The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-18 00:00:00

THE NIGHTINGALE FUND. A. meeting was held at the Town-hall, Manchester, yesterday morning, to determine upon the steps to be ' taken for promoting the Nightingale Fund. Mr. Jas. Watts, the Mayor, presided, and was supported by the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., Lord Stanley, M.P., Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P., Mr. James Heywood, M.P., Mr. James Kershaw, M.P., Mr. Mark Philips, late member for Manchester, Sir Elkamah Armitage, Sir John Potter, Mr. Thomas Bazley, Mr. J. A. Turner, Mr. W. Entwistle. Mr. Oliver Heywood, and other leading gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood. A considerable number of ladies were present. The MAYOR very briefly opened the business, and Mr. J. A. TURNER moved the first resolution : " That the noble exertions of Miss Nightingale and her associates in the hospitals of the East, and the invaluable services rendered by them to the sick and wounded of the British forces, demand the grateful r?- cognition of all classes, and, in the opinion of this meeting, it is desirable to perpetuate in a substantial manner the memory of Miss Nightingale's signal devo tion, and thereby to record the gratitude of the British nation." Mr. 0. HEYWOOD seconded the resolution. The Right Hon. SIDNEY HERBERT, M.P., who was re ceived with much cheering, then addressed the meeting. He said,—Mr. Mayor, the two gentlemen who have pre ceeded me have spoken of the degree of experience they have had in addressing meet in g s in this hail, I have had no such experience, and must ask you, therefore, to bestow upon me that indulgence which is well required by any gentleman whose lot it is for the first time to ad dress a public meeting in a plaoe so important as Manches ter. I have come down on this occasion with two gentle men, members of the central committee, not so much to ad dress you, as to be here to give any information that may be required, or to answer auy questions that may be asked by those who are anxious for information as to the nature of the proceedings of the committee. The committee has been formed with a studious attention to this point—that it should represent, as far as it is possible, all classes, all professions, all creeds, and all political opinions ; and we appeal, therefore, to the names upon the committee as a guarantee that nothing sectarian of any kind is in tended—(hear)—in the plans which we have to submit. Now, there has been, I believe, upon one or two points, some misconception as to the intentions of the central committee, and I am glad to have the opportucity of re moving any erroneous impression as far as it is in icy power. It has been said, in the first place, that this movement has been premature. Well, I think I can show to this meeting that we had no choice as to time. The feeling with regard to Miss Nightingale has been universal in this country. (Hear.) It has been very strong ; it is of that kind, in fact, which is not easily repressed ; and in the summer, when the reports carne home of the wonderful success she had achieved, com pared with the great difficulties she had had to encounter, there broke out in different parts of the country a feeling for an emphatic and instantaneous expression of public gratitude to her. (Hear.) Isolated portions of the com munity were organising committees, and preparing to make gifts to her of different kinds, but inappropriate, because, when service is given, you destroy the very merit of the gift if you attempt to reward it by some tangible compensatior. (Hear, hear.) What is it, to a person of affluent circumstances, to give a pecuniary reward for services that are clearly beyond all such re ward, or to give ornaments, suitable very often, per haps, for ladies, but inapplicable to one who devotes her life to the peculiar objects in which Miss Nightin gale has become so distinguished ? We, therefore, felt that it was wise to lose no time in giving an appropriate direction to this generous feeling which animated the country from one end to the other. And how is this movement to be viewed in an of how this institution should be conducted then ; people say, " This is all vague and indefinite ; there is no plan." In the first place, let me say that the thing is proved not to be impracticable, by the existence of I two institutions in London, though very small and ineffective from want of strength, to send nurses all over the country. There is one, founded by Mrs. Fry, in London, from which nurses are sent out to any places that apply for them ; and therefore I say the thing is practicable, because it has been done. What, then, is the difficulty to be encountered by Miss Night ingale! Why, it has been said, "You cannot have an institution to train nurses without hospitals to train them in." That is trio ; bat there are hospitals in plenty throughout England, and there is no difficulty in finding a practising school, as it were, in which the nurses are to be trained. Is it to be confined to London ? Well, I say for my part I hope the nature and amount of this subscription will be such that the institution shall be put on such a footing that Miss Nightingale may be enabled to make it ramify throughout the whole country. Why are we not to send nurses up from the country to the central institution, to be trained and returned to us ca pable of undertaking the most difficult hospital duties ? or why should Miss Nightingale not send to us, on ap plication, nurses capable of conducting wards in our pro vincial hospitals, and capable, on emergency, of taking the whole superintendence of such an institution ? I see no limit to which it cannot be carried, if we get money enough. (Hear.) I an afraid I have been trespassing on your time, but I wished to point out, first of all, the nature of the difficulties Miss Nightingale has had to en counter. She is distinguished, in common with others, by her self-devotion ; but distinguished above all others in that power of command which genius possesses, in the influence she can exercise over others, and by the extra ordinary powers of organisation and administration which she has displayed. These are the peculiarities of Miss Nightingale which point her out as the person to whom this great reform of our hospital system at home should be intrusted. With regard to herself, I can add little to the expression of gratitude which is in the heart and in the mouth of every one, and of that feeling of— as I really nay call it—affectionate attachment to Miss Nightingale, for all she has done for this country. But some have objected, "If she has done so much, why saddle her with more l" They do not know Miss Nightingale who utter that . opinion. She is one to whom life is earnest, and life is real ; she looks for her reward in this country, in having a fresh field for her labours, and the means of extending the good she has already begun. Depend upon it, you cannot pay her a compliment dearer to her heart than in giving her more work to do. (Cheers.) She wants the means of continuing the work she has begun, and I look upon this meeting as most important, because I know the po sition Manchester occupies in England, and the influence Manchester has acquired through that restless activity of mind which has placed it so high in the intellectual scale of the country ; and I know how much this meeting may 'do to set an 'example that will spread. It was therefore that I aed some friends of mine thought it our duty to attend this meeting, in order that the statements we might make, and the questions we might answer, if put, might have the effect of making it understood ; and I trust the example of this meeting will be followed throughout the country, and that the testimonial to Miss Nightingale shall be one to make her usefulness felt all over England, and at the same time be worthy of the occasion which has called it forth—worthy of the lady in whose honour we are met—and worthy, I must also say, of the gratitude of a great nation to whom she has rendered immortal services. (Loud cheers.) Lord STANLEY, M.P., who was received with cheering, said—When one of the first authors of this project re quested me to give it by public speech or otherwise such aid as was in my power, I accepted the offer very gladly, because it seemed to me to involve the fulfilment of two duties—one appealing to the intellect, the other to the feelings ; one the duty of gratitude and recognition for public service rendered ; the other, that of aiding, according to our means, an important and promising social movement. It can be shown, I think, that the Nightingale Fund combines both these objects. Of the service rendered by Miss Nightingale to our army in the field it is quite too late to speak. There is no part of England, no city or county, scarcely a con siderable village, where some cottage household has not been comforted amid its mourning for the loss of one who had fallen in war by.the assurance that hislast mo ments were watched, and his worst suffering soothed by that care, at once tender and skilful, which no man, and few women, could have shown. But it is not merely in dividuals who have been thus helped. The State also has received benefit, and that to a degree which we hardly appreciate, for where a danger has been warded off its magnitude is seldom realised. The present war— and if the rumour which has just reached me be true, I hope I may say the past war—l do not refer to any purpose that can provoke controversy or contradiction —has been commenced and carried on under new con ditions of society. In all past ware waged abroad little was known, at least to the masses, respecting the every day details of life before the enemy. Men who stayed at home read of battles won or towns taken, skilful ma noeuvres of generals, daring acts of personal courage performed by soldiers ; but never since man began to live and fight on earth (two events nearly contempora neous) has the entire existence of an army, its daily do mestic life, been sketched for the satisfaction of those who stayed behind in England.. The newspaper corre spondence from the Crimea, with its benefits and its abuses, is a feature of war singularly characteristic of our time, and impossible in any other. What was the effect of these disclosures ? They dispelled a good many illusions, they stripped war of much of its romance, and showed beneath a splendid exterior scenes painful and horrible. They told the masses of this country—the class from which soldiers are taken—fairly what they had to expect; and thus enabled them, before deciding to nerve, to make an intelligent choice, and not a blind one. Well, then, under these circumstances, it was no slight service to the State as such, no slight aid given to the country in the crisis of its struggle, that the recruit here in England should know and feel that, wherever else apathy, or ignorance, or carelessness might prevail, there was one condition of his military career, and that the most trying of all, in which his sufferings would not be overlooked, and his wants would be efficiently cared for. Bet more than this, and without reference to the special emergencies of the time, I believe most of those who have thought on social subjects will incline to confirm the last words of that good man, Talfourd, to the effect that the disunion of classes is the worst evil of modern society. Now, what makes that disunion ? Allowing for external causes, I say still, in the main, it is individual selfishness. Each class is apt to give too little and expect too much. The rich think themselves distrusted, the poor neglected. One often claims confidence which has not been earned; the other sometimes asks aid which cannot be given. And in this condition of things those are benefactors to the community by example and teaching who, by any act of real sacrifice—not the mere giving of superfluous wealth or equally superfluous leisure, but the giving of themselves, their labour, their health, perhaps their life —prove practically that they hold the faith of universal human brotherhood—that they hold that faith in action as well as speculation, on week days as well as Sundays, outside the church as well as within it. Such efforts, whatever direction they take, admonish the prosperous, eucourage the afflicted, humanise and harmonise all. These, then, are the claims of Miss Nightingale. She and those who went forth with her have relieved a vast mass of suffering, saved many lives, made many deaths easy, aided the State, and by an example of personal heroism raised the moral tone of the community. Now, true heroism is not so plentiful that we can afford to let it pass uniecognised—if not for the honour of those who show it, yet very fnueli for our own. And with the except ion of Howard, the prison reformer, I know no peron besides Miss Nightingale who within the last hundred years, in this island, or perhaps in Europe, has voluntarily encoun tered dangers so imminent, and undertaken offices so re pulsive, working for a large and worthy object, in a pure spirit of duty towards God and compassion for man. (Applause.) But there is another point of view in which Aiss Nightingale's expedition stands out from the com mon course of human action. (Applause.) It is not easy anywhere, especially in England, to set about doing what no one has done before. Many persons will un dergo considerable risks, even that of death itself, when they know that they are engaged in a cause which, be sides approving itself to their consciences, commands sympathy and approval—when they know that their motives are appreciated and their conduct applauded. But in this case custom was to be violated, precedent broke through, the surprise, sometimes the iseneure, of the world to be braved. And, don't underrate that ob stacle. We hardly know the strength of those social ties that bind us until the moment when we attempt to break them. There is a pressure which cust om an d conven ti on exercise upon the members of society, which modifies conduct and which seems often to leave to the weaker among us scarcely any share in forming their own cha racters and careers. Now mark what, by breaking through customs and prejudices, Miss Nightingale has effected for her sex. (Hear.) She has opened to them a new profession—a new sphere of usefulness. I don't suppose that, in undertaking her mission, she thought much of the effect which it might have on the social po sition of women. Yet probably none of those who have made that question their special study has done half so much as she towards its settlement. A claim for more extended freedom of action, based on proved public use fulness in the highest sense of the word, with the whole nation to look on and bear witness, is one which must be listened to, and cannot be easily refused. (Applause.) At this point I may notice some objections which may have been or may be urged against our proposition. You may be told that, though Miss Nightingale deserves all honour, the promot ers o f thi s f un d are on ly see ki n g to acquire popularity at her expense—to share her triumph without having shared her labours. The facts refute that charge. We claim no credit, for we merit none. We are simply . giving utt erance to a sen ti men t which we did not originate, which we do not profess ex clusively to represent, and which we find already diffused through the length and breadth of the land. On the monument which we desire to raise no name w ill b e in scribed save on e. Again, suspicions have been uttered, though without one particle of proof, that the desi g n submitted to you had in it something of a sectarian or superstitious character. One gentleman has said, "Were the fact so, I for one would wash my hands of it, and advise all w h om I could reac h t o do the same ." B ut i f ,, ie on o e n o ly f p o;g r a e, ni g s e at n i e o r r: i ve propose or desire to establi s h ti went which, 1 rather iumnasgeicnte3,rn b i3 elo b n e g n s e t v : I n e o ne p e a — rt a ic g u e la n ; era or opinion, but is just as old and as widely spread as the human race itself. Lastly, and in that plea there ie more weight ? I have heard it said that, before apply. ing for money in a city like Manchester, we ought to hive been prepared with a plan more definite and de tailed than that laid before you. My answer is, much must be left undecided, if free play is to be given to the cheek MissNsigohrtignugaariae.nteletsistbnaett judgment and experienpcaepoefr rules, not forms, not make an enterprise prosper ; it is the living, unfettered human energy. You ought to know that in Manches ter, if others don't ; and I believe you do know it. Without a rare original talent this work could not be done at all, and with such a talent the best thing you can do is to let it work out its own ends in its own way. We promise to leave Miss Nightingale free and unham pered ; and we believe _that is the best guarantee for efficiency we can give. " But why not wait till Miss Nightingale herself come home ?" I will tell you why. We do not fear that Miss Nightingale will be forgotten, even in the hurry and bustle of modern affairs ; yet it seems more expedient and more suitable to the temper of the public that the ac knowledgment of her service should not be deferred until that service itself is no longer new. Also, a life like Miss Nightingale's is valuable. No year of it should be lost to mankiad. Better that she should find the materials of her future work ready to her hand on re turning than have to wait inactive, though willing to labour, for the slow process of their raising. And now, turning from the personal part of the question, a word as to the project which, though her friends, Miss Nightingale has put forth to the people of England. She wishes to establish here a superior class of trained hospital nurses. That the thing is possible no one doubts. On the conti neat it has existed for more than 1,000 years. We hear of it in France as early as the ith century ; we hear of it again in the time of the crusades, when soldiers, return ing from war in Palestine, filled Europe with wounds and disease ; and in Flanders, towards the end of last century, an association of this kind called forth the ad miration of the Protestant philanthropist, Howard. (Ap• plause.) But it is not only in Roman Catholic countries that such institutions have existed. At Kaisers worth, near Dusseldorf, on the Rhine, a similar association has been set up during the last 30 years, under Protestant management, which now includesabout 190 nurses, either employed or in training. These are instances of success actually achieved ; and, if you want prcof that some thing of the kind is needed in England, remember that, not many years ago, Sir E. Parry, the Arctic discoverer (whom we have all heard of), seeing the faults of the existing system of hospital nursing, endeavoured to re medy its defects at the Naval Hospital, Hasler, by a public appeal for nurses of a higher class. That appeal was not answered. Prejudice and habit were too strong. The attempt fell to the ground, and I believe it would fail now—l at least should despair—were there not enlisted in the cause talents and energy such as few men or women possess, and were there not, at the same time, a degree of enthusiasm roused by the exertion of those talents such as rarely exists on any subject of social , and peaceable interest. It is that combination which renders the enterprise hopeful and success more than probable. One further word and I have done. I suppose no one has reflected seriously on the social tendencies of the age, without seeing that to provide for women fitting employment of the higher sort is one of its problems—not the least important, and not the most easy to solve. It is idle to say that a woman's whole sphere of duty lies at home. Many have no homes ; many who have are not required to give to them—cannot employ in them—all the energy which they possess. For such what active pursuit does the world supply ? The bustling life of men is unsuited for them—and happy it is so. Mere study and contemplation cannot suffice for any one. The temperament which makes anthers and artists is rare. To visit the poor is well ; but visits of mere friendship and sympathy cannot form a large part in the life of any one. And as the form which re ligion in the present day assumes is eminently that of benevolence, and as we begin to recognise that the best way—some would say the only way—af serving God is by helping man, it is natural to expect that many in all ranks, and especially those who in their private relations are solitary, cheerless—it may be afflicted—should find the greatest satisfaction to conscience and the most suitable remedy 'for their own distress in alleviating human suffering, in its simplest and severest forms. Put this in their power, and you will set them free from the most painful of all sensations which can afflict an active mind and a sensitive temperament—the pain of compul sory idleness, of duty undischarged, faculties consciously unemployed, opportunities of good passing by unim prove I. In the hope of this deliverance I commend this project to your patronage—asking you, by one and the same act, to honour merit, to lessen suffering, and to give to female energy and charity free scope in a new channel. (The noble lord resumed his seat amid applause.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. ENTWISLE moved the second resolution, to the effect that the only worthy mode of acknowledging Miss Nightingale's services was the establishment of such an institution as had been indicated. Mr. BAZLEY briefly seconded the resolution. Mr. MONCfiTON MILNES, M.P., said if had been told that when he knew Miss Nightingale in the obscurity of private life that the time would come when before such a meeting as this, and in such a place as this, he should hear her name mentioned and her praises re•echoed, he should have very much doubted the prophecy. The main characteristics of her temperament and her dis position were such as might rather lead to an absolute avoidance of all publicity, a disregard, perhaps singular, of public opinion, regarded merely as public opinion, and a profound belief that all great works were best ac complished in the privacy and in the conscience of the individual man. But it was one of the most mysterious dispensations of Providence that the great heroes and heroines of the world— the men and women around whom the praise of men clustered the most fully—the men and women who were held up to our children as examples, and regarded with piety and delight by man kind, were often those who were drawn out of private life by some mysterious process of divine circumstance of which they themselves were the least likely to be con scious. It was thus that Miss Nightingale had been drawn from her privacy into the dusty highway of public fame, and, being there, she was the last person, and she would, in the justice of her mind and the clearness of her intellect, necessarily be the last person who would wish to avoid the new conditions of that publicity, and attempt to combine the advantages of notoriety with the secresy of private station. If Miss Nightingale was a public personage, as a public personage she was ready to stand. She was ready that you should know every thing about her, and investigate to the utmost, as the public bad a right to do, all about her before she re• ceived your good will and acquired your fullest confi dence. It was for this that he and other friends of Miss Nightingale had come there, and because they were ready to speak upon every point that might be necessary for explanation or the removal of any suspicion or mis apprehension as to her position. Their object was to tell the meeting simply what she was and what she had done ; but it was true that, being a woman who had been drawn by a singular circumstance into the sphere of public notoriety, it did become them to be somewhat delicate in investigating the operations of her mind or the peculiarities of her intentions. They could only say that she was a person of the most devout and pious mind ; that her family, on the side of her father and mother, had been non-Dissenters for generations, of the highest respectability, and hold in the greatest esteem ; and, so far as he could learn, she eminently belonged to that church of which the terms of communion were rather good deeds than good words, and whose condi tions of fellowship were rather in definite acts than definite doctrine. (Loud cheers.) She was not held up to notice here, however, because she had merely left a comfortable home and gone to a situation desti tute of all the comforts of life, or because she had abandoned the pleasant condition of her high station in this country, and gone to a place where she bad to work with the meanest and to serve with the low est,--things which women in any station of life were often ready to undertake, and of which we as English. men had a right to be proud,—but it was because with that spirit of devotion, and benevolence she combined in the most remarkable degree the power of command, the power of organisation with the common sense which was ever necessary in the most trying circumstances and on the most exciting occasions. (Hear.) It was !for this reason that, if they believed this work to be a good work and one in which they could co-operate, they should place her at the head of an establishment where she could best give her country the benefit of such ser vices as it was in her power to render. The lion. gen• denials went on to show that no time should be lost in promoting this object, so that the means might be ready to Miss Nightingale's hand immediately on her return, and expressed a hope that the report just telegraphed of peace might be true, so that she might return to this country. (Cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. M. PHILIPS, formerly one of the members for Manchester, moved a committee to carry out the ob jects of the meeting, expressing a high sense of Miss Nightingale's services in mitigating the sufferings and miseries incidental to war. He believed the war to be a just and necessary one. They had determined, re gradless of cost, not to stand by and see the weak op pressed by the strong, and it was a true English feel ing ; and he had no sympathy with those who ap peared to feel so much for our enemies rather than for the sufferings of our own brave warriors. (Loud and repeated cheering.) Mr. BRANDT, judge of the County Court, seconded the motion, and it was adopted unanimously. Mr. HERON, the town-clerk, then read a long list of subscribers of 10 guineas, which includes the names of the Mayor, Mr. Houldswortb, Mr. S. Fletcher, Mr. Kershaw, M.P, Mr. Callender, Mr. Bazley, Mr. Wray, Sir J. Potter, Mr. Souchay, Mr. J. A. Tarner. Sir B. Heywood, Mr. 0. Heywood, Mr. Jas. Heywood, M.P., and other gentlemen. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the Mayor for presiding. other respect ? Do you think that, to Miss Nightie, gale, it.is not a cheerieg thing in the midst of her labours and in the midst of the dangerous illness which she has undergone—au illness contracted in the performance of those laheurs—to see this mark of affection and grati tude to her on the part of the English nation ? In other countries the public recognition of public services is ex clusively in the hands of the Government; but we in England do not intrust to the bands of Government the same powers that other nations do. The Government in other countries is the representation of the country, and the individual is merged in the Government ; but here, on the contrary, we take pride in our system et self-government, and that all the expressions of our feel ing are spontaneous, and that the nation offers, through its individual component parts, the expression of its gra titude. (Cheers.) In other countries Miss Nightingale might be rewarded by honours and distinctions offered by the Sovereign, but here it is fur the people of Eng land themselves to reward low services. Well, those services are to be rewarded ; but how ? Miss Nighten• gale has devoted many yeers of her life—for the work in which she is engaged is not new to her--to the study of hospital treatment. There is, perhaps, no one so con versant, not only with English hospitals, but with hos pitals all over Europe—ay, and even out of Europe—as she is. She has resided fer weeks upon weeks within their walls, herself actively taking part in their duties, and she is, therefore, thoroughly conversant with the whole system. Well, the great object, the great hope of her life has been to have some day the means of found ing an institution which should lay the axe to the rout of the very great evil by which our hospital syetein is contaminated. You have here in MaLchester, 1 believe, a very admirable hospital ; and I have no doubt that you find, even here, with the great means at your disposal, with the perfect organisation you possess, that the great difficulty you have is to get proper nursing attendance fir them. I know that in some of the very best Lon don hospitals it seems almost hopeless to supply this want. You get in the hospitals of England the Illo6t, slsijul and eminent surgeons and physicians—the highest hind of skilled labour ; and that skilled labour is often wasted because it is employed in doing duties which aught to be performed by skilful trained nurses. I my• sell have seen a good deal of the interior management of a county hospital, and there I know that the class from which you have to choose nurses is a class which would he better employed as domestic servants, for they know no more about nursing in hospital than about conic sec tions. They enter the hospital entirely ignorant, mid they learn their duties—how ? By their experience in the hospital, and at the expense of the patients neces sarily. Well, now let me point out what my reason is for saying that if there is one person in England—l care not which sex or what profession be chosen for compa rison—if there is one person in England to whom we ought to intrust with full confidence the conduct of such a reform of this kind, it is Miss Nightingale. Just see hat she has done in the East. Gentlemen have spoken of her self-devotion. Her self-devotion has been great, but not greater than those of the other ladies who ac companied her ; and, mind you, when we talk of a teo timonial to Miss Nightingale, it is to the honour not of Miss Nightingale only, but to the honour of all those ladies—all those persons, of whatever class—who have accompanied her, and rendered her their assistance. (Cheers.) You had ladies going out, you had hospital nurses going out; you had persons of different creeds— Roman Catholics among them, who consented, much to their honour, to put themselves strictly under the guidance and under the comuntud of Miss Nightingale, a Protestant—(hear) —and you had Presbyterians, members of the Church of England, and Nonconfor mists among them ; and I think they have set us an example that we should do well to follow at home. (Cheers.) They did not show their Christianity by quarrelling among themselves as to their different petits to Heaven ; but they forgot those differences in the ceninion object which they had of following the com mands of the blessed Redeemer, and assisting those who are suffering. Well now, recollect in the commence ment of this war, when much that is deplorable took place through the inexperience of almost every owe in the duties they had to perform after a long peace, you had to supply several aesistanees to the army from with out ; but in almost every case you had the means of do ing it from sonic analogous profession and employment at home. You wanted an Army Works Corps ; well, y ou had the whole railway staff to choose from, and a large band of navigators was iintnediately sent out. Yon wanted to make a railway , your civil engineers instantly supplied you with the persons to meet that requirement. But when you wanted nurses for the lies. pitals in the East you had no analogous profession from which to select. In England, to our disgrace be it said, we have not got any profession from which we could se lect persons suitable for nurses. Therefore, Miss Night ingale had to do this—to command a baud of stningers to her, strangers also to one another, and strangers to their duty, and holding different creeds—and she had to amalgamate all that mass together and make it w-ek iu perfect harmony; and then she had this further difficulty —she was introducing an innovation into a military hos pital. Now, I need not say, that perhaps of all institu tions, military institutions are those which, from the habit of long obedience to command, are the most likely to re sent any interference with established usage. They look naturally upon the introduction of a new system as a reproach upon the old system—as an innovation--and Open the person who introduces it almost as an enemy, almost as a spy. Well, all these prejudices Miss Night ingale had to overcome by a nice tact but by great firm ness ; and in no instance—with many on the watch, no doubt, to point out and to cry out at the slightest failure —in no instance has there been any accusation brought against her which can show that her mission has not been attended with complete success. These prejudices are overcome ; all now admit the immense services she has rendered ; and, in the last accounts I have seen of the hospitals in the East, it Las been asserted by no mean authority that there is no London hospital, under the difficulties that have to be encountered ire the East, that cou ld for one moment compare with the hospitals of Scutari.Well, now that for once the Government has got ahead of us, our business is to overtake them, and see if we cannot bring the English hospitals up to the high level that the army hospitals have attained in the East ; and the first thing to be done is to have the means of establishing—of creating ---a profession of nurses. 1 be here come doubts have been expressed as to the mode in which this shall he done. bliss Nightingale, as I hare said before, is thoroughly mistres; of her art ; and if yo u r;;lnt the thing well done, trust me that you cannot do betoor than put it into her hands. Don't shackle arui fetter her by yourselves making minute regulations, which her experience may show to be impolitic or per haps impracticable. You must trust her with all the details and arrangement, and for this reason, that she is more competent than aeyboily else. (Hear.) You have got, to use the slang term of the day, "the right woman in the right place" — (cheers)— an d, having got her, trust her. And trust her—why? Trust her for your own interest, be cause she is the one who will carry out this reform the best: - Trust her for another reason—because the whole grace of your compliment to her consists in the confi -senco the people of England have to place in her, hav ing seen what her talent, her integrity, her self-devotion cm accomplish. (Cheers.) Well, then, supposing, as I do . — for I find on this point but one feeling— that ehe should be the one person to decide the details THE COLDSTREAMS AND SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS. — Orders have been issued for draughts of the Coldstream and Scots Fusilier Guards to hold themselves in readi ness fur immediate embarkation for the East, so as to complete each regiment to 1,000 rank and file exclusive of sick. The Grenadier Guards will not be required to send any, as the 3d battalion in the Crimea numbers 1,030 men, exclusive of sick, orderlies, &c. A LADY PRESIDENT.—A lady is likely to succeed Count Ouveroff as President of the Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg. Two male candidates are in the Noraff, Minister of Public Instruction, and Baron Alodeste de Korff. But the chances arc said to be in favour of the Grand Duchess Helen. One Grand Duchess, Maria, is already President of the Academy of Fine Arts. Once before a woman has been appointed to the office now sought by the Grand Duchess Helen. This was in the days of Catherine the Second, when Princess Dashkoff sat in the chair of learning. ...... " LAURA GAY." A NOVEL. ~ 2 VOLS.—" Laura Gay' is a tale of extraordinary power and beauty. The con struction of the plot is unimpeachable, and the denoue• merit is at once natural and satisfactory. The charac ters of Charles Thornton, the hero, and of the object of his affections, the heroine of the piece, are sketched with gre-it arti s ti c s k i ll. Th e d ea th o f Mrs. Owen is a power ful and graphi c scene , an d the worldliness and want of principle of Mrs. Redford well depicted. The novel of "Laura Gay" will insure the author a high place among English writers of fiction.—Britannia. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING JANUARY 18, 185 6. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Orinoco, Capt. Wilson, transport No. 213, arrived at Southampton from the Black Sea yesterday morning with the follow ing invalids :—Captain the Hon. Keppel, R.N. ; Captain Clayhill, 93d Regiment ; Captain Vyner, Major Olpherts, Lieut. Clarkson, 30th Regiment ; Lieuts. Munsell and Lake, 54th Regiment ; Assistant-Surgeon Rose, Army Works Corps ; Assistant-Surgeon Hyde, Medical Staff ; Messrs S. Peike, Turkish Contingent ; Berry, Heziker, Cann, and Freeman, assistant•engineers, R.N. ; Mr. Craig, from the transport Tynemouth ; 16 invalided troops, and 2 distressed British subjects. The Orinoco left Balaklava, Dec. 28 ; Constantinople, Jan. 1 ; Malta, 6 ; and Gibraltar, 12. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Madrid, which arrived at Southampton yesterday morn• ing with the Peninsular mails, we receive the following items of naval and military intelligence from Gibraltar : Col. J. W. Patten, of the 3d Royal Lancashire Militia, and family, left Gibraltar on the Ist inst. for Cadiz on board the Ligero steamer. After ♦isiting the principal cities in Spain, the gallant eolonel will proceed to England. Her Majesty's screw-steamer Buffalo, from London to the Crimea, arrived at Gibraltar on the 3d inst., after experiencing heavy weather in the Bay of Biscay. The steam-transport Imperador, with the 3d Light Infantry Regiment of the German Legion, from Portemoath to the Crimea, passed Gibraltar on the 3d, and signalled " All well on board." The sailing-transport Pride of the Ocean, from Constantinople and Malta for England, passed through the straits on the 3d inst. The steam transport Charity arrived at Gibraltar from Malta on the 4th, for the purpose of embarking about 200 mules for conveyance to the depot forming at the Dardanelles for the use of the Land Transport Service. The steam•trans port Ripon arrived at Gibraltar from Malta on the 6th inst. She left Balaklava with despatches for Kamiesh on the 18th ult., took in 3 engineers of the Royal Navy at the latter place, and left the same night for Constantino ple, where she arrived at 10 p.m. ; prepared fittings for the reception of the sick, and departed on the 24th, reaching Renkioi on the 26th ; she took in invalids and continued her voyage o❑ the following day ; arrived at Malta on the 30th, resumed her voyage on the Ist inst., and put into Gibraltar on the 6th, on her way to Spit head. On the 3d she passed the Golden Fleece, which left Gibraltar with horses for Constantinople, off Calita; and the Thames steam-transport, from England, bound upwards, off Cape de Gatte. The Ripon left on the morning of the 7th for Spithead. The following is a list of the passenge-s on board :—From Balaklava-- General Dupuis, Royal Artillery ; and Messrs. Hollo way, Marsden, Hood, Young, and Page. From Con stantinople—Lieuterant Byam, Dr. White, Dr, Ed wards, Lieutenant Judman, Assistant-Commissary- General Webb, Dr. Moline, Dr. Denny, Captain Tem ple, 72 military, 12 naval invalids, and 7 others. From Ranktoi—Captain Stratzbenzee, 26 military and 4 naval invalids, 4 men belonging to the Medical Staff Corps, and 7 others, for England ; and Lieutenant Fasting, for Gfaraltar. The Pigmy steamer returned into Portsmouth harbour on Wednesday morning with the Rev. Mr. Berthon's indiarubber mortar raft, which was sunk on Friday last, during the trials of it at Spithead. The party of riggers who went out were unable to recover the mortar itself, or the body of the unfurtunrte man who was drowned. They are to make another attempt for the mortar as soon as the weather and wind will permit. The wind was yesterday blowing a gale at Portsmouth. The mortar is in 111 fathoms of water, and deeply embedded in the sand. The crew of the Exmouth, 90, Capt. H. V. Hall, at Plymouth, bent soils on Wednesday. The steam-ship Brunswick; 90, Capt. H. R. Yelver ton, was taken out of Keyham Docks on Wednesday, towed to the sheer hulk, and masted. She will go into the basin dock at the Devonport yard to be rigged. The screw steam corvette Cossack, 20, Capt. Jae. H. Cockburn, had a new bowsprit put on board on Wed nesday, and was I,e be removed from the basin dock in the Devonport yard yesterday. The gun-boats Bullfrog and Carnation are moored alongside the Arsenal-wharf at Woolwich, to receive their ammunition and sea stores. Their detachment of Royal Marines will likewise embark thence. Her Majesty's steamer Merlin got up steam yesterday morning in Woolwich basin to try her engines. The crew of her Majesty's steamer Vesuvius, Com mander Hoare, were yesterday morning paid down in Woolwich dockyard, and were granted a month's leave during the progress of her repairs, which are being pushed forward, as the services of the Vesuvius are again in tended for foreign operations. The paddle-wheel steamer Dee, Master-Commander Pullen, sailed yesterday morning from Woolwich with machinery and spars for Plymouth. The paddle-wheel stearn-sloop Prometheus, 5, Com mander Selwyn, from Gibraltar, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday evening. The merchant ship Marathon, Captain Shute, 30 days out from Bristol, having been as far as 13 W., put into Plymouth Sound, leaky, on Wednesday. She was bound to Constantinople with about 700 tons of hay, which is so much heated that for Floras days past the crew have been driven from the forecastle to the cabin, and the hatches of the forecastle and the hold, the chain boxes, and every other communication with the cargo have been carefully battened down and covered with tarpaulin, to prevent the hay from bursting into a flame. For some time past the Garrison Hospital, Chatham, has been inadequate to the requirements of the sick of the garrison, and Fort Pitt has accommodated them, in consequence of which the Commandant has ordered a hoard, composed of the Commandant of the Provisional Battalion as president, one captain of the Royal Engi. neers, one captain of tte - ProVlTsional Battalion, and the principal medical officer, to assemble and report upon the best plan for increased accommodation. This day 120 men of the Medical Staff Corps will pro ceed from Chatham to Deptford, in charge of Capt. R. S. Cole, to embark on board the Earl of Aberdeen for Malta and Scutari; and Staff-Captain S.G. Bunbury . has received orders to hold in readiness 60 men to embark in the steamer Clyde when required. The depot of this corps is 400 strong. Some important additions have been made during the last few days to the Royal Artillery Corps at Woolwich by the reinforcement of a strong party of 60 fine young men who volunteered from various militia regiments. 30 stalwart, ablebodied fellows have likewise joined that regiment from Ireland, and wero welcomed at head quarters with hearty cheers. Tho shipwrights and sawyers employed in the con struction of the gun and mortar vessels on the Wear have demanded and received a second advance of wages —the shipwrights 6d. per day extra, making their pay 21. Ss. a-week ; and the sawyers 3d. per hundred, making their pay ss. per hundred feet for oak. The wages at the yards on private works remain the same—viz., ship wrights 6s. per day, and sawyers 4s. 3(1. per hundred feet for oak. There are upwards of 300 men employed on the gun-vessels, four of which are nearly ready for launching. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Geo. P. Rickford, paymaster, to the Centurion ; Wm. W. Parminter, paymaster, to the Sanspareil. THE MILITIA. The Ist Devon Militia Regiment is now stationed at Limerick, having left Newport barracks a short time ago. The head-quarters of the Cardiganshire Militia are to be fixed for Aberystwyth, and proper storehouses are to be provided. The other counties of the Principality have made similar arrangements. The county of Flint has provided for an armoury and storehouse, with orderly and guard rooms, magazine, apartments for the perma nent staff, the whole to be enclosed by a nine-feet wall, and to cover an acre of ground. A sum of 4,0001. has been set aside by the county of Carnarvon for a like purpose, and barracks have just been built there. The counties of Denbigh and Montgomery are also about to provide suitable accommodation for head-quarters. Brecon, Monmouth, and Pembroke are at present pro- vided in the quarters of the Government barracks. Gla morgan, however, is to erect buildings for the county Artillery Militia. SPRING CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES FOR 1856. Yesterday being the first full Thursday, according to a custom from time immemorial observed in each term preceding the circuits, the Judges of the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Plea., and Exchequer, met in the Exchequer Chamber for the purpose of arranging and finally determining the several circuits upon which they ould proceed to hold the General Assize of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery in and for the several counties throughout England and Wales. The following are the arrangements finally agreed upon MIDLAND OIRCIIIT.--Judges, the Right Hon. Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice of England ; and the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Knight, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The assizes to be holden at Oakham, Northampton, Lincoln, Nottingham, Darby, Leicester, and Warwick, NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—Judges, the Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ; and the Hon. Mr. Justice Wightman. Assizes to be holden at Aylesbury, Bedford, Hunting don, Cambridge, Norwich, and Bury St. Edmund's. HOME OIRCIIIT.—Judges, the Hon. Mr. Baron Aid ersen and the Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge. Assizes to be holden at Hertford, Chelmsford, Maid. stone, Lewes, and Kingston-on-Thames. OXFORD CIRCJIT.—Judges, the Hon. Mr. Justice Cresswell and the new Baron of the Exchequer, the Hon. Mr. Baron Bramwell, Assizes to be holden at Reading, Oxford, Worcester, Stafford, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Monmouth, and Glon. center. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Judges, the Hon. Mr. Baron Martin, and the Hon. Mr. Justice Willey. Assizes to be holden at York, Durham, Newcastle, Carlisle, Appleby, Lancaster, and Liverpool. WESTERN CIRCITIT.—Judges, the Hon. Mr. Baron Platt, and the Hon. Mr. Justice Crowder. Assizes to be holden at Winchester, Salisbury, Dor chester, Exeter, Bodinin, and Taunton. NORTH WALES AND CMCSTEIL—Mr. Justice will pro ceed on this Circuit, and meet Mr. Justice Williams at Chester. The assizes to be holden at Welshpool, Bala, Carnar von, Beaumaris, Ruthin, Mold, and Chester for the County and City. SOUTH `'►ALES.--Judge, the Hon. Mr. Justice Y. Williams. Assizes to be holden at Cardigan, Haverfordwest, Carmarthen, Swansea, Brecon, Presteign, and Chester. Mr, Justice Crompton will remain in town as the Vacation Julge. THE AVGELEY POISONING CASES. RUGELEY, THURSDAY. The adjourned investigation into the charge preferred against Mr. S. Cheshire, the postmaster at Rugeley, for opening a letter respecting the results of the analysis of the stomach and intestines of the late Mr. J. P. Cook, was resumed this afternoon at the Talbot Hotel, Ruge ley. before the county magistrates. The facts of the case, and the admission of the accused at the former hearing to the extent that he found the letter lying open in the post-office, and after looking into the letter communicated its contents to Palmer, have already appeared in the papers. The case had been mainly adjourned for the purpose of the examination of Mr. Ward, the coroner, to whom Palmer communicated Dr. Taylor's letter after receiving its contents from Mr. Cheshire. The attendance of Mr. Ward had also been re quested by the bench, in consequence of the evidence given by George Bates at the first hearing, on Thurs day last. In order to a proper understanding of the position in which the coroner is placed, the gist of Bates's evidence may be repeated. It was to the effect that on the Bth December, just prior to the inquest on the body of Mr. Cook, he (Bates) conveyed a letter and a quan tity of game from Palmer to the coroner, and that on the following Thursday Palmer again sent for him, and on his arrival at Palmer's house the latter was in bed ; and he borrowed a Si. note from Mr. Thurlby for Pal mer ; and on his return with the 51., rainier asked him to look inte the looking-glass drawer, and tell him the amount of a note that was there ; that he looked into the drawer, and told Palmer it was 501. ; that he then left the room, in consequence of some one calling upon Palmer, and that on his return to the room, Palmer gave him a letter, and requested him to take it to Staf ford, and deliver it to Mr. Ward, adding, "Take care that no one sees you besides Mr. Ward." He (Bates) went with the letter as requested by Mr. Palmer, and met the coroner near the railway station, on his return from an inquest, when he gave him the letter. At the commencement of the proceedings, Mr. Harwood, the chairman, said—Our meeting here o-day is chiefly to obtai■ evidence from the coroner re specting two letters which he is said to have received from William Palmer on the Bth and 13th of December respectively. Ellis Crisp, inspector of police at Rugeley, said that on Friday last, 11th Jan., he served the coroner, Mr. Win. Webb Ward, with a summons to appear there that day, and produce two letters, named on the face of the summons. Ho said " Very well." Witness served him at the Town-ball, in Rugeley. Thomas Addison, clerk to Mr. Ward, the coroner, was next called, and said he resided with Mr. Ward. That morning Mr. Ward gave him two letters, and de sired him to give them to the magistrates. He said to witness that he could not attend, in consequence of hav ing an inquest to attend that day at Coss-end. The coroner received notice of the inquest on Sunday. A policeman brought it to witness, and he gave it to Mr. Ward. After the inquest at Rugelev was over on Monday, Mr. Ward told witness to fix the inquest at Coss-near-end for that day. The precept was issued the night before. One of the letters given him by Mr. Ward to deliver to the magistrates was directed to the magistrates, and was as follows : " Stafford, Jan. 17, 1856. " Gentlemen,—l send you the letter I received from Bates. I have none other, nor can I give any evidence against Cheshire. If you wish to examine ne on any question relating to William Palmer, would it not be well to do so after the inquiry is concluded now pending on the body of Walter Palmer. I must apologise for my non-attendance to-day, as inquests require my pre. mince elsewhere.—l am, yours obediently, " WILLIAM WEBS WARD. "To the Magistrates sitting at the Post-office Inquiry, at Rugeley." The other letter was directed to " William Webb Ward, Esq." (Letter handed in.) Dr. Harland read the letter as follows, remarking that there was no date to it : "My dear Sir,--T am sorry to tell you that lam still confined to my bed. Ido not think it was mentioned at the inquest, yesterday, that Cook was taken ill on Sunday and- Monday night, in the same way as he was on the Tuesday night, when he died. Tke chambermaid at the Crown Hotel, Masters, can prove this. I also be- lieve that a man by the name of Fisher is coming to prove thab he received money at Shrewsbury. Now here he could only pay Smith 10/. out of 411. ho owed him. Had you not better call Smith to prom this ? And, again, whatever Professor Taylor may say to-morrow, he wrote from London last Tuesday night to Gardner to say ' We and Dr. Rees have this day finished our analyses, and find no traces of eithe strychnia, prussic acid, or opium.' What can beat this from a man like Taylor if he says what he has already said, and Dr. Harland's evidence ? Mind you, I know, and saw it in black and white, what Taylor said to Gardner, but this is strictly private and CONFIDENTIAL, but it is true. As regards his betting book, I know nothing of it, and it is of no good to any one. I hope the verdict to-morrow will be that he died of natural causes, and thus end it.—Ever yours, " WM. P." Dr. Harwood—l believe there was another letter ile manded in the summons, said to have been sent by Pal mer and received by the coroner from Bates on the 13th of December, and bearing upon this question, which has not been sent. Mr. Phillips—Have you brought any other letter from Mr. Ward ? Witness—No ; Mr. Ward denies having received any other letter from Bates than the one he has sent. He denies it positively. George Bates was then recalled, and repeatel the Ptatementa made in hie former examination RS given above. 'He distinctly swore to delivering a letter from Palmer to Mr. Ward on the Bth December, at the Dol phin, on the same day as he took the game from Palmer, delivering it at the office ; and also to delivering a second letter from Palmer to Mr. Ward on the 13th December. He met Mr. Ward coming from the railway station at Stafford, between the station and the Junction Hotel, and it was there ho gave him the letter. Mr. Frantz, a dealer in game at Stafford, deposed to the last witness, Bates, coming to his shop on the Bth December, and giving him a letter from Mr. Palmer. The letter contained an order for some game. He sup plied the game, with the exception of one pheasant, and by the direction of the last witness sent them to the Junction Hotel. Mr. Palmer stated in the letter that they were a present for London. They were booked to Mr. Palmer, and were not yet paid for. George Bates again called, said he received the game at the Junction Hotel, tore off the direction, and re-di rected it to Mr. Ward, as requested by Mr. Palmer. Mr. Harwood said it would now become the duty of the bench to commit the prisoner to Stafford gaol for triai at the assizes. The prisoner was theta fully committed for trial, but was admitted to bail, himself in 1001., and two sureties in LO/. each. A correspondent of the Manchester Examiner says : "It seems to be the prevailing opinion that the applica tion which will be made to remove the prisoner to an other county to be tried, on account of the strong feel ing and prejudice existing in Rageley, Stafford, and the neighbourhood, and which is certainly carried to a great extent, will be successful, and that the trial will take place in London. The people of Stafford loudly protest against this as a violation of what they conceive to he their just rights, and the victualling interest dreads the lose it will sustain if the town is not crowded with visi tors front all parts of the country, who are surd to as semble at the trial." Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S.—MuItsDA Y. No betting worth quoting. CHERTSEY AND SURREY STEEPLECEIASE. Tins DAY (FIUDAY). Entries for the Hack Steeplechase Plate of 301. ; for all horses carrying lOst 71h each. Winners extra. The winner to be sold by auction for 251., kc. (Two miles.) —Jo no sais pas, The Gray, Alpha, lodine, Chertsey Las•, Castoff, The Dodger, Bow Legs, Royalty, Guy Fawkes, Nom de Guerre, Goodlad. The sport commenced at one o'clock. DERBY SPRING MEETING.-FEB. 19. Nominations for the Midland Steeplechase. be published on the 22d inst. Age Hopeless Star Free Trader Jemmy the Black Helen the Fair Teddesley Tom Tinker Peter Simple il, Dangerous Wilrnont Louis Napoleon Louisa ... .. 5 Odiham Nominations for the Handicap Hurdle Race Weights to be published on the 22d inst. Weights to Age Bullfinch Pillaton Stamford Louisa Romeo Kate Kilkenny Boy Tomyris... Teddesley Star of the West ...... Lincoln Mistake Age Age Sally, by Safeguard ......... 5 Nonsuch ..................... a Parchment .... ............ Sandhog ........................ 4 Minerva ........................ 6 Freedom ..................... a Red Rose ..................... 5 The Doctor .................. 6 Claverhonse .................. 6 Gar1and........................ a B eec h Nut 6 The Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. A letter of the Ufa says, that in the Cortes of that day the Minister cf the Interior declanid that the Government had the fullest confidence in the eve . The Minis ter the number of Na tionalene- mies Guard, not only of Ma drid, but of all S p ain, t a e n r d re tl m ia a t rke ord d er th p a ilet everywhere. considering against whom the Government bad to contend, every day passed without disorder ought to be considered a triumph ; but he refused for the pre sent to enter into any details on the affair of the 7th. The Minister of Public Works added that Government did not fear either the machinations . of the Carlists Aragon and Navarre, or the movements of the workmen of Barcelona. Accounts from Stutgard state that the Duchess Henrietta, widow of the late Duke Louis of Wurtem berg and grandmother of the Duchess of Brabant, of the Queen of Hanover, and of the Grand Duchess whe r e Constantine her d o a f ug f h t n te s r s , i a t , h i e s l s e x g a o n n d e e r t o o of pay W h r d e a i, n m goe i e n r gc2 sl u y e i e l n l at o f lC w ir u ch rt e e i m m : ur her a t e ili ; e V r i gS is Hae general e only nera i n son, the t e D be u rg k , e. h A a Austrian ser vice. BANK BET URNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth • Victoria, cap. 32, of the Ayerage Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Cireillation during the Week ending Satur day, the sth day of January, 1856 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemtnitt and Pomfret 9,274 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T, Copeman 3,691 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 30,364 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 34,437 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 9,372 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and C 0.., 22,218 Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 35,929 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb 15,000 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 21,301 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,325 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 7,170 Boston Bank, Boston---Garfit and Co 71,535 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 15,040 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey` 7,166 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co 38,245 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. . . 18,604 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rett, and Co. Bury and - Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 26,595 Bath City Bank, Bath--G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co ... 36,103 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. 10,300 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 67,587 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co 12,226 Bury St. dmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock &Co 16,568 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters 49,360 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co 32,220 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons 22,203 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son 3,337 Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green 17,593 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co 35,228 Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co 48,303 Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock 6,875 City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co 20,033 Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co 65,037 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 9,812 Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S, Evans & Co. 13,193 Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co 36,929 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke _ and Co 8,540 Digs Bank, Diss—Oakes, Finchain, and Co 9,899 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co 76,634 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse &Co 83,416 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co 8,954 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams 44,521 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter' and Co B3, 535 East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 52,170 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford.—Sparrow, Round, and Co 48,368 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 27,236 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co -- Farringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co 7,860 Farnham Bank, Farnham Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. 6,394 Godalxning Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and . _ _ Keen................................................ 4,904 Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. 15,073 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0... 28,521 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford--S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich .Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead —Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co 20,170 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. 18,457 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co 9,031 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co 20,909 Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and 15,250 23,538 21,215 73,138 Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C. Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 29,499 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 30,224 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene -- Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 94,420 Llandovery Bank, Ltunpeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co 22,033 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough -Middle ton and Cradock 7,226 Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Eegis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Recria-Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tan nerand Co ........................................ Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and 50n............... . ....... .............. Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co 18,973 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co 28,872 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co 14,570 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell 24,874 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, andCo Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny & Slocock 20,095 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham mond, and Co 20,001 Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 49,345 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur neys and Birkbeck 97,828 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham. Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co 3,014 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth-Harris and Co. ........................... 16,960 New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and C 0.... 10,110 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-fiamuel Smith and Co. ... . ......................................... 31,151 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry-Groxon and Co Oxford Old Dank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ten bridge-T. H. and S. Beeohing Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W Clinch and Ce. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 48,452 Penzance Bank, Penzance--Bitten and Co 10,901 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-D. Yorke and Cso. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest--J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and C 0...,, 11,220 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Mandy, and Co. .......... ........... . Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co 1,483 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Reyds, 9,125 4,835 52,962 38,534 32,070 11,589 3,358 - and Co. . . ......... . .... . ... .... ... ... 4,390 Rochester, ........' and Strood Bank, Rockes ter—Day and Nioholson 9,641 Reysbon ti an x, Royston-7Ferdhaat and Sons 18,960 Rum Boat, Rugby—A. Butlia and 1140 9,222 Rye lank; e rosin* alai C. 444 16 ,275 Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—Jsx. 15. The market well supplied with fat beasts to-day, and the quality generally good, especially those from the North of England. A good demand for the best quality—inferior a heavy sale. The number of sheep large, but the demand fiat. The supply of pigs not so large, but fully maintain ing last week's prices. Fat calves are scarce. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 64c1; mutton, 6,id to 7d ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 7d tc 74,1 per lb. ; pigs, 9s 6d to lOs Od per score P • rough fat, 680 i to Vs per 141 b. ; hides, 4,1 d to Sid per lb; calf-skins, *I t.) 51 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-JAN. 16. We had a large supply of grain to-day. Sales brisk, and higher prices, except foi beans. Wheat, on the top, 8s 6d up, and on the average 741 up. Barley, on the top, 6d up —average, 1d up. Oats on the top is 4d up—average, is ld up. Beans on the top is up—the average, 10d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £3 18 3 6-12ths. Do. new -12ths. Barley Oats 1 9 5 5-12ths. Beans -12ths. BRISTOL-JAx. 17. The improved feeling has been continued, and during the week an advance of from 2s to 33. per qr. on wheat, and of 13 on barley, has been obtained. Tie telegraphic news of an immediate peace received this day has completely para lysed the market, and there is a general indisposition to operate amidst the doubt, which makes prices nominal. Prices :—Wheat, English new, 761 to 82s ; ditto, old, Vs to 81s per qr.; foreign red, extra, 84e to 86e per 4801 b; fine, 82. to Ms. Flour, English seconds, 58e to 614 per sack. Barley, malting, 411 to 4{s per qr. ; grinding, 38s to 40s per 4001 b. Oats, 253 to 26s • Irish white 20s to 31s; black, 263 to 26. 6d. Beans, 48s to 52. per qr. ; foreign, 42. to 40e per 4801 b. BOSTON—JAN. 16. A large attendance to-day of farmers and dealers, and an immense supply of wheat, with a fair quantity of other grain. Wheat sold at an advan'e of is to 2. per qr. on last week's rates. Barley and oats 6d to is, and beano and peas is to 2. dearer. Prices :—Wheat, red, 66s Od to 80. Od; white, 80. Od to 82. Od; extra, 85s Oil. Barley, 38s 0(1 to 40s Od. Oats. 23s to 31s. Beans, 41. Od to 40. Od. Peas, 40 to 46s Oa. per qr. NEWARK-JAN. 16. A good supply of grain of all kinds to-day, and a full attendance of farmers. Wheat met a ready sale, at fully 20 advance. Barley is dearer, Other grain as before. Wheat, white 86s to 90s ' red 82s to 86s; barley, malting 38s to 425, grinding 36s to 38s; oats, 24st. 3418 to 38e, 22st, 30s to 338 ; beans, 52s to 56s ; malt —s to --a ; peas, Os to 508; tares, —s to —s per qr. SEABORNB MAILS. etimitles that the malls are sent from the (#eneral ree44/111e. by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when ramie in Trona what When in General Post- Port dn. 'n Office, London.* Dispateheo &whin& •••••.....••••• A.merica(byllrit.packlisi Every Frida, .merles. (by United Sts., Liverpool < . Jan. 14 ! packet) • • • B.merica (by ~ U.• •• •• • Liverpoo; I lan. 8 States packet) .........".N •• •• •• • Southamnt, Jan. 26' Australia (via South ampton) ••••• ••• • • • • Southamptot. Ditto (via Marseilles) N •• • ..... •• • Dover . Ditto (via Capo of Good i HOPS) •• •• •• •• •• ••A • • ***** •• • • Uncertain Africa (West Coast) . .N .23d of the month .. Plymouth 6 A exandria.......... N 13 , 9 , 24, & 30 of nt. D over Alexandria..........DC 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton t Bahama _34 ,17th of the month Soothamptor Belgium .......... WIWI,' •••••• • • • • • • Dover .... Malty m m o o n n t th h. ... Brazil lb ° oi l t th h S S o ° t u n t h ! Tim m is P t t o ° n r. j Ja an n . Buenos Ayres ........ . Ib Cape of Good llope ..N Various port 'Uncertain Cape of Good Elope ..N Cap do Verde 9th of the month Southamptob Jaa. 15 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon. ..... ........ N Channel Isles .. . N Mon oWedo&Frltl. Southampton Tn.Th.Pat Chi1i................ M 1 2 ,1 & 17th or month Southampton,, China 'Once a month.... Jan. 10 Constantinople ...... t515,13,18,23,&2a otni Dover Constantinople & 20th of mon. Southampton Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover .. Twieedailt Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice daily.... • . Dover „ Teoceosl3/ Gibraltar .. 4,7, 17, 20, 27 •f m Southampton Greece (see India) Groytown ..........M ,2 od & 17th of mon. Southampton Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday:London ..... G manna h „. m !2nd of the month! ,Southampton 'Jan. 11. Holland 'Dover ,Delte Honduras .......... M I Ulta ; the Month.' Southamptonll6thotmen India (viaSouthampt.)M '4th k 20th of mon. Plymouth .. Jan. 10 India (via Marseilles)M ,9th&2tith of month Dover lonian Item (see India)l 7 , 17, & 27 of mon Dover...." , Ireland ........M & N 'Twice daily 1101; head ...ITwhrodoil I Li5b0n......., ' 7 , 9, 1 7, & 2 7 of in. Southampton Jan. 15 Made i ra of the mouth ISonthamptoo Madeira • y•; ,23d of month • • .. Liverpool ... Malta (see India) l u ta &28 of mon. Dover I Jan. 28 btaurit ins (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month ji m i cn 2nd of the month.. ,SonthamptejJan. 1 ,sthlsth2sthefmon.lDover N ew G rana d a ▪ & 17th of month Iflouthampton Now Zealand private slip .. Various port, tracert 111, Papal States sthlsth2hthofmon. Dover raainania . 19 thl7 th 27 thonnon. South ampton P orn•• 74 id & 27th of mon., , Southamptoo Port Natal Hy private ship.... Various ports Uncertain Sicily „ stlith th2sthottnon, Dever Tuscany Sthllith2sthofinon. Dover y encz „ eis id& 17th of month i slouthatnpton 1 &if me Van Diemen's T•and (set Australia) West Indies „ hi& 17th 01 ntontb,SouthaMpten ' l & 16 utos & mos When any of those dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will Iv de' gpatched on the following day, with the eaceptioa of the India (vie Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be deepatelt,4 the preceding day. 811 ARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17. -- - STOOK EXCIIANGE.—The tone of the market has been very good to-day, and prices have advanced in many in. stances upwardA of three per cent., closing very firmly. —London and North Westerns 97 7t A—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 79 4 981 P 9 —Caledonian, 28 8k Midlands. 65i 664 f 6,4—Eastern Counties, 81 13. 9d. —South Eastern, 17i 16s. 3d., 18 174 18 s . 9d. k Manchester, S heffield, and Lincoln, 241 4 4. MANCHESTER, JAN. 17. STOOK EXCIIANGE.—The market to-day has been doing a good business, and prices are considerably improved, ow' ing to the peace rumours. Leeds, 78i—Great Western of Canada, 26—London and North Westerns, Na—Great Northern A, 94—Dovers ' 17 11 . 16 Midl a nd s , 66-- Manchester, Sh e ffi e ld, and Lincoln, 244—Blackburn, 5 -- Ditto, Pref., 154—Dutch Rhenish, par.—Great Weston', 551—Great Luxembourg, 4i. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho tone of the market Will yell much improved to-day, and business was more :Lairs. Birmingham and Stour Valleys were done at B—Great Western Birmingham Guaranteed Stock at 69—Ditto, Pref. shares, 91—Midlands closed at 66g. DUBLIN, JAN. 16. STOOK EXCIIMGE.—Three per Cent. Console, 87 874- -- Ditto for Account, Feb. 7,‘ 87 i—New Three per Cent. Stock, 874 4 4—Ditto, for Account, 7th Feb., 871 4-- Great Southern and Western, ' 51+—Killarney Junction (for account). 7Z—Dublin and Belfast Junction (501. pd.). 45—Bank Stock, 218 Consumers' Gas Company, 8 — Dublin and Wicklow (for account), 5$ #.—Dnblin and Drogheda, 58—Mining Co. of Ireland, for account, 13 x —Waterford and Limerick, 5 per cent. Pref. (501. paid) , 424. The will of the late Alderman Lawrence has been sworn iinder 50,0001. personalty. Among the legatees are—Sir Andrew Vincent Corbett, Bart., 9,0001.; Danis Caroline Eliza Campbell, of Dover, 2,000/. ; M r . Gee. Probyn, of Bryanston-square, 30,000/. ; Mr. William Pigott Lee Buckle, of Cleveland, 10,0001.: Mr. Henri Penny, banker, Yeovil, 16,0001. ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY.—A desperate attsnspt was made on Tuesday morning to rob the bank of Messrs. P. and W. Hancock, of Wiveliscombe. The burglars effected an entrance, forced open a door, seve ral drawers, an d one i ron s a f e , but found the trout room impenetrable. They only succeeded in stealing between 3/. and 41.. left in a private ti 4. It is believed that four persons were concerned in this robbery. BIRTHS. OP A EON. On the 16th inst., at 5, Stanhope•place, Hyde-park, the wife of Hall Rokeby Price, Esq. On the 16th inst., at 41, Harley-street, the wife of the Rev. G. A. Oddie. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 16th inst., at 13, Cavendish-square, the Duchess of Manchester. On the 17th inst., at Lower Tulsa-hill , Mrs. Henri Butler. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at St. Mary, Newington, Robert Barnes,E sq ., of the Ad m i ra lt y, to Janet, second surviv i n g daughter of John Easthope, Esq., of the Admiralty, So" merest House. On the 15th inst. at High°liff Church, in the parish of, Christchurch, Hanes, Edward Charles Wind sor , E sq ., o f Mallow, co. Cork, to Caroline, second daughter of Lieut.- Col. Cameron, K.H., late of the Grenadier Guards, of Rea House, Hampshire, DIED, On the 14th inst., at 24, Queen Anne-street, William Ash, Esq., of the Office of Woods, &a., aged 64. On the 14th inst., at Clifton, Captain F. R. Coshlan, R.N., aged 62. On the 14th inst., Francis Woedgate, Esq., of West bourne -terrace, Hyde-park, and Under River, Kent, aged 8,5, On the 13th inst., at Morningion-orescent, Ambrose Smith, Esq., aged 81. On the 14th inst., Miss Vivensh, of Caine, Wiltshire. On the 16th inst., at Leeds, the Rev. Jonathan Croic ther, aged 62. On the 17th inst., i❑ Clifford-street, Clara, wife of A. E. Faller, Esq., M.P., of Rosehill, Sussex, aged 78. On the 16th inst., at Rugby, George Barrie, Req., aged 72. On the 24th Nov. last, at Mean Meer, Lahore, Lieut. Charles A. 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