The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-27 00:00:00

BAN NS, 16,879 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, rod Co. 15,514 Colci:ester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Ban;:, and liadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester --11i1:s, Bawtree, and Co 31.035 C srnish B,ank, Truro—Tweedy and Co . 32,626 Coventry Bomk, Coventry—Little and Wood- cock City Bank, Exeter—Nlilfor,l and Co 16.170 Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and C 0.... Garda Bank, Cardiff—Towgood awl Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow B ink, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monincuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and ROSS and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Broma4c, Snead, and Co. ~ 8.278 Derby Bank, Derby—Mears. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Ole Bank and Scarsdale and high Peak Derbv—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devize::. and Wiltshire Bank, Devizei—Hwrhes • Locke, and Co 22,039 8,95 Dis 3 Bank, Digs—Oakes, Pincharn, and Co 10,397 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster —Leatham, Tew, o t n 1 Co. — Dencaster Bank and Rctford Bank, Doncaster— Cook and Co. Darinvzton Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, &Co 67,280 Devonport Bank, Devonport—liodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchestor—Williarns and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, awl Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, and t - io. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Cheirnsford—Sparrow, and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 23,317 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farrinz,don Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far 611o:ion—Barnes awl \ledley 4,920 Farnham Bank, Farnhana—Niessri.lCnight 10,342 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Tinton and Co 4.756 Godal,nmg Bank, Godalrninp.;—Niellersh and 92.612 Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King _ Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Elnydon.. 8,399 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 20,055 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder. and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co 10,653 Hall Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Russ Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co 4,992 'Tenant Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempitead— Smith, and Whittingstall .. Honitor. Bank, lloniton —Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples and Co. lerefurd, Ross, and Archenßeld Bank, and Ross anti rchenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, an d Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kinston and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies anti Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, KtwesbOroug,h—Terry and Co Ketidalßank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, 5 32 17,115 18,212 58,193 12,400 17,897 7,685 19,386 36,917 7,654 and Co. Kettering Bank, IC.;Atering —0 0t4.1 and Sons. Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. I.larv:y and Son Leeds Bank, Leech—Beckett and Co Leeds I Tnion Bank, Leeds—W. William'S, Brown, and C Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leck —Fowlrr, Gann t, and Co. Lei , tester Bank, Leicester —Pagets and Lewes 011 Bank, Le wes—lfolineux and Co—._ Lich el(1 Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Larnpeter 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. Lynn Regij i z.nd Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis Co. Macclesfield Bank, Ntacclesfiold —Broeklehurst and Co Manningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nun n and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford 13ank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bulk, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones an d Willia ns Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyurns and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co Monmouth Old Br,nk, Nionmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow B Ink, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and 50n5..,.. Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock 21,636 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond. and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dy50n................................................. . Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harreys and 5,258 54,114 36,757 21.6:10 27.231 14 023 63,974 21,455 5,353 3,857 32,325 11,57 15,593 5,395 7,915 1.790 5.275 10,370 24,705 14,494 8.013 17,261 If utlsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich —Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—*-Hart, Fellows-, and Co 6,181 Nuneaton Think, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and C 0... New Sarum Bank, Sarum Everett, and Co 59,501 2,685 21,860 12.577 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co. 27,901 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os weßtry--- 'Croxpn and Co 12.598 Oxford Sank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 6,405 Oxford Old Bink, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co.. . Old Ba t tik Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge NelWOl.4 Bank„ Tonbridge and To n b r id ge %Ala arid ,S4, , anciiks Bank, Tonbridge - Beeahiag andloas. . Ogawdebilv Vntilef,Bstik, Witney—Clinak,...— 5,981 nsin• t um it.ft 7 374 , 4 _ i ' 1 f 2; ' - i - ,.,..,- ,. ,: - /,14/, , , ' 7 - --, -, - .:453 .. y Av. a -_, • (From the L9recion Gazette of Tuesday.) An Accounts pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Vietorta, cap. 32, of the Average Amouni; of Bank .IC,:tes of tin s.3veral Banks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 14th day of September, 1950: Average PRIVATE B XNKS. A.mount. Ando er Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 13.099 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jernmitt and Pomfret 10.671 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—R. and G Copeman 5,354 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and Runt BARG& Blnk and Baldook and Biggleswads Bark, Daldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 22,463 3 Lrn staple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,540 Basingstoke and Odilaare Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour. Lam b, and Co • „.... Bedford Bank , Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bana, Bedford— Trapr, Halfhead, and Co. 33 3w Atey Bank, Bewdiey—Nichols, Baker, and 11,708 Crane Bicester and Oxfor.lshire Bank and Oxford Bank. Bicester — Tubb and Co. .. ... 14,333 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwec ds, Spooner, and Co Birmir.gham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham --J. L. Moi!liett. and Sons 12.050 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard ana Oat: B.lOl Elston Bank, Boston—Gerfit and Co Boston Frank, Boston—Gee and Co Bridg.riter Bank, Bridivrater—J. &J. Sealey 5.556 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 33,360 Brosele ,, and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Brnseley Bank, Broseley—Niessrs. Pritchard 18,186 B ickintt . ham Bank, Buckingham Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 62.912 flant.ury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tavvney. 28.294 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Aessrs. Cobb 24.926 City Bank, Bath-1 . 1(14er and Son BAP' irelsh?re Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 35,29 Bir ningharn. Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co 12.526 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 63,708 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton— Hall, West and Borrer Burlinoton and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding ' Smith, and Co Bury St. Edrnunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds,- .T. Worlleige and Co. Bro:nsgrore Bank and Stour bridge and Broms- Avoca Bank, Bromsgrove—llafford, Biggs, arid Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons 2,658 13,574 Camhride ar.d Cambrithr,eshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Clrrnarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons THE SUN, LONDON, Average Amount. Pease a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Bevarley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 37,465 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten ani C 0... 10,430 ?eterborough Bank and Dandle Bank. Peter borough—M.vars. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson and White Pezeorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank. and Truro Bank. Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 26,228 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and C 0... 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 Strood Bank Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 7,612 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 9,958 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son... 9,619 Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co. Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co 9,634 ... 24,333 5,404 8,93 5,365 Ross Oldpank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allawn Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co 22,825 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury--Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne ... 22,512 29,174 —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton —Niaddison and Pearce Sonthwell Bank, Sonthwell—Wylde and Co Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and Kind 000 ••• ••••• S mthampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp- ton—Atherly and Fa:11 „ 2,995 Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 1,468 Stourbridge Ban's, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Cc 10,793 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford=Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Herta Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 20,5 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 11,425 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and 23,22 16,599 9,482 6,878 7,804 8,323 Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt &Co 6,798 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co 40,235 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 10,786 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester.— Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co 5,781 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkeswnrth—Arkwright arid Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurumy and Co. WiveliscGmhz Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W 9,800 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 63,790 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons 5,515 13,360 Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. - Wolverhampton Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birklyilk, 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 38,273 Bank, 13,030 Wolverhampton— JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sank of Westmoreland, Kendal ... Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 51,267 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, Uttnxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . .. Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 10,963 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 17,544 Dudley and West Bromwich Ranking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,255 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington l4 899 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 127,113 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Ilalifax 18,280 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 37,790 Hull Banking Company, Hull 21,452 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax 45,710 Helston Bankinr , Company, Helston 1,363 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 15,350 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 21,104 1 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,009 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 47,856 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Bankinm Company, Leice s t er Lincoln and Lindsey Banking " Company, Lincoln 40,976 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 28,448 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,270 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-str ee t, London 346,713 North Wilts Banking Company, Afelksham ..... 38,286 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 59,833 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton 17,115 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 23,682 ss shcdeedffis i t ee e lw r d 0 Pares's Leict - istrrshire Banking Company, Lei -336:004606 B r t a h u r ci a i 1 1 1 2 1 . t i c n o g m C p o a m n Company, syh, eSffia de Sheffield...... e . . w o r t h ... ... . ii. ..... 36,752 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Bankin pany, Stamford ......... g -om- Stuckey's Banking _ om itn ...... ................. 46,600 shire Bank, and Y Sonl P r Y, : 1 3ristol Somerset e setslure Bank, Lang port .......... ... .................. Shropshire Banking Company, sia,j'ali ......... 270,434 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Ba le • Ban kin Com pany, Stourbridge ............... ... - 87 275 Sheffield and Hallamshira Banking c ompany, , Sheffield .... .... .............. 22,016 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Sh-iiioid .............. ~ ................ 50,247 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. . Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury ... 9,940 Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield .. Wolverhampton a ii,l Staffordshire Banking Com - pany, Wolverhampton Wakefiold and Baro. ley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,430 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven ..... ... Warwick and Leiouir.gton Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank. Bristol ...... 72 816 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 69,605 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield • 30,549 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester..... , 3,857 York Union Banking Company, York 60,223 York City and County Banking Company, York 76,389 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, See:tenet Huuse, Sept. 21, 1850. 9,039 8,875 9,095 2,725 4,173 RAILWA Y INTELLIGENCE, SOUTH DEVON. Mr. G. HARPER seconded the amendment. Mr. GELL, of Plymouth, said he believed that the board could give good reasons for its conduct, and trusted that they would come forward and give those reason'. He trusted that several items of expense would be wanting in the next year's accounts. He was an advocate fur the reduction of fares, and he believed that the experiment was worth trying. The expense of the permanent way was also much too large in his opinion. He did not wish to see Mr. Stevens's motion adopted, nor yet thrown aside also gether. But it was quite true that some effqrt was made to retrieve the present condition of the company, by increasing its traffic, and reducing the cost of ma nagement. The CHAIRMAN said that the committee to inquire, and the committee to confer, were, in fact., identical, and he should treat them as such in his observa tions. lie had not sought the position he then occu pied, and he would not only be willing but glad to surrender its arduous duties at the call of the share holders. During the period in which he and his col leagues had held office, the working expenses de creased steadily every half .year, with a corresponding increase in the receipts of the line. The permanent way contract would effect a considerable saving on the present rates—the difference between the rate per mile they paid to the contractor, and the rate per mile of the Great Western, as to the increased charge fir the maintenance of the permanent way. This charge was always greater in . new lines than in old ones, and he was afraid that they would for a short time increase, although that would soon be followed by a permanent diminution. He believed that rail way companies would make the largest amount of profit at the lowest rate of fares. lie thought that the change should not, however, be sudden. If they had confidence in the directors let them that day avow it ; and if they had not, let them not have a committee of investigation, but have a new set of directors alto gether. Mr. Fox then moved a vote of confidence in the directors. It was objected thst this resolution could not be put until the others were disposed of. After some discussion Mr. AIILMAN withdrew his amendment, and Mr. Noßats seconded Mr. Fox's resolution, observing that he should afterwards pro pose that it be referred to the directors to ascertain some means of adjusting the varying interests of the holders of original and preference shares, and to admit both to immediate participation in the profits of the company, Mr. BAILEY, a shareholder, then rose amidst cries of "Question." Up9n his announcement that he would be heard, and had a long speech to make, the patience of the meeting, which had ia , ,ted already five hours, gave way, and although it was announced that a special train would run to Plymouth after the London mail had passed, the room was half emptied. Mr. Bailey, with a resolution which would have done honour to a better cause, maintained his ground, and had his speech all to himself. The shareholders re monstrated loudly against Mr. B dley's pertinacity, finding that, in spite of all interruption, he still con firmed. About fifty gentlemen declared that they would return in three- quarters of an hour, and vote when he had done. Mr. Bail-y, after more than an hour's perseverance, gave up his point, but in conse quence of many shareholders having actually left to dine, it was deemed necessary to keep the poll open until nine o'clock. The result was that Mr. Stevens's motion was lost; ,hat of Mr. Fox, for a vote of confidence in the direc ,ors, being carried. The meeting then thanked the Chairman for his mpartial conduct, and separated. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. The completion of the branch line of this railway, bringing the city of Worcester into immediate cona munication with the Midland (Bristol and Birming ham) Railway, has since the last half-yearly meeting of the company been so rapidly forwarded as to be ready for the inspection of the Government surveyor, and accordingly yesterday the inhabitants of Wor cester were astonished by the appearance within the suburbs of that city of a locomotive engine and ten der, the first that has ever been seen in the locality. The Government inspector was Captain Cealton. At tended by officers of the Midland Railway Company, this gentleman started from the Spetchley station of the Bristol and Birmingham line, for the purpose of inspecting the branch line of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, from Abbott's-wood (shout two miles and a half from Spetchley station) to Worcester. The junction at Abbott's-wood had been completed some day s pr ev i ous l y , an d one set of rails had also been laid down throughout the line from Abbott's-wood to Worcester, the other line being nearly complete. The distance is four miles, and the first part of the line runs through an easy country. As it approaches Worcester, however, there are two or three heavy cuttings and embankments, and Wor cester lying in a hollow on the banks of the Severn, surrounded on all sides by rising ground, the line does not run into the city, but passes through the suburb; along a rising ground on the east, a short tunnel having to be passed through north of the Wor cester station. The branch up to the station, however, is at present only to be opened, so that the tunnel (which has been completed for two years at least) will not be required for present use. 'The opening of haveimpo importance the wh o l e o f the loop line from Abbott's-wood through Worceste r to S toke would have greatly enhanced the rendered of the the comp.; n o t olp e nd y ol liable e n t g o , a ta b c u e t r as i t n hi g s u w ar o a u n ld . tee given to the Severn I mpros ement Commission, that intention has been abandoned until a larger portion of the north end o f t h e l i ne can be opened, so as to bring a remunerative traffic upon the line. The pre sent branch is leased to the Midland Company at a certain fixed rent with surplus profits. The line at Present is constructed on the narrow gauge, but when the main line is opened broad gauge rails will be added. Horizontal sleepers are used as upon the Great Western Railway. The station at Worcester is nearly completed, and the branch here will now in a very short time be opened for public traffic. The • tor made a careful survey of the line, and ga vea inspector favourable opinion of its construction. There cin be no douht about the stability of the works, which have already stood the test of time. This opening will confer a great boon on the trade of Worcester by -abo lishing the long-abused nuisance of a four mile om. nibna drive from Wotoeeter to Spetchley. At 4414 EXETER, WEDNESDAY, S; 25.—A special ge neral meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday afternoon at the New Londo❑ Inn, in this city, Mr. Wuolcombe in the chair; in pursuance of a requisition, signed by 22 shareholders, represent ing between 1,600 and 1,700 shares, and Mr. C. Ste vens, whose name appeared at the head of the list, had signified his intention of moving a resolution re quiring the appointment cf a committee to inquire into the affairs of the company. Mr. STEVENS then proposed the following resolu tion :—" That a committee, to consist of three per sons, proprietors in the South Devon Railway Com pany, be appointed fur the purpose of considering whether any and whet measures ought to be adopted, with a view to the reduction of the working expenses of the undertaking, improving the traffic and revenue thereof, establishing and maintaining the credit of the company, and otherwise improving the conduct and ma nagement of its affairs. Also, whether it be expedient that the provisions in the zompany 's Act of incorpora tion, in reference to the appointment, the number, and order of rotation of directors, the right of voting the audit of accounts, the powers of sale and leasing, and other provisions should be altered or enlarged, and also to report their opinion on the expediency of an application to Parliament fur these purposes, the com mittee to have full powers to call for, and require the production of, and to examine, inspect, and take copies of all books, accounts, and papers of the com pany, and to employ accountants and other assistants and with all other necessary and proper power. The committee to report also on the state and condition of the company and its affairs ; and that it be a direc tion to such committee to state the names of the per sons who have been deprived of any pecuniary advan tage by reason of all or any of their calls having been from time to time unpaid, and the sums of money which they have lost thereby, with a view to the re turning them the same. His object, he said, was simply an inquiry into certain facts which had ap peared to the requisionists to require investigation. He represented in that meeting 111 persons, pro prietors of more than 1,600 shares, and the claim which he made on their part for an inquiry ought not to be denied by the directors. He would refer to one subject touched upon in the requisition, viz., the hire of locomotive trains. Was it not fitting that the contract for a matter of such importance should be submitted to the shareholders for their ap proval ? He would also refer to the present state of the credit of the company. That it was bad, was not to be disputed, but what was the reason ofits beingso, with a revenue larger than their debenture debts ? He had no hesitation in ascribing it to the mismanage ment of -the directors. Mr. Stevens then proceeded to vindicate his own conduct in reference to the pre ference shares, the validity of which he had disputed, and to answer a circular issued by the directors, ex planatory of their own conduct in the transaction. The reasons he had given would show the necessity of placing more power in the hands of the shareholders, and in order to do so he entreated their support to the resolution he had proposed. Captain EDWARD JENNINGS, R N., seconded the resolution. Mr. MILNER moved as an amendment—" That a committee of shareholders be appointed to confer with the directors." A committee of investigation was frequently a committee of hostility, and the appoint ment of a committee of the shareholders to confer with the directors, would meet the view of the larger body of those interested. 420 2,673 6,973 ,498 2,605 1,447 2,839 5,486 7,117 9,065 FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1850. _ half-an-hour will be saved i n th o j ourney t o and from Worcester. The journey to Cheltenham at present occupies an hour and three-quarters ; hereafter it will be accomplished in the hour. GREAT WESTERN.—The directors have issued or ders that henceforth all sidings on their line shall have fixed " scotches" placed upon them, to prevent car riages or trucks drifting by any possibility OH to the main line, bnd Mr. Tyrrell, the general manager, is now seeing that the arrangement is carried out. These scotches are to be locked on to the line, so as to obviate either wilful or accidental displacement. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT.—Captain Latfan, the Government inspector, has just been over this line, now completed to the watering place of Southport, 18 miles from Liverpool, and it will be opened immediately. Fl - tAN C E. General de Saint Priest has addressed the following letter to the Legitimatist journals, explaining the late Legitimatist manifesto " It is easy by the assistances of hazarded suppositions to periert facts, and to draw from them inductions alike false and exaggerated. That is what has now taken place. Allow me to re-establish the truth. What, in fact, has taken place? A circular was addressed to two or three electoral correspondents in each department; it bears the signature of a man who, since 1845, has been charged with this correspondence, and who has no other functions than those of secretary of this electoral com mittee; it points out the names of five persons who, from different claims and under different regimes, have for many years past been honoured with a confidence which they have always considered compatible with their duties as citizens. The object of this circular is the condemnation of a doctrine erroneous in a monar chical point of view. One of the copies fell, either by chance or otherwise, into strange hands, and acquired a publicity for which the document was never intended. It has been laid hold of to disguise intentions ; to carry up to a high quarter a responsibility which my honour forbids me to decline, convinced, as I am, that it is only the exercise of a legitimate right to write to correspondents who share in your opinions, and cer tain that it would be vain to attempt to find in my acts or in my private lite absolutist doctrines opposed to the present period. I protest against this abuse. Only one question of doctrine is treated of in the circular— that of an appeal to the people; and it is condemded as incompatible with the principle of hereditary monarchy. The direction of genersl policy is there also spoken of; but who is there that can understand from that any thing more than the direction of the i;leas of a party which will not separate its principle from the national liberties, so loudly proclaimed even by the representa tive of that principle? And how can it be supposed that the men whose directions and correspondences have for so long a time only had for object the exercise of the rights which existing institutions have conferred on them, would suddenly change their convictions and their language, when the matured wisdom of that Prince, in spite of the absolutist impulses of a part of Europ.., has traced these noble words, the dictates of his heart, May the spectacle of so many calamities, and the fear of evils which threaten the future, not lead away minds far from these great principles of justice and of public liberties, which at this time more than ever the friends of the people and of kings should defend and maintain.' I must confine myself, sir, to this simple statement, in avoiding all that might be irritating; but I think I have in my turn the right to demand that a meaning shall not be sought for in this letter which is not put there. Thirty sears since, in 1821, the illustrious Royer-Collard said that words were tortured to make them say other than the truth; it appears that the secret has not been forgotten:, GERMAN Y. A telegraphic dispatch from Frankfort of the 24th inst., in the Kolner Zeitang, states that the Council of German Governments, sitting in that city under the auspices of A us t r i a , has declared that the refusal of the Hessian Diet to grant the supplies is illegal and opposed to the interests of the Confederation ; that the Hessian Government shall endeavour to restore a state of legality and order, and that corresponding measures will be taken by the Council. From Munich we learn of the 20th inst. that the Bavarian army, now concentrated on the banks of the Maine and on the frontiers of Hessen, is being rein forced to a considerable extent. We ought also to mention a rumour of a small Hanoverian army which is said to be approaching the frontiers of Hessen. The Prussian Government, too, are preparing to concen trate a corps of observation in Westphalia, near Paderborn. The Common Council of Hanau have addressed the following _petition and remonstrance to the Elector : " May it please your Royal Highness!—Your Royal Highness's decree of the 17th inst., which transfers the seat of your Government to Withelussbad, accuses the Courts of Justice and the functionaries of our country of an undutiful conduct, while it expresses a hope that your subjects will support you in your endeavours to restore the Constitution of the country. Royal Highness! the undersigned members of the Common Council of Hanau, when they consider the facts and events of these latter days, cannot but presume that you are falsely informed as to the general tentiments of the country; and we therefore thick it our duty to give evi &nee of the state of public opinion respecting the late measures of your Government. Royal Highness! public opinion declares your Ministers to be your worst ene mies. Th-y are considered as men who end( avour to subvert not only the Hessian constitution, but also your own high Electoral House, and who are so many serpents in your bosom. Condemned by public opinion, and al most crushed by public contempt, these men are aware that they are indeed fugitives and vagabonds on the face o f th e ear th. Bat still they persist ; still they continue in their desperate career, and close their ears to the voice of justice and common sense. Such a con dition of affairs is unheard of in the annals of German history. The people of Hessen is not on your Royal Highness's side. Your Government stands un supported and isolated. Your courts and functionaries are not undutiful—they know their duty. The legal and dignified attitude of the people will intimate to you who the men are who have trampled on law and justice, and who have violated the constitution of the country. " Royal Highness! we pray you to make your peace with the country, and to put a term to a state of things which must necessarily end unfavourably to you. Con sider that a Constitutional Government is impossible for Ministers of that class, and that with your Ministers you have no choice but to overthrow the constitution, and to introduce a despotic Government. Listen to our most humble prayer ! remove the seat of your Govern ment back to the capital of the country, discharge your traitorous Ministers, and fulfil your promise of the 11th of March, 1848, by selecting men who have the confi deuce of your subj ,, cts." "Hansa, Sept. 21." ITAL Y. The Paris Evenement publishes a letter from its Neapolitan correspondent, which announces the out break of a formidable insurrection in the two Cala brias. The writer states that he takes advantage of the departure of a friend to Marseilles to send the letter, for that the Neapolitan police open and exa mine all letters sent by post, even those contained in the ambassador's bag, and destroy every letter con taining political intelligence. The writer, whose letter is dated Sept. 5, then pr ocee d s t o state t h at a formidable insurrection has broken out in the two Calabrias, which seems likely t o em b race th e en tirety of both provinces. The Neapolitan Govern ment alarmed, and has ordered a f r i ga t e to port of Ult ra -C a l a b r i a , an d proc is eed to greatlyC otrona a to bombard the city. £ he three province s o f C a l a b r i a appear to be acting in concert in this insurrection. Armed bands are organizing under the command of popular leaders on various points of the Calabrian territory; among the leaders are Ferdinand Bianchi and Dominique Fulco de Rossano, who, in the province of Cosenza direct the operations of two con siderable bodies of Guerillas, and who appear to be acting in concert. Francisco Stocchi, who in June, 1848,1 headed the insurgents of Ultra- Calabria having been arrested by the gendarmerie, was rescued by Stocchi, who, having delivered his friend, generously permitted these same gensdarmes, who inflict the bastinado and the torture on women and children in order to force their hus bands to surrender, to retire. At Nuastro, the insurgents had a skirmish with the garrison of the town, in which the latter were defeated, and 23 gene darme, and 4 municipal guards, the judge, and some other Government employes, were shot. In this city alone the military authorities had issued orders for the seizure of upwards of 900 persons, dead or alive. According to the latest accounts the insurrec tion was_spreading. A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. In the evening, towards the end of the year 1846, when the typhus fever was making its ravages amongst the poor in the populous districts of Glas gow, a female was often heard singing at the edge of the pavement before the Western Club House. Her dress consisted of little more than a petticoat and a shawl. With the latter she covered her face, head, breast, and shoulders. The passer-by could not dis tinguish whether she was well-formed or crooked, good-looking or marked by the small-pox, young or old, but the musical connoisseur could judge, from the melancholy strains that forced their way from within the all -protecting shawl, that the sound came from the voice of a girl of about seventeen years of age. She never solicited alms, but took whatever was given her with a curtsey, and now and then with a blessing, murmured in a low voice. One night, when " the win Is were whistling cold," and the rain was pouring down in torrents, two young German gentlemen were passing the girl, who was striving all in her power, against wind and weather, to keep her features concealed from the wo,ld. They gave her a trifle and hurried on, always accompanied by the heart-touching tones of her voice. Suddenly one of them stopped and said, " D > you hear that voice ? What beauty and power! Does no one try to save the possessor of such a voice from destruc tion ? Shall a girl with such a gift from Heaven die from hunger, or worse?" " Let us see what we can do," answered the other. They returned, called the watchman of the district, and sought information from hisa, yeMohmAza oorild say yery little About her. He did not know where she lived, nor what her name was, nor had he ever seen her face, but he g ive her an excellent character, as far as he coual judge. He was told to ask for her name and address ; and one morning, after having got this, the two young philanthropists went to he assigned place, but were very much di4appointed by finding that no such place existed. After having again spoken to ihe watchman, they got en answer through him that the girl pur posely gave a wrong address, in order to get rid of the young men, and that she also decidedly refused to give her right name and adAress, or to go to see any person, adding that " no one knew who she was, and no one ever should know." After about a month's diplomatic negotiations by means of the watchman, the girl agreed at last to visit a German lady, univer sally esteemed in Glasgow for her kindness and bene volence. Arrived there, and putting the jealous shawl aside, a pale, interesting face was discovered. The girl gave satisfactory references as to her former life. It appeared that she was a native of Edinburgh ; that having become destitute from the death of her father, the illness of other members of her family (they were bed rid with fever), and many other circumstances, and not being able to get work sufficient to provide for a sick mother and young brother, and being possessed of a good voice—her only family inheritance—she resolved to try to make a precarious living by singing on the streets during the twilight and evening. Being asked to sing she readily complied. Mr. Seligmann, the well-known professor of music, who was present, and one of the young men who had first taken an in terest in the voice, said—" The voice of that young girl is not the one we admired so much." He re marked as something peculiar, and which he had ob served on previous occasions, that the voice sounded on some evenings most beautifully, while at otheir times it was very indifferent. The girl insisted that she was the person in question, and by repeating her conversation with the watchman, by naming over the list of songs she was in the custom of singing, estab lished beyond doubt that she was the individual in whom they seemed to take an interest. The matter remained unexplained at the time, and the visit ended by the lady and Mr. Seligmann promising to call on her sick mother, after having had inquiries made into the character of the family. Having found this to be in all respects satisfactory, the promised call was given, and then it was found out that the girl had a sister, who was then with a distant relation in Pais ley, and who, when she happened to be in Glasgow, sometimes relieved her from the task of singing in the streets. The two girls were taken by the gentlemen and the watchman for only one, and as the two sisters communicated their adventures to each other, the mistake was thus easily explained. The second girl, who was the elder of the two, was sent for, and her voice soon proved her identity. Most satisfactory information as to her character having also been received, another benevolent German lady instructed her in reading, writing, and other elemen tary branches of education, and Mr. Seligmann gave her singing and piano lessons. When her kind in structress left Glasgow the girl was put at board to different respectable families in succession, and her education soon took a higher bent. Her conduct and diligence gave great pleasure to her patrons, who, by private subscription, raised a sum of money for her support. After more than two years' instruction in Glasgow, it was considered expedient to send her to Germany to pursue a higher branch of musical study than this country affords. From thence, where she has been labouring successfully about 18 months, we receive the most flattering accounts of her voice, the compass of which is from G below the lines to E flat in alt, nearly three octaves. We hear, moreover, that she makes great progress in every female accomplish ment, and that she is received into the best society. As she is to appear soon in concerts in her native country, we consider it our duty to direct the atten tion of our readers to her history, and to interest them in her behalf. The name of the handsome young lady, in whose elegant manners, lady-like deportment, and great musical abilities no one would find out any trace of the street-singer, is Christina Dawson. We have watched the progress of Miss Dawson's education since she was taken in charge by her phi lanthropic protectors, and have• much pleasure in bearing testimony to the rapid and steady progress she made under her different tutors before her remo val to Germany. We may also add that we have been long acquainted with the facts contained in the above simple narrative, and would have given them publicity, but we delayed the recital until their publication might be of service to her on the occasion of her first public appearance as a professional vocalist. We may here add that the father of Miss Dawson was through life an industrious mechanic, originally, we believe, from Rothsay. Christina, the heroine of the above little story, is his eldest child. The widowed Mrs. Dawson, with her second daughter and son, are now in Edinburgh, where they have been by the kind aid of Miss Dawson's patrons, put into a small and respectable way of gaining their livelihood, so that they are now placed beyond the necessity of depending upon eleemosynary aid. Miss Dawson's professional career, it is to be hoped, will further remove them from want, and may, as she has always shown great filial and sisterly affection towards her relatives, place them in a more comfortable position in society than their late gloomy prospects would have led them to hope for.—Glasgow Herald. FOREIGN FUNDS. BELGIAN FUNDS.-13517811EL3, SEPT. 24. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .......... Loan of 1840, Five per Cent ••• • • • 99 Loan of Thirty Millions, FourperCent • •• Ditto Threeper Cent •••••• • • • • • • •. •• Ditto Thirty-seven Millions,ditto Ditto,ditto,lB46 •• ••••• • •• •• •..• • Ditto,lB42, 5 per Cent ••.•••• • • • • • 99 Ditto, 1844, 4% per Cent• ••••• •• • • ••• 90% Ditto, 1836, 4 per Cent.. • . Ditto, 1839, 3 per Cent. • . Ditto, 1848, 5 per Cent.. 97% Ditto of the City, 1832 ............ Ditto, 1843 ••• • • Bank of Belgium,. 4 per Cents.— •••• •• •• 78% Issue of 1841, 5 per Cents. .••.. • • • • 1; 0% Exchange on London, 25 50. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 23. Active Debt - a% per Cent •••••• • • • • • 57 57 1-16 Ditto, 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 68 g 68 7-16 Ditto, 4 per Cent.. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • 8 8% 88 % Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent..•••••••• East India Loan, 4 per Cent •• • • •..... 88 Frankfort, 3 per Cents. • ••••••• •- • • 53 % Russian 4:per Cents., Hope & Co. 105% Ditto, ditto, Steiglitz • • • • .. • • • • • • 88 % Spanish New .5 per Cents.• •••• • • • .... 11 11-16 11 13116 Ditto, 3 per Cents. ••• .... 34 ! 31 7-16 Austrian 5 per Cents., Metallice ...... 76% 741 Ditto 2% per Cent. ••..••• • • • • • 407 41 Commercial Company, 4% par Cent .. Exchangeon London, at sight ••• • •• 11 95 Two months... •••••• • • • • • • 11 91 On Hamburgh, at sight .. •• 36 37 Two months.• ••••••• • • • • • • 35 12 On Paris, at sight •.••.• • • •• 56 75 Twomouths. • • •• •• ••• • •• 56 50 HAMBURGH FUNDS, SEPT. 21. Bills. Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent. ... • 105% Ditto, 3% per Cent. Prussian 5 per Cent. •• . •• • ••• • • • Anglo-Russian Loan •••••• • • • • • • •• 106 Ditto (1850), 4% per Cents. New 4 per Cent., Hope and C 0.......— Ditto Stleglit7, 4 per Cent. ••••• 89 Hamburgh, 3% per Cent. •• 89% Lubeck Loan (1850) .......... • .... 98 Hamburgh Certificates, 5 per Cent..... Cent.....— Belgian Loan, 2% per Cent. .• •• •• .• •• Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... Ditto, in 1001. Shares •• •• • • • • Ditto,s per cent. .......... •• • • .... 97% Anglo-Swedish Loan Ditto, Transport Loan' •• •• •• •• •• Ditto, Hyp., 4 per Cents •• ••.•• • • • 96% Norwegian 4 per Cents. •• ••• .• • •• • • 100 Spanish New 5 per Cent.. •• •• .• •••• •• 11% Ditto, 3 per Cents. • • ••••• • •• 32% Ditto, 1846.. -. Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent •• Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ••• •• Ditto 3 per Cent. ••••••••• • • • • • • • National Bank Shares ••••••• • • • • • • • American, 6 per Cent..... •• • • .. •• •• 1065,( RAILWAYS. Hainh. Bergd. . ........ •••• • • • • 93 Ditto, Priority Shares •• • •••• • • • • Berlin and Hamburg •••• •• ••••• • • • • • 91% Ditto, Priority Share': ••• • • •• •• 101 Ditto, second emission Magdeber,g•Wittenburg .............. 57 Ditto, 5 per Ceuts. ...........• •• .. 9914 Cologne and Minden •• • • .... •• •• • • 97% Ditto, Priority Shares .. — Ditto, 5 per 103 Frederick-William, Northern: ...... • • 39 Meeklenberg .......... •• •••• • • • ... 341 i Ditto, Priority Shares, 4N per Cent. 101% Altona and Kiel ..... • . •• .. 9034 Gluckstadt • • ..... Rend5burg.................... • • . • • • Copenhagen-Roeskilde ........ Hanseatic Steam Company .......... Money. 11% 32 91 ) 4 101 97% 1014, Contrary to our anticipation, the speeches of Lord Stanley at Warrington last night afforded no materials for comment. His Lordship was all smoothness and ur banity: compliments flowed from his lips, and he re velled in common-place. For a: man of his conscious power to so deal in harmless nothings must have been a task of considerable difficulty. Once, indeed, ho approached a subject that would have probably given greater vigour to his periods. He just touched upon free-trade, probably to feel the pulse of his auditory. There was such are evident disunion of sentiment, how ever, amongst those present, some cheering and some hissing, that he shrunk from the exciting topic, and stepped back into the quiet path which he had quitted but for a moment. —Liverpool Times. A GREAT SNAILL—Mr. Charles J. Muschert, to bacconist, Market-street, and Mr. R. W. NVarneck, this morning, c:ught in the cellar of the residence of the former, Filbert-street, a large snake, supposed to he of the boa constrictor species. His snakesbip made a tremendous noise among the crocks and pans in the cellar, about ten or eleven o'clock last evening, which aroused the lady of Mr. Mus• chert, but she thinking that the sound proceeded from rats retired to rest. Upon an examination this morning the huge reptile was discovered snugly resting upon one of the shelves quiet and contented, after a plentiful feast upon rate. The snake is thought to have belonged to the former residents of the house; or perhaps it may have escaped from some cage. Mr. Muschert has occupied the house about one week. The serpent is about seven feet in length, and in the centre mea sures at heist six inches in circumference. It is of a dark colour, dotted singularly witti beautiful golden spots. Mr. Muschert, not relishing such a pet, took it up to Barnum's Museum, where it can be seen as one of the greatest curiosities of that far-famed establishment. Colonel Sandford has him well caged. in company with a big anaconda.—Philadelphiu Penspvanian. A NEW Rum)Ea.—Al. Funqu6, an old French naval officer, has invented a new rudder, which is to be adoptgcl t tkv 4114;44 navy. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Jane Truman was again brought up, and placed at the 11%r before Alderman Cha lis, charged with steal ing► two 1001. Mink of England notes, one 201. ditto, one 101. ditto, one 51. di t to, a cheque for 371., and 71. 103. in gold, irom the person of Mr. John Winpenny, woollen rnanuf4cturt-r, 18tdy residing at the Castle and Falcon, Aldersgate-street. Alderman CHALLIS said, as none of the stolen pro perty had been f Fund, and the prosecutor was not present to identify her more fully than he had done on the previous examinations, ha should feel it his duty to discharge the prisoner, as there was no case made out against her. Edward Matthew Macklin was brought up on re mand for further examination, charged with fraudu lently obtaining silk goods to the value of about 6001. of Mr. Edward H Davies, of 5, Goldsmith-street, City, agent for M. Faessler Petzi, silk-manufacturer of Paris and Lyons. The case was remanded from the last examination merely for the production of the goods by the various pawnbrokers, who hold them in trust till such time as they shall be ordered to give them up. A great quantity of goods, consisting of silks, satins, plusher, umbrellas, &c., were produced by Mr. Sowerby and other pawnbrokers, amounting in all to the value of about 400/. or 5001., but they were pledged for not more than about 2701. Alderman CHALLIS could not help remarking upon the facility afforded by pawnbrokers in general to servants to dispose of goods of which they had robbed their employers. He thought that when such valu able goods as those produced were presented for pledging, that the pawnbroker, for his own safety, should make some inquiry as to how the party pledg ing became possessed of them. With regard to the present case, he should remand it till Monday next, with the understanding that the prisoner would then be finally committed, and the depositions in the mean time would be prepared accordingly. Joseph Ruddick was charged with stealing a quan- tity of valuable books, the property of his employers, Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., of Stationers'- hall-court. Alderman CHALLIS said—From the manner, pri soner, that you appear to treat this charge, I believe that you are not aware of the serious position you have placed yourself in. You are liable, according to the Act under which your employers have prosecuted you, to be compelled to pay double the amount of the value of the property, to be fined 51., and to be impri soned for three months for each offence proved against you; and in default of payment within three days of the time of committal of the forfeiture and fine, to be publicly whipped in the House of Correction or any other public place that the magistrate may think fit to appoint. The cases are all very clear, though I can only convict upon two, for which I shall impose a fine of 51. and three moans' imprison ment for each offence—the second three months to commence at the expiration of the other. Tne books are to be given up to the prosecutor without any re muneration. I am sorry to have to remark once more upon the conduct of the pawnbrokers. In the cases just disposed of it has been shown that 3s. has been lent upo❑ property worth 255., and upon the pawn broker's own acknowledgment they could get ss. for the same, even if they sold them to the greatest dis advantage. I consider that if pawnbrokers are de termined to carry on a wholesale system of receiving stolen goods, the only way to make them more care ful is to make them the sufferers on conviction It is only by repeated losses that they will be brought to a proper sense of their duty. If a poor man were to act in a similar way to only one-fourth the extent he would most probably be transported for it ; and lam therefore determined to use every means in my power to suppress such an iniquitous system. The books were then given up, and Mr. Longman, the publisher, and Mr. Miles, on the part of Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall, thanked the Alderman for the kindness he had shown in his attendance to the case, and retired. MA I ?LBOROUGH-STREET. A bootmaker, who gave the name of John Gham pion, but whose real name is Desmond, was brought before Mr. Hardwick charged with having committed a gross outrage on a young woman named Rose Chamberlain. Mrs. Champion, a respectable•looking married woman, said she was walking through Percy-street yesterday evening with her niece, Rose Chamberlain, and a female friend, when the defendant, who was a perfect stranger, suddenly laid hold of her niece in a way unfit to-be described. She pushed the defend ant away, upon which he applied an infamous name to her, and made use of language, both to herself and her niece, of the most disgusting character. She called for the assistance of the police, and sent her niece to fetch her husband. The defendant then charged her with stealing his pocket-handkerchief, and insisted on the constable taking her into custedy. The police-constable said the defendant appeared as if he had been drinking. The defendant was fined 51. each for assaults on aunt and niece, making 101. together, or four months' imprisonment. M A I?YL E B ON E. Mr. James Worthington Lavasey, residing in Union-place, New-road, was brought before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Long, charged with the following shameful assault upon Catherine Hollis, a married woman, and who lives in David-street, York-place, Portman-square. Mr. Davies, solicitor, of Dorset-street, attended for the defendant, who was described as a law-student of the Inner Temple. Complainant, whose upper lip was swollen, gave evidence to the effect that on the previous night, about ten o'clock, as she was proceeding along East-street, Manchester-square, she was followed by defendant, who at length accosted her, and asked her whither she was going; to which she replied that she was going home. He requested to be permitted to ac company her, and on her telling him that she could not permit anything of the sort, he exclaimed, " Then take that," at the same time giving her a blow on the mouth. He then ran away, and on her crying out, "Stop him !" he was taken into custody. It further appeared, that when captured by Church, 129 D, he had fled for refuge into a ccok's shop i n Paddington street. On the way to the station, and also when first laid hold of by the officer, he denied having struck the complainant. Mr. Davies said that after all that had been stated he would not attempt tor a moment to show that the charge was an unfounded one, and he thought under all the circumstances that the best course for him to take was that of an expression of regret on the part of the defendant for his conduct; the defendant was truly sorry for what had occurred, and be hoped that the magistrate would deal with the case as leniently as possible. Mr. Losto inflicted a penalty of 50s. for the assault, which he looked upon as being one of a serious and unprovoked nature. Mr. Davies requested that defendant, instead of being compelled to pay the sum alluded to, might be permitted to arrange with the complainant; but the magistrate would not c imply with the wish. Two youths, named Walter Blake and Jeremiah Stansham, were placed at the bar for re-examination on the charge of having stolen a quantity of silver plate to a considerable extent, the property of Mr. Ed ward Broughton, of St. James's-terrace, St. John's wood. The prisoners were fully committed for trial. CL ERKEN WELL. Thomas Thomond, a sullen-looking fellow, 20 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyr whitt, charged by Mr. Joseph Thomond, his os n father, a master baker residing in William-street, Caledonian-road, Islington, with hiving stolen two silver table-spoons and other articles of plate, and also with having threatened his life, by which he went in bodily fear. The father, who was evidently much affected, said that the prisoner was a drunken, profligate fel low, who might do well were it not for his depraved inclinations. He had endeavoured in his youth to instil moral principles in his mind, but to no pur pose. On the whole of Wednesday last he was drunk, and continued annoying witness by driving backwards and forwards before his door in a cabriolet. He received information that the prisoner had boasted to a neighbour that he had taken two silver spoons, &c. Subsequ en tl y h e ca ll e d on witness at, d asked him for money, which he declined giving him, on which he threatened to bare his life, and, taking several half-crowns from his pocket, exhibited them, and said he did not want money, and he threw a pawnbroker's duplicate on the counter for the pro perty, which had been pledged at Mr. Neade's, in Penton-street, Pentonville. He consulted with a policeman, and gave the prisoner into custody. 'Wit ness added, with a flood of tears, that the prisons r had frequently alarmed them out of their sleep in the dead of the night to demand money ; his mother sometimes got out of bed and remonstrated with him, when he threatened, with dreadful language, that he would never be satisfied until he could put a bullet through her heart. He had used a similar threat to wards witness. Mr. TYRWIIITT inquired what course he wished to be adopted towards the prisoner ? Mr. Thomond— I wish to be protected. My property and life are not safe. Something must be done. Mr. TYRWHITT said there was abundance of evi dence as to the unlawfully pawning the property. Prisoner (sullenly)—CAn't I have a solicitor ? The evidence of the pawnbroker was taken duwn as to the pledging the articles Lt. 1/. 2s. The prisoner in his d: fence said he had been drink ing for two or three days, and the only excuse he could make for himself was that he was under the in fluence of liquor at the time. Mr. TYRWHITT, addressing the prisoner, said his conduct was most disgraceful. There ought to be some limit placed on the conduct of bad and violent eons towards their parents, and h e con ld h ar dl y con- ceive it to be po:isib!e for a son, drunk or sober, to capable of making ,qich horrible threats towards hD owe in ether. lie convicted the prisoner, and orde r ` hilt, t o p a y 40, p,nalty, and th e amount of the value of the propery, or in d-fault of payment one ron ths itn prisonment. ..Pris,,ner could not pay, and was conveyed topri' °l/ ' SO 4;7'H WARK. In the cou rse f the mornir gan application vc ii : mwie for the Magitra+e's advi ce relative to a quo t of vvoman's weari ng tippirol, principally constati n g, ° theatrical dr esses , a l lege d to h ave been surrept itiool taken by Mada me P on i s i , one of the S urre y The 3 t t6 .2orn.,2any, from the ab of her husband. Thy applicant, a young man who described himse lf as the husband of Madame Ponisi, addressing the In h 3 i ; gistrate (Mr. Beadon), said that on Friday 15st „ii wife, ‘vithout giving him any intimation of win' ; t r e was about to do, left home, taking with her pr°P e ;' e in dress to the amount of nearly 1001. He 118d h s t L I c A discovered that she was accompanied in her fligh t a member of the same establishment, and he ", e . strong grounds for suspecting that she was n° ll ' fip . aiding in a house at that side of the water. r i be ,;(l plieant had obtained the address of her Pre su- i n . abode, and the object of his application was to Ni t , formed whither he would be justified in biking for cible possession of the property, and whether the gistrate could render him any assistance. Mr. BE ADON t o ld t h e app li cant if he could I)r°,rbee that his wif e h a d b een ass i sted i n the remova l of ' e a property by the man w i t h w h om she ha d b ee n al'l s a to elope he c ou ld a id hi m. If , however, t h e lad/ beit voluntarily r emove d th e clothes, which were t joint property, she was not amenable for any . of fe t i ;t which would subject her to proceedings In or court, and he (th e mag i strate ) had no con trol 0 the matter. The applicant said that he had no evidence to P r g g e that his wife had been assisted in the removal c f a i r property i n ques ti on , an d h av i ng thanke d the al* trate for his advice, he then withdrew. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 26.—At Gl ouces t e r m ark re , the 21st, wheat ruled dull at the currency of th e : r bet vious week. At W orces t er , i the same day, rather g ne t prices were o bt a i ne d f or all descriptions. Bark): quarter quarter dearer. M ore d o i ng in oats. Beans J : 11 '100 dear, and peas advanced Is per quarter. Du r f h g s eds present week some quantity of wheat has chang*"."oo at previous rates. Barley not so much in r eques'• d for 6d per quarter lower, both new and old. 'Rios b i , e , is more money, but are only taken in retail. • Le riket great request , and few offering. At this days °° and there was a fair supply of wheat from the fart:Bek a a the trade ruled dull, but lower prices were not aut i- o ot to for any description . On barley the turn was in — we' of the buyer. Oats were taken sluwly, at the il hpr , noted decline. Beans 6d, peas Is, per quarter hig"" o ld BOSTON, SEPT. 25.—Wheat, new red 24s to 42 % r lei 37s to 425, ne w w hit e 37 s to 465, o l d 42s to •46st b os go 18s to 225; oats lls t o 18 s; b eans 26s to al s; peas 7 221 31s per quarter. Louisa, SEPT. 25.—Wheat 40s to 46s ; barley to 26a ; oats 14s to 16s ; beans 24s to 27s Per c l r ' m 46 5 LYNN, SEPT. 24.—Weat 36s to 40s, flee 443 per quarter. to 53h NEWARK, SEPT. 25.—Wheat old white 5 1 ; , 4 , to red 46s to 48s Od, new white 48 s t o 503 Od, red '23t 475; barley, malting nominal, grinding 22s t o oats 18s to 203; bea ns , o ld 32 s to 345; ne w 'An 2:it 405 t) 425; winter bea n s 40 3 t o 42 3. Flour, t i n e seconds Is 1d er sto 3dl CARLISLE, O SEPT. 2 4.— ne. Wheat 46s 2d; barley 2'' oats 21s lid er quarter. GLasciow, p SEPT. 25.—We Fare bad fair arrivals f T r° b lli ti abroad, and a liberal supply of oars from Ireland•_heill continent provided u s w ith a b out 5 713 quar ters of w o o, and 818 quarters of beans arrived at Grang e : l f, the There was a steady consumptive demand dur7,ol - at fully last Wednesday's rates. This elsY,,„itecir ket was well attended, but the transactions were at last week's currency. if of DUBLIN, SEPT. 24.—There was a large s _, ll P P rer/ 01 new grain at market to-day. Wheat, oats, enlating barley were bought at rather lower prices. po le§ barley and rape see d move d o ff at a b out the eUrt- nd 3/ of Friday. Very few transactions in Indian core, 1, re d firmer prices. White wheat, new, 22s to 2 53 ° s 6d ditto, 17a to 23s Oi; barley, lOs 9d to 135 6il b ere ' e seea , to 9s 6d; oats, new, 7s 6d to 9s 3d per barrel; r a p 18s to 21s; oatmeal, 9 3 6d t o lO s 6d ; b a kers' f ou r ' 16s per cwt; India n corn, 26 s to 29 s per 48 011° 00 EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, SEPT. 25. — , Virke : t A t' qrs_ , less do were 721 qrs of wheat in the market to-day, being . „'"d than last week. Prices were la up on the top, a - e in '1 on the average-44 qrs unsold. Barley--There wet t Re els' day's market 964 qrs barley, being 61 qrs more than 1 0 0 _75 The top price was is up, and the average Sci Was 621 qrs unsold. Oats—The quantity of oats in the m arket , ce R ss tire, being 61 less than last week. The top P ri o nsol d " 7d down, and the average 3d down-6 q rs ato",hBss Beans—The supply of b eans was 50 qrs , being t h e 00 last week. P r i ces were I s up on t h e top, an d ed Ur average —2 qrs unsold. Top of Wheat ... 63i15. 5- ~ Barley ~„ 67i1b. 2 79 ~ Oats ... 2 2 ' pd Beans • , 66 lb. .„ 34 , 1 0 000'; EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, SEPT• 7,11 : 4 of cattle was 521, or 13 more than last week. l'oPr i n V6(l'd current, 6s to 6s 6d; secondary, from 4s 6d to 7" iffe_ci ta ,"" Dutch stone. At the close a clearance was An t e 6 ' The number of sheep this morning was 5,340, or .ta ; .00 , " than last wee&. Top price of the best mutton , rent, 41 2 d ; middling and inferior kinds, from 30 t ° A clearance was not effected. o lit 4 , , IS t DUNBAR, SEPT. 24. Wheat, weighing brot o p i 6d, and prices to 38s. Barley, weighing - - l b :: broug,„ h t 24s 6d, and prices to 2I s d. Oats, weighing 431 "" w eir .- 20s Od, and prices to Pa 6d. Beans and peas, oft; —lbs, brought 00s Od, and prices to Os Od. a 14° CORK, Suntr. 25.—FlourFirst 12s 6d to 135 • ° U. , 6s o seconds, 11 s lid to 12s 6d; households 93 to 103 6d: o v% vib es-. percwt. Oatmeal 10s to lOs 6d; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7 5 o ,oclPe t s meal, lOs to 10s 6d per cwt. Indian corn 6,105 Od b 1 rem ; a serg, ton. Bran 41 to 4/2, r'd per ton, Hay—Farmers 253 to 3 ' s all ; 30s; dealers 30s to 38, Od; average 36s per ton. Sttavi--os Od to 25s Od ; average 203; dealers 00s Ott 4 to 6iti' o average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf v, household loaf 5d to 51d per 41b. Fresh WI" Coa'',„, 10d per lb. Eggs - 4s 10d to 5s Od per hund r e d ' C 6 '7 . Newport 14s; Lydney 15s Od; Smiths' 145 r epos P e ges t 133 Od pe r t on . T a ll ow 3 8 s O d to Whisky, 25 o. p.. '5B 6d per imperial 4 " lb. —Beef 4d to 4id ; mutton 4id to 6d; bd Per net 5d ; pork 4d to Od; bacon 6d to 7d ; sa wki gm es to Sit t e r Hops ,1 Os to 010, p er cwt . B angor s l a t es 312 , - - 0 1, e , ton. Bark—Barba r y 71 53 to 815 s; Valonia 1 51 t° et , sto" e d 61; Spanish 9/ to 10/ p er t on . Fl eece W oo l 15s to vu: 0 149; rev Hemp 32/ to 341 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 133. 9, ditto 158 to 20s per barrel ; Newfoundland 8/ 10a to y olo ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton ; red pine, 31 „,, 105' 105 . 0 1 , ditto, 21 153 per ton; deals, 131 to 181 per 1 " . ca lf s!'„ n s Market 20, to 325. salted 21s to 32s per owt j t 3d to 30 per lb 8 Potatoes, white 5d to 9 ,",„ ; per t °l" Od to Od ; Gua n o— P eruv i an , 11/ ; I c h a boe, I ` Tar—Archan ge l, 19s per barrel. ,sloe onsionodrayl morning,l2 1 IN t W e. o'clock ROBBERY —Aboll 01 „g0 0 the vOl O Police having had his attention directed to the 111 1 ,1) / onga ted , of a man who was carrying a orttnanteau ale a g one'" ? followed him for a short distanc P e, when the for oe v r i j e li toiti t is o, GrcoLnAstsarleWl27 of that he was followed, darted down a close in that tell° , if to escape. He was, however, captured by the Il a rse thieo who, observing that the man ha thrown awaYf ig ag e A s. as be entered the close, searched for it. !lie ^l, - „piver' s , tained to be a bundle of , bank-notes, to the value teal 1 re lic- Gantt% oe rs o , ll l of 901., ani the man, on bei taken to the court, was found to have an additional sum on his taw i nq uirY sa as si seer.: making the total amount 1121. A little it clear that a robbery had been an ended, '..rbe r i' tained in a short time that the arty D a ppre , — puck ..--,6 named Duncan M'Leod, was a waiter in the Bac h go ne; committed, h .. ae ~ Inn. It appears that he had plundered an Eugli 6 s ad°, man who was staying at the hotel of the above emu , ' ,verb endeavouring to make out of town with it When lit a s c apprehended.—North British Mail. Sa fit h r A destructive fire occurred at Renfre w T w ith 4 ": day. A large shed, used for purposes conDecte. o:ficen branch railway from Paisley, situated imtnediate_iicisoiniaol to the wharf, was burned down, together vrittl a s s tael‘ o house and stable which abutted on one side, an w ere S eV ssre hay that stood close on the other. In the stable )ins. horses, belonging to Mr. Adair, the lessee of th e 10 0 ' regret to say it was found impossible to re scue an . Y ° care „Unit* ? ,0 [ADVERTISEMENT ]—Another Extraoru—nd pit 4 of a Wound in the Leg b Holloway's Ointmen t a t o 3 1 , 1 5 Andrew Milton, a hostler residing at Burton, * O ,l, o' l . ago bruised his shin, and, being o a full habit of body, J'obcle`,' , r t to - do inflammation ensued, which defied every eu° i t hstO d afterwards an obstinate wound formed, and now mo o ba o various treatments it would not heal, and his leg he e d . butt a s that his surgeon urged him to have it amputate '.edieine, wishing to lose his limb bef,re giving f dis t u ...-- trial, he commenced, and he has reason to be Brat cunt, did' for by their use he has effected a sound and Pe r ,' vablii Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Bollowlll 2 lishment, 244, Strand, London. ---- HollowaY 1 i e Ro O bb n in th s Broad-green-lodge, On the 26th of y outts Mar"orib k G. d On the 24 h " •, the wife 0 li2s2c inst., n nfi s ns t tt at na .t o \ IrFiteis:Ao7:l3:Ou' p lt e . r 5l are, Croydon. OF A DAUGHTE R. the W ife °( Dudle C On the 2' d j an sq. the 144 6 inst. at Pen de heath, gaidstone, of the Rev. G ' en n- , eorge Bayler. On the 24th inst., Mrs..Hodgkinson, Sydenbaln• Upper GrfosWveiniliora-iiistre B aines' , 9t14,, MARRIED. '- On the 24th inst., at Walcot Church, Bath; , tome ir wt, William Somerset, second son of the 1..1rd Williani 0 . .10 to Georgiana Amelia, daughter of Major-General ' -„va Darling. n the 22d ist., at Hammersmith, John l en der, stie'ide sonO of Joseph Spencer, Esq., of Westbotirne'placebiptaia park, to Eliza St. Agnes, eldest daughter o f the la te J. Washington Carden,3o , th Itegiment. the Re/' i Yesterday, at St. Andrew's Holborn, by g e, ° S. Toogood, the oily daughter of Mr. W. Desorrnec-ooper• Mile-end, to Mr. H. Cooper, son of the late Mr. 11. of Leeds, Yorkshire. / the 18th inst., at S e - all, near , .„'' a Agl ti lil r6-1 Stanley-hall. On qtrou. — 1 •a. .ershire. Charlotte Anne, widow of the late vi ce. ark °' James Young. On the 18th inst., at Wonersh, Surrey , Richard SP Esc! , aged 77. t ,roW , the24th inst. aged 80, at Somerset -plac e, (41 ' Fores Dalston, Mr. Timot ' hy gutter, formerly of Combridge• ~,, jl. On the 24th inst., at 13elitha-villas, BarnsburY-Or Smith. Esq., secretary to the New British Iron Coinpa2Ti. On the z ,th inst., at Ilighbury - gro ve, G. Mortice, s a r s On the 24th inst., at Gui! iford-street, Russell-sqa"e' a Chatlotte Maria Wye, aged 80. PerrP A On the 24th inst., t cton, Middlesex , Mr. a ial .• - „roll' , Cualtn erc On the 24th inst., at Arbour - Ser race, e- East, Mr. Isaac Coruey. it 0 0 , London : Printed and Published by MIIRDO rOle ;Os : S7rard l , 2, in St t r t 9j :e d Pr P e r i n n t :t r. of the Salr f e; in (lffi t h7 4;14141 • • • liilddiciNxt rads% geptotuber 27, leSos