The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-22 00:00:00

CLOTHING FOR THE ARMY. The evidence taken by the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into public contracts suggests, incomplete as it is, many grave reflections. The British army is the worst clothed in Europe, and that in every sense of the term. The cloth, to begin with, is bad ; it is poor in texture, as the soldier knows ; its colour soon fades under the sun, and still more so under the rain of this humid climate, as anybody who has seen a soldier can testify. For this bad clothing a very large price is paid, the estimate for the cur rent year being little short of 2,000,0001. sterling ; a war estimate, no doubt, but still a good index of the exigencies of the tailoring department. The old system, by which the colonels of the different regi ments were clothiers too, has happily been abo lished ; but the new system does not fairly come into play until the beginning of the next financial year ; and we are naturally called upon to consider what are its details and how far they are likely to be beneficial. Now, accordinc , to the old plan, it is well known that the colonel s' who supplied the clothing to their different regiments through the medium of agents made large profits by means of this perquisite, the average of profit being 7501. a-year in the infantry. No matter what the actual strength of the regiment, a colonel received an allowance for the nominal number, so that the profits of this officer when his regiment, being on the war establishment, was supposed to contain 2,000 rank and file, would amount to more than 1,500/., and, although the army when the war ceased was 40,000 below the number sanctioned by Parliament, still, if the old system of clothing were in force, the heads of the different regiments would be paid for the clothing of these 40,000 men who are not in existence. It is impossible to imagine a scheme more absurd in principle and more vicious in practice ; and it is not much to say that the new method is a decided improvement on it. There is to be a clothing establishment at Weedon. The Government contract for the cloth, and send it down to Weedon for inspection ; from Weedon it is sent to London or elsewhere to be made ; when it is made it is sent back to Weedon ; it is there inspected, and comes again to London to be dis tributed. All this seems very roundabout ; but there is at least one good result to be anticipated —it is cheaper than the old system. The private soldiers will in future be clothed in the same qua lity of cloth as that which is now used for the ser geants and drummers, while the cost will be no greater than before. The price of his Old tunic, trousers, and shako was 1/. 16s. 6d., and now he is to have a much better suit at the same price. We hope that we are not very ungrateful if, in accepting this improvement, we suggest that a still greater reform is needed. Even at this re duced rate there is a profit of Gs. 6d. made out of the clothing of each man, which might be saved by having the clothes made up in the regiments themselves. That is the system pursued in the Artillery, and the congeluence is a saving of 14,00.,g. on the old expenditure. It is not merely on the ground of economy, however, that such a method seems desirable ; it is only in this way that the clothes can really be made to lit, and it is because this system is adopted in the French army that the clothes of the French soldier fit so much better than those of the English. In our army the uni formS are made from the size rolls of the different regiments, the clothing being made in sets. There is, in fact, an experiment of the kind we refer to about to be made by the Guards, and it is calcu s lated that a contingent of 24 men for every regi ment will be sufficient to provide that portion of the army with every necessary of clothing better and cheaper than by any method which has }'et been tried. The great objection to the intro duction of a scheme so promising into the line is that the depots of the different regiments are not stationary. Now, even granting the soundness of that objection, it is very easily answered. We are going to brigade our regiments, an I not only the regiments but their depot s, . and the depots, therefore, necessarily become fixed. But the fact is that the raisi:eg of this question brings back the whole story of the Crimean mismanagement and ineffici ency. Division of labour is a very fine thing in political economy ; but war is not very considerate of political economy, and, being waged in defiance of its maxims, its machinery must be modelled on other principles. Why should not our soldiers be trained in other exerciecs than those of drill and the use of the ride ? Why should there not be at tached to each company a certain number of trained workmen, who in the practice of the more necessary trades might be of the greatest service to the regiments when abroad ? It is the very want which was so much felt in that fearful winter in the Crimea. Of what priceless worth to many of the poor fellows wln) perished in that helples-, hopeless struggle, with the apathy of those in power, would a few buotmakers have been or a few tailors ! And surely it is carrying routine a little too far to insist that it is impossible to nave soldier tailors attached to the regiments of the line, because the depots are not stationary. Such fogy ism will not now be endured in this country. \Ve have overcome our (;,),jection to a standing army, but we shall never be reconciled to an army stand ing still while all around is progress.—TLies. 11, it; is A IS D THE LATE EARL OF SHREWSBURY AND JOHN SADLEIR. DUBLIN, SEPT. 20. A statement which appears in the leading co lumns of the Tablet of this day, and which I have reason to know is perfectly authentic, relates a fact about the late John Sadleir that can hardly fail to surprise the world even with reference to that no torious individual, as evincing iu a very striking manner the extraordinary amount of confidence which he contrived to obtain in all circles. Tea statement is as follows : A will has been discovered amongst the papers of the late Earl of Shrewsbury bequeathing- his estates to the late John Sadleir absolutely and unconditionally. The existence of this will was unknown to Mr. Serjeant Bellasis and Mr. Hope Scott (the executors of that no bleman) until within the last few days. It is of a date anterior to the will in favour uf the infant son of the Duke of Norfolk, and is understood to have been made previous to the short stay of the earl in London when he took his seat in the House of Lords. Tue subsequent will was not, however, made in consequence of the public ex posure which followed the suicide of John Sadleir ; but before returning abroad the earl was advised by a digni fied ecclesiastic to place his affairs in the hands, and seek the counsel of Catholics of known probity and hon our, and we believe that the executors of the existing will were recommended to him. The earl, however, never made these gentlemen acquainted with the dispo sition he had previously made of his property, and it is understood that he overruled the advice they tendered to him in many respects, and e:;pecially in not leaving anything to his nearest relatives. The intention of the earl was, that his property should be applied by John Sadleir to charitable and ecclesiastical uses, and no plau sible reason can be•alleged for his choice of the person to whom he confided the distribution of his property ex cept thathis own solicitor and the solicitor of John Sad leir were one and the same person. 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In July, 1854, her Majesty's 22d Regiment being stationed at Peshawur, under or ders for England, the Paymaster, Captain Barlow, was required by Captain (now Major) Anderson, who was in command, to show the, state of the regimental funds. He confessed himself insolvent, was relieved of his charge, and put under arrest. He had, it appears, been long in difficulties, owing money to most,—indeed, as far as appears, to all the officers, and to all the regimental funds. For a long time Captain Graham and another officer had been security for him to a bank at Agra for a debt of 1,0001., which he was slowly liquidating by instalments of 201. a-mouth. In other respects he seems to have been what is called a good fellow, and is alluded to by Colonel Boileau in a letter to Sir W. Napier as " your old and worthy paymas ter." On August 2 he wrote to Captain Anderson, stating that he had made use of the regimental funds, but that he would repay what he had borrowed in six months after the regiment had landed in England. It was soon, however, found that he would not be able to pay. Captain Anderson replied that he could make no such arrangement, and wrote on the subject the next day to the Colonel, who with • several other officers was on sick leave at the Murree Hills. He also took immediate steps to prevent more public money from falling into the insolvent's hands. The news of the crisis spread general dismay. It so happened, however, that the paymaster had a son in-law in the regiment, Lieut. Deane, the imme diate subject of the present investigation. This young gentleman, as was known in the regiment, had hopes of succeeding his father-in-law, the Colonel having promised his recommendation. He also was on sic leave at the Murree Hills, residing with his wife in one House, while Colonel Boileau, Captain Graham, Captain Bampfylde, and Lieut. Morrison together occupied another. Captain Graham received a letter from his fellow-surety, Captain Blackall, at Peshawur, informing him of Barlow's insolvency, reminding him that they would be called on by the bank for the 1,0001., and urging him to see what could be done with Lieut. Deane. Accordingly he went off to Lieut. Deane, and, finding him at a theatre attending a rehearsal, gave him the first news of his father-in law's insolvency - and the court-martial that was likely to be held upon him. He went, he is careful to say, on his private account—viz., to be relieved of his suretyship at the bank—so only told Lieut. Deane what was rumoured, viz., that the paymas ter was indebted to the mess fund 8001. Of course his purpose would be answered to a great extent if Lieut. Deane would undertake only that debt, leaving Captain Barlow's pay clear for the instal ments due to the bank - . That afternoon Lieut. Deane wrote to his Colonel offering any assistance in his power to remove his father-in-law's diffi culties, but adding that, having no experience in business matters, ho had no definite notion how he could interfere. The next morning, August 10, the Colonel sent Captain Graham and Lieut. Morrison to Lieut. Deane to ask him to put his idea into some form. This was not easy, for a form implies at least matter, and Lieut. Deane at once avowed that the greater part of the little money to which he had any claim was so invested that he should depend on his father's consent, which, how ever, he had little reason to doubt of. This fact he succeeded in impressing. upon his brother officers. Nevertheless, with this declared reserve, he sent Col. Boileau a form of guarantee which he was ready to make. It was to the effect that within six months after landing in England he would make good the deficiency to the regimental funds, on condition that Capt. Barlow be allowed to leave the regiment on medical certificate for two years, within time he was to take steps for his re tirement from the servirie. But no ,v comes the most extraordinary feature of this case, and one which it is impossible to reflect on without fresh and fresh wonder. We must go back to Peshawur. It must be explained that the paymaster had various accounts in his hands ; first, of course, public accounts—viz., the pay of men and officers ; secondly, mess, hutting, school, and other regimental accounts ; thirdly, private accounts with the several officers. To these Captain Barlow added an account with the bank. Under all these heads he was deeply in debt: ' With regard to the first, on the 28th of the previous month he had received a draught from Calcutta to enable him to pay the men for the whole of the month of Aug - hat, the date of these transactions, but, after paying the men in advance for the first hall of the month, as is usually done, he had mad. 9 away with the money which he should have kept for the other half. This deficiency alone came to 365 f. On the paymaster confessing his insolvency he had been put under arrest, and his books, with the chest, had been transferred to a committee of paymaster ship, presided over by Captain Anderson. - So, on the 15th of August, when the men wanted their pay for the ensuing fortnight, not a rupee could be found in the chest. In this extremity Major Anderson borrowed the money for this purpose from the " canteen fund," and advanced to each officer enough for his men, on the understanding that when they got their own pay they were to re place the canteen money, and eventually be repaid b) the new paymaster. On the' face of this trans action, it was making the new paymaster make good the deficiency of the old, and that a deficiency of soldiers' pay—that is, of public money. Now, it is not every man who can carry in his head a process of payment and repayment more than three stages ; nor is it every man who can al ways count ten, or invariably discriminate between his right hand and his left. But, if there ever was a combi nation of circumstances that addressed itself to the weakest capacities, we should have thought it was the fact of a large sum of public money handed over to Captain Barlow on July 28 for the whole of August, and the fact of 500 men wanting their pay on August 15 ; the paymaster a con fessed insolvent, and not a rupee to be found in his chest. Is it conceivable that anybody could doubt for an instant that this was a public default ? How could anybody elude the evi dence of the huge item in the ledger, the empty chest, the clamouring regiment, and the use of the canteen fund ? No wonder, at least, our readers will agree with us, that when Lieutenant Deane's guarantee arrived at Peshawur at this very crisis Major Anderson, after submitting the document to the officers, and receiving their delighted concur rence returned it to Colonel Boileau with various alterations and a third paragraph, designed to meet the chance of a default in public money. Nor was all this change made in the guarantee before it was again presented to Lieutenant Deane. The officers now insisted that all their private credits and ba lances with the paymaster thould be included iu it, to the amount of 8691. Aft3r passing through this ordeal, then, the guarantee stood as follows "I hereby guarantee that all demands from officers of the 22d Regiment, whether on account of regimental funds or Private credits, now due by Captain Barlow, Paymaster of the 22d Regiment, shall be made good by me within six months after the head-quarters of the 22d Regiment land in England. "I further agree to effect an insurance on my life for the sum that may appear due when the books are made up, and to make the policy of insurance over to the 22d Regiment, which said policy is to be kept up by me till the debt is liquidated, on condition that Capt. Barlow be allowed to leave the regiment on medical certificate for two years, within which time he is to retire from the 22d Regiment, or exchange into another for the purpose of retiring from the service. " This document, however, is not to preclude further proceedings being taken against Capt. Barlow by his commanding officer, if I decline to pay any deficiency that may appear in the Government money on the ac• counts of the regiment being taken over by me from Captain Barlow, previous to his obtaining a medical cer tificate." With the above explanation, what will our readers say to the fact—for fact it still is by cour tesy—that none of the -officers knew, or saw, or perceived, or observed, that Paymaster Barlow was a defaulter in his public accounts ? They saw the large recent item in the ledger, the empty chest, the soldiers wanting their pay, and they arranged to borrow from the canteen fund to replace it, and get repaid from the new paymaster ; but there was "no speculation in their eyes," or in any other faculty of their body or mind. Accordingly they all swear at the Court-martial that they did not know there was a deficiency in the public accounts. When pressed they take a high ground, and wilk swear to nothing but what they know. They won't say what they suspected or believed. They did not know it. Lieutenant Morrison, indeed, "believed there was a suspicion" that Captain Barlow was deficient in public money, but he was very uncertain about it. Why, supposing that t h ey h a d Rnown, suppo , ing that they had used their understandings, their eyes, their ears—sup posing that they had used as much of their ordi nary faculties as a man does when, upon finding his watehchain dangling idle about his neck, he concludes that he has been robbed of his watch, th©y would, by that unhappy exercise of their rea soning powers, have brought on themselves the painful necessity of holding a court-martial on Captain Barlow on the charge of felony, and them selves throwing away all chance of recovering a single rupee of their del t 4. They would havelost the mess and other debts, theywould have lost their own private debts, and Captains Graham, and, Blackall 17-i 5 would also have had to make good t'he debt of 1,0001. to the bank. Every officer in the regiment, from the CciltrieYdownwards, wastdeeply interested in not catching the eye of this Medusa's head, this horrid public deficiency. Once see it, once know it, they must fling their own debts to the winds and prosecute the public defaulter. Such was their situation in August, 1854. What is it now, in September, 1856 ? It is this :—lf one of the officers compromised in the guarantee we have quoted should admit that he knew the deficiency in the public accounts, that is, that he saw what was be fore his eyes and knew what he saw, or knew even a fact that he was deliberately acting upon, he ren ders himself liable to be tried for compounding a felony.; With the certainty of losing everything, if they had to deal with Capt. Barlow alone, the officers did not inquire very particularly into the resources of the new surety. When Col. Boileau sent Lieut. Deane's offer to Major Anderson, he described it as a subject of " thanksgiving," and evidently felt a great weight off his mind. No doubt that was the feeling, too, of the gentleman living with him who was surety for the defaulter's debt to the bank. But there was a moment of alarm. Did itfollow that, because Lieut. Deane had undertaken to pay his father-in-law's debt to the regimental fund, there fore he would also pay the officers' private credits and balances, amounting to a still larger sum ? He hesitated. e distinctly described his resources, and the only conditions under which he could ever expect to bear this double burden. But the pressure was again applied. Col. Boileau himself urged on the attack, for the weightiest of reasons. He says they are all " hard up," and .asks " how aro they to get their legal balances " unless these words, viz., "private credits," be added to the guarantee ? The anxiety on this point was universal. Even before the revised and altered guarantee was signed the officers wanted to realise the new secu rity. Lieut. Deane was pressed to pay the officers on demand. He reports this pressure to his colo nel, whom he repeatedly assures that he cannot pay at once, or-at all, without first consulting his father ; that he cannot expect to pay the private credits, unless he have the payment of the regi ment, and even then he expressly throws in the salvo "if possible." These expressions are in his mouth at the very time that he finally signs the guarantee at the Colonel's residence. He signs it, however, and, like many another, "is never his own man again." It is accepted at Peshawur, and on the strength of it Capt. Barlow has his safe re tirement guaranteed, and he speedily disappears from the scene of liis difficulties. Lieut. Deane i a made acting paymaster only a fortnight after the beginning of this story, and in two days more he has to attend a committee of accounts, presitled over by Capt. Anderson, the officer in command. The accounts are then audited, with the assistance of Paymaster-sergeant Jones, and, under the sig nature of the whole committee, the insolvent pay master, who had left not a rupee in his chest for a fortnight's pay of the regiment, the money for which is actually entered as received, is declared to have left a clear balance of more than 201. pub lic money in hand. A draught to a large amoun's is handed over to Lieut. Deane, really intendski for the July payment of the officers, but he in stantly finds himself called upon to give them not only their own pay, but also the sums they had promised to Capt. Anderson for the pay of the men. The pay of the men was due on Aug. 15, 11 days before Lieut. Deane came into office, and was part of Capt. Barlow's responsibilities. It is actually entered in the accounts, and passed by the committee as paid by Capt. Barlow. Yet Lieu tenant Deane is credited with it. The same money, 365/., does duty as clearing Capt. Barlow, and in volving Liout. Deane. The former has the benefit of the payment, and the latter the responsibility. Ono may well ask under'which thimble does the pee l lie ? Who paid the men of her Majesty's 22d for the last half of August, 1854—the old or the new pay master ? The apology for this extraordinary bungle, as in courtesy it must be called, now made by Capt. Anderson and his brother officers, is that they did not understand what they were doing. They had had no experience of paymaster's business, and did not know the proper application of the draughts coming is from Calcutta—whether for officers or for men, whether for payment in arrear or in advance. Capt. Anderson and his brother officers had the, accounts near a month in their hands, but seers rather to pride themselves on knowing nothing about them. Lieut. Deane (just arrived at Pesha wur) was present at the committee to protect his own interests. They ask indignantly why did he not ? Ho signed the accounts with the rest, and must be bound by his signature. Such is their de fence. What were the results 7 The result to the officers generally was, that by robbing the ace emit of the incoming paymaster of this 3651. they con cealed the public deficiency of the outgoing pay master. They say that they were not aware what they were doing. Never was error more opportune. The ignorance of the 22d stands them in far better stead than other men's knowledge. The result to Lieutenant Deane was that this 3651. is added to the responsibilities embraced in his blind guarantee. In amount, however, this was but a trifle compared with the avalanche of. responsibilities hurled on his head when he could no longer retreat, or, rather, felt that he could. : not. He soon found, on investigation, that, instead of 8001. being the whole of Barlow's liabilities to the regimental funds, it was little more than half, the real amount being 1,4701. Besides this, there was discovered a sum of 172/. due by officers to banks for instalments, which it was assumed Barlow had paid, but which were not paid. This sum Lieute nant Deane was required to add to his liabilities under the guarantee. Meanwhile the deficiency the Government funds also grew, and Lieutenant Deane found that the late paymaster had been in debt to the " hutting," " canteen," and " school" funds .to the amount of GBi. Thus, Lieutenant Deane, having originally, under pressure, under taken to pay a deficiency in the regimental funds which everybody from the Colonel downwards, told him was about 8001., and having been drawn int o a guarantee for al Captain Barlow's liabilities, eventually found them to be as follows : Regimental funds Officers' credits and balances B6 Officers' instalments 172 2,511 Men's pay 365 Hutting, canteen, school 6B Small sums Government money Liabilities of Paymaster Barlow 2,963 The rest is a familiar story, and, even if we had space, it would be a waste of words to dwell on the struggles that inevitably follow such a step, if step that can be called in which the actor performs so passive and unconscious a part. It was in vain that Lieutenant Deane remonstrated ; he was called upon on all sides for the fulfilment of a pledge the impossibility of which was confessed and patent to all. As his predecessor had done, and as the com mittee had also done in the interregnum, he found it impossible to distinguish between the different funds in his hands. Surrounded by an importu nate crowd, who were now at once public and pri vate creditors, he could make little difference be tween new and old accounts. In fulfilment of his guarantee, he has paid 1,4931., of which 4521. is that public debt which the witnesses of the prose cution all declare, in self-defence, to have been thrown upon him by an error shared by the whole regiment. Of this 1,4931. he has with great efforts advanced 8761. from his own resources, sufficient. for the sum originally contemplated in the guaran tee, and the payment of the remaining 6001. has been drawn pro tempore from the regimental funds. He still asked for time, pleaded the indefinite and and treacherous character of the guarantee, which he nevertheless would not shrink from, and also the delay and expenses consequent on an extraor dinary succession of disasters on his return home. This charge, however, as well as another about a torn leaf, is a small affair compared with the his tory of the guarantee itself, of which we never heard the like, and on which it seems to us the opinion of the Horse Guards, as a body at least of gentlemen, ought to be strongly expressed. The present proceeding is itself a formality, perhaps rendered necessary by the anomalous and compli cated nature of the affair. Nothing else could solve the knot, and Lieutenant Deane could accept no other solution. The public, too, will agree that such a story ought to be known.—Times. 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He tried a variety of rev. - 4 without the wished-R:1. relief, but a few doses r adios way's pills had a most miraculous effect ~r Hello• weeks a perfect and most exce ll en t cu- for in a few them.—Sold by all medicine ve' -s by world ; at Professor Hollow- effected ghou t the et was throughout Strand, London, and 80 .:ay' .rotors s Establishments, 244, A. Stamps, Constan** .olaiden-lane New York; by E. Muir, Malta. .d ogle ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and Naval and Military Intelligence. . r An official statement has been published at Ports mouth of the number of persons of all ranks who em barked and disembarked at that port during the late war. The number was upwards of 150,000, and 7,500 horses were embarked or disembarked. Major-General Breton, the Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, has issued the following order in reference to the manner in which the duties of the garrison were performed during the period in question : " Adjutant-General's-office, Portsmouth. " The debarkation and transit of the army from the Crimea being now completed, it becomes the duty of the Major-General to express in orders his high sense of the unremitting zeal and attention with which the arrange ments have been carried out by the Staff, particularly Lieutenant-Colonel Wright, Deputy-Assistant-Quarter master-General, and Major Nelson, Deputy-Assistant-Ad jutant-General, upon whom the more material arrange ments fell. " Since the middle of May last more than 60,000 men have passed through Portsmouth, without accident or de lay. In a single day above 6,000 were disposed of—proof of what can be done through a good system—added to a cordial working with other departments; that is to say, the naval and railway authorities, by whom the service has been so materially assisted. "During a period of heavy work and many difficulties, the duties of the district have been admirably performed by the general staff; and the Major-General's thanks are due not only to those in more immediate communication with himself, but equally so to Lieutenant-Colonels Raymond and Jeffreys, commanding the depots at Winchester and Parkhurst, and their staff ; and by whom so many hun dreds of recruits were so rapidly rendered effective soldiers and sent to their regiments, and through whose excellent management also the Major-General's own duties have been so materially lightened. " It were less than justice to two most deserving men were the Major-General to omit notice of the unceasing ex ertions of Staff Serjeant Cook, of the Quartermaster Gene ral's department, and Garrison Serjeant-Major Campbell. "These staff serkants may be assured the Major-General has not been unobservant of the immense amount of work they have gone through—the one in the duties connected with the landing and transit of so many thousands of peo ple ; the other in a superintendence of the invalids from the Crimea ; and in the checking and prevention of the irregularities consequent upon so many who have been loose upon the town and not belonging to the garrison. " By order, "A. A. NELSON, " Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General." There is an omission in the list of officers named in this garrison order which (says our Portsmouth corre spondent) never could have been intended by the gover nor. No mention is made of Captain Breton, the town major, whose duties during the whole time specified, as may be imagined from the character of his office, have been as onerous and responsible and performed as admi rably as have those of the seniors mentioned in the above circular. The Cruizer, 17, Commander Fellowes, left Ports mouth on Saturday afternoon for the East Indies, call ing at Plymouth. The Malacca, 17, Capt. Farquhar, arrived at torts mouth yesterday morning from the eastward. The Prince Arthur, steam transport No. 85, Captain Rankin, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Cepha lonia. She sailed Aug. 31, Malta, Sept. 3d ; Gibraltar, 12th, having on board 334 of the let (King's Own) Staf fordshire Militia, 36 invalids belonging to different regi ments, 6 prisoners belonging to the British Italian Le gion, 22 women, and 30 children. The officers are Capt. Rycrott, Lieutenants Hillcoat, Marshon, Talbot, Jones, Smith, Adjutant Hillman ? Paymaster Mills, Surgeon Woolhouse (all of the Staffordshire), Major Irvine, R.A., Lieut. Dalsbury, 68th Regt., Staff Surgeon Fraser, and 4 ladies and 2 children. The Prince Arthur reports hav ing sienalled the steamship British Queen with the steam ship Margaret in tow with funnel and cutwater gone. The steam troopship Perseverance, Commander M'Donald, R.N., at Portsmouth, has just been supplied with a pair of lifeboats upon the collapsing principle, invented by the Rev. E. L. Berthon, M.A., of Farehaw, to which a third boat has been added by the inventor for the purpose of proving more perfectly the advantages of a system by which an almost unlimited amount of lifeboat accommodation may be furnished to all ships carrying many persons. This invention has been under going a variety of tests for some years, and now appears to be so perfect as to promise to produce a most desir able improvement in those important appendages of a ship, her boats. Some alarm was caused in Portsmouth harbour early on Saturday morning by the ringing of the fire-bell and the report that her Majesty's steam Corvette nightly er was on fire below. The report turned out true, but we are happy to state that no serious damage was done. Captain Shad vreli was roused from his sleep about 2 o'clock, and was promptly on the deck of his ship, and about 3 o'c!ock Rear-Admiral Superintendent Martin, who had heard the report, was also promptly on board, and investigating the matter. It appears that one end of the after sleeper of the port boiler caught fire and charred through, sup posed to be caused by the ashes not being sufficiently extinguished when the fires were drawn after the use of the boilers to work the engines in moving from the dock yard to buoy-moorings. The fire was speedily discovered by the sentinel on board, and was put out by the ship's company before any assistance from the Victory and other ships, most speedily sent, was alongside. A court of inquiry was held on board on Saturday by Captains Seymour of the Victory, and G,Efard, of the Princess Royal, and their opinion was that some blame was attri butable to the engineer of the Highfiyer for not being more careful respecting the ashes ; and there was also some defect in the fitting of the ironwork in proximity with the sleepers. Tile repairs can be effected in a few days, and the ship will be ready to proceed to the East Indies at the latter end of this week. The Di iver, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Ennis Cham bers, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from the westward. The Dauntless, 24, Captain Ryder, will leave Ports mouth to-day for the Mediterranean. The screw steam-ship Brunswick, 80, Capt. Hastings R. Telverton, sailed from Plymouth on Friday fur Cadiz The screw of the screw steam-ship Centurion, 80, Captain Edward G. Fanshawe, are appointed to be paid wages at Devonport. The screw steamship Exmouth, 90, Captain Harry Eyres, having had defects made good, was taken out of dock at Devonport oa Saturday, and placed in her sailing moorings. The crew of the Amethyst, 26, were paid advance of wages on Friday, and she left Plymouth on Saturday for the Ea , t Indies, calling at the Cape of Good Hope. Thescrew mortar-ship Seahorse, 12, Captain Leopold G. Heath, from Queenstown, arrived at Plymouth on Friday, and went into Hamoaze. Her crew are to be paid off, and she is to be placed in the second-class steam re serve. The brig Linnet, 8, Commander H. Need, from Spit head, arrived at Plymouth on Monday, and went into Hamoaze on Wednesday ; her crew are to be paid of next Wednesday. , The brig Express, 6, Commander H. Boys, was warped to the shear hulk at Devouport on Thursday, and had her masts taken out; her crew were paid off on Saturday. The screw steam -corvette Satellite, 21, had her masts taken out at Devonport on Friday. The steam gunboats Forester, Staunch, and Haughty are ordered to be ready for sea on Wednesday, and the ricrew steamsloop Cruiser, 17, Commander Fellowes, will receive their guns and convoy them to the East Indies, taking a mail to the Cape of Good Hope. The Cruiser will embark at Plymouth a draught of first and second class boys from the guardships for distribution in Admi ral Seymour's squadron. The Powerful, 84, Capt. F. L. • Massie, is lying at Folly-point, Chatham, for the purpose of having her guns and ammunition taken out, after which she will be towed up to Chatham Dockyard, where she will be paid off into ordinary. The marines, under the command of Capt. J. H. Gaccoigne, are ordered to join the head quarters of the Chatham division, to which nearly the whole of them belong. The Leander, 50, Capt. E. B. Rice, from the Medi terranean, is being stripped at Chatham, and the whole of her fittings ordered to be removed, after which she will be paid off into ordinary. The marines belonging to this vessel landed at Chatham dockyard on Saturday, and proceeded to join the head-quarters of their divisions at Portsmouth and Plymouth. • The Renown, 91, in course of construction at Chat ham, is progressing towards completion, a large number of hands being employed in order to have her finished erArly in the ensuing year. When completed the Re nown will be the largest vessel of war ever built at Chatham Dockyard. She is to be fitted with the Screw propeller. - The Iris, 26, is being completed at Chatham in order to fit her for being commissioned. The following vesselsare in progress at Chatham Dock yard—viz., the Racoon, 21, screw corvette, building from designs furnished by Sir B. Walker, C.D., Sur veyor of the Navy ; the Hero, 90, building, to be fitted for a screw ; the Charybdis, 21, screw steam corvette, commenced in March last ; and the Calyp ;0,28, in dock, having some extensive alterations and improvements effected in her construction. On Saturday Commodore Shepherd, Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, made a general inspection of her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Medusa, lately commissioned for foreign service by Commander Henry J. Raby. The vessel has undergone a thorough refit, has been new-decked, and supplied with new strength. ening pillars, and sailed on Saturday evening from Wool wich for Greenhithe, where to-day she will be swung for the adjustment of compasses, &c., and will proceed thence for th e western coast of Africa and Sierra Leone, calling at Plymouth and Portsmouth to embark the mails. The rank of Commander Raby is dated Sept. tb2.hy9eT,CEhlaeBapssttstar,iwananind was conferred upon him for a c t s o f perso nal bravery an d di stinguished services performed in the trenches. Th e Medusa was brought home and paid off st S hp h o e tr r et a n r Et d s ~ O at r s r b m. Osborne, ,a n sh e , horse-shoes, e ß i -vs . eh , do i n e as,t J w ul last.nyoaQ lother t: he ehr from or i. nance stores. Th e Leonard Dobbin. was arrived with a cargo of guns , carriages, and haruPsa. The t ransport Home has also Woolwich marshes. laden with sh o t, s h ell, guns, °.. arrived at Woolwich 'carriage The Calliop e , w i th 450 I. ' ' .ad s. and peat, is The 6-gun screw ordered t o di scharge at ' " e ns of charc oal steam gun-boat Roebuck having wich, a n d p l- was un docked on Saturday at Wool- The ci-' •.ced ' in ordinary. anno vit office rs o f W oo l w i c h ar s en al have receiv e l been c omp l eted. 8 ,.• -incement and bills of lading of 7e transport-ves -As being on the way from the Crimea with returned 1 stores for Woolwich, in addition to those already arrived. The difficulty of providing storeroom is, consequently, a task of no or di nary kind. The new enc l osure i n the Plunistead- mars h is choked up, and many parts of th'e Arsenal are impassable. Lieutenant-General e - Sir Colin Campbell, Inspector- General of Infantry, accompanied by Colonel Sterling, C. 8., his aide-de-camp, arrived in Parsonstown on Friday from Limerick, for the purpose of inspecting the Proirieional Depot Battalion, under the commaud of -~- 't .. .~. -` ~.~ 1 4 r Colonel Crutchley. Shortly after his arrival Sir Colin inspected the depots of the 21st Fusiliers, under the_ correrilan'd . of Major Steward, and the 57th Foot, under the command of Major Hassard ; and on Saturday, the 63d, under Major Carey, and 76th, under Lieut.-Colonel Gardiner weie also minutely inspected. After the in spection Sir Colin paid a visit to the Earl and Countess of Rosse at the Castle, and left in the afternoon for Athlone. It is said that the object of Sir Colin's inspection and inquiries is to report on some pro posed changes in the battalion system, and on the pro priety of establishing training schools for officers and men. Col. Crutchley and the officers of the battalion entertained the ga i llant General and Col. Sterling at dinner on Thursday evening. A Carlow paper says—" In our last publication we noticed that a troop of theßoyal Artillery passed through this town. Since then we have been informed that a number of those brave fellows, who are not long returned from the Crimea, as soon as they were freed from their duty, though saturated with wet and fatigued after a long march, proceeded to the Mercy Convent to return thanks to the nuns, who had been in the Crimea, for their kind attention to the sick and wounded. What adds more weight to this touching scene of gratitude is, that of the whole party only one was Catholic." The, following appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty : G. A. Waters, master, to the Shannon; W. H. Acllam, master's assistant, to the Hig,bflyer ; J. M. N. Boyd, Midshipman to the Shannon ; N. 13. Smith, Midship man, to the Fury ; T. C. Baber, Midshipman, to the Retribution ; M. A. Daniel, Midshipman, to the Shan non ; J. D. V. Butler, Midshipman, to the Gorgon ; W. A. Pritchard, Naval Cadet, to the Shannon. been taken for founding the Bank of London, T had a ,claim from Mr. Lawson, who stated that he had founded a bank of that name, but of the circumstances I know nothing excepting from the assertion of Mr. Lawson. Prisoner—Do you know now that the present chair. man of your hank, Sir John Villiers Shelley, was can vassed to be chairman of my bank ? Witness—No, I know nothing whatever of the fact. The Lord Mayor—That is totally irrelevant to the present inquiry. You can follow your own views with regard to putting questions, and I will try as far as I can to assist you, but the charge against you here is for writing and sending a threatening letter to Mr. Scott. Prisoner—l am quite aware of that, but I shall be able to show your Lordship that I have acted in the matter merely in a commercial point of view, and in a way that any commercial person would act. (To the witness).—Do you on your conscience believe that from the first to the last of this correspondence I was ever influenced by any personal feeling towards yourself ? The Lord Mayor—l am bound to put the other side of the case. It is necessary that I should put this ques tion to the witness, as I have brought you from Glasgow upon my warrant. (To the witness).—Do you believe that that letter is in the nature of a threat, for the pur pose of damaging the bank, and injuring it in the eyes of the public ? Witness—That was my opinion certainly when I read the letter, and that was the opinion of the directors, who instituted these proceedings upon public grounds to prevent such things for the future. The Lord Mayor—That is really the charge that you will have to answer. Prisoner —Was there not from first to last on my part an earnest desire expressed for the prosperity of the bank? Is there not expressed in every letter of mine an earnest desire to secure the prosperity of the Bank of London ? The Lord Mayor—That is a defence. You might get the rest of the correspondence, and then it would by-and by be left for the Court to infer how far this is or is not a.damaging letter. The letter by itself evidently con veys a threat of certain consequences—such as blasting the credit of an establishment, which of course depends as much as any other upon the breath of public opinion. We might have assertions made with regard to the notes of the Bank of England, and such things have been done in former times. After all the credit of a bank is en tirely the breath of public opinion, and if that credit be undermined, it matters not how. We know that great injury must be sustained either by the public or by in dividuals. The prosecutors allege that this letter is of that effect ; and it is for a superior court to determine whether it is so or not. Prisoner—l would scorn such an act as a threat. I did not wish in the slightest degree to make one. G. Russell, the detective officer, was then sworn and said—l apprehended the prisoner at Glasgow upon a warrant which I produce, and took him before the ma gistrates there. I produce a copy or the proceedings which there took place. The letter in question was pro duced before the magistrates, upon which the prisoner said that he wrote it and enclosed it in a sealed envelope, and sent it by post to Mr. Scott, at the Bank of London. The letter was then formally put in evidence as read by Mr. Bodkin in his opening speech. Prisoner—Did not the justices say that they consi dered it all a mistake, which could easily be cleared up afterwards ? Officer—No, they said nothing of this kind. The Lord Mayor—lt was not necessary that the for mality of taking you before the magistrates at Glasgow should be gone through, but I thought it right to give instructions to the officer who was entrusted with the warrant for your apprehension to afford you the oppor- tunity of being taken before the magistrates there, in order that you might give an answer to the charge which might be satisfactory to them. In executing a warrant of this description upon a man who was supposed to be above the ordinary criminal class, I thought that that was a fair and proper mode of discharging my duty, with a due, regard to the liberty of the subject. The opinion of the magistrates at Glasgow, however, can avail very little. We must put our own constructions upon a letter of this kind. Prisoner—l wish the deposition taken before the justices to be read. Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)—We have nothing to do with that here. You may call for it in another court if you wish it. Prisoner—There is a statement in the deposition made by me to them. The Lord Mayor—You can make the same statement here if you like. It is my intention to remand you, and I shall probably send you for trial hereafter. Would you like to be remanded instead of being sent for trial at once, in order that you may get legal advice Prisoner—l thank you, my lord ; I should. The Lord Mayor--I will accept bail, yourself in 1001. and two sureties in 50/. each. Thq prisoner, who did not succeed in procuring bail, was, at the rising of the court, removed in custody. WORSHIP-STREET.— W. Smith, 45, described as of Bowling-green-lane, Clerkenwell, journeyman cabi netmaker, was charged before Mr. liamroill with an at tempt at murder. _ Air. W. Ward, a master cabinetmaker in Great Chart street, Hoxton, the front of whose shirt was covered with blood, and the greater part of his head shaved and covered with adhesive plaster, stated—At 10 o'clock yesterday morning I went into the Globe pubtichouse (next door to my residence) for a glass of ale, and saw the prisoner (who had been fellow apprentice with me) lean ing upon the counter. On seeing me he turned round and abruptly said, " You don't know me, do you ?" I replied, " I don't want to know you," and he imme diately turned his back towards me, andappeared to feel in his breast for something. Prisoner (impatiently).—No, it was up my sleeve. Witness—He then turned round and said, "I'll make you know me," and I then saw that he had a pistol in his hand, with an iron barrel. He at that time was not a foot from me, and he presented the pistolstraight at my head. I thrust out my hand, kn6cked his pistol-arm on one side, rushed out at the side-door, and ran up Park. street, pursued by the prisoner, who exclaimed, " You --, I can catch you, I know." I ran into the back entrance of a neighbour named Walesby, and called out for him to help me, I stopped in that house a quar ter of an hour, and sent out for a constable, but, as I could see nothing more of the prisoner, I then went home, and thence to Robert-street station, where I procured two officers, with whom I went in quest of the prisoner, but we could not find him. At 2 o'clock I went to the Globe again, and with a jug for my dinner beer, and upon entering I again found that the prisoner was there. I retreated as fast as I could, but he hastily followed me towards Park-street, where there was a brewer's dray unloading, round one side of which I ran and the priso ner round the other. I turned round, and seeing him present the pistol at me I flung the jug at the prisoner's head, but it missed and went over his head, and I then heard the percussion cap on the nipple of the pistol ex plode. I had no hat oft at the time, and he closed with me, seized me by the arm, and beat me on the top of ray head with the butt-end of the pistol. I bled profusely, the blood pouring all down my neck, and he struck me several times, inflicting four incised wounds, the first of which was the worst. I felt weak and reeling, when the prisoner was surrounded and secured, and I went to a surgeon's. Mr. Hammill.—Has there been any quarrel or griev ance between you 1 Witness—Yes ; two or three years ago. Prisoner's attorney.—My client, I find, is labouring under the delusion that the complainant has had a crimi nal intercourse with his wife. Prisoner (painfully).—Oh dear, dear me ; no, no, 110 a delusion. - - Thomas Anderson, a draytnan—l was at the Globe at the time in question, when I saw the prosecutor open the door. The prisoner exclaimed "Oh, here you are," and the former immediate ran out, followed by the pri soner. I did not see anything in the prisoner's hand, but I directly after heard the snap of a pistol, and I saw smoke. The prisoner then closed with the prosecutor, struck him two or three times severely on the head, and was about to repeat the blows, when I seized him, wres ted the pistol from him, and walked with him till a policeman came upl. The prosecutor bled very much. Charles Goats, potman at the house, corroborated the last witness's evidence. Policeman Williams, 232 N—l was on duty in an adjoining street when I met the prisoner in the custody of two draymen. On seeing me the prisoner, who was greatly excited, said, " Here I am ; I am the man you want." He went with me without resistance, and at the station he said several times, "I wish the pistol had gone off ; I wish I had shot him ; and I will shoot him yet." On searching him I discovered in his pocket seve ral shot and a percussion cap similar to that on the pis tol, which is split. The witness handed in a medical certificate from Mr. Wrixon, surgeon, of Pitfield-street, Hoxton, describing the prosecutor as suffering from four incised wounds. Sergeant Townsend, 23 N—l was at the station when the prisoner was brought in, and received the pistol from the potman Goats. I I,;und it was loaded up to the muzzle with powder, enough to load two pistols, and that there were 32 shots in it, rammed down with paper. The cap, which had exploded, was like that found in the pri soner's pocket. Prisoner—Yes, yes, they are all the same. Witness—l read the charge to him, and he exclaimed " There is no mistake about it ; I did mean to shoot him, and I will do it yet ; it was only a providence which saved him ; I could not get a fair hit at him, or else I would have killed him." Mr. Hammill—Did he assign any reason for the at tempt ? Witness—Yes ; he said that the prosecutor had had criminal intercourse with his wife, fro which disgust ing consequences had ensued, and that m she was low in the workhouse mad through it. The prisoner, who was very restless, wild, and ex cited, offered no observations, and he was committed till that day week for the completion of the evidence. rJohna, ry Esq., brother to th e Bi s h op o f Kil m oecr e upwards of thirty y ears C o l on i a l S for lsland of St. Vincent, W es t I n di es, di e d Secretary a ß h oi e n r e was t s h f o e r d, at Southampton last week. His son, a youthful officer in the 49th Regiment, was one of the heroes of the Crimea. Mr. Beresford had only just returned from the West Indies. TEE VACANT INCUMBENCY OP ST. JAMES, CLEREEN. WELL.—The Bishop of London having waived his objec tion to having probationary sermons preached in the church of St. James, Clerkenwell, by the candidates for the vacant incumbency of the parish, the churchwar dens elected five clergymen from the list of candidates and invited each to officiate in turn at one service, and to preach. The first, the Rev. T. H. Ball, of Greenock. read service, and preached before the churchwardens and parishoners yesterday morning. The text was Rev., chap. 22, v. 17. In the evening another candidate preached, the Rev. Mr. Lester. On Sunday morning next the Rev. Robert Maguire, M. 44 will preach. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Sept. 20. MANSION-HOUSE.—On Saturday John Pringle, a well-dressed, gentlemanly-looking man, a native of Glas gow, was placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor, in custody of Russell, a city detective officer, upon a warrant charging him with having, "in the city of London, on the 13th day of September inst., unlawfully written and sent to one Benjamin Scott a certain letter directly offering to prevent the publication of a certain matter touching divers persons, traders in the city, under the firm and title of the Bank of London, with the intent to extort from them certain of their moneys." Mr. B3dkin, instructed by Mr. Tyrrel, solicitor to the Bank of London, appeared for the prosecution. The Lord Mayor inquired of the prisoner whether he had legal assistance. Prisoner—No, my lord. I regret that owing to the hurried manner in which I have been brought from Glasgow to London I have not been able to avail myself of legal assistance. The moment the warrant arrived in Scotland and I heard of the fact I was most anxious to have an opportunity of explaining the whole thing to your lordship, and I came at once without hesitation. Mr. Bodkin then opened the case as follows—My Lord Mayor, I regret in one sens e th a t th e p r i soner h as no t a legal adviser here, for he may be one of those persons who may experience that " a little learning is a dan gerous thing ;" but, however, as he is in some degree acquainted with the law, I think that he can hardly doubt that this is a case in which no extent of legal assistance could prevent him from suffering the con sequences of what he has done. I appear here on be half of the Bank of London, who really might have treated this matter, if they had consulted their own convenience and position, merely with the contempt that, perhaps, a great many people may be disposed to show towards it, but they feel that commercial establishments, especially those of a monetary descrip tion, depend so much upon their credit with the public, and it is of such importance that that credit should be maintained, that they have been advised to bring !this matter forward ; and I am sure you will see that the document which I shall trace to be in the prisoner's handwriting, and to have been sent by him to the secre tary of the bank, abundantly justifies the present pro ceeding. With respect to the statement of the prisoner, that he could not do better than come up here, he must be perfectly well aware that ho had no alternative but to do that, when the warrant issued for his apprehension, and that it was his duty to come, and that if he had not yielded to that duty whatever force which might have been necessary to carry out your direction would have been used for the purpose of bringing him here. The prisoner appears to have an acquaintance of the name of Lawson, who, I understand, tried a considerable time ago to establish or to form some banking company in London, and I believe he contemplated calling that bank ing company " The Bank of London." He entirely failed in getting that degree of support which was neces nary to carry his object into execution, and I believe his position in life would make it not remarkable that he should so have failed. Now, however, that a bank has been formed, and is in most successful operation, called the Bank of London, Mr. Lawson imagines that he has been injured, and that ho has a light to interfere with and to annoy the directors of that bank, because they call it that which he says he intended to call his, if be ad been successful in establishing it, and to such a pitch was this carried that an action was actually brought against the directors of the Bank of London for having appropriated or stolen the title which this man contem plated giving to a bank that never was formed. The action was immediately scouted out of court, and I can not help thinking that that ought to have been a stiff cient intimation to these parties that their proceedings wee realty futile and absurd. As far as I can judge from the knowledge we have of the matter, the prisoner ap pears to have been the active person, urging and provok ing 11r. Lawson to continue his course of annoyance. I shall show the prisoner to he the writer of the letter upon which these proceedings were grounded, and of its libellous character not the slightest doubt, I apprehend, can be entertained. It is addressed to Mr. Scott, the secretary of the bank, and is as follows : " 220, Hope-street, Glasgow, Sept. 12. " Sir,—Referring to my former letters (for the bank have been pestered with several letters, which they have put aside as being unworthy of notice), I think it right to in form you T have this morning received an advertisement or small poster from Mr. Lawson, which is as follows : Shortly will be published a Warning to the Promoters of Joint-Stock Companies, particuiarly Banks, being an ac count of some extraordinary antecedents of the lank of London. By William John Lawson.' As neither Mr. Lawson nor I have yet been remunerated in any shape or form for our labours and outlays in connection with the Batik of London ; and, as the publication of his thoughts and views On the subject may have the effect of making your bank, like the Royal British, prematurely shut up, I request you will, as soon as possible, consult with the manager and directors of the Bank of London on the sub ject; and if you and they choose to make some reasonable proposal, and, as earnest money, to remit me now some thing liberal, I will use my influence to prevent anything damnatory from appearing. I consider you have acted neither wisely nor well in not long ere this admitting the facts (which cannot bo disproved) as to your taking from us the title of the Bank of London,' and availing your selves of our labours and outlays in the getting-up thereof, and cimprising matters; and if you do not forthwith do this, you will regret it, as Mr. Lawson and others, pro ceedings or his writings will, I fear, soon blast your bank. —I am, sir, your most obedient servant, __ _ _ " S. PRINGLE. " Benjamin Scott, Esq., secretary, Bank of lOndon: 4 It is utterly impossible to doubt that this is a letter of a libellous character, and that it offers to suppress the publication of certain matters upon having what he calls something liberal sent to him as " earnest." and being afterwards remunerated for that which he professes to have the power of preventing from appearing. When I have proved the letter to be in the handwriting of the prisoner I apprehend you will call upon him to find bail for his appearance at the next session of the Central Criminal Court, when he will be indicted under the act of Parliament. Mr. Benjamin Scott was then sworn and said—l am secretary to the Bank of London, which was first an nounced by prospmus in February, 1855, and which opened for business in the following August. I had re ceived several letters from the prisoner previous to the one which relates to the present charge. I received the letter in question by post on the 13th inst., at the bank in Threadneedle.street. I believe the letter to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. The Lord Mayor (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to put any questions to the witness? Prisoner-1 wish to ask you, my lord, whether that letter should not be read in connection with the corres pondence to which the witness has alluded 1 The Lord Mayor (to the witness)—You have received other letters from him Witness—Many letters. There can be no objection to the reading of any letters I have received from him. Prisoner—Did not those letters import that Mr. Law son and I had a claim upon the Bank of London for the title ? Witness—Yes, that was the import of the letters. The Lord Mayor—The letters imported a claim of Mr. Lawson and the prisoner for some remuneration for the title of the bank Witness—Yes ' they were with re f erence t o an a ll ege d claim for the title? Prisoner—ls it not perfectly impossible calmly to con sider the letter which forms the ground of this com plaint otherwise than merely as urging the settlement of that claim ? The Lord Mayor—That will be a matter to be deter mined by another court. (To the witness) —ln any cor respondence that you have had with either Mr. Lawson or with the prisoner, did you in any way agree or nego tiate for the purpose of admitting any claim for the title of the bank which you have founded, calling it the Bank of London I Witness—Not in any way. I have never admitted any such claim, nor do the directors of the bank admit it. Mr. Bodkin —Are you aware that there is any foun dation for any such claim ? Witness—There is no foundation for such a claim. It has boon decided by the Court of Common Pleas that no such claim existed. I may add that lam instructed by the directors to appear simply upon public grounds. Prisoner—You know that the prospectus of the Bank of London was brought out by Mr. Lawson and myself ; that it was lodged at the Board of Trade, and that every possible means were used to prevent the title from being adopted by ally other company, and that a large sum of money was paid by me in the matter. Wituess—l know nothing of it. The Lord Mayor—Are you aware that the prisoner and Mr. Lawson have deposited the title of a bank of that kind at the Board of Trade ? Witness—l am only aware of it from what I have heard from the prisoner himself. The Lord Mayor—When did you learn that I Witness - I heard it some six weeks perhaps after the Bank of London had been projected by myself and others, in consequence of a communication from Mr. Lawson that he had a claim for having established a bank of the same name. The Lord Mayor---Do you mean after the advertise s:tient of the Bank of London had appeared. Witness.—yes, after the proper pre4irainary steps had Co=try Markets. lIADDINGTON CORN MARKET—SEPT. 19. winsAT. BARLEY I OATS. BEAN' il First B6s Od 47s Od 37s Od 533 O Second B4s 4d 43s Id 34s 3d ; 52s 41 Third Sls Od 33s Od 132 s Od 52s Od Total quantity of wheat' in market, 91 qrs., 7 6 B ° l l barley 706 707 50 1 u; ,; oats 225 qrs., 2076 sold beans 6 Pt fl AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 41. 0 0 2-12ths Barley, —2/. 3 1 0.12th 5 Oats, 11. 11 3 o.l2ths I Beaus, 21. 12 4 0-12 tbs DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—SEPT. 18. Qrs. Best. Current. I n fetior 51 Wheat 75s 6d 251 Oats 36s 8d 34s 3 2 d 2os sa 813 Barley 47s 6d. Oa Peas & beans 53s Od 42s s s ° or .................. 22: ABERDEEN-SErr. 19. Potato oats Common oats 3 3 0 1 3 s Od Od t t o o 3 32 15 s Gd O / 401bs per bush el d Bore 40s Od to 41s Od 1 531bs Barley 40s Od to 41s Od f Wheat, red (spring) Os Od to 64s Od t 621bs ~ , white 6ss Od to 72s Od Oatmeal 22s Gd to 23s 6d per boll. Flour 54s Od to 55s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. 2 I 1 Beef, per lb Gd to Od Butter, p lb. is Od to i s Mutton, per lb Gd to 8d Eggs, p doz. Os 9d to N ilu, Lamb, do., Os Od to Os 0 Hens, p pair 3s Od to 33 61 Veal, per lb ... 8d to is Oil Chickens,do.23 Od to 26 ,q.l Pork, per 5t...4s 3d to 4s Gd Ducks, do., 2s Od to 2s °`: Salmon, per lb Os to Os Ducklings,do 2s Od to 2e. 61 6 Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 54 ° I Tallow, p stone, 9sOd to 9s Gd Potatoes, pr pack, ...5 dto Rabbits, each Od to Od. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 00s0d t° 9,;.5 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. Flour, 141b....0s Od to 3s Od Barley flour,l4lb.Os t o 2s , , ..4 a. Oatmeal Os Od to 2s 4d I , P dust, Os to 1 0 °' 2d to 2d Beremeal —.Os Od to 2s 2d I , per lb Peasemoal... Os Od to 2s 8d Sihs, ........................... 64 4-Ib. 10af...8d. 1 2-Ib. 10af...4d. Cheese, per imperial stone, ts. Od. to 4s 6d. DUBLIN, SECT. 19. There was but a moderate supply of new grain toodat Wheat, in the early part of the day was sold at about t currencies of Tuesday, but became more difficult to ulocu towards the close at about 6d decline. Oats were at occi last quotations. Prime malting bore and barley 3 d to 6 dearer. No alteration in the value of rapeseed. No thing doing in Indian corn. White wheat, 34s to 35s 01 ; rod ditto, 32s Od to 33564,' ditto new, —s ; barley, new, 20s Od to 24s Od ; oats, 01% —s to —8; ditto, new, 14s 6d to 16s Oci ; bere, net, to 198 6d ; rapese, d, 30s Od to 32s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 41 Od to 15s 6d; bakers' flour, 21s 6d to 27s Od per cwt ; In corn, 30s 01 to 34s Od per 480 lbs. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE, This market was doing steady business to-day at the opening, b u t a reactio s took place, and towards the close a quiet feeling observable. North Eastern, Berwick, 20—Ditto , Purchase, 3 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97 A 61 " a Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 324 i—London North Westerns, 103 3—Eastern Counties, 9.3. 9 . Great Western of Canada, 231—Ditto1$ A P r- , new, •en si Caledonian, 27—South Eastern, 21$ d—Midlandet Great Northern, A, 10k—Luxembourg Con stitu ted, a dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, And Cheshire, lati a ri B. 27i1., 151 x d. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 20. oriV STOOK EXCHANGE.—The transactions in e ver y ueg-ther tion of stock were quiet to•day, and prices were r:?, lower. Sheffields, 33 2i—Dovers 21 9-16—Micllande,0,i —Great Western of Canada, 23 i—E as t L a ncashire , —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 974. LEEDS, SEPT. 20 O I W STOCK EXCHANGE.—MidIand, 7 9 9 - North B York, 28i. BIRMINGHAM, SETT. 20. , ull STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was doing a ye'i ri ci , esi t business, and the prices were about stationary. '' . 7 4 Western, 65—Ditto, Birmingham Guaranteed Sick, la. —Midlands, 79—Manchester and SI effield, Stcr33— shire and Wcrcestershire Canals, 4522. SEABORNE MAILS. • (IC signifies that the mails are sent from the General 437 the night—and Id by the morning—despatch.) k Jay wnenmalo .p From Wstil - in e CJOUNTRLefi. in Gene iza,, ral Post- Pert lart , .. Office, London *: Dispatch° . - ..• ----- - Every Friday .... Liverpool ~. PiredLif .kmerira(byßrit.pack)N ',merle a (by United Sts packet) .5. .......... Every Tuesday .. &salmi:mon imerica (by U. States Weeklf •• packet) .. •.......N • ..... ..... Liverpoo : • kustralla (via Liver pool) Ditto (via Marseilles) N ............M 4th and 19th .... Liverpool .. Twice ice Ditto (via Cape of Go od ancerts i e Hope) ............N •• • • ... Africa (West Coast) „IN ißri of the month.. Plymenth • .. 6th of mo Alexandria ..........)✓ 10th & 26th of II e. Dover ...... id & 19th Alexandria ..........N Ott lb 20th of m0,..' iontharnpLo. 4 90 21 el. Bahamas ...........N 17th of the month Southmnptor. 16th Belgium ...........N Daily- _ Dover ..... J A , y Brazil ....... .... .. .. M 9th of the month.. Southamptonl tth. Buenas Ayres ........M oth ,f fh , mont, , .. 3nith.:ll.t t 16th Cape of Good Hope ...N uncertain Cape of Good Hope ....N ... & 101 a, a , +),- moot, Southampton 16th of Caeo de Yards st Ceylon (see India) 10 t h and 26th 4th tc 91 Cey10n..............N 4th and 20th Channel 151e5........N Yluii., flie,t.,,terP SailthaMP t en 1 • . .e Chili.- ...........m 2,16;17111 of month Southamp ot 1 and L.', China ...... 2 And l' Constantinople ......N 10th and 26th.... s p o o u v t e h r a l. p-t:,; i and day t y Constantinople ...... _ 4th ft 20th of men. Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily „..... Dover ...... oviov - Egypt (see India) rw i c edai l f France ........ M & N Twice daily.— - Dover ...... :- ," 24,2 0 Gibraltar ..........31 4, 7,17, 20, 27 of m. Southamptor .• Greece (see India) I And i i Greytown ..........Mlnd ft 17th of man. Sonthampt,,, WI Hamburgh ..........N Daily London ...••• Ist of tas Havannah ..........51 2nd of the month Southanspt , I' L) ,01 Holland .............111 Daily. ..... Dover ... _ .- , 6a , Honduras .......... NI 17ta of the month Southamp , or : aii 2 21 11 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th ". '2oth of mon Plymouth • • , 6 a, 29 0 India (via Marseilles)M lOth&26th of motl Dover .....• lonian Isles (see India) .........D0ver...... Ireland ........M & N Twice daily Holyhead ..• • Li5ban..............51 2d of inn . . Madeira ............31 9 th of month Southampton ° ''''' Madeira ..........„ ..N 234 of month Malta (see India) 2 1 lb ' 1 1 . 11 mm lfal aanur t r a iittii . usu . s z5...e..0.:d ..n....F,14 ..N 20th of the month 16t 4, 10, 20, and 26 Dover ..1: - . 4 ). ath. tisa Mexico 3l,2nd of the month.. Sonthampt•r l r Now a w P I e z i l e r . a a . i n: n ' a * d d ' a .. " .... . .1. .. .: .. F . l 2: daw Dai1y............ ye Twice .7 a . t . h . . o . o f . n . t . h . month . .. Southampton Dover .. ". ley 11'd 16 Various port tow Papal State s ........N Daily .• •• •... •••• Dover ..» .. Peninsula ' ir "..""-M Southasapto , ~ & 1611 Peru ......, ........ hl lel & 27th of mon. 3outhamptci le' Port Natal ........../4 By private ship... Various port' o „.. e kly: Sicily ..............N Every Saturday.. Dover ....... " Tuscany •• es •• es •• ••N Daily • • ..........1 Dolor ••• • •• , 4 ,„ 1 ija Venczuels ...........M 2d & 17th otraonth,Southamptor " Van Diernen's Lan d (see 11: 1111 Australia) .......... 4th of mon. .. • ,no n' l i 6 West Indies ..•.....m 94!'c 17th of rn.,..4. g ori tha d oss . —.AI 1 1 "- -r uell rADVERTISEMENT,]— A few more of the extraorda r Y in f t ecine of IndigeFton yspeia), withou Fi a tulen c b ' Constipat M ion, ,; di Nervous, 13ilious L D iver c p o s mplaint s ' Asthma, Consumption, and Debility iand( effected by DI I l arr a i re delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica. Foo., here . given : Cure 52,422. Bridgehouse, F r inalef., . 0g Aprspittarsi 1854.—Thirty-three years' diseased ungs, of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in the too constipation, debility, shortness of breath, ' and cougher, been removed by your Revalenta Arabica. My lungs , I 'lo stomach, head, and ears are all right, my hearing perfect ,! ; 05 my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaintances.JAch. ROBERTS, Wood Merchant. —From the Venerable 1 " 3 4 , 7 0 deacon of Ross.—No. 32,836. Three years' exceS;Tid nervousness, with pains in my neck and loft aim b r io general debility, which' rendered my life very raiso pried has been radically removed by Du Barry's healt h-rest e°l Food.—ALEXA.NDEIt Srtr'ear, Archdeacon of Ross S ki ber 'Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professore '. Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure • Dr. Shorland • Dr. Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ' - Dr. Wurzel. Dr. Ingra't7,„ Lord Stuart do Decies ; the Dowager . Countess of C'' s :bio stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respen'' persons, whose health has been restored by it, afte r all °tiles means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for al l clireatsi: with full instructions. In canisters, 11 b., 2 s. 9 d. ; 21b., 40. r"; 51bs., lls. ; 121b5., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21bs., 51bs., 225.; 101bs., 335. The 101 bs. and 121bs. carriage fl„ e ,,' on receipt of post-oface order. Barry du Barry and Co., Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purvele"; to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gracechurch-stree t 330 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapsido ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, BishoPo,' ga t e - s treet; 55, Charing - cross; 54 , Upper Baker-street; 6. nd 150, Oxford-street. BIRTHS.j OF A ON - II On the 20th inst., at 3, Chester-place, Hyde-park-A ( l ore the wife of Herbert Dalbiae, Esq. On the 19th i ns t., A t C a r s h a lton, the wife of Pero, L. Pelly, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 20th inst., at Upper Berkeley-street, Port l39/11. square, Mrs. Augustus Wellesly. If A of On the 19th inst., at 4, Terrace, Walworth, the 131,-&- the Rev. P. J. Turquand. MARRIED. ° On the 17th inst., at St. Paucras Church, Richard, son of Mr. Thomas Howard, of Newington-cause' of of Southwark, to Emma, third daughter of Mr. T. Milt sh ' th On the 16th e New-road, inst. Fitzroy- Neufchatel, Switzerland, —uare. 111-11110 Alcock, of 23, Old' at Change, city, to Anne, the y oung daughter of the late John Southgate, Esq. D I E D. On the 18th inst., at The Vale, Ramsgate, Geo. gitti°" Esq., aged 71. On the 18th inst., at Rotherfield-street, Islingtonfl". Lovell, Esq., aged 77. Voe' On the 20th inst., at Greenwich Hospital , George A—„l3, bray, Esq., a Post Captain of the 12th of August , aged 84. bill, On the 20th inst., at 3, Clifton - terrace , Notting' ,cio Jane Vaughan, the youngest daughter of the late Fne, Pinkey, Esq., of Whitehall, and Swansea , Glam or g an authoress of several works of fiction. area , On the 19th inst., at Croydon, Thomas William only son of Mr. Thomas W. Green, of 3S, Newb street, aged 22. On the 16th inst., at H a g l ey , Worcestershire, MI.'S Richards, aged 84. ,TTN'Ot LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO of No. 1 12 , Strand, Printer, at The Sun Nice , ' tri 11e, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the C 0413 o£ 14tiddl®mss, Monday, September 22,1856. • • RE C INDI "rll,lc their t cr re: THE C „, DE That a Prot '''st , Poned tint I ,?Dointed to 1 A ZtDAY th 'tett notice, " That the ' ° e l llle in tl 4t44.. R E hluhaand-bly, fro Cirences Olouces Ross ?terefor Pr RE cm I , , olhampt4 prrie, Did, t r , ai ll Will 1 9 from \1 'Xiate stat il t44 llng ane Ald( I s ewbury, '<cot, Abil Chil S)H R t (Li f -; ° 'l on th, 'aNtal 25 to incr -11 s AL 11 lionO. T he Ho "'I Bengal, i t aptain '!'ttharny nMIRY 4., 311N B Lieut.-1 gent in 'Colonel Capt. C Major-( MONT AC % bare. I ,Lieut. ' 4 Zpore. Capt. Col. Ai pgineer. 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