The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-31 00:00:00

BANK RET URNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) Account, putauant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notys of the, several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 19th day of Januaty, 1850: Average PRIVATE B ANKS. cmount. Andover Ba nk , Andover—Heath and 12,298 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,824 Aylshwn Bank, Aylsham—R. and G Copeman 4,599 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury — Bickford awl aunt Baldook Bank and Baldock and Biggleswach Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 27,059 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,144 Basingstoke and Odiha-t Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb , and Co B e dford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard ....... 27,357 Bedford and Bedfor nddshira Bedford— Trapp,,Bans, Halfhed a Co. Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bieaster and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tabb and Co. .. •••• ... 13,313 Birmingham Bark, Birmingham—Attl-c 38, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham L. Moilliett, and Sons ............. 12.765 Bin:llford Bank, Blandford—Bastard aria Oak. 8,38 5 5 Bo3ton Bank, Boston—Gar 5t and Co ...... ....•.. 54,52 BaFtoa Bank, Boston — G ee and Co ................ 14,223 Bridga• Aar Dank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 5.970 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 39,953 Brosoley and Bridgnor Lh, and BridgnoPrrth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs.Pritchard 20,525 Buakingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 68.161 Banlary Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 26 , 752 3anbary Old Bank, Bs,ribary—Messrs. Cobb 28.005 13at'a City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son . Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard —Bassett and Grant 32,168 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire —H. A. and W. M. Har ris and Co 12,726 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 61,648 Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West • an d Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— 'Hrding, Smith, and Co a Bury St. Edmunds Bank; Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlledge and Co. Brornsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, and Co. 1'2,012 Cambridge Bank , Cambridge—Mortlock and 19,057 Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. F orsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen —Morris and Sons . . . (h - !rtsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex 3,208 14,060 23,745 2,723 16,633 3,474 16,437 Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Oornish Bank, Truro —Tweedy and Co - Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Chriatchurchßank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow OM Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth OM Bank, Monrncuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Perby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Ole. Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak B an k, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0..., Dcwizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devize3—fiughes Lcrke, and Co Diss Bank, Digs—Oakes, -Leath and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncasteram, Tevv, Co. .......... • A - measter Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster — Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Ba,ckhouse, & Co Pevonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- 33,450 35,749 7,395 16,679 73,370 6,080 man Dorchester 014 Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchestor—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins,Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hall. lrla CO. Eg , :;33C Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, .Cheiwv,ford-3pa.rrow, and C 0.... Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fal;itnltaln Fakenhatn—Gurneys, Birk . I;€tek, ant Co. Farring•dow B.A.nk and Bank of Wantage, Far rinQ;;l,-;:1-132,rnes awl Meelley Farnham 117,-nlc,Flrnharn—Nlessrs. Knight FavPrhsnl Bank, Faversham—Hilton and ON Gc:!almirw; Bank, Godalming—Hellersh ant! een Grantham Bank, Grantharn—Kewney and Kin; luidcGrd Bank, Gnil.iford—Mes3rs. Gr!lntharn Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... Oid Dank, liastings—Smit'n, and Enreford City nni County Bank, Hereford— Matthe and Co. gertfor,l and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Ad3ins ft-id Co Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey .••• •• •• flarwieh Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingitall ...... Honitort Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co Hort Co ishire, Hitehen Bank, Hitehen —Sharpies and Co. I:eref;rJ, Ross, and Arehenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Iladleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and 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 and Ca. Knaresborongh Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, la7esboroug,h —Terry and Co Bank, Kendal—Wakeaeld, Crewdson, tad C K~. , ~ Rct(erin::: Bank, Kettering—OoZ h and Sons.. Tana Er. 3 Stafforilire Bank, Lana Enl—C. liarv:y and Son LeeAs bank. Leed3—Beckett and Co irnion Bank, Tagedi—W.Willia,rns, Brown, and C'. Lek and StAiorldure Bank, and Leek and Conc.zleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, andeo. Leic,ester Bank, Leicester—Ptagets and Kirby , fy vv of. Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and 1, 1 ;11Feld Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... Lincoin Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Larnpoter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very —David Jones and Co. Lowhborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle t.on3 and Cradoek Lytnington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St 'Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst • and Co Mrnningtreq., Bank ,Man ningtree—Nunn and Co. M trlborough. Bank, Marlborough and Wilts 7,111 11,779 33,777 Old Banic, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Tiungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough and. North Wiltshire New Bank Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier erionethshire Bank, Dolgally—Jones and 25,713 10,448 10,006 54,835 61,995 10,07 7 43,612 95,654 50,237 45,39 S 30,067 20,165 6,049 11,925 5,416 5,702 10.759 21,312 29,012 14.051 19,421 18,957 38,355 4,830 21,550 32,865 18,392 22,012 64,308 17,637 19,343 6,910 18,770 36,646 7,841 5,158 50,022 35,584 24,488 28,185 17,712 76,857 17,353 6,300 3,820 37,28 11,595 11,887 4,677 13,472 8,335 Wi11iam5....... 6,312 .. Minns' Bank, TrurorWillyams and Co 11,121 M onm outhshire Agricult ural and Com mercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co ... 31, 777 Monmouth Old Brnk , Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and gerefordshire 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, S leaford—Haudley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock. Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson ,Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co 'Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and C 0................................................... Naval Bank, Ply-mouth—Harris, Mr i ge , ....... ................................................. New s eru m Rank, Sarum Everett, and C 0................................ Notting . hana Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co Osweatry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os - weAty Croxon and Co Oxford sank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell Oxford GM Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, 9,994 7,712 22,707 44,198 19,568 20,675 43,722 64,751 6,654 3,944 33,816 14,054 27,139 11,618 8,6f,9 sal Co . Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Se venoaks Bank, Toni:a:Age—. eching and e;n3... Oxfordshire Witney Beak, Witney--Clinch, WA Co 1.111:64 n 000000 nun, 000000000000 nennni.llll 31,105 9,055 8,792 TILE Average Amount. Pease s Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and C 0............ 36,603 Penzance Bank, Penzance—llatten and. C 0... 10,640 ?eterborough Bank and Oundle Bank Peter borough—MPsqrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson and White PeDanrokeshire 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 27,585 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and 29,296 Co Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and C 0... 4,983 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 7,977 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 12,518 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 12,418 Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co. Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co Ross 61d Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard 8,055 4,059 and All , -ay Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson • 31,631 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd , and Co Scarborough Old Bank, f3carborough—Woodall and Co _,,, 22,391 Shrewsbury Old - Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne an, - I Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton —Maddison and Pearce 14,110 Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story — Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie — Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King — Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Soutbamp ton—Atherly and Fall . 4,660 Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 1,401 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 12,467 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 Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- 31,863 3,406 16,131 son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs.Badcock 20,04 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslo Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns- ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S. Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt & Co. 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 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap- ma,n, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win- chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and d'o Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bang, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkcsworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurrov and Co. WiveliscGmbe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and 1,612 Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster — Everett and Co. Wolverhampton. Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Haleswortla and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co ll,lOO Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann, Clough, and Co 41,406 16,080 11,439 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 50,063 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford .... 19,489 Burton, 1.1 ttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-, - - in; ton 28,26 Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com- puny, Cbeltenham 9,215 Coventry and Warwickshirco Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 11,982 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,348 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,906 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 13,828 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 126,057 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18,288 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,167 Hull Banking Company, Hull 24,882 Halifa.x Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and lluddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston . 1,494 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 14,785 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 20,421 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,887 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster Leeds Bankin g Company, Leeds Leicestershireßanking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 41,646 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,399 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 28,136 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 40,478 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 64,898 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North- ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 25,053 Pares's Leic:, , stc:rshire Banking Company, Lei cester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,098 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,528 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford. 47,860 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge 53,549 Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking 49 267 SwCaolemdaplaenyandShiVien'iscleydale Banking Company, , Richmond .. Storey and Thomas s Banking Company Shaftesbury .• • Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield Wolverhampton awl Staffordshire Banking Com - pony, Wolverhanapton 36,320 Wakefield and Bat asley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,712 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Lew oir_gton Banking Company, Warwick West of England ai&d South Wales District Bank. Bristol Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 69,141 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester 2,858 York Union Banking Company, York 57,370 York City and County Banking Company, York 88,296 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. biitild Revenue. SnmArset lino, Jo, 260550, SUN, LONDON, 9,565 8,884 6,220 8,926 11,063 13,540 8,163 9,280 17,414 7,608 21,200 5,080 42,243 14,06 21,620 4,205 15,917 30,218 41,083 5,015 12,925 8,80 68,207 11,853 1,630 9,896 THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, lB5O It was then proposed by several members-Ist,' ticeable difference in the condition of the worsted that the 75,0001. should be paid up to the sati,faction I trade. Th,re is a ftir inquiry fa- most descriptions of the chairmen ; 2d, to that of the solicitor ; 3d, to of goods, but without 'any material improvement in that of the whole Court ; and, 4th, to that of' the' prices. Toe demand fur yarns is still very active, Committee for G-2neral Purposes. . and the prices of some of the counts most in request The last of those propositions was agreed to, and. continue to look upward , . There is not much ani :be Court rose. 1 !nation in the wool market, anti the quotations renitiin stationary. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There has been a fair market to-day, and on Saturd: , .y last a very large business was done, but the niFinuracturers still complain that the merchants will not give en advence in price equivalent to the advance in the raw material. Business, both home and foreign, is good in the ware- GERMAN Y. The Oester Correyondent informs us that a serious misunderstanding has arisen between Lieutenant Field-Marshal Schirding, the Austrian Commander in-Chief of the Frankfort garrison, and the Prussian Major Deez ' the Commander of the city (Platz-Com mandant). A postscript adds that the latter had been subsequently deposed, and the Austrian Captain Dabrawsky appointed to succeed him. louses. UNITED MEXICAN MINING It SS DCIATION. A half yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this association, for working silver mines in Mexico, was held yesterday, at the offices, No. 5, Fins bury-circus ; Sir John Eastlioae, Bart , in the chair. The report, which was read to the meeting, stated that the directors had little to add to the in formation which was laid moethly before the pro prietors on the arrival of advices ; but they had the satisfaction of congratulating them on a gradual improvement in the prospects of the company. At the last general meeting the proprietors were in formed that Mr. Shoolbred, the present maneger at Mexico, had entered into two contracts for two new mines, called the "Promontorio" and " Aldano." The first adjoined the mine of Rayas, the vein of which, it was believed, ran into it. The workings of Promontorio had been prosecuted with encouraging prospects of success, the produce having already nearly covered the outlay. The other mine being situated on entirely virgin-ground, and the shafts requiring to be sunk to 140 feet, the directors had watched its progress with some anxiety, but from the announcements contained in the last dispatch, it appeared to give fair promises of be coming a valuable acquisition. Though the shaft was 40 varas from the main lode, a small vein of ore had been met with, which yielded 451. per ton. The managers had also secured another mine, called Jesus Maria y Jose, situated in the celebrated vein of La Luz, and half way between the mines of La Luz and Santa Lucia, the two richest mines now working in Mexico. All the surface workings had been completed, and the sinking of the shaft was pro ceeding gradually. The terms upon which it had been purchased were very favourable, and great hopes were entertained of the successful result of this pro perty., The workings of the Rayas mine had been subject to the mutations usually incidental to mining operations, but there was no reason to fear that its productiveness would be diminished. The company's share of the produce of this mine, from Ist January to the end of September, amounted to 71,3801. is. 3d., which re duced the mining debt to 462,593/. 4s. sd. The Haciendas of the company, four in number, viz., Barrera, Delores, Duran, and Came and Blancas, were kept, and would be employed. The Zacateca claim upon the Mexican Government, so long outstanding, had again been brought before the attention of Lord Palmerston, and the directors had reason to believe that his Lordship's instructions to her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires would lead to a settlement. The report concluded by recommending a dividend at the rate of 7s. 6d. per Aare, to be payable on and after the Ist of February next. The total receipts amounted to 43,3371. 7s. 6d., and, after paying expenses and allowing for liabilities, there were left available assets to the amount of 14,7971. 7s. 9d. The CHAIRMAN said, as it had been the practice of the company for many years to communicate without the least reserve to the proprietors, by means cf cir culars, all the information that was received from the Commissioners at Mexico, they were just as well acquainted with the state of their affairs as the direc tors. Making these communications to the proprie ' tors had been the result cf some inconvenience, and tended to interfere with negotiations at Mexico; hut the directors were ready to pay the penalty in order to produce that kind unanimity and good feel ing which he was happy to say always pervaded their meetings, owing to the frankness with which the di rectors treated the proprietors. After alluding to the facts stated in the report, he concluded by moving that it be received and adopted: The motion was unanimously carried. A dividend of 7s. 6d. a share was then agreed . to, and fir. Henry Boaster elected a director, in the place of Mr. James Nelson Shoolbred, who had been ap pointed Manager at Mexico. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chair and ! directors, and the meeting separated. TURKEY. Accounts have been received from Constantinople to the 9th. Diplomatic relations had not been resumed with the Austrian Internuncio. Achmet W€kif Effendi, the newly-appointed Turkish Commissioner in the Principalities, lett Con itantinople on the Bth for Bucharest. Achmet Effendi was cduca'ed at Paris, in the College of Henry 11/ , and speaks and writes French perfectly. lie is not yet 30 years of age, is well read in the iiterature of Europe, and has had several years expe rience under one of the secretaries at the Porte. [he new Commissioner is highly esteemed amongst the diplomatic body at Pera. Colonel Ferrant, Secretary of Legation in Persia, has arrived here, on his way to England. Rizr Bey, a relative of the Grand Vizier, is gone to Paris as First Secretary to the Turkish Embassy. ITALY. The Cattolico of Genoa, of the 23d instant, an nounces that all the members of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem had been invited to meet at Rome in February next. They are to attend in person, or to be represented by delegates, furnished with regular powers. The French members of the order are 11 in number. The province of Romagna continued to be infested with robbers. During the night of the 17th a band of about 100 ruffians, dressed as military men, and armed with fowling-pieces, en tered the village of Colignola, near Faenia, plundered ten of the best houses, carried away the public chest, and carried off several inhabitants, for whom they claimed a ransom. Three or four others, who attempted to resist, were, more or less, dangerously wounded. THE BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. A letter from Trieste, of the 21st, in the Augs burg Gazette, states that the English fleet arrived at the Piraeus on the 15th, from the mouth of the Dardanelles, and was to proceed to Malta. The French fleet was still off Smyrna. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CAMERON'S COALBROOK STEAM COAL AND SWANSEA AND LOUGHOR. • A general meeting of the proprietors of this com , pany took place on Tuesday, at the company's offices, Aloorgate .street ; Mr. H. G. Winthrop in the chair. Mr. ELDERTON, the solicitor, in the absence of the secretary, read the advertisement convening the meeting, and said that they had met that day for the sole purpose of receiving the report of the directors relative to the formation of a line from Swansea to Loughor. The CHAIRMAN then read the report, which stated that the directors of this company had to remind the shareholders that the present meeting was altogether of a formal character, and was convened in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Parliament. The share holders were aware that after two successive meet ings they had empowered the directors to construct a branch line connecting the company's colliery with the port and docks of Llanelly, and the directors were taking the most active steps to carry for ward their instructions. With regard to the main line to Swansea, the directors were still strongly impressed with the advantages that would accrue to the company from the construction of such a line when the same should be made. As a property it would be greatly enhanced by the circumstance of the harbour at Swansea being almost ready to be im mediately floated, thereby making the company's wharf and railway much more valuable, and also from the fact that the docks at Swansea (which had been greatly promoted by this company) up peering now to offer a reasonable prospect of being completed. After some conversation the report was adopted, and a vote of thapks to the Chairman concluded the business of the day. LONI:Y IN AND GREENWICH. The annual tineeting of the proprietors in the company took Place on Tuesday, at the company's offices, Colemanstreet ; Shadbolt, Eq., in the chair. Mr. ADION, the secretary, read the financial statement, from which it appeared that tin receipts had been 20,2231. 12s. 7d., and the disbursements 11,9841. 18s. 8d , leaving a balance available for divi dend of 8,2381. 13s. 11d. Resolutions were then passed for the printing and circulation of the accounts, and for the payment of a dividend of 3s. 9d. on the unprivileged or old shares. Mr. Thomas Corney and Mr. Shadbolt were then re-elected directors. The CHAIRMAN said he had much regret in an nouncing that since they had last met they had been deprived of their old and esteemed friend Mr. Mau bert ; and the board had recommended in his place Mr. William llitchens ; but just as that gentleman was coming amongst them he also died suddenly, which must be a matter of the deepest regret to them. The gentleman now proposed by the directors to fill the vacancy was Mr. J. Pilcher, who was a very large shareholder. Mr. Pitcher was accordingly elected director. Some conversation then ensued on the point of re ducing the interest on the bonds, which the Chairman assured the meeting had never been lost sight of by the director?. After a vote of thanks t o th e Ch a i rman an d directors the meeting separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCH ESTER.-TUESDAY. LIVERP,,OL STEEPLECHASE —Nothing done. THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAILES.-180 to 20 ags Harriott (t), 12 to 1 agst Osterley, 15 to 1 ags Ve!ox (t). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-15 to 1 agst Snow storm (t). 15 to 1 agst Cheerful, 20 to 1 apt any other. CHESTER CIIP.-20 to 1 agst Mist Ann (taken to 100, and afterwards off.red), 20 to 1 agst Whim colt (!), 22 to 1 agst Glatu a (t), 25 to 1 agst Cossack (t), 40 to 1 agst the Flea, 40 to 1 agst Chantrej (t), 50 to 1 agil Clermont (t), 50 to 1 agst John Cosser (t), 50 to 1 apt Collingwood (t). DERBY.-1 to 1 agst Ghillie C alum, 10 to 1 agst Bolingbroke, 12 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel, 16 to 1 a agst V o l t i geur, 20 to 1 ag st The C3press, 1,000 to 15 agst Sir 17 3 Ito agst 1 a t Charles.Ngiagtg, r 7 25 Italian, t STATE OF TRADE (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, JAN. 29. We have had a quiet day in every department of busi ness ; the transactions have been on a smaller scale than even those of_ last Tuesday ; and the ex treme quotations to which the prevalent excitement then gave rise, are, therefore, no longer insisted upon by the producers of yarns and goods. Except, however, as regards those merely' nominal terms, there is no giving way on the part of spinners and manufac turers. Less than the attainable prices of the week before last are out of the question ; and, indeed, for many things, they would not be accepted. Yet there is a pause in the market. The supplies to India, South America, and Mexico have been so ample, in some cases so excessive, that, on comparing attainable prices with present cost, the merchants find little inducement to make further shipments to any of those quarters, but abundant reason to abstain from doing so to some of them. At this season, the Germans are of course in active; and, no doubt, the non - arrival of the foreign mails has prevented some business, not only from them, but from other continental buyers also. There is, however, a general conviction among the buying class that matters are precisely in that state of uncertainty which renders it necessary for all parties to proceed with caution in their operations. Sellers are, however, sustained by the general lightness of stocks, together with the orders still in hand for many articles ; and the spinners are expecting that, when the continental demand sets in, the abandonment of that branch of production will be found so extensive as to occasion a deficient supply, with a consequent rise of prices. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a fair quan tity of business doing to-day in the flannel market, at prices much the same as those of the preceding Mon day. There is little variation in wool, either in de mand or price. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—There is no relaxation here on the part of manufacturers in the prepa ration of goods for the spring season ; almost all old stocks being cleared off, there will doubtless be a great variety of new styles displayed in the works now in progress, amongst which we understand figured fabrics will be prominent. There has been fair business transacted in thrown silks since our last ; the mills are, without exception, working full time The raw silk market is buoyant, with a good bus I ness doing. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY. —Early this morning t all goods were cleared out of the Cloth Hall that were adapted for the shipping trade. In middling and superfines not much is doing ; but stocks were never known to be so low at this season. HALUAX, SATVEDAT.—.We cannot report any 110- LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 30. (Before the CHIEF CommissioNru.) IN THE MATTER OF THE HON. ADOLPHUS FREDERICK CHARLES BIOLYNEUX CAPEL. In July last the insolvent applied to this Court for protection. His petition was refused. He had re sided at Theyden• House, Epping, and contracted debts and liabilities to the amount of 32,0001. He had no assets, but it was said that, out of court, an offer of 2s. 6d. in the pound, proposed to be raised by means of friends, had been refused by the creditors. A few weeks since an affidavit was presented to the Court, setting forth that he had been residing for some time at No. 4, Wilton-street, Grosvenor square, unmolested by his creditors, and praying that he might be heard under the 28th section, on an ap plication for a final protecting order. The prayer was granted, and he now came up accordingly. Mr. Nicholls (with whom was Mr. Sturgeon) sup ported ; Mr. Dowse and Mr. Sargood appeared on behalf of a number of creditors ; Mr. Bagley opposed on behalf of Mrs. Woodhouse, of Toxteth-park, near Liverpool, a creditor for 4,0001. , The insolvent was examined by Mr. Dowse, and said he had been residing at the house of Mr. John Joseph Jowett, who was a creditor for 5681., on ac count of which he held bills of exchange. After a stay of eight days at Mr. Jowett's, he went by an early morning train for Dover en route to France. He stopped at an hotel at. Calais a few days ; then at an hotel at Boulogne for about six weeks ; then at an hotel, and with his sister 'at her residence at Paris. He returned to England a little before the middle of November. During that time he visited England twice, once in July, and the other time in October. On the occasion of the first visit he arrived in Dover on a Saturday morning, went to Brighton that after noon, and left Brighton on Monday night. When at Brighton,i he stopped at the Bedford Hotel. On the second visit he came over to Folkestone on a Sunday morning. The first visit was on pleasure, the second on business. When he returned to England in November he went direct from the railway station to lodg ings at Mrs. Andrews's, No. 4, Wilton-street. He had resided before at 4, Wilton-street, and been known by the name of Mr. Cuthbert. On this oc casion he took lodgings in hit own name. He had resided and slept there ever since, except a few days when he had been •out visiting. He had never given instructions to Mrs. Andrews to deny him. Thomas Clarke, of Museum-street, Bloomsbury, said he was a process-server, and after having made fruitless inquiries at 86, Ebury-street and in Bond street, he inquired at No. 4, Wilton-street, and was told that Mr. Capel was not known there. About a week since he applied at Mr. Lewis's, the insolvent's solicitor, but could not get his address.' Mr. DOWSE submitted that the insolvent was not entitled to his protecting order under the section in the 7th and Bth Victoria. The statute required that the insolvent whose protection was refused on his first hearing should place himself in the hands of his creditors. In place of doing so he had been to France. His evidence was now that he had visited England twice. The evidence did not bear out his affidavit. Reckless as he had been in contracting debts, he had not evinced sufficient caution in making his affidavit. His affidavit set forth that he had twice visited Eng land, and that he had walked about the streets of London without concealment. The insolvent explained that the ptssage respect ing his walking in the streets of London had refer ence to the period when he resided in London. Mr. DOWSE would submit, notwithstanding this explanation, that if a gentleman, no matter in what position of life, was thus careless in making an affidavit, he was not entitled to explicit reliance in other statements that he might make. His affidavit further set forth that he returned to take up his resi dence in London on the Ist of November. Hi s evi dence that day fixed the date at about or a little before the middle of November. The insolvent said he had been about London Why, a man might be about London in such guises and at such hours as would effectually place him out of the power of his creditors. It should have been shown by other evi dence than his own that he had not sought to conceal himself from them. There was not the slightest evidence to show that any of his creditors knew where he was to be found, or that he had made known to them his whereabouts. Mr. BAGLEY could not help regretting that the in• solvent had not, in mercy to himself and in mercy to his friends, avoiding bringing his unfortunate con duct again before the public. If his affidavits had stated fully what had been his conduct since the last hearing, he was persuaded that the Court would not have acceded to his petition to be again heard that day. Not a single creditor resided in Dover, Folk stone, or Brightor, the places which he had visitea on pleasure or business. He was asked if he had seen any of his creditors, and his answer was " No." He was asked if he had endeavoured to make any arrangement with his creditors, and his answer was " No." His petition virtually was to be again heard, because since the 12th of July he had not been arrested. Ile bad not given the cre- ditors any oppOrtunity- to effect this; but even s;:1(1 he considcre if he had, there were many of them whose jwiginee'- , , f were either too old, or who had not obtained judg ments. These had no power to arrest hitn. 1 was said he had been in London since November. He would protest against the present- application as an absurdity, and such as the Csurt ' in the due Exercise of its dignity, would unhesitatingly reject. Mr. SAEGOOD said, the application at that time was obviously premature, and it must necessarily be dismissed. - Mr. Nicnoees said he was sorry that any errors had crept into the affidavits ,made by the insolvent, but he submitted that the explanations which had been given to his Learned Friend Mr. DOwse would be deemed satisfactory by the court. He was sure that there had not been, on the part ef the insolvent, any wil ful intention to deceive the creditors or the Court. It was true the insolvent's debts were large, but he had known many insolvents whose debts were much large , ,r that M r. Capers were who had obtained their immediate dicharge. It should be recollected that the amount of 32,0001., included 6,0001. on a-count of railway liabilities, for which no consideration had been re— ceived ; also a sum of 5,0001. to his brother (the Earl of Essex) ; 4,0001. to Mrs Woodhouse, and otter sums to private creditors, leaving the amount of trade debts between 11,0001. and 12,000/. Some of there had been contracted in the course of c fight years next preceding the insolvency, and not in four, as stated by Mr Bagley. There was no evidence that the insolvent had been guilty of any fraud or misrepre sentation in contracting these debts. The creditors knew that he was, although e member of a noble family, only a younger son. 0:1 the last occasion 43 credi tors opposed; that number was new reduced to fif teen. He would submit that the insolvent had suf fered great inconvenience by being obliged to live se parate from his family, and that he had been so long in the hands of his creditors that he was now entitled to receive his protecting order. His Honoun said that when the insolvent first came up for his protection, whether he regarded the amount of his debts or the period in which they had been contracted, he felt it would have been an entire dereliction of his public duty if he (the Commis sioner) had not then refused him the protection of that court. He had heard nothing to alter his opinion that those debts had been recklessly incurred, not in curred fraudulently or by misrepresentation, but without any reasonable expectation of payment. He should have been ashamed of himself had be refused protection to a poor tradesman who had thus con tracted a small amount of debts, and let a gentleman of elevated rank go scot-free from such a muss of debts as he found in that schedule. He was clearly of opinion that what the Jaw contemplated in the 98th section was, that a person who had contracted debts as the insclvent had, and had the protection of that court refused in consequence, should place his person in the power of his creditors. Could it be said that this gentleman had done so? He had flitted from place to place, in every way escaping_ and avoiding his creditors. The section, he repeated, contemplated that the person should be liable to the seizure of creditors. Could it be said that the insol vent had done anything towards effecting an arrange went with his creditors No ; nothing. Whilst he felt it his duty to refuse the application now made, he would say that he did not believe there had been any intentional mis-statement by the insolvent in his affi davits, and that be had answered all questions as be came his station and character. Mr. Nrcuones trusted his Honour would name a day when the insolvent might renew his application. His HoNoun said the application might be-renewed after the lapse of five months. He should then require the insolvent to show that he had made some proposal to the creditors, and the creditors to show that they had also made some c fforts to effect a settlement of their demands. POLICE. IN TELLIGEN CE. MARYLEBONE. The Rev. Mr. Boone, rector of St. John's Pad dington, and another Rev. Gentleman, one of the curates, whose name did not transpire, attended at this court before Mr. Broughton, who, on the previous day, deferred his decision upon a charge preferred against Mr. James Gammage, master of a national school in Paddington, at the head of which is the respected clergyman first alluded to, for having cruelly ill-used one of his pupils, a delicate little boy named William Taylor, ten years of age. The evidence in the first instance given has already appeared. Whipp, the officer, now produced a cane, with which, as alleged, complainant had been castigated. (It will be remembered that it was sworn on the first examination that the boy's back and shoulders had upon them large wheals, and that blood had issued from one or more of them; there was also blood upon his shirt.) By direction of the Magistrate, Mr. Jones, who took down the former &positions, read the whole of them to the several witnesses. Mr. BROUGHTON (to complainant)—ls this the cane you were punished with ? Complainant-1 think it is, Sir ;it looks like it. (The cane was about a yard and a quarter in length, and of no very great thickness.) By defendant—l was standing when you flogged me. I think you were in a passion when you did se. While you were punishing me you did not say any thing, to the best of my recollection. You were en gaged in giving a singing lesson at the time, and after the caning you gave me, you went on with the lesson as usual. William Davidson, one of the teachers, said, in reply to defendant, I saw you immediately after the com plainant left. You did not then seem angry. You resumed your duties in the usual way. I have never seen you lay a boy across the form to cane him, nor did I ever hear of a boy being caned by you in that way. Thomas Bryan, the pupil teacher, who had given the most important evidence on Tuesday, was de sired to stand up in the witness. box. Mr. BROUGHTON—Did you ever see a boy beaten before at the school in the same way that this boy was ? Witness—Yes. Mr. BROUGHTON—Have you ever seen a boy put across the form when he had what you yesterday called a " downright" flogging ? Witness-1 saw such a thing once ; the boy's name was John Porter. By defendant—Tnat was a year ago; and it was for playing truant. He was flogged at his father's request. I did not hear you caution and admonish him while you were punishing him. Crosswell, one of the warrant-officers of the court, was re-examined, and said that when the warrant was applied fox-.he teiw the state of ;he boy's back and shoulders ;.there were several marks of violence, and blood had oozed from one of them. Defendant then called his witnesses. Joseph Drake, a beadle, employed at the Rev. Mr. Boone's church, said that he was present in the school-room during the astronomical lecture, sad he aaw the complainant there ; he behaved him self very improperly, and blackened some of the buys' faces with ink, which caustd a laugh, while the lec ture was going on. Aired King (a pupil) said, in answer to defen • dant, I saw complainant laughing while the lec ture was being delivered, and he was cutting up an apple, and putting pieces into other boys' mouths. I have never seen you lay a boy across a form to cane him. It was not my impression that you had lost your temper. By. Mr. BROUGIITON—The first caning was for playing in school. The second for being saucy. I never saw any boy caned so much before; but I don't think the caning he had was enough for him. James Hazeman, aged 12, was next examined. He stated that he had been at the school between five and six years. He was present when the caning took place, and he heard complainant say that if he could have laid hold of his whip which he had in the school. he would have brought it out to his master. By defendant—l have been caned by you, but only when I deserved it. I believe lam the better for the caning which I have received. Defendant—l am glad to hear it. Mr. Frost, master of another school at Paddington, said that complainant was formerly a pupil of his, and was a very unruly boy. Mr. Baonairrori—Did you ever cane a boy till he was bruised all over his back ? Witness—Certainly not ; I should be sorry to clt so. -Defendant—Does it require a very severe blow to make a mark on the back ? Witness—l should think not. A. number of testimonials from clergymen of high standing were banded in for the inspection of the Magistrate ; they set forth that de'endant was a man whom they much respected, and that his firmness of purpose and at the same time kindness of manner to wards his pupils, were calculated to afford satisfaction to all wider %hose authority he bad as a teacher and master acted. The Rev. Mr. Boone spoke in the highest terms of the defendant, whose salary had recently, in cons , _ quence of his valuable services, been raised from 701. to 801. per year. giving him so good a character he was not only speaking his own sentiments, but those of the whole of the committee also. He would not enter into this particular case, but this he knew that parents had frequently come to the committee, with a request that their children might be severely punished fur misconduct. He (the Rev. Gentleman) knew no school in London in which corporal punish ineht, which he, generally speaking, disapproved, was so seldom inflicted as in the establishment in which defendant wes the master. Mr. BROUGHTON carefully reviewed the whole of the evidence adduced, and ultimately came to the conclusion that chastisement of much too severe a nature had heen inflicted, and he must therefore con vict defendant in a penalty for the assault. He was fined 405., ,and in default of payment one month's amount onment. The mount was paid by the Rev. Alr . Boone, who it a very hard case, swi the parties LAM.BETIL • Henry Harvey Savith, , , who has been i n custody since Saturday wt , ek, on a charge of extorti n g .ur wards of 201. from :Mr. John Bright, a gentleman of considerable property, residing at Brixton, who is Treasurer ( f St. Ann's Society ~School, Brilit°D, atid other charitable societies, and has beets for sow years n guardian of the Parish of Lambeth, under a threat of charging him with the commission elan abominable offence, was again placed at the bar, Were Mr. Elliott, for final examination. s and Mr: Clazkson, the barrister, Mr. rnph re y Mr. Redpath, solicitors, appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Roberts upp€ared for the prisoner . The depositions, which were of considerable length, were red over, and the only fresh evidence take); was that of a person named Re . stra, residing a t N e r Clzurch-court, Strand, who said that the lodged with him, and that he had seen MO- 3 °g ' t the prosecutor, four times at his house, but no, oftener. (witness) had once or twice purchaaeau mourning envelopes similar to the-one produced, the the small seal produced belonged to his wif - '7 a nd t prisoner had access to it, and used it to seal his Lett e rs f The prisoner told him that Mr. Bright had a stun i ° l money belonging to him in his hands, vvhich he paid hire by instalments. and added, that he had a° ot something fur Mr. Bright, ' and he, therefore,-did dare to refuse him money. prison; Mr. Clarkson then put in a number o f letters soa documents which he had read at the last e:-'arn in4ti th; and requested that they might be returned t° Central Criminal Court as evidence against the.r4 soner. The first of these was dated the 29th of Sept 1849, and was as follows : A yo " Sir,—l hereby acknowledge that I have accair"f 1 • of things that never happened, and I hope that this l a you will look over it, and if ever I trouble rli Ibis money any more I give you full liberty to bring ~.0 against me, and punish me to the utmost rigovir of lu ~ a A 5 ' law as an extorioner. " To J. Bright, Esq." It appears that upon the above document friend been given by the prisoner in the presence of h ic k of Mr. Bright, the prisoner received 811 for t h e gave an I 0 U, and promised never to trouble the prosecutor again. Notwithstanding his pro s u l ys i t s e e p % to. o prisoner soon after recotnmenced his old writing and annoyance; and on the 13th of De ! e ot het ber he received 3/. more, for which he gave 1113- receipt, and also the following docutnent:-- raise I give this to Mr. Bright upon his sawed Pr ° ' that he will not proecute me " ivel• n by t he her, 1849, which was ' dated the 13tb De— wthaes rs ~n u lette - The 2 a 9 v t e h rb s a e t p im tem c b op er y . of that give following Were amongst the numero us - 1 sen , t by the prisoner to the prosecutor :-- , 0 yOtt Y tola t t br i / 6 1 sent S t i o r,— me l ; a t l i s le o ( r , e th tu e r r n is y b o u u rn o t n ; e d the rav e '" tha t you may be satisfied that I do L l T: l int s :a dd by word or dt el; and I am now my OWa Il igi fg.,o i 5 the person who used to make me trouble you 150 v seed taken T up and committed f ,r trial, which You 1e , ; 6 ',...c0i 1 * _iiesday week's taper at the Marlborough P, se to er His name is --• So lam now happy• r' ee t . lta° , swer by return of post; and Lahr) rend the paw", --ic that you may know that I am not deceiviog Y°l" " I remain, Sir, your otedient servalitv . c .o. ~ II A. Wl' " J. Bright, E - q., Dec. 19, 1849." for 51 . , not_e nd. The above contained a promissory signed by the prisoner, and payable on dew,, 1850. Loudon, Jo. vl .O igs ia, " Sir,—l new take the liberty of writing to I' pay the and I have this time borrowed a penny t° at Of postage, and after the oaths I have now roaele' Fat Os positively rely on me. lam now driven t tbe ted po ses trimity, and if there is no answer to the Ter' If I r e ' I have sent, I expect an answer ta-roorrovle you ceive no answer, I shall then know wh at to au i s hall will soon find out, and that when it is too late. you leave it no longer than to-morrow. IC" hakeCsl3'ssOiti said what I before stated, avoid it, and , as I older to be saved, I will never trouble you aga in ; t he it. may my right arm wither from my bad)", an", D oge' fold vengeance f God follow me. If no t sent 0-- it IN ill be too late.—Your obedient servant, a a A. SO' 5 g "J. Bright, E:q., &c." l e 18 to "J. Bright, Esq. J an . dot al .- " Sir,—You will much oblige me by stepping, " the gate, as I wish to speak to you. a a A. SA 'r rtoroned d. " Sir —I have to inform you that I aw n° . id," cut of my lodgings on account of what you ecillitly out of the V. 10i..you gave me I gave my 1511 to pol e and I then got my clothes, so I am now about or on e by to-morrow's steamer, and I come to a,k Yn n on es sovereign and five shillings to pay my °P.bearer. Plymouth. You know my writing, send it by th e 0 0 ; " H. A. S l ` v b ill. ea t " J. Bright, Esq., 4, Brunswick-glace, Brixteu r r The former of these two notes the p rig latter b in to Mr. Bright by the servant, and the I s t t tbe, partially destroyed when given into custody, but or fragments of it were found, part in the foreenhe jai the p rose cutor's house, and the other parts i 0 sea side of the prisoner's umbrella at the station 4l , l ";his The prisoner was fully committed, and duri n ,ejollf examination, the Court, as on the previous oc e L o ter was much crowded by the friends of the Pr °9 ,,:pre and other person?, who were anxious to hear - ceedings in the case. M ARLBOROUGH-STRE Er- 11 0 r ASSAULT AT THE QUEEN'S THEATNE.--. 94 ". 1 00 ditch was placed be fo:e Mr. Bingham, charged ottw s.aulting Thomas Da t ey, one of the check-takeee,cote Queen's Theatre, Tottenham-street,- Tottenbnl oa r' road. The complainant stated, that on the precioVehecl,d' ing, about eight o'clock, he was on the gal le a r 'l when the defendant Came up stake, and kr ae' v g: ll ittsg the check passed up into the -Hoe Ainde friends niaegrainitedyhsa that downhe couldsnd g s see , r " a9irs Abe had asked r w ogu i a n l dv heg t omh e iimn p t i to t oa , d h pte e hal iesys w e_ o arf would eptrh g ye o t b he p oddc:7: n tvvi o l s trne o e, o s n bs e u r tth g eh o ne t than he said he'd be it which he had given him to the pit, and en,A. dhis e fe o to so to do, witness refused to let him paSS• nwu p es e aes r s : i p - sra t oc e nna d ie in going up stairs and witness wfiSev afld tirn force utzkd in nm stairso r a d evri he tont turblow prevent leoaw r in na l : 81 ; p ie ? : ston • 0 a fit knocked him down. Witness called for 0 9 ' 1 to h i e s t o he me pr tif o t n h e e r owthnsergeivheenekin-ttaokceursstoheayv.ing co 20°• . The de f aidant, who d e nied the charge , 11 "; ficie or in def a ult w as comm i t t e r] for fourtee n dal'. BRISTOL, JAN. 30. its * --- 410,L STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market main tains dal '' 67" and prices are better. The transactions note* Great Western, Quarters, 16:-% Ditto 17 ' dis.—Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 9 dis. 0 0a LIVErooL, JAN. 30. , to•d#L•510: STOCK EXCHANOE.—The market was dull The an the tendency of prices has been downivarthithereeW actions were as follow :—Bolton, Blackburn, nt ,, 1 14 bireS West Yorkshire (No. I), guaranteed 6 pe r v e , e a t P P !: °„ 13 0 , Caledonian, 121, —Ditto, Preference, B%e- -- 'cdinb tl ,'ir tP , - I 1 1 4 Ditto, Quarters, 565. 3d. cum diir." -- enose' dis."A Glasgow, 27 c.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, s'j fl 0 3 " 71. its. 3d.—Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Liverpool Clitherne, and Stockport, 5 1 4 ul° ;s4 Ktc l 4' F N i o f r th t North-Western, 115—Ditto, e ( W C. Q ), u l ar s/a ter e s . 4 l `,,.' 15 441 0 1 eVic ji p ; —Ditto, Halves, 2390 dis.—South-Easters' and solidated solidated (No. 3), 18 1 4 c.—York, Newcastle,„ , a (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 185 0 ' 0 jon tifs MANCHESTER, JAN. 34 ' 1 00_, ell STOCK EXCIIANGE.—But little busines s or e PloiS' a il our Stock Exchavga to-day; prices, howeve r : a 11,0 same as last quotations. The transactions vit"riessliet,ti,f, Caledonian, 12 1 4--Ditto, Preference, S k ,‘"""-NT - toti v orP e ,t), Yorkshire, Quarters, 114 London. and es ter' - 1.16% —Ditto, New Quarters, 1 3 / 4 p. —blanc h t and Lincolnshire, 41A—South-Eastern and v" Scrip, 6%. t °. do, .er' BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 3° ' . V 01 . 7 0 01 ' or STom EXCHANGB.—The share market, 10,-$Ol, 0 1) , ; 0 , day ; the only transactions were—Birma',Sloslll; hampton, and Dudley (calls duly paid), 4V , 1 3 : j oirer aid Birmingham (A), 7% dis —South 161 011 ' 1 00 Birmingham, New Union, 28. we r e YORK, JAN. 29. ("'. STOCK ExcHAitent.—The transactions ~tc);_,Dit2 follow:—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 1670 E. Purchase), 3. . of Vif t3 o °l BIRTHAI u hire , °I3 On the 27th inst., at Chirk, Denbigu s- orio t Captain E. Jones, of a son. . o ,gcn t'6- ' , s' V ic On the 27,11 inst., in Albany-street, P-' sel l ' v. ife of F. Lablache, Esq., of a son. ~t.,14a i i iii On the '27th inst., at the vicarage, Main soli' glie shir. , , the wife of th Rev. S. G. Scobell, of I I to re, _A. On the 27th inst,, in Ebury-str.et, of J. Worlledge, Esq., of job ° / a son. st. On the 20th inst., at; Hatnilton-terra cer the wife of G. E. Balleras, Esq., of a son ____.---- Eaton-sci „oe. P i 11 0 n do ll, MARRIED. LO' On the 26th inst., at Cripplegate Choral, oadoropi Jane, eldest daughter of the Rev. T. 4 3 S ", " Fa t ' _ A d Crescent, Jewin-street, to John Palmer, .r'' Jamaica. G e org i ,;oo, t/1 01 0 On the 28th inst., at Leamington Priors , . o f , son of the late Thomas Dick Lauder. Bair o ght e ol hall, to Antoinette Amelia Barclay, eldest ,00ft i o Alfred fat late J. Macpherson, I. sq. tin the 19th inst., at Bushey, Herts, Hemel Hempstead, to Mary Anne, eldest late Mr. T. P. Gaine. ----- 001 l el ler' DI DIED. Cow' • On the 2-10 inst., at Clifton, Lieutenant- • bie r , f late of the 84th Regiment. 0 I lg , OP On the 26th inst., at Bayswater, Ehlin, eli „,ll.o. ii ' 0 1 the late Rev. Godfrey Volley, rector of -W i " plac e, of Hutton Bushell, '; crkshire Eastman' G. Ke O n n t- t r h o e ad 2 , 7 a t g h e i d ns s t 9 .., Mr. T. E. PryCe, of of bter i• °g ter a we' On the 27th inst., Louisa. the younges‘ „i iw•deoe Charlton, Esq., Grove-read, St. John On the 28tu ins Mrs. Diary \VW Widow , ' e rlf ~ i , for° row. Is ington,'aged 96. ts..wood, i i , , , t ` e of itb, pit' On the 'nth inst., aged 73, Mr. James So' ie, Basinghall street. , o ,„ i oaf , o ut On the 28th inst ,at Bristol, George A. v. d ~5 f il) Lieutenant in her Majesty's 63d Regiln nt ,.' A o g i te ° ie . / t W. the 27th inst., at oath, Elizabeth, ti , i 0 c 1 " a' . Bean, formerly of the Coldstream Grt),,.!.L.'!-- t i,l 'f i P London: Printed and Published by ti liß 00 0 o.'o ol • ' ,ll O. 112, •:3.tra,rl, Printer. at rhe , S'?"' . r : riir'" 'itrrind..irr ,h:.. Prord,,, ..-- 'h . ' 4.'- ‘l " Z ' ItiddiVSOlL, Thursday, January 31 1 Is'''. CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. On Tuesday, at Guildhall, the weekly meeting of the City Commissioners of Sewers took place. Soon after twelve o'clock Mr. Deputy Peacock took the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, and other formal business disposed of, a memorial from the City of London Gas Company was presented and read, in which that company stated their willingness to supply gas at the rate of 4.t. per 1,000 cubic feet—(Hear, hear)—and at the rates of 3s. 61. and 3s. per 1,000 cubic feet, provided such a reduction could be effected consistently with their being able to make a dividend of 10 per cent. to their shareholders.—(A laugh.) The memorialists further stated that if any doubts were entertained of their sincerity in these offers, they were perfectly ready to enter into any security that might be deemed neces sary for the purpose of giving to the Court the fullest assurance that the objects which they proposed to ac complish would be fully carried out; and, in this respect, that they were prepared to submit themselves to the direction of the Court. Mr. TAYLOR observed, it was only fair that any thing intended to be done upon this subject should be made a public act. As regarded the old company, he was bound to express his entire confidence in the high honour of the gentlemen who conducted its affairs. The company bad done what a public body in such a case might fairly be expected to do; they not only reduced their demand to 4s. per 1,000 cubic feet, but they had expressed their willingness to sup ply gas at the rate of 3s. 6d., and even 3s. Mr. CONDER moved that the memorial just received from the City of London Gas Company be entered upon the minutes of the Court. Mr. YOUNG seconded the motion. Mr. STEVENS observed, that such a proposition might be all very well, but who ever expected to see gas for 3s. or even 3s. 6d. per 1,000 feet from the old company, when they remembered that the memorial did not even promise that until after the company should have been able to pay 10 per cent. to their shareholders ? They could never hope to get gas from that company at a lower rate than 45., and even such a boon as that would never have been granted to the public if it had not been fur the Central Gas Con sumers' Company. Mr. LOTT said that the memorial just presented was a pleasing record to place upon their minutes—it was a great point gained that they were in future to have gas at the rate of 4s. per 1,000 cubic feet. Mr. BLAKE would be sorry if it went forth to the public that the memorial then received had induced them to rescind their former resolution. The conces sion now made to the public of a reduction to 4s. per 1,000 feet would never have been made but for the course taken in starting a rival company. Doubtless steam-boats and omnibuses took their passengers frequently for prices scarcely remunerative, but the Court which he then addressed could not have taken any other course than that which it had pursued ; and, though the old company had come forward and made offers, he felt that they could not desert the new company, after it had been induced to invest its capital in the undertaking. Mr. ELLIOTT thought they ought to meet the old company with courtesy, and with something like the outward show of justice. The old company had yielded to pressure from without ; they had given way before the power of the Corporation of London, and he thought that their terms ought to be accepted. The character of the old company stood high—that of their chairman stood at least as high as the chair man of the new company ; but the old company did not ask them to rest the question upon character alone, they were perfectly ready to give any security that might be required ; they demanded nothing but ordinary trust, and were willing to give ordinary security. The CHAIRMAN reminded the Court that the only question before them was whether or not they would enter the memorial on their minutes. Mr. PERKINS moved, as an amendment, that the memorial be laid upon the table, and denied that the power of the Corporation had been used for the pur pose of putting down the old company. Mr. HARRISON observed it had been insinuated that the new company never had intended to lay down pipes, or to go to any expense whatever, and that they merely got, up this agitation for the purpose of reducing the prices of the old company. He begged to say that there was not the least founda tion fur any such statement—contracts had been en tered into by the new company for the execution of all its works—they did mean to proceed with those works, and there was every reason to believe that they would be executed much more cheaply than was at first anticipated. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE wished the Court to bear in mind that the new company could not lay down their pipes as they had at first proposed to do, namely, during the night. Mr. HARRISON asserted that they could do so. The motion for entering the memorial on the minutes was then put and agreed to. Mr. TY RRELL (the solicitor to the Court) then rose for the purpose of calling their attention to the draught of deed which they were about to enter into with the new company. According to the covenant of the proposed deed, all the mains and pipes were in the first instance to be laid down during the night, and, if a❑ Act of Parliament were to be obtained on the subject, it was quite clear that the more material parts of the deed must be introduced as clauses in the Act, especially those provisions which had refer ence to the paying up of capital. The Secretary was then called upon to read the resolutions on which the draught of the deed was founded. Mr. TAYLOR said, that from the arrangements there provided, it was evident that the mains and the pipes were all to be laid down at night, and the pavements closed during the daytime. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE considered that the question was as to the additional works ; the original laying down of the mains was provided for. Mr. HARRISON contended that it would be impos sible for them to prevent the carrying on of addi tional works during the day, for how otherwise could they meet the ill effects of accidental occurrences ? Stopping the escapes of gas could not be delayed till night. Mr. HARDWICKE, the solicitor to the new company, stated that the first laying down would in all cases take place at night. Mr. ELLIOTT cautioned the Court not to let them. selves be entrapped into an expensive bargain ; and he likewise recommended them to take care how they allowed the streets to be opened at all times, a danger to which, by the arrangements with the new company, they were very likely to be exposed. Mr. TYRRELL, referring to the draught of the deed, took notice that the words were such as would bind the company not to lay any original mains or pipes except during the hours of the night. Mr. HARRISON was quite ready to state that the original laying of the mains was to take place at night; what he objected to was confining the com pany to the hours of night whenever they might have occasion to put down substituted mains. The whole question was one as to the construction of their origi nal resolution. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY thought that they ought not to encourage a third rival company. Mr. HARRISON moved a resolution to the effect, that the original laying down of mains now and in future should take place at night, which having been seconded by several commissioners, Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE said that such a propo sition went to alter the substance of the original re solution, and that there ought to be notice of such a motion. The CHAIRMAN considered that it was merely putting a certain interpretation on their resolutions. The motion was then put and agreed to. Mr. TYRRELL desired to know whether or not it was the wish of the Court to bind the new company to use their best endeavours to secure the passing of a Bill that should contain clauses embodying the covenants of the deed, but it seemed the opinion of many commissioners present that they had better wait till the Bill came before the House of Commons. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY was anxious that, the Court should not do anything that could make them appear to be partizans of either company. If the new com pany did not render those covenants the main feature of their Bill, then the Court ought to oppose that Bill. Mr. PEWTRESS did not doubt that the company would use their best endeavours to introduce clauses in the Bill carrying out the covenants contained in the draught of deed. Mr. TAYLOR was opposed to placing on the records of the Court any statement on the subject. It might be understood that the company were to use their best endeavours for the proper framing of their Bill in Parliament. It was then agreed that Mr. Tyrrell was to act upon this suggestion. In reply to questions put by members of the Court, Mr. HARDWICKE, the solicitor for the company, stated that before they proceeded with any works in the City there would be 75,000/. of their capital paid for Th the s wasfulfilment the offe r whichof their covenants d up—thus making property t o th a t amoun t respons ibl e ae. with the Court. t hey m Air. Alderman L AWRENCE said that capital might be expended at Bow or at St. Pancras but ;it would be no security to the city. Further, the contractors might constitute the main body of the shareholdes. It would, he thought, be a much better guarantee if 10,000/., 15,000/., or 20,0001. were paid into the Bank of England. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY observed, that their soli . citor wanted to know whether the capital of the new company was to be 150,0001. or 250,0001. There were, it was stated, 25,000 shares of IC/, and only 13,000/. had yet been taken, the contractors them selves being large holders. Mr. PEWTRESS stated, that if the company pro ceeded as they had reason to expect, they would en large their capital from 150,000/. to 250,0001, and be enabled to give gas, first for 45., and then for as. I the 1,000 clibic feet, k