The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-13 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh aid eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amounc of Bank Nov..' of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circulation daring the Week ending Satur day, the 31st day of March , e 1849: Average' PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. . Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,461 Aylshaus Bank, Aylaham—R. and G Copeman 5,189 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Bickford and Hunt 30,486 Baldock Bunk and Baldock and Biggleswads P.ogg, and Lindsell... 23.748 Barn itapie Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 10 167 Basingstoke and Odiha.v, Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb, and ......... ....... 15,609 Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard ............. 32,242 Bedford and Bedfordshire Ban.:, Bedford — Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. . Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane ............................................ 12.555 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwa ds, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham —J. L. Moilliett, and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. & J. Seale) Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard Buckingham _ Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, 6,549 11,953 22,754 13,301 7,279 55,260 12.256 5,984 32,175 19,935 ParrOtt, and Co. Bury and SUffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow ' Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Bani - nry Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb Bat,: City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son Bedforkshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire —H. A. anti W. M. Harris and Co Brecon Old Bank; Brecon—Wilkins and Co Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gandry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington' and Driffield Bank, Burlington— 21,148 65,033 26,879 28,089 3,218 31,884 31,030 11,344 45,728 30,952 Harding, Smith, and Co Enry St: Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. WortlMO and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, 9,922 and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and 10,977 18,313 Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs Forsters Canterbury Bank, 'Canterbury=—Hammond and Co - • ••• •• • 22,28 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and _ _ • Sons eherthey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colehftter Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, 14,261 2,835 14,445 and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co 30,810 Cornish Bank, Truro —Tweedy and Co . 31,723 Covenitry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood -'• 7,673 cock City INnk, Exeter—Milford Uritr-Co.„ Cravf.r; • Bunk, Settle—:Birkbecks an , l ChrisrChurch•Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, 77,045 an .1 Cardiff Bank, Carghff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow • Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, `-tfonmc nth Bank, Brecon Lank, and Ross and Herefordshire 'lank, Cbepst.)w—Bromage, Snead, and Co. 6.790 Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank,'Derby—Smith and Co. Derby •ovte Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby--Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devize3—Einghes Locke, and Co Dias Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tex, 28,212 10,52 10,51 awl Co — Deneaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster — Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, &Co 65,402 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- 8,793 man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester —Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster and 00. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and C 0...—.. ...... . Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford' Bank, Chelmsford —Watford. and Co. 39,025 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 25,243 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and. Co. FatringdOn Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knikht Faveriham. Banki Faversham—Hilton and Co G °claiming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and 82,760 Seen Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and=King Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon... 8.548 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 19,810 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, HiMer, and Co. 22,321 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews and Co: Hertford' and Ware Bank, Ware—Aclams and Co Hull Bank and itingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntineon'Tbivn and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Nreasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Cc.. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead — Smith, and Whittings tall Honitor. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hi tcheu Bank, Hitchen —Sharpies and Co. ............. Ilereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and tkrchenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co . Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Miltley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co. 7 495 Kluiresoorough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,. Kna7esboroug,h—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—Gots:li and Sons.. 7,847 Lon ;ton Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Ilarv:y and Son Leeds bank. Leeds— Beckett and Co 54,140 Leeds :nion Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown, 13,022 19,409 16,980 38.269 4,596 63,610 11.402 18,209 17,856 33,086 and C Leek amid Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler, Gaunt, and Co. Lei , ester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... 24.712 Lewes Old. Bank, Lewes—Moliaeux and C 0.... 29.141 Li,h6 e i t i Bank, Lichfield Palmer and Green... 17,795 Ltneoin Bank. Lincoln—• Smith and Co 69,468 Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very —Davit' Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle t.,n,; and Cradoek Lyniington Bank, Lymingron—C. and S.--St 10,236 7,280 3,157 Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn ltegis'and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Maeclesfield—Broeklehurst and Co 11,974 Manningtree Bank,Manninc,rtree—N unn and Co 4,324 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank .Marl born Ugh—Ward, Merriman, and HUHN Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and 32,433. 10,360 10,787 5.892 12,109 Wi11iam5.:....... ••• ••• Miners' Bank, TruroL-Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Aber2.,aveltny—Baileys and Co 23,643 Monmouth Old Bcnk, Monmouth Bank, _Brecon Bank, ehelastow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank , Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth Bromage and Snead M......onmwo.uvirthsilhliiarems and NeviriorntsOld Bank, Newport 7 rlolafrnei Sleaford andrs and 'L itton Newark and Sreaford Bank, 274,36920 Newark Bank, Newark_ l Newark Bank, Sleaford_ll au'lleY. Peacock, and Co ' Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bu nny - .. ... .... • 46,454 Newniarket Bank, Newmarket—E aton I rk- 1 8,054 , ar n . mond, and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Du' .s.. -71;;;T:;; .an;(i 18'23° 11,730 Dyson . 3,49 1 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich.—Harveys and 11 mhons 38,887 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur - - novs end Birkbeek Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—a.rt, Feliows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddeoek and 57,337 ........... .. . , Naval Bank, .Plymouth —Harris, Mudge, and 21,315 . ......... ............. New ;.:;..rum Bank, Sarum-1141ey, Everett, and ' ........... ............. 11,945 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co. 25,731 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westrv—Croxon and Co Oxford - Sink, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinsoh, Parsons, and Co. _ - Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Toubridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge 'and . Tonbridge Walls and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Benching and Sens . _...... ...... o x f ar dshire Witney Bang Witney—Winiams, Clint it and . • • 10,814 9,616 31,361 7,669 ......." ' 30,475 THE , 5U1 4 41; 'LONDON, FRIDAY Average Ancient. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET Pease 3 Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and COMPANY. Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and C •-0... . 409,228740 unaptly was heel at the L on d on T avaiu , LIIS flO ig ?Eaerborough Bank and Ouudle Ban`.: Peter- The annual eeneral meeting e f th e r:11:e ee street, yesterday, for the p u rp ose of receiving t. e dircc borough-Mes-rs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough-Simpson, White, and Simpson 4,415 ending 31st December l as t, an d o f e l ect i ng two di rectors in the place of John Irving, Esq., and Charles William Peznorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and Short, Esq., and one audit or i n th e p l ace o f Ab ra h am W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and being eligible, offered themselves for re-election. Truro Bank. Penzance-Rickets, Enthoven The meeting was called for one o'clock, and precisely and Co - at that hour Andrew Colville, Esq., took the chair. Reading Bank, Reading-Simonas and Co 27,195 Mr. E. CHAPPELL, the secretary, then read the adver- Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy, and tisement conveni ng th e meet i ng, an d t h e f o ll ow i ng Co 26,135 report of the directors for the year ending 31st Dscem ' Richmond Bank, Richmond-Stapleton and Co 5,180 bar last :- Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and " The audited accounts of the Royal Mail Steam 1 County of Poole Bank, Ringwood- Ledgard Packet Company for the year 1848 have been printed ! . and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds lull information that but little is left to be explained in a and Co 4,986 report. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank .Roches- " Some few remarks, however, may be expected; and ter-Day and Nich0150n....... Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 13,120 working accoun-, it may be necessary to state, that under Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 14,283 the head of coal is presented a saving of 3,1841. ss. 5d., Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 11,660 arising chiefly from reduced rates of freight, and in some Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy- degree also from farther saving in the consumption. don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and " The charge for wages is greater in 1841, by Co . Ross (old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard harbour pay for the' Tay,' Clyde,' and ' Great Western,' and Allaway 3 , 987 when undergoing general repair. There were also three Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron intercolonial steamers employed during the whole of Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and vious year. Co 12,193 "In provisio' a stores, port charges and pilotage, the Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall difference is so trifling as scarcely to require notice; but and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and gregate, than in the former year, to the extent of Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eytons, . Miiton Bank, Sittingbourne 121/. Bs. ld. and Co 30,043 " Under the item general ser v ic e an d s t a ti ons , th ere i s Sittinc'bourne and an increase of 2,356/. 19s. 11d., arising f rom th e hi re o f -Valiance and Son 2,130 a steam tender at Ship Island, together with the neces- Southampton Town and County Bank, South- sary expenses of the Colonial Superintendent, in per ampton-Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co 13,097 communications. St. Alban's Bank. St. Alban's-J. S. Story - " The office and law expenses, salaries and repairs, Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie - taken together, show a diminished expenditure amount- Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury-Brodie and ing to 1,329/. Os. 4d. ~ King - " R e f err i ng t o th e cre dit side of this account, it is Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp- satisfactory to observe, that while the expenditure has ton-Atherly and Fall . 3,670 been only 1591. 12s. sd. above that of the previous year, Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 3,007 the receipts have been augmented to the amount of Stoarbridge Bane, Stourbridge -Rufford, 7,450/. 4s. 7d. This is more gratifying, when viewed in Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 13,438 sioned by the depressed condition of the West India Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, colonies, which has consequently been more than corn- Cayley, and Co. . Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and "Of the balance remaining at the credit of the profit Robins - and loss account for 1847, 27,6721. I Is. 3d. has been Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury carried to the credit of the general reserve fund, making -Beck, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's-Gib- 98,292/. 7s. 9d. This is exclusive of the insurance fund, son and Stuart - amounting, on the 31st December last, to 70,6671.10 x. 6d.; Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock 18,637 and since the date of those accounts a further sum of Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle and 25,0001. has been invested in the purchase of 28,0111. 4s. , Co 8,495 Three per Cent. Consols, applicable to the insurance fund of the current year. Thornbary Bank, Thornbury-Rol ph, Yates, and 6,484 " There has been a heavy outlay in 1848, amounting to Parslow 24,516/. 165. 4d., for thoroughly repairing the foul. ships Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns -7,3e1 specified in the profit and loss account; but, after pay ford and Barre , meat of this and all other charges, there remains a Thra.pston and Kettering Bank, Northampton . 8,455 balance of 55,692/ 17s. sd. on this account in favour of shire, Thrapston-Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But- the company. -- : cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S pany has experienced the loss of the steam-ship Forth, Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and tion held at Southampton, as to the causes which coca- Co 6,381 stoned this loss, have been very generally published in Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, the newspapers, but any proprietor, _desirous of more and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co 6,075 by consulting the short hand writer's a port of the whole Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- proceedings, which is deposited at the company 's office Kelyn,ge, Greenway, and Co. 22,483 for this purpose. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox. " The directors have to announce that they have se- Brothers' West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract and the Rio de la Plata; the arrangements for which, Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap- must, therefore, rely upon the proprietor.' confidence in man, and Co 11,681 their management, whilst they deer for tee present any Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win- explanation as to the details of pending negotiations; chester-Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester on the shares is anticipated, either for the purpose of -Wickham and Co 3,518 completing the Brazil Service or for the replacement of Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, the ship Forth. Weymouth-Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne D er by s hi re B an k, the company, the directors feel considerable satisfac- Wirkesworth-Arkwright a n d C o . Lion that they can recommend the declaration of a dive Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-. 28 , 384 Bend for the last six months of the year 1848, at the rate Gurney and Co. , Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. an d W the 17th instant." Hancock Hancock 5,008 sary for him to make any observations on th© document Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampto n -G oo d- which had just been read, and he should merely move ricke and Holyoake. that the report be adopted by the meeting, and printed Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavend e r, for circulation among the proprietors in the usual man and Co. 8,750 nor. If any gentleman had any observation to make Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, upon the report before its adoption was put to the meet- Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 6 99 e ' 93 ing, then was the proper time for their being made and meet- Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley „ entertained. and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-CharlesFoster and Mr. RIDOWA.Y said he had gone minutely into the Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster- statement ' which with the permission of th e c h a i r h e Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-- be satisfied with the dividend proposed to be given to Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth that they ought to have a fair remuneration and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurney, for the services which they had performed; Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great olden time, and who had borne " the heat and burden Yarmouth-Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 1 1 ,587 of the day," ought to have something for what they had Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten York Bank. York-Swann. Clough. and Co 40,283 compensation, and although he could not say he was the wisest man on the earth-(lronical cries of " Hear")- he felt assured he would receive from the directors and the meeting generally on the present occasion that con sideration which he was entitled to. It appeared to him that, by comparing the annual statement of account of the company with those of the last four years, the increase from freight in the working account of 1848 over the year 1845 was 18,4381. 13s. 7d. The great increase had been in the homeward freight, which alone showed as increase of 13,2231. 14s. 4d. when compared with 1845. Something had been said in the report about the depression of the West Indies; but that was no justification why they should not have something to encourage them to go on, or why they should not put a little money into their pockets instead of having it locked up as it was at pre :elle Let the directors now restore confidence by dis tributing the money that had been so unprofitably locked up. Again, the income of 1848 for passage money showed a decrease of 1,921/. 11x. 3d., as com pared with 1846, and a decrease of 4,363/. 15s. 7d., as compared with 1847; but when compared with 1845, there is an increase of 15,5541. 17s. 4d. , Did not that show that better times were coming, and that it was only by confidence in their superiors that they could hope to maintain their standing? On the disbursement side of the account he found that, compared with 1845, tho wages had increased 8192/. 73. Bd. ; and general service and stations, 5,802/. 45.; the salaries, e,279/ 12s. Bd., and repsiss of vessels 2,9231. 4s. Bd. 1 h e meeting - would see that they had borne an extraordinary degree of expenditure during all the past four years. Better times were coming, and let the future trust to ' the future. With respect to the increase_ of 5,8021. 4s. statedon t the igeneral report service something and stations, about a changethe chairm having a avi h tg a i d taken place. He (Mr. Ridgway) thought that since they held their meetings there was nothing but change. - (No, no.) He did not say that as a matter of com plaint; it had perhaps been done with the best intentions on the part of the directors.-(Hear, hear.) He be lieved it had been so. He believed from the respectable body that he saw before him that it was not their desire to screen the truth ; at the same time there were many proprietors absent who knew little or nething of the affairs of this concern. Again, the salaries of the London an d S ou th am p ton esta bli s h ments had been I augmented to 2,279/. 12s. Bd. Mr. CHAPPELL, the secretary (interrupting)-No, no; not on the last year. Mr. RIDGWAY said yes; and he would tell them that those salaries had been augmented within the last four years. At the same time that a reduction of expenditure was insisted on in the West Indies, why should not the proprietors insist on a reduction in their expenditure in England? lie knew not any justification of that very large augmentation of the salaries in London and Southampton during that period. Then, on comparison of the general expenditure of 1848 with that of 1845, there had been an increase of 26,232/. ss. lOd.; while on comparing the surplus over expenditure for the same years, the increase was only 7,7601. ss. Id. Now, he did not know what increase of duty the steamers had to un dergo by the change in the route, but at the same time he had no doubt the directors could explain the great in crease of 26,000/. on the expenditure when the increased income was only 7,070/. P seemed to him extraordinary that that should be so. Then, the balance-sheet showed a surplus profit for 1848 of 55,6921. 17s. sd. applicable to the dividend, which, if made at the same rate as de clared in April last, would amount to 29,680/., and leave a surplus of 26,012/. 17s. 5d., out of which a bonus of 20s. per share might be given, and still leave 11,172/. 17s. sd. to be added to the reserve fund, which was stated to be, on insurance account, 70,6671. 10s. 6d., and the general reserve fund, 98,292/. 7s. 9d., to which, adding the sur plus above mentioned, after providing for the dividend and bonus, the amount of the total reserve fund would be 180.1321. 15s. Bd. The surplus was proposed 1 to be added to their already very large general reserved fund. It was to be remem'oered that during the four years they had paid a sum equal to 100,0001 to the insurance fund, viz. 25,0001 a year. Now, he asked whether, that being the favourable position of the company, after bearing all the losses and casualties which they had sustained, they ought not to have an addition to their dividend as pro posed by the directors, and therefore he would propose that the sum of 30s. per share be added to the dividend now proposed by the directors. The proposition found no secon der in the meetin g . The CHAIRMAN said, that t here bein g no seconder to not think it would bo necess ar y for him to r ures. objections and fig the amendment of the Honou rable Pro p rietor, he did into any explanation of his l nt ebe Every gentleman present must know that it was not wag before the contract of the company wi th the Government would terminate, and every gentleman must also aware that the ships would not produce as mu ch as the y cost. It was absolutely necessary, therefore , for the company to keep in their hands a sufficient amount of funds to meet any incidental ex penses that might arise. He had no doubt that every shareholder would wish to receive a higher dividend, but he thought that the dividend proposed - was as high as ought to be given consistently with the state vv, !ors of th, 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, Uttwixeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- 9,678 5,174 45,402 10,032 7,199 16,165 54,378 10,006 ington . . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry-and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel- 27,380 9,095 21.933 12,199 93,792 tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 18,946 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and DerbYshire Banking Company, Derby 18,698 '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- 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, Kinp;sbridge 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 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 337,497 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,053 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 62,248 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North- 9,538 26,718 24,616 1,851 arnpton North and South Walos Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestirshire Banking Company, Lei- 16,684 19,646 ' cester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 1,673 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 33.448 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Corn- - pany, Stamibrd Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... .Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, 16,838 Sheffield .... .... ...... Sheffield and Rotherham Join t-Stock Banking Company, Sh.ditild ....• 51,156 Swaledaleimveßichmond,l aa r . l . .7 . 7 . 1 . 7 leyd a l e Banking Company, Storey and Thomas's Banking Company w Shaftesburyerhaaßetferd Bank, Sheffield pton athiStaffordsh ire Banking Com pany, Wolverhkrnpt 7 32,073 Wakefi eld and Bar ' - ile ° y n Union Bank, Wakefield 11,077 wa W rw hi i t e e k ha a v n e d n Le., : k Whitehaven Jointu.-' •••••• •• • ... Warwick ....... .. .. .' . West of Englan. - -' a. 1.4 Banking Company, 0 . ; .......... k .. iiig .. e . ... .. .... . 21,319 ...... mpany, . 50ut.h...."..------ 31,837 a. 14. District Wi ß lt a s n a k r; i3 d r go b3 rs l et ............... Compn::: .. !al:: 2 6 6 7 9 2 , , 2 0 7 4 4 5 2 8 0 West Riding Union Banking Co niP' ",2, 3 7 , Hu& dersfield 'Whitchnrch and Ellesmere Banking c ompany, Whitchnrch _ ........ 3 437 Worcester City and County Banking Company, ' Worcester... . . , 4,049 York Union Banking Company, York. Yor City and County Banking Comps ny, York 75,545 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of ,auk Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, April 7, 1849. 8,755 the affairs of the ,do ilroT4 it. TI company, n 7 t 3 1 LA.: cries of poke He had not spoken on the general question of the re port. There were some important points in that docu ment, especially the Brazilian contract, to which he was deArous to allude. He thought that -time ought to be given to the proprietors to look into that contract be fore they gave their sanction to it. The Hon. Proprie- tor, amid much confusion, proceeded to remark upon the excess of expenditure that had not been noticed in the working account, and to deprecate the course that had been pursued by the directors in advancing money to the Government of Grenada. The C.AIRMAN said, with respect to that subject money ha i be n advanced by the company to complete the road between Panama and Chagres, which it was of great interest to the company should be completed. The return of that money had been wel secured to the company, and it was being paid off by monthly instal ments with interest.— (Cheers.) Mr. COLBORNE thought that the chairman and the directors were well entitled to the thanks of the proprietors for their eminent services. He thought the proprietors ought to be perfectly satisfied with the dividend. After some further discussion the report was agreed to, ordered to be printed, and circulated among the pro prietors. The CHAIRMAN said the dividend would be payable on the 17th. In answer to a question from Mr. Mox hay, he observed that he had never heard of se curity being required from the captain of a ship to incur a penalty if ho lost it. The company had adopted the beat course they could to their officers by paying them liberally, and if they were careless they were dismissed; that was the extent of punishment that had hitherto been awarded to them. The question of wheth( r something could not be done with captains to make them more careful was under the consideration of the directors. _ _ John Irving, Esq., and Charles William Short, Esq., were re elected directors, and Abraham George Roberts, Esq.. was re-elected auditor. question from a pro pritethoer,C iu said that teve i n answer ryt to a been done in o r d er t o everything ghad press the claim of the company upon the estate of Aera man and Co., of Bristol, but ho was afraid there would not be a great deal got out of it. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and directors, and the meeting broke up. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. Commodore Superintendent Henry Eden, of Wool wich Dockyard, is on leave of absence. Captain 'olfe, additional of the Fisgird, is carrying on the duties of the port, as senior officer; and Mr. Bellamy, the master attendant, is carrying on the dockyard duties. ERRATA IN THE OBITUARY OF THE NAVY LIST.— The deaths of Paymaster and Purser Richard Gilbert (1790) and James Yorston (1813), are reported inac curately as " assistant surgeons." Paymaster and Punier Robert Burn (1800) has also died during the last quarter. . - Lieut. Sampson, of the Royal Marines, who has been adjutant of the royal dockyard brigade at Deptford, died a few days since. The vacancy is to be filled up by one of the most deserving and efficient sergeants of the Royal Marines. APPOINTMENTS. Master—Edward Maunder, recently promoted, to the Scorpion, surveying•vessel, fitting at Devonport. Second Masters—Alfred Veitch, to the Hart, survey ing -tender ; John Parsons, to the Scorpion. Midshipman —H. F. Brown, to the Stromboli, steam sloop, at Portsmouth. Gunner —William Bartlett, to the Plumper, screw sloop. Boatswain —John Rice, to the:North Star. Carpenter—Daniel Thompson, to the North Star. SIIIPS TJ BE PAID oFF.—The St. Vincent, 120, Capt. S. C. nacres, will be paid off at Portsmouth on Saturday next. The Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Lewis T. Jones, will be paid off at Portsmouth on the 1601; and the Polyphemus, 4, steam sloop, Commander R. B. Crawford, was paid off at Portsmouth yesterday. Ti; e e f Furi completingtla bl e, her 84, fi t t o t r i lig commissionat Sheerness,deferred has had t e rhothe time middle of next month. The North Star, Master Commander Saunders, fitting at Sheerness for the Arctic expedition, will proceed after the 14th instant to Woolwich, to be com pleted in her stores and provisions. She will be taken out of dock at Sheerness on the 12th. The Castor, 36,'has been towed to Sheerness from Chatham, and is to be taken into No. 2 dock there, in stead of removing the Amphion out of her dock. The Basilisk, paddle-wheel steam• sloop, and the Niger, screw-sloop, are now reported complete, at Woolwich, prep.iratory to proceeding to trial, en route to Devonport. The Lightning, steam-tender, Master Commander Petley, is ordered to proceed from Woolwich to She:-rness on the 15th instant. shipM .s. p L r T i ti a c , e APRIL Regent,2. here from Gibraltar, where she had been attached to the which— O a had h a de some26t h time l t . b h e e f r o r kr e I a s j r e r v ty d ' s fleet of Sir C. Napier, having completed the repairs of which she stood in need, put to sea from the grand harbour for Sicily, where she would fall in with the fleet under Sir William Parker's command, and be attached to his flag. The movements of this splendid vessel were very beautiful, and, the breeze being stiff and fair, she went out beautifully. On Tuesday last the screw steamer Earl of Auckland, on her homeward route to London, from Constantinople, came into port, and having run up her quarantine flag, put on her steam, and proceeded to the top of the har bour, where she ran herself aground. This proceeding appeared very singular, until the fact became known that at 11 P.M. on the preceding evening she bad run over a rock, about ninety miles due east of the island, in lat. 35 deg. 50 min. N., and long. 16 deg. 22 min. 30 e b t r h t e d ir g l ht y t i o a d b.rdeo to-morrowoi fast.gnc r gkt a o a p l itchoyoeonbrr years ago, obtained.nentoauhrwees see. E., laid down in several charts as doubtful, and in others e a k p n t o a w m n G by ra t v h e e s, n t a h m e e ce o l t e . commanding the surveying ship Volage, having learned that a vessel had struck on it, went out in a cutter to ascertain its precise position, and was six weeks thus em ployed, TheoT3 re paired,heed Earlvewi thouton d o a af will t Awl will al resume n e k p y s l uu a tmnsuccessfulon e o ty n h r a e e e g s 7 i e u n t day after, as is reported. her surveys; and, as Captain Graves is ordered to survey the waters of Cyprus, he most likely will set the ques tion at rest as to the existence of the danger. It has been reported by persons said to have seen it that it is very small, not more than 10 feet square, and having 12 feet water on it, with no ground around it at 200 fathoms. ) The outward India mails have arrived. The bulk by the Indus reached Malta on the evening of the 30th, hay ing run out in.ten days and three hours; those overland by the Medina, four days later from London, on the 31st. The Indus left for Alexandria on the evening fol lowing her arrival. The Locust steamer, serving as a tender to the Triton, will proceed to the lonian I slands to-day, at 2 P . M . News has reached Malta from Constantinople thatthe Russians aro intriguing to effect a passage through the Dardanelles with their fleet. T o blind the Ottomans, or to procure their ready assent to the /An, they are ad vancing money to them to enable them to put their navy in condition, but the Plot having been discovered, had been checked by the English and French Am bassadors. News has also reached this place from Constantinople, that the Count de Sartiges, French Minister at Teheran, was very unpopular. The Schah had refused to accept the grand cordon of the Legion d'Honneur from the French. lie had lately given to the Russian and English Ministers his portrait set in diamonds, but the French Minister was not so favoured; whereupon he de manded a similar mark of favour in terms somewhat in rseufnusehde. haOdnbtehtiosrheeretcherievwedupfrtohme did not succeed, and besid es the English was given to The portrait t( s )h o r edl in solent, t , , or fsi and atnh sew; but Lion a at t h ! y ids r ween im. Schales death and the arrival o f ownfor theirorder se services c h s e e s a s i nthe preserving laugh against orderh bet the period of the late r losing r jni ste h r i s s - the successor in Teheran. PORTOIOE7TH, WEDNESDAY. — By letters from Rio we are informed of a court-martial about to be held upon Lieutenant Blennerhasset, of the Alecto steam-vessel. Lieutenant Reed, of the Inconstant, has joined the Alecto. Lieutenant Ballard, of the Alecto, has been appointed to the Raleigh. Mr. Waddilove, mate, has been appointed Acting- Lieutenant to the Alecto. Mr. William Graham, acting mate, and Mr. Phillips, midshipman, of th e A mp hi tr i te , h ave joined the Hydra. The Daphne, 20, Captain Fanshawe, sailed from Rio for Monte Video, from England, on the 7th February. The Amazon, 26, Captain Troubridge, arrived at Rio from Engla n d and Liberia, on the 23d February, en route to the East Indies. The assistant-surgeon, gunner, and boatswain were invalided from her on the 24th. The Amphitrite, 25 Captain T. R. Eden, arrived at Rio en route to . the Pacific, from the coast of Africa, on the 17th January, and sailed subsequently to the 25th for Valparaiso. Messrs. Graham and Saunders have passed their examinations for Lieutenants; the former remains in the ship, the latter volunteered to stop on the coast of Africa; both highly promising young officers. The Arrogant, 46, auxiliary screw steam-frigate, Captain Robert Fitzroy, bent sails yesterday morning, preparatory to going out of the harbour. The Diligence naval transport arrived yesterday morn ing at Spithead, with stores from the eastward, and was towed into harbour last night by the Echo steam- tug, which vessel likewise brought up a new vessel built by Mr. White, of Cowes, for the Board of Ordnance, for carrying shells to and from ships. The Polyphemus steam-sloop, Commander R. B. CrAwford, was paid off this morning, and has since been hauled alongside the sheer jetty to have her masts taken out. Wind—N.N.E.; fresh breezes and cloudy weather. WOOLWICH, APRIL 11.--The Sampson steam-frigate had her steam up yesterday in the basin to try her engines. The Gladiator steam••fligate was taken under the sheers to dad• to have her masts put in, and when ready for sea will proceed with the Sampson steam-frigate to Plymouth, to bo kept as advanced war steamers at that port. • PORTSMOUTH.--There is no truth in the report cir culated at Woolwich, that Sir Charles Napier will hoist his flag in the Superb and proceed to Cork to "relieve Itear•Admiral Mackay, at present in the command of that (or any other) part of the coast of Ireland." Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8., has arrived in town, and paid a visit to the Admiralty yesterday. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain S. C. Dacres, is nearly dismantled at Portsmouth. She will -have returned all her stores by to•night, and will be paid off on Saturday, as we have betore stated. Tbo •Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, and the calls that might I arrived at Corfu r , ” , 1.•• r-i on the 26th of March, after a passage of rr' • : ~11 ;toa were the en• termed the Commander and officers of the Apollo ut dinner. The Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, Captain Fitz roy, was tried at Portsmouth yesterday. This chef d'oeuvre of naval architecture went out of harbour in the morning at eleven o'clock, having on board Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescott, C. 8., Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Cochrane, Captain Chadds, C. B , and a number of other distinguished officers, with a number of gentlemen be longing to the steam department. She was fully rigged, having her sails bent, and top gallant yards across; her stor. a and weigh of all description:, were on board, with the exc -ption of pow d,r and shells, and the clothing snd traps belonging to her crew; she lied also about 300 tons of coal on board, sufficient for about fourteen days' con sunipton; with all these weights, she was one streak and rather better of copper out of the water : her draft was forward, 18 feet 2 inches; aft, 19 feet 5 inches. She went out against a flood tide at the rate of about six knots, scarcely making a bubble at her bows, gliding impercep tibly through the water without noise or commotion. We should say she carried her main-deck guns at least 12 feet above the water. We have before stated the splendid way in which this ship came into harbour, when she arrived from receiving her engines at Wool wich. With her 360 horse power she came into Ports mouth harbour against a hurricane of wind dead in her teeth, proving the power of the screw (although light in proportion to this vessel of 1,900 tons burthen), to pro pel ber against wind and tide. Independent of her aux iliary screw, she is decidedly ono of the finest frigates that ever was built. She proceeded round Spithead, and along the measured mile, when the result of the trials were as follows: Min. Sec. Knots. Ist mile in 7 29 ... 8.07 Mean speed knots 2d mile in 7 5 ... 8.47 S 8.294 3d mile in 7 18 ... 8.219 4th mile in 7 15 ... 8.275 S Number of revolutions made, 55; not up to the full speed, ship passing through the water very easily, and the en gines working most satsfactorily, the ship not feeling the least vibration from the working of the screw. The Arrogant returned into harbour at halt-past four o'clock, and to-day will go into the angle dock to have her copper broom( d down; whence she will come out again, pro bably, on Saturday, and will proceed an the 17th to Cork to try her steaming and sailing power at sea. The Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, Captain L. P. Jones, has nearly returned her stores at Portsmouth, and is diFinantling in readiness to be paid oil' on Saturday next. The Plumper, 12, Commander Holloth, has reshipped her bowsprit, with more stave than formerly. She has taken her lower rigging off the mastheads, and,is getting her tops over. For what purpose she is delayed a month by the engineer we know not. The Reynard, 10, Commander Cracroft, is in the basin at Portsmouth, having her hawse holes altered, and re ceiving six new timber heads, which were carried away on her port quarter by a heavy sea that struck her during her last cruize. 8.295 SUPERANNUATIONS.—The following officers of Devon pert have rect ived notice of the amount of pen3ions or superannuation :—Mr. Ancell, inspector (formerly mea surer), 821. Bs. per annum ,• Mr. Lacey, inspector, 461. 17s. 6d.; and Mr. F“x, 431. 15s. PROMOTIONS. Second Master—T. W. Sulivan (1844), formerly se cond master of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and now acting master of the Harlequin, 12, at Lisbon, has been confirmed to the rank of mater. APPOINTMENTS. Masters Assistants—K. 'l'. N. Pearce, and E. J. Young, to the Fisgard, flagship, at Woulwich. The Right Hon. Sir Francis 'l'. Baring, Bart., the First Lord of the Admiralty, returned to town last night from Hampshire; and Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 13., M.P., returned to town from Minehead, Somerset, and this morning, accompanied by their colleague, Captain Milne, with Captain Sir Baldwin W. Walker, C. 8., the Surveyor of the Navy, ani Lieut.-Colonel Irvine, C. 13., the Director-General of Architectural and Engineering Works, proceeded in the Admiralty steam yacht Black Eagle, Master Commander Cook, from Woolwich, to Sheerness and Chatham Dockyards, on an official visit. We must say we envy not their Lordships' debut after the late wholesale reductions, for we cannot anticipate a reception at all confident, cordial, or welcome. Gradual reduc tion by death or superuenuation there could have been no objection to, but whilst there are so many jobs and extravagances in the departments repre sented by the two gallant officers who accompany their Lordships—the reformation of which would effect a con siderable saving in the navy estimates—we are quite sure the public will not be satisfied with the sacrifice of the poor artificer and labourer's daily bread. In the one department, however, we must admit there has been, from the public attention which has been drawn to it, some attempt at correction of waste and abuses; and we are sure there is not a man more ardent in the work of revision and cor rection than Sir Baldwin Walker himself; but in the other department there is much to commence with, and the end is interminable. Nothing but an entire change of system will meet the evils connected with it. False hood, trickery, and evasion, are mixed up with tempo rising, incompetence, and downright injustice ; and the first step towards amendment is a searching Parliamen tary inquiry, in which we shall be prepared to assist to the utmost of our power and ability. The present Admiralty are scarcely responsible for the monstrous abuses of the system. They are of earlier origin, but from ,first to last—from the borrowing of engineer officers from the army to do Admiralty work, up to the present time, profound ignorance and assump tion, as well as reckless waste and the grossest unfair ness, have characterised the progress of soldier-civil en gineers. There is not a dockyard in the kingdom which has not suffered from the meddling of these " belted aspirants," as they were termed by the civil engineer journal on their appointment, and notwithstanding the thousands of polled: that have been spent on their tra velling expenses to the manufacturing districts in pur suit of practical science and experience, it is at length palpable to the meanest capacity that they are too old to learn, too conceited to take advice, and too proud to be persuaded, except to truckle to keep their places. We are mistaken, however, if the time is not approaching when the Admiralty, repudiating Ordnance help, and Ordnance extravagance, whether royal or corporate, will look to civil architects and engineers for civil services in their dockyard buildings, basins, slips, and sea-walls; in a word, that their Lordships will at one swoop clear away the present useless, incapable, and expensive staff of unknown names, with pompous initials, and commence the department de novo.—Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Two girls named Jane Brown and Susan Jackson were charged with threatening to break the windows of Messrs. Hitchcock and Co., St. Paul's Churchyard. The prisoners have only just come out of prison, after serving a period of two months for a similar offence, and about twelve o'clock yesterday they went to the prose cutors' house with a large stone each, when Jackson was about to tkrow a atone, but was prevented by the officer, who took them both into custody. They both declared that if they got twelvemonths they would break the windows as soon as they came out. Alderman HUNTER sentenced them to two months' im prisonment each. MARY LEBONE. Mrs. Croker, wife of Dr. Croker, M.D., occupying apartments at the residence of Mr. Paris, 48, Stanhope street, Hampstead-road, appeared before Mr. Long, by virtue of a warrant which had been obtained against her by her landlord. Complainant stated that the doctor and his wife had lived with him as lodgers about three weeks, and that during that period they had been constantly quar relling and making a great noise. On Monday, the 2d instant, at a late hour of the night, de fendant, who was intoxicated, and, as usual, 'violent in her language, was requested by him, (com plainant) to be quiet, when she told him she would be d—d if she would not do him some injury, at the same time threatening to set fire to the house. Com plainant added, that from the state which defendant frequently got into, he was fearful that she would really carry her threat into execution; the words which she and the doctor were in the habit of applying towards each other were of the worst description, and he should be exceedingly glad to get rid of them, but they seemed to have made up their minds not to leave. Defendant—lt is not at all, likely, your Worship, that I should think for a moment of setting fire to a house in which I have uninsured property that I would not take 2,000/. for? Mrs. Paris deposed to her baying heard defendant use most disgusting expressions, and with an oath declare that she would burn down the place. Mr. Morley, a lodger, also gavo evidence as to the utterance of the threat alluded to. Defendant—Your own wife has gone and sat dos nby the side of my husband before my own face, and you know that what I say is true. Mr. LONG—What do you say to threatening to burn down the complainant's house? Defendant—l never said I would do anything of the sort. Dr. Croker, who had evinced a considerable degree of excitement during the proceedings, declared that there was no truth whatever in the statement made by com.. plainant; the fact was, he (the doctor) had by him a quantity of gun cotton, which he used as a medicine, having a bad leg, and his wife had used the expression " take care of that cotton, or it may, perhaps, set fire to the place;" that, and nothing more, occurred in reference to any fire, nor was it at any time the intention of Mrs. Croker to do any mischief: The MAGISTRATE came to the conclusion that com • plainant has reasonable grounds Ear fear, and ordered Dr. Croker to enter into his own recognizance it, 1004 and to find two sureties in 50/. each, for the peaceable behaviour of his wife for the next three months. The required bail was given, and the parties quitted the court. Police -constable Evershed, 409 S, was charged with having illegally taken Dr. Croker and his wife into cus tody, on the evening of the 4th inst., for an alleged dis turbance in the street, close to their landlord's dwelling. The case was heard at this court ou the following day, when defendants were, after a long investigation, dis charged. Several witnesees were now examined, and defendant, who was considered to have exceeded his duty in taking up the doctor, but not so with respect to Mrs. Croker, was fined 40s. SOUTHWARK. Daisiel Donovan and Hugh Foley were placed at the bar before Mr. Cottingham for re-examination, charged with being concerned, with two other men (not in. cus tody), in a criminal assault on Mrs. Eliza Seal, the wife of a commercial traveller, in Coleman-street, City, and stealing from her person four shillings, a ring, brooch, and handkerchief. A solicitor aitended on the part of the prosecution. The circumstances attending the alleged outrage en I.r• p. 1;,. !;,,r ... ~ .if 1 1213 t nt~liet.i former wltti re•t.eu4 10 Liu; upon her person in the stone-yard at Bankside, by a man whom she believed to be Donovan, and sub%equently by two other men on board a barge, into which she was forcibly carried; that when in the cabin of the vessel she saw Foley there, and besought his protection from violence, but he refused to interfere, saying that he dare not do it. Mr. COTTINGU AM having impressed upon the com plainant's mind the necessity for her communicating all the facts within her knowledge of the transaction, as the prisoners were planet in a most eerieus eituation. the al iete d offence being one of the iewa greve d. , erii4ion as repected the parts they huff t ken in it, Tee m ges trete then proceeded to cia,e,tion her ci seta as to whether she had been drinking, or was tinier the influence of liquor when she left her husband's house in the City. She now stated, that on Saturday night last her husband quarrelled with her in consequence of her being slightly intoxicated that night, and turned her out, and that she went over to Walworth, and slept with her laundress at that place. That on the following ay (Sunday) she re turned home, and having rung the bell, she was not ad mitted, and then went away and walked about Walworth until the evening. Mr. COTTINGEIAM—Did you take any liquor on Sun day ?—She replied that all she had drank was a glass of porter—that it was between sev, n and eight o'clock when she got to the river -side, and was tnere met by the man who forced her into the stone-yard, and that it was the same man who carried her from thence after the assault on board the barge, where the offence was repeated by two other men. The complainant here fainted away, and was obliged to be supported, but she recovered in a short time, and still adhered to the accuracy ()flier state ment of what had befallen her, and added that she was not a consenting party. And when asked why she had not made an alarm in the stone yard situate very near a public thoroughfare, she ascribed it to the nervous and frightened condition in which she was at the time. The complainant's uncle, by whom she was accom panied to the court, was called forward, and he stated that she was married to his nephew, and had been so for sixteen years. 'Phut she was a well educated and ac complished woman—her father, who died some years ago, being a man in good circumstances. That for the last few years she had unfortunately contracted a habit of drinking to excess, which caused much unhappiness at home, but that he (witness) never heard the slightest imputation on her character as a virtuous woman. He knew that she was a very nervous woman, which was increased by her intemperance, and his impression was that a woman in her condition could offer but little re sistance to an attack such as that described to have been perpetrated upon her. That her husband was much attached to her, but that, in consequence of her hav ing fallen into dissipated habits, he had latterly become negligent and careless of her, lie added, that the first intimation he had of the alleged outrage was on seeing the account of it in the newspapers, and that he retained a legal gentleman to conduct the prosecution against his niece's assailants. The complainant was recalled, and, in answer to Mr. Cottingham, she said, that she did not go into any pub lic-house with the man who had forced her into the stone yard, neither before nor subsequent to the outrage ; that if such an assertion was uttered by any person it was wholly without foundation. That when in the cabin of the barge, she was held down while the two men perpe trated the outrage, and it was then she called upon Foley, who was present, to protect her, but he refused on the ground already mentioned. She was confident that she was assaulted by three men. Robert Bell, being sworn, stated that he was in the employ of Mr. Chandle, a pipemaker at Bankside. That on Sunday evening last he was in the " Welsh Trooper" public-house, Bankside, about eight o'clock, and was called out by Foley. He (witness) walked a short dis tance, and met Donovan and the complainant walking together. That he looked at them and saw them go down the stone yard together. Witness returned to the Welsh Trooper again, and in about half an hour from the time he first saw the parties he saw them come into the public house together, and Donovan called for a pint of half-and-half, which they drank between them. Mr. COTTINGHAM—Did any other person see the par ties in the public house together? Witness—Yes, Miss Garnett, the landlord's daughter, drew the half and-half for them, and must have seen them drinking together. The witness added that Donovan went out first, followed by the complainant, who had a handkerchief tied round the upper part of her face as if to conceal a black eye. Mr. COTTINGHAM—Who paid for the half-and-half, complainant or the prisoner Donovan? Witness—The latter paid for it. Mr. COTTINGHAM complainant)—You have heard what the witness has stated upon oath ; is it true?— Complainant—It is not true. Biliceman 104 M stated that, about half-past nine o'clock on the night in question he saw Donovan and a woman, whom he believed to be the complainant, walk ing together on Bankside. The latter held a handker chief up to her face, as if she was anxious to conceal it, when he approached them. Knowing Donovan, the latter stopped to speak to him, and wanted him to have some gin, which be refused, while the female walked on alone. Donovan then proceeded after the woman, and witness went on his beat. About half-past ten o'clock the same night witness was informed of the alleged out rage upon the complainant, and he saw her, and she then informed him of it, and said that her assailants had robbed her of 45., a handkerchief, ring, and brooch. She pointed out Donovan as one of her assailants. Foley said that he saw no person but Donovan in the barge with the complainant, and as she complained of being cold i❑ the cabin, he (Foley) went ashore to get a light and some wood to make a fire to warm her. Donovan said that at present he declined saying any thing. COTTINGIIAM said there was no doubt a most gross outrage had been perpetrated on the complainant, and that he should take ears that the whole of the cir cumstances should be thoroughly investigated, in order to bring her assailants to jintioe. For this purpose he should remand the prisoners until Monday, and gave directions that the publican's daughter and other wit nesses should be in attendance. WESTMINSTER- Peter Van Neirop, a Dutchman, was charged with having feloniously assaulted and wounded two persons named Thomas Murrell (father and son), who, in conse quence of the serious nature of the injuries inflicted, were unable to attend before the magistrate. Sarah Murrell stated that she resided with her family in Duke-street, Chelsea. At a little after 11 o'clock on the previous night she was sitting in one of her apart ments, which were up•stairs, when she was suddenly alarmed by hearing her husband (Murrell senior) cry out " Murder!" Her son, who had been sitting with her immediately hastened downstairs, and she followed, when she saw the prisoner, with an iron candlestick in his hand, strike her husband twice on the head with it, and a great deal of blood flowed from the wounds. On her son interfering in his father's behalf the prisoner at tacked him also, and inflicted two severe wounds, one upon the side of the face near the ear, and the other on the upper part of the head. The poi ice were called, and the prisoner was given into custody. In reply to an inquiry from the clerk who took the depositions, The witness stated that the prisoner eacupied the lower part of the house in which they lived, and added that she believed that the cause of the difference between the prisoner and her husband which led to the violent attack complained of was, that her husband had solicited the accused not to fasten the street door until the return home of his daughter and one of her brothers, who had gone to Cremorne Gardens that evening. The police produced a very heavy iron candlestick, the foot of which was much battered; they also handed in the following certificate:— "April 12, 1849. "We certify that Thomas Murrell, the lather, and Thomas Murrell, his son, have received several severe contused wounds on the bead, and are not in a fit state to attend before a magistrate. "A. COOPER GARDINER, } " BENJAMIN S. HOPwIDE., Surgeons." The prisoner, in reply to the charge,, complained, in broken Eaglish, that he always liked the atreet.door to be closed at an early hour; but the Mu..rmlls were so ir regular in their habits that, notwithstanding all remon strances, his wishes were not complied with. There was also continually much disturbance and unpleasantness caused by them, and, on the present occasion, he was pulled about and pushed down two or three times before he touched the parties. Mr. BURRELL - , after perusing the medical certificate, remanded the prisoner for a week. FOREIGN FUNDS. BEIALLY FUNDS.—BaIISSELS, Arau. 11.' Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .. Loan of Thirty Millions, FourperCent • • .• Ditto Three per Cent.......... • • • . •• Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto,dltto,lB4o ••••• • • • ••• • •• •• •• •• 90% 90% Ditt0,d1tt0,1842.... • • • •. •• 90% Ditto, 1836... .. •••• • • • •••• • 82% $2%., Ditto, 1838 ••••• • • • • ••...„ 59% Ditto of the City, 1832 99 Ditto, 1843 •,•• Bank of 8e1giu m ....., „ Issue of 1841 .............. •• •• • 71 • • „ 101% 101% Exchange on •London, 25.45. DUTCH FUN DS. — AMSTERDAM, A..pRIL 10. Bills Money. Actual ppttttoo Debt , t ee , rr 2 Ce % ee nn p tt e . .. r C : . e . n : : t f 8; 49N M 34 77% 79 Amort Syndic, 3% per C en t • • • • •▪ • •• • • Commercial Company, 4% par Cent • • — — 4 Spanish New 5 per Cents. ••.• • • • .... •22 22 9A , 10 % Ditto, 3 per Cents. ...• •• •• •• '" East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • • • •• •• •-• 12 Exchangeon London, ;3 4 5 87 Two months.• • • • • • • • •• Two months.. a . t . s • i • g • h • t • • ••• ••• 3 • 95 On Hamburgh, at sight • • • On Paris, 576 Aram 5. 5 per FUNDS sight .—VIENNA , u at N a D ig s h . ti. T wo months. •• • „ 66 68 4 per Cent... • • • • • • • • • • • • • tUSTRIAN 3 per Cent................. 2% per Cent. • • •• 1 per Cent Loan, 1834........., „ Ditto, 1839 .............. Bank Shares • • • • •• • • •• • • •1,125 Esterhazy's Loan . .. ... 45 2,734 280 6,526 5,522 9,085 4,400 5,139 7.313 7,014 3,695 EVENING-, APRIL 13, 1849. RAILWAYS. The Northern.... •• •••••• • • • • • • 96 Gloggnitz • • •••• • • ••••• • • • • - ... 95 REMOVAL OF THE WOOD PAVING.—The wood paving has been removed from the narrow portion of the Strand, situated between Sr. Clement 's Church and that of St. Mary-le-Strand, and granite blocks are in course of being placed in its room, during which the thoroughfare is closed for carriage trr4fAr3 of every de. scription.. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. Tbreutaiii - Aia - . Aran. I`2.—At Gloucester market on the the u h-at ruled (lull, aith the turn in favour of the bes, Pr. A, Worcester, same ilay. a noel deal changed hands st cur:, ney. trite i7k re.trra..r prices. Beaus and peas less in ri quest. Oats realised fully as m uch money. During the present week, a large business has been done in wheat of different descriptions, at rates not previously obtainable. Barley nominally unaltered, and less inquired for. Oa's in improved demand, and fully as dear. Very few trans actions reported in beans or peas. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat from the farmers, and fine samples realised an advance of is per quarter, and other kinds were the turn higher. Barley fully as dear. Oats sold at the price of this day se'nnight. Beans less inquired for. Good grinding peas inquired for, and held for rather more money. GLAseow, APRIL 11.—Our direct arrivals have been mo derate during the week, via Grangemouth, they consisted of about 2,630 quarters of wheat, 2,690 quarters of barley, and 697 quarters 01 beans from abroad. A fair business occurred during toe week at full prices ; the renewal of hostilities on the part of Denmark imparting increased firmness to holders of wheat, barley, and rye more particularly. At this day's market there was a good attendance, and rather a better spirit apparent amongst buyers. Wheat realised an advance of 6d to 9d per 2401 b, and Sour participated the improvement. barley and rye were the turn dearer. Oats, both grinding and feeding sorts, 6d higher per 264113. Beans and peas in better demand, and held at a rise of 6d per 280Ibs. Indian corn unaltered. BOSTON, APRIL 11.—Wheat, red 40s to 45s Od, white 48s; oats 11s to 2ils; beans, 26s to 30s per quarter. SLEAFORD, APRIL 9.—Wheat, white 44s to 465; red 43s to 4s ; barley 00s to 003; oats 14s Od to 20s; beans, 19s to 30s per quarter. GRlMsßY.—Return of ,Sales to April 9—Wheat 90 quarters, 1971 10s (average 433 10d); barley 154 quarters, 196 z Os Od (average 25s 51 1 (1) ; oats 62 quarters, 411 4s (average 13s 3id). ALFORD. — Averages for the week ending April 9—. Wheat 41s 1 I ; barley 275; oats 14s ; beans 00s per quarter. LOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wheat 37s to 455; barley 24s to 28s ; oats 13s to 17s; beans 32s to 37s per quarter; seconds flour Os Od. LYNN, APRIL 10.—Wheat 38s to 425, fine 44s to 465; barley 24s to 265, fine 28s to 30s per quarter. UPPINGHAM, APRIL 1 1.—Wheat 45s to 49s ; barley 278 to 30s ; oats 16s to 20s ; beans 30s to 40s per quarter. Butter 100 to 11d per lb ; eggs 22 to 21 for Is. • GAINSBORO', APRIL 10.—Wheat 46s to 50s-178 quarters, 4241 13s (average 47s fitid); barley -50 quarters, 751 Os Od (average 30s 0d) ; flour, fine 2s, seconds Is 10d, thirds Is 6d per atone. NEWARK, APRIL IL—Wheat, white 49s to 51s, extra 525, red 45s to 48s, extra 49s ; barley, malting 29s to 31s, extra 325, foreign for grinding 231 to 24s ; oats, provender 14s to 16s, Poland and potatoe 18s to 20s ; beans, new 29s to 30s per qr. DaasY, APRIL 10. The show of fat beasts to-day was exceedingly good, with a fair attendance of purchasers ; but all the beasts were not disposed of. The supply of sheep was about the average, with a little improvement in the demand. There was a better supply of fat pigs. The veal trade was somewhat about the same as last week, as far as regards the price of fat calves ; the supply was good. The store calves were plentilul, and could only be disposed of at exceedingly low prices. Beef 5d to sid; mutton 5d to 6d; veal 5d to 6d per lb; pork 9st per score. Rough fat, 3s 9d per s tone of 141bs. Hides, lid per lb. Calf skins, 2d to aid. ROTHERHAM, APRIL 9.—Beef 5s 6d to 6s 3d per stone ; mutton, 5d to 6d per lb. EDINBURGH, APRIL 11.—The quantity of wheat brought forward to-day was 768 qrs, being 331 qrs more than last week. Top price Is, and the average Is 2d down-148 qrs unsold. The quantity of Barley brought forward was 575 qrs, being 123 qrs less than last week. Price on the top the same, and the average 7d down -152 qrs unsold. Of oats we bad 1,276 qrs brought forward, or 156 qrs more than last week. Top price 8d down, and the average 3d up-34 qrs unsold. The quart' tity of beans to-day was 199 qrs, or 51 qrs less than last week. Price on the top 6d, and the average 3d down-62 qrs unsold. Top of Wheat ... 651 b 53s Od ... Barley ... ... 57 lb 34s Od Oats "• •• • 4441 b 22s Od Beans ... 66 11 1 b 30s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE M ARKET, APRIL 11 The supply of cattle this morning was 611, being 66 more than last week, and the quality generally of a very superior description. Sales rather dull, and last week's prices down fully 3d per s t o ne. One very superior lot, led by Sir A. Maitland, was sold at 2. 9 a head, being about 7s 6d per Dutch stone. Top price of the best stot beef 7s ; current 6s 68 to 6s 9d;- middling and inferior 5s to 6s per Dutch stone. At the close a clearance was not effected. DUNBAR, APRIL 10.—Wheat, weighing 6341b5, brought 464, and prices to 38s. Barley, weighing 55ilbs, brought 28 5 1 anti prices to 183 6d. Oats, weighing 43ilbs, brought 19s 3c l , and prices to 14s. Beans and Peas, weighing 67ilbs, brought 3Cs, and prices to 255. DUNDEE, Arum . . 6.—Wheat, 40s Od to 43s Od. Foreign, ditto 00s Od to 00s Od. Barley, 22s Od to 23s Od. Oats,l sl 6d to 00s Od. Peas and beans, 00s Od to 00s Od. CORK, Arum 11.— Flour—Firsts 14s to 14s 6d; extra 153 ; seconds, I3s Od to 13s 6d; households lOs to 12s; thirds 8s to 10 0 per cwt. Oatmeal Ils to Ils 6sl; Indian meal 7s 9d to 8s; wilost meal, lOst o 10 s 6d per cwt. I n di an corn 7/5s Od to 8/ p i . ton. Bran 41 to 4/ 5s per ton. Hay Farmers 22s to 40s; average 365; dealers 43s to 48s ; average 00s Od per ton. Sttaw—Farmerr 15s Od to 32s Od; average 00s; dealers 00s Od to 00s 042 1 ; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 60; household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per'lb. Coals—Newport 16s; Lydney 17s • Landore 161; Best Neath Cul m 14 5 per ton. Tallow 2 435 6d to 4 4 , 0 per cwt. Whi s k ey , 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial ga l' lon. Meat—B ee f 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6jd; Yee' old to 7d ; pork 4d to sid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. Hops 6/ lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/ 53 per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 to Si; Valonia 14/ to 001; French 71; English 71 per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone,' Hemp 35/ p er t on . Fi s h — S cotch herrings 185 to 19s; re d ditto 26s to '2Bs per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ 105 to 12/ per ton. Timbe r —N ew M eme l 4/10s; old scarce ; red pine ;,`, 15s ; yellow pine 3/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; second quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market 105 to 16s; salted 110 tr i 16s per cwt • calf skins 2d t o 20 ; market 2d to 2' d per lb. Potatoes, White 10d to 124; Minions 18d to 20d ; Guano" Peruvian, 10/10s; Ichaboe 9/ per ton ; Tar—Archangel, 185 per barrel. Eggs, 4s to 4s 2d per hundred. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was better to-day. S e sales are—Great Western, Q uar t er Shares, 3 dis .— Ditto, New li'' hares, 2 dis. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Share Market has been very quiet te-del and few transactions hav e t a k en place. The Sales are—Birkenhead. Lancashire, and Cheshire (l a t e C . and B.), guaranteed 6 per cent. tW 1850,15—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3% dis.—Ditto, Preference , 11% —Ditto, Halves (L. and B.), 12%—London and North-Western' 133—Ditto, New ,Quarters, p.—Midland, 76—Ditto, Halves, 7 dis.—Ditto, Consolidated (B. and D.), 52 36—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 2% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick ("' N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 1% die. MANCHESTER, Apt 12. STOCK ExcrlANGß.—The sales are—Dover (No. 4), 7% —We st' Riding Union, 434 dls. E dinburgh and Glasgow , 42 Leedt Fifths, 3 13-16 dis —Manch es t er and Birmingham (C), Quarters," 3-16 p.—Grimsby Docks, 14 15-16 dis.—Sheffield' (No. 1), Quarter* 7 13-16 dis.—Dover (No. 4), Registered, 6 15-16 dis. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The transactions to-day have been as fee lows :—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and StoUrValley, 1 1/. as. North British, 6 per cent. Preference, 3s. 9d. p.— North Stanore• shire, 31. ss. Bd. dis.—Soith Staffordshire, 31. 16s. 3d. dis. YORK, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCHANGE —Th e busine , s transacted to-day was as f?f . lows :—Great Northern, 11 c.— Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, N.':l guaranteed 5 per cent., 7% —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (New castle Extension), 17—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 636. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APRIL 12. STOCK EXCHANGE . —The business done in the Stock Exchange (0' day has been as follows: —Chester and Holyhead, Preference, 5 ).„_ per cent., 13—M a r yp or t and Carlisle, 30—Norfolk, 39—North Britt" 14 - Ditto, Preference, 23—North Staffordshire, 14. GLASGOW, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCIIANCIE.—TIit, following are to-day's transactiono -° Aberdeen, Preference, 495. 6d.—Caledonian, Preference, 111. 38 , : t Edinburgh and Northern (Newport), Cl. 4s.—Glasgow, Kilrnaenoet and Ayr, 57—Ditto Halves (No. 1), 7—Ditto ()To. 2), 7—Norw British, Preference, 235. 6d.— Scottish Central, 23%. SEA BATHING INFIRMART.—A general court of the directors of this charity was held at the L o ndon Coffeehouse, Ludgate-hill, yesterday afternoon, Mr. 1 1 : Pugh in the chair. The report of the committee stated that the establishment at Margate was in a satisfactory condition, and they were glad to say that the most gra° Laying results had taken place with reference to at* general treatment of the patients, the great majority of whom were cured. It was, however, a painful fact that the funds of the charity had been during the p as t year inadequate to the calls made upon them, and there vr° s a balance due to the treasurer. The income f or the year from ull sources amounted to 2,7731, and the el' penditure to 2,8884, showing an expenditure exceeding the receipts by 1151. The infirmary contained 130 beds , and during the year there have been 230 in-patientet and 350 out patients, nicking a total of 21,000 patients relieved since the institution of the charity, in 1796. This report was received and adopted, and after trans' a t'ng the usual business the meeting separated. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY! The Great Southern and Western Railway Compel)/ have determined on opening a booking station at Gould 0 Cross on the 23d instant, within five miles of Casio] , and which will have the effect not only of adding greatly to the revenue of the company, but will bring this inn' portant town an hour nearer to Dublin than heretofore. The change will be of the greatest consequence, as the day mail from Dublin and Loudon can be delivered here two hours earlier every evening, and start two hour o later every morning.— Cionmel Chronicle. A fellow sold his wife in the public market et Brierly-hill, Worcester, a few days since, with a halter round her neck. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--Another permanent Cure of a Nervous Headache and Giddiness in the Head by Han' ways Pills. —M r . William Smith of No. 5, Little Thoruse street, Lambeth, suffered for many years with a nervous head' ache and g iddi ness i n t h e h ea d which so prostrated his streng that he had very little hope of a recovery. His disorders coin' plately several for an n a ffectioneminent pears, in A he got worse under their treatment. In d es p a i r and as a l a s t m b i all ,th e ti cl k thehis complaint skill of resource 1 e commenced taking Holloway's Pills, which have had the effect of restoring him to perfect health, and the pros; pect of a hale and hearty old age.—S o ld b y all Druggists, as " at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS, At Charlton, the Viscountess Andover, of a son. At Pembroke-place, Dublin, on the 9th inst., Lady George Hill, of a son. On the sth inst., at Sheerness, the lady of Captain George Elliott. R.N., of her Majesty's ship Ocean, of a son. Ou Easter Sunday, at the Rectory, Rowner, Hants, the wife of the Rev. R. F. Carter, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Eton, the wife of the Rev. J. W. Hair trey, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at Heston-hall, Heston, the lady of J• R. Hogarth, Esq., of a son. On the 9th inst., at Fonthill-place, Clapham-rise, the wife of W. H. Smith, F. R.C.S., of a son. MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at St. Mark's, Myddleton-square, Jan3 ol , Reddie, Esq , of the Admiralty, t o C aroline Susannah, eldelo daughter of the late D. 13. Scott, E , q., of Ingham, Norfolk' DIED. On the 6th inst., Robert Baker, Esq., late town-clerk of Newbury, rierki. On the Bth inst., at Edinburgh, Mrs. Isabella Clementine Key, relict of the late Alexander Key, Esq., London. On the Bth inst., at Shapwick, Somerset, the Rev. G. I' Templer, 43 years vic ar o f t h at p l ace. On the 10th inst.. in Glocester-place, Portman-squar e ' Walter Bentinck, Esq. On the 10th inst., at Croom's-hill, Maria, the wife of W Speed, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, aged 29. On the 9th inst., at Lee, Kent, Ann, the wife of the ROI. W. F. Sims, M.A. of London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 1 1 Strflnd, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Midti lesex, Friday, April 13, 1849. ,7~i C:Ct '(~!t l ~; I