The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-24 00:00:00

BANK HET URNS. (From the Load= Gq:ette of Tuesday.) Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes or the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the I 1 th day of August, 1849:- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. ....... 12,068 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,502 Aylsham Bank, Avlsham-R. and G Copeman 5,079 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford and hunt3o,3ll Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswads Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 21,316 Barnirapie Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co 8,078 Basingstoke and Odiham. Bank, Basingstoke -- Seymour, Lamb, and Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard Bxlflird and Bedfordshire Banc, Bedford- Tra,pp, Halfhead, and Co. Bowdley Bank, Bewdley--Nichols, Baker, and Crane ............ 12,088 Bloater and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb and Co. .. ...• 13,282 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attic:lc ds, Spooner, and Co 23,036 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming har,J. L. Moilliett, and Sons ............. ..•. 11,207 fite.ndford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak. 7,492 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co ...... . Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co Bridgx tter Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. Seale), 4,632 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 32,050 13rosele7 and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Brose , Buley-Messrs.ritcard 19,147 Bucitingham Bankckingham -Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury - Oakes , Bevan, and Co. - Bantury Bank, Banbury - Gillett and Tawney. 23,804 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 24,817 Bath City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son Beifordshire Le-ghbon Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard -Bassett and Grant 31,649 Binningham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H A. and W. M. Harris and Co 11,347 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 59,601 Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry - Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Biggs, and Co. 10,327 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and SONS a 15,203 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsbers ........................ 37,160 Caßterbury Bank, Canterbury-liammond and Co • •• •• 24,095 04,rmarthen Bank, Carmarthen -Morris and 13,752 Sons . Chertse ank, Chertsey-Messrs. oste Colchester; Bank, Colchester-Round,C Green, 2,917 and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro -Tweedy and Co .. Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood- 9,403 2,342 32,555 32,519 cock - City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, 6,500 15,570 67,976 and Co Cardiff Dank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire sank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby OM 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 C 0...... Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew. 6,374 and Co. Doacaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Ba,ckhouse, Sc Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester —Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Walford. and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk- beck. and Co. Fatiingdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far ringd.on—Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh anti Tie3n Grantham Bapk, Grantham—Kewney and King Guildford Bitic, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon... Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... Hastings Old Baak, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Heirtford and Ware Bank, Ware—S. Adams _ and Co Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull --Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Ca Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead — Smith, and W.hit ting,s tall ...... Honiton Bank, Honiton —Flood and Co. Her tfor 3 shire, Hitehen Bank, Flitchen—Sharpies and Co. .............. I: erdord Ross, and Arehentield Bank, and Ran, Hoskins, rchenfield Bank, Hereford Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders awl Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co. Knavesborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Kharesboroagh—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bask, Kettering—Clot. 'n and Sons.— Longtoa Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. liatrv:.sy and Son Leeds Bank. Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williarns, Brown, 7,870 10,304 25,190 23,937 10,100 10,436 53,365 66,721 9,332 40,469 87,644 41,150 40,492 25,306 18,098 4,911 8,506 4,295 4,665 9,356 22,593 22,744 12,277 14,637 17,779 34.590 4,670 22,820 31,381 18,815 17,447 56,854 10.952 15.700 5 396 18,395 32,702 7,484 5,399 50,946 37,295 and C 3. Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. Lei(tes ter Bank, Leipester—Pagets and Kirby... 19,745 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0.... 28,614 Li c hfield Bank, Lichfield — Palmer a n d G reen... 16,557 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co 72,045 Laimpetcr Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton& and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Massey wad Co. Macclesfiel Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst 5,500 and Co 12,121 Manningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co 5,232 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 11,632 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 7,313 erionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams .. . 5.892 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 12,109 tronmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 23,843 Monmouth Old Beak, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and !toss and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bronsage and Snead . 11,730 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons 7,620 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 21,391 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, S leaford—Handley, Peacock, and. Co 46,454 Newbury Bank, Nevlbnry—Bunny and Slocock 18,0 54 Nemovvinnadr,kaentaß.sonk, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham- Noprfyosloknandßnuffolk Bank, Diss—T a yl or and 18,230 Norwich 60yai-• ............................. . and Hudsons ........ Norwich and • .. N0rf01k ......... .. . .............. 38,887 neys and Birkbeck ..... nk, Nor wich—Gur- Nottingham and No ttingharas ... l;re ... ..... Co.. .. 57 ' 337 Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co a Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton_cra C 0................. . . ..................... .......... and Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mud ..... a 3,695 3,421 C 0... New S e rum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and 21,315 00 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 25,731 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os • westrv—Crox on and Co 10,814 Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 9,616 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, 31,361 and Co Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridg e Wells and Serenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beeehiiig and 50123, Oxfordshire Witney Bank Witney—Williams, Clinch, *Ad C 0... 7,669 THE LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, SVN; EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY The true' hail-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors of the East Anglian Railway was held yes terday, at the London Tavern; Mr. Bruce, chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The following extracts form the most important part of the directors' report:— " We have the satisfaction to inform you that the Bill, to sanction which you met hero in June, has received the Royal assent. This Act grants an extension of time for making the line from Ely to St. Ives, and authorises the company to effect this important object by means of arrangements for leasing the line from parties who may be disposed to invest capital in its construction. It also authorises the conversion !of the bond debt into share capital, and the raising of 80,7261. 10s. for paying the liabilities of the company, by means of the issue of new shares bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, and preferent to any other shares of the com pany. We feel confident that when the objects for hich this Act was obtained are carried out, the antici pations regarding its beneficial effects on the value of your property will be fully realised. " We have also very great satifaction in informing you that the Norfolk Estuary Bill has passed into a law. Those only who are acquainted with the trade of Lynn can estimate the importance of this measure to that port, and consequently to our railways. The anxiety evinced by the corporation, merchants, and traders of Lynn fur the success of this project, affords the best criterion of the value attached to it, and which, when carried into effect, must give to the port of Lynn that importance to which its geographical position evidently entitles it. "The Eastern Counties' Company having brought into Parliament a Bill to authorise the amalgamation of that Company with the No'rfolk Company, in which Bill were inserted clauses increasing to a considerable extent the rates legally chargeable by the latter company, also giving them certain powers which, if exercised, would prove injurious to your traffic, we felt ourselves com pelled, by a due regard for your interests, to oppose that Bill, which was consequently rejected by a Committee of the Lords. An examination of the chart will enable you fully to estimate the difficult position in which your lines would have been placed had the Eastern Counties' Company, who already possess the port of Wisbech, ob tained .'o large an interest in promoting the trade of Yarmouth and Lowestoft, to the prejudice of Lynn and of your railways, which the advanced tolls sought to be legalised would have enabled them effectually to have accomplished. " We have ever been anxious to enter into equitable arrangements with all adjoining companies for the im provement of the traffic of our districts, to our mutual benefit; but past experience bas taught us the necessity of having all arrangements of this nature legally binding. No progress has yet been made in the adjustment of the several matters that have so long been arranged for sub mission to the decision of arbitrators; we have ex pressed to the new board of the Eastern Counties Com pany our anxious desire to have these matters settled, and we have been assured that they shall receive their early attention. " The statement of the revenue account for the half year ending 30. h June, 1849, exhibits a diminished amount of receipts, as compared with the half-year im mediately he ha v a te v h e eb led decree j e t f o ci) tue t n h fd i si chieflynvd e e " c t r i e g a a s tt o e i nh have board, thie ee at causes snedtei preceding. oltheheyibe f t r h o e ' ea ' arisen from the bad harvest of last year, which, together with the first commencement of free trade in corn, has produced that extreme degree of depression which has prevailed through every branch of trade in the counties of Norfolk and Cambridge, and, we believe, in the agri cultural districts generally. The advance demanded by the Eastern Counties Company in their rates for the conveyance of coal, and other heavy articles, while the rates by water have been considerably reduced, has also had an injurious effect on our traffic, as is apparent from the above tables. _ _ " The prospect of an abundant harvest, and the passing of the Norfolk Estuary Act, give us good grounds for expecting that the traffic during the current six months will yield a more satisfactory result. " With reference to the expenditure, we have satisfac tion in calling your attention to the reduction in the con sumption of coke, oil, &c., in the locomotive department and at the several stations." The balance-sheet represented the liabilities to amount to 384,4431., while the assets reached 384,5261. The receipts of the past half-year amounted to 17,6941. 13s. 4d., and the expenditure to 11,9311. 17s. Oid. leav ing 5,7621. 16s. 31d. in hand. The total expenditure from the commencement of the company amounted to 1,312,1681. 17s. Bd., and the receipts to 1,317,658 L 19s. 9d., leaving 5,490/. 33. ld. in hand. On the motion of the Ch AIRMAN, and after a short discussion, the report was adopted. A resolution was then agreed to authorising the reduction of the number of directors to six, and the di rectors instructed to adopt a new plan of keeping the accounts • to appoint a paid law-clerk; to consolidate the offices of accountant and secretary; to reduce the work ing staff; to remove the offices from London to Lynn; and finally to have the permanent way maintained by responsible parties on approved contracts. The report of the committee of investigation, which has already been published, was then read; after which a lengthened reply from the directors was submitted to the meeting, and approved of. The following is the conclusion of the answer of the directors to the report of the committee of investiga tion:—"We agree with the committee as to the main causes of many of the embarrassments of the company; indeed, their statement is but an echo of the several reports made by us to the proprietors on the subject. For these embarrassments we do not hold ourselves in any degree responsible, as they are the results of former management. That the staff of officers and servants was originally established on a scale beyond the require ments of the company is easily accounted for by the erroneous ideas entertained of the future traffic by the former Chairman. On this subject we beg to remark, that since the departure of the late general manager in December last, the board has made very extensive re ductions in the staff. The committee must have been well aware that it has long been the desire of the board to obtain the services of an experienced man as general manager, and that such appointment has only been delayed until we could meet with one in every way qualified to promote the interests of the company. We have much satisfaction in stating that, in the ap pointment of Mr. Wentworth Clay, who will enter on his duties as general manager on the Ist September, they believe and trust they have secured the services of a gentleman in every way capable of promoting the in terests of the company. The concentration of the com pany's offices, workshops, and stores at the principal station has long been the anxious desire of the board ; but the heavy demands on the funds of the company have compelled them to delay this very desirable ar rangement. We are very reluctantly compelled, by the general tenor of the committee's report, and to meet their unjust imputation of want of energy on the part of the board, to refer to what was the position of the com pany's affairs when they came under our direction, and the numerous difficulties with which we have had to contend, viz.,—the line to Ely was on the point of being opened for traffic, but great expense had to be incurred in maintaining the line through the Fens during the ensuing winter. This work, owing to the embarass ment of the contractor, had to be performed by the company. The line from Lynn to Swaff ham was also on the point of being opened, but the cuttings through the chalk were in a state to require the greatest care, and extensive excavations and sidings were neces sary to form the station-yard and accommodate the traffic. These works required a continued outlay which, owing to the bankruptcy of the contractors, had also to be borne by the company. The contract for the unprofitable Branch to Wisbech was hastening towards completion, with the concomitant evil of a pressing demand for pay ment of the contract sum—while the portion of line from Swaffham -to Dereham, which was expected to yield a favourable result, was retarded by the insolvency of a third set of contractors. Those who have had to settle with a number of insolvent contractors, and to complete their works, will be able to estimate the difficulties with which we were surrounded. At this period there was no accommodation whatever for goods, coal, or cattle traffic at Lynn, or at any of the other stations, and the utmost quantity of goods that could Abe landed daily at the Harbour Station was 50 tons, while at present there is accommodation at the principal stations for every description of traffic, and 400 tons may be daily landed at the harbour. To accomplish these necessary objects, a very considerable outlay has been required. When it is remembered that, instead of the company possessing ample funds for the completion of the undertaking, as we had been led to believe was the case, it was ascertained that the capital which had been raised would not suffice to pay the liabilities (of a large amount of which we had received no intimation), as stated in the report of the shareholders, dated 16th February, 1848, the proprietors will probably consi der that the position of your directors for nearly two years has been most painful, and has entailed upon them a degree of laborious and anxious occupation in the management of your affairs, far exceeding that which usually attaches to directors, even when paid for their services. It has long been our desire to obtain the co operation, as colleagues, of some desirable parties wil ling to undertake the duties and responsibilities of the directorial office. Our wishes in that respect are unal tered; and we are prepared at any time, when furnished with names, to elect to vacant seats such gentlemen as may be considered best calculated to assist us in develop ing the resources of the undertaking, and in promoting the interests of the company." Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated after a lengthened sitting. LLYNVI VALLEY RAILWAY. The h;li-yea;ly ordinary general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday, at the Company's offices, 449, West-Strand. W. Matthews, Esq., the chairman of the company, took the chair at one o'clock, and the usual formal proceedings having been gone through, The SECRETARY read the following report : " Since the last half yearly meeting. Of the share holders, in February, 1849, the directors have the satisfaction to report that a small increase in the tonnage and revenue of the railway has taken place, and though that is but slight they are willing to receive it as an indication of a gradual revival from the depressed condition under which the district through which the line passes has been for so long suffering, and on the prosperity of which the railway so much depends. The prospect too of an early opening of a contiguous portion of the South Wales Railway, it may b e reasonably expected, will be the means of opening extended markets for the produce of the district, and materially increase the traffic on the line. " The directors will embrace every practicable opportunity of availing themselves of any advantages that may offer. " The accompanying statement of the last half year's receipts and expenditure having been examined and approved by the auditors are submitted herewith for your consideration and approval. " It will be observed by an inspection of these ac counts that the small increase of revenue has been more than counterbalanced by the unavoidable pay ments of the past half-year, of which those for rates and taxes form the chief item. Appeals have been made against some of those assessments, and a par tial reduction obtained. " It is hoped that a still further diminution may be effected in these branches of expenditure. " The net profits available for a dividend for the half-year are 1,1191. 14s. 3d., and the directors recom mend that a dividend at the rate of 2i per cent. per annum upon the paid-up capital of the company bo de clared (without prejudice to the claims made on behalf of the holders of the new paid-up stock created under the Amalgamation Act), amounting to 9411. 17s. 7d., which will leave a balance of 1771. 16s. Bd., which it is proposed to carry to the credit of the reserve account. _ " In compliance with the wish of the proprietors at the last general meeting, the Bill then before Parliament for an extension of time for the exercise of the powers granted under th e A c t o f I ncorporat i on was immediately withdrawn and no further expense incurred. " As regards the engineeri ng d epar t men t o f th e li ne and port, the directors have now to report, in refer ence to the first, that every care and means have been t a ken to sustain and improve the road for the conve nience of the existing traffic, it being considered pru dent to defer any extensive alterations until the opening of the South W a l es R a il way s h a ll h ave indicated their extent and character. As regards the port, some further outlay this summer has been made in the breakwater, which has been added to the capital account, and what has been expended in filling up the interstices of the stones of which it is formed with concrete, an operation f oun d mos t e ff ectua l i n pre venting their displacement by the effect of the bois terous falls experienced on the South Welsh coast. This point is referred to more at length in the report of the directors in August, 1848." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption, printing, and circulating of the report, said, that with reference to the prospects of the company, although he could not congratulate the shareholders on a very la - rge dividend. He thought, considering what had taken place in the railway world, that they might consider themselves in a position of safety. The iron and coal trade had been in a fearful state, especially in the neighbourhood of this railway, yet he thought they might safely calculate they could get a dividend of 21 per cent., and that that could be increased. There had been a considerable increase in the traffic and tonnage of the company during the last half-year, and he thought that such being the case, they might look to better things still.—(Hear.) He trusted they had seen the worst. The dividend proposed was 2i per cent. for the year, or 1+ per cent. for the half-year. The adoption of this course might and had led to discussion between the old and new proprietors, and the anxiety of the directors was to have the matter put upon a proper basis. The chair man, after alluding to the Parliamentary position of the company, concluded by moving the adoption of the report. The Rev. Mr. KNIGHT entered his protest against the dividend proposed, on behalf of the proprietors, and the Rev. Gentleman, after asking several ques tion of the Chairman relative to the expenditure and expenses of the company, wished to know in what position they were with respect to the South Wales Company. He wanted to know whether they owed the South Wales Company 6,000/., or whether that company owed it to them ? The CHAIRMAN, having in detail answered the question of the Rev. Proprietor with respect to the expenditure and expenses, said that he did not think it wise or prudent at present to enter into the ques tion of the connexion of this company with the South Wales Company, but this he would say, that the attention of the directors was alive to the subject, and when the question was ripe for discussion at a general meeting the directors would offer no opposition to that discussion. The report was then agreed to, as was also a dividend at the rate of 23- per cent. per annum for the last half-year, some of the old proprietors present entering their protest against it. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE.) Joshua Simmons, 31, a dealer in all sorts of things in Field-lane, Holborn, was indicted with stealing, on the 26th of July last 40 yards of doeskin, value 54 10s., the property of Joseph Bartrum and Co., who are large woolen-drapers on Holborn hill. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Laurie prosecuted for the City, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. From the statements of counsel, and the evidence ad ducal, it appeared that on Thursday, the 26th of July last, the day of the memorable rain and hail storm in London, two of the City police in plain clothes saw the prisoner on Holborn-hill, about half past three o'clock, with a bag on his back, they asked what he had got there, and he said some stuff for making trousers, which he had bought of a person in the street, 'shoal he said he did not know. fie was asked what he gave for it. lie refused to say, stating he would answer no more questions. He was then taken into custody by one of the officers, while the other went to search his house. The prisoner afterwards effected his escape, and upon being retaken by the officer he struck him severely in the head, and nearly knocked his eye out. Some of the partners in Mr. Bartruna's stated that they had missed property like that produced from their house in Holborn, and that they believed it was theirs. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury for the prisoner, and called several witnesses, one of whom swore that the property alleged to have been stolen by the prisoner was offered to him for sale by a person he did not know, and the others gave the prisoner a good character. Mr. RYLAND having replied, The RECORDER summed up, and Tho jury, after a few minutes' consultation ex pressed their wish to retire, and were accordingly locked up. The jury retired at one o'clock, and did not return into court until half-past five, when they found the pri soner Guilty on the second count, of the receiving know ing it to have been stolen. Sentence was then postponed until this morning, when the police will put the Court in possession of the facts connected with the career of this man. A SCENE IN COURT.—A gentleman entered the box to complain of the conduct of a person then in court. He stated that he was a surgeon named Howlett, en gaged on a case then waiting to go before the grand jury, and the person whom he complained of had at tempted to withdraw the prosecutrix in the ease, and repeatedly asserted it was a case got up by the surgeon and police to get expenses._ Tile RECORDER Observed that it was a most dis graceful affair, and proceeded to examine the witnesses on oath. Policeman D 212 stated he was near the defendant when he said to the prosecutrix, " This be d—d, it is a trumped up case by the surgeon and police. I shall go out of this door, you follow me." Upon witness telling him of the impropriety of his conduct, he told him to mind his own business, and took his number. Policeman 89 D corroborated this statement. The RECORDER (to defendant)—You stand committed. Defendant (most violently)—lt is all false and unjust. The RECORDER —Your are committed ; what is your name ? Defendant—Charles Fricken. The RECORDER — Where do you live ? Defendant— " Newgate," at present. The defendant was forcibly removed, protesting violently against the injustice of the case. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. John Parry Hening and Henry Roberts, who have been previously examined on a charge of ohtain ing money under false pretences, the former repre senting himself as the secretary, and the latter as col lector, of the Animals' :Friend Society—which had no existence except in name—were placed at the bar before Mr. Norton for further examination. A third prisoner, named Thomas Croton, who was also represented as a collector to the society, was also charged with a similar offence. theof five se sehtiallriyn secretary to Mr. Thomas Stevenson, of 37 , Upper Grosvenor street, surgeon, deposed, that about eight or ten house and h e paid e weeks ago a c o llector belonging to the "Animal's andF Friend requested d l Soie ty"orth him who said he was so, called a t hi s a m s a u n b t s o cri s p e t n io d n him to explain the particulars and objects of the soc iety, as he felt anxious for the welfare of such an object. Some days after the prisoner Hening called, and, representing himself as the secretary of the " Animal's Friend Society," said, the society was older than the Royal Society, and produced a printed book, in which appeared the names of several respectable gentlemen as committee. men, &c. He told' Hening on that occasion that if some of the com mittee-men called upon him, he should be glad to co operate with them in carrying out the objects of the society, and should exert himself, through his friends, to get subscriptions for its use. No member of the committee, however, called on him, nor had he seen the prisoner from that time to the present. He had not given the prisoner Jlening the slightest authority to place his name, as he had done, in the printed list of the committee-men of the society, nor had he the slightest knowledge of the fact of his having done so until Horsford, the Mendicity officer, called on him and produced the printed list. He (Mr. Stevenson) parted with the ss. subscription upon the belief that the gentlemen whose names appeared as committee men really were committee -men for the management of the society. Mr. Richard Thomas Hicks, who described himself as a commission agent, and whose name appeared in the list of committee . men for the management of the would-be society, also declared he had not given Hening any authority so to use his name. Horsford, the Active Mendicity constable, said that, in consequence of the receipts for the different sums of money received by the prisoner Crotol on account of the society, he took that person that morning in his garden. On telling him what the charge against him was, Croton sail that he had been employed by Ilening, who had for some time lodged at his mother's house, to collect the money, and what he got, with the exception of his commission, he paid to that person ; and added, he wished he had never seen Ifening. The prisoner Croton said it was true enough he had received the money, and paid it over to Hening, who paid him 10s. out of the first pound, and 20 per cent. on the remainder. Horsford said he had received a letter from Mr. Gompertz, who had been for some years connected with the Animals' Friend Society, to which he wished to direct his Worship's attention. He here handed to the magistrate the following letter, which Mr. Norton read aloud : " Oval, Kennington, July 30, 1849. " Sir,—l beg to inform you that you are in com plete error about our society, the Animals' Friend Society,' which is not defunct; you have confounded it with a pretended society set up by our own men against us. I have sent you our report No. 15, and refer you to the caution in it, page 8. I have also sent you a printed previous caution, and particularly request the favour of its being returned to me, as it is the only copy I have left. Our office is 457, West Strand.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " LOUIS GOMPERTZ." Horsford, in continuation, said that in consequence of this letter, and from the faCt of its having been stated by Hening, Croton, and others that his society was defunct, he had felt it necessary to summon Mr. Gompertz to this court, in order that he might con tradict the fact, as his Worship might deem such. contradiction evidence, or, at all events, to give some explanation of the matter. Mr. Louis Gompertz, an aged Jew, here got into the witness-box, but was not sworn. He said he knew the prisoners Hening and Croton, from their having been at one time employed by a man named Gibling, who had been connected with his (Mr. Gompertz's) society, but he 119. d since denounced the whole of the parties, and published a caution to the public against them as impostors receiving money on account of the society for which they never accounted. Hening (to Gompertz)—You know you are the biggest swindler of the lot; and if justice was done to you, you should be where I am, in the dock. Mr. Gompertz went on to say that it was through his exertions that the Animals' Friend Society had been established, and that he seceded from the Royal Society on account of some difference of opinion about its management. He said the former as well as the latter society was still in existence, and its office was at 457, West Strand. Hening—Your Worship, it's no such thing. There was a place there that Gibling and myself took for him ; but it's as black as my hat, and there is not room to whip a cat in it ; and it is merely kept for the purpose of receiving subscriptions. I can assure you, sir, that Gompertz (and he knows it) has had no society for some years ; and the place in the Strand has been kept up, as I said, for the purpose of receiv ing subscriptions only ; and I will repeat that Gom pertz is more to blame than any one. Horsford here also made some observations not very complimentary to the character of Mr. Gompertz. Mr. NORTON, addressing Mr. Gompertz, said he thought it right to mention, that on a former occasion it had been stated that at a meeting of his (Mr. Gom pertz's) society a young man who was paying his addresses to his cook had been appointed vice-presi dent of a meeting and auditor of the accounts ; and under the circumstances he should like to be made acquainted with the names, &c., of the present com mittee of management. __ _ _ Mr. Gompertz here took the printed report of the society, and said the following were the members of the committee, viz., T. S. M. Forster, M.D., who is abroad ; Henry James Walton, Esq., a merchant's clerk, Dalston ; N. T. Grabble, Esq., a lawyer's clerk; Thomas Barker, Esq., newspaper-office; Baldwin Weatherston, Esq., clerk in the Patent office, Chancery-lane ; F. B. Gartz, surgeon, Brix ton-road ; and Sandgate, Esq., whose address he did not recollect. The last meeting of the committee took place at his (Mr. Gompertz's) house, Kenning ton Oval, three or four weeks ago, when only three members and himself were present. Two out of these three were the auditors, and he (Mr. Gompertz) was the treasurer. They had met to audit the ac counts, though they had not 6d. in their coffers, but on the contrary were much in debt. The committee might not have met for twelve months before, and the place of meeting was at his house. Minutes of the last meeting were made, and he could produce the book containing them. Hening here said that the Mr. Grabble, dubbed an " esquire," was merely a lawyer's clerk out of place, who was paying his addresses to Gompertz's cook, and the others who were set down as committee men were men about equally respectable. Mr. NORTON, in remanding the case, put it to Mr. Gompertz whether, after the exposé that had taken place during the examination, it was prudent or politic to continue to coll,ct subscriptions for the society ? Mr. Gompertz asked if his Worship meant by this that the society should be done away with ? Mr. NORTON replied that he did not see the use of going on with it, as, according to his own showing, they had not a sixpence, and therefore he thought it should he discontinued, at least fur the present. Mr. Gompertz said he could not think of this, or something like it, and left the court in a state of great nervousness. INDEPENDENCE OF HUNGARY. MEETING AT SUNDERLAND. A public meeting of the borough of Sunderland took place on Monday evening last, to consider the propriety of publicly expressing their sympathy with the Hungarians in their present struggles; and of memorialising the Queen to recognise their indepen dence, and to enter into commercial relations with them. The meeting was called by the Mayor in compliance with a requisition most numerously and respectably signed. It was held in the Athenceum, the large hall of which was filled in all parts, between ten and twelve hundred persons being present. The Mayor, Joseph Simpson, Esq., having been called to the chair, and several speakers having ad dressed the meeting at great length, the following re solutions were adopted with great applause : " That as Englishmen —as lovers of all freedom, civil and religious—as true conservatives, and as friends of progress—this meeting feel it a sacred duty to express their earnest, entire, and unreserved sympathy with the Hungarian struggle for independence, and their humble and hearty admiration of Hungarian heroiseb." " That we look with deep abhorrence upon the savage and horrible manner in which Austria carries on the war, and as friends of the rights of nations, and of the freedom of the world, emphatically protest against the unrighteous intervention of Russia." "That a petition be signed by the Mayor on behalf of this meeting, and that it be presented to the Queen, praying the Government to give an emphatic expression to these universal feelings of the people by immediately recognising the de facto government of Hungary." A subscription was entered into on belaalf of the Hungarian fund. Average Amount: Pease a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 40,280 Penzance Bank, Penzance-13atten and C 0... 9,274 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Ban)s. Peter borough—MAssrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson , White, and Simpson 4,415 Pe - . - aorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—j. and W. 'Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stmonas and Co 27,195 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 26,135 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and C 0... 5,180 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood,. Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds and Co 4,986 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank .Roches ter—Day and Nicholson • 7,293 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 13,120 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 14,283 Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 11,660 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co 9,508 Ross (,Id Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway 3,987 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co .... •• 12,193 Scarborough Old Bank, 3carborough—Woodall and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co . 30,043 • Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son 2,130 1 Southampton Town and County Bank, South- 11,495 13,097 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 •••• t Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rnfford, Wrang, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 13,438 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford —Eaton, Cayley, and Co. ~. and. ................ 24,935 Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. 20,366 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- 3,670 3,007 son and Stuart — Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 18,637 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 8,495 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns- ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe--P. and W Hancock ... Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster--- Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann. Clough. and Co JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad- ford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- ington .. Cheltenharn and Gloucestershire Banking Com- pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry.. County of Gloucester Banking .Company, Chel- 21,933 12,192 tenliam Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company 93,792 21,796 18,946 Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich :Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 14,958 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 128,174 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 14,756 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,259 Hull Banking Company, Hull . 25,297 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha- 36,895 18,698 lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany', Halifax 31,555 Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,453 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 16,433 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 20,195 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,988 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster .. „ 58,670 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 43,404 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,227 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 26,718 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,053 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 62,248 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverp001....... 19,646 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester .. Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 1,673 Sheffield Banking. Company, Sheffield 33,448 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang- 9,538 1,851 port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Corn pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshira Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking CompanySll 4 i ns id 51,156 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond ... Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury . • ..... ............ _ Sheffield and Retferd Bank, She ftie Wolverhampton hualmidrSttoanffordshire Banking d Com- 32,073 Wakefield and Barusley Union Bank, Wakefield 11,077 Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Leuouir_gton Banking Company, Warwick West of Englane ml 4 South Wales District Bank. Bristol Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 62,740 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield ..... 27,242 ..... . . Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester York Union Banking Company',.Y . o . ...... ......................... 6 4 0 : 0 6 4 94 9 Yor City and County Banking Company,y or k 75 , 545 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds ............ 107,768 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. lulanctilevenUer &men e$ 1 19144 0 1 Aug. 18, 1849. 3,437 MEETING AT SOUTHAMPTON. Southampton has, like many of the other towns of the kingdom, spoken out on behalf of the patriotic Hungarians. The inhabitants assembled in public meeting on Tuesday evening, in the Town-hall, which was filled to overflowing with an earnest and enthusiastic auditory. The meeting was convened by the Mayor (George Laishley, Esq.) in accordance with a requisition signed by nearly 100 of the most respectable inhabitants, including the sheriff of the borough and twelve other members of the town coun cil. Amongst the gentlemen present were (in addition to the Mayor) the sheriff, the late mayor, Mr. Alder man Brooks, Mr. Alderman Palk, Mr. Councillor Clark, Mr. Councillor Ellyett, Mr. Councillor Morse, the Rev. T. Morns, the Rev. A. M‘Laren, the Rev. J. C. Richmond (of the episcopal church in America), Lieutenant General Thackeray, and others. Many excellent speeches were made, and were re ceived with great applause by the audience, who entered with great warmth and enthusiasm into the spirit of the meeting. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : "That this meeting, fully recognising the right of every independent nation to regulate its own internal affairs, views with feelings of abhorrence and indigna tion the unjust and unprovoked invasion of Hungary by the armed hordes of Russia, and desires to record its most sincere and earnest sympathy with the brave and patriotic Hungarians in the heroic efforts they are making to preserve their national independence and free institutions from the destruction with which they are threatened by the two leviathan despotisms of Europe.' " That a memorial, expressive of the sense of this meeting, and signed by the Mayor on its behalf, be pre sented to her Majesty, through her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, earnestly praying for the immediate recognition of the de facto Govern ment of Hungary, as a measure called for not less by justice and sound policy than with a view to put a stop to the sacrifice of human life, and the horrible atrocities which have marked the progress of the invading armies through so many of the towns and cities of llungary." " That the best thanks of this meeting be given to the conductors of the Daily News, The Sun, and the other metropolitan and provincial journals, in which the cause of this gallant people has been honestly and fearlessly advocated. DEATH OF THE DEAN OF TUAM.—The Very Rev. Dr. Carter, Dean of Tuam, died on Sunday last, at Kingstown, where he had been staying for the benefit of his health. The deceased had nearly completed his hundredth year. SUN W T ORSIJIPPERS IN BALLINROBE.—There is a new sect springing up in Ballinrobe, called the " Sun Worshippers," who celebrat e or o ff er t h e i r s acrifices in the unfinished walls of the new chapel; they have seceded from the parish chapel within the last mo llo . — klar Constitution. 6,484 7,32 8,455 12,251 7,814 6,381 16,351 6,075 22,483 4,289 40,562 11,681 1%952 3,518 14,083 28,384 45,002 5,008 12,140 8,750 69,793 9,197 2,335 12,974 10,038 40,605 11,587 555 40,283 9,678 8,174 45,402 10,032 27,199 16,165 54,378 10,006 27,380 9,095 8,755 1849, GREAT ROWING MATCHES. The two great rowing matches, which have for come time past engrossed the attention of aquatic men, came ofd' yesterday, and attracted the attention of some thou sands of persons. The first of them waq a match for 2001., between Thomas Coombe. of Westminster, the brother of the champion of the Thames, and Thomas Ma.:ikinney, of Richmond ; 'the distance contested being from Putney bridge to the Ship at Mortlake. The first-named of these men has been so often before the public, for many years, in various gallant contests, as to need but little comment upon his performances, save that he has esta blished for himself considerable fame, and has invari ably exhibited great stamina and game. The other first distinguished himself about four years a e o as a winner of the coat, badge, and freedom presented by Mr. Evan Mori is, at the Thames Regatta, and in the same aquatic festival of last year rowed secriud to Doubledee in the great picked scullers' match. So great was the interest excited that there was no less than four steamers chartered upon the occasion for the conveyance of company—the Childe Harold, Lalla Rookh, Cardinal Wolsey, and Starlight ; and as the time approached for starting the Watermen's race, these, together with a vast number of other boats, large and small, including the brilliant Leander club, the Thames, Cloantnus, Hearne, Lord Kilmoroy's, with the noble owner rowing stroke, moved towards Putney bridge. _ _ Shortly after five in the evening the two crack water men made their appearance in very beautiful light out rigger wager boats. Coombes, who is upwards of thirty years of age, weighed a trifle above 9st., while his op ponent, who is between five and six years his junior, ex ceeded him by more than a stone. Both appeared ex tremely confident, and looked in first-rate condition. Betting was very brisk at evens, Coombes for choice, but in many instances he was backed at guineas to pounds. Coombes had been trained by his brother, the champion; Mackinney, by the celebrated Robert Newell, who has two or three times contended unsuccesstully against Robert Coombes for the championship. N. Rolls was umpire for Coombes, Doubledee for Mackinney, and Mr. E. Searle undertook the responsible office of referee. At about twenty minutes to six the men effected a capital start, Coombes, having the choice of station, taking the Middlesex side of the centre arch of Putney bridge, his opponent the opposite side of the arch, towards the Surrey shore. Coombes immediately took a slight lead, having the nose of his boat two or three feet in ad vance in an instant, and in the next making a slight in crease upon that. The advantage, however, was but tran sient, forin the next half-dozen strokes Mackinney was scull and scull with him, and continued to apply himself so vigorously to his work that opposite Messrs. Searle's he had drawn his boat clear of his adversary. Coombes then made a most gallant effort to overhaul his oppo nent, but the pace of the latter was too good for him, and Mackinney gradually drew foot by foot farther in advance throughout the match, being about a couple of lengths and a half ahead of the Crab Tree, nearly double that distance at Hammersmith-bridge, wad improving upon that at almost every stroke. Although Coombes now and then, by a desperate effort, gained a trifle, he was unable to maintain it,and Mackinney won by twelve or fifteen lengths, completing the distance, upwards of four miles and a half, in twenty-five minutes and a few seconds. The steamers, as well as the vast number of horsemen wbo had accompanied the race up the towing-path and bank, then waited until the tide turned for the second race. This event had also created considerable interest. The competitors were Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw, against Messrs. J. G. and J. D. Chillingworth. All four have acquired great celebrity as gentlemen amateurs, and have contended for two or three seasons past in various great regattas. The first-named pair reside at Richmond; the latter at Teddington ; and as they were considered to be extremely equal, they determined upon the present race for a pair of silver cups. Betting was upon Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw for choice. The course was from the Railway Lodge, at Barnes, to Hammersmith-bridge. They started very evenly, the Chillingworths, the younger of whom rowed stroke, taking for the first few strokes a very trifling lead. Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw, the former in the bow, went to work in fine style, and a gallant race for a short time ensued, in the course of which Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw drew slightly in advance, and appeared to be improving their advan'age, when the Messrs. Chillingworth were crossed by a boat, which fouled them, and stopped their way for a few yards. They soon went to work again, and, notwithstanding their mishap, made some very gallant efforts to overhaul their opponents, but failed, although they, towards the last, materially shortened the distaace between the two boats. Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw won by three or four lengths. The gentlemen exhibited first-rate) style. The winners rowed in a boat built by the emi nent Searles. THE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET.- A SCIIEiIIE FOR A SOUND JOINT STOCK ASSOCIATION. Notwithstanding the vast amount of capital which has been absorbed in railwaays and other important works, there is a superfluity of money for investment, as a re ference to the City article of any paper, or a communi cation with bankers or brokers, will readily prove. The disinclination to embark in any new undertaking which may be brought forward manifestly ari , es from an ap prehension of incurring those responsibilities which have fallen so heavily upon many persons, in conse quence of the hasty and inconsiderate manner in which schemes of every description -were engaged in in the year 1845. In contemplating the responsibilities arising out of that period, the capitalist who, seeking to avoid liability, is nevertheless desirous of investing beneficially, will inquire how it arose that persons found themselves so unexpectedly involved; and he will find that it mainly originated in the want of caution which induced them to take shares in various undertakings, regarding only the first payment, and not sufficiently considering the future cilia to be made upon them. If a man takes fifty shares of 201. each, with a deposit of 21. per share, his attention is mainly directed to the payment of the first 1001., and he reflects but little upon the remaining 900/. which has to be paid at some future time. When that time arrives, he discovers that he has made a great mis take in failing to consider, when he took the shares, whether he had 1,0001. available for the purpose. The great difficulty now felt by capitalists is the want of a channel in which to invest, without the fear of further responsibility of this kind; and the first, and seemingly the best plan to meet this difficulty, which we have seen is that of the Islington Cattle Market and Abattoir Company. The sliares in this company are fixed at 1/. only, to be paid at once. By this plan future calls are pre vented, with all their train of evils. The person who has 5/., 201,, or 501. to spare, can invest it without the slightest apprehension of being called upon at an incon venient moment far a further contribution. We are much mistaken if this principle will not be generally adopted, as being calculated to meet the circumstances of the times. One word as to the merits of the Islington Cattle Market and Abattoir Company. The scheme is cer tainly legitimate. There is a valuable property already in existence, with the privileges of a market conferred upon it by Act of Parliament. The buildings are al ready erected—the work is done —as, so soon as the purchase is completed, the shareholders will be in pos session of the estate, which is now producing a certain amount of revenue, and which would be greatly in creased by the removal to it of the business of Smithfield market, which it is proposed to effect in the next session of Parliament. It is not a little singular that Liver pool should have formerly been situated precisely as London now is. The cattle market was in the centre of the town; it has been removed to the suburbs; and the result is that the 251. shares pay a dividend of 21. 18s. per share per annum (upwards of 10 per cent.) exclusive of the abattoirs, which are paying 20 per cent. in addi tion to the shareholders. The butchers of the metropolis are a numerous, opu lent, and influential body, upwards of 1,500 in number. They ought to have a voice in the management of the great metropolitan cattle market —Atlas. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. - - ----- BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 23.—At Glocester and Worcester markets, on the 18th, the wheat trade ruled dull, but no reduction from the previous week was submitted to on any description. Barley, nominally unaltered, with a limited sale. .Fine oats in demand at full .prices, but inferior were neglected. Beans taken in retail at quite as mach money. Peas rather cheaper. New wheat sold at ss. Bd. to 6s 2d per 621 b. During the present week the weather has been very fine, yet no redaction has been submitted to on the sales made, which have been chiefly of Polish Odessa. A few parcels of heavy grinding barley have changed hands at former prices. At this day's market there was a small attendance, and the wheat trade ruled dull at the currency of this day se'ennight. Barley rather lower. Oats 6d per quarter cheaper. Beans maintained their value. Peas neglected. BRISTOL, AUG. 23.—The weather during the past week has been fine, and with a good supply of old English wheat the trade has ruled dull at is per quarter under previous prices. At this day's market a few samples of new have appeared, which were readily taken at 5s to 5s 3d per imperial bushel. For foreign the demand continues circumscribed, also at fully is per quarter under last week's prices. At this day's market English new wheat fetched from 38s to 44s per imperial quarter; foreign wheat, 47s to 50s per 4801 b.; ditto red, fine qua lities, 43s to 455; ditto red, ordinary qualities, 38s to 41s; ditto hard, 35s to 38s. Flour is dull of sale—Eng lish seconds, 30s to 32s per sack; American sweet, 235 to 25s per barrel. For grinding barley there has been a moderate inquiry; English malting, 27s to 30s per impe rial quarter; ditto and foreign grinding, 20s to 25s per 4001 b. In oats, beans, and peas there is but little pass ing; oats, Devon and Welsh, 18s to 195 per imperial quarter; Irish white, 20s to 21s per 3201 b; ditto black, 17s 6(1 to 18s 6d per imperial quarter; foreign, none; beans, English, 28s to 34s per imperial quarter; foreign, 25s to 28s per 4801 b. The arrivals for the week ending August the 23d have been—wheat, 416 barrels; oats, 94 barrels; barley, 1,400 quarters and 310 barrels; flour, 1,070 sacks. The averages for the week are—wheat, 38s; oats, 17s; beans, 32s 6d. BOSTON, AUG. 22.—Wheat, red 43s to 455, white 495; oats 14s to 21s; beans 32s to 35s per qr. SLEAFORD, Ana. 20.--Wheat, white 47s to 495, red 44s to 465; oats 18s to 21s; beans 35s to 36s per qr. ALFoRD.--Averages for the week ending Aug. 20— Wheat 47s 9d; barley 258 per qr. LOUTH, AUG. 22 .—Wheat 42s to 475; barley 23s to 263; cats 14s to 16s per qr. LYNN, AUG. 21 . —Wheat 40s to 445, fine 46s to 48s per qr. OiKHAM, AUG. 20.—Wheat 45s to 50s; barley 28s to 30_s• 2 oats 20a to 26 5; b eans , 36s to 40s per qr. UPPINGRAM, AUG 22.—Wheat 44s to 475; barley 26s to 28s; oats 20s to 245; beans 33s to 3&s per qr. Butter 10d to lid per lb; eggs 20s for is. MELTON MommAY, Avg. 21,—Wheat 453 to 505; barley 26s to 31s; oats 203 to 245; beans 34s to 388 per qr. Butter lld to 13d per lh; eggs IBs to 20s for 15. GAINSBORoUGH, AUG. 21.—Wheat 47s to 51s- 35 ciriz, 871 7s (average 49s 1014.) NEWARK, AUG. 22.—Wheat, old white 503 to 524, new 483 to 50s, old red 48a to 50s, new 47s to 483; barley' old grinding 245 to 255, new malting 30s to 325; oats, old 22s to 245, new 20s to 21s; beans, old 33s to 353 per qr. ROTHERHAM, AUG. 20.—Beef, 5s 6d to 6s 6d P e stone; mutton, 44cl to 5d per lb. Cattle 219, sh e ° 2,100. DERBY, AUG. 21.--The supply of fat stock to-dial was considerably improved, and the attendance of P P , chasers was tolerably largo ; the demand w as not ov er brisk, but most of the animals were disposed of. The number of sheep and lambs was about the average; without any alteration in the price. The veal trade lv ,, s some little improved. Fit pigs were plentiful, and e°ll',,, pletely a drug. Beef, 41d to 51d ; M u tt o n, 40 5d ; Lambs, 17s to 21s; Veal, 41d to 5d per lb; fig: 7s to 7s 61 per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d yer 01° "6 of 141hs. Hides, lid per lb. C a lf., s ki ns , 2d to 32 per lb. GLASGOW, AUG. 22.—There is some progress mat l , l l with the cutting of grain in the more forward localitli at every favourable turn of th e w ea th er , w hi c h is si '„ i d unsettled. Our supplies coastwise an d f rom IreL 6 o l continue light ; from abroad, with th e exce pti on of au" 4 8,000 barrels of flour, they were inconsid e rable ; the foreign arrivals at Grangemouth comprised ° l d about 835 quarters of wheat, 936 quarters of beans, / j ar 100 quarters of pea-. There has been some inquiry wheat and fl nir during the week at last Wedneslo9,3 currency. Other articles ruled quiet. This clt ) ,{ market was thinly attended. Wheat, an d the ' e d brands of II , ur, were held with more firwressi. afl in some instances a slight advance was resli ig , : Barley without change. Outs and oatmeal ( full of , and to make progress an abatement of 3d to boll or load respectively would have been acceedea Indian corn neglected. EDINBURGH, AUG. 22.—The quantity of wheat ereeiss forward this day was 428 qrs, being 140 qrs less top last week. Top price the same, and the average —lOO qrs unsold. The quantity of barley brought ' ° l4 ward was 149 qrs, being 188 qrs less than last w e 1 1 Price on the top is up, and the average 6d down s a qrs unsold. Of oats we had 742 qrs brou g ht forward 26 qrs more than last week. Top price Bd, ' o f the average 3d up-110 qrs unsold. Th e qualltigi c e beans was 74 qrs, or 33 qrs more than last week. on the top the same, and the average 10d up-5 q rs - sold. Top of wheat ... 65ilbs 553 Od ... Barley 56i1bs 30 5 Od ••• Oats ..• 43ilbs 23s 4 1 Beans ... 6711133 35s 611tli.,„11 EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 22.—The sTot of cattle this morning was 409, being 68 mo re then 6 a week. Top price of the best beef 78 6d; current to 7s ; middling and inferior 5s 6d to 6 1 per Dutch stu o A great many unsold. The supply o f sheep and 15 plo this morning was 5,775, being 1,577 m ore th an last n r f o - s e Sales for sheep again exceedingly d u ll, an d a t the c` o o, of the market a great many were t urne d out p 0 ,1110 Lambs of the best kinds sold readily at f u ll prices, ;op the inferior kinds were dull. and th e p r ices t io ld Top price of the best mutton 511 per lb ; cu rrent, 41 159 sd; inferior, 3id to 4d. Lambs (top), 20s; current' to 17s; middling and inferior, Ss to 103 ahead. 4 111 DUNBAR, AUG. 21.—Wheat, weighing 64Ibs, br, c ;;;10 51s, and prices to 42s Od; barl e y, weighing ,viiipt brought 00s Od, and prices to 00s Od ; oats, weig",ed 431bs, brought 21s 3d, and prices to 20s Od ; beans pease, weighing 001bs, brought 00s Od, and Price° 00s d. DUNDEE, AUG. 17.—Wheat, 46s Od to 49s Od;',foreitl ditto, 47s Od to 50s Od; barley, 22s 01 to 23s Od; o a 18s 6d to 19s Od ; pease and beans, 23s Od to 25 5 6 'oo CORI, AUG. 22.—Flour 14s Od to 14s 6d; extr a to o seconds, 13s 6d to ON Od; households 103 to 12s; thirds, P m , per cwt. Oatmeal 12s 6d to 00s; Indian meal 6s 6d to 6s 9d; Od f t/ meal, 103 Od tolls per cwt. Indi an corn 610 s Od t o 6/55 ton. Bran 3/ lOs Od to 4/per ton. Hay—Farmersl9s to 30s; e l " 21s; dealers 453 to 00s Od; a verage 00 s per ton. Stiaw--,, Far 13s Od to 27s Od ; average 17 s ; d ea l ers 30s Od to ""-041; average 095 Od per ton. Bread--Wheaten loaf 6d tio q to household loaf 5d to 5 4 d per 41b . Fresh butter, 411/ 8•1 per lb. Eggs-4s Cd t o 4 s Id per hundred. iiestil Newport 14s; Lydney 16s; Landore 14s; Best Oft Culm 13s per t on . T a ll ow 40s Od to 00s per ?,foo' Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. d —Beef 4d to 7d; mu tt on 5d to 60; veal Id e t , 7d ; pork 4d to 5/d ; b acon 7d to 8d ; sausagesni 17,,: lb. Hops 6 1 10s per cw t. B angor s l ates 3/ 2s 6d to 31 rel y ton. Bark—B ar b ary 8 1 to 8/1 0s; V alonia 141 to 01; • t ee 7110 a; English 0/p er t on . Fl eece W oo l lOs to 1 2 5 per s . r ed Hemp 34/ to 35/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 175 to . 1135 i/ pot ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; N ew f oun dl an d 10/ 10 5 to j esi ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first goal° 1 0 second quality, 165 per 100. Hides—Market IN to ID, salted 12s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2adlle i , Potatoes, white 6d to 9d ; Mi n i ons 00d to 00 d ; G els Peruvian, 111 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar--A re 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SUARE MARKO °. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 23. oo d tO' cld‘ STOCK EXCHANGE.— The share mark e t was no t 50 g - 0. 0 , 61 ., The saes are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, an d Ch es hi r e (late ), INs G per cent., 13—Great Norther n (5 p er cen t . Preferenet o cas7 4 —Ditto (Lancashire and Yerkshire Extension), 1% dls• 9 , and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3%—Ditto, Fifths (W es t Riding r ei .„, 2io 7s e dis.—London and North-Western, 129—Ditt o , New (I,l,erai-.Ea4(O, —Ditto, Fifths, 43i p.—Midland, H a l ves , 14% dis.—e g u e rvil.' ,, and Dover (No. 4), 71. Is. 3d.—Y or k, N ewcas tl e , and N. E. Purchase) 6 per cent. till 1850, 78s. 9d. die. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 23. 1 . 01 1 7,, STOCK Eicostia..—The transactions to-d a y wer e a 9 l North British, Preference, 1-16 -p.—Sheffield, Preference, De gaPi North Staffordshire, 6 1-16 dis. —East L ancas hi re , New, 16% eM Fifths, 3 11-14—West Riding Union, 4 11-16 die. Eastern Coupe 1, 8% —4llancliester and Sheffield, Eighths, 4.—Dover (No. 4), S et ip BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 23. STOCK Excuallox.—The transactions to-day were as toll London and North-Western, 130 N orth Staffordshire, pror Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference (Scrip), 2/. 3s. 9(1.- - shire Union 3 dis. ex in.—South Staffordshire, 41. lb. 9d. YORK, AUGUST 21, , fol‘ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day have bee"' low: —North British, 12%—York, N ado „ ' - - " ..ork, Newcastle, and Ben castle Extension), 13%—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 4% -- ' l° North Midland, 28%. GLASGOW, AUGUST 21. IoW 0 0 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were f a lo , Caledonian, 42—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 255. 45" Dumfries, and Carlisle, 436—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ditto, Halves (No. 1), 7. a 1 HOP INTELLIGENCE.--WORCESTER, AV-' o sif- Business conti nues b r i s k i n our market, som e exte w s d sales having be en ma d e on S aturday, b ot h in other hops, although the former have the call, estr,betz first class sampl es , w hi c h are several shillings nto and difficult to find even at the advance, the gre P oere being held by s p ecu l ators f or still higher ra tes. are some reports of improvement, but opinions 7,, the cidedly against 7,0001. duty for the district ' b oo Borough-market two pockets of the new grovitl l vplY already appeared, one fr om M r . H enry S m i t h, o f id ca t ingham, Sussex, which came in on Friday, an d s° 101. per cwt.; the ' other grown by M r . Henman, ° f de', Peckham, Kent, appe are d th e f o ll ow i ng d ay and reaji.' 11/. 4s. per cwt. The d u ty f or th e ki ng d om is s° - 65,0001. to 70,000/. Worcester Journal. 00 0 01 THE LINE N C AMBRICS OF IRELAND.—Not t to nected with her Most Gracious Majesty's recent T isi i o' Belfast, it may be mention e d, th a t the c hi e f suPPi r oo cambric pocket handkerchiefs has long been drawlkler that quarter; for, by a return moved for b y Mr. „ 1 - o `,o o man Sidney, M.l ] ., the other day, it a p pears that ;rf has long ceased to supply any quantity, the return 10 ports being, in 1842, pieces 12,139; in 1843, 14,3°,d 1844, 14,032; in 1846 (when the duties were red li i ;rof 10,579; in 1847, 19,222 ; i n 1848, 31,029. This 10g increase is owing t o a very light gauzy fabric ,c-01, into wear, not hith er t o manufactured in Belfast- bee re-exports of the French article have, of course , 48 0 but limited ; i n 1846, 23; in 1847, 206; in / 8- pieces. DISCOVERY OF STOLEN FIRE•ARMS.---r t de 4 /° can, sub in s p ector of pike, on Friday last proe' e t iy,", Killyon, Ri ng ' s County, where he found a quo r 'sfaw, fire-arms, w hi c h were concealed in a cave vertrrbilo: constructed. A mongst the arms was the blot:10'1ov the residence of John Rutherford, Esq., sword, &e., which were stolen some months ago [ADVERTISEMENT.I—An Abscess in the 131. 00 Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— About thrt o 'tsli since Mrs. O'Flaherty of Mill-street Cork, aerie - eod bruised her breast, for months afterwards the pain and the part became fearfully swollen ; various llPP,'" c s s eti were tried without giving the least relief. UltimatelY scess formed, discharging a great quantity o f b or eouro st debilitated her constitution to an alarming exteati; ikr o o o stage a lady strongly recommended her to try n ° e t, 0 Ointment and Pills, having witnessed their good effe, 60, former occasions, which advice she followed, and tlieos'9o' medicines answered most satisfactorily, for the wound $1, 4 4 11 healed, and her health is now completely renovated.-- all Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment' Strand, London. KingSbofo eos A BIRTHS. . 4 1 0 On the 20th inst., at B rea d sa ll R ec t ory, Mrs. ilelw be 4 Crewe, of a son. 008 On the 21st inst., at Liverpool, Mrs. Frederick R. o f of a son. vi ife On the 21st inst., at R ar d ean , Gl oces t ers hi re , the tr , the Rev. E. Mansfield, of a son. On the 21st inst., in Davies-street, Berkeley-squ are' 0 1 wife of Dr. Woodfall, of a daughter. P I MO. On the 21st inst., at Frognal-lod ge , H amps t ea d, _,,, J. Fearon, of a son. ObSe itreet . hag me ted Pas, . hr llOA ee picket Bruns', Fast Terms, Itreet Aug - - ........--- A MARRIED. ~olfr"4 , On the 16th inst., at Leamington, Edward John Lij'l'; o tio t ri 'Esq., 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment, to Anne vr, i Dit" eldest daughter of John Hunter, Esq., late Captain 0 " , Dragoons. P . v 0 On the 21st inst., at Henley-on-Thames, the 1,40 derick Poynder, to Julia Frances, eldest daughter of - Clowes, 01 the Royal Navy. lir k q11 . .4 On the 21st i ns t., at S t. George ' s Camberwell, Val-P.or bury, Esq., o f t h e Post-office, to Mary Anne, V il daughter of M r . J o h n L ayton, of Camberwell. ........./ $ DIED, e la ej li On the 13th inst., th e on. Cornelius O'Callagha n ' son of Viscount Lismo re , aged 90. A tirl a e ' On the 14th inst., at St. Servan, in France, A . Eq., of Ystrad Wralt, Carmarthenshire, aged 47. e e' On the 17th inst., at Henley-on-Tha mes , G. IL " ~., Esq., of Rotherhithe. el' lllj (,'n the LOth inst., Thomas How, the s on of gr h . - of her Majesty's Customs. ing JO On the 29th inst., Mrs. Mary Anne Rose, of Far rAs 5 "'' street, aged 56. g JP".I is On the 20th inst., at the Con v e n t, Clapham, or der Maria Browne, aged 33, a professed sister o f the Notre Dame. d, gr. 9 On the 21st inst., at Canton-place, East India-ro ad, M. Davies, of Crutched-friars. Y4 oAdt On the 21st inst., at Claremont-terrace, Barnsbur of Miss Ja Deerig, aged 83. On the 21st in n st., at Ruislip, Middlesex, Sarah , relict 0 the late J. TiFludy, Esq., aged 77. 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