The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-21 00:00:00

spirit of the Public Journals. (Front the Morning Post,) When the Treaty-of the 10th April, 1834, was signed between England and France, the enthusi asm of this nation was at a white heat. We en tered into the war with the iii ;hest hopes and from the purest motives, and fer a period of two years under the greatest discouragenaents and privations. Our army, thousands of miles from home and country, fought and conquered in a manner worthy of the British name. At first, as is always the case after a long peace, there were mistakes and errors innumerable. But, as we got seasoned in the 'hard work, our hands improved ; and at the beginning of 1856 there never probably was an army more compact and serviceable—there cer tainly never was a fleet better prepared to sweep the seas than the fleet of Great Britain. Had the war gone on the fame of a country that produced a Marlborough and a Wellington, a Blake, a Nelson, and a Collingwood must have been greatly aggrandised, .and the power of Russia com mensurately humbled to the dust. The enemy, when we began to feel the mightiness of our giant strength, and were preparing to use it, evinced a. disposition to concede and listen to reason, and then this great Empire, disregarding every sug gestion of further national glory, hearkened only to the voice of duty, and was prepared to listen to conditions of peace. The army and the•fleet, disregarded everything like professional feeling, acquiesced in the arrangements of diplomatists, and even the nation at large, including the very humblest of the people, after some significant mur muring, at length, though reluctantly, acquiesced in consenting to a hurried peace. Sentiments of generosity, after a time, succeeded in the popular breast to the feelings of indignation that were roused in 1854, and as the humblest tradesman and labourer discussed the question, the conclusion was frequently summed up thus :—" Well, we have beaten the Roosians three times over, and now that they have been properly flogged as they deserve, the outlandish Offskis and Ouskis will surely coil cede proper and fitting terms of peace." This was the apparently rational reasoning also of men in a much higher grade. But neither our peasantry, handicraftsmen, farmers, nor squires —neither our merchants, bankers, nor manufac turers, knew the Russians or their policy thoroughly. So long as the Muscovites are harassed by difficulties, or surrounded by imminent and deadly dangers, there are no concessions, however humble, they will not promise to make to procure an alleviation of their miseries or a change in their fortunes. But once ranTic - th - e - tiressure from their necks—once give them the use of their hands, their feet, and their weapons, and they turn them all three speedily against you. Has not this been literally and truly the case in the Peace of Paris, signed in the month of March, 1856? At the instance of the Russians we ac ceded to terms, and agreed to treat. We granted conditions far' more favourable than we needed to have granted, or than was justified by the conduct and character of the enein,. The com pact, however, is at length signed, and hardly is the ink dry before the perfidious and faithless Power which imploringly sued for a cessation of hostilities in January, endeavours to wriggle out orthe conditions nominated in the bond of March, and attempts to render the instrument mere waste paper. Yet this is the false, faithless, per fidious Power, with the questions of the Isle of Serpents and Bolgrad branded on its brazen front, that dares to talk by its mercenery organ, Le Nord, of the unanimous reprobation with which the acts of Euglanel nave been received on the Continent. Certain, newspapers on the Continent for a valuable consideration paid in silver roubles or the Dutc'u ducats current in St. Petersburg, have no doubt attempted to sully the fair fame of Eng land ; but these newspapers are either under the direction of Russian rerants or Russian editor 5, or they receive the articles ready cut and dry from the nearest Russian Embassy, and are counted out as much in roubles or iu ducats for inserting them, either as a portion of correspondence or as a lead- itig article. For fifty years or more Germany has been inun dated with Russian Councillors of State—some of them Greeks, some of them Wallachs, some of them CJarlanders, some of th em Fiu us, some of theta rene gade Germans, some of them Swiss, some of them Poles, Frenchmen, and !Italians-all. engaged in corrupting the German press, in writing articles— a labour above greater skill than even these knaves possess—in praise es' the honour, honesty, acid glory of Russia, and in abase and vilification of England. When these men cannot accomplish the insertion of an article editorially, they manage to secure its in sertion by way of correspondence, and thus it is that those who do not know the carte dupays might suppose that such diatribes were the spontaneous effusion. of.the German mind. No ;it is not so. Every one of these articles is preparel with a deadly venomous political purpose—prepared for Russian pay, printed for Russian pay, and published fur Russian pay. It is a well-known fact, and has been so for more than belle century, that Russian gold has been profusely distributed among newspaper offices at Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Breslau, Dres den, and Hamburg; indeed, we may say at every Court, camp, - and town in Germany, Holland, Denmark, and Sweden. In cases in which money cannot be , tendered, or would not be received, there ' are snuff-boxes with the - Emperor's portrait in dia monds ; Russian orders of the second, third, and fourth class.; presents of rare wines, books, or pic tures or statues ; or the appointment of sons, cousins, or grandsons to cadetships in one of the scores of Russian corns. It is by a system of the vilest and most wile-spread corruption that Russia succeeds in veiling and masking her own treacheries and in raising a hireling cry against England. liven in Brussels itself, within sight of our shores, a Russian hireling organ has been estab lished—set up with the Emperor's money, and !con ducts-A by the, Emperor's mercenary tools ; and it is the unceasing object of this priut—Le Nor-d ---to create jealousy and between France and England. The Emperor of Russia allows no free press in his own country, but he avails himself of the liberty of the press existing in Belgium to print slanders against England, and to provoke between this country and France. A policy more diabolical it is impossible to conceive. But the sys tem deceives no well-inforined . person of any coun try ; for every human being of intelligence and education is aware that the opinions and sentiments • ventilated are not German . or Belgian -sentiments, but Ruesia,n sentiments, prepared to order from St. T'etersburg, and propagated with a vigour and venotu proportioned to the pay. ! Belgians, Ger- Mans, Dutch, Danes, and Swedes abhor, nay loatl)e, everything savouring of Russia, and are well enough a ware that it by Russian machinations and Machias velism the English and French alliance is broken, the leaden hand of Russia will lie heavier on Ger many and. the smaller kingdoms of tiffs Continent. What, however, is the crime of England in t he ()Pinion of the Ru ss i an scribe of LeNe rd ? Her crime is this, an d it is inexpiable with .n ialse and fraudulent dipl omacy. e i has held ..A•ussia in o,r -tober to the cooditio-n; which to sign in March, and sheflwelilltriiiollrelwaaxshtt?ggralaspd till those conditions be fulfilled: both in letter and. in spirit. Entrlatbidlits. • • , tainly does feel that these are not English, European questions— questions which put iu peril the small States of the Continent, and it is for that reason that England will not hate one jot, one hairbreadth, of the conditions of March, 185 G, They are _not hard conditions —they are not onerous; ritohhtto they are far better and easier than Russia had any expect, or than she deserved ; but whether hard or eteasoy(pooond , er , - MU or light, .they are " nominat e d in h and Russia must - fulfil the c o ndi t i ons or pay the - penalty. A Man, in the full sense and import of the word, and not a mere diplomatic machine, now fills the office of Prime Minister in England and though courteous, concilia•ory, and well-bred, he i s in earnest as to the faithful execution of a great treaty, and, to use a homely and express ive phrase, "will stand no nonsense or diplomatic mystifica tion. For thus insisting on the fulfilment of a solemn. treaty, England is called audacious, covetous, j et . lons, false. Visc o unt PalmerstonrstoPalmerstonis prepared for these Tartar amenities a/a Husse. When Russia' calls our country perfidious and selfish we must feel he has done his duty. We might indeed well suspect he had erred had he incurred the damagirfg infliction of Russian praise. We are told, however, th a t if there is an alliance Which has the sympathies of the Fvhcli people, it is an alliance with Russia, because France hears in Russia an echo of its own honour and its own loyalty 1 . ! .11. ear thin, shades of •133 yard, Diiguestclin, and Francis I. Hear this, shades of St. Louis and 1 . - V. The chisalsy of gallant France coin psrest to the , :ta.stardly butchery of Is it trite, howeves,.that EuSsia and France naturally concur together ? The Emperor Nanoleou 1., it will be admitt.d, View a lit.: le of France and of Frenchmen, and a very great deal of Alexander and Russian politicians and statesmen, WhatAlid he say of P ' - ' l- ' 3l - 3 . ,- -"Gratt ez: le Rus2. , , et vous trouveru: le Tartar." What did he say of Alex ander :—" C'est hernme t tit a fait' perfide— • c'ess un born= esse.titiellement faux—enfin c'est has Empire." What did Napoleon I. un Grec du - sa y! o f the Russian hordes? 11,3 r,.. are his words : '-The Cossac k '' , U ' imuck '' , an'l oth ,, t• barbarians who E.4•3.1:tr04 1, •t: , -France and other have accompanied t';e' parts of Eur.ir-'. hav i ng once a.;;red a taste for the Tuxurills f.rt he i-;oatli, will carry , t. , their deserts the reth'enabranee tho , o 01 , 7 wh . inch :Lr: • , • Wilk.l "_'' - those delicious countries. What I say to you is con firmed by the history of all former ages, during which it has been invariably observed that whenever these bar. barians had once got a taste of the south of Europe, they always returned to attempt new conquests and ravages, and have finally succeeded in making themse ves masters of the country. It is natural for man to desire t'i b tter his condition ; and these canaille, when they contrast heir own deserts with the fine pr evinces they have left, will always have an itching after the latter, well know ing also that no nation will retaliate or attempt to take those deserts from them." The Emperer Napoleon 111. is a reader of his tory, and is more likely to listen to the voice of the Great Napoleon than to the ravings of the hire ling organ of Russia printed at Brussels, but paid for from St. Petersburg. TEE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1856. (From the Times.) It seems hardly possible to take the French press seriously. So far as a journal is official, or semi official, we may attach importance to its state ments, as representing the opinions or impulses of the men who are for the time the wielders of power. But otherwise an Englishman naturally glances at the articles of the Parisian newspapers with indif ference and listlessness. He knows that written under the fear of the censor's rod, they will con tain nothing but those stereotyped platitudes or those narrow reasons which authority may safely permit, since they are either favourable to itself or likely to have little.effect OR the opinions of readers. Such writings have no importance in themselves, and only derive an indirect value from the fact of their being permitted to appear. When a French journal adds to its meagre intelligence and its trans lations from the English press any original remarks, we are not interested in them except as showing what opinions the Government thinks may be safely or advantageously disseminated among Frenchmen. I - , is on these grounds alone that we notice such a journal as the Assembles Nationale. Let any t ero or three practised continental writers come to gether with the intention of starting a newspaper, and we may be sure they will agree that the first requisite for success is to attack England for at least the first six months. To unveil our perfidies in the past, and to divine our schemes in the future, is the task which each young " publicist" ambitious of reputation sets before himself. If, added to its other features, a journal happens to be an opponent of the reigning dynasty there is so much the more reason that it should continually denounce and revile this country. England has wisely deter mined to cultivate friendly relations with any de facto authority which may exist in Paris. On the other hand, every one of the succession of French Governments has found it well to keep on terms of 1 amity with us. Whatever may have been its prin ciples or sympathies beforehand, each has in its day of power felt the necessity of a good under standing with the free, powerful, and solid com monwealth of England, the only country which no dynastic intrigues were likely to alienate, no bauk ruptcy to prostrate, no revolution to convulse. Hence for 40 years we have generally had the esteem, - more or less freely given, of all French Governments, and, consequently, we have been successively vituperated by the respective Opposi tions, Republican, Bonapartist, Legitimist, and Orleanist. The Assembles Nationale is supposed t.. represent both the Orleanist and Legitimist fac tions of the present day. We may fairly call them factions, for, in spite of its name and the ante cedents of its party, the Assembles in no way sup ports the cause of constitutional government, but devotes itself so ely to the family interests of exiled Royalty, which it endeavours to serve by grasping at any alliance, however unprin cipled and unnatural. For four years the game of this party has been to interest the Czar iv the fortunes of the fugitive princes ; and ever since it has been found that England was in no way in clined •to forget her national policy in a crusade for Bourbon restoration we have been the objects of ' the most bitter dislike. The Assembles has for some time past endeavoured to excite French jea lousy against our policy and proceedings in the East. Not able to speak directly against the pre sent Government, it contents itself with inveighing against the nation which has been the French Em peror's steadiest friend. That such a course should be permitted by an all-powerful censorship has caused some surprise. But a sort of modified liberty seems to be accorded to the disaffected press in France. There are certain things permitted and certain things forbidden. A paragraph against the home Government would be followed at once by a warning, but long diatribes against this country have been part of the licensed programme all through the war as well as no N. From the columns of the Assembles we are able to lay before our read ei s a specimen of journalism a la police. " Let us be the Allies, and not the Tools of Eng land," is the beading of an article in which the theme of more En g t i h i at the aggressionusual a amount llcl perfidy o f an and the alliance of Russia covertly recommended. The ` writer begins by stating his appreciation of the strength, power, and patriotism of the English peo ple. Worthy of regard in many respects we are, however, chiefly admirable for one great quality— the genius with which we enter into all the schemes of our aggressive and Michiavelian Government. Whatever may have been the opinions of Parlia ment, press, or people, we no sooner have a new word of command from the Foreign-office than we at once turn round and give the whole weight of national support to the Minister whom we so miraculously comprehend and trust. Uniting Punic faith to Rirnan confi deuce of greatness, we have the force of both the rival nations of antiquity, and are thus building up universal domination by land and sea. All this, of course, in allusion to that agreement. in opinion with Austria which has become public within the last few weeks. It appears that England is not desirous of executing the Treaty of Paris or of keeping the Russians from the Danube ; that Bol grad and the Isle of Serpents are matters of small importance in our eyes ; but that we wish to at tain to universal influence by means of alternate French and Austrian alliances, the direct object being in the present case to keep the Sultan in a state of vassalage for as long a period as possible. France, ou the contrary, aspires to no such domi nation, "in which there is something incompatible with her sincere and generous nature." Bat the supremacy on the continent belongs to her " by the power of her ideas," and she will allow " no preponderance but her own." Let the English, !hen, abandon " these affectations of superiority, :hie disposition to the sic volo, sic jubeo. ' After this display of defiance comes a tissue of complaints. The Assembles Nationale saw from the first in the war only the increase of British power in the Mediterranean, and its furebodiugs are realised. English fleets sweep the sea from Gibraltar to the Circassian coast. England is anxious to show the world, both East and Vest, that everything bends before her. She has humbled the Sultan and forced him, laying aside the sword of Oilman, to gird himself with that of the Order of the Garter. All these aro only steps to universal domination. Shall France assist in the scheme ? No. " Let us be the allies, but not the tools of England." Now, we will be plain with the Assembles and the continental world. The Anglo-Saxon race, by which we mean England and her progeny, is growing up to the exercise of almost universal supremacy ; but it is not one which good and honest men of any country need- regret. It is, we believe, the destiny of this country to hold a place iu the world's annals to which no other land can aspire. In fact, all history has been as it were a preparation for the advent of the peo ple who are uniting all the nations of the earth into a single family. Already our language is spoken by the two most energetic and powerful communi ties of the globe, and in the southern hemispeere another branch of our race is rapidly growing up to the dimensions,pf a nation. As for the barbaric world, it is falling almost wholly under our influ ence. The vast reg . ees of Asia, inhabited by two thirds of the human race, are being penetrated by the ceaseless energyof the English people. The re ligious of Mahomet and Brahma count the great body of their votaries am mg the subjects of the English Queen. Does there appear anything extra -1 ordinary in the fact that we should successfully tender advice at Constantinople, when it is consi dered th a t E ngland is the first Mussulman Power ? In the remote East China is being brought into . communion with with the rest of manki n d by th e e nerg y doc trines borrowed from T h e ourempire missionaries i s convulsed Australian; and b y i ati wcohloonies there are Chinese by tens of civilieation alonauly thousands, carry back our language and into the heart of r t he banks of unknown rivers eions hitherto closed to tl.e light of knowl e d ge. will soon be exteridee Our railw a y s an d t e l egra ph s from the M e dit erranean an d the Indian Ocean into heart th e of Asia. Egypt by our of th: v ib e e rl i;i n a d u n G ia ud il f . wi A ll s s i e e u t Turkey has h li e sed shores been a u c d i v t i feel the regenerating influence. Africa from ocean to ocean, and travellers cross dawning on the unhappy race of TT I a bright future is tlemeets which we have thickly plan a t m ed f o rorn the sot n its coasts. The immense islands of the Indi an , -eas will soon be brought into usefulness as station s on the road o Australia ; their populations will b e civilised, tif capable of the change, and their resources made serviceable to man, This is the kind of supremacy in store - for England. , These are her peacefhl triumphs. Her mission is not to intrigue at Courts or tollatter factions. She cares little aboueei p i o _, matic influence, or the opinions of narrow ant i ill-iuformed coteries. • The Assembles is right i t , saying that our statesmen follow on policy, and that the. nation by a wonderful instinct compete bends aid supports them. In this country there is ito change of purpose, no voluntary overthrow of what is already done. Each successive Minister is bound to follow his predecessor in building up the fabric of national greatness. Hence we have con fidence in ourselvps ; we were not afraid during the war to expose our deficiencies to the utmost ; the jubilee and the sneering of our enemies were nothing to us ; we reformed and re-created our military system unmoved by either. In thus accepting in a certain sense the charges which the Assembles makes of ambition and a wish to rule, we have in view merely to place in a clear light the folly of its diatribe 3. It is evident that a nation that feels its own capacity and destinies is hardly likely to forfeit its good name for such trifling advantages as would reward a breach of the Treaty of Paris. Why should we wish to keep a few steamers in the Black Sea Why should we wish to prevent the French Ambassador giving judicious counsels to the Sultan ? A nation like ours can dispense with such petty intrigues, which are more suited to the bureaux of third-rate conti nental diplomatists. We know the genius, the power, and the good qualities of France ; that on the continent her influence is, and must always be, great ; and that, as a military monarchy, she must be to her immediate neighbours of more importance than ourselves. There is room enough in the world for both of us, and the difference of our parts ought to conduce to the extinction of all jealousy between us. Let the world be assured that the very fact England is a country beyond all others universal in its authority is a chief reason why we look with no displeasure on the legitimate influence which our allies have a right to demand. DEPUTATION TO SIR B. HALL FROM THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OE WORKS. Yesterday a deputation from the Metropolitan Board of Works waited upon Sir B. Hall, the First Commis sioner of Works and Public Buildings, at the office in Whitehall-place, in reference to the plan for the main drainage of the metropolis. The deputation consisted of Mr. J. Thwaites (the chairman), accompanied by Mr. Wuoltych, the secretary, and Mr. Bazalgette, the chief engineer; Mr. Deputy Harrison, Major Lyon, Captain B trnett, and Messrs. Nicholay, Doulton, Howe, Bris tow, Seeley, Wright, Turner, and Few. Sir B. Hall was attended by Mr. Portman, his private secretary ; and Captain Buratall, of the Admiralty, was present. Mr. TUWAITES (addressing Sir B. Hall) said he had great pleasure in introducing to him a deputation from the Metropolitan Board of Works, and he was most happy to say that the deputation that now attended from that board did so in the best public spirit. Their plan having been returned to them on the grounds stated in the First Commissioner's letter, he might say that that plan had been passed by a large majority of the mem bers of the board ; but without making that plan the battle ground of discussion, he wished to state a few of the reasons that had induced the board to agree to it. In considering the question of a system of intercepting sew erage for London, and looking at the proposed point of discharge, the board felt that they had substantially complied with the act of parliament, and that they had taken into their consideration the words of the Legisla ture. That they had complied with the requirements of the Act of Parliament was clear, and every man who was influenced on the question would say that if the sewage was discharged at point Bit would not affect the sanitary condition of the metropolis, and no one could be found who would contend to the contrary. In coming to a decision on the discharge at point B a variety of elements had been taken into their consideration, but the question by which they had been mainly guided was that of finance. The board could not shut their eyes to the fact that under the Metropolis Local Management Act a nu nber of local boards had been established for the purpose of improving the sanitary condition of their districts, and they had set about their business with an energy that did them the greatest credit, and the consequence of those works must be the very heavy taxation of the ratepayers. That in additi in arising frena the district boards carrying out their winks, and perfecting the net-work of sewers, would form a heavy item of taxation on the London ratepayers, toge• tier with their contributions towards this board. In consequence of that heavy taxation it was a serious con sideration with the board in agreeing to the plan, for they did not feel justified for the necessities of the me tropolis in spending one shilling more than was neces sary. Having substantially complied with the act of Parliament, they did not feel themselves justified in con• tinuing the sewerage beyond the point proposed for other than metropolitan purposes at the expense of the rate_ payers. The board were ready to carry out the work in a comprehensive spirit, but, at the same time, as guar dians of the ratepayers, they could n t shut their eyes to the financial part of the question. Tne board, however, in passing the plan, added to the resolution their wil lingness to extend the system of drainage beyond the metropolitan boundary for objects not metropolitan, and were ready to carry out the plan if the Government would provide them with the necs'ssary funds for that purpose. He (the chairman) had taken the opportunity of stating t i the board—and he would now repeat—the reasons why the board should ask for a grant of money from the public purse, and on what'grounds they had a claim. The seet, of Government is situate in London, and the representatives of the people dwelt in the metro pelis for six months in the year. In the metropolis, too, Vlore was a large amount of Government proptrty which was entirely exempt from taxation, such as the parks, houses of Parliament, and several new buildings, built at an enormous cost—Somerset-house, the Tower, and other property, a long list of which he held in his hand, but which at the present time he would not more particularly refer to. That list he would not point out to the First Commissioner, as the property came within his department entii ely exempt from taxation, but it would be very materially benefited by the system of drainage which they intended to carry out. That being so, the board felt that they had a right to ask that board for a contribution for works for general drainage, -to be carried to such a point so that they should not injure any one in the metropolis, and that they would have an additional claim if they were required to fix the outfall at some other point beyond that indicated in plan B. He had to repeat that the deputation appeared before him with every desire as men of business that this question should be brought to a satisfactory conclusion, and were more desirous to perform a public duty than to offer views peculiar to themselves. After the plan bad been returned for the reasons stated in the First Commissioner's letter, be wished to ask what point would be satisfactory as the place of discharge, and, if extended, were the Govern ment prepared to defray the extra cost of it? He had great pleasure in referring to the remarkable spirit and the determination to uphold the board, for the plan was agreed to nearly unanimously by a majority of 33 to 1, to carry out the object committed to their care, whigh he hoped would he satisfactory to the public. Sir B. Halt said that he had great pleasure in meet. leg the boar,i, as they appeared ti meet him in a good spirit, and should have great satisfaction in aiding them in carrying out the object for which they had been appointed. Before they went into the question which they had met for the purpose of discussing, and with a view of coming to sortie satisfactory result from that dis cussion, he considered it to be his duty to disabuse the minis of members of the board on one or two points. He was, like other entuobere of the public, no stranger to the proceedings of the board, for they lived in times when, through the press, every one became acquainted with what was going un in public bodies. He had observed 1 that it had been stated that he wished to meddle and ' interfere with the affairs of the board. It was oat for him to inquire why such motives were attributed:to :bins, but he could say that there were no grounds for such a state ' ment, for he had no desire to meddle in their affairs, and as a mioister of the crown he had enough to do without interfering in the affairs of other people. If it had been stated that he did wish to interfere with them, let them take it from him that he had no such intention. It had also been stated that he was wedded to some particular plan for a distant outfall, either at the mouth of the Tienees or of the German Ocean. Now, he had never given any opinion at all, but he was confined to the terms of the act of Parliament and the construction put on the statute. Therefore, those two points they must dismiss from their minds. Another point was one that implied a charge of neglect of duty in the de partment over which he had the honour to preside. It had been stated that he had detained one plan for a month, and that he could have given a much earlier answer. Now the fact was, with a view that as little time as possible should be taken into consideration of the matter, in anticipation of the plan that would be sent to him, he had put himself in communication with the Admiralty, on the 20th of May, asking them to give him the services of some gentleman who was conversant with the Thames, and the tides and flow of that river, and they did so. Captain Burstall was so instructed, and on the 30th of June he was appointed. On the let of July he sent him (Sir B. Hall) his report, and on the 2d of July, within twenty-four hours after he received it; it was sent to the Metropolitan Board. Mr. THWAITES said he wished to disabuse Sir B. Rail's mind. Tae question was not as to the outfall, but as to the flo w of the tide. Sir n. HALL said that was jut so. As to the outfall he could have answered that question in twenty-four hours. As to the real question at issue: the chairman had stated that the plan submitted to bim had been passel by a large majority, but he was aware that the same plan had been rejected on several occasions by just as large a majority. That, however, was a matter that he should not have adv'ened to but for that expression in reference to it by their chairman. He sail they had substantially complied with the act of Parliament. Now the words of the act of Parliament were very clear, for they said the sewage should not be discharged at a point in near to the metropolis. In the first plan the flaw of sewage was into the river in the metropolis —aow in the plan sent in the flow was ju,t outside the metropolis. The engineer had stated in his report that. the pint of discharge was three-quarters of a mile from. the metropolitan area. Mr. THWAITES—That is land measure; the flow of they raver is one Mile and a quarter. Sir B. HALL would admit that, although it was not so stated on the plan ; but when he took into considers-. tion the point of outfall, he was also bound to consider wnether.it would affect the metropolis by the flow of 'the ide, and that the sewage would return within the nxitro politan area. He did not'consider that they had cotnpiied. plan B, b e f oun d. ° with the terms of the act of Parliament. -:li e had taken. it the utterly best advice, impossiblean d for in u point of o u tf a ll. A s to. the expense to be in curred in tak rheitmuriti o in g g iv t e t his Enucti On t o t h a n tak i'tg the outialfs to a point necessary as retarded the !Me tropolis, if they supposed that he wished thew to go c re ftirtoui,,f i.eyoud the: requirements of the act they were f or-- tr reelj , .taistaken. of je.Ct was to carry out the 1:::; according to the intentions of the Legislature and the I words of the stabute, and he called upon them to give him a plan for discharging the sewage into the Thames at cer tain periods and at such places so that it should not flow into or return within the metropolitan area ; an-) if it w is determir ed to go to a greater dis a !cc beyond he did not think that the metropolitan ratepayers ought to be re vired to pay for that extra expense, and he had never thoughtthat they should. To show them that he was pre pared to go into the matter in a spirit of the greatest fair nets, he bad instructed Capt. Burstall to give him his vi-3w as t• the nearest point of outfall ; and that he was soalig to the point on which they *shed to see him about, and to ascertain what his views—or rath: r those of the government—were upon it. He could not do better than read a letter be had received from Capt. Burstall, but before doing so he should state the course he should take when they sent him a plan for the outfall, for until they had determine I on th 3 outfall, it would be in vain to consider any other part of the work. Supposing that they agreed on a point of outfall so far as they were concerned, that should comply with. the terms of the act of pa•li ► - tent, then he thought the course he should take would be to submit the plans put into his hands to one or two of the most eminent engineers in the kingdom, as a check upon the plans, and to receive their report as to whether they could be safely and speedily undertaken. He thought the deputation would feel with him that that was the course he ought to take. (Hear, hear, from the depu tation.) Having said thus much, he would read to them the le ter of Capt. Burstall, and, having heard that, he hoped that they would be able to came to some -atisfactory conclusion upon that very Lnportant ques tion. Sir B. Hall then read the following letter : " 32, Abingdon-street, Westminster, Nov. 18. " Sir,—ln remarking upon the points of outfall for the sewage of the metropolis, I beg to inform you that the con clusions to which I have arrived relative to the drift of the stream are from the observations I made on the river in June last, from which I estimate the drift during the last hour and a half of the flood tide to be n miles at springs and 3 miles at neaps. Consequently the water which passes point B at half a mile below the Halfway-house will, during springs, reach the town of Woolwich before it is arrested by the ebb stream, and at neaps a quarter of a mile below the Royal Arsenal. I should, therefore, submit that the nearest point to London at which the outfall should be made (so as at all times to be certain that the first portion discharged at an hour and a half before high water would not flow in or near the inhabited part of the metropolis), be the upper part of Erith Reach, 15 miles from London-bridge, seven-eighths of a mile from Erith Church, and a quarter of a mile below Jenningtree Point. nearly opposite Rainhans Creek. From this as a point of outfall commencing at an hour and a half before the time of high water there, the upper part of the sewage would at springs be opposite Barking Creek, and at neaps off the magazine in the lower part of Barking Creek, near the me tropolitan boundary. It cannot therefore be said that even f • a this position the sewage would be perfectly clear of the eastern limit of the metropolitan area at spring tides, but it is certainly far enough from any inhabited district to guarantee, with those long floods caught by the north and north-west winds, the river would not ba polluted in the vicinity of Woolwich. The additional length of drain necessary to be constructed to this outfall is exactly one mite, and the additional portion of river above it, thus freed from sewage, would be a mile and seven-eighths. For similar reasons to those above stated, I would beg to suggest that the outfall on the north side be at Rainham Creek, which would be an extension of five-eighths of a mile be yond that proposed. With reference to the time that the pumping of sewage into the river should cease I would state that the water which first passed the ontfall at three hours after high water will be carried eight miles down and back by the return flood about 13 miles, or five miles above the outfall. Therefore the latest period at which that pro cess should be admitted is something short of three hours after the time of high water. It therefore becomes neces sary, if a period of four hours is necessary for the discharge of the sewage from the reservoir, supposing that reservoir is of sufficient capacity to contain it all, that the period of discharge should commence at least one hour and a half before the time of high water. If, however, it should ap pear that the capacity of the reservoir is not such as will contain the whole of the sewage that may arrive from th e metropolis between the period of one discharge and the next, the dimensions of the reservoir must be enlarged to meet the requirements. I beg also to call your attention to the fact that when it was proposed to have the out fall at A (within the metropolis) the reservoir was to contain 4,000,000 cubic feet. It is now proposed to have the outfall at B, in the Halfway Reach, and the reservoir when full, is to coutain only 1,761,800 cubic feet, and to cover a space of 4 acres. On this the south side of the river, for which the above provision is made, the amount of sewage is calculated by Mr. B izal gette at a million and minder cubic feet. On the north side of the river Mr. Bazalgette states the amount of sew age to be 6 million cubic feet, whilst the reservoir pro posed there is to be only double the size of that on the south side. In this there is a discrepancy of proportion, because the area of the reservoir on the north side is to be 9 acres, and, consequently, 2to 1. The amount of sewage is 6 million cubic feet, therefore nearly 5 to 1. In cases of heavy rains it will be necessary to provide for the great accumulation of water which will run into the drain, either by outlets or a larger reservoir. In the first instance, the surplus quantity would flow into the Thames at various places, carrying with it a portion of the sewage in solution, and in the last immediately on the appearance of an extra supply in the reservoir it would be imperative to commence pumping irrespective of the time and tide.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, " EDWARD BURSTALL, R.N. " The Right Hon. Sir . B. Hall." Sir B. HALL continued—That was the opinion of Captain Burstall, and supposing they got a reservoir large enough for the purpose of containing the whole of the sewage, that the discharge should take place one hour and a half before high water and be continued for two - hours after high water, so that the sewage rstould not flow back into the metropolitan area, so as to be a nuisance to the metropolis. If it should be found that the reservoirs were not large enough, of course these calculations would go for nothing, Captain Burstall WAS in favour of extending the main drainage one mile of land, which would give them two miles of river ; and he (Sir B. Hal!) wished to gat rid of a discrepancy which appeared on the plan as to the size of the reservoirs, for whilst Mr. B tzalgette estimated the sewage on the north side to be 6,000,010 cubic feet, and that on the south 1,700,000 cubic feet, he oply proposed to make his reservoir on the north side double the size of that on the south, which was only a difference of 1 to 2, whereas it ought to have been as 1 to 5. Mr. BAzALGETTE said that with regard to the point selected for the discharge he had been guided mainly by the report of Capt. Burstall, and he believed that from it the sewage would never return within the limits of the metropolis as the outfall was II mile below the metro politan area. Assuming that to be so, in dry weather he should prop ,se that the discharge should be at high water and for two hours afterwards. The sewage in the reser voir would ii then not rise to the top, and he would let in the tide to dilute the sewao and let it out at high water. On the average during the year there were three dry days to one of wet, but he believed for 300 days in the year the sewage would not flow into the metropolis. Mr. CAarmAEL stated that in the report 3 hours had been set down as the maximum time for discharging the sewage, but it was expected to be got out in one hour. Mr. BeziLGETTE said he had always set down his pllns in the ni ,st favourable manner, but often his reservoir would not be full, and it would be necessary to let in the tide into the reservoir, so that all might flow away at high water. In 90 days in the year he would take the advantage of au extra hour to discharge the sewage without flowing at all into the metropolis, and for 30 days they must discharge for three hours. He agreed with Capt. Burstall thab they might safely discharge for one hour before high water without returning to the me tropolis, for by the experiment of the float at Charlton Pier at a quarter past 6, he found that at a quarter past 7 it was opposite Hookness, the mean result giving one mile and seven furlongs; so that in the last hour of the flood tide the se wage would not return within the limits of the metropolis. ' The engineer here went into some technical explana tions as to the data on which his calculations had been formed, and in reference to the disparity between the size of the reservoir on the south side, he said he should have to correct some figures which he had set down, but that could not affect his plan. Mr. THWAITES said the size of the reservoir must be governed by the point of discharge, and if the outfall was to be beyond point B the reservoirs must be enlarged to meet the extra quantity. _ _ _ Mr. BAZALGETTE said there was one point that he had not alluded to, and that was the reduction in the size of the reservoirs. In his first plan he proposed to receive the storm waters, but since he was no willing to have the sewage spread over a large evaporating surface, for the mere purpose of receiving' the sewage on a few excep tional days, he thought it better that it should be reduced in size, as it would scarcely ever be more than two-thirds full. Mr. THITATTES —Are we to understand that if the out fall is taken to the two points suggested by Capt. Bur stal that will be satisfactory to the Chief Commissioner Sir B. HALL—Yes. I have consulted Captain Dunstan,' and he states that it will meet the requirements of the act of Parliament. He has stated the two points the nearest to the metropolis to meet the requirements of the act, and I shall not be juseified in asking you to go be yond those points, or to ask you to spnd money for any purpose you do not consider necessary for the re quirernents of the metropolis., Mr. THWAITEB In the event of the board discharging at the points indicated by Captain Burstall, so far as that point of outfall, are you, Sir Benjamin, prepared to sanction the plan ? Sir B. HALL—Yes, as far as you are concerned. Mr. NICEIOLA.Y—That will not prevent us ta',:ing an under point of discharge into consideration, if the Go vernment will supply the means. Sir B. HALL -You can go to the German Ocean if you like, but not at the expense of the rateyayers of the me tropolis. The deputation then retired, and a general feeling ap peared to prevail that this much-vexed question was now in a fair train towards a satisfactory settlement. THE ROYAL BRJTISH BANK. DA.NKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr.:toturnigsioner. Holroyd). Yesterday a this private , state, on an ap p li cat i on b y M r . Linklater, for an order va meeting was held under railing on the whole of, the directors to file a balance '-heet from, tha formation of the company, in 1849, to the time of th e s t oppage. Mr. Reed a n d Mr. Mason opposed , Mid considered that it would m e et a ll uie f u l purposes that each direc t o r phould render an accoun t f or the.period in which he ha d been in office. , His Honour suggested that an account should be pre pared with ruts, so as to diitiisguish the separate ac .;)ante, and that each director might verify his por tion. The case was ultimately a rij.lurned until Tuesday, so - tilat copies of the proposed Order might be given to !lessrs. Linklater and Mr... Mason. BANK RETURNS. An 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, it Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the Bth . day of November, 1856 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 13,277 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman - Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 33,829 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co 33,631 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 10,514 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank. Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 82,511 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-11. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 22,943 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,958 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 6,094 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 68,657 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,812 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 38,823 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 Stowinarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 28,226 Bath City Bank, Bath -G. Moger and Son -- Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 26,194 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 63,011 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 12,594 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock & Co. 14,948 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters 49,772 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 28,604 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 23,859 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 2,545 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 17,905 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 36,410 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 47,146 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock .7,618 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 21,342 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and 71,253 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 9,383 Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans &Co 10,0 0 .4 Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co 40,828 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster 9,735 10,330 --Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and IL Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos- 73,087 84,999 $,315 47,966 ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter--Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk 94,863 54,090 46,158 27,552 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 7,637 12,479 5,805 Keen - Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Full Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and 4,603 13,260 29,743 30,919 18,341 20,131 53,842 Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin 5,252 Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexander 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—Thtrrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. G-otch and 31 6 885 24,384 21,497 67,041 17,559 25,956 21,459 45,366 Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. •• Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, 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 Dan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis — Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree--Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, M a rlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan nerand C0......................... Merionethshire Bank, lgelly—Williams and 50n....................... . Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshice Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmark't Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich . Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck ................................. Nottingham and N o ttinghamshire Bank, N ot . tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co ................ Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co. Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. ............................... . ............. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co__ Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith an d Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os w e str7—Croxon and Co ..... Oxford Oid Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge , Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Serenoaks Bank, • Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire 'Witney Bank, Witney—J. W. Clinch and Co. Peae'a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beveiky Bank, Hull —Pease and C 0.... Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and C 0.... Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokehire Bank, Ifaverfordv and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading;_—Stephens, Blandv, and Co. ................. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds, and Co. McAlester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret, & Ross Old Bank, Hercdfordshire, Ross Allaway and Macdougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf fron Walden—Gibsons and Co 8,839 5,259 52,435 36,694 31,028 28,988 93,223 31,739 7,273 3,599 40,894 13,330 14,924 2,905 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury— Burton, Lloyd, and Co. Scarbor hiLfh Old Bank, Scarborough—Wood - all and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, Ey ons, and Co 39,725 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. —Vallarce and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 1 4 ,679 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Sc. athamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone--W. Moore 340 Stafford Old Bank, Stallord—Stevenson and 13,297 Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. ..• 31,742 Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—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 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and 12,843 12,019 Co Uxbridge Old Batik, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford I; . Wallingford—Hedges, 15,177 13,085 Wells, and War wick and Warwicks4iro Bank, Warwick— K. Greenway and C . Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-- Leatham, Tew, and C 0... Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap- • man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Oo Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— GurneyS and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good- ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven- der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester---Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co York Bank, York- Swanu, Cough, and Co 7,719 11,165 51,449 12,366 45,824 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 Bradford Commercial Banking Company, 8,687 9,583 45,562 7,835 29,762 19,437 Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 9,620 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington 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 Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford ... Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 26,154 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,815 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 60,645 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 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 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 25,636 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, 431,30 London 49 863 ......... 9 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham . Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampt t on 78,462 Northamptonshire Banking Company, Nor h- .. ,22 725 ..... ampton .. 61,219 North and South Wales Ba nk, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester ........................................ 56,230 Saddloworth Banking Company, Sad 34,371 dleworth. 2,150 Sheffield Banking Co m p an y , Sheffield Stamford, Spalding , and Boston Banking Co mpany, Stamford St hire Banking Company, I . 3ristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 347,502 Shropshire Banking Company, S.hiffnall 41,875 Stourbridge and Kidderminster lianking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 52,203 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. 53,116 Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 29,259 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven JAI-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 28,734 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 70,067 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 71,062 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 5,752 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 6,860 York Union Banking Company, York 68,519 York City and County Banking Company, 94,565 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 118,746 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Nov. 15. 52,426 35,042 43,278 1,417 24,044 34,878 46,452 56,174 22,640 14,327 31,228 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-BASTERLI RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Nov. 15, 1856 £18,340 11 8 Corresponding week last year l7, 88 1 8 Increase in 1856 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY• — Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 15, 1856.. £13,448 18 6 Corresponding weak last year l2, 3 19 2 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 356.764 7 6 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 334,803 2 3 GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Nov, 9, 18 56 £24,182 9 8 Corresponding week last year 26,172 10 6 LONDON AND NORTEI-WESTEUN RAILWAY.--Traffic return for the week euiling Nov. 16, 1856 £59,527 0 0 Corresponding week last year .. 5 ,117 0 0 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY. — Traffic retain the week siding Nov. 16, 1856 1'6.449 0 0 Oorcesponding we ,- ,k last year 4,853 0 0 Increase in 1856 ... U 596 0 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLli r AT.—Trafre re turn for the week ending Nov. 16, 1856 E21,759 810 Corresponding week last year • GLASGOW AND SOIITII-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn ":"r the week. ending Nov. 15, 1856 1:6,638 12 5 ';‘)rre,:ponding week lest year 6,036 8 Increase in 1856. ...... ECM 3 11 EDINBURGH , PERTH, ANB DUNDEE AND SCOTT SH CEN TRAL RAILWAYS.—Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 16, 185;i 26,600 7 1 Corresponding week last year CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week en ding Nov. 8, 1856 .228 q 17 5 Corresponding week last year 315 16 4 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for th week ending Nov. 16, 1856 £Bl4 2 7 1 - 7:53530N GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic re turns for the week ending Nov. 15, 1856 £9,9 61 6 9 9,710 17,764 28,112 16,929 26,398 51,293 19,404 22,227 48,200 96,996 9,953 3,284 19,003 9,159 32,305 11,419 32,680 11,916 16,860 47,879 10,836 10,530 12,399 32,190 29,662 4,595 4,403 7,961 14,490 8,133 15,868 3,259 29,073 SIIIREHULDERS OF JOINT-STOCK BANKS. An "Oh! Joint-Stock Banker," in writing to a con temporary, says rt , cent Munn, of the Royal British Bank has na turally excited attention to the fists of shareholders in this and other rnetr.politan joi,,t-stock banks, as pub lished in the Gazette in February last. There are a few points which have struck me on a perusal of these lists to which you will perhaps permit me to draw attention. 1. I perceive numerous instances i❑ which the execu tors of deceased proprietors are recorded as share holders; not in their per,onal capacity, but as execu tors. apprehend it will be found that most if not all the deeds of settlement declare that executors shall either elect to be recorded in their individual capacity or sell the shares. This regulation is founded upon a very just appreciation of what is due to the other shareholders, as there are grave legal difficulties in the way of enforcing contributions from the estate of a deceased proprietor in case of need. 2. I perceive the joint names of city parties who are well-known to be co-directors in other joint-stock banks (colonial) or companies, the inference being that the un employed capital of these companies has been advanced on the security of shares thus registered in their names as trustees for these companies. Have these gentlemen ova reflected on the great risk of loss which they are thus throwing upon their own shareholders, whose entire capital (at the least) would be liable for the deficiencies in the assets of any ji.int-stock hank in which their trustees are registered proprit tore I 3. A vary large number of the shareholders in these banks are women. Now, considering the great distress entailed upon persons from the loss of their investments, and the-very slender hope in most cases of their being able to contri bute in case of failure, would it not be wise and human• in the directors and shareholders of all joint-stock bru.ks to exercise their right of refusing to sanction transfers into such names I Country Markel DEI;I.BY SMITHFIELD.—Nov. 19. The following were the quotations I—Beef, sacl to 6d; mutton, 6 d to 7d ; lamb, —d to 01 ; veal, 7d te 7“ pet lb. ; pigs, • Os Od to ns Od per score ; sough fat, 5s 6 i to Os per 141 b. ; hides, to 5d per lb ; 44d' , ‘) Cfd per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Noy. 19. - - -- - Large supply of all kinds of grain. Sales dull for all sorts, particularly for wheat. A ireat quantity unsold. Barley sold higher. Oats down. Wheat, on the top, 4s Od up, and on the average 5s Od down. Barley, 1s 6d down upon the top, and 28 ld up on the average. Oats on the top is 6,1 down—on the aver age, 2s ld down. Beans on the tap is Od down, And on the average, 12s 3d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £2lB 6 1-12th. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats Beans -12ths. BOSTON—Nov. 19. There is little to notice in the corn trade to-day. Wi t k a limited supply, wheat met a slow demand, at about the prices of this day se'enight. Peas were the turn deare r ; Barley, oats, and beans moved off steadily at the rates of the 12th inst. Prices :—Wheat, red, 50s Od to 61 s Od; new , —s to ; white, 591 to 63s Od extra, 665. Barley, 34s Oa to 4 6 !,_ Od. Oat- 22s to 295. Peas, 3 7s to 43 s Od Beans, 40° Od to 51s Od per qr. NEWABIi."—Nov. 19. At our Corn Exchange to-day we had a full attendance of farmers, and a heavy trade for wheat, at is per quarter below last week's prices. Wheat, white 68s to 695, red 60s to 645; barley, malting 46s to 50s, grinding 38s to 445; oats, 24st. 35s to 38s, 2 2 ,t 32s to als ; beans, 50s to 5 1 s ; malt, 72 s to 74 s ; p eas, to 16s ; tares, 44s to 48s per qr. LOUTH—Nov. 18. The corn market was very dull, and little busi ness W transacted. Wheat declined is to 2s, being in damp coy ditiou. Other kinds had a downward tendency. Wheat, red 57s to 603, white 65 5; b arle y 45s to 48s; oats 21s to 2:45; beans 43s to 46s per qr. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 20. TOON ESOFIANGE.—The Stock Exchange to-day W 0,5 steady, at a n'ood improvement on the rates of yesterd2Blay. London and North Western, 104 ill 4—Caledonian, M a nchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341—Lancashire and and Yorkshire, 94 /—South Eastern, 21. $ British, 9:—Great Western, 664—Midland, 804 Dutch Rhenish, 14—East Lancashire, 20g—Blackburti 71 Bs. 9.—Eastern Counties, 9.1.3. MANCHESTER, Nov. 20. 1r but iTOOK EtottANGE.—The market opened wea-, • after some fluctuations, closed steadily at the highrtgraid. of the day. South Eastern and Dover. 21 941 land Railway Consols, SO4—Londons, 10 tile-i"—it a % el d i 341 —Blackburn, 74—East Lancashire, 21)i --S —Rochdale Canal, 832. itORNB MAIM. F,lgnie6 that the maihi are sent aura the Ow n& Pi the eight—and M by the morn:rig—Aespatch.) ihu inicnt-2.11U :a. uy 1.11 , 3 t.uvi auttS -......r------ . W hit Wh e ,! • )a . ; w!iet, natte ~P Fr- I r n o ., due h, o!-,7,—,-TtiG.:: in ,ionera, I'oo- _.. t ' ohe, . E ng inue• Orace, London.* In 1...._).'.._._.% ..„...............„0, ----""". - Friday,-2 Li ve rpocl .« Weekly • • imuricatbyilriL.pack)N Every America. (by United SIB. Every Eve packet) ..... ... - b Tuesday - BouthaM id On Weal America (by 11. •Sral,'! „......„ ~ Ltverpoot. ~.1 eackot) •• -- • • • •-•' knstratia (via Liver pool) ....... ~ ~ 5, . ; 4th and 18th Liverpool .. Twi ce ..• Dover, .... ,• Ditto (via Marseilles) 6 , ~,,, 9itto (via Cape of (Joe. IXL. .. Marto" N ....... ...•• 110P 3 ) •• •• ••• •••• - I lci. 0 ! LI: , r. - , , ,r.u, Plyraou'l. .. 6th of 6 1? Africa (West Coast) .. 1 ;: : 10th fz 26th o:n e. Dover ...... .Id fi t r v.xamiria.. :.-- • • - ek, r • . o ' ll Y t, b: l nTOn - t n il S SZl l i t ta a tri Til ; i:; .o o n f' 4 14 21 A. 13 a te h x a s in rtri e . .. .. .... .. .. .... .. . frt .,, 1 4 i - 6 1 Belgium ..• .• •• •• •. I ,V'Y ,- ~ ~..., -..Dover ...... j..,..." 1 Bra ,.9th of the month Southau.p , m "'- Buenos Ayres ........ 1.1 9 e-- •, 1 1 , -, r',''.. - '. • Southarnl•clo 16th Cape of Good Hop, ~ .. sth of the month Du ct " - Cape of Good hope;HUncertain Talon ports of Ili Ca.se de Pi .. , ~. 1 ,•;. - ,-- to,-,..,) 13..ni,0 .ini ~,i. 16t h no , Ceylon (see In , ilay ilOth and 26th lb .f 4 ."*.iit Cey10n............. ,14th and 20th t 4th 0 " - i n u TO• 6 : Channel Ishii , . _ - F• 4 '- Chili.. —......... , , N. , id & 17th of month'Southamp on 1 an d )9 China ..., an d Constantinople .. - ~.: 10th and 26th.... Dovot -• ••" 2 / a nd -. I Censtentinople ~.. „ , 4th & 20th of 'n 14. ,8° ' ; ' hum P , '" ;144ced t ' ' '' Cont. Of Europe M "3: !., Twice daily .., _ .. Dover ....... . Egypt (see India) If Tvrice d* 76 France - .... ~ m ~ ',:, rw:cc daily_ . . Dover .... •• g 7,94 gibraltar ....... ,_ M 4,7,17,20,27 -fm. Bouthamp•on ' Greece (see India) ist and 16 Clreytovrn .......... hi lad & 17th of men.,Bouthatuptim . ud i l hamburgh ...... „ „2, i D a ily 'im;annah - ........Aj 2nd of the mohth Southampii D bell holland .. r.......... It Daily l)over ... •• " 161 h ei 0 Honduras .... „„ „ M 17to of the month Southampton i and • „. India (viaSouthampt.)M nth ,{ 20th of mon lb S 9 r" India (via Marseilles)Y 10th&26th of moth Dover ....•• lonian Dees (see ft...............D0ver.... •• Ireland .........hi & ,N [Nalco daily' Holyhead ... ~,,,. 161 Lisbon ............ _ h', 2d • •- o.• .Southampton '... '' 4 1 , Madoira ..........., Di 9,ii of Mont h... Madeira ... -.- . 23d of month Matta (see Iridia . l) 4 16 !Waits ..... ..... ... -t. 4, 10, 20, and 26 Bova ....... - 400 0 1 Mauritius (see India' , Arauritine ".... - 2oth of the month jot link° M Ind of the mont ) ...flotithempt , n 4 op Naples .- • - -•• • . -, Daily ••••••• • • • • •I Mover .... •- lot an New Graniula t. 2d & 17th of monthAouthamptoni New Zea1and...,....... 4th and 19th mnth'Varlous portf,l4weelcif Papal Stat .. e@ ..... -.A's Daily •... ' • ' • •• • •Dover ....... 1 Peninsula ldliouthampton ,„ t sl 6 # Peru ............ PA, ) 1 f'd• • 17th of mon, Southamyten '' ! Pirt Natal N lsth of month .. • •IVarions ports v iola ...• Sicily N itvery Saturday.. Mover w..•• _ Tuscany N 1)113 , ........ - • 8 • • Dover ...... , ,16. Venezuela IV Id & 17th ofmonth Boutin/11WD Van Diemen's Lend ( ~, e, - int i o- . i 6119 - -- - - - - 'Dover Dover .. . • •• Bout hampt A.ustralis) Weft Indies 4th and 18th of m. • ,nonthlBoathAmpten' 0: 01/ It $2.1% de' When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls wl d 1 ac 1 :i spatched en the following day, with the exception of the , enthatnpton), and the Malta, both of which will be &MO ° preceding clay. v - Six portraits belonging to the Stuart family Lazh-ebeeo arrived in Rome, from Civita la Penna, havii 3 g purchased for Lady Seafield. BIRTHS. Olt • s. • On the 19th inst., th e H o n. Mrs. Robert ger Se U volf pper Grovenor-street. vt e rto, On the l' s th inst., at the Rectory, Welwyn , x." Bo ath by. • OP A DAUGHTER. the Ow On the 19th inst., at Woodlands Villa, Acton, of Edward West, Ea twins . On the 19th inst., at the house of her father, fficlir General Delamotte, C. 8., 15, Craven-hill-gard eng 'kro 3 P parx, the wife of Captain Hervey, of the Bombay MARRIED. et ills On the 20th int t., at Trinity Church, Paddingtelogest Rev. William Marsden Hind, M.A., to Anne. Y ° wee' daughter of John Whceßon, Esq., of Gloc esterte Hyde-park. Ce#et e On the 20th inst., at St. James's, p O E.lw•trd B. Cureton. 12 th Royal Lancers , to MI T / Pr second danAter of J. Swindley, Esq a the Ca l7s pot, Maidstone. D I ED. h b ito On the 10th inst ,at Costessey Hall, Norwich, th e • Hon. Lady Stafford. , d assili' On the oth inst., at 7 6 , Camden-road Villas, fig e David Bogus , Esq. , publisher, Fleet str eet. r ootb r On the 10th inst., at the Hot Wells, Clifton, o lov e Arthur Palmer, Esq., banister-at-law, late Comm'cort, in Bankruptcy, and Judge of the Bristol CotintY of aged 74. Vsq" f On thG 19th inst., Willi am B ec k w ith France, .Feat ... t . o Cailogan-place, many years a magistrate and dep•-liuu the county of Middlesex, aged 69 * . relict of the On the 19th inst., at Leviisham, Elizabeth, late Sir Samuel Clerk Jervoise, Bart., aged "1.• of garic On the l''th inst., Alfred James young , E n a f q Per ss t ' .te' lane, youngest son o f Th oma s Young, E' c Esq"'''" co, Clhamroad, ao.ed 32 ma° . ra On the 17th - inst., ''at Durham, Colonel Gord on mond, Coldstream Guards, aged 48. ---- -- —_— LONDON : Printed and P u blished by MU - RD° 1° rico of No. 112, Strand, Prin ter, ai The Sur. Oftleet _0 112, Stl•ard in the Precinc t of the savoy, in the cot,' of middleter,.. Fri 'xy, November 21, /,q76. C$ 7,5 4 55 7,670 26,931 5,293 43,443 13,510 20,791 15,381 36,371 57,519 7,229 12,619 5,896 73,816