The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-23 00:00:00

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. NEW PEER. HOUSE OF COMMONS-TESI7/RDIY, Mr. RICARDO wished to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he will lay on the table of the house nll correspondence between the Government and the United States on the subject of international arrange ments in time of war Lord PALMERSTON said it would not be desirable to lay the correspondence upon the table of the house, hut he could state that the relations between the two Governments were of the must friendly and amicable description. (Hum, bear.) THE WAR AND THE COLONIES. Mr. ADDERLEY wished to ask whether Mr. Ran kin, a member of the Canadian Parliament, has made an offer to her Majesty to raise and equip a thousand men to join the army in the East, and, if so, what answer ban been given him ; and, whether her Majesty has offered commissions to colonists who raise regiments at their own expense : and, also, whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to propose that any grate ful acknowledgment should be made on the part of Parliament of the sympathy and patriotism evinced by various colonies in ♦oting large sums of money towards the expenses of the present war ! Sir G. GREY had not the slightest recollection of any transaction having occurred of the nature referred to ' in the first question. With regard to the second ques tion, a correspondence was now pending with the autho rities of the colonies on that very subject ; as to the last question, it was not intended to propose any resolution, because subscriptions were still coming in, and such a resolution would be incomplete at present. STATUTE LAW COMMISSION. Mr. CRAUFURD asked the law officers of the 'Crown whether the Statute Law Commission had ad- journed its sittings sine die, or what are the days ap pointed for the sittings of the said board ; and, when the board is not sitting, by whom are its functions exer cised I The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the sittings had not been adjourned sine die. The commission met every fortnight. LAW OF DIVORCE. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE inquired if it was the in tention of the Government to bring in any measure this session on the law of divorce. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could not answer the question at present. SCUTARI AND BALAKLATA. Mr. STAFFORD asked whether there was any objec tion to lay on the table of the house the instructions given to the commissioners appointed last November to inquire into the state of the hospitals at Scutari and Balaklava, whit the report of and evidence taken before the said commissi,nersl Lord PALMERSTON said the report of the Com mission had not yet been received ; but when it was re ceived there would be no objection to lay it upon the table, together with the instructions given to the com missioners. _ INDIAN AltM . y . Mr. H. DRUMMOND asked if the Government any intention of convert i ng the army of the a had Company into a Royal a r my ? (Cheers.) et I n di a Lord PALMERSTON said no such intention ex i, t , a at present. MINISTERIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Lord PALMERSTON rose again and said—Sir, I Lave now to state to the house that which I believe is tolerably well known already, namely, that three members of the Government have intimated their intention to resign the offices which they have hitherto held. I mean the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department. Those officers hold their i scr offices at present only until their successors shall be ap ita pointed, Under these circumstances, and considering 4'7 that these officers are m em b efs o f t h e G overnment i n H i: this house, I trust the house will not think that lam .: 1; - t unduly pressing upon their indulgence if I propose to ,-i,'- AL___ _A. \s„,.A „, saves acli sec:tor upon Any publio businsao to-clay, We will •4.1 F,, - .. ' l .t.tAh..o l-;.- .l„' - v, - - , .45,t, The Earl of BANGOR took the oaths and his seat. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition praying for the total prohibition of the sale of intoxi cating liquors. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the mayor and corporation of Ports mouth , complainin g o f the municipal act of 1835 depriving them, as we ll as others, of the choice of their magistrates—a right which they had possessed under the several charte rs granted them since the reign of Richard I. Th e pet i t i oners prayed their lordships to pass an act to restore to all such corporations the right of the election of their own magistrates. A DAY OF PRAYER AND HUMILIATION. On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE for the ad journment of the house, The Earl of RODEN called the attention of their lordships to the present critical state of affairs, and also to the necessity of resorting to every means to carry on the war with vigour. Having refez red to tile losses sus. tnined in our army, the hardships and sufferings to which the remnant of that army were exposed, and the mor tality that was still thinning the ranks, the noble earl expressed a hope that the Government would ad vise her) Majesty to issue a proclamation, appointing a day to be set apart as a day of general humiliation and prayer, to implore the protection of Almighty God upon our arms. The Earl of ABERDEEN said, with respect to the observations which the noble earl had addressed to them, he begged to say that he had no objection to a day being net apart for a special prayer. But what he did object to was a prayer being introduced into the liturgy for ordinary use. The Earl of GRANVILLE said, with respect to the observations of the noble earl, touching the condition of the army in the Crimea, he bad great pleasure in in forming him that the condition of that army was greatly improved. He also begged to inform the noble earl that the Government had already advised her Majesty to appoint a day during the present season of Lent for the purpose of humiliation and prayer. Lord CAMPBELL expressed his approval of the pro posed. advice. After a few words from the Earl of RODBN, their lordships adjourned. The SPIAM took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock, _ PRTITTONR. sir X. YA/LTON Presented a petition from Coventry complaining of the mismanagement of the war, and pray ing for inquiry. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from the parish of Marylebone to the same effect. Sir J. SHELLEY presented a petition Ifrom West minster to the same effect. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from Shef field, praying the sale of intoxicating liquors may be prohibited during the whole of Sunday. THE COMMISSARIAT. In reply to Mr. BENNET, Mr. WILSON stated that the Commissariat was transferred from the Treasury to the department of the Minister of War early in December last. IRISH PAUPERS. Mr. MAGUIRE wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Howe Department, whether his notice had been called to certain statements reported to have been made in his official capacity by Mr. Hardwick, a Police Ma gistrate of the Metropolis, in the course of last week, to the effect that chip loads of Irish paupers were being constantly sent by the authorities of Ireland to this country; and, if so, had any step been taken with re• sped to a person holding a responsible public office making such statements ? Sir G. GREY said his attention had not been called to the matter. Mr. MAGUIRE—WiII the right hon. baronet inquire into it 1 Sir G. GREY—Not in the absence of any represen tation to the Home•office on the subject. IRISH MILITIA. Mr. BRADY wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attention bad been called to the fol lowing circumstance, stated to have occurred in the town of Enniskillen, as set forth in an Irish paper, The Free men's Journal, of the 16th instant—namely, that on Sunday, the 11th day of February, the Fermanagh Re giment of Militia, composed of nearly 400 men, of whom one-half were of the Catholic religion, was marched through that town, their Colonel at their head, with colours flying, and the band in their front playing party Orange tunes ; that, so organised and occupied, they passed the Protestant and Catholic churches ; and, if so, had he made inquiries into the truth or otherwise of that statement ? Sir J. YOUNG said his attention bad not been called to the circumstance. THE WOUNDED. Mr. BERESFORD wished to ask the Under -Sec retary of the War Department whether, as reports gene rally concur in the statement that the quality of the food supplied to the army ;n the Bast was bad and in jurious, that the tents issued were inefficient for the necessary shelter of the troops from the exposure to which they were subjected, and that tho hospital arrangements, especially as to the corps of ambulance and orderlies were lamentably deficient, any suggestions were made, as they ought to have been, by the principal medical officer there, to Lord Raglan, commanding the forces, or by the Director General at home to the Secre tary for War, and, if any, whether the Secretary fur War will produce copies of the suggestions, with the date of their receipt, and the answers returned to them Mr. F. PEEL was not aware whether any such sug gestions had been made ; but some suggestions hal been submitted to the authorities at home, and were now under consideration. THE COMMISSARIAT. Mr. WARNER wished to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, whether the Commission proceeding to the East, in relation to the commissariat service, is to be merely a commission of inquiry, or whether it will have power of summary dismissal and appointment extend ing to all officers and appointments to which its power of inquiry extended ; and, if it shall appear that the commission will have powers of appointment and dis missal, subject to any kind of restrictions, then to ask what those restrictions are Lord PALMERSTON said the commission had au thority to carry into execution immediately any chan ge of arrangements which they might think essential for the public service. TREATY WITH AMERICA. _.._.r_, ' go through those orders of the day which stand upon the paper, and to which there is no objection, and after wards I should propose that the. house should adjourn until to-morrow. (Hear, hear.) To-morrow my right hon. friends will attend in their places and state to the house the grounds which have induced them to take the step I have just announced to the house. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI—Sir,--I merely wish to state that I have heard with deep regret from the noble lord that before ten days had elapsed the Government which we had the pleasure to hear was formed, and which we had hoped would have had a longer existence, in the absence of the noble lord, generally considered to be the obstacle to the formation of a strong Government, has ceased to exist. (Hear, hear.) After the statement of the noble lord, and in the absence of the right hon. gen tleman, whose conduct must of course be canvassed on the proper occasion, as well as that of the noble lord, I think it would be improper in me on this occasion to make any remarks—(hear, hear)—but the noble lord will understand that I only express the general feeling of this house and the country when I state that we have heard it announced, on official authority, that already the Cabinet so recently formed has, in fact, been par tially dissolved. (Hear, hear.) We have heard that announcement with deep regret, and some consterna tion. (Cheers.) The subject then dropped. APPOINTMENTS IN THE ARMY. Major REED postponed his motion for a select com mittee to inquire into the present mode of conferring appointments by purchase and otherwise in the army ; to report on the same, and recommend a more efficient system for securing promotion to merit and long service. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION. Mr. MACARTNEY postponed his motion fora select committee into the present system of rewarding all per sons in the civil service of the Crown on their retire ment from office, and the necessity of continuing the abatements on account of the Superannuation Fund, until this day fortnight. JURORS AND JURIES (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time ; as was also the Jurors and Juries (Ireland No. 2) Bill. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE ♦CT AMEND• MENT (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. ARMY SERVICE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. The clauses haring been agreed to, the house resumed. _ _ _ Mr. ROEBUCK'S MOTION. Mr. WILSON observed that, as it was very desirable that the motion of the hon. member for Sheffield should hare precedence to-morrow, he would move that it be taken before the orders of the day and the notices of motion. In reply to Mr. DISRAELI, Lord PALMERSTON said that it was deemed ad visable that the explanations of his right hon, friends who had retired should tako precedence of any other business to-morrow. The other orders of the day baying been disposed of, .he house adjourned at twenty minutes to five o'clock. BREAD RIOTS AT WHITECHAPEL, APPREHENSION OF SEVERAL OF THE RINGLEADERS. During the whole of Wednesday evening and yester day morning, the inhabitants of the east end of London were in a state of the utmost excitement in consequence of the sudden and riotous conduct of the Irish labourers, who not only perambulated the principal thoroughfares for several hours in large numbers, but caused the greatest consternation among the shop keepers, into whose premises they forcibly entered, and daringly ransacked the contents. In many instances several of the tradesmen were brutally ill treated and thrown into the street, while their premises were cleared of their contents and carried away by the mob. Yesterday morning orders were sent to Super intendent Stow of the H division, and Superintendent Howie of the K district, to forward an additional force of constables to the vicinity of the workhouse, and ac cordingly Inspectors Marsh and Smith were in attendance in the neighbourhood. At 11 o'clock in the morning there were no fewer than 1,200 dock labourers at the doors of the workhouse waiting for relief, and it required a great number of officers to prevent accidents among the starv ing applicants. Mr. Freeman and Mr. French, the overseers, were present during the morning rendering the necessary relief. Each man had a quarters loaf given to him, and was told to call again to-day. The excitement was so great at one o'clock in the after noon that another riot was fully expected last evening. The whole of the shops east of Aldgate were closed, and business almost suspended. At noon yesterday Mr. Mnmford, the Superintendent of Police at St. Katherine's Dock, attended at the work house and informed the men in the Stone-yard who were waiting for relief that all those that were married, and bad been in the employ of the Dock Company, would be temporarily assisted until they could be set to work, which could not be done until some great change in the weather takes place. Three men, named Mark Bennett, Nicholas Barrett, and Matthew Morney, were examined yesterday morning at the Thames Police-court, and were severally fined by the magistrate. At 11 o'clock last night large bodies of police were parading the district. At that hour Mr. Howie, who had been two hours on horseback, and had the district, was just swatting uff a report to the Commissioners of Police that no disturbances h id taken place since th e a ft ernoon, an d t h at all was quid ; in fact, everything appeared in sueh a satisfactory state that he was sending back half the reserve force to the West-end. ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND ASSOCIATION.— Yesterday the annual meeting of the members of this association, which has been incorporated by Royal char ter, for granting permanent, relief to aged or afflicted actors, actresses, or others practising in these realms the art of actors, dancing, or singing, as a means of subsist ence, was held in the saloon of the Lyceum Theatre ; Mr. T. H. Lacy in the chair. Mr. Cullenford, the se cretary, read the report, which stated that daring the past year 17 new members joined the association ; two died, two were placed on th e annu it y f un d , and that three had ceased to be subscribers. The total receipts for the year, including 2371. 4s. Bd., the profits on the annual dinner, amounted to 1,0771. 65.; and the expen diture, including 482/. 10s. Bd. carried to the annuitants fund, to 5461. 95., leaving in hand a balance of 530/. 175., which was carried to the capital account, and with the sum of 142/., balance of a reserved fund, swelled the assets to 8,117/. 2s. On the motion of Mr. Worrell the report was adopted, as being most satisfactory to the corporation, but it was regretted that notwithstanding the association was open alike to metropolitan and pro vincial members of the profession, it had only '137 of them on the list of subscribers. The routine business having been disposed of, the proceedings terminated in , the usual manner. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Tan WAN, IN TM EAST. POWERFUL PATENT RECONNOITRING CLASSES.— Messrs. S and B. Solo mons, opticians, 59, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York Hotel. By her Majesty's Roya. 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The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute *cm pation—can see with these lenses of a ranch less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf ness —New Discovery. —The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the oars is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desire& 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 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LAW lIVTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 22, EQUITY COURTS. IN THE MATTER OF THE CHELMSFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL. The arguments having been concluded, His Honour gave an elaborate judgment, declining to adopt either the scheme proposed by the governors of the school, or that by the ♦ttorney-General, as to the exemption of children from religious instruction whose parents objected, and leaving it to the governors and the bishop of the diocese to make such rules as they thought best, according to the charter. If the parties were dis satisfied with these rules, they might apply for a scheme, or possibly to the legislature for a special act of Parlia ment, as had been done in one case with success. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. PEARCY V. DUCE-SLANDER. This was an action brought to recover compensation in damages for certain slanderous words used by the de fendant of aad concerning the plaintiff. Defendant pleaded not guilty, aid justification. Mr. Serjeant Shea and Mr. Carrington appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. E. James, and Mr. Ball represented the defendant. It appeared from the statement of the plaintiff that be was the master of the workhouse of East Illtonehouse, Devonshire, and afterwards became master of the work house at Lambeth, where there were from 900 to 1,200 paupers, and generally 250 a day sick. Previous to August, 1854, there were straw mattresses in the work house, t.nd there were then a great many cholera cases. When the inmates were taken ill they were placed in flock beds, but the practice was attended with such in convenience that it became necessary to burn the beds, and the stench in doing so was so offensive that it became dangerous. The plaintiff asked the officers what would be a good substitute, and in o3nsequence of their advice straw beds, different to mattresses were in troduced. Such beds were used at the workhouse at Norwood aid at ICast Stonehouse without inconvenience and with the consent of the Poor-law Commissioners. There was a good supply of blankets for the use of the paupers. The defendant was the medical officer at the workhouse, and in August he only attended eight or nine times. The plaintiff entreated him to attend more fre quently, but still Mr. Diane, the defendant's assistant, continued to attend for him. The defendant gave no orders for beds before the 22d of August, and on that day he came and shook hands with the plaintiff. He then went to the women's side of the house, and returned greatly excited, saying, " Are those straw beds ordered by the guardians The plaintiff answered they were not, but introduced by himself. The defendant then said if they were not immediatly removed he would bring in a body of police, and have them r emove d, an d h e would bring the case before the guardian,. The plaintiff re plied he wished he would do so. The defendant then went down the passage and cried out "You are murder. ing these people ; you are a brute and a monster, and not fit to be a master, and I will do all I can to get you turned out." The plaintiff entreated him not to use such language in the hearing of the inmates, and went back to the office, wher e th e defendant followed him, and where there were several guardians. The defendant re peated the words several times in their hearing. From forty to fifty inmates died during the day. They had come in in a deplorable condition. The defendant was called from the office to a patient who was seated on a chair, and was ordered to the cholera ward. The plaintiff asked him his name, and requested the defendant to attend him. The defendant ordered the man to be removed immediately, but the plaintiff asked him to wait until the ticket could be made out that would let the relations know where he was. The defendant then shook the chair on which the man was, and on the plaintiff requesting him not to de so he ran towards the bed-room door. After the plaintiff had taken the particulars of the siek man, he went up to the defendant, who, at the plaintiff's request, saw the pa tient, and ordered him to be taken to the cholera ward. The defendant then said, " You will murder that man as you have the others." The defendant never made any complaint that day, and this action had been brought to remove the imputations cast upon the plain tiff by the defendant. Several witnesses having been examined on behalf of the plaintiff, Mr. M. Chambers, for the defendant, submitted there war, no ease on the part of the plaintiff. It was the duty of the defendant to attend the siek, and having cause for complaint, he expressed himself in language that was privileged. Lord Campbell said the case had better go to a jury. Mr. Chambers then addressed the jury for the de. fondant. Several witnesses having been called on the part of the defendant, Mr. Chambers summed up the defendant's evidence. Mr. Serjeant Ghee then replied. Lord Campbell, in summing up, said that the words were not justified, but he thought very small damages would answer the justice of the case. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 40s COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. FULLER AND OTHERS V. THE GENERAL STRAISI NATIGA. TION COMPANY. -ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. This was an action to recover damages for the loss sus tained by the plaintiffs, in consequence of their barge having been swamped by the swell of the defendants' steamers. Mr. Serjeant Blies and Mr. Pollock appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and another learned gentleman for the defendants. - On the 3d August the barge Th omas an d A nn, which was loaded with 4ti tons of iron rails, broke from her moorings and drifted along the stream,- until she was carried against some barges at Limehouse. Whilst in that position the defendant's steamer, Tourist, came by, and her swell sunk the barge. Next morning steps were taken to raise her by chains attached to an empty barge above ; and, while this process was going on, another steamer of the de fendants', the John Bull, came by, and the swell shifted the barge in the chains, so that she broke in such a inannerthat it was impossible to repair her, and her cargo was scattered on the bottom of the river. The plaintiffs were put to considerable expense in getting up the rails from the bottom of the river, and they now sought to recover for that, as well as the loss of the barge. In the course of the case, the plaintiff's counsel ad mitted that he was not entitled to recover, as far as the sinking on the first occasion by the Tourist was con cerned ; but as to the John Bull, his case was that that vessel had been driven at an improper rate, and had so caused the damage; and that she had continued her speed notwithstanding that a handkerchief had been hoisted on a flagstaff, and a boat had been sent out to hail her, and warn her to go slower. According to the defendants' case their vessels bad been properly navigated; that the John Bull bad been going half speed from Deptford; that they never saw the boat sent to hail them ; but as soon as they were bailed from the barge, the engines were stopped. It was also said that the plaintiffs were impru dent in attempting to raise the barge with the iron in her; that it ought to have been first taken out, and if it had been, that no serious damage could have occurred The jury gave a verdict for the defendants. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. CROUCH V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.-- THE "PACKED PARCELS" QUESTION. Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Browne, and Mr. Macnamara, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Bramwell, Mr. Wordsworth, and Mr. Clarke, represented the defendants. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation in damages from the defendants for refus ing in their capacity of "common carriers," to deliver certain goods which had been given to them for that pur pose within a reasonable time ; and that they refused to carry the said goods without an additional charge. It appeared that small parcels are collected by the plaintiff and his various agents at different places throughout the country, by them packed into large parcels, called " packed parcels," and forwarded to their destination, where they are sorted and distributed to the parties to whom they are addressed. By this the plaintiff saved considerably on the carriage ; but this mode of conduct ing his business had involved him in no less than twenty different actions with various railway companies, in most of which he was victorious. The plaintiff in this case had forwarded a " packed parcel" t© his agent at Leeds, a Mr. Watson Smith, who refused to pay an additional demand of es., the proper rate of charge having been previously paid in London. On another occasion in one of these packages there was a parcel containing a dress from a Miss Locke, a dressmaker, to be forwarded to the coun try. This parcel never reached the person to whom it was consigned ; but a considerable time—three or four months—had elapsed before it was returned to the plaintiff, by whom it had been delivered at the defend. ants' railway. Miss Lecke sued the plaintiff in the county court, where she obtained a verdict for 21. 175., seventeen shillings having been allowed for the dress when returned. On the company refusing on one occasion to receive a package from the plaintiff's office, his son called at the companies' booking-office, the Bull and Mouth, te demand an explanation, and to ascertain whet was their charge for " packed par cels." He was told that they would charge what they thought fit, and they had further said they did not recognise such persons as the plaintiff. There were other small parcel carriers who were dealt with in a like manner, whilst ether parties were allowed to forward their parcels, called "enclosures," which were similarly packed, without any extra charge being required. Amongst these latter were Delarue, Longman, &c., who packed numerous small parcels in one large one, and seat them to their agents in the country for the purpose of distribution. It was proved that the plain tiff in his trade bad sustained a serious loss by the course pursued by the defendants towards him. For the defence evidence was adduced te show that the charge made to the plaintiff was the usual and ordi nary charge, and that there had.been no inequality of charge for " packed parcels," as between the sums de manded of the plaintiff and other persons ; that the company had in 1851, in accordance with the powers granted them under the act of Parliament, issued a no• tice that an extra charge would in future be made for " packed parcels ;" and that in 1853 a notice was served upon the plaintiff, together with others conducting their business in a similar manner, to the effect that " all suspected parcels" would be charged five times the rate of ordinary parcels. Mr. Wordsworth, in the absence of Mr. Bramwell, having summed up the evidence for the defence, Mr. J. Browne replied. 2lr. Baron Martin, in leaving the case to the jury, said they must be guided by the judgment of Mr. Ba ron Parke, in " Pickford Y. the Grand Junction Rail way Company," in which it was decided that railway companies were bound to act for those who employed t i l:e s m ing a i n e d p c s, a og rkaeryt,heir goods, and were compe ll e d to con form to a reaso na bl e c h arge. T he risk of carrying a number of small p arce l s in. one "packed pa rce l" was not gr ea t er than that incurred in the conveyance of as it was very doubtful if an action could be maintained in the event of the loss of the parcels in the "packed parcel" by each of the indivi duals to whom they were consigned. There could be but one action against the company. He did not con sider it right for railway companies to go en from year to year acting in direct opposition to decisions of that character. They ought to take it as a liter, and act upon it. The Bth of Vict., c. 20, sec. 90, enacted that railway companies should have no monopoly, and that all tolls and rates should be equally charged. The defendants had issued notice that they would charge 5 times the ordinary rate for "packed parcels," which meant par cels from various consigners to various consignees, and not parcels from one consigner to another consignee ; and the question was, was there any difference between one " packed parcel" and another ? It was for the jury to say whether there ought to be any further charge on "packed parcels" than any other, and whether there was any difference between parcels called "enclosures" and those sent by the plaintiff. They had heard all the evidence, and he would not detain them by reading it over. He would leave to them these question , , on which he would ask their verdict,---first, had a reasonable charge been tendered to the com pany by the plaintiff; secondly, had there been an equality of charge on the part of the company as be tween the plaintiff and other parties, for instance, De lame and Lengaians, who had sent parcels which were called "enclosures ;" thirdly, had the plaintiff sustained any loss of business by reason of the conduct of the de fendant ? Theo as to Mies Locke's dress, it, was clear the plaintiff had paid 2/. and expenees, and in reference to that damages of 4/. or 51, would probably be sufficient. Should the jury be of opinion that a reasonable sum had been tendered by the plaintiff for the carriage of his parcels, then they would give such damages as would induce the defendants to carry the case to a higher tribunal. After an absence of three quarters of an hour, the jury returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff on the first count--damages ls. ; for the plaintiff on the second count, as to the detention of the dress, 51. ; for the plaintiff on the next count, damages, 40.3. ; and for the plaintiff on the count alleging loss of business by reason of the conduct of the defendants, 2001. They also found that the company had made unequal charges as between the plaintiff and other persons who had for warded " enclosures" or " packed parcels." THE WEATHER, THE .PA REA &v. EXTRAORDINARY PYROTECHNICAL DIS• PLAY ON THE SERPENTINE RIVER, &c. Probably many persons living in this great metropolis have never taken a walk along the banks of the Serpen tine River in Hyde-park ; if they have not, it is neces sary to state that the waters from the east end of the park to what is termel the ornamental bridge, and which separates Kensingtor-gardens from the Royal park, is just half a mile in length, and some hundred feet in width. A space of such magnitude, it is hardly n ecessary to state, could afford accommodation for several thousand sliders and skaters, tat bad it been known previously that such an extraorlinary performance as we are about to narrate was to hsve taken place yesterday, there is not the least doubt bit as many persons would have been present as were in tte park when her Majesty opened the Great Exhibitionin the year 1851. As it was, how ever, not more thanfrom 2,000 to T,OOO persons were present, but the seem was of such magnificence that it would be extremely lifficult accurately to describe. All of a sudden, after the Royal Humane Society's icemen had finished the duty of the day, and had, with few exceptions, left for their respective habitations in different parts of Lozdon, the sound of music was heard on the Serpentine, aid on Mr. Superintendent Williams hastening out of the receiving -house he beheld (to use his own words) a spectacle he had never before witnessed, for a splendid brassbaed came upon the ice, being at tended by upwards o a thousand persons, each holding a lighted flambeau, of link, in hand. In the course of a few minutes sundrj tents were stretched upon the ice, immense coke fires vere made, innumerable barrels of beer, and other creatire comforts, were publicly exposed for sale, which gave the ice the appearance of some great fair. Several hundred gontlemen, with lamps buckled in front of their coats, is, the first instance led the way, ap parently for the purpose of examining the ice surrounded by the torch-lighters, and the band at the same time playing " Cheer boys, cheer." After passing from the railings to the Kensngton-gardens bridge, the parties turned round, when slinost simultaneously the whole of the park became briliantly illuminated, as hundreds of rockets, serpents, toman lights, squibs, catherine wheels, and other descriptions of fireworks, were ignited, , and some other pyrotechnics were fired, which re sembled the discharge of a park of artillery, and which made the frozen surface to heave to and fro like a ship in distress. Mr. Williams at once got Mr. Deputy-superintendent Parsons to his aid, vhea right along a walk of consider able extent on the he, red, "blue, crimson, and green fires were made up, which reflected a light over the whole of Hyde-park, As to the several gentlemen (and it is understood there were several noblemen) on the ice, skating, they Icoked far from being human beings. The long skating space having been gone over, the band struck up several quadrilles and polkas, which were kept time to by those present, amongst whom were not a few ladies. The whole performance, how ever, passed off without any accident beyond that of a young person falling upon the ice, by which he broke his arm. He was taken to the receiving house, and after wards to St. George's Hospital, to have the fracture reduced. It is intended, - should the frost continue, to hare a repetition of this extraordinary performance. The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's re ceiving -house was during the ❑ight of Wednesday 161 deg., being 151 deg. below freezing point. At 9 a.m. yesterday it stood at 19 deg., and at 12 at noon it was 28. deg. At night it was descending rapidly. The barometer was 29 dog. 87 min., just four hundredths higher than the preceding day. The wind yesterday morning was N.N.E., and at 9 o'clock a.m. a dense fog enveloped Hyde -park, so that it was impossible to see across the Serpentine. The fog cleared away about ten o'clock, when the wind changed, and continued to veer considerably to different points of the compass during the after part •f the day. About 10,000 sliders and skaters are reported by the Royal Humane Society ;o have gone on the ice in the park yesterday, including many noblemen and gentlemen be longing to the Skating Club. Six persons were severely injured by falling on the ice, who received attendance at the receiving -home. The Round Pond had on it about 1,200, and the Regent's Park had between 13,000 and 14,000 ; at the latter place several received surgical attendance at the marquee of the Royal Humane Society. St. James's Park had on the iee between 9,000 and 10,000, and 13 persons were injured by being cut in the head or temples. At the leList, three parts of the Thames are now frozen over, and neither steamer nor small craft can be navi gated up or down the river. Ten thousand dock labourers, employed only in the neighbourhood of Dept ford, are thrown out of work ; and, if the weather should continuo for three or four days longer, the priva tions of the poor will be very great. Up to a late hour last (Thursday) evening there was no abatemeat in the frost. The wind continued N.N.E., with 8 degrees of frost. Lloyd's agent at Deal tele graphed to L on d on yesterday, for the information of Lloyd's, " that largo fields of floating ice had been en countered by vessels in the Downs ;" while another passage from the same port to Lloyd's states, " the Downs is partly covered with large fields of floating hummocky ice, about a foot thick, upon which several ' persons have been walking." The navigation of the Thames may be considered as stopped, except to the large steam-ships, which continue to force a passage through the fields of floating ice. Upwards of 500 la , !en colliers from the north are lying at anchor below Gravesend, in the various sec tions, unable to come up the river. The different basins in the East and West India Docks, as also the Londoi sad Commercial Docks, with the shipping in them, are frozen up. LIVERPOOL.—The wind has shifted about a good deal during the last three or four days, and an early change in the weather is predicted. There was less ice on the river yesterday, but the wind blew piercingly cold from the south-east. There were indications of an impending heavy fall of of snow. Gans of mon continue to visit the outskirts for the purpose of demanding mony, but the police arrangements are so effectivo that daily appre hensions are made, and the peace of the town is pre served. SOUTHAMPTON.— The frost at this pert continues, but not with that severity hitherto experienced. Yesterday men were engaged in breaking up and forcing into the river large quantities for the purpose of clearing the docks, me as to enable business to be proceeded with in its usual way. YonsesHistz.—lu all parts Navigation is suspended by the accumulation of ice in the rivers and canals, which are now generally turned into skating grounds. Snow has fallen in several places since Monday, but not to any considerable extent. The thermometer in the daytime has generally ranged within a degree or two over or under the freezing point, and at night it has sunk to a minimum of 20 degrees. Lame. —The frost continues in this neighbourhood with undiminished severity, and on Wednesday night the Vierrnorneter fell again as low as 9 degrees. NICW( USTLE - ON-Trlili.—The wind on Wednesday again veered round to the N.E., with moor. The Tyne is still covered with ice above bridge, and the traffic is entirely stopped between Blaydon, Stella, and other up-the water villages and the shipping in the lower reaches of the river. There was probably never so much shipping on the North Sea at one time as on Saturday and Sun day nights, as the favourable winds and spring tides cleared the northeast coal ports on Friday and Satur- day of very large fleets of laden vessels which had been accumulating coring several weeks. MIRDAL.—The intense cold still continues without abatement. The canal and Kent are thronged daily with skaters and sliders, especially those parts of the Kent known by the names of Long Draught and Church Dubs. A bonfire was lighted at the latter place on Monday, to the great delight of a aumerous company, including many of the fair sex. In the neighbourhood of the town the severity of the weather seems to increase. Windermere Lake has been frozen for some days, and A has acquired su ffi c i ent firmness to a ll ow persons to cross it with safety. HALISWORTN, S UFFOLK. — self-registering ther mometer, placed about three feet elevation from the reached 5 degr ee s b e l ow zero (37 degrees of frost) d ur i ng ground in a sh e lt ere d pos iti o n with north asp ec t, the night of Saturday last, the 17th, and on Sunday morning, half-past 8, marked 2 degrees below zero (34 degree. of frost). BANK ITETU.ANt An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh aid eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average .Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week siding Satur day, the th day of Feb., 1855 :- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,426 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copenaan 4,712 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 29,398 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Ce Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 36,816 3ewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Co ilicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,409 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 6,932 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 70,333 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,947 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co Breseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 26,001 Bath City Bank, Bath--G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co , $7,937 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire -H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 65,449 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Berrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, C am b r id ge -M ort l ock &Co 18,218 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co I 82,618 Carmarthen Bank, C armar th en -D av id M orr i s and Sons 22,494 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Costa and Son 1,380 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 16,254 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 34,309 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 47,646 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 6,322 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 19,265 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 9,071 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 10,989 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 39,354 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locks and Co Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster -Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton en-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 84,666 Devonport Bank, Devonport--Hodge and Co 9,895 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 46,808 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 30,108 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co 21,424 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 8,205 Farnham Bank, Farnham - Messrs Knight .. 12,122 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,561 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 3,420 Grantham Bank, GlAntham-Hardy and Co 1111,219 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and eo. 114,175 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brotherg, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead --Smith and Whittingetall Hertfordshire, llitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharpies, and:Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford- Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtre• and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Co. 16,766 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington- Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co Ynaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvey and Son 5, 447 Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 30,090 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 28,124 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene 9,440 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 98,383 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough -Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis-Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, • and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury -Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket--Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and STorfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth-Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co Nottinghamßank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry-Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ten bridge-T. H. and S. Beaching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull-Peaso and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W. Walters. Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, andCo Richinoni Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co Reehdale Bank, Rechdale-Clement, Royds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham cad Sons Ituglej Beak, Rtkzley-A. Bublia and - Rye Bulk Foot Cee'" e-4? 32,306 9,71 A 11,706 13,215 . 23,574 8,538 39,196 21,954 12,637 49,880 64,771 6,501 20,754 74,683 47,502 98,143 55,590 17,255 22,964 54,760 5, 736 23,368 21,043 21,969 70,288 .... 25,180 8,914 37,865 8,982 21,480 6,777 3,578 37,115 13;129 14,331 2,786 8,152 18,206 30,216 13,196 25,010 51,110 22,385 18,461 49,011 75,710 9,784 5,448 24,947 11,912 29,400 10,869 $3,898 8,099 10,800 47,2E1 11,064 7,923 12,870 31,355 29,652 6,995 4,776 3,877 13,585 10,166 1,165 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, liters Mac dougal and Al'away Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrew s b ury —B urton, Lloyd, and o Mcarbonagh Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytens, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourae —Vallance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Seuthampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury --Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—lZolph and Co. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton - llunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co, War wick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co 48,2 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—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and - Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, .Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart,, and Co York Bank, York— Swann, Clough, and Co e, 716 68,811 8,63 50,885 12,974 43,247 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. sank of Westmorland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Biadford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, %Kan-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Darbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Corn pony, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 36,693 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,192 Darlington Distiiet Joint üb.soli. D.nkin z Com pany, Darlington 1t4,1111S East of England Bank, Norwich 24,490 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 152,761 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,553 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 32,023 Hull Banking Company, Hull 28,250 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,302 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 28,012 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,002 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 52,678 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 23,315 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 76,250 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 50,185 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 11,641 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,855 Moore and Robinson s Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 25,388 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 432,750 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,633 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 79,731 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,09 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford 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, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 50,458 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 14,179 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 26, 62 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 77,906 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 71,38 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 6,822 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 8,875 York Union Banking Company, York 71,492 York City and County Basking Company, 95,048 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 123,39 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Eeturna. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Feb. 13,1855. 8,078 9,548 48,151 9,125 31,123 18,446 62,107 10,03 83,576 9,507 24,740 14,858 40,500 1,453 19,416 83,39 23,908 41,006 .... 858,270 43,729 56,416 21,700 50,6 9,772 12,304 12,220 A "MYSTERIOUS DISAPPIARANCH."—The Chelten ham Examiner says :--During the last ten days a fruit ful source of local gossip has been furnished by the "mysterious disappearance" of Mr. T. W. Chandler, one of our leading solicitors. About a fortnight ago, however, it began to be whispered about that Mr. Chandler had suddenly left Cheltenham, and nobody knew of his whereabouts. The first positive intelligence of his defalcations was the discovery that a number of mortgage deeds he bad lodged with various parties were not what they purported to be ; in fact, that the parties signing them, and the properties assigned by them, were altogether of a fictitious character. Further inquiries being set on foot, it was discovered that other securities of a more personal nature were equally ficti tious, and at one of the banks, in particular, five notes of hand for 500/. each, and a bond for 2,0001., all purport ing to be signed by Mr. Chandler's mother, and by a gentleman of large property in Cheltenham, are now as certained to be forgeries. In short, there is no knowing to what extent these frauds have been perpetrated ; it is, however, rumoured that two of our local banks are sufferers in the aggregate to nearly 5,0001., and that his total liabilities in the town (many of our principal trades men being victimised to a serious extent) amount to upwards of 1 0,0001. As a proof of the strange infatua tion under which be was acting, we may mention that Mr. Chandler was endeavouring —up to almost the day of his fleghs—to get himself appointed one of the sheriffs for the city of London I He was also negotiating a very large loan on the security of some alleged property in Devonshire, but which property now turns out—like that described in the mortgage deeds already alluded to -to two nit real (miaow,. _...' ~-- _mow 9,800 9,908 ..1 1 4 Van Diemen'sLand (see Australia) ........ West Indies .... • —.31 id& 17th of month 7 of .1 1 0 0,- When any of these dat es f a ll on a Sunday, tl n 700 l 0 et# patched on the following day witk the WO al rifloe Southampton), and the Malta, both of which preceding day. 2i 17th o month it nrIAD AND fr _MITRE): - O 10 1 P-, ..---- DO 06 1. Tsui° ,0 0 , 1 stations. Course if Triad. 01 ,1 f lott. Greeawich .......... Calm - iisN , L ka o oa mr : h twbiw b nir I i csigbhd r h y ug. a. er t. ya. . . .. . .. . ,... . . . . .. . NNbNN E . .. .... w ; ... E Har d fr° Fr°" t * Yarm0uth.......... E. . liar ''''' o f .E.. ,, ,0.imi1. ..... 6110 0 ' VP" Hard " OF rOggP 4 .--1 Y Leicester N. Hard frol' Derby N.E Frost---F 4 , Holyhead r l l:i fr co ld , r 0 1 t l d - 0 ° Dublin Southampton W . Portsmouth Poole Winchfield... Ipswich Fine nlin°Cold.ee l o Frosty Leeds Great Grimsby ... N.W Gainsborough ..... N.E. Frosty._ iti. Boston N.E Dellla o ,' Bris'.43l N.E CleudY - tiati" Plymouth l oudy ' Exe ,er. ..... ....... E. Gloucester Cardiff E. o udy 0. Haverfordwest ... E. Swarsea ....... ..... 6.E. • Manchester Matyport . Sheffield N. Frosty. Stoke-on-Trent Lancaster Carlisle Whitehaven Aberdeen N. Hard f il l. Perth Dundee Edinbilrgh E.S.E. - o r agi , Glasgow Berwick Sunderlaud Whitby -W Frost. a .„-0 ,- 0 Darlington N.N.W Very col „IL, Scarborough York .. N Hull N.W Hard 111:4 ,0 0° 4, Dover p ar tially c loll" )04 Tunbridge -....1.--e - v oOlf h ' i• o,), A. NOBLI EXADIPLZ.—ASHBLTIITON/, . o f_ A4 S" r o lti Moffatt, Esq., the Liberal representa tlf 'd Pi o tti, borough, forwarded the munificent so" I to be , ;Al . , to R. Tucker, Esq., on Wednesday 000 11) Ali" to the poor inhabitants at this inclem e nt o t IP - s e," 0 SCOTLAND.—The people in the nor t h 11, 11$ 0 1 V . , still in the midst of a Canadian wis t ,...t hroOff r. to a great depth on the ground, " ti ke rt%o !di' gradually that the railways have been ylv i ioo 4 the snow embankments formed by the i c oo b i et I/ hue have in some places almost reache" 010 100" 0 00: carriages, and are so hard by the frit, 0;00 0 05 like walls of porous ice. So intense ". 4 .0 0 ,0 0 :110, that the thermometer has shown 2 dtcf. 0° to '' For 30 years the thermometer has not . ,";• toe so low in the north of Scotland. TOrw:be Ot' by the frost, and potatoes in the pit ° I. " AP t i l P r much injured. *Or 01_ A O 0 1 k . 0 DP"' [ADVERTISIMINT.]—Diseases of the „KO!, ' bd r : and Prostrate Gland, and their. ce li llieri;Otor, Ganglionic or Great Central System °'..• of. o ftoV reprint (considerably enlarged) of si oer.„' ipes,.' ot a ir in.- upon the more important and Pr ° ,,,""ioo P' d , roe and the most successful mode of Po w- pr e r tiO 5 i ment of diseases of those organs--iiipiSt be speedily published, by Dr. Denis C rti street, Berkeley-square. Sl. to eealt N4,4"1,1) d ~o ll 4 ~`~ ~ mAu , 1147 4 _________...---S ~, -- it w C h i -----..—_ Will c, ~ COUNTRY if ARS Erg , z ;it A. , ' — 4 >_--- .17 A a 3 DERBY SMITHFIELD. — xS - ' gi • 13.0 . The following were the quotations : ,ky l t mutton, 7d to '7• i d ; lamb, Oct to Od; Pe To.ii,",' lb. ; pigs, 9s Gd to 9s 9d per score; rough t fr i ik 1114 24,. • "* 1 , , Are a, 1 per 141 b.; hides, 36d to tqd per lb ; Oa f ' ' thh e 'eri 1 - -",111 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN. — 21. 111 ' _„. $ ' 1 - )4 , geor yorsV i Wheat on the t3s Oct up, and the a, , 00 . Pte, th i Barley on the top is Od, and tho average 4 8, t i o, . at : cha rge the top Os 8d down, and th.e average As IT , 4 nd, Lei ou the top 3s Gd down, and the average 1 0 l e ' 1k 4 Total Supply and Sales. , 04... 11/ 01 , 7ri g . 4 Whea t sold 01. ittion ' : e l::: Barley Oats 2 1(1 8 8 50 q ql l s s ...............s ole ............. .... 1 0 , .. ,:withi n i 1739 qrs.., ............ 0 6 0 ;1 ` O l9 : .e., tr am _ Beans 319 qrs ........ le 8 ; , ' ' 4 , .tew ard ° Top of Wheat .. . 8ar1ey.......... ............... ..... 4 64 : i 1 1 b ,31 ~ itii - g u i n i i . ' I Oats Beaus 674 lb 11 b t , ‘ I i MI 1' 10 "p We had a fair a ß ve O ra B g T e O q N ua — n F tit E ;4 2l v l L eat °litiltj'l"l' j l' s ( the demand for which ruled extremely in' 4 ,.. s ail 'me gn e n ttu , .. ' T win , k cline of fully 2s per qr. on the rates current & s eri' •_!? So `'", The re was also a very slow trade for all 1.1„,.. ' t is k -"' 5 spring corn, at declining prices. , w hit*, . ./Ztee i ti Prices :--Wheat, red 61e Od to as Co ; 37$ (1 4 . ~ it, „,..!1, ! r e c 1 69s Oct extra, 71s Oct. Barley, 30s Od to 39 0 tiu • Lion.; 22s to 28s. Beaus, 41s Oct to 47s od• rea'' Ilia t *th per qr. at,,...re re , sis s ,.....:_ii /h et i , , it A NEWARK—Fgu. 21. oe d sty ' ylkir --- C --- :- At our Corn-exchange to-day we had ag o t for ,) . 1 ,,01i descriptions of grain, and a very fiat mar Otbei ' '4 4 . 1 . - -4 Barley and beans were full 2s per qr. lower. , ~. ..:7 1 a rteii without variation. "Oa; A ' ' ti 3 10 44 ' Prices :—Wheat, white, rss Oct to 7 141 „„ od; , 41 1. , 'ea to GSs Oct. Barley, malting, 30s Oct to oti9s Od; r i , 11 14 1 ; -- ' 4 O 28s Oct to 30s Oct. Oats, old, 32s Oct t,e,,,,' posh ;lII ' ; t 5 . 1. 40t, Od to 28s Oct. Beans, 45s Oct to 50 5 v e „,,..' WO - Il i , . I° ° C. 7, 41 46s Od. Malt, 72s Octto 74s Od. Tares, lA' : . 1, 4144it i , . . _ •--.2".2:!: ; ::1 - AN t. ~l s ti . 1 :1,• ' 0 1 . 1 SEABORNE MAILS' ': ktia l444( ll --. 0 ,----- ..,... „0 . :, , . ~.. 04 (N signifies that the malls are sent from tbli 17'..- ' , /,'.' t 44 41H, th by the night—and Mby the morning—desPat 46) '', "ca t .„_, Ile ...1 ..., 4 1%7 St off.i Pr , i , v li th Day When ma,tv up F 1 n et ,I • _ .' -. l'• .it COUNTRIES. in General Post- 2 4 - 0 0 " 1 - 10 . Office, London.* Plw -, ir Pr - ti 'ii the , merica(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday .. •• Li • flifr )1 11 c;tlic , mericp.tby, United Sts. , ' 1 1 01 - ` 4 l'es packet) ..........N . 1.1 44°1 ' I 'ti, l imerica (by U States, tilOP tili pp. Ntis 1 packet) ...... ....N .. • • .... •• SO kustralia (via South- I . . 011 )°, PK llr ldie impton) .. ... . .. MI -.. thouti li . 10 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good. ~'. 4 0 1 4 SY Hope) ............N7 ....... .. ••• „,,, tb '111 1 ) ,,, p t C t,,, , 72, litica (West Coast ).. N ,23d of the month .. PlYs ° •':1 ' ''l, lt lttl lt t y i - mealt , iiexandria.......... N,B, 9, 24, &30 of ,1 , • DOTL:0 • 1; 0 'r krk,, ~, r • And Alexand.ria„, „„ „„, „3,f I4th Sc 20th of mot . Sollt""opio l /s1 111 11 10 ) ,12 4 111ei n Bahamas ......... .. 11,1 17th of the month 50U 614 ..•'or , `rli• p r , Belgium .....„ ..., , .N. Daily.. „ „ Brazil ..............M :9th of the month.. Soiltb oil , or h Buenos Ayre5........31.9th of the monti, .. South „al Cape of Good Hope ..NI irsrio ll9 r Oti, Cape of Good Hope ..N, .00 0 i ' Q( /i - Cape de Verde .......N1 fth of the month Soat li- al Ceylon (see India) 1 fi v' ,k i k tsti Ceylon ....... ..... -N I o ilir'i 1 , Channel isles .. ......NlMon.,Wed.,S;Frl4. SOu th u opil Nd by Chili. ......., „ „ 1,, 2d P i . 17 tl, ,-, f . moo . & e au \1 er4l 4 Chins, ... . 'Once a moath... • o r .• •11, 1 44 4 Constantinople .. ~ ~.. 8,13,18,23,x;.8 0: 1.. DO o pt , ' ItN i ttitte a Constantinople ........ 1 4tu sc. 20th of moi Soa t ' l ; .•••'1 411 $4: 411 , c Uont. of Europe M & N,Twico daily ~• • • D° ve. ' Ii .141 Y1 Egypt (see India) France ........ M& N Twice daily .. . • Dove ' bi, Gibraltar .......... lati4, 7, 17, 20.27 of ri Bow' - pp N iti tt,-.4.1t / areece (see India) 1 sOP V ; , ..i4 di _Dow sre Greytown .. .. .. .... nand & 17th of mon. Soial, 0 , ri. ) 1 1 ', It ek : $4, 4 , riamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday Los", 4 01 0 :110 1 11 1, at davannah ..........m 2nd of the month SoutlL .. „.111 . 1, 02 4, t W e l , , 11 Holland ............M Daily. ..... ...... ThWe L L., I O , Honduras .........81,17th of the month. Soetn •- a, •I 1 51 , 2 , India (vlaSouthampt.)Ml4th & 20th of mon. Pl3 ll ' °° /1 1 0 ', '''ktr) \........... India (via Marseilles)Mi9th&2sth of moiith DoYe_r",,ofil , k at lonian Isles (see India)7, 17, & 27 of mon Dove';:a op Ireland ~.......M & N , Twice daily • • 11°15 , 4 , 1 101 0 29, k t 41 1,4b 1in 1,,, Lisbon .......„ „ ~ ~8/1, 9, 17, & 27 o f m. sou.--, / ,..-1 ' cqz Irer c Madeira ............M l 9th of the month •Sout . t - 4, , i , rip tor gadeira ............ N 23d of month •• • • i lLi"'" - t krt, t ail, Malta (see India) ~,, N..,, ,...., Of / Malta ........., „ ..„ IN 8, 18, &28 of men.IDOI 0 ' 04 1 10 4 I 1 4 C--.. Slauri tins (see India) ' 1 , 4 Nfauritius ..........N 14th of the month ~,3 0, 51e, ' l ,s / 2 ' Mexico .... ....M 2nd of the month. Sol& „•1 9 / 1 0 •22 2 , ye .. too S N I‹ ... : „. Naples . ... • ...... .. N ,bthlbth2sthofmo7l.l l " a isP , t I New flranada ......M j2d & 17th of morith•Sou th to eel ! ', 6 1 New Zealand.... - ....IBy private skip • •1' 1314. ,. , F. Papal States ........N 'sthlsth2stlionnon. , flo Ye. „B . 4v, Peninsula ..........M Ithl7th27thofinon.!Sou th !_ ,, t oll i, Peru ~........., ..14 2d Sr 27th of mon.18outb:;i00 ‘ , 111‘,„ is,. qt\ t ,,, , Port Natal .......... By private ship. • •lY lll l, ° , •'.: I i ' l it Sicily .... .. NOthlath2.sthormon,;Yor - ......" Tuscany .............Nsthisth2sthofinon.Te v t l;;oo o ' Tt iA u wpi Venezuela . c 1 8z „........Ml2 17th Wu:tont/0j sou .1 1 ft t tA, 1 Ot nth N;I L 1 ' tt 44 , N 4 41. 4Nil,y Ito 4 et N fti tir k4q ;; l , 4S' , LA I) I3 t Le 44 4 t 11 ,` 1 4 Ev JO hka 15, "' tt ) '‘ 4 l, 4 h, th% 3,8 C 35,273 18,222 24,410 41,121 2,865 6,609 3,584 4,513 360 2,94 29,330 23,319 25,216 7,973 4,846 10,960 8,262 11,537 12,93 5,220 8,296 21,811 1,443 14,494 20,354 13,685 37,551 56,0611 6,992 ,561 LONDON 71,0, - c m, 0 ~i 1 11 '4 Printsd and Published bY g" - 40e, P (' W D " of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Soo ' tito Straiii, in the Precinct of the Sarni. i ll MatitUeoeX, Friday, l'obrugy 1.65' BIRTHS. 40 0 OA • goo. On tho 21st inst., at 21, Lowndes-sce-0:431"- Rey. C. J. D'Oyly, minister of St. I°ll ' 2 " •A O A DAUGHTE R. On the 15th inst., at Berlin, the latlYZoin. Loftus, Secretary to H.M. Legation .3 .k rJecrotary to AO 9' MARRLE -Th , to 0 , •tv" On the 20th inst., at Long Noventon, mouoplifberil, Spier Davidson, Esq., of 23, 1 4P e i r to G. 4° 1 ./ gent's-park, London, third son of the la ire, to ct f Esq., of Warruley Ileum Glocest?1:0",;d:sq" r t s; Annie, eldest daughter of Benjamin " e CA ti ' rj O bi i• ton House, in the county of Wilts. _, t , tl?Eli On the lest inst., at Alexandria, E , g4r to WI! Y traohi, Tuscan Consul-Genoral in EZYP I ' d B a ile r, M., eldest daughter of the late Edwa r Vice-Cousul, Cairo. 0° b► DIE D. N v ,101 t o On the 15th inst., at Nov Radnor, Son, B ., ( 10° I. :i IP,r l Cocks Eyre, Esq., surgeon. and 31a1n r °.stree't-°! ill, " On the 16th inst., at 132, St'• John _ f capP Ito Aumonier, Esq.; formerly stockbroker, u , A CV 81. Darid tv On the 17th inst., at Bromptou-square, frof Davies, Esry., aeds9.Portland-street'Dlr►• lif On the 17th must., in Great .,,,,, 4 , ford, aged 102. of ' 'ilK VA°, VI On the 21st inst., Samuel Guy Rutter, of lAt. - tor, Lansdowne-crescent I,letting-hill, and .01000 street, Cheapside. ' 4.11 VG• 13 ,f _ On the 15th December, at Bombay, Ar li g ot O A P . Esq., surgeon of the 10th' Hussars, and -,,,Y°11:00 611 late Richard Webster, Esq., 4th R. I. vr" ,/fir" VP leo .th 1.1•11..^-v