The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-18 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. 15. Dean Ireland's Professor (Dr. Hawkins) of the Exe gesis of Holy Scripture proposes to resume his lectures on the interpretation of the Bible at the Clarendon on Tuesday, the Ist of Fetruary, at eleven o'clock (the lectures during this term being upon the mystical inter pretation of Scripture) • to be continued on each suc ceeding Tuesday. On Thursday and Saturday he pro poses to read some of the Epistles at his own house. These lectures are open to members of the University who have passed the examination for the degree of 8.A., and those who desire to attend them are requested to leave their names at the Professor's house, Oriel Col ege, on Saturday or Monday, the 29th and 31st of January. The Regius Professor of Divinity proposes to resume his private lectures on the Book of Common Prayer, on Tuesday, the 25th inst. Any members of the University who have passed the examination for the degree of 8.A., and may be desirous of attending, are requested to call on the Professor on Monday, the 24th inst., between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock. Christchurch, Jan. 15. BALLIOL COLLEGB. The Hon. and Rev. Archibald George Campbell, of this college, has been presented to the rectory of Knipton, Leicestershire. EXETER COLLEGE. The Rev. J. C. Blomfield, M.A. of this college, rec tor of Lannton, near Bic es t er , has been appointed a rural dean of the diocese of Oxford. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE. The Very Rev. Henry Ussher Tighe, D.D , of this college, Dean of Leighlin, has been appointed First Chaplain to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. WADHAM COLLEGE, The Rev. Philip Valpy Monrant Filled, 8.A., of this college, has been appointed a Fellow and Sub-Warden of Christ's College, Tasmania. MAGDALEN HALL. The Rev. J. B. Anstice, 8.A., of this hall, has been presented to the curacy of Holy Trinity, Dorchester. ST. MARY HALL. The Rev. Disney Legard Alexander, M.A., of this hall, has been instituted to the vicarage of Danton, near Wykeham, Yorkshire. The Pr . elector of Logic (the Rev. Henry Wall) wishes to make two classes to work with him, in the way of examination in the higher parts of logic. The lectures ar e intended for candidates for examination in Easter an d Michaelmas terms. Gentlemen who wish to attend are requested to call on the Prxlector, at 25, New Inn Hall-street--candidates for the Easter examination, on Tuesday, January 18, between two and th.ree o'clock ; and candidates for the Michaelmas examination on Mon day, January 24, at the same hour. • CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 15. B.A. EXAMINATION.-1853. - - - The following list of gentlemen approved for mathe matical honours was issued by the Examiners this morn ing :--C. Anderson, Coins ; G. B. Angell, Corpus ; R. S. E. Atcheson, Trinity ; F. Atkinson, Trinity ; F. C. Autridge, St. John's ; W. Ayerst, Coins ; F. E. Babing ton, Trinity ; R. H. Barnes, Trinity ; A. A. Bathurst, Trinity ; R. B. Batty, Emanuel ' • R. D. Beasley, St. John's ; W. Bebb, St. John's ; S. Biddle, Trinity ; C. G. Blockader, St. John's ' • J. R. Blakist on , Trinity ; H. Bolland, Trinity ; E. H. S. Bower, Clare ; T. T. Bradly, St. John's ; C. Britton, St. John's ; R. Burdon, St. John's ; W. Butleer, Christ's ; .A. Calvert, St. John's ; J. G. Le M. Carey, Trinity ; R. H. Charters, St. John's; T. Chenery, Caius ; T. S. Clarke, St. John's ; W. K.. Clementson, Pembroke ; W. U. Coates, Pembroke ; A.. Cohen, Magdalen ; W. B. Cole, Coins ; J. R. Collier, Trinity ; H. G. Cooper, Trinity ; B. Cracroft, Trinity ; L. Craven, Trinity ' • G. H. Cro a d, Trinity ; R. A.. Daniel, Corpus ; W. De Quetteville, St. Peter's ; T. W.. J. Dent, Trinity ; H. T. S. Dicey, Trinity ; J. G. Do man, Emanuel ; R. Do wson, Queen's ; B. J. F. Doyle, Christ's ; D. M. Dulley, ; W. W. Ewbank, Caius ; F. G. Fleay, Trinity ; H. Fortey, Jesus ; R. Fowler,. Christ's ; R. R. Fowler, Sidney ; T. Francis, Christ's ; H. Fuller, Emanuel ; R. C. Galton, Trinity ; W. T.. Gardiner, St. Peter's ; J. H. Gedge, Trinity ; B. W. Gibsone, Trinity; J. Gilmore, Caius ; A. Glynn, St. Peter's ; J. C. Grahome, Coins ; W. A. Gray, Trinity ; S. Green, Sidney ; W. Griffith, Coins ; A." A. Harrison, Trinity ; R. H. Hart, Emanuel ; W. W. Harvey, Trinity ; A. C. Haviland, St. John's • J. B. Healy, Emanuel ; H. C. Heilbronn, Pembroke ; R. Helme, Trinity ; G. Heppe', St. John's ; A. Highton, St. John's ; J. Holbrow, Pembroke ;A. A. Holden, Trinity Hall ; .. Hopwood, St. John's ; F. C. Hubbard, Caius ; G. Humphreys, Coins ; C. C. James, King's • H. J. Johnson, Christ's ; A. C. Johnson, Coins ; F. W. Johnson, Trinity ; A. S. Kay, St. John's • E. Kingston, Coins ; P. J. Kinnear, Christ's; H. W. Kirby, St. John's • T. Leaver, Coins ; T. Lee, Catherine Hall • G. J. S. Lefevre, Trinity ; R. B. Litch field, Trinity; J. Lowe, Trinity; J. R. Lunn, St. John's; W. G. Lysley, Trinity ; J. F. Maclennan, Trinity ; P. P. Mason, Emmanu e l ; W. Molesworth, Christ's ; E. Moles worth, St. John's ; J. Moorhouse, St. John's • H. A.. Morgan, Jesus ; H. Morris, Trinity Hall ; V. Musgrave, Trinity ; C. J. Newberry, St. John's ; T. H. Newman, St. John's • J. O'Brien, Sidney ;W. O g d en , St. John's ;, G. C. Paul, Trinity ; W. Philipson, St. John's ; E. C. Pierpoint, St. John's- W. B. Pike, Trinity ; T. H . Plowman, Trinity ; d. Pope ; Sidney ; T. W. Powell, St. John's ; T. J. Price, St. John's ; J. Ray, Magdalen ; W. S. Reece, Emmanuel ; J. W. Rhodes ; Trinity • L. W. Riley, Caius ; G. R. Roberts, Corpus ; W. K. Robin son, St. John's ; P. S. Royston, Trinity ; F. Rndge, Trinity ; E. L. Salisbury, Trinity Hall ; E. A. Scott, Trinity ; W. Semple, Trinity ; J. Smallpieee, St. John's ; E. N. Smith, Caius ; E. M. Smith, Trinity ; G. E. Smith,, Trinity ; J. G. Smyth, Christ's ; J. B. Spragne, St. John's ; A. D. Stewart, St. Peter's • J. Stockdale, Ca therine Hall ; T. P. Stone, Trinity ; E. Story, St. John's ; A. B. Suter, Trinity ; G. H. Sweeting, St. John's ; J. Taylor, Trinity ; F. Tearle, Trinity Hall ; R. 0. T. Thorpe, Christ's ; J. G. Tiarks, St. John's ; H. P. Wal ker, Jesus ; J. Walker, Trinity • J. C. Walter, Catheri ne Hall ;H. are, Trinity ;G. Wells, Caius ;T. V. Went worth, Trinity ; R. A. Whalley, Magdalen ; W. Wil kinson, Corpus ; J. Willey, Caius • J. R. Williams, St. John's ; E. Wilson, Trinity ; Windham, Trinity. Examined and approved for the ordinary degree, so far as the mathematical part of the examination is con cerned :—Allen, John's ; Barion, Corpus ; Buckley, John's ; Church, Trinity ; Donne, Queen's ; Fernie, Emmanuel ; Freshfield, Trinity ; Glasgow, Trinity ; Gorton, Trinity ; Lea, Corpus • Matthews, Trinity ; Phillips, Corpus ; Seggins, Catharine Hall ; Sergeant Trinity ; Symes, Trinity ; Taylor, Catharine Rail ; Torr, Trinity. PREVIOUS EXAMINATIONS. The following will be the subjects of examination in the last week of the Lent term, 1854 :—The Gospel of St. John ; " Paley's Evidences," the Old Testament History, " The Odyssey," Books XI. and XII. Cicero's Oration ; Pro Milone ; " Elements of Euclid," Books I. and 11. ; and arithmetic. DIVINITY. The Norrisian Professor of Divinity will commence his lectures for Lent term, 1853, on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at one o'clock. The same will be continued, at the same hour, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays through out the remainder of the term. Freshmen will have to defer their attendance to a future term. There will be accommodation only for those graduates and senior and junior sophs who may have given notice of the desire to attend. CIVIL LAW. The Deputy Professor of Civil Law will commence his lectures for the ensuing term on Tuesday, Feb. 1, in the Law Schools. Subject, "The law of contracts" (in con tinuation.) PATHOLOGY. The Regius Professor of Physic will commence a course of lectures on pathology on Monday, Jan 31, at liX'a.m., at the Anatomical School, and will continue the same every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at the same hour, to the end of the term. SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE. The University of Gottingen has conferred upon Mr. Samuel Phillips, formerly of Sidney Sussex College, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts. Mr. Phillips was formerly a student in the University of Gottingen. JESUS COLLEGE. John Marten Cripps, M.A., F.L.S., F.A.S. who lately died at an advanced age , was f ormer ly o f this Col lege. He was the fellow-traveller (with Dr. Otter) of Dr. Clarke, and presented to this University the Grecian antiquities now in the public library, and also his vast collection of plants. KING'S COLLEGE. Watley Sterry and John Thomas Walford have been admitted scholars of this society. ST. 301ileS COLLEGE. The Rev. J. Matthews, 20th wrangler, 1846, has been app•inted Professor of the Physical Sciences at St. David's College, Lampeter. ST. PETER'S COLLEGE. Th e R ev . W. Potter has been appointed to an hono rary Canonry in Norwich Cathedral. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE. 'The Rest. W. Watson has been appointed second mas. ter of °midle Grammar School, Northampton, 4IIEEN'S COLLEGE. The Re v . A. Smith, BA., (1852), scholar and exhi bitioner of this society, has been appointed the Princip4l,l of Huddersfield College, Yorkshire. CHRIST'S COLLEGE. The Rev. J. B. Travers, M.A., has been elected Gd vernor of Alford Grammar School. You MUST GO FROM HOME TO ',BARN THE NEWS.— The Paris Univers, which, although it calls itself, and is recognised as an organ of the clergy, occasionally plunges rather deeply into mandane matters, and, even in religi ous affairs, represents the Church belligerent rather than those simple professors of the Christian creed, who preach peace and forbearance, has a long article on the state of things in the east, in which it attributes aggres sive intentions to Protestant England, and endeav ou r s to excite di s t rus t an d susp i c i on i n the minds of the people of France, and those of Catholic populations generally. The Uniivers has discovered that whilst the English are • pretending to dread invasion, and to be arming for self defence, they are in reality preparing to take possession of Egypt, and blinding the French Government to their designs by affectin g terror for themselves, and makin the French believe that they think of nothing but the means of rendering themselves secure against aggressioi LEECHES. —M. Prat% a medi ca l man, of Tarbes h just bequeathed by will 25 ,000 fr. as a prize to such , pe - son as shall discover a cure for the malady with whi leeches are attacked each ye ar , a n d which carries o about a third of their number. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1853. ABANDONMENT OF A BURNING EMIGRANT SHIP. By the arrival of the General Steam Navigation Com pany's steamer Sir Edward Banks, Captain trant, from Havre, on Sunday evening, which brought over three of the survivors of the St. George, l emigrant ship, we have been enabled to collect the details of the abandonment of that ill-fated vessel: The disaster has attracted much attention at Lloyd's, from . the circumstance of its being reported that, amongst the cargo of the St. George, was a quantity of oil and naphtha, if not something of a more inflammable character, which, if true, rendered her, in deed, a fire-ship. Doubtless, the truth of this will be ascertained by_ au investigation spoken of before the naval department oftthe r s - Board of Trade ; but the fact of the master, his offimrs A . and the crew, deserting the ship, with the living freight on board, the very first opportu nity that presented itself, tends to strengthen an impres sion that they anticipated some terrible calamity. What renders the catastrophe, if anything, more shocking, is that the whole of the unhappy beings who perished in the ship were women and children—not a man amongst them. The subjoined are the statements made by the sur vivors, who have reached London : George Grant Cousins, of No. 44, Winchester-street, Clerkenwell, London, says—l was one of the crew of the St. George, emigrant ship. The crew numbered 25 in all. She had a general cargo, such as coals, oil,, iron, and miscellaneous goods. I saw part of the cargo placed on board. I have heard there was naptha amongst it, but whether such was the fact, I am not in a position to say positively, as I did not see it. With the exception of four of the passengers who were Englishmen, the whole of the emigrants come from Ireland, agricultural labourers and their wives and families. Her gear, sails, &c., were ample ; carrying a fire force pump, with gutta percha hose, and besides a new life-boat, which was bought at Liverpool just before her sailing. She had four other boats. They were sufficiently capacious to hold the entire ship's company and passengers. A day or so before the breaking out of the fire, oil was pumped out of the hold, from which we inferred that some of the casks of oil had burst. A great quantity was pumped up. The fire was discovered en the morning of December 24. As near as I can recollect, it was about eight o'clock. At first little notice was taken of the alarm, the smoke being so small. The smoke that came up was thick and black ; it rolled up in clouds, and filled the between decks, when the steerage passengers became alarmed, and took to the upper deck. Some assisted in working at the force pumps. After playing down the fore hatchways for about two hours, the captain ordered the machine to be run to the hatchway aft, in which direction he suspected the fire existed, and told the men to rip up the deck to find out where it most prevailed, which they did, but without tracing its locality, the smoke became more dense every moment, and of that suffocating character that the men were in a short time unable to live in it. Some of them had to be dragged out. One of the steerage passengers was suffocated in his berth. The situation of the vessel now became alarming, the pas sengers, particularly the women, were in a most ex cited state of alarm. The captain had previously told all the women and children to go on to the poop. When they were all assembled, many were loading themselves with all they possessed, putting on several gowns and other clothing. A large number of the male passengers were doing likewise, several were putting on two or three suits of clothing, in fact so overloaded themselves, as to cost them their lives, for they were unable to leap into the boats, and, falling into the sea, were instantly borne down by the heavy weight on them. As soon as the Orlando hove to, and the order was given to clear away the boats, the line boat on the house was hoisted with tackle, but in lowering it one end of the tackle either broke or was cut away, she fell into the sea, stern down, the men in her, seven or eight in num ber, clung to the thwarts and saved themselves by those means • the other end of th e t ac kl e b e i ng l owere d, s h e was righted, and the water was baled out. The larboard boat was got out about the same time, and I imagined at the time that the captain intended sending off some of the passengers. I was perfectly collected at the time. I saw nothing to be frightened at. I knew well it would take some hours before the ship could be burnt, and I was certainly taken by surprise on looking over the ship's side to see the two beats some 400 or. 500 yards from the vessel making for the Orlando, containing Captain Bairnson, and all the crew, with the exc e pti on o f fi ve hands. Captain Bairnson never returned to the ship. At the time Captain Bairn son and his officers took to the boats the passengers were crowding the main rigging, expecting to be taken in them, but none were allowed to go. The captain with the rest jumped into the boats. In about an hour and a half we saw the life-boat returning towards the ship, but on approaching within a mile and a half of us, those in her beckoned to us to round the ship again to get closer to the Orlando, which we did, and bore on for about half an hour, when she hov e t o . Th e O r l an d o was drifting awa y from us. The life-boat returned to the Orlando without taking any one off. She then made a third trip, and reached the St. George about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and took in eight or nine passengers, and two of the crew ; all had to watch the boat rising on the top of a wave to jump into her. Two others, in an attempt to join it, fell into the sea and were drowned. She made a fourth, fifth, and sixth trip that evening. They could have taken off more of the passengers, but they would not jump, though prevailed upon to do so. They were implored to jump, as it was the only means left them to save their lives, and they were told that they must inevitably perish in the burning ship if they persisted in not taking advantage of leaping into the craft when she rose along side. I. with another seaman, left in the fifth trip that day. We were the last of the crew. I would not have left as I did, but the captain and all the officers and men having abandoned the ship, I was at a loss to imagine their reasons for so acting. There was no one left behind who knew how to manage the ship. Her wheel was lashed, and she was rolling fearfully ; at times she was almost on her beam ends, and when the boat came alongside, it was necessary to keep her some distance off, to prevent the ship, as she rolled over, taking the boat under. The other, I have omitted to mention, got stove in getting alongside the Orlando, and sunk. When I left, the gale was increasing. I saw, however, no appearance of fire in any part of the vessel, but a great deal of smoke. After getting on board the Orlando, the life-boat made two other trips. The last was made about nine o'clock. It was then considered dangerous to make any more that night, and the boat was hoisted on deck. The Orlando had two boats, but it was not safe to launch them. She remained by all night about ten miles distant. No communication was made during the night with the St. George, and the storm raged more furiously. At daybreak the following morn ing (Christmas day), Captain Bairnson came foriiard and asked who would volunteer to go off to the St. George to save the lives of the passengers. I was one of the party. Off we went, and in the course of an hour and a-half succeeded in coming alongside. Still there was no means of assisting them, and their only chance for them to reach her was to jump. Sometimes a sea would carry the boat high above the ship's bulwarks, and when she did so, several seized the opportunity and sprang into her. We remained a long while alongside, imploring others to follow the example of those who had jumped, but fear and terror seemed to have seized them. Seve ral missed the boat and were lost. No one was saved who fell overboard.. We could do nothing to pre serve them. On returning to the Orlando, with eight or nine passengers, among whom were three females and a boy, a hole was found in the bottom of the boat, which was stove in by the boy. He had hob nails in his boots, and when he jumped, the nails stove in and shattered the planking. A shirt was thrust in the hole, and prevented her sinking. It was necessary to repair her before another attempt could be made. It was past 12 o'clock before the repairs were completed. I did not go in her again. She made several trips be fore night—how many I cannot say, and on each trip brought away some of the passengers. I'don't recollect ever seeing the officers going in these trips. The re port made by those who made the last trip was that no male passenger remained on the wreck ; the poor crea tures who were left consisted entirely of women and children ; the number they could not tell • but on call ing over the names of th ose on b oar d, for Capt. Bairnson had saved the ship's papers and logbook, some 50 were ascertained to be missing. In the middle of Christmas night they were alarmed by observing the wreck within a mile of the Orlando. It was supposed that the lashing which had been fixed to the wheel when the master abandoned her, had cut or burned awa y, and the ship getti ng before the wind she bore down in the direction where the Orlando was lying. Her appearance created much alarm, for instantly sail was made on the Orlando, and being a lighter vessel than the St. George soon got far away. They never afterwards saw anything of the St. George, or heard what fate she or her passen ger s me t w ith. The next morning Captain Bairnson, who was in a dreadful state of mind, called the men together, and asked whether any of them would volunteer to risk another attempt with him to rescue the unhappy creatures, adding that it was a horrible thing to abandon the wreck while so many poor things were on it. None would volunteer to go. Every one, as also those belonging to the Orlando, being convinced an attempt would prove fatal. It was then proposed to make all speed to Havre, and accordingly the Orlando was so directed. She reached that port on the eleventh day after they had , been taken on board. In the course of Christmas night it was reported on board that the St. George had blown up. I did not see it myself ; my impression is, knowing that she made considerable water, and that a large quantity of water had been pumped into her, that she foundered withi n twelve hou rs a ft er th ey had left her. She was set tling down when the last boat left her. I heard from some of those who were last brought off from her that the decks had become so hot that they could scarcely walk upon them, and that the glass of the skylight was cracking. Some one had also seen the mainmast yield ing over, as if the bottom of the mast had been-burned away. The St. George had eight feet of water in the hold when I left her. I cannot give any opinion as to the cause of the fire. I think Captain Bairnson did all he could to preserve the passengers. He was a very kind and humane commander to the crew and passengers, and while he remained on the ship, the crew were prompt to his order. I cannot explain more than I have why he and the crew so quickly left the ship. I have heard since that he did so in consequence of anticipat ing something serious from an explosion. Some of the passengers said there were naphtha and gunpowder on board, but I know nothing of such material being in her, although, from the circumstance of Capt. Bairnson so speedily leaving her, I am induced to suspect that there must have been " something" among the cargo. I am further strengthened in this impression by the captain of the Orlando keeping his vessel so great a dis tance from the wreck as he did, and his expressing his great fears of getting any closer. Considering the dis tance which the boats had to travel between the two ships, and in such a sea, it is surprising that so large a number of passengers were saved. I have been examined at the British Consulate office at Havre respecting the loss of the St. George. The captain and his officers, and Captain White of the Orlando, were also examined by the consul. The St. George was an old vessel, and was, I believe, insured at New York. John Star and Charles Baterham made statements confirmatory in every respect to that made by Cousins. The poor fellow has suffered much from being frost bitten ; he has lost the use of his feet, and moves about on crutches. He speaks in very grateful terms of the treatment he eiperienced from the inhabitants of Havre. These are the only survivors of the St. George, as we can learn, who have returned to England. Captain Bairn son remains at Havre with most of his crew ; and we understand that it is the intention of the agents at Liverpool to provide the remainder of the emigrants who continue at Havre with passages in their first vessel to New York. LYCEUM THEATRE. Complaints without end are pouring in upon the daily papers of the treatment which visitors to the Lyceum Theatre experience at the hands of the boxkeepers. ,The following, for instance, appears in the Times of this morning :—On Wednesday evening I visited the Lyceum Theatre, accompanied by a friend, our wives, and a female friend. We had previously arranged to go to the boxes. Wishing to obtain a seat where we might see and hear the performance, I made it a condition that we should be at the theatre at the opening. The con dition was fulfilled, we are among the first to claim the services of the janitor of the silver key ; he eyes us from top to toe ; we are approved. With a sharp click the door opens, and with a benignant smile he directs us to seat the three ladies in the front, and to take our places behind them, then politely offers me " a bill of the play." I deposit a small silver coin in his "itching palm ;" a cloud now passes over that before smiling face, and he announces that he cannot take so small a sum—he never does. He is requested to return it, and does so. The scene changes; lying made easy to the plainest capacity is now practised. He tells five people that they have all made a mistake, and refuses the seats he before proferred, telling us that the whole of the front row is taken. My friend now hands the ladies to the front seat, and we seat ourselves behind them. An al tercation ensues. A second official is brought forward ; my adamantine friend is immovable. A third official appears, a very civil one too, with a paper covered with cabalistic characters, proving to demonstration that the places were taken before the theatre was built. Who can rebut such evidence How did it end? I'll tell you, sir. lam a married man. I love peace and quiet ness, and persuaded my friend "to move on" to the next box. It was but a doubtful victory after all ;we all took front seats in the next box. During the battle some un expected allies came to our assistance. A gentleman and lady in the adjoining box had experienced a like annoyance, and with a burst of honest indignation the gentleman declared he would not remove from the posi tion he held. Nor did he. It certainly is high time that these disgraceful abuses were put a stop to, but the public have the remedy in their own hands, and until they apply it such complaints will continue to be made in vain. SOUTH AFRICA-THE BIRD ISLAND LIGHTS. Official notice has been received from the Cape of Good of Hope, that lights have been established in Algoa Bay, on the easternmost of the Bird Island, off Woody Point. The tower, which is rectangular, and painted with black and white horizontal stripes, is 45 feet high, and carries two fixed lights, 18 feet apart ; the upper one being 70 feet above high water, and 10 feet higher than the other. In the direction of the Doddington Rock, the lights will appear in a vertical line, one above the other. The following are Commander Fishbourne's sailing directions : The Bird Islands lie in the eastern extremity of Algoa Bay, off Woody Cape, which, as its name imports, is covered with wood, except a small patch of sand at its summit, and is the only sea board land that is so, which gives it in contrast with that for miles on either side, a dark appearance ; the land on its west side, from near St. Croix up, rises into numerous small sandy hillocks, quite bare of vegetation, and that to the eastward, up to Padrone.Point, is similarly naked. Woody Cape i s high and rugged, but not so promi nent as to appear like a cape, except when very near it ; not so Padrone Point, which runs out into a low point of sand, forming a determinable cape, from which the breakers run out some distance, and the water breaks still further out, at times, owing to the meeting of cur rents after strong winds. These islands afford tolerably sheltered anchorage be hind them in winds from W. to S.S.E., in 13 fathoms, and rather better than half a mile from the northermost breakers. Closer in would afford more shelter, but the ground is foul. They are very low and proportionally dangerous, and though the main land will generally be seen before them, and their distance may thereby be bet ter estimated by it, yet in shaping a course to go outside of them, allowance should be made for the eddy or re turn current, which sets in towards them, and then to the eastward. The Doddington Rock and West Reef should be con sidered as part of the Bird Islands Shoal, and no vessel should go between them; for in bad weather the breakers extend the whole way. In clear weather the Rugged and Cockscomb mountains may be seen from abreast of these Islands ; but in passing outside the Doddington, the Cockscomb should be kept open to the westward of the Rugged Monntain, bearing N.W., and the ship should steer N.W. by W. W.; having passed the Dod dington, the high , land at the back of Port Elizabeth will soon appear right a-head. THE BAHAMAS.-REVOLVING LIGHT ON TURK'S ISLAND. Notice is hereby given, that, on the 9th of October last, a revolving light was established on the northern extremity of Grand Turk Island, in 21 deg. 31 min. 0 sec. N., and 71 deg. 7 min. 40 sec. W., of Greenwich. The tower is constructed of iron, and painted white ; its height being 60 feet, and its base 52 feet above high water. The light has an elevation of 108 feet. The light revolves every half minute, and at each re volution flares up into a brilliant flash, which may be easily seen from the deck of a moderate sized vessel, in clear weather, at the distance of 16 miles. The mariner should, however, be aware that, when approaching the light from the southward, it will be eclipsed by the southern part of the island on which it stands, between the bearings of N. W., and N. E.; by Salt Cay between N. by 'E. and N. by E. 4 E.; and by the eastern group of Gays between N. by W. W., and N. by W. W. With the light bearing south, it may be approached within two miles ;_ but vessels running for the Turk's Island's Passage, should make the light on a bearing to the westward of south ; and it should not be forgotten that, from the limited distance at which it can be seen, it will not protect them from Philip's Reef and the dangers off East Caicos. They must also remember that the reef projects three miles from the north point of Turk's Island, and continuing along its whole eastern side. JUDICIAL, CRIMINAL, AND FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF GREECE.—From a return just made of the judicial pro ceedings in Greece, in 1850 and 1851, it appears that, during the year 1850, 574 causes were brought before the Court of Cessation, of which 272 were decided, 20 struck off the list, and 280 remained pending. In the Criminal Court, out of 110 causes brought forward, 99 were decided on, and 11 still wait the decrees of the court. 2,393 civil causes were placed on the list of the Tribunal of Appeal of Athens, of which 1,015 were de cided on, and 1,000 dismissed. Before the Tribunal of First .Instance, during the same period, 2,209 causes were brought forward, of which 1,368 were heard and decided. The Court of Assizes of Athens gave judg ment in 110 cases out of 128 brought before it. Before t f NforawuParlida,' P Tri of which 125 were d ec id e d on. olitza, and Patras, 137 cases tried, 35 were sentenced to death, prisoners4Bl g a ho bour for lif e , 25 to hard labour for different were Out ot e C ohb o fa u rrlo r periods, 30 to solitary confinement, and 15 to simple imprisonment. The budget of receipts and expenditure of Greece for the year 1853 has also been just published The receipts for the present are fixed at 17,701,964 drachmas (the Greek drachmas is 90c.), and the expenses at 16,572,608 drachmas. Among the expenses figure the indemnity of the archbishops and bishops ; the in demnity of 200,000 drachmas allowed to the islands, and a grant proportioned to the increase of 1,300 men in the effective strength of the Greek army. In spite of this increase of charges, the budget of 1853 is less by 380,000 drachmas than that of 1852. The budget of 1852 shows a deficit of about 4 ,000,000 of drachmas, every branch of the Greek revenue having fallen off during that year. The export of oil was reduced from 500,000 drachmas to 230,000 ; that of oranges and lemons from 300,000 drachmas to only 23,000. The cocoons equally suf fered. NAVIGATION OF HAMBURGII.—The Hamburgh papers give the following particulars of the numbers, nation ality, and point of departure of all tie vessels which en tered that great seaport, the London or Liverpool of Northern Europe in th e y ear , 1852 : —Th e t o t a l num ber of vessels which arrived at Hamburgh, from all quarters, in 1852, was 4,440 ; against 4,169, in 1851; 4,094, in 1850 ; 3,459, in 1849 ; and 3,304, in 1848. The nationality of these vessels were as follows :—Bri tish, 1,440; Hanoverian, 1,118; Hamburgh, 625; Danish, 372 ' • Dutch, 362 • Oldenburg, 89 ; Norwegian, 73 ; Swedish, 73 ; French, 70 ; Spanish, 62 ; Prussian, 42 ; Russian, 25 ; Bremen, 23 ; Mecklenburg, 15 ; Portuguese, 13 ; North American, 11 ; Belgian 5 ; Kniphausen, 5 ; A us t r i an, 5 ; L u b ec k , 5 ; Neapolitan, 3 ; Heligoland, 3 ; Peruvian, 1 ; and Sardinian, 1 : total, 4,440. The shipping of the following nation shows an increase of arrivals in 1852, in comparison. with 1851 :—British, 208 ; Hanoverian, 31 • Hamburgh, 45 ; Danish, 26 • Oldenburg, 15 ; Spanish, ' l6. That of the following shows a 'decrease :—Dutch, 21 ; Bremen, 6 ; Swedish, 1. The whole increase in the num ber of vessels which entered Hamburgh in 1822 was 271, of which 208 was British. The places of sailing of the vessels which entered the port of Ham burgh in 1852 were as follows :—ln Great Britain Hayti, 47 ; _,• and Irel an d, 1,920 ; Bremen and the Weser, 459 ; Heli goland an d t h e Lower Elbe, 353 ; Holland, 350 ; East Friesla n d, 23 6 ; Brazil, 119 ; Belgium 101 • Cuba, 69 ; Schles w i g and Holstein 78 ; the United ' States, 69 ; Italy, 53 Portugal, 39 ; Spai n a n d Gibral tar, 38 ; West Coast of South America, 61 ; Turkey, 25 ; and China, 16 ; Australia, 4 • Manilla, 1 ; Singa pore, 2 ; Java and Macassar, 13 • 'British East Indies, 14 ; Ea s t C oast of Africa, 3 ; ;British Coast, 8 ; Cape town, 1 ; Cape de Verdes, 1 ; Madeira, 3 ; Azores, 1 ; Argentina and Uruguay, 9 ; Venezuela, 31 ; New Granada, 3 ; Porto Rico, St. Thomas, and St. Croix, 16 ; Jam a i ca, 3 ; Mexico, 13 ; Greenland, 3 ; Bussia, ~ 26 ; N orway, 30 • Sweden, 15 - P russ i a , 18 ; Mecklen burg, 9 ; Lubeck 2 ; Denmark, 15 ; Oldenburg, 22 ; Triest e an d V en i ce, 10 ; l on i an I s l an d s an d Greece, 13 , Odessa, 6 ; total, 4,440. The number of sea-goin g steamers which entered the port of_Hapb2u3 ;London,rg, in 1852, 6 was 715, from th e f o llowing ports 181 • • New castle Grimsby, 49 ; Hartlepool, 2 2 ; Leith , 30 ; 44 ; Amsterdam, 51 • Rotterdam, 25 ; Norway and Sw e d en , 23 ; B r emen, 10 ;Heligoland, 34 Havre, 20; - increase of British sailing vessels, 134 . The above total, 725. Increase of British steamers in 1852, 74 , figures show the gratifying facts that nearly one-third of Hamburg is British;, the shipping engaged in the trade of that three fourths of the steam t onna ge engaged in that trade is'British ; and that nearly 2,000 vessels of 4,400 which entered the Port in 1852 sailedeither British islands or the British colonies. THE WEATHER IN 1852.—1 n 1852 there were 182 wet and 184 dry days. During the last six years 955 days from the were wet and 1,237 dry. BANK RETURNS. (From th,e 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 Ist day of January, 1853 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,046 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Coperuan 4,107 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 24,352 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, 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 2nd Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. C-ee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater— T. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and C 0... 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, Bary St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son. Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Esbex 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 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—Broma:,re, Snead, and Co Derby Br.nk, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bauk, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co 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 103,994 East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 60,483 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 Farringclon 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 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co 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, Hitohin Sharpies, and Co. H e reford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich—Baconeedhm Market Bank,and Co. Suffolk, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, Bank, Ipswich-- Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Ipswich Ipswich AB Hadleigh a k Ba d ana e idl:l ; BN' a and Co. Kington. and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and C 0.... 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, 24,638 8,789 14,840 31,840 10,944 12,955 23,076 10,622 6,752 58,759 13,949 4,578 33,845 17,710 19,670 67,306 32,747 27,678 3,984 35, 35 30,48' 11,933 64,617 25,12 11,324 2,451 18,2.9 40,a2 30,50 21,40 2,700 15,845 28,781 45,097 7,272 20,029 67,605 5,757 8,313 9,907 37,825 26,008 8,802 10,656 60,818 78,716 10,255 41,109 42,465 28,940 20,260 6,913 12,025 5,031 4,199 6,460 27,132 31,337 15,948 20,638 18,122 42,694 5,330 21,889 17,293 21,152 60,133 16,205 25,128 9,140 19,545 41,415 7,820 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 5,250 52,053 36,622 24,679 31,776 12,535 86,596 - 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, Norwich—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, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co. Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. 11. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. 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 20,960 5,858 3, 45 3,2450 12,683 15,343 2,044 1,874 8,665 13,779 12,590 25,946 47,939 21,674 17,547 46,836 60,315 9,379 3,215 24,000 12,111 25,603 10,615 35,082 9,019 9,484 39, n s 11,108 6,832 11,703 26,071 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 ......................... 7,123 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 10,256 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A, Butlin and Son 9,560 29,671 5,747 4,255 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret and Co. Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Prich ards and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden--:-Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, ShrewsburY—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. - Shre Nsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne ,Vallance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, SoUthwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Anuley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Oki Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welslipool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Batik, 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—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons , Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co 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 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—sulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth, Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Dank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven- der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R. s and W. F. Fryer 10,300 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co 41,080 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart,, and Co York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and C 0... 13,130 43, 403 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal.. Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton 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, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Cora pony, Cheltenham.... Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com, pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 23,930 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 142,168 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,446 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,745 Hull Banking Company, Hull 25,888 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,950 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresboro ug h 24,474 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,468 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 51,987 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 21,307 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 66,063 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 49,830 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 25,379 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Uni on Joint-Stockßanking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London ......................... .................. North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 42, 09., Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 62,155 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 340,108 Shropshire 'Banking Company, Shiffnall 47,664 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield 23,759 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking 9,728 9,170 46,194 9,336 30,822 18,80 55,413 34,714 9,253 26,084 12,632 98,975 23,250 19,517 38,970 19,817 41,720 1,453 14,569 8,865 9,003 30,042 1,225 22,665 32,372 45,145 1,798 39,527 50,985 55,996 49,769 Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes- bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field .................................. ' 11 940 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, 34,001 23,809 Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick............................................. 29, 309 West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol ......... ............................. 73,715 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company , Salisb u ry 66,668 West Riding Unio n Banking Company, Hud- 29,506 dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 4,813 York Union Banking Company, York 68,580 York City and County Banking Company, 94,074 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 123,029 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, January 8, 1853. 2,695 SERIOUS ACCIDENT. —An accident of a frightful nature occurred to a young man named William Morris, em ployed at Briton Ferry Ironworks, on Tuesday evening last. It appeared that he wished to try his hand at the rolls, and that in attempting to do so his arm was drawn between them, and literally rolled and burnt from his body near the shoulder joint. But for the timely interference of another party who observed the accident, his whole body must have suffered in a similar manner. The person referred to seized him, and with his whole strength resisted the forward motion of the rolls until the engine was stopped, which was imme diately done. A crane was then brought to beat upon the upper roll and lift it from its place, when the poor fellow was released from his perilous situation. His suffering must have been most intense, and his moans and cries to the men attending him, to throw him into the river and release him at once from his misery, were perfectly heart-rending. But little hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery. —Cambrian. [ADVERTISEMENT.] ---Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, &c.—Dr. Denis Cronin has removed from Leicester-place to 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, where he may be consulted, as usual, from ten till two, on his treatment of affections of the kidneys, bladder, and prostrate gland, • in their connection with diseases of the stomach and liver. Urinary Analysis (the importance of which to the successful treatment of disease is now fully acknow ledged) conducted daily, in accordance with Dr. D. Cronin'o new theory. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.— Thomas Taylor, a young man, de scribing himself as a printer, lately in the employ o f M r . Peel, of the New-cut, Lambeth, was charged with being concerned with a man named Stewart, now in custody, in committing a burglary on the premises of Mr. Wil kinson, of 89, Watling-street, on which occasion silk goods to the value of nearly 2001. were stolen from the warehouse. It appeared from the evidence by Sergeant. Sheppard, Ratcliffe, and Bleach, officers of the City Police force, that from information received by them they went to No. 10, Bell's-buildings, Salisbury-square, Fleet-street, where they saw the prisoner. This was on Saturday evening, and Ratcliffe asked prisoner if he knew any one of the name of Stewart, upon which prisoner said he did not, but would make inquiry for Ratcliffe if he would call again. Accordingly Ratcliffe called again yesterday morning and found the prisoner had decamped from his lodgings, leaving a letter ad dressed to Ratcliffe, in the name of Smith, the name he gave the prisoner on first calling. The following is a copy of the letter :—" 10, Bell's-buildings.----Dear sir, — Having been called away upon urgent business, I hum bly beg that you will excuse me disappointing you ; but I have made every inquiry about . the man of the name of Stuart, and I am very sorry that I cannot give you any information respecting the person, bat those parties that gave you my address are the most likely persons to give you that information which you require.—l remain yours, &c., THOS. TAYLOR. "—Sergeant Sheppard, Rat cliffe, and Bleach, then proceeded to No. 3, Britannia court, Whitefriars, where they found the prisoner at breakfast, and, in the same room, a carpet bag, very similar to the one that was found in Mr. Wilkinson's passage, with handkerchiefs packed up ready to take away. The prisoner said he had left a letter for Ratcliffe at his lodgings, and Sergeant Sheppard then told him he was charged with being concerned in a burglary, and directed Bleach to take him into custody. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery. Alonzo Lestrange identified the prisoner as having been at the warehouse of Mr. Wilkinson only a few days before therobberr Mr. Wilkinson also recognised the prisoner as having applied to him three or four days prior to the robbery. He said he wanted a few dozens of handkerchiefs, which was not a trade term, such goods being sold in pieces, and not in dozens. He said he was going to Australia, and wished to take out a few dozens to sell. Mr. Wil kinson told him that he generally sold wholesale ; upon which the prisoner represented he had been recommended to apply to him whereupon Mr. Wilkins on sa id h e would find him a little lot cheap, and then showed him 20 pieces of Indian corahs, which he offered to let prison er have for 171. 10s. He, however, went away, promising eall again in half-an-hour ; but Mr. Wilkinson saw no more of him, and when the subsequent robbery took place those identical 20 pieces were taken away, with other silk goods. In cross-examination, Mr. Wilkinson !mid he was a silk printer, and only printed to order, and it was there fore a very unusual thing for persons emigrating to apply to him for small quantities of goods, although it was very general with retail houses. Sir Peter Laurie said he should remand the prisoner, to be brought up again with the man already in custody on the same charge. THAMES.—Captain .Ridley Wilson, aged 35, the master of the collier brig Fifteen, was charged with sinking the schooner Essex Lass, at sea, on or about Christmas, 1850. The last prosecution of any importance in the part of London relating to the sinking of a ship, took place forty years ago, when Captain Codlin was hanged at Execu tion Dock for casting away the ship of which he had the command, by boring holes in the cabin with an augur. The captain in this case is alleged to have sunk his ship in a similar manner. The prosecutors were Messrs. Barnes and Neck, of Colchester, the underwriters of the Essex Lass. William Cudmore said--I was a seaman on board the Essex Lass, which left Colchester about two years ago. I think it was two years last Christmas. We loaded at Amsterdam for the Mediterranean. I recollect when we were on our return voyage from the Morea, I was stand ing at the helm, steering the vessel, about half-past eight o'clock, the ship being then off Faro, on the Por tuguese coast, when I saw the captain, who is now a prisoner, go to a locker, and open a tool-chest, from which he took an augur, and commenced boring with it. I saw the captain bore three holes underneath his bed cabin, in the ship's side, in the cabin, and below the water-line. The water ran in through the holes between the skirt and lining of the vessel into the hold. At twelve o'clock the watch was called, and I told all hands forward what the captain had done, and they said " Non sense."t '' o w u a w tc il h l s w ee as tha c t all l ed am quite right." pps Atfour l rzlloicekd, he sounded. There was five feet water in the hold, and one of the men said, " That's true, Bill, what you said." We worked at the pumps from four till twelve, but the water continued to gain on us, and the captain said it was a bad job. We saw the water getting higher and higher by the rod. At daylight the next morning we got the boats out by the captain's order. The ves sel appeared to be filling. The captain got into the dingy alongside the ship, with an adze in his hand, and cut the larboard port out, and then ordered the ship to be turned astern and cut away the starboard port. The dingey was then afloat. After the ports were cut out all hands took to the boats and pulled away for Faro. The vessel went down about ten minutes after we left her. In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, the witness said the ports were about ten inches out of the water when the captain began to cut them away, and the vessel filled rapidly after that and began sinking—indeed, - she sunk almost immediately afterwards. All hands got safe to Faro. Mr. Yardley—How did you see what was going on below ? Witness—l was standing at the helm. The cabin was right under me. I looked through the skylight. I could see everything that passed. The cabin floor was below the water line.. The first time he communicated any thing about the sinking of the ship was a fortnight ago last Saturday. Upon this evidence the case was remanded. SHIPPING STATISTICS. According to thestatistics of vessels entered inwards, the port of London shows an increase of 95 vessels, with 52,210 tonnage, the difference between 609 vessels with 304,412 tonnage in 1851, and 704 vessels with 356,622 tonnage in 1852. The return for Liverpool exhibits a decrease of 63 vessels with 27,425 tonnage, the number for 1851 being 366 vessels with 136,494 tonnage, and for 1852 203 vessels with 109,069 tonnage. Bristol and Hull present an increase of 22 vessels with 9,083 ton nage, the difference between 8 vessels with 3,530 ton nage in 1851, and 30 vessels with 11,613 tonnage in 1852. The decrease in the return for the Clyde is 14 vessels with 4,777 tonnage, the number in 1851 having been 60 vessels with 22,635 tonnage, and in 1852 46 vessels with 17,835 tonnage. The total result of the return of vessels entered inwards exhibits an increase of vessels with 28,091 tonnage, the difference between 943 vessels with 467,071 tonnage in 1851, and 983 vessels with 495,162 -tonnage in 1852. The chief increase has been in the arrival of vessels from Calcutta, Mauritius, China, and New South Wales. The return of vessels cleared outwards shows an in crease in the case of the port of London .of 94 vessels with 66,630 tonnage, the difference between 548 vessels with 276,230 tonnage in 1851, and 642 vessels with 342,560 tonnage in 1852. Liverpool presents an in crease of 66 vessels with 61,714 tonnage, the number in 1851 having been 310 vessels with 165,842 tonnage, and in 1852 376 vessels with 227, 556 t onna g e. B r i stol and Hull exhibit a decrease of three vessels with 1,265 ton nage, the difference between six vessels with 3,259 ton nage, and three vessels with 1,994 tonnage. In the case of the Clyde there is a decrease of two vessels, with an increase of 2,596 tonnage, the figures for 1851 being 87 vessels with 38,818 tonnage, and for 1852 85 vessels with 41,414 tonnage. The total increase represented by the return of ships cleared outwards is 155 vessels, with 129,375 tonnage, the difference between 951 vessels with 484,149 tonnage in 1851, and 1,106 vessels with 613,524 tonnage in 1852. The great increase, as was to have been anticipated, arises in the case of vessels that have sailed for New South Wales since the emigration which has set in during the last six months ; but the departures for China, Java, and Sumatra, also show an increase. The decrease, on the other hand, has been in the clear ances of vessels for Calcutta, Bombay, Singapore, and Mauritius. Too BAD REALM—Printers have the character of making errors in printing and then querying them for the purpose of displaying their sagacity. Not being i n the craft, we cannot say if this is a fact or a fable, but certainly they do occasionally commit extraordinary out rages on plain writing and common sense. Neither do they seem to care on whom the errors fall. Majesty herself is not exempt from them. In this journal our railway king was like to com e in for it once. We had written " Mr. Hudson goes down to Newby-p ar k to to-day with a clean sheet, " meaning that he had closed his speculative accounts. "Sheet," the blundering or wicked compositor had rendered shirt, thereby saying that Mr. Hudson went to Newby with a clean "shirt," as if it was a rar ity for him to wear one.—Herapath,. THE FLOODS IN PARIS.—The Seine has risen, in con sequence of the late rains, to 4 metres 50 cen ti m e tres on fp which h t represent to value boats e of scale at the bridges. eowng-path is co vere d with water, and the pil es at the Pont du Carrousel are nearly out of sight. All navi g atio n has ceased, and millionson m easures h a e r e r i being o v f er ir a , the ctosrge n o e t so COUNTRY MARKETS. 'COLCHESTER—JAN. 15. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 46s to 56s ; red, 38s to 50s ; barley, 28s to 36s ; oats, 17s to 24s ; beans, Mazagan, 30s to 32s ; middle and small, 34s to 38s ; peas, white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 30s to 325. HELMSFORD—JAN. 14. Prices to-day wee as follow :—Wheat, white, old 44s Od to 59s Od, new 42s to 57s ; red, old 40s to 495, new 355 . to 45s ; barley, 25 s t o 28 s ; chevalier, 29s to 35s ; grincling' 21s to 27s ; malt, 55s to 56s ; chevalier, 55s to 58s ; oats , 19s to 255 ; p eas , par t r id ge, 30s to 35s ; white 31s to 33s . boiling 37s t o 40 s ; d un, new, 29s to 33s ; beans, ti c k, 32s to 34s ; Harr ow ti c k s, 31 s to 36s ; Mazagan, 29s to 325. The following is the official statement of the qua ntitios of corn, &c., receiv e d i n th e port of London from the ports in Essex, from the 10th to the 15th 'January, both in clusi% e P 4 Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldou 391 211 - 100 15,410 3,674 28,25 14,314 23,629 38,710 2,772 12,072 12,651 4,127 405 11,585 29,862 22,805 23,578 10,084 6,192 10,433 11,083 13,364 9,519 9,310 10,110 13,783 7,596 23,223 5,013 44,240 14,48 18,98 6,235 15,290 34,336 41,894 6,431 1,2223 7,340 62,63 8,525 159 1046 138 - 208 462 KIRKCALDY —JAN. 15. The following are the quotations for grain : - ' Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I Beano., First Second sls Od I 30s Od 21s OctOd Os Od Third 42s 00d26s OctOd 17s 6d Os Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 29s Od to Os Od. COAL MAR; Prices of Coal per ton at t s. d. Bate's West Hartley 16 0 Buddle's West Hartley 16 0 Burnhope l6 0 Carr's Hat tey l6 6 Holywell 18 0 Hartlepool West Hartley 15 6 North Percy Hartley _l5 6 Pelton Main l6 0 Ravensworth W. Hartley 16 0 Ravensworth Pelaw 15 6 Smith's West Hartley l6 6 Ste wart's Hartley 15 0 South Peareth l4 0 Tanfield Moor l5 9 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 6 West Hartley 16 0 Wylam 17 0 Wall's End, &c. Acorn Close l6 9 Brown 15 9 Gibson Gosforth 17 0 Harton l7 0 Lawson l6 3 Morrison l6 9 Northumberland l5 9 Northumberland E. l5 6 Riddell l6 9 Walker l6 6 Killingsworth E. l5 6 Eden Main 17 6 :ET—JAN. 17. Le close of the marke*: . 0. d i ; Lambton Primrose .17 ", Belmont ,17 1 1 Braddyll 18 Hetton lB 6 Haswell 18 9 Kepler Grange l7 6 i l Lambtou lB 0. v Lumley 1 7 North Hetton Lyons l7 6 Pensher 17 0 Russell's Hetton 18 A O Scarborough l7 u Stewart's is 6 Whitwell l6 9 Plummer lB f °, Cassop l7 ' Hartlepool 18 6 ° Heugh Hall 17 6 PE e 11 o o 18 ,South Hartlepool lB south Hollow 17 Thomley 17 0 Whit wor th 16 6 Hetton Hartlepool lB 0 Adelaide Tees 15 0 South Durham 17 0 Tees lB A 6 Clavering Tees l5 0 Cowpen Hartley 16 6 Sidney's Hartley l6 6 Ships at market 390 I Sold 217• RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17. STOCK DICHANGE.—The market is depressed to :di s and we have to note a fall of one to two per cent. uP °11 ....- the heavy stocks. The following are the closing prices; Aberdeen, ~.,0 14-i ; Birkenhe a d, L ancas hi re , an d Che: sw , 6$ dis. ; Caledonian, 328 ; E as t ern C oun ti es , 13; 'Mr Lancashire, 18. R ; Great Southern and Western, 52k, .; cashire and Yorkshire, 81/ ; ditto, Fifth shares: 4 , o U Leeds Northern, Iq. ; London and North Western, - 1- , 73 5• Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 29 ; Midland, i„ North Britsh, 9 3-16 • South Eastern and Dover, -4 ort i; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17i ; York and 14' Midland, 284. MANCHESTER, JAN.!I7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was not a great deal o f ness done, and prices were again considerably 10 0 7 0 - Cheshire Junction, 6$ dis. ; Blackburn No. 1, ; 18; donian, 32$ ; Eastern Counties, 12$ ; East Lancashire, 09; Leeds stock, 803. ; London stock, 122 ; Sheffield stock , "'_„,l, Midland, 78 ; Dovers, 23$ ; Sheffield, Rotherham , Goole, 235. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 17. ias STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Railway Share Mai or. or. very heavy to-day, and shares generally were '' t ° South Staffords were done at dia. LEEDS, lAN. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Share Market this In- a/114 the was again much depressed. Very little is doing, ta d, &- few operations actually taking place are at a furth er i j or cline. The closing transactions were as follow.: — ; r ib cashire and Yorkshires, 82 ; Midland stock, 78 ; J` ° Westerns, 8a ; York and North Midlands, 29g. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. rftffio LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN lIAILWAY. - ... 0 turn for the week ending Jan. 15, 1853 . ! £13,751 „0 Corresponding week last year 10,732 IP Increase in 1853 £3,018 el 0 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY/ Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 15, 1853 £8,500 0 1 Corresponding week last year 7,409 10 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853~ Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 23,279 3 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General PO" — by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made up From what Whet COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Office, London. Dispatched. America (byßrit.pack.N Jan. 14 .. Liverpool .• • JO' 24 America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Jan. 25 .......... Liverpool ... America (by U States ••.. Southampton Australia. (via South. __ 24 ampton) M2oth of each month Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles N 24th of the month Dover ...• •• *Ditto (via Cape of Good SO Hope) ...... • • • ...N 2d of February.... Plymouth .. Jan. Africa (West Coast) ..N 23 rd of the month. Plymout h .. Feb' 10 Alexandria* ........N 19th&30th of mon. Dover Belgium ..N daily.. Dover ...... Feb'-16 Brazil .... ..... -3rl 9th of the month.. Southamptonif, Buenos Ayres -31 9th of the month.. Southampton Feb 6 California . • —.31 td & 17th of month Southampton J an ' 26 tCape of Good Hope ..N 14thof the month.. Southampton Jan' 26 Cape de Verds ......N I4thof the month.. Southampton il l : 0 Constantinople*......N 7thl7th27thof mo.. Dover ...• • IC, Central America -31 tnd Sc 17th of mon. Southampton dil - 41 2 ..01r Channel Isles ........N Mon•WedlcFriday Southampton 6 ChiP................Nt 2d& 17th onnonth Southampton Paoslu France ........ M & N Twice daily Dover .. • • .• j„ 0 . 0 0 ,,. Greece* .... ....N 7thl7th27th ofmon. Dover .....• Ilamburgh .......... N Tuesday & Friday London .. • • • ~.o . 'fbv . Holland Wednesday & Sat London .. • • • '-'_,., 16 de Honduras N 17th of the month. Southampton Jan Ireland . ... ...M 86" N Twice daily ... .. Holyhead •• • 14 India (viaSouthampt.)M 2uth of themonth.. Southampton India (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th of month Dover ...• • • F India (via Cape of Good Jan. $6 Hope)....- ........31 14th of the month.. Southampton - 26 Mauritius l4th of the month.. Southampton Jan, Mediterranean (via Feb. 1 Southampton .......m 20th of the month , S ou thampton b. Ditto (via Marseilles).N .th& 24th ofmonth D ov er ...• • • Feb. 1 Mexico ............31 hid of the month. Southampton F e„ re il Madeira ... AI 9th&23d of the mon. Southampton rr l th, , 70,19th,27th, Ma1ta*.......... N &30th of the month Dover .. •• • • Jan• 40 0 ?Topics* .. ..N s thl s th2sthofmon. Dover .. •• • • 511 Papal States... ....N ithlsth2 s thofrnon Dover'.. •• • • l',;;; . 16 a n n Peninsula -34 'thl7th27thofmon Southampton u ` • : 16 Peru ..............N1 2d 17th of month sonthampton ,„, Tuscany* ..........N sthlsth2sthof mon, Dover ...• • • t an ,..: 16 West Indies ........M 2d & 17th of m on th S oo th am pton Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) • -- ..... . ow IV * The mails fo r A us t ra li a v i a the Cape of Good Hope are , 0 0 ' on the 2d of e very alternate month. Those made up on t I ...rit D and 24th of each mon th v i a S out h ampton an d Marse i l l es are " sailing vessels at present from Singapore. ~, for Mails are also made up on the 2d of every alternate won. , the Cape of Good Hope. V I * The mails to those countries thus marked (4) are coarele ct French packet to Marseilles. ipag THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED. —The following • „ written as a copy for making known the occurrence v/ one of the promoters of the sport Sboro Shotig Obon to All Englant will Take Bles at Bassingham Sti M. John Roagurs at the fift Bells in on Deere Day 28 of D wen the foloin prizus will be Contundit for furo a Lake of moutan by 12 zumptscriber the winner to b'l a Cord and the landlord a Cort the 2 man to psef hi ° Stake 2 Pris a haer by 6 zubzirbres the winer to bug a Cord and the Landlord a Cort 3 Bris a Cobell of Babet ° by 8 zubzribrs the fast Burd to fly at 10 0 Cclok aft' Rifel Mazh for Sweb Staks at the fift bels yart." BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 15th inst., at East Bergholt-lodge Suffolk, th° wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Poole, E.I.C.S. On-the 9th inst., at Gosport, the wife of Lieutenant a n Adjutant Cooke, Royal Marines. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 14th inst., at Chester-street, the Lady Charlotte Locker, stillborn. O. On the 10th inst., at Guernsey, the wife of Captain F. Mann, R.E. MARRIED. ir On the 14th inst., at St. L u k e ' s -church, Chelsea , S gito Munro, Bart., of Fowlis, Ross-shire, N. 8., to Harriet Midgley, of Liverpool. oW l3°- On the 15th inst, at St. Jam es ' s * c h urc h, Westh-, 'ail terrace, Capt. L. S. ' Tindal, R.N., e ld es t son of t,u,°Donel Right Hon. Sir N. C. Ti ndal, to Henrietta Mar i a Whyte, ward of John Bishop-Culpeper, Esq. DIED. #l9 On the 9th i ns t., at Vevay, in Switzerland, L 1 Augusta Baring, daughter of the Earl of Cardigan. _ t hian , On the 12th inst ., at Biel, Prest on ki r k, East ~',T iet ive Lieut.-Col. C. G. 1" Ross, late 19th Re g i me nt Bengal .''' Infantry. „ of ."'" On the 13th i ns t., a t St . J ohn ' s-wood, M ar y, the S. Grange, Esq. , a On the 14th i ns t., i n L on d on, Henry Edw • Wi n g r°ll3 Esq., Commander, R.N. anal * ov er -s, s i. On the 15th inst ., in Princes-street, Han a ged W. C. Hopper, Esq. late of Belmont,. Durhana,_. bgate' wg . dc je On the 15th inst., -in Southwood-terraee, the Mt Ann, relict of the late Alexander Johnson, of In Temple, Esq., aged 64. _.......e-• -no rOtifi al LONDON : Printed and Pliblisherl by 31 1 7 11 - - 1 v0..- 1 / of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, IN ...ty 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, iii the 0 11 ' Middlesex, Tuesd a y, ja,nntiry 18,1853. !;, _ -.,,-. 6,756 9,687