The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-08 00:00:00

ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. The quarterly court of this institution was held yes terday, at the hall of the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court; Lord Kinnaird in the chair. THE WAR-ORPHANS OF SOLDIERS, &C. Mr. MAcit.kß said that a committee had been ap pointed to inquire how many additional ohildren could be accommodated in the institution, with the view of carrying out the resolution adopted at a meeting for the purpose of taking measures for the admission of orphans of soldiers, &c., who should lose their lives during the war. He had to report generally that there was accom modation for 100 additional children, and that the im mediate expense of admitting them would be about 2001. That would raise the 'lumber of children in the netitution to 164. Captain LINDSAY observed that they would be able eventually to take is 200 children altogether. Mr. STARE thought that Mr. Macrae had overstated the number, but was also of opinion that there was ac commodation for a greater number of children than they would be able to appoint. Mr. MACRAE said that a young man who had been in the institution declared that the number that had been a ctually accommod ated in it was greater than he (Mr. Macrae) bac: stated. The Rev. Dr. CUMMING asked if there should not be a resolution authorising the secretary to expend as much as should be required to carry out the report they had heard Mr. Iticnaz remarked that such a resolution would follow as a matter of course. ELECTION OF SCHOOLMASTER. It was proposed by TH CHISMOLM that Mr. John Clark should be appointed sekoolmaster ; and a discus sion took place, during which it was suggested by Mr. J. Gilmour that the Rev. Mr. Pratt should be placed in the office. The Rev. Dr. CUMlfltil said that the Rev. Mr. Pratt was his personal friend, ho was also an eloquent and able preacher, and was a most useful man ; and if a proposition were made to appoint him chaplain to the institution he would support it with all his might, bat he decidedly objected to a person having two irons in the fire at the same time. His pulpit and his duties required all his attention, and it was incompatible with his duties as a clergyman to take upon himself the onerous duty that would soon devolve upon the school master of the institution. Mr. GILMOIIII, would, in consequence of the observa tion of Dr. Cumming, withdraw the ;mend client, but begged at the same time to propose, pursuant to the rev. gentleman's suggestion, that the Rev. Mr. Pratt should be appointed chaplain. The Chairman remarked that that was a proposition whioh would coins through the directors. The resolution for the appointment of Mr. Clark was then agreed to. NEW RUM! FOIL THE ADMISSION OF CHILI:MIN. Oa the notion of Tits Cnisuout, seconded by the Rev. Dr. CUMMING, it was resolved, " That having re- ' Terence to the original object for which the Caledonian Asylum was founded, and the war in which this couitry is now engaed, no children of civilians shall be hereafter admitted as candidates for election se long as there shall be a sufficient number of children of soldiers, sailors, and marines, natives of Scotland, properly qualified, to fill up the vacancies that may from time to time be de clared." It was arranged that the next general court shall be held at the asylum at Holloway. A vote of thanks was passed to Lord Kinnaird, and the meeting separated. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Dec. 7. In a convocation held this day at ten o'clock, the report drawn up by the Museum delegates was read and laid before the House. The report stated that from the designs originally sent in six had been selected by the delegates, as pos sessing greater merit than the rest, ana§ubmitted to the inspection of competent professional judges having no interest in the award ; and that in their opinion none of the designs sent in are in accordance with the restrictions imposed on the competing architects, either with respect to the internal arrangements or to the sum (30,0001.) for which the building has to be erected ; 'that four designs, however, are of considerable merit—iiz., those marked "Nisi Dominus zndificaverit," "Fiat Justitia," " A. Z." and " Virtus in arduis," and of these the first two mist nearly comply with the terms imposed, and are the most worthy of attention. Accordingly, the delegates recommend that these two designs, " Nisi Dominus" and " Fiat Justitia, Design A" be submitted to Convocation, and the choice between them deterained by a ♦ote, the delegacy being empoWered to arrange with responsible contractor■ for the erec tion of the building chosen, if it be found that the cost is not likely materially to exceed 30,0001. We are informed that contractors of respectability have declared themselves ready to undertake both of the designs selected at the sum named. The delegates forther propose that Convocation should grant a sum of 300/., to be assigned in prizes, at the discretion of the delegacy, for the de signs regarded as the best. In a Congregation held immediately afterwards the following degrees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. Francis Terry, Exeter Rer. Henry G. Kinnear, Christ Church Rey. George A. Walker, Wadharn BACHELORS OF ARTS. George Green, Baliol James Blunt, Exeter Francis Longe Oriel Georg• Ashley Stephen Whiteside, Queen's Percival Webb, All Souls' Matthew Lee Francis That Brassnose John Pain Henry Barclay ) Christ Church Henry Balfour William Wylie Edward Douglas Charles Matheson St. John's William Helm William Cawley)ve 'adham Seaman Reale Henry Frewer, Jesus Nameton Shuldbain (Derry), Magdalen Theodore Dupuis Edward Birch William Fulton" Pembroke Edward Hooper James Butt Thomas Smith Worcester Edward Baumgarten Herbert Ormerod S Reginald H an k ey t. Mary's H a ll William Parry Edward Cowell Magdalen Hall Henry Dudding Richard Atkinson, Edmund Hall Henry Collyns, St. Alban Hall Mr. William Powell Same', from Shrewsbury school, and Mr. Fowle, of Exeter College , have been e lect e d to the Oriel Scholarships. The Ireland Exhibition (open only to members of Oriel College) has been awarded to Mr. Sackville Hamilton Berkeley, commoner of Oriel. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. Grateulos Esuriens was backed fur 1501., in one bet, at (..) to 1. The investments on the other Derby horses named below were only in small sums. Very few members were present. DERBY. 9to 1 agst Grmenius Esuriens (taken) 13.t0 Lagst St. Hubert (taken).- 13 to 1 ::.at Oul.ston‘ I; 1 ;ail once to 251.) 20 to 1. agst .Dayrell (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Rambling, Katie (taken) CHESTER CUP. - - The following beta were laid in the course of the morn ing in the City :- 5000 to 100 agat Wild Huntsman 2500 to 50 agst Honeysuckle 2000 to 40 agst Virago 5000 to 75 agst Brunswick TWO THONSAND GUINEAS ISTMEIX. AA the club 300 to 200 wa■ betted on Lord of the Bonnie Morn, St. Hubert, and Dirk Hatteraick. [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. 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The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on post office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 68, Cornhill; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55, Charing-cross ;4, Cheapside • 54, Upper Baker-street ; and stay be ordered through all respectable booksellers, sera, and and chemists. Important caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imitation. REMOVAL OP SMITHFIELD MARKET. The growingr, i n t e rest exhibited by the trade and the public w ith reference to the removal of Smithfiebl-mar het and the expected. opening, of the new ones . at Copen hagen-fields next;rnonth, renders of no . small importance all ° trustworthy information upon this subject. Many were the inquiries, and earnest the interrogations of hun dreds of country dealers, and traders front the provinces, who attended the inarket at Smithfield yesterday, upon their perusal of our-article as to the period of opening the " new markets" by the corporation ; and, in many in stances erroneous were the answers given to these deeply interested parties with regard to the precise mode of noti fication to be adopted prior to the closing of Smithfield, and the powers confided to the Corporation as to the ma• nagement of the new markets when they are opened. In order to set the public right upon this score, we have gathered the following particulars, which are of an official character, and being obtained from documents bearing the stamp of anthority, they BR ay be unhebitatingly relied on. To make the matter still plainer, we have sectionised the subject, so that a ready answer may be furnished upon any point upon which information may be . sought ley the inquirer. POWERS OF THE CORPORATION. The powers given to the Corporation of the City of Lon don, as to the control of the new market, are conferred by what is termed the " Metropolitan Market Act, 1851," (14 and 15 Victoria, cap. 61), this being the " short title" of Act, which, while passing through its several legislative stages, was known as the" Smithfield Removal Bill." Special provision was made in this act for the market being controlled by " five Commissioners," who, for the purposes of the act were to be appointed to be "one body politic and corporate, by the name of the ' Metropolitan Cattle Market Commissioners,' and who by that name should have perpetual succession and a common seal, and the usual powers of bodies so constituted." Thirty-six of the clauses of the act define the duties of these imaginary " Commissioners," but the thirty-seventh runs to the fol lowing effect :—" XXXVII. Provided always that if, within six calendar months after the passing of this act, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of Lon don, shall, under their comenoa seal, signify to one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State that the (said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons desire to undertake the execution of this act, then, except in the case of and after the publication in the London Gazette of such notice as hereinafter mentioned'there shall not be made any appoint merit of commissioners under this act, but the said Mayer,ll- dermen, and Commons shall exercise thepswers and perform the duties which, by the enactments hereinbefore contained would otherwise be to be exercised and performed respec tively by Commissioners under this Act." Such significa tion was made to the Home Secretary, Mr. Walpole, by the Corporation, and the said " Mayor, Aldermen, and Com mons proceeded to select--from several others—the site of the New Market at Copenhagensfielde. Their act was approved of by the Government, the money was raised upon the credit of the corporate seal, aid the works, as was states yesterday, are now far advanced, the market place being nearly ready for opening. All tolls, rents, aid payments, in consequence, will be received by the corporate authorities " for their own use," and will be " paid and applihd as they may direct." Salaries and wages are to be paid, aid "purchases, works, and contracts" are to be entered into independently of the " approbation of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury." The moneys are to be paid into the Chamber of the Corporation, and not into the " Bank of England," as would have been the case if "Commissioners" had been appointed. NOTICES AS TO THE OPENING OF THE NEW MARKET AND THE CLOSING or SMITHFIELD. With !T i gard to the precise steps which must be taken prior to the closing of Smithfield and the opening of the new markets, the following may be taken as the facts of the ease. Immediately after the Markets' Improvemeut Committee have reported to the Corporation that they have provided the market-places, slaughter-houses, and o ther conveniences, and fixed the table of tolls and pay ments, and appointed the market days, they will report to the Common Council. That body will then report to one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State what they have done " concerning the premises," annexing to such report a copy of the table of toils and payments fixed as aforesaid. Then it will be lawful for the Secretary of State to fix the time for the opening of the said markets and slaughter-houses ; and by a notice under his hand, to be published in the London Gazette, to notify that suck market-places and slaughter-houses have been provided, and the time when the same will be opened; and that from the time so mentioned Smithfield-market will cease to be a market for the sal. of cattle and horses ; and from and after the time mentioned in such notice Smithfield-market will cease to be a market for the sale of cattle and horses. The markets (live, dead, or hide) are to be deemed " pub lic markets," and it is specifically enacted that "no new market," after the opening of the new metropolitan mar kets, "shall be opened for the sale of cattle and horses, in the cities of London and Westminster, or the liberties;there of, or in the borough of Southwark, or at any place dis tant less than 7 miles in a straight line from St. Paul's Ca thedral, in th., city of London." (14 and 15 Viet., c. 61, clause z.) GENERAL POWERS 07 CONTROL. The corporate autheities possess, under the Metropoli tan Market Act, the foowing additional powers :—To make bye-laws : subject always to the sanction and ap proval of one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State; to let slaughter-houses and stalls; to fix a table of tolls and payments • to take the " care, management , and centrol of the market-places, slaughter-houses, lairs, conveniences, and matters" connected with the market ; to appoint offi cers ; to authoi ise inspects rs to seize cattle and meat unfit for food, and to destroy the same ; to regulate the route and times for the driving of cattle to and from the mai kets ; to make contracts, grantlicenceste slaughter-houses, and generally to supervise the entire establishment, the in,uclus operavuli for the government of which will, of COWS', be developed as experience may dictate. TUE SCIIEDULI OF TOLLS The Markets' Improvement Committee have not at pre sent made public their schedule of tolls ; indeed it is not yet quite certain whether they have " fixed" the rates. Be this as it may, we give the following as tke Goveraliout scale, it being ()Limited (14 and 15 Viet., c. 61, cl. 8) "'That such tolls and payments do net exceed the several and respective sums mentioned in the schedule to the Act," t and which are as follow : TOLLS. Sheep—For every score sold, 21. per score. Beasts—For every score sold, Is. 81. per score. Horses—For every entry of sale, 4d. each. Pigs—For every score, 4d. DUE/. Pens for sheep, calves, or pigs (permanent) le. each. Ties for' beasts or calves, ld. each; for horses 2d. each. flay duty, per load, and for each entry of sale, Id. Straw duty, ld. per load, each entry of sale, Id. Between the above schedule of "tolls" and "dues" there is some little alteration at compared with the existing charges at Smithfield; the difference, however, either one way or the other, may generally be regarded as insignifi cant. • This exception has reference to clause X_XXIX., which provides that if the Corporation make default, commissioners are to be appointed to execute the act. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 6 COURT OF CHANCERY. FINCIIIN V. THE LONDON ♦ND BLAXICWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. This part-heard appeal, from an order of Vice-Ckan cellor Wood, was this morning resumed. The Lord Chancellor proceeded to deliver the judg ment of the Court, and said the matter, as represented to him, was that the plaintiffs were the owners of a manu factory which was situated on each side of the Black wall Railway ; that the company, having obtained powers to widen the railway, proposed to do so at the point where the manufactory of the plaintifs stood, not however, by building on the land, but by means of over hanging buttresses, and they gave the plaintiffs notice under the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, that they proposed to take what had been called a " stratum of air" over the plaintiff's manufactory, but which was, in fact, an " easement"—namely, a running over the plain tiff's property without touching it. The notice by the company to take this easement was only given two or three days before the expiration of the compulsory powers. This notice was given in July, 1553, and in the following August the plaiutiffs gave a counter notice to the company. requiring them to take and purchase the whole of the manufactory. Matters remained in this state between the parties until the 4th of May, 1854, when the company gave the plaintiffs notice of their in tention to cause a special jury to be summoned for the purpose of settling the amount of compensation to be paid by the company for the purchase of the easement and right of passage over the yard and manufactory, and fm- any damage sustained. The plaintiffs then filed their bill for an injunction to restrain the company from taking any of the steps mentioned in the last notice ; and the Vice-Chancellor, being of opinion that the com pany were bound to take the whole of the manufactory, or no part of it, granted the injunction asked for, upon the undertaking of the plaintiffs to sell the pre mises to the company and make a good title to them. Subsequently the company withdrew their notice of May, 1854, and gave a fresh notice, to the effect that they were willing to purchase the plaintiffs' estate and interest in the whole of the manufactory. The plain tiffs then lied a new bill to restrain the company from proeeding under the last notice, and on the loth of August applied ex parte to him (the Lord Chancellor) for an injunction, which he granted for the following reason —namely, that this Court 'would not allow a powerful company to take proceedings of which there was a doubt as to their legality. On behalf of the com pany it had been contended that an " easement" was a "hereditament ;" but looking at the whole context of the act, he (the Lord Chancellor) was inclined to think that " hereditament" there meant a coporeal •ne— something that might be a subject of tenure, and not a mere right of way. Moreover, he was of opinion that the Legislature never intended that a right of way should be taken by the company from an owner, any more than it intended a right of common or of turbary should be taken. He did not agree with the Vice-Chancellor in thinking that the notice to take the right of way was a notice to take a part of the manufactory, and therefore the view that he had taken of the case hastily, when it was before him ex parte had not been altered at present. At the same time he should leave himself open to con viction. On the main question, however, as to the ille gality of the original notice, his (the Lord Chancellor's) opinion remained unaltered, and he still thought it was not warranted by the Lands Clauses Act. Then 'trine the question---ought the injunction to go ! Upon that point his opinion was changed, and he had taken a new view of the case, and was now convinced that this Court ought not actively to assist the plaintiffs in enforcing an equity, when by their own conduct they had raised an equity against themselves by giving the counter notice of August 1853. Whether, therefore, the original notice of the company were in valid or not, did not matter, as the plaintiffs, by sub• stantially telling the company that they were willing to sell to them the whole reanufactury, had deprived them selves of any equitable right to an injunction to restrain the company from taking any steps for the purpose of ascertaining the value of the whole manufactory. There could be no doubt that the company bad been under this impression—that the plaintiffs, although unwilling to sell the right of way by itself, were quite willing to sell the whole property, of which the right of way formed a part. Upon this impression the company had doubt lessly acted, and it was therefore rather toe late for the plaintiffs now to say, after leading the company to sup pose that they were quite willing to sell the whole, that the company should be restrained from taking any steps to effectuate the proffer of . the plaintiffs. In fact, the plaintiffs had created a counter equity to the one they possessed respecting the invalidity of the first notice, and could not expect any indulgence from a court of equity. If, therefore, the parties could not come to any terms of arrangement the appeal must be dismissed with costs. The Lords Justices concurred. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. THE FISHERY LAWS. The lovers of the rod will be glad to learn there is at length a probability of the fishery laws being amended, as Mr. Henry Marshall has published a letter in a portion of the daily papers to the effect that a friend of his has pro mised to introduce a bill in the House of Commons with a view to the restoration of the salmon fisheries of Great Britain. This is a subject of great importance, not only to naturalists, but to all classes of the community ; and our only surprise is that the subject upon which the author treats has not received that attention from our Government which its importance demands. By wise and just legisla tion this beautiful fresh-water fish may again grace the vast extent of barren rivers in all parts of Great Britain, and may be rendered cheap, and brought within the reach of the poorest artisan. Mr. Marshall says,—" Parliament should declare cruives, stake, and bag nets, illegal, and salmon fry catching, spearing fish preparing to spawn, and kelt-killing, highly penal ;" and that " there should Le only two lawful modes of • taking salmon the rod and the drag net." He also states " that salmon should net he captured after the latter end of August, in order that they may have the proper feeding and breeding time destined for them by nature." There I are several river proprietors who are at considerable expense in preserving their waters, but derive no return for their trouble and expenditure. These rivers are fear fully poached ; the present law does not give the salmon a fair opportunity to multiply, and it is utterly impossible to calculate how many millions of young salmon are un timely destroyed by such destructive inventions as are allowed by Act of Parliament. Mr. Robert Ramsbottom has already published 801110 valuable communications on the salmon question. His remedy consists of an enactment to the effect, " that the mesh of every salmon-set shall be of such a size (hereafter to be determined), as to permit the escape of all salmon of 71b weight and under. The reader is probably aware that a 2i-inch mesh is the least by which salmon may legally be captured, and that the employment of a smaller mesh subjects the offender to a penalty. The intention, in prohibiting the use of diminutive meshes, was highly commendable, but, unfortunately, the statute did not answer the end for which it was originally designed. At the date of its enactment but little was known of the natural history of the salmon. At that time, and indeed up to a very recent period, it was generally thought that the spred and snort (sea trout) were the young of the salmon. Acting under this impression the Legislature adopted a 2i inch mesh, in the belief that such a size would be large enough to allow young salmon to pass, and ascend the rivers for the purpose of spawning. Later researches show that the mort and sprod are an entirely distinct species, that grilse, or young salmon, are of such average dimensions that by far the greater number has no chance of escape from the statute net. It is, therefore, evident that if the fishery laws are not amended, salmon will soon be double the price it now is, and that allthe artificial breeding and other arts of man can never make it cheap and abundant, unaided by suit able and natural laws. We sincerely hope the proposed bill will become law, not because it interests our readers— the aristocratic and monied circles—but because its effects would prove highly beneficial to the salmon-loving public. RUSSIAN PRISONERS ARRESTED ON BOARD OP TIN BRITANNIA.—The following is an extract from the Frey chat:, a Hamburg family paper, or miscellaneous ga zette, dated the 21st of November :—" Immediately after the arrival of the Britannia, Captain A. Fokkes, from Hull, on Sunday last, the commander of the police of the harbour, with a small body of men, went on board, and arrested seven of the passengers, whom he took to the guardhouse, on the Grossneu-market, which is used as a preliminary prison. It is reported the pri soners have been sailors of a Russian merchant vessel, which was captured by the English, and condemned by the Admiralty, and that they made their escape on board the Britannia, thinking themselves quite safe when once in Hamburg, and intending to direct their way from thence home. However, fate had decided otherwise ; the English ambassador had a!ready been informed by telegraph, and he caused their arrest. Although the 9atnburg magistrate has yielded to the demand of the t a i nd .tlnglish amb assa d or , no one can d en y that, being a neu tral power, it h as pl ace d i tse lf i u a ver y aw kward posi on y e b a y nil so cannot aa Fokker doing , return ) and every one looks for the further k H ke u sorry of the aff a i r w ith grea t i nteres t . W e are ver y gots ll has untilh into he h as inconveniences, undergone an examination, which however, can on ly b e t a k en as a matter of formality , Fokkes m ust be aseverybody w h o k nows Captain aware. that he is a man w h o l oves freedom, and can have little potiam." sympathy for Russian des- THE SUN, LONDON, _FRIDAY EVENT - NG, 'DECEMBER 8, 1854. I I , T IX ANDRE'S. This was the last examination meeting in the case of R. Aidrews, corn-dealer, of Braintree. His debts are about 1,2001. The solicitor to the assignees said this case, was one of an unusually flagrant kind. The bankrupt had contracted debts to a considerable amount. had divested himself of every shilling's worth of property, and then, being lul -1 prisoned, had petitioned of the Insolvent Court. The commissioner there refused to release him, unless he fur nished accounts which he obstinately refused to do, and was twice remanded. He then contrived to contract another debt, and had his case brought into bankruptcy. He was released from custody, on undertaking to fur nish accounts; but, though two months had since elapsed, he had not yet filed his balance-sheet. The creditors felt that the only mode of getting hold of the property which the bankrupt had fraudulently carried away was by im prisoning him. His Honour adjourned the examination sine die, with. held protection, and granted a certeficate of execution under the 257th section. IN EE JONES AND GOLD.-" HIS Lonbsurp's LARDER, The bankrupts had kept the above eating-house ie Cheapside. This was the certificate meeting. The ac counts hare already appeared. The unsecured debts were under 3,000/. Mr. Pearce, for the assignees, ofered no opposition to the bankrupts having their certificates. Me. Lawrance, for the bankrupts, attributed their failure, to the high price of bread and provisions, and to the large expenses necessarily incurred in establishing the businesss. Geld had begun with a capital of 1,700/., but this had been all absorbed ; and altogether the outlay had been about 5,000/. The bankrupts had done their utmost since the failure to assist the as• signee. His Honour granted immediate certificate of the second class. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. IN RE JAMES FRANCIS KITT. This insolvent, who applied tinder the Protection Act, was opposed by a Jew named Costa, who alleged that he gave the insolvent 21. for a ticket to go to New York, on the understanding that it was transferable. It turned out not to be transferable, and he had lost his money. He sued him iu the County Court. The insolvent denied that ho had represented the ticket as transferable. It came out in evidence that he had incurred debts, without value for another person. Mr. Commissioner Phillips refused to name a day for the final order, as debts were incurred without value, and recommended Costa, on the next occasion to bring evidence to support his statement. Protection withheld. HINT TO DIBTORiI. Sereral cases were heard, under the Protection ♦ct, of persons who had become security far loan societies for their friends when they could not pay their own debts. Mr. Commissioner Phillips lectured the applicants, and refused to grant protection. His Honour permitted them to apply in short periods for protecting enters. Such conduct could not be justified. . SHERIFF'S COURT. WILIEO7 V. THI LONDON, BRIGHTON, ♦ND ■OI3TH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages in an ;action, brought to recover for the non-delivery of goods, entrusted to the defendants for conveyance to Strood in Kent. Mr. Prentice appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Maynard for the defendants. The plaintiff was a dealer in Government stores, re• siding at Chatham, and in August last he went to a sale at Portsmouth, where he purchased a quantity of hemp, oakum, d.c., to the amount of 2001. 12s. Bd. He directed at first that they should be sent by water, but en his return he sold what he had bought for 3081. 15e. ad., and in consequence he found it necessary to coun termand the order for the goods to be sent by water, and he wrote to his agent at Portsmouth to send them by railway to Strood. They were accordingly delivered at the railway, and entered for that destination, but they did not arrive, and after some inquiry it was found that they had been sent to Stroud in Gloucestershire. This was not discovered until 17 days after they should have been delivered, and the plaintiff then refused to receive them. An offer of 101. was made on the part of the defendants, but it was refused, the plaintiff ask ing 601. for his loss on the bargain ; that was refused, and lie brought this action to recover the whole amount he paid for the goods, and the difference between that and the sum he sold them for. The goods were still in the possession of the company. After hearing the evidence and a good deal of argil. meat, The jury ultimately as.essed the damages at the whole sum claimed-3181, 15s. gd. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yomg, Dicc. 6. SERIOUS BURGLARY. Jonathan Fretwell, 61, and John Fret Well, 29, wore in• dieted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of William Pickford. at Cumberworth, on the 2tith of August last. Mr. Pickering And Mr. Foster were for the prosecu tion ; Mr. Dearsley defended the prisoners. The prosecutor is a grocer at Cross Pipes, Cumber.worth, his household consisting of himself, his mother (an old lady 83 years of age), and a serv ant g irl. O n the night of the 25th of August, the prosecutor went to bed abort 11 o'clock, having previously made his pre mises all safe. He slept at the back part of the house, and his mother and the servant in front. Mr. Pickford was in the habit of retiring to rest about half-past 10, but on the night in question he was kept up later on ac count of his house dog being taken ill, some one having evidently administered to him something of a noxious character. The dog continued ill after . prosecutor had gone to bed, and disturbed hi m again about twelve o'clock. Prosecutor then slept till nbouli hall-past two o'clock, when he was awoke by a noise no if some per noon were in the house. He raised himself up in bed, and at the same moment his bed-room door flew open, and three men entered. One of these men bad his face whitened, wore a false moustache, had his coat sle eves; turned inside out, and was armed with a ; another had his face reddened, and carried r . l a rge carving-knife ; and the third man carried a candle over his head with one band, had a crow bar in the other, and the lower part of his face was covered with something black. A fourth man put his bead in at the door, but did net enter the room. As soon as the men saw the prosecutor, one of them ex claimed, " Shoot him, shoot him, shoot him dead !" But another said, " Stop, give him time to tell where his money is first." The man with the pistol then demanded, " 'Where's your money'!" Prosecutor looked earnestly at the men, who, observing this, forced him down in Led, and covered the bedclothes over him. They pressed upon him so heavily, that he requested them not to be r e ) rough, and one of them again demanded, " Now, where's your money? Tell, be quick, or you're a dead rsa e." Being afraid of the consequences of a refusal, he told them his money was in a box in his mother's morn ; and one of the men then said, " You go and find the money, and I'll stand guard." Two of the men then went to his mother's room, and the third man sat himself down by the prosecutor's bedside, and laid his arm over his neck. He employed his other hand in rifling the pock ets of prosecutor's clothes, which were lying on the bed. Finding nothing there, he became impatient, and called out to the ether men, "Can't you find the money ?" They replied that they could not, and the man in prosecutor's room replied, " Then come here, and we'll make him find it." The two men then returned to prosecutor's room, swearing all manner of oaths, and proceeding prosecutor out of bed by the hair of the h an with the knife at the same time ead to t h p: m il the covering his eyes with one of his hands. Prosecutor felt the cold blade of the knife resting on his forehead. While prosecutor was in this position, the men espied a box in his own room, and they asked him what it con tained. He said nothing but clothes, but they were not satisfied, and forced the box open with a crow-bar. The man who did this called for a light, and at that•rne meat the burglar who covered prosecutor's eyes was obliged by a fortuitous circumstance to remove his hand, and then the prosecutor observed distinctly that Jona than Fretwell was one of the party. He had known him for twenty years, and identified him by a particular mark on his chin, and a deformity of one of his hands. Finding no money in this box in prosecutor's rum, the burglar's required hint to accompany them to his mother's room. The whole party ranged them selves behind him, and one of them took him by the ears, and pushed him before them, saying, " Now go straight to the box where the money is, and if you turn your head, we'll run the knife into you." When he got into the room, one of the men took up his position at the bedside of prosecutor's mother, who was lying moaning in bed, and the others watched him while he produced his money, out of a secret drawer in the box. There was 251. in notes, 10 sovereigns, and a railway dividend warrant, but the latter was enclosed in a letter, and the burglars, sup posing it was merely a letter, threw it aside and trampled it under foot. They told prosecutor he must have some more money, and when he told them there was a little in the shop, they ordered him down stairs. On the way they handled him very roughly, upon which he re monstrated, and one of them replied, " Hold your noise, you d—l, you've reigned long enough." Having arrived at the shop they compelled prosecutor to open all his drawers, from which they took 71. 10s. 6d. They then ordered the prosecutor up stairs, and one of them accompanied him and saw him safe in bed. He said to the prosecutor, " Now we are going down stairs, for we have come a long way, and must have something to eat and drink. We shan't be gone for an hour yet, so you had better lie still, for if you get up er make a noise we shall kill you in a minute." In less than tea minutes the prosecutor heard the men leave the house, and he then got up and called the servant girl, who be found bad also been visited by the burglars. They had threatened her life if she gave any alarm, and had fastened her in her room by bol tin g the door outside. The house was then examined, when it was discovered the- thieves had taken 141. belonging to prosecutor's mother from a drawer in her room, and a quantity of silver spoons, a pistol, and two decanters were also missed. Between five and six o'clock the prosecutor left the house to give information to the police, and on their going to Fretwell's house they found Jonathan Fretwell and his son W il l iam up , and John Fretwell was in bed but he ha d his stockings o n. They were apprehended, but Win. Fretwell was after wards liberated. The prosecutor swore positively to Jonathan Fretwell, and the evidence against John was that of the maid-servant, wile deposed that one of the men who entered her room strongly resembled him. It was also shown that John and William were seen pro ceeding in the direction towards prosecutor's house abut the time the dog was poisoned, and that they were also going that way at a later period of the evening. Mr. Dearsley, for the defence, submitted that there was comparatively no evidence against John Fretwell, and as to Jonathan be argued at great length that the prosecutor was mistaken in swearing to him, however positive he might be. His Lordship, in summing up, told the jury that there was no sufficient evidence upon which they could safely arrive at the conclusion that John Fretwell was guilty, and they accordingly acquitted him. Jonathan Fret well (the father) was found guilty. Sentence deferred. COURT OF COMMOY COUNCIL. CONDITION OF BLACKFRIARS•BRIDCIY. YeAerday, in the Cowl of Common Council, Mr. J. Bailey, chairman of the Bridge-house Committee, brought up a lengthy report upon this subject, from which the following are extracts —" A report has been presented to us by Messrs. Walker, Borges, and Cooper, stating that no sinking or movement has taken place in the defective pier, or in any other part of the bridge for upwards of three years, and recommending that the bridge should be repaired by placing wrougkt iron ribs under the centre arch and the one adjoining, in the manner shown in the plan accompanying their report." Mr. J. BAILEY then moved "That the report be agreed to." Mr. H. L. TAYLOR moved as an amendment, " That the report be referred back to the committee, with in structions to take the necessary steps for causing to be taken down and rebuilt the defective pier, and such por tions of the two arches resting upon it as may be con sidered necessary,.. Mr. ROWLEY seconded the atnendtnent, which, after som e discussion, was carried by a large majority. STEAM-BOIT PIER ON TIT SURREY SIDE OF LONDON BRIDGE. Mr. J. BAILEY brought up the report of the joint com mittee of the Bridge-house Estates and Thames Naviga tion Committee, to whom the subject of the " dummy' placed on the south-eastern side of London-bridge (and which has led to serious altercation, to complaints before ma gistrates, and to indictments at the Central Criminal Court) was referred. After stating that the joint com• raittee bed heard the statements of the various parties interested in the matter, the report referred to a com munication from the Rernembrancer and the City Solici tor, to whose advice the committee had had recourse, and who reported that they "could not advise the com mittee to give their sanction t - 15 the proposed pier without the assent of the owners of the adjoining property. There were no negative words in the statute forbidding any encroachment on the tidal way, as thero were in the act for building Blackfriars-bridge ; but on an applica tion to the Court of Chancery by the Messrs. Fanning ( w ho objected to the pier, as an impediment to the free navigation of the river) it 'night be open to that court to consider whether one of the objects of Parliament in of the new one, was not t o secure to the pu bli c an un interruptedrberroidogyei. t he old bridge, and pres en ti ng the specific plan waterway th rough a l l the arc h es o f th e The committee concluded their report by stating that they deemed it expedient to mention their proceedings to-the court, who mi ght tions in the matter as appeared to th e m advisable. An amendment to the follo w i ng e ff ec t wa s moved by ." this j o int give such instruc Mr. MURRELL .—T hat court do agree with the committee of the Bridge-house Estates and Thames Navi g:a ' tion that in their opinion suf fi cient proof has not been t iven of any detriment to the general navi,getion of the river to afford reason for objection to the erec tion of the propoted landing pier (Pla n N o . 2 i n th e Re pwehritchofthtilei joint e Nav i gation Co mm itt ee o f F e b ruary, 1851), committee are satisfied would be of great convenience and accommodation to the public, and :hat the same be reported to the Court of Common Council, provided the law officers of the corporation see no legal objection thereto. The court divided, whet there appeared for the amendment, 24 ; against it, 31 ; majority against the amendment, 9. On the original motion being put, Mr. Cox moved, and Mr. De JERSEY seconded, the previous question. The amendment was lost. The original motion was then put and carried, aid the court adjourned. FALMOUTH, Thursday.—The Brisk, 14, screw, Com atandor Curtis, proceeded at ten a.m. for Rio Janeiro and Ws Pacific. APPRERENSIOI/ OF CAPTAIN PRAT, LATE op TILE AUSTRALIAN SNIP GOLDEN ERA.--It will be remem bered that at the beginning of last moith the screw steamer Lusitania brought intelligence that the ship Golden Era, from Australia to this port, had put into Pernambuco, damaged, and that the captain, Mr. Jas. Simstall Peat, had been tried by court-martial, deposed from his command, aid the vessel placed in charge of one of the passengers, Captain 'White, who arrived here with her about a fortnight since. Captain Peat was sent home by the mail steamer, and has since been in prison at Southampton on another charge. On arrival in this town he was taken into custody, on a warrant from the Rekid of Trade, and yesterday brought before Air. Mansfield. Mr. Dodd, solicitor, appeared for the pri s,mer, and applied fur an adjeurument, as he was quite unprepared with any evidence. Mr. Tindall, the local solicitor to the Board of Trade, sail the charge was pre ferred against Captain Peat under the tith sec. of the 'ald chap. 13th and lltk Victoria, which constituted it a misdemeanour on the part of any master, man, or ap prentice, who, by reason of neglect or drunkenness, did any act which imperilled the ship or the lives •r limbs of those ou board, and directed legal proceedings to be taken against any person so offending. The Golden Era, he said, had left Melbourne in July, under the command of Captain Peat, who had been guilty of various acts of drunkenness, imperilling the ship's safety. Mr. Tindall was also desirous for an adjourn ment, and the case was accordingly reman led fora week, Captain Peat being admitted to bail, himself in 700/., and two sureties of 350 e. each. lIAHK RETURI4S. An Accsunt, pursuant to the Aet seventh and eighth Victei ia, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, ii' Cirealation during the Week ending Satur ilay, the 25th day of Nov., 1354 :- Average PRIVATE BANKS.' Amount. kulovor Bank, Andover--Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jon - mitt awl Pomfret 11,853 Aylsham Bank, Aylsharn--49. and T. Capontan 4,217 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 30,175 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogg*, and Co 29,261 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 10,412 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Tedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 14,338 Bowdloy Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham ---Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 24,043 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons lO,lBO Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 7,117 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 72,509 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,903 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L. Soaley Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 40,063 Breseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. •.• Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rett, 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 27,480 Bath City Bank, Bath" -G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 35,677 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 64,929 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and DAlfield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and' Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-- J. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock & Co. Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam ' bridge-Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 22,331 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Cost. and Son 3 ,300 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 15,090 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 31,292 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 41,770 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 6,211 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 18,924 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 9,701 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 9,959 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 39,600 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 26,641 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Baltic, Doncaster --Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 86,094 Devonport Bank, Devonport---Hodge and Co 8,821 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshiro Bank, Dorchester-R. and H. Williams . 47,261 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter, and Co 105,0 75 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 54, 413 Essex Bank I and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 7,159 Farnham Bank, Farnham Messrs Knight 14,185 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,040 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0... 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 Harwicht_Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead ---Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharpies, and Co. .. Hereford, Ross and Arehenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford- Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington- Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co Knazesborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and 20,827 65,994 ti,3SS 12,509 2,532 15,205 48,277 32,92 74,297 6,559 3,995 10,093 73,04 45,15 28,251 19,813 4,745 8,110 27,978 13,886 19,534 19,608 19,255 54,38; 5,217 22,775 30,624 23,976 19,969 64,938 17,213 9,025 21,982 42,685 Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, 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 era (lock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barba and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and. Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Aberga.venny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, arld Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank Oxford—Robinson, Parson, and C 0...................................... Old Bank, Tonbridr, onbige and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton brido Wells and Sevcnoaks Bank, Ton brichfh—T. H. and S. Beechinty, Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. ....... . Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverly Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Peinbrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Riches.*id Bank, Richmond —Roper and Co Rondale Bank, Roehdale--Clement, Royds, aid Co. lashester, Chatham and &rood Bank, Roohee ter—Day and Ni cholson .... Royston Bank, Royston--Fordhass aid Sou Rugby Bask, Rugby—A.. Belli* and Ban Rye Bank, Nye—ar. I. To and Ca,. COU 4,248 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Mac dougal and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, 'Lloyd, and Co Scarbor,3l4h Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shi e wsbury—Rocke, Eytens, and Cc. 40,628 Sittingbeurne and Milton Bank, Sittingbeurne - - Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell- - Wylde and Cc. 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 27,179 Tavistock Bank. Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 3,024 Thornbury Bank. Thornbury—Rolph and Co. 4,183 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Cliesham 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, .... Warwick 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 end 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 e 5,329 16,311 24,710 3,465 .... 13,742 14,43 3,737 $7O . 11,440 30,210 11,145 11,216 11,321 3,781 11,690 12,408 15,020 Wallingford—Hedges, 8,071 22,257 4,249 44,462 14,255 20,430 15,265 35,09 d 60,180 5,983 14,120 6,662 0,5t5 2,508 11,335 43,418 12,424 43,437 9,510 5,310 51,554 37,335 29,489 29,521 9,680 96,789 29,161 7,492 3,605 35,310 13,352 14,504 2,316 8,762 16,005 28,481 18,359 27,041 50,627 20,832 20,735 48,443 69,195 10,651 3,348 22,932 11,556 29,163 11,105 32,570 8,883 11,07 E 47,257 10,793 8,300 12,740 27,600 27,410 6,812 5,358 7,827 13,257 10,614 18,618 Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Dec. 2, 1854. 10,841 9,332 48,350 7,995 81,453 51,69 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 20,012 Burton, Utto::eter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 10,382 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- ingion Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pony, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry - Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 12,960 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumbe:land Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 36,182 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 24,460 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 150,945 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,689 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,749 Hull Banking Company, Hu'l 29,067 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,42' Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Ciaro Banking Company, Knaresborough 27,295 Kin,gsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,620 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 61,949 Leeds Bankinc , Company, Leeds 22,140 Leicestershire Bankin g Company, Leicester 7 9 ,6 86 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking . Company 52,513 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors. 11,534 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,755 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 21,259 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 411,414 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 47,159 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 79,446 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 55,605 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,335 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 33,288 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 50,315 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond ... 52,533 Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes y bur Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Cqmpany, Wolverhampton" 13,954 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 31,116 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 75,222 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 76,662 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 5,635 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 6,398 York Union Banking Company, York 68,164 York City and County Basking Company, 88,412 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 120,124 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns, 33,853 10,623 107,042 43,073 1,500 18,922 33,353 24,718 147,941 53,970 ... 350,633 51,570 56,319 23,750 9,494 12,884 34,290 IfranwlY ROBBERY IN LEEDS.—On Tuesday evening last ayounugp a man li n vi a t m ig e b d y T . te te n li h in a g m ,fowrhtuenrees ansidesdin,,ruLeleidnsg, and picks planets," was so unacquainted with his own fortune that he permitted a woman of the town, named Maria Davis, to inveigle !him into a dark entry, where an accomplice (a fellow named Soott) floored the "fortune-teller," and between them they robbed him of all the money he had aboat hips —some 2/. or 31. Trenhant subsequently fer reted out his assailants, and gave them !into custody. On Thursday they were committed by the Leeds magis trates for trial at York assizes. TEMPESTUOUS WEATHER.—On Sabbath, a severe fitful storm of wind and rain prevailed in thiq locality. It increased towards twilight, and the wind, gathering strength, blew from the N.W. a strong gale throughout the entire night. We anticipated disastrous intelligence from the sea, lough, and coasts, and were agreeably sur prised by the non-arrival, up to last (Monday) night, of any tidings in regard to expected casualties. A number of elates were blown off houses, spouts and chimneys were damaged, and the Royal Consort steamer, from Fleetwood, which should have arrived at an early hour of the morning, did not come up till 11 o'clock on Satur day night. Some slight accident, we understand, had occurred to the engine ; still the sailors report the weather they experienced in the trip as frightfully severe. For tunately the storm occurred on the day when the channel steamers on both sides are supposed to be in port, or they must have suffered serious damage.-- Belfast Banner. :ETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—Dgc. 5. There was a better supply of fat beasts to-day, aud i t* : den/amd was good, the best things were readily dispose(' 9 " The number of sheep was about the average, without an; alteration of price. The supply of pigs large, b ut a sale. Fat calves scarce. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to Oa! ' mutton, 6ad to 7d ; lamb, Oct to Od • veal, 7d to Od r oe ' lb. ; pigs, 9s 6d to lOs Od per score ; rough fat, bat t° 63 per 141 b.; hides, Sad to 4ad per lb ; calf-skins, to per lb. EDINBITRGH GRAIN.—DEC. 6. Wheat on the top price as before, and average 2d d°„ W t Barley on the top 2s down, and average Os 8d down• l o on the top 3s 8d up, and the average ls 4d down. Bes ll9 the top is down, and the average 6d down. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat Bl7 qrs sold 776 ( 1" Barley 3391 qrs sold 2484 qrs , Oats lB5l qrs sold 1286 Vs Beans BB qrs sold 88 q rs Top of Wheat ... ..... . ........ ...„.. 64i RI 87s 9, Barley 57i lb 395 Oats Beaus AVERAGES PER IMPERIA L QTA.RTER. " i bs 1 Wheat, 3/. 14 8 11-12ths 1 Barley, ...1/. 15 6 NAbi 1 Oats, ... if. 9 4 6-12ths 1 Roans, 2/. 91 1 0"' BOSTON—DEc. 6. uasti At to-day's market there was a liberal supply of vi e . the demand for which was exceedingly inactive , At of f *her decline on the quotations of the preceding wee k at ti 2s per qr. All kinds of spring corn met a heavy sal reduction of fully 2s per t iqr. t ° Prices :—Wheat, red, 63s Od. to 72. Od ; white , 7- ' 3 o a ts, 74s Od . extra, 76s Od. Barley, 31s Od to 35s Od. 500 21s to 295. Beans, 46. Od to 51s Od. Peas, 470 od t° per qr. NEWARK—DEc. 6. elVb At our cora exchange we had a good attendance. and barley is cheaper. Od Prices :-Wheat, white, 763 Od to Ms Od • red , en to 75s Od. Barley, malting, 358 Od to 389 Od ; gr i " 32i 32s Od to 33s Od. Oats, old, 36s Od to 38s Od ; no g ,' 1 to Od to 34s Od. Beans 50s Od to 58s Od. Peas, 54 4 4 „ - 4, 56s Od. Malt, 72s Od 743 Od. Tares, 100 s Od to SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General by the night—and M by the morning—clespateh.) Day when made up From wi et in WW I COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port dilen a , e ~ Otllce, London.* msyselted. ."_..." ---- .NP —.- -- America(byßrit.pack)N Every F riday .... Liverpool ..• E''`' 4 America (by United Sts. I , 6 fDsc.. packet) ..........N Nov. 14.... .... • • Liverpool ..• America (by U. States packet) •• • .., .. .. N 'NOT. 22.. •••••• • • Southampton, Australia (Via South- 1 , 4 ampton) .. (via Marseilles) li Jan 9 •• • Dover ..... • Ditto (via Cape of G . 1111 ood' Oa ° now . .........../N pee. 4 •••• Africa (West Coast) .. N 13 d of the rpoli.ll .. Plymouth . •• Vexandria ...... .. .. N 8. 9, 24, & 110 b , in. Dover .... ••1 Alexandria .. .. .. .. .. M l 4 th & 2 0 th of mon. Southampton Bahamas ......... .. 4,1117 th of the mo ti.l Southampton if Belgium .......... ..NlDallY ••.•••• • • • • • Dover .....• D l6 Brazil Buenos Ayres...... —3ll9th of the mouth.. Southainstoril_.o ll Cape of Good Hope .. N' Vari,:us ports u m ''' Cape of Good Hope .• N Cape de Verde .......N 9th of the month Southampton Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N Tlu T/I.°ll Channel Isles ...... „N Mon ~Wed.,&Fril. Southampton, Chi1i................M 2 d 4s 170 of monti 'Seatharnpton' China (see India) Constantinople ......N i8,13,111,23,&28 of m Dover .. .. . • Constantinople .... . „..14th & 20th of mon. Southampton io cial Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ......'"411 Egypt (see India) ..., 10 4 France ........ bl & N 'Twice dai1y...... Dover .....• • ',. 6 Gibraltar .. ........ M '4, 7, 17, 20, 27 of rn• Southampton D o .' Greece (see India) 1 rri/ 1 4 Greytowu .......... M;2nd & 17th of mon. Soutbamptol. - Harriburgh ...... .... N ; Tuesday & Friday London ..... , 1 Havannah .......... M;2 mi : , ,f a e iron tl ; Sou ‘hamp ton it, Holland ............ Nl' Daily... .• • ...... Dover .. ..... 0 ' Honduras ......... M'l7th oi' the month. Southampton e , 16 India (viaSouthampt.)3l 4th & 20 th of mon. Plymouth • • "s' India (via Marseilles)M9lh& 25th of month Dover ...... m tsd lonian Isles (see India, 1 7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.. • • • • 1„. 0 1c. Ireland ..... Sit &Ni m. fwice daily ...: .. Llol3 head ..•l ee i Lisbon .............,M 7, 9. 17, &27 oi . Soathampton!v Madeira ............/.11 9 th of the month Southampton' ,1 6 ; Madeira ............N ;23d of month • ... Liverpool ..• I D — Malta (see India) I 'Dec' 4 Malta .. ........N 8, IS, &28 of mor. Dover .... • • Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N ' l4th of the month D om. / Mexico .• •• ..M 2nd of the month. i4outh am pten Naples ...... ........Y sth ISth2s thofmon. Dover .... • • N ew Granada ......3ii2d & 17th of morth SouthamPU'D mailer° New Zea1and.......... !By private ship .. Various port . i•- - Papal States ........N 5 015th25thodnon. Dover ...• • • Peninsula ..........M /thl7th`,7tholllloP. Southampton _AI Peru ..............Ml2ti & 27th 0; moo.' SouthamPt_,. () " cog' Port Natal ••.••• • • • • N By' i Tate ship... Various poi , . Sicily •. •• .• •• •e •• • .Nl3,llli,h2stho'nlon. Dover •• •• • • Tuscany ............11;5thlith25thorrnon. Dover .. • • • • ~se e . 1 Venezuela ...........Ml2d & 17th ofmonth Southampton( , Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .. West Indies .......„ M : 2(18D 17th oi mon t!". ,Bouthampton l' - j-6_....;./ WIND AND WEATHEI lEPOl3l'' Stations. Greenwich Lothbnry York Scarborough Glasgow N.W. Edinburgh W.. Perth Dundee Bridlington Aberdeen Greenhill Whitby Hull Sunderland N. W . N.W.. 5.W... N.W. . N.W.. N.W.. N.W.. Darlington Forfar Berwick Southampton Cowes W W. W N.W. N.W. Dorchester Portsmouth Poole Lowestoft . Yarmouth . Holyhead . Dublin Bangor Liverpool Hague Manchester Sheffield Whitehaven Maryport Lancaster Carlisle Bradford Stoke•on-Trent Leeds Brighton Ipswich Boston Great Grimsby Bristol Plymouth Torquay Taunton Bath • • Gloucester Cardiff Swansea Haverfordwest Normanton.. Chesterfield Masborough Derby Nottingham Stamford Burton-on-Trent Nawcastlo Course .f Wind. Fine. Fine. Fino. Frosty. Cloudy. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine Fine. Fine. Cloudy. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Frosty. Frosty. Fine. Fine. Fine. Frosty. Frosty. Frosty. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Frosty. frosty. Fine. Fine. Fine Frosty. Cold—Cloudy Cloudy. Fine. Windy. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. THURSDIY• I T stag of Wesithe Cloudless. Very Fine—oo l4 * Very cold. Fain. Frosty. Fine—Frosty. Fine. N.W. W N.W.. N.N.E N W N.W ..... I N.E. N.E. N.W. N.W. N. N.E. S.S.E. . N.W. . N.W. . N.W.... W.N.W N.W N.W N.W. N.W. N.N.W N W I.E. w. W. N.E N. W N.W... N.E N.W W. N N. N. N. N.W N.W RAILWAY TRAFFIC .RIiTU 0; tw SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAT.—Traffio 3'0°,24 9 week ending Dec. 3, 1854 O2 15 19. Corresponding week lastlear..„ . To GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWA.." 4 3O turn for the week ending Doc. 2, 1854 ......... £s ' 40 V '...:orresponding week last year 5 $ O!d i Increase in 1854 BIRTHS'. td or A SON. ;alg h On the Ist inst., at 4, Compton-terrace, 1 3 r'' iii wife of the Rev. J. Griffith. ett yl; On the 25th ult., at the British Legation, Cop Mrs. Andrew Buchanan. OF • DAUGHTER. : f° l On the 6th inst. at at Barnes, Surro th e wife ° 1/' y, 0 it Instone, Esq. • On the 6th inst., at Brook Villa, Enfield Sigh 4, 4 "tre ° dlesex, Mrs. George Peachey, of 73, Bishopoir within. P ° MARRIED. u th..oist On the 6th inst., at St. Olave's, Hart-street, 40(610100 John Letts, M.A., Rector, Edwin Dodd, Eon,. grit, ° o o ' ham, Kent, to Ellen, youngest daughter °' „, IP" , Alston, Esq., of Savage-gardens, Trinity-gig s ' ' je 0o . o r and Cheyney Rock, Sheppey, Kent. oe 306.1 On the 16th Sept. last, at Melbourne, Twos ) D m Esq., to Rosa Willson Nott, widow of the , e lei: General Sir Wm. Nott, G.C.B. , T. ji ii i ef• of 0 1 On the sthinst., at Blotchley, Backs, by the l'a We 001 Broughton, John Lynch Fletcher, Esq., sec c i n ks, t.„. ° 01.1 late Rev. Wm. Fletcher, vicar of Harwell, Be r ot t, 2 both, fourth daughter of the late Charles Coll Walton, Suffolk, / ° I DIE D. • et" 0 On the 9th ult., at Balaklava, of wounds reeel/-eot,''ll7l,l battle a lukerman, Henago Thomas TWystien, r e v r , H.M. 6:id Rogt., son of Captain H. D. Twr -- ' cot ag,td 19. . s 1 39 , Oa the 7th October, at Paris, the Rev. Fi' nel ooO ° Morse, A.M., rector of Baxterley,Warwickshire, ,I. ' • late Francis Morse, Esq., of Norwich. to T " ; 111;# On the sth inst., Catharine, widow of the 1 1 q ob' ~ Williams, of the Lord Mayor's ' ' Court office, ou" CO 1 1 nthworth Hurts. WO' .4 On o sth inst., at Walton-on-Thames.,Al i , Pi . Brummell, Esq., late of the Treasury. aged "A' Cli ll ' e 0 On the 7th inst., Mr. Samuel Lovejoy, of a.,, 11F ii ' l. lane, aged 66. ~,,,,,, P e A On the 7th inst., at Hornsoy, the Rev. ",.. - ii," 4 0 , •''' of Fleet, Lincolnshire, and of Lynn, in Nor'io . v, ' On the sth inst:, at Spencer street, Isliog - only daughter (2: f Mr. Peter.Lce, aged /110 11' 1/ 1 LONDON : Printed and Published by Aiftr j- ' 14 0 ' - of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun NW , 00 041 Strand, in the Preoinot of the Savoy, in th Friday, _December 8, 18540