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, n of return . day—at 036 times, tha t y and Ennis applied for of 11,176/I rnissioners 0 under Which shipment , he drawback ) devolve ew Ts have been examine the for exports' genuineness earn, or par' vriting urn stroyed with went in 11 iding.school , • attended hi tverie. He r ack with his at the Castle Majesty. he Castle to• Hence of the y evening at Earls of lobed Peel , le pleasure' this evening Less of Ken t ' atislavv, the .per. s were in It private bona Tformelj tba f Cambridge+ less of Meek' sday evenieg less of Ailey toy -al High' Lay, at Woo:, ervvarda 1e" even o'cloe l4 er Wiest!! Afterwar ol Iges, &c., the h cerenionl e in George at-Arms oti change, s o ord Forester. ant ; Mr. Harbinger, duty. ,A a, the Is, and sis ° 'eceived Yes' 3NCE. AT NIGH , gars, 7st 50 1 six years 013 ; The Willue :itchener) 19 ........... To ° , l Mr. Afarso ll , w's Mainsi I, 2 yrs---0" Ind 4 to 1 e8 0 There overpovirderli cords -0' this ineidt 4 me, Deod o o 4 - d, where . 1 . 00 lair, and ran in a 7 ,0 ired and 1 The Caster' DM inqttoo it up, we - the of tot one - S o e contrasg a others thv 1: 00 :' ; hat coug racesA The reporni, gm, to ~0 qual trial ~0 of Rome 9st 61b, et .C. 2 0° ',1 Osbale Ig o ,aufort, jar 'Wand, of Countes?of field, Es.r,. r j lasgow, h, Lor_ A d u. 1 ,0 ,t7 1 Lady v r J. 1 1 0 0 11 ,74, d Mrs. p 11. Forest:el Feel, Col° IL Messina 11 !", c more Worl.ey, ey, 00 0, Jj 3 wton, d' W 0 reeve, t ad' 'eel, Das of Gl„sgOlit - [-Repea ler r -the-vv_tf t , curgus bin 131 Ali iss VOI,P Y. ,ovii" 9 s t ; 0- r eff MiCkeY y b Wee 'efi s ) ablia, g y of • fis , , School 0:0 ut of Jss t 21b. ri en o . s.-- b , 1191 ; Phi o ff ; my 7 0 New Ye ° 0E 41; r • ) rewe • 4. ch. 0 0 all" r b f i tll srr' M3.oots° AO o , ' s'l .••• 1 8 o° 3 g o • •'' 04 ...red... b Y , 5 A ...... 16 . ••••• ll ° ....... 0 60 5 ....... A • 3t"', ........ ." I° ° • 0 ..... • 0 .... ••• ..... ,vered 1 0 ... 10 6 ...... 4 , 0 ..••••• were 2r tio , 8° 6 6 .. .. ... 89 cir parlfro o „ n V::g e g e l b l e sports t the wo and the e+dto t „ 0 )rt e p y r , 11" - 10 t the .1; ; f e) ; al oe „ t in, tr• co o , . 0 0 he 0 10' 14 I cc ee tta tr of ttoa " quartered" in the neighbourhood. The events e4 ., s 'ne tli• in the following order : l yf u e of Bedford's Minotaur, Bst 71b, received from km W. S. Stanl e y' s Creaoline, 7st 71b. Ab. M. 100, h ft. eepstakes of 10 SOV3. each; for three yrs old, ist 71b; Ssi 21b ; fi ve yrs an d upwards,. 71b. T.Y.C. ~ Vi nncr to b e so ld 'or 1501. (7 Subs.) ~7r• h arnsbOttorn' s Bru:h, 3 yrs (E. Edwards) 1 Syntaxina, 6 yrs -uhe followi ng a l so started b ut were not p l ace d : — I. j Payne's Johnny, aged—Mr. Death's Isleworth, 5 yrs t ss „ rd Albe rmar l e ' s The Brewer, 4 yrs—an d M r. Bris tow s Freystrop, 3 yrs. ags to 2 agst The Brewer, 3 to 1 agst Johnny, and 7 to 2t a,reystro SYlvaxin J P7 ohnny, Freystrop, and the winner, started ‘,"eadY abreast, a n d ran i n company f or a b ou t one h un dred f, ar ils; the r unn i ng was then tak , n up b y Freystrop, an d ~a rti ed on t o the cords, where he was beaten. Johnny reie in half- W a y up, and Brush, challenging the mare, ~.ettied her cleverly at last, by half a I.2ngth. Johnny was sti mdtfferent third. OubTription Plate ot 50/.; for two yrs old, Gst 71b ; and three Bst 10. T.Y.C. Lo rd o 4 , nsdale's Broth ' er to Chummy, 2 yrs...(Pettit) 1 re T e e r l s an z t e r n s o tl i y a • , 3 1a 3 r r y s , 2 yrs 3 1:12!,0 following also started, but were not placed : t "rd Exe:er's Alerope,3 yrs—Lord G. Bentinck's , " ()i i , 3 yrs—M •PI 'Wit )1-Cs Phsalis, 3 yrs—Mr. S. cby Cresar, dam by Teresias, s--_ Mr. May's .. 11,1ary Ann, 2 yrs—and Mr. Booth's New I.car s .; yrs. n vl • ai nt 11 7; - -6 to 4 agst My Mary ; 4 to 1 agst the a nd ; 5 to 1 agst Z eno bi a ; 6 t o 1 ags t Merope ; f a l se ' , t ) , ngst Croton 011.—There were three or four st..rts for this race. In the first the Czesar colt and t i t } Mary Ann got an ay, and, bearing to the left jumped u e fe nce into the turnip field, in which the colt was ext l'Ped ; the filly, disl o d g i ng h er j oc k e y, went across the hensc wo or three fields, and was stopped at Mr. Brant's the actual race bolted, and was pulled up. tebia, erope, and Physalis started together, and 'wade alternate running into the cord, where Brother to thiltrimihel.a.vneds, My Mary passed them, and had the race the colt winning easy by a length, Zenohia )salis fourth, and New Year's-Day fifth. The Winner was claimed. 8 Match ; 200, h ft. T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, d t 714 ( R"liiils(,n), heat Mr. Beresford's The Altered J7s_t 71b (Nat), by two lengths.-2 to lon Oakley:. rlantheap Plate of 50/. ; for three yrs old, &c. ‘1 Drinkeld's Vol au Vent, 3 yrs, sst 21b (A. Day) 1 Lord St radbrol-e's Boar l'ntr-school Miss, 3 yrs, ss: Glb . . 1 2 r. ; ..................................... irwin s Mickey Free, 3 yrs, ist 71b 3 7st T n,i. "°"ing also ran :—Mr. Payne's Mania, 4 yrs, o; . ;i u t ---. x S e i t r er ( , l- 3 . l H v e ee atl p te e o t t , e's Khorassan, 4 yrs, ist 9113- 1 3 0 rtob e t o, 4 yrs, ist 41b—Mr. Shaftoe's yrs, 7st— Lord G. 8.-ntinek's Croton Oil, y yrs, 71 b—and Colonel Peel's cby Slane, out of aasson's dant, 3 yrs, 3st 7113. Boat" agst Mania, 4 to 1 agst Boarding school Miss, agst Vol au Vent, and 5 to 1 agst Wee Pet. "' 6u Vent made all the running, followed by rdin- school Miss, went to his head at the cords, but hate, way in a few strides, and was beaten cleverly by a Ntickey Free a goo t . 11! good third, and Mania fourth. Bst e t i e : l , ; , 200, h ft. T.Y.C.—Mr. Salvin's The Cure, ford' st 'tine). beat Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Rom -8,..`-'Ol3, Bst (Nat), by a head.-5 to 2on The Cure. k r. i !” of Bedford's Glen Fishi_ ,e Bst 71b, received from ord's Attorney, 6st 71b. 9111 Eglinton's Lyeurgus received from Colonel Peel's s., rn an; Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. 500, h ft. uuke of Bedford's Glen Fishie, Bst 71b, received from 475° ,; (1 E glinton's B r it ann i a, 6st 41 b . T.Y. C . 200, h f t. riter°l3o; 7st I °nel- P 7lb. eel's Orlando, Bst, agst Lord Exeter's T. V.C. 200, h ft.—Off by consent. POISON, THEIR TESTS, AND A, ANTIDOTES. 1 4 -- the Royal Polytechnic Institution, '''Y delivered- audience the second an to a very numerous au yesterday, Dr.. of histh proposed series of lectures on the natu u re d of h p e ois m on es s t , e tests tbr discovering their presence, a see ing elms means of counteracting their effects. It preferable to own words, discourse it i t t s Muc h ss possible i g i i i ve his hi o s tr is impossible to detail his experiments or the a in e- - a - th ucl ive observations with which they were e 4-1 1, aned. The importance of the subject to t th h e e "°le publi and the popular and intelligible styleof Professor, render his lectures equally desirable in the h ,, l l lllll ns of a newspaper as in the merely scientific youlrr -r Re said —Our former attempts to give a poisons, 1-en.pr.A' of some of the most dangerous mineral beenei..ally arsenic, having been well received, we have Eivllnduced to continue the subject, for the . p d urp e o is s e e n o s f , ,ng a brief outline of some of the act these as prussic or by drocyanic acid. In bringing p -""e lecture before an audience necessarily e ci cim P us ed of many non-professional individuals, we must t° Bogen eat e at once anything like a disposition panderto tie morbid appetite of those who love to feed . upon te and , horrible ; our objects are, we trust, leg 4.,"oural)le, and worthy an institution which professes 'tile diffusion of knowledge. Our objects then h a e re simply e to 13_:stisfy the rational curiosity of thos u e n who which an 'eitil...,v something of the many dt , guises an t i% May lurk —to point out the means nd o , f a d s et i e u ct t io h n e let, remedy in cases of emergency, a the ore arsenic, to guard the honest juryman legal di n arsenic, fallacies that mayaccompany resi,,k tiestigations. We feel it our ,. must i bring anhgeedariei en:theot sudien tnpertant and prominent features before our e essar ce, yet we shall avoid as much as we can . unn.e atte Y scientific detail, and if we fail in rivetting the theentloll by the usual brilliant experiments of e the . laevce ,t? all, yet we trust that time object we have n the ''' ll ° may lead our audience to the n 3 in the value of the information g:t i s v 'e_n_. e s on ,, 14 am intention, in this lecture, to d , ,us aeids into two distinct parts :—First, bustle!)com tihdesethreespholti: 'ng from certain natural processes—as respiration, . 1 .1 , 1 s.nimal and vegetable decomposition. Secondly, .iose whieh are foundnative, or are the result of art. i i .e. " Z er, hsfore v!'epeocce proceed o detail, it may be as well the e to giv e a brief explanation of an acid :—l. As term indicates, an ?cid is generally sour, although $ ome acids are not sensibly so. 2. They generally redden t he aci ds blues, having; precisely the opposite action of 1 11 alkali, 3. They combine with bases to form salts. t was an acid w th e opi n i on of some of the earlier chemists that with o as necessarily tbe union o f a combust ib le b ase lygen—hence the term— found in most acids, it does not ut exist in o all. The two great acidifiers are oxygen and hydrogen. We may di ;nilNo acids, thcrefore, into two great classes—oxacids hydracids. The oxacids have oxygen as their acidi .Ying principle ; the hydracids have hydrogen. ~ After a number of beautiful experiments, illustrating clan. various acids of these two classes, and their effects— t lading especially hydro -sulphuric acid, or sulphuretted W e `, Isugen, copiously and most perniciously disengaged gl a _tn oar drains and other numerous sources of mi , he stated, one eight-hundredth part of this a m " hills a dog, one -tw o - hundred-and-fiftieth a horse, ,hio!ne-fifteen-hundredth part a bird. The antidote is of 1 1 .1 . 11 °- He then proceeded to the immediate subject t is lectur " I lYdr - e. th t ani t cyanic acid is an organic product, „ either of pru st , :nal or vegetable kingdom. Its synommes are aeid, .1; seld, becaisse it exists in Prussian blue; . zootic bsekuseeTuse of its animal origin; and hydrocyanic acid, u o Yano..,„ t l a. a compound of hydrogen and cy an f o va Pour ° ' l a a compound of two volumes o b t. th a e t . our ni,,tur carbon and one of nitrogen ; so h ban Poi extensivs compounds, as well as our most active . basso(),t,s' u°ntain nitrogen. Prussic acid, or rather its - j a "Xen, may b found in many vegetables, espe applYe yin th e ; arnYgdaleal and pomem, bitter almonds, tied d'll•Ps, kernals of peaches, apricots, cherries, plums, laus,,l4llnsons. In the flowers of the peach, cherry latt- ' and bank cherry —in the bark of the water and the root of the mountain ash. Laure also r f . has long been used as a poison. It is Its duund during decomposition, as in old cheese. Rse., itel4l°Pe.d during the combustion of blood, hoofs,. t th e , an iron pot. It is nut my place to . go . in o tom . al;unts tnethods of makine. it. Its history is briefly '„ L lrussian blue was accidentally ts discovered by j ti l— 'elt at the commencement of the eighteenth century. In 11..46 Dr. Brown Lanerish published on laurel-water. 064502 Macguire announced that Prussian blue u wa l s 7 a B n 7 )3erth f iron and some colouring principle. fir t olet discovered its compusition. In 1801 1 it was . s_unieisetdesits m b e v dicine. The acid of the shops contains The cent. of water and 2 of Prussic acid. sre :----first ' . wh i ich i a ts presen e c e e n m dl ay t b h e e discovered nf p r „ . . Its imeeu,mar odour ;se y, 1. • "' 4l an blue. Add caustic potassa to the suspected P u n ] , then add a protosalt of iron, and eventually a few of - ru ßa of silv er muriati c ac id . Thirdly, the formation of cyanide irise cy, by ad ding nitrate of s il ver to t h e suspected liquid. Nitri c "nide is distinguished by i ts so l u bi lity in hot acid. F ourthly, by the formation of cyanide of c d "PPer, and its conversion into a dicyanide. This is i c ' ue 1 1 adding caustic potassa to the suspected liquid, tl:len in a few drops of solution of sulphate of cop tr, the cyanide is formed of a yellowish green. On the ad itiou of muriatic acid, a white dicyanide is precipi tated. And fifthly, by the action of tincture of guia clun- Add the tincture to the Prussic acid liquid, a IThite resin is precipitated. Then introduce a few drops of solution of sulphate of copper, and a beautiful blue re sults, made more intense by the addition of alcohol. A fallacy may occur here, as tincture of guiacum will P‘r:oduce a similar blue colour with spirit of nitric rather. Sll(t hlY, where the odour is not detected, distillation will discover the acid. The antidotes are chlo rine, animonia, cold effusion, artificial respi ration, and finally, the recently discovered method of the celebrated chemists, Messrs. Smith, of Edin urgh- Their antidote is thus prepared :—Boil stilphate of iron with sulphuric acid and water, and add a er sal few drops cif nitri c ac id . In this wa pfir t of iron i s formed. Give to th e pat i ent 3 t y a proto of all a solution of carbonate of potassia, and then a dose of the protopersalt of iron. The change which takes place is a most beautiful and effective one, resulting in the formation of Prussian blue, which being insoluble, is consequently inert. fact The audience, at the conclusion, expressed their satis !ision by applause, and several gentlemen stated, that , they had not heard the lecture upon arsenic, they n Veil the Prufesso r would find an o p portunity of re. kitting it. A C, terday, the -Jourt Leet o f the Savoy preci nc t was hell yes proceedings of w hi c h were rendered worthy (:)f public notice o n l y b y the very credit a bl e conduct of the Ch a i rman of the Court, Sir John Dean Paul, who ref used to receive the presentation of the jury until they had reported the nuisance of several print and book shops of an improper character which have recently shops, up in the Strand —i n t h e very face of the greatest ?rd er thoroughto fare in London —and h e a dj ourned the Court, in he 0011 sider ed _give thejury an opportunity of pe r f orm i ng what a part of their duty to the public. LITERATURE. BANK RETURNS. II'ELSON S DISPATCHES AN!) LETTERS. Vol. I. album, London, 1844. The great success which the dispatches of the Duke of Wellington, as edited by Colonel Gurwood, have lately met with, no doubt suggested the idea of the 1 pr, sent publication, which refers to subjects of equal national importance, and bids fair to obtain an equal measure of popularity. In the volume before us we have a sketch of the public career of Lord Nelson, from the year 1777 down to the year 1794—a period of unceasing toil and anxiety to the hero, when he was fighting his way to fame, amidst a host of obstacles which would have crushed the energies of an inferior mind. But the victor of the Nile and Trafalgar, notwithstanding the cloud that too frequently over cast his prospects, in the earlier portion of his naval career, when acting under the orders of Lord Hood in the Mediterranean, seems never to have given way to despair, but uniformly to have maintained a stout heart, and trusted, like Napoleon, to his star. his dispatches, dated in the year 1794, when he was en gaged in operations off Corsica, give abundant proofs of his well-regulated confidence in his own powers of mind, and his conviction that when called on to play a leading part, he should not be found wanting. Yet there is nothing of boastfulness in his private letters and official communications at this period; he writes with uniform modesty and propriety ; and when he ventures upon a decided opinion in opposition to those under whose orders he is acting, he takes special care to give reasons for the faith that is in him, and argues his point with an ingenuity that cannot fail to extort the reader's respect and admiration. There is one peculiarity in Lord Nelson's dispatches, which is equally remarkable in those of the Duke of Wel lington. There is nothing cloudy or diffuse about them ; they deal in no circumlocutions, but come direct to the point in a concise, nervous, business-like style, worthy of all praise. He who runs may read them, which is not uniformly the case with the official communications of military and naval men, who are usually more ready with the sword than the pen. The Editor of the volume before us, who has exe cuted his task in a careful and diligent spirit, observes, in his preface—" Every letter of Nelson, whether official or private, is placed according to its exact date, so that the thoughts and duties which occupied his mind each day, and even at various times of the same day, may be traced; and these transitions are often extremely curious. This arrangement has a great advantage over any mere classification, not only be cause the chains of thought and of events are alike unbroken, but the dry professional details of a public dispatch are often relieved by the more attractive con tents of private and familiar communications." The editor's arrangement of the " Nelson Dispatches," to which he here modestly alludes, deserves every praise for its skill, and enables us to trace the hero step by step through his arduous career, and gives us an in sight into the thoughts and feelings of which his mind was full, while steadily and perseveringly fight ing his way to fame. We quote one of his private communications to his wife, dated from Corsica, in the year 1794, previously to that melancholy separation from her, which was brought about through the 'in trigues of Lady Hamilton : " Off Bastia, February 28th, 1794. "My dear Fanny,—l write literally to say lam well, never better, and in active service, which 1 like. Lord Hood expresses himself on every occasion well pleased with my conduct. He is come on this side himself, but would not bring an older captain than me; therefore the naval service at Bastia is entrusted to my direction, under his Lordship. I have now six frigates with me. Our little brush last Sunday, happened at the moment when part of our army made their appearance on the hills over Bastia, they having marched overland from St. Fiorenzo, which is only twelve miles distant. The general (Lieutenant-General Dundas) sent an express to Lord Hood to Fiorenzo to tell him of it. What a noble sight it must have been! indeed, on board it was the grandest thing I ever saw. If I had carried with me five hundred troops, to a certainty I should have stormed the town, and I believe it might have been carried. Armies go so slow, that seamen think they never mean to get forward; but I dare say they act on a surer prin ciple, although we seldom fail. You cannot think how pleased Lord Hood has been with my attack on Sunday last, or rather my repelling of an attack AN hich the enemy made on me. He is gone to Porto Ferrajo for some supplies, but will return in two days. I am to anchor, to have communication with the army. Bastia is a large town, and populous, having 10,000 inhabitants ; there is a fine mole for shipping. If we take Corsica, of which I have not the smallest doubt, I hope we shall keep it. " The natives seem to hate the French, and are a brave people, and free. The attachment of the Corsicans to General Paoli is wonderful. When 1 took Miomo, near Bastia, the Corsicans all declared for the English; and a gentleman came down, and said, I can DOW venture to say, how attached I am to Paoli ;' upon which, taking a miniature of him from his bosom, he kissed it, and hundreds on their knees immediately begged to do the same. This is pure affection. Paoli has nothing to give them, nor any honours to bestow. It is the tribute of a generous people to a chief who has sacrificed everything for their benefit. I hope he will live to see the Corsicans truly free. It is a fine island, and well cultivated, but the produce has been kept under by numerous detachments of French soldiers. Their wines interfered with those of France, and in consequence their exportation was almost prohibited. Should it be long to us, it would soon be a rich country ; but would materially hurt the Italian powers.—Yours, &c. " HORATIO NELSON." (From the London Gazette, of Tuesday.) 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 \Vales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 19th day of October, 1844 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co £27,520 Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 17,430 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 13,505 Aylsham Bank, Ayl. - sharn—]l. and E. Copeman 7,279 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and Hunt Bahlock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke — Cole, Seymour, and C 0.... Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford — Trapp, Ilalfhead, 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 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham—Lewis, Moilliett, and Co Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harfurd, and Co. Brose!ey and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and BroFeley Bank, 13roseley—Messrs. Pritchard Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co.. Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb Bath City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—lL and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 13ridport Rink, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds' Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worliedge and Co. 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 33,374 14,455 25,352 32,589 Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree - , and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co. Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch 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, Finchatn, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew, 7,771 18,674 26,206 23,590 17,527 8,489 70,723 15,603 9,360 42,514 24,236 and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cook, and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover—Lathan, 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, 29,452 84,939 41,850 54,010 3,933 35,863 35,735 12,160 61,593 26,932 31,855 11,790 3,159 15,596 21,818 50,752 35,326 21,934 3,325 22,309 46,875 46,369 10,329 19,717 74,521 2,860 6,860 7,986 12,207 36,806 24,262 20,016 10,334 12,888 57,736 10,052 77,413 9,187 • Average Amount. Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—Williams, Clinch, and Co Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Batik and 10,995 46,899 10,855 45,802 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 Pembrokeshire Bank,Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven, and Co Reading Bank, Readini—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading-- , Stephens,Blandy, and Co Richmond Bank, Rtehmond—Stapleton and Co Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement; Royds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Stroud 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, Herefoidshi re , Ross—Pritchard Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrevvsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews bury—Adams, Adatns, and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Eon Southampton Town ittid County Bank, South ampton —Maddison:ind Son Southwell Bank, Soutliwell—Wilde and Co St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbitry—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury—Brodie and King Southampton and Hanapshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W• Moore 7,150 Stourbridge Bank, . Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co 17,133 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 12,367 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. 21,529 St. Albau's and Herts , Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Sturt Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcoek 29,377 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 14,810 Thornby Bank, Thornby—Ralph, Yates, and Parblow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 12,570 Tring Bank and Chesbarn Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. 14,726 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. .......................................... 24,763 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 14,796 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, W arw i c k_ Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 27,583 Wellington Somerset, Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers ............. West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co 43,700 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. 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-I'. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricl:e and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 14,509 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 84,723 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Whitby Bank, Whitby—Franklani and Wil- Dorchester-Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. 49,281 Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford-Sparrow, Walford, and Co 50,424 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders, and Co 36,647 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 14,370 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,725 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and King Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King 17,497 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon... 13,911 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0.... 29,967 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, 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. lluntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co 5,445 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead- Smith, and Whittingstall 19,766 Honiton Bank, Honiton -Flood and Co. 13,831 llert fo rd st)i re, Hitchen Bank,llitchen-Sharples and Co. 37,122 Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan and Hoskins 26,585 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffblk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexandors and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank, Knighton-J. Davies and Co 8,026 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co 21,765 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. 43,272 Kettering Bank, Kettering-Gotch and Sons 9,641 Lampeterßank,Lampeter-Jones,Evans,andCo - 8,290 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 5 1 :585 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williams, Brown, and Co. Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,G aunt, and Co. 3,395 Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 30,641 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 42,167 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 21,985 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 100,087 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 -Gurneys and Co. 42,510 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Massey and Co. Macelestield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. 12,519 Manningtree Bank,Manningtree-Nunn and Co. 6,815 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 and North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and Williams 12,590 kinsnn • Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and 11,642 11,679 20,073 32,870 40,502 5,238 10,364 5,095 11,788 3,776 15,332 13,628 28,455 14,291 HAND-BOOK FOR LIVERPOOL. Lacey, Liverpool, 1844. The stranger in Liverpool will derive as much local information as he can possibly desire from this little work, which is got up with singular care, is embel lished with a variety of illustrations, and gives descrip tions of every place and public building of importance in Liverpool and its immediate vicinity. THE FREE CHURCH. (From the Monthly Statement.) Our attention has been called, of late, by com munications from various quarters, to a matter of no • small importance, as regards the comfort and usefulness of ministers in country congregations, and even in some towns. It ought to be borne in mind that the stipend of the minister is understood to be derived from two separate and independent sources—the Central Sustentation Fund on the one hand, and the Local Sustentation Fund on the other. The Central Fund is made up of the contributions from the vari ous associations accumulated in one fund, and divided equally among the ministers of the Free Church, under the arrangement of the General Assembly. The payments or dividends allowed to each minister, from this Central Fund, are received by him at the half-yearly terms of Martinmas and Whitsunday. We are desirous, however, of calling the attention of the Deacons' Court in each of our congregations to the duty which is incumbent upon them, to appro priate the Local Sustentation Fund, which is derived from the Sabbath-day collections at the church doors, to its important and legitimate object, that of sup plementing the minister's stipend. One case has been mentioned to us, in which a minister of a country congregation, amounting to 800 or 900 persons, has received no supplement from the Deacons' Court during the past year. The clergyman now referred to has a large family, and yet the deacons, with a want of consideration which we should hope is rare, have expended the whole of the Local Fund in defraying the debt of the church. Such an alienation of the church door collections from their proper object is in distinct opposition to the Act of the General Assem bly on the subject, which provides that "the ordinary collections at the church doors shall be administered by the deacons of the congregations (after deducting feu-duties, insurance, and the ordinary expenses of the place of worship, where not otherwise provided for), in increasing the stipend of the minister," &c. Tne supplementing of the minister's stipend, then, is the very first object contemplated by the Act of Assembly in the disposal of the Local Fund after paying nece , sary expenses; and it is the imperative duty of the Deacons' Court to fulfil that object, and it is the duty of the Presbytery of the bounds to see that that object has been fulfilled. To pay off debt from the collections at the church doors is, in other words, to burden the minister with the payment of the debt. Nay, we have known one or two instances in which the proposal has been coolly made, that the deficiency of the association funds should be made up from the Sabbath collections. And what is this in plain language but to propose that the minister should pay into the Central Sustentation Fund a portion of his stipend, that the want of vigour and energy on the part of the association may be concealed from the view of the Church generally. These abuses, we, conceive, require only to be hinted at. They are a plain departure from the arrangements of the Church, and we trust that Deacons' Courts on the one hand, and presbyteries on the other, will take care that, in every case, the evils be remedied promptly and effec tually. The best arrangement, perhaps, would be, that as the grants to the ministers from the Central Sustentation Fund are made at Whitsunday and Martinmas, the grants from the Local Fund should be made at Candlemas and Lammas. The whole would thus be brought into regular operation, and the minister would be able to count upon a payment each quarter from the one fund or the other.—Ber wick Advertiser. 78,058 7,310 4,354 39,424 17,325 24,125 9,122 42,301 6,087 17,901 13,645 3,439 23,808 5,109 10,157 6,430 25,990 5,692 7,882 12,526 13,748 1,679 Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— 21,530 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, Groat 23,309 2,958 10,655 58,400 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 Commerciaj Banking Company, Brad ford ................. . ...................... . Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and Mirth Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Carlisle Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham . . .................. . Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester'Bankin g Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle ...... - ................................ Carlisle City and District Bank Carlisle 1 9 ,796 Dudley and West B , romwich Banking Company, Dudley ................... . Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,556 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 146,851 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18,072 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,668 Hull Banking Company, Hull 28,262 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,065 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax. ....... .. Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,396 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 23,195 Knaresborough and Clare Banking Company, Knaresborough 26,567 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,348 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 52,517 Leeds Banking Company, L ee d s Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,350 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, Leeds . . 18,270 Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds... 14,427 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,631 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 30,846 No g N h e a t m tingham shire Banking c tt o i ningpinamy, 29,820 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union J o i n t- Stock Banking Compa n y , Newc astle 75,145 National Provincial Ban k of En g l and, Birming ham, Head-office,.; 112, Bishopsgate-street, London ...................... . 405,353 North Wilts Banking Comp an y , Melksham 63,278 Nottingham Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 81,296 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton ............. .. ... .................... North and South Wales Banl c, Liverpool 61,000 Pares's Leicestershife Banking Company, Lei- 11,998 8,799 47,086 17,067 13,508 8,553 9,370 47,870 8,445 28,950 19,506 51,771 8,240 33,266 10,779 28,235 15,131 tester ................ . .. . 55,497 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 7,075 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 33,319 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford 68,560 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang- _ _ port ................. ................................ 336,845 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ..... 46,711 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge • 58,710 Sheffield and Hallamshiro Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stook Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond 50,213 Stockton and Durham County Banking Com- THE CONVICTS BARBER AND FLETCHER.—Ac counts recently arrived in Lptidon state that in the ves sel which took out the above convicted will•forgers a fever has broken out to which several of the crew have fallen a sacrifice, and some of the convicts also, and among others Barber. He has, it is said, left behim him some important memoirs connected with the extra ordinary will forgeries. 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 35,773 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 14,405 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, , Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Leamington West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol. .. 81,126 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 73,864 7,579 ,INDUSTRY or BEES.—The postmaster at Evanton had three hives in his garden this season. Each hive cast twice, and produced 2751 b. of virgin honey. One of the casts weighed 681 b. of honey, and sold for lorl. per lb., realizing 2/. 16s. 81, giving daily income to the owner of 9d. per day, for 75 days, being the exact number of days from the time it cast until taken down. —Rosa-shire Advertiser. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORN IN G OCTOBER 31 1844. Average Amount. West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield • 31,720 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester 6,508 York Union Banking Company, York York City and County Banking Company, York 90,709 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 127,168 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. 6,970 IRELAAD. ACCIDENT TO THE EARL OF BES- BOROUGH. DUBLIN, OCT. 23. The Earl of Besborough met with a serious acci dent on Saturday last. The particulars are given in the following letter:— " Carrick-on-Suir, Oct. 27. " With feelings of the greatest regret I have to inform you that the Earl of Besborough met with an accident yesterday, which was very near being attended with the most serious consequences. His Lordship was riding out of the court-yard, in front of the house at Besborough, when his horse tripped, fell, and rolled over him. Dr. Purcell was imme diately sent for, and on examination it w as found that his Lordship had sustained a very severe contusion in the hip joint, and I regret to add, that up to this time the pain produced by the injury continues unabated. " As soon as the accident became known, the most intense anxiety was felt in this town, where his Lord ship is most justly esteemed by persons of every creed and party ; indeed, to use the words cf a gentleman at the late dinner of the Iverk Farming Society, ' There is scarcely an individual in Carrick who does not feel himself almost under a personal obligation to his Lordship, for the cordial and persevering assistance he has alisays given to everything likely to advance the prosperity of their town.' "But the feelings of respect and esteem enter tained for his Lordship are not confined to this loca lity, for I am well aware that there is not a nobleman in Ireland more generally revered than Lord Besbo rough ; and I sincerely hope, therefore, in my next communication to be able to report, for the gratifica tion of the public in general, a considerable improve ment in his Lordship's condition." REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held this day in the Conciliation Hall. The chair was taken by J. L. Arahin, Esq., Lord Mayor elect. Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL handed in 4/. from Preston, England, and then brought under the con- sideration of the Association the conduct of certain repeal wardens in London, who had entered a meet ing held in that City in a state of intoxication, and when requested by their fellow-wardens to retire, behaved in a most unbecoming manner. It would be, he said, inconsistent with the rules of the Association to allow such a gross breach of discipline to pass un noticed. He, therefore, felt it his duty to move that the names of he wardens in question be struck off the books of the Association. Mr. CLEMENTS seconded the motion, and stated that the Committee, after a patient and searching in vestigation into the facts of the case, came to the unanimous conclusion that the individuals referred to merited expulsion from the Society. Captain BRODERICK, after handing in several re mittances, announced that the returns from the regis tries had been most satisfactory ; and he considered that if the people followed up the blow which had been so happily struck, they would be in a position at the next general election to return such a number of repeal Members as would give a preponderating in fluence to their party in the house of Commons. lie considered any man that neglected to register as an enemy to his country. Catholic Emancipation was the result of the Clare election, and that fact ought to prove to the people the necessity for exertion. If they were able to return a band of determined men to Parliament, it would most unquestionably give an , - Lrresistible impulse to their cause. The Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON handed in 151. from Liscarroll, county Cork, and read a communication which accompanied the remittance. The letter called on the aristocracy " to take the places of honour in the patriotic agitation which was being carried on for the restoration of the nationality of their native country ; if they did so they would receive the warm hearted blessings of the people at large, and entitle themselves to the everlasting gratitude of a generous nation." lle (Mr. H.) would re-echo the sentiments contained in the letter he had just read to the meeting. He would ask the aristocracy, were they English or Irish—were they fish or flesh ? Now was the time for them to be up and stirring.—(Hear, hear.) He would call emphatically on them to consider seriously the actual condition of the country, and what might result from its continuance in that state. England, he was aware, was smiling at the puny efforts of these gentlemen to shake off their foolish prejudices. Such he knew were the private sentiments of every English man, but he knew they dared not give utterance to them in public. 'What did the objection of the aris tocracy to join them amount to? Why, this, " We hold your opinions, but yet we cannot follow them." He regretted that the state of his health would oblige him to winter in France, and he could assure the meeting that it was to him a source of bitter morti fication to leave the country at this peculiar juncture. Although, however, he would not be present propria persona, he would be in spirit, and he trusted that every letter he read from Ireland would give him assurance of the perseverance and untiring exertions of the Irish people in their present glorious career. — (Loud cheers.) Under the leadership of Mr. O'Con nell they had nothing to fear. Having every confi dence in his wisdom and discretion, he would caution his countrymen against being led away by any side winded doctrines which might be propounded to them. He would be wanting in courtesy if he departed with out tendering to the Association his unfeigned grati tude for the kindness they had shown him since his accession to their ranks. The Hon. Gentleman on resuming his seat was moat enthusiastically cheered. Mr. M. O'CONNELL was sure every Irishman would sympathise with him on the reason that de prived them of the services of Mr. Hutchinson. His generous and disinterested zeal was beyond all praise, and any commendations from him would only detract from his real merit. His career, it was true, was short, but it had been brilliant, and was such as would entitle him to the lasting gratitude of his country men. They would fondly anticipate his return in renewed health to witness the triumph of that cause of which he was so d:stinguished a supporter.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) In conclusion he moved that the most marked thanks of the Association be tendered to the Hon. G. H. Hutchinson, for his exertions in the cause of the country. Capt. BRODERICK. seconded the motion, which passed with acclamation. The Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON returned thanks for the distinguished compliment which had been paid him, and assured the meeting that his body and mind were at the disposition of his country.—(Cheers.) He felt that, in acting as he had, he was merely ful filling the dictates of his conscience, as he sincerely believed that their cause was a religious and a chari table one.—(Hear, hear.) It was not from any vain notion of courting popularity that he had acted as he had, but solely for the purpose of serving his country, and whenever they required his services he was ready to respond to her call.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. M. O'CONNELL rose to bring under the notice of the Association a communication he had received from the Rev. D. Hearne, of Manchester, directing attention to the spread of Ribbonism in that town. The letter contained the following passage :—" I do not know what to do with the repeal-room in Sal ford ; it is giving me more trouble than all the other wards. The anecdote told in the Association by Mr. W. J. O'Connell a few meetings back, of a Ribbon man being ducked in a pool of water in this town, has no foundation in fact ; he must have dreamed it. The other statement, that in consequence there was not a Ribbonman in Manchester,' is equally in correct. I fear there are many, and among the re peelers, too. Indeed, I have heard the name of one who was about to go 'as a deputy to a meeting of delegates (Ribbonmen), to be held in the neigh bourhood of Belfast. I have been battling with that society for the last nineteen years in this lo cality. 1 know no worse enemies of Ireland than the Ribbonmen. They are, I am told, very strong in Liverpool, under the. name Hibernian Societies,' `Friendly Brothers,' &c. The Association would be doing no little good by sending over a commission to Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, and the neighbour ing towns, to inquire into the existence and nature of such societies. I believe the Ribbon infatuation in Ireland to be principally kept up by supplies from this country. I wmalend all my assistance to such a commission." Whilst on' this subject, he (Mr. O'Connell) would call the attention of the citizens of Dublin to the fact that there were at this moment emissaries going about seeking to entrap them into becoming members of this ' nefarious system. He held in his hand a satisfactory proof of the characters of the demons to which he had alluded, and the class to which they belonged. An individual, who repre sented himself as William Doyle, had been in the custom of frequenting a certain public-house, and there infusing his pernicious doctrines into the minds of those who were so unfortunate as to meet with him. One evening last week this wretch, forgetting himself, he supposed, luckily enough for the people, got drunk, and when leaving the house he dropped that document. The Honour able Gentleman here exhibited to the meeting a document, which appeared to be a certificate of the admission of the individttal in question as an Orange man, and bore date July 13, 1844. It was d ecorated with orange and blue ribbons, and bore the s s t ign o a f tu t r h e e s of the grand master and deputy grand , maer was lodge. It appeared t hat the persons name Philips, and not Doyle , as,he stated ; and that be cam e from the north of Ireland. The production of the document created the greatest sensation. Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to dwell at considerable length on the folly of joining such societies, and the great evils which they would necessarily inflict on the country. He concluded a powerful address, amidst loud cheers. The meeting was subsequently addressed by sever a l at d rr oe the ee i NiNn. ksb. contributions eA 14.5; O'Connellla sd. g tne e : n um t n l i e cn m eadt e i n to h , ne whoo to fr rent n h l te' handed d a t . — l ll l e . (Loud cheers.) The meeting then adjourned. 11,221 18,420 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyums and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock. Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Sun Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, l)iss—Taylor and Dyson Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Iludsons Norwich and Norwich Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Co Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Harris, and Co New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson • Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Deeding and Sons 29,359 12,718 8,260 25,754 49,074 37,505 25,379 4,227 49,003 72,861 10,831 5,162 24,346 14,762 28,323 15,251 13,366 30,820 PENNSYLVANIAN DEBT. The following is the conclusion of Mr. Webster's speech, at a general meeting of the Whigs of Phila delphia, on October 2. We are glad to find that the Pennsylvanians are not altogether lost to a sense of honour : "The Government of Pennsylvania has sought, by various means, and some of them at great sacrifices, to cherish these great interests of Pennsylvania. To assist in the development of her resources, the Go vernment of Pennsylvania has contracted a great debt for the purposes of railroads and canals, and other public works, to the end that she may bring for ward and bring out into operation those means of wealth which at present lie hidden, and offer so much of useful occupation to men. Now, gentlemen, it cannot be doubted that the Government of Pennsyl vania, as a government, must desire the development of these resources to the general improvement of all its population, and to the end that it may better con duct its operations in finance, and pay that debt which rests upon it. Allow me here to say that Pennsyl vania needs no assumption by the United States to pay her debts. She has contracted them herself. She is able to pay them herself. She desires, lam sure, no assumption of any debt of hers by the general government out of the sphere of its consti tutional duty. But then, there is one thing that neither the Government of Pennsylvania can do nor the people of Pennsylvania can do. The Go vernment can make roads ; it may construct canals; it may establish works of internal communica tion. - The people may open the mines and work in them, .and bring their products to the surfaCe. But, then, for all these interests there is one thing to be done that the Government and people of Pennsylvania, separate or together, cannot do, and that is to protect these interests by just and, well-considered custom house regulations. Pennsylvania does not possess that power, and the whole world knows that they and other similar works of domestic industry—the great interests of human society—cannot be arranged, and controlled, and regulated successfully but by the operations of custom-house duties.- Pennsylvania has parted with that great regulating power. • She gave that up on the establishment of the constitution. She gave up the power of laying duties on im ports into Pennsylvanis, and she gave it up with a clear understanding, which the whole history of those times proves—she gave it up with a clear understand ing that the power with which she thus parted and consented to place in the hands of the general Go vernment should be so exercised as by discrimination to protect American Pennsylvania labour.—(Cheers.) And the general Government, I undertake to say, violates its obligation to every other State when it has taken this power out of their hands, so that they can no longer use it, and yet will not use it itself. That is the very pinch—that is the very exigence—the demand of duty which is made on the Government of the United States. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania cannot protect their own labour by dusties at the custom house—they cannot lay those duties—they have parted with that power to the general Government, and they have parted with it under the plainest un derstanding and expectation on both sides, that the power would be so exercised as to favour home pro ductions. Now, gentlemen, we may do what we 'please about domestic industry—Whigs may do what they please—and individuals may do what they please—but unless it be protected by the general Government, by a wise, steady, and stable system of 'legislation, there will be no security—no permanent prosperity . amongst you. I have said that this debt was incurred by the State of Pennsylvania, to do its part towards the deve lopment of its own resources. I suppose everybody expects—l am sure that I expect that this debt shall be paid, not by the national Government, but by Penn sylvania herself.—(Partial cheering.) Why I should despair of the great cause of self-government—cease to be a defender of the practicability of high and elevated popular communities and popular government, if Penn sylvania should sneak away from a payment of her ' debt.—(Cheers, and cries of " No—never—never !") There may be, I suppose, between here and the Ohio river halfa dozen repudiators.— (A voice "None.") There are spots, and black spots on the sun. But the general effulgence of that golden orb hides and covers all that darkens and blackens.—(Loud cheers.) And there may be a man in Pennsylvania whose poli tics and whose morals lead him to think that a debt honestly contracted had better not be paid. But who could hear such a voice amid the thousand shouts in favnnr of honest and just policy, that would fill the air from one extremity of the State to the other ?" SUICIDE OF A LITERARY CHA- RACTER. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, MONDAY NIGHT. A melancholy suicide has just been discovered in this 'town. Mr. William Gill Thompson, a name well known as a poet, and the author of some excel lent pieces in our periodical magazines, has just been found in the water-closet of the Literary and Philo sophical Society, in our town, with his throat cut in several places, and evidently bad been dead for some hours. Mr. Thompson was reporter for the Newcastle Chronicle, and had held the situation for 20 years or more, and on the occasion of Mr. Hutt being entertained at Gateshead the week before last, he was required to attend and report the proceedings. He attended, but after the dinner was over he repaired to a public-house and enjoyed himself, so that he was incapable next morning of copying his notes. That day and the following passed over without his pre paring copy, and as the paper is published on the Friday morning, the proprietors were under the ne cessity of procuring a report of the proceedings else where. Thompson was accordingly discharged. He subsequently applied to be reinstated, promising amendment, but his application was refused; and on the Monday following he left the office of his former employers, the Messrs. Hodgson, of this town, went to a public-house, known by the name of Hill's Kitchen, where he drank some beer ; from thence he proceeded to the Literary and Philosophical Society, and, having taken out a book, went home with it ; returned again to the Society, and obtained the key of the water-closet from the librarian. He re paired thither, and with his pen-knife inflicted several deep wounds on his throat, which caused his death. He lay from Monday night, last week, till to-night, when he was discovered through his daughter hav ing returued the book, and the librarian asked her for the key of the water-closet, saying her father had taken it away a week before. The child replied her father had been missing for a week, and then the suspicions of the librarian were excited, and search made, when the body of the deceased was found in the water closet, dreadfully cut about the throat, and the blood flowing in all directions. A jury was immediately summoned, and after viewing the body the inquest was adjourned till the following day. MONUMENT TO THE LATE ADMIRAL SIR T. M. HARDY, GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL.—Monday Oct. 21, being the anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, was appropriately selected as the day for the commence ment of this national and county testimonial. Long before the hour fixed (one o'clock) numbers were seen wending their way to the summit of Blagdon-hill, the site determined on. All being ready the first stone was laid in duo forai by the esteemed lady of the High Sheriff, John Floyer, Esq., amidst the cheers of the numerous assemblage, among whom we noticed the Iligh Sheriff, the Mayor of Dorchester, Lieut. Criswick, R.N. ' Arthur H. Dyke Acland, Esq., Robert Williams, jun., Thq., John Hardy Thresher, Esq., T. Balston Esq., the Rev. Lundy Foot, the Rev. F. J. C. Trenow, Messrs. Hawkins, Symes, Samson, Dunning, J. Wood, - Hodges, &c. There was also a goodly array of ladies present, which added much to the animation of the scene. An elegant cold collation, with choice wines and strong beer in profusion, was provided in a spacious marquee erected on the hill, of which the company were liberally invited to partake. The arrangements 'of the Committee gave general satisfaction; good cheer was also supplied in abundance to the poor. Mr. Henry Goddard, of Brid port, is the contractor for the erection of the monument, wlich, from its elevated position, will be seen at a great distapce both by sea and land.—Sherburne Journal. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF STRANGULATION. — On Monday last a fine child of ten months old, named Ca therine Ford, came by her death under the following circumstances :—The deceased was the child of a rope maker, residing at No. 5, Globe-court, Ratcliffe-high way, and it appears that her father went to his work On Monday morning as usual. The mother also went out at six o'clock to carry about milk for a person in the Minories, as she was accustomed to do ; but before going, she took the precaution of placing two chairs with their backs to the bed, so as to prevent the child, who was asleep at the time, from falling out. The child must have rolled from the place it was lying to the edge of the bed, and got its head through the small rails of the chair. The body then must have fallen from the bed, for the child was afterwards found by a young girl named Fitzgerald, hanging in the way above described, and quite dead. Information of the circumstance has since been forwarded to Mr. Baker, the Coroner, by Mr. Overton, the beadle of St. George's-in-the-East, and au inquest is appointed. GUANO.—In the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette of the 23d inst., under the head of "Produce Markets," in that paragraph whic h touches upon guano, allusion is made to the proba bilit y of a su bstitute being shortly found near home ; may not this have reference to those immense beds of coprolithes said, to exist in the neigh bourhood of Bath, Clifton, and other places, pointed out by Liebig in his " Familiar Letters on Chemistry," see page 180, and might not these antediluvian remains be obtained in a similar way as coal ?—Correspondent. RESTRICTIONS ON *ADE. (From the Renfrewshire Reformer.) The restrictive commercial policy so pertinaciously maintained for the benefit of the landowners is pro ducing the worst results that were anticipated from it. The Brazilian Government, who have for years reasoned, advised, courted, and at last threatened, that they might obtain a removal of the restric tions imposed on the importation of their sugar into this country, have at last acted. The Brazilians have long since shown their desire to establish a liberal commercial intercourse with this country, and, by the resolution they have adopted, they prove themselves thorough masters of the subject, able tacti cians, and apt imitators of- the cunning conditional provisions for the protection of a class, which Sir Robert Peel has so liberally introduced into all the commercial regulations adopted by his Government. In his remodelling of the tariff in 1842, Sir Robert introduced the system of making comprehensive ex ceptions in favour of various interests, such as had not previously existed, and in his modification, or rather derangement of the sugar duties this year, he introduced a special reservation, placing in the hands of the Executive Government the power to admit or exclude, by lowering or advancing the duties ; the produce of certain countries, according to their internal policy : whereby Brazil, though not specially named, had its sugar, which we so much require, just as effectually excluded, as though a special prohi bition had been enacted against our importing the produce of that country. It is long since the mem bers of the Brazilian Government characterised, as it deserved, the conduct of the British aristocracy in monopolising the supply of food for the country, and the supineness of the British people in submitting to it. Being fully aware of the position of parties, and the real motives which covered the pretence for the mock humanity displayed on the slave question, the Government of Brazil has not been slow to re taliate on the commerce of this country for the invidious distinction made against their own, and that in terms equally powerful, yet equally gene rally expressed with the terms in which Sir Robert Peel couched his recent prohibition against the admission of Brazilian produce into our mar kets. By the packet, just arrived we have a copy of the new tariff agreed to for that country, which con tains, amongst other provisions, the following strin gent clauses, which speak for themselves : " The Government is authorised to impose upon the merchandise of any country, in which the produce of Brazil is liable to a higher duty than similar produce of other countries en additional duty, so as to neutralise the ill effects of the difference of duty upon Brazil pro duce, such additional duty to cease when the increased duty upon Brazil produce shall be abolished. " A similar differential duty will be charged upon the merchandise of any country in which the produce of Brazil is chargeable with a higher duty if imported in foreign vessels than in national bottoms." By this imitative provision of the enactments o the Peel Cabinet, it will be observed that the Govern ment of Brazil reserve the unqualified power of totally prohibiting the importation of British manufactures. It is not only an additional duty which is im posed on the produce of those countries which impose a higher duty on the produce of Brazil than that of any other country. The Brazilian provision contemplates more than this. It provides for the imposition of such additional duty as will neutralise the effect of such Peelite provisions, by leaving the Government free to add cent by cent to the duty, till the produce of such countries are thoroughly prohi bited—the bad effects of their legislation neutralised. The three countries to which the greatest amount of British manufactures is exported, are the United States, the East Indies, and Brazil. To the two first the exports now average about six millions annually, and to Brazil, prior to the late rupture with the Government of that country, the exports were upwards of five millions, and these of the de scription which afford the best remuneration to our manufacturers. The whole exports of Great Bri tain only average about fifty millions annually, and have been more frequently under than over that amount. By the injudicious, invidious provision made by our Government last session, and by the retaliation it has caused on the part of Brazil, here, then, is a tenth of our whole manu factured exports at once to be prohibited and left on the hands of the makers ; and that goods, the cost of which consists almost entirely of labour. With the suppression of so much of the employment which our countrymen stand in need of, they are to be compelled at the same time to pay threepence per pound additional on all the sugar they consume for the benefit of our colonial monopolists. The British master and workman are thus first taxed for the benefit of the monopolists, and they are next starved out of the means of both paying the tax, and of existence for the very same purpose. Along with the copy of the new Brazil tariff, Viscount D'Abrantes has come passenger in the same packet, carrying with him full powers, it is understood, of yet holding out the olive branch, and of negotiating an equitable commercial treaty with this country, before the damage and ruin consequent on the breaking off all commercial intercourse is finally completed. It is understood that the same transatlantic statesman comes provided with full power to negotiate with the German Confederation also, and as it is reported that the first offer for an equitable amicable relation is to be made to the Government of this country. Should it be rejected, as we fear it will, without a decided popular demon stration to influence the Ministry, there cannot be a doubt but the whole advantages of the future supply ing of that rich country with manufactures, will be poured into the laps of France and Germany, and thus, with the door once closed, it will be found too late ' or; our part, to retrace the false steps that have been made. It is an old adage that " Misfortunes seldom come single ;" and in this case it has been verified by the announcement this week of a prohibitory act on the part of Belgium far more unexpected, and equally severe, in proportion to the quantity of business done with that country, to what the Brazil tariff is. By the arrangements just announced, Belgium is essentially admitted as forming part of the German Confederation, and the Zollverein, or mutual toll now so rigorously imposed against Bri tish manufactures, by Prussia and the States asso ciated with it, is to be withdrawn from the produce of Belgium, on condition that the latter country in creases its duty against the produce of England. This blow will fall most heavily on Manchester, the duty on the importation of cottons and silks from this coun try being advanced by the new tariff from two to three times its present amount; while the same classes of goods from France and Germany are to he ad mitted at the former rates. This negotiation has been conducted with great secrecy and effect on the part of Prussia and Belgium, • and there is not two opinions in existence about the sole cause of it arising from the pertinacious manner in which we have now, for thirty years past, excluded the great article of German produce (corn) from the markets of our country. COLBURN'S NEW MONTIILY MAGAZINE rOR NO VENIER.—This Number well sustains the reputation of the New Monthly. The first article, " Scenes of So ciety," by a new contributor, is a most striking • story of the marriage of a heartless man of fashion, whose wife meets her end by secret poison. The liveliness and abandon with which this tale is told contrast curiously_ with the nature of the subject and the unexpected de nouement. The author of " Peter Priggins" gives us a spirited sketch, called " The First Meet of the Season. "- The portion of TallevrandPapers"contained in thil Number comprises the True History of the Dianrand Necklace, and forms one of the most interesting of thin' remarkable series of papers. Mrs. Trollope's " Ro : bertses" have progressed on their Travels as far as Germany, and are characterised by as much amusing vulgarity and assurance as ever. The " Conversations with the late Author of Vathek, Part 5," chronicle a vast number of Mr. Beckford's opinions on literature anti art, men and things, expressed in the most pointed and tranehante manner. " The Outcast" is one of the wild and wonderful talcs of " The Medical Student," lacking nothing of his usual energy and force of colouring. Mr. Laman Blanchard's paper, " Talk of the Devil— !" is a happy specimen of this favourite writer's humorous powers. Miss Eliza. Cook contributes a charming lyric, entitled " My Old Straw Hat ;" and that capital satire " Social Piracy," is brought to a conclusion with the total smash of the Grand Universal Providence As,;, surance Company, and the consequent flight of the famou4 family of the llawkes. STATE OF TRADE.—There is no change in our market this week. Yarn continues extreme!) , scarce, owing to the greater part of the spinners being under contract, and prices are consequently buoyant. In geode there is no great amount of business doing, but price ik are quite firm.—Manchester Guardian. GOOD NEWS.—A fortnight has . passed over our heads, and we have not heard of any incendiary fire id the neighbourhood. It is hoped that many more fort nights may g lid e away without meeting with paragraph& in every paper announcing ." Incendiary Fire ;" for the operations of " Captain Ssving" have lately been so very. extensive in this neighbourhood, that he could long since have been dispensed with altogether.—Bury Farmers' Journal. DEATH OF MRS. HENRY SIDDONS.—It is with sinrh e oger r hn e ia t ndg t i h bal a ead etsynt stayingew h ave rsh. st t o o ifodol dr, a o n t n n h s p l a c eo u e hnba benefit eet London t e no d df e o a hn t of t Cheltenham,eh or nileTahl thi s uh i wr s :hda ere spectedanr eict f o o n r m a e r d r v i N n T h g i h n s l h . e on s d u o r n v e a d d o a n y surgical y o s p . e r vsr a t l e o n u n err stand rr stand that her remains will be brought to Edinburgh for interment in the family burying-ground in Greyfriars' eh u rch y ard.—Edinburgh Paper. IV en, IA RISCHAL COLLEGE, ABERDEEN.—The Senatus Academicus of M ar i sc h a l C o ll eg e and University, Aber de -. at a meeting held on the 2Gth current, unanimously , conferred the degree of L.L.D. on William Pyper, who has been recently appointed Professor of Humanity in the University of St. Andrews. Dr. Pyper is an, alumnus of Marischal College, and by his acknowledges{ ' superiority as a classical scholar, and his eminent ' services in the cause of education, has well earned the. - distinguished honour conferred upon him by his elmq mater.