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zw‘ TL .a ti, 'The- xt lled the causes, and a ft er some e;-. tl i 4 w !.g .n m*Dip4lie last cause a nswere d, b u t coun se‘obktidr filiteing taken out of rotation; ultimately theltiirdiviat r cause was called on:— WICKS V. HEAP. This was an action to recover the sum of 31. 10s., for money lent. The defendant pleaded that he was not in debted. On the part of the plaintiff two witnesses were caned, who deposed that the defendant had frequently admitted_ that the money had been l en t, an d h a d o ft en promised to pay as soon as possible. re. PAYNE, for the defendant, elicited that the parties had formerly been friends but had quarrelled. The attorney's clerk admitted that he had gone to de fendant's as a friend of plaintiff, to ask defendant to make terms. He denied that be went for the express purpose of getting an admission, as they had witnesses; they were relations of defendant, and plaintiff did not wish to call them. The Learned Counsel strongly urged that the jury ought to look on these cases with great suspicion when there were no documents to prove the loan. Witnesses were for some reason kept back. The SECONDARY said the question was, were the witnesses to be relied on—there were nc means of contra dicting the case by evidence. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict fur the amount claimed. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Nov. 8. Mr. Baron Parise and Mr. Justice Williams sat at eleven o'clock to-day, and proceeded with the business of the Winter Assize. The calendar is not heavy, and their Lordships will, it is expected, finish the busi ness in the course of the present week. The calendar contains a list of sixty-two prisoners. Of these, four stand charged with attempts to murder in various ways, four with rape, four with manslaughter, ten with cutting and wounding, and six with burglary. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) CURIOUS Cum= OF ASSAULT.—The Rev. Thomas Carter, Edward Rayner Highton, Charles Bromley, Robert Evans, and John Jones, were indicted for an assault on John Reed Miles. Mr. Monk conducted the prosecution ; the defence was conducted by Mr. Brandt and Mr. Drinkwater. This indictment was preferred and found at the last assizes, but the parties having traversed, it now came on for trial. The defendants are connected with the borough gaol, Mr. Carter being the chaplain, Mr. High ton the governor, Mr. Bromley one of the turnkeys, and the other defendants are engaged about the gaol in other capacities. Mr. MONK stated the case, and called the prosecutor. It appeared from his statement that be was appointed as schoolmaster in the gaol, in the year 1841, and bad con tinued in that office up to April in the present year, when the transaction took place, which resulted in this indictment. On that day, the 16th of April, he had a conversation with Mr. Highton, who showed him some anonymous letters which had been sent to the magis trates, and which complained of Mr. Highton's conduct. Mr. Highton said that some of the things stated in the let ters were true, and some were not so; that he had admitted the truth of some of the complaints, and the magistrates had forgiven him, and that they had farther handed him letters that he might ascertain whether they had ema nated from any person employed in the gaol, in which case he had the power of dismissing the party on the instant. Mr. Highton intimated his suspicions of a per son known as Scotch Jemmy, who was employed as a mason in the gaol, and whose son he had dismissed, and requested the witness to endeavour to ascertain Scotch Jemmy's feelings towards him. The witness suggested that a few glasses of whisky would probably be the most successful means, and requested Mr. Highton to leave the modus operandi to him, saying that by Saturday he thought he could ascertain the state of Scotch Jemmy's nend towards Mr. Highton. In the course of the same day the witness saw Mr. Carter, who said that Mr. high ton was about to make some inquiry. The witness said he thought that was rather premature, after the ar rangement he had made with Mr. Highton about Scotch Jemmy. A short time after, however, he was sent for to the governor's house, and there he found arrange ments made for the inquiry, a table being set out in the parlour with writing materials for two persons. Mr. Highton and Mr. Carter were there, as well as a gentle man of the name of Archer, the surgeon to the goal. Mr. Carter said they , were about to call in certain par ties to examine, and that the witness would be required to assist. Witness said he would go over to the other side of the room, where he could see the faces of the par ties under examination. Mr. Carter replied, " No, no; we want you to sit down there ; " p o i n ti ng t o one of the desks, and appear to be assisting in a friendly manner. That will lull suspicion. A number of persons were examined, Mr. Carter and the witness both taking notes. Mr. Carter put the questions. While the examination was going on witness heard some observations made, either between Mr. Archer and Mr. Highton, or Mr. Archer and Mr. Carter. The parties were at this time rather behind him, and he could not see who spoke, but the one said," It is not like that;" to which the other an swered, " Wait, the paper runs." This observation at traeted his attention, and induced him to suppose there was another object in the arrangement which had been made, different from the professed one. The examina tion continued, however, till about five o'clock, when Mr. Carter got up, looked at his watch, and, gathering his papers together, said the further investigation had better be postponed till the following day. Witness ga thered up the papers which he bad written, on which Mr. Carter desired witness to hand them to him. Wit ness declined, saying they were to guide his mind in the inquiry as to Scotch Jemmy. Mr. Carter insisted on having'thene and the witness refused to give them up until, as he said, he had taken a copy of them. Mr. Car ter again demanded them, and said they were his, and, the discussion waxing warmer, the witness said that what he had heard induced hire to think the whole was a trick, and that he would lay the papers before the chief magis trate, with his own comments. Some further conversa tion took place, and Ur. Carter said he would send for a magistrate, to which the witness replied that they must let bins have a messenger to send for a legal ad viser. Mr. Highton then went out of the room, and came back with a card in his hand. He wrote something, and showed it to Mr. Carter. Mr. Carter said, " No, we must use force." Both then came round (Mr. Archer had previously left the room), and Mr. Highton rapped on the door, on which Mr. Bromley entered. The wit ness then gave the papers a twist as if about to tsar them, when he was seized by the parties and a struggle took place, in the course of which the other defendants came in and assisted. He was finally deprived of the papers, and was taken to the officer's lodge very much exhausted. He afterwards left the gaol, but could not get home, and was assisted to a public-house near by a person of the name of Buckley. He went home in a cab, and was for some time under medical care. In cross-examination, he declined answering whether he had circulated placards through the town reflecting on the character of the defendant. Was examined before the visiting justices respecting this matter ; and has not since acted as a schoolmaster in the gaol. The reason for keeping the papers was what the witness had over heard, not that he wanted them to guide his inquiry as to Scotch Jemmy. It appeared, from the testimony of William Salisbury and William Buckley, who saw the prosecutor after this occurrence, that he then seemed very weak and ex hausted. It appeared from the evidence of the medical man that he showed great difficulty of breathing and complained of intense pain in the head. There were, however, no serious external marks of violence. Mr. BRANDT addressed the jury for the defence, con tending that, even on the showing of the prosecutor himself, who, having closed the mouths of all the de fendants, was there to tell his own tale, they had acted with great forbearance arid discretion. They had a right to insist on the prosecutor giving up th ese p apers; they expostulated with hire—they proposed calling in the intervention of a magistrate, and it was only when the prosecutor was on the point of destroying them that they used force to get them back, and no more force than was absoiuteiv neoessarV. His LORDSHIP summed up, and Left it to the jury to say whether the defendants had assaulted the prosecutor for the purpose of recovering pipers belonging to th em , i n which the prosecutor, a s their clerk ter servant, or 1,?; hi:lli:Ay out as their • c!erk or servant, !sad been writing, and whether they used more violence than was necessary ror that purpose.--Verdict, Not Guilty. Yo' , Bee. 8. Mr. Juetice Erie and Mr. &roe Platt, the judges ap pointed to try the prisoners at these assizes, came into the city of York do Saturday. The calender of prisoners is un usually- heavy, considering the short interval of time since the summer assizes. There are eighty-one persons in rill to take their trials; three of these on the charge of murder; fire, man slauehter ; one, uttering base coin ; seven, horse or cattle stealiog ; seven, sheep stealing ; three, rape ; two, attempting rape ; five, burglary; seven, stabbing or eveunding ; efsve, unnatural ofthnce ; sixteen, stealing from the person ; five, robbery with violence ; one, offence against the bankrupt laws ; one, receiving stolen goods ; one, forgery ; four, stealing from a dwelling 'louse ; one, false pretences ; two, night poaching ; one. she same, with violence ; one, feloniously killing a horse ; one,, perjury ; one, arson. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) Cieen.ue Or MANS LAUGHTER—The first case taken, the tidy one arising in the city of York, was that of Ediv.ird Luna, age fifty-two, who stood charged with the offence of :manslaughter, in having, in the month of I /ctober last, ; at the parish of St. Crux, occasioned the death of l Ann Downes, b y administering a phial of lau danum n place of a mixture prescribed for a cough. metthews and Mr. Blanchard appeared for the prosecution ,e the prisoner was undefended. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Matthews, that the deceased, an old lady, 81 years of age, h a d res i ded in the Merchants Fl a il, Y or k, along with her d aughter ' and a servant-maid, named Clark, and was subject to a coueli, fur %ellich she was in the habit of p rocuring a mixture, supplied by the prisoner. The prisoner was l'onsidenNl a respectable chemist and druggist. The re 2 a - de servent was sent, on the 18th of October, for the mseal mixture, when, by some accident, the bottle con taining that medicine in the shop had been removed, and 'another containing th e l au d anum put in ifs place. The cone , qu,n;te was, that a large quantity of laudanum was delivered to the se rvan t by m i sta k e , a sufficient quantity to cause death : it was shortly after given to the de ceased, who, although attended by the prisoner, and, at his instance, by. a medi ca l man a l so, exp i re d on t h e 21 s t. There was no doubt that the death had been caused by the poison thus administered. But Mr. Matthews, who mow prosecuted upon the coroner's inquisition, said, that the grand jury had ignored the bill of indictment pre ferred upoa the same facts. The Learned Counsel did not consider the case one in which the prisoner could be r.ghtly convicted of the crime of manslaughter. But it was right, nevertheless, for the security of the public, that the ground for-au acquittal should be understood. Mere, it must be admitted, the unfortunate occurrence bad arisen from a mere accident, and not from any ap• larent neglect of the party accused. Had the death been occasioned by such neglect, the result would have justified a conviction upon this serious charge. The Learned JUDGE said that he quite agreed with the remarks addressed to them by Mr. Matthews, and directed the jury that the prisoner should be acquitted. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) William Hodgson, aged nineteen, was indicted for having, on the 9th October, at Bidlington, in the East Riding, stolen three giramer sheep, the property of Henry Frost. Mr. Raines and Mr. Liddell conducted the prosecu tion, and Mr. Dearsley defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor, who is a butcher, had put a small flock of sheep into a field near his residence, and, on going to count them missed three, one of which was afterwards discovered alive upon the premises of a neighbour. That sheep the prisoner admitted he had found and placed there. But at the house of the prisoner there were found the car casses of two others ; and the prisoner had taken two skins, which were identified, to a feltmonger. He had confessed his guilt to the police-officers upon his appre hension. Con v ieted.—Sentenee deferred. -Ars back her family got acquainted with the com twc! ye In plainant , d his brother, who wer e th en a lm os t i n a s t a t e nd often crying for want, since which time he of nudity, a -t married to a widow old enough to be his contrived to Ct• now sixty-five years of age, keeping oyment of 1,8001. a-year ; and grandmother, bt:4: l i . her carriage, and in the ,:ni s i shin z bill for the amount of the on her husband furni. g upplied, not only to himself, but clothes that had been ih' also to his brother, be cOnpoundeci for what he had had himself, and drew a bill of 2 81. lOs., being the amount due by him for the brod.'er. Suiji an act of ingratitude na turally exasperated her; and or; going to Portugal-street the balance, she threatened for the purpose of demanni:g 4,....Antity of letters which she to expose the contents of a had in her possession of his resi:ecting his wife e , u tipon at the samme which he pushed her against the with, onsidered she using an offensive expression, and she .: was to a certain extent justified in kicking I,Lin for such conduct. The complainant admitted that his brother had com mitted some letters to the defendant's husband, but that had nothing to do with the charge of assault. Mr. TWYFORD said the proper course would be to try and obtain restoration of the papers alluded to by summons, and as the complainant was no longer a pri-. soner in the Queen's Bench, perhaps he would be sa tisfied if the defendant would promise not to molest him in future. infidel principles; andsome 4 .arnO since several of number of their their with a fol idisinitoon of the co. nparat i ve merits of Christianity speakers urackhersa an d publicly cin challeng e d hi m to Iso pr o minentes r o s u s and Atheism, they hit'ing learned that he had delivered lectures on the sut)jet. By advice of some of his Christian friends he t cepted the challenge, and they subsequently had a number of discussions, from which his opponents at lengh withdrew, and a large an d respectable meeting vas afterwards held, at which resolutions were passel, to the effect that his argu ments in favour of Christianity had triumphantly over thrown the theory of ths infidels. Copies of these reso lutions were given in ths presence of witnesses to a Mr. Islarwood, the understand proprietor of the " Hall of Science," and to another principal member of the fra ternity, and these resolutions, he observed, referred also to, and pointedly contradicted, a slanderous statement which the defendant, Edwards, had publicly made on the platform of their hall last Tuesday evening. He came now to the immediate subject of complaint, and said that three lectures had been announced to be de livered at the Free Church on different evenings by a New Zealand chief, for the purpose of explaining to the Christian public the savage manners and customs of the native New Zealanders, and of the happy progress whi ti Christianity had lately m a d e amongst them througt. t h e agency of the missionaries in that part of the woff it f On Monday evening there was an assemblage sp`' at least 'Asesel ec t ures; the defend ant b 2 u ,O t OO du p ri e n r g son a s i p n or th ti e on ch o u f rc t h h , e to pr h o e c a e r e o d n in e g o v f t commenced interrogating the lecturer, speaking at the " top of his voice, and charging hint with being an im poster, and declaring that the only object in view was to make money, although, the complainant said, n o charge had been made to the public for admission. Immediately upon that, as if by concert, a most extraordinary and " ap parently unearthly" noise of yelling and screaming re sounded through the church, so that the lecturer was obliged to leave the platform, and the greatest excite ment was occasioned amongst the audience, espeei-,„4 I a s complainanti n danger o f b e a 4.i r i n s" , g th e females. This scene of disorder continued e . : oout that the end in aso r i ot, g destroyed, sent for aqpropertyt o f po fe anrthh churchaeps hour, it the police, and the defendant w a o n u w d d given in charge to them. Order being then resto:•ed, the lecturer resunsed, and afterwards the meeting : quiets) , separated. The defendant, in arsawer to the charge, denied that he had made such a disturbance as had been alleged, although he certainly did denounce the exhibition of the New Zealand chief as an impostor, for he had known that person about town for perhaps twenty years, and had seen him exhibit in the same character when de fendant himself was some years ago at the Garrick Theatre. When he saw his old acquaintance, therefore, , as a lecturer in the church on Monday evening, he di -.1 put a few questions to him, and requested to be infor: oe d when he came from New Zealand to this country? The other pretended to answer him by counting ..spon his fingers to the amount of two years and seven months. Defendant then exposed the imposition, ar,d it was the exposed imposture, he said, that caused the uproar, and not his wish to cause disturbance. It was true, he added, that no charge had been made at t.'ne doors for admis sion to the meeting, but in the course of the proceed ings collection of money was hinted at, and the question was raised whether it should be 2d. or 3d. each, but he, addressing the compl a i nan t, w h o was in the chair, wished to know to what purpose the money was to be applied, and the question was then dropped. The o implainant said there was no imposture intended as intimated by the defendant, and the cries and gestures of the chief, which the defendant had now grotesquely mimicked, to cause a laugh amongst those around, were not those of the lecturer himself, but to give the auditors an idea of the savage manners of the natives. Mr. BINGHAM told the defendant that if he deemed the alleged chief to be an impostor, and wished to ex pose him, he must not do so by creating in the meeting a disturbance, which might have had serious conse quences, and he was liable to punishment under the statute. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday Mr. Swift, of the Chancery bar, appeared before' the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of exonerating Mr. Ellison, a gentleman whose name was brought into question on the preceding day, as being connected with the Thames, Southend, and Eastern and Northern Rail way Junction Company, from any participation in the concern bearing that designation. He said it was true that the name of Mr. Ellison, who was a man of high respectability, appeared at the commencement of the undertaking of which Mr. Garde had complained, amongst the names of those who were engaged in the speculation; but it was equally true that he had with drawn from the Company before a provisional com mittee had been appointed, and in fact, before any act had been performed from which it could be inferred that he had anything to do with the Company. The correspondence which had been read in the Mansion house had reference to other parties, and Mr. Ellison was ready to come forward at any time to state all he knew about the Company, from which he had withdrawn the moment he found that it had the qualities of the bubbles which were every day bursting. The Learned Counsel did not by this coming forward on behalf of Mr. Ellison, whom he knew to be wholly incapable of join ing in any scheme of a discreditable character, mean to cast any imputation upon Mr. Garde, who naturally felt indignation and disgust at having been lugged in as a debtor to the amount of upwards of 1,0001. to the sur veyors of the projected line. He considered that Mr. Garde was justified in the course he had adopted ; and he had reason to believe that the surveyors were now quite aware upon whom they could make their demand legally, and no doubt they would exercise their judg ment in the emergency. The LORD MAYOR said that Alderman Gibbs had been applied to on the occasion of the complaint, and the subject might be brought before that magistrate on a future occasion. Mr. Swift said, that as Mr. Ellison felt every moment of consequence in a case in which he considered his name to be most improperly mixed up with a Company of such a description, it was important to him to have the denial made as public as had been the mistaken representation that he was the secretary to the Company. The LORD MAYOR said he had not the slis s htest doubt as to the readiness of the newspapers to do justice to any gentleman whose name had been improperly used, and added, that if Mr. Ellison attended the justice-room upon the second application of the complainant, he could enter into a full justification of his conduct. We understood Mr. Swift to state that Mr. Ellison would certainly be in attendance on the day appointed for the re-hearing of the complaint of Mr. Garde. A very extraordinary scene followed. Mr. Payne (the barrister) appeared to support a sum mons, which he said had been taken out against a gen tleman for having obtained the sum of 2001., in a deal ing connected with a railway company, by false pre tences. (In the present stage of the proceedings, we, for obvious reasons, omit the names of the parties concerned, as well as the name of the Company the shares in which were the cause of the dispute.) Mr. Clarkson, who was engaged for the defence, said, he came to answer a very different complaint from that set forth in the summons, which did not impute any false pretence at all to his client. The summons merely attributed a certain unsanctioned appropriation of money. If the complainant attributed a felony or misdemeanourao the gentleman at the bar, the course he was bound to adopt was to direct an officer to take the defendant at once into custody. Mr. Payne said that course would certainly have been pursued, if it did not happen that there was a merciful consideration entertained towards the defendant, who was in the establishment to which the complainant be longed, and was only just beginning life. The Learned Counsel submitted that, although the summons was not worded as he expected it would have been, still the Lord Mayor would be completely justified, as complainant and defendant were both present, to hear the case as one of obtaining money under false pretences. Mr. Goodman, the Chief Clerk, said it struck him as very difficult to draw out a summons to a party to an swer such a charge as Mr. Payne wished to have framed, as the person aggrieved had it in his power to give the person so complained of into custody at once. To sum mon a party to answer for an offence, a conviction upon which would subject him to seven years' transportation, appeared to him to be a very ill-judged proceeding. The LORD MAYOR said he considered Mr. Goodman's view of the matter was unquestionably correct. Mr. Clarkson then expressed a wish to know whether Mr. Payne would proceed with the complaint as it was stated in the summons. Mr. Payne said he had no notion of such a thing. Mr. Clarkson—Then I shall take my leave. Mr. Payne—Then I shall apply for a warrant upon the evidence of my client, which I shall now require to be taken. Mr. Clarkson—The defendant is here, and your client can direct an officer to take him into custody at once ; but it is plain that your object is to throw upon the ma gistrate the responsibility which the complainant is afraid to take upon himself, for very good reasons. We understood the LORD MAYOR, with the advice of Mr. Goodman, to say that he would not, under the pe culiar circumstances of the case, grant a warrant, but it was in the power of the complainant to cause the de fendant at that moment to be apprehended upon the charge of having obtained money under false pretences. The LORD MAYOR said that Mr. Payne, in examining witnesses in support of an application for a warrant, would be doing no more than taking up the time of the Court. Mr. Payne—Then we shall give the defendant into custody at once. Here the complainant stood forward, and gave the defendant into custody to one of the officers. Mr. Clarkson then requested a postponement of the hearing of the care, in consequence of an engagement elsewhere on a Government case, to which he was obliged to give immediate attention. Mr. Payne said he had not the least objection to a postponement, and he also stated that he should be satisfied if the defendant entered into his own recogni zances to appear to answer the serious charge. The defendant then entered into his own recogni zences to appear, and was released from custody. A young woman, named Bridget Plant, was com mitted to Newgate for having assaulted Eleanor Welch with a sword on the head. The complainant and defendant were, it was evident, jealous of each other, and the object of their affection was a tailor. In their cups they quarrelled, and the latter resorted to the desperate expedient of a rusty old sword, with which she wounded her rival in two places on the top of the bead. GUILDHALL. William Giddings, of the City police, was brought before Alderman Hunter, charged with being drunk while on duty, and insubordinate when at the station house. Mr. Joseph Boyd, inspector of the second division of City police, stated that while at the station. house on Saturday morning, Sergeant Bain came and reported that the prisoner was in liquor on his beat, and unfit to do his duty. He at first refused to come to the station, but eventually did so. He (witness) told him that he was suspended, and had better go to bed, but he refused, and wanted to go out again; at last he became so vio lent that he was obli g ed to be locked up. His case h a d been laid before the Commissioner of Police, who di rected him to be taken before the magistrates, in conse quence of repeated acts of misconduct on the part of the prisoner. The complainant said he had no objection, and the de fendant having made the required promise, she was dis charged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. James .Haydon, a waterman, was brought before Mr. Maltby, charged with striking Joseph Mitchell on the head with a hammer in Coventry-street. The complainant, it appeared, was desirous of going towards his home in North-street, Stepney, by one of the Blackwell omnibuses, and for that purpose went to the Black Horse public-house, where the Blackwell om nibuses stop for passengers, and where the defendant acts in the capacity of waterman. The complainant, who had been drinking, was objected to as a passenger on that ground, and this having led to words between the defendant and himself, the complainant received a blow on the head from a hammer which the defendant had in his hand. The blow cut through the com plainant's hat and inflicted a severe wound on his head. The defendant said the complainant was intoxicated, sad on being refused admission into the omnibus, he got enraged and struck at him repeatedly. While warding off the blows, the hammer which he had in his hand must have accidentally come in contact with the complainant's head. Mr. MALTBY considered the assault so ferocious and unprovoked, that:he should inflict the full penalty of 51., or two months' imprisonment, and in addition revoke his license. Harance Flynn and William Eckhart, a German, were charged with being suspected thieves. Mr. Grant, breeches and gaiter maker, of Piccadilly, said the two prisoners came into his shop a few mornings ago to make a trifling purchase. After they had left be missed some handkerchiefs, which he suspected they bad stolen. He sent a description of the prisoners to his neighbours, in case they should receive a visit, and on Monday, on being informed that the prisoners had called at a shop in his vicinity, he caused them to be apprehended. On searching them, only a few half pence in money were found, but they had a new piece of silk handkerchief, evidently the produce of their morning's labour. They were remanded to find an owner for the property, and to inquire into their characters. William Heiron, of Mead's-court, was charged with having committed an assault on a married woman named Cox. The complainant said she was going home to her lodg ings in Castle-street East, about one o'clock, when she was accosted by the defendant in Mead's court. She repulsed his advances, and instantly received a violent blow on the face, which blackened her eye, and for the mo ment stunned her. A gentleman who was passing, seeing the assault, came to her assistance, and succeeded in securing the defendant. The gentleman accompanied her to the station-house, and signed the sheet, but he was not in attendance. The defendant declared his entire innocence of the aharge. He was about to put the keyin:the door of the house where he lodged, when he saw some man strike a woman. He went forward to her assistance, and was given into custody as the person who assaulted the woman. The complainant now said that his object was not to have the defendant punished, but to be insured against future disturbance, for the last of the three lectures was yet to be delivered. - The defendant was held to bail, one surety in 1001. (The " New Zealand Chief," whom the defendant de clared to be the lecturer above mentioned, was a t this Court some years back, charged with being drunk and with beating his wife, and be was proved to be an Irish man of the name of Byrne. From the account which he then gave of himself, it appeared that in his youth he had fallen into the hands of the New Zealanders after shipwreck. His shipmates, he said, were eaten by the Cannibals, but his Life was preserved, and he lived amongst them, taking part in their wars, until be be came a chief ; and the beautiful tattooed marks about his face and other parts he stated to be so many marks of honour for various victories. He stated to Mr. Broughton, the magistrate, that he was about to proceed again to New Zealand upon missionary affairs, so that he may possibly have been there in the interval and recently re turned to England as stated.l The complainant said the defendant was the man who struck her. Mr. MALTBY inflicted the penalty of SL, which was immediately paid. The defendant shortly afterwards returned into Court with a female named Blabey, living in Mead's•court, who said she witnessed the whole affair. The complainant and a man (taller than the defendant) were quarrelling in the court for about a quarter of an hour. The man at last struck the woman, and then the defendant came forward and said, " Don't strike the woman, strike me." The man went away, and shortly afterwards the woman gave the defendant into custody as the man who had assaulted her. The woman was intoxicated at the time, and was unable to distinguish the party who had struck her. THE CORN-LAWS. The following address has been issued to the inhabi tants-of Taunton and its vicinity:— Fellow-townsmen and neighbours,—A long interval has elapsed since I addressed you on the subject of the corn-laws. The reason is obvious. It is not that I have felt less forcibly the necessity of their entire repeal, it is because an interlude of abundant harvests bad for a time mitigated the mischiefs of these laws, and neutralised your energies. Any attempt to arouse public feeling, duriug such a period of careless though evanescent repose would have availed little. I then " have bided my time" for a renewal of those humble efforts which 1 have the consolation to believe have not been with out their influence. That time is now come, and I feel I should be culpable were I any longer to remain inactive and silent. A bounteous Providence, whose merciful de signs our insane laws have outraged, has given yet ano their reproof-ful warning. One great means of sustenance has greatly and mysteriously failed, another is deficient. Our corn-laws have thrown us on our own resources, and the cer tain and oft-told consequences have already begun, commerce languishes, short-time-working has commenced in the ma nufacturing districts, the money market is deranged, war threatens where peace would have prevailed. Ireland already calls for more food, want of employment, and other the sad consequences of dear food produced by artificial scarcity are impending over us ; in short, bad times appear to be coming. Let us not deceive ourselves by the moderate price of po tatoes. Growers are anxious to sell because their potatoes will not keep. Instead of husbanding our food against a day of need we are compelled to verify the reckless and impro vident saying, " Let us eat and drink for to-morrow we die." I shall take an early opportunity of enabling you to ex press your reprobation of these impolitic laws, by sending a requisition to the Bailiffs to convene a public meeting, and I now publish my intention that people may have time to think. I appeal to you for support; indeed, I anticipate a larger amount of it than ever, for the Whig leader (Lord J. Russell) has at last discovered and declared his error, in having clung to " fixed duty." We know that the perceptive powers and declarations of certain political leaders have a miraculous influence in sharpening the wits of their followers. Again, the Conservative Premier himself, the farmers' friend, is apparently anxious to hear the country call aloud, " Away, and forever, with these oppressive and inhuman laws which restrict the supply of food in the face of an i ncreasing popu lation." More than all, a merciful Cr eator seems to ray in unmistakeable againstlanguage, "Tempt m e no longer by wickedly continuing to war my bounty." The time is favour able for an expression of opinion—Government is vacillating and inconsistent. Let us rally, then, round the standard of justice and right. Let us demand open ports and the un conditional and immediate extinction of a tax which is suicidal of the best interests of its infatuated supporters, and cruelly oppressive to the great body of the people. Let us have the satisfaction of feeling that we h ave done our duty, come what may. Your faithful servant, W. BEADON. Dated No. 1, Crescent, Taunton, Nov. 29, 1845 • . See Lord John Russell's letter in the Chronicle of the 26th. I Mr. MALTBY decided on sending for the police-in spector who booked the charge, in order to make a further investigation into the case under the new aspect which it had assumed. George Vincent, a young man of decent appearance, was charged with attempting to pick pockets. Mr. James Robinson, of Pembroke-mews, Grosvenor square, coach maker, stated that about eight on Tuesday evening, as he was passing along Piccadilly, he felt some one press against him from behind, and turning suddenly round, found the prisoner close to him. lie was in a stooping position, with his hand against his (complainant's) coat pocket, and in the act of attempt ing to draw something out. He immediately seized him, and gave him into the custody of the police. Mr. MALTBY asked the prisoner what answer he had to make to this charge ?—The prisoner said he merely pushed up against Mr. Robinson in passing in a hurry ; it was done quite accidentallf, and not with the inten tion of robbery. His friends were in respectable cir cumstances, his father having been in business for many years. Mr. Mammy—But at the station-house I see you re fused to give your address. Prisoner—l did so, as Ido not wish my friends to know that such a charge has been made against me. The name I gave is not my right one. Mr. MALTBY—WiII you give your right name and address now? Prisoner—l must decline doing so; it would bring such disgrace on my 'amily. Mr. Robinson said there were two other young men in company with the prisoner. The prisoner said he was on his way home by himself. Police constablelB4 of the C division, stated that he had seen the prisoner and two other men come out of the Egyptian-hall about a quarter of an hour before. They were pointed out to him by an indifferent person as suspicious characters, and he watched them following up a lady for several hundred yards. The prisoner said that none of the police knew any thing against his character. Mr. MALTBY said, in order to afford the opportunity of making further inquiries, he should remand him until Monday next. Chad( tte Burt, a middle-aged female, dressed in deep mourning, was charged with having been found by the police, at two o'clock yesterday morning, drunk in St. James'-street, and causing a great disturbance. The defendant said that her husband had, been totally ruined by play, at one of the gaming -houses there, and being in distressed circumstances, she went to ask for relief, and was turned from the house in a very insulting manner. This irritated her feelings, and induced her to make the disturbance complained of.—Discharged. MAI?YLEBONE. Lieutenant-Colonel Talbot, residing at No. 5, Douro Cottages, St. John's Wood, was charged before Mr. Rawlinson, with having violently assaulted a journey man plasterer, named John Raines. Complainant stated that, on the evening of the 4th instant, after he had left his work, ha was proceeding towards his home, accompanied by two other workmen, whc m he had occasion to leave for a short period, in the Park-road. They went on without him, and soon after wards, as he was tibout to rejoin them in South-bank, he passed defendant, who struck him violently with his umbrella, and knocked him down. He got up as soon as he was able, and was again attacked by the defendant, who gave him a blow a ith his fist. ne The following address has also been ci rcu l ate d to tt e bailiffs of the borough of Taunton CaHou se, D ec . 5 , 1845 me understand that it is intended to invite 3.0 to call a public meeting of the inhabitants of Tau n t on, to 'ocon sider the subject of the corn- law, and as I am afraid that it will not be in my power to attend it, I address you for the purpose of conveying my opinions to my constituents. For many years, both in office and as an independent Mem ber of Parliament, I have opposed the laws which h ave regulated the admission of foreign corn into this country. It - ap peared to me that the principle of the sliding-scale on whicthey were founded was fraught with delusion to the landed interest which it professed to favour, while from its anti-com mercial character it was most injurious to the community at large. If a trade which is indispensable to the subsist ence of t he people is rendered by legislation expensive, hazardous, an d uncertain, it is clear that all this additional peril and vexa tion must on the long run be paid for by the people them selves. But we were assured that the scale had at last been so skilfully constructed that it could never exclude the adequate supply of foreign corn when it was really w anted. The circumstances of the present season furnish an addi tional proof of the futility and mischief of all these contri vances to supersede the steady and equable provision for our wants which commerce when left to her own free action can alone suitably afford to us. Wheat of a good quality i s selling at Mark-lane,at above 70 shillings a quarter. S&ircity is apprehended.' Foreign nations are drawing their supplies from our warehouses. But the operation of the averages has been such that bonded grain is excluded from our markets by a prohibitory duty. In desiring the repeal of the e x isting law, I wished that a moderate fixed duty should be substituted for it, as the sys tem upon which, under all the circumstances , I thought it expedient that the corn trade should for some time be con ducted. I will not trouble you with all the arguments which induced me to prefer this course. It seemed to me to be most in accordance with that prudence and circumspection which become statesmen and Parliaments when dealing with questions which affect the gravest intvests and excite the strongest passions of multitudes. It was certainly recom mended by the writers whose names carry with them the greatest weight of authority. I believe that it was adopted by most mercantile men, as distinguished from manufac turers, who for the most part desired that all duty should at once cease; and also by a very respectable minority among those connected with the landed interest itself. I thought I saw in all this the materials for a fair and stable compromise. But the progress of events has rapidly diminished, and at last extinguished, all chance of any such arrangement. It was strenuously opposed by the great body of the agricultu rists and by the Ministers of the Crown whom they had placed in office. Indeed the latter used every means in their power to discredit it, and to prevent any choice being offered to the country, except between a law like the present one and total repeal, and their efforts have been attended with success In answer to a question from the Magistrate, Complainant said—l had given him no offence what ever. After he had assaulted me he was going to run away, but I gave him in charge to a policeman. He was taken to the station-house, where he left his card, but was not detained. Sergeant Bain stated that about a quarter past twelve o'clock on Friday night he observed the prisoner drink ing with a girl of the town, and partly intoxicated. This was in Angel-court. Skinner-street. About one o'clock he agsin went round, and found the prisoner still drink ing with the same female. A third time he went round and found him intoxicated and incapable of doing his duty. The above evidence was for the most part corroborated by two other persons ; one of whom said, that as com plainant was moving along he happened to brush againss defendant's arm. Lieut.-Colonel Talbot stated in defence, that on the evening alluded to several men passed him in v. very disorderly manner, and amongst them was complailiant, who, after attempting to trip him up by the heels, ran off with the view of effecting his escape. He (defen dant) pursued him, and on coming up with him, com plainant attempted to strike him. He (the defendant), in his own defence, then gave him a blow. Mr. ItAwussoN—liave you any witness in support of your statement ? Defendant—l have not, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSON—Then the evidence is all on one side. Under the circumstances, I should recommend you to make some small satisfaction to the complainant. Defendant—l had rather pay a fine than let him hare any reward, as I don't cons id er myse lf to b e i n t h e wrong. The MAGISTRATE decided the case by ordering de fendant to pay 405., and an additional 25., the cost of the warrant. Alderman HUNTER said that this being the second case within these few days of the police being neglectful of their duty, he should send the prisoner for seven days to prison. Complainant here st••pped forward, and said that, in consequence of defendant's conduct towards him, he had lo.t three days' work, and had also been obliged to go to a doctor. Mr. IIAwLINsoN—I can't help it. The fine goes to the Queen, but I had rather that the defendant had made you some satisfaction. The penalty and costs were paid. Now, gentlemen, as I belive this to be the actual condi tion of this question, my choice cannot be doubtful. I see no reason to regret the course which I have pursued, nor have I altered any opinion which I have hitherto entertained ; but I am sure that it is now my duty to vote for the absolute re peal of the corn-law. I will add that the circumstances of the season are very favourable to such a change, which would confer great and speedy benefit on the country gene rally, while it could hardly excite the fear of present mis chief among the agriculturists. Gentlemen, I beg that you and all my constituents will . have the goodness t o excuse t hi s long l etter . It w ill p ro b a bl y save you from the obligation of hearing a longer speech, which, however, would, I know, have been received by you with your accustomed indulgence. I am, gentlemen, your very faithful servant, H. LABOLICLIERE. THE Stwrist, LONDON, THI7RSDAT MO RN:INa, DECEMBER 11, 1845. - BANK RETURNS. ktrom the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Note 2, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 29th day of November, 1845 :- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon-KriapP and Co 25,417 Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co 13,445 Ashford B an k, A s hf or d--Jemin;:it and Pomfret 11013 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-R. and E. Copeman 5, , 604 and Hunt Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford 42,068 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Baldock- _Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell 32,293 Barnstaple Bant: Barnstaple-Drake and Co 14,850 Basingstoke raid ' Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- C° lo, S'dymour, and Co. Bedford I,.ank Bedford-T. Barnard ed , f (ftd and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford to'pp, Halfhead, and Co. Bi/wdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichol s , Baker, and Crane 15,236 l3icester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,444 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham-,--Lewis, Meilliett, and Co .... 16,330 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak . 7,259 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 72,568 Boston 13ank, Boston-Gee and Co 11,393 Bridgwater ISank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 9,599 Bristol Rank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 38,394 Brosebey and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseiey Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 21,967 Bu'Ajligham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Pury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co 79,142 Banlnry Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney 35,591 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 48,137 Baer. City Bank, Bath-Mager and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 35,375 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds 34,566 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H. and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 66,364 Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 24,031 Brighten Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. 3,008 Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Briggs, and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury -Hammond and Co 27,970 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. 20,193 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 s C oven t ry -Li tt l e an d Wood cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 01,135 Craven Rank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christnh urch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co. 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 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Hughes, Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cook and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover-Latham, and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, and Co Devonport Bank, Devonport--Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester -Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford-Sparrow' Watford. and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co Faltenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford -Messrs. Haydon... Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0.... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Milder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware- S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull -Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veasey Ilarwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead- Smith, and Whittingstall Honiton Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co. I Ie rtfo rdshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitcher-Sharples arid Co. llereford. Ross, and Archenfield B an k, an d R oss and A rchenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan and Hoskins 05,62, Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suftblk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer 19,080 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J. Davies and Co 23,464 Knighton Bank, Knighton -J. Davies and Co 8,301 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knamsborough-Terry and Co 21,668 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Ca. 42,967 Kettering Bank, Kettering-Gotch and Sons 7,348 Lane En.d Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harv;:y and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 51,670 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williams, Brown, and CJ. 35,785 Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Brink,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 3,473 Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 29,810 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 41,759 LichPeld Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green... 18,615 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 90,105 Llan lovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very -David Jones and Co. ouv hborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St Barba 4,25, Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis -Gurneys and Co. 40,260 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. 11,343 41 anningtree Bank,Manningtree-Nunn and Co. 6,427 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough aria North Wilt s hi re N ew Bank, 17,857 Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 10,928 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones an d Williams..... 10,503 Minors' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co 17,723 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Ab ergavenny-Baileys and Co 24,997 Arlo:lmonth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth -Brornage and Snead . 16,335 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport W. Williams and Sons 8,102 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfreys and Hutton 28,016 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark-Handley, Peacock, and C 0...... .. Newb ur y Bank, Newbury-B unn y and Slocock 32,829 s;e untraet Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham mond. and Son 20,347 Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss-T ay lor and Dyson 2,840 Norwit h Crown Bank, Norwich-Harveys and I inlsons Norwich and Norfolk Bat*, Norwich-Gur neys end Co Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not t ingintra-Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,774 Nu le ft ton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddcock and Co Naval B an k , Plymouth-Harris, Harris, and 22,795 New St?rum Bank, Sarum ---Het!ey, Everett, and Co 12,921 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Smith and Co 28,908 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westrv-Croxon and Co 10,420 Oxford Bank, Oxford-J. and R. Morrell 13,047 Oxford 31dBan k, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wc.l:, Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Weil and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge- Beaching and Sons 26,690 2,960 5,712 21,863 19,19 6,713 8,915 11,149 35,589 23,988 7,646 0,224 3,49 9,244 44,172 09,073 53,275 51,326 32,883 2 1,40 7,815 13,801 4,896 5,395 20,385 11,813 30,179 35,565 9,13 23,898 8,87 53,299 4,887 20,194 13,445 33,014 7,029 Aversvo Amount Oxfordshire Witney Bank Witney-Williams, Clinch, and Co Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough-Simpson, White, and Simpson 11,173 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance-Rickets, Entheven, and Co Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co 33,765 Reading Bank, Reading- Stephens,Blandy, and Co 36,487 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Stapleton and Co 6,016 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Roy ds and Co. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nicholson Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey-Foot ner and Son 3,632 Royston Bank, Royston'-Fordham and Sons 14,635 Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 14,493 Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 27,475 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and Co Ross 61d Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and Scarborough Old Bank, !Scarborough-Woodall and Co Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews bury-Adams, Adaet.s, and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde 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, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge -Rufford, Wragg, and Co 16,608 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 12,773 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welsbpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. 25 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's-Gib son and Sturt Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock 27,353 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle, and Co 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 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, smith, and Co. 24,319 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co. 10,179 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Kelynge, Greenway, and Co 26,796 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester-Bulpett and Co. 22 Winchester and Hampshire Bank, 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 ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley and Turner Whitby Bank, Whitby-Frankland and Wil kinson Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster- Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham-J. 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 Yeovil, Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten York Bank, York-Swann, Clough, and Co JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 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 . 34,690 Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 11,078 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,394 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire. Banking Company, Derby 119,033 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 26,211 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 141,924 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18,376 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,295 Hull Banking Company, Hull 29,641 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,445 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,441 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 21,406 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough.. 28,677 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,832 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 59,238 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 44,887 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, Leeds 19,330 Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 13,440 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,820 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 27,707 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle. Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 83,398 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsg a t e - s t reet, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham ..... 58,017 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 77,749 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester........ 50,744 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 5,198 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,135 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Starnibid. .. Stuckey's Bankin g er Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 334,486 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge aria Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge 55,790 Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Roth e rh am J o i nt-Stock Banking 23,446 Company, Sheflioid 53,711 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond ....... • 51,213 Stockton and Toirliam County Banking Com pany, Stocktr r 8,643 Storey and lliiimas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury Sheffield and Rctord Bank, Sheffield .. Suffolk Bankinz Company, Ipswich Wolverhampton ai id Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 34,723 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,944 Whitehaven Joint -Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven . Warwick and Leainit.gton Banking Company, Leamington West of England and South Wales District Bank,Bristol. 47,164 10,173 2,769 3,922 38,0 6,845 24,780 8,840 39,722 3,773 4.217 4,388 3,154 ,9568 9,507 5,39 6,26 6,975 2,559 8,730 0,548 3,900 2,360 9,210 5,07 4,20 5,489 5,149 34,122 56,125 5;934 3,458 .3,699 84,869 2,565 9,695 22,708 2,09 S 11,05 49,045 11,353 9,609 4,5797 10,738 9,355 48,551 9,301 31,492 8,292 51,139 BOW-STREET. Mrs. Jane Cook, the wife of a tailor residing in Far ringdon-street, appeared on a summons bef ore M r . Twy ford to answer a complaint preferred against her by a young man, named Bond, for having assaulted him under the following singular circumstances : The complainant stated that be resided at 21, Regent villas, Avenue-road, Regent's-park, and is a privat e gentleman. On Monday last, about one o'clock, he was coming out of the Insolvent Debtors' Court,:in Portugal street, accompanied by a tipstatf from the Queen's Bench Prison, and being told previous to his coming down stairs that the defendant was waiting to speak to him, he sent down word there was no use in her seeing him on the matter she came about, as they could come to no agree ment. Shortly after, on his getting to a room on the first floor, defendant flew at him, and having kicked him behind, struck him also with her fist, for which she was taken into custody, but being in the custody of the tip sts h tip staff, he had n o opportun i ty o f f ollow i ng up the charge, as be was compelled to return to the Queen's Bench Prison instead of attending at the station-house in the character of a complainant. Mark Bond, a teacher of languages, and brother of the complainant, having confirmed the foregoing statement. The complainant said, in answer to the Court, that the defendant's husband agreed to accept of 10s. in the pound on an account that was between them, and for which a receipt was given in full, which seemed not to have satisfied the defendant, who persevered in insisting that a balance was still due: IV•••.. ... Mr. TWYFORD inquired how the complainant was enabled to attend, if he was still a prisoner in the Queen's Bench ? The complainant's brother replied that he had been discharged in the morning, and was about to leave town. In answer to the charge, Mrs. Cook said, that about WORSHIP-STREET. Henry Edwards who stated himself to have been for merly an actor at the Garrick Theatre, was charged berore Mr. Bingham with causing a serious disturbance at what is called the Free Church," in White's-row, Spitalfields. The Rev. George Montgomery West, who said he was the ordained minister of the church ha question, appeared as the complainant. Mr. BINGHAM asked him if it was a church of the established religion? to which he replied that it was not at present under episcopal jurisdiction, but was regularly licensed, and the service performed in it was that of the Church of England. The complainant then proceeded to state that the de fendant was known as a prominent member of a body of professed infidels, who occupy a building in White chapel, denominated " The Hall of Science," which he said was regularly used for the propagation of their 60,703 8,904 83,265 Average Wilts and Dorset Ranking Company, Salishury 69, West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield......„, Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, 6, 00 Worcester..... York Union Bankfng C om p an y, Y0rk........... 681 0 11 York City and County Banking Ccmpany, York 93 '„d Yorkshire Banking C om p an y, L ee d s P. DEANS, Registrai of Bank. Rattails. Stamps and Taxes, Dec. 6, 1845. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEc. 10.—Wind \ - V.N.W., moderate breeze"' fine. !AO DEAL, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Meg Merrilies, Sydney; Schutt, Batavia ; Maria, Calcutta ; Rambler, " I " t - ,$) Ceylon ; East London, Honduras ; Francis and Ann, W s t - ol t Romulus, Saguenay; Don, Thompson, Quebec •, Lady S v el a ssi Duffill, Montreal. Arrd from the River and sailed, n 'fs, Andrews, Launceston ; St. Vincent, Young. Sydney: . „0. Wright. N - wfoundiand. A rr d. f rom t h e Ri ver and re' Rajah, Hobart Town, bet ,is PORTSMOUTH, Orr. 9.—Arrd. Neptune, Rundle, (1 0e .,:atf 22 days. Sid. Queen, H u tt on , Chi na; S w i tzer l a nd, New York Cala ° LivErtroor,, DEC. 9.—Arrd. John Woo 4, Rrse, left St. llelena Oct. 27 ; J ess i e , Mi tc h e ll , H on d ur as; _rri i ol. Waller, Philadelphia, with cargo s hif te d ; Ri va l, 24 ,° n u e Off port, Esk, Calcutta ; B e l mon t . b r i g ; Mersa)", The Ann Kennedy, for this port, was run on slan .. r e OP, ~ sinking state off the Ri co l a t a , B uenos A yres , on kli?1,1 having. it was supposed, struck on her anchor, and be a total wreck ; great pa r t o f cargo an d ma t er ials enT4-11/ to be saved. The scho oner Ch en i ng , o f D ove r, vrae rlt disniasted, and subsequently wrec k e d on W es t HoP e night ; crew not vet heard WATERFORD, DEC. 7.—Arnl. Admiral Buchanan. nape' YARMOUTH ROADS, DEC. B.—Arrd. Intrepid, Que l l 00 ABERDOVEY, Dec. B.—The Frances (schooner) cdo th port, Williams, in running over the bar, struck on the Bank, where she lies full of water; crew saved. to CLAY, DEC. B.—The Mary and Maria, from Maidstal Goole, got on shore on the sth instant, but was assiste d without damage and proceeded. PORT WILLIAM, DEC. 2.—A boat, about 18 feet i f li cs b marked " Samuel Stanley" inside the stern-sheets, a n ' shore here this morning. BRIXIIAM, DEC. B.—Sld. Recovery, Gorley, St. Andrew of IMPORTANT DISCOVERY FOR FINDING THE ALTZIT I I,6I THE SUN IN VERY CLOUDY WEATHER,—A letter has., 01 addressed to the Committee o f Ll oy d' s, b y a Mr. fir:hy Victoria -street, Norwich, relative to a discovery n u t.,, - is him for ascertaining with exactn ess th e a lti tu d e o f the ‘ - 01 .1 f 1 very cloudy weather. To the mar iti me i nteres t o f the w o blo this discovery is of the g rea t es t i mportance, as it evil' e ; to do commanders of vessels to asce r t a i n th e l at it u d e and 1°116:000 of their ship, "by ob serva ti on ." w h en otherwise the, c " „ „ - er have to rely upon their " dead reckoning " merely. tent of the importance and value of this discovery , nnerring principles, can on ly b e conce i ve d b y t h os e 'lto , have the opportunity o f t es ti ng i ts accuracy. The Cor`iereit of Lloyd's in reply t o M r. H arn, refer to the great ;,, 11 ,, with which the nautical wor ld w ill necessar il y view t " ,;010 covery, and their readin ess t o ass i st hi m i n ma ki n g it P" for the benefit of all interested. MARKET NE WS.7-(YETERD.3* CORN—EXCHANGE , Although the arrivals of English Wheat for to-deY ll . oi 0 ket were small, the demand for that description of 7, dr was the case on Monday, ruled heavy, at barely the dine in the quot a ti ons . F ore i gn W heat, free as wel bond, moved off s l ow ly, an d pr i ces were not suppor ta'. , „JO lev and Malt commanded very little attention, a t lovi:: 0 0 , Uats, Beans, and Peas were all lower. In Flour, next to thing doing. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. I Oats . /1 1 .0 8 20 4,160 qrs. 4,610 qrs . 3,140 tirS. 4 ' ..„.0 720 9,290 English Irish ........ Foreign ...... Malt. 1.400 era.' WHITECHAPEL. We had a very steady demand, and prices were if A.% ported. Beef, fibm 2 s 8d t o 3 s 8d ; M utton, 3s 6d to 'Veal, 4a 10d to ss; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81b5' hetif!: DARING ROBBERY.—On S a t ur d ay — f six and seven o'clo c k, a man ca ll e d at the door 2esar Angus, residing nea r th e f oo t o f C rown-street, Hutch erlo town, on the pretence of asking charity. Mrs. Aub' ll 4 oss answered the call, declined to serve him, on which nserr pushed her aside and entered the house. Immediatelter , r after a female, who was not before observed, made,.„` "LI pearance, and seizing Mrs. Angus by the throat, t ni- o , ° upon the floor, and held her there with a firm gr L e r s tir' second man at this moment pushed past them, from th •De stl and joining the one who had first entered, the two contre d l ith to plunder the house, there being no grown-up Per e li of the exception of Mrs. Angus, present. They laid be g sslV silver watch, two pairs of blankets, a tartaa shawl, velvet tippet, a cotton gown, and some other articles or, b e er value, and made an attempt to force a trunk, in whic h ever, they were unsuccessful. The party then hurrlef(boo , the house, taking the articles above-named along wi t " o l All this time Mrs. Angus was under the hands of theridess and unable to make the least resistance; there were ',.. D sbie in the house, but of such an age as to render them flo7.. i ar of giving any alarm t o th e ne i g hb ours. I n these T o o stances the miscreants m a d e th e i r escape. A more to re: instance of robbery we have seldom been called 0 1 ) °, 0 s io cord within the limit s o f th e c it y; an d we earnestly 0 that the police will be able to secure the depredatons , insure the punishment which so serious a crime defier ) " Glasgow Argus. $ 5l. NAYLAND.—FATAL AND DISTRESSING ACCI P 000 —The following dr ea df u l acc id ent, which has cas t a os over the village of N ay l an d, occurred about two o ' c lec . e s, Friday last. As th e t wo d aug h ters of Mr. J. S. it° O n ift ° of the White Hart Inn, were returning from Colcheste'ols, little pony gig, when passing a waggon, laden 1001.4, of and drawn by four horses, b e l ong i ng to Mr. Griulynestis Folstead in the narrow way, o p pos i te t h e Post-office, NelocliSl on emerging into the broadway, by the Vine Inn, the Miss 'Mortimer urged the pony forward, by ix:teal : off' touching the reins. The pony s t ar t e d a li t tle to t is , side to clear the fore-horses of the waggon, when sb e re eps thrown from her seat on to her head, directly under thedro, of the wheel-horse, the wheels passing over part of her her, , and though between the wheels, they did not tolT' en Assistance was immediately at hand, but on being ta% a ecx most melancholy to relate, the vital spark had fled, he r ~0 to being dislocated by the fall. No blame could be attributed the younger Miss Mortimer, who was driving, nor teth`, with the waggon, who were walking by the side e'b e ld horses at the time. The following day nn inquest before Harry Wayrnan, Esq , and a r espectabwa.o when a verdict of " Accidental death Ipswich Express. da y) CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.--YeSterdaY morning, two partridges alighted in Mr. Fraser's g n ''' o - 0 e of St. Mary Elms. On attempting to capture them , them flew into Mr. Smart's bedroom through the f d where it was soon taken, and the other flew to the N e e 0$ neighbouring house. It is supposed the birds had b e or the wing till they were exhausted, and being unablelt, s teti the town, dropped into the first open space that prr— itself.—lpswich Express. I'S ge Nothing could be better devised than Nicol „ oa th was return.-- gistered Paletot to suit the ever-varied nature of our ° i f 00 forming, as it now does, not only the sine qua railway travell er , b u t i s equa ll y so adapted for any ge n roar' taking out-door e xerc i se. I t may be said distinctly ,„ the costume of the nineteenth century, if that is " I pia called marked whi c h i s on l y consp i cuous for an unpret e e ase' and graceful bearer, th e wearer f ee li ng so muc h at Certainly as an over-coat it is patronised highly, an,r 9 b, a general public f avour it e , b e i ng so peculiarly kng" be s e : avoiding all foreign e x t ravagance o f style. •It mu s t t coo" knowledged as a v as t i mprovement over the o ld gre'Seass' associated in our remembrance with an uncomfortab le sio sS, tion of tight butto n i ngs , w hi c h , f rom i ts very chltreferielf defeated its obj ec t, th e warmt h o f the person, as in" 00 with the proper circ u l a ti on o f t h e bl ood. The princiP s . x ture are black, blue, br own , an d o li ve ; also the cler i ca l O nly , of called Oxford, and ca n b e h a d o f the patentee, o r ° if inte t the most respectable c l o thi ers out of London. E ve , paletot is three guinea s , an d i s stampted i n the liningd the words, " Registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. a"' Nicoll, 114, Regent-street, London. beo r THE WONDER OF WONDERS.—AA enortn o-18 0 0r, fed upon bread for the last twelve months, challenr a iet: parison with any o f th e pr i zes at t h e Bazaar. This der" will be exhibited dead and dressed, so as to show tb . e t oisit of fat, during W e d nes d ay, Th ursday, Friday, and sn `s es re" the four days of the cattle-show, in front of Mr. 1 1„ fro m raises, No. 8, King-street, Baker street, two doors °lL: il ia*, the Bazaar, and was fattened by those celebrated Pe,, r 7, st' perfumers, hair-cutters, and hair-dyers, Messrs. r' n est obe Sons, 119, 13ishopsgate-street, London, of whom only genuine bear's-grease be obtained. 0 0. s, [ADVERTISEMENT.]—COUG HS, COLDS, A51 ,,,01 1 , 1 AND WHEEEINOS ON THE CHEST, CURED BY HOL L '"ii e f la PII,LS.—When no other medicine will afford the least in a tely bad coughs and colds, Hollovray's Pills will almost inim e ; o ol effect a cure in any case, however desperate ; and What yO O extraordinary, asthmas and wheesings, even if of seve re direr standing, may be completely got rid of by following t", l i c into tions which accompany each box of this celebrated o ` - to ls/ Many who were nearly at death's door, not being a ble bo o down in their beds, f ear i ng to b e c h oked with pldeggta tb -had asthmatic compl a i n : a so e ff ectua ll y eradicated that pro least symptoms remai ne d. S o ld b y a l l d rugg i sts , an d at Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, BIRTHS. ii ;Alisfiv On Saturday, D ecem b er 6 , at t h e Vicarage, ' 7 " - 14 01 market, Sailalk, the wife of the R ev . W ee d en Butler, of t daughters. re . the On the 30th ult., at William -street Lowndes-aclua— lady of R. F. Browne, Esq., surgeon of a Fon. g o nel l ' On the 4th inst., at Highbury-place, Mrs. John '-' -3 of a daughter. out , ' On the sth inst., th e w if e o f M r. T homas R o bert Du Stones-end, Southwark, of a son. „ q . t .,. On the sth inst., at Rutland-gate, Hyde-park, P . '"" Holmes Godson, of a daughter. F' i f ' On the 7th inst., a t T orr i ngton - square, t h e w ife of fltzherbert, Esq., of a son. leg 3. ' ob s i On the Bth in s t., i n P ort l an d -p l ace, t h e l a dy of ''"--f Bevan, Esq., of a son. _.....------ MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at Clavdon Church, Robert Rodwell, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel ICirilt late of the Royal Artille yr. ale On the 4th inst., at the British Embassy, Bruss els, b.. Rev. Vaughan Thomas, of Oxford, to Catherine, third datligto ter of the late Lieutenant-General G. Johnston, of Nor b Hall, Surrey , . On the 8 ti t inst., a t M ary l e b one Ch u? Mr. \V. Skin! ~e rr ' of Bermondsey-street, to Caroline Elizabeth, second datignl of Mrs. Barnes, of Providence-row, Finsbury-squares DIED. On the ISth of October, at Calcutta, John Cam Esq., Bengal Civil Service . .1 .41 On the 6th ult., at Kingston, Jamaica, James Ja -i- Sewell, Esq. Chari` ° On the ;sti inst., at Torquay, Captain the Hon. Leonard Irby, aged 56. c a r On the sth inst., at Turner's-hill, Cheshunt, Thomas ders, Esq., surgeon. arh 0 On the sth inst., at the Vicarage, Chieveley, Berks, Ch Wetherell, third son of the Rev. J. E. Robinson. lab On the 6th inst., at Cambridge, Eliza, the wife of Zachar Scrope Shrapnel, of St. Peter's College. On the 7th inst., at the Lodge, in Hyde-park , Marl Campbell Dick, Cecilia, dau Otter of Henry Frederick and Lady Mary Stephen son, aged 10. —.a . . ..........__— G London: Printed a n d P u bli s k e d by MURD O YOU.N '.4 No. 112, St ran d, P r i nter, at Th e S un Oilice, No. l im Strand, in the P rec i nc t o f the SaYoy, hr the Comity of Aliddlese.x., Thursday, December 11, 1845. Count 0,987 9,055 ,3,113 0,172 4,166 NATION AI Zllt4 EAT 111 L E,dl " ,OU NCIL of ti'leu an nounce 1 ktcr, , ,, E, in the on WEDNE: ) Itloll4 'el C'E°l oz, E s ' addre kt 1.1,24 A nnual Exhil 144440rPen Tuts I lest 4 ' inS street teet_,uanclsotne & NT and th o at ; likille_Xtended sea fro f a e i .e : ei te i n l , °XAL p „ A Leetur 41e d„,, Id e ~ of e) tv,,, 4t erect by Dr '4 4 0 of Mon e 44444 Professor 4T ° ' I n (+Tie kr, 'ospßE„l o tittb,oesne, the e h t ` 4l l anefe r t, , fps "a vottrite F. Saturd' 4heit-zent COL] kh rte kt d Te,ry bef boaxsz 4 tioN A] Ali but En ily e n r ePect 1 inter a o l: 444.'1,u g tAm !I Thin to 29, 01 ! {