The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-07 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Sir Benjamin Hall, the Chief Commissioner of 1 Public Works, is far from satisfied with the dilatory manner in which the members of the Metropolitan Board of Works are discharging the duties of their / Ace. His dissatisfaction seems to be fully justified by the facts. The Metropolitan Board wastes weeks and months in the finding of mares' nests and on the decision of foolish squabbles, and at the twelfth hour they rush to Sir Benjamin Hall's offices, and require his immediate sanction for plans which they have beers discussing for an indefinite period. They deal, in fact, with the Commissioner of Public Works pretty much as the Commons are apt to do with the Peers towards the close of a session. From the beginning of February until the end of June, as we have often seen, the Peers are left without work, and then, during the last week of th e s ession, a pro fusion of bills is shovelled into the Upper House, which must receive immediate sanction or undergo immediate rejection. Discussion and consideration are out of the question, for time fails, however anxious the Peers may be to proceed with the busi ness without unnecessary delay. Now this is as nearly as may be the position of Sir B. Hall with reference to the Metropolit6n Board of Works. From the commencement of the summer until the present moment, when we are beginning to feel the first pinches of the approaching winter, the elected of the people have been frittering away their time' in the idlest manner. Were it not that we are prepared to make the largest allowance for the shortcomings of machinery which has just been put into gear for the first time, we should be compelled to pronounce the experiment a failure. We have heard or read of little else than of recriminations between the members, of conflicting theories, of plans carelessly prepared and angrily discussed,. and, in short, of a practical comment upon the canons of the great science of " how not to do it." Such delay as there has been must be entirely re ferred to the Metropolitan Board of Works. They have, however, hit upon a scheme at last for dis posing of our sewage, and, as most even of our London readers must have been long since sickened of attending to the discussions of their elected rediles, we will in two words say what it is. It is proposed that the outfall of the sewage shall be in Halfway Reach, at a point of the Thames below Erith. The points of discharge will be two and a-half miles below the metropolitan area on the south side, and three and a quarter on the north side of the Thames. The calculation is, that by the play of the tide the sewage may be brought within a quarter of a mile of the metropolitan boundary at the most unfavourable period of flux and reflux. Besides this there are to be various outfalls into the .Thames between Vauxhall and Deptford to carry off the surface storm water, which may be looked for on 20 or 30 days through out the year. Such is the scheme which has ultimately been marked by the approval of the Metropolitan Board of Works. Its defect is in completeness, its merit economy. We are so wearied out with delay that we would willingly acquiesce in any arrangement which would free us from our pollutions, so that it contains within itself the germ of better things. If this project is capable of extension, so that the fitting on of so many more miles of pipe will at a future day remove its sewage so far away from this huge overgrown town that it can he productive of no farther mischief to the inhabitants; Or if, which we rather hope, the formation of tanks at a eel . ° distance from London and the profitable employ . - ment of the sewage for agricultural purposes be consistent with the scheme of the hoard, let us adopt the half-way measure at once, and carry it out afterwards. The immediate recommendation of the proposition is that there is a difference of expense of 2,000,0001. in favour of the outfall at H a lf wa y Reach as against the outfall at Sea Reach. But to return to the dispute between Sir Benjamin Hall and the Metropolitan Board of Works. As soon as the sewage question was disposed of at the meeting on Tuesday last between Sir Ben jamin Hall and the board, Mr. Marrable next brought forward the plan for the Covent-garden improvements. The Parliamentary notices must be given on the 15th of the present month, so that the interval between the 4th and 14th, a period of ten days, is all that is left to the Chief Commissioner of Public Wqrks for con sideration of the subject. Even if he were to give to it his undivided attention in so short a period, there can be no time left for c&isultation or reference. A dry negative or affirmative is all that is left to Sir B. Hall. What renders the matter more aggravating is, that in the beginning of July he had forwarded his plans to Mr. Thwaites and his colleagues, and requested them to undertake the works themselves, but, saving a formal letter of acknowledgment, had heard nothing more of the matter until the other day. The next grievance is precisely similar in kind, although involving a greater expenditure. It arises out of the plans for the Southwark im provements. Upon this point there seems to have been sore feeling and jealousy, as well as the dilatoriness which tainted the two former pro ceedings. There is to be a continuous street between Southwark and Westminster bridges through Stamford-street and the York-road. The expendi ture involved is estimated at 300,0001., or there abouts. The Metropolitan Board of Works have not yet made a plan, and, when made, Mr. Thwaites said, " The Board would certainly, as a matter of courtesy, lay it before Sir B. Hall, but there was a doubt whether it was requisite to do more than give the Parliamentary notices, the sum being above 50,0001." Sir B. Hall loftily retorted that if such was their opinion they had better not send their plans to him at all ; he could only say he thought they " were bound to do so under the act." There remain but. five days, and then the Parliamentary notices must be given. The Metro politan deputies admitted the time was short, which is true enough. Finally, Sir Benjamin pro mised that if the plans were sent to him by Monday next he would postpone all other business aud at tend to them, " but he must really request the Metropolitan Board to let this be the last time they would allow such delays to occur." Thus repri manded and " wigged,'' the depu:;atiou withdrew. Sir Benjamin Hail this time 'las just cause of complaint. The Metropolitan Board have been conducting their affairs like a tempestuous vestry. They have endeavoured to avoid decision and re s . sponsibility by all means in their power, and le ava , at last thrown the Commissioner in to serious diffi culties by their dilatoriness and disputes. We will not say that there is not testiness and. a little harshness on this side ; but, even if this be so, it constitutes no excuse for the shortcomin , ts of the Board. Mr. Thwaites and his collearruteshave not been placed i n th e i r present posi tion c for the pur pose of thwarting and vexing Sir Benjamin Hall. The position o f th ose two offices with respect to each other involves a certain amount of rivalry and ill feeling, as a matter of course. We want some en gineering improvements made in our town, and we elect a number of laymen to decide, un d er th e ad vice of an en g i neer, how the improvements shall be carried out. The next step is to require our depu ties to submit their projects to another official per son, with an engineer of his own and an official staff of his ow n . The deputies are thin-skinned, - the official person pr one to find fault—for, if he d oes not find fault, what i s th e use putes arise. Added to a ll this there l i ra s th . ; iannedlinseatdioisn common to all mankind to put off till to-morrow the business which can be avoided to-day i s lf o n th e r e ikf e t ra politanßoardr equ i re t h e Chief C J a e r si t o decide the question of the London a gallop, they themselves had decid e d i t at agecanintear after the absolute waste of half a year. we should be sorry to see the principle of self-government ii3ts to our metropolitan improvements m any future carelessness on the part of o ur reprc i sentatiVes. We do not anticipate much advantage from their sugg estions, for no 'doubt a competent engineer would perform all the necessary work in the time which they waste in talking about it. It is, heiVever, a great matter that the inhabitants of the metropolis should be brought to acquiesce easily in the necessary changes and improvements. The ,principle of popular representation ought to secure this result, and therefore we trust that it may se e . ceed in this instance.—Times. /v arrayed in the height FASHIONABLE FaGGING.—A of exi s ti ng f as hi on precen's an interesting spectacle. dress, pil e d tier above tier, renders her an example of Beauty in tiers of muslin. This peculiar arrangement of of femal e Chstame af f ords facilities for the introduction ~.f D" pattern, w hi c h would probably become popular. Each tie r might be figured with the representat i on o f the porithetes of a man-ot-war, carrying guns. Thus de corated With the semblance of decks, the little " craft" might sail down upon the spectator with striking e.ifct. In this umatical trial a. young Imly might exhibit herself at a fanny dress ball in the charr.x.er of the Saacy A re th.tiers—untess it may be objected that to come it, in Ccalitey'phrssealogy, sc, stron g as thi?, would be un 4 u , t* a bioy:to the character of the weaker vassal.--Punch. N:l34?TtsatAL :A.ISEIP.—In one of our suburban vil- Ltges, - seven " blessed babies" were to have been cbrist enid on Saturday. In seven households clariAtening fes tivals were in preparatio n . C a k es were made—company invited; but through some misunderstanding the priest, who was to have supplied the place of the incumbent, never came, and after the patience o f the seven assern blages wer . e b alteJ, the seven un bl essed babes vr,,re W taken bows, with heavy blessings on the cleri ca l a b sen tee; - The "Wingingng hinnies ' and the t ea were robbed of theirliaveur by the failure of the arrangement. Bit Rix of the innocents have since been christened, fife seventh no tidings have been beard ; and it niaT, Tristram St -, a,nr_ly, hare cause to rue fcr ever the blunkl,,. which befall it on the threshold of lite.—Gar es h„4 O b. Server. , COURT 01 1 COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court (the last of the Mayoralty) was held for the despatch of public business. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. Mr. Alderman CUBITT brought up a report from the police committee, to whom certain matters had been referred in connection with the Commissioner of Police. The committee stated that while they could not ent:reiv concur in the conclusions or inferences drawn by the Commissioner from the facts which he had submitted, nor admit that any obligations bad been incurred by the corporation which had not been met, yet, in consi deration of the long and efficient services of the Com missioner, the committee begged to repeat the recom mendation made in their report of June last, "that the desire of the Commissioner should be complied with by an allowance being made to him of 2001. per annum in lieu of his being provided with a residence, such allow ance to commence from Christmast last." Mr. Alderman Cfnatrr moved that the report be re• ceived, and that the Court agree with it. Mr. ABRAHAM said he did not agree with the commit• tee in their report, and that a worse principle could not be adopted than that of allowing the Commissioner of Police to reside five or six miles from the City. The chief magistrate, in the person of the Lord Mays r, always resided in the City, and no distinction ought therefore to be made in this respect with regard to the Commissioner. He concluded by moving by way of amendment, "That the report of the committee do lie upon the table." Mr. ROWE seconded the amendment. After .a short discussion, The. amendment was put and carried by a very large majority. A division then took place, when the numbers werg— , For the amendment B2 Against 2B Majority —.54 The original motion having been negatived, The amendment was put as an original motion, and carried. THE METROPOLITAN CATTLE-MARKET. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR brought up a report, which states, " In proceeding to carry irate effect the Metropolis Market Act sbveral points have occurred which, in the opinion of your committee, require the assistance of the Legislature. " The section which limits the power of letting to one year should, in the opinion of your committee, be extended to such term as your hon. Court may think necessary. _ _ _ " That the tolls and dues now authorised to be taken in the market layers, kc., are adequate in many instances to defray the necessary expenses of the market, and make fair return for the capital expended thereon, we therefore recommend that power should he applied for to enable your hon. Court, with the sanction of the Board of Trade, to increase the said tolls and dues, and from time to time to diminish the same when it shall appear they are more than sufficient to pay the legitimate ex penses of the market, and a reasonable annual sum in liquidation of the money expended for the requirements of the same. " That the power to make bylaws should be altered and enlarged. " That the power contained in the act of the 21st of Geo. 111., cap. 67, which authori3es the Court of Alder- men to make rules, orders, and ordinances for the driv ing of cattle are insufficient for the purposes inten,led, and we therefore recommend that that power should be repealed, and an extended power given to your hon. Court to make rules and regulations for the like purpose. "That the period for giving ❑otices to Parliament oas now arrived, and your committee recommend that they should be empowered to give the necessary notices for a bill to carry into effect the objects aforesaid. " H. L. TAYLOR. '` J. Low T. ROWLEY E. DEAD G. A ITCHISON J. SMITH W. COX. G. CUTHBERT W. T. REDFORO J. M ATTHEWS T. SYMONDS J. DE JERSEY W. H. ROBERTS J. Arms." Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, in moving the adoption of the re port, said that the act of Parliament by which the mar ket was now regulated was not the act of the corporation but of the Government. During the last year the com mittee had seen quite sufficient to induce them to take some steps at the earliest possible opportunity to amend the act, which did not work as satisfactorily as they could have wished. After a short conversation, in which several members took part, the report was received. At the termination of the business of the Court the Lord Mayor thanked the members of the Court for the assistance they had given him during his year of office. on Sunday. the traffic on many of the routes on that day being insufficient to afford an a 'equate return, and the management, being desirous of restricting it so as to enahle a proportion of the company's servants to have a portion, at least, of the day at their own disposal. It is but justice to the directors of the company to say that they appear to be desh iris of adopting any real improvement which may be taiggested to them. With this view they offer. d a premium of 100 guineas for a model !omnibus, and paid that amount to Mr. IVlller ; and the fact of their having availed themselves (.f the skill and resources ,:f three of the most eminent builders, all formidable competitors with each other, affords evi dence of the sincerity of their professions. They have now about 6,000 horses and 3,000 men, and their omni• buses run about 30,000 miles daily, and convey the almost incredible aggregate of a million of passengers. In addition to the public omnibuses inspected yester day there was a private one, adapted for about ten persons, elegantly fitted up, and so arranged as to be peculiarly suitable for pleasure parties. After the vehicles had been exhibited in the Guildhall-yard they proceeded to the Mansion-house, where they were inspected by the Lord Mayor. His lordship entered nearly all of them, and listened with great attention to the explanations afforded him by Mr. Macnamara, one of the inanagere, and by sonic of the directors of the company. The public, too, both at the Guildhall and the civic palace, eagerly availed themselves of the opportunity of per sonal inspection in a matter so important to all. TILE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1856, TBE CHAN&E OF MINISTRY IN TURKEY. The followin g letter from Constantinople rel a t es to tho circumstances which led to the change of the Turkish ministry : " As the 28th was to be the day on which the period expired for the fulfilment of the provisions of the treaty, the Porte sent a note to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe to remind him of that circumstance, and begging him to, make his arrangements relative to the closing of V a .,., Straits. The recent arrival of a reinforcement to the English squadron sufficiently indicated that the British Cabinet had no intention of recalling its fleet. Th , English ambassador is said to have made a .4„bi e reply—a verbal one, which be made in person to Aali Pacha at his private residence, at which ;.n to re i ew Foad Pacha was present, and afterwards sent the substance of this declaration in writing. At t h e i n , ' terview, the noble lord ie said to have 5 eclared In the first place that the difficulties which he.d arisen relative to the frontiers of Bessarabia and ',;he occupation by Russia of the Isle of Serpents e'rnetituting the nen execution of the treaty of Paris by 'Russia, no astonish ment ought to be felt that Eogl,a.ad, who had fn!filled i her engagements with good fait4, should- require a kind of guarantee for the conduct of the cabinet of St. Peters burg by keeping a squadron in the Black Sea ; that those measures moreover did not lets interest the Porte than its allies ; and that it ought, to under, tancl that the entire and strict execution of the treaty would be re quired from Russia. Lord Stratford de Radcliffe also ex pressed his astonishment th'at so much should be thought of the presence of au Enteleeh squadron in the Black Sea, when in Moldo-Wallachi.a the Austrians were preparing to pass the winter, and. were increasing their garrisons on several points. Ts!'lie latter circumst a nce w as , h e said, of much Brea' er consequence to the Porte than the presence of a tew English vessels of war in the Bosphorus. In consequence of there observa tions, it was d'cided that the Porte should demand ex planations f p een the Austrian internuncio, and NI. d ' s . Prekef'.:l3, in his turn, waited on the Gra n d .„ v. lzir- P-is declarations were, it , is'a;d, very pre cise, alP"1 the more caudi(i, perhaps, because he knew taut his auditors were well disposed to listee to all 1 1(1 might say against the Principalities. A c n?rd'l'g to M. de Prokeech, the state of the pro. v w,cf,s is very unsatisfactory ; the public mind is !Tench agitated, and evildoers were at work with ideas of nnion hostile to the rights of the Porte and of Austria. A revolution was, he said, to be feared, if the Austrian troops were withdrawn ; and the Cabinet of Vienna had, therefo re , d ec id e d nu ma i n t a i n i ng th e occupat i on ; and .i the more so as the season was too far advanced to allow of the removal of the troops. The English Ambassador miAt have expected this reply, but he never theless manifested astonishment, and made this declaration the subject of a blame on the way in which affairs were conducted by the Porte. The two Ministers, Aali Pacha and Foad Pacha, replied with great warmth, and a discussion took place, which at length went so far that the English ambassador said he should refer the matter to the Sultan, which he did on the same day, but it was not known what was the reception he met with from his Majesty, It was after this interview and the visit of the English ambassador to the Sultan that the two mini-tars tendered their resignations, which were not accepted ; hut, on the contrary, Aali Pacha (as has been before mentioned) received a letter from the Sultan expressing his confidence in the Minis try. Many persons, however, are still of opinion that there will be a change of Ministry, and that Reschid Pacha will come into power. It is thought that Kubrizzi Mehemet Pacha, the President of the Council, who is now on a mission to Russia, will be kept at St. Petersburg as ambassador, and that Reschid Pacba will take his place ia the Ministry. This combina tion is the more suicessary that Rifaat Pacha, who was the ad intcrim, successor of the absent President, is too ill to attend to public affairs. As if to support the declarations of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, a large steam frigate yesterday came op the Bosphorus, saluting the Turkish flag with 21 guns, and went to join the squa dron in the Black Sea." A new and beautiful college of St. Aidan, which is delightfully situated in Claughton Firs, Birkenhead, was inaugurated by a grand banquet, on Tuesday afternoon, which was presided over by the most noble the Marquis of Westminster. The clipper ship Tudor, Captain Arelersor, belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co.'s "Black Bell Line," eailed from the Mersey yesterday, for Melbourne, with 400 passengers, about 40 of whom are first claea She ralso takes out a large cargo of merchandise, and carries a mail. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FRO3I SHIPWRECK.—Yester• day a meeting of the Royal National _Lifeboat Institution was held at its house, ,Tohn-street, Adelphi ; Mr. Th os . Chapman, F.R.S, in the chair. Mr. Lewis, the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, a re ward of 6/. waa voted to the crew of the lifeboat of the institution st a ti o n ed at Berwick, fer putti ng off in her ! and rescuing th e crew of six men of the Norwegian ealliot Irroveuce, which durin g a heavy gale of wind eas re cently stranded near Berwick. The service was well perfintrned, and the lifeboat was reported to have behaved exceedingly well on the occasion. The lifeboat of the institution placed at Cu Ilerecate, on the Northumb-rland , coast, ha,d also recently rendered valuable assist-Lee to two fishing vessels, which during a heavy gals of wind bad got . foul of car) ether; 19 faerene - ,•• a . II promNee p u t o ff in the lifeboat to rescue their fellow-fishermen'eleee and property. The silver medal of •the institution aas also voted to Donald Thompson for his gallant services in putting off, with four others, in a boat and rescuing, at considerable risk of life, two out of six person s from the Russian brig Abti, which was observed off H am, near Thurso, diemaeted and waterlogged. Thompson and his crew had also received a reward frum the Board of Trade. A reward of 2/. 10s. was also granted to five in consideration of their prompt and laudable con pilots the rescue of duct in putting off in their gig to and two women, who were upset from their b-at near Ilfracombe last week. Capt. Ward, R.N., inspector of lifeboats, read his report, and it being announced that Dr. Croly and Sir W. Dunbar bad offered to preach sermons on beheir of the institution, the proceeding erminated. GENERAL WILLIAMS AND OMER PASHA. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : Sir, —I have read with surprise and regret Lieutenant- Coionel Simmons's letter, which appeared in your columns of to-day, commenting on a paragraph contained in one of my private notes written during the painful struggle at Kars, and bearing on the military conduct of Omar Pasha, over whom the Lieut.-Colonel would fain threw his mantle, though we are not informed whether he does 90 at the Pasha's desire or otherwise. It must also be left to the future judgment of the world to say whether or not Lieutenant Colonel Simmons's military reputation and services are of sufficient weight to enable him to do so with an effec', equal to his seal. Tee book published by Colonel Lake was written mere with a benevolent object than the usual one of pecuniary gas❑ or literary reputation. Unfortunately, all the pri vate letters of my aide-de-camp, Lieutenant-Colonel Teesdale, which were intended to render this little volume interesting, were, for the moment, lost ; and I then, and then only, offered to get my private correspondence from my friends iu London and give it to Colonel Lake, partially to fill the regretted void. In excluding many paragraphs of my letters, which would only have tended to keep alive a painful subject on which the Sovereign, the Parliamect, and the nation had decided, I regret that the paragraph alluded to by Lieutenant-Colonel Simmons should have escaped my eye. But as Lieutenant• Colonel Simmons can have but one object in view in criticising this paragraph—that of defying me to put into execution the threat I made "to mask with my ink" the General in question—l must reluctantly enter on the subject. On the arrival of Omar Pasha to take command of the army which was intended to relieve Kars, he wrote to the Mushir Vassif Pasha, by the hands of an aide-de camp, telling him that " if we stood firm for 20 days he would relieve us." At that moment I was nut aware that Lieutenant-Colonel Simmons was with the head quarters of the Generalissimo ; but had I supposed him to be there I should naturally have hoped for at least a line from my brother commissioner, more especially as he was an officer of the sister corps of Engineers, brought up at, the same military college, and could not be igno rant of my position, although I was, from the nature of things, utterly uninformed of his. IC can easily be imagined that we waited anxiously and worked hard during those 20 days in expectation of the succour which Oinar Pasha knew while promising that he could or would not render. Selim Pasha played the same game from Trebizond, telling us that he had an army sufficient to relieve us, and that his men were burning for the advance. We therefore held on to the hopes inspired by these two generals, until famine had reduced the strength of our devoted little Turks, and rendered impossible all chance of marching and cutting their way over the mountains ; and I will venture to say that as long as a soldier of that garrison survives the names of those two men will be execrated. In speaking of Omar Pasha with respect to Turkey, Lieutenant-Colonel Simmons calls it " his adopted coun try." I will give some idea of his patriotic sympathy by informing the reader that, in answer to my despatch' to the Generalissimo, congratulating his Excellency, as the acknowledged head of the Sultan's forces, on the glorious victory of the 29;1 of September, I received ,a reply simply and without comment acknowledging the receipt of my communication, thus exhibiting to the gallant and enduring garrison of Kars the deep interest felt for them by their Generalissimo. On this great oc casion, too, I should have hoped for a line from my bro ther commissioner. He knows whether or not he was by the side of o:nar Pasha when the Generalissimo received this welcome news. lam altogether ignorant on that point. It is not worth while discussing with Lieut.-Colonel Simmons how far Omar Pasha could have penetrated towards Kars from Bateum, but I will express a clear opinio❑ that the moment he ceaFed to operate, 2,9, in nty humble opinion, "a brave and resolute man" should have done—that is, towards Kars and the csntri of Georgia—our fate was sealed ; and the instant that General Mouravieff heard he bad chosen the remote port of Suchnm-Kaieh the Russian General felt himself re lieved from his disquietude, and made up his mind to but his army, and thus insure the capture of Kars by famine. This opinion. is fully supported by that of General Mouravieff himself, expressed to the and to my aide-de camp with characteristic frankness. The able and veteran General laughed, and said, "As soon as I found Omar Pasha at Suchum-Kaleh I had no doubt of the result of the campaign ;" adding, " I was much obliged to Omar Pasha for going in that direction." Lieutenant-Colonel Simmons seems surprised that after "12 successful campaigns" a general's conduct can be scanco-4 ; but let me ask who were Omar Pasha's op ponents in those conflicts ? Why—revolted peasants, without generals, discipline, or artilleiy. The - world now knows my opinion and that of the 110 8F;tan general with respect to the•recent operations of Oe.par 7t'asba. It will attach to these opinions whatever valv e they may be deemed to men:. When I used, in speaking of my Eastern experience, `the terms, " from the cataracts of the Nile to Ararat," I they bore reference to my general knowledge of Turkey; and, in spite of Lieutenant-Colonel Simmons's sneering style on this point, I still latter myself that I know something of my subject. I should be at a loss to,ac count for the tone of his whole letter if I did not kno that he has recently arrived from Constantinople. I have not the smallest wish to enter into the field of "animositz" or "controversy" with Lieutenant-Colonel Simmons, but, at the same time, I cannot pass over without remark his lamentation about "that fatal posi-1 tion in which they were placed by the strategy of others" —that is, of course, intended for me. In a work now preparing for the press by competent judges the ques tion of the necessity of defending Kars at all will be dis cussed. In the meantime, Lieutenant-Colonel Simmons and those who think with him can cling to their opinion —that it ought not to have been, and that the risk of abandoning that stronghold should have been hazarded ; I and those who served with me, on the contrary, will hold to our view—namely, that by keeping the Russian army occupied before Kars, only 20 miles from their own frontier, till the snows of winter prevented their taking a single step in advance, even after the blunder of Omar Pasha and the imbecility of Salim Pasha had put that f,,rtress into the possession of the enemy, we bad ful filled a wise purpose, and saved Asia Minor from being overrun, as also the allies from the dire necessity of pending English and French troops from Sebastopol to its rescue. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servant, W. F. WILLIAMS, Major• General. Woolwich, Nov. 5. Tlf I& LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY. Yesterday morning an inspection of several new omni buses, built ny three of the principal manufacturers in the metropolis, took place in the Guildhall-yard, with the permission of the Lord Mayor. The vehicles exhi bited were the production of Messrs. Gower, Miller, and Carpenter, and comprised many important improve. ments, which can hardly fail to be appreciated by the public. The company having now become the owners of about three-fourths of the omnibuses plying is Lon don and its suburbs, it is natural to expect that the public requirements should, as far as possible, be com plied with, and the exhibition of yesterday proves that this expectation is not likely to be disappointed. No less than eight vehicles were assembled, four from the manufactory of Messrs. Go war, two from that of Mr. Carpenter, and two from that of Mr. Miller. In all of these, two desiderata of vast public importance, viz , ventilation and an augmentation of space, seem to have been carefully studied, and almost equally realised, and this without any increase of bulk. It would of course have been easy to add to the space by increasing the ith of the vehicle ; but this advantage might have been purchased too dearly. In the first place, the in creased accommodation thus obtained would have in volved additional weight, which would have thrown an extra burden on the horses, and caused a corresp inding impediment in the rate of progress. To avoid these evils the inventors have all had recourse to the expedient of reducing the space occupied by what is termed the casing of the omnibus, and by reducing this on each side they have gained about six inches for the public in the breadth of the vehicle without at all augmenting the track or breadth. The effect of this economy of space is to afford what may be termed additional knee-room—an advan• tage which will practically commend itself to all who enter the improved vehicles. The omnibuses of Messrs. Go war (the patentee of which is Mr. J. Rock, of Hast ings) are provided with a very useful apparatus for corn municating with the conductor, consisting of an india rubber tubing naming along the upper part of the vehicle inside, and fitted with an air-ball of the same material, which on beinggently' - pressed hy the passenger gives forth a sharp whistle to the. 6ondrictor, forming an effectual sub stitute for the use of st.ickf - 3, umbrellas, &c, This simple im provement, which is, in 'fact an application of the railway whistle, is intended to be applied to all the omnibuses be longing to the consoar y. One of the greatest deficiencies in the vehicles hit) lest° used has been the want of some support, by v leans of which the passenger might steady himself proceeding to take his seat. To meet this sot iv of the new vehicles are supplied with tassels sus' ?e nded from the ceiling, others with a horizontal str aaa and ethers again with a perpen dicular rail, set N ie ti a division of at the same time as an equit ablevpace. The arrangement as regards the windows seen , ,s to have been left an open question, to be determit led by the public voice. In some cases the windows is for the put Ara fixed, in others there is a slide ; and it / lie to say which plan is, on the whole, the most desira' ale. As to ventilation, however, which is the g ra " I ,pint to be considered in reference to this mat ter, she n ` iw omnibuses seem to include all that can be In each ample ventilatiaa is provided for by d m e e t r e e d 0 . f - ?perforated wires or openings of various kinds he tOf combined with a similar arrangereent at the ea t . he vehicle. The question of height, too, has not wens .oed attention, and the increased altitude, to gethe.r • with the increased width, gives an appearance and real ity of enlargement which must be grateful to the senses, as well as conducive to the convenience, of the passeaf ens. The internal improvements include a lamp on the principle of the railway lamp, with an elongated stern, ; 4nd having a valve attached to it to carry off the efiluvi; a. As regards the outside of all the new omni buses there is a material change for the better, in the access to the roof, convenient steps being provided by mer 03 aof which the open-air passenger can mount with !'n 4 s ,ny danger to life or limb. With respect to fares, I t' it stated to be the intention of the company to exhibit outside as well as inside, so as to-leave no cause di en 'paint on that subject. On this point it may inftbet be nbeerved, that it is the design of the company „ ;ta blieh in rremy casts an uniform fare of sixpecce POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 6. MANSION-HOUSE.—THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY. —Wdliam, Pierce and James Burgess, the former once a guard, and the latter, • till last night, holding a similar office in the service of the South-Eastern Railway Com pany, were brought before the Lord Mayor, in custody of Sergeant Smith, a detective officer belonging to the Metropolitan Police force, upon the charge of having been concerned in a robbery of 15,000/. worth of gold from a package in its transit from London to Paris in the month of May, 1355. Mr. Bodkin appeared in support of the prosecution, and Mr. Wontner attended on the part of Pierce. Mr. Bodkin said the prisoners were charged with being concerned in robbing a South-Eastern train in the month of May, 1855, of a quantity of gold in the act of transmission to France, of the value of 15,0001. Pierce with an associate whom it was proposed to call as a witness hereafter, were the persons who principally planned the robbery, assisted by Burgess, who at that time was guard and had charge of the train that was robbed. He (Mr. Bodkin) would not go into the par ticulars at that moment, but was perfectly justified, from what he knew of the case, in stating that the offence imputed to the prisoners would be brought home to them hereafter by the clearest evidence. Some disclo sures of an extraordinary kind would probably be made in the course of the investigation, bat he forbore to go into them for the present. Mr. John Charles Roes, solicitor to the South-Eastern Railway Company, said—l am conducting the prosecu tion against the prisoners for being concerned in a rob bery of a large quantity of gold in May, 1855, from the railway. They were taken into custody yesterday by my anthority, and I believe, if a remand takes place, I shall be in a c.indition to produce evidence affecting them both touching the present charge. I have no doubt to be able to show their guilty participation in the robbery. One of the witnesses I propose to call is a convict con fined in Portland Prison, and it will be necessary to make an application to the Secretary of State or to the proper authority to secure his attendance here. I expect to be in a position to proceed with the charge on Wednesday next • Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—l have seen the prisoner alluded to, and upon what I have heard I found icy conclusions. I saw him last Saturday. I Lave been acquainted with Pierce's address a good many months. Ho was taken into custody on leaving his house yester day. Re-examined—Burgess had been about 12 years in the service of the company, and was the guard when the robbery took The Lord Mayor—You say that you have had personal communication with the witness whom you propose to produce ? .Fitness—l have. The Lord Mayor—And the evidence of that man is so direct that you think yourself justified in making the application to the court to detaiu the prisoncri ? Witnem —Quite so ; in my own mind I am quite satisfied. Burgess—l have not been treated very fairly by this company, who have not taken my cause in hand. I told Mr. Rees last night that I should send for Mr. Hum• phreys, and Mr. Humphreys came to me this morning. The Lord Mayor—From long experience it is my duty to say that there is nothing whatever at present affecting either of you. Pierce is advised and defended ; you are not. There is nothing at present in this case, except the opinion of a professional man, who has seen a witness who it is supposed will affect your character. The case has been opened, and probably before you appear here again some professioal man will attend and protect you. As far as I myself am concerned, lam sorry to see a railway guard of many years standing—one of a moot respectable class of our population—standing atthe bsr upon a charge ~f this kind. Mr. Bodkin—l am quite sure that his lordship's know ledge of Mr. Humphreys will justify my saying that if there has been any reluctance on the part of that gentle man to appear for the prisoner, nobody can doubt that he has abundant reason for the course be has adopter). The Lord Mayor (to Burgess)—Mr. Humphreys did appear in a case which I presume has some connection with this, and probably that may be a reason why he could not accept the retainer that you offered him. Mr. Wontner- -I ask your lordship to deal with this as you would with any other case. This is a case in which I submit there is no evidence wnatever. We have simply the opinion and belief of a gentleman. But the law does zot allow magistrates or judges, or anybody &so, is act up )n opinions and belief which are not based upon legitimate evidence. There is no evidence before your lordship to justify these people being remanded, ex cept the belief of this gentleman that he will be able at a fdture period to produce evidence against them. It is therefore, material to consider whether it was necessary to give these parties into custody until he was in a posi tion to manifest the justness of his belief by the produc tion of evidence. The witness for years past has known Pierce's address. Burgess, I understand, is a railway guard in the employment of the, company np to the pre sent hour. He was taken off the train last night. The company, therefore, are not dealing with persons likely to fly from an investigation, and it is monstrous to ask you to detain these men because the solicitor to the company chooses to come. into the box and to state his belief that upon some future occasion he will he able to make out a case against them. There is nothing what ever to implicate these parties in the transaction, and sitting here as a magistrate bound to receive and to de cide upon legal evidence, before you would deprive a man of his liberty, I think, sitting in that capacity, and with those duties surrounding you, you will feel that you are not justified in detaining the prisoner. Mr. Bodkin —With respect to these parties, what has been done has been done entirely upon my advice, and I think that the interests of justice would have been greatly perilled if the blow had not been struck at the moment it was. The Lord Mayor—That is a matter into which I can not enter. The principals in this case act upon their own responsibility. All-I have got to do is with the in terests of justice now that the parties are before me. Whether they ought or ought not to have been taken into custody, or whether the prosecutors ought to have waited longer before taking that step, I have not to deal with. The parties are here before me. The pro fessional gentleman says that he himself has seen a wit ness who he believes will substantiate the case before me. The prisoners were then remanded. A FRENCEI SWINDLER. A soldier of the artillery of the guard named Boyer, wearing the Crimean medal, was on Wednes lay tried by the Military Tribunal for swindling and for illegally wearing a costume. The swindling, it appeared from the evidence, consisted in his having caused himself to be driven about Paris in a cab for five hours, without hav ing the means of payment ;, and the second part of the charge was based on the fact that he had, for s ime rea son not known, changed his uniform for the costume of a sailor. In answer to the accusation of swindling, be pretended that he had meant to pay the cabman, he had lost a piece of 10f. ; but in answer to the other charge he said nothing. The Tribunal sentenced him to two months' imprisonment. It was stated that he had been three months in priaonlawaiting his trial, so that each of his five hours' ride cost him a month's confinement. The same Court afterwards tried a soldier named Dom front, of the lst Grenadier Guards, for robbery. An invalide named Elin said that one day as he was g oin g along t`se R ue d u B ac k, the prisoner, whom he did no t know, stopped him and exclaimed, " I say, old fellow, I am about to get something to drink, but I don't like drinkine• alone; so come with me!" The invalide, noth. ing loth', accompanied the man to a public house, and there they passed some time in tippling, each paying in turn. In the evening they went to different houses in the neighbourhood of the Ecnle Militaire, and afterwards the invalide, at his request, agreed to accompany him part of the way along the Champ de Mars. In the' middle of . the Champ the grenadier said, " I have f irgotten my cigar case h h e a s v a e id y , ou one ? " "An old pensioner with a cigar ease'" cried the other, laughing, and producing his snuff-box, his puree, which contained Bfr., and '•ise him and toeie a.,out me." Th e grenadier snatched the purse from to eig ` h 7 . he i s , e h a e re in t v h a e li o d n e ly at th fi i r n s g t s t l ho c u a g r h r y t that he was in play, and called after him to come • back, but the man continued to run. The nex'; day the invalide complained to the colonel of the regiment, and the man was arrested. It was then ascertained that, on returning to his barracks on the previous evening, he had shown his comrades a purse containing Bf., which he said he hid found, and he tore the puree into shreds. The prisoner, who was stated by his serJeant to be a no terious piiferer, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. THE PRINCEITES.—In consequence o f the curious re• velations which have recently appeared in several of the Somersetshire newspapers in reference to the leading members of the e,tablishment at Spaxton, near Bridge water, known as the Agapemone or "Abode of Love," a prospectus has just been issued announcing shortly the appearance of a newspaper to be published weekly at Bridgewater, under the title of me Leader and Somer.. seF;shirentan, for the purpose of defending the docniaes promulgated by Mr. Prince and his followers. It is stated that the new journal will be edite d b y one of the 4143- mented brethren within the Tr.'alls of the " Abode." BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the sevecai Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in. Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 25th day of October, 1853 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Batik, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Je,minitt and Pomfret 10,755 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G-. and T. Copeman 5,75 g Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 34,241 Baldock Bank and Baidock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wuils, Rogge, and Co 33,223 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,971 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— , Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 30,976 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb 15,590 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham ----Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,527 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,629 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 6,322 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 72,109 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 14,944 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Seaiey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co 36,681 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 Stowina,rket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 2 9 , 126 _ __ _ `vfo , S, Bath City Bank, B - ath - -G. Moger an. Jon Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 37,552 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 65,973 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 12,661 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. 2,955 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock & Co. 15,119 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters 49,220 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 28,206 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 23,043 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 2,380 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 18,169 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 38,166 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 47,098 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 8,725 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 20,935 Craven Bank, Settle--Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co 74,178 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-Bromai„re, Snead, and Co 9,256 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 10,300 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 39,310 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co 10,175 Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,311 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster -Cooke and Co 73,732 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington--Backhouse &Co 82,912 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 9,950 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-R. and H. Williams 47,797 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter, and Co 94,710 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 54,114 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 49,458 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 27,940 Fakenham Bank, Fa.kenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 7,725 Farnham Bank, Farnham - Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5,967 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon.. 13,144 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0... 29,727 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. •-• 17,324 Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting. don-Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford- Morgan and Co 25,5,7 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexander I and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Co. • 18,512 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 21,425 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and Sons 8,861 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvey and Son 5,185 Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co. ,.. 52,263 Leeds Union Bank, Leeda-W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leioester-Pagets and Kirby, 32,401 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 28,982 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene -- Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 93,793 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dulo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co 31,883 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle- 6,817 ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barbe and 3,369 Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn 41,606 Regis-Gurneys and Co. L n R Lynn Regis and Norfolk B ank egis -13,612 Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst 15,171 and Co. ...................... Manningtree Bank, Manningtree--Nunn and Co. ..................................................... 8,289 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 S on 11,352 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co 16,049 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co 27,768 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co 14,246 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell 27,441 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, andCo Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny & Slocock 21,185 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, H am . mond, and Co .............................. Norwich Crown Bank an d Nor folk and Suffolk , Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 46,139 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich -Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co .. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock an d C o 3,029 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth-Harris and Co. . New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co 9,899 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Shaith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry-Croxon and Co ............. . Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons and Co. , • 34 174 Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sev enoa k s B ank, Ton bridge-T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, J- Witne Y W Clinch and Co. • W. 10,905 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 48,036 Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co 10,748 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-j. and W. Waiter 5............... 9,390 Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co 31,960 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, and Co. .................... -. 30,253 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co 6,216 'Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and 'Nicholson .... 8,131 Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Solis 15,647 Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and 50n...... 10,252 Rye Bank, Rye-R, C. Pomfret, & C 0........ 15,675 Ross Old Bank, HerAfordshire, Ross - Allaway and Macdougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf fron Waldon-Gibsons and Co 15,105 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury- Burton, Lloyd, and Co. Scarbor ugh Old Bank, Scarborough-Wood all And Co Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury- Rocke, Ey ons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune -Valiance arid Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co 14,679 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherley, Fell, and Co Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 340 Stafford Old Bank, Staaord----Stevenson and Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley and CO. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Tauntori-H. and R. Badcock 26,759 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill and Rundle 9,556 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Rolph and Co. 7,384 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dunsford 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 7,555 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Led gard and Sons 12,019 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 15,177 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and Co 13,085 Wallingford 1 Wallingford-Hedges, Wells, and ( 1 ~ , . Warwick and Warwicks)Are Bank, Warwick- K. Greenway and C. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers, and Co 5,293 West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield- Leaham, Tew, and C 0... 43,443 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby=Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13,510, Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester-Bulpett and Co 20,791 Winchester and' Hampshire Bank, Winchester -Wickham and Co -- Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth-Eliott and Pearce 15,381 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth-Arkwrlght and Co 36,371 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech- Gurneys and Co 57,519 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W. Hancock 7,229 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton- Good ricke and Holyoake 12,619 Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Laven der, and Co 5, 896 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley, Turner, and Co 7,719 Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-R. and W. F. Fryer 11,165 Yarmouth arid Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co 51,449 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth-Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart', and Co ' 12,366 York Bank, York--Swann, Clough, and Co 45,824 24,602 39,725 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal 8,637 Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley 9,563 Bradford Banking Company, Bradford • 45,562 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven 29,762 Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 19,437 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent, 52,426 Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 9,620 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington 35,012 Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 15,170 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 31,740 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 22,660 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester '142,013 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,917 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 37,475 __ __ . __ __ __ ___ -_ Hull Banking Company, Hull 29,250 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,857 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax - 43,378 Helston Bankino. Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 26,154 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridgc 3,815 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 60,645 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 22,169 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 85,280 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 44,961 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors. 10,298 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,663 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 34,878 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 25,636 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, 431,930 London 49,863 North Wilts Banking Company, Melk sham Northamptonshire Union Bank, m N pa o n rt y lr isr m o p r t t o h n . 78,462 Northamptonshire Banking Co . 22,725 ampton 61,219 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, , 56,230 Leicester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth. 2,150 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,371 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford 46,452 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 347,502 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 41,875 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge 56,174 Sheffield and Hallanishire Banking Company, Sheffield 22 640 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint St oc k Banking ' Company, Sheffield. c 52,203 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, • Richmond Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking 53,116 Company, Wolverhampton 29,259 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field 14,327 Whitehaven Milt-Stock Banking Company,Whitehaven 28,734 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of Engl an d an d S outh Wales District 28'4741'1 Bank, Bristol 70,0671 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 71,062 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield.. 31,228 Whii;church and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 5,752 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester V York Union Banking Company, York 68,519 Terk City and County Banking Company, 94,565 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 118,746 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns. [lnland Revenue, Somerset House, Nov. 1. WEATHER IN PARIS.--At six o'clock yesterday morn• ing the thermometer of M. Chevallier stood at 1 degree below zero Centigrade (30i Fahrenheit), and at noon it was at 4.loths above zero C. (32 2 3 F.). keeviterifielfANT.) - SIOU r erne la IS &RING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, PACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES, —Messrs. S, and IL Selections, opticians, 39, lhe marle-etreet, Piccadilly. °hue -ye—opposite the York hotel. By :ter Majesty'e Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per. epective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, pill show distinctly Jupiter'e moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a per'son's countenance three mil es an d a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles, They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly, --Th e Royal Exhibition, 185 1 . V aluable, newl y -i nvented, very small, powerful waistcoa t- poc ket glass, the size of a walnut, by whis t a person can be seen and known 1i miles distant ; they answer every phrpeee on the race-course, and at the opera houses, and shi p s are clearly seen at Country scenery, B to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, doer-stalking, yachting, te ca mp, and perspective g l asses, w i th wonderfu , p sportsmen, g entlemen, gamekeepers, and 'tourists. Open, nice-e r N e wly-construe:zed Spectacle Len ses o f th e great est transparent power. The valuable advant age d er i v ed ew°2-sse' 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 wee ration- - can see with these lenses of a much less magnify • ing power—a ad they do net require the frequent change 4 to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. P C PSOII3 - Call, be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small newspaper print with it; and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deaf ness. New Discovery. Th e O rgan i c Vib ra t or , an ex traordinary powerful, & -- small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to aurpass any thing of the kind that h as been , or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the mane colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the au/stance that possibly could be desires.--39, Albensarhe stye, t, Piccadilly. Observe—eppoei ee the York Hotel. Country Alarxe iih, DERBY SMITHFIELD —Nov. 4. We had a good average supply of fat geese to-day, will out alteration of price. The number of sheep wad less and in better request. Average supply of fat pigs. Calves scarce and well sold. The following were the quotations i—Beef, sod to id ; mutton, 6 to ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 70. per lb. ; pigs, lOs Gd to lis On per score ; rough fat; 5s 6,1 to Os per 141 b. ; hides, 4id to 54 per lb ; calf-skins, 40 te l Gi per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Noy. 5. Market well supplied. Sales dull. Wheat back to•dap. Other grains rather dearer. Wheat, on the top, lls down, and on the average is 8d down. Barley, is Od up on the top, and Os 94 up on the average. Oats on the top 43 0 l down—on tho avert age, is 2d up. Beans on the top 2s Od up ,and on the average, 4i ld up.. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. £3 7 4 10-12th. 0 0 0 0-12th. 2 1 3 11-12ths. 1 1 9 11-12ths. 2 12 3 2-12ths. Wheat Do. new Barley Oats Beans BOSTON—Nov. 5. We had a good show of wheat, which met a slow sale at a decline of is to 2s per qr. Barley and beans also sold at drooping prices. Oats is, arid peas fully 2s per 4r cheaper than on this day se'nnight. On the whole wehaire not had a duller market for several weeks. Prices :—Wheat, red, 53s Od to 65s Od; new, —e to --s ; white, 048 Ott to 67s Od , extra, 703. Barley, 388 Od to 478 Od. Oat , 228 to 30s. Peas, 40 to 493 Od Beans, 4 55 Od to 51s Od per qr. NEWARK—Noy. 5. At our corn exchange to-day we hada full attendance , and good supplies of grain, Dry samples of wheat realised the prices of the previous week, but damp parcels 0 01 0 scarcely be turned into money. Wheat, white 75s to 775, red 68s to 70s; barley, malting 48s to 50s, grinding 34s to 365; oats, 24st. : 4 ,58 to 38s, 228 t, 32s to 345; beans, 52s to 57s ; malt, 72s to 74,s ; pease 46 ' to 188; tares, 408 to 44s per qr. LOUTH—Noy. 5. The corn market was very dull, and much of the sup out of condition. The be s t samples of whe a t d ec lined : 6s prr qr, and inferior torts were difficult to sell at a greater reduction. Barley continues scarce, and was rather higher. Other sorts much the same as last quoted. Wheat, red his to 655, white 70s; barley 46s to 50s; oats, 25s to 295; beans 43s to 47s per qr. 81 4 B 0 RN B kr( stganies that the malls aro sant from the General roe- trace .1 , the night—and Si by the morning—Aospatch.) Day when made I,lp 1."•ron. ..- A Wll. n n CIOUNTRL..:, , , . In General Peg: - I'..r dao •'" Office, London.* Dispidef, . Eng lan ,... d. . ,J._--- tinerica(t.ylirit.phel. )N: Every Fridav .... Livereoo. • „ ,WeeiilY ...merles. (by United S E. packet) ......... N Every 7 uesday .. Southain.. , on Weal,' Vnetics. (by U. Sta!,,, nact et) ...... ~..N •• .••••• .... Llverpo , n .. tastralia (via Liver-, pool) ...... Ditto (via Marseilles) N .. -....... Dover .... Ditto (via Cape of Gooc.! 12th ..lincerfo ln Hope) ...... •• &Cana (West Coast) .. I. 132 of th , ) i ;war.]: .. PI ; - rtio: , ~-. .. 6t.h 01 li g A, ',mantilla ..........b 10th k 26 th of I, o. Dover ......'2d a 19 A.l.exandris ........... NI it. It 200. of mon. Soninainptc,.. 4 !al l Bahamas ... .... Belgium ~..........N Daily ............ Dover ...... Dx. , 9 , Brazil Buenos Ayres •.. •• •• ••NI 9th o; the ' , on." .. $ ritbarnp ton 16th Cape of t,tood Hope ~N sth of the month , Unio Cage of Good Hope . ,N Uncertain Case de Veris ......N tit , ... • - -‘. o. tl, SJUUlialknoll 16th 0 1 Ceylon (see India) 10th and 26th lb t& 29 Ceylon.. • • ..........N 4th and 20th Channel Isles ~.. ....N 1i0,.,...v.,,..,a..., le Southatapten fi11:17'1%241' Chni.............• .. 2d it 17th of month SouthamlY on tand ',," 9 China ..... .. 4th and 10th and ;94 Constantinople ......N 10th and 26th pnvar • • • • ' 2 Constantinople ....., .. 4th 8520th of mon ,BoulharoPtc•li 7 an d `il Cont. of Europe NI & 8 Twice daily „ ~ Dover ....... 'Twice Egypt (see India) '' edi a ,„4 France ........ M& IC Toelca day.— i ic 0 , I , Gibraltar ..........M 4,7,17,20,27 if m SonthArnp e, , ' 6, " • Greece (see India) Greytown ..........M 2nd 8617th of mon. Southampton Ilambargh ..........N Daily London ...w L 't ! I vo Savannah ...... "'A 2nd of the month Southampton la y Holland .............M Daily... ..... Honduras ..........M 17ta of the month Southampton '" 221 al India (vie.Southampt.)M 4th a 20th of mon. 4an . t o lb it V India (via Marsellles)l4 lOthit 26th of moth Dover ..... - lonian Isles (see - India) .... .... - Dover.... •• I Ireland .......34 & 1 4 1 Twice daily: Holyhead ...I 'l6. 151 ; 116.16 ta• . Liaben•• •• ... •• •• •• ••fdi 2d of rr o.• . Southamptonlo°% io Madeira ............M 9th of mon.h Southampton 6 and Madeira ............N 284 of month Malta (see India) - 2 - 4 9 Malta •• •• e• •• •••• • ••14 1, 10, 20, and 26 DOM. , a,. •' lb . Mauritius (see India) 4th 11 d 2 Mauritius ..........N 20th of the month Ist Mexloo ' M 402 of the month Southampt on Napita ... .......IN Daily.— • . Dover ...•' Is t and 1 6 New drana,la ......Is' 2d& 17th of month' SouthamPl_,°' . Zealand.. t l a e ) w aistatee,, ~...:::. 7 4th and 19th moth various Poi' 4 weeklY: Daily •• • • • • • • •• • • Dover •• •• " Peninsula .....,, ~, .. a, iouthautplc n Paru ............... 1%, : , 1, 17th of mon 4,,,,thanaptcl; ' S t 610 Port Natal ... ... .....:". sth of month .. • • Vsrlons pert! aailY ....•• ........N ~ . very Satu.rday .•130 ' Vr eelglY Tuscany „„ „ „ „..1. D,•tiy..„. . . Venomels ........ „in 2d SDI th nirn . antil Cot;Z:ni;o b i; 1 & l" Van Dictrou'riL.nef•pc Australia) ...... 4th and 18th : f m. , . .. w ,,..- W:3%l' Tildlex ~ ~ •, , Imon/ ~. n iouthAmpta , 11 and '''—.. ' _.......-- When any of these dat Ipatched on the followin , ~ , oathanipton), and the al preceding day. tee fall on a Sande: tg day. with the ex falta, both •f whiel Ly, th 2 malls will bed e. xceptlon of tho Indo ;11 will ho the LOCAL SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6. , STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market is quiet but steel today, and prices are a shade lower than yesterday.. d fast and Ballymena, 51.3—Birkeuhead, Lancashire ant Cheshire 18—Ditto, 2 21 . shares , 12 4 — Blackburn, B— , O re " Western, 65—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95i 0 and North Western, 1031 i — Manchester Sheffield, ° tl Lincoln, 34i—Midlands , 7 9 $ $ 3 2 '—N or th British, 94—South Eastern, 211 $ $ —Buffalo and Lake in roe, gip.--Groat Western of Canada, 211 — Di tto (r ie " shares), p. 2i., NEW DOCKS AT NANTES.__Tb e Munici pal Counc lof i l ,. Nantes has just decided on th e a d opt i on of certain P:0, which had been submitted to it for , constructing n T o g docks and basins, erect i ng warehouses for depositlse merchandise, and other works of great importa nc :oof, ti e shipping interests of the port. A grant of 2,00,v be for tke execution of those works will he solicited by. o f council from the Government, as well as the 00cl° a certain quantity of state ground. kinvErtussusxrd--We quote some interesting cures li tip ti ; out medicin e o f i n di gestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, CO°,sbnia, tion, nervous, bili ous, and liver complaints, cough, as' to ta consumption, and debility, by Du B arr y' s d e licious Rer a fr o Arahica. Food : Fifty years' indescribable agony eats' dyspepsia. nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation , Da ce leney, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, ab ies been removed by Du Ba rr y' s exce ll en t R eva lenta A r ro ilc• Food.—Maria J o lly, W or th am Ling, near Diss, No Cure No. 3,9o6.—Thirte e n yea rs ' coug , indigestion, an d T. no' ral debility haVe been removed by Du B arr y's excelleTero, valenta Arabica Food.—James Porter, Athol-street, Poi From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 5 2,° ,554. Rosstrevor, County of Down , Ireland, 9th December , . t he The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, , u, interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du 1331,4 s all cellent Revalenta Arabica Food has c ure d her, at . „"'" Medicines had failed, of indigestion, bil e , g reat n u rfooil ness and irritability of many years' standing. This or deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may o` er ecl , sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully aus W o of Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Profess°ol . Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; D r . Shorland. ; Dr. 11 ,;00 Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wur z e r ; Dr. l'A i - otle Lord Stuart do Decies ; the Do wager C oun tess of " 4 010 stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other resPtiber persons, whose health has been restored by it, after a„t,lteS• means of care had failed. Suitably packed for all en,61 % with full instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. Pd. ; 21b. , "iis.t lls, ; 121b5., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., 6s. • 21138., f r ees 51bs., 225. ; 101bs., 335. The' 101hs. and 121bs. ;:arri a 4, on receipt of post-o%ce order. Barry du Barry an ;40 0/ Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., ; r oot; to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Graceehurch - tbe 330 and 451, Strand; 4,.Cheapside : 68. Cornhill ; 49, BP', ; 6$ gate-street; 53, Charing-cross : 64, Upper Baker-stre e " ncl 150, Oxford-street. • BIRTHS. OP A SON. O -- On the sth inst., at 10, Prince's-terr ace , P r ince's ' lly de-park, the wife of W. A.,Thomas, Esq. P" On the 6th inst., the wife of Grantham R. Dodd) F.L.S., of Compton-road, Canonbury. Fife of Or A DAUGHTER. On the sth inst., at 10, Albion-square, thb Willi S am th inst.haw, 'Esq. wife of On the 5, at 10, Hyde-park-terrace, the 11. G. W. Spoiling, Esq. MARRIED. fISW On the sth inst. at St. Peter's, Colney, Hert s ,v Henry Peel Yates, 'Royal Horse Artillery, son of ' ff hte r i Yates, Holne, Devon, Esq., to Emma, only (1,6111: an d of the Rev. Markland Barnard, M.A., vicar of ilia' of Colney, Herts. boll On the 6tb inst., at All Souls'. Church, St. Mart -e d i for Thomas Shepherd, Esq., eldest son of the lato„-P„ n ier Robert Shepherd, Esq., of Newington-terrace DO' ton, Surrey, to Eliza Lavinia, youngest daughter George Pennel, of Berners-street, Oxford-street. DIED. • the 'tve On the 4th inst. , after a few days' illness, Ann , .• 1 1. , loved wife of William Norwood, Esq., of Balbanrtiotnr, On the 4th inst. , at his residence, at Bow, Mr. ,700+ , Whitaker, for many years an inhabitant of M u aged 6 th o. a a tig e b i On e 4th inst., at M a id en h ea d, E mm a, fourt h g ter of the late William Pycroft, Esq., of Edrnonto3, , 72. - • t° On the 4th inst. at Highfield-road, Eigbastorl , .' Herbert Lightfoot,' Esq., aged 87. 0 r et On the 4th inst., at Mil mea d-house, Guildfoid, a 0 a General Butterwo r th, C. 8.. o f th e Madras Army , n i `, l3 o , o li Governor of Pri nce o f W a l es ' s I s l an d, 6/D.VP — ~ Malacca, aged W. , i i iipl On the sth inst., Edward Sowter, of the W hite St. Alban's-pla ce , St J ames ' s . ' SO P On the sth inst.., John Renshaw, Esq., of 2 - n ' U' bury-park, age d 79. . OJ. Haines, On tle ai s n t e h e,o inst., fN Elizabeth , , 4 lizab, St.etl tGheeorbgeelsv.reodadY:itoccl,totl: H. square. c. tu On the sth i ns t., a t L a nsdowne-circus, South ..I' betP Cornelius Philip Leaiy, Esq., aged 63. 't7.7...___'•-•=:—.....—„,..............................."'".......°°-----< - -------- t ipo LONDON : Printed and Published by lIITEDO Ir° lie' of No. 112, 'Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ot lice o t otf 112 , Str an d in the Precinct of the SavoY; ill the of aliddlere:„ Fri 4 t , y, Novemher 7. li5G