The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-30 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) n Account, pursuit& to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notae, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 18th day of January, 1845 :- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon -Knapp and Co £25,780 Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co 14,269 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,605 Aylsham Bank, Aylaham-R. and E. Copeman 6,009 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford and Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Dank, Ilaldock-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 33,814 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co 13,218 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- Colo, Seymour, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford- Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bicester and Oxfordshiro Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,880 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham--Lowis, Meilliett, and Co .... 16,374 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak . 9,614 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 67,569 Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 11,343 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 8,982 Bristol 3ank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 43,452 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 25,443 Bucking ham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Pa:i ctt, and Co. Bury ar.d Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market ..131..k., Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co .. . 85,720 Banb.:ry Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 35,212 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb... 46,028 Bath City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 34,226 Birtningham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-IL and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 62,550 Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. B. Gundry 24,331 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Dritlield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. 3,218 Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Briggs, and Co. 15,439 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and 24,648 Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. l'orsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Ca Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and 21,329 Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. 22,055 Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co ... Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wool cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 21,464 Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, and Co 2,208 Cardiff Bank, Carlff-Towgood and Co 6,483 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 Bank, Derby-Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and C 0.... 26,022 Devizes and Wiltshire Bauk, Devizes-Hughes, Locke, and Co 17,689 Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,264 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cook and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover-Latham, and Co 9,869 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, and 73,10 Co Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor- 8,184 24,655 9,590 man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. 95,790 East ltiding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Sparrow, Watford. and Co 56,411 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 37,286 Fakenhana Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk heck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley 8,029 Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 11,201 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 5,645 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and 6,75 King Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King 17,480 Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haytion 14,536 G rantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co 27,360 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. 40,283 Ilereford City and County Bank, Hereford — M. ws and Co. He shire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware — S.' Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-llull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting ' Veasw 46,647 don— itust ank 'Y llarwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 5,486 Hemel Irompstead Bank, Memel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall 22,273 I loniton Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Ifertfo rd shire, Kitchen Bank, ilitchon—Sharples and Co. Ilerocord, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Baak, Hereford—Morgan and Hoskins 24,804 38,860 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Iltidleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alcxanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, anti Mercer Kitit,Tton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank, Knighton—J. Davies and Co 7,355 Knarcsborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Kna.,elborough—Terry and Co 22,047 Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, e .l and Kettering Bank, Kettering—Ootch and Sons 8,969 Lampeterßank,Lampeter—Jones,Evans,andCo 7,580 Lane 7 .-s.nd Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. tlarv,y and Son 77,873 5,465 I,l3eds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 51,564 f A.A3 Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown, and C Lank and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,G aunt, and Co. Ls:wester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby L wee Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co LioliPeld Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... Linco;n Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co L:.u.lovery - Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando vecy —David Jones and Co. ou 4 hborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle t• any and Cradock 2,921 27,778 43,449 20,686 89;925 Lymir?gton Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St. Barbo Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Masiey and Co. Macelesield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co \l anningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hunger ford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Ntarlborough tad North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier Mvrionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyuma and Co Konmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial I)e.nk, Aberg,avenuy—Baileys and Co Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Brornage and Snead Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons Newark Bank, Newark—Oodfreys and Hutton N'ewark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark —Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury —Bunny and Slocock. Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Masons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich —Gus• noys and Co Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Yellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth—llarris, Harris, and Co New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co Ossicestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os- Westr v—Croxon and C o Oxford Think, Oxford —J. and B. Morrell Oxford 31dBan k, Oxford —Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson Old Tonbridge, Tonbridge and T onbrid g e ld Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beoching and Sons Average Anount. Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—Williams, Clinch, and Co 9,804 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 46,832 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,606 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven, and Co 1 31,097 Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 33,595 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and not received Co Richmond Bank,Richmond—Stapleton,and C 0... 6,437 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co 4,94b Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Ban)t, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot ner and Son Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 12,790 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 13,823 Rye Bank. Rye—Curteis, Pomfret , and C o 80,234 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate--Nash and 14,865 Co Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaw ay 4,640 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and 18,210 Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and 24,523 Co Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews bury—Adams, Adan.s, aid Co 8,290 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, Co.. and Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Son 18,371 Southwoll Bank, Southwell—Wilde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St Alban's—J. S. Story 3,988 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie 22,711 Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and Average Amount Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 70,647 Vir(st Riding Union Banking Company, Ilud dorsaeld 35,642 Wiaitchurell anJ Ellesmere Bankiug Company, his name stands especially associated, and with which the lower Church views, and liberal velleities, as re gards Ireland, of his leading colleagues, exhibit a con trast which no longer admits of being palliated—how could Mr. Gladstone take the prominent part in re versing, which he took in advocating, the pokey hitherto affected in favour of the colonial and free-la bour interests, as regards the admission of tropical pro ducts? We have already laid before our readers some intimations of this reversal ; and it is no more than we should have expected of any man who desired to be deemed of otherwise than as a mere tool—a mere mouthpiece of any opinions made up for him in his office—that Mr. Gladstone, having been Sir Robert Peel's right-hand man so conspicuously on one side of these questions, should decline making volte face, in order to remain his right-hand man on the other. It is less surprising that Mr. Gladstone should re tire now, than that he should not have retired sooner. He represented in this Ministry the Church, in its highest pretensions—just as the Duke of Buckingham represented the corn-laws, and " no surrender" of protection. We knew what speedily became of the stuffed figure, which was to frighten the pre datory tribe from descent on the landed inclosures. And now the more efficient champion of the other rallying sign of Toryism has followed him ; and in consequence of these successive epurations, the Government, according to the Times, will be " more able to encourage its friends and silence its opponents by a policy worthy of the great party who placed it in office." We have no longer, indeed, "a Tory Government "—according to the fond aspirations of Tadpole ; but " a sound Conservative airninis trstisn " according to the wiser mind of Taper. "I see! I see !" Paid Tadpole musingly— " Tory men and Whig measures." Power gravi tates, however, naturally towards the hands in whose direction it is exercised; and therefore we, at least, have no disposition to complain of the pre sent tendencies of the Government. Whether " the great party which placed it in office" has equO reason to be satisfied, is its own affair. Perhaps we are to understand the assertion in a non-natural sense. The " great party" is said to be satisfied, as Dandle Dinrnont was said to be " content," when he had got a sufficient knock-down blow on the head, and was placed hors de combat. Nothing can be more satisfactory certainly to those active sections of Toryism, which stirred most, and worked hardest, and bawled loudest, to place Ministers in power, than to have acquired the final conviction they must now have acquired, that no Ministry they can make will march through Coventry with them. They could indeed do yeoman's service against the Whigs with the wavering public ; but they cannot keep Tories like themselves at the head of affairs. Of this they should now be satisfied. STANDARD.—The Times will no more sur render the Ministerial crisis in France than it will " the diocese of Exeter," or than it did the Bridge water union—the riots in South Wales—the fires in Suffolk—the fabled murders and other outrages in Candahar—the treacherous seizure of Sinde—or any other of the thousand-and-on: events, true or feigned, which it has spun out to a thread until the whole world was sick of them. The Ministerial crisis, however, though the Times would keep it alive, was at an end on Mon day, when the whole Ministerial Address was carried by a great majority. The Times and its fellow-la bourers of the Thiers-Palmerston dress endeavour to assimilate the condition of the reach Cabinet to that of the Mole Ministry, which did not resign when its majority had been reduced to eight, or until a dissolution of the Chamber had reduced its majority, such as it was, to a minority. Again, the Times and its accomplices try to establish a resemblance between the position of the French Cabinet, and that of the Whigs in this country from 1838 to 1841 ; but the Whigs did not resign, though having a less majority than that to which the French Government was reduced on Monday, by a concurrence of accident, surprise, error, and passion in the Chamber, such as pro bably never can again occur. The working majo rity of the present French Ministry was no more reduced by the seeming diminution of Mon day, than was Sir Robert Peel's working ma jority reduced when he was out-voted last spring upon the West Indian and factory questions. But supposing, contrary to the truth, that the work ing majority of the present French Cabinet were less than 40 or 50, or even less than 10. It would not place them in the position in which the Mole Ministry and the Whigs were placed. The weakness of the Mole party, and of the Whip • did not lie in their numerical defi ciency so much as in their want of cohe rence and of external support. The Mole and Whig Ministries were coalition Ministries, and whatever their strength in one House of Parliament, each was, we believe (the Whigs certainly were), the ob• jects of aversion to the other House of Parliament in their respective countries, and both were, as coalition Ministries always are and always ought to be, the objects of, disgust to their several nations. There is, therefore, plainly no parallelism between the position of a Ministry possessing the confidence of the Crown and the confidence of the Upper House of Parliament, and thoroughly united in principle with its supporters, and either the Mole or the Whig Ministry. If the majority of the French Cabinet were either small or doubtful, the nearest parallel would be that of Mr. Pitt in 1783, or Sir Robert Peel in 1834. Mr. Pitt had the confidence of the Crown and of the House of Lords, and opposed a corrupt coalition Ministry, supported by a corrupt majority in the House of Commons. He, however, for some months carried on the Go vernment, though in a minority, and succeeded in establishing an Administration of nearly twenty-four years' duration, with a very short intermission. in 1834, supported by the Again, confidence Si R r e Pe el, Crown and of the House of Lords, and a united though numerically inferior party, carried on the Government for five months against a coalition party, and did not think it necessary to resign, though repeatedly de feated by the Lichfield House conspirators ; nor did he abandon his post until the parties to " the com pact," by their factious proceedings, rendered it impos sible for:him to carry on the Government—then he withdrew, and about a million and a half of the people testified their regret that he did so, in their grateful addresses to him. Now the examples of Mr. Pitt and Sir Robert Peel are good precedents in the law of Parliamentary government ; and, according to these examples, the Soult-Guizot Ministry, even in a minority, would not be justified in thinking of resignation. But Sir Robert Peel has elucidated the subject by more than an example. It is very well known that at any time between 1837 and 1841, it was in his power to render im possible the carrying on of the Government by his opponents. He abstained, however, from offer ing any obstruction, because he would not do that indirectly which ought to be done directly; and even when the Whigs had suffered defeat after de feat he allowed them to remain until compelled to interefere by an irresistible becessity. The finances of the country had been thrown into ruinous disorder by the misconduct of public affairs; the Ministers had no remedies to propose for the pressing evil but measures, if possible, more ruinous than the state of things which they were to correct. These, their ruinous expedients, were one by one rejected by the House of Commons. Then, when they had brought the country as it were to a dead lock, and not before, Sir Robert Peel told them that they ought to resign ; even then, however, they would not resign. Sir Robert Peel next proposed his memorable vote of want of confidence, and the terms of that vote put in few and clear words the whole question of the degree of confidence which justifies a Minister in retaining office, or which rather, while it lasts, renders a resignation unjustifiable. "The Mi nisters were unable to carry through Parliament, measures which they considered essential the public service." The Ministers, however, paid no more attention to the solemn declaration of their in capacity than they had paid to the repeated proofs o it. They would not resign, and they remained in office until they were fairly turned out. We do not, however, propose for imitation by any one this disgraceful tenacity of the Whigs. W e use the case merely to show Sir R. Peel's opinion of the precise point at which, and not before, a minis try ought to resign. A sma ll ma j ority, or even a minority, which can effectually carry on the Go vernment, does not justify resignation. A minister is bound to do his duty as long as he can do it effectually. As we have before remarked, these arguments are not necessary to the French Cabinet, which has an united and sufficient working majority; but as the principles of Parliamentary government have been brought into question , it is proper to state them clearly. W hitch urch Worcester City id County Bankivg Company, Worcester... . York Union Ban ing Company, Y . ,,tk 72,230 York City and Ct. inty Banking Ccrupany, York 87,865 Yorkshire Bankir. Company, Leeds P. EANS, Registrai of Bank Returns. Stamps and Ta.: es, Jan. 25, 1815. 7,940 10,464 12,661 4,674 9,883 King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 8,050 Stourbridge Bang, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co 15,739 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 12,239 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . 31,936 Stourbridge Old Bulk, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins 18,026 Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. _.., St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Sturt Taunton Bank, Taunton — Messrs. Ba dcock 26,573 Tavistock Bank, Tavirtock—Gill, Rundle, and 12,85' Co Thornbury Bank, Thornbu ry—Rol ph, Yates, and Parslow s. .. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne 13,766 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,995 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and 15,450 Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. 24,559 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 12,912 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 27,967 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield_Leatham, Tow, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13,959 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bask, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearce Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good riche and llolyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester —Farley, Lavender, and Co. , 13,090 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 83,637 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster —Farley and Turner Whitby Bank, Whitby—Frankland and Wil kinson 11 Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and 8,715 4,833 441 / 2 1,832 Walsa, Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster- Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham-J. and S. Kenrick 2,238 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton - Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurney. Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth-Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 12,783 Yeovil, Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten ... 9,470 York Bank, York-Swarm, Clough, and C 0.... 46,269 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland , Ke ndal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 49,393 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad -20,380 ford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work -32,080 ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,605 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,040 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 37,158 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,515 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington . 24,145 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 134,921 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 17,783 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,825 Hull Banking Company, Hull 28,627 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,674 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Holston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster Leeds 44,464 1,461 19,541 27,236 4,315 47,121 24,301 69,605 48,681 Leeds Banking Company, Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln Leamingto . i Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, 20,999 13,957 10,057 Leeds Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds... Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, 373,950 London North Wilts Banking Company, Melkaham 54,529 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 75,712 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North a mpton North and South Walos Bank, Liverpool 48,785 Pares's Leiwstt rehire Banking Company, Lei cester .... . Saddleworth Ba.tking Company, Saddleworth 7,926 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 33,299 Stamford, Spaleing, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamibt Stucky's Bank; rl Company, Br shiree B ank, and Somersetshireistol Bank, Somerset Lang port Shropshire Baniting Company , Shiffnall Stourbridgo and It.idderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbt idge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, 30,778 24,88 73,518 CONSECRATION OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. NOTTING-HILL. This new church was consecrated yesterday by the Lord Bishop of London. Besides his Lordship, there were present a great number of clergymen, among them the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, the incumbent of the district ; the Rev. Mr. Houldsworth ; the Rev. M r . Dalton, Chaplain of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn ; the Rev. H. H. Milman, &c. The consecration service was in the usual form, and the Archdeacon read the prayers. The sermon of the Bishop, who preached on the occasion, was rather of a practi :al than a doctrinal nature. It inculcated the necessity of enabling the Church to keep pace with the wants of an increasing po pulation ; and insisted on the propriety of making the house of God accessible to all classes of the community. The Right Rev. Prelate then adverted to the occasion for which they were assembled, and stating that those who had the management of the edifice had, in their zeal for religion, exceeded their means, he appealed in forcible terms to the congregation, of all ranks and conditions, to come forward in aid of the good work. His Lordship concluded his sermon by observing that, according to the ancient usage of the Church, the collection for the pur pose would be made during the offertory. 5),76 20,102 Sheffield Sheffield and R )therham Joint• Stock Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wcusle3dale Banking Company, 51,389 44,238 Richmond • Stockton and Duel= County Banking Com pany, Stockt'r Storey and 12 1 k(tmas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury . Sheffield and R , :ttord Bank, Sheffield ... Suffolk Banking 4 2ompany, Ipswich Wolverhamptou. ausl Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven . . Warwick and Le►auu_gton Banking Company, Leamington _ West of England said South Wales District Bank, Bristol. THE SUN, LONDON, THU'RSDA'Y EVENING, JANATARY 30, 1845 The church is early Norman in its architectuu,an d it presents a pleasing specimen of the manner prevalent at the period of the first introduction of that style into English ecclesiastical edifices. It consists of a nave and two•asles, with s!:ort transepts and a channel. The ro.if is an open one of timber, and very light and elegant, springing from at-cues supported by massive circular pil lars of Caen stone. The tut: rior is plain, and dwarf ,eats, wiZh r=oars at either ext:etnity, Occupy the floor of the church. The exterior is lo:ty and handsome, being built of rough-cut limestone, dressed at the doors and windows with Caen stone; it presents features of solidity, in character with an ecclesiastical edifice. The spire, which is central in the roof, is composed altogether of Caen stone, and has a remarkably good effect. The ar chitects were Messrs. Stevens and Alexander. Altogether it is not alone an ornament to the populous neighbour hood in which it is planted, but it also supplies a want which was hitherto most severely felt by the whole po pulation, namely, that of sufficient church accommoda ti .n. is a wrll4,..ned and powerful organ and one painted window in the church. The ceremonial was over about half-past two o'clock, having comnr!need at half-past eleven. The church was crowded throughout the service. SUICIDE BY A MEDICAL MAN.—Yesterday Mr. Carter, coroner for East Sarin, held an inquest on the body of Mr. George Youd, aged thirty-six, assistant to Mr. Taylor, surgeon, 37, Harley ford-place, Kennington oval, who on Sunday night last committed suicide, in bed, by swallowing prussic acid. The evidence esta bli, hed the fact that deceased was not right in his mind, and the jury consequently returned a verdict of " Tem porary insanity." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSIOIV-HOOSE. Yesterday, in the course of the sittings before the Lord Mayor, Mr. Lachlan Mackintosh Rate and his witness attended for the purpose of completing their depositions in support of the charge preferred against Mr. R. Forbes, jun., for having published certain false, malicious, and defamatory libels of and con cerning the firm of Messrs. Rickards, Little, Rate and Little, and particularly of and concerning Mr. L. M. Rate, one of the parties of the said firm. The particulars of the extraordinary case were fully de tailed in the journals of Tuesday's date, and the pro ceedings of yesterday's were limited to the mere read ing over and signing the depositions, and binding the witnesses, in the usual recognizances, to appear and prosecute at the session of the Central Criminal Court. The defendant, Mr.-Forbts, jun., was in the justice room, but took no part in the proceedings. Mrs. Mary Frances Keele surrendered, in discharge of the recognizances entered into by , her husband on IVednesday last, for her re•exareination upon the charge of bigamy preferred against her by her mo ther-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Keele, of Canterbury. Mr. Clarkson appeared on behalf of the defendant, who, in consequence of her ill state of health, was ordered by the Lord Mayor to be accommodated with a chair in front of the bar. The evidence which had been given by the prosecutrix; and her son (the husband), as well as the statement made by the de fendant at the last examination, having been read over, John Dixon, City policeman 619, produced two marriage certificates from the register of the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square ; the one of a marriage solemnised between John Weller and Mary Frances Witham, on the 7th June, 1831, and the second of the marriage of William urney Keele with Mary Frances Weller, in the month of October last year. Mr. Clarkson remarked that the defendant had never denied or concealed the fact of her first mar riage—on the contrary, she had always spoken of it to the young man, her present husband, who had sworn that he was of opinion the defendant believed her former husband to be dead. If she had sought concealment of the fact of her previous marriage, it was somewhat singular that she should have taken the young man Keele to the very church where the evidence of her first marriage existed. In short, so far from attempting any concealment, she had afforded the only evidence which existed against herself. The LORD Mayon (to the prosecutrix)—Are you prepared now with any further evidence in support of the charge ? The prosecutrix—No, my Lord. I have written tolhe sister of the first husband, Weller, but she has refused to have anything to do with the matter. The LOUD MAYOR —Then you have no further evidence ? The prosecutrix—Only that my son wants to get rid and clear of the defendant altogether. Mr. Clarkson—l rather think it is somebody else who wants to get rid of her. In answer to a series of questions put by the Learned Counsel, the prosecutrix stated that prior to his marriage her son had been in the habit of allowing her Bs. a-week out of his earnings, but that this allowance had, since the marriage, been discontinued, though some money had been remitted to her, as she thought, by her son, though she would not swear it had not been sent by the defendant. The witness had visited them since their marriage, and washed for them, but she had not been in the habit of endeavour ing to persuade her son to leave his wife and return to Canterbury. She had, however, done so since she had heard the first husband was still living. She positively denied that she had ever promised her son that if he would leave his wife and return to Canter bury she would not appear before the Lord Mayor, neither had she threatened to prosecute them both if he did not return to his father's house. William Gurney Keele repeated his former test _ _ mony, and added That this prosecution had not been instituted by his desire or wish. The letters pro duced were in the handwriting , of his mother, who had repeatedly applied to him to leave his wife and return home. Since his marriage he had not sent any money home, but when he and his wife left Can terbury to come to London, the latter, knowing the condition of his mother, gave her thirty shillings. Mr. Clarkson—Answer this question : Have you not stated since you have been here to-day, that nothing on earth should induce you to leave the defendant, though your mother has stated that you wished to leave her? The witness hesitated, but on the questiox being repeated, replied that he had no reason to complain of his wife's conduct, and that he should not wish to be separated from her in case her first husband was really dead. Mr. Clarkson submitted that the only question was as to whether the first husband was alive or dead. Of this important fact there was not a scintilla of evidence, and therefsre the charge must fall to the ground. The young man, Keele, said he would become an swerable for his wife's appearance in case she should be required again. The LORD MAYOR intimated to the prosecutrix that, if she could procure any evidence to show that the first husband was still in existence, the defendant could be brought up again—at present the defendant was discharged for want of evidence. The parties then quitted the justice-room together WORSHIP-STREET. Thomas Miller, n middle. aged man of muscular appearance, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bing ham, charged with having created a violent disturb ance at the house of his brother, a builder in the City-road, and assaulted and wounded his daughter, a child about three years of age. It appeared from the statement of Mrs. Jane Miller, the prisoner's sister-in-law, that the prisoner , who had been for some time in the employment of her husband, and had been accommodated with board and lodging in the house, was a person of very irregular habits, and repeatedly returned home in such a state of intoxication as to occasion the greatest annoyance to herself and family. On the preceding evening he entered the house in a highly excited state from the effects of the liquor he had taken, and had no sooner got into the apartments in which she was sitting, with an infant in her lap, than he began to abuse her in the grossest language, threatening to smash all the furniture in the place, ' and set fire to the house. She expostulated with him gently on his conduct, and used her utmost endea vours to moderate his violence, but all to no purpose, for he became still more outrageous, and at length suddenly caught up a carving-knife from the supper table, and, with a shocking oath, hurled it at her face. She providentially saw the action, and by making a hasty movement to avoid the weapon, escaped the intended injury to herself ; but the blade of the knife unfortunately struck the child upon the forehead, and inflicted such a frightful gash that its face was covered with blood. She instantly raised an alarm, which brought other perso ns t o her assist ance, and, after a strong resistance on the part of the prisoner, he was overpowered and taken into custody. The police-constable who took the prisoner in charge stated, that upon being called to the house he found the prisoner conducting himself with great violence, and that he repeatedly threatened he would " do for" his brother, and burn the place down. The prisaner now said, that he was very sorry he should have misconducted himself in the manner de scribed by the witnesses, but ;he had been drinking more that he was accustomed to do, and had not the slightest recollection of what had taken place. Mr. BINGIIAM said, that nothing whatever could extenuate the gross outrage of which the prisoner had been guilty, and he might consider himself very for tunate that he was not standing where he then did upon a charge of manslaughter. He had very great doubts whether he ought to deal summarily with the case ; but, rather than subject so near a relative to the pain, expense, and inconvenience of appearing against him elsewhere, he should take upon himself to do so, and punish the prisoner to the utmost extent in his power. He should therefore order him to pay the full penalty of 51., or in default to stand committed for six weeks to the House of Correcticn ; in addition to which he should require him to find substantial bail for his good behaviour for the next three months. The money was not paid, and the prisoner in con sequence was removed. CLERKENWELL. This Court was crowde i with spectators, in conse quence of its having been generally known that the parish officers of St. Luke's were about prosecuting a woman, living in 3, George's-yard, Golden-lane, St. Luke's, for cruelty of a most atrocious character to ward:; her step-child. John Marks, a smith, and Anne 111 - arks, his wife, were brought up on a warrant, charged with cruelty towards Anne Marks, aged 10 years, the daughter of the furznar and step-daughter of the latter prisoner. Several of the parochial officers of St. Luke's were in attendance. Between four and five o'clock on Saturday evening last, a poor woman, living next door to the prisoner, went to the police-station, and informed the sergeant on duty there that a child had been most brutally treated in George's -yard. The police-sergeant ltidney, and police-constable Pew, 154 G, went to the house of the prisoner, and found the female prisoner sitting in a lower apartment, somewhat intoxicated; they asked for the child, but she refused to give any answer concerning her until her husband was present. The husband was sent for to a public-house, and, upon his arrival, the child, who had been washing out a room, was produced. The officers declared that her appearance shocked them. She had no covering but a threadbare shift, black with dirt, and a piece of sack, quite as filthy, about her shoulders. There was an ulcer on one of her feet, and a bruise on her back, and another sore on her neck. Her skin was literally covered with scales of dirt, and the smell proceeding from her was intolerable. When brought into the presence of her parents she cried and seemed terribly frightened. She refused to say a word. The officers sent for Mr. Birch, the relieving-officer of St. Luke's, and he had the child removed to the workhouse. Mr. Birch and the two policemen then proceeded upstairs to the apartment in which the girl was chiefly con fined, and in which she and her three brothers always slept. Upon entering the room they were so dis gusted with the smell as to be obliged to retire. Upon re-entering it they found the floor covered with human excrement, and the only thing it contained was a small heap of carpenter's shavings which had been picked from the dust-holes, and huddled into a corner of the room, and on this heap the prosecutrix and her three brothers slept, with no other covering than a part of a filthy old sack. The child said that they strove to keep themselves warm by huddling to gether when the nights were cold. There was only one small window to the room which was closed, and the constables declared that it would be cruelty to put a dog or a pig in it. The house contains but three rooms, and that in which the female prisoner was found, and in which herself and husband slept and lived, was rather a comfortable apartment, and was as well furnished with food and furniture as most mechanics' dwellings. When Mr. Birch spoke to the mother she laughed at him, treated his remonstrance with the greatest derision, and set his authority at de fiance. Ile accordingly applied for and obtained a warrant. The child cried bitterly on being brought into Court, and seemed to regard the female prisoner with the greatest terror. She sobbed so bitterly and fre quently that there was great difficulty in collecting her testimony. She was lame from the ulcer on her foot. Mr. COMaE determined on sending the case for trial for the assaults inflicted on the child on Satur day, and hence the child's testimony was confined to what occurred on that day. She deposed—My name is Anne Marks, and I shall be 11 years of age next April. My mother sent me for a kettle of water on Saturday morning, and when I returned evithit she met me at the door, and, saying that I had been idle, she seized me by the hair and dragged me into the passage. She lifted me up in her arms and threw me down as hard as she could on the floor, and kicked me on the body. I screamed, but she took me up, and " chucked" me down again. She kicked me on the side and n the thighs, and when I was lying on the ground she poured the kettle of water on me. I lay there crying. When my mother went away, I went out and sat upon a door step in the court. I sat there crying for half an hour, when a woman came and took me in. I had nothing to eat up to this time. The sore on my leg was caused by a kick my father gave me a fortnight ago. My back was very sore. I stopped more than an hour in the neigh bour's house, when my father came for me, and brought me home. As soon as my mother saw me she ran at me and kicked me again, but my father beat her for doing so. The child added, that she did not wish to hurt her father, who had given her bread and butter. All the clothing she had on was a shift and a bit of a sack, and sometimes the skirt of a petticoat fastened upon me with a rope. The poor child, who, as she proceeded with her testimony was becoming more and more convulsed with grief, at length swooned away in a paroxysm of grief, and was removed from the Court in a state of insensibility. The male prisoner burst into tears, and seemed deeply affected, as was almost every one present. The female prisoner did not seem in the least moved, but actually shook her head and laughed when the child was borne by her like a corpse. Mary Dowlan, a poor Irishwoman living next door to the prisoner saw the child sitting on a door step and took her into her house. The only covering she had was a dirty ragged chemise, and a piece of a sack round her shoulders, both of which were saturated with wet. She made the child dry herself at the fire, and gave her a . potato. Before the child left the door-step she told witness to watch her mother, lest she might be at the window. She was trembling from cold, and said her mother had kicked and thrown cold water over her. There were several bruises on her, and a sore on her leg. One bruise was on the small of the back. The child was very hungry. Witness never saw any one in so horrible a state before. When the child's rags were dry, wit ness went in to the mother, and begged that she would not beat the child, and she promised she would not. When the child was taken in by her father she heard her screams, and soon after seeing her crying at the window gavelher another hot potato, which she eat up. Sarah Angelina Hewett, a very respectable-looking matron, corroborated the above testimony in every respect, and also deposed to the general brutality of the female prisoner towards her. There was an ulcer on her neck about a fortnight ago, as if she had been burnt. Her back and legs were bruised. Witness went into the house of the last witness whilst the child was there, and the latter seeing her said, " Oh, Mrs. Hewett, pray do take me from my mother ; she beats me dreadful.' The child had her hand on her back, saying it ached very much from the kicks. After the child was taken in by her father witness heard her screams for ten minutes after, and her cries for " mercy." Heard the female prisoner say, "You , by --- I will have your life, if you go into a neighbour's house again ; or the life of any neighbour that will harbour you." She used other horrible expressions and threats. The female prisoner here exclaimed, "And your life too, you b—y perjured wretch !" and she held up her clenched fist menacing the witness. Mary Hewett and John Ward corroborated the above testimony in every respect. Elizabeth Howse, the workhouse nurse, deposed to the nature of the injuries above described. Her flesh was encrusted with dirt, and it required great labour when the child was in the bath to scrape the dirt off; the smell was horrible. On Sunday morning when the child got up she said her bones felt sore from lying on a bed, she had been so unaccustomed to it. Mr. COMBE said, he should discharge the male prisoner, but send the woman for trial, and wished to know if she had anything to say, telling her she Might say nothing if she pleased. The woman—Then if I may not I will say nothing. She was committed for trial. THAMES POLICE. A man, who seemed by trade a shoemaker, waited on Mr. Broderip and stated that on the preceding night his wife was called in to attend a woman who was said to be in a dying state at the house, 63, Rose mary-lane, kept by a dairyman named William Chap man, who is the owner of thirteen or fourteen cows, and is considered by the neighbours to be worth a considerable sum of money. On going to the house she was almost suffocated with the nauseous smell which issued from the place, and informed her hus band of the circumstance ; he went back with her, and the dying woman informed him that two brothers lived in the house who entertained a deadly animosity to each other, and that but for her interference some thing terrible would be the consequence. Mr. Cripps, surgeon, of Wellclose-square, was sent for, but before his arrival, the woman expired. The applicant hearing the sound of distress in an upper apartment, proceeded up stairs, and in a small room more like a cell than an apartment, having neither window nor fire-place, and lighted day and night by a rushlight, he found a miserable creature, who, though only forty-five years old, seem bowed down by want and age to the verge of the grave. His beard seemed to be the growth of several months, his face and body were terribly emaciated, and his legs, which were swollen to an im mense size, were eaten into by sores as large as a half crown piece. Mr. BRODERIP—Was he sane ? The applicant said, he seemed to be as sane as a man in so wretched a condition could be supposed to be. Ile stated, that he had property in some houses in Leicestershire, but that no rent had been paid out of it for some years. The only furniture in the room was an old bedstead on which the wretched man sat with a piece of old sacking wrapped about his loins, and the filthy rags upon the bed were calculated to create a contagion. Seeing a human being in such a condition, applicant thought it his duty to apprise the magistrate of the matter, that some inquiry might be ma de into it. Mr. BRODERIP commended the man's conduct, and directed Macready, the war rant•officer, to inquire into the case, and, if necessary , report it to the pa rochial authorities. Macready, on his return, stated that he never be fore witnessed anything so filthy as the premises. The deceased woman was sister to the two brothers who resided in the house, and her parshnonious habits 9,059 7,430 4,345 41,22 3,117 ,0,095 7,376 6,067 2,005 9,372 8,099 27,895 3,913 8,1E4 27,875 50,813 29,379 22,399 3,584 43,870 69,666 ,2CO 4,362 26,395 13,854 28,427 5,642 3,668 31,597 11,898 (Tbtrb Wbttion THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES ONE CLOSING PRICES OF P.RITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 por Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 % per Cents 1044144 104 Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12 1-16% 12% Ditto 30 years, Oct.lo, 1859 11% 11% India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... .- 76 Consols for Account.... lOO Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 65 67 pm. Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ONE O'CLOCK. 76 100 66 66 64 CLOSING PRICES. 90 87% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds ... Ditto, New, 1829 Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 40% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 36A36 Ditto Account Ditto, Deferred 16% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 59 Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 28% Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred li LA Ditto 3 per Cent. • .. 40%4 Ditto, Account 4O Belgian Bonds, 4% per Cent Dutch, 2 1 ,4 per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 98%% PRICES OF CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 ll2 116 113 ll5 Ditto New Shares ... 17% 27% 28 1 % Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Bristol and Exeter ..... 70 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ..... 44 46 Cal2donian : Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 4% Chester and Holyhead... 5 liurnet Valley (. Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin and Mullingar... 2 % — Eastern Counties . 25 ...... 18% ... Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 3% Ditto ditto, No. 2 l3s. 4d... Eastern Union lO .. ... Great South. and West (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo l5O Ditto New . Ditto New Great Western Ditto % Shares 5O lO4 105 Ditto, Fifths 2O London and Birminghm (Stock)... London and Blackwell.. 16% 7% London and Brighton... 50 ...... 52 Ditto Loan Notes lO London and Greenwich.. P 2 3/ ll Ditto Preference London a ,- d S. Western. 41% 79 78 Ditto New 2% 1 2 30% London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 17J 4 London and York ...... •.. 2%...... 5.5% Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 70 131% 131 Manchester and Birm... 40 Ditto Quarters Midland 100 ...... 129 1 / s Ditto New 2 ..... 9% 1 4 Midland, Birm.,Derby...100 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction . 24 ...... 65 NT,,weastte and Berwick 1% ...... 121/ 2 V4% North British Northern and Eastern... 45 Ditto Scrip Rugby Shrews., Wolverhamp , Dudley, and Birm 2% 3%% 4 3%... South Devon lO ...... 15 .. South Eastern & Dover 33 1 ,0 48% 48 Ditto, New Shares ... 4 Ditto N 0.2. Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wales 2 l / 2...... 5 1 / 9 1 43( 4 ...... Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 Ditto Extension ...... 1 M .... . FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 2 Great North. of France... 5 3 / 4 Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 Orleans and Bordeaux... '2 Paris and Lyons 3 % 3 4 Paris and Rouen 2O — 40 % 101% 63% % n 3/ - 4 / 18.,4 64 52% 13 11 1 A 24% 13% 18% . 55,„' 130 9% 44% 47 3 / 4 .. 5 % NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) A General Court of the Proprietors of this Company was held this day, at the Company's offices, New Broad street-buildings. The following Directors were pre sent:—Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alex. Currie, Esq., Stewart Majoribanks, Esq., M.P., Captain Nairne, Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq., J. H. Gower, Esq., Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Bart., G. F. Young, Esq., Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. The chair was taken by Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P., the Governor of the Company. The CHAIRMAN said, in reference to the smallness of the attendance, that it was to be attributed to the fact of its being understood to be the intention of the Directors to move an adjournment. The Secretary would read the notice of the meeting, and the report, and no obser vations would be made. The SECRETARY then read the following notice : "New Zealand House, 23d Jan., 1845. " Sir,—l am instructed to inform you that at the General Court of Proprietors of the New Zealand Com pany, to be hold on Thursday next, it is the intention of the Directors to recommend an adjournment. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, " T. C. HARINGTON, Secretary." The SECRETARY then read the following Report:— " In consequence of the brief correspondence between Lord Stanley and your Governor, which has taken place since the advertisement calling this meeting was issued, and which will now be read to you, we recommend you to adjourn for a fortnight, and to abstain from asking us to lay before you to-day a statement of the condition of your affairs, which would be devoid of information as to the views entertained by her Majesty's Government, in consequence of the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons. "It is with much regret that we revert to a system of repeated adjournments; but the present critical state of the Company calls for this exercise offs power conferred on you for occasions requiring more frequent communi cation between the Proprietors and Directors than is compatible with the length of notice on original meetings. New Zealand House, Broad-street Buildings, 30th January, 1845. " but. SOMES TO LORD STANLEY. " New Zealand House, Jan. 20, 1845. " My Lord—Feeling that the time has arrived when it is indispensable that the Directors of the New Zealand Company should decide upon their future course of pro ceedings, we have deemed it right to summon a meeting of the Proprietors to be held on the 30th instant, for the purpose of taking into consideration the affairs of the Company, and of adopting such measures as may be thereupon deemed expedient.' "To enable the Proprietors to arrive at a conclusion upon this question, we beg to represent to your Lord ship the importance of their being put in possession, as far as may be practicable, of the intentions of her Ma jesty's Government. " The report of the Committee of the House of Com mons of the last session is, of course, an object of the grea test interest to us ; and without presuming to con fine your Lordship's attention to particular points among those embraced in that document, almost all of which are of equal moment to those engaged in the coloniza tion of New Zealand ; we trust that we may, without impropriety, ask whether her Majesty's Government has taken, or intends taking, any steps for the purpose of giving effect to the recommendations of the Com mittee. " I have the honour, &e., " JOSEPH SOMES, Governor. " To the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, &c." "MIL HOPE TO MR. SOMES. " Downing-street, Jan. 23, 1845. " Sir.—l have laid before Lord Stanley your letter of the 20th instant, and with reference to the inquiry it contains, whether her Majesty's Government have taken, or intend to take, any steps for the purpose of giving effect to the recommendations of the Committee of the House of Commons, which sat last session to in quire into the state of New Zealand ? his Lordship de sires me to acquaint you, for the information of the Directors of the Company, that he proposes, as the most proper and convenient course, to present the in structions issued by him to the Governor of New Zea land, subsequently to the Report of the Committee being made public, to the Houses of Parliament, immediately after they meet. " Lord Stanley trusts that no inconvenience will result to the Directors from postponing fur so short a time the publication of those instructions. "I have the honour, &c., 6,332 9,753 ,6,566 3,680 37,518 14,878 27,315 32,467 79,578 - G. W. BOPS. tre .P ti - d B o7Ln of the report, j r. o J m o o se it i T h iN S E o r me m s, o E ve s d q., which was seconded and carried unanimously. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the meeting then adjourned until the 13th of February. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The Times this morning, in announcing l‘lr. Gladstone's retirement from the Ministry, calls it the most unforseen and significant of the changes which had been anticipated in the administration. Sig nificant, to some extent, it is—but we must say, that to term it's unforseen" appears to us not to be paying any high compliment to that gentleman's consistency. Be sides the exclusive Anglican churchmanship with which 6,303 , . ho Burpassed even those of the brothers. F rom could learn, she had fallen a victim to her extreulto notions of economy, though they were reportedhad be possessed of considerable wealth. Sh e , fi t, scarcely any covering, except a slight upper eared and her flesh as well as that of the brothers aPPe6',ll as dry and dark as mahogany. The man in th e ' b c- ,. e up stairs was even in a more miserable condition t.o, had been described. Ile complained of not ha the received some rents to which he was entitled for o ` t last seven years, and when told by the oflicer that the parochial authorities would take charge °f b t l h e ' he said he was sure that exposure to the Cold in r removal would kill him. When he heard, hoWeleo; that he was only to be taken a short diitance, otherhaw much pleased at the prospect held out. Th e of brother (William) who seemed to be the owner ed the house, and had a male and female servant, see ° . 0 equally wretched, but, notwithstanding his pou ll° ,o habits, he indulged daily in from twelve to fourteed quarterns of rum, alleging that it was to that he owed his existence. The other brother stated to Maert, that whatever he swallowed appeared to drop in s r s taneously through his stomach and flow to 11194: which were terribly swollen and eaten into as 11 n ceo leprosy. The constable reported the ci rcurostA to Mr. Hughes, the relieving-officer of 11 7 who promised that the case should be inaneeliAte attended to. hitechapeii LENT ASSIZES. A VOW Yesterday the Judges appointed the following r(1 holding the Lent Assizes for the Wester n and Osfebe ing circuits. The Judges appointed for the forralcar the Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Er ie, en" spa Oxford circuit Sir Frederick Pollock (Chi ef Bar Mr. Baron Platt, the newly made Judge. WESTERN CIRCUIT. st to Southampton, and county, Thursday, Feb. 97 P - Castle of Winchester. Wiltshire, Wednesday, March 5, at New Saruel• Dorchester, Wednesday, March 12, at Derchesfer'...or, Devonshire, Monday, March 17, at the Castle of Exe ter. City of Exeter, same day, at the Guildhall, Cornwall, Monday, March 24, at Bodroin. ~.de Somersetshire, Monday, March 3 1 , at the Taunton. OXFORD CIRCUIT. (Before the Chief Baron and Mr. Baron Platt,) - Berkshire, Saturday, March 1, at Reading. Oxfordshire, Wednesday, March 5, at Oxford. e r. Worcestershire, Saturday, March 8, at Worcste City of Worcester, same day, at Worcester. Staffordshire, Thursday, March 13, at Stafford. Shropshire Saturday, March 22, at Shrewsb forc. Herefordshire, Thursday, March 27, outii , a t Here 0 Monmouthshire, Saturday, March 2 9 , at Mon Gloucestershire, Wednesday, April 2, at Gioliceot. City of Gloucester, same day, at the Ci t y of Gloilv`" LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. , p O O / ' Arrival—Scindian, Terry, from Bengal , in t m .° sailed Sept. 27, St. Helena Dec. 11. 1 fr°! Arrivals at St. Helena—Carthagenian , Dec i ltt fr ,74 Bombay; Emilie, from Bourbon; Douglas. the Cape ; Loise, French frigate, from 1 3 ° W. A b°1 k 0 1 )4 Madagascar; Rother, Dec. 21; Herschel, Gru, 61. 1 7,50b 13 ., Rachael, Three Sisters, Statesman, Baron ni " . ., 0 0r l Mary, Jane, 22d; Czar, Golden Spring, CoroPol• Margaret Littlejohn, Adolphus Yates, and 14' Dori! 23d: Maria, Spry, Catherine, Nida, James, 241.,",;togriti John Brown, Caroline, Violet, 25th; DryoPet node*, Blonde,26th ; Ganymede, Eliza t )eth Hughes, 0" - ,. e riei' 27th—all from the coast of Africa; Clarement,l ) fto lo to 21st, from coast of Africa ; Unicorn, 21 t 21° Mauritius, and sailed 21st to London; Nehalettni—. he t from Batavia, and sailed 22d to Anister„ c trie th i s o Majesty's brig Rapid, 21st, from Ascension; y`i 2 0 -, Fourth, Parsons, 22J, from the Cape, and soi le 100 011 ,; Loudon; Jack, Tavenor, 23d, from Mauritius t, oth t o Mary Ridley', Sharer, from Calcutta, and soil eu 4th tv London ; Elize, from Batavia, and sailed 2 Cf pl ttj ih. Amsterdam ; Timandra, Skinner, 23d, fr° lll .. ;e r, 2..7 . 8 , and Cape, and sailed 26th to London; C°ll`ll-risbP,,, passed the island ; her Majesty's ship Larne ,Ladiov, 24th, from coast of Africa; AscensionEsther,DlZ, 0, 24th, from Calcutta; Isabella Harnett, kireviZelt.„4,l°' Calcutta; Inglewood and Sandersons, 25th , Ilnifstll - from Penang; Earl Durham, 26th, front 00 6 Arrivals at Sydney, New South `ti ales Norce, from Lon lon ; Mary White, front 3-'1'00.,.,19- lanthe, from Boston ; Sultana, from Otaheite Nei. fro; Loury, from Manilla ; Sydney, White, from ,vo land ; Annie, Potter, and Maid of Athens, 1 : 1 „ e n ' ft' China ; Giraffe, Grant, and Eagle, 004-14 1 0 Launceston. . " 11, Departures from Sydney—H a idee, SePt w o London ; Sultan, 23d, to Sandwich Islands. o e ' P . Arrival at Hobart Town—Athens , For ' Liver I°l. 10/ xpo, --- ,! , i g 0 1 ,Pt A GHOST IN DAYLIGHT.—The supersbioc, rondo century have not entirely passed away ji.et s i los' is still left at the present day, even in the lit f 1 agricultural county of East Lothian, as h t ".; eld,., e ic s f, ing will show :—On Sunday last a wart 050 0 the Free Church, who is a farmer au' - tie, "of ero t left his house in the care of a female doree s m - of° he went on his way to attend his regular P 1 ,1 112 a it ship. No sooner had he taken to the road ban 110 noise was heard in the room he had left, which s°" o cesu the pattering many feet. Such a sound Pr‘,oo4'. from the master's own room was anything btl ea lled,, i p_ ll B l and so frightened was the servant that she " f ried' , neighbour, but she in her turn also Pt,""pee e ‘ be., o when both took to their heels and ran a u: fi se, "tor quarter of a mile to where the binds' house' OW their story of the house being haunted o p e n. PO ell' Itb , to the gaping wonder of the assembled -Witter o. 0 _ t he 00 . many consultations,. curiosity got the fears, when it was resolved they should roe el c a house in a body, and endeavour to - make ci d u o t as,„V i l of the disturbance. This was accordingly -, o tiP,ov reaching the room door, the same noise ws'iaopie. with even greater violence than before, hu t e ; een P i venture to open it; at last one of the NO II3- 00;0 4 ! man on the public road, and to bin' 0 1 0' u slf I K counsel and assistance. The man very courage° l og - 10 1 l to lend his aid, and laughed at their fears, t e r O a t" there were no ghosts nowadays; but no 10, 30° 00'4 the house, and heard the noise, than he ‘" 5O 0 5° 1 with the malady, and declared his unwillinee for i v / the door. In this dilemma there was nothi ll u il is - 9 ,4 1 waiting with patience until the from chureh. As the noise was louder on cos,Jl' Easster ea t 001 they wisely concluded that this was s r o pia„tr r ii he had net long to live—of course 0 1 ' 3 'ir,T 0e not apply to themselves. In the interini 0 ,; ,b 01 0; A that ever were heard of about warnings gir7,11i0,4141f:,, fully discussed, until the worthy elder ton; t01°,,, - pr o anee, when, with breathless anxiety, he w. ,- „a , t . c 11 1 , 1 5 awful sounds heard ; but to calm their ol i i fillj v posed to read a chapter of the Bible to ther ti ' o pes,,, jo ll accordingly done. Thus fortified, the e t _l cief fets s n, . room door, when the astonishment of 0 16 ,3 , so, - Dr, be more easily imagined than descrihnot 0-15. started the ghost in the shape of a pet f °a. h0t 116 14 .6 in the habit of following its master into th e A, bag af or it is generally regaled with a piece of bren 0 the present instance had been inadvertently fibu P r el re Kelso Warder. Warder. c, Ilia 0 , m e o d o UNIVERSITY OP Ox.FORD.--The il etc o ?l of Astronomy proposes to begin a c ars*? ° OlO ,i, lectures on Thursday next, the 30th In' ore t. 14, o'clock. Gentlemen desirous of attending 20? to call upon the Professor on Tuesday, thecolle between the hours of one and three.----Seff • T; Jan. 25, 1845. T E ST I bleoA,hibilealiLdl Albemarle-street, Johno .esa l t i[7: l3t A e F p l s N i c, c E t S : S d a i :N i Ni y Y te. e r ' S-. 1 ° ' l e, b t f i 4 t ' A u ' i o o o ri ti s, L 3 o 9 dg , been deaf for some time, I was ituluced:rinst:o:eiteetile;C°;:sfniiiii vember, 1539, to make trial of your Invisibli, 0 pa"diy and, although at my advanced age, at that tim e i l ea' 0,0 0 year, I had no hops of obtaining any r elief , l i ' erea tiO t iot ' 1 ,,0' applied them I could hear the general ref, itse' o ePtir , hearing has become so much improved bY t"'o e eti tt i 4 n,',,,::( now hear acutely without their aid. I 0 0 , , t , 1 ,, I V (' j most obedient servant, J. Sawyer. 22d 1 1 : t erg , D e.,i o the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tocan o viogl,o 4 4 Messrs, S. and B. Solornons :—Gentlemeo,r 1,00400p1 for many years, I was induced to try I ° o o 113 ,0 81 , 0 Conductors. They enable me to hear l'e,flie Sreeliend'i and at a plaee of worship most distinctly. el ta c o 1 0 Hand glass which you have sent me are v ery 0 13 0 dO t ,o°,,t suit my sight perfectly, the transparenel °. til y est ,i igb l , liant, that although I have passed endSt' ei odl e d a °r io , May last, yet they enable me to read, lg et ura 2 Col t ref ee , the greatest ease and comfort to myself. t geallier s ift r o thanks, and remain your obedient servoi o ta , s.ane l o i d , 22d June, 1839. —Telescopes, Opera ',dors. 1 6 4 e l, 0 , &c. of the same kind of Lenses.—Cautien.--',,py elPoibleo.4t, lomons, Opticians and Aurists, arc sot in misty oe 4 ies• or a person of the same name in their MO nt t oiet i orl r Nor n any part of the country. To Pri9 Alb tious, and Observe, —Only to be had at , Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. ii _____ ------- C'' )t° 11 11 BIRTHS. 1 . LottO e 1 On the 27th inst., at Woodcote, La era, l' olB of if ci daughter. 110°1'3' law , On the 23d inst., Mrs. 1110rilitS - t he ti c. ' Cottage, Norwood, of a daughter. / ogle' i' W. On the r t t3 ll ;ie e er, , 2 2, 5 7 t st h hri . i i n no s sf t t. . ll , a , tWassell- g r 0 v e , l' I .°l e l‘ ii , ite 0. (I t " of a son. Eat on On the 27th inst., s i ao n tni C l) Ol t e b s e h ' i lKl-eaulrte'cl:l'rs.4 tl l° Folkestone Williams, of a son. at' rel l , ~stl i lat MA.BIII-61). 110 11 1:s . Y 6e r lte! On the 28th inst., at St. Geore'slotte 3,i,t'34,11,ift Rev. Henry Burton, to the Ilon• Cha r t vary ! ' f it 'ol, ° „ery ton, third daughter of the late Viseow:katigliisall,C, On the 19th of December last , ati : ~, to 00 0, 0 0 Chapel, Edward Rvcaut Shordiche, !lid i pin ) jit 0 daughter of R. Lindsay, Esq., Assistall, „ 1 la s t o t fro. DIED' d e 11° 91 '0 , Y. - O P' On the 3d of October, on his 0 53° Ti i , se s , 0 0 ° i board the Samaran William Aug ° 0.6 4 ' 4eo l Madras Civil {4' Service. env ,-, , ,up rd , ) ° ,•shl re 'af it'' ,10 On tl e 15th inst., Thomas .s,-3iceste-,,0, , ' i d o John Chamberlain, of Whetstone, I ,e _ o pics• , i re o' On the 23d inst., the Rev. Thos teo , 1 , w ' Fellow of Jesus College,_ Cambridg• Ili a IP' vii.t 4 with, t a l g te ed 26 2 t s h . inst., at Hastings+ l ' nl 1t° 11; ' ' 4ll' Sutton, Esq. f 1 , JO" On the 26th inst., Ellen, the WY° ° tb ° 011) f' jir folltlig•f. O ir°' elf' of He i t t r h l e D 27 o t s l : d i e n n s , t .o' fKAaltdbeerrseganitil3s,tracee,l:li'd;:eg' 011$'9. be :( t ) i n t l i n the 28th inst., at Duncan - t e " . / _V 0 Jugging.2th inst., at neer c: i :e x te rl l , ll9. i fOLe 11 Marion Jane, the daughter of " • ____...- 0 1 ' co,ip ___------- 0 19 o 0c c''' --- London : Printed and Publisll4o f b io C Ss . la t b. No. 112, Strand, Print s t Oaf°. 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