The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-09 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. At the "private view" last night we were happy to find the number of animals considerably greater than in the previous year. The entries are 214, against 25 at the last show ; and the classes of extra stock, both of cattle, sheep, and pigs, present a considerable increase. In the cattle classes there are 21 Devons, 21 Herefords, 42 short-horns, 16 Scotch or Irish, 3 Welsh, 11 of other pure breeds (a much larger class than usual), 12 cross or mixed breed, and 13 of extra stock. The Devons are unusually good. Mr. Heath's steer, in class 1, is a very level and compact animal ; and Prince Albert's second prize steer possesses also very good quality of flesh and a fine head and bone. Mr. Fouracre's, in the same class, of the same age, has much greater size, and marks of good constitution. Perhaps the chief attraction of the show is Mr. Heath's ox, in class 2, which has obtained the gold medal, as being the best beast in any of the classes. Its symmetry is beautiful, back uncommonly level, and first-rate in loin, chine and shoulder exceedingly good, the meat is of splendid quality, and, though very fat and well made-up in all points, there is not a trace of patchiness visible. His Royal Highness's highly commended ox is very inferior to the prize animal, having too much of the characteristic defect of the breed, a sloping and deficient loin, but the flesh is of excellent quality. Mr. Heath is not satisfied with attaining a proud position as an exhibitor of Devons, but takes prizes also with some very superior Herefords. His steer has a fat back, wide hips, heavy thighs, but is somewhat defective in the forequarter. Some very fat animals are found in the Hereford classes ; as Mr. Naylor's or in class 6, and Mr. Heath's heifer, which carries a wonderful quantity of fl es h , rather too patchy for our taste. The Herefords, taken generally, form a very meritorious class, iu no respect inferior to what they have been on for mer occasions. The short-horns are scarcely so grand as we have seen them in past years, although several noble animals are exhibited. The Duke of Beaufort's steer is of large frame, yet ♦ery compact iu form, and having a great weight of excellent meat. We should mention Sir AY. Booth's steer, of great size, very level, yet narrow and not half fat, as an example of an old fashioned sort that, however goad in some respects, has no chance in competition with beasts of better breeding and fed beyond the usual requirements of the market. Mr. Stratton's will challenge universal admi ration for a deep wide forequarter, fine proportions of frame, handsome head, and a great weight of firm meat ; and Mr.' Bett's ox is very level, fat, with wide hips, outspring rib, and a first-rate hand. Among the short-horn heifers Mr. Armstrong's is remarkably handsome, very compact and symmetri cal, wide, deep, and well filled out in every part, of very superior quality, evidently highly bred, and altogether perhaps one of the best animals in the show. Mr. Stratton's cow is of extraordinary breadth, well covered with meat, and a most supe rior animal. The Baker-street judges have supported the deci sions of those of Birmingham pretty closely, as far as the short-horns are concerned, but in the Here ford and Devon classes some of them have been re ♦ersed, so that there will be a sufficient topic for discussion in the agricultural journals for some weeks to come. There are some very good West Highlands and one or two pretty fat Welsh cattle. In the class for " other pure breeds" we noticed Mr. Cox's long - horn, of immense frame, and Mr. Nearne's Sussex, of very superior quality, with a broad chest, well covered back and hips, and exceedingly good twist • and thighs. In the classes for " cross or mixed breeds" there are some very valuable crosses, well worthy of the breeder's and grazier's study, parti cularly those between shorthorn and Hereford and shorthorn and Devon. A. rather plain beast, of enormous size, a cross between shorthorn and Aberdeen, is not so much can ornament as a pecu liarity in this part of the yard. The number of sheep are thus distributed—Long wools, 21; short-woolled, 24 ; cross-breeds 12 ; and extra stock, 39. Mr. Walmsley's Leicesters are admirable for their size, breadth, and beautiful proportions, their very fine character of head and bone, and first-rate mutton. Mr. Bradshaw's pen, and also that of Lord Berners, are exceedingly good and. praiseworthy. The long-woolled sheep are nearly all entered as extra stock ; and we single out as most worthy of attention the very fine Leicester ewe of Mr. Wahusley, and also his beautiful lone-woolled ewe. The "Cross breeds" is a very valuable class, inas much as it tends to show what improvements may be made in live stock by judicious admixtures of pure blood. Mr. Howard's Down and Cotswold wethers are remarkable for their extraordinary beauty, com bined with great breadth and capacity of form ; and the quality of their flesh is all that can be desired. Mr. John Overman's Southdown and Leicester wethers are exceedingly good. In the short-woolled classes Lord Walsingham shows some extremely geod Downs ; and those of the Duke of Richmond are very symmetrical and beautiful, and richly merit the gold medal they have obtained. We have seen better exhibitions of pigs, and, though iu point of number they far exceed last year, yet at Birmingham the entries were nearly three times more numerous. Some very fat and also some beautiful animals are present, Mr. Coates's pigs, of the improved Dorset breed, which received the gold medal, being very fat, with extraordinary neck chines, sides, backs, and quarters. In the implements' and seeds' department Tux• ford, Clayton, Ransome, Hornby, Garrett, tize., show steam engines and thrashing machines, all the great firms have stands of ploughs, carts, chaff cutters, mills, kc. ; and there aro several stalls of roots, seeds, samples, and specimens, including Messrs. Gibbs's large display. Among the company at the private view we ob served Lord Berners, Lord Walsingham, Lord Feversham, Sir John Shelley, Sir W. Booth, Col. Challoner, Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. Stratton, and many eminent breeders and leading agriculturists. The following is the award of the judges:— Dedhill-house, near Taunton : silver medal to the breeder, the Rev. W. Bernard, of Clatsworthy, near Wiveliscombe. Class 21. —The prize of 101. to Mr. Charles S. Cantrell, jun., of Riding-court, Datchet, Bucks ; silver medal to the breeder, Mr. Charles S. Cantrell, jun., of Riding-court, Datchet, Bucks. SHEEP. LONG-WOOLLED BREEDI. Class 22.—First prize of 201. to Mr. George Walmsley, of Rndston, Bridlington, Yorkshire ; silver medal to the breeder, Mr. George Walmsley, of Rudston, Bridlington, Yorkshire ; second prize of 101. to Mr. C. J. Bradshaw, of Barley on-the Hill, Oakham ; third prize of 51. to Mr. G. S. Foljambe, of Osberton-hall, Worksop. Class 23.—First prize of 201. to Mr. C. J. Bradshaw, of Burley-on-the-Hill, Oakham ; surer medal to the breeder, Mr. R. L. Bradshaw, of Tinwell, near Stamford ; second prize of 101. to the Right Hon. Lord Berners, of Keythorpe hall, Tugby, Leicester ; third prize of 51. to Mr. William de Capell Brooke, of G eddington-grange, Kettering. LONG-WOOLS, NOT LEICESTERS. Class 24.—The prize of M. to Mr. William Slatter, of Stratton, Cirencester ; silver medal to the breeder ; Mr. Wm. Slatter, Stratton, Cirencester. CROSS BREEDS. Class 95.—First prize of 101. to Mr. C. Howard, of Bid denham , near Bedford, and silver medal as breeder ; se cond prize of 51. to Mr. John Overman, of Burnham Sut ton, near Burnham Market. Class 2G.—The prize of 101. to Mr. John Overman, of Burnham Sutton, near Burnham Market, and silver medal as breeder. SHORT WOOLLED BREEDS. Class 27.—First prize of 201. to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., of Goodwood, Chichester, and silver medal as breeder ; second prize of 101. to the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, of Merton-hall, Thetford, Norfolk. Class 28.—The prize of 101. to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., of Goodwood, Chichester, and silver medal as breeder. Class 29.—First prize of 201. to the Duke of Richmond, K.G., of Goodwood, Chichester, and silver medal as breeder ; second prize of 101. to Mr. William Rigden, of Hove, near Brighton. DEVONS. Class I.—First prize of 251. to Mr. Thomas White Four acre, of Durston, near Taunton, and silver medal, as breeder ; second prize of 101. to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Class 2.—First prize of 251. to Mr. Wm. Heath, of Lud ham-hall, Norwich, and silver medal to the breeder, Mr. John Passmore of Bishopsnympton, Devon ; second priz e of 101. to Mr. john Coate, of Hammoon, near l, Blandford. Class 3.—Fi rst prize of 15/. to Mr. John Tucker, to er,of Yard Farm, Staple grovo, near Taunton, and silver medalther, breeder, Mr. Thomas Chard, of Elaydon, second pri ze of 51. to Mr. Robert Farthing, of Farrin g near Taunton; t o n Farm, North Petherton, near Bridgewater. Class —First p r i ze of 201. to Mr. John Ford, jun., of Rushton, Blandf or d , and silver medal to tie breeder, the Rizht Hon. Lord Portman, of Bryanston, Blandford ; second prize o f 101. to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Class i.—Fi rst HEREFORDS. prize of 251. Mr. Hea of Ludham-hall, near Norwich, to and 9ii v a r Willi mam edal to th, the breeder, Mr. S. W. I .Trwick, of Ludlow; prize of 101. to Mr. William Aldworth, of Frilford, Abiseconnd gd°°• Class 6—First prize of 251. to Mr. John Naylor, of Leighton-hall, size of Montgomery, and silver medal to the breeder, Mr. Walter Maybery, of Brecon ; second prize of 101. to Mr. William Heath, of Ladham-hall, near Norwich. . . Cl ass 7—First prize of 1;/ to Mr. William Heath, of near Norwich j _, , and silver medal to the Ludham-hall, breeder, Mr. William ""g". of Ashford, Ludlow, Salop ; second prize of 5 1 . to Mr. Georg e Pitt, of Chadno r - cour t , Leominster . E "mond Herbert, of Class B—First prize of 201. to Mr. silver medal to the breeder,ll . r. Powick, Worcester, and White-house, Turnaston, Hereford ; Daniel Burnert, of seco nd prize of 10/. to Mr. Charles Duffield, o f ma h rc a.na park, Abingdon. SHORT HORNS. o medal to Class 9—Fisst prize of 251. to his Grace the Duke Beaufort, of Badminton, Chippenham, and sil ver o f the breeder, ; s econdr. George Sainsbry, of the sbatn, Wilts s prize of 101. to Mr. Charle s IP e°r of Prestol._ uffield, of Marcham-park, Abingdon. Class 10—First prize of 251. to Mr. Richard Stratton, Broad Hinton, Swindon, and silver medal as breederof second 'prize of 101. to Mr. Edward L. Betts, hall, Maidstone. Class 11—First prize of 15/. to Mr. John Armstrong, of Palterton, Chesteeield, and silver medal to the breeder;. Mr. John Champion, as executor of the late. Mr. Hen ry ' Champion', of R an bv-house, near Retford ; second prize oK 5/. to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. . ' Class 12—First prize of 20/. to Mr. Richard Stratton, of Broad Hinton, Swindon, and silver medal ''as breeder; second prize of 10/. to the Right Hon. Earl Spencer, K.G , of- Althorp-park, Northampton. -'2? SCOTCH OR IRISH BREEDS. • Class 13—First prize of 2M. to his Grace the Duke of .. - t . eaufort, of Badmi ns t er , Chipp en h a m ; second prize of to the Rev. Joseph Arkwright, of Mark-hall, Harlow, Essex. 4,EGAL APPOIN T ---11 NT.--:. younger rungeesrigsnoend the oft lhe late The Hon. John Pluaket (a has celebrated statesma n an d l awyer ) the commissi ons anduarative Post o f Crown prosecutor at county of Dubli n. 'itarter sessi ons f or t h e c i ty and great number of years, and, held the situation for very striking ability, was hon. and learned gentleman , ~,___ ..... ..._. WELSH BREEDS. , although never displayi n a _II 'cages at the Irish bar. K r . "' o r BarFoinrs_t prize of 10/. to Sir R. Bulkelcy, Bart., regarded by the protessiogna" elated to be Mr. Thomas breeder, Mr. Hu 'itilßeaumaris, and silver medal to the conductors of criminal c m g ,, ener a4 as one of the best prize of 5/. to U r -v.-- Jones, of . Bod Ling, Aberffraw ; second Al Plnyk-t's successor is m A.nglesea. ! r". • Williams, of Plasgwyn, Pentraeth, ' -` ' l O'Dgnohnus. Class 16.—The prize of 10/ to Mr.- B. E. Bennett, o f [ADVERTISEMENT. ] — H ollo way's p iii3 Marston Trussen-hall, Northamptonshire, —Perfect diffestion and an Excellent std silver medal to the , M,dicine. , pure bile Produce good . reenter '1 Owen' Owens, of i blood, and if the functions of either the Braint, near Menai-brid ge , A . 'lr. OTHER PllanEgteaE : liver are disordered Holloway's pins wilsltoraach or the Class 17.—The prize of 10/. t * % Ds. pair the mischief, and enable them to supplyats:tiredly re- Hearahill, near Feversharn, and :1 1 ,, , , ;er r. Roly3rt ll'Ti - _,Trno, of of circulation with an uncontaminated fluid e - ch h a e n n ile ; is ers, Messrs. Charles Neame and Sor, onflijal- to tho breed- cases of bile, indigestion, or disordered scorn 84' then L'al Class 18.—The. prize of 10/. to Ifessrs. e ,l 'ame place ' not use this invaluable remedy, which b --' . 17-3 ' as cured thou ringe, of Tilton, Selmeston, near Wites and and P. Gar when ev er y other medicine has failed ? sands . a , silver medal The n um . as breeders. . bet of years these pills have been in use confirm the CRCSS OR MIXED B4 EDs. • efficacy of their good effects. Sold by all medicine Class I"9.—The prize of 15'. to Ur. Isaac N'bl ' the -4. 1 ett, of vendors throughout the world; at Professor Hollowly ,' Broad-street, Bristol; silver medal-to breeder slrei; Mr. establishments, 244, Strand, London ; and 80, Mai .de i 6 Thomas Lockley Mei re, C Arbour. near Class 20.—The prize of r l3f. 13/. to Mr. James s ' urY ' 'lane, New York ;by A. Stamps, Constactinopl , 4 A n : S.Bait, of -, • Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. ' Chin 14.—The prize of lin., to Mr. Alexander Camp bell, of Atonzie-castle, Crieff, Perthshire, and silvcr medal as breeder. THE SUN, CONDON, TUE.SDA.It PVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1856. SHORT WOOLS, NOT SOUTHDOWNS. Clasa 30.—The prize of 10/. to Mr. Wm. King, of New Hayward Farm, Hungerford, and silvar medal as breeder. PIGS. Class 31.—First prize of 101. to Mr. J. V. Williams, of Haygrove•farm, near Bridgewater, and silver medal as breeder ; second prize of 51. to Mr. Richard Hall, of Kings bury Green, near the Hyde, Middlesex. Class 32.—First prize of 101. to Mr. John Coate, of Ham moon, near Blandford ; and silver medal to the breeder, Mr. James Fetcher, junior, of Fovant, near Salisbury ; second prize of Si. to Mr. Manfred Biddell, of Playford, near Ipswich. Class 33.—First prize of 101. to Mr. J. Coate, of Ham moon, near Blandford, and silver medal as breeder; second prize of 5/. to the Rev. J. Holmes, of Brooke-hall, Rear Norwich. EXTRA STOCK. The silver medal to the exhibitor of the best beast, to his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, of Badminton, near Chip penham. The silver medal to the exhibitor of the best long•woolled wether sheep, to Mr. G. Walmsley, itudston, Bridlington, York. The silver medal to the exhibitor of the best long-weolled ewe, to Mr. G. Walmeley, Rudston, Bridlington, York. The silver medal to the exhibitor of the best short-woolled wailer sheep, to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, Goodwood, Chichester. The silver medal to the exhibitor of the best short-woolled ewe, to Mr. W. Rigden, of Hove, Brighton. The silver medal to the exhibitor of the best cross-bred sheep, to Mr. G. Hine, jun., of Oakley, near Bedford. The silver medal to the exhibitor of the best pig, to Mr. John licldway, of the Post-office, Weston, Somerset. GOLD MEDALS. The gold medal to the exhibitor of the best steer or ox in any of the classe3, to Mr. W. Heath, of Lndham-hall, near Norwich. The gold medal to the exhibitor of the best heifer or cow in any of the classes, to Mr. R. Stratton, of Broad Hinton, near Swindon. The gold medal to the exhibitor of the best pen of one year-old long-woolled sheep in any of the classes, to Mr. G. Wralmsley, Rudston,Bridlington, York. The gold medal to the exhibitor of the best pen of one year old short-woolled sheep in the 27th, 28th, or 30th classes, to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. The gold medal to the exhibitor of the best pen of pigs in any of the classes, to Mr. John Coate, of Hammoon, near Blandford. Judges of Cattle and Long-Wool Sheep—Mr. W. F. Hobbs, Bolted-lodge, near Colchester; Mr. Chas. Stokes, Kingston, Kegworth, Notts ; and Mr. J. Bodley, Stockley Pomeroy, Crediton, Devon. Judge; of Cross-bred Sheep, Short-Wools, and pigs —Mr. W. Symonds, Milborne ut. Andrew's, Blandford ; Mr. A. Denman,Stoneham, Lewes; and Mr. R. Woodmen, Glyn de, Lewes. SHAKSPEARE IN FRANCE. The reception of M. Ponsard, as member of the French Academy took place yesterday at the Institute, in presence of a most distinguished auditory. The new member, as is usual on such occasions, pronounced the eulogium of the academician to whose seat he has succeeded, M. Baour Lormian, the author of some dramatic works which have now sunk into oblivion. The new member in the course of his address seized on the opportunity of displaying his de cided leaning towards the ecole classique, and spoke in tho following terms of Shakspeare as the representative of the romantic school :—" There was a time when we were so jealous of the glories of our country that we immolated to them as barbarous all foreign celebrities. Such conduct was patriotism, but narrowly so. At present we take plea sure in humiliating our own chefs d'ceuvre at the feet of the English, and even of the German poets. In the last century laughter would have been excited by comparing Shakspeare to Moliere, and not very long since one was considered of little mind in comparing the latter to the former. And yet who can lee superior to 3loliere ? It has been the fashion to proclaim that the dramas of the divine Williams (sic) embraced humanity under every aspect, whereas our classical writers only represented individuals. Goethe discovered in " Hamlet" a thousand things which Shakspeare, fortunately f or hi mse lf , h ad never thought of; everything has been adored in him, even to his bombast and his indecencies ; the peculiarities of his style had been copied, as had been those of Racine. That fanaticism has now somewhat calmed down, and there remains for it a just and well-founded admira tion. Shakapeare is admitted to be an exceedingly great genius, of the family of Homer, Dante, Corneille, and Moliere; that he is eloquent, pathetic, and full cf passion, but only when he is simple and true; that he has sublime touches, accompanied by exaggeration and bom bast ; profound observation, by the side of puerile plati tude ; that he abounds in graceful pictures, but also in ob scenity ; that his dramas, often terrible, are full of power and grandeur, but full at the same time of extravagances, to such ass extent, in fact, that it has never been possible to play them, such as they were written, before a French public. It is admitted that he did not possess a real comic verve, and that his pleasantries are marked by buffoonery rather than by natural gaiety. The world no longer shuts its eyes to his defects, but it accepts them without impa tience because they are natural and belong to his country and his age—because they do not betray any intention of giving offence—because Shakspeare is himself spontaneous and original without knowing it and without willing it, which is the only manner of being original. For my part, I cannot really believe that those persons who admire his follies and transform them into proofs of pro fundity understand his real beauties—l doubt that they who do not know how to love Racine can have any affec tion for Shakspeare. Gentlemen, I spoke just now of the fashion. Let us suppose that for 2ilo years Shakspeare was in possession of our theatre and of our veneration ; let us suppose (hat his reign was uncontested, that he had numerous imitators who for two centuries copied invari ably what is easy of imitation, and the only thing that is always imitated—that which is bad ; suppose that all the lectures on literature, all the lessons of our professors, had taught us, to satiety, to feel respect for his eccentrici ties, which were established as rules, and which were imposed on us as a despotic authority—imagine then Racine making his appearance as an innovator, with his language always pure, harmonious, noble without turgidity, natural without triviality, with the severe majesty of his tragedies, in which is evolved regularly the action of the, piece, single, logical, clear and proba ble. What surprise ! what novelty ! what enthusiasm for the revolutionary Racine ! what pity for this old, this obsolete, this bonhomie Shakspeare !" M. Nisard, who replied to the new member, by no means co incided with him in his depreciatory judgment of the merits of the great English poet. After mentioning cer tain, points on which he differed from the views of M. Pon ' sera on literary subjects, M. Nisard replied to the attack on the bard of Avon thus :—" Another point on which I should be somewhat more liberal than you is relative to Shakspere. Of all that you have expressed so brilliantly I would guard what tends to his glory, and I would put aside the restrictions to his fame, not as unjust, but be cause the truth does no longer require them. Time has elevated Shakspere above criticism, probably because it bee raised him above eulogium. The very words ' beau ties' and 'defects' belong to a relative language out of the pale of which special terms must be sought for, if it is de sired to deuce the charm, or to characterise the imper fections of these astonishing works. Shakspere has had the same destiny as Homer. After that famous quarrel of the ancients and the moderns in which admirers and opponents—Boileau as well as Perrault —committed the mistake of representing the; author of the Iliad as a literary man working regularly at his; desk, the Homer who remains is a Homer transfigured, presi ling over .the great choir of men of genius, and naked, in the midst of personages whose costume indicates their nation and their age, as the matter related not to the inhabitant of a country nor to tho contemporary of an epoch, but to the genius itself of poetry. Like Homer, Shakspere appears to us, in his turn, in a tranquil and mysterious distance, withdrawing from the curiosity of erudition, which fa tigues itself in seeking out a mau where there is only one of the most wondrous sources of creative poetry. With Ifoinei, with Shakspere, we are placed on lofty pinnacles, frona which the eye cannot distinguish anything of what passes below. Ido not ask them for any account of the faults which they may have committed—Horner in ereat !tehge-:fi;t model of beauty, from which has emanated the . he of art and of its rules—and Shakespeare in not inainted with them. Why be astonished that v muses are imperfect ? If poetry itself has dictated t eraes, it is a o a ti Thriam: , 3 hronau hand that has written them." " ge, . • LAW INTEdiLIGENCE.—Dec. 8. COURT OF‘SHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices of Appeal.) AITCHISON V. LEE.-IN RE THE ROYAL BRITISH RANI. The arguments in this important case w , :l-0 further proceeded with. To the attentive though stultified ears of a densely crowded court, a eourt packed in every corner by the anxious creditors and desponding share holders of the bank in question, the lingering measures, long drawn out, of legal distinctions and professional subtleties have been allowed to run through the better part of five days. Where, upon a no very extensive question, containing no greatly serious ramifications, the Court has had the advantage of being assisted by no less than [seven counsel on one side, and has still to attend to the remainder of a phalanx of five more on the other, it is hardly to be expected that what Hamlet terms " damnable iteration" should be avoided, and, truth to say, if that iteration had been avoided the case might have been compressed into a very reasonable compass, and within such a period, as was thrown out by authcrity during the argument, as within which there were legitimate materials only for two days' argument. Without disrespect to any of the learned counsel who have been ir structed to appear, it may with truth be said that, after the copious opening of the appeal, the observations of juniors were no more than "ditto," or, at any rate, "ditto, with variations ;" and with regard to the respondents' case, after the leader's elaborate opening, it partook of the same nature, though it is only fair to say that on each side tbere was at least one cre ditable exception. During this day's argument, Lord Justice Knight Bruce said it would be well if the professional gentlemen on both sides would agree to lay down some scheme of proceeding to be adopted in case this Court should annul the bankruptcy, and a scheme of proceeding to be adopted in case this Court should, on the other hand, support the bankruptcy. The ques tion of the validity of the bankruptcy must of necessity be decided, that question being before this Court, which it was not before the Vice-Chancellor. Some such ar rangement would be of great service to all parties, and before the judgment should be delivered it was essential that it should be come to, and each side bind itself to abide by it. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Glasse, Mr. Phipson, Mr. W. ' Murray (both of the common law bar), and Mr. W. D. Lewis, have already addressed the Court in support of the appeal from the Vice-Chancellor's decision, and Mr. Bacon and Mr. Huddleston (with Mr. Lewi-) bave ap peared in support of the appeal motion against the adju dication. Mr. Rolt, Mr. Joseph Browne, and Mr. G. M. Giffard have been heard in support of the order of the Vice-Chancellor, and Mr. Swanston, with Mr. Bagley, have now been heard for the directors of the bank in support of the adjudication in bankruptcy. The only things which varied the weariful monotony of the discussion were now and then an explosive sig gestion from one end of the " well" handed up to coun sel, which, when enunciated, caused a storm of indignant denial from the troop of lawyers on the other aide, and now and then a woful strain of compassion for the cre ditors, met by declarations that but for the conduct of the official assignee or the official manager, as the case might be, those creditors would not be in a situation to elicit any such expressions of commiseration. Sir Fitzroy Kelly will reply to-morrow (this day.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Priam, in London, before Mr. Justice Cresswell and a Common Jury.) FRENCH Y. STYRING—HORSE-RACING TRANSACTIoNS. This was an action to recover various sums of money, claimed to be due to the plaintiff i❑ respect of horse racing transactions between him and the defendant. Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Atherton and Mr. Manisty for the defendant. The rlaintiff was a trainer of horses at Newmarket, and the defendant was a publican at Huddersfield. It appeared that in the spring of 1354 a horse named Cen sus had won three races at Warwick, and also one at Northampton. The last was a selling race, and accord ing to the terms of it Census was sold by auction, the price obtained being 250 guineas. It was arranged that the plaintiff and defendant should own the horse in equal moieties, and another - part of the arrangement was that 29/., then due to the plaintiff for training the horse, should be paid by the defendant. After tiat expenses were incurred, in respect of Census, to such an amount that the defendant's half would be 176/. Another part of the case related to a horse named Autocrat, which was a favourite for the Derby in 1854, and the plaintiff, at the defendant's request, backed Autocrat for 1001., which the plaintiff subsequently paid ; and there was another bet of 251. under similar circumstances. The plaintiff now sought to recover the 29/. and the 1761. for expenses in connection with Census, and 1251. for the bets. The plaintiff and other persons were called to prove these facts. Evidence was also given for the defendant, and the defence set up was, that the plaintiff and defendant were partners i❑ reference to Census, and that a suit at law could not be maintained in reference to the partnership transaction. As to the 1001. bet, it was said that the plaintiff had not complied with the defendant's direc tion to send him word the next day that he had made the bet, and also that he had disobeyed his instructions, by taking 3 to 1 instead of 3i to 1. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 265/. lla. 101, subject to the opinion of the Court with respect to the question as to the partnership. ASSIZE INTEL bIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT—SHREWSBURY, DEC. 8. (Before Mr. Baron Watson.) THE MURDER IN SHREWSBURY. The grand jury returned a true bill against John Hollis, charged with the murder of Benjamin Bromley, and the trial will take place to-morrow (Tuesday) morning. ♦BDUCTION. Richard Morris, a farm labourer, was charged with abducting from her home and parents' custody a young girl, aged 15, named Anna Humphreys, the daughter of John Humphreys, farmer, Billingsley. The prosecutor, a respectable looking farmer, stated that the prisoner had been in his employ, as a labourer, from May last up to the 26th of ,November. Shortly after 8 o'clock on that night he went to bed, supposing that the 'prisoner and the rest of the servants had gone also. About half past 8 his elder daughter came to him, and told him that Anna and the man Morris were missing. He got up and went after them, but did not succeed in catching them. He found several articles of wearing apparel belonging to the prisoner and his daughter, ready placed for conveying away. Margaret Humphreys, daughter of the prosecutor, stated that on going to bed on the night of the 26th she missed her sister, and gave the alarm. Benjamin Parton, farm labourer, and brother-in-law of the prisoner, stated that he lived at Harpswood, in Marrille parish, and that on the night of the 26th of November, between 12 and 1 o'clock, the prisoner came to his house, in company with a young woman. Pri soner told him she was a daughter of his master's, who bad turned her out of doors. Prisoner asked for the girl to stay all night, and he consented to allow her. Prisoner said he would go back to his master's, and get him to take the girl home again. Superintendent Baxter, of the county police, said he took the prisoner into custody upon a charge of abduc tion. He said, "They will do no good with her (the girl) if they force her home, for she vowed and declared to me last night she would make away with herself if they did. lam going to marry her in May, and she is going to service till then." Prisoner was then locked _ _ The defence was, that the girl had desired the prisoner to take her away, as she was afraid of her father. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Baron Watson having alluded to the baseness of the prisoner, who was 25, in enticing so young a girl from her home, sentenced him to be imprisoned for nine months. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.— LIVERPOOL, Deo. 8. This morning the business of the Assizes commenced before Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Serjeant Channel!, the former of whom presided in the Crown Court, and the latter in a second criminal court. Out of a calendar of 105 prisoners there are no base than eleven ticket-of. leave men for trial. On the present ticket-of-leave system his lordship made the following observations : " Gentlemen, there is in the calendar a class of cases which I am sorry to see are common throughout Eng land —cases of what they call garotte robberies—where people %re subj ec t e d t o considerable violence, and rob bed, generally speaking, by two or three together, like the Thugs of India. These are cases in which, if brought , before you, you will find bills; and I will, to the extent of my power, punish the prisoners with the greatest severity, for the protection of society. Gentlemen, . those cases having been disposed of, you will find a good many—l don't know how many cases —in which people have been pardoned, so to speak, and come back into the country with what is called at present a ticket-ef leave, which certainly seems to me —in its effects I mean—an unwise arrangement. They are let loose, you see, upon society; and the reason, the cause of it is, that it is impos:ible to keep persons for so long a time as they were usually transported for before in this country. People get tired ; and than the chaplains of the gaols become extremely attentive ; the offender turns up the white of his eyes, and pretends to be a converted sinner. The chaplain considers him self complimented in the effect of his administration, and recommends him to be Bet free. A pardon is given, which is nothing but an incentive, and then you have the result its a greater number of crimes cot' mitted by these people who are not really reformed, but pretend to be so for the purpose of escaping punishment, Gentlemen, this arises from the medium of our having active but I cannot help think not very judieiolls phi lanthropists, who have been attempting tt., abolish the punishment of transportation altogeter. Now, th a t [ transportation was su bj ect to co - .,Sid era bl e ev il , sa l re quired consid era bl e reforu but it is, after a ll, th e 13' el,fic,,, was perfectly true; ~st punishment for the cotr which inflicts it, and th e criminal who, receives it un for I believe it was pert well known that the persons who recovered a good name, and li ve d a decent and respectable life, formed a large p er centage of the total sent out ; whilie' of those who remain in this country, and who, af ter a time, are turn e d a d r if t, t h ere is a very lectra f d , ealait, if . rot an infinitesimal per centage only. I recol in years ago visiting the Millb an k Penitentiary, ''-' lie, ondon, where they receive, an d on l y receive, I be :,. ye, persons destined to transportation. I went over '• . with the late Rev. Mr. Whitmore Russell, a gentleman of considerable eminence, and who had paid grea t atten tion to cri m i na l s t at i s ti cs. He showed me over the gaol, and I went over it, there being at the tithe 500, 600, or 700 prisoners therein ; and he bad been there doing his duty actively and energetically for 15 or 16 I years. After I had ese n the whole gaol, and observed 1 whole means by which p , nitence and reform we):e to be induced, I said to Mr. Whitmore Pessoll, "Flay, now, you have been, heet for r Jor 16 years, and how many people do you think you have reformed in those 15 ut 16 years out of the 700 generally here ?" Now what do you think was his answer? "Possibly two ; I am sore of one." Now that was the experience of a gentleman ill the greatest penitentiary in London, of a class of persons subject to transportation, but almost impossible here of reformation ; but if those persons were sent abroad ] sent to the colonies, and turned out in the colonies after their period of transportation had elapsed, perhaps subjecting there to the systt sa of ticket-of-leave, which, though very objectionable here, is not so there, I think that 40 or 50 per cent, would be reformed, for such has been the case. 1 say, therefore, it is really a hu mane proceeding to transport persons with these means of redemption before them, rather than, by keeping them in this country, to cut of all chances of redemption. Surely that is more humane and wise. I do not doubt what answer you would give me. What is a man to do after you have subjected him to a long series of impri sonment in this country ? What is he to do ? You turn him out with a ticket-of-leave ! I will presume he has behaved well in gaol, because persons who cannot behave ill are very apt to behave well. Then what are they to do ? Would you take them into your employ ment ? It would be an act of the greatest philanthropy, and at the hazard of your own comfort in your homes, and of your servants, who would not associate with that description of persons. They cannot obtain employ. ment ; what are they to do ! You turn them among their old associates. They have the cleverness which belongs to that description of persons, and they place themselves at the head of some new gang. Then evil arises. The men are punished perhaps for a second time, and it ends probably in death. .Now that is the fact. But turn him out in a colony where the capital of the counts y requires an additional quantity of labour ; the residents would take those persons more readily and could avoid them with greater ease; they would be rid of their old associates in England, and would go into a new place, where they might distinguish themselves, as they are really capable of doing, by their talents and conduct ; and they have often recovered themselves alto gether, and become good men. Then why should we abolish instead of reforming transportation ? This sys tem is a better one than the other. It is given in exchange for a great good, though that great good is accompanied by some evil, no doubt ; and the difficulty is to obtain a place where settlements may be made. A good deal of that has arisen from the real want of a good understanding and sense on the part of this country in former times. I believe no reason has been given which shows that we ought to transport the incorrigible criminals, sod try and separate them from one another previously in reformatory prisons where they could obtain instruction. You cannot enter into the minds of prisoners ; you can not say this is a hypocritical man ; but you can teach a man to read and write accounts. His hypocrisy cannot extend to that. You may teach him a new trade, or two trades. I have seen at Pentonville people taught two trades. Well, then, if you send a man out capable of reading and writing accounts, and of following some trade in the colony to which you send him, you send him out a useful colonist, if you do not send him out a good colonist altogether—not that I would neglect the whole some necessity of affording him religious teaching. I know that you may be deceived as to them ; it is true you cannot be deceived as to the others, because you have the test open to you, and you have the advantage of the others ; the undoubted advantage of having learned a trade. All that can be done. All those may be taught at least outward decency of conduct, and may deserve to be classed among the corrigible criminals, and those criminals, if you send them abroad— with the ticket of leave if you will, when yon send them out—are good colonists, being well trained, and able to distinguish themselves by trade when they get out. You send them out as useful colonists, and with the chance of being good men, and with God's blessing they may be delivered from the temptation to do evil. That is the best chance you can give them for the purpose of removing them from the state in which they originally stood. No doubt that is a great chance. With respect to your incorrigibles, you ought to keep them at home. We have no right to ire flict on the colonies people who are incapable of being reformed in any country at all. Your corrigible criminals being taught to be useful colonists, you have a right to send abroad, and you will have no difficulty in getting colonies to receive them. The objection before was that we accumulated them in such numbers in one unfortu nate colony that the colonists could not bear with them any longer ; for they became part of the colonists themselves, and instead of being such men as the colo• nista could depend on as servants, they were the worst of characters. That was the reason why the colonists rebelled, s• to speak. Well then, I think there ought to be this distinction. I cannot help thinking, when you have reformed the criminal as much as possible in the gaol, and when you transport him, you should take care as much as possible to send his wife and family with him. It ought to be a burden upon him, in a certain fixed amount, for carrying out with him his wife and children ; and within a limited period after arrival in the colony the expense of conveying them should he repaid by the criminal. If he is willing to pledge himself to that, you ought to assist him, for it is one of the beet ways of reclaiming a man, when you bring him back to what may be called his domestic duties and his domestic obligations. Gentlemen, I did not intend to occupy your time so long, but I wish your minds to be employed upon the consideration of these subjects. They are much at heart with me ; I hope they will be at heart with you ; and I am sure if I have the concurrence and the confidence in this matter of the kind and intelligent people of the country—amongst whom you figure so conspicuously—we shall have some chance of coming to a right conclusion upon this matter. We wish to have a report on the subject, as far as it extends to adult criminals. The young criminals are to be reformed by reformatory schools, which are really doing great service, and I don't wish to make any alteration in that respect. I speak of the adults, for whom the establishment of a right system of transportation would be the greatest blessing that could be conferred upon them. The grand jury then retired to the consideration of the various bills of indictment. A "SAMARITAN" INSTITUTION. - Yesterday Mr. Horsley, a'solicitor, attended at Guild hall to answer a prior statement made by Mr. Potter, one of the guardians of the West London Union. Mr. Potter had said, and his words had been reported in the papers, that he had to pass every day a building called the Samaritan Institution, in West Smithfield, professedly an institution for giving food and shelter to the house less poor, and that during the last eight months on no occasion had he seen it used for any other purpose tha❑ as a residence for Mr. Barber, the secretary, a coach house for his phaeton, and a stable for his horse, except the upper part, which he had let for 101. a month. To these statements Mr. Horsley now opposed his own full denial, and he bitterly complained that Mr. Potter should have chosen to make them at " the very time that we are reopening the institution, and obtaining con• tributions to enable us to relieve the destitute poor dur ing the inclement season of the year." He further said —ln 1850 the City Hospice, as it was then called, was instituted by Mr. Cochrane, who went to great expense, and involved himself in great liabilities, in doing so. I❑ 1853 Mr. Cochrane died, leaving some outstanding debts among which was one to a Mr. Palmer for a very con siderable sum of money. The institution, however, was closed prior to his death, and reopened in 1853, when Sir Fitzroy Kelly was and still is one of its most muni ficent patrons. The premises fell into Mr. Palmer's hands, from whom Mr. BArber, our excellent secretary, took them, and we have rentec: the greater portion of them from him at the trifling pittance of 1001. per annum, which is only half the amount he pays for them. He has a business which, he carries on in the remaining por tion of the premises, and for which he requires the use of a horse. Sir R. W. Carden —Is he not the manager as well as the secretary? Mr. Horsley—No, air, he is only the secretary. With regard to the institution being closed for the last eight months, as stated by Mr. Potter, I beg to state that, so far from that being the case, it is open from November until May in each year. hen the institution closed the books showed that the applicants for relief, which numbered about 700 in November, dwindled down to 100, thereby showing that the relief is bestowed upon deserving objects, who obtain work as goon as the season permits. The institution was opened yesterday, and in full vigour. Sir. R. W. Carden—Do I understand you to say that the institution is now open? Mr. Barber—Certainly, sir ; and there were no less than 220 persons relieved yesterday, and were preached to by a missionary at two services during the day. Mr. Horsely continued—The only object we have in view is to relieve the destitute, and we have lately added another braneh to the institution, which is that of re claiming the unfortunate girls from the miserable and degraded life upon the streets of London. We have no less than 16 females now upon our books, whom we have withdrawn from the abominable life they have been leading, to get them into various reformatories. I have a letter here from a rev. gentleman who was one of our most zealous advocates ; but I will leave it to you, sir, to say whether I should be right in reading it, so that it may go forth to the public. Sir R. W. Carden—l do not think the letter should be read. Mr. Horsley—l mentioned it because influences have been brought to bear upon the rev. gentleman which have induced him to resign, and we have consequently been deprived of a most able co-operator. Mr. Phillips (the master of the West London Union) —Really, Mr. Horsley, if you persist in that statement I shall be obliged to reply to it, as I have it from the Rev. Mr. Knott himself that he left the institution because his name was attached W accounts ho never audited, and that there was no undue influence exercised over him in any way. Mr. Barber--Tbe Rev. Mr. Knott never was an au. ditor ; he was only a member of the finance committee. .Mr. Horsley—ln the same paper, following the report of Mr. Potter's statement, is a complaint of an old wo man hiving been refused relief at the union, upon the excuse that the house was already fall. Now, the West London Union had been in the habit of paying 101. per month for a part of the premises belonging to the Sa maritan institution, to be used as a dormitory for the old paupers, so as to relieve the overcrowded state of the union, but since the appointment of the new relieving officer, the old paupers have been withdrawn from the dormitory, to overburden the crowded state of the union still further, and some of them have since applied to our institution for relief. Sir R,. W, Carden—Have you received the sanction and authority of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor for the lise of his name Mr. Barber—We have of the preceding Lord Mayor. Sir R. W. Carden—That is not the Lord Mayor. Mr. Barber—We have not seen the present Lord May Sit R. W. Carden—Have you the authority of the present Lord Mayor to use his name as the president of this institution ? Mr. Barber--We waited upon him for that purpose, and we were to appoint another deputation to see him. Sir R. W. Carden—Have you the authority of the Lord Mayor for the use of his name ? Mr. Barber—We have not, neither have we used it. Here is our report, which we have withheld publishing until we obtain the Lord Mayor's consent, which, I believe, we shall. Sir R. W. Carden—l have seen an advertisement in the Times, three days ago, in which the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor is represented as the president of this insti tution ; and you know that the Lord Mayor, so far from approving of the step you have taken, has distinctly refused to lend his name to the institution in any way. Mr. Barber—l do not know it, sir. Sir R. W. Carden—l have the authority of the Lord Mayor himself for saying that the application had been made to him, and that he had refused to have anything to do with the institution. Mr. Barber—l am sorry at hearing such a statement from you, sir, as the advertisement you speak of was sent to the Times before our application to the Lord Mayor, and it has been held over by the limes. No advertisements have been issued since our application. Sir R. W. Carden—But the advertisement has not been held over for a whole month ? Mr. Barber—Oh, certainly not, sir. Sir R. W. Carden—Then the Lord Mayor has been in office now just a month. Mr. Barber—l believe we shall have his lordship's per mission. Sir R. W. Carden—And I believe his lordship, when he gave his positive denial, had good reasons for doing so. Mr. Barber—Really, sir, it grieves me more than all else to hear such remarks from the bench. There is some mistake about the use of the Lord Mayor's name, which can be satisfactorily explained. Mr. Potter—l have passed and repassed this institu tion, and never saw anything going on except Mr. Bar ber's chaise, which was usually drawn up in front of the door. There was also a large quantity of books, which had been given to the institution, but I cannot say what has become of them. With regard to the accuracy of the statement I made I will call the inspector, who lives opposite, and the policeman on the beat, to corrobo rate everything I have asserted. Mr. Barber—There are some books, which I lend to the inmates to read. Sir R. W. Carden—ls it true that 'arge parcels of books have been presented to the institution ? Mr. Barber —Not large parcels, sir. Mr. Chambers—About three years agol gave 101. or 151. worth of books to the lending library, Mr. Barber—Those books consisted of the educational course only. I wish these statements bad been made to me personally, as the books and maps are all there, and to be seen. Mr. Potter—Since my statement Mr. Barber called on me and said that as I had done all I could to shut up his shop, he would do all he could to shut up mine. Mr. Barber—What I said was this, "that you had done all you could to close the institution, and that I would be the means of closing your shop, as I i n t en d bringing an action against you in one of the superior courts. Sir R. W. Carden—ls there any one present who knows anything about the library ? How many volumes have you, Mr. Barber ? Mr. Barber—l have 250 volumes. Sir R. W. Carden—Let the inspector, who lives opposite, state what he knows of thislinstitetion. Inspector Cole—l have lived opposite ham the com mencement of the institution to the prevent time, and it is the general opinion of the neighbourhood that it is worse than useless. The greatest number of persons who apply there daily go away without relief, and many that have been relieved have been fed with food, which I have tested, that is not fit to feed pigs with, I have re marked that shortly before Christmas every year there has been great activity evinced in the institution, and immediately after Christmas such activity bas entirely ceased, and I have drawn my own conclusions from it accordingly. I have had charges at the nation-house against persons connected with that institetion arising out of disagreements among its promoters. On one oc casion Mr. Cochrane .charged Mr. Barber with an of fence which lam not prepared now to mention. The successors charged their predecessors with secreting the goods supplied by the butcher and baker in other parts of the building than those in which they should have been found. The class of persons congregating there are a disgrace to the persons causing them to come there, and when they get relief they do not consider it worth their acceptance. Sir R. W. Carden (to Mr. Barber)—What do you get as secretary ? Mr. Barber-1001. a-year, but I have not received anything for the last two years. Sir R. W. Carden—Then you pay the met of these premises on your own responsibility, and do not even get the 100/. a-year in return. Mr. Barber—l do a large business as a merchant, which I depend upon, having turned as much ks 9,000/. within the last 12 months. The West London Union is at the back of a!f this, and Mr. Potter has been ohosen to bring the matter forward, and that will comeout in a superior court. Sir R. W. Carden—le the policeman on the beat pre sent? William Mobbs, 265, said—l am the constable on that beat, and have frequently observed that there is a certain set of characters who infest the entrance to the institu tion, and when the destitute poor apply for relief they are driven away by the regular frequenters. I have had as many as 30 cards at one time delivered tome by strangersfrom the country who had receive earth from subscribers, and been driven away from the docile on applying for relief, by these characters. Mr. Horsley—l wish, Sir Robert, that you world go down at once, and inspect the quality of the food, for I have tasted it and found it very good. I am, therefore, able to give a positive denial to the inspector's %ate ment. Inspector Cole—When I tasted the food it was net fit to eat. Mr. Horsley—l speak for myself. Inspector Cole—And I for myself. Mr. Barber—lt is an annual custom, the appointment of the Lord Mayor as president ; but nothing had be e n issued in the matter until sanctioned by him, and toe use of the Lord Mayor's name is quite a mistake. Sir R. W. Carden said it was no mistake, as the Lord Mayor's name appears as the president, not only without his knowledge or consent, but against his express desire, Mr. Barber—The fact is our institution is a reflectiot on the West London Union, because people who have been refused parish relief come to us, and that ie the reason that the West London Union has endeavoured by every means to injure the institution. Sir. Re W. Carden—l cannot allow such a statement as that to be made ; as, from my own experience in cases brought under my notice, I know that on no occasion bas Mr. Phillips refused relief when applied for, if nee ded ; and I will undertake to s a y th a t any person !leaking application to the workhouse, or the magistrate of the district, will meet with every attention, and have ne occasion to go anywhere else for relief. William Mobbs, 263—1 have taken many from the institution to the union for relief, but Itnuetvoenr. knew of any one going from the union to the insti I have held the Mr. Phillips—l will defy Mr. Barber or any one else to accuse me, during the two y office, of having been guilty of m nreearslect of duty in the slightest degree. . g Martin (the Chief Clerk) and the court appwehaethteor a single complaint has been proved against m e, and whether I ever refuse d _ relief to any one sen t from this court. (M r. Martin, c onfirmed this.) I n reference to the dormitory being given up on th e a ppointment of the new relieving officer, I m ust say that he bad nothin g to do with it. When I became master of the union I found that the old men who slept in the dormitory were saturated in their beds in at all parts of the roof, and I there by the rain coming fore made arrangements for taking them all into the house, where they now are. Mr. Barber was spoken to about it; but took no steps to improve the condition of the roof of the dormitory. Mr. Barber---The West London Union want these premises, and that is the reason they are trying to shut up the institution, and if I would have taken 801. instead of 1201. a year for the dormitory, you would have heard nothing of this complaint. Mr. Phillips—We do not want the premises, as we have taken others in Smithfield. Sir R e W. Carden—l believe Sir Fitzroy Kelly sin cerely repents the first subscription he ever gave to this institution, for it has subjected him to a great deal of annoyance. Mr. Barber—That is not the case, sir, as Sir Fitzroy Kelly has not only given 5001 . at the outs e t, b ut he has s i nc e given 1001. a year ; and at the dinner in Ma rch last, in aid of the funds of the instituti on, he gave a subscription of 51. Mr. Potter—As one of the committee, I be g t o say that I opposed the proposition of engagin g the room in the institution. Mr. Barber —Why, it was only last week I met the chairman of the union, and he asked me what he would take for the room. A missionary here described the class of persons re lieved at the institution as thieves, prostitutes, and vagrants. Mr. Horsley—Why, that is the very class we profess to relieve, and reclaim if possible Sir R. W. Carden —I cannot allow ' this discussion to go any further. It has already occupied too much of the time of the court. Mr. Horsley—Notwithstanding all that has been said, I still believe it to be a most worthy institution, or I should not-be connected with it. Sir R. W. Carden —It may become so, if you look to it more yourself. Mr. Barber —Will you come and visit the institution ? Sir R. W. Carden—Net after the description of the company that visits you. (Laughter.) Let this matter end here, and I think the pu blic will be able to judge, from what h as t ransp i re d to-day, of the merits of the Samaritan Institution. MUNIFICENT DONATIONS. —Sir Hugh Hoare, of Lil lingstone Love), last week transmitted a check for 1,0001. to the treasurer of the Bucks Infirmary, at Aylesbury. The worthy baronet some time since also distributed to the medical charities in Wilts and Soraersetshire 2,0001., and sent 100 guineas to the Medical Benevolent College, w hi c h has been established for decayed medical men, their widows and orphans, and which is now in full operation at Epsom. The Hon. P. S. Pierrapont, of Evenly-hall, a few weeks ago sent 1,0001. to the Nor thampton Hospital, as a contribution on his birthday. -- oxfw•d Journal,. BANK RETURNS. An Account, purstint to the Act seventh and. eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in. Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 22d day of November, 1856 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 12,507 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,122 A.ylsha,m Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 32,595 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 32,879 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple--Marshall and Co 10,254 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke -- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons -- Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb ......... 14,960 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 22,062 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co 6,908 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 14,659 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and. J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co 33,986 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 28,720 Bath City Bank, Bath--G. Moger and Son -- Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co 35,589 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds 28,903 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H. A. and W. M. Harris and Co. 11,656 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 62,742 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co 12,563 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters 48,964 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and 71,905 3,045 16,042 30,097 Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank s 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 23,642 2,670 18,029 35,450 45,102 7,545 20,899 Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Promage, Snead, and Co Derby Baink, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Finoham, 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 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—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and 74,251 9,377 10,003 35,281 26,853 9,470 10,132 73,921 85,859 9,095 48,977 94,919 52,365 45,909 26,974 7,400 13,115 5,730 Kee' •• Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hiicier, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and 4,535 13,185 31,138 31,324 17,889 20,573 54,525 Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-- Alexander - 4 and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co C..... Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. ................................... . Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Goteh 'and Sons ...................................L a ne En Lane End Staffordshire Bank, d—C Harvey and Son ................. Leeds Bank, Leeds—Becktt a nd_ . C. .Williams, Leeds Union Bank, Leeda—W Brownand Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes Lichfield and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield —Palmer and Greene Lincolnßank, Lincoln —Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, La,mpeter Bank, and Llan ddo Zank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughforough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock ii:i i rig ton Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and 5,233 31,527 23,479 21,285 66,589 18,205 25,962 21,478 45,144 .................................................... Lynn :Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—. Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Broclaehurst 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 ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co . Monmouth Ckl Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham- mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons.:. Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris: and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum— Samuel 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 ..... Old Bank, T0nbridge,C0...................0nbndge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. 11.• and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney..._4. W. Clinchand Co. .................................. Pease's Old Ban k, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverly Bank, Hull—Pease and Co. Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and C 0.... Peterborough Bank andan Oundle Bank, Pet D - borough— . Yorke d Co. Pemb r okeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters. R ea ding Bank, Reading—Simonds and C 0..... Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. ............................................... Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches- _ • - - - - t e r—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby —A. Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye---R. C. Pomfret, & Co Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross Allawrty arid Macdougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf fron. Walden—Gibsons and Co 8,534 5,348 52,745 37,280 32,452 30,010 92,130 32,348 7,540 3,592 39,442 13,757 14,655 2,728 Country Markets. CHELMSFO: An average supply of wheat of 1s per qr. on the best samp week's quotations. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. qr.3B 74 new 41 73 red, old 36 65 new 36 65 31 42 36 50 31 42 72 76 74: 78 Barley Chevalier , Grinding Malt Chevalier . ,D-DEC. 5. to-day, at an improvemont Les. Spring corn firm at last s. s. per qr 24 30 Partridge 43 45 White 41 48 Boiling 42 49 Dun 37 41 Beans, Tick 16 40 Harrow ticks 40 41 Mazagan 37 3 9 Ditto, nu w 36 38 Oats, Peas, COLCHESTER- DEC. 6. A fair supply of wheat, which was taken slowly at last week's rates. Malting barley rather dearer. Beans and peas the turn cheaper. Prices to-dvwere as follow :—Wheat, white, 665,t0 804 red, 62s to 70s; barley, 44s to 50s ; oats, 25s to 304 ; hew, Mazagan, 40s to 428; middle and small, 42s to 46a ; white, 41s to 48s ; grey, 40s to 445. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c, in the port of London, from the following pi Dec. 1 to Dec. 6, both inclusive. receive d )11M, frc p.; • c sl X 8 Colchester Harwich 438 ;1588 , Leigh Maldon , 967 48 9130 7 1 131 413 243 KIRKCALDY—Dry. 6. There were very good supplies of grain, which brought last week's rates. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I`B eauP; First 6Bs 04)1 43s 64 ( 27s Oct I , 0 s ° A 7 I Second Third 30s Oct I 3kls 01 I 18s Ocl 1 Os th• Oabme& 383 to 40s per bag of 28011). :ET.—DEc. 8. the dose of the markeS. Wallsend, ke. COAL MA L. lithos of Coal per ton at e., d. Bebside's Hartley 17 3 I. Hetton West Hartley l6 6 Hartlepool Hetton 19 Wallsend, &e. Lam bton 19 Haswell 19 6 1 Ships at market... 21 :(3 I Sold l9 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 8. STOOK EXOHANGE.—The Stock Exchange to-day r a j. doing a quiet business, and prices were a shade 007:: Lancashire and Yorkshire, 961 7—Great Western, 6 9 1 0 Midland, 82 14—North Eastern, Berwick, 21-1/ 012 ,, and North Western, 1053—North British, 9.18.9. -41 ,;s Rhenish, pm. , 13s. 9d.--East Lancashire, 21j Western of Canada, 24k—South Eastern, 22i_Birkeno. head, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Birkenh ea n and 2 16 ,.. tcr), 271. L'!shares, 17k—Eastern Counties, N. 1 1 s• °"- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 35. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 8. eY STOOL EXOHANGE.—This market was not do i ng o bra a business to-day, with prices rather lower. Midl an d, —Great Western Birmingham Guaranteed Stock , 744 —South Stands, dis.—Sheffields, 35. MANCHESTER, DEC. 8. dOP .3TOOIS EXOHANGE.—The market opened quiet to uo . with rather lower prices. Midlands, 81i —East f. shire, 2la—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolos, London and North Westerns, 105A—Blackbur.,"0 South Eastern and Dovers, 22—Leeds, 96i-- -- Ed iu 24i • Perth, and Dundee, Bi—Great Western of Canada', SEABORNE MAILS. he 10 11 [When the date for making up a mail falls on a Sund a y' , remains open until the day .ollowing; except in the case in o_f A t i `4 mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is 4ue evening previous evening previous.] FOR :) .----:-" -C W 1 3/ . Made up at Whence By what When yeBP-• the des- Vessel. expected Post-Office. patched. ....- -- AV av Lisbon.. •• .. 7th 17th &I South- ___---- 14 br a• Spain Gibraltar Gibraltar -1 Malta .. h and 031 0 Egypt .. • • South- 20th o f 001 0 Ceylon • • ampton Indus the India Mauritius i viaCeylon).l ) China South- ........ Jan. 44 ' Penang .. •• M the ampton Ile d t Singapore South- Euro- soy.-- Ja i the Cape) Australia(vial M Dec. 12 .• j ampton pearl Cape of Good Hope .. • • r t n 25 Mauritius - W.B. "—• % Ceylon .4 India Lisbon - 1 Madeira CapedeVerds I 1 South- Dec. 12 e r,De ° Br azil . EuenosAyres Falkland Is lands ) West Indiesampton (except Ha vana and Ist and „e OF ill' 2d and 17th south - A.trato Honduras). 16th of I"' 1 Venezuela le Grey Town.. month. month. New Granada Chili Peru • • California • • South- 16th Of 4 jaw' 002 . Honduras •• im Dec. 17 •• I ampton Atrato the . N month.assau • South- Mexico •im Tam 2 " • • amp t on . Jan. 1 Hava na ... • Se ll Madeira .. • • 0 Niger Dee.. mouth W.C.ofAfrica .. lE Dec. 23 ..}. Ply drolo America • • E Every Fri.} Liver- - ..- sp. 8 .s ib United Doc* Or. United States pool B T er British United States i Dec. 9 and ..soll 0 El i ' .- British North E alternate Liver -I.Baltic Dec. '- America .. Tuesdays. pool United States 1 fL t,O •O W iE Dec. 23 .. 1 British North 1-M Dec. 17 .1. South- Do. 1 3 ow - America .. S • ampton Fulton CO N s r l if i r N e or th 1 ' diO Canada .... Liver- N. A.me - 14 - "' j pool rican I 31—Morning. E —Evening. GREAT RASCAL—An Illinois editor, A ,..„,, oi. . spealwn boo rogue who lives in that • ' 't " The r i ' scsa a il in broken every bank, gaol, and Sabbath we bite s a pex , , vicini..y, says :-- b this country for the last five years."—America ) 10 1 : [ADVERTISEMENT.] -Fifty Thousand Cures vrit h°- d, of .---.. sine, by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta ArabicS Foo 0 , 0 0, n e ar digestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, otb-100 bilious, and liver complaints, debility, c ough , .. fro consumption, dze.—Cure No. 71, of dYsP e r sl , 3 Zl b 3f ,„ the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart do necies - T o ta Ar i ,, derived considerable benefit from Du Barr Y's bica Food, and consider it due to yourselves an - s Tt rol . 1) - is to authorise the publication of these line s *. n docrib a 0 . 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Ingra!f e ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wilro r ~ „ o f OUP' Coun tess „AO'. Lord Stuart do Decies ; the Dowager , o ther reer',.,thet a stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and niajl " 1, after a' -.. ~ persons, whose health has been restored by . i for sit dini s a* . ' ; means of cure had failed. Suitably packe" l ,,,,. ; 2,1 b., 4 ; i , ; with full instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s- '"`,•.,.. 2lbs., ;,,, Professoro v. slbs., lls. ; 121b5., 225.; super-refined, 1114., ": • ; t ow° 0 .. Bibs., 225.; 101bs., 335. The 101bs. and 121b"' ~,,,d Co., or ; on receipt of post-ogee order. Barry du Da r ' r f„ - rarf el t . Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and '-',"!„oh,stree ' to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60,,Griteeer94 , F i s holi 330 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside; 6S, Cornl llll __ ' vo treet; gate-street; 55, Charing-cross ; 64, Upper 16 a j ' e and 150, Oxford-street. BIRTHS. .0 01 ' 67 A. 11014 .„ of L imit. On the 7th inst., at Ryall Hall, the wile 00 11. Caut On, th ley. • 4 ; TAsa/ e 3d inst., at Milliken, Renfrevrshir • ken Napier. of John Manners, 86. A DAUG Rutland-gate, HTER. On the sth inst., * at 4 h WO OF Hyde-p ark, ' —e On the Bth inst., at Pa rk-road, 0 1 wife of James Sanders , F og . Stoke Nevringt°°' MARRIED. fti cbj' On the 6th inst., at Christ Church, Marylebone, 1,00 Bennett. Esq., of Donnington, Salop, to Eliza , I °ll A daughter of John Morris Bennett, Esq., surgeon, Upper Baker-street. iii atea , On the 6th inst., at St. James's Church, ra'ftegt" Richard D'Oyly Fletcher, Captain Ist West Indio , rr tt, to Augusta Catherine, daughter of Henry mo o ' lII' Esq., of Grove nous°, Bayswater. DIED. ~,,e k soel On the 7th inst., at Lower Norwood, Edward 13 ' 0 00' Esq., of 31, King-s:;reet, Cheanside, for 20 year s e cheef , ber of the Common Council for the Ward of Villas, Mr. Thonaas Johnson, " IC. aged 74. a 'l 4 o ' l On the Ath hest , at 94, MelvillP-terrsce, C4,o“e-solio, of .., i aged 51. La va" On the 6th inst., at 9 0 b•d e- uare, Joseph of str'ff ' Esc' formerly ' fll ri g Medical Boarcl •, President of t he Calcutta, aged 79. .4- 0. ton fir, On the 6th inst., at 7, Montagu-placo, Isling ~gar,i,i', Herring, of the rni of flaring, DOOiCk, an'' Walbrook, aged 66. ng-street, bib s° On the 6th inst , Charlotte Seneve, wife of Arc ITinton, of Highb.ury Barn Tavern aged 37. A tbg Rev. Patrick Fraser, ag ed 6 0 . -....1 On the 3d inst., at Withorsial, Westraorelan., LONDON : Printed an d Publighed by MIXED° V.-; of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Otlioet the 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, of Mitid ete7, Tues iAy , December 9, 1.81513. 9,848 17,725 26,682 16,354 26,473 50,550 20,305 23,068 48,205 94,806 10,793 3,209 19,159 8,559 30,610 12,097 32,495 12,087 11,045 47,901 10,222 10,458 12,563 30,624 28,845 6,509 4,391 7,645 14,316 7,901 15,515 3,828 29,646