The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

ADMIRAL SI n EDMUND LYONS AT CHRISTCHURCH. Yesterday, at noon, Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons was presented, in public, with au address of congratulation by the inhabitants of Christchurch, Hampshire, on the occasion of visiting that town, of which he is a native, and where he was born on the 21st of Nov., 1790. The gallant admiral, accoinpauied by some of the members of hie family, arrived at Winktoo, in the immediate vicinity of the town, the residence of Admiral Walcoit, his cousin, on the afternoon of Sunday, and remained there over night. Shortly before 12 o'clock yesterday he proceeded in an open carriage, in the company of Ad miral Walcott and Mrs. and the Misses Walcott, under an escort of ler men, furnished by the Royal Horse Ar tillery, in command of Mr. Torriano, and preceded by a band of musie, to a platform erected in the centre of the town, where the ceremony of presenting the address was to take place. Lord Aethidel and Surrey, the sonain-law of Sir Edmund, Lord Maltravers, his grandson, Mr. Bickerton Lyons, his son, Mr. Algernon Lyons, his fl a g -lieutenant, and the Rev. Mr. Mackenzie Walcott, also formed part of the campany. The day was singularly auspicious, the neighbouring gentry for miles round were attracted to the scene, and the town presented an almost endless series of banters and triumphal arches. On arriving at the hustings -admiral WALCOTT pro ceeded to present the address to Sir Edmund. He sa id —ln doing so, he had to offer a tribute of admiration on the part of the inhabitants of that town and neighbour. hood, and which was in itself the echo of the acclama tions of his country. (Cheers.) They now stood side by side in a position which they never could have ex pected to occupy when as boys they trod the streets of Christchurch. He (Admiral Walcott) could not but re collect the anecdote related of agreat and most successful commander, that in the height of his eminence he never could be prevailed upon to forego the sight of his father's house, lest he should loose the object of his eyes and the memory 6f his childhood. He (Sir Edmund), by his presence among them that day, showed that he participated in the same feeling. Born in the same month, natives of the same hamlet, reared in the same school, and serving their country i n th e sam e profeasion —these were no orinary ties, and they could both tes tify that they had cemented, through, many years of life, a fraternal affection, unbroken by absence and deepened at every meeting. Time would he the best commender ori e ls (Sir E. Lyons') public acts. No words he (Ad mirt3 Walcott) could utter would be deemed the expres sion of a too partial regard, when the annals of England would record him his country's friend, who showed that the way to peace lay, not in seeming desires to avoid war, but in making that demonstration of firmness and resolve which was the most certain means to hasten its coming and better its conditions. (Cheers.) The gallant Admiral then read the address, which congratulated Sir Edmund on revisiting the scene of his birth after an eventful life, spent chiefly abroad in the service of his country. It also related his rise, step by step, iu his pro fession until he succeeded to the eommand of the . Eng lish fleet in the Black Sea, and how among other ex ploits, without th e l oss o f a single ship or a single life, he succeeded in conveying the army -from Varna and landing it in the Crimea, where again he performed essential service to the country by the unanimity of his co-operation with the land forces, by the emulation he inspired, and the example he gave, and by the cordiality of his intercourse with our allies. It likewise compli mented him for the heroic devotion which he breathed nto the officers and stamen of the fleet, whom he never ed but to victory, as at ICertch and Kinbourn. The ailing of the address was frequently interrupted by the acclamations of the crowd. The Earl of MAL3IEBUURT then addressed the meeting in a speech of seine length, is which he recounted in de tail the various public services rendered by Sir Edmund in the course of his life, and eulogised his gallantry while in'aommand of the fleet in the Black Sea. Sir E. LYONS approached the front of the hustings and was received with a rouiel of enthusiastic cheering. He said, he must, in the first piece, express his deep re gret for the inconvenience which they had experienced from the postponement of his visit ; but, as had been already explained to them, that had arisen from circum stances which were beyond his control. The gallant ad miral, whom be was proud to call his friend and relative, had apprised him of their kind intentions towards him, and he had naturally thought of some expressions in which to convey to them his deep sense of the honour proposed to be conferred upon him. But their surpass ing kindness and the enthusiastic weloome they had given him had gone straight to his heart and filled it with grateful feelings, and he candidly confessed he could not remember anything he intended to have said. He must, therefore, ask them to allow him to express his emotions spontaneously as they arose. (Cheers.) Ile was anxious to say to them, what he felt most deeply, that this was to him the proudest and most interesting day of a some what eventful life. To feel as he did a man must have been abroad and employed in the service of his country for nearly 30 consecutive years. Ho must have returned, as he did now, not only to hie native country, but to his native town, the place of his birth and 'the scene of his childhood, where everything be saw around him was asso ciated with his earliest and 'dearest recollection,. Bat, above all, such a man must ,feel, as he did now, the hearty and generous welcome; for which he was now im perfectly endeavouring to-thank them, and which lie should cherish to the latest hour of hie lite. He could assure them that both soldiers and sailors, officers as well as men, who were abroad in their country's service, were sustained by nothing so much me by the approbation of their countrymen at home ; and he could conscientiously say that the proud gratification which he experienced would be shared by thousands now under his command in the Mediterranean. The compliment they were now eying him would he reflected on every man in the fleet, and he was quite sure that on the day when they received the news of the welcome given by the people of Christchurch to himself one common sentiment of gra titude would animate the whole of them. (Cheers.) [The emotion of the gallant admiral for a moment stifled his utterance.] He was not aeharaed—far from if—to con fess his inability adequately to express all he felt on this interesting occasion. He should be something less than man if he was not sensibly affected by the scene before him. To express what he felt in words was utterly im possible, and he would only add that, although the cor dial welcome they had given him would vibrate on his ears but once, it would dwell oil his memory for ever. (Loud cheers.) The company then repaired to the King's Arms Ho tel, where luncheon was prepared, and at which Lord Malmesbury presided. The cloth having been removed and the usual loyal toasts drunk, The GELAIRIIAN gave "The health of Admiral Sir Ed mund Lyons and the heroes of the Crimea- and the Black Sea." He said, in doing so, they would recollect the position of England when this war begun, and he trusted the people of this country had deduced a lesson and a warning from the events of the last two years, and had resolved that England should never be in such a position again. At the outbreak of the war, he spoke with a knowledge of the facts when he said that at one period this country stood upon a volcano. Since the close of the last war successive Governments had neglected to keep up the armaments of the country, and he believed that none of the gentletneu who composed those Govern ments could throw stones at one another, for all had like neglected their duty. They neglected it, moreover, tlespite the repeated warning and advice of the greatest man of the age—the Duke of Wellington ; and as he went down to the grave full of honours and of years, he sat down in sullen silence, scary of warning and weary of giving advice. In 1852, Nilsen he (Lord Malmesbury) bad the honour to hold office, it came to his knowledge that in this country, surrounded as it was by nations, not perhaps its enemies, but many of them envious of its great nee., we were in this position—that, with respect to the artillery—he would quote only one instance —there were not .50 guns fit for service. That, he believed, was also recently stated by Lord iffirdinge, the Conamander-in- Chief. But that was not all. The carriages 'of those guns were in such an imperfect state that, at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, when it was necessary that an escort of 17 guns should . attend his obsequies as a deceased field-marshal, it 'erns some considerable time before that number could be found in a sufficient state cf repair to travel safely the requisite distance over the streets of London. 'lt was not Governments so muci as the people themselves who were to blame for such a state of things. If they were again deceived by those who spoke or wrote volumes on false economy the same thing would happen again, and at a time, perhaps, when they might not have a strong and faithful ally, by whose valour and co-operation they alight be enabled to brave the world in arms. Such was the state of this country when the war begen, yet, by the extraordinary exertions of our o ffi cers, soldiers, and seamen, in °0 months we had reduced the colossal power of Ruesia to a point of humiliation which we never could have ex pected to attain in so short a period. He sincerely trusted that the services of the army and navy would not aea'n be require?. He hoped th e peace which was about to be made would be a statesmanlike peace, and one which England could not only conclude with honour to herself. but accept as a guarantee for security in the future. From the beginning there seemed to have been the greatest confidenc e reeosed in Sir Edmund Lyons, and yet lie must have had moments of deep anxiety a n d greet trouble. We hardly did justice in this country to men whom we sent forth t o fi g ht our ene mies, c h arge d as they were with immense responsibility, and subjected sometimes to an amonnt of fatigue and privation which we could scarcely imagine. The position of such teen was difficelt and painful. It was no t a ll honour and glory with them They must have many sleepless nights and many harassing days of mental fatigue and exertion. They had, too, occ asiona ll y t h e ignorant calumny of some - and ths personal . pique and cruel jealousies of others to contend with and to re s i s t , such ad verse i n fl uence s required a stoutheart and a ceo fident reliance that justice would be done at last. B ut it wanted no small ansoun% of fortitude to support a man under such circumstances and such cruel attacks, and without that fortitude a weak man might believe that ell the world and all destiny were against him. They might look forward to etistinctions and decorations such as had been accorded to the gallant and distinguished officer at his side --they might hope that temporary fail ures might he in future turned into great victories ; but all those considerations would scarcely support them. The only consolation they could have in moments like those was an approving conscience, which should say to them, as he said now to his gallant friend " Von have dene your duty." (Cheers.) , The toast. was drunk with amen:m..l6n. A denim! Sir EDMUND LYONS said,--Nry lords, ladies, and gentlemen, you have (lone ins the honour of aseoci at:og my name with the names of those who have dietin guiebed theniseves in the Crimean Campaignyou. only vr:s'n that f felt myself deserving of the prais }rave so kindly bestowed upon me. But a ll 1 pretend td' en honest and earnest desire to do my d uty to my Severe' to ancl my eorentry to t!se best of my h um bl e ability. (rehears.) The feature of the I reseet - Tar is such as to afford but few opportunit'es to fieets or large ships to take any prominent or distinguished part. In the Black Sea the Russian fleet has been self-annihilated, p l and we had the mortification of seeing their ships of war sunk beneath the waves by their own hands instead of by lour broadsides. In the Baltic, again, the enemy's fleet has lain at anchor, secure under the shadow of their own granite walls and stupendous batteries. The command ers-iuchief in the Baltic have had to report many daring and successful exploits performed by the officers and men under their command, and 1,. on my part, have had the satisfaction of reporting what ha taken place in the Sea of Azoff, where I think I may say, without any fear of contradiction, and with perfect safety, that the exertions of the commanders-in-chief have been seconded by as gallant a hand of young officers as ever went forth in the service of their country. And here, perhaps, it may not be irrelevant to say that, in the course of onr expedition there, a letter was intercepted from the Em peror, in which his Imperial Majesty emphatically de clared that he would almost as soon see the allies in his palace at St. Petersburg as in the Sea of Azoff. I should be ungrateful if I did not on this occasion acknowledge the good service of the officers and men under my com mand, which showed itself in nothing more than in a hearty co-operation with the army. They conveyed the troops to the shores of the Crimea; they landed them there ; they supplied them with food and materiel to carryon the siege for 11 months; nor was their sympathy ever wanting in the hour of sickness and suffering ; and thus was fostered that kindly feeling between the two services which has from time to time brought forth such good fruits during this memorable, campaign. We saw from the decks of our ships the battle of the Alma. General Bosquet, with the French division, passed al most within hail of the Agamemnon, and anything finer than his attack on the enemy's lines could scarcely be conceived. We saw the British army ford the Alma and form on the opposite bank under cover of the ar tillery, which on that occasion, as on all others, peculiarly distinguished them F elves throughout the Crimean campaign. We saw them also capture the position of the enemy, whioh the Russians thought im possible to be carried by any troops in the world. We saw them advance to the attack, and so striking was that movement that Gen. Caurobert, at that time second in command of the French army, told me afterwards that he could only compare it to an English red brick wall supernaturally lifted up from the ground and pro pelled forward, so steady, so unwavering, and so irresis tible was:that attack. (Cheers.) I saw likewise the charge at Balaklava, aud, however that may be criticised in a strategical point of view, I believe that it will go down 'to history . ati one of the finest and most brilliant cavalry charges that was ever made since the world began. (Cheers.) No man could have seen that chivalrous ac tion, as I did, without feeling proud of his country, and grateful to the gallant band who engaged in it. At the battle of Inkerman, again, I had a closer view of that memorable conflict. On that day great and heroic deeds were performed. Each man in the French and English army fought as if the fate of the battle and the honour of the Allies depended on his own individual exertions. Aci great and glorious were the results, and I should think of it to the end of my days with the greatest plea sure and satisfaction, did there not come with it the alloy of the battle-field ; but that is the natural and insepar able concomitant of war. We saw, too, from the decks of our ships the final attack on Sebastopol, in which, however, a violent gale of wind prevented us taking part. We saw all the alternations of the struggle of three hours which terminated so triumphantly for the allies. We saw the French rush out from their trenches into the Malakoff. We also saw their attack on the Little Redan, where, after performing prodigies of va lour' they were unable to maintain a position. The at tack on the Great Redan was to some extent concealed from our view by the intervening bills, but I am well acquainted with the position and the circumstances of the attack ; and here I may perhaps be permitted to say in reference to it, that while ourbrave allies, the French, favoured by the nature of the> ground and protected by the fire of the English batteries, were enabled to carry their say within 30 or 40 yards of the Malakoff, it wai Lot so with oar troops. Every step they took was en filaded l'y the enemy's batteries, and they were unable to approach nearer than from 220 to 240 yards of the Great Redan. Nevertheless,- our troops, when called neon, rushed out . cf the trenches to the attack, and although decimated, and mote than decimated, in their passage across the intervening ground, they succeeded in effecting a lodgment in the battery. and would probably have retained it, but they found that, unlike the Malakoff, which was closed all round, the Redan was open in the rear, and thus the enemy was en abled to pour in an overwhelming b ,dy of troops, and so to recover the position as often as ft was wrenched from them. There is another c'rcumstance, also, which is not generally known, but the truth of which I assured my self by asking Gen. Neil the other day in Parie. When the French made their unsuccessful attack on the 18th of June, it was d'scovered afterwards that they had only spiked the em my's buoy imperfectly, which in their retreat were may ;idab'y turned upon our allies. A more politic e order on this subject was subsequently issued, and on the fith of September all-the gins in the Redan were too effectually spiked by the English, and thus ren dered useless to i Gael the advance of the enemy's hordes from the rear. It was utterly impossible to withstand the overpowering numbers that rushed in. But I glory in being able to say that never was British courage more conspicucusly displayed than on that day. The example of the gallant Walston], who fell gloriously in the action, and ct the bum Hsndcock 2 who was killed at the head of his corps, will never be forgotten ; still less that of Gen. Windham, who amid a shower of bullets, and, as if be bad a charmed life, st )od on the ramparts, urging on his men to the attack. It may be said of them, as Lord St. Vincent said to Lord Nelson after hie temporary want of success in his attack with gun-boats on Boit. logne :—" It is not in mortals to command success, but you have done more, you have deserved it." The re- , suit of all these heroic deeds is that the allies stand on vantage ground on the eve of negotiations. If these nezotiations terminate in a safe and honourable peace, and comprise effectual guarantees for insuring its per manence, then all the objects of the war will be at- tained. But we must not forget the proverb---" Si via paean. para bellum." Thera will be no relaxation on our parts in preparing for a continuance of the war, so that, if the enemy will not • listen to reason and shall prevent peace being made, we may look confidently, through the blessing of God and a righteous cause, to another glorious campaign. (Cheers.) My lords and gentlemen, I have spoken hitherto of the horrors and glories of war. I would now venture to mention an episode in the last campaign of a character that will come home to the hearts . ot ;a persons residing in Hamp shire and this immediate neighbourhood with peculiar interest. I speak of the benevolent acts of Miss Night ingale and of the ladies with whom sbe has been associ- ated in her work of mercy in the East. (Cheers.) - I speak with knowledge of the facts when I tell you that it has fallen to the lot of but few women to do the good that they have done. To dilate on those acts would be suralluotis ; no tongue can do justice to them ; but I trust they are registered in Heaven, as I know they are engraved on the hearts of thousands of their country- men. (Loud cheers.) I hope you will do me the justice to believe that it is impossible for any man to feel more sensible than I do of the honour which has been paid to me, not only in this room but out of doors, and I shall return to my command with an increased desire, if that Ire possible, to do my duty. (Cheers.) Several other toasts were drunk and responded to, and, on the separation of the company, Admiral Lyons returned to the resitlmce of his relative, Admiral Wal cott. CORN.—The increasing expectations of peace caused the cons market to be extremely dull yesterday morning at the decline of Monday last. MIDDLE Teuree.-11ilary Term, Jan, 'ed.—The un dermentioned gentlemen w e re thi s day called to the de gree of the utter Bar by the hon. society of the Middle Temple :—Robert Marshall Straight, Esq., Maury Gaw tress, Esq., John Dickie, Esq., Queen's College, Cam bridge ; Thorras Henry De r bi s hi re , E sq ., Wm. Thomas linage, Esq., 13. A., Trinity-hall, Cambridge ; Thomas Eyre Foakes, E.g., Henry Gardner, Esq., mid John Richard Andrews, Esq. ALARMING COLLUSION ON THE SOUTH JUNCTION AND ALTRINCEAM RAILWAY.--A collision occurred on this line of railway on Saturday night, which fortunately, though alarming in its character, was not attended with any very serious results. It should be understood that the main line of this.railway in the South Junction line, and that at the Oxford-road Station a siding, the length of the platform, receives the trains from the Altrincham line, which are shunted upon the main line by points some 80 yards from the station. At the last train at night, it is the duty of a porter at the station to relieve the regular pointsman at this place. On the starting of the last train from Manchester on Saturday night, at 11 o'clock, the porter, on hearirg the accustomed signal of three steam whistles from the engine driver, ran out of the station to turn the points, but unfortunately he turned the wrong ones, by which means the train, when not more then 40 or 50 yards from the station, and advancing at the rate of about two miles an hour, ran into the en gine of a goods train which was waiting to come for ward towards Manchester, when the passenger train bad passed. The c arr i ages o f t h e l atter tra i n were tolerably well filed with passen gers , an d it b e i ng th e l as t S a t ur d ay n i g h t train, the greater part of them were thrown off the it seats h by the collision and some 6 or 8 were more or less perky, who urt. Among these Mr. and Mrs. Rogerson, farmers', Tim eve‘r,F, travelling_ in . a . third-class oar!. g , sad m rs i : l rt r . og n e o r g sn e u rs r o e n ne r i e v c e e d iv s e o d somese ia e were injured. in ow the iin knee ; yere hu a r b t the head as to induce concussion of the bra i Mrs. Palmer, of Sale Moo r , was also severely n. hurt, and it was necessary to detain b o th those ladies in Manchester till yesterday (Sunday.) Mr. and Mrs. Rogerson proceeded to their home in the afternoon of yesterday con,iderablY better. Mrs. Palmer, who wa s conveyed to Foulke,s's Temperance Hotel, Piccadilly, was in a state of collapse on Satu r d a y n i g ht, but last eveni ng s h e was a goodeal better. Mr. Gaskarth, spirit dealer, Alt rinchatti, re ceived a smart blow on the forehead, and a broken nose ; a lady from Timperley or Sale, whose rame was not known, received a flesh wound over tLe eye ; and a servant man of Mr. George Smith's, of rnapetley, was hurt about the knees. There were several black eyes and other bruises among the passengers, but nothing else of a serious description. Mr. Peter Moyle, surgeon, Lever -greet, who resides at - Vernon Lodge, Sale Moor, was in the train, and be rendered prompt assistance to the sufferers ; and Dr. J. G. Harrimon, of Piccadilly, was sent for, ar.d immediately attended, and took every care of the injured persons. Most of the passengers proceeded by the train to eilltrie chain about midnight. The porter who acted as points man has only been a few months in the service of the conepatay e and was not sufficiently acquainted with the, duties assigned to hint. Had the train been going at the ordinary railway speed, when the collision occurred, the consequences would have been of the meet serieet and fatal dedcripticlt. wriliZieloster 0:;22-t";34 FE,. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1856, Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's pa'ldle-wheel steamer Spitfire, Captain Spratt, was admitted into the basin at Woolwich on Sa turday from the Mediterranean, having been in commission four years and a-half, during which time she has been principally engaged in surveys, and has rendered some important services in that capacity. Her machinery will have to be refitted, and she will likewise require a thorough repair, after which she is to continue her surveying operations in the Mediterranean. The Spitfire is one of the steamers which was in constant attendance on and preceded the fleet for the purpose of carrying on soundings, ac., in the Black Sea. Lieutenant Mansell, of the Spitfire, has commissioned the Tartarus, which will be ready for service in a few weeks. She has been ordered to the Mediterranean, and will take out the officers and crew of the Spitfire to join the Medusa or Medina, one of the latter ships being intended to prosecute the surveys in con junction with the Tartarus. The Spitfire is to be paid off on Saturday next. The Coquette, lately launched from the shipbuilder's yard at Blackwall, and commissioned by Master-Com mander Risk, was received into basin at Woolwich on Saturday to be fitted for sea. She is to be manned with six 32 pounders and two pivot guns. A new gun-boat, the Griper, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning from Messrs. Scott Russell's, and is to be rigged and fitted with despatch. The Admiralty yacht Master-Commander Allen, entered Woolwich basin yesterday. The screw-transport Northumberland, No. 51, arrived yesterday morning off Woolwich Arsenal from Deptford, having s hipped the greater portion of her cargo t h ere. She has room for about 30 tons of ammunition and other stores, which she has commenced embarking at Wool wich, and will most probably leave to-morrow for Greenhithe and Balaklava. The strength of the British navy at the present time is as follows : 38 screw line-of•battle ships, 25 heavy screw frigates, 61 powerful screw corvettes, 4 screw floating batteries, 7 screw troop frigates, 19 heavy paddle frigates, and 67 various paddle corvettes. Total, 221 Oar old sailing frigates of 42 and 46 guns are conver tible to screw mortar frigates, and the oldest to shell magazines, as the Fox, &c. ; our splendid merchant navy—such as the Peninsular and Oriental Company, the Royal West India Mail Packet Company, the Cunard line, the General Screw Company, Green's, Wigram's, Smith's, and others, with hundreds of light draught screw merchant steamers, would be available for Govera ment service in two mouths. The screw gun-boats arrive at Portsmouth daily from the eastern yards. We understand they are to anchor in line at Spithead, preparatory to commencing practical evolutions in a sham attack upon the liners and forts, as well as target practice whilst under weigh. They can have no better sport than trying their skill at one of our old hulks to be moored inside the Nab Light, and see what they can do at 1,000 yards range, as well as a little rifle practice at the same time, having some dam. miss on the hammock nettings to represent the enemy, and then a little reward for the best shot. The London, 90, Capt. A. Kuper, was paid off on Saturday at Deyonport, and will be re-commissioned, Capt. Jarvis, as store-ship for the Baltic. The Nile, 90, screw, Capt. G. R. Mundy, will b e taken out of Keyham basin on Wednesday next. The Cossack, 20, screw, Capt. J. H. Cockburn, went out of harbour , yesterday. The 99th Regiment, now on its passage from Van Dienien's Land, may be expected in England daily. Pre viously to the departure of that corps in October many •f the men volunteered their services to the lst battalion of the 12th Foot, stationed in Australia. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Lieut. T. Macnamara, to the St. Vincent, for service of Portemouth ordinary; ft. T. Saunders, master, to the Rodney ; Geo. Gilpin, master, to the Esk ; W. P. Hains, promoted to master and appointed to the Falcon; Geo. Forster, naval instructor, to the Impregnable ; Robt. Bernard, surgeon, to the London • Alex. Jeffreys, paymaster, to the Eurota4 ; S. L. H. Giles, paymaster, to the Ermonth ; Wm. Wiles, paymaster, to the Hawke; E. F. Raffell, assistant-paymaster, to the Blenheim ' • E. B. Walker, assistant-paymaster in charge, to th e Mo hawk ; Jas. M. Carmichael, clerk, to the Rodney; Hamilton M. Cole, assistant-clerk, to the Conflict. The following naval cadets have been appointed Nupenrameraries to the Victory, the appointments to bear date the 25th of January inst. : L. N. Moncrieff, E. H. Steel, Wm. E. K. Cockett, Chas. C. Rising, A. H. Markham, P. R. H. Parker, John P. Bridges, Chas. Stuart, Robt. Barton, and Geo. Wesley ; and to the Impregnable—N. Maskelyne, Geo. W. Hand, R. H. C. Lawson, Chao. Mason, G. H. Bor ton, R. M. Sporling, and R. W. Benvon. THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. The Pest Atnpt Gazette states that the fifth point contains not only the clause which forbids the re construction of Bomarsund, but also the demand that the island of Aland shall be converted into neutral grouni, and never occupied by a Rtsian garrison. The same journal has a letter from Vienna, which says, according to a report, which, however, requires confirmation, that Count de Nesselrode will himself be present at the negotia tions. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 17th, in the Debats, says : "Peace is spoken of with confidence in private, but nothing of the kind is to be gleaned from the public journals, which even endeavour to damp the hopes of the peace party. Thus the i!beille du Nord, in its last number, jests at the propositions submitted to Russia, and gives an ironical appreciation of the successes ob tained by the Allies. The military preparations still con tinue in Finland. There are riot wanting in the north men, fortresses, or munitions of war ; but the nature of the ground requires many points of defence, and, conse quently, officers. In consequence, all the latter that can be disposed of have been despatched to assist the labours of General de Berg." Le Nor d cannot believe that any serious difficulty will arise in the discussion on the Fifth Point, see ing that the details were not deemed of sufficient importance to be specified in the preliminaries with the minuteness which characterised the mention of the other conditions. " Russia," says _Le Nord, " has loyally accepted the nropositions made to it, and will loyally maintain them, but they must not be extended and developed under the influence of the ambitious desires, and the regret for war, which certain journals may allow to escape, but which no statesman will dare to manifest." Le Nord also contends for the admission of Prussia into the Conferences, arguing that the power which has rested neutral will be least influenced by in terested motives. The Constitutionnel publishes the following statement : " The Allies of the 2d December have taken advan tage of the interval which has elapsed between the tele graphic announcement of the acceptance and the arrival of the courier who will bring the protocol on the sub ject, in exchanging, by means of the telegraph, their ♦iews, and thus deciding by common accord on the ulterior measures to be adopted for following, up their acceptance. The Allies are fully decided on stipulating in the definitive treaty of peace that the military occu pation of the Russian territory by the allied armies shall continue until the court of St. Petersburg shall have faithfully executed the stipulations contained in that document. It is more than probable that such military occupation, after the ratification of the defini tive treaty of peace, will be effected by means of mixed garrisons, as was the case in the war of 1843 between Austria and Sardinia. Penetrated with the urgency of restoring peace to the world, the three allies have agreed that, in order to simplify and accelerate their action, no other power besides Russia, and those which represent the conferences of Vienna, shall take part either in the signature of the preliminaries or in the conclusion of the armistice. The question as to what powers shall be ad mitted to take part in the negotiations relative to the definitive peace will be examined and decided on as soon as the place of meeting has been fixed on. As to Sardinia, her admission has long since been decided on in concert with the Wester❑ Powers and Austria. It is incontestible that as the future peace is to be placed under the general gurantee of Europe, the participation of Prussia in the regulations of peace would attain that object better than if the court of Berlin were to remain excluded. This is one of the considerations which at this moment seriously occupy the attention of the allies of the 2d of December, and the more so that the Prus sian Cabinet appears disposed to give to the Western Powers ample guarantees to the attitude which the ple nipotentiaries of King Frederick William would assume at the Congress. Co). Manteuffel is prolonging his stay at Vienna in order to settle this affair through the in fluence of Austria." ( From the Derbyshire Courier.) The time that elapses before the country is called on to act definitely and decidedly on the Peace Negotiation, will not be thrown away. England was taken by sur prise on the first outbreak of the intelligence of the "unconditional" acceptance by Russia of the peace pro posals; Consols went up, corn went down. Jobbers in politics and stocks, of all kinds and grades, began to gather round the carcass of the expiring hostilities. At such a crisis something may be "got " oat of the coun try. The common sense of Englaud now sees that if we are got to the beginning, it is but the beginning of the end. Russia, it seems, assents to take these "four points as a basis for negotiation. 1. She relinquishes the Pro tectorate of the Danubian Principalities. 2. She concedes the free navigation of the Danube. 3. The neutralisation of the Black Sea. 4. The religious and political rights of the Christian population of Turkey shall be guaran teed by Austria, France, Groat Britain, and Turkey— Rassia taking part in the neoessary deliberations on this object. So far so good. This will be very well for Austria, but the Allies will require something more. They will require more than the cession of a little bit of Bessa rabia to Austria. How about Bomaraund ? What the about future " acquisitions " in Scandinavia, ? What abou 4. . d ? And what about sea.- the enormous expanditurato whioh this cour try has been pat by the obstinate prosecution by Russia , H of 1-,e: unprincipled schemes of territorial aggrz ll- rjimt r' 33:e the treaty of Lchiszoplis Czy„4 Nicholas obtained five millions sterling from Tur key as an indemnity for the expenses of the war. Is England to pour out her blood and her treasure, in do force of the rights of the liberties of Europe, at the caprice of an unprincipled despot, who fights as long as he has the means, and then, retaining all his ill-gotte❑ plunder, makes peace till he can recruit his resources for another attack ? There are several things to be guarded with great care. After beating Russia in the field, we must not b• cajoled by her in the Cabinet. Lord Palmerston is the best, if not the only man, we have at present who i 3 able and willing to compete with the wily and treacherous diplomatists of Russia and Austria. The peace negotia tions should be committed to his hands. The place of meeting should be removed from Russian influences. The time of meeting should be with as little delay as possible. After all, Lord Palmerston may rest assured that the great body of the English people do not, under existing circumstances, wish for peace with R uss i a . Th e y think that too much has been suffered and too little done by England. Dragged reluctantly into a war with Russia against their will, they do not wish to be coaxed by Austria into a peace with Russia against their judgment. A peace now will be but a hollow truce. Russia will not rest, Europe will not be permanently peaceful, Eng land will be dissatisfied, and in a few years the whole work will inevitably have to be done over again. THE CASE OF PALMER, THE' SURGEON, OF RUGELEY. BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT COURT OF BANK RUPTCY, JAN. 28. (Before Mr. Commissioner Balguy.) - This morning the appeal in the matter of the adjudi cation of fiat of bankruptcy against Wm. Palmer, the surgeon, of Rugeley, came on for hearing before the Com missioner in his private room, it being usual, as it was stated, to take all such preliminary proceedings out of the public courts. The learned Commissioner, as well as Mr. Smith, solicitor, who appeared against the adju dication, readily consented to the admission of the press ; but this Mr. T. S. James, who Fappeared for the peti tioning creditor, opposed. His Honour, under such cir cumstances, could not deviate from the usual practice of the Court, and the press was consequently excluded. The following narrative will explain the nature and cir cumstances of the application : On the 9th of January last Mr. John Spittle, ironrnas ter, of West Bromwich, presented a petition to the Court for a fiat against Wm. Palmer, surgeon, apothecary, dealer, and cbapman. On the same day Mr. Spittle proved his debt, which was to the amount of 1,000/ , upon a bill of exchange, dated the 19th. of Sept., 1855, drawn by Win. Palmer upon, and accepted by Sarah Palmer, pay able to the order of Wm. Palmer three months after date, and by W. Palmer endorsed to J. Spittle. The act of bankruptcy relied upon was that proved by Mr. H. Gil lard, sheriff's officer of Stafford, who stated that he ar • rested Palmer under a captasaa satisßeieNdume, at the suit of one Henry Padwick, on the 13th day of Decemlar, and on the 17th day of the same month Palmer wrs re moved under the same writ, and also on a coroner's warrant, under a charge of murder, to the county gaol of Stafford.--trpon these facts Mr. Waterfie'd, the re gistrar of 'the Birmingham Court of Bankruptcy, acting for Mr. C omm i ss i oner Balguy, in hig absence, adjudicated Palmer a bankrupt. The notice of adjudication was duly served, when Mr. Smith gave notice that he should this day dispute its validity. In addition to the above particulars, and in further explanation of the reasons which hastened the adjudication of bankruptcy, it may be mentioned that Palmer, on the sth of May, 1855, executed a bill of sale to Mr. E. Wright, !elicitor, of Birmingham, for the sum of 8 0001. and upwards, and that by virtue of this instrument the whole of his pro perty had been sold and swept off, in satisfaction of that debt. It appears that the date of Wright's bill was an terior to the date of Spittle's bill of exchange. The object of the bankruptcy wag, if possible, to set aside the bill of sale, and to obtain possession of its proceeds for the benefit of the general body of creditors. Mr. Smith said he was now prepared to oppose the adjudication made upon Spittle's petition. Mr. James immediately observed that he had another petition to present, founded noon the facts mentioned above. It was the joint petition of the abovenarned John Spittle, Frederick Crabbe, of Rugeley, gentleman. and Thomas Simpson, of Rugeley, tax•collector. It prayed that the former adjudication might be annulled, and gave an undertaking that they would prosecute a new eat. , Mr. Smith contended that the Court bad no power to receive the petitien on the morning when the matter of the first petition was is be discussed ; besides which, if the prayer of the petition wag assented to, the right of the bankrupt, under the 104th section of the statute would be taken away ; and, as there was no such power in the Court to deprive the bankrupt of his statutalgle right, be (Mr. Smith) insisted at this time upon being heard against the validity of the adjudication. The 104th section was to the effect : --" Such person shall be allowed seven days, or such extended time, not exceed ing 14 days in the whole, as the Court shall thi n k fit, from the se rv i ce o f such duplicate , to show cause to the Court against the validity o f such adjudication ; and if such person shall within such time show to the satisfac tion of the Court that the petitioning creditor, debt, trading, and act of bankruptcy upon which such adju dication has been granted, or any or either of such mat ters, are insufficient to support such adjudication, and upon such showing no other creditor, debt, trading, or act of bankruptcy sufficient to support such adjudica tion, or such of the last-mentioned matters as shall be requisite to support such adjudication in lieu of the petitioning creditor'sfdebt, trading, and act of bank ruptcy, or any other, or either of such matters which shall be deemed sufficient on that behalf, as the case may be, shall be proved to the sath-fac tion of the Court, the Court shall order such adjudi cation to be annulled, and the same shall be annulled accordingly." Mr. Smith then argued that the primary jurisdiction clause, s. .12, did not give any right to the Commissioner, to hear, determine, or make orders in any matter of bankruptcy wha",ever where there was an ex press provision controlling the acts of the commissioner, or giving a statutable right to any person appearing before the Court; and, as the 12th section merely gave the right to the bankrupt to dispute the mere judicial act under the primary jurisdiction clause, the Court could not over-ride the positive enactment itself. Mr. Commissioner Balguy—l am clearly of opinion that I am bound to hear the bankrupt against the vali dity of the adjudication. The 104th section gives to the bankrupt the right to dispute. He has brought himself within the terms of the act, and I do not consider that the 12th section enables me to exercise any jurisdiction where there is provision in the statute directing what shall be done. lam therefore of opinion that the bank rapt is entitled to dispute the adjudication, notwith standing the second petition which Mr. James has pre sented. Mr. Smith then stated that he was prepared to dis pute the trading, and the act of bankruptcy itself—the trading on the ground that Palmer had not been in busi ness for more than two years, the act of bankruptcy •i the authority, ex parte, of " Bowes" (4 Vesey) and " Regina v. Page" (1 Broderick and Bingham), where it had been clearly held that a person must be i■ custody on civil process only ; and, although the 69th section of the Bankruptcy Consolidation Act used the words, " having been arrested or committed to prison for any other cause," yet such cause should be sal generis, and have reference to the law relating to bankrupts, which was not this fact in this case. Mr. James—lf your honour holds that Mr. Smith has a right to dispute the adjudication, I shall not attempt to support it • bat shall forthwith present another peti tion, when Mr. Smith may be lot in to dispute the ad judication, so that I will not place him in the position of having to incur expense in the bringing up his wit nesses again. Mr. Smith here offt-red to dispute the adjudication at once, if documents were placed before him so that he might judge whether he should require further informa tion from his client. The first adjudication of bankruptcy, of which notice had been given to dispute, was then annulled. Mr. James left the roots for the purpose of preparing another petition, and in the interim Mr. Smith intimated that he should not enter upon its merits that day, but suggested that the case should be taken next Thursday. At a later period of the day Mr. James presented an other petition from creditors, which the Court refused to open. TEE WORLEY POISONING CASES. THE EXHUMATION OF THE BODY OF MR. COOKE. From some cause or other the gentlemen acting on behalf of the Crown have deemed it proper to exhume the body of the late Mr. Cooke, Information reached Mr. Smith, the prisoner's attorney, on Friday night, about 11 o'clock, of their intention. That gentleman immediately gave notice to Messrs. Lander and Gardiner, the solici tors for the prosecution, at Rugeley, that be should insist upon being present, with a view to an examination of the spinal marrow and brain ; these two important organs never having been examined before, although they would be those primarily affected by the administration of strychnine. Professor Bolton and Mr. Oliver Pemberton, surgeon to the Birmingham General Hospital, attended at Rugeley on Saturday morning, where they met Dr. Monek ton, who has been deputed by the Crown to male the re examination of the body, as required. We are not in a po sition to state what report Dr. Monekton may make, but we are assured that so far as the gemination went there was nothing discovered to show that death had resulted from the administration of strychnine. The braio, how ever, was not examined. It bad been extracted on the first post mo)tem examination, and had then been thrown amongst the abdominal viscera, and consequently re examination upon the present occasion was impossible. In connection with this case, we may mention that notice has been given to the solicitors; for the Crown, by Mr. Smith, calling on Dr. Taylor for his reasons for supposing Mr. Cooke had died from tetanus produced by the administration of strychnine ; and also to know whether Dr. Taylor founded his opinion before the spinal column and brain bad been examined, and also upon what data. Mr. Smith also required a statement of the condition of each organ he had examined in refer ence to Dr. Taylor's evidence, wherein he said that no other medicine but strychnine could produce tetanus. A long array of medical gentlemen 1, ave been consulted with regard to Professor Taylor's opinion, and a most voluminous correspondence (containing some important instances contradictory of the effect said to have been produced by the drugs found in the body of the deemed) ba gaduced at tta trial. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S.-MONDAT. The business transacted during the afternoon was in certain instal ces important. A hostile movement was commenced against Fly-by-Night, but it was not attended with any disastrous effect; 10 to 1 was repeatedly betted against him for the Derhy those odds being taken in the aggregate to upwards of 3001. Fer the Two Thou sand, 7 to 2 and 4 to 1 were currently offered against him ; Yellow Jack wa., therefore, the favourite for that event. This horse was also backed at 12 to 1 for the Derby ; 700 to 100 were'both ed about Wenteenrth. The Chester Cup was the only " legitimate" Handicap event operated upon. 20 to 1 was offered on the field, Imnorene being the decided favourite ; 1,000 to 40 was laid twice, and afterwards offered against Courtenay. Epaminendas receded to 28 to 1 offered. The most important transactions were relative to Mishap and Scythian. Alter 50 t 3 1 had been taken about each of them, they were advanced respective:y to 40 to 1, at which odds they were firma at the close. Yellow Jack also found support for this event at 40 to 1. Coroner was friendless. The " Metropolitan" waa frequently mentioned, but we saw no bet made upon it. The outlays on the Liverpool Steeplechase were, with exception to those relative to Sir Peter Laurie, insigni ficant. Odilaam, who had been backed freely at 15 to 1 during the morning in the City, d ec li ne d t o 100 to 6 taken and offered. The following notices were posted in the room : " THE RIIGELEY CASE.—Any gentleman who saw William Palmer in London on Saturday, the 24th of November last, is earnestly requested to communicate with J. H. Hatton, Esq., chief of the County Consta bulary, Stafford ; or with Mr. W. V. Stephens, No. 11, Camden-grove, Kensington, executor to Mr. J. P. Cook, deceased. Any person who saw William Palmer, of Rugeley, in London on Saturday, the Ist of De cember last, is earnestly requested to communicate with J. H. Hatton, Esq., thief of the County Con stabulary, Stafford ; or with Mr. W. V. Stephens, No. 11, Cambden-grove, Kensington, executor to Mr. J. P. Cook, deceased." Closing prices : THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 apt Sir P,ter Laurie (taken) 14 to 1 agst Harry Lorrequer (taken) 15 to 1 apt Black S van (taken) 15 to 1 agst Forest Queen 100 to 6 azst Odihani (taken and off.) TWO THOUSAND. 100 to 30 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 4to 1 agst Fly-by-Night (off.) 10 to 1 agst Bird-in-Hand (taken) THE CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 art I•nogene (taken and offered) 20 to 1 ag..it Courtenay (taken) 28 to 1 agst Epamitiondas (taken and offered 33 to 1 agst Fatalist ( alten) 40 to 1 agst Scythian (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mishap (taken) 40 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 50 to 1 apt Stork (taken) 2000 to 30 agst Alcifort (taken) 1000 to 10 apt Tug o' War (taken) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst 'Wentworth (taken to 1001.) 9to 1 ngst Ellington 10 to 1 asst Fly-by-Night (taken) 12 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 1000 to 15 eget Bonnie Scotland (taken) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE. INIENTS. CHESTER OUP.—Eulogist, Gamekeeper, General Pie ton, Virtuous, Clara, Sole-Star, Cossoy, Blue Rock, Ireland's Eye, Enchanter, Stradba!ly, The Caicken (Irish), Alston, Freddy, Greencastle, Fireblast. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. —All Mr. Morris's horses, and Mr. Le Cass's La Victime. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETlNG.—Gamekeeper, Coseey, and General Pictou out of all their engagements at this meeting. LIVERPOOL Cur.—St. Clare, TEIIRSIC lIANDICAA'.—Eulogist, Gamekeeper, Sole- Star, Virtuous, and La Victime. METROPOLITAN STAKES.— -Cossey, Virtuous. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE i : TAKES.—Eulogist, Virtuous. BATH STEEPLECHASE AND HURDLE RACE MEETING.—FEB. 8. Weights for the liath and Somerset Steeplechase, ' et lb et lb Emigrant Tom Gurney lO 12 Rockley 9 6 Garland lO 8 Stamford Teddesley . lO 2 Crabby Nonsuch Theodine Freedom General Evans ... .. 9 12 Abrcules Weights for the Hurdle Race. st lb Minerva Tom Gurney lO 12 Garland lO 10 Nonsuch General Evani Freedom Stamford Weights for the HI et lb Claverhouse Parchment Nicholas Fillaton. Frank Royalty 9 0 Oh Fie' inter Steeplechase. st lb Dieppe Motley Nugget l3 0 Minos Billy Bean ...... . Acceptances for the Hun eared on Thursday next. st lb lodine . '2 5 Little Nan l2 0 Grey Momus Roach Naptha lO 7 ;ers' Steepleahase to be de- Racing Fixtures for 1856. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l2 Liverpool Spring..., Derby Spring l9 MARCH. Nottingham Spring 4 Catterick Warwick Spring 10 Coventry Salisbury l3 Northampton Essex lB APRIL. Newmarket C York Spring Malton Newmarket F S Doncaster Spring i Thirsk 3 Croxton Park 3 Epsom Spring lO Durham l4 Chester Spring .. 6 Shrewsbury 13 Manchester . . 14 JUNE. Beverley I Ascot Heath 10 Bibury Hampton lB Stockbridge. I Newton 18 Winchester JULY. Newmarket I Carlisle Liverpool AUGUST. Brighton Brighton Club ... 8 Radcliffe Reading l2 Egham SEPTEMBER. Warwick Sept 2 Cardiff I Lichfield Doncaster 10 j Newmarket F 0 Leicester 24 I OCTOBER. Kelso... 1 Newmarket S 0 Chester. I Autumn 7 Warwick Autumn ...., Bedford 9 Newmarket H Wrexham Autumn Bath .... Epsom.. NOV MIBER. Worcester Autumn 4 Shrewsbury Autumn I Liverpool l2 Irish Racing Fixtures for 1856. APRIL. Curragh 22 ...24 ..30 ..13 -18 MAY. Howth and 8a1d0y1e...13 I Roscommon 2 Tramore . Ballyeigh . JIIN E. . 2 Curragh 24 .17 I JULY. Beliewatown 8 1 Heath 29 Down R. Corporation...ls 1 Killarney AUGUST. .21 SEPTEMBER. Carragh 2 Johnstown 23 Tramore Jenkinstown Park IG In the prospect of peace, great commercial and indus trial enterprises in Russia and Turkey by English and French eapitaiists, are spoken of—especially relative to the navigation of the Black Sea, and the communication with the Russian ports. [AuvEaTissmna].—Nothing can be more interesting than the numerous extraordinary cures without medicine of Indi. gestion (Dyspesia), Flmtulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bili ous, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility effected by Du Bo rry's delicious Health-Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food. We give a fovv.—Winchester, De cember, 3d, 1847. Gentlemen,—l am happy to be able to inform you that the person for whom your Revalenta was procured has derived a very great benefit from its use ; dis tressing symptoms of Dropsy, Dyspepsia, and Constipation of long standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced. Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above mentioned - case I can with confidence recom mend it, &c. JAMES SHORLAND, late Surgeon, 96th Regituest. Silvington Rectory, Cleobury Nlortimer, Salop, Feb., ISSI. Gentlemen,—l was in a miserable state of nervous irritation, but now I am entirely free from it; and in the enjoyment of good h ea lth. Your Food is everything to be desired in m y case, as I feel as if I was in a new state of existence; and I rec:ornmend others similarly affected to try it, for its effects are most surprising and agreeable.—Rev. JOUX Joxes. In canisters, 51bs. lls. ; 121b5., 22.5. The l2lbs. carnage free, on receipt of post-office order, B arr y d u B arr y an g el Co., 77, Regent-street, Loudon ; F or t num, M ason, an d C o Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly; also at 60, Grace church-street; 3.1 J and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-straet; 55, Chari”z-c=og; 51 I Upper: Dalieritreot; 53 sal 150 1 011 9 r4.0. 4 1 . BANK RETURNS. Acet)tint, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Ayerai-2 - e Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of fii - sue in England and Wales, it Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the I:2tri day of Janu,ry, i 853 : PRIVATE BANKS. Average Amonnt. Andover Batik, Andover—Heath and Co. .. 12,351 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jeannnitt and Pomfret 10,914 .ylsham Bank, Ayisham—G. and T. Copeman 4,043 Aylesbur y Old Bank, Ayle:4bury—Z. D. Hunt 31,791 Baldock Bank and Ballook and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, 'foggy, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 33,982 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nicholg, Baker, and do Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—lL M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham ---Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilli e t and S OW 10,700 Bla,ndford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 7,539 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 73,504 Boston Bank, Boston—lf. and T. Gee and Co 14,836 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealcy Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co 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. • 75,015 Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Sou 25,865 Bath City Bank, Bath- •G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co 37,827 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 65,585 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son. Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh,- Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chopstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Ne;kton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke 9,079 10,841 14,785 22,861 7,089 41,926 21,938 12,718 3,213 16,966 43,199 33,75 S 23,013 3,149 19,410 37,391 48,150 7,093 20,277 66,720 9,178 11.075 34,813 26,057 and Co Dim Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 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 46,540 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter' and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sand ers an d C o Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co 7,757 Farnham Bank, Farnham - Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 6,567 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon 14,783 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co 29,802 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—S m ith, Hader, 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 C 0.....:... 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. 19,333 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co 21,07 Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, 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 Cu. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. 37,273 Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, 30,606 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Moli neux and C 0... 31,643 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene -- Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. 97,550 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Lla,n dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and C 0... Loughborough Bank, Loughborough —Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barba and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-..Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manning-tree—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 C0.................................. Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Wilms and 50n......................... .......................... Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and C 0...... Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co ......... Monmouth Cid Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old B a nk, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and C 0...... 1.4,088 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 24,790 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co................................................ Newbury Bank, Newbury.--Act & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Ne wmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and C 0........ Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... Norwich and Norfkilk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham. Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton---Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum,--Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ten bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ten bridge--T. H. and S. Beaching 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. boreugth—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. soul W. Walters 12,495 Reading Bank, Reading—Sinsonds and Co 51,410 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. ............... ...... . ..... . ................ Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co 6,173 Rochdale Bank, Roehdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. ......................... Rochester, Chatham; and Strood Bank, Rooheii tor—Day and Nicholson 3, 074 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Boas 14,565 Rugby Ralik, Rugby-4.. Butlin aid 8ea..., 9,525 Rye Built apart 0 I'4 *d Nad C 0... al 11N3 9,014 10,440 78,480 84,235 3,816 84,032 53,375 50,513 23,101 18,547 23,094 56,757 5,765 22,693 ..26 _24 ..24 -26 ..14 ..22 ..24 ..28 .. 20 ...27 ...25 ..26 ...27 ~.22 _25 _29 ..20 ..25 ..36 25,154 9,055 9,703 .. 4,864 64,846 21,539 7,139 3,993 39,631 32,001 3,365 6,936 19,216 32,245 51,712 20,250 20,566 49,062 '9,374 3,274 19,148 10,947 31,352 10,089 34,022 11,160 10,620 43,115 10,774 8,947 Cottatry Dia,rketz. CHELIESFORD—JAN. 25. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. qr. 62 81 Oats, per qr 28 30 n0vii....68 79 j Peas, Partrid ge 39 41 red, old ..... 63 77 White.. 4O 50 _ new.... 61 76 Boiling 43 50 Barley 29 36 Dun 37 39 Chevalier ........3' 3' 38 B eans , Tick 36 38 Grinding. .........26 ~ 3 ' Harrow ticks 38 40 \fait 70 74 Itlazagan. ...... 33 35 Chevalier 72 76 Ditto, n0w...35 38 COLCFIESTER— JAN. 26. Prices to-day were as follow;—Wheat, white, 803 t 4. Ms; red, 72s to SOs ; barley, 36e to 44s ; oats, 25s to 30a ; Want Mazagan, 40s to 42e, ; middle and small, 418 to 505; peas, white, sis to 56s ; grey, 40s to 44h Official Statement, of the Quantities of Corn, &c., received in the port of London, from the following ports, from the 21st to the 2 , ,th Ja6., both inclusive. I A • c 8 4 A. • Colchester ; -- 360( Leigh Harwich l5O 600 870 515 192 74 75 8t Malden KIRKOALRY—JAN. 26. There wore fair supplies of all kinds of grain to-day. Sales of barley and oats, the qualities being mostly very middling, were exceedingly slow, at a reduotion of is to 2s pr qr. Wheat, on the contrary, met a quick sale, al though at less money than last week by nearly is per qr. Wheat. ) Earley. . Oats. Bonn y. First Bos 4d i 40s Od 29s 6d i Os Od Second Third 5Ss Od 33s 0(.1 I 23s Od ) Os Od T.—JAN. 23. the close of the market Wantland, &o, COAL MARK Prioen of Coal per ton at e. d. Bate's West Hartley 17 Middle W. Hartley lB 6 Davison's West Hartley 18 61 Hasting's Hartley ..... . 18 ( Howard's West Hartley Netherton 18 North Percy Hartley _l7 ( Taufkid Moor l6 Tanfield Moor Butes 16 0' Walker Primrose l5 West Pelton l6 0, Witlington Hartley l7 0 . A. Eden Main 18 0 Iraddyll lB 0 laswell # l9 0 l etton l9 ' 0 !'Copier Gra nge 18 -3 I . , anibton lB 9 Richmond South Hetton 18 9 I Stewart's . ' 19 0 Hartlepool lB 9 Heugl , Hall 17 3 'South Kelloe 17 6 ITees lB 9 Eden Sz.c )7 6 Harton l7 0 Evenwood 17 6 Heaton Ships at market... 153 I Sold SBA BORN R Ii,AILB. !;ignities flat the mail. alre .1/11 trom the General Poet•ofl'!a -.3- the ulat—and M by the rnorning—losrateh.) rrolc, W 0017 N eor I)isp tot. Mn I Liverpon luverpo. iBoutharn II)ovro iPly To, .• Dover :Southao,,. ; ziou tIL.In • • 'Dover i Sow &Jut Various por u p !Sotitlitittipk !louthamp IPo er Santhrunpt, [Dover .. iDover 18outharnt; Southareptob London Southanapt• - , , Dover ISouthamiatel• IPlymouth Dover ,Dover....•• Huh head . I SOLO hampto , Southern p top. Liverpool... iDover iSonthartipt.ltireb. 1 Dover ...... Southampto, Various port Dneert. tit 'Dover 'soutliarnpto i 'Aouthampt,r Various port. Llll4OllOll Dover .... Dover • gotlthampto, 1&15 me liouthamptop 11 & IS mos Da3 wilyn In Genera. Vi.mi• Office, Lonclon.• '~~75: - r ' illj& 4.merlea(!)y,iri, kmerica (by United 5,,, ;Jacket) merits (by U Fltakot vacket) kustralia (via South.' arnpton) Attu (via Marseilles) N 1 ditto (via cape of mood Hops) •• •• •• •• •• • •N 1 Wes I Coast) IS . N , a!tamaa ........... 31 -telgium ......... •• • • •• •• .• • Li i BuenesAyres........ll l • :ape of Geo 3 (lope .14: !.!ape of Good Hope. .N 1 'ate Verds N f7eylon (see Witt) I „, • Moti.,lVed., &Fri 'hilt. .......„ „ 0!!2 , 1 ;1:17tl , mon', • t , Ilonstantfnople . 44,13,18,23,5;:ta Censt Antinopl e ~14th Ir. 20th of 00 0 0. :;oat. of Europe M t Fr. , fee daily Egypt (sea India) France ........ M & s daily Gibraltar ' 4 , 7,17.:17, 27 !fr. , Greece (too India) Preytownl7th. Ilamburgb .„ .Tuesday & Friday aavannab .......... bi i2nrf of the month Holland • •f• •• • • •••• 11 , DUy ............ Honduras :17t t !the month. India (viaSouthampt.)M !4th 5. 20th of mon. toils (via Marseilles ).1.0 ,9th&2sth of month lonian Islas (see India)l7, 17, & 27 of w on Ireland • • • •M & N iTwice daily • • • Li5b0n.............. hi 7, 9. 17, & 27 of ro. Madeira „ „ ~,ro 9th of the month Madeira 23d of month ..„ Malta (see India) Malta Mauritius (see India) slauritius ........ •.N Mexic0............1y Naples .. .... ..N Kew Oranada gm Zealand,. Papal Atatos Peninsula .......... Putt .. Port Nata — l Rielly •• •• •• •• • . 1 4 ; TtutcanY •• .• • • • • • • •• Is V'enezueis At Van Diemen'sLand (se 'Australia) We:' Indies ;23c1 of the a;ot;fi 74, & 30 iv !4tl Iti /Ctfl of rn,,, 17th of the numwily .„ ,„ ,9th of tho month . os the moot, 9th of tha month 8, 18, &28 of mon 14th of the month 2nd of the mord!. l s thl s th2sthormon 12! 17th of wont , . 1 £1 , ,, private sk fp .. '')thibth2iSthormo n .j 7t h l7 th 27 thofmon.! id ti 27th of mon. , illy private shin... isthlsth2sthr fln m mhlath2Athen oon :; I 2d AD 17th ohnonthl '7th o$ mom+ Jan. 31 Jan. 28 Jan. 26 'Unt•ettai Feb 6 Feb !?.. Feb lb 11.),,worebn 'Jut. lb jru Tr.si !Feb. 4 !Wlt.ed4l ITmoeo.ll 'Feb. 1. 116thohno ,Jan. 20 Twisedsn Feb. 15 14 & 20 Me. Wheriany or meet, tate. tall ort a Sunday, the ',lain, c fli de. , patched on the following day, with the exception of the holt (vie Eoutharnpton),and the Malta, both of which will be despettsti• r the preceding day. A CI:TATE OP LIAD.—Dr. Taylor, in his " Medical Jurisprudence," eivea the following particulars respect. ing acetate of lead :—" This is more frequently taken as a poison than any other salt, although cases of acute poisoning by lead in any form are very uncommon. In the coroner's report for 1847.8, there is not a single case. This substance is commonly seen in solid crystal ' line ma.ses white or of a b rown i s h- wh i te colour ; it much resembles isaf-segar in appearance, and has often been mistaken for it. It has also a sweet taste, which is suc ceeded by an astringent or metallic taste. It is very soluble in water. Four parts of water at 60 deg. will dissolve one part ; and it is much more soluble at a boil ing temperature." He describes the symptoms produced by it as follows :—" Acetate of lead is by no means an active poison. In medical practice, it has often been given in considerable doses without any serious effects resulting. When, however, the quantity taken has been from 1 to 2 ounces, then the. following syniptoms have been observed :- -A hurnir.g pricking sensation in the throat, with dryness and thirst. Vomiting supervenes; there is uneasiness in the epieastrium, which is sometimes followed by violent colic. The abdomen is tense, and the parietes have been occasionally drawn in. The pain is re lieved by pressure, and has intermissions. There is a con stipation of the bowels. The skin is cold, and there is great prostration of strength. When the case is protracted, the patient has been observed to suffer front cramps in the calves of the legs. pains in the ins des of the thighs, numb ness and sometimes paralysis of the lower extremities. The affection of the nervous system is otherwise indi cated by giddiness, torpor, and even coma. And as to post-racism appearances he says :_"I have not been able to find more than one case on recsrd in which ace tate of lead ha proved fatal to man, and there is no account of ti e post-mortem appearances. In animals, according to Dr. Mitscherlich, when the dose is large, the mucous coat of the stomach is attacked and cor roded ; this change appears t') he purely chemical, and takes place in all the organs of the body with .which the salt of lead comes in contact. If given in a small dose, it is decom!nsed by the gastric secretions, and exerts DO corrosive power on the mucous membrane. When the acetate of lead was given in a state of albumenate dis solved by acetate acid, death took place with great ra pidity ; but, on inspection, the stomach was not found to be corroded. This property belongs to the neutral salt, and is not manifested when the dose is mall, or when the poison is combined with an acid." BIRTHS. OP ♦ SOP. On Go 27th inst., the wife of Alfred Hamilton, Esq., of 16, Oxford-square, and Romford, Essex. On the 25th inst., at Edinburgh, the wife of Lieutenant. Colonel Onslow. OP ♦ DAtraNTEII. On the 27th inst., in Cadogan-place, the wife of Cha r l es Morgan, Esq. On the 27th inst., at One Ash, Roehdale, the wife of John Blight, M.P. • MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at St. Phillip's, Granville-square, G. A. Woodman, of Upper Ch arles-street, Northampton square, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late John Spickett, Esq., of Clifford's-inn, and the Grove, Hackney. On the 26th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's Kensington, Henry, second son of Mr. J. Littl e, of Abbott's, Kensington, to Caroline Rosa, youngest daughter of Mr. W. E. WQueen, of 184, Tottenham-court-road. DIED. On the 27th inst., Edward White, Esq., of Clifton-road, St. Jail's-wood, and Mark-lane, aged 50, On the 27th inst., at Manor.terraco, Brixton, Joshua T. Bedford, Esq., of Farringdon.strest, city, Deputy of the Ward of Farringdon-without, aged 79. On the 27th inst., at 1, City-terrace, City-road, Dr. • Robert Hills. On the 27th inst., a t H ampstead, John Lalor, On the 25th inst., at Exmouth, la Comtesse de Vismes, widow of the late Colonel Count de Vismes, of the Cold. stream Guards, aged On the 24th inst., at Brompton, Thomas Jas.Wiltshire, Esq., late of Coinhil;, aged 66. On the 24th inst., at Cheltenham, Capt. Win Cousens, late of the RE 1.0 S., aged 68. On the 23d inst., a t Aigoleterrace, Notting-hill, Jeph• Utah Iluntly, Esq., aged 't 8. On the 19th rust,, at Tunbrisltre- wells, Mrs. Harriet Waghorn, widow of the late Lieutenant Thomas Fletcher Waghorn aged 54 On the 24th inst., the Roy. Maurice Hiller Goodman, of Oars House. Wilts, aged 70. On the 25th kat., at Windsor, Mary Jane, wife of the Rev. Wm. Canning, canon of Windsor, aged 78. 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