The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-28 00:00:00

TALC GREAT NORTHERN FRAUDS. EXAMINATION OF SNELL. The following appeared in our late edition of laEt night : Yesterday, at the Clerkenwell Police-court, Snell, the clerk in the accountant's office of the Great Northern Railway, was placed before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with appropriating a large sum of money, the property of the company, to his own use. The prisoner is a gentlemanly-looking young man, about 30 years of age. It will be recollected, from the report that appeared in The Sun of Thursday last, that the prisoner was the confidential clerk to Mr. Reynolds, the chief accountant to the company, and that owing to certain circumstances having arisen the books of which the prisoner had charge were ordered to be made up. On the morning following this announcement Snell informed Mr. Rey nolds that he was deficient to the amount of 1,0001. The prisoner Wai then given into custody and underwent a preliminary examination at this court last week. The present case against the prisoner was the appropriation of a cheque for 5001., drawn in favour of the Provident Fund, dated the 11th of July. Mr. llnddleston appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Hopwood defended. The evidence of Mr. Reynolds, the chief accountant of the Great Northern Railway, having been read ever, Mr. Hopwood asked Mr. Reynolds when he last saw the 5001. cheque • Mr. Reynolds—l❑ the latter end of August. It was before I left town in September. It was in the cash-box. Mr. W. Gomm said—l am a cashier at the Union Bank, in Princes-.street. I produce the cash-book. Oa the 11th of July I received a cheque for 500/. in fa• your of the accountant's drawing account. It was made up by two cheques; and was accompanied by the docket which w as in the prisoner's handwriting. It stated that the cheque was drawn by Mr. Reynolds, and was fer sundries. The blue docket which accompanied th e cheque was different in colour to that of Mr. Reynolds's. A person coming to the bank to pay in money could get a docket such as that accompanying the 5091. cheque at the counter of the hank. The money was placed to the credit of the accountant's fund. Mr. J. Walbram—l am a clerk in the Union Bank. On the 9th Oct. I paid two cheques to Messrs. Williams through the clearing house. They were paid by a transfer on the Bank of England. Inspector Williams—l am in the service of the Great Northern Railway Company. I am an inspector en the line. On the 19th of November the prisoner was given into my charge. The prisoner said he was a defaulter to 1,0001. I told him he had better not tell me anything about it, for that being a constable I was bound to repeat it again. The prisoner said he did not care—he bad no defence to make. Ho thought he was a defaulter to about 1,000/. He after wards said be had taken the 5001. cheque which had been given him to pay into the Provident Fund, and hail paid it, with 21. 10s. of his own money, to Mr. Reynolds's drawing account. That he told Mr. Reynolds it was all his own money, and asked him to give him two cheques for the amount, which he did accordingly. That he had afterwards paid those two cheques to Oswin and Co., 10, Angel-court, Thro;morton•street, to meet some of his (prisoner's) losses for stock. He also said the docket accompanying the money he paid into the Union Bank he bad got from the bank counter. He said it was aba 1 job, and he was very sorry for it, but the company could take his furniture, which was worth 2501., and he gave me a list of some other sums that were owing to him, saying they could take them also. I produce the list. He told me to make haste down to Hornsey, and take possession of his property before the Guarantee Society took it. The prisoner afterwards altered the amount of his defalcations, which he said ho did not think would amount to above 9001. This evidence completed the case, upon which the prisoner was fully committed for trial. Mr. Huddlestone then proceeded to detail another case against the prisoner. The learned gentleman said there was a certain fund called the Sick Fund, made up of certain allowances made by the company The funds ought to be paid into the accountant's drawing fund, and no other. On the 27th of October a cer• tain sum of money from the engineers' department—a contribution to the sick fund—came into the prisoner's possession which ought to have been paid into the ac countant's drawing account, which he did not do. The sum in this case amounted to about 961., and the pri soner was now charged with embezzling the same. Mr. Reynolds was recalled—l am chief accountant of the Great Northern Railway Company. There is a fund in connection with the company called the sick fund. Mr. Mowatt is the trustee of the fund. I dis burse fortnightly the sick pay allowances, and it was the duty of the prisoner, who was my chief clerk, to get from Mr. Mowatt cheques for the amount so paid. On the 27th of September, 1856, I paid on account of that fund for the previous fortnight, 201. 133. sd. On Oct. 11 I paid for the sick allowances a cheque for 231. lls. 10d. When the prisoner, in the ordinary course, obtained these cheques from Mr. Mowatt, it was his duty to pay them into the accountant's drawing account. I have a book—the register of cash and values received in the accountant's office, which I produce—l find three en tries in the prisoner's handwriting. Two were on the 27th of October last, as money received from Mr. Bry den, of 721. 9s. 9d., and 151. 18s., and the other is en 29th Oct., 81. 10s. Those entries represent cash received from the engineer's department by the prisoner, in behalf of the sick fund. It was the pri soner's duty to have paid those sums into the Union Bank to the account of " the Great Northern Railway traffic account." That is quite a.different account from " the accountant's drawing account." Those entries by the prisoner are an acknowledgment that he has received the money. Mr. Henry Oakley, chief clerk in the secretary's office of the Great Northern Railway, said—l generally send the cheques to Mr. Reynolds for ; the amount he has ad vanced on account of the sick and funeral allowance np to the prisoner in Mr. Reynolds's office. Tne drawn by the prisoner and sign e d cheques are generally by Mr. Mowatt. Both the cheques in my hand are drawn by the prisoner and signed by Mr. Movratt. The are dated the 27th of October. The Sick Fuiul account is kept at Haywood and Kinnaird's bank. The cheques are for sick pay wages. Mr. Gomm—l am clerk at the Union 11 ink. On re ference to the book f find an entry of a payment of 9GI. 18'. Bd. to Great Northern Railway traffic account. It was made up by the two cheques produced, a 501. note s and the remainder in cash. Mr. Reynolds re-examined—l have looked through my drawing accounts, and find a deficiency amounting to more than this sum of 96/. 185. Mr. Gomm said that everything that had been paid to the traffic account was properly entered. It was not hip duty to make the entries is, the accountant's account;. The ledger clerk would be the person to prove that entr y. That person is not present. Mr. Huddlestone said he did not intend to proceed further to-day. He should therefore wish for a further remand. The prisoner wee accordingly remanded for a week. THE AMERICAN MAILS,— LT;ER POOL, W ednesday.— --'----- The United States mail steamship Atlantic, Captain Oliver Eldridge, sailed at! ten o'clock mails for th e U n i t:e d New York, with th e usual bi_week thi s forenoon fors St a tes and British North A merican . y rov i nces ; 55 pa, a b seng ers and a full cargo of mere • nolise ot , • Montreal Ocean Mail Company's screw steamship freight. Th e Port-' Saxon, Capt. McMaster, sails this afternof,,:inl° land (State of Maine), with the Canadian mail, - mangers, and a full cargo of valuable merchandise ri 8 : 1 ple- I board. This is the first sailing under the Canadian mail mail contract for the winter months. The British la - ,'„ an i North American Royal mail steamship Africa, Captain --t ' ' Neil Shannon, will be the bearer of the usual weekly mails, on Saturday next. She has since her last v, .? age had a thorough overhaul. Letters for transtiaiss;::-, by the Africa must be posted here before S a.m., with late.fees before 9 a.m., and at the landing stage up to 10 a.m., on the 29th inst. [Aevsevissaesr.]--The following is not the least remark. able among the numerous extraordinary cures without medi- Restoring Re clue effected by Da Barry's delicious Health valenta A rabica. Food, of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious,and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility:—Afitastricht, Holland, Aug. 7,1854.--MPlaughterVirginie had long been consump tive, withdiarrhai a and nightsweats, and was in Julylast redne . ea _to such a state of prostration and exhaustion, that our inedi ,llemen agreed there was no hope of recovery left, and that she could not survive many days. Upon the recommenda tion of a friend, we tried Du ' ' ' Barry s kevalenta , Arabica, which, to the astonishment of all, caused an immediate charge for the better in the symptoms. After the first few meals she felt less , miserable and in six days the diarrhoea and night sweat ally, and in s had .eft her. She gained strength gradu remedy twodeserves to time was perfectly well. This excel lentl consider 1 to be more generally known, and duty in recoramenindinOnlY discharging a most sacred Supported by testimonials it to all sufferers.—S. Zsot - Er.s. Chemistry Dr. A ndrewl r f p rom the celebrated Professors of Dr. Campbell ~ Dr. U tike ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Lord Stuart de Tho r r ; Dr. Wrirzer ; Dr. Ingram : Stuart; Major-Gem Thorna,s theKing,Dowitger Countess of Castle. persons, whose health has been and many other respectahis means of cure had failed. Suitably by it, after all ot:ei with full instructions. In canisters, 31111))acked for all climates, 51bs., Ils. ; 121b5., 225.; super-refined, lib. ad. ; 21b., 4s. 6d.; Bibs., 228. ; 101bs., 3:ls. The 1011 es, an d 11)2" 6s. ; 2lbs., lie. ; opt receipt of posted ice order. Barry du Barrylbs. carnage free, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., and Co., 77, Co ' , P to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; else at 60, Grae..urveyors 330 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 6 8 . Corniiiip 49, Bishops gate-street; ; gate-street; 55, Charing-cross ; 64 , Upper Bak.e4r. Bishops and LAO, Oxford-street. - street ; 63 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1856 THE _BOILER EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE ROYAL MAIL COMPANY'S STEAM SHIP PARANA. examined the remains of this boiler since the accident' The rent exhibits no symptoms of previous defect in the metal. Coroner—Can you in any way account for the accident! Witness—There is one place in the smaller rent where it had given way two years ago, and had been secured by a patch and made good. The Coroner--Do you connect this with the cause of the accident ? _ . SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The dreadful accident which took place last evening on board the Parana, steam ship, has been the theme of general conversation during the day, and great com miseration has been felt for the suffer era in all quarters. An eye-witness informs us that after the steam had cleared away sufficiently to admit entrance into the stokehole, where the sufferers were lying, the scene was harrowing; in the extreme, and the piercing screams of the poor lacerated fellows as they lay in their agonies were truly heart-rending. They were found quite dead, and were instantly removed to the engine -house in the docks. They presented a sickening spectacle, the skin hanging in driblets from all the exposed parts of their bodies. Capt. Vincent, the superintendent of the company, who was attending to his duties in another part of the docks, the moment he was informed of the catastrophe hurried to the scene of the disaster, and, in concert with Mr. Hedger, the superintendent of the docks (who hap pened fortunately to be close by), and other gentlemen, rendered invaluable assistance ;n extricating the sufferers. Surgeons were sent for, who promptly attended ; but from the severe nature of the injuries the poor fellows had received recommended instant removal to the Royal South Hants Infirmary, which was accordingly done with as much care as possible. There they received every at- tention from the resident and other medical men of the town. In answer to the latest inquiry there I find that the names of those under surgical treatment are— J. Hobbs, coal-trimmer, severely scalded—since dead. Geo. Gordon, aged 33, fireman, scalded in the face, bands, and feet—not expected to survive. W. Brandon, a man of colour, aged 37, storekeeper, scalded in the face, hands, and feet. Philip Brown, aged 48, coal-trimmer, scalded in the face, hands, and feet. John Hill and Gee. Hindes were admitted to the in• firmary with slight injuries, but have since gone home. Besides the above there are two or three cases under treatment at their own home 4. Mr. Mills, the superintendent engineer of the company, and Mr. Wylie, the chief engineer of the ship, had a Darrow escape of their lives. Both these gentlemen were in the engine room but a few minutes previously to the accident, and had left to attend to some other matters. Mr. Wylie had only just reached his cabin when the explosion took place. The Parana was intended to leave Southampton on Monday next, with the usual Mexican and West India mails. She had about 1,200 tons of coals on board, and her bunkers being full contributed no doubt to lessen the effect of the explosion ; indeed it is the opinion of practical men, that had it not been for this fortuitous circumstance her side's must have been blown out. The Parana had not shipped any cargo. The Plata is getting ready with all possible despatch to supply the place of the Parana. She is laid alongside of that vessel, and the coals are being transferred, gangs of men, in relays, working night and day. Witness—No, sir ; I consider it was as strong there as anywhere else. Examination continued—There was plenty of water in the boiler when the accident occurred. I had observed it only two minutes before the explosion. The water was then at the top of the glass, and the indicator showed at that time a pressure of 121 b. I measured the water in the boiler at six o'clock, about an hour after the accident, and there was then 3, 1 1 inches in the glass. Three of the ' deceased men were working close to the boiler, getting coals out, at the time of the explosion. Daniel Knowlton seems to have been in the act of coming up or going down the ladder at the moment of the accident, from the posi tion in which we found him. Knowlton, Rogers, and Pothecary were quite dead when taken up. Hobbs was not dead. I assisted in getting him up, and he spoke to me. It may have been about 20 minutes before all the men were got up out of the stokehole. By the Coroner—l found water in the lower stoke hole when I went down to lower the fires, which I believe must have followed the steam when it rushed out. The boiler was in my charge at the time of the explosion. Ido not think it possible the pressure could have been raised from 121 b. to 171 b. or even 151 b. be tween the time of my seeing the gauge and the explosion occurring, The Coroner, at this juncture, said he should propose an adjournment. There were other witnesses to examine who were not now in attendance, and he should prefer to call them before he examined the company's engineer, Mr. Mills. The Jury, through their foreman, suggested that as the days were now short, and the evenings long, they should have an evening sitting when they ❑ext met. The Coroner woulo be very glad to consult the con venience of the jury, but he considered that iu a case of such great importance, at which, no doubt, hereafter, they would be assisted by some g entlemen from the Board of Trade, a day meeting would be more conve ❑ient than one in the evening. The Foreman was instructed to press the point. The gentlemen of the Buard of Trade were paid officers, and the jury were not. The latter felt they had as much right to be considered as paid servants of the Crown. The Coroner was sorry the point was pressed. He certainly should not consent to meet in the evening, but, probably, by fixing the hour of adjournment to three o'clock to-morrow, the convenience of all parties would he consulted. This arrangement was at once agreed to, and the pro ceedings were formally adjourned until to-morrow, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Noe. 2.7. WESTMINSTER.—A DESPERATE WOMAN.— ifartha Fletcher was charged with creating a disturbance and threatening to break the windows at the house of Mr. Ken nett, Hoop and Grapes, Broadway, Westminster. Complainant said that this was the fourth tine he had lad occasion to bring the defendant to this court for pun ishment. On the last occasion she was committed for a month, and on receiving her sentence stated, that when she obtained her release she would revisit his house and smash his windows. She had only been out of custody a few days, since which she had been to the house no less than tires times, evidently with the intention to carry her threat into execution, but had been prevented by the ex orcise of considerable vigilance. On Wednesday night, at ten o'clock she came and created a disturbance, swearing that she would break all the windows ; and on a previous occasion since her release from prison, she had torn the clothes off the waiter's back, and made a kick at Mrs. Kennett. Defendant, in reply to the charge, said that he ca7: - ,, 0 and pulled her out of the house as though he was en' oge d with a man. Mr. Kennett said he had forbidden her the ',louse for a long time past, and had refused to servelber-,0 On the pre sent occasion she did not enter the pram des, but made for the windows outside. Mr. Arnold said she could have n o right to go there, as she had been again and again 'forbidden the house. He should now require her to frAid bail to keep the peace for the next three months. The defendant was c'Jmmitted in default, and as she was being removed, exclaimed, " I can do that on my--- head. I'll give it the-- - when I come out." WORSHIP•STREET. ROBBING A FATHER.— Trillion Seale, a wretched-look ing child, about 12 years of age, was brought up on remand before Mr. D'Eyncourt, upon a charge of robbing his father, a cabinet-maker, in William-street, Shoreditch. At the former examination it was stated by the father that the prisoner for seven years past had exhibited an incorrigible pilfering propensity, and that about a fort night since he broke open his money box, and absconded with the whole of its contents. After considerable diffi culty he was traced by the police to a low lodging-house in Whitechapel, where he was found in bed with another boy of depraved character, and at once given into custody. Mr. D'Eyncourt —ls it your determined intention to prosecute your son for this offence ? The Father —Yes, sir. I certainly mean to do so, un less I can get him into some reformatory asylum. Mr. D'Eynceitrt—ls the mother of the boy in attend ance? A respectably-dressed young woman, who described her self as the wife of the prosecutor, immediately atepporl forward and expressed her •,ntire concurrence in the wish of her husband to obtain the admission of their child into some penitentiary, Which would be the only means of saving him from utter ruin. The prisoner here clasped his hands together in an an guished manner, and exclaimed, " That woman is not my mother, but she wants to get rid of me, as she is living with father, who has turned my poor mother out of doors." The prisoner and his alleged wife were recalled by the magistrate, in answer to which questions they reluctantly admitted that they were cohabiting together, and that the statement of the prisoner with regard to the fact of his mother being sail alive was perfectly correct. Mr. D'Eyrcourt strongly animadverted upon the scan dalous corAuct of the prisoner's father and the woman whom . ne had falsely represented to be his wife, and dire',Ged the officer to use his best efforts to procure the atzendance of the boy's mother at the next examination. • On the case being now called on the prisoner's wife, a care worn-looking woman, entered the witness box and informed the magistrate that, in consequence of the constant brutality of her husband, she had been compelled to leave him about six years ago, aud, after an unsuccessful effort to support herself by shoe binding, she had since lived under the pro tection of another man. Mr. D'Eyncourt said that it was a very shocking case ; and as it was pet fectly manifest that the sole object of the prosecutor was to relieve himself from the burden of main taining his unfortunate child, he should remand the pri soner for a week with the view of obtaining his admission into the reformatory asylum at Redhill, where the father would be compelled, under the provisions of a recent act of Parliament, to contribute a weekly sum, according to his means, for his instruction and maintenance. MARL BOROUGH-STREET. --CHARGE OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A BANK NOTE.-- -James Massey, the land lord of the Crown public-house, Cranbourne-passage ' was summoned before Mr. Bingham, for haying unlawful pos• session of a stolen st. Bank of En ;land note. Mary Massey, his wife, was also included in th o summons. It appeared from the evidence on Saturday last, that the note had been stolen from a ci ish-box in the chambers of Mr. David Gibbons, barrister, yew-court, Temple, on Oct, 23, and on the day after the rot rbery the note had been prdl to the clerk of a pork-pie me !chr.nt, named Watling, by Mrs. Massey. The explsnatio s o'f the accused, who ~t ated they were unable to recollect tr ,e party from whom they received the note, was not co, idered sufficiently satisfac tory by the magistrate, who aaj ourned the case - until yes terday, with au admonition tx , the accused to brush up their recollection and to seared i their books to ascertain whether any clue existed to th 4 person from whom the note was taken. Yesterday all parties being in attendance, Mr. Bingham inquired whether the accuse , I were prepares: with any.in formation about, the note. Mrs. Massey said she had , 'been unable to recollect any thing more about the note, as the transaction had occurred nearly a month ago. Evidence having been given of the receipt of the note from Mrs. Massey in the p rescues of her husband, Mr. Bingham sail he ha ,d do op all in his power to assist the complainant in his pr )Coe dings to come at the parties who had commttted the , er _ . The present waa nut a case iu which the note in n ) question was suspected to be a stolen note, but it was a , clear case of robbery, it having been folly established tl . (9 ; t th e no t e was s t o l en on th e 28th or 29th of October, an 4 that on the 39th it was in the possession of e : summoned before him. Here was proof ,on, and judging from the conflict ing ofree t n h t e p p o a s r s t e i , e ,u s, accounts of this recent possession, given an venb tl y ine Mr ° ts uP .Nl a a t s i sbelYA 1 , it might become a question whether there was not sti tiiceer t reason to place her, without includ ing her husband, at. the bar for feloniously receiving tLe note, well knowini;: tto have been stolen. The language of the act had reference to the possession of property presumed to have been recent' ,y stolen, and imposed a penalty of 51. fur that offence. F .at this penalty obviously applied to lead and such things, o f I which the possessor could not give a satisfactory account of the possession. But where the property was prep arty recently stolen, there was an end of suspicion, and per, ions having possession of such property were placed in this situation of beimg liable to be sent for trial. It would b e for the prosecutor to say what further steps he would tai ke, but as far as the present summons was concerned, i : must be discharged. Mr. Massey th inked the magistrate, and declared he would take goo a c are to change no 51. notes in future ex cept for parties, )m he could recollect and identity. SOCIETY OF ARTS. INDIAN FIBRES, AND THEIR APPLICATION TO PAPER-MAKING, &c. The second ordinary meeting 'of the one hundred and third session of the Society of Arts was held on Wednes day evening ; Colonel Sykes in the chair. After the preliminary business of the reading of mi nutes, the election of three new candidates, and the an nouncement of the Northowrana Mechanics' Institute, the Natal Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and the Uraking Halt-place Academy, near Halifax, having been taken into union, Dr. Forbes Royle, F.R.S., read a paper on " Indian fibres," being a sequel to observations on "In dian fibres fit for textile fabrics, or for rope and paper making," published in the second volume of the " Journal of Society of Arts." Dr. ROYLE commenced by saying that India was pre eminently a country for fibres, and that a great mass of valuable material, which now yearly rune to waste, my be turned to profitable account. Without enumerating the gigantic grasses, there were the plantain and the marool, yielding white fibres, the palms and the cocoa nut, the jute and its congeners, the leguminous and mal vaceois classes of plants, and the mclepiads and nettles, all of which combined to afford fibres of any variety of fineness and strength. The consequence of the suitable ness of these fibres to manufacturing purposes was that their import from the East had of late years rapidly in creased, and at the present date the hales imported into the United Kingdom from British India were about 600,00 e. With respect to baste or barks the lecturer said that car riage and freight must operate against their being brought in any large quantities from such great distances, and gave some interesting information respecting them. For the pur poses of foreign commerce, the lasts from Akyab, the sea port of Arracan, seemed most desirable, as they were abundant, cheap, and easily divisible into fine, pliant, and knot-tying fibres. The retail price of several, even when twisted into rope, in Akyab, was one rupee per maund (3d. a cwt.). For nearly this sum they might be put on board ship. Various fibres had been sent from Calcutta for 31. and 41. per ton for freight. The western coast of the peninsula of India was favourable for the growth of bast, and Travancore, for which Cochin was the most conve nient port for shipment. The bark of " autiaris saccidora," which was common in the jungles of Canara, near Coorg, and Travancore, contained an immense mass of fibrous matter. The inner layer was of a white colour, and the fibres of the several layers crossed each other, so that one could not but be struck with the apparent fitness of the whole for being beaten into half stuff for papermakers. Bast was now chiefly used for making mats, though most of the mats in India were made of grasses, the bulrush, the leaves of the Kaldera bush or screw pine, the cadjon, or dried leaves of the Palmyra tress, and split bamboos. On the Ganges and Indian rivers the grass called " moonja" was employed for tar ropes, and a kind of cotton grass for making bridges in the Himalaya, and these were good materials for the making of twine and cordage, as were the black "ejor," and the " pita" or " agave," commonly called aloe. In experiments tried at Calcutta and Madras, " pita" ropes were found to possess great strength. Pine apple and marool fibres were also made into rope, though fitted for better purposes ; and Manilla hemp was now well known to be able as a fibre to bear great strains. Cordage could also be made of the plantain. It had bean calculated that, 'with appropriate machinery, in suitable localities, the expenses of obtaining such fibres ought not to exc• A d from 9/. to 10/., and that they might then be landcd in England from 131. to 161. per ton. The lecturer then called attention to a fibre produced by di,.ierent plants, the brown hemp of Bombay, pro (' -aced by the Ambaree or Deehana hemp, and the Tag or Corkuna hemp. The Ambaree was much used ror ropes, and the least troublesome to prepare, costing about nine pie per pound (a pie being about lid.), and the Tag was used for both ropes and mats, and coat 11 pie per pound. The janapa from the Malabar coast, and the narvo from the district of Canara, were also famous for the excellence of their fibres, and might be used as substitutes for flax. The jute, the ambaree, and other vegetable fibres were woven in India into women's dresses, cloths, scarfs, and muslins, and were fitted for all kinds of textile fabrics. Some of these, which were capable of being woven into the finest muslins, were plants that required no culture ; their stems abounded in fibres, and they were well known and plentiful in Madras and Scinde. The lecturer concluded by de voting a few minutes to con sidering the materials for paper maing, for which India, he said, was an uncorked mine, some of the plants growing wild and luxuriant, while others were cul tivated. It was not a question as to what kinds of fibres were fitted for paper—all being adapted—the best being the plantain and banana. For the conveyance and delivery of those fibres, in the condition of half-stuff, from India to England, the cost per ton was, for the inferior kind, about 131. and 161. for the better quality. At the close of Dr. Royle's lecture, Mr. RUTLEDGE addressed the meeting on the manufac ture of paper. He said the consumption of paper in Eng land was less than itwas in America, France, Belgium, and Holland, and that the prices of raw material in the threw last countries was 10 per cent. beneath what it was in Eng land. The reason why new fibres were not taken by paper manufacturers was because the supply was uncertain, and when there was a scarcity, the supplier, instead of asking from 101. or 121. to 16/. a ton, asked 601. In the course of his remarks he alluded to and described a machine that was in the room, invent©d by Mr. Burke, of Montserrat, for cleaning plants to procure fibre. Mr. Rutledge said that it was capable of producing easily 301 b. of clean fib re a day—it had 501 b.—and the fibre was so excellent that ho had been offered 331. a ton for it. Mr. Warren then showed the operation of the machin e in abrading and freeing from the mucilaginous or pulpy matter the stem of the plantain, the leaf of the agava, and other plants, some of the experiments being eminently successful, others less so. 1 long and interesting discussion, in which Mr. Sharpe and Mr. Ridgway joined, then ensued respecting the ma nufacture of paper, and the adaptability of the plantain and other fibres for making it; after which the meeting separated with a vote of thanks to Dr. Royle on the motion of the chairman. THE PERSIAN GULP. This great sheet of water, which appears likely soon to be the scene of important events from the war now commencing in Cabal and Persia, is about 500 miles long and 63 wide. It receives two of the largest rivers of Asia, the Tigris and the Euphrates. The English THAMES.—A TALE OF MISERY.—As Mr. Yardley was about to leave the bench, a poor woman, with an infant i n have carefully surveyed these two rivers, and have esta her arms, and who appeared to be half starved, tremblingly blished steam navigation in tile latter ; they, moreover, entered the witness-box, and said her husband and son both lying dead, and she had not the means of bury- seem disposed, by means of a railway, to employ the log them weie Euphrates in reaching their Eastern possessions. The Mr. Yardley—How is that, my good woman ? navigation of the Persian Gulf is difficult, and requires The applicant said that her h us band had b een l ong su f- an intimate acqua i n tan ce w fth it s hyd rograp h y. F rom feting from consumption, and, after a lingering illness, died the beginning of October to the end of July, north-west on Thursday last. A few weeks since her son, 13 years of age, met with an accident. He fell while he was carrying winds predominate ; south•west winds, which generally two pails of water for his employer, and received very prevail daring the rest of the year, are favourable for severe injuries, from the effects of which he died on Satur- entering the gulf, but they mostly bring bad wea day last. During the illness of her husband and son she parted with all her furnitu re t o obtain food and medicine tiler. The coasts of the gulf, which are not very high, for them, and she was now left with six you ng children, are formed of calcareous rocks, and are full of reefs ; the and without the means of obtaining bread for them ; but bottom of the gulf is covered with coal of a greenish what afflicted her most was that she was unable to bury the remains of her husband and son, tint, and from this circumstance some geographers Mr. Yardley—lt is a very sad case. What is your name have named the gulf the Green Sea. The bottom The Applicant—My name is Louisa Davison, ar.d my vari • • . late husband's name was Joseph Davison. He was a brick- undergoes great variation according to the wind, layer. and on that account vessels are frequently in Mr. Yardley—Where do you live ? much danger. The strait of Ormus, by which the Applicant—At No. 1, Clare Hall-gardens, near Stepney Church. here are the certificates relating to the death of gci elf is entered, contains several islands. The prin my husband and boy. Mr. Yardley—blocs any one know the story related by - pal of them bears the name of Ormus, belongi n g Iman of Muscat who is a vassal to Peraia. This this poor woman to he true ? t pearl. known Denny, an officer of the court, said it was too true. The from slabs t h c e o coastntan s of a t the Fare. and a T p h o e r t fi t; e h s i ch ar e not poor widow and her children wore in a state of destitution. were formerly found there, and constituted an important Mr. Yardley, who was much affected at the recital, or- branch of trade ; but at present the island . has lost its tiered that a sovereign s h ou ld b e g i ven t o th e app li can t anc i ent ce l e b r ity. If the English expedition should from the poor-box F un d, an d, !am id s t t ears and sobs, she take place, Ormus will pro b a bly be one of its strategical thanked the magistrate and left th e cour t. points ; for in an offensive and defensive treaty, Just concluded between the English Government and the Iman of Muscat, the former reserves to itself thepritvhie cpoearsstisa of which Faristan, contains privi lege of occupyin g the island. The Persian gulf washes the provinces ofempire. The first, Abou c h e h o or Bender Bo uchir, can onl y be entered by vess e l s of small draught ; it is a commercial town, and the E n glish have an e s ta blishment there which the best o ports beautiful of prospers. The second is Bender Ryk, and possesses a good territory. The other parts of {the gulf form the south of he province of Laristao. Here are several tears time places, and amongst them Bander-Abassi, better known under the name of Goutnroun, a town built on a bill which descends gently to the sea—this town con• tains a mixed population of rersiani, Arabs, Kurds, Ar menians, aril Bedouins. The English had an establish. ment in it, hut they have of lats years transferred it to the Isle of Kharak ; they have also an important depot of merchandise at Bassorah. In addition to Bender Abassi, there are on the same coast Bender-Kcengoun, Ziraf, and Baanan, which places formerly carried on a very extensive trade. The group of islands which termi nates at Ortnu4 begins at Kharak, on the coast of L tris tat:, and comprises Kais, Laft, Basido, Andjar, Larek, Zalimab, and Keichme. The latter is the largest of all, and it produces a peculiar sort of grape highly esteemed in Persia, and a great number of sheepand oxen ; it contains A population of about 15,000 souls, who occupy three towns, the largest of which, called Keichme, is con- structed of stone, and surrounded with a fortified wall, which protects it from attacks of pirates. All these islands are surrounded with coral reefs, which render the access to them very dangerous. The English have esta, blishments in almost all these islands. The coasts of the Persian Gulf are occupied by independent Arabs obey ing a chief ; they live by trading in cattle, pearls, and fish. Although nominally under the domination of Persia, they are really hostile to her, and are absolute masters of the country.: The town of Chitaz, which is also in Faristan, and which is remarkable for its beauty and its ancient splendour, is the native place of Saadi and Hafiz, the two greatest poets of Persia. The English have numerous and important establishments there. Accounts from Larnaca, the principal port of the island of Cyprus, state that the corn trade was very dull in the month of October. Prices were high (17f. p( r hectolitre) for corn. Silk had likewise experienced a rise in consecuence of au aeti-e demand from Syria. The last price was 431. the kilogramme. Tne new vintage is good, and priced are rising (40c. the litre, brandy lf, 0c). The import trade was unimportant. 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, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, t'ae 15th day of November, 1856 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,122 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman -- Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 82,595 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co 32,879 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Ca 10,254 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons -- Bewdley Bank, Bewdlcy - Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb 14,960 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -- Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 22,062 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,762 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co 6,908 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 69,204 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,659 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater--J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 33,986 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 28,720 Bath City Bank, Bath-G. Moger and Son - - Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 35,589 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 62,742 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 12,563 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 16,042 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 23,642 Chertsey Bank., Chertsey-La Coste and Son. 2,670 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 18,029 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 35,450 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 45,102 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 7,545 City Bank, Exeter-Milford. and Co 20,899 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 9,377 Derby Bazik, Derby-W. and S. Evans & Co. 10,003 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 35,281 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co 9,470 Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and C 0... 10,132 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster -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 H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter, and Co East 'Ridinc 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 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 21,125 18,549 23,647 71,905 48,944 30,09 '74,251 73,921 85,859 9,095 48,977 94,919 52,365 7,253 45,909 26,974 7,400 13,115 5,730 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-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—RlM and Veaseys Harwich rank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manning-tree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexander - 4 and Co Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and C 0.... Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson 4,535 13,185 30,138 31,324 17,889 20,573 54,525 and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and 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 Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. n Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lyneld—Brocklehurst Jarvis and and Co Macclesfield Bank , Macdesfi and Co. Manningtree Bank, M an ningtree--Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and W il ts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and 8a............ Merionethshire n, Co olgelilliams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Aberg.v - and O, Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow. Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket--Eaton, Ham mond, and Co ........................ Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and H udsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton —Craddock and Co Naval Bank Plymou th, Plymouth—Harris and New Sarum Bank, Co aru C o Nottinghamßank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old. Bank, O s wesig—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. 11. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W. Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverly Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Sintonds and C 0..... Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Bland); and Co. .............................................. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. Rochdale Dank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. ............................................... Rochester, Chatham, an d 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, & Co.. ROSi Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross Allaway and Macdougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf fron Walden—Gibsons and Co Till EARTINUAIE IN CA Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-- Burton, . Lloyd, and Co. Scarbormgh Old Bank, Scarborough—Wood- A letter frota Canea, in the Wand of Candi 6, dated all and Co 24,740 Nov. 1, after describing the miserable state of the inhabi. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and tants who have survive,l the dreadful earthquake that de- Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, Ey- stroyed sever al of the towns and villages or Candia a few one, and Co 4 1 ,789 weeks ago, goes on to state that it appears from the testi- SittingbouTe and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. molly of several persons who happened to be at various 0, , 75 . 1 . plac3B in the interior of the island, or at sea, en on the —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank , South- and after the shock. A person worthy of all belief, who ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 14,226 shocks come out of the house in which he was, relates that Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Sonthamp- the colour of the light was'red, and that an undulatory ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore . Stafford Old Bank, Stadord—Stevenso n and ' of lightning, and that it was not repeated. The captain of 10,768 an lonian brig, who arrived at Canes on the 6th Oct. has Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton. 33 575 same month his compass acted regularly, but that when he Cayley and Co. ... ............ ' doubled Cape Matapan he remarked that the needle was Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury „,., deflected, and that from that instant, if he had followed —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 26,818 to take a course the very opposite to that which he had Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 10,575 wished to hold. The perturbation continued after the Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and CO. 8,731 earthquake was over. Upon again examining the compass Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton -- it was found to have recovered its normal state, which it 10,435 has since maintained. The captain of a Turkish vessel has Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton- Turkise war steamer, stationed in the port of Canes, says shire--Thrapston, Yorke and Eland that he also had observed the disturbed action of his com- Trino Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring — But - pass before the earthquake, and the return of the needle to Cher and Son its true direction as soon as the shocks were over. Towcester Old Bank, T ow cester—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 Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD. —Noy. 25. The supply of fat beasts was unusually small for the season of the year, and an advatice of price easily obtained and a clearance effected. The number of sheep was not large, but sufficient for the wants of buyers. Fat pigs scarce, and well sold. Few fat calves, which realised high 8 , 145 I prices. The following were the quotations t—Beef, 6d to 64d; mutton, 6!d to 7d. ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 74d per lb. ; pigs, iOs 6d to lis Od per score ; acmgh fat, 5i 6,1 to Oe . per 141 b. ; hides, 4id to 5d per lb ; calf-skins,- 44d co 6id , er ih. Wheat £2 17 4 2-12th. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats Beans - t2ths. BOSTON—Nov. 26 Owing to the severity of the weather ancrril of snow we had a small attendance today, and a shaft supply of all kinds of grain. Wheat a dull sale, and the prices receded is to 2s per qr. Barley also a slow demand' Beans and peas rather lower. Oats is cheaper. Prices :—Wheat, red, 48s Od to 59s Od; new, —Ste -- 4 2,; white, 58s Ott to 62s Od extra, 655. Barley, 38a Od to v . Od. Oat , 20s to 28s. Peas, 37, to 41s Od Beans, 421 Od t 0.503 Od per qr. NEWARK—Nov. 26. We had a good attendance, and a full supply of gran 4 all descriptions, which met a heavy sale. Wheat r eced°' in value and barley 2s per qr. Other articles as be foe. Wheat, white 60s to 68s, red 58s to 645; barley, 40s to 445 , grinding 36s to 38s; oats, 24st. 3is to 375, 1:4„s" 30s to 32s ; beans, 51s to 56 s ; malt, 7 2 s to 74 s ; peal, " to !6s ; tares, 48s to 52s per qr. LOUTH—Nov. 26. The corn trade was v® dull, with a decline on all kinds' There were plenty of samples, but only a few in good 6°11 ; dition. Wheat is to 2s cheaper. Barley, oats , and bean each about is per qr. lower. Wheat, red 55s to 595, white 645; barley 431 to 474 oath 23s to 275; beans 42s to 45s per qr. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. , LIVERPOOL, Nov. 27. STOWS EXOHANGE. — The Stock Exchange to-d 0 .5, quiet, but prices were steady. North Eastern, Berl. ° 6o 211—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln , 354---L°B rn and North Western, 1054—Blackburn, 7 9-16—E 08 1 0 1, Counties, 911 7-16--South Eastern, 211 I 82 $ —Caledonian, 29f c.—Lancashire and York 96f I—Great Western, 69A—East Lancashire, 20i MANCHESTER, Nev. 27. and d'relos EXCHANGE.—The market was stead y to- dal, _A, closed at a slight improvement. Chester and Birke l2 l7 o , 16 7-16—Midlands, 82 4—London and South en... 1071—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 35i ,1 1 - ' London and North Westerns, 105 1 i — Fle etwoo d —South Eastern and Dover, 22 i—Lancashire , Great Western of Canada, prem.—Blaekbu rn P 19—Leeds, 96 I—York1—York capital stock, NA. 2°llriiro !BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 27. STOOK EXOHANGE.—This market was improved t,o-rdooslt in tone and price, and a large business wa s done. f, re f Western Stock was done at 69—Ditto, Birraittaulingh 10 6 3—Midland Railway Consols, 81i 2 ", rg u — h Banks, 34—South Staffoids, dis,—Stog—kir: 100 —Londons, 103,! —Birmingham W a ter, low* FLEEDS, Nov. 27. lather to' STOCK EXOHANGE.—The market day. Midland, 82f— Sbeffields, 35A—Thirsk 181—LIIW eashire and Yorkshire, 94 A—Dovers, 221- was rather good EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Nov. 26. A. large supply of grain. Sales dull, with tho exception of oats. All other grains down. Large quantity unsold. Wheat, on the top, 16s down, and on the average is 2 d down. Barley, is 6d down on the top, and is 10d down on the average. Oats on the top Os 3d up—on the aver- $ age. Os 9d up. Beans on the top is Od down, andPn the average, Os 10d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. THE INQUEST. At noon to-day Mr. Edward Coxwell, coroner for the borough of Southampton, assembled a jury of highly respectable inhabitants, at the company's offices adjoining the dockyard, for the purpose of investigating the cir cumstances which led to the deaths of the four unfortu nate men whose names are given below. Captain Mangles, chairman of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company ; Captain Vincent, the company's super intendent ; and Mr. Mills, chief engineer, were in at tendance. The court was much crowded. The jury, of whom Mr. Alderman Stebbing wait fore man, having first viewed the bodies of Knoulton,Rogers, and Pothecary, which were lying at the dock house, afterwards proceeded to the infirmary, where they also viewed Hobbs. All the remains presented a shocking spectacle. On resuming, the Coroner briefly explained the nature of the daties which would devolve upon the jury. He expressed his intention of merely opening the inquiry to day, and after examining a few witnesses he should pro pose an adjournment, as it would be impossible in so im portant a case to complete the investigation at one sitting. The first witness called was Mr. John M'Crae, who said—l am foreman boilermaker for the Royal %Vest India Mail Steam Packet Company at Southampton. I was on board the steam ship Parana, then lying in the outer dock, from about half-past 2 until about a quarter past 4 i❑ the afternoon of yesterday. She had steam up, and was blowing off when I went on board. The steam was kept up for the purpose of trying the boilers previ ously to going out of dock next Monday. I made a care ful examination of the boilers while I was on board. I saw nothing to induce me to doubt their security. I observed the steam gauge once or twice, and saw it indicate a pressure of 141 b. to the square inch. I believe the boilers are weighted to 161 b. About five o'clock I again went on board, owing to a message I received. I wade an examination of the boilers, and found the star board forward boiler had a rent at each end of it. There was water iu the boiler over the tops of the flues. The rent was evidently produced by the bursting of the boiler. An immense escape of steam would immeaiately follow such an opening. A part of the side of the boiler was thrown back. The rent extended at one end 8 feet, and at the other 13 or 14 feet in length, and was thrown back about 9 inches against the coal bunker. I cannot at all account for the accident. The original thickness of the boiler plates was 3-Bths of an inch. I saw the plates measured this morning, and the thinnest part was 5-liths of an inch. I saw nothing to indicate any flaw or defect in the iron. The boilers had not lately re quired any repair beyond a few rivets in the furnaces. I made no examination of the valves. I ha - re known the same boilers for 4 years. They were out of the ship, and underwent general repair two years ago. Some boilers will run four years with scarcely any repairs. I did not observe the indicator standing higher than 141 b., but I have heard it was higher. The rents were above l,he water apace. I have been inside the boiler, but can not form any opinion where it first started. The length of the boiler is 21 feet. The rents from the two ends do not meet. I have seen a boiler something similar, but of a different shape, proved with cold water to 501 b. to the square inch. I imagine the diameter of the boiler to have been about 15 feet. Caird and Co., of Greenock, manu factured the boiler. It was a cylindrical boiler, with fl-it ends. The ends are still perfect. It is customary to ex 4 : mine and try the boilers every voyage—that is, ab, out one in six weeks. Mr. Alex. Wylie was next examined. He said- 4 am chief engineer of the steamship Parana, and wa4 yest,,r day on duty on board that ship. We were t - ..ying the boilers, for which purpose we got up steal' fAt half-past 2 r o'clock in the afternoon. The greatest pre e s• ure was 171 b. to the squ,re iach. This was abor a t t h ree o ' clock. I did not consider that a greater aroo tof pressure th an ought to have been applied. The 'ooilers were loaded to 161 b. I considered that a perfe , jtty cafe pressur e . It i s impossible to load her beyond 161 b. The ordinary pres• sure at sea is 151 b., and I, consider that if loaded to 241 b. it would not bau d been unsa f e. I have this [forcing made a cirelu l , examination of the plates of the boiler, but that examination does not throw any light upon the cause of', the accident. I concur in all the evidence given 'oy the last witness as to the nature and extent of the injury to the boiler. I have been unable to form any opinion in my own mind as to the cause of the accident. I was on board at the time of the 2 .ccident, and had been on the platform all the afternoon, and only left it about five minutes pre vious, to the explosion, and could not have escaped death had it occurred before I left. The pressure at the time I left the platform was 121 b., with the safety-valve eased, in 'which condition it was found this morn ing. When I heard the explosion, my first impres sion was that the bottom of the boiler had given way ; and supposing all the water was out of the boiler, and the fires burning, my first care was to get the fires drawn out, and I drew out the fires myself. Shortly afterwards I saw water in the boiler. There must have been about 36 men on board at the time connected with the engine room. Among them was Daniel Knoulton, a coal trimmer, aged about 21 ; Alfred Rogers, also a coal trimmer, aged about 24 ; John Pothecary, also a coal trimmer, aged about 26 ; and James Hobbs, also a coal trimmer, aged about 24. Rogers was getting out coals near the boiler which burst when I last saw him previously to the accident. The other three men were variously employed about the engine room. Almost im mediately after the explosion the whole body of steam the boiler bad contained escaped, and would have scalded anybody near to it. I lifted one of the men out of the stokehole myself. I think it was Alfred Rogers, but his features were so obliterated that I could hardly recognise him. He was quite dead. I saw another, I thiuk Pothecary, also brought out of the stokehole quite dead. I saw some of the other men who were injured. Those who were dead were removed to the eneine house near the dock gates. Captain Vincent was immediately on the spot, and I heard him give orders that those who were injured should be taken to the infirmary. The other boilers had been blown off previously to the explo sion of this one. There was no steam in them. The valves were in perfect order. I shut them in the pre sence of Mr. Mills at half-past two o'clock. Previously to the explosion there was no escape of steam whatever. The boilers have been carefully examined since we came into port a month ago. I have been in the ship four years. The boilers were then only about seven months old. I entertained not the slightest doubt of the perf,ct security of the boilers immediately previous to the acci dent. I c oncur i n the evidence of Mr. M'Crae as to the Substance of the plates. There is a communication between all the boilers for steam only when the bodies Gier ship is under weigh. There are four boilers. I have been nearly the t l ie m is en ye w a h rs o w in ere the dea se d rv w in e e r . e out of the stokehole • • I brought think a th ll e ad e e x d p , lo a s t io 3nt; within twenty minutes after The 171 bpressure to which I have but the 12ib., at the timebotile"r 'clock, was Upon the whole four boilers, tent up t f b r a o t m room, was upon the one Th e pre-sure was the same w t h h i n ch en li g u i rn- n t are scraped every six weeks, and each boiler. The boilers at e this p ar ti cu l ar b o il er had been scraped withi n that t the indicator Of this b o il er give a fa . 1, 1 h e ave never known steam in the boiler was to b e kept, ind,cation. The half-past 6 o'clock fur the purpose of trying sera, experiments which bad nothing whatever to do with the safety of boiler. Mr. Edward Tate was ne x t called i lhe e aid s econd engineer of the Parana. I way on duty on am that ship yesterday afternoon when th e steam was got The greatest amount of pressure I saw on the boilers during the afternoon was 151 b. That was about a quar ter to four o'clock. 1 was on board at th e time ofthe e xplosion, which took place at a quarter to five o'clock. I was at that moment on the main deck near the shaft. ing. I had seen the boilers just previously, but observed nothing to excite my suspicion. They appeared to me to be in perfectly good order. I think the boilers were capable of bearing a pressure of from 201 b. to 251 b. Th e original thickness of the plates was three-eighths of a n inch, and it is scarcely aoy thinner now. I have carefully 3AA BORNE MAILS. Buenos Ayres Cape of Good Hope, Cape of Good Hope s . Caae de Verde .. Ceylon (see India 54,725 Cey10n....... When any of these da' spatched on the foliowi❑ r!outhampton), and the preceding day. tes fall on a Salida: ig day, with the ex dalta, both of whic] the night—and M the by :ignites that he are sent trona the General Postr• 0116 ii the morning—despatch.) L y tftintgat—a_ Wl lOl in General Post Per COUN'X'III)O • 9 0 4Y fti v e n e, e L n o m n a d d o e n.: Dr:pima:chi:a. Al.;-.....--I d n u s e. An isd. _ ------------- --..... ~ . —..-----------"-7.,).t, tSvery Fridat. , ~. Li ver p oo , ... Week"' Amertcaturnrinif,,, s,s. Americo (,bY U ' - _I.; Every Tuesday • Southsin ~ on We elif packet) - Stater 6.moriea (by U. ._, packet) ..:„ , . ,s, •• 4a • • ~. LIVArpO , ,••• ku t r oja (v ia LlVer•l •• .• ... .• •• ~. 1 4th and 18th Liverpool .. Twic e pool) Ditto (via Marseilles) ', Ditto (via Cape of Goa' 12th •.• „ . Dover .... op • • • „ Hope) ...... •• ... •.N goes ~, . ...... .. •• .. ~, al Africa ((f ri: s . t. • • C • °,6 .. . t . ) ...1. 1' 10 3° th. o tt I .2 h 6;h tg oTt ' ,O D Pl o Y v n er w . ' ...• , : I; ' ttl' i 1 1 9° B A .B Belgiuma l a e t x . d s S r . 1 . a .. ... ... ...... ...... ...... : .. , 3:1 1 l Daily..t 'l ' t ho 2 f ° the tll o fm month:m,-nt 1 D t o u u v t u e h l r a a r n :t: . lic:4 l 6 : l , 3 2 l g ............1. 4 9th of th . e . m .. o . n . ih Southall''' . 160 1 _h. Sttonos Ayres... Id 9th 'tribe S thar rt - , nc eso.- ... •• r-on , . • )11 S a a p p e e ofof flood H no op p e e. ..,•:':. s th of t i h n e month Case de Verde 4, , ~, 1v ..b.... , , , _. . 2y ,. ... i p... ,c 210 Ceylon (see India: 10th and 26th itil - mot Ceylon • • ...... k 4th and 20th ...• la nd lot • .. , ~., ~ , , D ,6 Channel Isles • . , ~, • e .t , • coo'"" - . , , Clll , ll. • •• -.. ~. ‘, id go 17 th of rrenth Boathanal, nr- , and 1, ~ vailla ••••. • • 4th and 100 .• • • Constantinople ...- \ 10th and tlith.• .• Censtantinop:e ...... 4th &20,111 of mon. Sonthare, , i,,,,lcedaPs Dover de ••• .. Cont. of Europe M a , h Twie. daily ...... Egypt (see India) 00 4 1 14, France ...... -31 2i. t. TW , C ,, dail y.• •.. Dover .. • • i, 7. Dover . .. IT and st . • Gibraltar .......... ‘; 4,7, 17,20, 27 4 fm. Sonthamo ' o ' A A Greoce (ace India) tot An' Greytown ..........M tad & 17th of mon.,Sonthatnpb... Daily _ ...0 Hamburgh ..........N Daily • London ..... Ist, 01 P. Havannah -.. ••••• •- ~ .,i 'lnd of tho month SoutitatuP '' yelll Holland ............b1 Daily Dover.. ••• oth. di oi. Ilonchtras .......... hi 17ta of the month Southamr.o i Ana.. t o India (viaSontbampt.) hi Ith . 20th of mon lb 7 India (via Marsoilles)bt 10th& 26th of moth Dover ..... lonian Isles (see India) •••• •••• d 16 ' Ireland .......M & N Twice daily ; Helyhea •.. 90 , ..., Lisbon.. •• •• •• •• •• -hi 2d of MO. • sollo lo 3 oa' 6 el i - Madeira ............Y 9th of month Southampl ... toll , Madeira ........ ~.., .. h 23d of month ... Liverpoo Malta (see India) 4. 16 Malta ............ is 1, 10, 20, and 26 Dove . • •. 0 0 ,0 Mauritius (see India) ISO a Mauritius ........ .1 , 20th of the month t ot 10110 hi ind of the month..,Southarnpo '.4 1 0 Naples ..... .... • ... IS De11y............1D0eer ..' tot 0 , New Granada .... -I*2d & l7th of rronthilouthaniPt °° _,.. .41.70 New Zea1and........ 4th and 19th ninth'Varioult P°"` 4 1( '" , j . .• Papal States ......... I. Daily .....• •••• • •.. Dover .... , a t6w Kffa l .' ag r l ,. - -- '''• .. 14 ioutnatoP , " 10 _7., Port Natal ..........N sth of month .. -Sollt l lallP ta. 0/0 01PJ Sicily ..............N Every Saturday.. 'Dover ..'o' & 1 681 Tuscany ... . ......N Dai1y........ •. • •iDover!.. •:::, ( Venezuela ..........31 2d &1. th otmonth SoutharaPly'" t/ Van Dleen'sLAnd(se( lasol s rn Australia) ....... 4th and 18th cf m. to 106 0 West Indies .... ..s , t ... . ,ituo SoutharoP ... be .4 . „dr. 0 1 ° . , 60 ) 1 90 X9 l 'l6O 160 p 16 0 2 Vgto lb 210 4th ‘" est Su' rp. • a nd 16 4 , lard=, V I Aos t ill fifi A 111 n+ 96 l ot l • 41 0 Ist °'° • two. ° tr ° 10 ty l6 goil,-- ( 0 6 ' it so: JO . .9, the mall/ '1 "Ption Of t he ll3c111(00 1 w ill bo despatch,' BIRTHS. of 0? A SOY. &he ifil ° On the 27th inst., at 1, Lowndes-square, - ife Paul Butler, Esq. u thi if On the 25th inst., at Gresham Vill a, rugryh-11--' of Thomas William Burr, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER . Of l' On the 27th inst., at 9 , Ecelest on-street, the Wile Haworth, Esq. the 1/esr ' On the 26th inst., at Harrow , the wife of Knight. MARRIED. Co ll,l On the 26th inst., at St. Peter's Eaton-scluare'ipolfe 0 Frederick Paget, the eldest soa of 'the late 1 1 9,4 0 , I' o4 Paget, to Maria Georgina, eldest daughter of tiP Car Grenfoll, Esq., of 38, Belgravo-squar e. Virie dB°6 f t h° On the 26th inst., at St. John's Church, , 90 0 0 hb , tain F. It. Pollock, 49th Bengal sixt_P,ter of " Lord Chief Baron, to Adriana youngest datll3l' late Sir Harris Nicolas, G.C.M.O. DIED. o sto r l: On the 27th inst., at 26, Southampton-Pin lifLf, square, Mr. Thomas C. Shaw, late of the 1-I .o r tr eet 4 r - Spotti-iwoode and Shaw, printers, New at O f°' city, aged 70. ~,,, go On the 26th inst., Mr. Thomas Moore, os the Northolt, Middlesex, aged 54.• fin e l l o- 0 City 31i ' " On the 25th inst., at the London for tasnY / Red Lion-square, Mr. JosephMassingitol, e-, resident clerk of that Society, aged Ob• ~,.o rg o 0 0° P On the 26th inst., at Watford, Hats, • I "''' r ola, Eqq., aged 2 , . On the 25th inst., at Acomb, near Ye rk ' Wril. et, Esq., aged 86. tth:(oo)iinntteettyvhh..oolC2l2l.oosblTthe.irniti;snißtns.i,.o:ti,taiißit.rra,eavemtioustht..haollrlptoe,cti:reyri:o;r:o7:s:lootot, LONDoN _ : Printed and Publiged by 111(711130 1(01001;vd, b °if, No. 112, Str and, Printer, at The San Oill°'ll 0'.02, Strand, the Proninot 0 f the Savoy, in't of Mitl(ll.ka-z, fii NoveM b e r 28, 106. 11,182 15,403 Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford , Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co Warwick and AVarw . ickshire Bank, Warwick — K. Greenway and CA . Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win ehester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co -- Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce 15,382 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co 36,782 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombo 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 13,477 25,998 3,633 45,021 13,895 19,472 59,145 7,353 11,271 5,671 66,765 7,272 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver- 5,233 31,527 23,479 21,285 66,589 18,205 25,962 21,473 45,144 8,534 5,348 52,745 37,280 32,452 30,010 92,130 32,348 7,540 3,592 39,442 13,757 14,655 2,728 9,848 17,725 00,00 D 16,354 26,473 50,550 20,365 23,t 48,205 94,806 10,793 3,209 19,159 8,559 30,610 12,09 82,495 12,08 11,045 47,901 10,222 10,458 12,563 30,624 28,849 6,505 4,391 7,645 14,316 7,901 15.515 3,1123 29,646 11,10 Co Worcestershire Bank, KidderminsterL—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 12,923 Co York Bank, York— Swann, Clough, and Co 43,848 47,535 9,563 9,275 50,064 hampton Bank of Whitehaven, 'Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 19,115 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 10,075 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- 8,815 31,690 50,270 ington Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,519 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 18,768 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, 19,719 Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 24,114 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 149,872 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax .. 18,004 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,115 Hull Banking Company, Hull 29,055 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,659 Halifax and Huddersfield. Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 27,841 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,280 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 60,553 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 22,730 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 77,642 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 49,455 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 11,411 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 10,044 1 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham ' Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 28,631 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, 427,315 London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northaint.tohn 82,62 Northamptonshire Banking Company, 24 259 , ampt0n....................................... 1 Nort North and South Wales Bank, Liverpoo ... Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, .............. Leicester ............ - .............. , Saddleworth 2 ,206 Saddloworth Banking Compa Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 84,790 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford ............................... . Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang. port ........................ . Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 45,683 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 51,924 Swaledale and Wensleydal e B an ki ng C ompany , Richmond .. Wolverhampton and St a ff or d s hi re Banking 52,722 Company, Wolverhampton 33,949 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake fie1d.............................................. Whitehaven Jatnt-Stock B an king Company, an . Y . ; Whitehaven..........; ........................... Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick ................................ ..... 28,550 West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 73,265 Wilts. and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 73,959 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud .1..,..„ii.,:1 Whi+.chnrch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 5,253 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 6,224 69,099 York Union Banking Company , Y ork York City and County Banking Company, 93,665 Yorkshire Banking Company , L eeds 126,347 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somersot House, Nov. 22. 33,440 117,534 42,350 1,476 25,740 33,077 56,723 23,064 13,917 4C) 444 THE SCOTCH AMEERS.—RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN AISERDOUR AND BURNTISLAND.—In December, 1854, it was remitted to Mr. Wylie, civil engineer, to lay out on a plan the footpath consented to under the action against the Earl of Morton, the same to be done in such a way as to be least burdensome to the defender and least detrimental to his useand occupation of the ground. This plan, alongwith Mr. Wylie's report., was laid be• fore the Second Division on Saturday, and, without any discussion, the line of footpath fixed upon by him and marked upon his plan was approved of and adopted, and the same ordered to be signed by the parties.-- Edinburgh. Courant. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S S E RVICE.—LieiIt.-00 1 . F. K. Duncan, Bengal Artillery ; L;eut.-Colonel H. Foqueti, 35th Bengal N.I. ' • Brevet -Col. D. F. Evans , 16 th N.I. ; Brevet Col. E. G. Austin, Bengal Artillery ; Lieut. Col. N. H. Fish, Madras Artillery ; Capt. R. R. Little, Ma dras Artillery ; and Mr. R. W. Taynton, purser, Indian navy, have been permitted to retire from the service. Mr. J. F. Bishop, Madras Civil Servioe, has been allowed to resign. We hear that Lieut. P. R. evilly, 62d Bombay N. 1., and Lieut. John J. Bristow, Bth Madras N. 1., are about to retire from the service. Mr. Herbert Augustus Foley and Mr. Thomas Henry Wilson have been appointed volunteers for the Indian navy. Mr. Frederick Robert Edwards has been appointed a captain's clerk. The undermentioned, having been reported by Dr. O'Shaugbnessy to be fully qualified to proceed to India for the purpose of intro ducing the American system in the telei4raph depart ment, are appointed assistants :—Herbert Baring Mar rington, Albert Jame:, Lepper Cappel, Francis Turner Bruton Daniell, Henry Hammond, Wm. Kyd D'Oyley Bignell, Theophilus Rich. Mercer Bence, John Ernest West, Henry V. Walton, Fred. G. Teale, Jas. S. Harris, Redcliffe S. H. Haldare, Edward T. P. Biddulph, An drew Scott, Nathaniel it. Cutnberberleg , , Ww. Brown O'Brien, Jas. H. Lane; Keith H. Jenkins, Matthew R. True, Joseph Sabine. In order to introduce the Amen can system simultaneously upon all the lines, it is pro: posed to add a staff of 24 you' g gentlemen to the n her to be instructed hy . Dr. CYSLaughtlesciy.—Sfilith, and Co.'s Overland Mail.