The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-22 00:00:00

BAN NS. From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria. .zap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 9th day of Oct., 1847:- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon---Ii napp.,and Co 24,854 Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and C 0... 18,838 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,365 itylsham hank, Aylsham-R. and E. Copeman 5,356 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford and Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Bigglesvtade Bank, Baldock-Wells. Regg, and Lindsell... 27,223 B Irnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-DTake and Co 15,692 Basingstoke and °dilly!". Bank, Basingstoke- Cole, Seymou r , an d C o . BedfOrd B an k, B e df or d-T. B arnar d Bedford' and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford- Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,651 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham-Lewis, Moilliett, and Co .... 36.286 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak. 8,268 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 70,830 Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 13,593 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 9,093 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 34,220 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 22,621 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Parrott, add Co . Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co 75,046 EanEury Bank, Banbury -Gillett and Tawney 36,445 .Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 52,959 Bath. City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son Bedfordshire Le. ghton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassott and Grant Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H. and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 68,091 Bridportßank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 25,360 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Woriledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Biggs, and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock 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. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co ...... Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby-Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby-Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 24,383 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devize3-Hughes, Locke, and Co Dias Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, &Co 75,150 Devonport Bank,, Devonport-Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-Williams and Co. - Past Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford-Walford, and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sander s and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. la'arringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon... Grantham Bank, Grantham -Hardy and C 0.... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, hider, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-- Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware- S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon -Hull Bank, Hull -Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead- Smith, and Whittingstall ...... Honitor. Bank, Ifoniton-Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen-Sharples and Co. Herjord, Ross r and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and P rchentield BA lk, Hereford-Morgan, lfoskin3, and Co 23,300 Ipswich Bank, Ipmich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistlsy :lank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Rad nors hi re Bank, Kington-J l2 680 Davies and Co Kiiighton Bank Knight on -J . Davies and Co 259.871 ,46" Knaresborough Old Ba n k an d Ri pon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-Ootth and Sons 8,9 50 Lane nd Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C lfarv:y and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 53,914 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williams, Brown, and Ca. Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, andel). 391 Lslntesse r Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 28.648 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and C 0.... 37,637 Liehfield Bank, Lichfield -Palmer and Green... 18,726 Lincoinj Bank, Lincoln -Smith and Co 102,093 L;aniovery Bank and Llandilo Bank Llando vezy-David Jones and Co. , 27 , 205 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough -Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St. Barbe . ........................... 4,5;42 Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis -Gurneys and Co. 42,647 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brooklehurst and Co 12,742 Manningtree Bank,Manningtree-Nunn and Co 7,055 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner and Pinckney 14,482 Marlborough and N or th Wil ts hi re N ew B an k Marlborough -Ward Merriman, and Hillier 10,864 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and ...... . ••• Miners' Bank, Truro -Willy 8,625 ums and Co lB,BOO Monmouthshire Agricultural y_lis. and Commercial Monmouth and Co Bank, Abergavenn, Monmouth Old Bank thstßank, Brecon 27,258 Bank, Chepstow Bank, Che pstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire B an k,o'v -Bromage and Snead...... Monmouth Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, .... .e ... .. .. 16,262 -W. Williams and So ns ._ .... por t Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey; . . .. .. 2 6 uL 8:56:'51 Newark and Sleaford Dank, an d Sleaford an 4 Newark Bank, Newark-Handley, Peacock, and Co.................................... 53916 Newbury:Bank, Newbury-Bunny an d Slocock• 32 , 450 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-E a t on, Ham. mond, and Son ..................... 22545 Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Liss -Tayl or and , Dy50n................................................. . 3,214 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hailsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur neys and Co Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham-Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,924 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Cradulcock and 6,663 34,637 38,599 31,449 2,728 3,108 7,648 9,816 49,108 29,097 21,138 3 470 38,042 48,127 10,815 20,705 7 7,09 7 2.709 7,097 7,660 0,113 3,239 9,954 41,509 02,287 48,820 47,167 30,536 23,116 8,217 14.780 5,475 6,125 18,891 13,165 27,392 27,160 5,784 6,760 20,356 47,3.57 5,077 9,486 3,956 33,419 7,875 72,606 5,450 Co Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and C o 25,498 New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Heacy, Everett, and Co 13,860 • • Nottingilam Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 30,711 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os wastry—Croxon and Co 14,142 40x ford B an k, O x f or d—J . an d R. M orre ll 11,561 Oxford 31d Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson 25,145 01(1 Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridgc Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beeebinz and 5642..... U Clinch;i xfordshre Wit Bank Witney—Williams, and ........................ . 10,227 9,0£0 most important report, relative to the intended inn' , rovPments in thP City of Lnnclon. involvin7 an ex , to be plinted, and a copy was ordered to be sent to every member of the Court. THE HOP DUTY. We are indebted to the editor of the Maidstone Journal for a copy of the following letter : (corn.) "Downing-street, Oct. 18, 1847. "Bear Sir,—Since I had the honour of receiving the deputation, requesting that I would postpone the receipt of th e secon d i nsta l ment of the hop duty of the year 1846 beyond the ordinary period, I have had an opportunity of consulting the officers of the revenue departments, and of considering the case of those parties who might claim a similar indulgence. 64 I regret to say, that upon full consideration of all the circumstances, I do not feel that, with justice to other parties, and without serious inconvenience to the public service, I can accede to your request. " I am very sorry to hear of the distress which you represented as existing amongst the hop-growers in Kent; but the time allowed by law for the paymen t of the hop duty is already so much beyond that usually allowed for the payment of duties, that it has always been considered as having no claim for further cxtenion. "I am, dear Sir, very truly yours " CHARLES WOOD. " T. L. Holges, Esq., M.P. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 21. STOCK EXCHAXGE.—The amount or business dote in the Stock Exchange to-day has been small, but there is 'ag improvement in prices, which have advanced considerably on the heavier shares, and the market c'osed steadily at the following prices. The sales are—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and L.), ;Fifths, s 4 dis.—London and North- Western, Quarters, G. J., 36—Midland Stcck. 106—Ditto , 401. Shares, 40—Ditto, New Halves, 314 c. dis.—Dittet Birmingham and Derby, 80—North Staffordshire, c. Preston and Wyre, 32 c.—South-Eastern and Dover, 26 0. —Ditto, No. 4, Thirds. 2/. 13s. 9d. c. dis.—York. Nev i ; castle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2, '/ c. p.—Midland Great Western (Irish),2o% c. dis.—Dutch Rhenish, 4% die' MANCHESTER, Ourcinita 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting; ham, and Boston, 38s. diq.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, an Cheshire Junction, 6% dis.—Hull and Selby, Thi r d s, 2 1-10: dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1 dis.—London anc i North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarter (C), 2is p —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 70 Ditto, Preference, !4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 5-16 Oldham Alliance, I %—South-Eastern and Dover, No. Sb 2 3 % dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 2, dis. LEEDS, OcronEß 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are—East Lancashire, Nevi 7 dis.—Ditto, Quart e r s , 32 5 . n . di s. — H uddersfield an d Manchester, Thirds, 2 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (We" Riding Union), 3% dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1914 Ditto, Preference, 355. s. dis.—North British, Thirds, Fit dis.—North Stafford s hi re , 24 5 . di s.—York, Newcastle, an" Berwick, No. 2,6 s. 6d. dis. HULL, OcronEn 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—A very temperate and judicious me' morial from the merchants, &c., of this port to the Lords of the Treasury, asking for prompt remedial measures to remedy the present depression of commerce, is being numerously signed. The answer of Ministers to the Liverpool deputation gives little hope that this will produce any effect. The rise in London ha• had its effect here, and holders of shares who would gladly have sold at the lowest London rates are noW asking the highest quotations. The sales are—Ambergater Nottingham, and Boston, 265. Gd. dis:—North British? Quarters, 20s. dis.—Ditto, Thirds, 14s. dis.—Ditto (Carlisle Extension), ss. 6d. dis.—North Staffordshire 255. die."'" North• Western, 51. Is. clis.—W est Riding, 655. Clis. EDINBURGH, OCTOBER. 20. STocK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 34—Dun' dee and Perth, Quarters, 395. 6d.—Edinhurgh and Glasgoiff 95,, ex div.— Edinburgh and Northern, Newport. New, Beg.. 7s. 6d. —Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 7s.—Great Northern , 40s. 6d. —North British, 224—Ditto, Quarters, 675. 6( 1 . -- L'itto, Thirds, Reg., 3 s. — Shrewsbury and Chester (8 per cent. guar.), 101. Share, 90. _ _ GLASGOW, Ocroniu 20. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, NOW , I ls. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 40s.—East Indian Railway, 17s. 6d.--Edinburgh and Glasgow, Half Shares , 11 1 / 2 ex div.—Glagow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 94 1 /.2 -- Ditto, 401. Shares, 37 3 4 —Ditto, Halves, No. I, 4% —Ditto , Halves, No. 2, 7—Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 6 c l ' —Great Northern, 445 . —Manchester and Southampton, Pl' —North British, Thirds, 255. GLASGOW ATHEN2EUM.--We have been officbilli informed that Charles Dickens, Esq. (Boz), has kindly consented to pre s ide at th e o p en i ng so i r e e of the Glasgo w Athenaatn, to be held in Decemb er . Th e b u i ld i ngs havebeen fitted up i n so attract i ve an d comfortable a sty !e that the demand f or ti c k e t s h as , we understand, increase !: with a r a pidity w hi c h h a d. not b een anticipated. an d which is likely to increase as the additional departments of the institution are brought into operation, so tune°, so that we fear even th e Ci ty H a ll w i ll be barely sufficient to E ac li c T o E ia N ni s ( l tte r a i ll u th .— e m A e b tn ou be t rs fo . r N o o r ' e t lho c ßritish fri yesterday al morning, a dreadful fi r e h a pp e ned at the h ouse o f Mr . Timms, a licensed v i c t ua ll er , Primrose-street, Bit•hops gate. The house is and has been a lodge of " Old Friends" for some time, and at the proper hour the house was cleared ; but at the time above stated a City police constable discovered an unusual smoke. Inspector M'Lean, of the City constabulary, was near at the time, and dispatched some spare men to the engine-statians , when Messrs. Braidwood, Fogo, Connorton, and Gar wood, of the London Establishment, West of England , and County Companies, attended ; but such was the rapidity of the fire, notwithstanding this powerful assist ance, that the exertions of the firemen tended to little advantage till the Old Friends' club-room, and others. adjoining, were consume d. Through the exertions 01 the City, and also Metropolitan officers, several valuable documents and papers were saved. Mr. Timms is insured in the Licensed Victuallers' Office. SHOCKING CATASTROPHE ON THE LEEDS AND THIRSK RAILWAY.—An awful accident happened at the viaduct over the river Wharfe, on Tuesday. This sal" pendous piece of masonry was considered to be progress ing most admirably and safely, but on Tuesday, shocking , to relate, th e sevent h arch, which was over the river, and nearly completed, fell in with a most tremendous crasb• Several men were upon it at the time. James, younges t son of Willi am V er i ty, of Otley, had his brains dashed , out ; another y oung man, named Drake, was buried beneath the ruins, and not likely to be got out for LOU'e time ; another, we hear, is dreadfully injured ; and two others very narrowly escaped with their lives, by cling' mg gto a few rema i n i ng stones. The scene is describe' to us as having been most awful, and the crashing of th e timber, and the falling of the stones from such en immense height, was heard to a great distance.—Leeds Times. TR.E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING% Average Aruoant. Pease's Old Bank, hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—MP!srs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson Pcnibrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonas and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co .. Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Scarborough Old Bank, f3carborough—Woodall and Co Shrewsbury and Market, Drayton Bank, Shrews bury—Adams, Adams, and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton--I!vfaddison and Son Southwell Bank, Suuthwell—Wylde and Co St. Alban's Bank. St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 6,900 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co 17,376 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 13,660 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. ~ Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Wclshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Stuart 2,249 Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 25,290 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton —Duns ford and Barne 10,440 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival 10,892 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—H u ll, Smith, and Co. 20,698 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 8,5(12 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 26,412 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox. Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. ... 44,265 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-I'. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeek, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten ... York Bank, York—Swann. Clough, and Co 0,66 2,056 604 32,497 33,624 4.816 10,680 4,285 10,060 .3,665 3,772 9,305 4,E30 4,625 30,702 5,005 23,680 7,528 37,269 3,144 17,750 14,871 2,151 23,800 8,857 31,689 7,394 .3,84 8,862 2,069 2,308 .6,727 4,172 3,856 5,743 5,284 35,984 58,220 7,470 2,862 0,650 80,059 20,157 20,020 2,635 :2,376 54,885 12,142 7,947 44,031 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 50,448 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton 9,170 Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield .. 9,335 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . 29,754 Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,262 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham 118,356 Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle 24,993 Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 18,159 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking. Company, Dudley 32,131 Derby and D erbyshirel 3 ankingCompany,Derby 20,361 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 19,145 East of England Bank, N, 24,059 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 153,521 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 15,976 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,156 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax and H u dd ers fi e ld Union Banking Com pany, Halifax 35,501 Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,473 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 21,230 Knaresborongh and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 26,650 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,047 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 54,408 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester ..• 77 , 182 Lincoln and Lindsey Bnking Company, Lincoln 49,020 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow- 9,647 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham . Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 75,074 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London ................................ ..... 429,518 North Wilt:. Banking Company, Melksham ..... 60,093 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 86,777 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton 25,803 North and South Wales Bank, L iverp001....... 58,372 Pares's LeicJste rshire Banking Company, Lei cester .. 51,705 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth.., 2,761 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield......- 35,651 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking , Com pany, Stamford. 49 712 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallumshire Banking Company Sheffield . Company, ..... Sheffi e ld and Rotherham Joint-St oc k Banking 23,013 Company, Sh effield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Comp an y, Ri chmond ... Storey and Thomas's Banking Company, 42,824 aamnpdtßoneatfeizsißtair Shaftesbury ..... ... S w h o e l ffi v e e r l ( h i n . o .l r . c dsla h l. e r fr e i ß el a d u ; pany, Wolverhampton . Wakefield and Baruiley 1:11cCom -1.3..,,a"1 . ii . a . ........ - ........ 35,506 Whitehaven Joint .Stock Bankink' WI dr efield 13,361 Whitehaven .. . ... .. ........ g Company, Warwick and Lei.tuir_gton ..... ........... .6 .. -;•••• • 29,174 Leamington. ...... .... ..................... "1- an n West of Englarki,' auzi South Wales 1:1;;;i;j e . .. 3:,582 Bank. Bristol Wilts and Dorset Banki ng C ompany, Salisbu .... 84783 ry 009 72 , West Riding Union Bankin g Company, ;Hud dersfield - 33,937 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch . 7,673 Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester , 6,606 York Union Banking Company, York...._. 69,229 York City and County Banking Company, York 90,593 . Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of }lank Rettens. Stamps and Taxes, October 16, 1847. 49,616 9,672 880 LAW INTELLIGENCE. 11 , iIITECHAPE I. COUNTY COURT, Oct. 21. (Before Mr. Sergeant MANNING, Judge.) EDWARDS V. ARNOLD. In this case the plaintiff, Mr. J. H. Edwards, licensed victualler, and landlord of the Fox, Gray's Inn-lane, sought to recover from H. Arnold, potato salesman, in Spitalfields market, the sum of 81., the value of two India silk shawls. The plaintiff stated that he had been for some years engaged in the shipping trade, and had made several voyages between India and London. Previous to his last voyage, on board the Ganges, in the month of June, 1846, he was in company with his (plaintiff's) brother, and defendant, when the latter asked him to bring him two shawls of India silk. He returned a few weeks ago from India, when he forwarded two elegant shawls. He paid 61. for them at Bombay, and the duty on them at the Custom-house. The de fendant now objected to take them, alleging that he gave an order for six silk handkerchiefs. The brother of the plaintiff confirmed his evi• dence, and said he was informed that the shawls had been taken to Mr. Wall's, linendraper, Bishopsgate. street, who had stated that they were out of fashion, and that in consequence they were not approved of by the ladies, who wished to return them. _ . - A solicitor for the defendant said, he would be able to show that the shawls were of British, and not In dian manufacture, and that the defendant never gave an order for the shawls. (They were produced.) The defendant having deposed that the order he gave was for six silk handkerchiefs, Mr. Herbert, an East India merchant, said that, in his opinion, the shawls had been made in Paisley. He had been in business nearly 40 years, and he knew it was almost impossible for the most practised trades man to distinguish a Paisley from an Indian silk shawl. They are often manufactured at Paisley and sent to Bombay, from whence, after laying in bond some time, they were sent back to this country as China or Indian shawls. He thought these produced were worth from 15s. to 255. each. . .......... A gentleman in Court stated that he believed they were Indian silk, and that they would be sold in Lud gate-hill from 11/. to 121. each. Verdict for the plaintiff, 8/. , POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Joseph Laws, a man about 40 years of age, a lodg ing- house keeper, was charged before Mr. Alderman ii ughes with committing wilful damage to the amount of 11. on the property of George 'Watson. Mr. Bond Hughes, the barrister, with Mr. Wolff, attended on behalf of the accused, and Mr. Buchanan on behalf of the complainant. Mr. Buchanan stated that his client was unable to attend to make the charge, in consequence of the pri soner having caused him to be arrested for a pretended debt, coup:ed with the gross falsehood that his client contemplated leaving the country. He had, therefore, been locked up before a judgment had been obtained that he owed the money. The facts were, that his client hired a room at a house in Golden-lane, of which Laws appeared to be the occupier. He was living on the ground-floor, and had let the second floor. After he had been there a short time, a Mr. Fox applied to him for rent, alleging that Laws had taken possession by stratagem and was a trespasser. Fox put in a distress on his goods and also those of Laws, but he withdrew that upon complainant's pro mises to pay no more rent to Laws. The latter con tinued from time to time to put in distresses for rent, but he had always been compelled by the magis trates to give up the goods again. On the present occasion he distrained for 10i., and removed 41. worth of veneers in such a manner as to reduce their value to 11. For this wilful damage Mr. Watson gave Laws into custody. Mr. Bond Hughes asked how it was possible to proceed with a charge of wilful damage without the party who complained had proved the case ? Mr. Buchanan hoped the Court would not allow the prisoner to take advantage of his wrongful act in locking up his p - osecutor. He would call Mr. Fox to prove that the prisoner had no right to levy any distress whatever. Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES said a tenant might pay rent due toa superior landlord for the protection of his goods, and tender the receipt to his immediate landlord, in payment of the rent next due. But here it was denied that Fox was the superior landlord. Mr. John Fox, of King-street, Long-acre, stated that he was employed by Mr. Elgar, a surveyor, to collect the rent of twenty houses, of which the house, No. 15, Golden-lane, was one. Mr. Elgar, he un derstood, was appointed by the Court of Chancery to collect the rents. Mr. Elgar's clerk let the house to a person named Simpson, who disappeared after re letting the house to Laws, or, at least, putting him in possession. He had distrained in the name of the party who was the acknowledged tenant, on the goods of the prisoner, and he had given Watson notice not to pay Laws any more rent. Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES said the prisoner was given into custody for wilful damage, and the Act which gave jurisdiction to the magistrates upon such charges forbade them to interfere where the title to real property was involved. The magistrates were appointed to keep the peace, and not to try titles to houses and lands. Such questions were re served to the superior civil courts. The prisoner ob jected to the authority of Mr. Fox and the right of his employer. It was evident that a question of title was involved in the charga ; and he was therefore bound to dismiss the charge. If Mr. Watson had been wronged by Mr. Laws, the civil courts would afford him a redress. The prisoner was discharged. BO IV- STREET. James ilumphreys and James Roche, both shopme n in the employ of Mr. Ackermann, in the Strand, were placed at the bar charged with stealing prints, books, &c., the property of their employer. Mr. G. Ackermann, printseller, deposed to having missed certain pictures from the show-room, in which Humphreys was employed, And Sergeant Thompson, of the F division, stated that he found two of the prints, worth Si. each, at the shop of a Mr. Rowland, of St. Mary-axe, who had purchased them of the prisoner for 21. 4s. Some books, prints, and other thing' belonging to the pro secutor, were found at Humphreys's lodgings, 77, Londan-wall. The only evidence against R oc h e was the state ment of the other prisoner to Thompson, that he was implicated in the robbery, and the discovery of one print in his possession. This, however, was not con sidered sufficient to justify his detention, and he was therefore discharged. Mr. Ham, reman led the other prisoner, Humphreys, ror further examination. CLERKENIVELL, Mr. John Edmonds, of the Adam and Eve public. house, St. John street, Clerken well, was summoned last week fur having refused to admit the police into his house, when Mr. Duncombe, the solicitor for the defendant, contended that his client was justified in his refusal to admit them, nasmuch as that he had a license to sell b eer , a l e, porter, cyder, and perry, and spirituous liquors, and the province of the police was confined to visit and demand entrance to beer-houses only, and they were prohibited from such a course as regarded licensed victuallers, who had an Excise license. His client had been summoned under the 4th and sth of William IV., cap. 85, sec. 7, which stated :—" That it shall be lawful for all constables and officers of police, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to enter into all houses which are or shall be licensed to sell beer or spirituous liquors, to be consumed upon the premises, when and so often as such constables and officers shall think proper, and the refusal to admit them subjected the offender, for the first offence, to a penalty of Si., and for a second offence, to be disqualified from selling beer, ale, porter4cyder, or perry, by retail, for the space of two years next after such conviction." Mr. Duncombe urged that the first part of this clause was irrecon cilable with the latter part, and that the introduction of the terms " or spirituous liquors," was a mistake of the engrossing clerk, and that his client ought to have been summoned under the Beerhouse Act, as it was evident that the police had no right to demand entrance into licensed victuallers, but beer-houses. Mr. Tyrwhitt thought, as the subject was one of great importance, he would not take upon himself to decide upon the matter u n til h e gave it d ue cons ideration, and he would adjourn the case until to-day, when he would give his opinion and judgment. Mr. Duncombe attended this day for Mr. Edmonds, who was absent. Mr. TYRWHITT said he had maturely considered the matter in question, and although Mr. Duncombe's objections and arguments were exceedingly ingenious, he (Mr. Tyrwhitt) was of opinion that licensed vic tuallers, as well as beerhouse-keepers, were bound to admit the police, and he convicted Mr. Edmonds in the penalty of 20s. and costs. Mr. Duncombe said they must show that his client was licensed under the Act of Parliament which they had proceeded under. They have summoned my client as a licensed victualler, and they have prose cuted him as a beer-shop keeper; and, with all due respect to the Bench, the matter should be finally settled, as he was aide .l by other opinions besides his on n. He applied to the clerk for a copy of the con• After some further proceedings, it was arranged that Mr. Edmonds (not being now present) should he re - summoned, as matter of form, to enable Mr. Duncombe to adopt any further course, after the conviction had been legally adopted. Kayivtpunnvonys Eto.yle were W e are requested to state that " IV. E. S." has forwarded a donation of 11. to the poor-box. George lIP in the dock, on remand, charged with being concerned in an assault on a gentleman, named Bellchanttbers pLaced (since dead). Mr. Binns, of Essex-street, Strand, and Mr. Cid- ney, of Hatton-garden, stated that they appeared on behalf of the accused, the former for Doyle. „ lespe,aes ayee, . that the prisoners stood in a different position to that in which they had appeared on the occasion of their being before the Magistrate a few days ago, as the wounded gentleman with whom they were charged with attacking and wounding hal since died from the injuries inflicted, and the case consequently assumed a more serious complexion. The Coroner's jury had, without going into details, adjourned until Monday week, and as there were some very peculiar circum stances connected with this lamentable affair, he (the inspector) had to solicit that the Magistrate would not require him, in the present stage of the proceed ings, to go into evidence, with which he was prepared, but would grant a remand, as a disclosure at the pre sent moment of some paints in the case would have the effect of frustrating the ends of justice. Police-constable Pronzar, 74 B, was then pat into the witness-box, and having, in reply to the questions of Mr. W. Taylor, the chief 'clerk, stated that he believed that if further time were given, he might be able to procure other testimony, and that if the case were gone into at present the ends of justice might be frustrated, Mr. Binns wished to know whether the magistrate would accept bail for Doyle. Mr. BURRILL replied, certainly not. Mr. Taylor asked for a remand to Saturday week, and Mr. BURRILL having assented, Doyle observed, " Then I am to be in prison till then ?" Mr. Buitaree—Certainly. Doyle—" Why I'm in solitary confinement—the governor says I'm a murderer." Mr. Binns hoped that his client would not be sub jected to any treatment that was more than necessary for his safe custody. A man was presumed to be innocent until a case was clearly made out against him, and pending the inquiries, he conceived, was entitled to any reasonable indulgence. Doyle's friends were very respectable, and good bail could be procured on his behalf. Mr. BURRILL observed that, he should not interfere, as he conceived the prisoners were treated according to the regulations of the prison. The prisoners were then remanded. MARYLEBONE. Charles Innis, apparently between 17 and 18 years of age, was placed at the bar on the charge of having, in a very artful and systematic manner, possessed himself of property of different descriptions to a con siderable amount, the same having been obtained by him, under false representations, from the houses of a number of the nobility and gentry. Thomas Chapman, a boy in the employ of Mr. Blackburn, Bedford -street, Covent-gardeu, stated that on the 10th of September last he was sent by his master to the Duke of Bedford's, Belgrave square, with a parcel, containing some newly in vented mortar night-lights, and when near Constitu tion-hill he was accosted familiarly by the prisoner, who, in the course of conversation, ascertained from him in whose service he was, and where he was going, together with the nature of the package. Witness left the parcel at the mansion, the prisoner being still with him, and directly afterwards he (prisoner) left him. Witness added that he had not seen him since until put to the bar. Cheries Mason, the Duke's hall-porter, deposed that soon after the parcel was left the prisoner came to his Grace's residence, alleging that the said parcel had been left by mistake, the mortars being of the wrong size, and he promised to return directly with the •proper goods, on the wrong one b e i ng ta k en back by him. The parcel was given into his hands, and he took his departure, but failed to return. Wit ness subsequently made inquiries, and ascertained that the property had been fraudulently obtained from him David Parker, a boy in the service of Bickers and Co., booksellers, Leicester-square, deposed th a t on the 18th ult., as h e was go i ng to Mr. Ricardo's, 31, Lowndes-square, with a parcel containing books, he was accosted in Piccadilly by the prisoner, who tapped him on the shoulder, saying, " I think I know your face somewhere, in the hook trade;" and asked him where he was going. On being told to Lowndes square, he remarked, " I'm going to Sloane-square myself, and it's all in my road." They walked on, and witness having reached his destination took from hisleag the parcel of books, and gave it in, saying that it was for Mr. Ricardo ; the prisoner and witness then parted. Sarah Howard, the housemaid, proved that in ten minutes after she received the parcel the prisoner rang the bell, and on her asking him what he wanted, he told her that the wrong volumes had been packed up in the library, and that he was to take them back, and return with the proper ones. She gave him the parcel, having no suspicion whatever that there was anythings'and he left the house. She saw no more of him, nor was there any other parcel sent in lieu of the one alleged to have been left by mistake. Three more cases were gone into against the pri soner, who had succeeded in obtaining coats and other articles of wearing apparel, &c., from boys by similar artful means; and it was stated by Higginbottom, 202 D, that there were several additional- charges ready to be preferred. The prisoner was remanded till Saturday week. Henry Simmons was charged under these circum stances : On the previous day he sat down at the Flask, Hampstead, and partook of dinner and etceteras. He walked away without paying for the same, and was followed by the potman, whom he knoeked down in the road. He was then given into custody. The prisoner, who did not deny the assault com plained of, and said that distress was the cause of his having failed to pay for what he had been supplied with, was convicted in the p ena l ty of forty shillings. WORSHIP-STREET. Sarah Gray, a girl, fourteen years of age, was charged before Mr. Arnold, with having stolen a gold signet ring, and num erous other articles, the property of her mistress, a lady, named Wilson, re siding in High-street, loxton ; an d S arah Gray, sen., the mother of the girl, was charged with receiving the stolen property. It appeared that the younger prisoner had been about four months in the service of the prosecutrix, but, in consequence of several petty depredations hav ing been recently discovered, in which she was sup posed to be implicated, she was discharged a few days since; but, it having been ascertained subsequently that the property so stolen was more valuable than had before been supposed, directions were given to the police for her aporehension. On the preceding evening, Police-constable S m i t h proceeded to the whohouseof burst the i e t l o d t r aprsri on nelr, where h e f oun d t h e g i rl, the charge aga i ns t her, but was sharply reprov e d b y her mother, who told her she had nothing to f ear, as she knew she n e e so was innocent. The girl was then conveyed to the station-,house, accompanied by her mother, who was afterwards followed by the officer to a general dealer's, in Hare-street, Bethnal-g reen , com monly known as a " dolly shop," where small sums were advanced upon trifling articles, at a ruinous in terest, and, suspecting that some of the stolen pro perty was deposited there, the witness entered while the prisoner was in conversation with the woman who kept the shop, and inquired of the latter if she had lately purchased anything of the prisoner. After some hesitation, the woman admitted that she had, and pro duced the gold signet ring, which the prosecutrix valued at 255. She afterwards produced a variety of wearing apparel, which she had also purchased under similar circumstances, and the whole of which were identified by the prosecutrix. The elder prisoner was then removed in custody, and on searching her lodg ing, the policeman found upwards of 30 duplicates relating to articles which he had every reason to be lieve were connected with other robberies. In answer to the charge, the elder prisoner said that when she left the property at the dolly shop it was with the intention of redeeming it afterwards, and restoring it to the prosecutrix. Mr. ARNOLD considered the conduct of the girl's mother of a very flagrant description, and ordered both prisoners to be remanded, to enable the officers to trace the owners of the property which had not yet been identified. Edward Harwood, a boy twelve years of age, and Mr. Thomas Thorne, a master shoemaker in the Com mercial-road, were finally brought up, the former charged with having robbed his father, a master bootrnaker, to a considerable extent, and the latter with having received the property with a guilty knowledge. It will be recollected that Mr. Arnold, at the former examination, expressed his intention to commit both prisoners for trier, and ordered them to be remanded till this day for the formal completion of the depo sitions, but, on the case being now called on, the prosecutor entered the witness-box, and earnestly be sought the magistrate's permission to withdraw the charge against his son, as a conviction would be ruinous to all his future prospects, and he had made arrangements to send him out of the country. Mr. ARNOLD, after some hesitation, ultimately ac ceded to the application ; but as the discharge of the younger prisoner would necessarily preclude the committal of the receiver, and as he viewed the con duct of the latter i n a very ser i ous light, he sho u ld summarily convict him under the Police Act, of being found in possession of the property without being able to give a sati s f ac t ory accoun t of it, and order him to pay the full penalty of 51., or be committed for two months to the House of Correction. The prisoner Thorne immediately paid the fine and was liberated, and the boy Harwood was delivered over to his father. SOUTHWARK. Thomas Franhhanz was charged with stealing a cat, with a brass collar attached to its neck. It appears that the prisoner was observed to snatch up a large black cat, belonging to a lady, living in Stamford-street, and run away with it towards th, , bridge. He was pursued and secured, and in one of 48,800 11,685 OCTOBER 22, 1847. the alcoves of the bridge, with a knife in his hand, preparing., it was (n.ppetpd to cult c‘fr his head. in . . . . 1, vas fastened round its neck. When taken into cus tody, he made an attempt to throw the cat over the bridge, but in this he was also foiled, and taken to the station-house. The owner of the cat said it was a favourite, and that the prisoner having seen it at the door, snatched it up, and ran away—that the brass collar was worth ls. 6d., a sum very inferior to the value which she set upon the animal. The prisoner said that he met the cat in the street, and that as it seemed to be lost, he took it up, and would have advertised it if he had been let alone— that he never intended to have cut its head off for the brass collar, and that he only used the knife to try and wrench it off. The MAGISTRATE said there were several heartless fellows going about stealing cats to kill them for their skins, and he believed the prisoner to be one of them. He should punish the prisoner, and sentence him to f.iurteen days' imprisonment for having unlawful possession of the animal. LAMBETH. John Marson, a builder, who has been in custody for some days, on a charge of being concerned with an extensive gang of swindlers, was again placed at the bar for further examination. In addition to the evidence already given, the managing clerk to Messrs. Neill and Co., patent asphalte cloth manufacturers, in Bunhill-row, St. Luke's, said that on the 30th of September last, the prisoner gave an order for twenty pieces of patent asphalte, and gave him a reference for his character for respectability, &c., to Messrs. Thornton, Outrim, and Co., of Essex-wharf, Fore-street, Limehcuse, and 1, Great Wi nc h ester -street, City. He (witness) called on those parties, who gave the prisoner an ex cellent character, and said that any business transac tion with him would be " all right " Feeling satis lied with this, the order was executed, but soon after he (witness) discovered the prisoner's real character, and he had not been able to get the amount of this bill for the property. Robert Tatton, a livery-stable keeper, at Chelsea, deposed that about the lit or 2d of the present month, twenty pieces of asphalte were brought to his pre mises by order of the prisoner, who borrowed 3/. on it ; some days after these pieces were taken away, and one of the prisoner's party succeeded in getting from him ill. on a cheque, on the banking house of Her ries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street, and signed by J. Day, the same person by whose cheques the prisoner had obtained several sums. After some further proceedings, The prisoner o ff ere d no defence, and was fully com mitted for trial on this charge, but was remanded on others. THAMES. William James Hopkins, a lighterman, in the em ploy of Mr. John Dudin, of Horselydown, was brought before Mr. Yardley, on remand, charged with stealing six quarters of oats. On the 4th inst. the prisoner was ordered by his master to navigate a barge, called the Eclipse, along side the ship Tennant, off Rotherhite, to receive 260 quarters of oats, part of a larger quantity, which Mr. Dudin was engaged to lighter from the Tennant to Whiting's Wharf. While the corn meters and fel lowship porters were employed in loading the Eclipse, a skiff was brought alongside the Tennant. It was in charge of a man named Wheeler, a companicin of the prisoner's, who ordered the porters to lower five quarters of oats into the skiff, and said Wheeler was in Mr. Dudin's employ. The corn was lowered in sacks which the confederate Wheeler brought with him. The porters thought the transaction a very strange one, and called to Mr. Adcock, the City meter, who was measuring the corn in the hold, to come upon deck, and on being informed that five quarters had been lowered into the skiff, he appealed to the prisoner, who said it was quite right, and that the corn in the skiff was wanted for Mr. Dud in, and that Wheeler was in his employ. Wheeler the rowed the skiff away in the direction of Princess-stairs, Rotherhithe, and the five quarters of corn were never traced afterwards. After the barge was laden, and the meter was about to give the prisoner a bill for the corn delivered, he asked the meter to " slink" the five quarters, and said that he did not want his master to know anything about it. Mr. - Adcock, the meter, understood what this meant, and refused to be a party to the transaction, and on Mr. Dudin being informed of it he gave the prisoner into custody, and paid the merchant for the corn stolen. The prisoner, in defence, said he did not put any oats into the skiff, nor speak to Wheeler. He also denied using the word slink. The prisoner was committed for trial. THE BLOCK PRINTERS' PRESENT TO THE QUEEN. A few weeks ago, the society of block printers of this and the adjoining counties forwarded to Sir George Grey, for presentation to her Majesty, a splendid dress-piece of mousseline-de-laine, printed by hand. The following letters have since been received by Mr. Thomas Graham, the secretary of the block printers society :-- Whitehall, October 6, 1847. " Sir,—ln the absence of Secretary Sir George Grey, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, trans mitting, on behalf of the society of block printers, a piece mousseline de laine, as a present to the Queen ; and I have to inform you that this present has been forwarded to the Lady in Waiting, with directions for its presenta tion to her Majesty, together with your letter which accompanied it.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " DENIS LE MARCHANT. "Mr. Thomas Graham, Secretary to the Block Printers' Society, Rhodes, Middleton, near Manchester." " Whitehall, October 13, 1847. " Sir,—l am direct e d by Secretary Sir George Grey, with reference to my letter of the 6th instant, to inform you that he has received a letter from the Lady in Wait ing, conveying the Queen's gracious acceptance of the mousseline de laine dress presented by the society of block printers ; and her Majesty has been further graciously pleased to desire that patterns or the same material may be submitted for her inspection.' " I am, sir, your obedient servant, " DENTS LE MARCHANT. " P.S. These patterns had better be submitted through ;he Lady in Waiting, and not transmitted to the Secre ary of State.—D. LE M. Mr. Thomas Graham, Secretary of the Block Printers' Society, Rhodes, Middleton, near Manchester, 'Manchester Guardian. An old man of seventy-seven, named Martinet, ani a middle-ai..,ed woman, named Meunier, were on Friday tried before the Court of Assizes of the Seine for robbing and wounding a person, named Marl6J, carrying on busi ness as a watchmaker and grocer at Belleville. The female prisoner had lived with Marle.l and his wife as servant, but carried on a criminal intercourse with her master. At length the latter drove his wife from the house, and lived publicly with the woman. After while she persuaded him to receive Martinet into the house as a lodger, and it a pp ears th a t s h e carried on a connexion with both. This led to constant quarrels. which resulted in blows, and in one of these encounters the female inflicted a peculiar mutilation on her master. She, however, had such an empire over him that she persuaded him to declare he had done it himself, with the intention of committing suicide, owing to his inability to pay a bill. Notwithstanding this kindness of her master, she acted contrary to the advice of the medical man called in, by administering strong and exciting drinks and drugs to the sick man. At length he died. after cruel suffering, and the prisoner immediately laid hands on everything the house contained, and, carrying it away, went to live with Martinet at Charonne. The latter was a party to the robbery. The details of the wound inflicted by the woman rendered it necessary for the public to be excluded from the Court during the trial. The jury declared both the prisoners guilty, and the Court condemned the woman to twelve years' impri sonment with hard labour, and exposure on the pillory ; and the old man to six years' reclusion. ' Beiug very deaf, the sentence had to be shouted in his ear, and or learning it, he cried " Si x years ' reclusion ! I should have have preferred death !"—Paris Paper. WELSH SUPERSTITION.—John Hughes, butcher, was charged before D. Edwards, Esq., mayor, and John Davies, Esq., with threatening to assault Margaret Davies, for bewitching his son. The poor woman stated that on Saturday last the defendant had followed her in the street, charging her with having bewitched his son, and said if she would not instantly undo her work that he would make her food for fowls (a Welsh phrase, equivalent to the English of cutting her into mince meat). The complainant stated that she knew nothing of what he had attached to her, and from the violence o his threats she was really afraid of the man. Hughes denied having threatened to assault her, but acknow ledged having charged her with bewitching his son, who had been ill for two years, and he knew that it was her hand that was upon him. He had merely asked the complainant to come and cure him. The mayor ex pressed his astonishment at the superstitious, ignorance of the defendant, and ordered him to enter into recog nizances to keep the peace towards the complainant, himself in 20/, and two sureties in 101. each. The judgment seemed to fill him with the most profound astonishment.—Chester Chronicle. LOLA MONTES ONCE MORE. Among the curio sities which most attract strangers visiting Munich at the present moment, perhaps the most curious is the residence of the Countess of Lansfield, the celebrated La'a Montes. Among the apartments thrown open to public admiration is the Countess's bed-chamber, which is fitted up with royal magnificence and taste. On the table in this room is a rare ornament—a superb album is laid out, filled with pieces of poetry, written in Ger man, and in celebration of the charms of the beautiful Countess, and on an embroidered cushion upon the same tahle a hand, sculptured in marble, is shown as a repro sentation of "the royal hand that wrote the verses." ACCIDENT ON THE EDINBURGH AND GRANTON lianwev.—On Friday night, about a quarter to seven when the train arrived from Granton at Edinburgh, the "messenger-rope" attached to a carriage came in con tact with one of the iron bars connected with the switch. which stretches across the rails, whereby the rod was bent, and the rails opened up in such a manner as to throw tw o o f th e carr i ages entirely off. No effect fol lowed, except that the passengers were a little startled by the sudden jolting of the earriages.—Caledonian Mercury. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yegtprrilt- r0!1 - !' for d; oc' THE PICTURE PRESENTED BY THE KING OF THE FRENCH TO THE CORPORATION. The LORD MAYOR rose immediately after the , formation of the court, and said--" I have the honour to state to this court that I have received a letter from the French Ambassador, conveying a request that I would be pleased to present a picture from his Ma jesty the King of the French to the Corporation of London. The picture is intended to commemorate a most interesting event in the annals of the Corpora tion, and I trust that his Majesty's gift will be cordially received.—(Hear, hear.) The following is a copy of the letter : " Hertford House, Oct. 12, 1847. "My Lord Mayor,—The picture of the presenta tion of the address of the Corporation of London to his Majesty the King of the French, at Windsor Castle (which from unforeseen circumstances has been delayed until the present time) is now finished, and I am directed by his Majesty to request you will have the kindness to present it to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the Corporation of London. " I have the honour to be, my Lord Mayor, " Your Lordship's obedient servant, " V. BROGLIE. " To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor." Upon the motion of Sir PETER LAURIE, who brought up the report of the deputation, stating the particulars of the presentation of the address, seconded by Alderman MOON, it was Resolved unanimously—That this Court tender their acknowledgments to his Majesty the King of the French, for the picture representing the presen tation of the address of the Corporation of London to his Majesty, at Windsor Castle, on the 12th day of October, 1844, upon the occasion of his visit to Queen Victoria, which he has been pleased to present to this City, in commemoration of that memorable event, and which this Court recollect with feelings of much gratification. It was also resolved—That the Lord Mayor be requested to communicate the resolution through the French Ambassador to the King of the French. THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO MR. BROOKE. Sir PETER LAURIE rose for the purpose of propos• that the freedom of the City be presented to His Ex cellency James Brooke, Raja of Sar awa k. H e t h oug h t the Corporati on would feel it an honour to do honour to such a man, and he felt it a greet distinction to propose that mark of respect, while at the same time he felt unequal to sketch the extraordinary merits of the subject of his commendation. The Court were too well acquainted with the points of Mr. Brooke's life to render any detail necessary. The son of an English gentleman, he early obtained a commission in the East Indian army, and served with distinction in the Burmese campaign where he was severely wounded ; and it was after returning from that ser vice, and during a casual visit to China for health and amusement, that he conceived the grand project with regard to the Indian Archipelago, which he had so gloriously eff ec t e d. S ee ki ng no aid from Govern ment, he devoted his private fortune and all his ener• gies to national purposes, and objects of Christian benevolence. Some nine or ten years since an English stranger landed on the coast of Borneo from his yacht, with a crew of twelve men and six small guns, but he landed with the olive branch, and not with the sword, and he had founded a little kingdom of happy, and con• tented, and peaceful subjects, who obeyed his wise and prudent laws, and who loved him for the purity of his motives, and the integrity of his manly character. That English stranger had suppressed piracy in the pathway of our commercial marine, protected the oppressed, emancipated the slave, and civilised the savage, and he had associated the name of our coun try with justice and humanity.—(Hear, hear.) The importancp of Mr. Brooke's services, in a commer cial view, was too evident to require remark, while his zeal for the spread of our common faith was go verned by a discretion which promised an abundant and glorious harvest. Could the Corporation ever find a nobler example to reward than such a man ? No selfish motive impelled him, no cruelty had tar nished his flag, no avarice had degraded his con quests. His ambition was to spread the blessings of religion and civilization. His labours were for the happiness of a portion of the great families of man kind. Sir Peter Laurie felt that he ought not to detain the Court, but it was impossible to speak of such a man without enthusiasm. Few pages of our history would sparkle more brightly than that which recorded the peaceful triumphs of James Brooke, the English Raja of Sarawak, and let the city of Lon don hasten to enrol among her freemen one who had given freedom to so many, who did honour to our common nature, and to whom he said from the bottom of his heart, what every heart present would echo hack again, " God speed him."—(Hear.) Sir P. LAURIE expressed an anxious wish that Mr. Richard Taylor should second the motion.—(Hear). Mr. TAYLOR said he considered it a very high com pliment to be called upon to second such a proposi tion. It was, he was happy to say, the distinguishing characteristic of the Corporation of London to desire upon all occasions to pay honour to the benefactors of mankind, and whether they were to regard the greatness of the undertaking of Mr. Brooke, the ex traordinary vigour with which it was prosecuted, or its future consequences, they could not more honour ably to themselves bestow the fredom of the City upon any individual.—(Hear, hear.) He was happy to find that amongst the other advantages with which the island of Borneo abounded the article of coal was providentially discovered, so that the facilities of navi gation would be added to the enlightened labours of Mr. Brooke in the progress of the nations in the arts of civilization. The island was inhabited by two races of people. The descendants of the aboriginal inhabitants, and the Malays, who, before the a rr i va l of Mr. Brooke, h e ld th em i n the bonds of slavery the most intolerable. Mr. Brooke had interfered suc cessfully in abating that evil, in changing the cha racter of the Malays, and introducing the great blessings of civilization and Christianity. Mr. Tay lor then stated that a friendly feeling existed between Sarawak and the Dutch possessions in the island, and anticipated the highest advantages from the spread of education amongst the natives. Sir J. DUKE said that in his younger days he had been acquainted with those seas, and he had known them to be infested by pirates. The enterprise of Mr. Brooke had completely checked the crime of piracy, and it was but just to make an addition to the motion of Sir P. Laurie in allusion to that fact. Mr. WIRE was rejoiced to find the Corporation, who had been remarkable for complimenting warriors, now glad to distinguish men who had engaged in the work of civilization by the arts of peace.—(hear.) The motion was then carried unanimously, and amidst acclamations, in the following form : "That the freedom of this City, in a gold box, be presented to James Brooke, Raja of Sarawak, in tes timony of the admiration of this Court of the cou rage, zeal, ability, discretion, and disinterestedness displayed by him during his adventurous voyage to the island of Borneo, and his residence there, and in the peaceful establishment by him of order and good government at Sarawak, in that islald, thereby pro moting civilization and increasing the safety of the commerce of the world." THE POLISH EMIGRANTS. A deputation from the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, composed of Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., Captain Townshend, R.N., W. Lloyd Birk• heck, Esq., and Lieut. Charles Szuleziwski, secre tary, attended with the following petition : " We once more approach this Honourable Court, for the purpose of soliciting the renewal of a favour which you have on many occasions generously granted, and which you have never yet been known to refuse. " The difficulties that are at this moment expe rienced by almost every class of the community are felt by none perhaps more severely than by those who have been compelled to take refuge amongst us, de prived of every possession except the respect due to their courage and unmerited misfortunes. It is for the purpose of supplying assistance, for which exiles cannot look from kindred or connexions, in a mode which, we trust, will have no tendency to diminish the funds destined for the relief of our suffering fellow-countrymen, that we venture to make this appeal to the benevolent and generous feelings by which, as we well know, your councils are animated. " We should be wanting in the duties we have un dertaken if we did not, on this occasion, recal to your memory, that since we had the honour of appearing before you the last relic of Polish nationality has been annihiliated, through an act which, by no less an authority than the voice of the Sovereign, has been denounced as a manifest violation of a solemn engagement entered into with England. The fate of a city, once second to none in opulence and celebrity, which, even to the last troubled days of its inde pendent existence, was the sanctuary of justice, of learning, and the arts—in the midst of a land from whence they had been banished by violence and op pression —cannot fail to awaken sympathy within these walls, where the sacred cause of liberty and national honour has ever found its most ardent, most eloquent, and most incorruptible advocates. " We therefore humbly request that you will be pleased to grant the use of your Guildhall, as on former occasions, for the purpose of giving a ball, in lid of the funds of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland." Deputy PEACOCK moved that the prayer of the petition be complied with. Unanimously agreed to. Lord DUDLEY STUART, M.P., then addressed the Court in a speech of great feeling and eloquence. The Committee of the Poles are, it is said, deter mined to make the forthcoming b.. 11 surpass, if pos sible, any former ball which has taken place in the .nagnificent EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF LONDON. Deputy ALLAN brought up what was designated a ORRIBLE DEATH OF A Bow.—Early on Friday morning, a little boy named Woodcock, the s o n of Joseph Woodcock, a collier, residing at Hart's- hill, Worcestershire, met with a frightful accident, which re sulted in instant death. It appears that the unfortunate Eubject of this lamentable accident proceeded to the col liery of Messrs. I zon an d C o., at H art ' s -hill, to take his father's breakfast, and while he was in the act of stoop ing over the mouth of the pit in which his father Was at work, to place the food in the skip, the poor little fellow lost his balance, and was precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, being dashed to atoms in the descent.- - Birmingham Journal. THE HARVEST IN KENT.—So bountiful have been the crops of wheat in the neighbourhood of Faversham from the late harvest, that in many instances as much eS eight quarters an" acre have been reaped ; and the re spected view, the Rev. Mr. Collins, in a very eloquent discourse on Sunday last, stated, that as much as ten quarters of wheat had been grown on a single acre of land, and fourteen quarters of barley on a like portion. That the above are not solitary instances may be known i by the fact, th a t f rom a single acre selected from a field of wheat on the farm of Mr. Collard, at Reculver, ten quarters and three bushels were the amazing produce,' which was pr ove d w i t h great care for the purpose of deciding a considerable wager.—Kentish Observer. rADvERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDBOROIro II AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this miractilouS medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract from his Lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1545. Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had not been able to effect ; nay, not ever the waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " ALneoaouon." These wenderfed pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (als• Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Straiad, and by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. AMNIA% At Lowndes-street, the Hon. Mrs. Charles Cust, of 3 daughter. On the 9th inst., in Upper Gower-street, the wife of C. V . • Phillips, Esq., of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at Elm-green, the lady of J. H. Elweg , Esq., of a son. On the 19th inst., at New-street, Spring-gardens, the lady of Dr. Todd, of a son. On the 19th inst., at Provender, the wife of Norton . 1. • Knatchbull, Esq., of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at Leyton, Essex, Mrs. Frederick Green , of a daughter. On the 20th inst., 'at Glocester-crescent, Regent's•park , Mrs. Frederick Browne, of a son. On the 20th inst. at Glocester-square, Hyd e - par k, the wife of J. P. Kay Shuttleworth, Esq., of a son. On the 20th inst., at Stamford-hill, the lady of Benjamin Oldham, Esq., of a daughter. On the 20th inst., the lady of Dr. Robertson, of Mile-end , of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at St. John's Church, Notting-hill, by the Rev. W. Holdsworth, Harriet Maria Cooper, to Charle s John Barker, Esq. ; and at the same time, Walter Henry Medhurst, Esq., of Shanghae, China, to Ellen Gilbert Cooper, daughter of J. IV. Cooper, Esq., of Notting -hill. On the 13th inst., at Budock, in Cornwall, Robert PaPe Wynne, Esq., to Anne Ponder, eldest daughter of James Por teous, Esq., all of Falmouth. On the 12th inst., at Saltwood, Kent, Frederick Staten , Esq., to Georgina, third daughter of the Venerable Jon es Croft, Archdeacon of Canterbury. On the 16th i ns t., Mrs. Elizabeth Hobson, sister of the late Mr. Thomas Hobson, of Hackney, aged 88. On the 18th inst., at Portsmouth the Rev. W. Bishop, M. A., aged 29. , On the 18th inst., at St. John's-wood, Joshua Cristali. On the 19th inst., Maria Emma, youngest daughter of G • Hann, Esq., of Park-row, Greenwich aged 17. On the 19th iust., in Clarendon. place, Ilyde-park-gardenst the infant daughter of P. Melvin, Esq. At Boulogne-sur. Mer, Mrs. Sutherland, widow of Cora' missioner Sutherland, R.N„ aged 84. London : P- tnted and Publ:sh e ,l by MU :n0 YOUNG, of No. 112 : zit:And, Printer, at The Sun Offi ce , No. 111, Strand, in the Freebie ,. of the Savoy, in the County of - Middlesex Friday, October 22 ' 1847. a