The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-04 00:00:00

REWARDS FOR SAVING LIFE FROM TVRECKB Yesterday a meeting of the general committee of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck was held at the offices in the Adelphi. Capt. S. Ellerby in the chair. We also observed present Col. Blanshard, RE., C. 8., Capt. Halsted, RN., Capt. E. A. Inglefield, RN., Capt. Jerningham, RN., Capt. NUT:lardy, R.N., • Capt. Hall, R.N., Major Palmer, Capt. Perrott, Capt. Washington, R.N., and Capt. Ward, R.N., the Inspector of Life Boats to the Institution. Mr. LEWIS (the secretary) having read the minutes of the previous meeting, the following rewards were ordered to be granted for saving life from wrecks— The silver medal of the institution to be presented to Mr. Arthur Brooks, chief boatman, and John Sims, boatman, of the Dungeness coast-guard station ; the thanks of the committee on vellum to Thomas Sampson, Esq., and a reward of Si. 10s. to several other parties, for the valuable assistance they had rendered to the crew and passengers of the German emigrant ship, Louise Emelie, which came on shore at the above place during the late hurricane on the 27th December. A communication having been established between the wreck and the shore, lines were attached to two circular life-buoys which were on board the ship. The men, women, and children having been then forcibly secured to the life-buoys, were thus drawn on shore through the surf. At this time the sea was flying over the brig's Enamtopsail, which was set. Within an hour after the vessel came on shore the masts went by the board, her decks fell in, and she immediately began to break up. The first receding tide swept away 45 souls who were left on board. The two life-buoys having by this time become disabled and unfit for further use, the preservation of the 59 other persons was mainly owing to the coolness and gallantry of Mr. Brooks Sims, the coast-guard man, had also displayed much courage on the occasion; as on account of one of the life buoys breaking, to which was secured one of the emigrants, who was observed to sink, he rushed into the surf to his rescue ; six other men then formed a chain (by joining hands) from the beach ; Sims, and the emigrant whom he held firmly in his grasp, were thus drawn together on shore. On reach ing the land he however, from exhaustion, became in sensible. When the life buoys had become disabled, valuable aid was rendered by Thomas Sampson, Esq., who assisted with his horse in bringing a hawser over the beach from a distance, and by means of which many lives were saved. Lieut. Hopkins, R.N., was of opinion, that had Carte's life buoys been used on the occasion they would not have broken, and that many more lives would, in all probability have been saved. Those used at this time had a hollow space in the middle, more than an inch in diameter, and appeared to be only kept to gether by the canvas which covered them. Mr. Carte had pronounced them to be cruel imitations of his inven tion. The thanks of the committee, on vellum, were pre sented to Mr. Hugh Williams, branch pilot at Rhosngyr, Carnarvonshire, and a reward of 41. 10s. to be divided between himself and his boat's crew for saving a part of the crew, consisting of 13 persons, of the barque Juno, of Russia, which was wrecked in Carnarvon Bay on the 27th December. The sea at that time was running mountains high, and it was entirely on account of the gallantry and perseverance displayed by Mr. Williams and his brave men that the shipwrecked crew were res cued from their perilous position. The ship's gig had previously made two or three attempts to return to the wreck, but the heavy sea had upset it, and the two men in her had a narrow escape from being drowned. The silver medal of the institution was voted to Mr. W. Bridle, master of the Primrose, who was upset from a boat on a late occasion at Lyme Regis, in attempting to go to the assistance of the crew and passengers of the emigrant barque Heroine, when four of his comrades un happily perished in their laudable endeavours. The com mittee had, at a previous meeting voted 29/. 10s. in aid of the subscriptions made for their widows and orphans, and for other services rendered by other parties on the occasion. A reward of I/. 10s. was granted to two coast guard men at Carrick-hill, county Dublin, for having attempted with their punt to rescue the crew of the brig Annie, of Workington, which was wrecked near the above place on the 25th ult. The men had launched their punt un der extremely dangerous circumstances, and had nearly succeeded in reaching the wreck, when one of them was struck by a heavy sea, disabled, and near ly was h e d over board. The shipwrecked crew were fortunately subse quently saved by Dennet's rocks which had been imme diately brought to the spot through the promptitude of Captain Irwin, RN., to whom the committee presented their thanks. The sum of 15s. was voted to a poor man on the coast of Donegal, in consideration of his intrepidity in rushing into the surf to save the master and mate of the sloop Lovely, of Inverness, which was wrecked near Innisman Island, on the 29th December last. A reward of 3/. was granted to a boat's crew on the coast of Carnarvon, for rescuing the crew of nine per sons of the Russian brig Die Krone, bound from Wilm ington to Liverpool, on the 4th ult., when she went to pieces soon after in Carnarvon Bay. The thanks of the committee on vellum were presented to Mr. W. Stevenson, master of the schooner Steerwell, of Bill Quay, in consideration of his humane and prompt conduct on the 26th Dec., in bearing down to the assis tance of the crew of the John White, who was observed to have a flag of distress flying, and to be in a sinking state on the Whitby Bar; the vessel foundered in less than one hour after her crew were taken off. The silver medal of the institution was presented to John Craddock, commission coast guard boatman at Stonehaven, in appreciation of his gallant services to the crew of the screw Christiana, of Arbroath, wrecked near the above place during a heavy gale on the 26th Nov. last. In order to save the crew it was necessary to swim to a rock at some distance from the main body of the rocks, This Craddock did, followed by others, and, having succeeded in establishing a communication with the wreck by means of ropes, the shipwrecked men were hauled on shore. The thanks of the committee were also voted to Lieut. Kennedy, RN., chief officer of Cushendeen coast guard station, and a reward of 31. to his boat's crew for their gallant conduct on the occasion of the wreck of the schooner Suspense, of Glasgow, on the 15th ult. There seemed every probability of the crew perishing, when the liettenant with his brave men put off in his boat, against the remonstrances of many persons on the beach. He, riowever, persevered, and fortunately succeeded in tak ing the crew (fain- in number) off the bowsprit and in 'bringing them safely on shore, amidst the acclamations of the people on the beach. Lieut. Kennedy had had the silver medal of the institution presented to him for a previous act of gallantry. It was stated that very favourable accounts continued to be received of the new life-boats on Peake's design, and that that placed at North Sunderland had saved the lives of some shipwrecked men on a recent occasion ; and it was also said that the institution had several of these boats now building for various points on the coast. It was reported that the past year had been most dis astrous for shipwrecks, and that hundreds of poor fellows had met with a watery grave. MONUMENT TO THE LATE THOMAS HOOD, Last night an exposition of the genius and writings of the late Thomas Hood, with illustrations, was given by Mr. William Parsons, in the smaller room, Exeter Hall, under the auspices of the Hood Memorial Committee, for the benefit of the fund. In the absence of Charles Mackay, Esq., LL.D., from illness, and who had been announced to preside, Francis Bennoch, Esq., took the chair. The CHAIRMAN said, it was a matter of great pain to be called to. the chair, as his friend Dr. Mackay had un fortunately been seized with a sudden and severe illness. It was right that Dr. Mackay should have been called upon to preside over such a meeting as this, to comme morate the genius of Thomas Hood, the great poet of the poor, because all would recognise in Dr. Mackay the great living poet of the people. He then called upon the lecturer to proceed. The LECTURER, alluding to the preface of the collec tion of Hood's poems, said it would be his object to show that the genius of the deceased was of a much larger and comprehensive character than was generally conceived, when men i ead with avidity his humorous and comic effusions. His was a fine genius, which had been greatly misinterpreted. Under the ephemeral title of jester, there was the true spirit of a poet. His versatile Powers of description, under all phases, were, perhaps; unequalled. His works might be ranged into three. classes :—First, the " Dream of E ugene A ram ," t h e " Plea o f the Midsummer Fairies ;" then his works of wit and humour ; and, his grave lyrics occupying the last. The object of the lecturer, generally, was to show the original bent of Hood's genius as evinced in his earlier poems, and their compa rative neglect. Wit and humour ; Hood's genial and kindly spirit as a buinourist . exhuberance of his comic vein ; more chastened development of his humour when freed from uncurb conceits ; effects of higher aims upon his powers, as shown in his later poems ; combination of humour and pathos ; Hood's earnest and large-hearted sympathy with want and Tit tering. His purpose of assisting to redress the social wrongs of the age, and the eminent success of his first efforts, and his enthusiasm in the canse unsulxluerl by ill-health, and arrested only by hi s d eath. Mr. Parsons gave, with great effect and taste, various illustrations from many of Hood's best works, amongst others from the " Plea of the Midsummer Fairies," describing Queen Titania, and her Court ; the "Ode to Melancholy." In reference to "Eugene Aram's Dream," he alluded to the fact that Hood acknowledged he was indebted to the idea from a dream he had under the influence of night mare. Next followed extracts or illustrations from "The tearful reproach of a Forsaken Woman," " The Lee Shore, "Lines on seeing my wife and her two chil dren sleeping in the same chamber," showing that the genius of Hood was really of a melancholy tendency. Hood was not a mere punster, as many had erroneously supposed, • fl , ounh he had made the punning art his own, as in the songs of " Young Ben" and "Ben Battle." A n . . _ _ _ _ extract of a letter addressed by the deceased poet to the Secretary of the Manchester Atheneum, in reply to a request that he would become one of its supporters, ex cited intense lau g ht er an d sorrow, i n qu i c k a lt erna tion. "A Wave of the Sea" was listened to with profound at tention. Extracts from " The History of Miss Kiel mansegge and her Ancestors," a production of intense wit and sarcasm, elicited much applause. The apostrophe to "Bed" and the "Haunted House" concluded the lec ture, which was of a very pleasing character, and highly creditable to Mr. Parsons ; and we were glad to see that *the room was well filled. A vote of thanks t o M r. Bennoch for having kindly • taken - the chair was carrie I unanimously, and was re. sponded to in graceful terms by that gentleman. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—In consequence of a represen tation made to the Lord Mayor by the secretary to the Hudson's Bay Company, that a native of the Sandwich Isles, who had been engaged, together with fourteen others, inhabitants of Honolulu, to navigate the ship called the Pekin home to England, had been killed on the passage, an inquiry was actively instituted. Mr. May nard, of the firm of Crowder and Maynard, appeared to take part in the investigation, and Mr. Mullen, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, attended for Thomas Golden Valle, mate of the vessel, the person charged upon suspi vcinjoolenoofe.h.waviinthg t c h a e u a s s e s d ista th o e oo d o e f at t h ho o ß f e t v h . e m deceased w w i h th o had been during a considerable period a missionary at those islands, the statements made by the natives who witnessed the transaction on board were laid before the Lord Mayor, who was during the day occupied exclusively in examining the witnesses. Go ß o y dm th a e o, c t o h n o se o n hi t ef o c f etrhke, solicitors d e ehp oboth i o n e s i de taken M a r s . the foundation of an application for a warrant against the mate, in order that they might be used as evidence to sanction the remand of the accused. The following is the substance of the testimony, which was given without the slightest hesitation by the black crew. Each of the islanders, upon being questioned by the Lord Mayor as to his knowledge of the nature of an oath, said, "A man who tells a lie will have nothing but pain hereafter (pointing to the fire.) The spirit of a good man will leave his body and go to heaven. The truth is always told when the heart is warm (purely directed.) God is Jehovah in heaven. The body dies —goes to dust. The soul lives after death. It never dies. The oath I take is like a prayer calling upon God to look and see that what I say is true." Tom, a native of the Sandwich Island Oahu, said—l was on board the Pekin as a sailor. There were fifteen of us natives on board. I know the man named Doyle. He was one of our number, and I recollect his dying on board. I saw the mate (Mr. Vaile) hit him on the back of the neck. The blow was struck about eleven o'clock in the day. Doyle did not die at that time. He died at four grogs (four o'clock) in the night after. Doyle was down on the deck, but was going up into the rigging. I was up in the rigging at the time. The mate struck him four times, and Doyle fell down. He lay down on the deck, and I did not hear him speak after -that. I never heard him ask for some water after that. He died at four o'clock, down below. None of the natives beat Doyle. The mate beat him with big wood (a large piece of firewood), about the size of my arm. I was in the middle rigging, and Doyle was behind me. He was a little way up, and the mate was on the deck, and went up after him and struck him, and Doyle fell down on the deck, and then the mate struck him again, and Doyle never spoke afterwards. Joe, a native of Oahu, said—l knew Doyle. I think his name was Macaulie. I recollect his dying in the ship. I have not seen anybody do anything to him be fore he died, except the mate, who beat him. I was in the maintopsail. I was down on deck. The mate beat him with a stick, or wood, or rope, or something or other across the back of the neck. He beat him once, then Doyle fell, and was going to get up, but could not rise. He fell down, and was like sleep, and he lay down. That's all. I did not hear him speak. No one else beat him. He was taken forward. He had nothing to eat after that. I spoke to him, but he could not speak. I helped to carry him down, and he did so [here the wit ness turned up his eyes and drew his breath in imitation of a person in the last agonies]. The mate was Mr. "Wale!' Doyle was not sick before, He was black in the neck and eye—one eye when I sewed him up. He was also black on the side. The mate struck him two or three times after the first time, and he could not get up again, and I think he died from that. I was in the maintop. Doyle was ordered to go up, but he had a large foot and could not, and that was the cause of the mate's striking him. The mate struck him on the ribs as well as the neck, and struck him on the eye too, and made that bad. I told the captain in the morning the man was dead, and the captain told me to sew the dead man up. We all went to tell the captain. The forlov,ing are the statements made by the captain and second mate of the vessel : Capt. George Whitby said—l was master of the ship Pekin, which belongs to Messrs. Smith, of London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on a voyage from Columbia River, Oregon Territory, to Honolulu, in the Sandwich Isles, and from thence to England. We left Columbia River on the 26th of July, 1852, and arrived at Honolulu at the end of August. I had at that time only three able seamen in ad dition to myself, two officers, and three apprentices, to na vigate the ship. As I could not find any Europeans there whom I could engage to assist in navigating the vessel, I engaged at Honoluhu l 5 natives to helpme in so doing. We left Honoluhu on the 2d of September, and on the 25th or 26th December one of the men, whom we nick named Doyle, died suddenly on board whilst we were about a day's sail from the Western Islands. About eight o'clock on the morning, the chief mate, Thomas Golden Vaile, came to, the door of the cuddy, and said that Doyle was dead, and that the cook had told him so. The weather at that time was so boisterous that I had not an opportunity of examining the body until two o'clock in the afternoon, but I then found no appear ances indicating that any violence had been committed, nor was I aware, nor am I now aware, of any violence having been committed upon him. On the day before the death all hands were ordered aloft to reef the main topsail, and the deceased was the last to go up. He had gone about half way up the rigging, but could not go up higher. I believe lie was then in proper health. The chief mate, seeing that he would not go up, went up to him, and told him to go up, and he refused. The mate then took a rope and tied if round his body once, and tied him to the rigging for about one minute. I ordered the mate to let the man come down, as it was no use to punish him. No persona violence was used by the mate beyond the tying the mar round the body. I saw Doyle afterwards during the day. He made no complaint, but he asked for a little water, which was not given to him. He did not appear ill. There had been a great deal of quarreling between the deceased and the other natives during the voyage. The other natives had refused to allow him to go into the forecastle off Cape Horn. I saw no difference in the state of Doyle's health after he came down from the rigging. When he come down he lay upon the deck, and the mate ordered hire to be carried below, but the other natives carried him under the forecastle, and did not take him below. I afterwards ordered him to be taken down below, and he was accordingly carried down. I did not see him again till he was dead. It was so much the custom of the natives to lie about the deck that I did not consider his doing so anything unusual. Francis Saarsfield Comyn, second mate on board the Pekin, said I remember the death of the native named Doyle. I was not aware of his having been ill or sick, nor did I hear him complain of sickness. I did not see the mate strike Doyle the day before the man died. I saw him going to strike him with a piece of old lead line, but I told him not to do so, and he did not. After Doyle was dead his face and lips were swollen. Doyle was standing on deck when the.mate was going to strike him. I saw Doyle lie down. Vaile did not knock him down. I did not see the mate or any other person use violence to the deceased. I believe the death of Doyle to have been natural. I saw him in the rigging the day before. I did not see him tied there. He might have been there perhaps half an hour. I had seen him at work well enough four hours before that time. I was not aware that he was ill till after he was dead. I think it was between eleven and twelve o'clock when I saw the mate going to strike him ; but I know that the mate did not strike him. I never heard of any complaint being made about the deceased having been subjected to any ill-treatment. Mr. Mullens said that his client had left Newcastle upon-Tyne for the purpose of coming to London, to face the inquiry the moment he heard of the accusation, and was ready to give bail to a n y amoun t t o appear and an swer the charge in its future stages. The Lord Mayor said he would accept bail ; and, un exceptionable securities having been offered and taken, the case was adjourned for further examination. GUILDHALL.—Mr. John Chuck, a broker, in Shoe lane, was summoned before Sir James Duke and Alder man Copeland, to answer a complaint for making other charges in respect to a distress for rates than are per mitted to be made in the schedule of such charges in the act for regulating distresses, John Ifichards, a coffee-house keeper, of 14, London wall, said the defendant distrained his goods three weeks before Christmas for 15s, the consolidated rate, and 10s. the sewers rate. The goods were taken away, sold by public auction for 3/. 6s. 6d., and the expenses with the rates amounted to 3/. 9s. 3d.; neither a copy of the dis tress warrant, inventory, or any other paper was left by the defendant at the time of the seizure. Alderman Copeland asked for the warrant, and on re ceiving it expressed his astonishment at perceiving that it contained the names of several other parties, whose goods had also been distrained. The worthy alderman inquired if it was customary to include the names of twenty persons in one warrant ? Mr: 'Wood, the chief clerk, said that such was the universal practice with regard to rates. Alderin;,n Copeland then asked if every person named in the warrant was charged the expense of it ? Mr. Wood said it was so. Alderman Copeland said if that was the case the prac tice ought to be altered, and the sooner it was brought before the Court of Sewers the better, for such a prac tice ought not to be allowed to exist in the city of London. Sir James Duke inquired if the defendant seized all ,e furniture in the place for 255. The defendant said he had done so. Alderman Copeland asked if it was the practice to seize all the furniture in the house for rates over and above the amount.of the claim ? The defendant said he generally took what was . suffi cient to cov er th e ra t es , ' an d sometimes he did not seize enough, and when he took more than would meet the claim lie returned the overplus. Alderman Copeland said he did not consider, with re gard to the goods, that there had been a bona fide sale, and he also thought that the complainant had not been fairly dealt by in the matter. However, he would ad journ the case until Tuesday next, and in the meantime see Mr. Deputy Peacock upon the subject, in order that the Court of Sewers might be held at an earlier hour, to enable him to give his decision in the case before him. The papers and documents were then impounded by the Court, and the summons was adjourned. WESTMINSTER.— Wm. Potter, a cab-driver, was charged with the following disgraceful conduct : Benjamin Williams, servant in the establishment of Mr. R. Martin, 21, Eaton-square, stated that defendant drove home a lady to his master's house at a little be• fore one on the morning of the 26th ult. She gave him a shilling for his fare and came into th e h a ll, when wit ness was about to close the door, but defendant pro. vented him, and thrusting the door open followed the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVES Z ING, FEI3RUARY 4, 1853. lady. He then exclaimed, " Two shillings I must have, and two shillings I will have before I leave the house," and he would see witness before he went out of the house without. He then trust his fist it witness's face. The latter, notwithstanding his threats, seizEd him by the collar and forced him outside the door, but was unable to close it in consequence of defendant's clinging to the frame. Mr. Broderip said he would not be doing his duty to the public if he did not make an example of this case. He therefore committed defendantfor one month to hard labour in the House of Correction. LIFE BOATS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Another lamentable accident, causing the loss of six lives, having happened to one of the " prize life boats," and the occurrence of a third within so short a period being well calculated to shake all confidence in them, I beg to solicit the admission into your columns of an explanation of its cause, together with a few remarks which I believe may be useful towardspreventing similar accidents in future, not only to other life boats at those places where there management may 7 not already be un derstood, but also to ordinary ships boats when com pelled to desert their vessels and attempt to land in a heavy surf. In again offering my opinion on this subject through the medium of The Times, I do so with the more confi dence from being in no manner interested in the success of Mr. Beeching's over other life boats, or being in any way connected with the society which has adopted them, beyond the sympathy naturally existing between those who are labouring in the same cause ; my object being, by pointing out what I believe to have been the true cause of this calamity, to prevent a prejudice, without sufficient foundation, from being taken against the many boats of this build, already stationed on the coast, and to lead, by discussion of the question, to some more uni versally recognised and established rule for the manage ment of life boats in general. As was the case with the boats at Lytham and Caer narvon, so also this one was under sail at the time she was upset. She had been to a wreck at a distance of six or eight miles from the land, and' was on her return in the night time, running before the wind and sea, when, on nearing the shore and getting within the broken water, a heavy breaker threw her stern up and buried her lea gunwale under water ; she then broached-to, broadside on to the sea, and was turned over by the fol lowing wave. The wind had previously fallen light, so that the accident was occasioned by the action of the sea alone. As this is the most frequent mode by which boats are lost in a surf, whether with a sail set or not, and as the safety of any boat depends on her proper management under such circumstancees, it will be well in the first 'place to explain the nature of the danger, and especially as it is understood by even few sailors, except the most experienced fishermen and boatmen who pursue their avocations on the open coast; and this for the simple reason, that the crews of vessels, whether merchantmen or men of war, never attempt to land in a heavy surf but from necessity, and sb have no means of acquiring the practical knowledge which might avail them in the hour of danger. It is a well known thing to the seamen on the most exposed parts of our coast that the chief danger to a boat does not occur when going off against a heavy sea, but on returning before it, at which time the greatest skill and carefulness are necessary, even under oars, to prevent a boat from broaching-to and turning broadside on to the sea. Their experience has taught them that, when seeing a heavy breaker following their boat up from astern, instead of yielding to the natural impulse of giving her all p oss ibl e s p ee d away from it, and so, as migt be expected, to lessen the violence of the shock, their only safety lies in checking the boat's way through the water, and keeping her end on to tne sea until it has passed them, to effect which they back their oars, or even face a portion of the crew round the reverse way, who row backwards with all their force against the heaviest of the seas as they approach. If this precau tion be neglected, it is almost a matter of certainty that the boat will broach-to broadside to the sea and be cap sized. In truth, in this manner nearly all the crews of distressed vessels who take to their boats and attempt to land through a heavy surf are drowned. The circulation of this information among merchant seamen may, I believe, be instrumental in saving many . lives. It is not, of course, pretended that it is an infal lible rule of safety ; a boat may be so short or small in proportion to the magnitude of the waves, that they may break over her bow or stern (whichever is to seaward) at fill her at once, or throw her "end over end ;" but in such a case it is their only chance. With a boat under the command of oars this manage ment may be readily effected, but not so under sail, since, even if the sails be lowered, the boat will probably still retain too much speed, and if she broach-to with the top weight of a mast and sail nothing can prevent her capsizing if the sea be very heavy. Without the top weight of a mast and sail, and with a onsiderable amount of ballast, a life boat may, in the like circumstances, go no further than her beam ends, merely half filling with water, and then turning round head to the sea ; and as I have witnessed such an effect take place in one of Mr. Beeching's boats, of much smaller dimensions than the one now in question (alluded to in my former letter, which appeared in the Times of the 15th October last), we may fairly conclude that had this one had no mast and sail up she might not have been upset. It cannot, I conceive, be too urgently forced on the attention of the crews of such life boats as have the mffeatonsaodfibstoatnhtrwowreicnkg under sail, that, if they have been o sal t ,. their proper cou r s e on nearing the land, and befor r e g even if it be daylight, will b e to e tlgentg into broken wat er , down their mast and sail, and to take thei r b oa t carefully in under oars. In the night time, as was the case in this instance, when htleiaevybrheraekkeerns water, under seen f until the boat is among to run . over the bar of river , or through any them, ' be sail a - I consider to be an act of l e t x m tr a e y me not himprudence.uninterestinge even the to the general reader to point out what is evidentlysea, e cause which of this requires u n e xa pected effect of the action of the treatment the reverse of that which we should pursue on an impending collision between two opposite forces upon saferd enterto boldly dl the y theory charge the e f the lt la w n e d n , l a d n b d e w n h n i e e n h ita m b a l k e es here to it t the n ge r waves than ae tofa far it n e e s f it r o m is u lt n . derst o , and the fact is ob wadhp acquiring now an i p eh roa h c a h ve th p e re s e h e o d r e e d , a s e n r d v e m cl le b e y t e t v h e e r y re h one, oo n t d h a of f as t h t o h e e e e y a upper stratum a tu n a c n t d u e a r , ll e y u r r p e r o n g t r o e r s s b i v a e e k m w o a t t i e o r n , a the t t h i e r samen w time setting off them their violence is increased, onward, and falls over like a cataract, up in con ru st s a h n e t s against them serves but to increase their fury and adds from thei ayes, or, asrrollin g greatly to their dangerous effects. concussionfrom On a boat advancing against one of these w they are now denominated , rollers , ftauenei,blishne receives the o r breakers, of the their blow, sur the r wa ve with her bow, by her own inertia retains parts he posi tion, and the immediate d an g er is p ast. To be sure,rshe be too short and small in p ro p ortion to the heigh if the waves, she may be t hrown almost into a pe d.u -t of lP lar position and turned " end over end," as it is . t eel e e termed. Or, again, if she be too c umbersome or her bow prese. nt too broad or bluff a surface t o the water, she may in a very heavy sea losa her head wa y and be driven astern, when, if she be straight sheered and have but little height at her ends, she may be forced down' stern fore most, or be turned over quarter ways. If, however, she have sufficient height of bow to prevent the sea from breaking in a large body over it, and enough power to retain her headway over the crest of the ware, she has nothing to fear. On returning to the shore, however, if she attempt a run from a heavy breaker or roller, it soon catches her, throws her stern up, and carries her away with it ; she cannot get away from it ; she and it together are run ning along at a frightful pace over the ground, yet she has not steerage-way through the water, and is quite unmanageable ; it hugs her and crowds on her more and more ; it runs her bow under water ; the under current, acting on her fore foot, turns her round broadside to the sea, which still presses. on her ; her whole lee side is under water, and, if an ordinary open boat, she is in stantly upset. Even if she be a life-boat, unless she has a large amount of well secured ballast, and although she have no mast or sail up, she will probably be turned quite over either by the same wave, or else by the fol lowing one, which will fall on her before she can recover _ her position. It may, therefore, b e considered an axiom in the management of all boats in a heavye boat sea and the shoal wate atestr, when going to windw ard to give he gre possible speed against each sea as it approaches, and When rowing to leeward to check her way and back her against each wave until it has passed. It may be useful here, if not intruding too mu ch on your space, to describe a contrivance adopted by the fishermen on the Norfolk coast to prevent their boats from broaching-to, which might with advantage be imitated elsewhere. They have a long canvas bag called a " drogue," made in the shape of a common or candle exe, - tinguisher, the larg er end, being two feet more and the smaller having a hole through it. When a boat is running before the sea in broken water, the drogue is thrown over and towed astern by a stout resistance it opposed to the water, holds the boat's stern back, and tends to keep her endways to the sea. When the dan ger has passed the large tow rope can be let go, and it 11 then towed, with the smaller end or apex of the cone foremost, by a small line previously attached, when its sides collapse, and it offers but little resistance to the water. I believe h tat an article of this description would be a I le a ddition to the gear of every life- I. o at. Sir I beg to state t hat, in m y o p inion, In conclusion, , this casualty ought not to militate against Mr. 13Oech ing's boats, although a recurrence of it might possibly be - less likely to occur had they iron keels instead of water ballast ; that the same result might possibly have in any o ther description of boat under the taken place ; and that the mos t p rofitable use same circumstance s which may now be made of it is as a beacon to warn against similar injudi cious management in future cases. Hoping that the above remarks may not be without if they only lead to a careful consideration of some use , the subject, and to collecting the opinions of those who have greater experience than I have edi ha t d ser an opportunity for acquiring.—l am, Sir, your obenvant, J. R. WARD, Commander, R.N., Inspector of Life-boats to the Royal National Shipwreck Institution. The Council of Legal Education have awarded to Mr. William Whittaker Barry, of Lincoln's-inn, as the most distinguished student at the public examination held during the present Hiliary Term, the studentship a-year, to continue for a period of three years. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. At the last meeting of the society, Mr. James Simpson, vice-president, in the chair, The paper was read on the " Pneumatics of Mines," by Mr. Joshua Richardson, M. Inst. C.E. The author, after showing and lamenting the discrepancy existing among the various systems of ventilation, which might be traced to the want of good formulm for the necessary calculations, strengthed his position by the evidence given in the reports of the Parliamentary Committees, and of that at South Shields in 1843. He then explained the usual modes of calculation, and demonstrated that many more points required to be considered than were ordina rily admitted to bear upon the question, and that no sound basis of calculation could be formed on any one of the various elements, but that the whole must be carefully considered, after having examined each element in detail. The chemical constitution and properties of atmos pheric air were then considered, its uses in the animal economy, its adulteration by deleterious gases, and the compensating action pi ov id e d b y nature, f or restor i ng it to its primitive purity. The principles of combustion were then defined, and calculations were given, for determining the amount of atmospheric air required f or support i ng com b ust i on an d animal respiration, and for compensating for the amount of deterioration by perspiration. The several quantities of air, practically required in mines, for the healthful support of men and horses, were carefully shown, with the modes of calculating ; allowing for the distance the air must travel. Then followed the analysis of the deleterious gases ex isting in mines ; the fire-damp, choke-damp, and after damp—with the quantity of atmospheric air required to dilute these vapours, so, as to render them innocuous, or to promote such ample ventilation as to sweep them away from the galleries of the mines. A clear description was then given of the " Eudiome ter," and of the method of using it, to discover the quan tity of oxygen, and the percentage of carburetted hydro gen, or other gases, contained in the air of any part of a mi n e. The solution of chlorine in water, determining the quantity of hydro-carbonate, or fire-damp present ; that of green sulphate of iron, impregnated with nitrous gas, the relative quantity of oxygen, and that of lime water (or better, caustic potassa, or baryta), the relative admixture of carbonic acid. The absolute necessity for diluting the fire damp with at least thirty times its volume of atmospheric air, and forcing it out of the mine with rapidity, was insisted on, and examples given of explosions occurring apparently from the most opposite causes, still, i owever, traceable to the same source— a d e fi c i ency of ventilation. The diagram of Dr. Clan iy's clever analysis of the fire damp was then given and reasoned on ; and the pre cautions to b e o b served on entering a mine, after an ex plosion, were detailed at length, as more men were, ge nerally, killed by the after-darap, than by the explosion itself. The calculations were then given, for determining, from the previous data, the quantity of air actually re quired in mine; taking into consideration the number of men, horses, and lights, the presence of deleterious gases, the increased temperature, the difference of barometric pressure, and the length of the galleries through which the air coursed. The results were shown in tabular forms, and simple rules were deduced for determining the quantities re quired, under all circumstances of varying per centage of deleterious gases, &c. The amount given by these rules might appear large, but when compared with the tabular statement of the quantity of air actually passing through twenty-four of the principal mines in Great Britain, it was shown to be below that allowed for the best, and even those had not been entirely free from accidental explosions. ' The results of the investigation appeared to demon strate the possibility of determining the quantity of air required in mines, under all circumstances, basing the calculations on the premises demonstrated in the intro duction, and using the simple rules, whose results cor responded, in a remarkable degree with the best practical observations ; and a hope was expressed that the great simplicity and applicability of the rules would recom mend them to notice and experiment, until time, by establishing their trustworthiness, should induce their general adoption. The discussion of the paper was adjourned, until the meeting of Tuesday, February Bth, when the whole evening would be devoted to the subject. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FBB. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened dull this morning, but improved towards midday, and finally closed very heavy and depressed at rather lower rates than the closing prices of yesterday :—Caledonian, 301 ; Eastern Counties, 124 ; Great Southern and Western, 524 ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 77; Lancaster and Carli slo (third shares), 12A p. ; London and North-Western, 1184 ; Man chester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 294 ; Midland, 754 ; North British. 8h ; North Staffordshire, 44d. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 23A ; York and North Midland, 261. MANCHESTER, FEB. 3. - - STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was not much business, am prices were rather lower. Eastern Counties, 12 9-16 Leeds Stock, 76f ; Caleflonian, 30a ; Dover; 23 3-16 North Staffords, 4,1 d. ; Sheffields, 29 ;E. Lancashire, 18A Midlands, 75g. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 3. - - - STOCK EXCHANGE.—The railway share market was worse hero to-day, and scarcely any business was trans acted, but quotations generally were lower. LEEDS, FEB. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continuos its downward tendency. In Midlands there has been a fur ther fall of 155., and in Lancashire and Yorkshires of 20s. since yesterday morning. Other shares have experienced a similar decline. The following are the closing transactions : Lancashire and Yorkshires, 761 ; Midland Stock, 76 ; London and North - Western stock, 119 ; Leeds Northern s , 15} ; Leeds Northern E x t ens i ons, No. 1, a die. ; Leeds Northern Extensions, No. 3, dis. ; South-Eastern and Dovers, 23g. RIGHT TO STOP UP A PUBLIC FOOTWAY.—On Tues day an inquisition, under her Majesty's writ of ad quod damnum, was executed at the City Arms Tavern, Poplar, before Mr. Under -Sheriff James Burchell, and a special jury of twenty-two county magistrates and opulent merchants, for the purpose of ascertaining " whether or no it would be to the prejudice or damage of the Crown or the public to stop up or destroy a certain footpath leading from the bridge of the south West India Dock to the end of Robert-street, on the route to the ferry in the Isle of Dogs, adjoining the premises of Sir Charles Bigg, Price, and Co., opposite to the shores of Greenwich, in the county of Kent." Mr. Bodkin said—About a mile from the premises of Sir Charles Price, a ferry had existed for many years, and so far back as 1813 an act was obtained by a company, in which the Legislature had declared not only that it was necessary for the formation of the road, known as the Communication-road, to be made by the com pany, but that it. was also f or th e b e tt er conve nience of the public that the footpath, from the Mill wall to the extremity of Mr. Batson's premises on the east, might be stopped. The eminent merchant whom he represented did not propose to stop up the whole of that path, but only 430 feet extending from Messrs. Seward and Co.'s premises to the corner of Robert street. He regarded this as a most important inquiry, and the Crown, in its desire to protect the rights of the public, had instituted this proceeding through the Court of Chancery, and left the determination of it to a jury, which was similarly constituted as a grand jury of the county. A juror inquired of Mr. Morris, sen., if Sir C. Price was to give any recompence for stopping up the footpath ? Mr. Morris replied that the parish would re ceive something. Mr. Baker, the coroner, said he had •known the neighbourhood for 63 or 64 years, and was clerk to the trustees of the Ferry-road. They fully con curred in closing the f oo t path i n quest i on. The public, he was convinced, would suffer no detriment. He had frequently, in the dis c h arge of his dut i es i n that parish, been in that neighb our h ood, and always avoided the footpath in question, preferring the road, as it was more clean. Several other witnesses gave similar testimony. The jury having expressed themselves satisfied with the evidence, a formal verdict for stopping up the footpath was then recorded, for the purpose of being returned to the Lord Chancellor. 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(From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Vjctoria, 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 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath 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 25,55 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Rogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —.Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co 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 — Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath— G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon--Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. rosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co. 25,086 9,544 15,957 85,196 11,889 13,750 23,780 11,018 7,363 62,407 13,783 4,661 34,474 18,772 23,48 71,395 33,3' 27,069 3,650 36,244 36,426 12,716 64,515 28,859 12,053 2,548 17,216 39,075 34,209 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and 22,307 3,040 17,185 33,725 46,762 7,710 20,886 Co 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—Broma,ge, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompt on, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fineham, and C 0... 70,110 8,492 12,073 37,063 26,248 10,057 10,573 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank,' Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co 68,526 79,819 9,879 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex, Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk - beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon 7,345 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co 27,826 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. 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—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead --Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitehin Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank,' Ipswich—. Alexander; and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—. Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock 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 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree--Nunn and Co Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark —Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury —Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwied—Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Saruna—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os- 45,& 105,647 49,486 44,222 29,616 21,038 6,970 13,333 5,867 15,476 22,842 20,278 5,718 23,080 36,275 18,975 20,829 62,980 17,880 25,128 9,080 20,239 40,136 9,301 5,205 53,622 36,600 26,054 32,995 14,330 93,258 18,23 6,004 4,757 32,980 11,961 15,240 2,715 1,780 7,073 12,437 28,735 12,479 27,427 48,973 22,270 18,123 48,816 64,36 10,223 3,633 27,137 13,997 28,064 westry—Croxon and Co. Oxford Oid Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Vells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevedoaks Bank, Ton bridgc—T. 11. and S. Beeehing Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. 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—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest —J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. ............................................... Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson ............ 7,259 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 11,190 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butliu and 50n...... 10,046 Bye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret and Co. 16,879 10,125 33,726 12,053 30,149 32,140 5, 845 4,388 Roes Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Prich ards and Allaway Saffron Walds:2 and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden--Clibi;ull6 and 'Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and 4,336 29,907 • 'Co Searbor,mgh Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Vallance and Co. Southampton Towa and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 15,965 24,048 41,829 2,372 -.- Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co.. 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 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—. Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Perciv a l and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Uxbrid ge Old Ban Helston—Vivia n an d Co and C k, Uibridge—Hull Smith, o Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, a n d Co Warwick and W ' arwickshire Bank, Warwick— K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Ridin g B an k , Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, W a k e fi e ld -- Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitb y —Simpson, Chap man and Co .............. . Winchester Alresford, an d Al ton Bank chester — Bulpett and C 0..., , ..Win- Winchester an d H ampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and C 0....... Weymouth Old B an k and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth_Arkwright and C 0.........., Wished' and Lincolnlhire Bank, Wisbech_ Gurneys and Co Wiveliscorabe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton--Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank rnd' Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Led:unere, and Co Worcestershire Danl.:, Kidderminster —Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and 50n5...... Wolverhampton Ban.k Wolverh am pt on — R. and W. F. F ryer.... ' Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank. Yarmouth —Gurneys, Birbec!:, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Su2folk Bank, Great Yarmouth —Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart„ and Co ............................................... . York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and Co 14,248 14,493 4,709 420 12,385 32,719 23,025 23,224 10,880 7,000 10,742 11,443 13,39' 9,600 10,26 9,246 15,107 8,791 25,987 4,418 43,844 14,212 21,605 6,645 16,802 36,504 6,926 13,415 7,966 67,130 9,685 11,73: 42,999 12,213 46,187 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal...... Barnsley Banking Company, 8arn51ey......... Bradford Bankin g C ompany, 8radf0r d.......... . Bilston District Banking Company, W01ver hampt0n.......................................... Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven .............. Bradford Commercial Banking Company• , Bradford .............................................. Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent...... Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield ............................. Cumberland Union Banking Company, W0rk ingt0n................................................. Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pony, Cheltenham— .......................... Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Comny, pa ... Coventry CCtyentr o f Gloucester es t e Banking Company, Cove n t ry Bank Cp i o n m goompariv, o o u v n Che1tenham.................................... tenham.................................... Carlisle and Cumberland Banking C0mpan y, ......... 104,890 Coventry Union Car1i51e............................................. Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle .... Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dud1ey................................................ Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 23,708 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 148,350 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,112 Huddersfield Banking C om p any , Huddersfield 38,149 Hull Banking Company, Hull 30,927 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,69.2 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Bankinc , Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 10,068 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 10,09' Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham ' 27,496 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provincial Bank of England, Binning ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 406,130 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 45,993 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 68,264 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth. Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford 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 Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Comp an y, Shaftes y bur Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton......... Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol ...................................... 73,810 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 76,512 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud der5fie1d............................................... Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch..... Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 4,798 York Union Banking Company, York 70,325 York City a n d C ounty Banking Company, 92,450 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 124,38/ P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, January 29, 1853. T -- -" - 9,215 9,437 49,720 7,324 30,735 20,5' 54,343 8,78 31,952 9,756 27,952 12,350 23,G96 20,890 35,559 19,299 . 45,714 1,393 14,964 4,190 53,900 23,664 70,438 49,787 31,078 1,225 23,892 33,496 47,034 1,930 35,340 53,864 . 353,569 38,735 55,673 23,592 46,92 9,193 33,718 12,829 26,195 31,750 35,646 2,608 'IIE SWINDLERS OF A.IJSTRALIA.—Sotne surprise was yesterday felt in the cheque department of the Bank of England by the presentation for pament of an old patched-up cancelled ch eque, which had been drawn by a customer in the year 1834, and purported to be an order for 6171. 75. 9d. The piece of dirty paper had been pasted to another piece of paper, and presented an appearance likely to excite the suspicion of the most ignorant. It was offered at the counter by two sea men, who stated that they had been at the "diggings," accompanied by the captain, who had agreed to lay the vessel up for a few weeks, and try whether they could not recompense themselves for the delay by labouring in a gold field ; that they had accordingly gone to work, and in seven weeks accumulated a considerable quantity of gold dust, and that at Melbourne, the two applicants, being anxious to get home to their fitmilies, sold their share of the valuable article to one of the gold dealers, named Stevenson, at the current price, amounting to 6171. 75. 9d., which they were assured would lie paid to them at the Bank of England the moment they showed the authority. In answer to questions put to them by one of the officers in attendance at the Bank the seamen said they had sold five ounces on the day before to Mr. Ste venson, who paid theM in dollars, with a readiness which prevented them from suspecting his intention to rob them, and that they had their register tickets, and could prove by the admission of their captain that there bad been no desertion or irregularity of any kind upon their part. asked whether they i n t en d ed to , return Upon to onbeingAustralia, they said they had already paid ft r their passage back, and they declared that they wou'd follow the advice of the officer and look out for Mr. Stevenson, and compel him to make restitution, 9,96 9,0 G 41,043 9,938 8,070 COUNTRY MARKETS. BOSTON—FEU. 2. The weather having undergone a decided imprevera en i t during th e past week, wheat comes to hand in m uch butter condition than of late. To-day we had a fair RIPPI of all grain. Wheat declined in value is to 28 per qr., but fa rmers were unwilling sellers, and runny lots were held over for another week. Oats 6d per qr. lov er t ' ' Barley, beans, and peas were Is p er qr . c h ea p er . Wh4 red, 38s to 475, white, 46s t o 495, extra Ms ; barley, ‘ ,3 to 32s ; oa t s, 15 s to 20s ; beans, 30s to 37s ; peas, 48s t o 3:13 per qr. NEWARK—FEB. 2. of At our Corn- exc h ange t o - day we had good supplies every description of grain. Wheat and barley w as a veri heavy sale, a n d rea li se d i s to 2s per qr. lower. We fa l ' A " white, 50s t o 54 5 , re d 48 s to 52s ; barley, grinding, 268 -- 2&3, malting 30s to 335; oats, 2- I st 22s to 26s 22 s t 193 t° 21s ; beans 38s t o 44 s ; peas 3 4 s to 36s ; malt 56s to 605.; tares, 40s to 42s p er qr. DERBY SMITHFIELD—FEB. 1. The supply of fat beasts to-day was tolerably good, so the attendance of buyerdwas equally large from our ow n neighbouring counties. The best quality of beef ` pas in brisk request, and eagerly sought for by many purchase r ''' and most of the anim a l s were readily sold. There vf.e , r h e but few sheep penned, w hi c h soon found buyers at hr 5h prices. Fat pigs were aga i n very scarce ; and few cal% r —Beef, 5Ad to 6d. ; mutton, 7d to 7:jd ; veal, 6d to 61d lb. ; pigs, 9s Od to Os Od per score ; rough fat, 4s 6d Per 14 lbs. ; hides, 2d to lid per lb. ; calf-skins, 2d to per lb. DENBIGH—FEB. 2. ' There was rather a less price at this day's market VI last week. The ar ti c l e o f w h ea t l anguidly fetch 168 6d to 00s ; barley, lO s 6d t o 00 s ; oats, 6 s uu,„ . „ Oa Od per hobbet ; tub b u tt er , 03d to 10d ; fresh is to is ld per lb. ItHYL—FEB. 1. Our .market to-day was not so brisk as on this dal week, and looked rather downward. Wh ea t, 16s to ° per hobbet ; beans, 12 s ; oa t s 6 s t o G s 6d ; potatoes, 93. EDINBURGH GRAIN—FEB. 2. We had a small supply of grain in to-day's mark e .l sales dull, and prices considerably down as compared - 0 those of last. week. Top of Wheat - 8ar1ey...... ......... ..... ..... 55X lb 34s 6 a - Oats Beans 6421b 368 0a Total Supply a n d S a l es . .. Wheat 927 qrs sold 696 4" Barley 823 qrs so ld 569 q 1 Beaus 1,188 qrs Oats sold 830 qrs 279 qrs sold 214 qrs AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Average of wheat £2 6 7 7-12ths Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats 10 1 8 Ditto of Beans hs DUBLIN—FEB. 2. s; White wheat, 26s Od t o 32 s Od ; re d ditt o 25 s Od to jed, barley, 12s 6d to 16s 5d ; oats, lOs Od to lis Od. ; ra pes° , 0 21s Od to 23s per brl ; oatmeal, lls Od to 12s 6d ; bake; flour, 14s 6d to 18s Od p er cw t ; I n di an corn, 31s 6d to o" per 480 lbs. CORK-FEB. 2, CurrencP e. .21q Od to 28s 3d Os Od-20 stOP 21s 6d to 25s 61 00s Od to 00s Od 24s Od-20 ( I °' 00s Od to OOs Od 14s 2d to 14s 8d 06s Od to 00s Od 14s 6d- 16 clO. 00s Od to OOs Od .13s Od to I3s 4d Os Oa . 9s Od to 9s 9,1 .. Os 9d to lOs lOs Od d°. ..10s Od to lls Od ..41s Od to 42s Od OOs Od por O f " Quantity sold at the highest prices : , S 0 barrels white wheat ; 12 red ; 32 barley ; 2 WO' oats ; 6 pigs. 40 White wheat 100 Itedwheat Ditto Ditto 99 Barley Ditto Ditto 3 Bore 575 Oats . 292 Ditto 310 Ditto, 20 Pigs , Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last virook r .P, 3, Wheat, 684. B ar l e y, 1 , 383 . B ero, 0 . Oats, u," Pigs, 242. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. .CURRENCY. 5 54 First quality Second quality Third quality BBs Third quality .............. • 730 Foarth quality ° Fifth quality 74s Fifth quality ............... 490 Sixth quality sBs Sixth quality ........... . . ... Return of ca ttl e so ld f or wee k en di ng Jan. 29 .-- Pigs, 806. Sheep, 250. Cows, 180. 6 c l; CORR.—Flour—First to lss 6d 16s 6d ; extra, 1 . 7 s t . b i l dsr s econds, 14s Od t o 15 s Od ; households , , lOs to 13s Od 8s ga ; 7s Od to lOs per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, Ss 6d t° r O , A oatmeal, 115 Oct to 11s6d ; wheat meal, lls to lls 6d per InOian corn, 8/ Os Oct to Si 7s 6d per ton. Bran, 41 er as 6 ' to 4/ 17s6d perton. Hay—Farmers, 20s Od t 0328 0,1 , 1 0- - ' 30s ; dealers, 34s Od to 40s Od ; average, Os per ton• ;; oa to Farmers, 20a Od to 28s Od ; average, 25s ; dealers, 3 ' 7d to O ar e ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, ot o Od ; household ditto, 6d to 0,1 per 41b.—Fresh butter, bee f, lld per lb. E ggs, 6s 8d to 6s Iod per hundred. Mea t 4a to 4d to 6d ; mutton, 5d to bid ; veal, 4d to 6d ; P.3 i t'f ot iall' al s a d; l t., bolailet2o. 12d.—Coals, ____ ,3 6 t d co ot1:21:705; Newport,p e r tn sausages,. 236s s ,s : o . ;w„ ,th p L.. e uhy r dlnb, herrings,e .— yB F o i lb.—Fish , :.: d ji l 0, n 0(11: 1 28s to 00 , ,121i5ssicetoy'3225s ;o.1) Red, do., 305 per brl.—Potatoes, white, dto 9d , ; , 3 , 0 F1,145 Ott lii d p , e s r , t m e a n i .. k — e lN t skins, 34d per lb.—Dangor si3latietes(l2/".6l7spst7.:6i2nlZppe3er Cli.)!7t;t°ll(n:-; Fleece wool, 15s to 16s per stone.—Flemp, '34: j o 401.„ e ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 10s ; red pine, 31. lOs ; yellov/ _,A u " . ' 31. Os. per ton ; deals, 16/. to 181. per hundred.—Bark, i r j , 71. to 81. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 47s to 48s per cwt. —g° ; 71. lOs to 01. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.—Gu' fi Peruvian, 101. 10s to 11/. per ton. SEABORNE MALLS. ` e (N signifies that the mails a re sen t f rom th e G enera l ro--- ofil by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] I COUNTRIES. Port eine' Diittiyall•nhaenr,mi Yost- From 4hat I'M ° Office, London. DisiAttched. _______./ —...-- If America (byllrit.pack.N F e b. 4 .. ...... .. Liverpool ... Feb' ' America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Feb. 11 .......... Liverpool ... Feb' 3 f America (by U. States r packet) .... —.. .. N ........ ••• • •• ..Southampton { Australia (via South mpton) .....• • ... 3 1 4th of March .... Southampton Fe b- v % . . 19 Ditto (via 'Marseill es N dth of March .... Dover .... • • F` *Ditto (via Cape of Clood i . 1 ,. 30 Hope) .. . •••. .. N 22d of February .. Plymouth . • ,41 11 Africa (West Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth • • Y o b ' b. jd Alexandria* .... ....N 19th&30th of mon. Dover .• .• • • r „„,it Belgium .......„ , „N Daily., .......... Dover .... • • '"I ). 3 i 6 Brazil .... .. . • .... • .,M 9th of the month.. Southampton !.,.! b it , Buenos Ayres .... .. ..M 9th of the month.. Southampton Feb. j Callionda .. - ...... Al 'd & 17th of month Southampton r 26 Cape of Good Hope ..N Id and 14th of Feb. Southampton Feb'„) 26 Cape de Verds ......N I 4thof the month., Southampton r,`,. 10 Constantinople*......N 7 11117th27thof rno. Dover ...• • • r e b , 1 Central America ....N 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Fe 1 ,„5 14 " Channel Isles .. .. .. N Mon•Wed.&Friday Southampton _ Tu b , 1 6 , p . Chi1i........ • • • ... —l4 id . & 17th ormonth , outhampton .k .fice diti ' Prance ........ 31 & N Twice daily .... Dover . • ~,f , ,b . 10,,, t Greece* ...... •. .. ..N 7tll I 7th27th often. Dover ...• • • .., ;,g. ~,,- . Ilamburgh .. .. .• • ...N Tuesday & Friday London • • sm '''', - . TiJi.. Holland .. .. .. • .....111 Wednesday & Sat London •• V i ,, b , 16 ur Honduras .... •• • month Southampton r. ~,k0 Ireland .... • • ..M &N Twice daily ... ... Holyhead • Tr,. 9 4 India (vi aSoutit am pt.) ill 21 - th of the month:. Southampton f:,`,,, 19 India (via Marseilles) N dth& 21th of month Dover ...• • • r e -. India. (via Cape of Good /1 Feb 01)1,). • . .. • • • —.lll 1 4th of the month.. So ut h amp t o n . F --„ 26 Mauritius .... •• • ..N 14th o f th e month.. Southampton e '" Mediterranean (via ~,I , 9 4 Southampton .... ...31 20th of the month , Southampton ~ -..,-. 19 Ditto (via 3 .tarseilles).N ' , Hi& 24th ofmonth Dover • • .„, P „ e i , - ' 1 .Mexico ............ 31 )11d of the month. Southampton -=';',.• j 2 Madeira .......... ..31 9 th&23dof th e mon. Southampton F e " 411 , 1 7th,19t1427th, P M a a p l a t a l * 8 ' t a . t . s " * . .. .. : : .. .. N . . N lt Feb' I° Peninsula ........ .. 31 BD3ntli of the month Dover .... • • Feb. 1/ Naples* •• • .. •• • ...N sth 15t1,25thofmon. Dover .. • • c . ,1,. 19 , 11 11 1 i l 7 5 t t b h2 2 7 5 t t h h o o r e m m o o n n . Southampton Dove r ,.. . ..... ~ :.' 41 )., . - i .s • T 16 Pe u l s li can . y . ; . 11 II .... .... ... 31 N 5 2 t d h & I , t l h 7 2 t.l s f t o h f o m f m on o t n h , I ;o o u v t e b r a m . p . t . on e ). 12 66 West Indies .. .. .. .. 31 2d & 17th of month Soathampton Feb.' Van D'emen's Land (see Australia) .. ........ I * The mails to those 'much packet to Marcel e d countries thus marked (*) are CO*voY :isles, [AD VERTISEME NT.]—The Earl of - AldboronV ana' Holloway's Pills. —An astounding cure by this ml ls s e e lous medicine, after every other means had faile..d. s iva/ extract from hi s lordship s letter dat e d "Villa Ne s sir Leghor n , F e b . 21, 1845. To Professor HolloviroP te d —I beg t o acqua i nt you that your pills have eff ec l athe cure of a di sor d er i n my liver and stomach, which the most eminent of the faculty at home and all e ver o t he Continent had no t b een a b le to effect--nay, not i e r.o 9- waters of C ar l s b a d or Marienbad. (Signet" BOROUGH." These wonderful pills will cure a ll •iy'o orders o f th e liver or stomach. Sold (also Ilolle 2wa4. ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishmen t, vg h Strand, Lo n d on , and by all medicine vendors Or° out the world. BIRTHS. if° Of OF A SON. At Corf u , th e Hon. Mrs. Monteith Hamilton' lv Captain Monteith Hamilton, 92d Highlanders. 0 OF A DAUGHTER. Wif e On the 28th of December, at Bombay, the ~A. Lieutenant T. C. Alban Bth Regiment, N.I. hoa-roP— On the 2d inst., at No'. 6, Dudley-villas, ClaP the wife of J. F. Wilkinson, Esq. _.....-----. MARRIED. be 1/o'l ' On the Ist inst., at West Drayton Middlesex' t , Es (l. ; John L. Kay, M.A., third son of the late W. JR-1-'34llw' of Grove-house, near Liverpool, to Anne, eldest • of •li. 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