The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-01 00:00:00

TILE DURR OF ItiCHAIOIVD AND THE VETERANS OF THE PENINSULA. At Edinburgh, on Wednesday evening, the Duke of Richmond was entertained at dinner by a company of • • above 50 war modal officers in the different services, in . . _ recognition of his Grace's services in precuring for the regimental officers and men who had served in the Penin sular and in other campaizns the distinctions of the war medal. Major-General Geddes, presided, and Rear-Admiral Montgomerie occupied the vice-chair- Nearly all the company wore decorations of the Penin . aular, Waterloo, or Indian campaigns. The customary loyal and military toasts having been givers and received in a spirited manner, General GEDDES proposed the health of their noble and gallant guest. He said—We owe the Duke, of Rich- Toond a deep debt of gratitude, and if we poor soldiers and sailors are unable to pay it we will, at any rate, honestly acknowledge it. No war io usemedal, recipient a soldier's can ever forget the Duke of Richmond. _ phrase, he " spoke up" for us wit h a kindness and feeling that said much for the goodness of his heart, and with an earnestness and an energy tha t could not fail to be of good service to us. The Duke et Richmond is a soldier himself, and a gallant one, as you all know. (Cheers.) He was in the personal staff of the Great Duke who so often led the armies of England to battle. He served in the ranks of one of our most distinguished regiments, the 52d, and he has scars, as well as decorations, re ceived in battle. (Cheers.) When his Grace sheathed kis sword after the long war he did not fall back upon a life of inactivity. He takes his place, we are proud to think, in the councils of his Sovereign and of the nation ; he gives time, talent, means, and energy to the improvement of agriculture ; and now that we have again entered on war we find him at the head of one of the regiments of defence —the militia. (Cheers.) lam sure that, if I have failed to do all the justice to this toast that it deserves, you will not fail to drink with all respect and in all sincerity "The health of the Duke of Richmond." (Prolonged cheering.) The Duke of RICHMOND, in reply, said—Gentlemen, General Geddes has said that my humble services in favour of the army and navy can never be repaid. Gen tlemen, I beg to tell you that these feeble services have been more than amply repaid by the kindness which 1 have received from the recipients of the war medals both in London and on the present occasion. It 'is true, as has been said by your President, that it was my good fortune to be a humble sharer in the glories of the Pe ninsular and Waterloo armies. When peace was esta blished I returned to this country, and I then felt that the people of England bad forgotten the services of those to whom they were indented for the peace—the long peace which has since existed. It is most true that the Government of the country then recommended the Sovereign to give medals to the general officers and other superior officers, and to the admirals and those command ing in the fleet. Gentlemen, Ido not think that they conferred one honour more on these gallant and illus trious individuals than they were justly entitled to ; but still, as I have been a regimental officer, and had wit nessed with admiration the sailors and marines doing their duty to the country, I felt regret that the regi mental officers of the army, the lieutenants of the navy not commanding, and, more than all, our non-commis sioned officers, our warrant officers, our private soldiers, and our sailors had received no decoration of proof of our regard ; and, speaking of rewards to our heroes now engaged, 1 would say that I do hope, before this war is at an end, many gallant sailors and soldiers will be pro moted to the peerage, to add lustre to the roll of the hereditary nobles of England. (Cheers.) But, with he conviction that no general officers or admirals can win victories alone, and that they must be ably and efficiently supported by those who hold rank under them, and by every soldier and sailor undertheir com mand, I thought it my duty to ask thatevery man who had done his Sovereign and his country service should be enabled to wear on his breast the distinguiAing mark that he had done his duty. (Cheers.) It was certainly a novelty to make so large a request, and therefore a considerable delay intervened before it was granted. I did not ask it as a boon ; I asked it as a just reward fur honourable service, and as such I stated in the House of Lords I would alone receive it. I was met bs' the state ment that, even though the officers and men received the medal, they would not be got to wear it ; but I well knew, gentlemen, that those who held that language bad collected it from the red-tapists of Downing-street. (Laughter and cheers.) I knew that they had never watched at the picket-fire, or listened to thii seamen's yarn, else they would have known that each 'one of our gallant men would be as proud of his modal as the proudest peer of the country. (Cheers.) Hut, gentle men, I had no claim in this matter, save that of bring ing it before the notice of her Majesty's Government, for I knew full well that the kind heart of the' Sovereign under whose rule it is our pride to live would only be too happy to show her feelings of regard for theist who had supported her predecessors—the kings of this country— in the late war. (Cheers.) The Duke of RICHMOND, in Proposing " Lord Raglan and the British Army," said—l rise with the greatest possible pleasure to propose the toast which has been placed in my hands —with the greatest possible pleasure, because it is to the good health of one with vihom I was a boy at Westminster School, who afterwards was a comrade of mine on the staff of the'Duke of Wellington, and for whom and with whom, from that time to the pre sent, I have been on terms of the deepest friendship. Uu public grounds I era quitaiuro that there is no meet ing that can take place in any part of Great Britain or Ireland that would not receive with acclamation the pro posal of drinking to the health of Lord Raglan and the brave army serving with him in the Crimea. (Loud applause.) Gentlemen, at an early period of life Lord Raglan joined the Duke of Wellington's staff. He was soon made his Military Secretary. He went through the arduous campaigns of the Peninsula with him, and was present at the crowning victory of Waterloo. Many of you must also be acquainted with his services is the post he since occupied at the Horse Guards. I believe I speak the sentiments of the great body of the old officers of the Peninsular war when I say that he always treated them with kindnea, while in the administration of the duties of his office he showed the utmost desire to do his duty to his country. In short, he always showed a clear head and a kind heart. (Cheers.) Now that he has been most propetly sent out to the Crimea, I will not here enter into the disputed subject of whether our army went out there too late, or whether they ought to have gone out at all. That is no business of Lord Raglan and the brave and heroic Men under his command. (Hear, hear.) They were ordered on a particular service ; they have gone on that . a •rvice, and as you must all have read those despatches of Lord Raglan which, I think, do him more credit than, perhaps, all his career at the Horse Guards, you may have been led to suppose, from his own modesty as to his own services, and from his desire to give the army all the credit, that he himself had not been there at all. (Applause.) His army has been exposed to great hardships and great privations. In Bulgaria they lost large numbers of men by cholera and other dis eases, which, though they have been experienced by our armies in India, they scarcely expected to encoun ter in Europe. That decieased the strength of the bat talions, and, thus diminished in force, they were sent to the Crimea, where they have found more difficulties to contend with than probably they anticipated when they left the shores of England. I again repeat. that I will give no political opinion at all. My views in politics, as is well known, are strongly opposed to the present Government, but I have no politics when the question of supporting the war is concerned. (Cheers.) I throw them aside—l fling them away with the scabbard which we have cast from us, and I say that at the present moment, when the battle for the freedoM of the civilised world is to be fought in the Crimean land, I would, if I had the supreme power now; send every native sailor, marine, and soldier who is fit for foreign service out to the Black Sea, with this excep tion alone, that I should reinforce the fleet in the Pacific. (Cheering.) Gentlemen, we cannot afford, as the Duke of Wellington said, to have little wars. Never mind expense; that is a secondary affait. You owe it to the bravery and the heroism and the gallantry of our sol diers who are now in the Crimea that they should be reinforced, and that their brigades should be stronger than battalions ; and you owe it to th e coun t ry a t l arge that they should be strongly reinforced, and the sooner the better. (Renewed cheering.) At the risk of in truding on your time, I would call your attention for a moment to the gallantry of the blue' jackets in that country. I happen to know that there are no men who have worked better or more heroically in -the batteries than those men who have been landed from the ships. It is complained that they have not done impossibilities. Now, they have done what they were ordered to do, and you have no right to ask more : pet mit me to say I should have blamed them had they done more than they were ordered to. But, gentlemen, Ido feel that one of the great advantages that have accrued from the peace is the kindly feeling that is now shown and that has so long existed between our army and navy, and which I hope and trust will ever continue to exist, with out anyrivalry between the professions except that honest emulation of each attempting to do better service to his Sovereign and his country than the other has the oppor tunity of doing. (Applause.) Certainly, I cannot sit down without ex p ress i ng t h e hi gh sat i sfaction i t h as g i ven me to_cfi:ld that th e h ero i c so ldi ers of F rance those men ‘° ll 131 we, or most of us, were opposed to for so many yea are n o w our allies, and with whom, almost from the, h ave s u o u l B cor tr a v l rar to the present moment, our officers new p at this. n e ras(eie.a.r. r and entirely " f ra t ern i se d," as the am not on e o f th ose w h o are surpr i se d here present whohear, There is no Peninsular officer opposed to the French h)ntot remember that, when we were roops in the Peninsula, the no moot our cross -belts we re besid off, the soldiers of the two armies would fleet the same rivulet, washing their muskets in the satanenedstrieam, t res ole biastts9l.lari(ncgheweristl.; each other their b a ran fe d e y lilw of There always was z e e , " on the part of the English towards the French i7 B which was also felt by tI es French te w_a ( r , d , t e l a i er henegawlf,s,rl,tieh'.ai en ( d A c p h p e l e a r u s s ) e_. ) We fought not ass sava,ges portant r of shall that, .11 perenineef t a l c u i ty d a w r e id o t w r e ust tothe hr tier degrade ourselves into being onl, if it be true that nine of the Russian t rop , g dered our wou nd e d melt, I only hope that ti o of their inhumanity will take place. (Cheers.) W e roust look for their puni,:li:::cnt to the universal eov tempt of all inaukind. (Cheering%) Gentlemen, 1 give you "Field-Marshal Lord Raglan's Health, and the British Army." I had only hoped that I should have been enabled, in doing so, to designate him by that step in the peerage which I think he has so gallantly won, Oho toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.) - After some other toasts, . Admiral MONTGOMERIE proposed "The health of the Duchess and Family, including his Grace's son in-law, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar." The Duke of RIcHmoND, in reply, said, as a soldier's Wife, and as a soldier's daughter, he was quite satisfied that the Duchess of Richmond would feel deeply grate ful to the veteran officers of the war who had conferred so many acts of kindness on her husband. The man ner in which the company had received the mention of his son-in-law was also deeply gratifying to him. He (the Duke) was no young soldier ; and he would tell them that he was proud of the conduct Prince Edwaril h a d pursued. Of the rank and position which would have entitled him to go upon the staff, where, as they all knew, there was so cinch greater comfort to ibe obtained—if comfort there was in war—he had gone out with his battalion, and at the head of his coin pany, from which he had not been absent a single day. (Applause.) He (the Duke) felt as all felt where one so much beloved was undergoing the dangers and pri vations of war, but he trusted in Providence that his son-in-law might be restored to them. (Applause.) 1 Among other toasts were, "The Memory of Welling ton," "The Heroes of the Peninsula and Waterloo," i " The Memory of those who had fallen in the Crimea," I &c. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 30. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (B4fore Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE ISIDORE BCRNSTEIN. The bankrupt was a tailor in Essex-street, Strand, California, and Melbourne ; in the latter being also a commission agent and merchant. He was adjudicated a bankrupt at Liverpool ; but the proceedings have been transferred to this Court. This was a meeting for the proof of debts and choice of assignees. Mr. Evans (of Liverpool), Mr. Murrough, and Mr. Robins appeared for creditors. The bankrupt (examined) said he left Melbourne in July last with his housekeeper. Her name was Mary Ann Ward. He booked himself in the name of John Smith—no, Francis Smith. He booked the young lady in the na ne of Clara Smith. She came with him as Mrs Smith. He said, in an examination at Liverpool, that all the money he had was 21. 103., and produced it. In the presence of Mr. Commissioner Perry be took from his pillow 4001., and handed it to Mr. Evans. Several debts having been proved the case was ad journed. IN RE HENRI' JOHNS. The bankrupt was the proprietor of the Latchmore Distillery, Wandsworth. His liabilities, of various kinds, are estimated at upwards of 32,0001. The amount of assets is not yet known. The bankrupt was, it is stated, engaged in a firm at Birmingham, in connection with which his liabilities are supposed to be still more consi derable. Mr. Young, accountant, of Basinghall-street, was chosen trade assignee ; Messrs. Lawrance, Plews, and Bowyer are the solicitors, and Messrs. Paul and Turner the accountants in the case. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE DEAN. The bankrupt was a builder, of Bath-street, London road. This was a last examination meeting. Mr. Chidley appeared for the bankrupt ; Mr. A. Jones far the as signees. The bankrupt passed. EXPA.RTS JENNET, IN RE FITZGERALD. His Honour said this was an application by Wm. Jenney. as executor to Edward Janney, to prove a debt of 8,0001. and interest. It appea.reil by the evi l dence that the bankrupt borrowed from the trustees of bankrupt's wife the sum of 8,0001., in 1829, for the purpose of leading it to him. Jenney paid no interest on the sum so borrowed, which was to be accounted for by the fact that the bankrupt was entitled to the interest of the money daring his life, and the par ties did not think it necessary to go through the form of giving receipts for the interest. It appears by the evi dence that in 1846 the bankrupt made a memorandum to that effect, It also appeared that in 1848 the bank rupt presented a petition under 7 and 8 Vict., and in the list of debts due by him he inserted the name of E. Jenney, as one of his creditors, for the sum of 8,0001. The 3,000/. was paid to the trustees in 1851. It was argued that, under the circumstances, Jenney must only be considered as surety for the bankrupt, and ought to be perinitt d to prove in that character ; but I am not of opinion that he can be so considered. So far as the trustees were concerned it was, in my opinion, clearly a loan to Edward Jenney. It was also contended that supposing it to have been a debt contracted by the bank rupt in 1820, the memorandum, signed by the bankrupt in 1846, and the list of creditors signed by him on the application under 7 and 3 Vict., were sufficient to take the case out of the Statute of' Limitations, and I am of that opinion. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE G. S. GREEN. The bankrupt was a grocer and teadealer of Ayles bury-street, Cierkenwell, Mount-street, Lambeth, War wick-street, Pimlico, Minories, and Hornsey. This was the certificate meeting. Mr. Lawrance supported ; Mr. Linklater opposed for Messrs. Rowley and Davis ; Mr. Rose opposed for the assignees. His Honour said the bankrupt had for some time carried on business at five or six places with a very small capital. ' His trade and domestic expenses had been 4,0001., whilst his profits were no more than 2,6001. There had been a degree of reckless and improvident trading that called for a suspension of the bankrupt's certificate for a period of nine months. There hail been nothing of unavoidable loss or misfortune in the case ; the certificate would, therefore, be of the third clans, but protection would be granted in the absence of any in tention to commit a frami or wrong against credit: Ts. IN RIZ CALISIEEIt. The bankrupt was a jeweller in Norfolk-street. ff is debts and liabilities are 15,0001, This was the certi ficate meeting. Mr, Sidney, for the assigiiees, said the bankrupt had dealt in accommodation bills ; there were 1_ ttle or no assets. Mr. Lawrance, for the bankrupt, said he had mauy debtors serving in the Crimea, and which wetild ac count for the large amount of doubtful and wiirealised dehts. Mr. Edwards (official assignee)--The bad debts are 16,0001. I have been offered 1001. for the lot. His Honour said the bankrupt had acted.--recklessly in giving credit. In many cases, the names of the debtors were given without any address. lie would adjourn the consideration of the certificate FEx months, in order that the result of the winding up of the estate might be better known. IN RE CRIPPS. The bankrupt was a wine and spirit merchant of Shrewsbury. His debts are 1,200/., assets about 3401. This was the certificate meeting. Mr. I)uncan sup ported ; Mr. Taylor opposed. His Honour said the bankrupt ought to have stopped earlier, and his expenditure was wholly disproportionate to the profits. He would receive a third-class certificate, after eight months' suspension. SHERIFFS' COURT, RED LIOK-SQUARE. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell ailid a Common Jury.) BRADLEY V. LYON. This was an action brought in the Court of Exche quer, by the plaintiff, Edward Bradley, against the de fendant, William Charles Lynn, for crihminal conversa tion with his wife. The damages were laid in the decla ration at 2,0001., and, as the defendant had allowed judgment to go by default, a jury was. empannelled to assess the compensation to be awarded. Mr. Fry appeared as counsel for time plaintiff; and Mr. Pearson for the defendant. After the jury was sworn, the learne d counsel for the plaintiff informed the Court that his learned friend and himself had agreed that the damages in: the case should be assessed by conemt at 4001., and there would, there fore, be no necessity to go into the case. Mr. Pearson intimated his acquiescence in the amount of damages mentioned by his learned friend. The .Tury, under the direction of the learned Under- Sheriff, assessed the damages at 4001. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. .111ANSION • HOUSE. Francis Fitzpatrick. was charged with having sold a quantity of spirits on Sunday morning last at his house, the same house not being a place mentioned or allowed by the Act of Parliament of the 6th Geo. IV., cap. 80, sec. 138. The case excited a goad deal of interest, it being known that Sund a y •:),(1- mg in spirituous liquors has been for some time carried on in the low neighbourhood of the City, on pros oises not licensed ; and Sir R. W. Carden having given direc tions that suspected places of such traffic shou2id be watched and reported, Monger, of the detective police, said—ln consequence of information received by me, I sent a man oa ScutdaY morning, at nine o'clock, to the defendant's hous.a, No. 14, Princes-street, Rosemary-lane, to purchase a qi'.. trtern o f gin, and I watched him in and out. I had giv en him a, marked sixpence to pay for the gin, and he brought me .he spirit and gave a pennyin change. I went to the station-house and left the g in there, an d h av i ng o ' 3ta i nec l the assistance of another o fficer I went back to •the de fendant's house, accompanied by the person I bad sent to make the purchase. When I was in the house a man, who was sitting down, called for a glass of rum. He procured it, drank it, threw down sixpence to pay for it, and asked for threepence change. We then to.)k the prisoner in charge. Oa searchi ng th e room we fund a bottle of rum, abottle of gin, and a bottle of half-and half. I found the marked sixpence I had giver t to my messenger in his possession. The lefenda at's house was proved not to be a. licensed or an e stereo. house. Jata.ts Cushion, a labourer, said, the last witness sent me wit h a n Larked sixpence to the defendant's house, and I asked for a quartern of gin, paid for it, and received a penny chat age. The gin. was here produced 'and tasted by sortie old judges in the room, who pronounced it diminutive in quantity, execrable in quality, and extremely feeble. The ordiarlry price of " blue ruin" was, they . said, 4d. a quarterly but sd. had been paid for the stuff in quesion fur cone id.erably less than a quartern, and the flame pro duced h r applylng it to the candle was evanescent, and was lon ; outfl,ted by the stink. Sir R . W. Carden--How much water appears to bare been us. :d L the ingredients ? rile I el) cetar—About two-thirds are water, the rest a t r„, Pe , 3rs be whit is cAlleil "jiggers," a compouzli of ' AC , e extracted from filthy oil matting and other ruLbi hs a. id never rectified. eviAence as to the sale of OIL: commodity 11,,er,it,Les produced, who ne 11,tedant said that he was a hard-working man, v. n - entertained thought of selling spirits, but his w d e k , eirK , in the a habit of washing for seafaring people, R tOd.llaey, and n t e customers s t . o rners had met at the house- on the Sate: ,the Caro . anal, whi a ci t i h he g: na - rurn were he remains of indisputable thought he might use. Mong er said there w defendai It had been carrying proof that the of o n the Sunday trading in the way described upwards Sir R. .1 . 7, Carden said— It is in ra m o y nt p h L er to inflict a g 144 ) ooh, AED VENING 9 ,DECygmtlEyt penalty of 1001,'. in this case. but I shall fine the defen dant in the Huai of 251.. which is the lowest I am em• powered by the. act of Parliament to impose, and in de fault sentence him to be imprisoned for three months. The defendant was then committed. CLERKEN - WELL.—C'harles King, a gentlemanly looking man, who described himself as a coal agent, was charged befi)re Mr. Tyrwhitt with obtaining various sums of money under fraudulent pretences. Mrs. Frances Wilcox said—l reside at 2G, Mary street, Hampstead•road. On the 23d of October my husband wrote a letter to the Great Northern Coal Company at King's-cross, desiring them to send him a ton and a half of Silkstone coals. In a few (lays after we received a reply by a letter, signed " Herbert Clarke," stating that the particular coal ordered could not be supplied until the 30th of November, but that if " Walls-end Main " would do they could be sent in a week. My husband agreed to the alteration, but the day before we received the answer from the corn( pany, the prisoner called and said, " I am come to solicit orders for coal from the Great Northern Railway Com- pany." I replied, "We hayed ordered some." - He at once replied, " I am an agent to the company ; I can send you Silkstones, for we have no Walls-end, but they will be 28s. a ton, for coals have rose." I replied, " Yes, I know they have, and, I am sorry you did not call before now, for you might have had the order, but if you are passing at any time again this way you may have them in future." From what he said, I imagined that I was to have the coals direct from the station at King's-cross. On the 31st of October the ton and a-half of coals was delivered at our house. I did not like the appearance of the coals at the time, and I questioned the carman twice, and he positively told me they were " Walls-end." My suspicion was, however, excited, not alone by the quality of the coal, but also because the re ceipt for the money was signed and dated from the " Coal-office, Bidborough-street---Charles King, agent." The waggoner's delivery ticket was made out in the same way. The latter circumstance—recollecting that the original letter was signed "Herbert Clarke "—induced me to go to the railway station to let them know in what way I had been treated, but before I went there I went to the prisoner's office in Bidborough-street. He was not at home, but as I was leaving I met him in the Area, and, before I said anything to him he said, " Oh, I suppose you come about the coals ; I will see Mr. ).. 11- cox about them." I at once said, "Who gave you the order to send them ? " He replied, " A little girl called at my office and said I was to send them." I said, " I never sent any one to order them of him." The prisoner declined to ask the witness any gees- LOP-9. Henry Bowen, foreman to the receiving coal depart- ment of the company, said—l went to Mr. W. Wilcox's to examine the coal in the cellar. The coal now pro duced is not Wall's-end, but it is Barnsley inland coals. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What is the difference between the coals produced ? Bowen—Why your Worship, Wall's-ends are " firsts," Barnsley and Silkstones are "seconds," because they are " inlands." Mr. Tyrwhitt—Can you tell me what are the selling prices of these coals ! Bowen—l only am a judge of the quality ; I know nothing of the value of them. Mr. Williams, superintendent of the company's line of railway, deposed that the prisoner was in no way con• fleeted with the Great Northern Railway, and that Mr. Herbert Clarke was the sole agent in the coal depart. ment, and his offices are at the King's-cross station. Prisoner—Are not coals about 223. a ton. Mr. Williams—l do not know myself that that is the price, but on the list just issued by Mr. Clarke it is as stated. Lackerby, 23 S, said—This morning, about 2 o'clock, I arrested the prisoner at his lodgings, 23, Clarendon street, Somers-town. About a month since I received information of the prisoner's proceedings, and I inspected the coals at Mr. Wilcox's this morning. I went to the house and brought this sample (produced and identified by Bowen to be Barnsley coals) from the cellar. I have been searching after him for the last month. Mr. Humphreys—Your worship, I wish for a remand in this case to produce other cases in which the prisoner has obtained money by the same fraudulent practices, Mr. 'ryrwhitt—l will remand him, and I am quite pleased to see those vile impositions, not alone on the poor, but on the public generally, justly exposed. Prisoner—l hope your worship will allow me to go out on bail, as I want to consult with Mr. Lewis, of Ely place, who I expected wovld have been here to-day. Mr. Humphreys—l have no objection to your worship admitting him to good bail for appearance, for he has absconded already, and put the officer to a month's trouble to find him. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l have no objection to receivin g two respectable and solvent sureties in 1001. each, and the prisoner himself in 2001. Although it did not come out in evidence, the re porter ascertained that the manner of acting by sham agents is, that when they catch a dupe for coals, they agree for 28a per ton, beet, cash on delivery ; they then proceed to the railway station, and, ordering the deli very of cheap coals at 19s per ton, pocket the difference ; thus a few tons sold iu the day, say three tons, puts 27s in their pockets without any trouble. MATERIALS FOR, PAPER. (Prom. the China Ai ail.) A reward of 1,0001. has been offered in England to any person who will dis3over a substitute for rags, in the manufacture of paper. If by the word "substitute" is meant ore that is suitable for making paper quite equal to that made from rags, it is probable no such reward will ever be paid, and that the adver tisers have adopted an ingenious method of obtaining information at litt!e e,et. The paper the reader now holds in his hand is manufactured from shavings of the bamboo plant in China. The quality is fair, though not equal to the best English t,rinting paper ; vet who can way how much it might 'oe improved by Europeal skill :,nd the use of machinery ? We have only Chinese authority for stating, that this paper is manufactured from bamboo, as foreigners are not ad mi..ted to the provinces where it is made ; but the re port seems to receive confirmation from the fact, that three years ago all the bamboos most common in the Canton provinces shed their seed and died, and the con sequence was a rise of nearly 50 per cent, in the price of paper. if bamboo shavings can be turned to such ac.iount, the supply of raw material is inexhaustible, thousands of acres being kept in the West Indies for firewood alone. (From the Delhi Gazelle.) Now that hemp is looking up in the English market, we suppose some adventurous trader will turn his eyes on the hundreds of acres spontaneously produced in the mountains of Kumaon, where it is the chief of the weeds, and but little checked in its superabundance. It is ieot, however, se tall or vigorous in it.i stems as the same plants in Kashmir, where it sometimes forms almost impenetrable jungles ; but the latter country is too re mote to render so coarse a product of any profit to the merchant, and it therefore remains with this district to furnish the product. SPORTING INTELLTGE YCE. TATTEItSALL'S-T URS,DAY. Owing to the Steeldechase Meeting at Harrow the room was vel'y thinly attended. Only the following bets were laid DERBY. 3,200 to 200 agst Mr. Howard's Oulston (taken). 3,000 to 100 agst Mi. Payne's colt, by Cotherstone out of Polydora (taken). 1,000 to 15 agst Lord John Scott's Rambling Katie (taken). HARROW STEEPLECHASES—THURSDAY. Selling Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; for three-year-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. Two miles, over five flights of hurdles. 9 subs. Major Bringhurst's The Hero, aged (301.), lOst 81b (Mr. Cameron) 1 Mr. Barling's Bullfinch, aged (301.), lOst Sib (G. Eatwell) 2 Mr. Brown's Salopian, 5 yrs (301.), 10st 81b (Bailey) 3 The following also ran :—Maid of Kildare, Benvenuto, The Hawk, Massaroni, Firebrand, and Pharol►l. EAtiog-2 to 1 a! , 4 Bullfinch, 4 to 1 agst The "Hero, 5 to 1 agst Firebrand. Won by two lengths—zame distance between the second and third ; bad fourth ; Benvennto walked in fifth. Firebrand fell at the second flight of hurdles after pass ing the Stand. In the bottom, at the far turn, Mas saroni and The Hawk slipped up, and came heavily to the ground. Both riders were much injured. Pharold bolttd on the wrong side of the post, and was no longer seen in the race. On returning to scale, an objection was made against The Hero, on the ground that he had gone the •wrong side of the flags on turning into the straight the second time round. After hearing evidence, however, the stewards decided that The Hero was entitled to the stakes. It was afterwards bought in for 70 guineas. Grand Annual Steeplechase of 5 cove. each, with 50 added. About four miles. 14 subs. Mr. Mills's Janus, aged, 9st 41b (W.White) 1 Mr. W. C. Clifton's Noni do Guerre, aged, llst - 21b ' (A. Snit) 2 Mr. Tilbury's Taffy, aged, list (J. Dews'all) 3 Mr. Darby's Sandhurst, 4 yrs, lOst 41b (carried lOst 1311 e) Betting—Even on Janus, 2 to 1 agst Nom de Guerre, 5 to 1 agst any other. Nom de Guerra led up the hill Janus and Taffy, close together, being second and third ; Sandhurst some lengths behind On quitting the wood Taffy was seen in front, with Sandhurst second, Janus third, and Nom de Guerre last, but when near the foot of the hill Nom de Guerre went up to Taffy, and soon afteiwhrds took the lead. Sandhurst refused at the fence behind the Farm, and Nom de Guerre went on the wrong side of the next post, followed by Sandhurst. Nom de Guerre retraced his way, and on returning into sight after leav ing the Plantation, he again showed in front, and was first over the Brook. Soon afterwards, however, Janus passed him, and won easily by two lengths, the second beating the third four lengths. Sandhurst was far astern. Selling Steeplechase of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. Two miles and a half. 5 subs. Mr. 11. Sworder's Little John, aged (251.), lOst 71b (Nightingall) 1 Mr. B. Land's Blue Stockings (501.), list (W. White) 2 Capt. Morant's Baronet, aged (251.), lOst 71b (Bailey) 3 The following also ran :—Snowdrift and Potter. Betting-2 to lon Blue Stockings ;4to 1 agst any other. Won by three lengths—bad third. Potter and Snow- drift fell at the Brook going out ; both were quickly re mounte 1, but Potter was not persevered with. Snow drift was pulled up at the Brook on returning to the winning field. `The winner was sold for GO guineas. The weather was clear and healthy, and the show of general company somewhat numerous. The character of the sport is sufficiently indicated by the above details. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull, and closed a little firmer than it opened. Chester and Birken head, 10i,' ; Caledonian, 293 ; Dublin and Drogheda, tS ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 70,3 ; Loudon and North-Wes tern, 93 ; ditto, Eighths, 1 die. ; Midland, 674 ; North British, 74; South-Eastern, 17 5-16. BANK RETUR.7.4S. An Acceumt, 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 Nov., 1554 :-; Average PRIVATE BANKS. , Amount. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Ce. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jonemitt and Pomfret 9,902 A.ylsliain Bank, Aylshaai-G. and T. Copemali 5,146 Xylteibury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 31,166 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleewado Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hodge, and Coo 28,460 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple- . Marshall and Ca 12,225 Basingstoke and Odiliam Bank, Basingstoke-. - Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 31,734 tewilley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Co Biceeter and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicestei - 11. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham ----Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and - Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingliam-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,945 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 7,223 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 73,631 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co. 14,932 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L. Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 46,453 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckinghain 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 - G illet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 29,860 Bath City Bank, Bath- G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 39,042 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds $6,840 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H. A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 65,287 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, Waist, and Barret 23,235 Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Eank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 15,936 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 23,327 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Costa and Son. 3,017 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 16,573 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 33,187 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 44,790 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock , 6,585 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 20,895 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Csrdiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 8,113 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 11,540 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 37,88' Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Finchain, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 85,495 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Rodge and Co 9,486 Dorchester Old Bank and Doreetshire Bank, Dorchester-R. and H. Williams 46,312 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co Essex Bank land Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 45,533 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 31,175 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co 21,460 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 7,025 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs Knight Faversham Bank; Faversham-Hilton and Co. 5,300 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 7,240 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 27,553 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 -Batik, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead ----Smith and Whittingetall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-- Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtreo and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington- , Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, K n aresborough-Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and 14,223 23,346 . 18,540 12,592 49,774 29,169 75,475 6,920 26,203 9,640 10,010 77,404 109,184 51,604 31,283 23,026 1i,420 18,712 56,409 5,80 22,73 32,0 25,179 19,834 67,462 20,179 25,412 8,710 20,339 44,605 Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Le'eds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williains, Brown and Co. , • Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and - Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manning tree Bank, Manning,tree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' ,Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld. Bank, Monmouth Bank Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank Monmouth—Broma,ge, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Slea,ford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co , . ....... Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk' Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich_Gur neys anddßi Birkbeck Nottingham Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. ............... : .......... Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, CO and Co.... Oxford Old Bank, Oxford--Robnason, Parsons, and Co. .................. 01(1 Bank, Tonbridge, o nbr dg, c and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, 'Tunbridge and Tun bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Becchiner " r Oxfordsh' re . Witne Bank, IN itney . W • Clinch and Co Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Ban and Beverly Bank, Hull—Pease and Co. Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and C0 ................... Pembrokeshire Bank, liaverfordvrost— and. W. Walters...... .... Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and C 0........... Richmond Bank, Riclmond—Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Roehdale--Clcmcnt, Royds, and Co. ... • ... • ......................... .......... : Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Iteohoa ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Ben* Itugby Bank, Rugby—A. Engin an B*n Rye Bank, Rye—ft O. Pomfret and Co 8,346 5,376 51,643 37,700 30,417 30,188 11,835 96,92 i 27,41 6,716 4,145 39,619 3,350 5,415 2,735 10,823 16,999 28,286 15,494 24,539 53,101 23,840 21,759 47,30 74,020 9,912 3,437 24,942 12,249 28,866 10,921 31,37 G 9,326 9,598 47,918 10,203 10,101 12,276 29,709 29,145 6,695 5,376 8,C04 14 ,072 10,155 16,234 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Rose —Mae do uga I and All away Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarbor Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. /Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourve —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank; Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stoue—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stovenson 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, Taaistock—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, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co, - 4,172 25,810 15,993 20,479 38,553 3,128 15,560 13,894 3,856 370 11,Z99 33,182 24,819 27,708 7,628 4,849 10,076 10,869 12,178 8,596 12,403 '13,848 14,504 7,13 23,439 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— ' K. Grcenway and. Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Le'atham, 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 16,303 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co 55,689 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Go od 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 Sufffilk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart„ and Co York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and Co JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal.. Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford 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 35,25 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 24,949 Gloucestershire Banking Company, 'Gloucester 155,435 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,275 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,680 Hull Banking Company, Hull 25,920 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,33 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Ilelston ...... Herefordshire Banking C om p an y, H ere f or d . .. Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster ... ... Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, 'Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton Northamptonshire, Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire • Banking Company, Leicester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth. Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 351,430 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 42,355 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond . Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Corn pany, Worcester 6,398 York Union Banking Company, York 68,164 York Cit y and County Banking Company, 88,412 Yorkshire, Banking Company, Leeds 120,124 P. DEANS, Registrslx of Bank Rsturag. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Nov. 4, 1854. 5,7R0 .44,090 18,942 22,840 57,260 7,102 18,965 7,222 80,045 9,173 11,406 45,675 11,751 48,132 9,194 9,325 47,041 som 32,510 19,179 51,238 10,2 24, 82 9,909 23,720 15,847 44,045 1,399 23,885 27,843 8,830 62,793 23,548 83,475 45,,521 11,160 9,688 33,9 27,745 425,586 47,507 81,975 23,750 48,681 53,555 2,211 35,343 50,03 56,319 23,750 50,315 52,533 9,49 :3,9 12,884 31,116 30,072 75,222 76,662 34,290 5,635 CHINESE PIRATES.—Mr. Henry Gibbs, captain of the brig Grecian Queen, of London, writes his owners, from Hong Kong, dated Sept. 2 7 last, giving an ac count of having had some sharp fighting with pirati ca l vessels when on his passage up to Whampoa Roads to load. His ship being tolerably well armed with heavy carro nades and small arms, he succeeded in beating them off, killing 15 of the pirates and wounding several others. An English schooner was in company at the tithe, which he took in tow for the night. The owner, Mr. Wad man, who was on board at the time was seriously wounded in the side. A GOOD SOLDlEH. — Patrick M agu i re (or M‘Grath, a private in the 33d Regiment (now in the Crimea), who is recorded to have been captured by three Russia's, and to have shot one a musket he snatched front one of his captors, and to have dashed out the brains of another with the butt -end of it, and thus made his escape--an act of bravery for which he received from Lord Raglan a reward of 5/.---lhas forwarded the sum to his parents, who live in Little Ireland, Manchester. When at Manchester Maguire, who worked at a foundry, enjoyed the distinction of being well known to the police, who often had him in custody for assaults and disorderly conduct. In 1851 he was ordered to pay a fins of 21., or be imprisoned six weeks for an assault on a police officer. His then employers gave him a good character for honesty and attention to his work,' and the money was paid, his mother observing that ho was "too much a broth of a boy" to go to prison for so long a period. He shortly afterwards enlisted, and it seems that his fighting propensities lave been turned to good account in tho service of his Queen and country. MANCHESTER, Noy. 30. STOCK EXCHA.NGE.---The market opened dull this morn ing, but reached the highest point at the close. Eastern Counties, 111 ; East Lancashire, 17A ; Great Northern, B guaranteed, A up to 5 per cent., 1244 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 704 ; London and N.-Western, 981 ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 21; Midland Cousols, 667,; South-Eastern, 17 5-16 4. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 30. STOCK EXthIANGE.—The market opened brwry, with a downward tendency. Birmingham, Wolverham ptou, and Stour Valley might havo boon bought at Rat the close. London and N.-Western Stock, 90; Groat Western (Bir mingham Guaranteed), 72. BRISTOL, Nor. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Thu market this morning was inure steady, and with more business doing. Midlands were done at 67. SEIIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM lIOUSE, Nov. 27. ENTERED INNARDS.—Tho Leon, from Cravelines ' • St.. Male ; Heels, Holbeck ; Eliza, Amsterdam ; North stern, Memel; Shaksporze, Moululeiu ; Catliarina, Hapa randa ; Charlemagne, Jamaica. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Katharina Sophia, for Amsterdam ; Maria Jones, Bombay ; Templar, Bruges ; Dorothea Christina, and Johanna, Amsterdam ; Army and Navy, Gibraltar, Malta, and Constantinople ; Marian, Antigua.; Mary Miller, Dernerara ; Keindanghauer, Port -Philip ; Kangaroo, Amsterdam ; Luck's All, Ant werp ; Albion, Constantinople. Sarah, Roti.erdam ; William an d G eorge , A n t wer p ; C LE ARED OUT WITH CARI4O.—Tho Camillas, for Deme rar ; Amor, Harburg ; William Soptimus do Septimo, Ant werp ; Yore, Jamaica; Liverpool, New York; Juno, Copenhagen ; Ocean Bride, Rosen. TESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Tho Flora (schooner), Nov. 24, lat. 51 N., long. 8 W. The Lady Maria (brig), Nov. 13, Ist. 47 N., long. 11 W. The Elizabeth (brig), of Liverpool, for Richibucto, 29th October. A Danish brig, showing a white flag, No. 14, with black figures, and a Swedish barque, white flag, with blue square, and a red oross in upper corner, No. 108 in black, both bound out, lat. 49 N., long. 6 W. The Lord Metcalfe, of Aberdeos, f rom Li verpoo l t o St . John's, Nov. 5 , lat. 42 N., long. 45 W. DESTITUTION AND NEGLECT OF A L ADY AT B RISTOL.— Yesterday theinvestigation before the inagis'zates at Bristol into the case of destit u ti on an d neg l ect in which Kingsdown, had b een discovered was resumed. Mrs. O'Hara, the wife of a me di cal practitioner of Duke- Fhtrroneert'the evidence of Messrs. Pernard, Bleake, and Dr. Budd, as to the state of wind of the lady, it was di rected that she should be immediately placed in an asylum suitable fora person of her conditian. Mr. O'Hara, pro p e r place, and her husband, who was present, u n d er t oo k to remove h er to a it was th en agree d that she should be removed to the establishm ent o f M r. Parsons at Bris nliontgtlOnse. The ma g is trates intimated th a t th e y should sight of the case until the arrangements had been fully made for the future well-being of the unfortu nate woman. GALE AT LIVERPOOL—LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. — It blew a severe gale from W. to N.N.W. last night and during the entire of the present day, but we have net heard of many casualties to shipping. The sloop Progress, of Bristol, sank d ur i ng the night on W est Hoyle Bank, but it has not transpired whether any lives have been lost. Tha schooner Star is reported to be abandoned by her crew in Llandudno Bay this morning. Several of the vessels which sailed lately have put Lack, and no sailings, with the exception of the. Ellen. Vannin steamer for Castletown, have been reported. Owing to the gale, the sailing of the Pacific for New York was delayed, but she will take her de parture as soon as the gale moderates. ARRIVAL OF ESIIGRANT VESSELS AT AU STRALIAN PORTEL—By the Overland mail we have int e lli gence o f the safe arr i va l o f the following ships from Liverpool with emigrants, viz. : at Melbourne, the Star of the East (79 days), Oliver Lang (SG), John and Lucy, Invincible, Bloomer, Alexander Johnston, Lady Agnes Duff, Queen of the Seas, Queen of the East, Nautilus, Fitzjames, Defence, Oracle, and Black Warrior (qy. Black Eagle). At Sydney, the Columbia, Lan,Fa!ter, Portia, and Great Britain. At Adelaide, the Henricus Gerardus. rADYERTTSEMENT.I—SMIT AND HEADING — Messrs. S. and B' Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Ob scTve—opposite the York Hotel. Newly - constructed Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The valuable advan tage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming im paired is pres erve d and strengthened, an d very and pe . rsons are enabled to employ their sight a t the most nl, mute occupation—can see with these lenses of a m uc h less ma.- . m ying power—and they do not require the frequent changese to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf noss—Now Discovery.—Tho Organic Vibrator, an extraordi mry powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kr id that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Be ing of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it eat m ;Lacs deaf persons t o h ear di s ti nc tl y a t c h urc h an d at pu >lie assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist an cc that possibly could be desired. By her Majesty's Royal I.o:tters Pat en t f or va l ua bl e an d ex t raor di nary i mprovements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Rao i.course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses (glazed with Mu: lie _German Glass), to know the di s t ances o f o bj ec t s vies /ed through them—of great importance to the army, nay y, and others. These telescopes possess such extra ord ;nary powers that some :IA inches, with an extra eyo -ole,:c, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, :L.ad, the double stars ; with the same telescope can be 8(x:11, a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and ail:object from 12 to 11 miles. They aro of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.—The Royal Ex 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, p exverful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known miles distant; they answer c very purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, • l e , ou h.o n y t a ry ro s i e n e sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. vnaellabl4elfer: Opera, h s i h p o s a t ro i ng e , le - d a e r e l y r s s t e a e l n k i a n t g B ,i y t o a clhot toes race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful distant. -39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe —O PPe• power ; an object can be clearly seen from 10 to 1 2 miles site the York Hotel. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE ACT. The following rules have just been issued : MICHAELMAS VACATION, 1854. " It is ordered that the practice to be observed in the superior courts of common law, at Westminster, with re spect to the matters hereinafter mentioned, hall be /1.3 follows, that is to say : " 1. The.provisions as to pleadings and practice contained in the Common Law Procedure Act, 1852, and the rules of practice of the superior courts of common law made 11th January, 1853, and also the rules of pleading which- came into operation on the first day of Trinity, 1853, so far as the same are or may be made applicable, shall extend and apply to all proceedings to be had or taken under the Con.• mon Law Procedure Act, 1854. " 2. Every affidavit to be here'after used in any cause or civil proceeding in any of the said superior courts of com mon law shall be drawn up in .the first person, and shall be divided into paragraphs, and every paragraph shall bo numbered consecutively, and, as nearly as may be, shall be confined to a distinct portion of the subject. No costs shall be allowed for any affidavit or part of an affidavit substantially departing from this rule. This rule not to be in force till the first day of Easter term next. " CAMPBELL, JOHN JERVIS, FRED. POLLOCK, J. PARKE, E. EL ALDERSON, C. CRESS WELL, W. ERLE, SAUL. MARTIN, CHARLES CROMPTON, It. B. CROWDER. " Nov. 27, 1854." Together with these rules, a number of forms of pro cedure are published by the same authority. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Du Barry's Delicious Rovalenta Arabica Food invariably restores health, without medi cine, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies., We extract a few out of fifty thousand testimonials of cures , which had resisted all medicines. Cure No. 180. " Twenty-five years' nervousness, 'constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effec tually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time —W. F. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, have been effect tually removed by Du Barry's delicious Food in. a very short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 1,784.—N0t expected to live six days longer, I was cured by Du Barry's admirable Health-re storing Revalents Arabica Food. Magdalen Purvis, Moffat, Scotland. Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. —Maria Jolly, Northam, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure, No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth." Cure No. 81. —" Twenty years' liver complaint, with disorders of th e stomach, bowels, and ner ves, have been perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalent a Arabica. — Andrew Fistzer, Fladdiegton, East Lothian." " Treva g ler. Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851. —Eighteen years.' nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, t hrob bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side and hack, shortness 'of breath, coughs, numbness of the extremities, cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching. and such general weakness, that. I was constantly fearful of falling when on my legs ; all these syniptsms have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Arabica Food.--Mary canis ters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instruc tions —llb., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. Gd. ; 51b., lls. ;121b ., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., 11s. ; 511., 22s t . ; 101 b., de r 338. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free, on pos office or. Barry du Barry and ' Co., 77,: R e gent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and- Co., purvslyors to her Majesty, - 182, Piccadilly ; also at 68, Cornhill; 60, Gracechurch-street ; l-t3O and 451, Strand ;63 an d 150, Oxford-street ; 55, Chariug-cross 4. Chaapside ; 54 $ Upper Baker-street ; and may be ordered through all respectable booksellers, gro cers, and chemists. Important caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations. 4 COUNTRY MARKETA DERBY SMITHFIELD.—Nov. 2S. _The supply of fat beasts to-day was again deficient to meet the wants of buyers, tha demand for beef being again goad, was readily disposed of. The sheep pens were well filled, without any alteration of price. Fat calves pleuti- al. Fat pigs a large supply. - The following were the quotations ;-13oef, 6d to Oa ; auttou, qd to 7(1 ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 7d to Od per b. ; pigs, , 9i3 691 to 10s Od per score ; rough fat, CO3 rd to Os ; hides, 34d to 4Ad per lb ; calf•skius, 4d to Od ,er lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Nov. 29. Wheat on the top price is Od, and the average Os id, up. Barley on the top as before, and average is 1d down. Oats on the top Sd up, and the average is 5d down. Beans Cu the top 38 down, and the average 10d down. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1369 qrs Barley 3962 qrs Oats lB9O qrs Beans 97 qrs Top of Wheat 8ar1ey...... Oats Beans ,sold 1172 qrs .sold 2617 qrs ..sold 1214 qrs ..sold 49 qrs 64i lb 573 Oa 53 lb 415 Oa 47A :b ata 1 , 1 4;q lb sis 0 AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 3/. 14 10 9-12ths Barley, _IL 16 2 5-12tbg Oats, 11. 10 8 7-12ths I Beans, 2/. 10 5 1-12 tbs BOSTON—Noy. 29. There was a fair attendance of both farmers and dealers at to-day's market; and notwithstanding the supply of wheat was below an average, the trade ruled exceedingly * languid, at a decline on last week's prices of fully 2s P° l ; gr. Oats must be noted is to 2s, and barley, beans, sn" peas is per qr. cheaper. Prices :—Wheat, rod, 65s Od to 74s Od; white, 753 Oil to 77s Oil . extra, 79s Od. Barley, 33s Od to 37s Od. Oats, 24s to 31s. Beans, 48s Od to 54s Od. Peas, 47s Oil to all per qr. NEWARK—Nov. 29. At our Corn Exchange to-day a good attendance, and plenty of grain of all descriptions. Wheat and barley' were is per qr. cheaper. Prices :—Wheat, white, 77s Od to 81s Od; red, 73 4 to 76s Od. Barley, malting, 35s Od to 398 Od ; grindin 4 348 Od to 368 Od. Oats, old, 36s 0.1 to 38s 0(1; now, 324 Ott to 348 Od. Beans, 448 Od to 58s Od. Peas, 48s Od t° 60s Od. Malt, 66s Od to 748 Od. Tares, 1008 Od to 104 s Ode SEA BORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-0 0 " the night—and 3I by the morning—despatch.) )ay when fa ale 1•1 F rom w i a When COUNTRIES. in a (worst Yost. Fort due 1 1 Office, London.' Dispatches:. 011,, iu1 ,4 4 --••••••••"" \merica(byltrit.pack)N :very Friday .• • Liverpool ... \merica (by United Sts packet) .. Srov. 14 .• • Liverpool... Arrived imerica (by U. State packet) • Nov. 22.. Southampton &ustralla (via South. ampton) Jan. 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) Jan. 9 f)itto (via Cape of Clow Hope) •• •• •• .• •• .•N Dec. 4 oo •••• Ilrica (West Coast) N ;du of toe tumuli Plymouth • Incertsja 4, 9, 24, & 30 of n.• Dover ...... vei5tndria..........3,1 il.h & 20th of nun . ,ouLikAatiploi lahamas 17th of the month 4..uthAmptot 3elgium izolY • • • • • • • • • • .• Dover ...... Brazil ...• .......... Ai 9th of the month.. Buenos Ayres 01 the mouth.. •• - oithamrt• ~ape of Good !lope ..N Various ports Crape of Good Hope N , lapo de Verde ......N 9th of the mont! louthampto' jeylon (see India) Ceylon .. :Ihannel Isles ........N don ~Wed.,&Fri.:. 4outhampt, 3 £u.111. 44 & 17th of mold' isuthanspitn 'Thins (see ladle) Constantinople 4,13,13,23,&28 of n Gayer ..... Constantinople Sz 20th of moo 3 1nthrtmptot add/ font. of Europe If & N twice daily .• • Dover ...... ggypt (see India) France & N Cwice Dave!' -...... libraltar I, 7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton, trrivi. Ireece (see India) .4reytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampto, Lrriveil damburgli ..........N Tuesday & Friday L0nd0n..... Savannah ..........M 2nd of the month Simi/maim"' Dec. Holland ............M Dai1y............ Dover 016 , .• Honduras Liu, of the mouth. iotnlittuiptoi • 11 • 1 ndia(viaSouthampt.)Mllth & oth of m, n . Plvm 'uth .. NTOY.. 2 ,ndla (Via Marseilles)al 9th& 25 th of month Dover ...... lonian tiles (see 'lndia) I. k 7, a. 21 01 mon /over.. Ireland & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead 1 7.9, 17, & 27 of m. Southamptca •ts.deira 4th of the mono iouthamptot vladeira ............ N 13d of month •• .. Giverpool ... Dec 3 1 vialta (see India) delta ... .......N 4,18, & 23 of mon. Dover ...... frov• itauritius (see 'nal) vfaurltlus 14th of the month Mexico Ind or the month. (mthamptui 5)01. iavies Is thlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... Jew Granada 2cl& 17th of month Southamptoi Now Zea1and.:........ sy Private ship .. carious port UnCe !Apia States ithlsth2sthonnon Dover 2eninsula 'UM th27thofmon touthamptoi Peru ..............M td & 27th of mon louthamptoi 0 14 Port Natal By private ship.. Various port& [lnce.. ;icily ............ ittilmh2sthounon, Dover Soy. Outcany ithlkith2stholinol, Dover..... Nov• l ed , lenezuela '2d& 17th of montl 4outhampto krl l / Tan Diemon's Lan d (ie, • Australia) . ...... feet ladies RI& 17th o I mono ioutharaptio 1 Uncertoll nor When any of these dates fall o i a Sunday. tlie‘anatis will 1 , 1. 00 ,patchecl on the followin g day. with the exceptio n o f the buil tit/ ioatliampton). and the Malta. both of which will be despatched preceding dal,. WIND AND TVE,tITIIEII REPORT• THURSD.ty, Nov.: Stations. Course of Wind. State of Weather. Greenwich S.W. Cloudless. Lothbury So ujiani pton N.W. Cowes W Fine. Portsmouth Poole Dorchester W, Fine. Bristol W.N.W.... Fine. Plymouth Torquay W. N.W. ... Very Cloudy. Taunton N.W. Bath Gloucester Cardiff N.W. Swansea N.W. am ierfordwest ... W. Manchester N. W. Sheffieli N. Foggy. Wakefield Whitehaven Maryport Lancaster Carlisle Bradford E.N.E Cloudy. Stoke-on-Trent ... S.W Fine. Leeds Yarmouth. N.W. Lowestoft W Fine. York Sunderland Edinburgh Light Wind Fine. Perth Forfar S.W Fine. Aberdeen N.W Fine—Frosty. Kirkcaldy N Glasgow W. Cloudy., Dundee Stirling Scarborough Whitby Darlington W Very fine. Hull W.N.W.... Fine. Bridlington Newcastle ..... ... N.W Fine. Rime S.W. ......... V ery fi ne. Floryhead Bailor 5.W.......... Cloudy. Dublin W. Fine—Cold. Liverpool Stamford W. . Rain.. Derby W. Masborough Normar ton S.W Cloudy. Leicester W.5.W..... Cloudy, Chested eld ... Nottingham ... . W Cloudy. Burton-on-Trent.. S. Ipswich Boston S.W Cloudy. Great Grimsby ... W.N.W Fine. The Seine has within i ihe last few days risen congid,..lB; ably ; it now marks 2 metres 80 centimetres at the 5 0 of the Pont Royal. Fearing a further rise , the work031)0 are actively engaged in completing the different T0 r ,,,, which had been commenced at the quays and ports. Gotlignani. .... BIRTHS. OF A SON. Oa the 29th tilt , at Upper Ottery, near Honitolb tb wife of the Hon. W. W. Addington. On the 30th ult., at 27, Orsett-terrace, Glocester dens, the wife of Sydney Kennedy, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. 41 Of On the 28th u lt ., at 49, Camden-road Villas, the w' Edward Cousins, Esq., surgeon. On the 29th ult., at Fortress-terrace, Kentish w Mrs. F. W. Topham. MARRIED. On the 28th ult., at St. Mary-in-the-Castle, lig g/tii rroi John Wardlaw, Esq., foul th son of the late Lieut...t e .toef Wardlaw, to the Lady Horatio Elizabeth Webbe-r w e 'ija' second daughter of John James, the sixth Earl of c r : t er grave, and widow of Captain Webbe-Weston, of par On k, Surrey. A tbi lt the 29th ult., at St. Peter's, Pimlico, Major Lowry Cole, 17th Regt., eldest son of the late Geuer w „ o o6 Hon. Sir G. Lowry Cole, G.O 8., to Elizabeth t 11 1" youngest daughter of Rear• Admiral Hatton. DIED. L .C4?_ l l ' On the sth ult., at the battle of Inkerman, Lionel Mackinnon, Coldstream Guards, youngest -- W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P., aged 29. E Col' On the sth ult., at the battle of Inkerman, the Hon. T. Vessey Dawson, Coldstream Guards' brother of Lord Cremorne. of On the 17th ult., Don Lucas Lopez Piedra, late' Bedford-place,tead-road, aged 36. i fe l3 „1 11 On 27th Sept.,., H drowned iu the Arctic steamer , ,g.- filmic, Esq., of Wood-end, near Sheffield, solicitor' 45. 'On the 24th ult., at Weston-Super-Mare, Jobe 0). Esq., of Waverbill, Handswortb, Staffordshire, agwelootti On the 29th ult., at 6 5 , Connaught-terrac e, " Broderip, Esq. On the 29th ult., at Carlton-hill, Upper HollowaY,-SIIP Pitman, Esq., of Lloyd's, aged f)8. On the 23th ult., at No. 2, Triuity-place, Charilitegt., Liont.-Gol. Peter Sutherland, retired full peY, aged 67. LONDON : Printed and.Pnblished by lIIIRDO I r .„ °11 12: of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , vt Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 01111" Middlesex, Friday, December 1, 1854. 11S,20: 26,522 19,776 .