The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-19 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (SATURDAY.) Group E. THE NORTHUMBERLAND AND NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK LINES. The Committee met this morning at elevell o'clock, and the cross-examination of Mr. Robert Stephenson, the eminent engineer, was resumed by Mr. Sergeant WRAXGHA3I.—It appears from one of Mr. Samuda's experiments that there is a greater tenuity produced at that end of the pipe next the engine than at the other. The barometer rises as the pipe becomes exhausted; and in one of his experiments referred to the barometer was falling and the fluid was consequently be coming less ratified. In the experiment tried by carrying 64 tons 17 miles In an hour by the atmospheric principld, the mean velocity on the last quarter of a mile was slightly augmented. It must take some time before 64 tons could be put in mo tion, but the space of time depends upon the amount pf forgo applied. In the experiment Just alluded to, the barometer was raised to 24 inches. It was remarkably uniform, and commenced at 22 inches, or 111 b. per square inch, and 24 4.10 at the close. It rose to 24 inches during the first quarter of a mile, and the speed continued to increase slightly. On the atmospheric line a stoppage of 15 minutes must take place at every point, and in his experiments 17 minutes were taken up, consequent on the impossibility of attaining an uniform velocity ; and even assuming that Mr. Brunel is correct in stating that 2i minutes are sufficient for exhaustion in every mile, it would be impossible to calculate the stoppages with reference to uniform speed at less than 15 minutes, when proceeding at the rate of 50 miles an hour. To go over a distance of three miles, 11 minutes are required from the moment the train is attempted to be moved lentil the three miles are gone over. He is now speaking of a4O ton train, and he is of opinion that the general rate of travelling will not exceed seventeen miles an hour, but it may go at a some what greater speed as the train approaches the engine. Mr. Brunel maintains, that by means of this tank gtd by working the motive power half the vacuum is obtained] but this only redaces the time in pumping, but as there is but one engine to work the two tubes, there is no gain in point of time and :epeed after the vacuum is obtained. Thinks that from the great pressure on the reservoirs, they must be made of iron. The pressure on them would be 1,200 tons, or 7ilb. per square inch, or half a ton to a foot. There is great dan ger to be apprehended from trains on atmospheric railways, whether the trains go right through or stop at particular stations. In the case of a train going right through, and no other train coming upon the line, then accidents are to be ap hended at the level crossings only. Does not recollect any accident having accursed on the Great Western and the London and Birmingham from trains going through -when they arrived at the level crossings, but then there ..are few level crossings to be met with on either line. On the Blackwall line the switches at the Minories are locked, and the danger is thereby in some measure o veviated. The accidents on the Blackwall, where the awiiches are placed at the Minorim, arose from mo• mentam, which he anticipates would be a cause from -which danger would be greatly to be apprehended on an atmospheric railway. The eagineman at the station should, if possible, be aware of the approach of a train, but he is not necessarily so from the working of the pump, because the pumping goes on when perhaps there is no train on the line. It is ridiculous to suppose that the engineman, whose attention is absorbed by watching the working of a large machine, could attend to the moving of the switches on the approach of the trains, and he thinks it would be most improper to devolve such a duty on a per son who has otherwise enough to attend to. Has known of accidents occurring from self acting "switches, from going back after having been properly opened. The Peterborough line, although a single line railway, is unobjectionable with the present traffic, but if the traffic increases much, two rails will become absolutely necessary. His experience of the running of large monster trains is not that they are always behind time—on the contrary, they are generally punctual. Delays might arise when monster trains are run, from a desire to accommodate the public. Is aware that there is an ob jection entertained at the Board of Trade ag ainst monster trains, but not against excursion trainee ilasalways recom mended the South-Eastern line to divide these monster trains. The large engines which he has lately constructed, and which he believes to be the largest in the world, are ca pable of carrying 600 or 700 tons at a speed of from 12 to 15 mike an hour, and he has tried one in which it pro pelled 500 tons at 18 miles an hour, and he con eid-s the engine capable of carrying 800 tons at the rate of ten miles an hour. They are of 300-horse power. The goitre trains are dispatched at night for the con venienee of carriers and the public, and not for any particular object which a railway company has in selecting night trains for carrying goods. It is, of course, cheaper to a railway company to concentrate the goods and forward them in large trains, than if they were to forward them by smaller trains. The 300 horse-power engines are net used to carry passengers, but for goods only. Again examined in chief by Mr. Itemeraern—Resistance is eon. nosed of three elements—the first, is the mere friction, which is 81b. per ton; the next, is the resistance arising from gravity when the rail is not leeel, and that resistance is, of course, variable; the force of gravity on 1 in 100, being 99 1 b. per ton; and the third arises from the atmosphere, which varies with the velocity. Gravity contains two laws, weight and bulk. The experiments made by Wisc. Locke, Wood, and the ether engineers, at the request of the British Aeeociatien, were made on trains varying from thirty to thity-flve tons, which is about the tonnage proposed to be carried on the at mospheric lines; and in drawing my de4lectiens from these experiments, I bore in mind a particular part of their re pent. It is that atmospheric resistance depends kip= the number of carriages of which a train is composed—the re sistance varying according to the number, or the resistance to two carriages is doubl e that to one carriage. On the Peterborough line only two trains meet in one day, and the line has been purposely constructed to have two rails, and there is a clause in their Act which empowers the Board of Trade to compel them to have two rails whenever that is deemed necessary. There is an electric telegraph on this line. It is much easier to pull up with a locomotive than with the atmospheric power, because when the steam is turned off there is only the momentum to contend with, and even this can be counteracted by moving the engine backwards; but on the atmospheric line the train continues to advance by the power by which it is propelled, besides the momentum, until it has had time to be controlled by means of the valve. If two thousand men were to be sent from one place to another by an atmospheric rail way,i t is evident, from the diagram , that the line would be entirely stopped. because it appears that between many of the trains there is an interval of an hour and a half. Recollects when a large body of troops and a great quantity of material were forwarded by the Birmingham Railway, three or four years ago, and they were dispatched with great expedition. _ _ _ Malir_DrAuD—Yes ; and I remember that a French officer who was present told me that he was so much surprised with it that he considered that railways must effect a revolution in military science. Mr. ALEXAMDER, Q.C.—They have at last got a good witness in the case—(Laughter)—and as he is so ready to give his testimony to the Committee, I hope he will not forget to recommend the French officer to the favourable attention of Marshal Soult.—(Laughter.) The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Mon day. DEATH OF A SUPPOSED MURDERER.. Saturday, May 31, Monday, June 2, Tuesday, June 3, and Wednesday, June 4—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. Thursday, June s—Motions. Friday, June 6—Petition-day ; petitions (unopposed first), short causes, and causes. Saturday, June 7, Monday, Jane 9, and Wednesday, Juno 11— Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. Thursday, June 11—Motions. (Before Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce.) Thursday, May 22—Motions and dimes. Friday, May 23—Petition-day; petitions and causes. Saturday, May 24—Short causes and causes. Monday, May 26, and Tuesday, May 27—Pleas, de murrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. Wednesday, May 28—Bankrupt petitions, and pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, &e. Thursday, May 29—Motions and causes. Friday, May 30—Petition. day; petitions and causes. Saturday, May 31—Short causes and causes. Monday, June 2, and Tuesday, June 3—Pleas, demur rers, exceptions, causes, and further directons. Wednesday, June 4—Bankrupt petitions and causes. Thursday, June s—Motions and causes. Friday, June 6—Petition-day; petitions and causes. Saturday, June 7—Short causes and causes. Monday, June 9, and Tuesday, June 10—Pleas, de murrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. Wednesday, June 11—Bankrupt petitions, and pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, &c. Thursday, June 12—Motions. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wigram.) Thursday, May 22—Motions and causes. Friday, May 23—Petition day ; pleas, demurrers, ex ceptions causes, and further directions. Saturday, May 24—Short causes, petitions (the unop posed first), and causes. Monday, May 26 ; Tuesday, May 27 ; and Wednes day, May 28—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, aid further directions. Thursday, May 29—Motions and pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, &a. Friday, May 30—Petition day ; pleas, demurrers, ex ceptions, causes, &c. Saturday, May 31—Short causes, petitions (the unop posed first), and causes. Monday, June 2 ; Tuesday, June 3 ; and Wednesday, June 4—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and fur ther directions. Thursday, June s—Motions and ditto. Friday, June 6 , .—Petition day: pleas, demurrers, ex ceptions, causes, and further directions. Saturday, June 7—Short causes, petitions (the unop posed first), and causes. Monday, June 9 ; Tuesday, June 10; and Wednesday, June 11—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and fur ther directions. Thursday, June 12—Motions and ditto. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) Thomas H'kiffin, a sailor, aged 18, was indicted for feloniously personating John Foley, a seaman belonging to her Majesty's ship Conway, and entitled to receive a share in certain prize money, called Chinese Donation Batta, with intent to defraud the East India Company. On the 3d of April the prisoner presented himself to Mr. Smith, of the military department of the East India Company, and, presenting a certificate purporting to be signed by the first lieutenant of his ship, said his name was Foley. The money, 112. 45., having been previously paid to the proper party, the prisoner was taken into custody. He said ha had received the certificate from a person in Ratcliffe Highway, whom he had never seen before. Mr. DOANE, on behalf of the prisoner, said it was evi dent he was the dupe of other pc>rsons. Mr. Justice COLTMAN summed up, and the jury, after some deliberation, found the prisoner guilty of uttering, but without a felonious intent to defraud. The JUDGE said they must either find a verdict of guilty or not guilty. The jury then retired, and after an absence of three hours they were sent for by the judges, when Mr. Justice Coltman asked if he could render them any assistance. They replied in the negative. After a further de liberation they returned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. Mr. Justice Com-HAN - said that, adopting the recom mendation of the jury, he should pass upon the pri soner the lowest sentence within his power. He should, however, forward a recommendation to the Secretary of State far a further miti gation. At present the lowest sentence the law enabled him to pronounce for the offence of which the prisoner had been convicted was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for the space of two years. William Thomas Sharp was indicted for secreting, embezzling, and stealing the sums of 211. 2s. 6d., 131., and 81. 133., which he had received for and on account of Sir W. Magnay and Co., t ) whom he was clerk and servant. The circumstances of this case have already been be fore the public. The CommoN SERGEANT summed up, and the jury, after deliberating for ten minutes, delivered a verdi,:t o 1 Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to seven years' transpor. tation. _ _ _ Frederick Wm. Zabel, a German, was indicted for the manslaughter of John Frederick Gobett, one of his countrymen. It appeared that on the 6th of May the parties met at public•house inWhitechapel, where they had a quarrel ; they afterwards fought outside, and during a scut- that took place between them, the deceased slipped off the curb-stone and fell with great violence. He sustained such severe injury thereby as to occasion his cleath two days afterwards. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The COURT sentenced the prisoner to one month's soli tary confinement. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSION-HO USE. Application was made to the Lord Mayor, by a solici tor, on behalf of a man named George Gumm, who was committed from the Mansion-house, in the Mayoralty of Sir William Magnay, upon the charge of having received bank notes which were supposed to have been stolen on hoard a Boulogne steam-vessel. The case was a very singular one. Gumm had been committed to Newgate by Sir Peter Laurie, but was ac quitted, no evidence having been produced on the trial. In his lodgings, Daniel Forrester, the officer, found several watches, seals, chains, and other articles of jewel lery, which Gumm, upon being questioned as to the manner in which he had become possessed of them, stated that he had found them in a bundle, on Notting -hill. From that statem en t h e h a d no t a t all deviated, a nd up wards of twelve months hating elapsed since the goods were found without producing a claimant, it was argued, upon the part of Gumm, that he was entitled to them. Mr. King, solicitor to Gumm, on these grounds, ap plied for the restoration of the property, and added that the circumstance of the finding had been advertised in the Times newspaper without effect. The LORD MAYOR—Under what Act of ?ornament does this man apply to have the goods given up to him ? He is not the owner of the goods by his own acknow ledgment. On Thursday the Bth inst., Mr. Hitchins held an in queet at Lincoln Castle, on the body of Wra. llowitt, who, since Sept. 1842, had been imprisoned on the charge of the wilful murder of Mary Spencer, schoolmistress, at Quadring. The prisoner, it will be remembered, was brought up for trial at the March assizes, 1843, but being deaf and dumb, and, consequently, unable to understand the proceedings, was remanded during her Majesty's pleasure. From the evidence it appeared that the supposed murderer, who was a vigorous and healthy youne• man when he wtts committed, retained his health for some time, but eventually began to betray signs of indisposition ; and that, in July last, he became so unwell us to require medical attendance. Becoming , worse, he was removed to the infirmary in January last, when he gradually sank. From the medical testimony, it appeared that for some considerable time he had suffered from diseased lungs and spitting of blood. The daily minutes of the prison -surgeon were read, and showed that the de ceased had received the most prompt and constant attention ; and h appeared that he was enabled to make himself generally well understood with regard to anything he wished to have, and occasionally expressed his desire in weitinq. In this way be communicated his wishes as to the diet he desired, frequently varying the food. Ia summing up, the Coroner observed that, respecting all deaths occurring in prison., the law directed that an inquiry should be instituted before a jury. In this case the evidence showed that even ebe most atrocious criminals, when afflicted, experienced every humane attention. Formerly the custom was to empannel a jury composed of an equal number of prisoners and householders in cases of this sort ; the custom had been properly abolished. Ia criminal cases, the law, jealous of unjust prejudice, provided that a foreigner might demand a jury consti tuted of six foreigners and six Englishmen. The jury on this occasion expressed their satisfaction with the treatment the deceased had experienced, and returned a verdict of " died from diseased lungs." The evidence against the deceased was of so convincing a nature that no doubt can be entertained that he was the perpetrator of the foul murder for which he bas now gone to answer at the tribunal of his Maker. He was a person of exceedingly malicidas disposition, and resistance to a lustful attack was supposed to have been the exciting cause of the murder of his un offending victim. The prisoner's wearing apparel stained with Mood, and the knife with which the dreadful deed was committed, were found in his box at the resi dence* of his father. The body of the unfortunate schoolmistress was mangled in the most shocking manner. He was arraigned before Baron Gurney, in March, 1843, and as it was stated that those ac quainted with him could only make him understand some things by signs, and not everything a knowledge of which they wished to communicate, the judge said that, "if lie could not undirstand hat took place, the trial would be a mere mockery."—Stamford Mercury. The Solicitor—He is the finder, and as nobody► claims we are to look upon him as the owner. Mr. Ktng then produced the following letters in answer to applications made by him, on the part of Gumm, to the Lords of the Tredsury and the Lady of the Manor of the district of which Notting-hill forms a part : " 7th May, 1845. "Sir,—The Lord 3 Commissioners of the Treasury having had before them your application in behalf of Mr. George Gumm, respecting some property supposed to have been stolen from a Boulogie steam vessel, I am commanded to acquaint you that, under the circum stances stated, it does not appear to my Lords that the Crown has any legal claim to the property in question. —Your obedient servant, " C. TREVILLIAN. " 6, Old Palace-yard." " Janumty 31, 1845. " Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th. Understanding from your letter that the property was found at Notting run in the public road unconcealed, I do not conceive that the Lady of the Manor has any claim to it, and therefore, on her part, I make none, and do not feel it necessary to trouble her on the subject. I am, your obedient servant, " BENJAMIN CURREY." The LORD MAYOR said that he could not at that mo ment make any order. It was quite evident that Gumm was not the owner, and it had not been satisfactorily ex plained that the property should be given up to him. Perhaps the real owner might yet come forward. Mr. King submitted that the facts of the advertise ments in the Times, and the length of time since the goods had been found and remained without a claimant, were unanswerable arguments in favour of the appli eation. The LORD MAYOR—I shall give you an answer on Monday. It is quite impassible that without looking into the case, I can consent to give up the property stated to have come into the possession of the applicant in such a manner. TRINIT Y TERM. SITTING€ IN CHANCERY IN THE ENSUING TERM AT WESTMINSTER -HALL. (Before the Lord Ch ance l lor.) Thursclay, (Before 22 —Appeal 'notions. Friday, May 23—Petition day. aturdoty, May 24, Monday, 26, Tow:day, 9 7, and Wednesday, 28—Appeals. Thursday, May 29 -Appeal motions. F r id a y, May 30—Petition day, unopposed petitions only, and appeals. Saturday, May 31, Monday, June 2, Tuesday, 3, and Wednesday, 4—Appeals. Thursday, June 5-,-Appeal motions. rriiay, June 6 —Petitioa day, unopposed potiti, - ns only, any: appeals. STaterdiy, June 7, Monday; 9, Tuesday, 10, and Wed 11—AppealA. Thursday', June 12—Appeit motiols. Note.—Such days as his Lordship is occupied in the Ifouse of Lords excepted. (fl fore the vice _Chancellor of England.) - • Tbursdar, May 22—Motiors: Friday, May 23—Petition-day, petitions (the unop possd first), short causes, Szt.. So.tarday, May 24, Monday, May 26, Tuesday, May 27, and Wednesday, May 2S—fleas, demurrers, excep- Oons, causes, and further directions. Thursday. May 20—Motions. Friday, May 30—Petition-day ; petitions (unopposed first), short causes, and causes. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAX 19, 1845. longing to take it, everything, in fact, goes with him into his grave religiously. Gravely, also, is it whispered into the ear of the dead man that he may nest satisfied in his grave, that his black friends will, without fail, avenge his death. And in consideration of this arrangement, he is requested to refrain from terrifying his old friends and tribe ; that he must not haunt them with alien voices, or the footmarks of strange feet about their encampments. The mourners wear their white paint mourning, never washing them selver, even if months should elapse before they have performed their vow to the deceased. When they have tasted the enemy's kidney-fat the mourn ing ceases. This is a miserable superstition, and causes a great deal of bloodshed. To discover in what direction the enemy of the dead is to be found they take an insect and observe in what direction it crawls, and that is an infallible indication. In that quarter they go, no matter how far. The first native crossing their path is the murderer of the dead, and, in his turn, becomes the murdered. One death, even a natu ral death, thus becomes, through ignorance and superstitious custom, thecans© of many unnatural deaths. Another of their inhuman and inhos pitable superstitions is that regarding strangers. How different from the Jewish or Christian code, by which strangers are privileged and sacred people, " Thou shalt in nowise hurt the stranger in thy gate." Imme diately that a strange native is found by any tribe in their neighbour all the people are in a state of tumult, yelling, and getting ready their weapons of war for his instant destruction ; for their belief is that, if they do not kill him, they will themselves generally and most fatally be visited with dysentery.—Howitts Impressions of Australia Felix. GUILDHALL. EXTENSIVE FItALTDS.—B;;;; B arnett, a general . dealer, living at No. 6, Broad-street, St. Giles's, H ilham Simpson, alias Butcher, Timothy Long, and a lad named Thomas Russell, the latter of whom was in custody of a Windsor police-constable, were charged before Mr. Alderman T. Wood with having carried on an extensive system of robbery in the houses of Messrs. Morrison and Co., Leaf and Co., and others in the City. Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, appeared to prosecute ; and Mr. R u bi nson an d M r. W ontner attende d f or t h e prisoner. - From a quantity of evidence adduced it appears that a week or so since the above -named firms discovered that they had been clef raudca to forged order s , p urport i ng to be ' signede extent of nearly lOUL by men at the wezt en I o f the tow'who bdy,, dealt tr withtain t trades men and who, for convenience sake, Lorein the h Ilk rd o e n ra ti ‘ i were i L in of forwarding orl 4A ers f,br go: s . • variably present e d by the lad Russell, and orders bein,7, detected, a full description given of him.O n Tuesd ty he was tAten into en:to a tl attempting to pass bad mo ne y, and hlvin-"gSlanbuctht'twroor pounds' worth of counterfeit coi n i n his possession ; when ho informed the constable, who had hum in charg e , of the many transactions he had been implicat e d in, and at the seine time gave him a kind of statement so as to instruct him in finding the prisoners, the parties who had instigated him in committing the robberies. Ac cordingly the constables, in company with the lad and two of the City policem?n, went into a public-house in St. Giles's, and on entkring they saw Simpson and Long. Russell excluinicd, " Ah : Butcher, how are you ?" who was about to shake hands with him, but withdrew it on perceiving a police-constable behind him. They were then apprehended on the charge of having uttered the forged orders; and the prisoner Bar nett was subsequently taken into custody at his resi dence for receiving the property gained by the orders, well knowing it to be stolen. Mr. HumPanixs begged for a remand, as the police considered that they could bring several charges—very serious ones too—against the three first-named prisoners. He believed that the system of robbery now brought to light had been carried on to much extent. Mr Alderman T. Wood said he was almost of the same opinion; and remanded the prisoners until Thurs. day, at the same time refusing bail. BOW-STREET. Charles Clifford, described on the police-sheet as an attorney, residing at No. 30, Duke-street, St. James's, was placed at the bar, charged with indecently assaulting Sarah Price, aged ten years, with intent to commit a rape upon her. Constable Gibson, 175 A, stated that he was passing through Northumberland-street, on his way to Scotland yard, about half-past two in the morning, when he ob served the prisoner and the prosecutrix, and he consi dered it his duty to take them to the station-house. The child, being questioned lay the magistrate, pre vious to the depositions being taken in the usual form, said she had no father alive, and she was lodging with a Mrs. Bishop, in Orchard-street, Westminster. She was sitting at the step of a door, at Charing• cross, with two bunches of flowers in her hand for sale, when the pri soner passed, and induced her to accompany him to a bye-place, where he committed the offence. She gave no alarm. Mr. M'Cann the surgeon considered the child was under twelve years of age, and that there were no marks of any abuse. Mrs. Bishop said that the prosecutrix came up from Liverpool about three weeks back with her mother, who got her living by selling small articles in the streets, and had not since returned. She knew her since she was fifteen months old, ,but could not exactly say what her age might be. The prisoner, being called upon for his defence, said he was returning home when he met the child, who offered to sell him flowers, which he refused, and having made improper overtures to him, :he unfortunately ac cepted of them, in consequence of the quantity he had drank. Mr. TWYFORD said if he had evidence that could be depended on that the child was under the age of ten years, he would commit the prisoner on the capital charge ; but as the surgeon and the woman, to a certain extent, had shown she was under twelve years, it reduced the offence to a misdemeanour, for which the prisoner should be committed for trial. The prisoner said he was in practice, but not a man of fortune, and, consequently, could not procure heavy bail. Mr. TWIFORD ordered him to put in bail, himself in 2004 and two sureties in 100/. each, with forty-eight hours' notice, to answer the charze at the sessions, and the child to be taken to the workhouse. CLERKEN WELL. Mary Wilson, an old woman, was put at the bar before Mr. Greenwood. charged with uttering counterfeit money to Mrs. Fitchett, wife of Jacob Fitchett, pro prietor of the George public-house, in the New North road, Islington. Mr. Powell, the solicitor for the Mint, attended to prosecute. Mrs. Fitchett stated that on Tuesday night the pri soner came to her husband's house and asked for half a pint of beer, in payment of which, she tendered a bad sixpence ; witness at the instant detected the fraud ; but notwithstanding that, she gave her fivepence change, and without any remark to her allowed her to go away, suspecting she would return again in a few days and make a second uttering. This step she had taken by advice, having been told that it was necessary to prove two utterings to ensure a punishment. After the departure of the pri soner witness marked the sixpence with the date of the month, and carefully put it away. As witness antici pated, the prisoner paid her another visit, and for two pennyworth of gin gave a bad shilling, and witness gave her full change. _ _ Mr. Powell' remarked that there was such a difficulty in prosecutions of this sort, that he hoped similar strata gems would be resorted to. The prisoner was committed to Newgate. She said it was of no use contradicting the evidence. WANDSWORTH. THE ADVANTAGE OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS.— ELOPEMENT AND ROBBERT.—Robert Lane, a man about 35 years of age, dressed as a seafaring man, and Amelia Spencer, a young woman ofconsiderable psrsonal attr«c tions, were placed in the dock before Mr. Clive, charged with stealing the sum of 371. Is. 6d., the property of the father of the female prisoner. The apprehension of the prisoners may be attributable solely to the electric tele graph on the South Western Railway being brought into application, as the guilty parties had left Gosport some time when information of the robbery was brought to the station. Mr. Da!by, the superintendent of the South Western Railway Police, stated that on Friday afternoon, about three o'clock, he received information from the telegraph office at Nine Elms, that a robbery had been committed at West End, South Stoneham, near Southampton, and that the accused parties were in the train that left Gos port at half-past twelve o'clock. A personal description of the parties accompanied the communication. Witness procured the assistance of Sergeant Emmerson, 16 V, and when the train arrived at half-past three o'clock, the prisoners were taxed with stealing the sum of 371. ' odd, and taken into custody. They seemed thunder struck at finding that the robbery was already known in London, and that their arrival had been anticipated. Sergeant Emmerson stated that upon searching the male prisoner at the station-house, he found two.purses on him, one containing all in gold, and the other 7s. Superintendent Dalby said the young woman admitted at the station that she had taken the money—that she met the prisoner at Bishopstoke ; went from there to Gosport, and from thence to London, and that on the road she gave the male prisoner the whole of the money. A letter was found upon her person from the male pri soner, asking her to elope with him, and stating that he had got a house ready for her. It appeared from what had since transpired, that this man was married and had a numerous young family. A respectably dressed, middle-aged woman was then called forward. She was absorbed in grief, and for sonic time was incapable of speaking. After a short delay she said that her name was Caroline Spencer ; that she was the wife of James Spencer, a carman, living at West End, South Stoneham, near Southampton, and the female prisoner was her daughter. The male prisoner was to have married her daughter, who left her place on Monday last for that purpose ; but her late master, Dr. Buller, having ascertained that the pri soner Lane was a married man, communicated that fact to witness and her husband, and consequently Lane was forbid the house. Her daughter was present when Dr. Buller made the announcement, and must have heard it. Witness intended to have sent her to London on Friday morning, that she might be out of the prisoner's way. The prisoner must have got scent of this arrange ment and turned it to his own advantage. Her daughter left home for the train at a quarter to ten o'clock, and at tea minutes past she discovered that a little box containing 371. is. 6d. had been stolen out of a large chest. She proceeded to the nearest sta tion, Bishopstoke, and there found that her daughter had gone to Gosport. To this place she proceeded as quickly as possible, and when she arrived learnt that her daughter and the man Lane had started for London together. Having given the necessary information she remained at the station, and in three hours learned that the prisoners had been apprehended in London. Sergeant Emmerson said, that the little box alluded to was found upon the f ema l e p r i soner . Mr. CLIVE asked the prisoner Lane if he wished to enter into any defence at that time—if he did so, he would hear him. The prisoner said he knew nothing about the money ; he left Bishopstoko on the preceding morning for Gos port, with the intention of proceeding to Chatham. When he got to Gosport he net Miss Spencer, who said she was going to Loudon, and he agreed to go with her. She paid the fares, and had, as he thought, only a few shillings left, but when they had got within a few miles of London, she gave him 311. in gold, stating that it was money she had drawn from the savings bank. The female prisoner here exclaimed, " That is not true, Robert ; I told you, at Gosport, I had taken it from my father, and you said, well, we had better go to London." The mother here said she did not wish to hurt her daughter. Mr. CLIVE observed that the case must go for trial ; and the only question for his consideration was, whether the prisoners should be sent down into Hampshire for examination, or be committed fiom that Court. Mr. CLrva consulted with Mr. Fletcher, the chief clerk, and ultimately decided that the prisoners must be removed into Hampshire. The prisoners, who did not exhibit the least uneasi ness at the unpleasant situation in which they were placed, were then given into the custody of Superin tendent Dalby and Sergeant Emmerson. CURIOUS IDEAS OF THE AUS- TR ALIA N BLACKS. -- Their legends and traditions I have received with some caution, knowing well in what kind of soil they have grown : often planted there by romancing shepherd s , and afterwards adopted by the dark people as their own. The idea generally Entertained by the blacks that they at their decease go to Van Diemen's Land and come back white fellows originated no doubt in this way. Buckley, on his first appearance amongst them, the first European they had seen, was received as the re appearance of a native just dead, whom, in every respect, except colour, he closely resembled ; was fully believed to be the very man ; was adopted by the dead man's friends and tribe, and called by his name. No doubt hat the similarity, for tunately for Buckley, saved his life. Afterwards, when settlers streamed over from Van Diemen's Land, and the natives heard it mentioned almost only as the place whence the white people came, and, probably, seeing many others in person or feature resembling their dead relatives that they sheuld have such an ilea is nothing sinru!ar or wonderful. Much more singular and curious ideas they have. Strange, indeed, is their notion of death, or rather that, with the constant and palpable decey of the human frame before their eves, they have no belief in death from natural causes. Al! death:; they consider to be the result of accident, malice, or magic. When a death the - curs, they decide that the decea , ed person's kidney-fat ed l_i btrk oir a yg s heno li lra e ydg en stii:r.aa s w t n o ,anr l e ht n looogb a a : n: hc: a iye y .rzi vs i b n t ori e iai e ed t b nd y some limbs, o sir y oab e ,ty: e rls) n tt, r e iimpn strips ao, belonging flaublmad ind to him serupelously and Y s superstitiously, ; Y ear imple ments, wailer dao.aulbleiret.,baorrreuciP,F2d broken ; amn rutlelesge,unws,ithit the to highly valued, ne d s, 'although ever has any, even money, are in spite of itching hands white anti black ENGLISH ETIQUETTE. The ceremonial observed by the Tudor sovereigns ap proached absurdity. When the sisters of the young King Edward the Sixth dined with him they were not permitted even a chair, but sat on a bench sufficiently distant from the King for his canopy not to overhang them; and, when Elizabeth dined with Queen Mary and Philip of Spain, though heiress presumptive to the kingdom, and treated as such, she was carefully placed outside the cloth of estate. But King James the First carried this etiquette quite as far; for we read that, on the 4th of June, 1610, he created his son Prince Henry Prince of Wales, having previously knighted him, without which honour he was incapable of sitting at dinner with his Sovereign, though his father. Elizabeth was intrenched chin-deep in observances. . . . If we are to credit the opinion of the witty fashionist of the day, De Grammont, such manifestations were more honoured in the breach than the observance. When dining in state on one occasion, King Charles made his favourite remark, that he was served upon the knee, a mark of re spect not common at other courts. " I thank your Ma jesty for the explanation," replied De Grammont ; " I thought they were begging pardon for giving you sobad a dinner." The customs which were of necessity habitual at meals form a curious contrast to this superabundant display of etiquette. We do not, indeed, read of ladies sitting under the table, or of one lady in particular being enviably placed there (as erst at the coronation of Anne Boleyn), "to hold a fine cloth before the Queen's face when she list to spit, or do otherwise at her pleasure. But, most certain it is, that the prudish maiden Queen fed herself with her fingers. It is a mis take to say that forks were not known then, for Elizabeth possessed several, which had been pre sented to her ; but it is certain they were not used, nor for a considerable time after did they become common. Indeed, the prejudice was as rife against them, even among the higher classes, as it is now against machinery among the lower ones. One divine preached against the use of forks, as " an insult on Providence, not to touch one's meat with one's fin gers." * * * Forty years after this forks were still a novelty, as may be inferred from a passage in Heglin's Cosmography," published in 1652. " The use of silver forks with us, by some of our spruce gallants, taken up of late, came from hence into Italy, and from thence into England." For a long time after their introduction into England they were considered as a most superb mark of coxcombry ; anti it appe•irs that then, even as now, empty-beaded young men affected to display their consequence by the parade of foreign fopperies. —M s. Stone's Chronicles of Pastime. DIRECTIONS FOR AIDING OR EF FECTING ESCAPE FROM FIRE. The following important directions for aiding or effecting escape from fire have recently been issued by the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, and, if acted upon, will prove the means of preventing many of those appalling accidents which it is so fre quently our painful duty to record :- 1. Every householder should make each person in his house well acquainted with the parts thereof which afford the best means of escape, whether the fire break out at the top or at the bottom, and, in securing the street door and lower windows for the night, care should be taken that an easy outlet for every member of the house is not thus prevented, in case of fire. [A coil of rope in the upper pint of the house will be found the most available escape that can be kept on the promises.] 2. It is the duty of all to be well acquainted with the various fire-escape stations of the Royal Society, and the places in their own neighbourhoods where ladders, ropes, &e., are generally at hand. 3. On an alarm of fire it should be the object of all persons to direct their efforts to save the inmates, and when the fire occurs near one of the society's stations, see that instant notice is forwarded to the conductor ; if at a considerable distance from any station, call to mind where a ladder has been seen, and especially ropes or chains ; pending their arrival see the next direction be observed. 4. Two well qualified persons (constables or others) should ascend to the roof, through the adjoining house; it is often the case that most efficient assistance can be rendered the inmates, by an entrance to the upper part of the building on fire; from thence Dither by the win dow, the loft door, or removing the tiles. 5. As soon as the ropes are brought, letone be conveyed to the upper windows of both the houses on either side of the one on fire, and one end of each dropped into the street, which may speedily be attached to the two ends of an ordinary length ladder or a baker's large basket (this can be obtained at any hour of the night ;) the greatest care should always be bestowed in securing the ropes to the same ; in the absence of these, the ropes should bo well tied together, so as form a line across the house on fire. The parties above may then with common care haul the same clear of the flames, and bring it before the window where the persons waiting to escape are. The avoiding the flames will be -aided by a guide rope attached and held in the street ; repeated descents could thus be quickly made ; and if a person would ascend from the street in the firstlinstance, he would render great service, as it generally happens that the inmates are unable to help themselves. 6. When a fire occurs in a narrow street, assistance can be given most efficiently from the windows of the opposite houses, particularly by means of a ladder placed across from window to window. 7. When no other means present themselves, the by standers had better collect all the blankets, &c., at hand, and thus be prepared for the inmates throwing them selves from the windows ; if there be a scarcity of bed ding, a blanket or carpet stretched out by several per sons will serve the purpose. 8. Inmates at the first alarm should endeavour calmly to reflect what means of escape there are in the house ; if in bed at the time, wrap themselves in a blanket or bedside carpet, and neither open windet4tnor doors more than necessary, and shut every doOt 'them. If there is much smoke a wet silk handkerchief will b e found useful inasmuch as when tied over the face with ou t time, excludes folded, the tp e er s m m i o t ke permits free breathing, and, at the same 9. It must be borne in mind that in the midst of smoke it is comparatively clear towards the ground, conse quently, progress through smoke can generally be made on the hands and knees. 10. When all escape is cut off by the staircase, the object must be to open the front windows, and here the endangered persons are cautioned against acting too hastily ; they must not precipitate themselves at once, but wait until the last chance of assistance fails, then drop rather than leap, as by that means the height of several feet is saved, and in dropping give a svAng back wards. The window over the doorway wo'de-',;• at all times be preferable to escape from rather k!aan those over - the area. SOUTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE RE GIMENT OF YEOMAN . R.Y CAVALRY. DESERTION OF SEVENTY TROOP HORSES.—The South Nottinghamshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, consisting of four troops, the Wollaton, Holme, Bing ham, and Watnall, under the command of Colonel Moore, assembled in this town, for eight days' permanent duty, proceeded on Wednesday morning; last, as usual, to their training ground, on Bulwell Forest, a distance of four miles from the town, where they went through the move ments of the day, and at three o'clock in the after noon dismounted. As the regiment had to be reviewed and disbanded on the following day, this hour had been fixed upon for awarding the prizes offered to the best horses in the three troops (Watnall, Holine, and Bing ham), and the horses entered as competitors were or dered in the rear. The sums proposed to be given were 10/. for the best horse in each troop, and 51. for the second. George Robinson, Eeq., formerly Major in the regiment, who had been requested to officiate as judge, attended by Colonel Moore and the officers, commenced the inspection, and the whole of the men, feeling anxious to witness the exhibition, formed into a circle, leaving their own horses standing in a line in front, unguarded. On previous days, a large number of boys from the vil lages of Basford and Bulwell had offered their services to hold the horses when the men dismounted, with a view of having a small donceur, but being disappointed in their expectations, had declined on this day to afford their aid ; but this circumetauce was not at all re gretted, as considerable mischief had been committed by these urchins while in the charge of the horses for a few minutes. Leaving the troop horses untended, however, occasioned a serious and unexpected disaster. While the whole were busily engaged in the rear, and the prize horses were being trotted round, the mettle of the troop horses became roused, and in an instant up wards of seventy set off at fall gallop across the Forest, leaving their riders behind., and accidentally forming themselves into three separate bodies, away they went on the high road towards Nottingham, F (tampering along as hard as they could go. On reaching the turn leading into the village of Basford, three bodies went in that direction, and a foukh continued along the road to Carrington. A iaa•ge number of little chil dren, from four to ten years old, had assembled at l)obb Park.gate, waiting for the return of the cavalry, but fortunately at this particular juncture, Mr. Charlton, of the Pear Tree Inn, Basford, and another person, happened to go that way, and hearing the sound of a bugle, the loud clanking of the scabbards of swords, and the heavy tread and swift approach of horses, and seeing no riders upon them ! Mr. C. Oegan to pitch the children, like hay into a loft, one after another, over a gate, into Dobb-park, till they became a heap of upwards of twenty ; the remainder he rolled into a ditch. His companion took off his hat, boldly placed himself in the road, and extending both arms, with his hat in his right hand, endeavoured to stop the horses ; the leader, however, pounced upon him, knocked him down, and passed on, followed by a troop of about twenty more, all of which jumped over him, and left him unhurt, except a slight bruise on his right thigh. He sprung up before the arrival of the second troop, and dashed out of their way. The whole line of road in the village instantly became alarmed, men turned out of their houses, calling out " stop the horses," women shrieked, and children ran screaming and cry ing to get out of danger. The horses, on reaching the middle of the village, suddenly took a turn up David-lane, to the consternation and dismay of the villagers, as it had happened that only a few mi nutes before, a number of young men, for a holiday freak, had gone that way, carrying brooms, bosoms, and banners, rattling upon tin pans, and making various noises, accompanied with a large number of children. This company stood outside the Horse and Jockey public-house, kept by Mr. Flint, drinking ale, and when they saw the approaching horses, a general shout and the utmost confusion ensued. The men placed themselves in a position to stop the animals, and the women and children ran into the house and other places for safety as they could, but unfortunately many were unable to get out of the way. Fifteen horses resolutely made their way through the crowd, pros trating all before them, but at length four or five were brought to a stand, and those in the rear coming up pell mell, fell in succession, till upwards of a score lay in a heap upon the ground together. The second troop, finding the road obstructed, instantly faced to the right about, and off they went, some in one direction and some in another, and had the village been beseiged by a foreign army, greater consternation could not have pre vailed. Eight of the horses went directly to the toll bar on the Mansfield-road, within the precincts of the town of Nottingham, where they were stopped, and others took across the forest. The scene on the training-ground was indeed of a novel description, and will not soon be forgotten by those who wit nessed it. Officers and men joined in pursuit, some riding and others running and panting, in the vain hope of coming up with the deserters, but ere the horse men could get in sight of the fleeting steeds, the mis• chief had been accomplished. At Dobb Park, only one child was injured, but at Basford, three children, Catherine Elliott, six years old, Wm. Flinders, three years and a half old, and George Smith, aged 13, were carried to their respective homes, their heads and other parts of their bodies being covered with blood, having been kicked or trampled upon by the horses; these in juries, though very serious, are considered not to be fatal. It is impossible to ascertain how many others were slightly injured and bruised, the number being very great. Mr. Morley and Mr. Ratcliffe, surgeons, were very busy dressing the wounded when the surgeons of the regiment, Mr. Watts and Mr. Wright, arrived; the latter instantly afforded their aid, and visited every case. Several of the horses were not found till the next morn ing. as they had made their way to different towns and villages in the county. Captain George Rawson (clerk to the justices of the town of Nottingham) made vigi lant inquiries, ordering everything necessary to be done for those who had been injured.—Nohtingham Review. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. We understand it is the intention of Government, in conjunction with the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, to have the electric telegraph established on that important line, reaching from London to Holyhead, a distance of between 200 and 300 miles, and embracing in its route the commercial capitals of Liverpool, Man chester, and Birmingham. The adoption of this inven tion on a scale of magnitude bids fair to effect a change in the entire correspondence of the country, by bringing, as it were, momentarily into close consolidation and communion the exchanges of London, Liver pool, Manchester, and Birmingham, conveying with lightning-like velocity every fluctuation of affairs, and telegraphing from mart to mart, with marvellous exacti tude. and over areas of hundreds of miles, intelligence that may be received and reciprocated almost simulta neously by every mercantile community in the king dom. Great advantages have already been developed to the Admiralty and the commercial world, by its adoption between London and Gosport. The old sema phore system is now nearly superseded, and important Government orders and intelligence, that formerly oc cupied hours in transmitting by the ordinary sema phores between London and Portsmouth, are now for warded and fulfilled in a few seconds, the communicating wires, which will shortly be carried from Ning Elms to the Admiralty, at Whitehall, terminating in the very barracks of the garrison at Gosport. The establishment of telegraphic communication between Liverpool and Holyhead, Lloyd's and London, will give every facility for shipping purposes ; and in this respect the invention has worked most efficiently between Lon don and Southampton, where, as at Gosport, there is a telegraph station, telegraphic notices being daily dis patched, on the arrival of important snails and merchant. men. The advantages, moreover, that may accrue from a line of wires to Holyhead, in establishing a closer con nexion between the metropolis and the sister isle, is of a nature not to be overlooked, either in a political or social point of view. Lines of telegraph, we understand, have been or are about being adopted on the following, amongst other, lines:—On the South-Western, as a Government telegraph for the Admiralty to Portsmouth, 90 miles; on the same line, as a commercial telegraph, from Nine Elms to Southampton, 77 miles, with branch to Gosport, 21 miles ; on the South Devon atmospheric like, now in progress, 52 miles ; on the Great Western, from Pad dington to Slough, 18 miles ; on the Yarmouth and Norwich, 20 miles ; on the Dover line, from Tonbridpe to Maidstone, 15 miles ; on the Croydon atmospheric, on the Blackwell, on part of the Manchester and Leeds, and its branch to Oldham ; on part of the Edinburgh and Glasgow ; upon the Dalkey atmospheric branch of Dublin and Kingstown, applicable alike to the convey ance of commercial intelligence and to the safe conduct and working of the line. The above embraces an extent of nearly 250 miles, over which the telegraphic prin ciple is already in operation ; and ' f its adoption between London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Holy head will add about 300 miles -,nore. ROYAL THAWAS YACHT CLUB. The first club match of the season was sailed yester day, from Greenwich to Coal-house Point, below Graves end, and back to Gre , mwich. The yachts entered were Mr. Tatham's Prima Donna, 25 tons ; Viscou n t Sea ham's Mystery, 25 t ons ; Lord A. Paget's Belvidere, 25 tons ; Messrs. Highington's Vixen, 25 tons, and Mr. Gunston's Antagonist, 25 tons, all of the first class ; Mr. Williams's Cygnet, 10 tons ; the Messrs. Smith's Charm, 12 tons ; Mr. Howard's Wave, 10 tons, and Mr. Man hill's Dolphin, 10 tons. The several boats in the first class :are all new except the Mystery, and hare been built on the most approved principles. Great interest was created respecting this match, and a vast number of persons were present to see the sport. The construction of the Vixen is very peculiar, and her owners have had great expecta tions respecting her. She is composed of three skins ; the inside skin is of deal, the next is laid diagonally one plank over another, and the outer one is of polished mahogany. Tho wind was light, and from the north. The hour of starting was twelve o'clock. The yachts rounded the flag-boat in the following order :—The Antagonist at 55 minutes past two, the Mystery imme diately after her, the Belvidere three quarters of a minute after, and the Prima Donna at 58 minutes past two, the Vixen one minute past three, the Dolphinitive minutes, the Charm seven minutes, and the Wave eight minutes past three o'clock. About half a mile after rounding -the flag boat, the Mystery, in trying to pass the Antagonist to windward, ran ashore, and in doing so at the same time forced the Antagonist also upon shore, and thus were those two splendid yachts in a moment placed hors de combo* a sad spectacle for their admirers. From this period the Belvidere had it all her own way, and arrived at Greenwich by 44 minutes past six. The Vixen and Prima Donna were 14 minutes in the rear, and both of them so close together that the Vixen won the second prize only by half the length of her bowsprit. The Dolphin came in at Ilf minutes past seven, thereby winning the third prize for the second class boats against the Charm, which was five minutes in her rear. The snatch was accompanied by the Red Rover steamer, the Waterman No. 13, and the Gravesend Comet ; all three were well freighted, and every person seemed to take the deepest interest in the match. STRIKE OF FARM LABOURERS.--Last week the labourers at Nether and Over Compton were informed by their employers that their wages would henceforth be reduced from 7s. to 6s per week. The reduced wages were offered to the Nether Compton men on Saturday night, but refused, and on Monday morning, as early as six o clock, the men, who had arranged their plans during the Sunday, started off in a body to the residence of the landed proprietor, taking with them the Over Compton men, who (their wages not having been curtailed) had gone to work as usual. The men, to the number of thirty or more, passed through Yeovil, and we believe had an interview. The result was, that they re turned to their work. It appears that, an audit or two ago, the landlord took off 10 per cent. from his tenants' rents, but that, at the last audit, he put on 5 per cent. on that amount. The farmers declared that they were unable to pay an ad vanced rent in these times, and to continue paying the same wages as formerly. The conseouer.ce was the reduction of the labourers' wages , as above stated. We hear that the tenants are willing to pay their labourers at the usual rate if the increase of 5 per cent, is taken off, and negotiationl have taken place to effect this desii able arrangement. The matter, however, at present, is unsettled. The tenants, we believe, are determined not to give the customary wages, unless they obtain a concession from their landlord.—Sher borne Journal. COCKBURNSPAT/1. - -The railway operations in this quarter, in which is the most extensive and difficult sec tion of the whole line, from there being so many deep cuts and glens to go through in the different deans upon the estatt! of Sir John Hall, Bart., Dunglass, are not withstanding advancing rapidly. Some of the cuts are forty and fifty feet in depth. The minor bridges are all nearly finished, and the great bridge over Dunglass Dean was key -stoned on Wednesday evening. This will be the highest and most splendid bridge in Scotland. IMPERIAL MIA ZILIAN MINING COMPANY. , On Friday, the annual general meeting of the proprietors of this Company was hell at the London Tavern—Mr. Thomas Gibson in the chair. The report stated that the six months ending with the year 1845 had been, as regarded produce, the least successful since the working of the Gouge Soco mine was commenced by the asaociation, the quantity of gold obtained being only 1 - 6 9 Ibs. This small produce had, in some degree, been occasioned by the extreme drought, which had prevailed considerably longer than usual, and had caused a serious deficiency of water for the use of the stamping machines and other mining purposes. The Catta Prete mine had been successfully worked. The statement of receipts and expenditure give a balance in favour of the Society. The report was adopted. Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Mr. Thomas Gibson, and Mr. Ray, having retired by rotation from the Court of Directors, were unanimously re-elected. Name of the Sim t.S .0 o SNames of the Partners X - _ 1. Abraham Bauer and Co., 71, King William-street .. 2. William and John Bigger staff, 8, West Smithfield .• • 2 1 2 Biggerstaffs. 3. James Bult, Son, and Co., 85 and 80, Cheap:tide ••• • • • 3 1 All Bulls. 4. Messrs. Child and Co., 1, Fleet-street • ....... 5 5 Child, Smith, Wood, Wormaid, Copp. 5. Roger Cunliffe, Lombard -1 Cunliffe. 6. Cunliffe, Breoks, and Co., Lombard-street ••••• • • • • • 3 2 2 Brooks, 1 Cunlilb. 7. Robert Davies and Co , 187, High-street, Shoreditch . 2 1 2 DavieseS. 8. Dixon, Brooks, and Dixon, 25, Chancery-lane •••• • • • • 3 2 2 Dixons, 1 Brooks. 9. Drewett and Fowler, 4, Princes-street •••••• • • • • • • 2 2 Drewett, Fowler. 10. John Feltham and Co., 42, Lombard-street 11. Gosling and Sharpe, 19, Fleet-street ••••••• • • • • • • • 4 1 All Goslings. 12. C. Hill & Sons, West Smith -1 All Hills. 13. Charles Hoare and Co., 37, Fleet-street •.•.•.• . • • • • • • 5 1 All Hoare& 14. 11. and J. Johnson and Co., Great Bush-lane .•••• • • • • 3 2 2 Butlers, 1 Prior. 15. Jones and Son, 41, West Smithfield .••••••• • • • • • • • I 1 Alfred Jones. 16. Pocklington and Lacy, 60, West Smithfield ••••• • • • • • 2 2 Pocklington, Lacy. 17. Praeds and Co., 189, Fleet street .••.•••••• • • • • • • • • • 4 3 2 Praeds, 1 Fane, 1 18. Puget, Bainbridges, and Co., Johnson. 12, St. Paul's Churchyard.. 4 3 2 Bainbridges, 1 New ton, 1 La Touche. 19. Smithfipld Agency Banking Company, 59, West Smith field .. .•••.•••• • • • • • • • • 2 2 Jones, Weedon. 20. William Henry Stallard, 76, West Smithfield •• • •• • • • 1 1 Stallard. 21. Thomas G. Tisdall, 15, West Smithfield . 54 I 36 I. NAME OF THE FIRM. On comparing the name of the firm with the names of the partners we find—in the firm of Messrs. Abraham Bauer and Co., there is no Company. In the firm of Messrs. Gosling and Sharpe, there is no partner of the name of Sharpe. In the firm of Messrs. H. and J. Johnson and Co., there is no partner of the name of Johnson. In the firm of Messrs. Puget, Bainbridges, and Co., there is no partner of the name of Puget. The firm of Messrs. Jones and Son is represented only by Mr. Alfred Jones. In the firm of Messrs. Child and Co., the only partner of the name of Child is " the Right Hon. Sarah Sophia Child, Countess of Jersey." 11. NUMBER OF PARTNERS. The 21 banking-firms east of Temple-bar, who are not members of the clearing-house, comprise 54 partners, bearing among them 36 names. No. of No. of Partners. Names. 2 firms have, each ... 5 partners ~. 10 3 ditto ... 4 do. ... 12 5 ditto 3 do. 15 6 ditto ... 2 do. ... 12 . 5 ditto ... 1 do. ... 5 21 firms. Partners ... 54 Names 36 111. NAMES OF THE PARTNERS. The 36 names of the 54 partners are distributed as follows: 1 instance of five partners of the same name in one firm—Hoare . 1 instance of four partners of the same name in one firm—Gosling . 2 instances of three partners of the same name in one firm—Bult, Hill instances of two partners of the same name in one firm—Biggerstaff, Brooks, Davies, Dixon, Butl, r, Praeds, Bain bridge 11 29 25 individual names . 25 36 names. Partners... 54 Here a plurality of names occurs in 11 instances, and the number of partners who have another partner of the same name is 29. In the following firms respectively all the partners have the same name:—Messrs. William and Thomas Biggerstaff, Messrs. James Bult, Son, and Co., Messrs. Robert Davies and Co., Messrs. Gos ling and Sharpe, Messrs. C. Hill and Sons, and Messrs. Charles Hoare and Co. IV. OCCUPATION OF PARTNERS. They are all described as bankers, with the following exceptions : _ _ _ Messrs. William and John Biggerstaff are described as " Agents to cattle salesmen and wholesale dealers in fo• reign wines and spirits." Messrs. John Feltham and Co. are described as " bankers, Sze." Messrs. H. and J. Johnson and Co. are described as " Irish merchants and agents." The two partners who compose the Smithfield Agency Banking Company are described, one as " corn factor," the other as " manager."_ V. PLACES WHERE BUSINESS IS CARRIED ON. Commencing at the east and going westward, we find one of these banks in Shoreditch, three in Lombard street, one in King William -street, one in Great Bush lane, one in Princes-street, one in Cheapside, one in St. Paul's Church-yard, seven in Smithfield, four in Fleet street, and one in Chancery-lane. Messrs. Cunliffe, Brooks and Co., carry on business not only in London, but also at Manchester and Blackburn. VI. RESIDENCE OP PARTNERS. In ten instances one or more partners reside on the bank premises, most of the others reside in London or in the neighbourhood. PRIZE MONEY. HER MAJESTY'S SIM' PENELOPE.- Notice has been given to the officers and company of her Majesty's ship Penelope, who are entitled to share for the Spanish schooner Maria Louisa, captured (in company with her Majesty's brig Spy) on the 3d of April, 1844, that a distribution of the seizors' moiety of the net proceeds of the said vessel, and also of the tonnage bounty granted for the said capture, will be made at No. 22, Norfolk-street, Strand, on the 2d day of June next ; and that the shares not then paid will be recalled, at the same place, agreeably to Act of Parliament. Amount of an individual share :-Captain, 341. 15s. 4d. ; first class, 31. 14s. ; second class, 21. 4s. 4d. ; third class, 1/. 2s. 2d. ' • fourth class, 14s. ; fifth class, 7s. 4d. ; sixth class, 4s. 11d. ; seventh class, 2s. sd. HER MAJESTY'S BRIG PANTALOON.-Notice has been given to the officers and company of her Majesty's brig Pan taloon, Lieut. Charles Horace Lapidge, commander, who were actually on board at the capture of the Spanish brigan tine Desiao, on the 19th of May, 1842, that they will be paid their respective proportions arising from the said capture, on the l 7th of June next, at No. 10, John-street, Adelphi ; and all shares not then claimed will be recalled every Tuesday and Friday, pursuant to Act of Parliament:-Commander, 511. 14s. 4d. ; second class, 21/. Os. 44d. ; third class, 101. 10s. ; fourth class, 71. Os. 1/d. ; fifth class, 31. 10s. Oid. ; sixth class, 21.65. Bd. ; seventh class, 11. 3s. 4d. HER MAJESTY'S BRIG SPY.-Notice has been given, that an account of the seizors' moiety of the net proceeds of the Brazilian schooner Linda and cargo, captured by her Ma jesty's brig Spy on the 20th November, 1843, also of the tonnage bounty granted for the said capture, will be delivered into the registry of the High Court of Admiralty on the 30th inst., agreeably to Act of Parliament. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP BITTERN.-Notice has been given to the officers and company of her Majesty's sloop Bittern, William Cornwallis Aldham, Esq., commander, that account proceeds of hull and stores and tonnage bounties for the Attrevida, seized 23d September, 1843; and for a brigantine, name not known, seized 25th September, 1843, was d e p os it e d in the Registry f the High Court of Admiralty, on the 14th inst., agreeably to Act of Parliament. MR. HOOD. The following circular is about to be issued:—" This distinguished writer—who has for upwards of twenty years entertained the public with a constant succession of comic and humoristic works, in the whole range of which not a single line of immoral tendency, or calcu lated to pain an individual, can be pointed out; whose poems and serious writings rank among the noblest mo dern contributions to our national literature; and whose pen was ever the ready and efficient advocate of the unfortunate and the oppressed (as recently, for instance, in the admirable Song of the Shirt,' which gave so remarkable an impulse to the movement on behalf of the distressed needlewomen)—has left, by his death, a Cdow and two children in straitened and precarious cir mstances, with no other means of subsistence than a small pension, terminable on the failure of the widow's life, barely sufficient to supply a family of three with common necessaries, and totally inadequate for the edu cation and advancement of the orphan children. Even this scanty resource has been, of necessity, forestalled to a considerable extent during the last five months, in or der to meet the heavy sick-room and funeral expenses. Under these circumstances a few noblemen and gentle men, admirers of Thomas Hood's genius and humanity, have formed a Committee, for the purpose of raising a sum by subscription, to be held in trust for the benefit of the family during the widow's life, and at her death to be divided between the children, whom that event will leave destitute. Publicity is given to this design, in order that'Thomas Hood's admirers throughout the eoun'ry may have an opportunity of publicly testifying their recognition of his genius, and their sense of his personal worth." We heartily hope the design may prosper. Lords Northampton and Francis Egerton. and Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, are on the list of Commit tee ; and some handsome donations have already been made. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.— At a special meeting of the Committee of the above Society, held at the office, on Friday, the 16th instant, Mr. L. Jones in the chair, the following sums were awarded :—To T. H. Caslake, one guinea, for detecting W. Simpson for robbing Mr. Amoss, Bell, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, of a brass candlestick. To George Taylor, 154 F, one guinea, for ap prehending a man for robbing Mr. Moffatt, One Tun, One Tun-court, Strand, of a hogshead cask; and to Esther Anne Peters, a gratuity of half-a-guinea for apprehending Eliza beth Griffin, for robbing her master, Mr. Alexander, South wark Arms, Toolev-street, of money from the till. At a previous meeting the following sums were also awarded : To Benjamin Judd, 385 N, one guinea, for apprehending Henry Bates, for robbing Mr. Healey, Drapers' Arms, Barnsbury-park, of pewter pots ' • being an old offender, the punishment was transportation for seven years. To Wm. Baggis one guinea, for detecting Sarah Cox in robbing her employer, Mr. Jones, Grapes, Great Earl-street, Seven dials, of two pounds in silver. And to Robert Comer and James Price, half-a-guinea each, for detecting and appre hending James Welch, for robbing Mr. Gyett, King and Prince of Wales, Prick-street, Piccadilly, of a stuffed squirrel awl case. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. H. Heron, J. S. Heron, J. K. Heron, and A. Heron, cotton spinners, Manchester—final div. of 11-16ths of a penny in the pound, May 21, and following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. W. Caton, ironmonger, Preston—final div. of 6 1 hd. in the pound, and a first and final div. of 7s. 8 1 Ad. on new proofs, June 3, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr- Fraser, Manchester. T. Crosfield, linen draper, Kirkham, Lancashire —first div. of ss. in the pound, June 3, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. Trevitt, butcher, Wheaton Aston—first di,. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Ur. Christie, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-stree t. F. J. Pegler, woollen draper, Reading, June 10, at —S. Fossick, warehouseman, Mumford-court, Milk-street, Cheapside, June 6, at eleven—H. Thoe, linen draper , gen' sington, June 10, at eleven—W. Hoad, grocer, Wickhant• Southampton, June 10, at eleven—H. T. C. Kerr, J. 1 ,1: Battglian, and T. T. Haines, army agents, Suffolk-street, 1:°" mall East, June 12, at twelve—A. 'Thorson merchant, Lea' - ' reliant , denhall-street, June 12, at twelve—F. Figge, ale , Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, June 12, at half-past tweve' In the Country. Leeds twee P. Clarke, merchant, Hull, June 12, at eleven, at she „ a D t is t tr w ic e t iv C e o , Court— th W. L S i . v D erp ru no ry l , iproinstmriocritgcero,nCrht—este.r, same l e , common brewer, Liverpool, June 10, at half-past ten, a s „.„ Liverpool District Court—A. Vickers, ironmonger, Manaus' ter, June?, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. .. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shows to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. .....T. J. Yates, wholesale haberdasher, Fore-street, Jone 7 soe e Bradshaw, coal merchant, High-street, Camden ..„._ 6—S. Taverner, bricklayer, Sovereign-mews, paddinp: June 6—W. King, coach proprietor, Reading, Jn ne B idden I3i ' Macwilliam, hosier, Gloucester, June 10-5. P• 13 ,....8• slate dealer, Fleetwood on Wyre, Lancashire, June Sid' Cleinientr: Robinson, draper, Burton-upon-Trent, June 13- 11 .,.. i s man and W. Adie, button makers, Birminghanl, Jun 6-1. Cox, lamp manufacturer, Birmingam, Je n s e oe e 6-s• Cooper, coffee-house :keeper, Aldgate High-street, .th,frolar, J. and C. Green, corn. dealers, Borough-road, S' el s .....Vir. June 6—T. Ferris, grocer, Wootton Bassett, Julie 0. e 6. Spencer, common brewer, Wallingford, Berk shire, Jun PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. betties, H. Cooper and A. G. Butcher—T. and &Brent , c IA e nd Red Lion-street—W. R. Eccles, R. Eccles, T. Il• c Barna A. Eccles, coal proprietors, Orrell, Lancashire--trie, G. merchants, ley Poole—J. n l e g — w o j 9 . d c ) —. and J. Aspinall, brass founders, Wigan—B- Ad der ley, and A. Collingwood Cso far as regal it timber W itt; geons, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire—W. -,'• Tyra '''' . e intsueryneallndand J. A . tk a d. so, and H. Yellowley, linen drapers, Newcastle•ufal" a j. tent Bond and J. Jones, hosiers, Exeter—G. Polvel l e r n ji, Long dealers in snuff, Bishopsgate-street Without-,'• in.squar: and T. Tiller, wine merchants, York-street , po rt g i s - aldirr - _; —T. Smith and T. Peatling, wine merchants, zr'r L obo; and T. Woodcock, wine merchants, Liverpool --4' te a On Ceiba arid H. Smith, coach builders, Sheffield —W . W. P. Astley, silk manufacturers Aldermanburf• , os s a HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND pi e t e rto THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—Yesterday mornings he a W on behalf of this valuable institution wits P re is st th e fore the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of Londo. e v s e ! 1 V ..° ." : lit C I 1 i h eg 0 0 Tvd church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, b 7 tuohspe4 Robert Montgomery, M.A., minister of PercY `e sa esS• Fitzroy-square. The church was crowded t° , c op. The Rev. Gentleman preached from ProverbLtiollyn 14, verse 31, and very eloquently . and en l P"' vo pleaded the interests of this deserving c h a rity i bso the the printed statements circulated it apPea rs 0 is le i western wing of the new building at 13ronsPte that tile nearly ready for roofing in. and, moreover, no weir Building Committee have determined to sPAre aesbis t to - robe tions to induce the wealthy and benevolen ~d A them to put forward the good work of chatur e rric e sum collected at the conclusion of Di vine amounted Dot A VERY AGED BENEFIT SOCIETY 14.010$15;.ietiets week the annual prucession of trad es hEne6Cortes til took place at Yeovil, Somersetshire, vrli cn ' t exce l usual perambulations, several lodges had mos st t bos ia dinners at the Mermaid Tavern, and an 3 , n d ng The Six, was a female member, 106 years 01 re lol a vs: lady, notwithstanding having reached fives t ° h. 0 was in the enjoyment of most excellent Ilea' top ers/ . THE E v ES.—Optical Improvements to e li t a o aiserili e at an advanced age to read with ease, and i. Aeolls nate objects with perfect distinctness,and Sir e ' . gessrt Instruments for relief of extreme deafness, ''' arie 4tte At e e S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Alheni,,,_ of e• - greatest transparent power. The Piccadilly, have invented Spectacle Lenses, ) c" . ..i o ntafi t _ P derived from this invention over the SPect iLe . s e s s toic!: valuahl 1 7 n evi g . common use is, that instead of vision becomwts I serious.): Ina heated, weakened, and in numerous casesnd ~ age yen/ _r o il jured, it is preserved and strengthened. h e t , t the "` t . • persons are enabled to employ their sig se minute occupation, and can see with the, , eh ile i e rl a se ill s I° l much less magnifying power, and that "' li d' 0 not reg al & Aa „rs 11 4 of the greatest consequence is, that theyiso, sa m the frequent changes to further helP s ' l'i ' a Invisible, s'_e Telescopes, Opera Glasses, MicroscoPes:,4 o f Ortrelal. deafness. Caution.—Messrs. S. all kinds of Acoustic instruments for "` and reSolcmons, ova" clans and Aurists, are not in any w O Y - late „eiglahell.o, person of the same name in their immedia ,„: 01 To pprey"v y" g sf , hood ; nor in any part of the country. - , had 0 . i takes, be cautious, and observe—Only to ,4, 1:10 0 ' c Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite they"" a 60 6 .. ; SPLENDID ARRANGEMENT OF Loottls--iideril producing the effect of a long arcade, and r i ,, be : rin - as to cause a doubt whether you are in Lonu — o Rome. This unique apartment is devotedto " Arch follows arch, and Ipi e succeeds ilo• g . . 0 P rr io , .10 ing the hair in, and with another havi n g 1 A a a ginCi view of Naples, are on the ground-floor. ' A n ° SOS 1 ,7 i tention to their establishment, Ross an d 0., t lhe to notice the advantages of their system frorn .a e never take apprentices nor young ' 3 l. ° r the "i i .es, country, nor object to customers asking , _. l tin braz e d; man to wait upon them ; every person has u. e _,. 0 19 01 they never being used twice, without beT eit rlo ~, and parties are not pressed to buy things ~o : oishr want. Address, Ross and Sons, 119 and ' hie gate-street. del l f A d ., 00 1 te ° NOVEL EXHIBITION.-011 Thursucv A Wee th e r inCiPw • t eess ...- amusement was created through the P t in s o da - London, crowds of persons pressing forward __c o ded 41/ novel and extraordinary exhibition, in thiS t. t i vne es, 9;',00 1 polis, of a large male elephant in full 1 1;i i ge. r .. $ sal: walking, and with perfect ease drawing a., to s! , -! t ' ec t P loaded with the numerous et ceteras belonglvolaeobitrested ton's travelling menagerie, which has he e catanee -e/i' Stepney Fair during the holidays. Monsieur we t or . neu.cteotinnagesneteadb:,oith: he shouts of the bystanders with the most P"'" t 0 1 _1,1 ante as he passed through the Strand. scone- e ve CLOCRS.—The follovving,„... A jo._ o f. clock of this description, constructed bY ,i - n i c a rt; 05 (whose labours in this department of seienl o tionhs e ll .., so often had occasion to notice with c onaine o n tig htan ss eyt trl t tained in a letter from Mr. Finlaison, of 14 nth rid e. " Mr. Bain has succeeded to admiration in t, ot h o t clocks by the currents of the earth. On th in the 1 )4 solt! n e ° he set up a small clock in my drawing-rOO ; fits in 11 0 0 1 0 of which is in the hall, and both instrurn w oe t de a t 0. ,. circuit, as follows :—On the N.E. side of I d susP en t l oo ;t plates, a foot square, are sunk in a hole, 1',.._ t he r o of( d . wire ; this is passed through the hoase!,, e , t ot . t he feet des i r e first, and then the clock. On the S.E. ° I " de g fou r thef ° a distance of about forty yards, a hole via?. . ani ong e po o f, anothera n dtw o wire saek swoaaf commonsecured, cokeandbpuaeriesdedinialb_4 t h a a t ._t.btei it L eo wo o ° room window, and joined to the former 1 "! . .,d e , OL',„ d o _ 4 The ball of the pendulum weighs nine P c n o " ii iii e ued t ; e , T o moved energetically, and has ever since to porfe c oere e r with the self-same energy. The time ,L 4 7s. 6d. „jell. the cost of the motive power was on l y e itber ^-, he but three little wheels in the clock, and n, u p,"--' IPe spring ; so there is nothing to be vsouna 1.0 e l te: chanice Magazine. ,-, Thorso Bride-ad CHILDREN SUFFOCATED.---Vil rt a eltta' Ae sith tip, Mr. Baker held two inquests at the BridP o _ ho se u„t of i i.. terrace, Hoxton, on the bodies of infants,.:oo t o o; j e „ been caused by suffocation. The first eX o ' rse t_str e o ' e e 0;4 female child of George Pickering, of that -i 'deeeas ss d 0 ill ieg ler. It appeared by the evidence _ sti to "` wil be weeks old. On Moaday night it witsla . 01001, 0140 by its parents, and at five o'clock on slid, batedeurgo.. was discovered quite dead. Mr. Cov a _ 110 A r - 0 , was called to deceased; from appearaneef_vered bad of 'Or to suffocation, from being accidentally !''' lno ie co age" r, clothes. The second case was thstirrergeston,4lloVi Hale, of 5, Edmund-street, weeks, who came by his death under P , dea d, PP - PhiliP reciseli !snareP cumstances. Verdict in each case, Fount , . from suffocation. of • 80 0 d" -iiiiiTgx Mrs, - of h ig th e daughter. oat's - P On the 14th inst., at Lucknam, Wilts' a rk, „ s f, lag of Samuel John Pullin, Esq., of a son• sssse a, th e 0 10 On the 14th inst., in Park-road, Beg On the 15th inst., at Windleaham, s , "' eh On the 16th inst ,at 'navies Inn , wi f e oi f Huddleston, Esq., of a daughter. the wife of , gia Hauslip, Esq., of a son. , 1011 0 On the 16th inst., at Park-place, t. the of Charles Blake, of a daughter, s till-bor n '„,..., t h a gir la On the 16th inst., at St. Olare'd, P" air the a the Rev. W. C. Le Breton, of a son. B e dford . r ° - ' tli• On the 16th inst., at John-street, _ . s gotit er. North .1511 Protheroe Smith, Esq., of a daught lace, N °r rtl f On the 16th inst., at Wingterlow-P, , ... _. Rohe lady of J. P. Davies, Esq,, of a daiy . ..;:t e a s , grs oft , On the 16th inst., at Howbury 1 1411 ' 0 14131 Wel lasw Payne, of a scn.hill, On the 14th inst., at St. John's-Britton, the Alexander Bevington, of a daughter. 4 ,01. ard ' ter ° jr-el llPWiip aiiton , Itici :dsnOtiro st On the 13th inst. at Brant Bro_ax nne , elge.°oo and Esq., late of the,lst 'Life Guards,,,to_no Brought ~.. ro d, the Rev. H. Ilouson, NETtOT Of Dr 4 JsRl ? - 511 r e Of 1• n v. ate Coates, Lincoln. do hs' J. lei Dean of Jersey, to Ellen Charlotte, 3' - '" ' valisr a chAr Mr. T' r o , Newcomb, Esq. Qussor , - thte- On the 15th inst., at Oxford,the V!W e e st dna On the 15th inst., at Rye, - o . se t datlia 0 105 Tao , s , Hick., Esq., of the former place. Hants,gr• " e to F";hiJg ° ' son, of Islington, to Ursula, your ...rinitti a i„,spet s On the 15th inst., at Virnhain, ~ ~..s su ar , 4 pa eneus" " .eq-, v • Wool, of Margaret-street, Cav ni . ar d, I. e re, sergl e a P c P 00 o „ ~1 0, ,,, Wilts. neorge% fW. Ann, only child of the late J. I I ' On the 15th inst., at St - l i ter 0 aushire. sire ' of Penllyne Court, Glainorg Alh alf* Mpranger, Esq., to Rosa, only da . ng 9 r ii:1). St. „ t ie, v v- . L ilo , — Lec hiao Brown, relict of the late Mr. . castle , ''' ~,T ern iall ' o f On the 7th inst., at Craignish n 3fr..' h.oss , On the 4th inst., at Town-En_d. Fa ged P... Afsce Esq., of Glenforsa. . Elizabeth ' goss. _, On the 12th inst., at Dublin, ri ito b e rt . ,. r gaso Tson t Vither ill° On the 13th inst., at Ewell, Surrc).: of ig. 1,, BI ( : 7) 1 d n e n t s h t e m 9 r t g h , r i n e li t e . : o a f t A W l ri aj i 7r- n G ' : 7 'l' , Mrs. Mor 5 0 ° t 1 tree t , - " 1% 1%. On the 14th inst., at Duseis-at that Pnrt.th, Mrs. ley, Esq., Turkish Vice-Cons:a s ov, __ l . De _ e, On the 15th inst., at Bath...a.t near G. W' On the 14th inst., Mr. Joseph Se o, ';.. , ea pool , On the 15th inst., in Cavendish-sriu ' ____ 1:' 1 1 I• 4 . t i ,, 1, 1 4 1 ) . . 1 N aor 1 1,tit,itti l t ' iL ii t t4114 4 41, 1 1: *141 ' 4 4 ,1 ,' J . 11 , , tit tokl 4 4 t ‘ N 1, , , ~,N 4 1 4 ti R4 t ' 1 4 4, , • 1: '' AL• ,cs ____.-------- nn 1-1-' . 11* • bitill y - Zi 01 Lon lon : Printcd and Published by e ~,0 oitweltooiaftif No. 112, Strand, Printer. At !' '. i a the Strand, in tle Pr N.:.i. , ~...,,• of tba SaYoft M iddl esex , Monday, Drayl 9 , 1845 ' Alli 77 THE BANKS. (From the Tunes.) From the returns made to Parliament, under the late Banking Act, by private bankers, as analysed by Mr. Gilbart, we give some further particulars:— TABLE 11. The following is a list of those banking firms east of Temple-bar, who are not members of the elearing-houss:—