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BUTLA.ND AGRIOUTURAL SHOW. OAKHAM, DEC. 3. This 'important meeting took place to-day in the spa cious building known as the Riding School. As on former occasions, a number of animals were exhibited which were intended for the Smithfield show. Among those who visited the show-yard were the Earl and Countess of Gainsborough, Lady Victoria Noel, Lord Aveland, Col, Lowther, the Right Hon. Sir J. Trollope, M.P., Mr. A. Stafford, M.P., the Hon. G. H. Heath cote, M.P., the Hon. J. G. Noel, M.P., the Hon. E. Freke, the Hon. H. Noel, Col. the Hon. S. Jocelyn, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, &c. The dinner took place in the Agricultural Hall, under the presidency of Mr. A. Stafford, M.P., whd was sup ported by the county members and other gentlemen of position and influence. After the usual loyal toasts, The Csautotler rose to propose the toast of the even ing, " Success to the Rutland Agricultural Society." Now, said he, we really come to business ; and I am going to use the language of the Riding School of this morning in speaking of this toast. Other toasts were " highly commended," but this is the prize toast. (laughter and cheers)—therefore vou must honour it accordingly. With regard to the Rutland Agricultural Society, we find that it does not confine its operations, cdoes not stint its benignant influence to the little ounty but extends them so far t l the bounds that , it crosses the banks of the Welland, and with such effect that, while a member for Northamptonshire has the honour to preside for this meeting, an ox from North amptonshire has had the luck to win the first prize. (Laughter and cheers.) Therefore it becomes us to rejoice as a society, and certainly we have a right to do so. Very well, as everybody is contented, some one might turn round uponlme and say, " What have you got to talk :about ? Why not drink the toast in silence, and, as Benedict' says in the play--' Give God thanks and make no boast ?' (Laughter.) And, to a certain extent, I-don't know why we should not do so. Bet if we choose to have two or three word- , in a colloquial sort of way I don't know who should forbid 119 ; and why should not we have a few words socially and plea santly together ? (" Hear , hear," and cheere.) Now, gentlemen, I intended to say nothing to you on a sub ject on which I spoke at Southampton, and which was under consideration then, and is under consideration now, among the tenant farmers of this country and amo ng the landed proprietors of this country also. But a friend of mine from Ridlington said, "You must bring forward the question of agricultural statistics." s' Well," I said, "it has been worked very much dur ing the whole of this autumn, and perhaps the Oakham Agricultural Society might get a little tired of it." " That is not the fact," he said ;k" besides, if you don't bring it forward at such an important meesing the enemy will get hold of it and declare that, as the tenant farmers present were not appealed to on the subject, it might be assumed that they were in favour of the measure proposed by Government." But now I think that the contrary is the fact, and that you do consider that, however desirable it might be to have the details of the agriculture of this country presented to the House of Commons in a popular form, that advantage would not, with your approbation, or with your consent, or with your assistance, be bought at the price of an inquisitorial system to which no other class of her Ma jesty's subjects is liable. (Hear, hear.) Now, with regard to this question of agricultural statistics, the agriculture of this country rests precisely upon the same footing as every other class of the manufacturing in dustry of this country. We know the imports of agricultural produce also. They know the import of cotton wool, and they know the export of cotton wool. It is the same with iron ; it is the same with every other article. But what would Mr. Turner or any other respectable shopkeeper of Oakham say if a Government inspector stepped in and said, "How many yards of calico," or "how many yards of rihand have you sold daring the last six months ? Write it down for me, and deliver it under a penalty." Then, if the inhabitants of towns would not like that inquisitorial process, why should the farmers be subject to it ! for as are the cotton and the ribands of the haberdasher, as is the iron of ~the ironmaster, so is the wheat, so is the corn, so is the poultry (we were to descend even to the ducks and hens) of the farmer. (" Hear," and cheers.) And we were to register the results, and have them served up to the Houses of Parliament in a blue book. Now, I don't wish at all to undervalue the importance of knowing in this great and flourishing community the increase of food raised—the increase, if I may so speak, of agricultural wealth which is year by year produced in this still more and more fertile island. But, as a guide to the agriculturist, as a guide to the corn merchant, as a guide to the consumer, I believe so large as our im portations of foreign cereal produce—that these agricul tural statistics would be of little or no use whatever. (Hear, hear.) As I said before at Northampton, I now repeat at Oakham, we have seen practically for several years agricultural statistics collected in Ireland. They are sent over and served up, or rather buried in a blue book every year before the House of Commons ; hut I never yet met with one farmer, or one corn merchant, or one consumer in Ireland who ever made the least refer ence to this blue book in the carrying on of his business or in the arrangement of his crops. (Hear, hear.) The agricultural statistics which we want would not be the statistics of the past, but if I may so speak, of the fu ture, and should not have reference merely to England, but to those enormous tracts of corn growing country 01 which we know nothing except when the cargoes arrive at our ports. (" Hear, hear," and cheer.) And why the farmers should be subjected to the process in question I do not understand, except that there is a class which stiil cherishes a feeling against us, and which is never hap py, and never seems to be quite pleased until it is doing something to tease the agriculturists of this country. Well, if those, or anything like those, are your opi nions, it will be your duty to instruct your members on this subject ; and I confess I shall be anxious to hear the two hon. members on my right (the Hon. G. H. Heathcote and the Hen. J. G. Noel) give their opinion on the matter. (Loud cheers ) The chairman concluded amid vehement plaudits, and the toast was drunk with every demonstration of enthusiasm. The Hon. J. G. NOEL was first to reply. He was truly glad that be could congratulate them on the success of this society, now, he thought, in its 26th year. He was glad to say that Providence had blessed us with a more than average harvest—a better one than that of last year ; and be was given to understand that prices were unremunerative,- and that, generally speaking, agricultural prospects had not been better for many y ears past. He thought that the Agricul tural Statistics Bill, as presented to Parliament, was - an insult to the tenant-farmers—(cheers) —and right glad was he to find that that bill was withdrawn, He thought the agricultural districts had spoken out pretty significantly during the last two months, and had con demned most strongly such a prying, inquisitorial, and nn-English measure as the one which had been pro iec bed. The Hon. G. H. Heathcote also returned thanks for the honour they had done him in drinking his health there for the first time as their representative; and h e could assure them that it would always be his endea vour to serve them well and truly, and to promote the success of agriculture. (Cheers.) We had had an abun dant harvest this year, and he therefore thought this was a good opportunity for carrying on all those improve. meats which he saw in progress. They saw how necessary it was to bring science and machinery to bear upon agricultural labour. Indeed, he did not know to what length they might go at last ; they might, perhaps, see the ateamplongh at work in some of their fields by and by. He would now allude t o a su bj e ct which be felt to he deeply interesting, and upon which he had been asked by the hon. chairman tc gi • ve his opinion ; he alluded to agricultur a l e t at i st i cs. He bait great pleasure in receiv ing a deputation from his constitu en ts in London, and in reading the petition they cent up. With that petition he suite agreed, and had the G^vernment hill as it stood then come to a vote in ha the House of Commons it was his full intention t o given his opposition to it. opinion upon Should any new m easure " to receive their • • he introduced, he should hope was sure, would meet with ever y e r it, and that opinion, he attention on his part. lie could not, of coarse— him—nchgentchouald not pledge himself to hardly ask it of he thought they would o pposs any biilflawnhyigehhod might comprehensive until he saw it ; because, ih, p h e e la t e h neive measure of this kind could be brought agreed by all parties, even by th fr o i s e e n g:i u i gentlemenit seemedwh il ef the fariueri they had a' ways !reeked up to as that it —and Lord Derby he thought se as i n favour of isome vhans desirable, thing of the kind—it seemed a e eeed After to give a and he thought they could le, ;dig expect pledge to oppose such a measure. again thank log his audience, the hon. member sat down amid applause. Various other toasts were given and the proceedings prolonged until eight o'clock. ngs MEETING OF WATCHMAKERS. —A numerous meeting of this society took p lace on Tuesday evenin g I,7ng at the Adam and Eve, St. John-street-road, Clerkeu we l l for the purpose of con-idering what would be the effect of the introduclon of female labour 'into those h„j . neseis. The following rerolution was agreed to :..... " That a committee be formed in order to call a.publie . meeting, at a time and place suitable to Mr. Bennett . (the great advocate for the introduction of female labo ur) , to argue the subject as fair between the em. . ployer and employed." ' [ADTERTISEMENT.]—Du. Barry's delicious lLcvalenta Arabica. 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The Court below having decided that it was a simple contract only, the appeal was brought. The assistance of two common law judges—namely, Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Baron Martin, having been called in, these two learned judges stated that they were of opinion the debt was a ' simple contract only. The Lord Chancello r, in giving final judgment to-day, said he agreed in the opinion which had been ex pressed by the Vice-Chancellor and the three learned common law judges—that the debt was a simple con tract only. The Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner were inclined to hold a different opinion, but under the cir cumstances they felt bound to concur in the opinion ex pressed by the Lord Chancellor, and the judgment of the Court below was accordingly affirmed, and the appeal dismissed. ASSIZE INTEL IJGENCE.—Dec. 4. WESTERN CIRCUIT—WINCHESTER. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) MURDER AND PIRACY. This case, from its shocking atrocity, caused the court to be completely crowded ; but, by the excellent arrange ments of the Wader-Sheriff (Mr. Hadfield, solicitor, of Southampton), all inconvenience was obviated, and the most perfect silence was observed during the day. Giuseppe Legava, Giovanna Barbaland, and Matte° Pettrich, three Italians, were arraigned on six different in dictments—one for the wilful murder, on the high seas, on the sth of July last, of Joseph Pattinsou ; another for felo niously stabbing and wounding, with intent to murder, John Scotland and Daniel Cullen; another for piratically stealing 11 'sovereigns and a half-franc piece, with divers other things, the property of the said John Scotland and others on board the British bark Globe. The other indict ments varied the charges against the prisoners, and the whole offences were charged with having been committed on the high seas, on board the said ship, on the sth of July last. The jury was aomposed of five foreign gentlemen resi dent in Winchester, and the remaining seven were taken from the assize petty jury panel, and M. Bacigalupo, of Portsmouth, was sworn as interpreter. Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Russell were counsel for the pro secution ; and Mr. Yonge, at the request of the learned judge, undertook the defence of the prisoners. The indictment for murder was first proceeded with. Mr. Coleridge opened the case by stating the different facts upon which the prosecution asked for a conviction. The learned counsel dwelt with much force upon the cir cumstances attending the case, and then called the fellow- ing witnesses : George Nelegan--On the 2d of July last I was a boy on board the Globe, merchant ship, lying in the Bosphorus. The three prisoners were also on board as seamen. Thera were also two other foreigners. They went by the names of Angelo and Big Jack. There were also on board the master and mate, Evan Evans, J. Pattinson, D. Cullen, and D. Thomas, making in all seven Englishmen and five foreigners. We sailed on the 4th of July. My watch was from Bto 12 that night. I turned into my bunk at half-past 12. I slept in the forecastle. J. Pattinson and David Thomas slept about three feet from me ; they were on the port side, and I was on the starboard. There was a dim light. I did not sleep. After some time I saw two men come into the forecastle. Pattinson and Thomas were then in their bunks. One of the men who came down had a piece of lighted candle in his hand. They went to Pat tinson's bunk. The candle was then blown out. After that I heard some heavy substance fall out of Pattinson's berth, and I heard a noise and a groan. The two men then came and sat down on the chest opposite my bunk. They were talking in a foreign language. They then went up the ladder on deck. I then went up the forecastle to try and see what was going on. Barbalano saw me, and came and stamped down the hatch. He had a sheath knife in his hand, upon seeing which I let go and fall into a hammock lelow, and there saw David Thomas coming down with his hand to his neck and blood streaming from it. I called to him, but he did not answer. I remained where I was for an hour or two. . At last, all being quiet I went up into the forecastle, and there saw Pattinson lying alongside my bunk with his throat cut. He was dead, and was covered with blood. I had heard some running about on the deck. Pettrich had a pistol in his hand, and Barbalano had a long knife. I did not notice any blood on the two men when they came down. I asked them not to hurt me. Pettrich caught hold of me, kissed my cheek, and said - in English, "Me no touch you." Barbalano and Pettrich rauksacked all the men's chests, and took some clothes. Pettrich took some money from Pattinson's chest. An gelo and Lazaro afterwards came down. They had knives in their hands. They took clothes on the deck. Some time afterwards, hearing the mate call out something, I went upon deck, and saw five men pulling away in a beat. No foreigners were then on board. I saw Evans and Callen in the captain's cabin; everything was in a state of confusion there. We then went to Constantinople, and we went on board the gunboat Recruit ; the officers then went on shore, and afterwards brought Lugano on board. Lu gano recognised me as soon as he came on board. The other two prisoners were brought on board. I cannot say who were the two men who came down to Pattinson's bunk. Cross-examined—l saw Pettrich kneel down by the dead body of Pattinson, and, putting his hands together, he said, " Oh, my God !" David Thomas—l was a seaman on board the Globe. On the 4th July we left ,the Bosphorus for Balaklava. On the morning of the lith July I was awoke by awful screams. I looked out and saw Big Jack and another man with him. They had a lighted candle. Big Jack came towards me and stabbed me on the neck and breast, and cut me in the throat. Pattinson was then asleep in his bunk. I then saw Pattinson fall out of hie bunk on to the chest. I knew him, because he was baldheaded. I was wounded immedi ately after I heard the screams. I felt blood falling all over me from the bunk above me before Pattinson fell out of his bunk. My bunk was under his. I called out for help, when Evans came about half-way down the ladder, and went up again, as I told him to mind himself as they were going to kill us all. I afterwards hid myself, and remained hid for three hours. Some time after, hear ing the mate's voice, I went ou deck, and saw men rowing away in the ship's boat. I went to the forecastle for my clothes, and I there saw the body of Pattinson lying covered with blood. I saw Evans and Cullen on deck. They were both wounded and could not move. There were marks of blood all over the ship. There were two shirts in the longboat covered with blood. Before this time all the crew had been on good terms. When Legava was taken he was wearing a shirt of mine. He had shaved off his whiskers. John Cullen—l was also a seaman on board the Globe. All the five foreigners were on deck together that night, conversing among themselves. I called out to Barbalano to relieve me at the wheel, which he did. The others ought to have been below. I went to the head of the vessel, and in going there I passed the other four foreigners. Legava. and Pettrioh always spoke in English. I then took the wheel from Legava. Evans came to me and gave me some information of what was going on in the forecastle. I begged him to go down into the forecastle, and I saw hi:a going. Legava then came round me at the wheel, and I was shot under the left year; it was done by a person a little behind me. I fell down on my hands. No other person was near me. Legava then ran past me and cried, " A man-of-war." A piece of lead was afterwards taken out of my neck in the hospital at Therapia. I lay down on the scuttle. I lifted up my head and saw the five foreigner s together ; they were making a noise among themselves. I was leaning down the scuttle from loss of blood, and then I was stabbed in the back; it bled very much. I put my finger into the wound in my back to stop the bleeding. I then received another wound on the right-hand side of my neck. Evans was also wounded. I afterwards heard he wa s dead. I was too bad to see the foreigners leave the ship. I was taken to the hospital at Constantinople, and I saw Legava wearing my bouts there. John Scotland—l was master of the ship Globe. On the 13th June I shipped the three prisoners at Constantinople as part of my crew, together with two others na wed Angelo and Big Jack. I afterwards shipped Cullen, Pattinson, N elegah, Evan Evans, and David Thomas. These formed the crew on the 4th July. On that morning a steam tug came klav a . alongside, about 4 n'clock, and towed our ship for * abort si x hours. We then proceeded on our voyage to Bala gonel went to bed about 12 o'clock that night, having a b out ee miles not from the talaleeeßp.ospThhoerums.atlecarae to enea ' turnedintony berth, b u t d i d t half-past 3to know ing down I her the time. Immediately upon his corn mate th en two reports of pistols. I and the and Cu ut., l llen . then nt on the poop-deck. Evans called out that they were shot. I saw Legav a „ pistols in their hands, wnbdic Angelo at that moment with t b e b e d, but did not g o off. h they p resen t e d a t me . Th ey tne. We were both unarmed , and p ointed his p istol at into my cabin. I then miaeof rd called my men to come cabin. I found an old musket t musket I had in my fastened to a walk in g s tick , arr e l which I cleaned, we kept watch. I caused the „slant it, and with this signal of distress, but I afterwards found be . hung out as a We remained below from half-pa s t 3 till i. i o t () torn in a boat I was below 1 saw Legava at the whoa. I 'clock. When asked the foreigners what they wanted, but tho severa s l i times thing till about 9 o'clock, when Angelo said all they ' wanted was was money. Upon this I gave five sovereigns to the mate, w ho put it in a bit of paper and lashe d it to the end ° l a ' eatnrod, and handed it up to them at the companion door. Angelo said they wanted more, and that that would not *lo. I could hear the rest going about the dock atthis time, but I could not see them. When they asked for more money said I had given them all I had, and would allow them to come down into the cabin, to which Angelo replied that. they should like to see my berth. The mate and I went into another cabin, teed the prisoners came down into the state room. A.eee.llo came first, the others following. Le.- SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DitICEMBER 5, 1856. gova had a pistol in his hand, on cock, and loaded to then nd on a search being instituted the body of a full-sized ' muzzle. We had no pistols on board the ship. These men female child was found in the mattress, which the surgeon must have brought them, and we have no power to exa- deposed had all the appearances of having gene the full mine the chests t f the man. Angelo brought my chest out, time. There were marks on the throat and inward extra and I saw him take out my purse. The other two prison- vasation, indicating strangulation, the lungs, heart, and ers saw him do it. He put the money in his pocket. Lo- intestines all being healthy; but in answer to the learned gave looked into the berth where the two wounded men Commissioner the surgeon said, the only tact which led him were lying. I afterwards missed my silver watch, which to believe the child had been born alive was the floating of was hanging in the cabin when the prisoners came down the lungs, and that of late years this test had been deemed a to it. The prisoner them went on deck and I heard a noise, doubtful one. Upon this the jury were told that the and upon looking out of the window I saw the prisoners charge of murder could not be sustained, but they were at and the other two foreigners rowing away in a boat. I liberty to return a verdict of guilty of concealing the then went on deck, and the mate called me to see " such birth, which they accordingly did, and the prisoner was a sight in the forecastle." I went and saw Pattinson with sentenced to be imprisoned for 12 calendar months with his head nearly cut off. He seemed to have had two cuts. hard labour. Thomas had his throat cut in two places. William Scotland—l was the mate, and lam brother to the captain. My watch was from 12 to 4 iu the morning. I was on deck from 12 till half-past 3. Two of the prisoners were in my watch. I went below, and then I heard the re port of three pistols ; and then I ran up on the deck and cried out to the master, who turned out. I got on deck first, and found Evan Evans and Cullen on the starboard quarter-deck crying, " They were shot ; they were shot." I ran forward and saw Legava running away with a pistol in his hand. I afterwards came back to Evan Evans, who said something which Legava could not bear. Legava and the cook came to the front with pistols presented at its. I was nearest to them. The pistols were snapped, but did not explode. I then helped the wounded men down below in the cabin. We secured ourselves in the cabin. I got out the medicine chest and dressed their wounds. As well as we could we took care of them. The master was seeking for a matchlock, but could not find one. We found a bar rel of one. We secured ourselves in the master's cabin and loaded the barrel. I attempted to get some water from the steward's pantry. As I was going out Pettrich pre sented a pistol at me. The master proposed that we should hang out the ensign as a signal of distress. I did so, and Barbalano presented another pistol at me down into the cabin. The ensign was found afterwards torn in the long boat. I saw Pettrich a second time at the companion with a pistol. I sang out to him, " I see you." I offered them money, but they would not take it, and then we gave them liberty to come into the cabin. Angelo afterwards asked for more money, and said if we did not give it him they would come down, break into the cabin, and murder us, and run the ship ashore. When they came into the cabin we moved into the other cabin. They then went away, and I saw Pattinson lying on his back on the deck quite dead. I afterwarks saw a blue flannel,„boot, and a cheek shirt. They were all covered with blood. They were in the longboat. They belonged to Legava and Pettrich. I knew them well. I also found a razor which belonged to Barbalano. It was covered with blood. I was present when Pettrich and Barbalano were in custody at New Town, seven miles inland from Kilo, a seaport town. A pistol was taken from Pettrich. They both began to cry. I afterwards went on board the Recruit, and found the three prisoners on board. John Burridge—l am a gunner in the Marine Artillery. In July I was one of the crew of the gunboat Recruit, which was sent into the Black Sea to look after these men. We landed 30 or 40 miles from the Bosphorus, and we went to New Town. We there found the prisoners. They were searched by the Turks. A pistol and some money were found on them. Another man escaped into the woods. With the three prisoners on board we a ent back to Con stantinople. Mr. Yonge then addressed the jury for the prisoners, urging upon them the probability that the two missing men had committed the murder, and that, at all events, there was no evidence to show by whose hand Pattinson's life had been taken. That the prisoner had committed robbery he was not there to deny, but he suggested there was sufficient defect in the evidence to justify the jury in giving the prisoners the benefit of a doubt, and in such case it was their privilege to acquit. The learned Judge then most carefully summed up the case, explaining to the jury the law as regarded persons acting with a common design. If the jury entertained a doubt as to all or either of the prisoners, it was not only their privilege, but the law reqaireil that they should give the prisoners the benefit of it. The Jury retired for abouttwo hours, and then returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. Mr. Justice Coleridge, then, through the interpreter, thus addressed them—Prisoners at the bar, I am extremely sorry that I am unable to convey to you in your own la guage the few words I have to pronounce upon the pre sent most painful occasion. Yon have received, I trust, as fair, as patient, and as discerning a trial as it was in my power to give yon. Understanding that you were in great poverty and had no friends, and were in a foreign country, I requested, at the commencement of these assizes, a learned and able advocate to prepare himself and conduct your defence, and, although you are not able to judge of the manner in which he has conducted that de fence, I am bound to say—and every person here present who is a competent judge would say the same—that he has omitted no point that was available for your defence. The jury who have heard the case have considered the evidence very attentively, and I am compelled to say that I entirely agree with them in the painful conclusion to which they have come ; though, if it should appear that the jury had fallen into any mistake—because the wisest men may make a mistake in such a matter as this—care will be taken, upon your application, that such investigation may be made as to set their mistake right. At the same time, don't let me excite in your minds false and pernicious hopes. My firm belief is that this verdict is a perfectly just one ; and the truest mercy I can show to you is to exhort you to entertain no expectation that your lives may be spared. Yon will be attended by a faithful priest of your own persuasion ; and I exhort you to pay strict attention to all the advice that he shall give you, to pre pare yourselves for another world. ➢epend upon it, pri soners, that your days upon earth are numbered; and it only remains for me to pronounce upon you the awful sen tence of the law. His lordship then pronounced upon them the sentence of death. The prisoners were then removed, protesting their inno cence, and saying that, as the witnesses had been heard against them, they ought to be allowed to make their statement. THE GREAT NORTHERN FRAUDS. CLERKEN WELL POLICE COURT. The following appeared in part of our impression of yesterday : This afternoon William Snell, late a clerk in the em ploy of the Great Norther❑ Railway Company, was again placed at the bar on remand, charged with appro. priating a sum of money, amounting to about 1,0001. the property of the company, to his own use. Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Hopwood. Mr. Haddlestone said at the last examination a coin plete charge was made against the prisoner for appro priating a sum of 5001. ; but it will be recollected that, in the second case, it was thought desirable to prove that nothing equivalent to the two cheques which the prisoner was charged with stealing bad been paid into the accountant's drawing account. He should (tall Mr. Reynolds, the accountant of the company, who had gone through the accounts, and he would state that after a very careful examination he could find aothing at all like it. Mr. Reynolds was then called, and states that he could not find any entry of the kind. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Nothing like the two cheques for 281. 18s. and 231. 12s. _ Mr. Reynolds—No ; I am enabled to say that no such sums hare been paid into the accountant's drawing ac count. _ _ After the evidence had been read over, the whole of the witnesses were bound over to appear and give evi- dence against the prisoner, at the next session of the Central Criminal Court, on two charges of felony. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. - NEWCASTLE•I72ON-TYNE, DEC. 3. (Before Mr. Justice Ede.) Michael Cawthorn was charged with the wilful murder of Mark Cunningham, at Hexham, on the 25th Sept. last. Mr. Price and Mr. Liddell were for the prosecution, and Mr. Davidson for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were both hawkers, and for a week before the death of Cunningham had been lodging together and sleeping in the same bed. On the night in question the prisoner was in the Sun public house at Hexham, somewhat besotted with drink, having been in and out of the house drinking all the day and for five days previously. The deceased and one Gordon came into the house both tipsy. Deceased said that they had just been turned out of a public-house, by the police, when the prisoner said, " Then you have been in worse company than I have ;" and a quarrel ensued, in the coarse of which Cunningham said if the prisoner would come out he would give him what he wanted, either in light or dark. Cun ningham " clicked" Cawthorn, by the shirt breast and pulled it open, whereupon the prisoner said people would say he had been in bad company. Gordon and the prisoner played at dominoes for ale, which the latter lest, and on his calling for the ale the 'landlady refused to supply any, as he was without money. However, on their giving up the dominoes and promising to go home she let them have the ale. Prisoner asked the deceased if he wanted to use him badly, to which the landlady replied that nobody would use him (the prisoner) badly if he would only go home, and she asked the deceased and the man Gordon to let the prisoner pass, and got one George Dodds who was in the house to help Cawthorn lest he should be ill-used. ' About half an hour afterwards the deceased went out to his and the prisoner's lodgings, and onCunningham's going there the prisoner produced a knife and said the police had told him to defend himself with it. The deceased told the prisoner he was no man or he would get up and put down the knife, and see what he could do bare-handed, s, s ,A thereupon struck the prisoner on the face with his open hand, and immediately the prisoner stabbed the de ,ceased who cried, "Oh ! my belly." There were wortne ae on the arm and the back, and in a few days afterware„ Cunning ham died. Mr. Davison in his defence contended t:„ case was one of manslaughter, and not one of murd er; t h e k n i fe had not been used deliberately, but im s r_uoment of passion. The jury found the prisoner gui:ty of manslaughter, and His Lordship sentenced him, to be transported for 15 years. • William Fleming, wb o was last night found guilty of manslaughter, was sent Ancod to four years' penal servitude. William Lawson w as charged with the manslaughter of James Oliver, at Ne wcastle, on the 18th of October. The Hon. A. LVldell and Mr. Greenhow appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Dav Eon defended the prisoner. The deceased,, a pitman, on the night in question was drinking at a - oblic-house in the cloth-market with some other pitmen. ; they were all talking about a coursing match, wlren a dispute arose between two of the men called Ha .cle and Liddell, in the course of which the pri soner in.ceritered. He was told to remain quiet, and on in terfering a second time the deceased, Oliver, stretched across the table and struck him, knocking off his hat. The prisoner then sprang up and knocked Oliver down, and it was a Ileged that after the deceased was down the prisoner j unwed on Oliver, producing an internal rupture, of which he died. Witnesses were called for the defence, who de posed to both men jumping on the table, and to it having broken down, and, in the course of the scuffle, that Oliver met with injuries, which, it was suggested for the defence, caused his death. It was positively sworn to by wit nesses, who stated they were present the whole of the time, that the prisoner did not jump on the deceased as deposed to by the witnesses for the prosecution. The jury at once found a verdict of not guilty. (Before Mr. Fussell Gurney, Q.C.) Anne Gannon, was charged with the murder of her infant, at Berwick, on the 27th of August. Mr. Robinson Fowler was for the prosecution. .... The prisoner on the 29th of August denied having ha d a child, but on a surgeon being sent for she admitted she hate BANK RRPtir.tiNg A.n Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and 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 ending Satur day, the 22d day of November, 1856 littiVATE BANKS. Average Amount. A.ndoVer )3ank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jeminitt and Pomfret 12,122 A.ylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Oldßank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 32,595 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 32,879 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,254 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb, and Co. • Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb 14,960 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 22,062 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,762 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 6,988 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 69,804 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 14,659 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L. Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co 33,936 Broseley 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 28,720 Bath City Bank, Bath- -G. Moger and Son - Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Rassett, Grant, and Co ... 25,589 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 62,742 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer 21,125 71,905 28,903 Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co 12,563 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock &Co 16,042 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons 23,642 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son. 2,670 Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green 18,029 Colchester and 'Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co 35,450 Cornish Batik, Truro—Tweedy and Go Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock 7,545 City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co 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 9,377 Derby Bank, Derby--W. and S. Evans & Co. 10,003 Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co 35,281 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke 48,964 34,09' 74,251 26,853 9,470 10,132 and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and C 0... Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse &Co 85,859 Devonport Bank, Devonport— Hodge and Co 1,095 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams 41,977' East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter and Co 94,919 East 'Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 52,365 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round , an d Co 45,919 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 26,974 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham - Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and 73,921 7,400 13,115 5,730 Keen - •• Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Finder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and 4,535 13,185 31,138 31,324 17,889 20,573 54,525 5,233 Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin - Bank, Hitchin Sharples, 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, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexander c and Co. • Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Goteh and d Le e ed4 L an wd Co. w, Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End — C S LL ee Harvey n n ka i no, on, Leeds —,B ecktt Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co , Lichfield Bank, Lichfield— Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock .................................... Lyraington Bank, Lynaington—St. Barbe and Co. .................................................... Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. .••••••••• ""fie '.. ... ............. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co ........................................ Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and ...................... Mannintree Ban Manningtre C 0....................... ... ...... ....................... Marlborough a nd Wilts Marlborough C0.............nk, d Bank, Marlborough Old Bank , Marl - Olborough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and H u ngerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co and Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams Son .. Mi n ers' B . ank, Truro--Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth crd 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, 31,52' 23,479 21,285 66,589 18,205 25,962 21,478 45,144 8,534 5,348 52,745 37, , 280 32,452 30,010 92,130 32,348 7,540 3,592 39,442 .3,75 14,655 2,728 9,848 17,725 26,682 16,354 26,473 and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket--Eaton, Ham. mond, and Co .............................. Norwich Crown Bank and. Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—llarveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck ........... ... Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, N o t Fellows, and Co .. Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. . Nutnilleaghtoannablianakr,t Nuneaton—Craddock and Co New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co._ Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and C o Oswestry Bank and swestry Ol Bank, Os westry—Cox ....... Oxford Oid Ban k, Oxford— Robinson, Parsons, and Co. rayd Bank,o . V ola Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, T on b r id ge and Ton bridge Wells and Seven oa k s B an k , Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching wi o t n ne n Oxfordshire Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and C 0... 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, Blandh and Co. ....... ................. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roohes ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston_Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret, & Co Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross Allaway and Macdougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Rank, Saf fron Walden—Gibson and Co 50,550 20,315 23,11 48,205 94,816 0,793 3,209 19,159 8,559 30,610 12,697 32,495 12,087 11,045 47,901 10,222 10,458 12,563 30,624 28,845 6,509 4,391 7,645 14,316 7,901 15,515 3,828 29,646 . . atop Bank, Shrevestnry— tuttdri, Lloyd, and Co. Scarbor )ugh Old Bank, Scarborough—Wood- all and Co , Shrewsbury Old 13ank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-- Rocke, Ey- one, and C 0.... . Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Sta.tord--Stevenso n and 24,740 41,789 2,753 11,087 14,226 3,170 340 10,768 Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton. Gayley and Co .-• . 33,575 Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 26,818 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 10,575 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. 8,731 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton - Dunsford and Co Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—Rut- 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, lielston—Vivian and 10,435 10,749 12,436 7,253 11,182 15,403 Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridg,e—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford , Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co, Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick — K. Greenway and G:. . Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co 3,633 West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap- 25,998 45,021 13,895 man, and Co Winchester Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win ohester—Bulpctt and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, W eymou th—Eliott and Pearce 15,382 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co 36,782 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 7,272 Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhamptoh Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth —Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co 47,535 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart, and 12,923 Co York Bank, York- Swann, Clough, and Co 48,848 59,145 7,353 11,27 5,67 66,765 11,104 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven 31,690 Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 19,115 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 10,075 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,519 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.. -. 38,768 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, 19,719 Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 24,114 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 149,872 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,004 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,115 Hull Banking Company, Hull 29,055 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,659 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford TZ:naresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 27,84. Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,280 Lancaster Banking, Company, Lancaster 60,553 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 22,730 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 77,642 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 49,455 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 11,411 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 10,04' Moore and Robinson's Nottinghanishire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking 28,631 Company, Nottingham National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsg a te-street, ___ _. ~, London ..... . 4 ` 27,51° North Wilts lanking Company, Melksliamrnp. .... Northamptonshire Union Bank, North ton 4 82 4 ,6 5 2 56 8 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North- Northamptonshire ampton ......................... . .........iverp... l North and South Wales Bank, L. g Company, 54,460 Bank . in ............ .... Pares's Leicesters hire Leicester . C ........... -- ... Sa l ddleworth. 2,206 Saddloworth Banking ornP_ anShye ffi ed 34,790 Sheffield Banking Company Boston Banking ' St a mford, Spalding, and Com pany, Stamford ompany, I . 3ristol Somerset- Stuckey's Banking Lang shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 45,683 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield 23,064 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield , 51,924 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmend .. . Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 33,949 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field . 3,r Whitehaven Jotnt-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 39,74. Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick 28,550 9,563 9,275 50,064 50,270 33,440 42,350 1,476 25,740 33,077 24,259 63,270 54,725 56,723 13,917 West of England and ' South Wales District Bank, Bristol 73,265 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 73,959 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitcharch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 5,253 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 6,224 York Union Banking Company, York 69,099 York City and County Banking Company, 93, 665 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 126,347 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Nov. 29. 32,888 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE WEEKLY NEWS, PrICP 2D. CONSVMPTION ; ITS CAUSE AND CURE. —A series of interesting lectures on this distressing malady, and the success of anaspasia, or traction, in reli evin g and curing it, as delivered by Dr. Denis Cronin, of 35, Bruton atreet, Berkeley square , will be comm enced in the lir.'elc/y News of Dec. 6, 18 i t. Weekly Every family is concerned in t. Weekly Itews office, 6, Hind-court and Wine Office-court. SNOWSTORM IN SCOTLAND.—We have had for the last four or five days more or less snow daily, varied only by showers of hail. There has been a good deal of wind, and there has in consequence been drifting. The roads are nearly all blocked up, or the next thing to impassable. The coaches in the district are, with one exception, laid aside. The Banff and Peterhead coach became fast in Piteligo on Thursday on its upward journey. The Banff and Olduieldrum coach left on Thursday morning, but did not return. The Banff and Huntly coach ran till Friday night, but did not turn ou : t on Saturday. The Portnoy, (sullen, and Keith omnibus ventured out on Saturday morning, but waa unable to leave Keith on its return. The Spey and Deveron coach between Banff and Fochabers laid up on Friday morning. The only coach that has kept the road is the Earl of fe between Banff aud Elgin, the driver of which, by gr F eat energy, got through on Saturday and yesterday. If the weather does not improve, however, ,, he may not be able to re turn t o -morrow. lhe mails, of course, fell behind. Yeeterday afternoon there were four south mails due in B a nff. At 5 . o'clock a mail gig, with two horses, came in with mails from London up to Saturday morning. and to Edinburgh up to Saturday evening. This m ail h a d only arrived in Aberdeen on Senday night at 5, instead of 4 o'clock in the morning. There is still one mail (due fro London , a n d t wo f rom Edinburgh. T he s nail-gig, which came in to-night from Aberdeen, only e tarted in the morning. The driver describes the rosi as very heavy. The Huotly road is perhaps worst of any in the district. A party travelling it on hote-eneek on Saturday was nearly mothered among the unt"- and had to seek shelter for the night halfway W" have not had such a st rm so earls in the season for the last 11 years.—Banffe4ire Journal of Tuesday. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. DECEMBER 2. Joseph Locke, Esq., M.P., Vice-President, in the chair. The paper read was "On Recent Improvements in Water Meters," by Mr. T. T. Jopling. After alluding to the generic merits and defects of piston and bucket meters—merits which were generally appre ciated, and defects which were apparently inseparable from these machines, and had only as yet been partially re moved, the author proceeded to describe a meter con structed on the piston, or diaphragm principle, which appeared to meet the objections hitherto made to that class of meter. It consisted of two measuring cylinders set parallel to each other, with working pistons, the rods of which projected out of the cylinders in opposite diree- tions, carrying at their extremities slide-sVlve frames, for supporting and operating on tie slide-valves that governed the ports of the cylinders. These measuring cylinders were contained in a cast-iron case, or tank, into Which the water to be measured entered under a certain pressure. The water thence passed into the cylinders, from which, after having acted upon one or other of the pistons, it made its escape. Through the agency of suitable count ing apparatus connected with one of the piston rods, the reciprocating movements of the piston were counted, and thus the quantity of water passed through the meter in a given time was indicated. The measuring chambers were made somewhat like ordinary steam-engine cylinders, as respected the inlet and outlet ports, but in one of the cylin ders the direction of the inlet ports was inverted, in order that the right-hand part might pass the water to the left hand end of the cylinder, and the left-hand port to the right-hand end. By this means the two pistons were en abled to follow each other in the same direction, and to maintain a continuous stream of water, without the use of cranks. The slide valves were pressed up against the ports of the cylinder by means of springs, in order to retain them in Contact with the faces when the meter was at rest. They were free to remain stationary during the greater portion of the progress of the pistons ; butjust as the piston of one cylinder was completing its stroke, one of a pair of tappets on the valve frame, carried by the piston-rod of that cylin der, would strike against the valve which that valve frame carried, and alterei its position over the ports of the other cylinder, whereby the direction of the flow of water into that measuring cylinder was reversed, For transmitting the reciprocating motion of the pistons to the index, one of the valve frames was furnished at the back with two ribs, or feathers, set parallel to each other, but one in advance of the other. These feathers acted as teeth, and in sliding backwards and forwards with the piston-rod they entered alternately the teeth of an escape wheel, and so drove it round tooth by tooth. The arbor of this wheel led through the water-case to the counting apparatus ; and thus motion was communicated directly to it, without the aid of pawls and ratchet wheels. By this arrangement the meter became a very simple and inexpensive machine, not liable to derangement, or if in. j ured it was easily repaired, as the only moving parts were the two valves and two pistons. There was an entire absenco of concussion ; the pressure of the head was preserved, and being similar within and without the cylinders there was no friction upon the pistons ; and the water-tight external case, or chamber, served as a deposit for sand, or other extraneous matter. These merits were admitted by the engineers of the Sunderland waterworks, where the meters had been connected with meters by other manufacturers, and exhibited identical results. Models of Jopling's, Kennedy's, Siemen's, and Chad wick's meters were exhibited in action during the evening. In the course of the discussion descriptions were given of Kennedy's, Chadwick's, and Siemen's meters. The for mer was described as consisting of a single vertical cylinder, wherein a deep piston worked, with a packing consisting of a vulcanised indi a - ru bb er r i ng, ma d e to rol between the piston and the cylinder, allowing for easy motion, and yet being perfectly water-tight without friction. The alternate action of the piston was communicated to the counting apparatus by means of a rack and pinion, and x e s o e s si re r l o f t extreme action was given to the inlet and outlet valves by means of a tumbling weight. This machine, it was contended, was very durable and easily kept in order, the elasticity of the packing and the peculiar rolling motion diminished the afbrnei been nt under o fno n du ; enr t d h t th e oep most the e ewater trials Th w he a e s preservedm variationte rtsw he had were s r; ae u tv g ee through the meter, the action of the valves was regular and simple, to have been exeeenejem— y employed and much approved by waterworks engineers. Chadeeick's new meter was described to consist of three Or Texts rollers, revolving on their axes, attached to the pe'elphery of a wheel, the spindle of which worked in Journals in two upright supports; these rollers rested upon a bag, or piece of prepared leather, with inlet and outlet passages, and so fixed upon a concave bed-plate of brass as to form the measuring chamber of the meter. The water being admitted to the bag, propelled the rollers for ward, so that they each in turn passed over every part and expressed the fluid before them by the outlet pipe. The motion was regulated by a governor, moving in an oppo site direction to the rollers, and the counting apparatus was identical with that in the old meter, described on a former occasion at the institution. These meters had not been very long in use; bat, as far as could be at present seen, they might be called successful. Siemen'a meter was of the class termed " inferential" measurers, and so many of them were in use that it was not considered necessary to give any minute description of their construction beyond stating that its action was simi lar to that of Barker's mill, the water entering at the centre and being expelled through numerous curved ori fices at the periphery of the revolving meter. It was contended that the chief desiderata for high pressure meters were, accuracy of measurement under very varying pressures—free passage for the water without loss of pressure—compactness and lightness of construction — with durability and cheapness. Good meters were made, both of the piston and dia phragm class, and many did register excellently during la boratory experiments and for short periods; but the real test was the action after 12 months' constant work, and it was generally found that some injury had occurred to piston metres from the introduction of sand or other ex traneous matter, whereas the action of the differential meters was as perfect after several years as when they were erected. Arguing that a certain force was required to Cause motion, it had been stated that these meters were not capable of registering small quantities of fluid at low velocities. This was, however, an erroneous opinion, in proof of which it was mentioned that a small house-meter had registered accurately so small a quantity as half a gill per minute. These meters gained in sensitiveness as they worked, whereas piston and ocher metres were liable to wear and te A r ; the former could be so applied as to pre sent little, more resistance than a bend in the pipe—they were 84, compact in form, and so small , t hat they could_ . be adar,,ted to almost any situation, however restricted , sus( ureider either high or low pressure, and with constant or t in termittent action, they had been foun d to give satisfac ory results. It was stated that the East London Waterworks Com pany had 200 of Siemen's meters now at work. They had cost on an a verse 101. a-piece ; but few failures had oc curred, and th ose g quite capable of being remedied, so that cacuelties were likely to be even loss frequent in future. They were almost exclusively used at Bristol, where they were tested every three months, and it had been observed that they gained from Ito 2 per cent. The new meters were consequently adjusted so as to all ow for that g ain. It was admitted that both Jopling's and Kennedy's meters had, when tested, been found to act very satis factorily, and that practically they could be received as very efficient machines, both for the water companies and the consumers. It was shown that there had been at least 11 distinct classes of meters, and probably not less than 10 varieties in each class, which could be taken as 110 distinct inventions. They might be divided into two great cla saes—high pres sure meters—i.e., working under the direc t pressure of the mains, and delivering the water without w sysensible dimi nution of the pressure ; and low-pressure meters, which, receiving the water under pressure, mer ely delivered it into a cistern, or other receptacle, gene rally situated at the top of the building to be supplied. The latter class was asserted to be generally the best, esT eacially in those cases where the consumption was large : Ind irregular—as_ that of brewers, dyers, bleachers, calico - print ers, &c. Of this class Parkinson's was said to register accurately under e . all circumstances of change of head and velocityan, 0 0 / 1 :1 0rew. tity delivered. The piston, diaphragm. 1 3 ' Iff blag'eference to meters, were then successively describe& n.r - was in rinule Siemen'e meter it was asserted that it partook of and that it simply a turbine, or a Barker's mill, u eriority of menu the errors of those machines, whic no B 0 1 me. It could not facture or shill in invention could overc Ise to wou ld mot give impulse register so umall a quantity as the macbir. e . It bad also been remarked that in some situations 't it was liable to bc ccwletc'or ' oded, which ma rially less en cd the speed, at m' in some instances the meters b esl hctually been dope 'e(th ca ses of objections to Expi ',nations were given of Siam° A's meters, and the questi:na was announced to be u. forth Jr treated on a future occasie It was announced that t he foil owing paper would be reae Dec. 9, "On the Laws L at the next meeting , Tuesday, W. of th e St re ngth of Wrought and Iron," ast by Mr. B ell. in candidates were AL the monthly ballot the follow. re. C. Che ne, H balls tad for and duly e l ec ted :—Met as members ;and Cony beare, S. Dobson, and J. R3,l2Bden 'Tess] s. S. B. Boulton, J. Cam eron, •J• Curran, C • A. Harel ey, J. W. Heinke, A. G. Linn , h'. Price, W. M. Shaw A. . Siebe, and A. R. Terry, as asses, atee. Country Markets. i , EILBY SMITHFIEL/P. - DEC. 2. The supply of fat beasts was large, the'greater portion, of them purchased at Liverpool on Monday. The demand for the best things was good, whilst most of the inferior surts were left unsold. Sheep pens well filled, but heavy sale. Fat pigs plentiful. Calves again scarce. The following were the quotations i—Beef, 6d to 61d ; mutton, 6,d to 7cl ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 41 per lb. ; pigs, Os Gd to lls Od per score ; ipugh fat, 5s 6 to per 141 b.: hides, 41 to 5;1 per lb ; alf-skins, 41d fii per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-DEC. 3. A large supply of grain. Sales heavy. All sorts of grain down, with the exception of barley. Wheat, on the top, 16. down, and on the average Es 8d down. Barley, is Od up on the top, and Os 4d up on the average. Oats on the top Os 9,i up—on the aver- age, Os 4d down. Beans on the top is Od down, and on the average, Os 10d down. , AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat L 2 8 8 10-12th. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats 1 5 11 9-12ths. Beans -12tha. BOSTON-DEC. 3. Notwithstanding the severity of the weather, and an- other heavy fall of snow last night, we had a fair average supply of all kinds of grain. Wheat 2s to 3s advance on last week—demand inactive. Spring corn unaltered. Prices :—Wheat, red, 51s Od to 63s Od; new, —s to —s ; white, 62s Od to 65s Od , extra, 68s. Barley, 38s Od to 475 OA. Oats 20s to 28s. Peas, 37s to 411 Od Beans, 438 Od to 508 Od per gr. !NEWARK—DEC. 3. We had a full attendance, with a good supply of grain of all kinds. Wheat sold at an advance of is to 24 per quarter. Wheat, white Vs to 70s, red 60s to 645; barley, inaltin4 40s to 445, grinding 363 to 38s; oats, 24st. 34s to 375, 22st. 30s to 33s ; beans, 54s to 56s ; malt, 72s to 741; peas, 42s to 4.45; tares, 48s to 52s per qr. LOUTH-DEL 3. The corn trade was rather active, and wheat obtained le to 2s per qr. over last week's quotations. Other descrip tions firm, with an upward tendency. Wheat, red 56s to 61s, white 61s; barley 43s to 475; eats, 23s to 275; beans 42s to 46s per qr. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, DEO. 4. STOOK EXCHANGE. — The Stock Exchange to-day was doing a very steady business, and prices closed at a good improvement. North British, 9.lB.9.—Great Western, 70i Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3511 Caledonian, 29k—South Eastern, 22 ii—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97 1 1—London and North Western, 106 Ditto, sths, 21—East Lancashire, 21i—Blackhurn, 71. Se. 9,id. Eastern Counties, 9a—Midland, 82 $. LEEDS, DEC. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions have been limited to-day. London and North Westerns, 10Gt-11Lidlan d ► 82 'n—North Eastern, York, 30i—Ditto, Leeds, lei. BIRMINGHAM, DEO. 4. STOOK EXCHANGE.—This market was rather firmer t°' day, with a good business doing. North Sta ffotds, 546 d• —Great Westerns, 70g —Shropshire Unions, 19. MANCHESTER, DEC. 4. EXCRANGE.—The market opened quiet to-dal,' with a moderate business. Midlands , 82i -Leeds, 91i - ; . ; Manchester, Sheffield, ' and Lincolns 354 —Birmingha m Quarters, 10i —South Eastern And Dover. 22/- I °l P* Swedish, 1 3-16—East Lancashire, ri —Ditto, sthe, 1 —Preston and Wyre, 444. nABuRNE MAILS. (When the date remains open until mail, via Smiths evening previous for making up a mail falls on a Sunday, the DA; [ the day following; except in the case of the IV, U pton, which, on such occasions, is made 1 1 P Afr": evening previous.) __------' FOR FRO° _....------""."-- Vessel. expected .. 1/ 114 Made up at W hence By what When BYes il' t he des- Post-Office. patched. ......'"*.... - ----- ° . Lisbon.. ••.. I 7th,l7th, & itlit itra? South- Spain Gibraltar Gibraltar -1 - 1 Malta' •• • • Egypt .. •• I 4th & 20th a „.,” fh _ 2 0th of Citta ii Ceylon • • India Mauritius (viaCeyloo)J . Candy Ch i na - • • •..... Dec. s• • Penang Singapore Australigviai M Dec. 12 — } South- Euro- go.-- Oa" the Cape). • ampton pean Cape of Good He, is .. • • 25 Wh lljad Mauritius - ' , lan d v r..mt- .. month --- : r Ceylon India Lisbon 1 o .) Madeira CapedeVerds I South- Alta Dee. 12 . Tattlar Brazil Bueaoslyres I Falkland Is lands i West Indies (except Ha vana and 2d and 17th Ist and _.... Honduras). 160 10 °rllic'. Venezuela .. south- r a rana the Grey Town.. lid of the am pton month. New Granada mouth. Chili. Peru • • California • • 16th of ~0 South - Parana the .- Honduras • • month. so s op Atrato Jan. 1 1 fella Mexico IN assag Havana • • • • Ply- • 1/I,, o hlit Niger Dec. 6 ft• ampto n :I' eandcee.riolrfiteft.. . 1 . 4 t 1-1 Dec, 23 '• British North t B America Dec. 8 Europa America pool d E D Ler . y , F an ri. d Liver- 3 Adria tic ~,,, Adriatic Dec. Tuesday s. p"' British North tE alternate United States ampton ifsa it ; British North M ,Dec. 17 .. South- Fulton Dec. 12 ingt °— America IjUAnnniittaedeedrirtaatte.ess. ' C Canada ••• • 1 E Dec. 23 ..1 Liver- N Ante - Dec, 4Cana'3 pool rican M—Morning. E—Evening. jADVIRRTIFIRMATTA SIG , FIT AND Ha A ------ lIIND --- 8 "1 11 ` 1//' G PO L W As E s R it F B 7 marle-street, — ee l t iT , R), leer e p ss i F c .:S P : il s ind ki. Sol opticians, 3 , -1. O o r b n a n c : v , eo_m ikA rp c n sp , ,o . ite the yrk °te d n . illiant M T aj e .e le st s y co 's pes ß , o37 ::a l extraordinary improvements in the most posO rft ", pet" Camp, Racecourse. Patent for valuabisi od Racecourse, Opera, a Th. 0 10 q eetive Glasses, to know the distance s. These Wir e ba it ' possess such extraordinary powers that s ome three and °i-ter. inches, with an extra eye -piece, crill show distinct I..trio moons, Saturn's rine, and the double stars. With th e ;7 00 telescope can be seen a person's countenance three mil e are of half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. ll' e ,Y .....'fae larger aryl ail sizes, with increasing powers according:Y.oop, Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, newly-invented,/ tr,YwhieD powerful waistcoat -pocket glass, the size of a walnut, lanswar a person can be seen and known 11 miles distant ; tb e Y w oes , every purpose on the race-course, and at the o pera . 0 raiio s, country scenery, and ships are cearly seen at 8 teLtig, They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking,.): opal.; sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tournronderful :ace-corase, camp, and perspective glas se in e a i . : l ht t r l i t u h rast e e g t gnu es y t .: power. Newly-construz.ted Spectacle Lens es ?,. 0 dea d ast transparent power. The valuable sdvamitopsired ill from this invention is, that vision becoloinag perso ns ar e preserved and strengthened, and very oce" enabled to employ their sight at the pation• can see with these lenses of 8. enlfreequent change, ing power—and they do not require th _ erful wartime/. to the dangerous effects of further Po' te part of the world, Persons can be suited at the most rem °their spectacles in I! by sending one of the glasses out 0- they can rest' R ho hs l° letter, and stating the distance from the 09" small newspaper print with it; Vibrator, ss el);_ not made use of spectacles by stataiungd those a g e ' Per-: teas. New Discovery.— The Organic . _,....,„, e nt i traorciinary powerful, small, newly-invented 1 14 !_' . '";__ ~,, Or deafness, entirely different from all o y thers,br au e ;_ l :. o n be: thing of the kind that has been, pro h b e a "tin, + t o, : 0 no. , . r b produced. Being of the same colour as + st cht l ic eeptiblo ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly end at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensatiol o the roises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it sfrooorle• gssistanco that possibly could be the.desi 39,iiotei. street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite BIRTHS OP A Ml►. g, On the 3d inst., at Stroud, Kent, the 'f ofe 3 P t3l°' Gordon, 45th Refit• ° On the 2d inst.," a . t Epsom, the wife of John E• 13°Iiih Esq. OF DAUGHTER. On the 2d inst., at 2,A Cambridge-pl ace , Rege nt ' sT r ot . the wife of Henry Robert Goldfinch, Esq., barrio On the 4th inst., at 67, Up law. ver S e rkeley-stre et, square, the wife of Dr. Henriques. MARRIED. jQilli a On the 3d inst. , at St. John's, Westminster, voter, Henry, only son of Wm • Cullingfora, Esq., of 859%.`01, or to Elizabeth, the third daughter of Mr. A. Itt is Westminster. V gqd On the 2d inst., at Chiddingstone, J. B• Solo of Lavender -hill, Surrey, to Miss Mary Steuart, w. wall -park, Kent. DIED. g v ao - r i'l`' On the 3d inst., at 3S, Cambridge -terrace, ---., John Matthew Bulkeley, Esq., aged .10• c.t rge i ''' On the 3d inst., at Garllys Aberdare, S• pace —°°f,,,r the Morgan, Esq., one of H.M.';Justices of the Pea ° '- county of Glamorgan, aged c. 3. .1 r 1 the county On the 4th inst., at Upper Clapton, John Eu vf 4 ' ' youngest son of E. Gabv, Ec.o. On the 3•d inst., at I, ' I(;terborone.:ll Le.rcher, poet nt,,wn-road, Sarah, the wq . e of - J. Sidney eFithdov., at Bermuda, Lieut• ' 'Viliel'urstly seril Commanding h M.'s gunlooat Onyx, and prev. Sullivan, 1 in the Lightning . and Alerlin, under Captain the Baltic. John G. Villas, Fincblef On the 30th ult , at Seacombe, near Liverpool, Crump, Esq., aged 57. . 1 On the 2d ini.C., Joseph, youngest son of Louis T essigr Esq., of Avenue Lodge, Ham-common. LONDON : Printed and Publi4hed by AIIRDO Y 01114,9. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 7te 5101 °die, 112, Strand In the Precinct of tip, Savoy, in the cll3 of XI 1 e Fox , Fri,o.y, December 5, 1,456.