The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-18 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.—August 17. OLD CO URT. ( Continued from our First'Edition of Yesterday.) THE FIRE IN FLEET-STREET. Mr. Parry having addressed the jury for the prisoner, Mr. Baron Martin summed up• the case with great minuteness, and with his usual impartiality, The jury retired to consider their verdict at six o'clock, and were about half an hour absent. Upon their return into court they gave a verdict of guilty. The learned Judge, in passing sentence, said that the jury, after a. very careful inquiry, had felt themselves compelled to find the prisoner guilty, and he had no hesitation in saying that he entirely corcurred in that verdict. He considered the offence of wilfully setting fire to a house one of the most aggravated crimes that could be committed, and it was dreadful to contemplate the consequences that might have resulted from the com mission of such an act in a place like Fleet-street. A. very short time ago his life must have been forfeited, but although the law no longer went to that extent he must, no doubt, have prepared himself to receive the next severest penalty of the law for the crime of which he had been convicted. His lordship concluded by passing upon the prisoner the sentence of transportation for life. Francis Quick, who pleaded guilty en Wednesday to a charge of obtaining goods from tradesmen to a large amount three months before his bankruptcy, with a fraudulent intention, was brought up for judgment, and entenced to be imprisoned for 13- months. THIRD COURT. (Before Russell Gurney, Esq., Q.C.) Jane Redford, aged 39, a respectable-looking woman, was indicted for marrying John Flynn, her husband being alive. It apP2are 4 , from the certificates, th a t s h e marr i e d her first husband in 1539 at St. Sepulchre's, and the second one at Kensington, in September, 1853. The second husband, a very respectable-looking man, some years her senior, said that he had lived with her for some time previously to marriage, and she told him that her husband bad left her for another woman, and that he had died of the cholera. The prisoner said she thought that to be the case. Tho police-officer who took her in charge said that was untrue, for when be apprehended her, she told him her hti,baud was living. The jury found her guilty, and she was sentenced to two months' iinprisonnient. John Smith., a respectable-looking middle-aged man, was indicted for bigamy. Mr. O'Brien prosecuted ; and Mr. Payne defended. The prisoner, in this instance, had married his first wife in 1814, at St. Peter's, Bethnal-green, and his second wife at the same church in 1354. Mr. Payne. for the prisoner, said that the prisoner having been away from his first wife, who had left him for another man, about seven years, he had thought he had a right to marry again. Mr. Gurney said that persons should know that under Any circumstances a marriage contracted whilst the first wife lived was not a legal one, and that for tie parties not to have seen each other for iven years was not enough ; they must use diligent inquiries as to whether each other were still living. and then they would escape the penal consequences of the act. Mr. Payne sail, unfortunately persons in prisoner's station did not know where. the File should be drawn. This mail's wife had been away from him above eight years. It was here stated that she had left him two years af ter the marriage in consequence of the ill-treatment and want to which she had been subjected. Mr. Payne said that was not true, and c alled a wit ness, who stated that prisoner was an industricus, ho nest man, and did not live happily with his first wife in consequence of her love of pleasure, and her giving her company to a lover of hers before her marriage, and with whom she had now gone to live, and by whom she now had three children. The second wife, a pretty, respectable-looking young woman, said that her parents were aware of the priso ner's-situation, and thought that the marriage would be legal.. Prisoner had never deceived her, and behaved very kindly. The Jury found him guilty ; and, under the circum stances, he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Patrick ill Weounte, aged 16, a respectable-looking Irish lad, was indicted for cutting and wounding Patrick Barry, with .intent. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton defended. The parties, it appeared, all of whom are Irish, lived at the Land and Shears, public-house, Middlesex -street, Whitechapei, and on the 25th of July, in the afternoon, the prisoner began intuiting prosecutor's wifea.ud daugh ter, and upon his going to remonstrate with him for his conduct. the young ruffian aimed a kick at the lower part of his person, and hurt him very seriously. He then fetched a poker, and, whilst some person held pro secutor,• prisoner, holding the poker in both hands, knock him down by. a blow upon the temple, from the eff..:cti of which. he was for some time in a dangerous state,: ar,d was now very bad. • For the defence it was proved that there had been a row in this Hibernian Agapemone going on for twelve rnoritkis continually, in consequence of the difference of their religious tenets, prosecutor and his family being taunted with being Orange Presbyterians, and a disgrace to their county ; and a host of witnesses were called to prove - that the mother of the prisoner had been knocked dowlay prosecutor. There was the usual amount of hard swearing upon both sides, and it appeared that upon ;his Sunday after noon there was a general Irish fight in the house. Mr. Ribton contended that it was merely a case of an unlawful woun ding. Upon this count the prisoner was convicted, and sen tenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. This, with a few other cases, ended the business of the session. The New COurt did not sit this day. The next session commences on Monday, Sept. 18. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. L A.MEETIL—A RUFFIAN HUSBAND.—Yesterday William Conk, a savage-looking mechanic, was charged before Mr. Elliott with committing a most brutal assault on Jane Cook, his wife. The wife, whose left eye was very black and appa rently much injured, and her left cheek and jaw much swollen and discoloured, deposed that on that morning, about 1 o'clock, her husband, without any other provo cation than her being absent from home at his dinner - hour, made a violent attack on her, knocked her down several times with his clenched fist, and while on the ground kicked her with great force on the jaw. So se vere were his kicks that for some time she thought her jaw was broken, and she was then labouring under the most excruciating pain from it, as well as the injuries done to her eye ; but still she did not want to hurt her 'husband. Two persons who had been awoke by the screams of the unfortunate woman, and who had witnessed the out rage from their window, described it as the most savage proceeding they had ever seen. The prisoner had bees engaged, they said, for fully 20. minutes in knocking down and kicking - the unfortunate woman, and it was their impression. at the time that he had killed her or at least alisabled herfor In reply to the charge, the prisoner said that on vorninr , home to his dinner o❑ the day before he found no dinner prepared for him, and his wife out on the drink: On returning home at night she was still absent, and he u!timately found her with anumber of her drink ing ciienpnnionsin a public-house much the worse for liquor. This exasperatectlirn, knoWiti,l that'she Might I,e perfectly comfortable but for her drunken propeu ssities. The ,oir.plainant hero said it bawl not been her inten vLion to say a word against her husband, but to beg him .0d ;if she could ; but as he thought proper to make such 'charges against her, she wished to inform his worsh!p that for a length of time she had supported her husband by her prostitution. Mr. Elliott observed that but for the proflir ' mcy and drinking h a bit s o f t h e w i fe herself, he should have im posed the utmost penalty ; out as it was, he should com mit the prisoner to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. ALLEGED ABDUCTION.—A gentleman of high re ',Pectability in the City attended before the magi ,strate, to answer to . corinee'.ttin a summons charging him with gan assault on a West-end hair-dresser, ,at the Waterloo Statl • , and fr om w h at transp i red -w had hen the summons been appli e d f or, i t appeared had that th e complainanta sister wh o was ent i tled to a," considerable fortune, and wh o b a d b een in duced by so me interestedu p r arties to l eave h er home and Her go into the country.brother, after some difficulty, traced her to Southampton,Oand prevailed upon her to return to town with hipm. n arriving at the Waterloo Station they were met by he uardian (the present de fendant) and some member s o r f g when a scuffle took place, and during its contihihusafnacrnedythe young lady _The defehcfother did not know, -was spirited away to where her n endt in accompanied and could not find out. The case law, and the ;by his attorney, and a counsel learned „ 30 mplainant by his man of law also. .on in its usual course , and the complainant weasaeswinatshceawlieitd. mes s-box andsworn, when the parties came to an amicable .arrangement, the defendant, as executor and guardian to having consented to di sc l ose to her b ro :the young lady , -ther her present place of residence, and to allow him to correspond with her, and thus the audience i n t h e court ..gad the public w ere de p rived of disclosures alleged to b e of a novel and somewhat romantic character. The summQns vias withdrawn by consent. THAMES. —CURIOUS APPLICATION.—James Smith, a seaman in her Majesty's service, at present staying on board the Crocodile, receiving ship (who, it will be re membered, was committed from this court a short time since on a charge of perjury preferred by a person named Massey, an outfitter and shipping-agent, of Upper East Smithfield, and who was acquitted at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday last), applied to Mr. Ingham to know how he should proceed for the recovery of 1/. 12. i., which he alleged was due to him by Massey. He re peated what had been the foundation of the charge of perjury —that Massey hired him to go on board an Arne ricanh ship, w h ere he received an advance-note for 31 . 10 s ., Na to he hand e d over to Massey. Half of it he al l owe d Massey fur a suit of clothe leavin g CI due to him (applicant), a ll ow i ng for 25. 4 6d. ss cash received, the sum 1 of H. 12s. tid. Mr. Ingham—But as you did not serve on board the I American vessel, Massey could not have got the note cashed ? Smith—Yes, sir, he did • for I sailed as far as Cardiff in the..-Imerican snip beforesurrendering as a deserter 1 from the navy. 31 r Ingham--I am 'd- • I can L i, for p a ,u 3 . . 4‘ ° "31t way as American ship, Smith—That is very hard. 'have good cause of complaint against Massey, and that he is liable to an action for false imprisonment, as well as to an indictment for perjury. Mr. Ingham—You must consult with your attorney as to that. Smith—l was acquitted by a jury, though there were two councillors and a judge against me. Mr. Ingham—lf you think you can establish a case against Massey, pursue him for the amount in the county court. The applicant, who was accompanied by one of the petty officers of the Crocodile, then left. H A MMERSM 'Tu.-EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION AGAINST A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRlEST, —Shortly before the closing of the court, Mr. Martin, solicitor, attended by Mr. Parkins Jones, the relieving officer of Fulham, applied to Mr. Paynter for a summons against the Rev. Dr. Ferguson, the Roman Catholic priest of St. Thomas's Chapel, in the Fulham-fields, under Jervis's Act, to show cause why he should not be committed for a felony for having knowingly and wilfully solemnised a marriage between a young woman named Hannah Sarah Steel, of English parents, and a young Irishman named Cokely, in the absence of the registrar of marriages for the district. Mr. Martin said the ceremony of marriage, according to the rites of the Roman Catholic religion, was performed in September last by Dr. Ferguson, in St. Thomas's Chapel, which was a registztred place for the solemnisa tion of marriages, &c. The young woman at that time was pregnant by Cokely, who was one of Dr. Ferguson's congregation, and it seemed that his client did all that was necessary in giving the proper notices to the super intendant registrar. It further appeared that the notice was given for the marriage to take place in a Roman Catholic chapel in Kensington, and that Cokely after wards wished to be married in Fulham-fields Chapel. She then applied to Mr. Strowther, the regristrar of marriages, to know if she could do so, and she was told .that she could not. However, Dr. Ferguson sent for her and Cokely one night and offered to marry them at that time, it being half-past nine o'clock, but in conse quence of their not having the fees it was put off until the following morning, when the marriage did take place in the vestry-room, in the absence of the registrar, and only one witness, which was also improper, as two witnesses were required. The witness who was present, happened to he the father of Cokely. Oa the night before the mar riage his client told Dr. Ferguson of the notice having been given for the marriage to take place in Kensing ton, and he replied that it made no difference, and that he could marry them in his chapel. The marriage turned out a villanous affair, for the husband and his father absconded a few nights afterwards to America, taking with him all her money which she had saved while in service. She afterwards obtained relief, and was confined in the Fulham union workhouse of a child. She sub,e quently ascertained that her marriage was null and void, and on Wednesday last she obtained an order before the bench of magistrates at the Kensington petty sessions against the father of the child, and the whole of the magistrates expressed themselves in strong terms upon the improper conduct of Dr. Ferguson, and offered to assist in a prosecution against him. Mi. Paynter observed that it was notorious that the registrar of marriages was required to be present to lega lise the ceremony in registered places. Mr. Martin said Dr. Ferguson must have known that he was doing wrong, for he had formerly been a Pro testant minister, and a curate of Brompton. He also produced a document in the handwriting of Dr. Ferzu son, who had afterwards given the young woman what was termed a certißcate of the marriage, and he under stood that emk.aVours had been made to get it bag;!;. Mr. Paynter said it was important that such a case should be inquired into, and at once granted the summons. Mr. Martin afterwards informed the worthy magis trate that several Irishmen had insulted ttte„ young woman as she was leaving the court, and he :had taken means to place her away from the neighbourhohd — iif Fulham fields until after the matterhad been investigated. OPENING OF THE LONDONDERRY, SEA BA if, AND SEINDERLAIYD BAILIf AY. On Thursday the 3d inst.,this important undertaking, which owes its existence to the penetrating sagacity and indomitable perseverance of the mind that stole Seaham Harbour from the ocean, was 'opened for traffic amid great public rejoicing. It will be needless for us here to recapitulate the various circumstances which sug. gested to the mind of the late noble Marquis the neces sity for the undertaking which has now been so success fully completed, but a few particulars as to the external features and general character of the line in its finished state will not be found uninteresting. The remarkable rapidity with which the undertaking was conceived, planned, and carried through, contrasts strikingly enough with other instances of railway enterprise with which are in this neighbourhood somewhat painfully familiar. The first sod was raised by the late Marquis in a field near to Seabam Harbour, in February, 1853, but the worki were not virtually commenced until the month of April following, so that in the space of little more than sixteen months a work has been successfully carried out which is represented as quite a model of con structive skill, and which is undoubtedly destined to exercise an important influence on the rising fortunes of the district through which it has been carried. The line. is six miles in length.. and. will be- hrought into connec - Eon with the following six collieries in the possession of the present Marchioness—South Hetton, Murton, Has well, Shotton, Seaham, and Seaton. But while by this arrangement the primary object of the undertaking is secured, the comfort of the travelling public has not been overlooked. Commodious stations, we are told will be formed for passenger accommodation at each end of the line, and there will also be one near to the village of Ryhope. By this means the only obstacle to an enjoy- ' merit of "a day on tie Sands at Seaham " will be re• moved, and the attractions of the place once becoming known, we may confidently predict for it a large amount of renown as one of those now popular localities where bipeds of the picnicing and cheap trip genus do most delight to congregate. But to return. On the morning of the opening day the various bridges and viaducts on the line underwent the process of testing and inspection at the hands of a party of scientific gentlemen, and with results sufficient to reflect the greatest credit on the contractors, Messrs. Forster and Lawton. The gentlemen engaged in these very necessary operations were Mr. C - Elliott, C.E. ; Mr. Charlton, sub-engineer of the line ; Mr. Turnbull, of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway ; Mr. Henderson, engineer ; and Messrs. Burlinson. The viaducts across the dene which runs through the Sea ham Hall estate are three in number, and measure as follows ; Dalton, length, 320 feet, height 64 feet ; Sea ham Hall, length 200 feet, height 85 feet ; Ryhope, length 400 feet, height 85 feet. They are all formed of wood, and contain an aggregate of about 44,000 cubic feet of timber. The contractors for that portion of the work have been Messrs. Robson and Son, Sunderland. The train conveying the above mentioned gentlemen was shortly after its arrival at Seaham joined by a party from the Hall, consisting of Earl Vane, Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest, M.P., Lord Ernest Vane- Tempest, and Mr. Neilson. Having taken their seats in the train, the carriages were afterwards filled by a miscellaneous company, and the parties were soon in motion towards Sunderland, followed by a train of '26 coal waggons from the South Hetton Pit, and which were intended for the first shipment at the new drops. On arriving at this spot, the noble visitors were met by Mr. George Hudson, M.P., chairman of the Dock Company, Z. C. Bramwell, vice-chairman, and other dock directors, who guided the party to a spot where the shipment could be seen to advantage. In a few minutes a waggon was run on to the drops (the work, we ought to mem ion, of Messrs. Burlinson), and then, amid the cheers of those present, and the thundring 'of cannon which had been placed in the immediate vicinity, it was lowered on the brig Elizabeth Packer, whose hold received the first shipment. The large party which had now congregated together then formed themselves into processional order, and, guided by the dock chairman and directors, proceeded on a tour of inspection round the south entrance. After the circuit of the dock had been duly completed the party proceeded to the dock-office, where between sixty and seventy gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous collation set out in the board-room. The chair was occupied by Mr. G. Hudson, M.P., and the vice-chairs by Mr. C. Bramwell and Mr. J. J. Wright. The chair man was supported on his right by Earl Vane, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Morton, agent to the Earl of Durham ;, and on his left by the Mayor of Sunderland, Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest, M.P., and Lord Ernest Vane- Tempest, M.P. Among other gentlemen present we observed Mr. Plews, Darlington ; Mr. George Elliott ; Mr. Anderson, Pensher House ; Mr. Wight, Seaham ; Mr. C. Webster, Paliion Hall ; Mr. J. Laing, J.P. ; Mr. Ralph Carr, J.P. ; Mr. Niurray, engineer to the dock company ; and Mr. Charleton, engineer to the new railway; Mr. I. B. Ord, Mr, John Clay, Mr. Alderman Reed, &0., &c. The usual loyal toasts havi g been disposed of in a befitting manner, the chairman, in appropriate terms, proposed the Army and Navy, coupled with the health of Lord A. Vane-Tempest; to which his lordship responded in Appropriate terms. The CRAIR3IA.N next proposed "Prosperity to the Londo n d erry, Seaham, and Sunderland Railway, and in en doing so to o k occas i on t o pass a war m but merited i ogium on the character of the departed marquis, ono of the latest of whose triumphs in the cause of commer cial dev_?lopment they were that day met to celebrate. vfromofEarl partaking generous sure, kindness must in some m easure b e a ll o yed by melancholy and th a p t a i h n a f d u l i r t e recollections. c p t l i e o a n s s d P AN: n e, v i h d i e s n s c o e n t s n , etaalntenoatwbanyt feelfrom this world th e master mind that ori ginally conce i ved and commenced n this grea t undertak ing, w e s h ou l d have been, toge, and the j o y ous li steners together with y o u rse l ves , th e of many happy witnesses congratulationtnesseso successfhisi addressed dressed to him. We should have felt that it would have been most congenial to his feelings to find that, by the exertions of hi s tn he the h e a h (l ain o beenf instrumental in addingpers e ve r a i t t l i o g the m r i l n it ' i l i who exist between is o goodwill which has, and I trust eves he will, er social fellow s hi p an d this great commercial town and (a us used to call it) Little Seaham. But it pleased gone n God from it e 110 am should be otherwise ; and although you will, I feel, ex cuse me for reverting to what must be uppermost • n I minds—our sad and melancholy bereavement —still sure I shall be forgiven if, addressing as I do those so closely connected with the interests of this county, I ant perhaps carried away by devotion to a fond parent's mem ory. I cannot but call to mind the deep affection and interest he ever felt in this the county of his adop tion. Following in early years a soldier's fortune, he by his own exertions gained to himself a high position in our c,untry's aloy, and a seat in our highest : , enate. A ttfrVrirClS, py the che.nce ,-ct lite, he became tne repre 7 sentative of one of the finest properties in the north of Ireland, But did all these honours seduce him from the county of his adoption ? Were not the great means which undoubtedly came into his hands dig pensed, and largely dispensed, in this county, not so / much for himself, but for those who succeeded him— were not the great mineral and mercantile resources of the county in some degree developed by his exertions— was not labour employed and money circulated ? And though it may have cost many an anxious thought and many a sleepless night for the purpose of business and responsibility which laid their heavy weight upon him— though the commencement of his great undertaking was ridiculed by all, and termed the plaything of the eastern blast, who can speak more feelingly than I, his son, when I see Seaham Harbour flourishing and a trade communi cation established between it and this important town ? It is a source of the greatest satisfaction to us, as I feel certain from your kindness to us on this occasion it is to you, that (though the projector was not permitted to see his work completed) she, as whose representative I am here to-day, has succeeded in completing that under taking which her beloved husband began, and of which posterity will reap the advantages. In her name and our own I thank you most deeply and sincerely for the kindness and affectionate feeling you have evinced to wards her and ourselves. Under happier and brighter circumstances she would have been rejoiced to have been present on this occasion, and her house would have been open to all ; but crushed as she is in spirit, and widowed as she is in heart, she has felt herself wholly inadequate to the task. Wishing, however, that, though the com pletion of my poor father's dearest object should be hailed by us with every feeling of satisfaction and joy, yet that the tear of sorrow and regret which must damp her widowed cheek, should at least be shed in silence over the loss of one so kind, so brave, and true, the partner of thirty-five yearg' happiness. But I have dwelt too long on selfish subjects, and I must ask your pardon and forgiveness. In my mother's name I thank you most sincerely for your reception of us this day, and the inte rest you have displayed in this our undertaking. I would only hope that the union which has existed be tween this important town—important in its commerce, its manufactures, arid above all its magnificent docks— and the Harbour of &ail= may never be severed, and that each succeeding year may give fresh vigour to the further improvement and development of all those schemes and operations which have brought forward to the pre-eminent position which they hold the resources of this great and important county. (Applause.) The noble earl then concluded by proposing "Success to the Dock, and Sunderland's Prosperity," coupled with the name of Mr. Hudson. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the toast in an appro priate speech, and concluded by proposing the health of Lady Londonderry, to which Earl Vane responded. Among the other toasts were that of the Earl Vane, proposed by Mr. C. Bramwell ; the Mayor of Sunder land ; the Chairman, G. Hudson, Esq., M.P., &c. In responding to the toast of " the Members for the Northern Division of the County," Lord A. Vane Tem pest spoke as follows :—Accept my warmest thanks for file kind manner in which you have received the toast of my health that has been proposed to you in, I fear, but too flattering terms by my kind friend Mr. Wright. Personally, I have indeed much to feel grateful for to this county. I originally became known to you when inexperienced in public life. I appealed to the generosity of an important constituency, who afterwards conferred on me the high honour of returning me as their representative. When, owing to circumstances known to you all, I was without a seat in Parliament, and at a time when, from a sad bereavement to our family, the county seat was vacant, I was, by the kindness and indulgence of this great county, permitted to enter unopposed into the proud and responsible post of being one of your representatives. I feel I owed this result not to any merits or personal claims that I could advance, but to your generosity, and the circumstances under which I appealed to you, and I can assure you that—though others might have been proud, with far 'greater talents and ability, to attend to your important interests—DO one would entertain a more sincere and conscientious desire tie evince his gratitude by devoting his time and any capabilities lie is possessed of to watch ing your interests, and to the hest of his power promot ing your welfare. Interested as I must ever feel in the rapidly increasing prosperity of this great country, and more particularly in the wide development of its mineral resources, I have felt much gratified at witnessing the completion of an undertaking which, by the blessing of Providence, we may confidently anticipate will tend to carry out this great end. On such an occasion, the opening of a work, which, considered as one of private enterprise, is of no small proportions, one of such great local interest as connecting Sunderland with her younger sister Seaham, as well as general advantage and utility, even a stranger's first impulse would be to enquire, whose was the mind that planned this scheme—whose the courage and resolve that from the commencement no dangers frightened, no difficulties deterred ? Would it not call forth the tear of regret from the most indifferent to be told that the 'pulse that warmed to these peaceful fights of commercial enterprize, as in past days it had heat tumultuously in battles of more stirring nature, had ceased in its pulsation—that the talents, the genius, the courage of the founder of Seaham Harbour and pro jector of this railway had passed away—that God had not willed lie should live to see the fulfilments of his un-. disrtaking. None here, therefore, can think it extraneous that those near and dear to him who is removed should on such an occasion pay their humble tribute of respect to his memory, and regret at his lost. I read in the work of a great author, that there were two sorts of courage—physical courage that despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way ; and moral courage, that despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.. The former would seem most necessary for the camp— the latter for the council ; but to constitute a great man both are necessary. I believe I shall have your assent, when I assert that one whose memory we, his sons, must ' ever cherish, possessed both qualifications of courage.- Ile first carried him, heedless of personal danger, through successful fights, and obtained for him many a well-earned decoration and distinction—the latter forti fied his mind against the opposition of ignorance or pre judice, and enabled him to carry through successfully the great work of Seaham Harbour, and to leave this legacy of a great design to a mourning wife, who, by God's mercy, has been the means of his handing down to pos terity lasting proofs to testify that during his con nection with this county that adopted him, it be came, and remained, the centre of his affections and regard. I hope this railway will be the. means of indissolubly connecting Seaham with Sunderland, that it may servo as one of many arteries that are in future to convey the streams of commerce and of trade to those magnificent docks, the complete success of which I trust but a short interval will now demonstrate. (His Lordship resumed his seat amid the most enthusiastic demonstrations of applause. • Several other toasts were afterwards given and suit. ably responded to, after which the party broke up about seven o'clock. The same evening the contractors and about forty of their friends sat down to dinner at the Londonderry Arms Hotel ; nor were the "navvies" forgotten ; 150 of them having been treated to a very substantial enter tainment in the earlier part of the evening. Could " Young Nick" have witnessed the hearty enthusiasm of these British " sons of the spade" on this occasion, he would, no doubt, have felt there was something like' truth in the oil song, which says,— " Queen Bess she gave him her fist with a smile, And swore 'twas her firm belief, That the devil himself couldn't conquer the Isle, Whilst Britons were fed upon beef." TRE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1854. SPORT! NG; INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS: LL'S—THURSDAY. The-retreat which was suddenly sounded on the side of Heany for the Great Ebor Handicap caused a groat deal of fencing with intentions, and a brisk running fire of hints and inuendos. Although only few members were present, the scene was particularly animated. At first 5 to 2 was offered on the field, and significant looks were exchanged, but no blow was struck ; 100 to 35 was then tried, and for a short time it succeeded ; the next "strike" was for 100 to 30, and it was only to ask and have. At last 4to 1 was laid in ponies, fifties and hundreds ; some of the takers, however, being desirous of "going on" to a heavy amount. A stand was made, and the layers in turn fell back. Meanwhile a demon stration was made in favour of the Grand Inquisitor ; various sums were invested on him at prices ranging from 500 to 30 to 13 to 1. 10 to 1 would have been taken to some money about Tros, and 12 to 1 in ponies was booked quietly about Kingston. ST. LEGER.—Nothing occurred to arrest the down ward tendency of King Tom ; from 1000 to 120, taken at the commencement, he fell to 12 to 1, taken and offered. 6to 1 was currently offered agst Dervish ; 8 to 1 taken to a small sum about the Trapper, and 310 to 30 about Scythian. CLOS4NG PRICES. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP, 4to 1 agst Heapy (taken). Bto 1 agst Tros (take 10 to 1). 12 to 1 agst Kingston (taken), 13 to 1 agst Grand Inquisitor (taken). ST. LEGER, 6 to I agst Dervish. Bto 1 agst The Trapper (taken). 10 to 1 a'st Scythian (taken). 12 to 1 agst King Tom (taken and offered). DERBY 20 to 1 agst Rifleman (2000 to 90 wanted). STRETFORD RACE The TRAFFoRD HAN Age st lb Bull's Eye 5 8 7 Truegirl a 8 6 Grief 3 8 4 Roller 6 S 4 The STRETFORD HANDICA Age st lb Bull's Eye 5 8 Grief Roller Syron 4 7 11 Angelo The Cripple S.—AtTa. 21 and 22. MCA?. Two roilea. Age st lb Angelo The Cripple Lady Ponsonby 3 GlO r .r. One mile and a half. Age st lh Lady Ponsonby 3 610 Bucharest 3 6 8 Vivid 3 6 6 Bridesmaid Go-away Miss Fisher RACING FIXT AUG York Hereford 24 Eccles 08 Chelmsford .29 1 SEPT] Warwick Lichfield ...... ......... 7 Wc•stern INlecting 7 Rochester:LEA o, athatn 7 Donc.?.ster, . Pontefract 18 Bedford 19 RES FOR 1354. .UST. Derby 29 Plymouth Lincoln TIBER. Leicester eo Mancluester Autumn ...21 Lanark........... ...•. —.25 Newmarket F 0 ' 11ralilal1 ; 27 Nortliailerten GOOLE REGATTA. AUGUST 17.—This annual aquatic festival commenced yesterday, for two days' sport, and showed symptoms of being managed by a cramping committee. Last year alb England wits invited, and some good racing was the consequence, the Kitten (Mr. Harvey's) being the prin cipal Winner ; but some of the local nabobs being d-s -pleased at the departure from Goole of the two prizes obtained by her ; amounting to the overpoweringly mag nificent sum of 201., it was decided this year to throw the regatta open only to . the Ouse, Trent, and Humber. The rail brought down a fair sprinkling of ver-lants from the Eterior, and the steamers afforded their quota visitors. The morning was cloudy, with wind at W. by N. The afternoon turned out rather squally, the wind varying between N. and W. The first event came off at 1.35, by six yachts starting for a prize of 81. 10s.—the course being from Saltmarshe to Howden, and back to Goole. Going up they passed Goole—Frolic, Ist ; Pearl, 2d ; Flirt, 3d. Near How den the order was varied, and they arrived at the goal off Goole pier— Pearl Chance Frolic 2.37 Flirt soon after, Wonder and Jassamine a long way astern. Sailing Match for 41.--Sailing boats Flora, Titania, Quiz, Neptune, and Henrietta started. Won by Hen rietta. A Rowing Match for 3/. was won by Mr. Pearson's boat, beating two otheti. After some delay, caused by the rain, sculling matches and punt hunts concluded the sport of the day. TIIE NEW BEER ACT. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of licensed victuallers was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, for the purpose of conferring on how they are affected by the Sunday Closing Act of last session, and to determine on the best course to be pursued by them under the circumstances. Mr. SIMPSON, of Cremorm , gardens, was called to the chair, and at, some length set forth the inconvenience to which the trade was subjected by the new bill, and his surprise that nothing more effectual had been done to defeat it during its progress through parliament. He then complained in strong langu,ge of the bad faith with which the trade had been treated by the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society, who had been parties to the bill, and of the daily organ of the trade. It sug gested itself to him that it would be expedient for them now that it had passed and had come into operation, severally to state how far it affectel their business, and then collectively to determine on some course which it would be advisable for them to pursue. He himself thought that they ought to appoint a deputation to wait on Lord Palmerston, and get the public to co operate with them, by getting up petitions for presenta tion next session, praying for the repeal of the late act. Mr. LUCE, of Hampton-court, said that the vi e w s and position of the suburban hotel keepers were not quite identical with those of the metropolitan members of the trade. Those residing in his own district had lately held a meeting in reference to the question, at which they resolved to keep their houses open during the prohibited hours, and to serve their Sunday cus tomers, whom they regarded as " bonA fide travellers." On that resolution they had acted, and would continue to act until the Court of Queen's Bench should decide who was a traveller. He knew that they had been reported for having done so, but was uncertain whether they would be summoned for it immedi ately, or whether they would he cautioned by the police that they were infringing the law, and be summoned for a repetition of the practice. The suburban trade wished for a clear definition of the word traveller, and he thought they ought to wait on Sir Richard Mayne to ask him to furnish them with one. Mr. HINTON informed the meeting that he had waited on Sir Richard Mayne in referen:e to ins supplying his customers with tea and confectionery, but he regretted that he had omitted to bring under his notice the ques tion of what constituted a traveller. Mr. LUCE continued to say that the privi:ege of serving tea and confectionery or plain dinners would be no boon to such as he, as it was only on their wines that they had any profit. Mr. FOSTER, of the Railway Tavern, Fenchurch street station, accused the Protection Society and their daily organ of having dealt treacherously by the trade. Mr. HINTON made a similar statement. Mr. FOSTER then said that such conduct, in hi. 3 opin ion, would justify the meeting in coming to a resolution censuring both the Protection Society and the paper in question, and declared that they had forfeited the con fidence of the trade, by sacrificing the interests of the largest portion of it for the advantage of the few. Mr. Lucy seconded the resolution. Mr. HARRIS thought they ought not to provoke the hostility of a powerful society, which had large funds in hand, and which would aid them next session in op posing the worst measure with which the trade was threatened. Air. WHITE stated his concurrence in the views of Mr. Harris. The CHAIRUM,said thatilibia opintm of the society was, that theylaad endeavoured to bamboozle him. It was absurd to say that they could have done nothing in opposing the bill. He was sure that when he, an indi vidual, had been able to get it considerably modified, the society could, by an earnest opposition, have defeat ed it. They showed such jealousy of his interference, that he believed that the bill had been promoted by them as a compromise to prevent the trade being thrown open, and he challenged them to deny that they got the Blshop of London to move for the rejection of Lord Harrowby's amendment. To prevent such treachery for the future they would form a Protection Society fur themselves, and estabilsh a paper of their own. After some further discussion, the resolution was unanimously agreed to. A deputation was then appointed to wait on Lord Palmerston, a form of petition agreed to, a Protection Society formed, and a subscription entered into to form its fund ; after which the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—A large and influen tial meeting of this body took place at Manchester on Tuesday evening, when the new Beer Bill, closing pub lic-houses on Sundays at earlier hours, was very strongly condemned as interfering with the rights of the public and the vested interests of a trade comprising 60,000 people, and 2.000,000/. sterling of property. The per sons pledged themselves not only to resist further legis lation in the same direction, but to take steps for repeal. ing the obnoxious measure. RAILWAY COLLISIONS. The following circular has been issued by the railway department of the Board of Trade : "Whitehall, August 12. " Sir,—The Lords of the Committee of 'Privy Council for Trade are desirous of calling the attention of railway companies to a system of working the trains, which is in use on some rsilways to a limited extent, and which promises to afford security from accidents, occasioned by collision between trains following each other upon the same line of rails. "This class of accident has been hitherto very nume rous, as compared with other classes. In 1853 the total number of accidents to trains reported to this depart ment was 103, of which 30 occurred to trains following each other upon the same line of rails ; and, in the six months ended the 30th of June in the present year, the total number of accidents to trains which came under the cognisance of this department amounted to 47, of which 13 occurred by collision between trains following each other upon the same line of rails. "The system under which trains are ordinarily worked is, that trains ehould not be allowed to approach each other within a certain interval of space ; and, to effect this object, signals are exhibited during a certain time after the passage of a train, and no succeeding train is allowed to follow until such interval has elapsed. " Experience, however, shows that this mode of endea vouring to secure a certain int e rval of space betwee n succeeding trains will .occasionally fail, in cases where the speed of the respective trains varies, or where acci dents occur to the machinery of trains ; and when, from any cause, a train becomes stationary on a part of the line away from stations; its safety from a collision with a suc ceeding train is dependent unon the chance of such suc ceeding train being at such a, distance as to allow time for the guard to run back with a signal. " With the view o f effectua ll y sec uring that an inter val of space shall, under all circumstances , be at all tunes maintained betw een t h e tra i ns f o ll ow ing each other upon a line of railway, th e S outh- E aster n Railway Company have, on portions of their railway, placed electric tele graphic stations at intervals along the line ; and no train is allowed to pass one of these stations, and to move upon the line between it and the next station, until a notifica tion has been received from the next station that the pre ceding train has passed off that poi tion of the line. "On portions of the line where the trains are nume rous and the intervals between them are neceessarily very short, these stations have been placed at little more than a mile apart ; hut, upon parts of the line where the number of trains is more limited, the distance between the ordinary passenger stations has not been found too great an interval. "Into the det a il e d arrang ements my Lords purposely abstain from enterine. ; they would, however, add, that in order that the system should be effectual it is neces sary that a telegraphic wire be excl usivel y reserved for this servi ce ; and that the instruments used should be simple, and should exhibit the signals with sufficient clearness for the signalling to be carried on by a person of ordinary intelligence. "My Lords are aware that, from considerations of expense or otherwise, this system has not been generally adopted ; yet, in parts where a single line only has been laid, or where peculiar difficulties exist in the working, or in tunnels, directors of railway companies have re sorted to it with the most beneficial result 4. "My Lords are, therefore, desirous that the subject should receive the careful consideration of the directors of the different companies, in the hope that that con sideration may lead to the more general adoption of a plan which experience seems to have proved to be so well calculated to diminish the risk of danger. "I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient servant, " DOUGLAS GALTON, Captain Royal Engineers." Tlti ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS. —By an order in council, dated Auguet 11, 1854, her Alajemty ham heen pleased to approve a scheme of the E . calu , iastical C , mmisioorers for authoriping tlie:gale of certain pro ', pertyforrocrly Ixdonging to . the " f Giv " l4l°, irr the cathedral chui'ch of York, now vested' in Wed the said commissioner,. BAYK BETUR!Y S. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in, circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the th day of Aug, 1854 :- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. kndover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. .kshford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,946 kylsham Bank, Aylsham-G-. and T. Copeman 4,552 kylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 25,780 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co 25,310 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 12,295 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. 3edford. Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 31,739 3ewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Co 3icester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicegter-H. M. and G. Tubb 14,278 Birmingham Bank. Birmingham- -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 22,435 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,820 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 8,308 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 83,029 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 15,005 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 41,740 Broseley and :Rridgnorth 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 25,412 Bath City Bank, Bath- G. Moger and Son 2,735 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton • Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 22,527 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire -H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 66,333 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 12,313 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 16,099 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters 43,150 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 29,655 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 4,038 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round ez.: Green 16,141 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 29,199 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 47,618 Coientry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 6,132 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 1 20,369 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and • Co • 74,610 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co 6,650 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Batik, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 7,727 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 11,349 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 40,190 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co 9, 727 Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,037 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster - Cooke and Co 71,494 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 88,343 Devonport }lank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 9,946 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-R. and H. Williams • 46,726 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter, and Co 101,518 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 49,169 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 43,691 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 25,673 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co 21,995 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 6,034 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,040 Godalming Bank, Godalming--Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon.. 7,819 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0... 30,410 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford. City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead --Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford- Morgan and Co 21,281 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Co. 16,028 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington- Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co 9,123 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and Sons 8,632 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvey and Snn 5,335 Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 31,056 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 28,604 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene 10,227 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 101,845 Llanclovery Bank, -Lampeter Bank, and Llan dui() Bank, Lla,ndovery-D. Jones and Co_, 23,937 Loughborough Bank , Loughborough-Middle- 7, 885 ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymirigton-St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis -Gurneys a nd Co. 36,010 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 11.115 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 9,372 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co 15,186 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co 27,820 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co 15,466 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell 26,916 Newark ana Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, 17,594 and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 20,059 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket--Eaton, Ham mond, and Co 18,786 Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank,. Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 48,366 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich —Gur neys' and -Birkbeck 71,130 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,743 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co 3,100 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth —Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co 11,044 Nottingham Bank, Nottinghani—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and O swes t ry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co. Oxford Oid Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge W e ll s an d S evenoa k s Bank, Ton- • bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching ............. . 9,412 Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W. 10,424 Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 46,392 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co. ... 10,758 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter -9,630 borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordvrest—J. and. 10,742 IV. Walters.. Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and C 0..... 30,132 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, 29,030 and Co. Richmond Bank, 'Richmond —Roper and Co 6,466 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. 5,091 Rochester, Chatham, and Streod Bank, Roches ter —Day and Nichnleon ...... RoVon ii,oyaon—Forclham and Sons 'Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Bank, Stye—R. 0. Pomfret aad Co.. •• 17,404 13,233 11,936 13,117 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross dougal and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Cc; Scarbot gugh Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytonx, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Mcddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. Tiverton and • Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford Bank, Wells, and Co, War wick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick. K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-- Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap: man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co . Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart,, and Co York Bank, York- Swann, Clough, and Co Wallingford—Hedges, 10,916 45,607 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal. Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley adford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pony, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 37,888 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington • 28,446 East of England Bank, Norwich 24,534 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 151,725 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 19,293 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 34,892 Hull Banking Company, Hull 27,698 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,495 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Heiston Banking Company, Heiston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 28,735 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,079 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 62,193 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 82,648 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 52,008 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking 11,566 Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,550 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 28,330 Newcastle; Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne - National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Eishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 43,030 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 74,796 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North- 11,622 9.554 48,214 9,322 30,875 20,13' 58,700 10,033 34,687 10,017 24,016 16,268 41,978 1,382 18,703 37,125 ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddleworth Banking Colinpa ny, Saddleworth 2,363 Sheffield Banking Company, :3heffield 36,298 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com . pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersctshire Bank, Lang- 24,420 44,388 47,893 port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 45,78 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 51,8 0, Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. 52,21 Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton Wakefield and Barnsley Unior Bank, Wake field 13,052 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 30,349 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District 78 990 Bank, Bristol Wilts and Dorset Banking Compa n y , Salisbury 70,171 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield ............................ 31,741 W l li vh itc i h te u h re u h rc a h nd Ellesmere Banking Company, 4,376 Woarcnyes,teNrvoCreiteystearnd County Banking Com 5,828 p 70,927 89, 944 IT Y o o r r k k Union ciy a ß n a d n k c i n o gu County Company,Bankn Banking or o k m p an y 124,187 Yorkshire Banking Com p a ny , Leeds 56, 63 EXTRAORDINARY STORY.—A singular circumstance happened to a young man residing at Sittisgbourne last autumn. While walking through a barleyfield he plucked an ear, and put a grain into his mouth, which escaped towards his throat, and he partially swallowed it, but the exertion of rejecting it caused it to enter his throat, and he felt an uneasy and prickling sensation for some time after. At length the neck and . throat began to swell and suppurate, and he endured great suffering. The doctor who attended him said it did not proceed from the cause mentioned, but the young man believed it did. The complaint seemed to yield to medical measures, till some time ago he awoke in the night, and feeling some thing protruding from the inside of his gum he put in his finger, and pulled out the barleycorn he had swallowed so many months before. It was blackened, but retained its shape.—South Eastern Gazette. THE COMMISSIONERS FOR BUILDING CHURCHES.—By various orders in Council, dated August 11, 1854, her Majesty has been pleased to approve, first, the recom• mendation of the Commissioners for Building Churches, in respect to the publication of banns and the solemni sation of marriages in the church or chapel of St. Bar na.bas, in the parish of St. Mary Abbott, Kensington ; secondly, a recommendation of the said commissioners in respect to the publication of banns, &c., in the church of Trinity, in the parish of St. Mary the Virgin, Dover ; thirdly, a representation of -the said commissioners f the assignment of a district chapelry to the chapel at Farlow, in the parish of Stottesclon, Salop ; fourthly, a repreSentation of the said commissioners for the assign ment of a distr S ict chapelry to the church of St. James's, .:Za•! I:ira; and, fifthly, a rcpresk:nta tiun 01 the sai.l etninis,amors for the assignment of a .district chapelry in the church of St, Mark's, Tolling tou-park, Upper Holloway. Mac• COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD.-AUGUST 15. There was a slight improvement in the supply of fat beasts to-day, and the demand good, with a full attendance of buyers The number of sheep and lambs about the average. Few fat calves, which wore readily disposed of. The supply of fat pigs large, and in good condition. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to bid ; mutton, to 7d ; lamb, 7d to Od ; veal, 6d to 64d per lb. ; pigs, Os 6d to Os Od per score ; rough fat, 6s 3d to Os per 141 b.; hides, 3t,d. to Od per lb ; calf-skins, 4u to 4id per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—AuGusT 16. Wheat uu the top 3s Od up, and average 48 Bd, down. Barley on the top is up, and the average 3810 d down. Oats on the top 8d down, and the %verage 7d up. Beans on the top 3s, and the average 4■ 3d down. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat l] 50 qrs sold 756 qrs Barley 367 qrs sold 184 qrs Oats 645 qrs sold 588 qrs Beans B3 qrs sold 47 qrs Top of Wheat .... .......... ............... 65 lb 73s Od Barley Oats Beans . AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 3/. 2 4 1-12ths 1 Barley, „X. 9 7 0-12ths Oats, ... 1/. 14 3 1-12ths 1 Beans, 21. 4 1 2-12ths BOSTON-AUGUST 16. Prices :—Wheat, red, 57s Od to 64s Od; white, 64s Od to 66s Oct.extra. GBs Od. Barley, 34s Od to 37s Od. Oats, 278 to 31s. Beans, 47s Od to 51. s Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s per qr. NEWARK-AUGUST 16. At our Corn-exchange to-day we had a good attendance of farmers, but little business was done. Wheat 2s lower. Spring corn as before. Prices :—Wheat, white, 68s Od to 70s Od; red, 64s Od to 63s Od. Barley, malting, 34s Od to 36s Od. ; grindin OOs Od to (Ps Od. Oats, old, 35s Od. to 38s Od ; new, 00s 01 to OOs Od. Beans, 50s Od to 54s Od. Peas, 50s Od to 52s Od. Malt, 70s Od to 76s Od. Tares, 00s Od to 00s 01. BAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market this morning opened at an improvement on the quotations of yesterday, and has kept steady all day. Caledonian, 31{ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 63i ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport ; 114 ; London and North-Western, 1014 • Manchester, Shef. field, -i and Lincoln, 23i 4 ; Midland, 68 ; North British, 8 9.10 ; North Eastern ( York capital stock), 27a ; South- Eastern, 19 9- 6 4 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 101. Shares, 11i. MANCHESTEII, AUG. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices are rather higher, but only a moderate business. Leeds, 64; Midlands, 68-4 ; Doren, 19 9-16 ; Sheftields, 24 a ; ditto preference, 114 ; Eastern Counties, 1l i ; East Lancashire, 16i ; Caledonian, 31i. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 17. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—This market was rather firmer to day, pi ices were all better supported, and in some instances an advance. Great Westerns closed (buyers) at 7]. LEEDS, AUG. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th-ze has been an improvement in shares this morning. The following are from the closing sales :—Midlands, 68; Lancashire and Yorkshires, 6E9 ; York and North Midlands, 27 ; Dovers, 19g; Leeds Northern Quarters, 2i prem. SEABORNE MAILS. (N , ignltles that the mall% are rent from the General Post-oftlea by the night—and Al by the morning—despateh.) Day when rnal, up From w i,„, When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port du. in Office, London.* Mgr, Ache England. America(by Brit.pack)N Every Fridaj .. • Liverpool America (by United Sts. packet) America (by U States' packet) .......... N Australia (via South ampton) .......... M **** ••• . • . t Li ;.o v u e t r h p a o m ol pt o.ll.lAng. 29 * Southampton Oct. 4 Ditto (via 11 arseilles) N , Dover .. I Ditto (via Cape of '..oed Hops) ......... ...N • • ..... .. • • Uncertain Africa (West Coast) ..N;q3d of the month . `Plymouth 'Sept- 13. Alexandria-- N,B, 9, 24, & 30 of n; IDover ~.• tlexa; ...... ..31!4th & 20th of mo:.. Southampton ahamas of the mon: Southampton Belgium .. • • Dover • • Brazil ........... a i 9th of the month .. Southampton Anguat ! 1 ! Buenos Ayres ........ 3.1 9th of the month.. Southampton Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the moat' Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope ..N 'l4th of the month. Southampton Cape do Verde 14th of the month Southampton Ceylon (see India) Ceylon 14th of the month • August to C C . n . e . l . s . 2 M d o a n . I , 7 W th eder m F o r n i t d ,; e So e u u t t h h a a m in p r i t o o n Tu.Tb.Sat i, I China (see Indio') Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 of ni. Dover ...... Constantinople .. 4th & 20th of mot. Southampton 1 Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ......ITWicedani Egypt (see India) France • • M & NiTivice daily • • • ... Dover ...... Gibraltar ...... Ml 4, 7. 17, 20, 27 of no. Soutnampton , August 1 6 droece (sea India) Greytown ........ :.Ml2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton !August 16 n an th tirg h N Tuesday & Friday London ... 1 Havannah .......... (2nd of the month 'Southampton Sept. 6 Holland ............mlDally ...... ...... Dover Daily Honduras of the mouth. Southampton August 16 India (viaSouthampt.)M;4th & 20th of in, m.,Plymooth • • 'August 20 India (via MarseilleslMAth& 24th of month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see India);7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.... • • , Ireland ........M & NlTwice daily ... Holy head ..;Twleedaliv Lisbon ............ M;7, 9, 17, &27 of rn.!SouthamptonlAugust 16 Madeira '9th of the month !Southampton 'August 26 Madeira 23d of month • 'Plymouth .. %falta (see India) 7,17,19,27, 30 of m. l Dover ...... August 20 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Mexico .. .M;2nd of the month. ,Southampton Sept. 1 Naples ........N ;6thlsth2sthofmon.Dover New Granada ......141'2d & 17th of month 'Southampton New „ By private skip .. Various I.)ort, Uncertain Papal States sthlsth2sthothion. Dover ...... Peninsula ..........M 7thl7th2Bthormon.lSouthiunpton Peru & 27th of mon. ;Southampton Augus t 16 Port Natal 14th of the month; Plymouth .. Sicily ..........N 5 thlsth2s tholmon,lDover Tuscany Sthlso2stholbaon.Dover Venezuela ..........M 2d & 17th of month Southampton August " Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .. West Indies 2d&l7th o , month Southampton Augn't 16 When du. in England• iiTneertnin i s ept. 13. Invicedally 'August 16 August 26 * When any of these dates fall o a Sunday, the mails 1011.011 despatched on the following day with the exc e ptien of the Ind ia Southampton), and the Malta, both o f which will be despatched 14. preceding da,. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Du Barry's Arabica Food invariablyrestores health, without B ra e :Cil l er: e, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves 50 times its Cost in other remedies. We extract a f ew ou t o f 50,000 esti Inonials of cu r e s , which bad re s i s t e d all me di c ines. No. 180.—" Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered g rea t misery, and w hi c h no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's food in a ve l short time.-- , W. B. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Tiverton. Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousneaN debility, w ith cramps, spasms and nausea , h a ve bee n effectually removed by Du . Barry's delicious food in a yell short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectoil, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribab.l.a. agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, colon.. pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach a nd 1 1 1 . mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent —Maria Jolly. Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk!' v "' e No. 3,9oo.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene; llen ral debility h ave b een remove d b y D u B arr y' s eva Focd.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth." ct .% No. 81.—" Twenty years' liver complaint, r disorders of th e s t omac h an d nerves , have " e° perfectly cured by Du Bars Revalenta Ara bica,. : Andrew Frazer, Haddington E as t Lothian." " Trevitg"" Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th 1851.—Eighteen Y ea r . nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, titre._ burg of the temples, v i o l en t pa i ns i n th e l e ft side and ba.ca, shortness of breath, coughs, numbness of the extreraitiest cramps, spase,s, flatulency, retching, and such g ene „ weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling w hen my legs ; all th ese symp t oms have been removed by m. Barry's excelle n t F oo d.—M ar y Gilbert."—ln canister s, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructi,one. —llb., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., 118. ; 121 b., 240,Lv. super-refined, 11b., 65.; 21b., it s. ; 51b., 225. ; 101 b ., The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on post office nr.cr. :0 Barry du. Barry and Co., 77, Regent - street , L on don Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, ri r e : cadilly ; also at 68, Cornhill; 60, Graceehurch -stre S: 330 and 451, Strand, 63 and 15 0, Oxford - s treet ; Charing-cross ; 4. Cheapside. RAO [A DVERT ISEMENT ]—HOLLOWAY'S PILLS INVIO O THE SYSTEM AND PROMOTE HEALTH.—Mrs. Reynolds, of Burton, bad been a great sufferer for many years Prot a bad be complication om ofe verynervous muchdiseases, impaired, so that w her hch c a o ff n e s e t i t t e a n; tion both her mental and physical powers ; her strength 41 0 was completely prostrated. Change of air, change of scene, and every available remedy was resorted to with out any beneficial effect whatever, as she appeared to be , sinking fast. Holloway's Pills were commenced at this critical period, and, by this unrivalled medicine,_ Irrt Reynolds speedily derived temporary relief, and a u ' mately a permanent cure was effected, and she continue to enjoy excellent health.—Sold by all vendors of.modr tine, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 15th inst., at 3, the Crescent, Camden-road, Re. gent's-park, the wife of Dr. Drury. ark.On the 17th inst., at 67, Gloucester-place, Hyde - gardens, the wife of James Augustus Elmslie, EST' OF A DAUGHTER. On the 15th inst., at Berrington, Leomins ter, LW Rodney. c° 1 On the 15th inst., at Hounslow , the wife of Lieut.- • H. Richmond Jones, commanding the Carbiniert____„. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at All Saints' Church. Hastings, tht: Rev. T. H. Bushnell, chaplain to the Earl of Rom neIC, Emily, second daughter of S. Thomas, Esq., late of h e r Emily, Ordnance. '6arleo On the 16th inst., at St Marys Church, 11OrneeY; • to John Clay, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge , to the University, to Emily Jane, fourth• daughter of . ham Eady, Esq., of Campsbourne, Hornsey• DIED. On the sth of May, drowned off Melbourne, Austr &lief 1 3 e r. while in the discharge of hi s duty, aged 37, Samuel the row, senior official in the Immiration Department for of Colony of Victoria, and fifthof S. Barrow, B e q . ' eon Ryde, Isle of Wi g ht. On the 14th i ns t., age d 49, William Washbourn, Es" the Mayor of th e c ity o f Gl ouces t e r. NC. On the 15th in s t., at Sevenoaks, Kent, the Re Y' Pressgrave, aged 56. f the On the 15th inst , suddenly Mr. William fill, 0 City Arms T a v ern , West-square, Southwark aged 53. . - .LONDON : prillted and lishNl by 71-1111D0 1701 -T-NP,' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun alce' t Of Strand, in the Precinct of the Sandy, in the 04:gui Middlesex, Friday, karat 18,1854. 4,008 26,050 17,071 24,464 ... 377,4 i 2,386 14,690 12,278 3,943 370 12,008 28,328 23,021 24,460 9,271 6,106 10,0G1 11,350 12,815 7,742 10,971 11,817 15,449 8,434 24,200 2,731 45,490 14,193 . 19,206 3,371 15,345 35,929 51,523 7,330 12,355 7,854 66,772 8,310 11,881 38,640 9,054