The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-10 00:00:00

BANK RET URNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Aacount, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average A mount of Banli Notes of ? tho several Tanks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 28th day of December, 1850: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 13,663 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,196 Aylshaea Bank, Aylsham—R. and G Copeman 5,023 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Riekford and Hunt 22,968 Baldook Bank and Baldock and Biggleswads Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell ... 22,317 I arnitapie Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,003 sasingstoke and Oclihwe. Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb, and Co 15,173 Bedford Bank, Bedford — '?. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford — Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. evalley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane ............... 11,364 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Baca-, Bicester—Tubb and Co. .. ... 13,698 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attvrec ds, Spooner, and Co. B:rniingbain and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham —J. L. Moilliett, and Sons .... 13,480 Blandtord Bank, Blandford—Bastard ana Oak 7.109 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 53,495 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 13,236 Bricif.rx.tter Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Seale) , 4.973 Bristol Bank, 13ristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 34,638 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 22,499 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 60.381 Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 65.702 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Hessrs. Cobb 23,420 Bath City Bank, Bath—Moger and SOIL . 3,910 Badfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and . . 22,968 29,531 Lloyas Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, 23,809 12,372 62,927 and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— llarding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—nuffbrd, Biggs, 25,356 and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortiock and Sons • Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. Colc'nester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —:`,1111s, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co •.. Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- cock - ••,,, ••,,, •** City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co ',raven Bank, Settle—Birkbecic3 and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bauk, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow B ink, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank,. and Ross and Herefordshire ;tank, Ch-Tstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. .. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0.... Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes. Locke, and Co .. Piss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster BAnk, Doncaster—Leatharn, Tecv. /,n(i Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport —Hodge and Nor- 1,947 10,426 17,645 36,287 26,603 19,200 2,499 14,074 28,107 37,208 6,327 17,425 65,726 6,312 7,341 8,376 31,783 23,116 8,699 10,525 51,422 66,443 8,914 man Dorchester Old Hank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hall. and Co. . 46,777 Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Sparrow, and Co. ... 38,797 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 24,335 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ring;don—liarnes and Medley . . 4,865 Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight...... 11,98 q Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 3,932 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Tice t Grantham Tank. Grantharn—Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guild(ord—Niessrs. [laydon.. Grantham Bank, Grantham—lra.rdy and C 0.... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, liilder, and Hereford and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford wad Ware Bank. licntford—S. Adams and (1 , ) Hull Bank and Kinqston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —S•nith, Brother:, and Co. ffunt:ingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting & m—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co V.emel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and WWAtingstall Floniton Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. ifertforishire,Hitchen Bank, Hitehen—Sharpies and Co. lierofor,d, Ross, and Arehentield Bank, and Ross and rehenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, HoFltins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and - Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Eadleigh Bank, Manning-tree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer Randall and Mercer Kin , ;ton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Dank, Kettering—Goten and Sons.,, Lane End, Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank. Leeds—Beckett and Co Lf.edsrinion Bank, Leeds—W.Willianis, Brown, 4,513 6.321 20,624 26.135 13.037 19,390 16.195 35,802 4,773 18,400 29,594 15.329 18,967 59.551 12,923 18,621 8,616 17,602 37,313 9,342 5,196 52,256 and C o. Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Con,gleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. tint:ester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... 26,850 LeweF, Old Bank, Lewes—folineux and C 0.... 30.038 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... 13,773 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co 68,332 Larnpeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle t‘ins and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barba Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co. .... 10,293 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Broeklenurst 36,352 6,518 and Co ....................................... 14,720 Manningtree Ba ik,lianningtree—Nunn and Co. 3,760 Marll343yough I' ,ank, garlborough and Wilts Old Bank, - M a rlborough Old Bank, Marl borough ol,a Bank and Hunger ford Bank, and Runge: : f ord Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Plu c ky 7 889 ,e Alarraoround, y ........................................ , ' and North Wiltshire New Bank. Marlboro' net—Ward Merriman, and Hillicr 1,555 Merionetlislire Bank,' Dolgelly-1 J one s and Willis cns• iners' Bank, Truro—liVillYrns and C o ......................... . 12 664 Monmo Ithshire Agricultural and C ommerc i a l a,, Bank , ;N.bergave nny —Bailers and C o 23,530 Monmc.v th Old Bunk, MonrnouthOld Bank,Brecon .. Bank, , Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Ban and ! ,toss and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth :. ... ........ 12,470 „ -13 coinage and Snead .............. 210 " iouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport V. Williams and Sons ........... Newark—Godfrey s and lluTton 2 8 1, 4 1 9 9 9 Nev ar k Bank, 3 Pfr vark and Sleaford Bank, and Slea.ford and Sewark Bank, Sleaford—Haudley, p eacock, and Co............................................... . 41,613 ieWbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock. 18,685 ,wmarket Bank, Newmarket—Baton, H am . lond, and Son 'olk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and c0n ................................................. lh Crown Ban k, Norwich—Llarvftys and ons ......... 45,153 and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur- .d Birkbcck and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not- Mart, Fellows, and Co ... lank, Nuneaton—Craddock and 60,57: Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and ..................................... mak, Sarum Ever :tt, and 8,807 3,365 21,801 •••• 10,170 Vottingham—Smith and Co, 23,989 Oswestry Old Bank, Os- Co -J. and R. Morrell 3,853 - d—Robinson, Parsons, .... ...................... 34,60 ,ridge and Tonbridge . .dgo and Tonbridge 'ank, Tonbridge vitney—Clinak 7,717 ...... 7,449 Nor, D 3, Norwi, dudsu Norwich neys a x Nottinghar, tinghana— Nuneaton i Co Naval Bank, Co. Now Snr una B, Co Nottingham Bank, Oswestry Bank and str.ast6 . —Croxon an Oxford . ank, oxford- Oxliod Old Bank, Oxfo, and Co. . Old Bank Tonbridgo, Toth Wells Old Bank, Tonbr. Wells and Sevenoaks Beeching and Sons-. Oxfordshire Witney Bank, \ and Co ... ... THE SUN, LONDON, Average Amount Pease a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 37,161 Penzance Bank, Penzance—batten and C 0... 10,466 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter borough—Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson and White ll5 Peniorokeshire 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 23,571 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and Co 4,834 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood.. Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co 5,065 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 7,032 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 10,199 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 10,964 Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co. Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Gcarborough—Woodall and Co 22,964 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Sh re wsbury—Rocke, Ey tons, and Co . 31,322 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourna —Valiance and Son 2,480 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce 11,547 Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co. Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King - Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Sonthamp ton—Atherly and Fall . 2,958 Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 1,274 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co 9,544 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 12,279 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. 20,700 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 20,275 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 8,063 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne 7,920 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 9,719 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. 9,103 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt &Co 6,597 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 36,022 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13, 692 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Baak, Winchester —Wickham and Co 4,920 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bang, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. . 31,431 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— _ Gurney and Co. Wivelisec.mbe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock ... Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake.. 11,697 Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 65,205 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner - 10,901 Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. . 41,557 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 10,432 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann, Clough, and Co 40,238 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 48,278 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad- __ _ ford ......... - - - 19,515 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield .. 8,647 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington -.., 28,784 Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 11,271 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham ... Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 16,394 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,469 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington . 14,520 A ' East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 123,335 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18,183 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,138 Hull Banking Company, Hull . 21,088 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston . 1,416 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 15,891 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough . Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,755 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster • 46,759 Leeds Bankinc , Company, Leeds Leicestershire Bankin g Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey anking Company, Lincoln 44,794 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,835 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 27,953 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham .. 24,585 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,265 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 39,275 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton., 58,797 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 24,347 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester .. Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth„, 2,104 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,870 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford. 45,102 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang -273,434 Company,.. Shiffnall ... om- Sh p r a o n p y sh , i s re to ß ur a b n: i Banking edderminster Banking c 54,541 Stopuorrbtridg.e....a'n .... : 1 .1"'" Sh s effi he e ffi ld el a a nd .. I . 1:1 : . 1 . 1 . a . m .. s . ......... ...Banking ..k. ?. ( . 7 p . 7 ., 27,173 50,270 Sh c effi ona el p d a a n n y d , s ß h o . t ii h i ! i r d ha . m .. .. Joint-Stock Banking Swaledale and Wensleydale .Banking Company, Richmond . Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury ........................................ Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ..• Wolverhampton and StatTurdshire Banking Corn - parry, Wolverhampton WWhakiteefihealvdenandJoßiarntn-giteo'c'kUnßioannkßiannzk, CWoamkpeafineyld, Whitehaven ......................... Warwick and Lewun_gton Banking Com . p . a . ;;, Warwick Wet of England and South Wales District Bank. Bristol Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury* 7604'418 West Riding Union Banking Company, Rua. '726 dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, 32,148 Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester , 4,041 York Union Banking Company, York 67,144 York Company, City and County Banking York 86,030 Y or kshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Jan, 4, 1851. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night :—] FRANCE. The Assembly met yesterday at two o'clock, General Bedeau, Vice-President, i❑ the chair. The Assembly presented an unusually calm aspect, owing, no doubt, to the absence of its most eminent members, Messrs. Mole, Berryer, de Broglie, Odilon Barrot, Thiers, Dupin, &c., who, it was said, had been summoned to the Elysee. General Changarnier, who was at his bench, attracted little notice. His dismissal continues the stumbling-block of the forma tion of the Cabinet. The President makes it a sine quiz non condition, and wishes it to be immediate. All agree as to its necessity, but its expediency is questioned by those who consent to enter the Cabinet, and accordingly asked to be allowed to bide their time. M. Rouher was the only member of the Cabinet present. The Assembly resumes the discussion on the Mert gage Reform Bill, in which M. Rouher, Minister of Justice, took part. M. Vatismenil, in replying to a passage of his speech, relative to the credit foncier, observed that the President of the Republic, placing himself above the Legislative power—(Loud murmurs on the Right. " This is a provocation !" exclaimed M. Abatucci), recommended a contrary course to that adopted by M. Rouher. M. Vatismenil then taunted the Minister with having entertained on the mortgage reform an opinion quite at variance with the one he developed to-day. M. Rouher rose and confessed that he bad actually changed his opinion, and declared, amidst the applause of a large portion of the majority, that he gloried in sacrificing his private opinion, when necessary for the furtherance of the great interests of the country. MM. Odilon Barrot, Dupin, Mole, Thiers, Berryer, Montalembert, and De Broglie were sent for yesterday to the Elysee. The President said, that seeing himself abandoned by the majority, he had no alternative but a Billault Ministry. He stated that he would accept any General—even General Cavaig nac—the Assembly might name, but to General Chan garnier's domination he would no longer submit, nor would he accept any Ministry that did not remove that General. M. Billault has been sent for to the Elysee. This resolution of the President has alarmed the majority, and the Assembly was agitated at its close. GERMANY. The Prussian corps, as well as the Austrian army, are steadily progressing towards Holstein. Accord ing to the Ober Post-Ampts Zeitung, part of these troops with their head-quarters arrived at Cassel on the afternoon of the sth inst. They consisted of the 3d Jagers, one battalion of Wellington Infantry, and one battery. The Prince of Thurn and Taxis had gone out to meet these troops, and the Elector, on horseback, awaited their coming on the Friedrichs Platz. General Legeditsch was likewise greeted and complimented by Count Leiningen and General Peucker, the Federal Commissioners in Hesse. From Hanover it is stated tbat the arrangements for the victualling and shelter of the troops on their march through that kingdom are now completed, and that the number of troops which will march through Hanover will amount to 20,000 men. The expenses will amount to 150,000 thalers, which will be ad vanced by Hanover. . . The Hamburger Nachrichten asserts most positively that no communications whatever have taken place between the Prussian Government and the Senate of Hamburgh on the subject of the occupation of the city by Prussian troops. That paper admits that a Prus sian corps is concentrating on the Mecklenburg fron• tier for the purpose of supporting the Austrians in case they were to meet with resistance in Holstein, but it protests that, even in this extreme case, the Prussian troops would enter the Duchies without touching the Hamburgh territory. From Munich we learn that orders have been given to disband the second division of the 2d corps of the Bavarian army. In a proclamation which is dated the 3d inst., the Standing Committee of the Diet of Wurtemberg pro tests against two orders in council as unconstitutional and illegal. The orders which the Standing Com mittee impeaches are the new Wurtemburg press law and a decree which authorises the levying and the appropriation of the revenue. Referring to para graph 109 of 'the Charter of the Constitution, the Standing Committee protests against imposing or levy ing any direct or indirect tax without the express consent of the Estates. AULD JEAN'S " FIRE-KINDLING." In the estate of Abergeldie there lives an old woman, generally known by the name of Auld Jean. Her Majesty one day, in passing, did not fail to notice the strange appearance of the building, which looked more like a potato-pit than a house, from the many coatings of divot which had been laid on, and which had become green and grassy. Her Majesty entered the hut, which was only composed of one room, which was to Jean kitchen, parlour, bedroom, and laundry, and upon seeing the bad state of repair the house was in, condescendingly offered to build...ber a more com fortable and substantial house, substituting stone and lime in place of stone and turf, to which Jean replied, in her ain Hielan' dialect, " Na, na, am no seekin' a new house ; a white house widna dee wi' me. I think, an' I had the ane I hae sortit, I would be brag enough." Consequently, to please the poor old woman, her Majesty gave orders to her commis sioner to get the house comfortably repaired ; and, before leaving her Highland residence, her Majesty went to bid Jean farewell, but did not forget to bring with her many of the necessaries of life and comfort which winter in the Highlands of Scotland require. And, in obedience to her Majesty's command, the repairing of the house was commenced, but upon taking down the roof, it was found to need all the requisites of a Highlandman's gun, which caused it to be turned out to the foundation, and a neat little cottage built in its place. It is now a comfortable home for Jean. Her furniture being scarce, and so acted upon by soot, smoke, and old age, that one would think that it had undergone the thorough process of japanning, an offer was made to Jean to make it all new, but Jean replied—" A wow, weet swat no ; I widna want my bed ava, for it was made afore Culloden, an' three protty lords sleepit in't frn they wai comin' hame." Jean's house being now finished, a number of her neighbours met on the 17th ult., to celebrate what is called in the Highlands of Scotland, the " fire-kindling" of Jean's new house. At eight o'clock, the beaux with their belles were to be seen, neatly attired, rapidly progressing towards the place of rendezvous, headed by Mr. W. Blair, musician, to whom /praise is due for the very able manner in which he performed on his violin. After being well regaled with mulled porter and a fair sup ply of Farquharson's celebrated new Lochnagar, the following toasts were given :—" Her Majesty , the Queen, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales;" " Prince Albert, and all the rest of the Royal Family ;" " Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent," " Lord Portman, Lady Portman, and Family ;" " A. Robertson, Esq., Indego ;" and "Auld Jean." The old woman and her brother danced at the ball—the one aged eighty-seven, and the other eighty-four years.—Alierdeen Herald. DR. LAYARD AND NINEVEH. (From Bentley's Niscellany for January.) When " Nineveh and its Remains" was published two years ago, the very title of the work was certain to excite the utmost curiosity, but the disclosures con tained in it far exceeded all the imagination could have conceived. That a city, originally built, as we are informed in the Scriptures (Genesis v., 11 and 12 verses), by one of the early descendants of Noah —a city, which for countless, or at least unknown, ages, had vanished from the face of the earth, so that not one memorial or authentic record of the manners and customs of its inhabitants had been preserved— that ancient Nineveh should have been, as it were, called up to pass before the eyes of mortals of the niueteeth century, was an event calculated to beget the utmost interest and astonishment. That so mar vellous a work should have been performed by the enterprise, perseverance, and genius of a single un assisted man, was not the least surprising circum ' stance in the matter. The city of Nineveh was the metropolis of the great Assyrian empire, and there is abundant evidence to prove that it was once the largest and most populous city in the world. Whether Ninus, the builder or restorer of that vast city, completed it before or after the overthrow of Zoroaster, is uncertain. It is agreed by all profane writers, and confirmed by the Scrip tures, that it exceeded all others in circuit and mag nificence ; for it was in circumference four hundred and eighty stadia or furlongs (sixty miles), the walls being a hundred feet high, and so broad that three chariots might be driven abreast on the ramparts. These walls were adorned with fifteen hundred towers, each two hundred feet high. But this city, built in the plains of Assyria, on the banks of the river Tigris, and in the region of Eden, was founded long before th e ti me o f Ninus, and as ancient historians report, w as ca ll e d Campsor, Until Ninus amplified it and gave it th e name of Nineveh. Campsor, then, must have been founded by Asshur, who, as we learn from Genesis, went forth from the land of Sbinar, and built Nineveh. Nothing more concerning it, however, is t o ld i n th e sacred w ritings till the time of the prophet J ona h, w h o de scribes it as an " exceeding great city of three day:,' journey. lle . also indicates its immense populati on , saying that it contained " more than six score thou sand persons that could not discern between thei r right hand and their left hand. " Supposing on e _ sixth of the inhabitant s of Nineveh to have been in this deplorable state of ignora nce, we have a popula tion mopreretahcahn than seven of the hun dre prophet Jonah in hundred thousand caused number. The the people o f Ni neve h t o r epent, and accordingly the city was spared for a time : yet shortly a f te rwards Nahum was comma n d e d t o d ec l are the burden of 1\ ineveh, to proclaim the city's destruction, and to announce the downfall of the Assyrian empire. This prophet speaks of it as a city with many strongholds, and many gates with bars; that had multiplied her mer chants above the stars of heaven ; whose inhabitants and princes were numerous as the locusts and whose store and glory of pleasant furniture was endless. The destruction of the city, in the Tear B.C. 606, by the combined armies of Cyaxares, King of Persia. and Nabopolassar, who was, as Dr. Layard thinks, the Assyrian governor of Babylon, fulfilled this predic tion to the very letter. Nineveh was laid waste ; she was indeed " made a desolation, and dry like a wil derness." We learn from Diodorus Siculus that the city was destroyed partly by water and partly by fire, and th at many talents of gold and silver rescued from the flames were carried to Ecbatan. Lucian of Samosata who flourished about A. D. 180, informs us that Ni neveh had perished utterly—that not a vestige of the city remained, and that even the place where it stood was no longer known. We take it for granted that all our readers, having inspected the extraordinary sculptures now in the British Museum, or seen drawings from them, and having formed a due estimate of the obligations this country lies under to the discoverer, will have been anxious long since, to know something of that re markable person, and such information we are happy to he enabled, in part at least, to communicate. Since the time of Lucian nearly seventeen centu ries have elapsed, and the name of Nineveh, until lately, alone remained. Its very ruins were no longer on the face of the land, and in this age of science and inquiry no antiquarian before Dr. Lay ard ever se riously bethought himself of seeking out the Nineveh and Babylon of Holy Writ, and of searching for the buried palaces of the Assyrian monarchy. True it is, that the notice of travellers in Assyria had been attracted long ago to huge mounds, apparently com posed of earth and rubbish, and that it was conjec tured that these were the remains of the stupendous capitals—Nineveh and Babylon. A. mass of brick work, vitrified and rising out of the aggregated rub bish of centuries, was believed to be the remains of the tower of Babel. The Temple of Belus, according to Herodotus, and some mounds in the neighbourhood, were supposed to be the hanging gardens and marvellous structures attributed to Semiramis, the wife of Ninus, who built Babylon; but the di ffi culty of reaching those locali ties, while it excited the interest of the antiquarian, prevented the traveller from visiting them. Greater curiosity was awakened by the presumed site of Nineveh than of Babylon. Several travellers had noticed the numerous mounds on the left bank of the Tigris, opposite the modern city of Mosul, and what tradition had called the tomb of Jonah, on the top of one of the mounds, gave a certain probability to the conjecture that indiciated the site of Nineveh ; but it is to Dr. Layard that we are indebted for a knowledge of that important fact, confirmed as it is by the extraordinary remains he has forwarded to this country. _ _ _ Thelayards are descended from a distinguished family, named Raymond, long settled in the south of France, who claimed affinity with the Raymonds, sovereign Counts of Toulouse; were among the earliest supporters of the reformed religion in that country, and espoused the cause of the persecuted Albigenses. The Raymonds, nevertheless, continued to receive honours and grant 3 from successive sovereigns of France, in termarrying with the noblest families, until the mas sacre of the Huguenots, in 1572, when two of the brothers fell victims in that terrible slaughter, whilst a third (the heir) succeeded in effecting his escape into Holland. The immediate ancestor of the existing branch of the. Raymonds, or rather Layards, came over to this country with William, Prince of Orangs, and held a high ccAnmand under that Protestant prince at the battle of the Boyne. From that period the family definitively settled in England. Having already embraced the Protestant faith, Raymond was content for its sake to give up his country, and relinquish his property in France; but, warned by the revocation of the edict of Nantes, he dropped his patrimonial name, and assumed that of Layard, probably the name of an estate, as one of the family was subsequently called Raymond de Layarde ; destroying, at the same time, every docu ment which, preserved and transmitted to his descen dants, might ,tempt any one of them to return to Catholicism, and enable him to recover the estates in France. This, the last of the Raymonds, was the grand father of Dr. Layard, the late Dean of Bristol, and of bis two brothers, both generals in the English army. The second son of the Dean of Bristol, Henry Peter John, held for many years a high civil appointment in Ceylon, was a man of great abilities and varied acquirements, and was the father of Austen Henry Layard, the subject of our present memoir, who was born at Paris, during a temporary visit of his parents to that metropolis, on the sth of March, 1817. The early youth of Layard was passed at Florence. Familiar with the language of Italy, it is no wonder that the glorious literature a that country subse quently solicited his attention ; or that, born with a love of the fine arts, his taste should have been en nobled and purified by a contemplation of the glorious models of sculpture and painting in which Florence abounds. Was it here that he acquired that command over his pencil, which he afterwards found infinitely serviceable to him amid the ruins of Nimroud? This faculty was afterwards fully excited "by the appall ing sight of slabs with the noblest sculptures and the finest inscriptions, crumbling into dust before his eyes. No draughtsman had been provided to help him ; and had he not instantly determined to arrest by the quickness of his eye and the magic of his pen cil these fleeting forms, which were about to dis appear for ever, many of the finest remains of ancient art would have been irrecoverably lost." Layard returned from Italy to his native country for education. That being completed, he devoted himself to the study of the law, which, however, prOved little attractive to him. Pope, paying an ele gant compliment to the accomplished Murray, after wards Lord Mansfield, exclaims— " How sweet an Ovia waa in Murray lost!" For our part, we should not greatly grieve if we knew that even a second Mansfield was lost in the Layard. About the age of 18, Layard's travels in Italy, Rus sia, and other countries, excited in:him a strong passion for still snore extended adventure, which, accom panied by an ardent desire for knowledge, and an energy which " knew not what it was to intermit," decided him upon abandoning his profession, and settling in the East, where he had family connexions. In the summer of 1839, with a friend for a com panion, Dr. Layard left England. Traversing Ger many, they passed through Dalimitia, into Montene gro, where Dr. Layard was induced to stay for a brief period, having engaged to aid a young and energetic chief in civilising and otherwise improving the condition of his brave but semi-barbarous subjects. From Montenegro his friends made their way as they best could through Albania and Roumelia, au enterprise in which they encountered many adven tures, and finally, and at the end of the year, arrived by Adrianople at Constantinople. 'We are informed that Dr. Layard proceeded to Bagdad and into Syria hut we have no means of following his footsteps with accuracy or certainty during this period of his wan dering and eventful life. At this time his friend quitted him, and now he was left to pursue his course. We earnestly hope that some day—and that not a distant one—Dr. Layard will give to the world an account of the extraordinary adventures which befel him, when the eager wish to acquire knowledge which he desired to exercise for the profit and benefit of his fellow-creatures, carried bins into strange and many lands. If other men have acquired a larger experience of diversified life, few have encountered and surmounted greater difficulties , and none have ever engaged themselves to the attainment of a nobler object. Wandering in the Desert, he was frequently attacked and plundered by wild Arabs, and was con stantly in peril. Now h e m i g ht b e found settling disputed points of geography, or seeking historical remains—now making his way as a Hakim over wilds hitherto untrodden by the foot of Europeans, or sojourning with the barbarous Bactyari in their moun tains, civilizing and teaching the people; and, having some small knowledge of medicine, saving the life of their chief's only son. The foregoing are but brief and faint indications of the varied life and adventures of Dr. Layard previous to the happy accident which enabled him successfully to prosecute that undertaking which resulted in the extraordinary discoveries that have rendered his name so famous. As early as 1 ii4l, Dr. Layard bad in spected the ruins on the east bank of the Tigris, which have been generally believed to be the ruins of Nine veh. Let the Doctor himself describe the sensational with which he viewed them : " He (the spectator) has left the land where nature is still lovely, where, in the mind's eye, he can re build the temple, or the theatre, half doubting whe• ther they would have made a more grateful impres sion upon the senses than the ruin before him. He is now at a loss to give any form to the rude heaps upon which he is gazing. Those of whose works they are the remains, unlike the Roman and the Greek, have left no visible traces of their civilization or of their arts. Their influence has long since passed away. The more he conjectures the more vague the results appear. The scene around is worthy of the ruin he is contemplating. Desolation meets desolatio n . A f ee li ng o f awe succee d s t o won der, for there is nothing to relieve the mind, to lead to hope, or to tell of what has gone by. These huge mounds of Assyria made a deeper impression upon me, gave rise to more serious thoughts and earnest reflections, than the temple of Balbec and the theatre of lonia." Shortly afterwards Dr. Layard had a second oppor tunity of viewing the ruins of Nimroud, and of ex amining them ; and it was upon this occasion that the thought suggested itself to him, and impressed itself upon his mind, of making excavations. He had, he * Dr. Layard observes in his " Nineveh," " I need scarcely remind the reader that it is to Sir S. Canning we owe the marbles of Halicarnassus, now in the British Museum. The difficulties which stood in the way of the acquisition of these invaluabb relics, and the skill which was required to obtain them are not generally known. I can testify to the efforts and labour which were necessary for nearly three years, before the re pugnance of the Ottoman Government could be over come, and permission obtained to extract the sculptures from the walls of a castle, which was more jealously guarded than any similar edifice in the empire. Their removal, notwithstanding the almost insurmountable difficulties raised by the authorities and inhabitants of Budroon, was most successfully effected by Mr. Alison. The Elgin marbles, and all other remains from Turkey and Greece, now in Europe, were obtained with com• parative ease." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Jail. 9 . (Before Mr. Commissioner FANS.) IN RE E. SYRON& The bankrupt was a pianoforte-maker, in John street, Tottenham -court-road, and also followed the pursuit of a furniture-broker's assistant. This was an audit meeting. Mr. BICKNELL, solicitor to the assignees, wished to have the opinion of the Court on the point of a crimi nal prosecution being instituted against the bankrupt at the expense of his estate. The proceedings lying before his Honour would show the fraudulent conduct of the bankrupt. The COMMISSIONER—I am quite willing that the bankrupt should be prosecuted, provided the assignees are desirous that he should be. The true interest of creditors, in the long run, is to prosecute in cases of fraud by a bankrupt, although the dividend may be reduced by the costs of prosecution. There is a pro vision in the Bankruptcy Consolidation Act giving power to the Court to direct the expenses of a prose. , cution to be paid out of a particular fund. In this case there is no such fund at my disposal. What may be the amount of the bankrupt's debts and assets ? Mr. CANNAN (official assignee)—The debts proved are about 1,0001. or 1,2001.; the assets have rea lised 2961. The COMMISSIONEU —What say the creditors to the prosecution ? Mr. BICKNELL—There is one present, a creditor for 1001., who is quite willing that a prosecution should be instituted. The COMMISSIONER—The best policy, in the long run, is, I repeat, for creditors to prosecute in cases of this kind. If they will not help themselves, the power of thin Court is limited. I suppose there will be 2001. in hand v, herewith to defray the expenses of a prosecution. A Creditor—And a verdict was yesterday obtained in the County Court, by which some property that had been smuggled away by the bankrupt's means was recovered. The Commusioszu—ls the bankrupt to be found ? Mr. BICKNBLL—We have traces of women who have been with him, and we believe his whereabouts may be ascertained. The Creditor—The expenditure of a five -pound note will procure his apprehension. Mr. CANNAN, who was partially inaudible, informed the Court that a book had been found on the premises of the bankrupt that belonged to one of the offices of the Secretary of State. Upon being examined, there was found within it a notice that a reward of 201. would be paid to any one who should return it to the Secretary of State. After an observation had been made that there could be little doubt but the Secretary of State would assist in a prosecution, The Learned COMMISSIONER said he should sanction a prosecution at the cost of the estate. (Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.) IN RE H. SNELLING. The bankrupt was a grocer at Brighton. His debts are 1,500/., his assets about 2001. Mr. Duncan opposed, Mr. Lawrance supported the application for the certificate. It appeared from the examination Gf the bankrupt that he had long been in difficulties, and the Court held that he had not been warranted in carrying on so long as he had without keeping accounts that would vouch for the truth of his statements respect • ing property, The certificate (second class) would be suspended one year, and protection withheld for the present. Mr. DUNCAN asked for a certificate from the Court, admitting a creditor who had proved his debt to be put in the position of a judgment creditor. Mr. LAWRANCE objected on the ground that the bankrupt had not been guilty of any of the penal offences specified in the Bankruptcy Consolidation Acts. His HONOUR, said it appeared to him that he ought to grant the certificate asked. As, however, it had been stated that three of his brother Commissioners entertained a different opinion, he should reserve his decision. IN RE R. DEVER. The bankrupt was a confectioner at Cornhill. It appeared that, having commenced with a capital of about 6001., his debts are now 6,5001., and his assets about 5,500 c. The bankrupt passed his examination without op position. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Jan. 9. (Before Mr. Sergeant An As, Assistant-Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) INDECENT ASSAULTS IN TIIE PARK.--. W. Sharp, a respectably dressed old man, was indicted, charged with having committed an indecent assault upon one Henry Whayman. Mr. Parry appeared for the defendant. The prosecutor, who is a young man about 26 years of age, stated the particulars of the case, which are of too disgusting a nature for publication. The offence was alleged to have been committed in Hyde-park, near the Albert-gate. _ _ The prosecutor gave his evidence in so unsatis factory a manner that The Learned JUDGE, at the conclusion of his exa minatiou in chief, said he did not think it necessary that the case should go on any further, inasmuch as that it was manifest that no jury could place sufficient reliance on the statements of such a fellow as the man in the box to convict upon it. Mr. PARRY, on behalf of the defendant, said, he felt it necessary to put a few questions to the prose.. cutor in order to show who and what he really was, and from which it would be found that he was one of the most abandoned and disgusting fellows who are prowling about London. In the first place, however, be would state that the defendant was a highly respect able man, and had been a householder in the parish of Marylebone for upwards of 20 years. The prosecutor then, in his cross-examination, said that he had made a charge similar to the present against other persons upon former occasions, and that he had also been convicted of felony. A policeman of the B division, of the name of Wright, next stated that he had for some time known the prosecutor as a constant frequenter of the parks, and that he had been convicted of felony at the Central Criminal Court. The Learned JUDGE desired Wright not to lose sight of this fellow, but to keep a close watch upon him, for he did not entertain the smallest doubt, looking at his dress, and the way in which he was evidcntly " got up," together with his general ap pearance and demeanour, but that he was one of those filthy fellows who are in the habit of prowling about the parks for the purpose of pouncing upon victims, from whom, under the threat of making a charge of an indecent assault against them, they might extort money. Such fellows well knew that there wer e f e w persons, however innocent, who would not rather give a sum of money than have their names paraded before the world in connexion with such an accusation. He could not doubt but that the jury had some time since formed their opi nion of this disgusting man. Let them merely look. at his attitude, his dress, his singularly effeminate ' manner, the peculiarity of his style of head-dress, and his general bearing, all of which were quite suffi cient to indicate the sort of person he was. Ad dressing the prosecutor, the Learned Judge said, " Go away you filthy fellow—leave the court." The prosecutor gladly made his way out of the court amid such a general demonstration of expres sions of detestation that an experience of thirty years fails to recal its equal to the memory of the writer.] POLICE IN TELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John Davis, a cabman, was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with having left his cab, and having got drunk. The cab was found by a policeman with ,a horse, but without a driver, and the cabman was roused up from a drunken sleep in a taproom, where he had been spending his employer's money. The wretched fellow appeared with a bruised nose and swelled eyes, and cut a most melancholy figure. The Loan MAYOR—Why. defendant, you might have caused loss of life or broken limbs by this drunken freak of yours. What have you to say about the accusation ? Cabman—Please your Lordship, I have been seventeen years upon the streets, and I never was before a beak before in my life. Ido assure your Lordship that neither me nor my cab ever killed anybody or broke their limbs, to my knowledge, though I have been so long about town ; and I wish any other man belonging to this sort of vehicle could say as much.—(Laughter.) The Loan MAYOR—Why, you don't seem to be sober yet. What's the matter with your face ? Cab man—Please your Lordship, I'm so sorry for what I have done that I've been having a cry in private, and that makes me look poorly. There's my master, your Lordship, and he'll answer for my being a sober party. Here the cab owner stepped into the witness-box, with a very bad pair of cold weather eyes and a wet mouth. The LORD MAYOR—What have you to say about your driver ? Witness —l've nothing particular to say about him, only that he ain't my driver now. The LORD MAYOR—Is he a sober man ? Witness —Yes, he's sober enough. I never seed him drunk. The LORD MAYOR—How long has he been with you ? Witness—Three days.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—Don't you get drunk yourself now and then ? Witness—No, my Lord, not often to my knowledge. The LORD MAYOR—Then I suppose you discharged this defendant for taking too much ? Witness—Oh dear no, my Lord. I discharged him for bringing home too little. I believe he's sober enough, but he don't drive no more for me. That's all. The defendant said he had been driving a couple about for some time, and as they gave him a glass or two too much, and as he never would drive when he had too much, he supposed he left the cab in their care while he went to sleep it off. The LORD MAYOR—If you had been here before I would now send you to prison without giving you the alternative of paying a fine; but as you have not, and as you are punished with the loss of your place, I shall be satisfied with a penalty of ss. His Lordship then gave a hint to the master to take care how he followed the example of his man. A young fellow, in a most ragged condition, was brought up. He was recognized by the crowd in the justice-room as a steady customer in the streets in the cold weather, and has a peculiar way of attracting commiseration. A policeman saw the defendant crouching up in a corner where he was sure to attract the attention of passengers, and desired him to move away, but the request was not attended to, for the station was a pro fitable one, and the silent beggar knew that if any body attempted to pull him by the clothes he would in an instant become as raked as when he was born. Relying upon this mode of effecting impunity, he ge nerally disregarded the appeals of the police. One of the force, however, who had been some time practising with unruly beggars, contrived to carry him and all his rags before the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR—Defendant, how long have you been at this sort of work ? The policeman—He won't answer a word, my Lord. I'll do him the justice to say, that i never heard him ask anybody for the value of a farthing. The LORD MAYOR—No, he trusts to the superior eloquence of his dress.—(Laughter.) I dare say the colder the weather is the more ragged he becomes. The policeman—Exactly so, my Lord. It is in the bitter frost be appears in full character. He has then scarcely a tatter upon him. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, I shall take him out of the misery he delights in for some time, however. He shall have six weeks' hard labour in Bridewell. The defendant cast a look upon the Lord Mayor which would no doubt have had a powerful effect upon an ordinary observer of street distress ; but his Lordship was impenetrable, and the silent mendicant was committed to prison, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1851. tells us, hopes that some persons in England might have been induced to aid in the undertaking. It would seem, however, although we are not ex pressly told so, that despairing of fulfilling the vision, or of realising the hopes, which the sight of these mysterious mounds had excited, he had determined upon abandoning his project and returning home. lie had reached as far as Constantinople on his way back to England, when, in a happy moment, he ob tained a letter of introduction to Sir Stratford Can ning, her Majesty's Ambassador at the Sublime Porte. It is not at all wonderful that so distinguished a statesman at once perceived that no ordinary person had been presented to his notice, or that he should have invited him to prolong his stay in the East, and discharge some extra duties of the embassy to which he has now become officially attached. Neither is it surprising, when the character of Sir Stratford is re membered, and the interest he takes in such re searches* as Dr. Layard had at heart is known, that, in the autumn of 1845, he should have mentioned to Dr. Layard his readiness to incur, for a limited period, the expense of excavations in Assyria, in the hope that, should success attend the attempt, means would be found to carry it out on an adequate scale. During Dr. Layard's stay in England he suffered greatly from an aguish fever, which recurred monthly, and which he had caught in the damp chambers it was necessary he should inhabit at Nim roud. In spite, however, of this severe indisposition, so inimical to literary or intellectual pursuits, he pre pared for the press, during his brief residence in this country, the "Nineveh and its Remains," and " The Monuments of Nineveh, from Drawings made on the Spot ;" besides a volume of inscriptions in the cunei form character, for the British Museum, which we trust will soon be published and submitted to the ex amination of the learned world. Our readers know the already triumphant result of Dr. Layard's enterprise and perseverance, which have brought into the possession of this country treasures beyond all price. WES7'IIIINSTER. Mr. W. F. Fenton, of 11, Beaufort-street, Chelsea, traveller, attended to prefer a complaint against the conductor of a Chelsea omnibus, for deceiving him es to the route or destination of the carriage on the night of the Ist inst. The proprietor, as is usual in these cases, had been summoned to produce the conductor, and .Henry Baxter (badge 227) appeared, and pleaded not guilty. Mr. Fenton stated that he hailed the omnibus in question at a little before eleven on the night of the Ist inst., in St. Paul's churchyard, and inquired of the conductor whether it went to Battersea-bridge or Beaufort-street, to which he replied" yes." In order to make himself particularly safe in the matter, he examined the omnibus, and discovered the words "Battersea-bridge" upon the centre panel. He got into the carriage, and upon reaching Church-street, Chelsea, the conductor opened the door and said, " Here you are, sir, this is it;" and immediately af terwards added, " Battersea- bridge, sir." Com plainant told him that he knew the locality too well to be persuaded that that was Battersea-bridge, when the conductor observed that he was close to it ; and upon complainant's asking whether he was not going to take him any further, the conductor replied, " No, we stop here." Complainant then intimated that he would summon him, as he had been tricked in this manner several times before. Mr. Taylor, the chief clerk—Then the deceiving you as to the route was at the time you got in, at St. Paul's Churchyard ? Complainant—Yes, that was where I asked him. Mr. BURRELL, having consulted with the clerk, said—The deception appears to have been practised in the City, which is out of my jurisdiction. A respectable-looking man here stepped forward and interrupted the magistrate, who was about to make some observation, by stating that he was con nected with the establishment of the omnibus proprie tor, and that defendant could not possibly be the offender, as he must have been at a considerable dis tance from the place at the time. Mr. BURRELL (to complainant)—ls this the man? Complainant--Certainly not; but this man wears the badge the conductor wore that night. I saw the con ductor who deceived me, as I have stated, as to the route of the omnibus, leave this court just now. A friend of mine who has been tricked this way has taken proceedings against the offenders two or three times, but has never been able to get at them. It is a common practice to shift their badges from one to the other, which enables them to defeat the law with impunity. I can swear most positively that the man who left the court just now was the wearer of the badge on the night in q uestion. These persons pre sume upon the travellers' excitement and flurry at the time these 'deceptions are practised, which render them unable to identify the offender, and they thus escape punishment. Mr. BURRELL—You must take the summons in the City against the right man. Complainant—l stated the case to you, sir, at the time you granted the summons, as I do now. Mr. Taylor here spoke to the magistrate in a low tone, when the latter said to the complainant—You are too late for a summons now; the week has gone (the statute respiring that all complaints should be laid within seven days). C o mplainant—Perhaps you will excuse me, sir, with respect to where the offence was committed. How can I tell I am going t o b e d ece i ve d i n the route until I get to the end of the journey. Mr. BURRELL—It is clear you were deceived in the City. When you got to Chelsea you were un deceived. Complainant—l took this matter up entirely on public grounds, these deceptions being of common occurrence. Then I cannot now proceed in any way Mr. BuanELL—You are now too late. Complainant's costs (25.), which he had paid for the summons, were returned to him. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL, JAN. 9.—The supply of English wheat was large, its condition damp and looking down. Foreign, principally from the Black Sea, was 30,000 quarters. English wheat sold at 36s to 40s por imperial quarter; foreign ditto (white), 421 to 445 per 4801bs; ditto red ditto (extra fine), 38s to 425; ditto ditto (fine), 364 ,t') 383; ditto ditto (ordinary), 34s to 363; ditto ditto (hard), 34s to 37s per 4801bs. Flour was in good supply, and also looking down in price. English flour (seconds), 27s to 303 per sack. American ditto (sweet), 21s to 23s per barrel. Oats were dull at previous rates. Devon and Welsh oats, 15a to 17s per imperial quarter; Irish white ditto, 17s to 18s Gd per 3201b5; ditto black ditto, 15s 6d to 16s par imperial quarter. Malting barley was scarce, and the trade both for that and grinding sorts dull. English barley (malting), 23s 6d to 28s per impe rial quarter; foreign ditto (te,rinding), 21s to 22s per 400Ibs. Beans were a dull sale and short suppl 3. English beans, 27s to 30s per imperial quarter; foreign ditto, 34a to 27s per 4801 bi. The averagc% are—Bristol wheat 37e 101. Gloucester ditto 39e Gd, Brii-tol oats 16e, Gloucester ditto 18s 3d, Bristol barley 24s 11d, Glouces ter ditto 23s sd, Bristol beaus 28s sd. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 9.—At Gloucester market, on the 4th, the wheat trade again ruled dull, with the turn on descriptions in favour of the buyer. At Worcester, the same day, dry parcels were more in demand. Barley less pr(ssed for sal and unaltered iu value. More doing in oati, at a decline of 61 per quarter. Beans and peel taken in retail rather under former prices. This week we have again had little passing in the wheat trade, but lower rates have not been submitted to for any descrir tion. Barley fiads buyers at former currency. Oats sell more freely at our reduced quo t a ti ons o f last week. Very few transactions reported in beans or peas. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat, and we make no alteration iu our quotations for any descrir tion except Polish Odessa. which was 61 to Is per quer , ter lower. Barley very dull, and to have made progress less money must have been taken. Very little doing in oars. Beans again rather cheaper. Peas maintained their value. LOUGHBOROUGH, JAN. 9.—The market was wolf attended. Dry wheat ttud barley made full as much money as last week. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, JAN. 7.—Th ere W 5 a good supply of fit beasts t although the quality, generally, was of the middling sort; the demand sines our last market was some little improved, but there were several lots remaining unsold. The sheep pens were well filled with sheep, for which there was a better sale. Flit pigs wero plentiful. Beef, 'lid to sd; mutton, 5d to sid; veal, Od 52d per lb; pigs, 7s to Os Od pet score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per stone of 141 b. Hides, 2 4 to 21d per lb; calf skins, 3d to 4d per lb. BOSTON, JAN. B.—Wheat, red 23s to 375, white 360 to 40s, extra 435; barley 18s to 23s ; oats 13s to 17si beans 22s to 28s; peas 21s to 26s per quarter. LOUTH, JAN. B.—Wheat 34s to 38s ; barley 2 10 to 23s ; oats 14s to 16; ; beans 24s to 27s per qr. LYNN, JAN. 7.—Wheat 28s to 3 is, fine 36s 40i to 425; barley 16s to 18s, fine 20s to 24s per quarter. MELTON MOWBRAY, JAN. 7.—Wheat, old 42s to 4411 now 36s to 41s; barley 21s to 245; oats, old 22s to 258. new 17s to 20s; beans, old 28s to 325, new 24s to 260 per qr. Butter 12d to 13d per lb; eggs 13 to 15 for Is. UPPINGHAM, JAN. S.—Wheat 36s to 428 ; barley 19s to 22s 6d; oats 15s to 225; beans 24s to 28s per qr. Butter 13d to Od per lb. Eggs 14 for ls. Flour, beet 2s 2d, thirds Is I Od, coarse is 6d per stone; bread 4d to 6d per 4lb loaf. NEWARK, JAN. B.—Wheat, old white 48s to 50s, new 45s to 475, old red 44s to 45s Od, inferior new, 32s to 38s; barley, malting 22s to 253, extra 265, grinding 190 to 21s; oats 16s to 18s; beans, 25s to 28s per qr. CARLISLE, JAN. 7.—Wheat 42s 4iti; barley 23s 8141; oats 18s Od per quarter. GLASGOW, JAN. B.—Since last week the weather hag been somewhat unsettled. Coastwise and from Ireland We have had fair supplies; about 7,587 quarters of wheat, 158 quarters of beans, 75 quartets of peas, and 3.47 9 sacks of flour reached us from abroad. About 804 guar; ters of wheat, 24 quarters of peas, and 1,282 sacks of flour have been reported at Grangemouth from the Con tinent. Little progress has been made in sales for the list eight days, and the price of any article has scarcely varied. This day's market was moderately well at' tended by town and country buyers. Wheat and flour were a fair sale at previous rates. In barley, beans, and peas, few transactions took place, and quotations remain unchanged. Oats and oatmeal were the turn in buyer? favour. In other articles little passing. We beg to refer to the subjoined statement of the stock of grain, &c. in granary at the close of 1850, showing, compared with that at the end of 1849.—An increase on wheat of 38,488 bolls, on oats of 7,229 bolls, on beans and peas of 23,977 bolls, and a decrease on barley of 3,963 bolls, op flour of 72 sacks and 27,785 barrels, on oatmeal of 2,064 loads, on Indian corn of 7,392 bolls, and on rye of 3,959 bolls. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARIET, JAY. B.—Wheat—Theo were 934 qrs of wheat in the market to-day, being 329 qrs mots than last week. Prices were 3d up on the top, and 2d down on the average-195 qrs unsold. Barley—There were in te' day's market 532 qrs barley, being 1 qr more than last week. The top price the same, and the average 5d up — 95 qrs unsold. Oats—The quantity of oats in the market was 78 6 qrs, being 184 more than last week. The top price was the same, and the average Id vp-59 qrs unsold. Beans—The supply of beans was 144 qrs, being 64 more than last week. Prices were 6d down on the top, and lld on the average-41 qrs unsold. Top of Wheat ... 6311 b. 43s 3d „ Barley ... .. 57 lb. 28s Od Oats... ••• 41 }lb. 21s Od 9, Beans 66ilb. 30s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE • MARKET, JAN. B.—The number of cattle was 662, or 126 more than last week. Top pri ce of the best cattle, 7s Od; current, 6s to 6s 6d ; rniddlisg and inferior, from 5s Od to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. The number of sheep this morning was 3,039, or 843 WO than last week. Top price of the best mutton, 5/d per 11; I current, 5d to sid; ew es an d i n f er i or sorts, 4d to 4 0 per v , A good clearance effected. DUNBAR, JAN. 7.—Wheat, weighing 65ilbs, brought 4 11 Od, and prices to 31s. Barley, weighing 5741b5, brought 25s 6d, and prices to 19s od. Oats, weighing 43ilbs, broughs 198 Od, and prices to 13s 6d. Beans and peas, weighing 6611b5, brought 29s Od, and prices to Os Od. CORK, JAN, S. Barrels. Currency. l3 White wheat l9s 6d t o 20 s 6d 00s 04-20 lOU.a 41 Red wheat 16s Od to 19, Od 19, Od-20 do 81 Barley lls Od to 11s 10d Ils 104-16 de 0 Bere 224 Oats 2:4 Pigs 24s Od to 32s Od 28s Od per at Quantity sold at the Highest Prices: 14 barrels white wheat; 18 red ; ii barley, 0 beret; 34 0 09 ; 8 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week Wheat, 347. Barley, 958. Oats, 4,093. Pigs, 423. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. First quality Second quality l6s Second quality Third quality Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality ..... ..... 52s Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for the week ending Jan. 4 : Pigs, 1,608. Sheep, 154. Cows, 9J. Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s Od ; extra 14s ( k l a .,; seconds, llsOd to 12, Od; household s 9 s t o 10 s 6d ; thi r ds, 6s to o. per cwt. Oatmeal 10s 6d to Os; Indian meal 7s 3d to 7s 6d; whe l _,,, i. meal. 10s to lOs 6d per cwt. India n co rn 712 s 6d t o 7110 s Oct Ps' ton. Bran 87s 6d to 90s per ton. Hay—Farmers 30s to 445; averse 36s ' • dealers 44, to 50s Od; av erage 48 s per t on . Straw—Fara:le 18s Od to 30s Od; ave rage 26 5; d ea l ers 3 6 s 04 to 80 0 average 00s 04 per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 61 household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 10d t ° I2d per lb. Eggs-5s Od to 5s 6d per hundred. Newuort 16, 04; Lydney 17s ; Landore 14s ; Neath 13s 6d per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 40e per Cw; Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. —Beef 4d to 4id ; mutton 4d to 6d; veal 44 5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per: a ; Hops 6110 s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312, 6d to 31 51 Yr. ton. Bark—B ar b ary 7 1 O s to 8 1 Os ; Valonia 151 to 01; Frey,'" 61 Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 15, per stoat Hemp 321 to 34/ pe r t on . Fi s h— S cotc h h err i ngs 21s to 0 0 0 ; re ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ to 111100 ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton; red pine, 31 10s; Ye_ ll°° ditto, 21 15s per to n; d ea l s , 12, to 15 s per 100. Hi d eo ' Market 23, to 325, salted 24, to 32s per owt ; calf VW"' 3kd to 3id per lb. Potatoes, white 7id to 10d ; Minion 10d to 12d. Guan o — Peruvian:llllos ; lchaboe, 81 to 91 0. per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. SEABORNE MAILS. When made up in From what when PLACES. General Post-oilice port die. due. London. patched. Africa (West coast)• • America (via N. York by British packet) ..*N January 31 Liverpool .. Jan. 16 America (via Boston by British packet) .. N January 17 Liverpool .. Jan. 29 America (by Uaited } January 10 Liverpool & 1 _- States packet).. N Southampt. Belgium • • • • • • N Daily .. .• Dover .. Daily Brazil • • .. . 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 24 Buenos Ayres M 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 24 California(viaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. Feb. S Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Plymouth .• Central America .. AL 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Channel Isles • • N Mon., Wed., & F r i . Southampt, Tu. ss , Chill .3i 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20 France .. •.M & N Twice daily .. .. Dover TwicedailY Harnburgh •N Tuesday & Friday London Tues. "" Holland .. M Wednes. & Satur. London .. Alon. Thur• 31 . 8, 3IN T l 7 w tl i i ce of da tl u t.;m .. oat . h . Southampt. Jan. 20 Ireland llondu r a s India (via Southamp.) 31 20th of the month South pt. India ( v ia Marseilles) N 7th S t 24th of month Dover • • Jan. 28 Madeira .. .• N Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th o f th e mon th ,Southampt. Jan. 20 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .- N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Jan. 23 Mediterranean (by French packet via j T a w n ild s a li f Marseilles) Mexico . AI 2d of the month.. ISouthampt. Jan. 20 Peninsular.. .. 7tll,l7th,27thotino Southampt. ! Jan. 15 Peru • • •. 31 17th of the month Southampt.iJan. 20 West Indies .. AL 17th of the month Southampt. 'Jan. 2 0 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) Al 2d of the month .. Southampt. 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On the 4th inst., at the Rectory, Akeley, Buckingham, the wife of the Rev. J. 11. Risley. OF A DAUGHTER. On the Bth inst., at Manchester square, the wife of Sidney Gurney, Esq. At Deal, on the sth inst., the wife of J. B. BackhouseP C. 8., late Captain and Brevet-Major Bengal Artillery. JIARRIBD. On the 7th in s t., at St. George's, Hanover-square, C a ptaio A. C. Gleig, Royal Artillery, to Jessie, only daughter of Jobi l Stuart, Esq., M.P. On the 7th inst., at Everdon, Northam tonshire, the Bit W. T. Br own i ng. 8 . A ., o f E xeter College, Oxford, to Mary Eleanor, only daughter of the Rev. G. R. Green. 81-Aq rector of Everdon and Fellow of Eton College. • Dim) At Portsmouth, on the 7th inst., Captain Sir Henry Back' Wood, R.N., commanding H. M. ship Vengeance. At Madeira, on the 26th ult., J. D. Webster Gordon, EA" brother of the late Rear-Admiral James M. Gordon, aged tit• On the 6th inst., at Cheltenham, Major J,Williams, KO' On the 4th inst.., at Bagshot, Surrey, H. Robinson, DI-, On the Bth inst., in Wohurn-square. Sarah, re lict of toll late T. Davy, Esq., of Gould-square, aged 84. f• 0 On the Bth inst., aged 23, Catherine Caroline , the vide the Rev. J. V. Povab, of Tavistock-square. • On the Bth inst., aged 19, Robert Augustus Charles, eldest son of Mr. R. Skegg, of St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-squar e ' On the Bth inst., Ebenezer Thompson, E sq ., f or merly 0 Norwood, Surrey, aged 89. On the ith inst,, in York-place, Portman-square, Fanny eldest daughter of the Its eCaptain W, D ower o.N. 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