridgford, Gent., to be Second Lieu• tenant. John William Waller O'Grady, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Graham Hewett, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Henry Monckton Kay, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Nowell Fitz Upton Way, Gent., to be Second Lieu tenant. • Ernest Augustus Macy Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Lancashire Hussars—Frederick William Earle, Gent., to be Cornet. West Essex Militia—Lieutenant Humphrey Richard George Marriott to be Captain, vice Eustace, resigned. Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—Harcourt Willoughby Carter, late Captain in the 7th Fusiliers, to be Captain, vice Captain Young, resigned ; Lieutenant Robert Law rence Hall to be Captain, vice Captain Morgan retired, retaining his rank. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham lets Militia.—Lieut. W. White, of the King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, to be Lieutenant, vice Voules • Arthur John Thistl ewa yt e , G en t., t o b e E ns i gn , vice Hyland. Hampshire Regiment of Militia.—Henry C. Maine, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Dumfries Roxburgh, and Selkirkshire Regiment of Jaa. Johnstone Thomson, Esq., to be Ensign, vice Blake, resigned. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia.— Lieut. Wm. Piers Brisley to be Captain, vice Blachford, promoted ; Ensign Edward Warren Golding to be Lieu tenant, vice Taunton, promoted. Royal Anglesey Light Infantry Militia.—Lient. John Thos. Roberts to be Captain, vice Jones, deceased. PRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK .BANKS. The Banker's Magazinc furnishes the returns of circu- lation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 27th of Oct., 1855, and gives the following as the average weekly cir• culation of those banks during the past month, viz. : Private banks ...... Joint-stock banks .. £4,073,917 3,159,538 Average weekly circulation £7,233,4 5 On comparing the above with the returas for the pre ceding month, ending the 29th of Sept. last, it shows— An increase in the circulation of the private banks of £361,313 An increase in the circul a ti on o f th e j o i n t- stock leanks of 137,493 Increase on the month And, as compared with the return for the correspond ing period of last year—viz., Oct. 23, 1854, it shows— An increase in the circulation of the private banksof .. An increase in the circulation of the joint-stock banksof 19,796 ------ Increase on the year .................. £127,191 Ou comparing the above with the amounts of the fixed issues, the following a pp e ars to be the comp ara ti ve state of the circulation : The below their fi ttelr fi xe d ed issue' it 526,801 The is e p u i r cLi v n at t- e s , " b . n tock ~k . .s are b is a . n .. ks are below .................................. 166,319 Total below their fixed issues....,. . iz6-6-i-,ITO Sporting Intelligence. --- BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TIIESDAY, CHESTER CUP (enter or not). 50 to 1 agst Coroner (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Rifleman (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Aldford (late Friday) (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Flatterer (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Cockatoo (taken) 1000 to 10 agat Early Bird (taken) Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4to 1 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) sto 1 agst Porto Rico (taken) 7to 1 agat Milton 1 to to aaggs, YeIIowDERBY. Bto 1 ags t Fl y -b y -Ni g ht (t a k en ) t 9 2 Wentworth e k 10 to 1 agst Elli ngton 15 to 1 agst Coroner 20 to 1 agst Polmoodie 20 to 1 agat Rogerthorpe 20 to 1 a gat Porto Rico 25 to 1 a gs t Artillery - - ACCIDENT AT THE FULEAM GAPSWORICE.-011 Monday even ing Frederick Berkinsh aw was working at the Ful ham Gasworks on a scaffold, a little before six o'clock in the afternoon, at a height of nearly 30 feet, when by ' some mishap he lost his footing and f e ll t o the ground. ll swa i a was taken takperencatroiotis St. Georges Hospit a l, W h ere he re. mains BANKRUPTS, Francis Fraley, watchmaker, Newington-causeway, to surrender, Dec. 6, at half-past two, and Jan. 8, at one, at tke !Court, of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Lauder, Eastcheap. John Bapty, woollen manufacturer, Ennslet, Yorkshire, Deo. 13 and Jan. 18, at eleven, at Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Middleton, Leeds. John Valiance Bellamy, wine merchant, Sheffield, Dec. 8 and Jan. 19, at ten, at Sheffield. Brewin, official assig nee, Sheffield ; Fretson, Sheffield. Francis Scaife, cutlery manufacturer, Sheffield, Deo. 8 and Jan. 19, at ten, at Sheffield. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Marshall, Sheffield. Rebecca Cronk, milliner, Conduit-street, Regent's-street, Dec. 7 and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Davies, War wick- street. Henry Palmer, linendraper, Portsmouth, Dec. 11, at two, and Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook•court ; Low, Chan• cery-lane ; Low and Son, Portsea ; Sole, Turner, and Tar• ner, Aldermanbury. Robert Waddatlis Street, grocer, Weston-super-Mare, Dec. 7 and Jan. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court, Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. Benjamin Scott, blanket manufacturer, Earlsheaton, near Dewsbury, Yorkshire, Dec. 10, at one, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Robert Burns, millwright and engineer, Liverpool, Dec. 11 sad 31, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze note, official assignee, Liverpool ; Smith, Liverpool. Frederic Every, scrivener, Exeter, Dec. 6, at eleven, and Feb. 6, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Daw, Exeter. John Dyer, builder, Devonport, Dec. 17, at one, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth, and Jan. 14, at one, at Saint George's Hall, East Stonehouse. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Beer and Rundle, Devonport. Edwin Travis, cotton spinner, Luzley Brook Mills, near Oldham, Dec. 14, and Jan. 4, at twelve, at the Manches ter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Man chester ; Slater and Heelis, Manchester. - - DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Matthew Richmond Steele, of Leicester, draper, first dividend of ss. in the pound, payable at 24, Ba.singhall street, on any Tuesday. George Lillicrap, of 20, Bishopsgate-street- w ith ou ', City, grocer, first dividend of ls. 4d. in the pound, payable at 24, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. Henry Pears°, of Welwyn, Hertfordshire, and 6, Fins bury-place South, City, merchant, second dividend of 7id. in the pound, payable at 24, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. Edward Logden, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, baker, first dividend of 7s. 6d. in the pound, payable at 24, Basinghall street, on any Tuesday. William cudds, of Blackheath, Kent, livery stable keeper, first dividend of 10s. in the pound, payable at 18, Aldermanbury, on any Monday. Ezra Jenks Coates and John Hillard, of Broad-street, City, of Manchester, and of New York, America, mer chants, third dividend of 9-16 d. in the pound, payable at 18, Aldermanbury, on any Monday. Robert Martin and David Wardlaw Scott, of 21, Great St. Helen's, City, merchants, first dividend of 4s. 6d. in the pound, payable at 18, Aldermanbury, on any Monday. Thomas Hutchins, of Great Grimsby, Yorkshire, rail way contractor, second dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound, payable at 18, Aldermanbury, on any Monday. John Williams, of Fynnon Groyn, Flintehire, grocer, first dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound, payable at 53, South John-street, Liverpool, on any Wednesday. Thomas Kimpton, of Liverpool, carrier, first dividend of ls. 10d. in the pound, payable at 9, South Castle-street, Liverpool, on any Monday. David Ainsworth, of Manchester, warehouseman, first dividend of ls. 10d. in the pound, payable at 7, Charlotte street, Manchester, on Tuesday, December 4, or any sub sequent Tuesday. Joseph Grimshaw, of Bolton-le-M•ora. Lancashire, li censed victualler, first dividend of ls. 10t d. in the pound, payable at 45, George-street, Manchester, on Tuesday. Decemb4 11. -r any subsequent Tuesday._ Jer iy 3cit. DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. James Churchyard, of Lothian-terrace, Coldharbour-lane, Brixton, builder, December 18—Alexander William Bell, of 26, Coles-terrace , Barnsbury-road, wine merchant, Dec. 18—Robert Wall, of 125, Piccadilly, saddler, Dec. 17—Henry Prior, of 5, Edward's-place, Hackney-road, an d of 125, Wood-street , City , and Henry Atkinson, of 125, Wood-street, City, Manchester warehouseman, Dec. 18— John Ffooks, of Sherborne, Dorsetshire, brewer, Dec.2o— Higginson and Richard Deane, of Liverpool, and at Barbadoes, merchants, December 21—James Hargreaves Nuttall, of Liverpool, merchant, December 20—Henry Brownentt, of Liverpool, merchant, December 20—Alex ander Jackson, of Manchester, clock manufacturer, De cember 21—Martin Brown and Robert Ingham, of Raw tenstall, Lancashire, power loom manufacturers, December 18 ; and on the separate estate of Martin Brown—Charles Edmonstone, of Over Darwen, Lancashire, paper manufac turer, December 19—John Railton and James Pavey, of Manchester and Colne, Lancashire, commission agents, December 19—William French, of Bedlington, Durham, brewer, December 21—Samuel Moses Lotinga and Noah Samuel Lotinga, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields, merchants, December 20; and also of the separate estate of Noah Samuel Lotinga—George Stansfeld Wells, of Soyland, Yorkshire, cotton spinner, December 17. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Francis Paul Becker, Becker, and Lewis Matthews Becker (so far as regards Lewis Matthews Becker)—Mark Stephenson, John Preston, and Richard Chippindale, of Blackburn, shuttle makers (so far as re gards Richard Chippindale)—Edward Fisher and Samuel Cook, of Itristol, pawnbrokers—William Callow and Robert Postlethwaite, of Liverpool, saddlers—James Atherton, Robert Fort, and William Fort, of Blackrod, Lancashire, colliery proprietors (so far as regards James Atherton) — Israel Ashworth and Eamuel Holdsworth, of Halifax, waste dealers—John Houghton and Robert Houghton, of Dudley, Worcestershire, drapers—Ann Jane Quayle and Elizabeth Barlow, of Liverpool, milliners—Edward Hoile, William Charles Barnes, and Williamrordingley, of Bow Common, manufacturing chemists (so far as regards Ed ward Hoile)—Alfred Sydney Smith and Ellen Cooper, of Walsall, jronfounders Stephen Edmonds and John Roberts, of Mylor, Cornwall, manufacturers of bricks— Arthur Bill Holme and George Holme, of Liverpool, builders--Alozandor Grant and Thomas Henry Walter. ' house, of Masbrougb, Yorkshire, steel converters—Levy Jacobs and Jonas Jacobs, of 1, St. James-place, Aldgate, grocers—Thomas Thompson and John Holmes, of Bridge wharf, Pimlico, timber merchants- William Houghton, jun., and John Houghton, of 162, New Bond-street, book sellers—Herbert Mew and John Nicholas, of 100, Cheap side, City, booksellers—Foster Shaw and George Pitt, of Huddersfield, woollen cloth merchants. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Robert Grieve, of Edinburgh, leather merchant, Decem• ber 6, at Dowells and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—Noy. 27. There was a goad attendance of buyers, who appeared much disappointed to find little or no response here to the decline reported from Mark-lane yesterday. Wheat met a moderately good demand, at a decline of fully :id per 701 be since this day week. Flour in limited request, at a decline of is per brl. on American, and I s to 2s per sack on E ng li s h and Irish. O a t s and oatmeali in slow request, at d per 451bs and is to is 6d per load under last week. Barley, beans, and peas neglected and easier to buy. Indian corn a very slow sale, and the extreme price obtained for prime mixed American was 46s per qr. LEEDS —Nov. 27. A moderate show of wheat. Old is held firmly at the full rates of last week; new moves slowly, with very little alteration from Friday. Barley rather gives way in price. Beans, oats, and shelling a slow sale, and with no material change in value. 547 526 IPSWICH—Noy. 27. A good quantity of wheat on offer to-day, but the damp weather interferes with the condition, and buyers were purchasers at 2s to 3s per qr. decline. A large supply of barley, the best qualities selling at a reduction of is to 2a per qr., other sorts 2s to 3s per qr. on late prices. No beans or peas at market. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 79s to 82s Barley, grinding ... 38s to 40 Ditto (new) Ditto, white B3s to 868 Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 42s to 46E Flour, per sack - AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOT. 24, 1855. Wheat Oats 25 „ 29s Od Peas - PP —is Od Barley ...... Bears II U LL—Nov. 27. A moderate supply of English wheat, mostly in bad con. dition and unsaleable, but dry good samples fetched with• in 2s to 3s of last week's prices. Foreign quite as dear. Barley a less active inquiry, and late prices are barely sup. ported. Beans fully support our quotations. Oats more inquired after. Linseed and its products easier than last week. Rape cakes and bones unaltered. s al Wheat, English, red 78 to 88 1 Ditto white BB to 92 1 Dantzic and Konigs berg B. Peas, grey and black to Linseed, Black Sea SO to 84 Ditto Petersburgh 76 to 78 Ditto Riga and Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 65 to 70 - Per Ton. Line. c. , H ull 1415 s to 1411450 d IDitto fine for.l2llos 14/ Od Ditto inf. for. 01 Os Od to 010 s Rapeseed.. ... 00/ Os to 001 Os Rape cakes 150 s Od to 152 s 6d iTares, English 4ss to —s 'Ditto foreign (Guano OOl Os 81 tol2l 154 Bones Rye Meal Pomera nianand Ham- burgh Danish, Holstein, and _ . Friesland - 7B to 831 Russian and Odessa 72 to 75 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 2B to 30 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 4O to 431 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, whit© and yel. 54 to 601 DUBLIN—Nov. 23. A general depression pervaded the market and the gnaw tity offered for sale was small. Wheat, oats, and barley is to 2s per brl. lower than on Friday. Indian corn dull, and though pressed at a decline of is 6d could not induce any buyers. White wheat, 43s f a to 47s Od ; red ditto, 41s to 45s 6d ; barley, 17s 6d to 24s Od ; oats, 15s Gd to 17s Od ; rapeseed, 40s Od to 44s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 16s 6d to 17s Od ; bakers' flour, 24s 6d to 27s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 46s Od to 48s Od per 4801bs. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YnTERDAY. Amsterdam .... ........ 11 18 Ditto, three months .. 11 19% Rotterdam ............ 11 10% Antwerp • • • • • • • • • • • • I • 25 50 Brussels .............. 25 50 liambargh •• •••••• •• • • 13 9% Altona .. •• •• .• •• •• •• •• Paris ........ Gibraltar ........ Leghorn •• .• 30.10 Genoa ........••...... 25 77% Milan .......• •••••••• Venice•• •• •• •••• •• •• •• Naples .. ..... . Palermo ..... 132% Messina ... ... 133 .. •• •• •• 25 30 Ditto, three months .. 25 65 Marseilles 25 6T% Bourdeaus . ........ Frankfort-on Maine •... 120 Berlin ...... Vienna ...........• 11 27 Trioste•••••••••••••••• 11 29 Petersburg • • • • • • • • •• • • 33 1 K Madrid .•••• •• •„ •• •• 49% Cadiz ........•• Lisbon .. Oporto .............. • • 53 Rio Janeiro ...... •• .... 53% Buenos Ayre5.......... New York, 60 days' sight Philadelphia ... ... PRICES OF lIIILIICN, PIS Of. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Barcelona ............ •..• New Dollars .....• 0 Sliver in ban ...... 0 SEABORNE MAILS. (br signifies that the mails are sent from the General Poet °MN sy the night—and M by the morning --despatch.) Day when ade u; From what When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due n Office, London.* Dispatched. England. imerica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday . - • • Liverpool ... Imerier. tby United Ste packet) ..........N ••• • • • • • Liverpool... Nev. America (by U. States packet) ...... ....N e• • • ••• •• • • SOUthamptot Australia (via South ampton) ..........M •••••• ••• • • • • Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N "Htto (via Cape of Good ! Hope) W Unc 23d of the month.. Plymouth.. Dec. 6 eri tfrica (bleat Coast) ..N Alexandria........., Ng, 9, 24, &30 of rt , • Dover .... t klexandria........ _3l,4th & 20th of mon. southamptoz Bahamas ........... N 17th j of the mon ti Southampton Belgium ...........N I Daily •••••• • • • • • • Dover ...... Daily Brazil ...... 9th of the month.. Southampton Dec. 15, Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. Southa m pt on D ec . Is Cape of Good Hope ..N Various port. Uncertain . Cape of Good Hope ..N .'ape de Verds ......N 9 th of the month Southamptin ec. 15 Qcylon (See India) Ceylon .. ............N Channel Isles— r ,. N Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. Southampton Tu.Th.Fat Id & 17th of moot , . Southampton. Chili ...............• 'Once a month.... *O. 4 China Constantinople 8,13,18,23A28 of rr Dover ' Constantinople Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily •• •• • Dover ..... Twit:aid," Egypt (see India) France ........ M& N Twice daily •• • Dover Twicedato ',4ibraltar 707,20,27 4f rn Southampton Greece (see India) Greytown 5412nd & 17th oftnon Southampton Elamburgh ..N i Tuesday & Prida> London ... llavannah .......... Ad Ind of the month Southampton :Dui I. 17tn the month. South am pt on 16thofmOn India (viaSonthampt. Holland MIDailY •• • ..... D0ver....... Daily ,4th & 20th of mon. Ply mou th •• Nov. 20 India (via Marseilles)sl Honduras ...... MI ,9th& 25th of month Dover .... lonian Isles (see India) j 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland ........M & N 'Twice daily • • • • .. Holyhead ... Twleedaill 9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Nov. 25 Madeira 111 9 th of the month Southampton - Vratleira 1.:123d of month Liverpool ... Valta (see India) I n , Nfolla •• • • •• • • • • •...N 'O, 18, &28 of mon. Dover Nov. 20 Mauritius (see India) auritius ~N 14th of the month Mexico 2nd of the month.. ..knathampten Dec. 1 N ap l es ........N ,sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... New Granada & 17th of month Southampton New Zealand ...... , By private slip .. Various port= Uncertain Papal States ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... Peninsula •• •• •• •• ••itt Ithl7th27thofinon. Southampton Peru & 27th of mon. Southampton Port Natal By private ship... Various pOrtslUllooftst, Sicily •• •••••• • • • •N sthleth2sthormon, Dever .• N sthleth2Athotinon. Dover . Venezuela ..... ..... Tuscany •• •• •• •• • • ••m Id 8; 17th ()Smoot). Southampton 1 &16 mon _ Van Diemen'slet. • • .• nd (sec Australia) . ..... • 2d& 17th t Weit Indies ...... 0 mom) .SOUthamptonll &16 molt Ronthsunpten Iltcl6 mon When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will ow de. patched on the following day, wick the exception of the India (via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched u.o preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was steady to-day, with a slight advance in prices. Caledonian, 27i —London and North-Western, 941 i—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75 —Midland, 63i 4—South Eastern, 17} 3s. 9d.—Dutch Rhenish, 1 d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 22g. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 27. STOCK EXOTIANGE.—The tone of the market has been flat to-day, and a little business doing in local shares. Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 674—Worcester and Birmingham Canal, 213—Dudley Waterworks, 21i. LEEDS, N•v. 27. STOCK EXOHANGE.—There was a firm business today, at a slight advance upon the highest prices of yesterday. The only transactions up to one o'clock were in Midlands, 63i—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75g. BIRTHS. Or A SON. On the 26th inst., in Pulteney-street, Bath, the wife of Major-General Studd, of Oxton, 00. Devon. On the 26th inst., at Upper Tooting, the wife of Mark Cattley, Esq. OP A DAUGHTEB. On the 26th inst., at 215, Strand, Mrs. Samuel Harvey Twining. On the 25th inst., at 2, Great Corara-street, Ru sse ll. square, the wife of Talter B. M. Measor, MARRIED. On the 27th inst., at Chigwell, Alfred Savill, to Eleanor Hallings, eldest daughter of Mr. John Thomas Smith, both of Chigwell. On the 20th inst., at Min, co. Limerick, Edward C. D. Bell, a Royal Limerick Cou n ty R eg t ., to M ar i a Tho m widow of the late Edward Willi am B urton, E sq., sine E , s q• Staff Surgeon. DIED. On the 26th inst., at 54, Castle-street, Southwark, Henry King, Esq., aged 77. On the _,7th inst. ' at 9, St. John's-square, John William Griffith, Esq., aged 65. On the 25th inst., at Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire, of fever, contracted in the Crimea, Oswald Petre, Lieutenant Cara bineers, youngest son of the late Henry Petre, Esq., of Dunkenhaigh. On the 26th inst. at Louth, Linoolnshire, whilst on in.. spection, Captain W. H. Henderson, R.N., C. 13., Comr troller-General of Coast Guards. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eetint7 of Middlesex, Wednesday, November 28,18, ~_ An copic Pate Da Extei PailP SCCUT poses NC texid e Aet t the p Ran, An Way„ ), sees there be d e tion e , alter Raila An Dowel wifse Privi] ollatr datie ezeraj r PiT of Na pose, tend Te rn of la for Wort tern] &ban the lieu 1851