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BANK RETURNS. 1,955 7,331 man 7,579 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. Ealt, Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, • Chelmsford-Sparrow, Watford and Co 52,845 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders, and Co Fakenhana Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk ' beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes and Medley 7,520 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 11,97+ Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 3,477 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and King Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King 17,416 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Hay-don... 13,434 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0.... 29,228 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. 33,678 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware i*.--Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull -Smith, Brothers, sad Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co 4,830 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Heingialempstead- Smith, and Whittingstall `lta 19,647 Roniton Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, llitchen Bank,,Hitehen-Sharples and Co. 36,859 Hereford, Ross, and Archentield Bank, and Ross and Arckenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan and Hoskins 21,936 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Nlistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-- Alexanders and Co. . 72,791 Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J Davies and Co Knighton Bank, Knighton-J. Davies and Co 7,759 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co 20,720 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. 40,375 Kettering Bank, Kestering-Gotch and Sons 7,717 Lampeter Bank,Lampeter-Jones,E vans, andCo 3,776 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 51.792 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown, and Co. Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and "!pngleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 2,891 Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... 29,246 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0.... 40,195 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... 18,513 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co 88,155 Llandovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis ---Gurne)s and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurit and co. 10,478 Manningtree Bank,Manningtree —Nunn and Co. 7,036 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 15734 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 11,284 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and 9,231 Minors' Bank, Truro--Willyams and Co 16,997 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 29,126 3ionmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank. Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth 6,405 —Bromage and Snead 13,344 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons 8,155 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 27,260 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock 33,169 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, l)iss—Taylor and Dyson Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudson 44,765 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich —Gur neys and Co 64,940 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,421 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton —Craddock and Co 5,040 Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Harris, and Co New S arum B ank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and 20,084 Co 13,055 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 29,166 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co ............ .. Oxford Bank, Oz6)rd—J. and R. 3/10;;11 — Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and TrdinpsOn ...... . . ~ WO and Sevonoakg Bank, fouoridgv— /04 and Sons 9,735 L :;1 TOO (Prom the London Gazette of T;esday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, thefl4th day of December, 1844 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co £28,366 Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 13,360 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,133 Aylshana Bank, Aylsham—R. and E. Copeman 5,537 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell 37,110 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 13,206 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Cole, 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 Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 7,314 2.2,879 Birminghtuat and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham-Lewis, MaiHiatt, and Co 15,119 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 70,925 Bostoa Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 14,305 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 9,330 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 40,892 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and BroFeley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 25,179 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co . 76,686 Banbury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 37,247 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb... 49,522 Bath City Bank, Bath-Mager and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton . Buazard-Bassett and Grant 33,089 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 62,405 Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 20,937 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding; Smith, and Co 11,126 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Briggs, and Co. 12,330 Cambridge 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 Costa Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co 38,313 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co. Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 18,207 Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank. Cardiff-Towgoad 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 Bank, Derby-Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 21,839 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Hughes, Locke, and Co 18,062 Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincharn, and Co 10,628 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leathatn, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cook and C.). Dover Union Bank, Dover-Latham, and Co 8,952 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-13ackhouse, and Co 73,295 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor- THZ SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1844. iYeitigo Amara Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—Williams, Clinch, and Co 10,722 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 42,989 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,041 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 9,592 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordffest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven, and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 28,180 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co,. 36,406 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Boyd and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot ner and Son Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons.: Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son Rye Bank. Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burt on , Ll o yd, a nd C Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews bury—Adams, Adams, and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittinghourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son 5,662 8,187 4,56 3,230 16,G68 12,765 23,984 3,207 4,059 47,252 4,642 24,528 8,823 38,327 4,027 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wilde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury—Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southarnp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. 21,824 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Stun Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 26,343 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 12,153 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,786 Tring Bank and Cheshaaa Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Holston—Vivian and Co. 14,097 15,467 13,482 3,444 20,724 0,285 5,556 7,891 14,413 11,323 18,107 8,28 --." • Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, 7 and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co 13,605 Warwick and 'Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 25,175 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Br , thers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield--Latham, Tew, and Co 41,385 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Cu 13,754 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester-Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Baak, Winchester -Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth-Elliott and Pearce Wirkesworth and Asbbourne 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 Holyorike. Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 81,556 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley and Turner Whitby Bank, Whitby-Frankland and Wil kinson Walsall Old Bank, Walsall--CharleaFoater and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster-- Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham -.T. and S. Kenrick - 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 13,041 Yeovil. Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten York Bank, York-Swann, Clough, and Co 41,842 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley ... 8,767 Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 47,486 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union • Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking , Company. Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,558 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking. Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,563 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company. Derby 18,786 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington . 24,446 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 136,613 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 18,284 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield.. 35,975 Hull Banking Company, Hull 26,469 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,201 Halifax and lluddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helstoa 1,353 'Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 19,387 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,865 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 47,213 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,337 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, Leeds 18,490 Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 13,827 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,650 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 30,183 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 73,219 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 359,235 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 53,521 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 75,496 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverp001......... 53,788 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei- 4,742 4,585 MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.--The premium on gold at Paris is 12 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10iii. per ounce for standard gold gives an exchange of 25 45 ; and the exchange at Paris on Loudon at short being 25 57i, it follows that gold is 0.49 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advice, from Harnburgh the price of gold is 434 i per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange. of 13 9:1; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 10, it follows that gold is 0.13 per cent. dearer in London than in llamburgh. POST.—A correspondence has taken place between Mr. Henry Lloyd Morgan and the Commissioners of Customs, and other public authorities, respecting the dirties leviable on "unrated goods" imported from foreign countries, and of which correspondence a copy has been laid before us, the importer, Mr. Morgan, as well as others, feeling it a serious grievance that this portion of the Customs duties should not be more specifically de fined, since, under the present mode of collection or assessment, merchants do not at all know what to be about. It appears that Mr. Morgan had introduced by the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, a cask containing forty-six gallons of cherry juice, upon which he paid the "full duty" of twenty per cent., valuing it at 81. ss. It was guaged without loss of time, as the article, being a perish. able one, required to be, but when application came to be made by Mr. Morgan for its delivery, to his surprise he found that it was stopped. A series of petitions, represen tations, and references then commenced, as is usually the case in like circemstances. Mr. Morgan was informed by the Commissioners of Customs that the commodity , had been submitted to Dr. Ure, th• chemist, the result of which was that he would be required to pay upon it the wine duty of, we believe, ss. 6d. per gallon. Dr. Ure perhaps discovered some spirit in the juice, as would raost likely be the case with any similar importrition, but Mr. Morgan can hardly consider it possible that he could call it wine. The cost of it, at Rotterdam or Dus seldorff was no more than 71. 165., whereas the wine duty alone would be from 121 to 131, and the delivery of the juice, or payment of its first price, is therefore demanded as a means of adjusting the matter, but the authorities are uncompromising, and here accordingly it rests, th center 49,376 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 6,678 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 32,333 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford 53,559 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 45,923 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridgo Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond 48,277 Stockton and Durham County Banking Com pany, Stockton Storey and Thomas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury Sheffield and Retford Bank, Sheffield ... Suffolk Banking Company, Ipswich Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 31,743 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 13,573 Whitehayen Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehayen Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Leamington West of England and South Wales D.strict Bank, Bristol. 6,081 • Average Amount. Wilts and Dorset Banking Comp an y, Salisbury 66,2 . 50 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield 33,025 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester York Union Banking Company, York 56,975 York City and County Banking Company, York 85,008 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. • Stamps and Taxes, Dec. 21, 1844. ISPIAIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROW THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—The Irish Roman Catholic Bequests Act has formed an important epoch in the modern political annals of Ireland, by the signal defeat which it has brought upon Mr. O'Connell. We have al ready directed attention to this very significant and encouraging fact. But there is another point of view in which the same law is of no less—perhaps even of greater—interest and importance. It is in itself the establishment of a great revolution. It introduces a more startling element of change than almost any other of the numerous organic dislocations which our day hai seen. Yet there are few similar enactments which can, in slur opinion, plead so much both of ne cessity and justice in their support. It is the legalisa tion of principles long contended against, but now, it may be almost said, already established and conceded ; but it is yet a legalisation which has been conducted, as it seems to us, upon sufficiently safe and moderate grounds. The Roman Catholic Bequests Act; has ef fected two separate objects, the proposal of either one of which would, a few years ago, have most effectually swamped any measure that was encumbered with it. This Act has, in the first place, granted to the Irish Roman Catholic Church that kind and degree of esta blishment which is by many writers on this subject considered to constitute the best and most essential substance of State recognition ; and, in the second place, it has pretty nearly repealed, in favour of the Irish Roman Catholics, the main enactments of the laws of mortmain. Now, no one can say these are small things. There mny be differences of opinion about their right or expediency, but, most un doubtedly, they are great concessions. The first provision to which we have alluded is thus stated by Dr. Murray in the pastoral address we publiAled yesterday, and on which we have already commented. One object of the Act, he says, is "to enable us to invest property in perpetual security, for the purpose of procuring glebes for our clergy, and building and maintaining churches for the due celebration of Catholic worship;" and the words of the 15th section of the Act expressly recognise a Roman Catholic bishop and his successors as a body capable as such of taking and enjoying a perpetual trust in lands and goods. Now, this is not indeed a recognition of the Roman Catholic Church as the national Church of Ireland, but it is a grant to her of precisely the same privileges as those upon which the " nationality" of the pre sent established churches, both in England and. Ire land, was originally founded. It is said, that the ori ginal consecration of tithes and other ecclesiastical endowments throughout Christendom was, for the most part, the work of individual acts of donation ; and, whether this view be strictly accurate or not, there seems at least to be little doubt that it was in such acts of individual piety and munificence that the general, the universal, the compulsory, the national endowment of churches first took its rise. This ele ment of endowment first put the present Church of Ireland,—the church which at the Reformation be came " Protestant" against the corruptions of Rome, in the seat and position which she now occupies;— this same element has now been conceded to the Romish Church, which, on account of such her protestation, then separated from her. The concession of such a privilege we conceive to be a matter of mere justice. The existence of the Romish Church in Ireland is a fact which must be met and dealt with. Division must of course be always an evil, and a lamentable one,—and it is the duty of a Christian statesman to take every possible means to put an end to, and avoid it; nor would we in the least countenance the logic or morality of that careless and mischievous indifferentism, which, while professing to hold that two antagonist and in consistent claims are both equally true, really rejoices in suggesting the inference that both are equally and comfortably false. But the claims of the Anglican and Remish Churches in Ireland are not by any means (at least the former is not) essentially and entirely exclusive of the other of them. All that is inconsistent in the co-existence of the two bodies is their division and distinctness. .The position and external facts of the case render it unnecessary, in the matter of so plain a concession as this, to in quire into the theological merits of the con troversy. The power of self-endowment is a right which has been conceded, in some shape or other, to every Diesenting sect in England. With what reason then could it be denied to a branch, how ever perverted, of the Catholic Church ? The recog nition of the Romish bishops is, indeed, another question. Here, it must be admitted, that further inquiry becomes necessary. But we confess, for ourselves, that the result of that inquiry leads us, on the whole, to approve the recognition. The second great feature of the Act of Parliament on which we are commenting is its repeal of the mortmain laws. Registry of the gift three months before the death of the donor is all that is necessary under this Act to constitute a good charitable bequest or devise. In England it is necessary that twelve months should intervene between the gift and the death, and the gift must, moreover, be made, not by will, but by deed ; and by deed executed and enrolled with certain prescribed formalities. Now, we confess ourselves that we are very glad to see the experiment made as to how far these formalities and precautions are necessary. We are no advocates for their hasty and precipitate abolition in England with out inquiry or examination. It is only because the evils which attend on their existence have in many cases forced themselves upon us, while it has seemed impossible to test satisfactorily the danger or advan tages of their abolition without a trial, that we have ever urged any modification or experimental altera tion in them. But now, it seems, the experiment will, at all events, be tried ; and that, too, under cir cumstances which can hardly fail to be convincing. If the Roman Catholic testator, holding th e doc trines of the R oman Catholic Church with respect to death-bed donations and bequests, can, without the protection of the mortmain laws, be safe from fraud or undue influence, much more, one would think, ought a Protestant to be so. We cannot con clude our article better than by quoting the very strong, and unqualified expression of opinion on this point which is • contained in Dr. Murray's address, with respect to the three months' limitation still re tained in the Act. The distinction made in favour of the poor is worthy of all praise. " Having had occasion to mention the limitation of time within which bequests of land for charitahle purposes would be valid, I cannot avoid expressing my deep concern that such a general limitation should have been established. Had it been confined, as it was in the original form of the Bill, to bequests for the'service of our Church, I would never utter afword of objec tion against it, because I do not desire that our Church should be enriched by the possession'of exten sive lands. B u t w h en I fi n d it also extended to be quests for the poor, I cannot but consider it an undue interference with the dominion of God over his own gifts, an attempt to limit the operation of his com mand to "give alms;" and an unholy instrument for disturbing the peace of a penitent soul when about to render an account of its abused stewardship before the throne of justice. *'" * I hold it to be unwise to leave on the statute-book a law which has the appearance. of contravening the law of God ; and which, therefore, a virtuous Christian might consider it a conscientious duty to endeavour to evade." LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 24. IN RE LEWIS JACKSON RANDALL. This insolvent was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on be half of Mr. Riches. Ile was supported by Mr. Wood ruffe. The case was berore the Court on the 19th instant, when the opposition was raised on the ground that Mr.. Riches had supplied the insolvent with money to purchase furniture, which he was to sell, and retain two-thirds of the profit, repaying to Mr. Riches the capital andthe remaining one• third of the profit. The insolvent in July, 1843, claimed the furniture as his own, and the creditor in consequence brought an action to recover 1101., but he only obtained a ver dict for 50/., at a cost of 931. 19s. law expenses. The insolvent, in reply, alleged that the furniture was really his own, and that the only occasion o❑ which he represented it to be Mr. Riches's, was in consequence of an arrangement to defeat an execution from the Court of Requests. ills books would show that the property was his own. Mr. COOKE then offered to rest his case on the in solvent's books, which were in the possession of a❑ attorney, who had a lien on them. To-day some books were produced, and certain items in one of them were alleged by the opposing creditor to have been altered from the original entries. In one case a sum of 3s. had been altered to 131. 135.; another sum, originally 35., had become 61. 35.; and one of 6s. now appeared to be 3/. 6s. A clerk to insolvent's former attorney deposed to having seen another book, not now produced. The insolvent denied ever having had any such hook, and declared that Mr. Riches was a debtor to him to the extent of 2001. The items denied by the opposing creditor were sums paid to him by insolvent, on account of distresses made for hi►n on account of Dr. Moseley. Some of the money was paid into Mr. Riches's bank, to support a floating sum 0f501., which he was required to keep there. The banker's book of the creditor was produced, but no entries were there to be found, corresponding with the insolvent's statement. Mr. COOKS urged that this case was one of the greatest fraud. The insolvent had alleged that the verdict against him had been obtained by means of perjury, and had dealt out insinuations on all sides. The books produced to-day evinced a greater amount of crime than had been originally charged to him. Altogether it was one of the grossest cases of fraud and falsification•of books that had lately come before the Court. The suppression of another book was sworn to by two parties, and, therefore, on b ot h grounds he (Mr. Cooke) prayed a severe remand. Mr. WoonaurrE having addressed the Court for the insolvent, The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said he did not feel him self justified in remanding the insolvent for a breach of trust, but during his long experience in this Court he had never known a more premeditated concealment of books. There was also clear proof of falsification, one of the greatest offences mentioned in the Act of Parliament. The insolvent has endeavoured to sup port his false allegations to the very last. The judg• ment of the Court was, that he be remanded for 14 calendar months from the date of his vesting order. . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOTV-STREET. Tuesday Robert Hobson, the post-office keeper of Walthatristow, who was brought up on WednesdLy for embezzling Is. 10d., the postage of a letter ad dressed to Calcutta, was again placed at the bar to answer further charges of detaining newspapers. Mr. Peacock attended for the prosecution, and Mr. J. C. Everts, a barrister, conducted the defence. Peake, the constable, having produced several num bers of the Times, of recent dates, which he had found with •other newspapers in the prisoner's house when searching it, under the direction of Mr. W. R. Scul thorpe, on Tuesday week, Mr. R. Lloyd Pinching, a surgeon, residing in Walthamsrow, identified five copies of the Times, dated October 29, November 4, November 5, De cember 3, and December 12, the direction on each of which was in his own handwriting. They were ad dressed to his sister, to Dr. Ross, and other parties resident in Ireland, to whom he was in the habit of sending his papers. Some of them had been posted by himself, but a lad in his service generally took them to the post-office, at the prisoner's shop. To the best of his (witness's) belief, the papers produced were directed and sent at different periods. William East, a servant to Mr. Pinching, deposed to having posted the Time. newspaper, by his master's directions, at the prisoner's shop. He had generally , put them in the letter-box, but had, on some occa sions, a few months back, taken them into the shop when they had been too bulky to go through the aper ture outside. They were always, at those times, de livered to the prisoner, or one of his sons or d aug ht ers. Mr. Pinching stated that the address on each paper was written upon the margin instead of an envelope, for which a piece of string was substituted. The constable said, that when the prisoner was re quested to account for the possession of the papers, he replied, that he had lately purchased a quantity of waste paper, and supposed they must have come with it. Another case of a similar nature was proved by the evidence of a young woman named Eliza Antony, a servant at Walthamstow, who identified a paper which she had directed to a sister in Monmouthshire, and the envelope of which was found in the prisoner's bed-room. Mr. JARDINE, after hearing the prisoner's counsel, determined on committing him for trial, both for the embezzlement and the misdemeanour. Mr. J. C. Evans hoped that bail would be taken, in consideration of the respectability of the prisoner, whose wife and large family were dependent on his exertions in business. The Rev. J. Freeman, of NVal thamstow, with other parties of equal respectability, .would, he said, be his sureties to any reasonable extent. Mr. Jaanirrn said he could not make any distinc tion in the case, and must therefore refuse the appli cation, so far as it related to the embezzlement. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. The second half of t‘ E. C.'s" donation of a 51. note has duly reached the office. WORSHIP-STREET. Tuesday Janie: Green, a well-dressed middle aged man, of most determined aspect, and Ann Green, his daughter, a little girl eleven years of age, were charged before Mr. Bingham with having been found engaged in the manufacture of a large quantity of spurious money; and also with having committed a murderous assault upon two of the officers of the G division of police. It-appeared from the evidence of Sergeant Bran nan, who was in such a state of suffering as to be scarely . capable of giving his evidence, that having re ceived information the prisoner was closely connected with an extensive gang of coiners who had recently put into circulation a large amount of spurious money, he proceeded, between nine and ten o'clock on the previous evening, accompanied by Cole, a constable of the same division, to the house of the prisoner in Bath-court, City-road. On knocking, the door was opened by the younger prisoner, who, the instant she saw the officers, called loudly to her father ; on which the male prisoner suddenly made his appearance at the top of a flight of stairs commu nicating with a room into which the street-door opened. Witness rushed up the stairs in the hope of seizing the man, and had reached within three steps of the landing, when the prisoner exclaimed, " You've not got me yet, Brannan, you b - thief," ar.d, springing at him, struck him such a violent blow in the chest with his feet, that he was instantly hurled from the top of the stairs to the room below, where his spine came in contact with the edge of a chair, and the prisoner, who was unable to check his own impetus, fell with his whole weight upon the lower part of the officer's body. Cole then seised the pri soner, and a severe struggle ensued between them, in the course of which the witness, who had partially recovered from the s h oc k o f hi s f a ll , saw th e younger prisoner in the a c t o f concea li ng somet hi ng I n her bosom; this he forced from her and found it to be a parcel containing 22 counterfeit half- crowns, finished for cir ,culation. Thegirl, a determined little viren, then broke ! liquid suffering daily deterioration. The duty was paid 1 from his grasp and hastened up stairs, followed by the on the 20th of September ; an answer to a letter on the witness, who found her engaged in picking up a great subject of the s*wpage, addressed to the Board of Trade, is dat e d N ovem b er 22 ; an answer to a me- number of base coins w hi c h were s t rewn a b out t h e ' table. While the w it ness was secur i ng this spurious =Hal on th e same top i c, a dd ressed to the Lords money of the Trea s ury, i s d ate d D ecem b er 17 ; and the the male prisoner, follow e d by C o l e, b urst question asked is, whether, to say nothing of the uncer- into the room, and seizing a large glass bottle filled tain system of levying duties in these cases, there might with vitriol, dashed it at the officers, and a large not be more dispatch with perishable goods, the prin. quantity of the burning liquid was in consequence ciple involved being the same, be the value t en p oun d s flung over their hands, fac es , an d th e upper parts o f or ten thousand ? It i s state d by Mr. Morgan that the their persons. While the officers were in this con importation was made on the faith of the general order dition, the male prisoner pulled from under his apron of February 4, 1843, respecting vegetable juice, which a bag filled with counterfeit coin and handed it to seems to apply to this particular article, as it is declared I the girl, desiring her to g et rid o f it ; b u t t h e w i tness to be pure cherry juice, as entered, and nothing more. Brannan succeeded in getting it from her and secur- Hence, while there is apparently a firm determination in e the other false coin on the t a bl e , th e w h o l e tope not to surrender the p ro p erty , on t h e one h and, there is h . , - an equal determination no t to pay a w i ne duty upon Ler amounting to more thana hundred shilling a n d it on the other, and it rema i ns to b e seen how the half-crown piec e s. The witness and Cole then affair will end. Certain it is that the commercial searched the room, which was fitted up like a regular body would be glad to have the customs rating of' workshop, with work-bench and every description of goods carried to the utmost practicable limit, and, tools, among which were two very curiously menu to show the expediency of such a course it is that • factured implements, consisting each of a bright Mr. Morgan has, as he affirms, been pressed double metal plate, 6 inches by 3, and furnished with by several merchants to give all the importance and screws and nuts, for the purpose of securing the coin publicity in his power to the hardships to which, in in- tightly during the application to it of plating-liquids stances of the nature of this, they are subject in common, and acids, several bottles of which were found in the the example being admirably suited to the illustration of they inconvenience under which they labour. apartment. The prisoner, it appeared never cast the The endless correspondence to which the detention of coins himself, but received them in a roughly menu merchandise invariably leads, should cause the officers of factured state from other members of the gang, by the Customs to pause much before they proceed to the mea- whom he was employed in finishing them and render sure ; but then, unfortunately, such a practice is sane. ing them complete for circulation. Brannan said, tioned, and even encouraged, by the higher officers of that during his struggle with the prisoner, the inju the Crown, in the disposition sh own to rewar d t h e i r often r i es he had received were of such a._ eerious nature, miscalled " vigilance' by a m u l c t o f e f ee " or " satisfac that he was apprehensive he should feel the effects of tion," than which a more objectionable system cannot them as long as he lived. exist, since. at the best, it is but bribing a public servant Cole, the other officer, whose hands and wrists ap to do licp thaturse duty effectively f or w hi c h h e i s pa i d out of the peered severely scorched and swollen, corroborated the pub. sergeant's evidence, and stated, that while he was en gaged in the struggle with the prisoner, the latter set a bull-dog upon him, which bit and clung to him with such pertinacity, that he had the greatest diffi culty in beating it off. Both the officers described the resistance offered by the male prisoner as being the most desperate they ever encountered, and said that he was most actively aided in it by his daughter, who exhibited a degree of violence scarcely credible for a child of such tender years. The male prisoner, in defence, declared that the whole of the articles found by the police had been left at his house only an hour previously by a man who had promised to call for them a short time afterwards. and that he was wholly innocent of any guilty use of 'hem. Sergeant Brannan intimated to the magistrate that he was satisfied, from the information he had re ceived, the prisoner had been carrying on this system of fraud for a long time past, and that about a year ago the prisoner's youngest child, a little girl about two years old, had Inst its life in consequence of drinking some of the burning liquids used by the pri soner in the process of manufacturing the base coin, the prisoner at the coroner's inquest accounting for the little creature's death by a statement precisely si. milar to that he now made. Mr. BINGHAM expressed great regret at the inju juries the officers had sustained, and ordered both prisoners to be remanded for a week, that the solicitor to the Mint might attend and prosecute the case against them. LABOUR IN THE WEST INDIES. In the early part of the present year, when the question of obtaining a supply of labour from the coast of Africa to the West Indies, became a para mount object, some of the colonies dispatched special agents to Sierra Leone, in order to make the neces sary inquiries on the spot, and facilitate the operation. In the file of papers received by the last mail, we find the substance of the information collected by Mr. Guppy, the gentleman who was sent for the above purpose from the Island of Trinidad, which being the latest authenticated account from the African coast, we give at length, under the impres sion that it possesses considerable interest in the pre sent state of the sugar question. It is taken from the Port of Spain Gazette. " The population of Sierra Leone may be taken to consist of two grand classes—the one, petty pro prietors or traders who have each one or more libe rated Africans apprenticed to them, and on whose labours they are mainly dependent for subsistence ; and the other, of these said liberated Africans. The former class are, generally speaking, averse to emi grate, because they can find no purchaser for their huts and land, or their petty stock in trade. They are not in a position to make money, but still they can live with very little labour of their own hands, and such a mode of life is quite satisfactory to them. The class last above mentioned—the drudges of the other class—would, no doubt, gladly emigrate, if they could see matters in their true light: there are many thousands of them at Sierra Leone, merely earning their vichntle, and the privilege of sleeping in their employer's huts, but they are landed from the slaver with a well•grounded horror of white men, as far as their own experience of that portion of the human family goes ; their fellow-countrymen in terested in keeping up that feeling, and in acting on their fears to obtain undivided command of their la bour, distort facts, and, if necessary, invent the grossest fal .ehoods for the purpose of keeping them aloof from the white man—in the rural districts in which they are located, there is hardly a white man except the missionary, and his communicating with them during the first few years after their introduction into Sierra Leone must naturally he very limited ; so that between their fears and their ignorance it be comes a most difficult matter to get them to view the question of immigration in its proper light—black delegates, it is evident, are the only parties suited for communicating with this class ; and even they find considerable opposition on the part of the employers of these people, who are stated not only to follow them with menaces to the office of the emigation agent, lout to try and force them away from on board the vessel in which they had taken passage. " On the whole, as regards these two principal classes of Sierra Leone inhabitants, it is very difficult to Corm any opinion as to the extent of immigration which may take place to the %Vest Indies ; the mis sionaries, both Churchmen and 'Wesleyans, are de cidedly opposed to immigration, and exert all their influence to prevent any of their flock from joining in it. They openly state that they prefer seeing them return to their native slave state, to their proceeding to the West Indies; and the influence of these parties, especially on the upper of the two classes into which Sierra Leone society seems to be divided, is very great. "'There remains, however, another distinct class to which we have not yet alluded, and who, though a portion of their tribe are to be found in Sierra Leone, can hardly be said to be of Sierra Leone, their habits, manners, and feelings being so widely different from all the other inhabitants of the co • lony. We allude to the Kroomen, or men of the Kroo country, who are stated to exceed in personal strength all the other tribes of Central Africa. These people are remarkable for their patient endurance of toil, and their eagerness of gain. They would not, however, emigrate in any numbers without the approbation of their head man, whose consent must of course be bought, and a free pas sage must be ensured them whenever they wish to return. Of these people, it is believed, many thousand might be obtained—there are frequently several thousands of them at Sierra Leone, working at less than one bitt per day. The ad vantage, on the one hand, is, that they are all effective labourers, 100 of them being considered at any time equal to 200 of any other description of African la bourers—the disadvantage, that they will not allow their wives to immigrate with them, not even to Sierra Leone—thus tending to increase the dispropor tion of sexes which will be consequent on the Coolie immigration. " Such are the prospects of African immigration, at least, as far as Sierra Leone is concerned. The Senator, on her next trip, is to try the Gambia like wise, where there is thought to be a better field for our exertions. On a review of the whole circum- stances of the case, the question of African itnmi gration appears to be still a grand problem yet un solved.' " A necrological table of statistics, relative to the length of lift, of the animals at the Jardin des Plantes, contains the following :—" The average length of life of the panther, tiger, and lion, in a menagerie at Paris is six or seven years. A lion, however. has lived twenty-nine, and a lioness seventeen. Lions which are carried about and exhibited are found to five much longer, generally from 17 to 20 years. The white hear of Siberia lives only three or four years, but the black bear, being of a more robust constitution, survives to the age of 7or 8. As to the family of bears known by the name of Martin-monte-a-l'arbre, they live from 17 to 20 years, and behold a long series of tvonerations. The hyena lives only four or five years ; dromedaries and camels 30 or 40 ; the elephant, which when free reaches the age of a century, only reaches a quarter of that space of time ; the g►raffe, which is now ►❑ the Jardin des Plantes, has been there seventeen years, and still enjoys excellent health ; monkeys only survive four or five years, and it is mentioned as a great phenomenon, that one lived at Gibraltar for seventeen years."—Galignani. DIED.—On Tuesday, the 3d inst.. at Bishop's Waltham, Hants, very deeply regrettvd, Captain Charles Richards, RN., C. 8., second son of the late Rev. W. Richards, of Little Chiverell, aged 47. He had been 33 years in the navy. of which period not less than 30 ) ears had been spent it► active service. He was present at the battle of Algiers, and had been the constant companion of Sir Edward Parry in his expeditions to the North Pole ; and had been employed on every station except the West Indies. His last service was in China, where he was very actively engaged, being the commander of her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., by whom he was selected, at the termination of hostilities, to bring home the dis patches. For these services he was promoted to the rank of Post Captain, and. received the decoration of C.B. In him his country has lost the services of a gal lant and well-tried officer. NARROW ESCAPE FROM BURNING TO DEATH.- On Tuesday morning a black woman, named Jackson, nearly eighty years of age, who, for many years past, has resided in Butcher-row, Deptford, nearly opposite to the Pier, and who has carried on the lucrative business of a diviner of future events, was nearly burned to death, caused by a spark having flown from the fire, whilst lighting it, on to her dress, and of which she was not aware at the time. Having lighted her fire, she was proceeding along the passage to the back part of the premises, when, coming in contact with the air, her clothes suddenly burst out into a blaze. Her cries reached a man named Freshwater, who, with his wife, resided in one of the upper rooms in the same house, but who was so alarmed that, instead of endeavouring to put out the flames, he called to his wife to bring him down a knife for the purpose of cutting her clothes off her back. The woman, however, with more presence of mind than her husband, snatched up his great coat, and throwin g c , it over the sufferer, extinguished the flames, but not before the wretched creature was burned in a most dreadful manner. DENSE FOG IN GLASGOW.—On Friday we were visited by one of the densest fogs we have had for many years. During the week the weather was rather broken, till Thursday night, when the frost set in with great in. tensity, and on the day following the city was enveloped in a fog so dense that it was scarcely possible to see across some of the streets, and lights had to be used in all places of business. In the evening the fog became thicker. The traffic on the river was entirely sus pended—only one steamer, the Invincible, Captain M'Kellar, was able to make way up, after a deten tion of nearly fire hours. Several vessels, including two Irish, one Stranraer, and three or four river steamers, left the Broomielaw in the morning, but none of them, we believe, were able to make much progress. The larger vessels are aground near Govan, only two miles down the river, while two or three of the others found their way to Renfrew, only a few miles farther, where they deemed it prudent to remain. We regret to state that three men were drowned at Port Dundas during the fog. About six o'clock, as Alexander Buntine, master of the Christian, belonging to Dumbarton, was proceed ing to his vessel, after having been in the city on busi ness during the day, he unfortunately - fell into the canal directly opposite the Track Boat station. Imme diately on the accident becoming known, a vigorous search was made, and in about 15 minutes the-body wasgot out and taken to the collector's office, where Dr. Adams shortly afterwards arrived, and tried every effort to restore animation, but most unfortunately without effect. The deceased has left a wife and two children to lament his loss. He was long known about the port as a most respectable and industrious man, and his death is much regretted. On the same evening, shortly after six o'clock, as Robert Maitland and Colin Campbell, who were in the employment of Messrs. M. Macfarlane and Co., distillers, Port Dundee, were leaving their work, they had not proceeded many yards from the distillery when they stumbled and fell into the canal, and were drowned. The bodies of the two unfortunate men were brought up linked together, rather in a stooping posture, showing that they had been cautiously walking toge ther, endeavouring to avoid the very danger into which they so suddenly fell. Maitland has left a wife and two children. Colin Campbell was unmarried.—Glasgow Journal. THE RlVER.—Tuesday the surface of the Thames at flood and ebb tide was partially covered with floating ice, but not such as to cause any material obstruction to the navigation. The docks are still clear of ice, but the canals are partly frozen. Owing to the prevailing easterly winds, which have now lasted upwards of three weeks, there are no fewer than 120 sail of vessels, out ward bound, detained in various parts of the river. JUVENILE DEPRAVITY. On Tuesday afternoon a fire was discovered rl st" ceeding from a stable in the occupation of an d widow, named Gaisford, at Bulkington, about miles from Devizes, and the flames comm unicatil, the dwelling-hou se a dj o i n i ng, t h e whole waswr sumed in the course of two hours. It mano membered that som e a l arm was exc i te d i n this about a year and a half ago, in consequence of the,, molition of nearly th e w h o l e o f t h e w i n d ows of T, Gaisford's house, and of a great portion of. ft ", crockery, apiarently w ith ou t h an d s. M r i. Gs ls lo —good easy wom an — an d h er husband (0%41 living at the time) cou ld no t b e persua d e d but t' o , proceeded from some supernatural power—that It 001 in fact, the freaks of a ghost. Upon no other Pe rs t ol mind, however, was th ere th e s li g h test d ou bt but 0 it was the act of the grandson of the old people , 0 ,; artful urchin, then only about nine years of ag e ; f o circumstances have transpired to confirm the 00 The boy has since gone by the name of bee Bulkington Ghost." Af ter th e fl ames had quelled on Tuesday, suspicions were excited t,o, " the Bulkington Ghost " had been to work s A g li to Superintendent Haines, who h a d b een a ttracte d the spot from Potterne, by the light which the produced, discovered upon inquiry that the bo.f,l e i; day or two previo us ly p urc h ase d some lucifer Tnal, and as the stable com mun i ca t e d w i t h t h e de'elP,ht.tlpge house, and there being no other persons in tv t house at the time than th e b oy an d hi s grandm°.te —the boy having been absent about five minute s fore the fire was discovered—he felt it his dutt . t° prehend him. H v His suspicion s were s t rengt h ene d i s 4 fact that the do o r o f th e s t a bl e, w hi ch fronts the 1 , t he was fastened at the time—clearly showing th s lot fire must proceed from some one in the house. 3, boy, at about t we l ve a t n i g ht, was taken to t h e °' be ", house, but he had not been there long before helod came greatly alarmed, a n d en t reate d to be abomble to go to his grandmother. The 00n 5 ,7 0 0 who had char ge ' o f hi m sa id he must .54, something of the fire"-`sfaxst. The boy t%'. ty whether, if he confessed, he should be le t o p et' 'Without any promi s e b e i ng ma d e to h i m, he tters wards confessed—th a t h e h a d t a k en t h e cows foi,,si and that on his ret urn h e went i nto the stabil:el the yard ; that he then fastened the door, aPP I ,,',, match to the straw i n th e rac k , and seeing it 'ibis went into the kitchen an d sa t d own b y the sidec''. grandmother, as if nothing had happened ; I nft , that he did not think o f se tti ng t h e h ouse on o p About five minutes afterwards, a person seeing 6° 4 issuing from th e s t a bl e , went and endeaf°,'4Ae to open the door, b u t fi n di ng i t fastened, :rfe, it open, when the flames broke forth with 0 .0 doubled fury. The following morning the boi taken before Mr. Ludlow Bruges and the Bev' p ot Crawley, when, in th e mos t h ar d ened manne r, I ' 6 ot only denied committi ng th e ac t , b ut a l so said thtios did not even know up on w h at c h arge h e was ~3bl up. Mr. Superint e nd en t H a i nes sa id h e had n°"7 A' o 3• that the boy had made the confesion in the b il e house under the impression that it would b e o means of liberating him. From this circult 0 c of and taking into consideration the very tender 7,0 the boy, the magi s tr a t es did not feel ju' t ' et in committing hi m ; h e was t h ere f ore se t be liberty. He readily acknowledged to ur o superintendent th a t it was h e who 'lO all the windows and the crockery in his St i s mother's house. H e s t a t e d, among ot h e r . n4t, that his grandmother had put him to bed one o l na e and he had lain just long enough for her to stiPp, that he was asleep, when he jumped out of the t y ran into her room, d as h e d hi s h an d s throughbed' window, and was back i n t o hi s own room , in beu',lll3 again apparently asleep, b e f ore th e o ld wo man - 0 4 come up stairs and see w h a t h a d h appene d. - 4 " jor depraved young rascal was never heard of, his of t guage is shocking, and although now a little than ten years of age, he is the terror of the Villsg * Devizes Gazette. STATISTICS OF PARIS• Count Rambuteau, the Prefect of the Seine, ° ,`FS called on Saturd a y t o p res id e at th e e l ec tion members of the Ch am b er o f C ommer ce of p si, availed himself of that opportunity to present ~t r i° o o , electors an exposé of the situation of the re f ' l , - , 0 11, trade, manufactures, savings'-banks, hospitals, s e " ot embellishments, &c., of that capital during si the Y 165 about to expire. The tolls had produced 3 ° ,-- „ ° t i' 4 l2 u' or 738,268 f. less than in 1843. The consu m i Llseal butchers' meat during the eleven months ° f a. ,; - : Ebel?! —oxen, 69,951; cows, 14,522 ; calves, 7 1, ' ' e a wit°, 401,044 ; showing an i ncrease , as en o n f a - n the corresponding peri o d-. o f 1843, of 2, '„ ° n l c l e 6,5 0 v 5,716 calves, and a d ecreas e OT - -1,418 Cows— ors re' sheep. The ordi nar y an d ex t raor di na ry exP e `7,l, o o gistered at the Custom-house of Paris, during r l te eleven months, amounted to 138,972,194 f.; °P n: Ist of December, 1843, they were only 117,46 9 ,,, ,4 ,#' —increase in 1844, 21,502,792 f. Th e t ra d e o f P r py it appears, was more extensive with the United S: l 'm than with any other nation, and had augmenteanii 10,000,0001. The investments i n th e sav i n gs'-bi4ii, on the Ist January, 1844, a m oun t e d t o 104,780761 During the last 11 months the d e p os it s had exce t T le p the reimbursements by 3,479,990 f. The Prearenda it ns proceeded to de scr ib e th e i m p roveme nts sna- a been executed in several of th e h osp it a l s ; a earn' ed purchased, in whi c h 400 i nsane were ernPV f owl . moderate lab our w ith comp l ete succes s; and is dation of a new h osp it a l wou ld b e laid in those the Fauboure; Poissonniere. Th e expenses — fu r hospitals am oun t e d t o upwards of 14,000,000 f. ben t io establishm en t s o f primary instruction had 8 44; finished at a cos t o f .500.000 f., and opened in 1 Le the expense in cu r re d f or th e maintenance of to': e'ldre 4 " schools, which were frequented by 39,678 c..1184j, had be en 968.967 f. or 40.000 f. more than in r e Several new stre e t s h a d b een o pened, 5q,,,100 laid out, 4,000 m e t res o f sewers and l" t be of fl agwa y s cons t ructe d ; t h e wa ter 0 ` t bs artesian well of Grenelle had been conveyed Owl reservoirs of the Pantheon ; additional fountsia s t . 1,0 been erected ; the works o f th e new prison,° neA Force, of the barra c k o f th e C e l es ti ns , an d of r." . market of Beauveau St. Antoine were carried l a tdiri go such activity that it was expected those buP, the would be completed in the course of next year'a to church of St. Vincent de Paule had been opene Catholic worship, and th e c it y pu t i n possesttflY6 the old c h urc h o f P an th emont, w hi c h isi°T, - 00 1 shortly converted into a Protestant temple• s log admirable institutions," said the Prefect in enn ej ' e fo' "and, ab o ve a ll, th e gen i us o f t h e Ki ng , whog. 4 . ,,ce , longed r e ign p roves so grea t a bl ess i ng to -rh - ef it, unceasingly develop that great nati o nal mor e 0 and in a few years the pr os p er ity o f P ar i s , as w en that of France will repose on a basis too st r°— be shaken." pro" THE FROST AT A URG H.---We learn frail PrFilis sources that on the 17th inst., th e L on d on made :1 114 Gth, 10th, and 13th inst s ., h a d not reac h e d 111 011 , : , e oV in consequence of which, in a dditi on to the Ice struction of the navigation on the river Elbe by i t e the business in g en era l was excee di ng l y dull. V.f/disii' 16th the intensity of the fro s t was muc h thee, mometer ' nished, and on the follo w i ng d a y — v i z ., t h e 17th, we of Raumur exhibited one der ! froo l warmth. Rain had fallen on that deg f ed morning to evening, but there wer e i n di ca ti o ns °f fo b' early renewal of frost. The execution of T s ic,is( at Spandau, for his attempted assassinat i on o f ta...", of Pru ss i a , was k nown it Hamburgh, and had C" - t l i no sensation whatever. 'fhe Turkish G ove rnmen:, of nominated a consul at Hainbnrgh, in the per s° ,,;4o' Portuguese gentleman, who already r e p res ents t"„ of ill' yernment of his own country in the cap ac ity of ev ec er ‘ l general, and he had Rot felt himself at liberty if lel the appoint men t w ith ou t re f err i ng fi rst f or perralf s ; to es' the authorities at Lisbon. Thi s ia th e fi rs t apP°'n"," of the kind which the Turkish Government in the north of Europe, and it is an indication to extend the commercial relations of the em pire,,. cannot fail to be interesting to th e mercan til e pub i- m . p ic The lake of th e gar d ens o f th e R o yal 13° anal Society is covered with ice of an excellent qusli t r e s many of the f e ll ows o f th e S oc iety ava il t h e nise the opportunity of skating thereon. THAMES POLICE. James Bridgeman was finally examined on Tuesday on the charge of stealing several tools, the property of John Cross, of No. 6, Tichborne-court, Holborn. The facts of the case have already appeared in the The Sun. The prisoner, it will be remembered, was dug out of the flue of the vestry-room of the Union Chapel, Bow-lane, Poplar, on the morning of Saturday week, where his groans throughout the night alarmed the whole neighbourhood. He was taken by Plowright, the constable, who rescued him from the perilous position in which he was fixed in a state of uncon sciousness, to the station-house, and thence to the London Hospital, whence he was brought to this Court on the ensuing Monday, charged with being found in the flue for the purpose of committing a felony. As, however, the Act of Parliament 7th and Bth George IV., cap. 29, to constitute a burglary in a house of worship requires that something should be stolen, and as no property had been taken by the prisoner, the charge could not be supported. He was, however, remanded on the charge of burglary at Mr. Cross's, whose house he broke open in the night, carrying off tool s an d other articles of property, as far back as 1i42. The prisoner was fully committed on Tuesday, to take his trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. WOOLWICH, TUESDAY. The Cornet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Prettyman, took a party of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines to Chatham on Saturday, returned to 'Woolwich on Sunday, and on Monday bowed the Scourge steam-frigate to the East India Docks, to be fitted with her engines, by Maudslay, Sons, and Field. The Comet left the river the same evening for Portsmouth. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander S. B. Cook, left Woolwich on Monday for Ports mouth, with the paddle-box boats for the Locust steam-vessel. The Princess Alice steam-vessel, Master-Com mander L. Smithett, arrived at Woolwich on Sunday from Dover, to have the damage she sustained hy coming into collision with the Princess Mary steam vessel made good at this dockyard. The Alban steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander F. Lowe, is ordered to Woolwich to have her defects made good. The Black Eagle is to be fitted with Mr. Samuel Hall's smoke consuming apparatus. The intended trial of the Retribution steam-frigate on the 27th inst. has been postponed. A boat is to be built on the plan of Captain George Smith, the inventor of the paddle-box boats, upon the same principle as the paddle-box boats, but adapted to steam-vessels fitted with screw propellers. Strict orders hare been given to the workmen at the Woolwich Dockyard not to introduce Lucifer matches into any part of that establishment. Mr. Sydney E. L. Wright is appointed clerk to the Rattler steam-vessel. Mr. Alexander Sistland is appointed second en gineer to the Redwing steam-vessel. GLTILbFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY. A Special General Meeting of the Shareholders in the Guildford Junction Railway Company was held on Tuesday, in the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle street, for the purpose of sanctioning an agreement made by the Directors with the London and South- Western Board, for the :sale of the Guildford Junc tion line, granted in the last session of Parliament. Mr. Ross D. Mangles, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The SECRETARY read the Directors' report, which detailed the negotiations on this subject. The Com pany, by the Directors' agreement, were to give over the railway to the South-Western Company, com pleted with a single line of rails, receiving in return the sum of 75,0001. From this the Guildford Junc tion Company were recommended t o p ay a sum o f 20,0001. to the proprietors of Prosser's Wooden Rail way Company, as a compensation for their abandon ment of the agreement to lay. down Prosser's wooden rails on the line. The report concluded with an assurance on the part of the Directors that, after all the requisite expenditure, sufficient would remain to reimburse the Shareholders, with good interest on their outlay. Mr. HAnnow, in moving the adoption of the report, observed, that several persons, he amongst the num ber, had become connected with this Company for the sake of a permanent investment, and had procured their shares at a premium. Under these circum stances, therefore, he wished to know if those Pro prietors would have the option of taking shares in the Company to which this line was to be transferred ? The CHAIRMAN explained that the Directors, owing to the opposition which threatened them on all sides, were not altogether to be considered as free agents. They were, therefore, compelled to agree to the best terms they could, for had they refused the offer of the South-Western Company, and the projected opposi tion lines had progressed, the property of the Guild ford Junction Company would have been rendered valueless. To a limited extent, if any Proprietor wished to tranfer his present holding for a corre sponding number of shares in the extension company, he (the Chairman) was authorised to say that provi sion would be made, and the shares granted. Mr. HADDOW was perfectly satisfied, and begged to move the adoption of the report. Mr. HURST asked, if the South-Western Company failed in Parliament in procuring their projected ex• tension, whether the Guildford Junction would then he an independent company? The CHAIRMAN—NO. It was absolutely sold, there being a specific clause in the agreement, signed by Mr. Chaplin and himself, which said, " The pur chase is absolute, whether there be an extension line or not." Mr. Log seconded the motion, which was unani mously agreed to. Mr. HADLEY moved a resolution, to the effect that the Directors be authorised to take the necessary steps to complete the agreement with the South-Western Company. Mr. BLACBMORE seconded the motion, observing that the course pursued by the Directors was the most beneficial one which could be adopted. This resolution was also unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN, as the meeting was about to break up, observed that if any gentleman desired shares in the extension line, and would send in an application to that effect within a week, he would try personally to get them the shares they desired. If they applied to him then they would get them. A vote of thanks was passed to the Directors, and the meeting separated. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yester day morning for Cambridge. - --------_, er , - of London : Printed and Published by MURDO YO N O, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tke Sus Offici, l " • ,es Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Wm" Middlesex, Thurs lay, December 26, 1844. Th e, 12,00, BIRTHS. i l'oo . On the 19th inst., at Odsall House, n ear Bradfor d ' shire, the lady of Charles Hardy, Esq., of a daughter' 1,020 4 ' On the 19th in s t., a t B a y swa t er , M rs . Willi a m Lec" of a son. . WO se On the 21st inst., at Manor House, Paddington, the F. C. Follett, Esq., of a daughter. Lsrllbir4 On the 21st i ns t., at St oc k we ll, S urrey , M rs . T. of a son. 1 e leris On the 2d in s t., i n Moorgate-street, the lady 0 - f F Jesse Hills, Esq., let West India Regiment, of a son. „ 101/ On the 23d i ns t., a t B roo k- green , H ammers mith, “ 1 " of the Rev. Edward Wickham, of a daughter. ip Tr c i ‘ . On the 19th in s t., a t V a l enc i a , Ireland, the lady o — f - 8 Blackburn, Esq., of a son. " C On the 20th i ns t., a t H o l y h ea d, th e l a d y o f Commander Fraser, R.N., of a daughter. r A ell9°' On the 22d i ns t., a t Uxbridge, Mrs. G. H. Heron , 0 e 0 0 On the 224 inst., at Westbourne-place, Eaton-se ll i es t e lady of Commander H. J. Matson, RN., of her I" ship Daring, of a daughter. th fir On the 234 inst., at North Villa, Regent's-Park , --. _,. of Colonel W. Miles, of a daughter. -A fltef tP. " On the 23d inst., at Farnham, the wife of Allred Esq., of a daughter. _...----"/ MARIED. On the 14th inst., a t Monkst R own Church, Dublin, L.t io f, Terry, E sq ., o f P rospect, C or k , to E mma Conolly, VO - # O, only sister of Sir John Conroy, Baronet, of Arborfie la Berkshire. DIED. 13.09 al On the 23d inst., a t hi s res id nice, Northfieet, DJ' ".r Finch-lane, l a t e o f th e R o y a l Exchange, in his 62d7 t-1,10 On the 10th i ns t., at klorence, Ann, widowof PI C Peter Auber, Esq. On the 18th inst., Sarah, widow of William Browne , formerly of her Majesty's Customs, London. Nair; I■ th e 1,, that 'Feet what to b e trafsc du, 4 be Liu*, vi„, b 11,