The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-08 00:00:00

COURT f, 7 1 1- "rTTLA R. WINDSOR., TUESDAY.- ille tll %%Glhi d UU. iur some time this a ornin4, att.( a Iby Lady C. Cocks. Prince Albert, accompanku by the Austrian Am bassador (Conn.. Dietrichstein), the Earls of Liverpool and Delawarr, left the Castle this morning on a Shooting excursion in the royal preserves, attended by Mr. Anson and Colonel Bouverie. James Bentley, Esq., the treasurer of St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, Thomas R. Bartrum, Richard Gilbert, Esq., and John Dixon, Esq., Governor; (a deputation from the hospital), attended b 7 I r. William Wix, the clerk, had the honour of an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert at the Castle this morning, to present to his Royal High- Ilea a green staff, and a copy, on vellum, of the reso lution of the Court, upon his Royal Highness be 'coming a Governor of that ancient foundation, which the Prince was pleased to accept. The gentlemen of she deputation were most graciously received, and Were invited to partake of a luncheon in the Castle, utter which the deputation took their departure for London. Mr. Alderman Lucas, the Presiient of St. Bar- Fioamew's Hospital, was unfortunately prevented, by lildiapesition,_from accompanyi ng th e d e p u t a ti on t o present the address from town. The P • Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the the Royal, were taken for their accustomed air ings to-day. Ihe Austri an A m b assa d or an d t h e C ountess Diet ,l'eliatein vi s it e d h er Royal Highness the Duchess of gen t , at Frogmore House, this afternoon. The C ountess Wratislaw has been confined by a con at. Frogmore House for some days past, but is ow much better. The Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Beau- Vale, and Mr. Patrick Fraser Ty tier, left the Castle today, jC%aPtain the H on . A. D uncom b e h as succee d e d aer-Gen era l Si r Frederick Stovin as the Groom Waiting on the Queen. x n -le r Majesty an d P r i nce Alb er t, a tt en d e d b y th e the in Waiting, went to the riding school in eTi• h e roy al to take equestrian exercise. royal dinner party at the Castle this evening Lad - d ed her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Y Panny Howard, the Right Hon. Sir William Fre mantle, Mr. George Edward and th e H on . M rs . 301 3, and Sir George Couper. A The b an d o f t h e R oyal Horse Guards was in at leedance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the remainder of the evening. _he Duke of Cambri v,:t.ci her Royal HiuhneAs the Duchess of G10n , e., , 0r , G;ouct-tt r Rouse. The Commissiora l s fur the Red uc ti o n of t: tional Debt had a meeting yesterda% at the Tree- I nr.Y. The Corami,sioners present were the Master of the Rolls, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy- Gevernor. Mr. Higham Secretary and Comptroller- General was in attendance. A deputation from the Shrewsbury, Wolverhamp tam) Dudley, and Birmingham Railway Company, consisting of the Hon. R. H. Clive, M.P., Mr. W. R. C ollett, M.P. ; M r. Ri c h ard Smith of Dudley ; Mr. bugdale Houghton, of Birmingham ; Sir John Rennie, Mr. Richard Roy, and Mr. George Knox, the Secretary, had a lengthened interview at the rail- Itvi. department of the Board of Trade yesterday. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer, at his official residence, in Downing -street. Bishop Griffith had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview yesterday with the Chancell or o f t h e Ex chequer. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the C olonial-office for the Governor of Ceylon, and also for the Governor of Hong-Kong. COLONIAL BANK. The fourteenth Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Colonial Bank was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, yesterday, at one o'clock, J. C o l v ill e, E sq., in the chair. The business was that o f rece i v i ng the usual report of the Com pany, a n d a s t a t ement of accounts respecting its affairs, and to elect Directors and an Auditor. There was a full attendance of Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN o p ene d th e proceedings by calling on the Secretary t o rea d t h e advertisement fcr the meeting, and the report. The SECRETARY read this document, prefacing it, 'however, by the statement of accounts above men tioned. The f o ll ow i ng are the details of it • . DEBTS: Circulation, 182,677/. 7s. 6d.; Deposits and other l iabilities, 438,0011.2 5 . Bd. ; Paid up capital, 500,000/. ; I) rofits, 11 ,120/. 7s. 6d.; Total, 1,13 1,7981. -- 17s. Bd. ASSETS : Specie, 236,1951. 12s. od. ; Due to Bank in ASSETS Colonies on Bills Discounted and Purchased, In !allag those past due, but reported good, ? -- )v -42 /. 17s. 4d. ; Due to ditto on Cash Credits and ..i'ltvent.A.ccounts, 139,6611. 158. Bd.; Due to ditto in 3°44,46°681°11 Bills Remitted, Cash at Bankers, &c., •°s 7d • Balance of bad and doubtful debts, L 83 4 1 ( 1 51. 133 : 6T ; Bank premises and furniture in of Pr°erlirnanidn the Colonies, 22,613/. 19s. 7d. ; Balance ary Expenses, 6,5051. 18s. 7d.—Total, 1'1 1 ,3 1_ 1 ' 7981 . 1 7s 8d -.sue re • • Of birect°ll entnmenee d by stat r in up g er th tu at ul t a h s e s Board r the head ofrsbstill considered it p ad debts those which_ were doubtful, as well as those which had been found to be bad. It stated, 015 0 , that the Directors felt compelled again It o !lir re e p. "lm end the Proprietors to abstain from de : Profilnt'Tha,,d,lividend and to allow the amount of thy . ion of -- l e no to June, 1844, after the deduct txp en ... r ?uz,.. , t ° b e carried to the credit of the bad debt to occaruoned the Directors much regret 1 ,,. ; 11 .ave to renew this recommendation to the Pro i 4 - vtors, but th ey ciretimsta felt persuaded, under their resent c ould it would be the wisest course they arri ve Pursue. they trusted the period would soon z o l ve when they should feel justified in recome ending a Portion of their profit to be applied to the t a dividend. The amount . of their profit, t still le larger than in the preceding half-year, was itl le a s than what the Directors anticipatd when 140811 gr duties and other questions shall have b been enable the a more satisfactory basis, which would t o 4 e them to extend the business of the corporation t hese Matey extent than they were able to do while The questions remained in a state of uncertainty. tau? continued to conduct their affairs with extreme considered l ° 4 , which, though it restricted their profits, they „e. necessary to safety. They thought it more sirable to realis e a comparatively small profit, than Ordin ary m a k e aPParently large gains, attended with extra risk. The Directors were happ y . to be able s i , , lip to ".Y th tnat the business of the helf-year just ended, oa • e latest dates in their possession, was going sabsfactorily Ivit Tli i i e CuA l-DAl,:rt would not trouble the meeting at o n ce y ob servations in addition to the report, but A o bservations that it be received. _a n rla r. l itvi Was sorry to see the respectable Chair te' and so many gentlemen of high standin, as ellled at all on this occasion. He thought it would let a h r be tter if they would dissolve the Company, and . tiffi t t i; e4l all get something out of the wreck of their sireh s ,;,,,Re was sorry to hear the Chairman, and then "' a n as Mr. Maxwell Stewart, brought toge- Its he°ll such a forlorn hope. If they had broken up, lia v Mr. Levi) had suggested last year, they might .truedeeured 181. a share ; he was sure, if they con e another year, they should not get eighteen alive% Re saw it would be useless for him to make dia n ul ot °ti on, but he again urged them, as the concern tolnit o . ans wer, to break it up. It was merely . kept •Then - ,,.. - PY people at home and abroad their salaries— kd Too never looked into the box for two years, g ir ly tten they did, found there were 12,0001. gone. . the Ii 0 e • CAvt was entirely opposed to the . views l of p one , 1;• Proprietor, which had been but faint y sup 4.4lVtihterh4th,DoYse gentlemen in other parts of the room. .condemnatory remarks, in 'which he had for feerusstily indulged, he had neither sympathy teath, i ng ; and he was much mistaken if all the of 101.11'en present were not opposed to the opinions ki#7. Levi. Far from indulging in such gloomy tb e Qati th : ,he thought there was much to console Ira ,!) their position. lie admitted that their af iith" did not com e up to what he had hoped, yet a trieneteonsideration removed much of that disappoint had b They must recollect the state in which they at once n, and from they could not expect to rise tho'elidull; ttheoaugeondition of vitality and vigour ; if they ht it would be dangerous, and in it he steed see the seeds of future misfortune. He would b e 1 Pursue a slow and certain course, which would dvi,l4elY to lead t o the restoration of a moderate m uch of lencl and the p ermanent continuance of it. Very la, their present difficulties they owed to the It 4e dividend heretofore decl ired in that room; if th e i r ( ' b een made less they would not 'have been in p. present strait ene d condition. But it waktile. 4,4lPrietors who shar e d t h e benefit of that mistake, litottville37 should not grumble so unmercifully as Mr. b ird done at the present privation. They could ,ita s ., 4 a ro e the Directors for what had been It i i i - ' by the state of a ff airs in the West ~oa. colonies ; they had been disastrous, and the ii who VVhad in had to Struggle f or t h e i r very existence. one year were possessed of large pro , had by the proceedings of the mother country tli s t e t t ll c, i . e ft in a destitute sttte. But it was expected Pat„'3lr Robert Peel would, in the next session of tur,,_"aftent, permanently settle the question of the g r eat duties. Sugar, they were all aware, was the rt ‘‘,St staple of the West Indies, and till the duties on Nit th eir P e r m anentl y fixed, it was quite impossible 11 00. "eir affairs could be placed on a sure founda lia alit The report said the Directors trusted soon to 13. "to recommend the declaration of a dividend. i ftere t. tia u ton. persons would give a different interpreta , the word " soon ." he conf esse d h e was one of '''93lline ones, an d he hoped to hear that deelara- C ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO SHOOT THE DUKE OF NORMANDY. At Hammersmith Police -court, yesterday, the soi disant Duke of Normandy, accompanied by numerous gentlemen, entered the Court, for the purpose of publicly stating the particulars of the alleged attempt upon his life, on the evening of Thursday last, the 2d instant, at Mulgrave House, Fulham. The Duke having repeated the statement which has been already published in The Sun, describing the cir cumstances of the alleged firing, Mr. George Tucker made the following statement :—I am manager of the Duke's household. On Thursday evening, about half-past seven o'clock, I was sitting with Mr. Neuring and my two sons in the library, when we were alarmed by a tremendous exp'osion. I imme diately cried out, There's something happened to the Duke." The Duke had gone to the workshop about twenty minutes before, which I was aware of. We sll instantly ran out, and saw there was no liOit in the workshop. We then called out ; and, receiving no answer, called out the second time. The Duke opened the door, and called out, as we understood, for water ; and so great was our consternation at the time, that we were unaware of the mistake for six or seven minutes. I subsequently saw footmarks in the kitchen garden, leading to the waterside, and the marks of hands on the campshading. The grounds are quite open at the back, and the persons could have easily escaped. When th e D u k e t o ld us th a t h e had been shot at, I looked about to see what was the cause of his suspecting it, and I then saw the window broken and the hole made by the bullet through the partition, and subsequently the ball was found in the garden. My first impression, on hearing the report, was that it was an explosion of some combustibles in the workshop, although I did not know of any being there at the time. From the examination I have made of the window, I consider that the instrument used must have been held so close to it that it shattered the glass, or there would hare only been the hole made by the passage of the bullet. Even the inside of the framework of the centre pane was blackened. The dog had been very trouble some for a night or two before. For the two nights be fore, one or other of my sons had been with the Duke in the workshop. The Duke had not been alone in the worshop for the previous ten days. Mr. Clive—Now the next question is as to the party. Whom do you suspect? The Duke—l am sure it is a political party in con nexion with the French Government, who want to take my life. Mr. Clive here asked Inspector Haynes if he had seen Mr. Coupellier, and if that person was in attendance? Inspector Haynes said he had. He bad beets to No. 33, Newman-street, Oxford -street, where M. Coupellier lived, and had found him in a miserable attic, cod in a most wretched state of distress. fie was, however, so ill as not to be able to come out at present to that Court. ti. Coupellier, however, star, <d that. if same per son could be procured who could write French well tie would give a statement. That was done on Sunday last, but there had not yet been time to have a transla tion got ready. The inspector then handed in the statement to the ma gistrate. It consisted of two sheets of letter-paper, closely written in the French language. Mr. Clive commenced reading it and translating as he proceeded, as follows:—" On the 19th of last December being called by some affairs to Regent-street, I met four of those intelligent individuals who, without having four legs and two long ears, are"— The magistrate then stoppe,l, and said, really this is a most extraordinary way of makings deposition; I really think there is no occasion for me to go on with this. Mr. Clive, however, continued silently to read the statement, and then said that it stated that M. Coupellier further said that he followed those four gentlemen along Regent-street to the American Stores public-house in Oxford-street, into which they went, and were joined by two others; that he went in also, and sat where he was not observed, when he heard them state that three of them were going to Belgium and two to Calais, and that the one who was speaking was the only one who would remain to finish some affairs he had in hand. M. Coupellier stated that he also heard them say that they intended to kill the Duke of Normand), anti that it would be done before the 10th of January. The Duke—l have no doubt but it was the same party who blew up my premises in the year 1833, in the Kent road. tion made at their next half-yearly meeting. In one in: otdy agree with what had Callen from Mr. Levi. The gentlemen present were certainly men of the highest character in the City of London, and he considered the Proprietors were much indebted to them for their management of their affairs. They had continued with them through all their difficulties, and he should not like to see them quit them now. He moved that the report be received, adopted, and printed for circulation among the Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN did not think it advisable even to discuss the question of breaking up the concern. The Directors considered they were doing the best for all parties by carrying on the business on a safe and moderate footing till times should mend, and bring them back to their former prosperity. No attempt could be made to break up the concern with out great loss. With regard to the fixing a time for the declaration of a dividend, it would be seriously taken into consideration by the Directors before the next general meeting. An HON. PROPRIETOR asked how much of the 34,0001., stated to be the amount of bad and doubtful debts, had been recovered up to the dates of the last advices? The CHAIRMAN said the statement was taken from the reports of their different managers up to the 30th of June last, and they had no reason to think that their affairs had been worse since. On the whole, they were 40,0001. better than they were last year. Some conversation on the dividend question ensued, which was stopped by the Chairman, as not then being before the meeting. A question was asked as to the value of the secu rity for the individual by whom the robbery on the bank had been committed? It was stated that his security was 1,5001., but that it turned out to be of no avail ; inquiry had, therefore, been made into the securities of all the persons employed in the esta blishment. The report was then received. An HON. PROPRIETOR made a motion-for expung ing from the minutes the resolution of the 2,1 day of January, 1839, by which 3,5001. was annually placed at the disposal of the Directors as the remuneration of their labour. Of this sum the Directors have only taken one-half, or 1,7501. a year. The object of the present motion was to fix the last sum as the allow ance to the Directors, which, the mover contended, was a❑ ample one. The motion was seconded, but Mr. C. CAVE moved the previous question as an amendment. It was seconded by Mr. VALPT, and on a show of hands was carried; and the motion was consequently lost. Ti.e rt-tit ing Directors—Mr. Colville, Mr. Davison, Mr. P. M. .'itewarr, Mr. A. Stewart, Mr. Bruce, and Mr. S. Gamey, auditor, all offered themselves for re-election ; they were proposed, and re-elected with out opposition. _ _ After a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Board of Directors, the meeting separated. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Yesterday a friendly meeting of the late Robert Nicoll, formerly editor of the Leeds Mercury, was held in the National Hall, High Holborn, to comme morate the anniversary of his birthday. A very crowded assemblage filled the Hall at the hour an nounced for tea, and, after the tables had been cleared, P. Taylor, jun., Esq., took the chair, and was sup ported by George Thompson, Esq , J. H. Parry, Esq., Dr. Epps, and others of the ultra-Liberal party. The professionals engaged—Mrs. A. Newton (late Miss Ward), Miss Hinks, Mr. Shoubridge, and Mr. J. B. Collett—sung a number of admired popular airs, duetts, &c., and were most deservedly applauded. The CHAIRMAN then, in a very able speech, directed the attention of the meeting to the works of the late Robert Nicoll, and with the most careful acumen analysed the tendency of his poems, which were proved, by an abundance of quotations, to be ever directed to the amelioration of the condition of the working classes. Mr. PARRY, the barrister, proposed the first senti ment—" May the beauties of poetry and truths of philosophy be ever allied and devoted to the elevation of all, instead of propping up the exclusive, and often mistaken, interests of the few ;" which, in an admir able, though very lengthened speech, he supported by showin g that the most natural—the true children of genius, had ever arisen from the lower ranks; that their writings had conduced more to the advance ment of freedom and the extension of popular prin ciples than any of the more polished and aristocratic poets of our country.—(Cheers.) Alr• Moirrozq supported the sentiment in an appro• priate speech, and it was adopted unanimously. Dr. 'APPS moved the second sentiment —" The memory of Robert Nicoll, the poet and politician of the millions, devoted to th e i r true interests, for he was ever whose genius, energies, and life, were active in exposing error, upholding right, and endeavouring to blend all in holy brother hood, in order to promote the world's happiness and reminded the meeting that the unfailing—the ever strenuous exertions of the late Robert Nicoll— demanded that that tribute should be paid to his memory. He might well say that that lamented in dividual fell a sacrifice to his exertions in the cause of " the people." Indeed, his last moments of life were expended in the endeavour to return a patriot for his adopted town in the person of Sir William Molesworth. GEORGE THOMPSON, Esq., in a brilliant speech, said that the previous speakers had left him little to do, and were he not to take up the volume and make a speech on it, by reading half its contents, he did not see how he could otherwise get on. He, how ever, would entreat the meeting to read the volunn for the►nselvrs, if they hail not already done so, and he should u,e his individual exertions with Mr. Tait to induce him to publish a cheap edition, that the work might hereafter be found a constant companion at the poor man's fireside. The speaker concluded an able, an argumentative, and analytical speech, amid loud and continued cheering. Mr. LOVETT proposed the third sentiment—" The intellectual, moral, and political improvement of our race. May all sectarian feelings and party views be speedily merged in the general desire for universal happiness, irrespective of man's creed, colour, caste, or country ;" which was supported by Dr. WATSON, and carried unanimously. The meeting then, after thanks to the Chairman, broke up. THREE YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE ; OR, DOMES TIC MANNERS 07 THE Trraxs.—A work under the above title (from the pen of Charles White, Esq ), is announced for immediate publication, and is likely, we understand, to supply a more complete account of Turkish society and manners than has ever yet been given to the world. The following is an extract from the prospectus :—" Al though numerous works have been published on the sub ject of Constantinople and Turkey, their pages, however ably and pleasantly written, contain little correct infor mation as to the habits and social usages of the Turkish population, and it is admitted by all who visit Constan tinople that there is no work in our language to which travellers, or residents, can apply for data or for a satis factory explanation of existing institutions and practices with which they come in contact. The object of these volumes—the fruits of minute research and laborious in• vestigation during a three years' residence in the Turkish capital—is to supply the deficiency in question, and thereby to offer to the public a work which shall be instructive and amusing to general readers, valuable as a book of reference, and a guide, not only to travellers, but to all those who may desire to become familiar with the laws, habits, and social condition of, perhaps, the most remarkable people in Europe at the present day." On Wednesday last a boy employed in the Plymouth Journal printing-office, picked up on the pavement of Bedford -street, Plymouth, two bank-notes, one of 100 L, and the other of 50/. A coachman, who saw the boy pick them up, took the lad to the Devon and Cornwall Bank, where the notes were left for the owner. THE GAME NUISANCE.—" The mercenary spirit engendered by legalising the sale of game, has reduced our English country gentlemen to the condition of poul terers.' —Duke of Portland. His Grace might also very justly have added, that many of our English country gentry have, by this game mania, reduced themselves to legalised poachers. Poaching is odious, but the system pursued by very many of our noblemen and gentlemen is equally odious. The Act of Parliament passed for legalising the sale of game was to enable such of the aristocracy to become " poulterers " as were mean tnough to take up the trade, for nothihg less than a trade is made of surplus game, and that, too, at the cost of the farmers. Mr. Clive—Who is Monsieur de Lot; nadied in M. Coupellier's statement ? Inspector Haynes here said Mons. de Lotz formerly lodged with M. Coupellier, and handed to the magis trate M. de Lotz's statement in French, with the trans lation : " I, the undersigned, declare that on Saturday, the 21st of December last, while at the house of M. Coupel lier de Credancel, professor, No. 33, Newman-street, Oxford-street, the experiments recently made by the Duke of Normanby became the subject of conversation, in the course of which the professor said to me,' I have some important matter to communicate to the Prince, if I could see him, and which I can intrust to himself alone. If I knew where he was, I would find him out, and make known the important matter which concerns him personally. In a word, I wish to forewarn him of a con spiracy against his person, for I have learned from good authority that, since his last experiments, a plot has sprung up against him ;' and he added in conclusion, If I could write to him, and could let him know all my fears, and of the necessity of taking precautions, for I have been a long time aware of an intention to attempt his life, and I have also learned that, st 3 the Prince in tends to make public experiments, that will be the time chosen to kill him publicly.' On the same day I commu nicated these assertions to the Count de la Barre. I have to-day seen M. Coupellier de Credancel, who was in bed, and informed him of the attempt upon the life of the Prince yesterday evening, and asked him whether what he told me on a former occasion was the truth ? He re plied, lam ready to repeat all I said before a justice of the peace, l and I will give every assistance in my power as respects the matter.' H. DE LUTZ." Mr. Clive said it was rather singular that the Duke should suppose that the same weapon should be fired with the intention to shoot him as well as set the place on fire. The Duke—l am quite confident that, in addition to 11,. bullet there was some combustible mutter in the instrument, from the great light I saw. I nave no doubt they thought it would communicate to what combustibles there might be in the workshop, and blow it up. Mr. Clive—lt is also singular that five of the six persons mentioned in M. Coupellie•r's statement should be about to leave England that night. It is rather a contradiction, but perhaps that will be explained when M. Coupellier is able to attend. Now, all that remains is for M. Coupellier to point out the parties he speaks of. Inspector Haynes—M. Coupellier told me that he could only identify one of the men. The Count de la Barre was then called forward, and made a statement in the French language, after which Mr. Clive read a letter from the Abbe Duriel, which was alluded to in the Count's statement. It was addressed to the Duke, and was dated the 26th of December. It stated, " I have to inform you of a plot, which I think it necessary that you should know. I have also to con gratulate you on your late reconversion." The Duke—That relates to my reconversion to the Catholic faith. Mr. Clive then directed that the police-officers engaged in the case should make inquiries without delay at the American Stores, and all other places which had been named, as to the truth of the statements, and when they were prepared with more evidence he would go further into the case. The Duke and his attendants then left the court, which during the inquiry was crowded in every part. BURGLARY, AND CAPTURE OF THE THIEVES. At the Thames Police -court, on Monday, two men, named James Francis, a hatter, and Thomas Salt, a labourer, were brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with committing a burglary in a dwelling-house belong ing to Messrs, Brindel and Roberts, proprietors of the Artichoke Tavern and Whitebait House, at Blackwell, and stealing property to a considerable eument. The house broken into is opposite the land frontage of the Artichoke, and is occupied at night by some of the tavern servants, and Mr. Brindel himself. On Sa turday evening the second cook had occasion to go to the private house, and on leaving it all the doors and windows were fastened and secure, and she locked the street door before she returned to the tavern. A very few minutes afterwards the charwoman of the tavern went over to the same house, and upon inserting the key in the lock she was unable to open the door. She was making a second attempt, when she heard a noise within and a scuffling in the passage. She im mediately raised an alarm that thieves were in the house. Mr. Roberts and several domestics, both male and female, rushed out of the tavern, and the former very wisely directed his neighbours and servants to form a cordon round the street in which the house is situate and the adjacent ones, to cut off the retreat of the burglars, and a sentinel was placed at the door of every dwelling. A ladder was procured and raises! against the house, and a young man named Ellis, porter at the Artichoke, having obtained admission at the front window of the first floor, went down stairs and opened the street door, which the bur glars had taken care to bolt and make fast before they commenced operations. The thieves retreated by the rear of the premises and got over several fences and yards. Numbers joined in the pursuit, and the pri soners were seen jumping over outhouses and walls with great dexterity, but no shelter could they find until they reached the back of the Britannia Coffee-house, in Rus sell- street, about two hundred yards or more from Messrs. Brindel and Roberts's dwelling. Mrs. Weldon, the landlady of the Britannia, had just before gone into her back bed room at the top of the house, and was startled by the hue and cry raised, and by her neighbours, all leaving their houses with lighted candles in their bands. She left her apartment and was making her way dowu stairs, when she was met by the prisoners, who, in a hurried manner, asked her to let them go into a room up stairs. She instantly told tnem to go down stairs, awl they began swearing at her, and declared they would go up. After a severe scuff-, during which one of the prisoners struck her a vielent blow on the face, and the other kicked her, she forced them down stairs on to the first fl ,or. Mrs. Weldon called out " Murder ! thieves l" and screamed aloud for assistance. The prisoners, ob serving the door of a dining-room open, exclaimed " Here's a crib, we will bolt in here." A great many persons, alarmed by sirs. Weldon's cries, immediately entered the house and dragged the prisoners from their hiding places. One was found concealed under a large table, and the other was crouching behind an easy chair. While the waiter of the Artichoke, and a young man, name Robey, were conducting them down stairs, Francis called out to Salt " Give him the knife, Jack," and he was about to use one when he was overpowered and lodged in the Poplar station bouse. Watkins, a police-constable, No. 310 K, was immediately ordered by Inspector Rutt to go to the house, and examine it. In the front room on the first floor he found four chests open, and their contents strewed about the place. One of them had evidently been forced open with a sharp instrument. A silk handkerchief was spread on the floor, in which the thieves had packed up ready to carry away, three coats, four waistcoats, two pair of trousers, two linen shirts, a silk stock, and a pair of stockings, all belonging to Alr. Brindel. All the rooms in the house were in a similar state of con fusion, and drawers, cupboards, and boxes, had been broken of en and emptied of their contents by the burglars, who would have carried off a rich booty if they had not been so opportunely disturbed. Three black silk neckerchiefs and several articles of wearing apparel were found in several yards and gardens right and left of the house on Saturday night and Sunday morning; they had been dropped by the thieves during. their retreat. A chisel and several skeleton keys used by them were picked up in the yard behind Messrs. Brindal and Ro berts's house. Inspector Rutt said he had no doubt the thieves ob tained an entrance into the house by means of one of the skeleton keys. He found upon the prisoner Francis a box of 'wirer matches, a comb, and a sh or t k n if e . Mr. Broderip asked the prosecutors if they had found all their property ? Mr. Brindel said the only thing missing was an old silver watch. Ti.e prisoners, on being called on for their defence, said they had nothing at all to say, but Francis was very anxious for the restoration of the comb taken from him, to comb his hair. Inspector Butt said it was a new tortoiseshell comb and the produce, he believed, of another robbery. Mr. Broderip said the inspector must not part with i He committed the prisoners for trial. THE CHURCH. FATAL AccrnENT.—On Friday afternoon, about three o'clock, an accident, which has proved fatal, oc curred to a shipwright named Atchison, whilst employed at the stern of her Majesty's ship Comus 18 guns, now fitting in the third dock at Chatham. ft appears that the unfortunate man was standing on a stage suspended by ropes, which not banging perpendicular at the time, caused the stage to tilt, whereby he fell into the dock, a depth of nearly thirty feet, his head com ing in contnet with the edge of the stone steps. When picked up he was insensible, and blood was flowing co piously from the head ; the other parts of his body ap -peaggito have received severe injury. He was immediately plade7 upon a stretcher, and conveyed to the surgery, but owing to the extent of the injuries, it was found necessary to forward him to Melville Hospital, where he received every medical attention from the principal offi litr, Dr. Rae, and Surgeon Charlton. On the removal of the hair from the head the back was found to be completely shattered, Dr. Rae extracting upwards of a dozen pieces of bone, leaving a piece of bone in the head of about four inches in diameter. The poor fellow's sufferings terminated at three o'clock on Saturday morn ing last. 'The deceased was about sixty years of age, and had been in the dockyard upwards of thirty years. H E has left a widow and six children. The widow will re ceive 12/. a-year as a pension for life. Hay has attained the price of 61. ss. per ton Merthyr, and it is feared will for some time continue t. rise. It is computed that the weekly consumption (.7 hay in this town averages 8701. worth per week, and o' oats 5101. worth; such is the large number of horse! employed in the works.—Cambrian. TORYISM.—What is Toryism? A remnant of barbarian. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORN/G, JANUARY 8, 18-15. to more respectful consideration than many similar ad dresses have merited. Indeed, the only particular which calls for any adverse remark from me is the threat con tained in the second resolution, which had almost deter mined me to decline taking any notice of the memorial. "Still lam more diposed to take in good part what ever can be so taken than to find reason for censure or complaint. "On the surplice, no difficulty remains. I have with drawn that portion of my order. " On the offertory, I leave it to my clergy to exercise their own discretion. Those of their congregation who duly feel the duty of almsgiving, if they are averse to use the privilege of giving to God in the way in which the Church points out, appear to me to be influenced by an erroneous prejudice—but certainly not by selfishness or worldly-mindedness. Those terms apply only to such persons who have not a due sense of the duty of Christian almsgiving, and to them I dare not be afraid to apply them. " - The Rubric being the law of the Church, I deem it for reasons publicly stated by me, necessary to enforce it. I rejoice to think that very few alterations will be required in churches where reasonable attention to the Rubric has hitherto prevailed.—l have the honour to be Sir, your very obedient servant, "H. EXETER. " To W. Davey, Esq., Redruth." TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE_ Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry—lion. T. G. Anson, commonly called Viscount Anson, to be Captain, vice Hordern, deceased ; Cornet W. Briscoe to be Lieutenant, vice Holyoake, resigned, Nov. 16 ; Cornet M. Blackis tone to be Lieutenant ; J. Sandars, jun., Gent., to be Cornet, vice Blackistone, promoted, Dtc. 28. WHITEHALL, DEC. 30, 1844. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Simpson, of Yarm, in the county of Norfolk, Gent. to 1:12 a Mesta- Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo. IV., c. 27. sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue o f the United Ki ng d om o f G reat Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year ended the 10th day of October 1844, amounted to the sum of three millions three hundred and sixty eight thousand two hundred and seventy-four pounds, four shillings, and twopence ; the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notiee, that the sum of eight hundred and forty-two thousand and sixty-eight pounds, eleven shillings (being one fourth part of the said surplus of three millions three hundred and sixty-eight thousand two hundred and seventy-four pounds, four shillings, and, twopence) will be applied, under the the provisions of the said Act, be tween the 7th day of January, 1845, and the sth day of April, 1845, to the following purposes, viz. : To be applied to the purchase of 5t0ck....£242,068 11 0 To be applied to the purchase of Exche quer Bills, made out in pursuance of the Act of 57th Geo. 111., cap. 48 600,000 0 0 £842,068 11 0 Add Interest receivable on account of Donations and Bequests, to be applied to the purchase of Stock 3,615 1 0 £845,683 12 0 S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General. National Debt-office, Jan. 6, 1845. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Tapscott, baker, Winehead, Soinersetshire. BANKRUPTS. William Youle, commission agent, Addle-street, Wood -street, City, to surrender Jan. 15, at twelve, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Langley, Bedford-row. Thomas Chandler, builder, Bow-lane, City, Jan. 13, at two, and March 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Farrar and Lake, Goodliman-street, Doctors'-commons. John Mandeno, market gardener, Grove-street, Hackney, Jan. 15, at two, and Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab church-lane ; Jenkinson, Cannon-street, City. Thomas Revely, jun., plumber, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 17, at half-past one, and Feb. 26, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Harle, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields. John Barff, merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 27 and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, offi cial assignee, Liverpool ; Sharp, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London ; Moss, Liverpool. James Booth, woollen cloth manufacturer, Cartworth, Yorkshire, Jan. 18, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, Chancery-lane, London ; Floyd and Booth, or Battye and Clay, Huddersfield. William Lutwyche, brass founder, Birmingham, Jan. 21, at half-past ten, and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir mingham ; Harrison and Smith. Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. B. Pow, ship broker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —second and final div. of Is. 7fd. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 11, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Dyson, scythe manufacturer, Sheffield—first div. of 7s. 6d in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. J. Dixon, linendraper, Sheffield—second and final div. of 2s. 4d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. • W. Batty, currier, Hull—first div. of Is, in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. H. and G. Schonswar, merchants, Hull—third div. of Bd. in the pound, on any Wednesday, as the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. R. Pullen, flax merchant, Selby, Yorkshire—second and final div. of 44d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. R. Currie, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first div. of 4s. in the pound, OR Saturday, Jan. 11, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Leeds. W. Hayton, coal fitter, Sunderland—third and final div. of id. and 7-15th parts of a penny, on Saturday, Jan. 11, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. H. Kerr, tailor, Mulgrave-place, Woolwich—fifth div. of 2id. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 11, and two fol lowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab church-lane, City. J. Ward, ironfoundei, Upper Ground-street, Christ church --second div. of Is. Bd. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. E. Tuck, silversmith, Haymarket—first div. of sd. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Tur quand, Old Jewry. J. Prior and H. Brady, brush manufacturers, Hull— first div. of 2s. 61 in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. J. Wilson, linen manufacturer, Newcastl e - u p o n-Tyne —first and final div. of Is. 3d. and 8- loths of a penny in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 11, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. T. Rodham, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first and final div. of 9d. and 7-lOths of a penny in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 11, or any succeeding Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. R. Drew, licensed victualler, Compton-street, Regent square, Middlesex—first div. of 6id in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. E. H. Foster, tanner, Hafhern, Leicestershire—second div. of 2d. and seven-eighths of a penny in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. J. Cockburn, merchant, New Broad-street, City— fourth div. of 3d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. T. Donkin, victualler, Cambridge—first div. of 2d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. J. Hurley, plumber, Woburn, Bedfordshire—second div. of 4d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. C. Graydon, ship chandler, St. Ann's-place, Lime house—second div. of 6d. in the pound, on any Wednes• day, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. J. S. Daintry, J. Ryle, and W. R. Ravenscroft, bankers, Manchester—fourth div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, or any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. A. Tregear and T. C. Lewis, print sellers, Cheapside, City—first div. of 20s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Cole man street. J. Balls, livery-stable keeper, Holloway-road, Isling ton—first div. of 3s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Cole man-street. A. Portway, tea dealer, Braintree, Essex—first div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. J. Baker, grocer, Romsey, Hampshire—first div. of ss. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. J. Scholefield, cutler, Cheapside, City—first div. of 4s. lid. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman• street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Wacey, bookseller, Beech-street, Barbican, Jan. 28, at one—J. and R. Dewe, booksellers, Oxford, Jan. 28, at half-past twelve—J. Oliver and J. York, bankers, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, Jan. 30, at half-past eleven—J. Oliver and J. York, coal masters, Tipton, Staffordshire, Jan. 30, at twelve—A. Lett, timber mer chant, Commercial-road, Lambeth, Jan. 30, at half-past one—T. Roberts, Blackman-street, Southwark, Jan. 30, at one—T. G. Thorn, builder, Southampton, Jan. 30, at twelve—E. Ashwell, butcher, Yeld on , Bedfordshire, Jan. 31, at twelve. _ In the Country. G. Potter, S. Potter, and J. Krauss, calico printers, Manchester, Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court— W. Cochran and J. P. Robertson, mer chants, London, Jan. 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. P. Robertson, merchant, London, Jan. 30, at half- past twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. T. Sherwood, baker, Reading, Berkshire, Jan. 30—J. Burgess, farmer, Cratfield, Suffolk, Jan. 30—W. Smith, builder, Gloucester-street, Hoxton, Jan. 29 —W. Brookes, grocer, Gilbert-street, Grosvenor-square, Jan. 28—T. and J. Walker, upholsterers, York-road, Lam beth, Jan. 23—A. Akehurst, baker, East Mulling, Kent, Jan. 28—R. Parkinson, cloth manufacturer, Calverley, Yorkshire, Jan. 22—A. W. Pollock, commission mer chant, Liverpool, Jan. 29—H. E. Walker, merchant, Li verpool, Jan. 29—W. Cross, lead merchant, Chester, Jan. 29—S. Ecles, cotton manufacturer, Manchester, Jag, 80—C. Mann, banker, Romford, Jan. 28. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. A. Forshaw and R. Forshaw, jun., merchants, Li verpool—S. and H. W. Wilkins, stone , masons, Judd place West, St. Pancras—E. T. Clarkson and E. E, Whitaker, attorneys, Caine, Wil ts hi re —R. C. Eclleston. Fisher, and R. C. Eifieston, attorneys, Nantvvich, Cheshire—W. P. Budd, W Woodward, J Bletchly, W. A. Lon g ,' an d W. Oliv er , carriers, Bristol—G. John son, L. Eastwood, and E. Tavo, joiners, Manchester— D. Fletcher and J. Payne, schoolinasters, Denmark hill, Camberwell--J. Cramond and A. Schuyler, jun., ship agents, Lime-street—T. Giles and G. Foster, yarn manufacturers, Horbury, Yorkshire—T. Marston, sen., and T. Marston, jun., gold beaters, Birmingham—C. R. Ayers and R. Parkinson, architects, John-street, Berkeley-square --R. Blackbird and W. B, Hunter, ship brokers, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—J. Burnley, A. Burnley, S. Burnley, and J. Burnley, woollen manufac • turers, Batley, Yorkshire (so far as regards A. Burnley) —P. Crook, sen., and P. Crook, jun., cotton manufac turers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire—M. Blandin and G. A. Brown, merchants, Liverpool —H. Guy and W. D. Burrell, jun., booksellers, Chelmsford —J. Neville, J. Ainsworth, and J. Beardsworth, attorneys • at-law, Blackburn, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Beardsworth)—E. Hall and J. Burnet, plumbers, Lytham, Lancashire--M. Rokes and W. Webster, furnishing undertakers, Blackman -street, Borough —W. Buckle, J. Smith, and J. Booth, worsted spinners, Brad ford, Yorkshire—W. Pawson and J. Kenworthy, woollen cloth manufacturers, Leeds—J. Woollatt and G. Walton, upholsterers, Derby—T. Baker, J. Davis, P. Harris, and W. Pearson, coal masters, Kingsa inford, Staffordshire— T. Grundy and Co., machine makers, and J. German and Co., cotton spinners, Preston, Lancashire—R. Dickson, R. Watson, B. W. Robinson, and J. H. Wood, fustian manufacturers, Manchester (so far as regards R. Dickson)—E. Beard and C. H. Chitty, brewers, Lewes, Sussex—A. Windus, E. Beard, and C. H. Chitty, wine merchants, Lewes, Sussex (so far as regards C. H. Chitty)—J. Beynon, J. Jones, and R. Beynon, em bossers, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square —11. White and R. B. Baas, attorneys, Halesworth, Suffolk—E. and F. Farnden, hatters, Long-acre—J. Currie, L. Currie. sen., L. Currie, jun., and A. C urr i e , di st ill ers, Bromley, Midlesex (so far as regards the executors of L. Currie, sen.) —H. Brown and W. H. Marston, pawnbrokers, Coventry—J. and W. Moore, millers, Sellinge, Kent— W. Jackson and J. Ranger, auctioneers, Trowbridge, Wiltshire—W. Pass and J. Shelmardine, attorneys•at law, Altrincham, Cheshir e —W. C asson and G. B. Withington, attorneys , Manchester—P. M u rphy an d J. Kirkland, grocers, Blackmore-street, D rur y-l ane — W. A. Palian and W. Pindar, drapers, Gainsburgh, Lincolnshire—J. Hannah and T. Heath, wine mer chants, Bridge-street, Westminster—A. D. Cuffiey and J. Heighway, paper-hangers, Manchester—C. Lewis and K. J. Inman, tin-plate workers, Stangate-street, Lambeth—H. Shaw, J. T. Shaw, and R. Shaw, printers, Fetter-lane, Fleet-street (so far as regards R. Shaw)—S. Skinner and S. Closs, jun., saddlers, Spring street, Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park—W. Masterman, W. Peters, D. Mildred, J. Masterman, J. Masterman, jun., and F. Mildred, bankers, Nicholas-lane, Lombard street (so far as regards W. Masterman). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander Walker Maclean, hotel keeper, Glasgow, Jan. 10 and 31, at two, at the office of J. Clark, Glasgow. Andrew Aitchison Waddell, writer, Glasgow, Jan. 11 and Feb. 4, at one, at the Royal Exchange Coffee house, Glasgow. John Alexander, mason, Glasgow, Jan. 13 and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the chambers of Murray and Galloway, Glasgow. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The Forth packet has brought no more than $6,000 on account of the Mexican dividends, and the explanation which is given to account for the small ness of the remittance is of a nature somewhat alarm ing. The agents of the bondholders in the city of Mexico have written to the Committee of Spanish Ame rican Bondholders letters dated, the 29th of November, in which they state, that in consequence of disturb ances in various parts of the Republic, the Minister of Finance had appropriated to the public service the pro duce of the Customs duties, amounting to about $700,000. Of this amount $340,000 belonged to the bondholders, and had it not been for the untoward oc curt-, nce, $lOO,OOO would have been remitted by the Forth packet. The agents of the bondholders at Vera Cruz protested against this strong measure, and remon strances were made to the Minister at Mexico, both by the Committee's agents and Mr. Bankhead, the British Charg6 d'Affiires. The result of this application is, according to the words of one of the letters, " a promise from the Minister to replace the amount in sufficient time to be made available for the April dividends." The " April dividends" most likely mean the divi dends due last October, which are so called on an as sumption that they will be paid in April next. What is the value of the promise made under such circum stances, and why the Minister should feel so confident that he can get together the required amount of dollars by the time mentioned, it is rather difficult to see. From other letters is gathered the following short his tory of the movements in Mexico : " Immediately on the news of the rising of General Paredes at Guadalajara, the President Santa Anna put himself at the head of the troops which were at Jalapa, and marched on Mexico, gathering on his road the troops which were at Puebla. Meantime the partisans of Paredes had not been idle, and had induced the C o n • gress to pass a vote declaring that General Santa Anna had not been called to the command of the army, and upon this the Minister of War resigned, and his place was filled by one named Barsabie. General Santa Anna was exceedingly angry at hearing this, but after some altercation with certain of the senators, he continued his march towards Queretaro, where he arrived on the 20th of November, with about 8,000 men. Although the plot to overthrow the government of Santa Anna extended over the depart ments of Guadalajara, Durango, San Luis, Queretaro, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, and the southern provinces, still is is expected that General Paredes will be obliged to capitulate, for neither his military nor political abilities are equal to those of President Santa Anna, nor are his troops (amounting only to about 3,000) a match for Santa Anna's army. We have, however, seen enough of Mexican revolutions to know that it is extremely diffi cult to foresee which party will triumph. It is clear there is a powerful party opposed to the actual Govern. ment, or rather to General Santa Anna, who is, however acting with great energy; and to insure present re. sources he has laid hold of the funds, intended for the dividends (but with a positive promise to repay them soon), and has also ordered the custom-houses on the coast to cease payment of all assignments, except those of the tobacco contract." Trade in Mexico is described as being very bad in the interior, on account of the disturbances. A royal decree from the Hague, of which the follow. ing are the heads, has been received by Messrs. Raphae and Sons:— "To afford the holders of the remaining Dutch Fire per Cents., being now 37,385,400 guilders, another op portunity of voluntary conversion to Four per Cents., books are opened from Wednesday, January 8, 1845, till further notice, or till 20,000,000 guilders are sub scribed, but, at all events, not later than Tuesday, January 28. " The price of the Four per Cents. (with interest from the Ist of October last) to be given in exchange for Five per Cents. so converted is fixed at 984 per cent. The holders receive out for each 100 guilders 1f guil ders in money, and one-third per cent. for difference of interest from the Ist of October to the Ist of Jauuary last." On Saturday a deputation from the merchants of Bir mingham, consisting of Messrs. Spooner, M.P., Mintz, M.P., Chance, Martineau, and W. R. Lloyd, had an in terview with the Board of Trade to induce the Govern ment to take into consideration the difficulties arising from the obstruction of traffic on the line of railway between Birmingham and Bristol. The road to which the deputation referred belongs to two separate compa nies, the Birmingham and Gloucester and the Bristol and Gloucester, whose rails are of different gauges, so that the same carriages cannot perform the whole journey, but a trans-shipment must take place at Gloucester. This is found to produce the greatest impediment to the people of Birmingham, and the deputation, who requested the Government to take some steps to remove the inconvenience, acted under the authority of a very numerous meeting held at that place, in which feelings on this subject were strongly expressed. At the same time Mr. Lloyd took occasion to present a peti tion, signed by various merchants of Birmingham, to consider the injury that might be done to the trade of the country by allowing railway companies to have the monopoly of acting as carriers. This petition pointed especially to the Grand Junction and the Birmingham and Gloucester Companies, as there are no other existing means of conveyance in the district which are felt to operate as a suffici , mt check. The advices by the West India mail give a satisfactory account of the progress of the crops, the reports from the various districts being favourable, not only as regards the weather, but also as regards the exertions of the labouring population, who appear to have lost that apathy which was formerly a distinguishing feature in their character, and now exhibit an interest in the wel fare of their employers, the planters. The return of sugar for the next year was expected to be large, and a positive increase upon the last exports was predicted. Messrs. Wright and Young, of Hull, in their annual circular, take a very comprehensive view of the state of the corn and seed trade during the past year. They, however, appear to dilate at the greatest extent upon the condition of the market for linseed, which seems to have attracted much attention amongst those interested in the article. A very active business is reported to have been done in the markets throughout the year, though it is said that during the greater part of the period it could not be considered profitable to the importing merchant, the value here, owing to the continued and large influx of arrivals during summer and autumn, approximating to o nearly to the prices paid abroad to allow of a return adequate to the risk of shipment. For a short period in the spring the case was, however, different ; and, as regards the two closing months of the year, widely so, the great and rapid advance that then took place in prices leaving room for amply remunerating profits. THE INcoms-TAx.—On Monday and on Saturday notices were affixed on the church doors of the various parishes within the City of London, by order of the Commissioners of the income-tax, to the effect, as stated in the circular, that all persons who " think themselves aggrieved by the assessments in the said ward, in respect of the profits arising from professions, trade, offices, and the other profits chargeable under schedule D of the property and income-tax for the year ending the sth of April, 1845," should appeal before the Commissioners for General Purposes acting for the said district at their meeting, " which will be held for the purpose of hearing and determining such appeals at their offices in Basing hall -street on the 17th of April, 1845." This is the last notice, unless the Government should think proper to renew the Act. MURDER NEAR LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—Scarce have the two mur derers condemned at our last assizes expiated by their deaths the dreadful crimes they committed, than we are again horrified by the details of another and equally barbarous murder, committed in the vicinity of Rock ferry, Cheshire. If appears that the unfortunate victim of this atrocity, a Mr. Thomas Peacop, of the firm of T. and H. Golding and Co., Rockferry, left his place of business at nine o'clock on Tuesday night last, rather later than usual, for his lodgings, which are situated at Belsington Fu ture, a small village, distant nearly half a mile, with the sum of BL, consisting of two sovereigns, 161 in silver, wrapped up in paper, and about 215., tied up in a small bag, on his person. The whole of the money he placed in the same pocket. Mr. Peacop was known to be in the habit of taking with him every night the proceeds of the business of the day, and on the night in question, on leaving his shop, he observed a tall man, dressed in dark clothes, standing at the corner of the street. He was proceeding along a lonesome road, in the direction of his lodgings, when the same man joined him, and they walked side by side, for some little distance, toge ther. When they had gone about 250 yards from Derby-house, and were within 200 yards of Mr. Scott's cottage, which leads into the Rock-park, two men sud denly jumped from a plantation and made their appear ance on the footpath. The fellow who was accompany ing Mr. Peacop gave a whistle, and instantly the two others sprang upon Mr. Peacop, and felled him to the ground with a violent blow on the side of the head from a heavy stick or club. While down they struck him several other blows, and rifled his pocket of the 21s. in silver which the little bag contained, but, in their hufry and confusion, left the remaining 71 behind them. At the time a gentleman, named Keyzier, who lives at the Pasture, was going home from the Rockferry, and, hear ing the noise, he ran to the spot and found Mr. Peacop weltering in his blood on the ground, and two fellows over him, one in the act of rifling his pockets, and the other attempting, as he thought, to strangle him. Mr. Keyzier immediately cried out "Halloa I what are you up to ?" and attempted to drag one of the fellows off, but he had scarcely uttered the exclamation and made the attempt when he received, from the hand of a third party, who had hitherto remained concealed in the hedge of the plantation, but who was, in all pro bability, the same fellow who had accompanied Mr. Peacop np the road, a violent blow on the right temple, which caused a deep wound and profuse flow of blood Mr. Key zier, notwithstanding the nature of the injury, struggled resolutely with the fellow who struck him the blow ; but, fearing that Mr. Peacop was by this time strangled, and that, single-handed, he would have no chance in the hands of three such daring ruffians, he made the best of his way to Butler's public-house, called the Farmer's Inn, at the Pasture, where he informed the inmates of what was occurring. Instantly Mr. Butler, together with his hostler, George Deane, and a man named John Unsworth, armed with pokers and other weapons, sallied down the road, but, in the interim, the fellows had made their escape. Mr. Peacop had re ceived several fractures and injuries on the head, and breathed his last at half-past seven o'clock this morning. Mr. Keyzier is rapidly recovering. A man of the name of Jones was arrested on suspicion of having been con cerned in the murder, but we believe the evidence against him is very trifling, and that the murderers have, hither to, succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the police. THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND DR. HAWKINS. TO THE REV. THY PROVOST OP ORIEL COLLEGE. .. . _. My dear Sir—l have rarely been more surprised than by perusing your letter of the 31st ult., which I have this day received. It had not before occurred to me that any one could construe my letter to Mr. March Phillips as " containing strictures on the conduct of the late Vice-Chancellor and his assessors, in the judgment upon Dr. Pusey's sermon." For I not only used the words cited by you, that " the authorities in Oxford had exercised the power belonging to them, according to the conscientious judgment of those who had to exercise it," but I also added, that " I did not presume to question the justice or wisdom of that judgment." My adverse observations were most explicitly limited to the principles of the law which you had to administer ; and even of that law I said that it must not be judged of without recollectin g the " very special duties of caution and jealousy" which belonged to " an university as such." You say " possibly your Lordship did not mean to cast any reflections on our conduct ;" I answer, that until I read your letter I should have judged it impossible that any person could see in what I had said the slightest indication of such an intention. You add, " But the public, I fear, will interpret your words otherwise." I answer, that I have too much re spect for the understanding of the public to participate in your fear. If, however, you still think otherwise, I should not have the slightest objection to your publishing your letter, together with this my answer ; nor should I inquire whether you are, or are not, entitled, as you assume, to any expression of my " more favourable con struction of your conduct," were it not for the other matter in your letter. For I protest against the injustice of your making an unnecessary defence against an unreal charge ascribed to me, to be the vehicle of those disclosures of the particu lars of the conduct of the late Vice-Chancellor and his assessors towards Dr. Pusey which have hitherto (for whatever reason) been withholden. Of those particulars, I will only say, that while they do not in the slightest degree reconcile me to the prin ciple of the law of the University, as a rule for myself in administering the discipline of my diocese, I gladly re. cognise in them that spirit of kindness, candour, and equity, which, whether required by the academic law or not, I should always expect to find actuating the late Vice-Chancellor, and his assessors, in administering it. You will do me the justice of recollecting that I am not now for the first time distinguishing be tween that law and its administrators. In answer to a letter from the committee (of which I believe you were a member) for conducting the election of the present Vice-Chancellor in October last, I expressed my regret that an indispensable engagement (a confirmation fixed on the day of the election) would pre vent me from making a journey to Oxford for the mere purpose of recording by my vote my sense of the injus tice of the opposition to Dr. Symons, because he bad in Dr. Pusey's case conscientiously performed a painful duty which was forced upon him. I am, dear Sir, yours very faithfully, H. EXETER. _ _ _ P.S. If you persist in the purpose of publishing your letter to me, which, for the reason I have given, I think highly improper, I request that this my answer be pub lished with it If my memory does not deceive me (and I really have not opportunity or leisure to ascertain the point), a me morial to the late Vice-Chancellor, subscribed by Mr. Justice Coleridge and many others, in the last year, pro ceeded on those very grounds which you seem to imagine were first put forward by me in my letter to Mr. March Phillips. Bishopstowe, Jan. 3, 1845. TO THE LORD BISHOP OF EXETER, &C. My dear Lord,—l lose no time in expressing my re• gret that the expressions to which I referred in your Lordship's letter to Mr. March Phillips should have been misunderstood. Had your objection s been supposed to relate to the statute I should not have taken the liberty of replying to them. It is very possible that the statute might be altered with advantage. Let me also apologise for having already printed my letter of Dec. 31st, without previous communication with your Lordship ; which, indeed, was not contemplated when I began the letter, but was judged advisable by those with whom I had acted as well as by myself, when your observations had already occasioned, as we had reason to believe, a revival of the old objections, directed, not against the principle of the statute, but against its administrators, against our " construction of the sta tute," and our proceedings under it. Your Lordship's letter of the 3d instant shall now, according to your desire, be published without delay, together with this apology. But allow me to return my thanks for your kind ex pressions respecting the late Vice-Chancellor and his assessors ; and to mention, that, not having been a member of the committee to which you refer (having been absent, indeed, from Oxford whilst it was sitting), although I had heard with much pleasure of your Lord ship's wish to record your vote in favour of the Chancel lor's nomination of Dr. Symons, I had not seen your letter to the committee, and was not aware of the sentiments which it expressed. Let me repeat my regret that I should appear to have needlessly occupied your Lordship's time and attention, and my great satisfaction that there is no room for tres passing upon them again—no occasion, indeed, I would willingly hope, for any future recurrence to the painful subject of our correspondence.—l am, my dear Lord, your Lordship's faithful and obedient servant, Oriel College, Jan. 4. EDWARD HAWKINS. THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND THE REDRUTH MEMORIALISTS. The Lord Bishop of Exeter has addressed the fol lowing reply to the memorial and r eso l ut i ons agreed to at Redrath " Bishopsto we , Dec. 28, 1844. " have received your letter, containing a me morial and a oopy of resolutions of a meeting at Redruth, of which you were chairman. " The memorial is drawn up in terms which entitle it BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the. Act seventh and eighth Victoria, eap.,3:2, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Bails of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 28th day of December, 1844 :- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon-Knapp and Co £27,825 Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co 13,383 Ashford. Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,429 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-R. and E. Copeman 6,059 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford and Hunt 39,298 Bahlock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade 1; ;laldock-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 37,692 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co 13,379 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- Colo, Seymour, and Co. Be. fot d Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford- Halfhead, and Co. 13ewdk'y Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bicoster and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bank, BiL mingham-Attwoods, Srooner, and Co 21,976 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham-Lewis, Meilliett, and Co 14,514 Blandiold Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak Boston ...lank, Boston-G arfit and Co 65,900 Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 12,508 itridg rater Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 9,066 Bristel .3ank, Harferd, and Co. 42,139 ISroseie• and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Brofeley Bank, Broseley--Messrs. Pritchard 24,961 Buck ino ham Bank, Buckingh am -B art l ett , I'a:' ctt, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bury-Oakes, Bevan, end Co 79,080 Boo1 . 7:ry Bank, Banbury-Gillett -and Tawney 35,490 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 49,371 i3atc. City Bank, Bath- Moger and Son BetPordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Ilt - a..tard-Bassett and Grant 36,235 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and L:oyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 63,414 Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 21,400 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Drifiield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. 2,688 Broinsgrove Bank and S;ourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove--Rufford, Briggs, • and Co. • 12,750 Jambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste _3,347 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. 20,674 Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Iladleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, C o v en t r y -Littl e an Wood cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 19,520 Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Carthff-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. Derby Bank, Derby-Messrs. Evans Derby Bauk, Derby-Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co.- 23,566 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Hughes, Locke, and Co l)iss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,325 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew, and Co. 13,310 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cook and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover-Latham, and Co 8,952 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees • Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, and Co 70,310 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetsbire Bank, Dorchester-Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. 100,052 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex . Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford-Sparrow, Walford, and Co 53948 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 32,395 Eakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farriugdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far rincnlon-Barnes and Medley 8,197 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 13,008 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5,293 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and • - King Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King 17;078 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon.., 13,670 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 27,979 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. 33,816 Hereford City and County . Bank, Hereford- - Matthews and Co: Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware 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 Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co 4,360 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead- Smith, and Whittingstall 20,526 lloniton Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchenßank,lllitchen-Sharples and Co. 37,011 Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan and Hoskins 22,680 fpswich 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 Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J Davies and Co Knighton Bank, Knighton-J. Davies and Co 7,125 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co 19,800 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Ca. 40,017 Kettering Bank, Kettering-t3otch and Sons 9,060 Lanapeterßank,Lampeter-Jones,Evans,andCo 5,026 Lane Ezad Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C 1,991 6,330 liarv:y and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 47,856 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown, and C Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Corgleton Bauk,Leek—Fowler,G aunt, and Co. 2,849 I.:it:ester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 27,017 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 38,682 Lichfield Bank; Lichfield—Palmer and Green 18,116 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co 81,835 Ll'indovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. :".oticT . hborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barba Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst 6,651 and Co. 10,724 Manningtree Bank,Nfanningtree—Nunn and Co. 6,691 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Old B boroughßnak , and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 14,790 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlboroug Bank,h—Wa Do i, Merriman, jonandesandHillier 10,875 Merionethshire Williams ............................... 11,235 Miners' Bank, Truro — Willyums and C 0........, 18,303 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and C 0.......... 26,597 Monmouth Old Bank, Monciihioeuptslitoßwanokl,dßßnreacokn, Bank, and io C s s h sgha e e p ni r s ade t n o d i N y seßnw:ei p n a k Herefordshire Bank, M onmout h Williams and S od o r n 8,509 Newport Old Bank, Newport Sons 13,766 N M e L a — w n n a li d ßnV r r° l c : n o ml Bank, tVha Newark—G o df reys and Hutton 27,442 Newaik and Sl ea f or d Bank, and Sleaford and Newark B an k , Newark—Handley, Peacock, 47,395 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock. 31,711 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Son 20732 Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and "--- 1)y son Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and lludsons . 45,734 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Co 68,017 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co 9,830 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and 5,431 Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Harris, and CO 21,218 New Sr.rum Bank, Sarum—Haley, Everett, and 12,901 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 27,647 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co 15,724 Oxtord Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 13,374 Oxford Adßan k, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson 34,355 Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Well., Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Weil.. and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— • Bewbing and Sons