The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOU.RNAL.& (From the Times.) The press has plenty of advisers, but, while • tile we could never extract from their counsels a good for our guidance. we never had any doubt a these columns v rha our own proper line. We represent public opin ion We believe that we express in se ns, 3, Englishmen, using that word in a very lar ge feel in their bosoms, avow in . conv ersa tion, public tr an wi sni I, th more more reserve, declare in ress themselves free ly actions. one to to e° an un o tr eer e , e xp whether at their own fu sides, or in. the circle of . theirhospitality, orin clul )s, or even in public meet ings—not to speak of wl .at they put upon paper. What they thus say more or less privately, and what they cannot say in pub lie for want of opportunity, or are afraid to say ;for want of courage, we have the opportunity and the freedom to proclaim to the four quarters of the, globe. That is our vocation, and when it shall come to be said at dinner tables that all the world knows this or that, that all the world feels this or • that, but the Times is afraid to say it, then, mos' t assuredly, it is all over with us, and with thi s nation also. We may then write Ichabod on tb e British Empire, for its glory is departed 5 )r ever. No ; every man whose heart boils wit h in him at the news of successful violence or fraud—every man who would give all he had.. l'or the hand to rescue or the tongue to rebuke, b - ut has no opportunity—expects, at least, the satis fa .c -tion of seeing his feelings expressed in this journal, and rejoices to know that, if there is tyranny on one side the Channel, there is liberty on the other. It is impossible but that this liberty should so me times be used in a manner to offend some of our readers, but, if we do not speak out, no one does ; and reasonable people appreciate our freedom and our courage too highly to cavil at the fervo - ar of just indignation. Some such reflections, we have no doubt, had recently passed through the .n i i n d. o f Sir Charles Wood the other day at Halifax , when he described the reaction which has follo-Ked th e excesses of the mob throughout the cr_natinent. " Take our nearest neighbours," he exclaimed ; " such a despotism never prevailed in Europe, even in the time of Napoleon the First. The press gagged ; liberty suppressed ; no man allowed to speak his opinion ; the neighbouring country of Belgium forced to gag her press ; no press in Eu rope free but ours, which, thank God, he cannot gag—(cheers) ;—and hence his hatred of our press, that it alone dares to speak the truth." Nothing can be plainer and simpler than this language. It claims for the Englishman the liberty —we fear we must call it the national privilege— of speaking his opinion about all public men and all public affairs. Such is the rule which Sir Charles Wood, himself a man with great comma nd over his temper and his tongue, propounds for the press. But will anybody tell us what is the rule which Mr. Cobden would give us, and probably enforce on us, if it lay in his power ? Is it the rule of general forbearance, of reverence for crowned heads, respect- for the powers that be, smooth speech to dignities, and charitable construct ion for all kinds of conduct ? No such thing . u class of his fellow-subjects have an incid ental advan tage in an economical law, he does not hesitate to denounce them as maintaining it at the expense of their country for their private advantage. If the, Army and Navy Lists are full of noble and honourable names, he does not scruple to denounce our armaments as gigantic jobs for the convenience and amusement of our nobility and gentry. If the Austrian Emperor,, in a dire extremity of his affairs, secured the possession of an hereditary realm at the expense of its constitutional liberties, —if the Czar, terrified by the contagion of liberty and revolt, assisted his neighbour to enforce order and submission—no one so prompt or so free to denounce the two tyrants with the utmost violence, contumely, and menace, insomuch that even his own powerful eloquence failed to express his rage and contempt ; and, like the prophets of old, he had recourse to symbolical expressions of hatred and, • defiance. Lastly, if a newspaper thwarts him, cri ticises his harangues, and crosses his schemes, 'so much as to leave the impression that the Press is not with him---here,' too, his wrath knows no bounds, and he does his utmost to persuade the British people to 'assist him in. putting down this intractable power. Mr. Cobden, then, is a man to speak out upon' oceasion. He proves and uses the 'Englishman's privilege; and cares not if, while-he is tendering his. advice or silencing an opposition, he should at the same time be doing irreparable injury to the position and character of a class, a person, a, journal,. or a private establishment. So far - we understand Mr. Cobden, and we are proud to say that his rule, up to this point, is very much the same as our own. • But what we do - not understand- is the glaring contradiction - which Mr. Cobden presents to his own usual practice of speaking -his mind, in his remarks on our 'language on one particular sub ject. one nation, one man. He may lampoon the , head of the house of , diapsburg, he may crumple , up the empire of the Russiaa—both of them ancient, , • „prescriptive, hereditary 'things—with hardly . a - choice but to go on as,they have done for centuries ; but we, are to beware of. a single word that may . give, offence to a man who entered 'France scarcely -• ~four years ago with promises and oaths to respeet a republic, and has now founded on perjury and bloodshed the most absolute despotism under - the sun. We are not to say of him in these columns what all Englishmen say, of him at their tables ; and on this one point, this dark spot on the sun of our freedom, the British -nation is not to see its heart reflected in the Times. We may abuse everything distant, ancient, or weak ; Czars far :away in Arctic seas, or Emperors shut upin the heart of a continent ; Roman Emperors dead and gone two thousand yearaago, or Lords and country gentle men beneath our contempt. But we are to be most respectfully silent about the usurper who, by the aid. of an immense army, and by the means of universal suffrage and the ballot, has tied the hands of every Frenchman behind his back, and gagged the tongue in his head, till he is himself the only free agent throughout a vast dominion. We are to assume that the great majority of French men are so different from ourselves as to acquiesce willingly and cheerfully in a subjection which leaves him so far below serfs, as serfs have antiquity and limitations of their bondage, and so far below the African slave, as the African has colour to ex cuse him. And what is the reason for this singular exception from the usual freedom of Mr. Cobden's speech ? Why are we to join with him in denounc ing those who do as their fathers did before them, and speak softly of those who have spontaneously sold themselves to an original bondage ? The only conceivable reason is cowardice. Mr. Cobden is not afraid—he says he is not afraid —of the Czar. He is not afraid—he avows as much—of the Austrian Emperor. He laughs to scorn our own landed aristocracy. If the. Times does not render him all the homage he demands, he has other more unreserved admirers. But he is afraid—he cannot disguise that he is afraid—of the French. He is afraid that they may take of fence at our reproaches,- and prove their manhood, not by asserting their own liberties, but by en deavouring to crush ours. He is afraid of a war, of armaments, of taxation, of closed ports, of pri vateers, of an immensely increased navy and army list, of another national debt ; of a demoralised po pulation, and a ruined trade. Doubtless these are disagreeable things, but it is a new thing in morality if they are to be reasons for holding our tongues, and ,the only reasons. For ourselves we must plead another view of political candour. We hold that by speaking plainly when we may be called to a terrible account, we earn the right of advising those whom we have no reason whatever to fear. The Emperors of Russia and Austria are no more to the Flnglishman than the Emperor of China, but the Emperor of the French, though he cannot conquer us, can inflict every annoyance short of conquest. If, then, we defy the former, and pass over the tenfold iniquity of the latter, we expose ourselves to the contempt of all alike. But that is Mr. Cobden's advice. We are thankful to say that it is not the general instinct of English men ; and that wo have just had a Minister of the C;rown who can teach a very different doctrine. (From, the Morning Post.) We are now upon the eve o f ano th er asserbling i of Convocation. It is. high time that the. question became settled, whether the powers of tlat assembly are to be put into operation for the Clurch's exten sion and reform. Is the preset condition of the Church such as ought ,to continue ? N o one will contendfor the affirmative. Then, what is to be done ? and by whom? Th e ans wer to these two questions is worth attention. For the first, what is to b e d one ? The cathedrals must be reformed, their purpose ex . - tended, their statutes obeyed, their trusts fulfilled, their services improved, their revenues controll e d . .and re-arra nge d, th e i r schools and hnas'-gifts s!113- ported with becoming faithfulness. and liberality. The large parisheS must be subdivided, existing districts erected i n t o parishes, additional churches built, and stip en d s • provided for additional minis ters ; parsonages require to be built in many old parishes, and, of course, in all the new ones. The Episcopate has to be enlarged, and the' dioceses re duced in size, and, perhaps, in emolument ; better provision must 10,4 made for the education of the clergy and the increase of their numbers. These are among the most obvious and pressing reforms. Many others of less relative importance'also require adjustment. When looked at in the gross, what a - work is here ! What wisdom is required ! What instant energy ! What united action ! What funds ! and what self-denial and charity ! By whom is this to be done? By Parliament, will Ir•• 1 • Ta,r: ,t rVi3 p 'ft *lt ;. zU Tf j:, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ETENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1853, be the answer of many. By Parliament ! Has Par liament the necessary wisdom, when many of its members do not belong to the Church, and know little and care less about its interests and its belief? Has Parliament the energy and the time to spare for the special attention these subjects require ? Can it leave the secular interests of the nation in abeyance the while ? If every day were devoted to these objects, the session would not suffice for them all. How much less when all that could be hoped for would be an occasional 'night given to ' the debate of some modicum of patchwork got up by a particular member. Has Parliament the unanimity necessary to carry measures of a truly Church character ? Has Parliament the funds ? If it vote away public money for Church objects, will they not be denuded of all the distinctive verities of the Catholic Church, and so be worse than useless ? The fact is, the Church is not to be reformed by Parliamentary legislation. It may be cut and clipped, and rationalised, and robbed, and degraded, and secularised, and re-distributed, by Parliament, but it can in no religious sense be re formed, nor in any just way be extended by the active agency of the Legislature. Only the Church can reform the Church ' • only the Church can, in any true sense, e x tend the Church. The powers of Parliament may aid and foster, permit and legalise, but . they cannot plant or build. They may form territorial allocations and call them parishes, but a spiritual mission alone can occupy them for God. They may erect buildings and call them churches, but they cannot call down the celestial fire to glow upon their altars. They may appoint ministers, and pay them well; and protect them boldly, and educate them with the la'cest appliances of the age, but they must go to the successors of the apostles for the mission to ad mit members by baptism, and to minister " the strengthening and refreshing" gifts of the other sacrament. Where spiritual mission 'is, there is the Church. But spiritual mission Parliament can neither give nor take away, nor can it kindle that zeal and self-denial without which the sacri fices by which the Church is built up will never be made. It can but legalise the spiritual acts of the Church, and prevent by statute the encroachment of the ecclesiastical and civil power upon the jurisdiction of each other. The Church, then, must turn to other sources than Parliament for the instruments of her extension. By whom, then, shall the work be done ? By societies, will be a popular reply. By voluntary committees and paid secretaries. But what is the source of their authority, the rule of their action, and the pro spect of their success ? Shall we have a society for each object, or one for all ? Reforms in the Church must carry with them a force that shall bind the conscience, and at the same time be good in law. Parliamentary statutes can effect the latter ; but neither Parliament, nor all the volun tary societies that ever existed, could, in spiritual things, secure the former. Besides, experience proves that societies, on the whole, are not suc cessful in proportion to the work they have to do, and the sacred motives to which they appeal. Can a society be found more capable of doing good in our populous parishes, more unexceptionable in its constitution, or more simple in its operation, than the Society for the employment of Additional Curates ? And, yet, at this moment, it has hun dreds of crying cases which it cannot assist ; and a statement has been the round of the papers show ing how inadequately it is supported. Take the In corporated Society for Building Churches. What is required to set the work goingis not a paltry sum at the rate oflOs, or 20s. asitting in aid of localexertions but a large and adequate grant which shall meet the fullest necessities of a new parish. Yet the society just named posseses an income scarcely exceeding 160,0001. The number of churches required to be built is; by a Parliamentary return, shown t o b e about six hund r ed. Wh a t effectual aid can a so ciety so circumstanced afford to such a demand ? 'Much of the same kind could be proved of all the societies usually called " religious." Some, indeed, as the Church Missionary Society, and the Society for Propogating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, can boast of an income exceeding 100,0001. ; but wlat i§ this in relation to the magnitude of the work they set before th em ? Wh a t we are Concerned to prove is, that, in every case of volunthry societies ' formed to extend the ministrations of the Church; the means and resources are deficient beyoad all comparable proportion to the purposes proposed to be accomplished. Once more then, by whom is. the great work, which all admit to be before u.l, to be done ! By the Church, and by the Church alone. The Church only ham: the right, and the power, and the proniises, and the gifts, and the energy, and the means of reaching the motives and con sciences of - men. Her seed is in herself. Par lianient is not the Church. Societies are not the Church. But the Convocation is the Church by representation. Not that the Convocation of Canterbury is the Convocation of the whole Church ; but the two Convocations of the two provinces, in one Synod, or in one purpose and work, are as much the Church - by representation as the two Houses of Parliament are the nation. To the Convocation, sooner or later, this work must be referred. Why may it not begin at once ? Is it to be maintained fora' moment that the Church should ,need reform and extension, and have within herself the means of both, and 'yet be bidden to look out herself to secular legislation or volun tary societies ? Such a principle, we venture to say, is never acted upon in any matter of ordinary or secular interest—then . why in thus' instance ? There is not a shadow of doubt that the Convoca tion of Canterbury can proceed to this work, if only the bishops, and especially the archbishops, will give the opportunity. No licence is required for the purpose, no injury to the State could come of it, and, no interference would probably be offered by the Crown to a prolonged session, if the Arch bishop would. throw the weight of his high station into the cause. (Pront the Morning Herald.) The straw is moving. The velvet smoothness and repose on which the happy family, for a few days fancied . they were •destined to repose, have been roughly shaken and disturbed, as though by the carpet on which they were so comfortably squat ting being suddenly drawn from under them. Of this there are, as the meeting of Parliament ap proaches, divers ominous and infallibl e i n di cat i ons supplied by yesterday's newspaper. " A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday. The Council sat four hours." This significant announcement is ac companied in the Times by a long, elaborate, lugu brious leading article, evidently dictated from Downing-street after the aforesaid prolonged, and doubtless harmonious, Cabinet Council—the object of which is a vain attempt to bamboozle the Radi cals by staving off the " Reform Bill " for another year ! By turns they are in that article attempted to be bullied and cajoled ; but no one can fail to see the trepidation of the write/. And his official in structors. Finally, having dealt as best he may with his quondam allies, whom he sees stunly sheering off as the battle-hour approaches, he turns with an impudent, but piteous whine towards " the Protectionist party"--who are told th a t they are able, if they be so minded, to take Up 4 posi tion of dignified and disinterested independence:" Oh, dear, how very good of them it - would be to do so, in the exact nick of time, 'and thus cordially respond to the entreaties of lqr. Gladstone on the night of the division which pitched him, for a mo ment, again into power. We say to our friends of the great and true Con servative party, Bide your time. Of faction you are incapable, but forbearance has its limits. Con tinue as you are, united and determined ; and let us gee 'what those can do, after all, who dreamed of carrying on the Government by a Cabinet of in compatibilities. • GOLD FOUND n AREA-N.—We learn that a cor jrse of prospecting has been going on of late on thr d 'N and of Arran, under the instruction of the Dulr: e o f H amilton the proprietor, and th a t go ld h as actually been found near the nor+l end ; to what extent, however, we are not yet at;Le to say.---- - Millt Britiah, Mail. Cr .AILD MURDER, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE Y....0T11ER.-:-.011 Saturday, at an inquest taken by Mr. r Baker, the , coroner, at .the Victory, Kingsland-road, Shoreditch, information was communicated to hirn by Mr. Meadows summoning offieer of the .p ar i s h, o f the fol lowing extraordinary case of child Murder in the Regent's Canal, Il•aggerstone, by the unfortunate mother, and of the attempW suicide of th* latter, who is at present lying in Shoreditch Wti-hhouse, where she was removed, after haying been Prevented effecting self-destruction. It appears that on Tuesday morning last, about 11 o'clock, as serseinen were passing down Great Cambridge-street, Itaggerstone, near the bridge which traverses the Queen's road, they observed a female, who was holding a bundle in her hand, plunge into the canal. Several of them went to her assistance, and succeeded in bringing her to the towing' path. While they were so engaged, an infant was observed to be struggling in. the water, and which had dropped out of the handkerchief in which it had been wrapped. The poor baby soon sank. Some persons, who were in a state of astonishment ..at the extra ordinary scene, tried to rescue it, but without success. The mother was taken to the Acorn public-house Great Cambridge-street, wh ere s h e was put to bed. The next day the, unfortunate young woman was remo ve d t o Shoreditch workhous e , and has been attended to by Mr. Clarke, the hOuse-surgeon. She still remains in a very precarious state. The name of the young woman is Mary Ann Capron, and she resided at No. 7, James-, street, Coal Harbour-street, Hackney-road. She is a single woman, about 26 years of age, and very respect. ably connected. She was delivered of the child about five o'cloCk on the morning of Tuesday, unknown to Iva. parents, who charged her with having been enciente, rend who suspected that her delivery had taken place, which she denied. She left her home unknown to them k hay. ; ing folded her infant up in a blue handkerchief. AN INDIAN " IMPOSSIBILITY." We take the following extract from a pamphlet upon the Government of India, recently published by Mr. Dickinson : _ "Lord speaks of the Court not having been able to provide money for public works, while they were struggling for existence in India, although they could for wars which they were compelled to carry on at : all risks. But this begs th e w h o l e ques ti on , w hi c h is—were - they, by neglecting the public works, enabled to carry on their wars, or were they so miserably poor and swamped in their means because they neglected the public works ? They are two very different things—the carrying on new and extensive improvements, and the keeping old works in repair. We will first take up the latter. To say they could not find money for them is nonsense. The works themselves provided money from year to year, and if the repairs were not executed the works did not yield their proper returns. Now, Tanjore was the only district in this Presidency where the works were kept in thorough repair. To give you some idea of the extent to which this neglect was carried, the large irrigation works in this district were never cleared out for thirty or forty years, by which an, entire dis trict was half ruined, My predecessor cleared out one mile at a cost of 7,000 rupees 47001.), and the revenue of the Talook (county) rose immediately from 70,000 rupees to much above a laci (7,0001. to 10,0001.) Probably 500 rupees a year (501.) would have kept the channels clear ; and for want of this, 30,000 or. 40,000 rupees a-year were lost (3,0001. or 4,000/.) This has been the state of things. In 1827 I found a channel that entered two Talooks filled up six feet, so that when it ought to have had eight feet of water in it, it had only two. The revenue had fallen from three to four lace to one lac ; when it was cleared out the revenue rose in two or three years about one and a half lac of rupees. One or two thousand rupees would have kept this clear. Thousands of works are at this moment out of repair, the repairs of which would not have cost one year's increase of revenue, though they have been neglected so many years. This has been the state of things : what nonsense it is to talk of their not being able to find money. But their own acts answer the question. All buildings are kept in repair. How could they find money for this ? And how did they find money for Tanjore ? About 40,000 rupees a-year were spent in keeping up the works. Where did the money come from 1 Of course, from the district itself. It they had not spent the 40,000 rupees, they would have lost two or three lace ; but further, they spent steadily in Tanjore about 40,000 rupees in improve ments, by which, on an average, they just about obtained a permanent increase of revenue of 40,000 rupees per annum. Thus no outlay at all was required for keeping these works in repair, nor even for a constant course of improvement. Why should not this have been done in every district ? The fact is, the Company were without money for their wars, because they neglected to keep in repair the old works upon which the revenue depended. But they might and ought to have gone much further than this, for without a very large expenditure at once, a system of improvement might have been kept up, as in Tanjore, that would have steadily yielded from 50 to 100 per cent. To confound such a proceeding with the outlay of a vast capital, which after a few years will re turn 5 per cent., and then say the 'Company could not spend money for public works, is merely throwing dust in their own and other people's eyes. But this is not the strongest point of the case. They did not take the least pains to prevent famine. To say nothing of the death of a quarter of a million of people in Guntoor, the Public Works Committee, in their report, calcul a t e th a t the loss in mo ne y by the Guntoor famine was 216 lacs, more than two millions sterling. If they could find money to supply these losses they could have found a hundredth part of the sum to prevent them. But now with respect to works of actual improvement of consi derable extent. These works have much more than pail their own way ; not a rupee has been taken from the general treasury, but,, on the contrary, seven lace paid into it. A schedule of Various new works executed of late years has just been printed, the average return from which has been 50 per'cent., counting from the first execution of the works, though of course in the first year or two their full effects were not developed, and this in direct revenue. Of course the indirect revenues are increased also ; and the increase of private property far exceeds - that gained by Government. But just look at this case ; the saleable value of land in Tanjore has increased much more than a million sterling since the Anicuts were built—the land is now saleable at about 50 rupees an acre. The land in this delta has as yet been unsale able ; it is much licher than that of Tanjore, much bet ter supplied with water 'by its river, and has'a fine safe port, so -that when oar works are in full operation, and the population. has ; filled up, which it will do with great rapidity, the lands ought to be worth at least 60 rupees an acre, or seven millions sterling for the whole irrigated tract. This will give you some idea of what publi c works are here. Let us take another case, viz., transit. - On 'the western road from Madras, say for 60 miles be fore the roads divide, there is now a traffic of about 500 tons a day, I believe 180,000 a-year, it costs 30,000 rupees a mile, or about 18 lace a-year. This might be carried on a, canal for nne lac ; here are 17 lacs a-year lost in - 60 reiles of transit, and this is going on throughout the 'Presidency ! Is it surprising that en such a ' system of managing the country, the people are poor, and the Government poor ; how could it be . otherwise / I am eertian that if 50 lacs a-year had been. spent in public works hero, there would have been all along an immense additional in crease of revenue, and the country would' by this time have been a complete contrast to what it now is. Lord thinks it would be better not to blame the Govern ment ; how can we possibly point out how improve ment can be made without proving that there has been neglect before ? If such immense sums can he obtained, there must have been some stupid, merciless system be fore." (Remember that, reader 1 that phrase is written by one 'of the most distinguished men in India.) "What inconceivable folly it is to shut our eyes to facts, and not to take advantage of discovery, because Ir we do, it would imply that those who Went - before us coin- , mitted blunders, The discovery of gold . in California and Sydney proves strange blindness in those who ' had been living so many years in thnSe localities, but that does not prevent men digging it up now. The mine which exists in this country will bear com petition, with those gold discoveries. An expenditure of 30,000/. et 40,000/. in Tanjore, besides the enormous Increase in direct revenue, had added Mitch more than a million sterling to the property of the pro vince. If a man who could earn SOC. A-year in other ways went to the diggings, and there obtained gold to the value of 9001. a-year, the world would ring with it; yet it would not equal the profits in Tanjore ; and here they perished r ii a n b skh o u end t o public nabeitsteerra w bo o lfy r h k io s i n sf ; i fe s aut a ll eitnht famine; in through y so humble premise very far to exceed that. Lord ---, Wendei's at and unmoved in a district where 250,000 :t our Government, and see it exposed every e imilar occurrence ?" (Remember that, reader I) hr t° ou su g p h ip t o h s e e illi ha M e a riym; neglect i}oht as ie had adomft " If his lordship had been living in the midst of the dis trict at the time, like one of our civilians, and had had every morning to clear the neighbourhood of his house of hundreds of dead bodies of poor creatures who had struggled to get !leal. the European in hopes that there perhaps they might find food, he would have realised things beyond what he has seen in his —shire park," —Ase s r l serious b ios loss too y A ni V t t li sS n i g., Br ta oit rit nu . Dgene6 destruction of a French vessel by fire, t3he DkEpslTaßce ucT y i e ° s N ter O d v a sc h oone r called the Zelinia, Vie:Act, pilaster was a fine er and was bound to London from Nantes, With wine,and cargo of merchandise. tilie at length took' a general he around No. 3 and No. 4 st 7; s cion t , some okir miles t the westward of t he 7 ,. T . ess. The fire had Obtained, how ever, too powerf... - di a hold Of the Craft to adMit of her pre, " . ...er ration, The flames Continned extend over `*easel until at iragth the *is burnt to the water's' edge. tt is gratifying iti add, however, that the crew and all those who assisted in endeavolwi ng t o stay Il i * 'eodngration, succeeded in re?,,,z.liin g the shore in.satety, not a life being lost. Li. present the taMle of the fire has not transpired; The unfortunate ship and cargo are reported to have been insured for considerable sums. RESCUR FROM DROWNING.—ItumANt AfiD Ittilorc CONDUCT or AN OrrrcEn.— We should, indeed, t a k e great shame to ourselves did *e omit to mention, and _that in terms of the highest possible commendation, the humane and heroic Conduct of Captain Grierson, edni manding officer a the 15th depot, quartered licit+, who under Providence, was the instrument of saving the lif e of a young lad on Saturday last. The "Lord's .1 7 ;,:oie t , pool of inconsiderable depth and extend Out which, Ly the continuous and heavy rains far this winter, ha s ' oeeri lOo a lake,, sitkiated on the eastern end of our tar onverta green, immediatly close to and over the canal, and apparently supplied by a spring somewhat licAr its centre, has been from time imMellintiat the theatre where the youth of our town, hut having the fear of broken pones or wet Jackets before theit eyes, took lessz,ns in the s lippery art of skating and sliding Wheneve r frost converted it into ri field Sititible roi such I purposes, The frost of.the two or thilde precedltig nights having, in the opinion di' the jiiVeniles, imparted on the day named the rrecesSary degree of firmness to its surface, a considerable number of them were amusing themselves timn it, when one un fortunate wight, carried away by the excitement of the moment, 'incautiously approached: too near the spring, where, - the ice being Wit raid weak, it suddenly gave way under his weight, at once precipitating him in the deepest portion of the pond, and where the water was ,considerably beyond his depth. Rising to the surface, he continued to catch hold Of the table ice, but either through fright Or :cold, fir both combined, he made no further efforts to extricate himselfj; and as his companions, influenced most likely by the same feelings, also seemed incapable of affording him any assistance, contenting themselves merely with acting the part of passive spectators, his situation waS t'iori meat becoming not only more painful Mit VAMP. An the extreme. Fortunately at this jAingAiftt Clapt. Grierson, who was coming from th'6 barracks, seeing the commo tion about the poud, :fished down, and perceiving the perilous position or the boy, and, also, that 'rile ihO bystanders, of whom there was a goodly Kniligi On the banks iof the pond, were willing te ilsk their lives or subject themselves to a Wottilli?,' ';vith the thermometer at the freezing point, in an attempt to save the lad, bolds- and - at once plung°! 3 .4 into „the water, broke un e Ice in his inifflealati) - vicinity, severely lacerati:, g his hands In his effort?, i and after considerablq dan f er and difficulty guoceP-' edn dragging him ashore in al but an exhansted Vvrodition. Not content with doing thingijhytalites, hd did not stop even here, but had him at once conveyed to a neighbouring house, wrapped up in blarikets, and re ; storatives applied, and wasted not even a thought on his own dripping condition and bleeding hands until he had the satisfaction' of knowing that, nnder Digine Provi dence, he had - been the means of not only preserving a fellow-creature from a sudden and also Tiolent d ea th, b u t a decent and worthy family from affliction an mourni d ns. -Westmeath guardian. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ,WORSHIP-STREET.—The Rev. Job:, 0: Anyley one of the curates of Christchurch, St. George's-in-the- East, was brought before Mr. D'Eyncourt upon the charge of assaulting and obstructing two police constables of the H division, in the execution of their duty. 4 Police-constable Hudson, El 78, said—About 8 o'clock - on Saturday night I was on duty near the Pavilion Theatre, in the Whitechapel-road, when I saw several girls and boys standing about with baskets of oranges, which caused an obstruction on the foot pavement. As soon as they saw me they fell back into the road, and two or three oranges having fallen out of the basket of one of the girls, I picked them up and threw them to her. I was then proceeding after them for the purpose of driving them away, when the defendant hastened after me, and, seizing hold of my arm, struck me a smart blow over the back with his thick end of his walking stick, at the same time demanding what business I had to inter fere with the poor girls, who were merely endeavouring to get an honest living. The defendant appeared much excited at the time, and, after telling him that he had no business to interfere with me in the discharge of my duties, lat once took him into custody. On our way to the station house the defendant conducted himself in a very intemperate manner, calling my brother officer a liar, and flourished his stick in such a menacing manner that. I found it necessary to wrest it from him for self protection. On cross-examination by the defendant the constable positively denied that he had thrown one of the girls down or that he had used any more violence on the occasion than was absolutely necessary to effect her , removal. Payne, 156 H, fully corroborated the above evidence, and added that while he was assisting the other officer to clear the thoroughfare, the defendant suddenly seized him by the shoulder and dragged him round by main force, declaring at the time that he insisted upon taking his number. On being taken into cus tody, the defendant announced himself to be a clergyman, but he exhibited so much violence in his language and demeanour that witness was decidedly under the impression that he was not perfectly sober. George Teakle, an ex-sergeant of police, stated that whilst standing at the door of the Pavilion Theatre at the time in question, he heard an angry altercation between the accused and the first witness ; the latter of whom was afterwards proceeding towards one of the fruit women, when he was rapidly followed by the defendant, who caught him by the arm, with the evident intention of preventing him from inter fering with her. The defendant had a stick in his 'hand at the time, but he saw no blows struck on either side. ,Inspector Kendall stated that he; received the charge at the station-house, and whilst 'he was inves tigating—the part i cu l ars, the defendak •alleged, in ex tenuation of his conduct, that the constable had upset the girl's oranges, but he did not then charge him with . having assau lt e d h er . Whil e h e was taking down the charge, the defendant became so noisy and obstreperous that witness came to the conclusion that he had been drinki n g, but he considered it probable that his violent manner was merely the result of exasperation and excitement. • On being called upon for his defence, the rev. gentle man earnestly assured the magistrate that the fads of the case,. as stated by the witnesses, had been grossly exaggerated, and that a most unwarrantable aggression and indignity had been practised towards him. At the. hour in question he was passing down the Whitechapel roat when he observed the constable driving several poor orifige girls before him with a degree of unjustifi able and unnecessary harshness, and immediately upon his overtaking one of them, he struck her a violent blow on he head, the force of which instantly upset her bas ket and-scattered her fruit about the pavement. 'After remonstrating with him upon his unfeeling conduct, he advanced- towards him for the purpose of taking his numberrwhen he was instantly seized by the officer, who called another one to his assistance, and he was forcibly taken off - to the station-house. He denied most em phatically having assaulted either of the officers, and with regard to the unworthy insinuation against his ebriety, .he trusted that it was wholly unnecessary for him to repel such a disgraceful imputation. Catherine M'Carthy, the fruit girl above referred' to, was,then called, and stated that, while she was vending her oranges, one of the policemen ran up to her and struck her a violent blow on the side of the head, which' caused the fruit to roll out of her basket. The police man-then picked up her oranges and threw them`out, intd theioad; and while he was doing so the defendant' kindly interfered for her, when two of the constables laid hold sf him ancftOok him away by force. William Scott, a Custom-house officer, stated that he was,about to enter the theatre, when he saw the police man. rush towards the last witness, and strike her two heavy blows in rapid succession on the side of the head, whin i caused her to fall forward upon her knees. Wit nest&Kpitssed his indigna':,ion at such brutality, and'the defendant, - who happened to be lookiry , on, intimated that he would take the officer's number ; but on ap . - preaching him for that purpose, he was immediately , secured, and conveyed to the station-house. D'r'y court said, that after attentively consider ing the evidence, he could come to no other conclusion than that the charge had been completely established. He saw no reason whatever to disbelieve the evidence of the officers, who corroborated each other in every par ticular ; whereas the two witnesses, who had been called for the defence, so materially differed in their testimony that it was perfectly manifest that one or both of them had . committed deliberate perjury. He should, there foi!c, convict the -defendant of the assault, and impose upon him a penalty of 205., or five days' imprisonment. The defendant, who appeared greatly discomposed, immediately paid the fine, with an intimation that he considered he had not been justly treated, and that he should carry the 'patter elsewhere. MARVIAttiONE.—.Tohn MiGrail, labourer, was charged with having com m itt e d a mur d erous assault peon Bridget, his wife. On .the. previous night, as Sergeant Delany, 16 D, was,passinis alone Oroas-street, Portman-market, he was met by a -female, Who told him that a man had nearly murdered-his No: 16 ; in the street alluded to. Witness hastened thither, and upon the first floor land , ing I'l6 : saw - the' poor woman leaning upon the shoulder of her son. Blood was flowing from her head, and she seemed' quite insensible. Witness lifted her up, and, on questioning her a short time afterwards as to who had injured hers She replied Ida faint tdfie of tfoidei that it fiA liar hildbAnd.. t went into the prisoner's room, where I - saw him sitting by the fire. I asked him how he accounted for the assault made by him upon his Wife, when be made answer that some words ensued between them, and that he strncik her with a small gridiron which ho happens 1c to have in his hand. I took the woman to St. Mary's Hospital in a cab, the prisoner accompany ing its ; and after I had left the woman there to receive proper medical assistance, I conveyed the prisoner to the station-liouse, the doctor. having certified that he,could not pronounce. the wife to be out of danger. I subse quently went to the house, and there learnt from one of the prisoner's sons that his mother was not struck with the small gridiron spoken of, but with a heavy iron im plement used by plasterers, and called a "server. The poor injured woman was not in a fit condition to s c t o rti me l. wife atdr w a it n h d th th e e se p r r v i e s r o , n w er as , who rem an d d e e n d. ie d having . - MELIVNCITObIr ()AO Cd DItOW/t/140.--OXFORD, S.A.TUR pDatiajt4d:rt grief t ie Ni f allaalenfatCaolllaecgeiedheanst agwahiinehbeeeen curred to Mr. Giles Datiben one of the younger mem bers ¢f, that ideiety ; A relative of Dr. Daubeny, profes sordr and . botany, and a Fellow of Magdalen i d e oi a le b g e e a .' t ea M lle r d . company a au , b , zy , , ,, in inabaek . friend, when the boat was upset, and unfortunately Mr. Dau beny was drowned. An inquest was held at If fle y near ifaey, was oboly obeilfieii6i we r e into. The jury expressed stream,w th a gon, ' -...shout themselves morning, when the particulars of t his raelan themselves satisfied with the evidence, and clearing the room returned a verdict of "Acciden tal death by clid*nitik frOni the upsetting of a boat at the Weirs Lusher Pool:" Mr. Daubeny was a commoner of Magdalen College, and a relative of a gen tleman of the Same mareNOW *AS ASO a member of the f3 V,. 0 11e011 'AO About two years ago was killed Mull* off a rail Way bridge near Oxford. This was lus first . terma regalia& • He had. been at college only a ferndayit tha Members of Magdalen met on the 3d hitt. A r e f a E r li e r .st is r E e m e x t :r e u s ti e— stm shiNuertw,aos opposite oijanything Disco' Bdte a f l nh r Yees. ofs—y c ite 3 hin 9 ) te : Hotel. The organic vibrator, an extraordinary power Piccadilly; fu th i i:ly llll 4 4 4 (4 n W tat ill : e a li ll t o ed th in er s s tru to kind that ha.sTheen, or probably ever can be produced, being pf the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at pilblie assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are entirely removed ; and it affords all.the assistance .that possibly could be desired. The Royal . Exhibition valuable newly-invented, very powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, to diseern iiiiiiiitti Objeets at a distance of from four to five Miles ; *hibli is fund to be invaluable, for yachting, and 40 sPoittaiiien, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele- Seopes, possessing such extraordinary power, that som e 31 inches, with a n ektra•eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter'i : maths, ' Sittirn's ring; and the double stars. They SUl?erse - de eery other kind, and are of all sizes for the ivalAttk4 rocket; ShootiNg t eiilitary purposes, &e. Opera Antrac e -ed u rse glasses viitu Weiri‘7... / T ll Pulver ; a ii Seild minute ek -wject-cati.be clearly seen , from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly -invented spectacle.— S. &B. 1"§; Anristh end OpticianS; 3,9; Albemarle-Street; - riiigli; iibiet4ii BPiiiiiiitti tlig Irlirk, HbiAl: L th if e e c: 1.4:1-wHuTisEmENT.]—Parr's Life Pills.—No medicine v i i l k l i s s'e h d av: yet offered to the world ever attained such distinguished celebrity; it is questionable if there be Ow :?*-- ~,f art pf o n b o l ; where. its extra6rditikj, i liealuli ,Vi r . - 7 itt ea . t i i b e n s t u ul r e ed so b l y ely the to ir t u h s e e. str T o h n e g _ u r r e e c p o ri m e m te e r n s d e a f tio p n a s rr o ,s f t iti 1 4i - o , iia.l3ieii itiiiwt.d: IV gi t ,fii..l 's'o.'it! fi letters - ' .. .... tneir possession u p wards of 1,500 • ;several of them from clergymen of the Church of England, many from chAinguisi eel ThmBeniing minis ters, front gentlemen connected with the Arm y and Navy, also froth Aembers of Parliament, Merchants, and last, though not least, from members of the Medical. Profes- , simi i And aokilful,Analytical Chemist —all spoking in the lighese terms of the value of this inestimable Medi cine. This is a mass of evidence in its favour beyond all parallel, and stamp this medicine as being the most rational and th e mos t useful medicine in th e world. Soldci by E. Edward s , 67, St. Paul's U . hurchyard ; Ba rcla y an Sons, Farringd on - s t ree t ; Suttot' and C0., Bow yard ; Hannay and Co., 61; Oxfard-street, London ; and by most reppTctabl e dealers ih me dicine. Price Is. 11d ~ 2s. lid., and in 'family packets I,ls. each. Directions given with,each box. BANK RETURNS. (From, the London. Gazette of -Tuesday.) An Account; pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 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 22d day of January, 1853 :- Ave :age PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover-Hea;,h and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford--Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,221 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman 4,276 Aylesbury Old Bank,aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 25,557 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co 25,086 Barnstaple Bank, Barnst a ple--Marshall and Co 9,544 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 35,196 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb 13,750 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,780 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Soni ll,OlB Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 7,363 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 62, 107 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 13,783 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 34,474 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St, Edmunds- 71,395 Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 27,069 Bath City Bank, Bath- G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett; Grant, and Co 36,244 Birmingham Bark, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. 12,716 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 64,515 Brighton Union Bank,, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 12,053 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 17,216 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-IVlessrs. Fosters 39,075 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and 34,209 Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David. Morris and Sons 22,307 C C h ol e c r h t e s e s y t e r ßa ß n a k n , k C , I C I e o r l t c s h ey es - t er L_a R C o o s u t n e d a s6 n d G S re o e n i; 1 3 7: 0 18 40 5 ' Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 33,725 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 46,762 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 7,710 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and 70,110 Oo Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood. and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon- , mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead , a nd Co B, 492 Derby tank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 12,073 Derby Bank, Derby---Satonel Smith and Co 37,063 Derby Old Bank and. Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 26,248 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co Diss "Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,573 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster ---‘Cooke and Co , 68,526 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, nariington-Backhouse &Co 79,819 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 9,879 Dorchester Old-, Bank and porsetshire Bank , DorcheSter-R. and H. Williams 46,691 East Cornwall Bank; Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter, and Co , , • • 106,047 East Riding Bank; Beverley-Bower and Co 49,486 Essex Bank add Bishop's Stortford Bank Chclmsford- , -Sparrow, Round, and Co 44,222 Exeter Bank, Exeter-- , Sanders and Co 29,616 Fakenham Bank, Fakeaiham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co .; Farnham.GuilHastingsd ford Faversham,Bcoß a ßlad n na k knß , 1, : F , nGaki Guildford-Messrs. i n i 1 ihd Faversham-Hiltonf a ao m : td - i -n gA - 21,038 ,Narringdon Bank and ,Bank of Wantage, Far. ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 6,970 Ie s srs Knightand Co. . Godalming Bank, Godahning--Mellersh and Grantham Bank, Grantham- M s- H e a s s Keen and Co.. ' 't"' ' 34,475 Hereford City , and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. ' 15,476 Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams . and Co. Hull. Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-7-Rust and Veasoys T[arwiCh Bank, Harwich--Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead -Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Ross and Archenfield Bank Sharpies, and Co. HerefOrd, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and 20 829 Morgan and Co Kentishi c in Bank, giolt B a aa n nn d dk ,Woodbridgem Radnorshirea idstMaidstone - Bank, aenr:e r ,Ki Ipswich- Rn Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham 'Market Bank, Suffolk, ' Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistle Alexanderi and Co: ' arid Co. l7 880 Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co 9,080 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co. • 20,239 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, , srmrd , H . sy i . t hellr, andeanfYo idr. CI, 'Hereford- Morgan r .., 2577:,083024653 , gantodna-111 62: 980 and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and Sons 9,301 'Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C. Harvey and Son 5,205 Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicesier Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 26,054 Lewes Old Bank, LeWes-Molineux and Co 32,995 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene 14,330 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 93,258 Llanclovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co 18,231 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle ton and Cradock 6,004 Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barbe and Co Lynn RegiS and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis-Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co , 11,961 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts "s l-1 Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl ulu - " Bank and Hungerford Bank, borough ° Marlborough-Tan and Hung:rfuor. Rantit,' 1,780 nor and Co , '''' '_s and IVierionethshire Bank, Dolgeky 7,073 Son 12,437 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial - Bank, Aberga,venny-Bailey and Co 28,735 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and ROSS and Herefordshire Bank, • Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co 12,479 Newark Bank, Newark---Ctodfrey and Riddell 27, 4 27 Newark and Sleaford Bank, an d Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Pea,cocii, and Co 48,08 Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny & Slocock 22,270 Newmarket tank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham mond, and Co . 18,123 Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveya and Hudaons... 48,816 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur neys and Birkbeck 64,361 Nettin_gham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Venom, and Co 10,223 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneatoif-Cfaddock and Co 3,633 Naval ' Bank, Plymouth, Plymcmili-Harris and Co. 27,-137 New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co IA P9l Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Sanuel Smith and Co. o fi r w `C.qtrY Bank and Offwestry Old Bank, Os wesiri-Cioxon OXfOrdVid Bank, Oxford-Robinson, ParsOlkg, ,Arid, 011Q1 t ToidOdge, Tonbridge and Ton- 33,726 bridge WeicS OM, Bat ev. , Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and hks Bank, Ton , l)ri'dge-T. H. and S. Beechifig • • Witney Bank, Witney-4, Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Bev6cley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 41,043 Penzance Bank, Penzance---Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-D. Yorke and. Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W. Walters.. 12,053 Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 30,149 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. ...................... . .. . • 32,140 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co tp 5,845 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds,, and Co. Rocheqter, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 7,259 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordhara and Sons 11,190 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son 10,046 Rye Bank ! Rye—R. C. Pomfret and Co. 16,879 . f,388 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Prich ards and Allaway 4,386 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd ; and , Co 1595 ,Q Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co. 24,048 Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shre Gsbury-Rocke, Eytons, and Co. 41,829 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Vallance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co 14,493 Southampton and hampshire Bank, Southamp ton--Atherley, 13'ell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 420 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and C 0... Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton-H. and R. Badcock 23,224 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill and Rundle 10,880 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Rolph and Co. 7,000 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton- Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Banlz, Nol ilampton shire-Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-Percival and Co 9,600 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Led gard and Sons 10,267 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 9,246 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and C 0..........- ......................... Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Hedges, Wells, and Co, Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- K. Greenway and Co.• Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers, and Co .................. West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield- Leatham, Tew, and Co 43,844 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby -Simpson, Chap man and Co 14,212 Winchester, Alresford, and Al ion Bank, Win chester-Bulpett a n d C o 21,605 Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester -Wickham and Co 6, 645 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth-Eliott and Pearce 16,802 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derby &lire Bank, . Wirksworth--Arkwright and Co 36,504 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech- Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wivellscombe- P. and W. Hancock 6, 9 26 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton- Good ricke and Holyoake 13,115 Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Laven der, and Co 7,966 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worce9ter-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 67,130 Worcestershire Bank, Klcleerminster-Fa r l ey , Turner, and Co 9,685 Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Forster and Sons 575 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampt on -R . and W. F. F r y er 11,731 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmoath-Gurneys Birbeclr. and Co 42,999 • Yarmouth; Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great ;Yarmouth-Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart, and Co York Bank, Y or k-S wann, Clough , and C 0... 46,187 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal.. .......... 9 9 r Barnsley Banki ng C ompany, Barnsley 9:720 ' 137 Bradford Banking C om p any , B ra d ford .. . 49 Bilston District Banking Conipany, Wolver hampton 7 324 Bank of Whitehaven, Whit9have n Bradford ' Commercial Baring Company, ' Bradford' .... ....... 20 571 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent 54,343 Cliesterfield• and North• Derbyshire Banki ng • Company, Chesterfield 8,781 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington. . ....... . ... . . . ........... Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking - : Cheltenham_ 7ss and ar wipkshire Banking Company, CJ.PPven*YtO; Coventry ... . ...... ........ . ........ 2 7 ,95 Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Ch el -12'35° tenham • ...................................... . ...... 104, 895 Carlisle and Cumberland Banking C ompany, Carlisle ~. ....... . ............. ................. 23, 696 Carlisle City and District Bank., Carlisle ...... 20,890 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dud1ey........................................... . .... 35,559 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlingtdii -District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of Eiigland Bank, Nor*ich o° 23,7 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 148,850 Halifak Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,112 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 38,149 Hull Banking Company, Hull 30,927 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,692 Ra}ifax- and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany:Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston .11erefordshire Bankiiv, Company, Hereford KnareSborough and Clara Banking Company, Knaresborough 27,771 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,190 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 53,900 Leeds' Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company;' Leicester ' 70,488 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, • 49,787 • Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington' Priors'. 10,068 __Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 10,091 Moore and Robinson's. Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham • 31,078 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking . Company, NOttingham _Newcastle ' Shields, and Sunderland Union. Joint-Stock 'Banking Company, Newcastle up'on-Tyne l, 225 National Provincial Bank of England, Binning ' ham, 'Head-office, 112; Bishopsgate-street, • London • North Wilts 'Banking Company, Melksham 45,993 '.Northamptonshire Union Bank,- Northampton 68 3 264 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton 23,892 North and South Walea Bank, Liverpool 33496 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, • Leicester - 47,034 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 1,930 Sheffield , Banking Company, Sheffield 35,340 StamfOrd, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford 53, 864 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang . port 353, 569 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 38,735 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking_ Com pany, Stourbridge 55 673 Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, • Sheffield ,23, 592 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas Banking Company, - 5hafte5bury.................................... bury.................................... . .. . Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 33,718 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field l2, 829 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven................. .......... . ...... 26,195 -k' and Leamington Banking .... ......... ompany, Warwick ... ' and South Wale 5.. .. West of. Englana 45,714 1,03, 14,964 Bank, Bristol **** ;,; ....................... 73, 810 . Wilts and Dorset Banking ‘... -. 4 urY 7 6 ,512 West Riding Union Banking u„...7Pany, Hud dersfield - - Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Compz;Z l Y , Whitchurch - '` - 2,603 Worcestet iMty and County Banking Com pany, Worcester..,„, • 4,708 York Union Banking Company, York 70,325, York City and County . Banking Company, 92,450 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 124,384 P. ; DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, January 29,.1853. THE CONVICT KIRWAN. —During the present week some very remarkable circumstances have come to light centteeted with the case of Mr: Boyer, to which re ference has often . been made in, the police reports. It appears ,that a communication was addressed, by the secretary, of the Police Commissioners, to the actuary of the Abbey-street Savings Bank, with a view of ascer taining whether there was any record of moneys de posited in that bank, in the separate names of Boyer and his wife. After due inquiry it was found that some years since—we have not learned the exact date—a sum of about'2o/. had been lodged by Mrs'. Boyer in her own name, and another amount by her husband in his name. Ithad been stated by Mrs. Boyer that, on the occasion *'hen her residence was broken into, and her furniture akeli away, a savings bank book, belonging to her, had been a`ystracted. It appears, by the records of the bank, that the husband had claimed the amount lodged in her name, and the bank, on the claim being esta blished by evidence, paid the money. A demand was made by William Burke Kirwan for the amount lodged in the bank in the name of Boyer, whose savings bank book he produced, and the whole sum deposited by Boyer was paid to him. The signature of Kirwan, as the recipient of ;money, appears in the bank book. At that time, the rule of the bank was to pay deposits to the holder of the book, after regular notice.--Merecin tile Advertiser, ',Cong. AND __ OUGHAL .13,AILWAY.—The project of an ap pli ca tion to parliament giying power to a new com pany to construct a line of railway' between Cork 'and Youghal has been abandoned by the projectors. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—FEB. 5, - • . . .. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 466 t , . .. red, 38s to 50s ; bvzley, 28s tons ; oats, 17s to 24s ; f• .- ''';' Alazagaii, 30s to 328; middle and small, Ns to 33s ; Pe a ''• white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 30s to 325. • CRELMSFORD—FEB. 4 Prices to-dvy were as follow :—Vv-heat, w hite, old 415 Qd to 58 s Od, new 39s to 56s ; red, old 37s to 48s, new 32s t 0 14s ; barley, 258 to 27s ; chevalier, 30s to 368 ; gri n.u l,4 21s to 278; malt, 55 s t o 56 s ; c h eva li er , 55 s to 580; 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 301 to 35s ; white, 318 to > boiling 37s to 40s ; clan, n ew , 29 s t o 33 s ; b ea ns, tick , a to 348; Harrow ticks, 31 s t o 36 s ; M azagan , 29s to 325• The following is the official of corn, &c., received in the p in Essex, from the 31st Jan. t statement of the quantits ie >rt of London from the p o l 4 the sth February, both usivc I--- - I 20 Colchester Harwich .. Leigh ...., Madden__ Di 8851 99 301914 - ICC 1 75' 303 20 - 1 - 20 1571 1 807 70, 70 9 3201 13°1 )1 -7, -FEB. 7, close of the mark, fietton Lyons mise Gringo ununcr .................. 17 15 0 Russell's Hetton ........... 16 0 Hough .............. 15 6 South Kclloo ............... 16 0 °layering Tees ........... 16 0 South Durham .......... Birehgrove Graigola ..... 16 0 Derwent water Hartley, 14 0, Nixon Morthyr's& Cardo , ':' 6 16 9( Wayno's Merthyr ......... 189 I Sold. Prices of Coal per ton tit t COAL MAR Bate's West Mirth Holywell Howard West Hartl Llierton Longridge's W. florid( Tai,lield Moor • Tanfield Moor Butos West Hartley West Wylam Trader Wylarn Wi'dingtou Hartley Wall's End, & 16 Cosforth Harvey Wylam Hedley Di Walk( Northumberland E. l5 Ships at market RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has underg l : marked change to-day from- the tone of last week. 80 1 have had a very strong demand for all leading we quote a rise in prices of 2to 3 per cent. Quotati °ll i t o Aberdeen, 14; Chester and Birkenhead, 216 ; ealcd°' o ol 32 ; Eastern' Counties, 12 13-16 13 ; Lancashireclitto Yorkslire, 78 ; London and North-Western, 12 0 0 10 , (fifth shares), 3 p, ; Manchester. Sheffield, and 1 ; ,ttel LMidland, 774 ; North British, S 1-16; Soutirr anti Dover, 23-:11 MANCHE 'Trial:, FEB. 7.- ket° STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thera has been an active Insr rather better prices :—Edinburgh, _ Perth, and Dundee;A; Leeds, ; Eastern Counth.s, 12 13-16 ; Midlands, 774 7 Dover, 23 9-16 ; London Stock,'pist Manchester and Birmingham C Quarters, 1 7-16 i P' l , re ; Si; Lancashire, 18;4 ; Caledonians, 32!i ; North Britt Lake Bathurst; ; Cheshire Junction d. ; Prgiscr bury and Hereford, ; West Riding, 4 2;1. burn, 7jd. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 7. tr STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was you inacti t day :—Birmingham and 'Stour Valleys were done ( iitO 3s. 9d.. ; Shrewsbury and Birminghath Stock at 8 1 . ; 0 " , Preference Shares, at 11::; ; Shre , ,vsbury and Stock. • . LEEDS, FEB. 7. rf . 0 i l l . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has 35',,,tio proved a' little this morning, thengh but f e w.trann, have taken place :--Caledonians closed at : 3 :f. ; ~,s b ife Northerns at 15; ; Midland Stock at 763 , .; and 1 ,3 u - ' and Yorkshires at 76. SEABORNE ILS. ,st- 0 (N signifies that the mails are sent from by the night—and M by the morning—lisp the General ttch.l inny when made up Fromwicd COUNTRIES. in (46neral Vost- fort • • Of Lon ion.. atelied. • ' America (byllrit.pack.lC,Every'Friday America (by United.Sts., packet) -Feb. 8 America (by U States ; packet) 16 Australia (viaSotith..; iAvervool . doe f olz9 .----- „O. Liyerpool • Feb' 16 Sown ampto, iFep' l6 Q 4 Feb -I ampton) of March SouthamP.- - Ditto, (via Marseilles N Sth of March .... .Dover ••• • •• Ditto (via Cape of tiood: Eif s' — ll noPe) • . ..Ni22(l of February' .. Plymouth •• ... I friea (West COast)../CTlrd of the month. ilymouttf ••• r, e 9. 10 Awxamiria NI, 9; 24,,5Q . 30 of m Dover ••• • • Feb' 1 : oon' ..M , 4th & ofinon. Southampt on ist ot IlzthgtoOs • • . M . 2nrl of the month SoutuamP lol . Relglanr. ••••• • • • • • I )aily over •• • Fell. i ft Brazil • • • • • • .. '..M 9th of the month .. , 'outhatiant Feb 6 B4ellos Ayr.res .• ••• • • • 9th. of he mon It . • t ots Fe b, A s o Cape of 4 - 40. A - ..N.14t1i of the 'monthillytnott,li • io rch 4 : ' 2 t ', :t 4 h ° o f f - t A lt p e r m i no ' l lllll rep : . ' l l4th of the month PI \vlnOrth,,l:.,;l 1 6 China Isles • It`Vinv & i7th 1.- .d•lS"'it • ot, of month Southllth' China (sec ndin) i •° Febb• Comttantinople. 7:7 of_Yp Const.) ntinople 4th t, , 11 stantinnptca'f_.,' Dover r ff i l 27 or ,. f• Feb. o' l6 Pr' ...• 01, Intl & 17th of mOn. AMltiVmPt ol teih I g .......... N nes, lay & Frhl aSri Lona on •• • ••,, gsfc D i t tlf• Havflunah ;hid o!' the inmithlSouthatito o. ;4 . 011.i 6 .... IVNI - Pcstl ay & plat. London •• • ' I ; Honduras a the month. }Southampton •eD• .6 Tncli:t(vlaSoutilarnot.)!‘ii.olh & 20th . of mon. Southamptont,o, 111141 (via•Marseilles)3llSHANtti of month Dover • • of Europe 1P & India) lonian Islcs (see India); Tel I lc', • Ireland .......„.M & IN lwice daily .... .. Holyhead •• ) L .,0, , Lisbon .......: .. .'. Al ( „7, 9, 17, &aof m. Southampl o . it,o. I", Madeira ...... .'..- ..m - 19111 of the - month ~touthamptOrt.o, ° Madeira .. Mali,.. (see India) Malta .... .... .. N ti, I 7,19,17; 10 of tn. Dover .. • • •'• r 6 , , Mauritius (see India) Feb 0 0 ,1 Mauritius —.. . 1 Mexico, •••• • .. ...Ml - ?,,ii of the mOtith. iStiutbaropton ; 0 ,1 ,6. Naples ..... . New Granada .. .. 3 , 112 d &. 17th of month Sent hamPtouvec,; New Zealand .......:...Cy private ship ..!Vatiou: por t it. ;6 Papal titatesil........N ithlsth2stltoilnon. Dover .• • • • • fel) f g Peninsula • - • • • . .. 77 7th i ith27thp :non SouthamPto t ,•, ; 1). ;a Peru •••• •• .... ..111 id & 17th of ni moa.,,outhapton ..,,p, v. ... . 1 ,11 fort Natal . _1 , 1'14 tit of tlie"nnopth Ply.nout la • • fe ry.l; sthl .th2sthottrain.!Dover .. • • • • F eb. Tfigtany... Ati,isth2sthoiluoi.. I over ..... fel). ' Ye! , ( , zuela 7 al' ol month: Soutliamptol "an I dem en's Land (see A'. rali a ) b ,t on I,$:,V cat I ~......141 2 d& 17llrof month:Southamp t be fig FATAL AMIDRNT.—On ThursdaY aftern-.-em. t y 4 boat of the Cambridge, 78, at Plymouth, wa e "- up the harboUr ...against a strong- northerly hr e i e o s l Mr. -Mason,- master carpenter of the Cambriug-'4l three men of the sa me vesse l, on b o a r d, a su dde t ti 4 strucli her, and, she instantly - filled and we rl ' w / 1 1 ,"q Speedy assistance was afforded,. and the picked up with the , exception of Thomas who was unfbrtu natt.ly , droWned. - SHIPWR KE.. IGHTS' STRI--Tliere is a general .at Bristol among the mechanics for an irntoe(-4-bi the vance of wages, an d a s t r ik e, if no t acce ded employers. The shipwrights, a most, importal lt , s d As fa Bristol, have i ssue d th e f o ll ow i ng. circular, ada re " f• —: their employers :"Itespected sirs,—We:the shipwrights of the port of Bristol, 'beg to draw 9 ,,c 4 "; j i tenti9n to th e p resen t commercial enterprise of t'gti 6 , try—its con sequen t act i on on t h e Mec h a nic an d pe cel;: of every grader—the upward tendency of all th e 0 0 ries and com f orts o f life—and hope you will s?P„ r ef consistency in advan c i ng th em 6d. a day on thel!'of be rate of, wages, to meet the consequent advan ee ti td re , times.. The comm itt eemen o f th e yard are • d e P a i 5 . 01 wait upon you with this memorial, and an ansvc.bealel, speetfully solicit e d by M on d a y, nex t by You r a 0 servants. For your, prosperity in trade and t 10 17,10 ever pray.", Th e h ouse - carpenters an d j o iners 4 ono issued a simila r c i rcu lar, and it is said that Oth r . l l t ts ; will follow th e eXamle. Weirnow not *what wiitrigb,l, reply-of the employers in the case of the ship pf i e i a but in the case of the car enters several mastr,,oil u t , to ready acceded to the advanee. The trade in s'l`roag" is at present so brisk that there are not hands e d o the work. BIRTHS. C ,. OF A SON. of 1. On ti;e sth inst., at ,Barnes-terrace, the Avi .f 6 xelP Lllis, Esq. - • - IV. l ' in .On the 30th ult._, at Hamburg, the wife of Esq., of the .A.d e lphi-ttrrace, London. b . - 0 . Iw, ~ , ri roaetnsoolfnii;e.d.A,insotia.:.:a.:.Fit:loA,ekviiAlguh..‘c,.alinETEcrta.stio, the ifoo. tie , On the 4th iast , at 7, , k,siisington-bate , fri tl°-113:1‘' , . ... ...........-. ----- . AO' - . , . 31A. R IZ I KU. a aivo 013 , T , v. i -08 , _ On the. sth, ins t . :, at 'the parish cloitl; c- ' c ar, ' D l 7 Joshua .Blackburn, Esq . , of 'Prockwell-ham . 1 , 1 ,.. 0 7, V s 4., Surrey, and of Lincoln's-inn - b ar rister-at , '•., , s, ' a Anil, second danghter of the lt:te Edward 'SO IL ' . ..,13, l 'ig Newcastle-upon-Tyne. • ,•t , . nilor , i i, .0 On the 3d inst., at All Saints' Church,. Lea .01.1 . ,t 1 .-ali!' Rev. C. J. Carr, incumbent of Witton o ir.. l, ' - Frances Henrietta, third daughter of the late J. Mansel. ~ jch dt' DIED _..LL. At Rome, on the 27th uit., the Bight Ron. j °l°- , $ tx 4A' . . ag O ed n .r the 31st ult. in St. James's-place,. St. " 1 :::o1- 5 )-t 411 ' 9' Lucy, the • ' S. wife of - ..1;; B. Jarman, Esq., of - L- ' O . '. , Windsor. ' -6 , i glo , n a , On the Ist inst., suddenly, at the Bank of -.- - ' l l to ll H O . P n ... 1 1.. h ) e . V 2c o l ig in h s t itt o n f t, St v o ,t l , ;:e i .s e l n (w im i li n gt gt o on i a , g; e l , 6l iioo l° o a lane, 'A .T. Gaines, solicitor, aged 4U. . ~ 0 06 On .the 2d inst. in Rl,sell-square, 1:1c311°" ~,,11, 0' daughter ofthe'late J. Teesdale, Esq. -ft Ch the 3d hist at Sherburne, Dorset , '-'' r of 0) Ol e o Esq., aged 70. • De ( a ) s n e , r ie el , l ie t t h of in t s h t e .,' ln a t t e R j. i cD h e m as e e n , d o , f s r iL r i e L'ts / 01 ,15 / 6 °l°3- t 1 4,, t Aof Westmeath, Ireland, aged 89. w oo ~ , , o , On the sth inst , Augusta,. wife of G. Ar bill, I ). of Twickenham, • and 'late of 11, Cravo l- V,. aged 4:3. ' CA . • ---- -r: . --------------. ,0E , '12 , " —.7.=--„..—.... , _- i 1 .11111 1 Y- 1, S o. . - Di L°Nl','!; : Printed and Published. by Nu',:, -- r f rio, " of No. 112 Strand, Printer, a t The SUA osto CO Strand, in ' the Precinct of the S a voy, in x, Tuesday, February 8, 1853. •.i~/li I