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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURTS OF EQUITY. HILL V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. By a deed dated the 26th July, 1838, Mr. and Mrs. Radnor granted to the plaintiff an annuity of 71. per annum, which was secured upon two houses, situate in Union -street, Maiden-lane, King's-cross. By a prior deed these same parties had granted another annuity to a Mr. Gadd, secured upon the same property, and in the event of the annuity being in arrear, a power of sale was given to Gadd. The property in question was re quired by the defendants under their act of Parliament, and, in fact, the area on which the houses stood now forms part of the King's-cross railway station. A notice was sent from the Great Northern Railway Company to the plaintiff stating that the company would take the houses, and requiring him to make a claim upon them in respect of his interest therein. No further notice, however, was taken of Mr. fill, but a conveyance to the company was obtained from Mr. Gadd, under his power of sale. Mr. Elmsley, Q.C. (with him Mr. Young), now ap peared on behalf of the plaintiff, and asked that the de fendants might be decreed liable to pay their client the value of his interest in the property. The houses having been taken down, and, together with the adjoining pro perty, converted into a railway station, it was impossible for the plaintiff to distrain for his annuity. Mr. Goren, for the defendants, contended that the notice to the plaintiff could not be construed so as to make them parties to an agreement to purchase Mr. Hill's interest. The Vice-Chancellor conceived that the effect of the notice was this, that whereas it conferred upon the com pany a right to take the land as against all persons inter ested, on the other hand it imposed upon the company the obligation to pay to each individual owner or person having any interest in the land, the value of such interest. It would be contrary to all justice and equity to enable the company after it had given that notice to the plaintiff to go to a prior incumbrancer, and say " we find you have a certain right beyond yo ur i n t erest, which, if you were to avail yourself of it, would defeat the interest of the persons who came after you." His Honour, therefore, was of opinion (without determining the mere abstract question whether a bill for specific performance would lie upon the footing of the notice given) that the defendants were liable to this suit brought by the subsequent incum brancer. In effect the plaintiff said to the defendants, "you have defeated my title, you have got into posses sion, you are absolute owners of the property, and I therefore require you to pay me that which, by your notice, you undertook in effect to do—viz., the value, whatever it might be, of my interest." Under these circumstances there must be a reference to inquire what, at the time of the notice, was the value of the plaintiff's interest. The costs to await the further hearing of the cause. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood.) THE LONDNON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COM PANY V. THE SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANT. This motion, which has been several days before the court, was again resumed. The object of the motion was to restrain the defendants from using the Stour Valley Railway, or the plaintiffs' station and line at Birmingham until the terms of payment for such user and the regulations had been agreed upon or settled by arbitration. And also from bringing upon the line engines or carriages which have not been approved by the plaintiffs, or the fitness of such engines and carriages settled by arbitration. The facts were that the Birming ham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway Act, which gives power to lease that line to' the plaintiffs, also contains a provision that in the event of such lease being made, the defendants should have the right to run over the line and to use the stations at all proper reasonable times ; subject to the payment of such rea sonable rent and tolls as should be agreed on between the parties and subject to the observance of all the bye laws, rules, and regulations of the plaintiffs, or ii the event of difference between them, subject to the payment of such rent and tolls, and the observance of such bye laws, rules, and regulations, as should be set tled by the arbitration of an umpire appointed by the commissioners of railways. The act also contained a provision for the cessor of the right so granted to the defendants, in the event o f th e i r li ne b e i ng sold or leased to, or amalgamated: with the Great Western, or with certain other specified companies. By a subsequent act the defendants were empo wered to use the plaintiffs' station and line at Birmingham, upon similar terms, and subject to a similar cause of forfeiture. Prior to January, 1851, the plaintiffs and defendants were on amicable terms, but at that time the defendants formed an alliance with the Great Western Company, who were competing with the plaintiffs for the traffic between London and Birmingham and Wolverhampton, and places north of the latter; and it was not denied that they had hound themselves to send all their traffic over the Great Western and Shrewsbury and Chester lines, in preference to sending it over the plaintiffs' lines ; and to obtain an act for amalgamation as soon as possible. This alliance, the plaintiffs contended, brought the de fendants within the proviso for cessor of the right of running over the line, and declined to allow th em t o d o so ; but that p o i n t had been settled by the Lords Jus tices against the plaintiffs on the 15th of December, 1852. Upon this the defendants gave notice of their intention to start trains on the 3d of January, 1853, and requesting the plaintiffs to make all necessary ar rangements. The plaintiffs, however, disputed the right of the defendants to run over the line or to use the station until the terms had been agreed upon, and disputed the fitness of their engines. The defendants had tendered certain terms, which the plaintiffs declined. The case bad been submitted to arbitration, but no award made, and the defendants claimed the right to pay such a sum as the plaintiffs demanded, subject to the award to be ultimately made, and to have possession in tbe meantime. The plaintiffs contended that the settlement of the terms was a condition precedent, and in October had obtained an interim injunction from the Vice-Chancellor, sitting at Reading as vacation judge, to restrain the defendants from running their trains. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Speed now songht to make that injunction perpetual. They contended that the settlement of the rent and tolls was a condition pre cedent to the right of the defendants to come upon the line. The two companies were now rivals, and hostile to each other, and it might be expected that the plain tiffs would iisist on their extreme rights. They had a bye-law which compelled the prepayment of tolls. That bye-law had been settled by the Board of Trade, with the concurrence of the defendants, and therefore they were bound by it. It would be most dangerous to allow two competing companies to be using the same station without having the terms and regulations first settled. With respect to the use of unapproved engines the court had decided in the Midland Railway Company v. the Ain berg a t e C ompany (Weekly Reporter, voli., p. 162), that it was not only the right but the duty of a com pany to inspect and approve the engines running c , ver its li ne , and in the present case it was more than usually necessary to take this precaution, be cause the line passing over mining districts, it was most important that the weight to traverse it s h ou ld not be too great. These subjects were now pendi ng before the abit rator, but the defendant had delayed the award in every way, by refusing to give the necessary information as to the amount of accommodation that would be required. Mr. Rolt and Mr. Giffard, for the defendants, urged that the real object of the plaintiffs was to h p r re t ve a n t t the defendants ever using the line at all, and for pose every possible objection was raised. The defend ants had given all requisite informatio n ; th ey h ad stated the number of trains which they intended to ru n p er diem, and they had given a detailed account of the accommodation which those trains would require, although the plaintiffs were as well aware of that as the defendants themselves ; but they had declined to bind them-elves for any specific time to that number of trains. They had offered to pay any reasonable sum pending the arbitration, and it was obvious that their right under the act was a nullity if the present course was persisted in. The settlement of terms was not a condi tion precedent, all the plaintiffs had a right to was ample B ' . 'curitY• As to the engines, they contended that the 'clause in th e G enera l Railway Act did not apply when one company had a right, by special act, to run over the line of another, but only to a case where there was an agreement between the two companies, as in the Am bergate case. The further hearing of the case was adjourned to Thursday next. QUEEN'S BENCH.—YESTERDAY. THE QUEEN V. JERVIS. We yesterday gave a report of this case in which Sir F. Thesiger obtained a rule calling upon Mr. Jervis,to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him, for a libel published by him, on Mr. Henry Allsopp, the pale ale brewer of Burton-upon- Trent. We, however, only gave a summary of the libel yesterday. The following is a copy of the verses in which the objectionable matter is contained. " To lash the vicious is the poet's verse ; Rise, honest muse, and sing the ' farmer's curse ; The bankrupt brewer—now a spurious squire— Tfie wholesome butt of every tenant's ire. well of his fame—his doubtful dip- • The _q ua c_k n advertisement, and p cl e lemis e t's'fee g conduct to the county hunt, og falsehoods, and unblushing front ; rig fa 1,7 1 : Zerral ?orting- rather call it poaching, Th e neighbour's land encroaching ; Fed on the best ci .:l f IPers bound for Derby shop, While they, poor every tenant's crop, vilowretches, must with all comply, Their only pri 33 fe a small rook pie. But do not tell, , thou'st better not, The doleful tale ofyhom:saeman was shot. No, let it rest in secrecysapferoofound, The silenced witness is ask of beer; underground. Thou bloated, red-faced, movi l Thou ' Burton Export,' hurnbnugg'es ccrleerst! Obscure thv parentage, though nowchrovni In blazon boldly challenges the best.th- Fit emblem 'tis of thy base pedigree ; The bears, a type of thy av idi ty ; The cranes, with bloody beaks, at once expre s s Thy grasping appetite and gr ee di ness ; Yet all appears, to every man of sense, Naught but a paltry scutcheon of pretence.' In all departments thou art still the same, The foulest quack that ever wore a name. If you a picture of yourself would see, In Uncle Tom' you'll find one called Legree.' In all his villanies but faintly shine The more than hellish portraitures of thine. The foulest foe to all, the falsest friend. Legree wert born, Legree's will be thy end. Then since thy life can do no mortal good, Lay by thy mask, throw off thy sombre hood; Save Jack Ketch trouble, fasten thy own noose, And give the gallows and Old Nick their dues." THE SIT-N, LOND-ON,..TU'ESDAY MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Nov. 14. The November general session of the peace for the county of of Middlesex commenced this morning at Clerkenwell. There were eighty-nine prisoners for trial, eighty-four being charged with felony and five with misdemeanour. Robeit Porter, who was convicted at the last session for having stolen a watch, was brought up for judgment. The Assistant-Judge inquired if anything had been ascertained of his previous character. Locker, an officer, said that the prisoner was the same man as Robert Harding, against whom a bill had beeti gnored by the grand jury onithe 19th of Septem ber for stealing a watch. The Prisoner—(indigantly)--D• not say "stealing" It, You mean accused of stealing it. Lockyor—He is well known in Coldbath-fields Prison, my lord, and I have found out a policeman who has had him repeatedly in custody. Police-constable 379 K then stated that the prisoner had ;been sentenced at 'Worship-street police-office to three months' imprisonment for stealing a watch, and to one month at Marlborough-street for being concerned with another in robbing a woman. Prisoner—lt was all on suspicion. There was nothing against me at all. The Assistant-Judge—l think that in the case where the bill was thrown out the prosecutor did not appear. Prisoner—lt is all suspicion. The Assistant -Judge — Well, notwithstanding its being all suspicion, you have this time been tried for stealing a watch, and the jury have thought you guilty of it. You are a regular pickpocket, and the sentence of the court is, that you be kept in penal servitude for four four years. Prisoner—Four years on suspicion ! 'Well, that is a pretty go. He was then removed. William Wright, 33, was indicted for having stolen half a ton of coals, the prope r ty o f th e di rectors of the Great Northern Railway Company. The property, in another count, was also laid as that of Charles Cave Williams. Mr. W. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. O'Brien appeared for the prisoner. The prisoner was a carman in the employ of Mr. Wil liams, of the City Basin, who is contractor to the Great Northern Railway Company for the delivery of coals to their customers. On the 18th of October an order was received from a Mr. Johnson, of Artillery-place, for four tons of coals, and on that day a ticket order was given to the prisoner so that he might go and obtain that quan tity, to be loaded in a waggon of which he was the driver. The coals were accordingly weighed and placed in a wag gon, which was driven away by the prisoner, who had with him a man named Todd, who acted as his assistant or "trouncer." When he left the railway station he had several empty sacks in the waggon. The coals reached the house of Mr. Johnson at about seven o'clock, consisting of 40 sacks. After a quantity of coals had been shot into the cellar, Mr. Johnson being informed that the four tons had been delivered, went to the wag gon and seeing five sacks of coals still there, inquired how it happened that they should be there, as he had understood that four tons of coals were a load. To this the driver replied that it was all right, and that he had brought half a ton of coals too much. He paid the bill for four tons of coals, but still having his suspicions he communicated with the Great Northern Railway Com pany, who sent an officer to the prisoner, and on his being questioned as to the quantity of coals he had taken to Mr. Johnson's, he said it was four tons. On being asked if that was all he took, he replied that he had half a ton too much, and that as he did not know what to do with them, he had taken them to his own house. An examination had since taken place of the prisoner's house, where a quantity of coals were found correspond ing exactly in quality with those delivered on the pre mises of 111 r. Johnson. These facts having been proved in evidence, James Todd was called, who said that he reconected To( lay, the 18th of October, when he was in the ser vice of Mr. Charles C. Williams, of the City Basig. On that day he went out with William Wright as "trouncer," to help to unload a waggon load of coals taken from the Great Northern Railway at King's Cross. There were forty sacks in the waggon. As they were going along they stopped for about ten minutes at a public-house, where they had a pot of beer. They then went to Artillery-place, where he helped to shoot the coals. They shot 35 sacks, 5 sacks being left in the wagon. After they left Mr. Johnson's they went to some place he did not know, about half a mile distant, where they stopped at a house. A woman came to the door, when Wright said that he had brought her half a ton of coals. Wright took the coals into the house, leaving the sacks there also. They took more than 40 sacks back, as they had 8 or 9 empty sacks in the wag gon when they left the railway station. Mr. O'Brien addressed the jury for the prisoner, con tending that neither the company nor Mr. Johnson had been proved to have sustained any loss, nor was the identity of the coals made out, as it was absurd to sup pose that the identical coal could be spoken to, when perhaps a similar description of coal could be found in every part of London. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to hard labour for 8 months. William Wilts, 22, was indicted for feloniously break ing and entering the dwelling-house of William Henry Rumsby, and stealing therein a pair of boots and other articles, value 401., his property. Mr. W. Cooper prosecuted, and Mr. Horry defended. The prosecutor was a boot and shoemaker at No. 10, Ratcliffe-row, St. John's, and the prisoner lived ver)ftiear, in Page's-yard. The prosecutor went to bed late on the night of the 23rd ult., leaving a number of pairs of boots in the shop window, with leather and other property in the shop. Next morn ing he discovered that two holes had been bored in the shutter of the shop-window, by which means a man's hand had been introduced, and the bolts drawn back ; then the window had been opened, the shop entered and property to the extent of 401. in value stolen. In the course of the day it was discovered that the pri soner had pledged a pair of boots, which were identified as one of the pairs which had been in the prosecutor's window, at a pawnbroker's in the New Kent-road, and upon this he was taken into custody. Mr. Horry, for the prisoner, contended that the rob bery had been committed by a man of the name of Jones, who had escaped. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The prosecutor said the prisoner had been living with prostitutes, and a. companion had been tried at the Old Bailey. The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to nine months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Joseph Mille was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed his employers. Piniiis, the detective offieer, said, on Saturday night I was sent for to Messrs. Bousfield and Co., of Hounds ditch, wholesale clothiers, and the prisoner was there given into my charge for stealing a piece of cloth. I saw him in the lower warehouse, and asked him what he had about him. He pulled off his hat, and I took out of it the piece of woollen cloth, I now produce. Upon search ing I found upon him seventeen shillings, which he wished me to give up to the workmeu on the establish ment, as it was money he had collected as a Christmas fund, in the character of their treasurer. 1 then took him to the station-house. Mr. Robert Bousfield of the firm of the prosecu tors, said we employed the prisoner as a cutter, and paid him thirty shillings a week. On Saturday I went up to the cutter s-room, while they were at dinner, and examined the prisoner's basket and found in it three pieces of black cloth, under his great coat, each containing a yard and three quarters, and corresponding with the piece of cloth he had been cutting on his board. My suspicions about him }ad been previously excited. I communicated with the police. The piece produced is one of those which had been in the basket, and its value is eleven shillings. He had been in our employment nine years. The Lord Mayor —This is one of the cases which I consider it is always necessary to send to a jury, as being too seriou s f or a magistrate to adjudicate upon. trial s prisoner had n o thi ng to say.— C omm i tted for rese p LecEtaß b ß le E a N pp W ea ß ra ti n L c e, c e T h e e d p i n r oseteeeaul i t n o g r, ll l / r .. : a. ° J6i Walker a young man of was charged with being Londoncon sone r ne near rn the ee Eustonl st i inst., was accosted by the pri soner to up between them, and afterwards a acquaintancethird An sprung iatiiion. M anly , of Jersey, company. They visited several public7s)eur'se ap peared to be a gentleman and a stranger, s joined toge t t h h e e r i r . party, who et to meet and eventually they made a mutual a again when the prosecutor should retTrpnolfrnotmill whither be was going. The appointment was klevpetrpoaond they spent the day as before. Walker boasted Of an uncle, one Dr. Gregory , who had died in America, and left him a legacy of 5 , 000/ . ; and the stranger, who ex hibited notes of great apparent value, asked witness to take a hundred pounds over with him to Jersey, and to dispose of it as he should direct, for he was in the habit of visiting the island every year, and distributing that sum in charity. This the prosecutor agreed to do, and the stranger soon afterwards said he must leave for P. short time. Witness remarked, "You'll be sure to come back ?" "If you doubt my word, here is my pocket book," was the instant reply. When the stranger re turned they began talking of a receipt, and prosecutor was going out to purchase the stamp, when the stranger said, " You doubted me, what security have I that you will come back ? " Witness left him his pocket-book, in which was 171., as a gage for his return i nd went out with the prisoner, who also left belii I him a similar pledge. The prosecutor, howevf r, desired the prisoner to buy the stamp, while he remained near the public-house where he had left the stranger, to see that he did not go away with their property. The result was that both of the men disappeared and prosecutor lost his money. The prisoner when apprehended resisted violently, and attempted to swallow a diamond ring. Mr. Corrie remanded the case. Edward Maynard alias Edward Clarke and Charles Hill were committed on a charge of having been con cernedo in a b urg l ary i n the house of Mr. Seward, Re ington-street, City-road, St. L u k e , t a il or. Hill—Please, my lord, send me t o b e tr. el at .N o git," an d not at Clerkenwell sessions. ' Mr. Corrie—Why do you wish that ? Prisoner—Because I shall have a fair trial there, but not at the other place They w ere accordingly. committed to Newgate. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mary Ann Seeley was brought before 31r. Bingha m for final examination, charged with having feloniously broken into the dwel ling house of Mr. Wells, 23, Percy-street, and stolen a cash box, containing about 1001. in notes and gold, and valuable securities to a large amount. W. C. Lancaster said he occupied apartments in the house of Mr. `Veils. On the mornirg of the 25th October, he heard an alarm of thieves in the house. He went into his bedroom, and found a police constable in his sitting-room. He discovered that a secretaire had been broken open, and a cash-box, his property, stolen therefrom. The cash-box contained six 101. bank notes, 33 sovereigns, and three 51. notes, besides other monies, and about 6001. worth of shares in Mexican and South American stocks. A quantity of other property had also been stolen from the room which had not been recovered. The cashbox now produced was part of the stolen property. John Wells, landlord of the house, No. 23, Percy street,t,said on the morning of the 25th Oct., he was dis turbed by a ring at the door bell. On going down stairs he discovered that seven of the rooms had been entered, and property stolen belonging to himself a-id also to Mr. Lancaster, who lodg e d it, the house. Witness missed some articles of plate and other property, worth about 7/. Witness found that the kitchen window bad been forced open, and an entrance effected in that manner. Chartes Langham, police-constable E 168, said, about half past two on the morning of the 25th October, the prisoner passed him on his beat with something bulky under her cloak. Her appearance being suspicious, he fillowed her and asked her what she had beneath her cloak. She replied, what she had got was her business. H asked her why she hesitated to tell him what she had with her, adding that if she had become honestly pos sessed of what she kept secret, she would not be afraid speaking out. He then asked her where she bad brought it from. She said she had brought it from home, and was going to take it home again to Ogle street. Witness not being satisfied with her answers, took her to the station-house, and there removed her cloak, and found beneath it a cash-box. Witness asked her where she got it from ; she replied as she was coming along the enclosure of Russell-square she stumbled up against something, she stooped and picked it up, and found it was a cash-box. Where the prisoner was stop ped was about half a mile from Mr. Wells's house, and she was coming along the road from the house. The cash-box on being examined was found to contain the money and securities stolen from Percy-street. The box was identified by Mr. Lancaster. The prisoner had given a false direction in Ogle-street. Police Constable Overy, E 121, discovered the door of Mr, Well's house open on the morning of the robbery, and gave an alarm. The prisoner, who is well known to the police, and who is believed to have had associates in the burglary, said she would reserve her defence, and was fully committed. THAMES.—Josesph Legg, about 45 years of age, and carpenter of the ship Don Ricardo, was charged with feloniously intermarrying with a young woman, named Anne Mary Darg, his wife Mary being then alive. Both wives were present. The first was a stout matron, about fifty years of age, who appeared full of indignation. The second wife was a slender female, who was much younger, and greatly agitated during the examination, and attended in her affliction by another female, who acted as her bridesmaid only 8 days ago. The second wife, who held down her head, was led into the witness box to be examined, and Mr. Yardley said he would begin with proof of the first marriage. The first wife bustled forward and said she was the prisoner's lawful spouse. Mr. Yardiey (interrupting)—l can't hear you. I must have other evidence of the first marriage. A police sergeant of the H division, said the prisoner was married to his first wife in Liverpool, five years ago, and the witnesses who were present resided in that town and had not been yet communicated with. Mr. Yardley—Then let me have evidence of the second marriage. Simon Baker, a police-constable (No. 150 H.) stated that he took the prisoner into custody on Sunday even ing at the house of Mr. Darg, the father of the second wife, at No. 8, White Horse-court, Prescott-street, Whitechapel ; and, upon acquainting him with the nature of the charge, he said he knew nothing about marrying two wives. At the station-house the charge was again mentioned to the prisoner, and he said he was very sorry for it and he could not help it. The first wife—He has never been sober since he mar ried this poor young girl. William Darg, a shell cleaner, said he was the father of the young woman who had been inveigled into mar riage. The prisoner first came to visit the daughter of witness about seven or eight years ago, when he was shipmate with her brother. The prisoner made a pro posal of marriage to her several years ago, and it was not then accepted. The prisoner was away five years, and on his return a few days ago again renewed his pro posal of marriage, and said it must be now or never. Witness spoke to his daughter and said she was just of an age able to judge for herself, but thought she had better not have a man old enough to be her father. His daughter said she would have the psisoner and no one one else, and a license was immediately precured in Doctors'-commons, for which the prisoner paid 2/. 17s. ' 6d., and was to have been married on the same day but it was too late, and he was not married until Sunday, the 6th instant, when the wedding was solemnized at St. Mark's church, Tenter-ground, Whitechapel. The prisoner was asked by the Rev. Mr. Hayward, the curate, if he had been ever married before, and he declared that he had not. The prisoner and his second wife had occu pied apartments in the house of witness since his mar riage, and on Sunday the first wife claimed her husband, on which the prisoner said his first wife was a Roman Catholic, that he was married in a Roman Catholic chapel, and that consequently the marriage would not stand good. The first wife, however, produced her certificate, which proved that she was legally married in a Protestant church. The two certificates of marriage were put in. The prisoner was married at St. James's Church, Toxteth park, Liverpool, to Mary Tringleton, widow, on the 11th Nov. 1849, and he was described as a shipwright. Mr. Yardley—Now there is some evidence of the first marriage. Now swear the second wife. The second wife got into the witness box and appeared so mach afflicted that the magistrate said be would spare her from giving evidence at present, and he should re mand the prisoner for a week, to give time to the officers to bring witnesses who were present at the first mar riage in Liverpool. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. Many subscribers having left town for Shrewsbury, the muster at " the Corner" was very scanty, and only a small amount of business was transacted. SHREWSBURY HANDICAP. 7to 2 agst Little Harry (taken). 12 to 1 agst Goldfinder (taken). 14 to 1 agst Cleveland (taken). COLUMN HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Kiteflyer (taken). Bto 1 agst Catherine Parr (taken). 9to 1 agst Alonzo (taken). 9to 1 agst Nerva (taken). DERBY. GOO to 100 agst Autocrat (taken), 900 to 100 agst King Tom (taken). 400 to 10 agst Bessus (taken. 2000 to 50 agst Neville (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Brother to Chanticleer (taken.) 20 to 1 agst Autocrat's winning the Derby and Meteora the Oaks (taken). THE SCREW CASE AT EPSOM.—The committee of Tat. tersall's are of opinion that the steward of Epsom Au• tumn Steeplechase has no power to declare the bets void they must therefore be paid. ALTCAR COURSING MEETING (CONCLUDED). Sefton Stakes.—Deciding Course. Mr. George's Celt beat Mr. Arden's Mars, and won the stakes. Croxteth Stakes.—Deciding Course. Remembrancer beat Jilt, and won the stakes. Altcar Cup. Third Ties—Weapon beat Thought, Junta beat Papist. Deciding Course—Junte beat Weapon, and won the Cup. . Altear Stakes. Third Ties—Magic beat Speedwell, Brenhilda beat Staylace. Deciding Course—Brenhilda beat Magic, and won the Stakes. Molyneux Stakes. First Ties—Mr. Randell's Rival beat Mr. Swan's St. Catharine. Mr. J. Blundell's Blackbird beat Mr. C. Langton's Lady Franklin. Mr. Temple's Triplex beat Mr. Peacock's Pamela. Mr. Randell's Reliance beat Mr. G. Cooke's Che rnisette. Second Ties Blackbird beat Rival, Triplex beat Reliance. Deciding Course—Blackbird beat Triplex and won the stakes. West Derby Stakes. First Tieq—Mr. Arden's Mungo ran a bye. Mr. E. Stanley's Shark beat Mr. G. Cooke s Croxteth. Mr. R. G. Temple's Turtledove beat Mr. Swan's Soda Ash. Mr. T. D. Hornby's Haymaker beat Mr. G. Cooke's Hurkaru. Second Ties—Mungo beat Shark, Turtledove beat Haymaker. Deciding Course—Mungo beat Turtledove, and won the stakes. MANILLA. WOMEN In the ev en i ng , S pan i ar d s, Eng lish, and French, go . to the promenades to ogle the beautiful and facile half-bred women, whose transparent tinguishes the female half-brecfsurSes. is a singular,y intelligent . That which dis danish-Tagals or Chi robes reveal their splendid figures. physiognomy. Their hair, drawn nese-Tagals) and sustained by long golden luxuriance. They wear upon the trAuparent like a veil, made of the pine and expressive pins,ack from th e e re f h a l c e e f: ilsefia head fibre, ea m fi a ku r ae v r e marvellous otir finest cambric ; the neck is ornamented I) of large coral beads, fastened by a gold medLlion st . rin g transparent chemisette, of the same stuff as the head. dre , s, descends as far as t he wais t , covering , but not concealing, a bosom that has never been imprisoned in stays. Below, and two or three inches from the edge of the dem'sette, ii attached a variously-coloured petticoat of very bright hues. Over this garment a large and costly silk sash closely encircles the figure, and shows its outline from the waist to the knee. The small and white feet, always naked, are thrust into embroidered slippers, which cover but the extremities. Nothing can be more charming, coquettish, and fascinating than this costume, which excites jai the highest degree the admi ation of strangers,—Tlte , ,PAiliPPines• AGRICU, The following letter from the present to the late President of the Royal Agricultural Sociel o f England will be read with interest : T ISTi " Posey, Nov.:/ "My dear Ashburton,—Seeing the interest you t ake in the success of the present attempt to ascertain n lore accurately the facts of English agriculture, I trust you will pardon me for suggesting one or two poin is of detail, essential, as seems to me, in any complete regis tration of our national farming stock. " Such a survey should not, I think, solely aim at the tabula' ion of our yearly yield of corn, with a view to , esti mate our immediate dependence on foreign suppt-y ; but should also record and measure that improves sent of agriculture which began with the present century, and is strengthening with its advances. It is indi ,ed, this statistical object or which I am myself chiefly anxious. "If a census of our husbandry had been con tmenced with the century, as well as of our population, ti its rural picture of the last 50 years would have been invaluable. But, though the blank must stand for the past, one is glad that it will, at least, be filled up for the future, and happily the rate of improvement is more rapid than ever. " The value, however, of the results obtained must depend on the adoption, from the onset, of the• most perfect classification. Our decennial population tables are, I believe, much impaired by successive char: ges in the heads of enumeration—changes which experieu co has pointed out, but which, nevertheless, greatly entbArra,s any retrospective comparison. " Our object, then, being to record the increasing- pro duction of corn and of meat, the accurate estimate of our corn will, I fear, be difficult, as well from the un certainty of seasons, as also from the uncertainty which must affect the farmer's own judgment, not only while his crops stand in the field, but even while, though safe in the rick, they have not yet been subjected to the test of the thrashing machine. "The enumeration of our live stock, on the other hand, will be very easy, and the advantage of that facility is the greater, because this tangible fact will afford, in the long run, an unerring clue to the more obscure pro blem, the increased fertility of our soil. I mean that if, since the year 1800, the flock of sheep, for instance, on one of your up-lying Hampshire farms has been raised from 300 to 600 head, no practical man could doubt that, by the new supply of manure, the average growth of corn will have been augmented in some definite propor tion through a more liberal application of capital, which of course, however, will require also a more liberal re turn of profits as the share of the tenant-farmer. "That our flocks and herds have been so multiplied since 1800 every one acquainted with the growth of our population must see, especially as that growth has occurred chiefly in metropolitan and manufacturing dis tricts, where, of course, the addition has been of men who, in the main, eat, not bacon or cheese, but fresh meat every day. Now, though the consumers of meat have doubled, our farmed land has by no means doubled, and since the foreign supply of fresh meat has been till of late inconsiderable, the same farms, for the most part, must have satisfied the new demand by a new supply. The inference is irresistible, though we should look in vain for any direct proof of the fact in agricultural re rds. " Still I would call your attention to the point that, though the general increase of production has been great, it has been unequal in different counties ; nay, more, that even if we knew the exact increase in the number of stock on any particular farm--say as before, from 300 to 600—we might fall very short of the truth in assuming that, because the sheep had been doubled, so also, and no more, had the production of meat been augmented. 1- ‘ As this part of the subject has a direct bearing upon the forms of return to be adopted, and constitutes, in deed, my chief ground for troubling you, I trust you will excuse me for entering into some detail. " At the opening of the century, in other words when you and I were boys, you will remember that five-year old mutton was thought right and proper for a gentle man's table. If we could learn the truth, I apprehend we should now find that many a saddle has not sur passed one-fifth of that age. In fact, every year mut ton is growing younger. What, then, will have been the real increase of production on a farm that main tained, in 1800, 300 sheep, and in 1850, 600 sheep ? When George 111. was King, the flock of 300 might consist of 50 ewes, and of their progeny, five sets of 50 sheep, advancing through five winters upon hard keen to respectable but tardy maturity —5O sheep only being draughted off each year to market. But in these better days the flock of 600 sends, perhaps, not 100, but 300 fat sheep every March up to Smithfield. The increase, therefore, is not twofold, but sixfold. Besides, as we know that it is fatting stock, especially forced stock, which strengthens the productive powers of the land, the action of the stock upon the crop will likewise have been far more than doubled. " I trust, therefore, you will agree with me that, un less great care be taken in classifying our tables, we shall have made inadequate provision for doing justice hereafter to the progressive energy of our farmers. " It would clearly be desirable that we should at least distinguish between the females intended for breeding on the one hand, and the remainder of the flock on the other ; and, again, that among this remainder there should be a distinction between those which are and those which are not being prepared for the butcher. A minute registration of age, however interesting, might be too troublesome, while this triple classification of breeding, store, and fatting stock, though easily made, must afford very important results to those who may examine 10 or 20 years hence the progress of our diffe rent counties. " There is one other matter which we might certinly hope to investigate. The excellence of our leading breeds of animals is now fully recognised. But, though they are paid for so highly and exported so widely by foreigners, we do not know how far they have succceeded at home in displacing our own unimproved breeds. I would, therefore, strongly recommend a column in which the name of the breed should be entered. The advantage of such a record would not be confined, I believe, to the breeds distinguished by prizes at our public shows. Besides these aristocratic families, there are doubtless other races of plainer features but great intrinsic excel lence (your own Hampshire downs are a case in point), which might thus become better known and more justly. valued. In short, we want such a map of the distribu tion of our breeds of stock as ethnography has given us on a larger scale for the migrations of the human race. " Should you think it worth while to lay these sug gestions before the Statistical Committee of the Aires ford Union, I trust that they will excuse me for thus endeavouring to bear a part in the furtherance of a na tional undertaking, which, from our inexperience, seems at present to admit of any assistance, however slender, but which, when brought to perfection, must place the English and the Scotch farmer in the position they are entitled to hold among the husbandmen of all nations. "Believe me, my dear Ashburton, most truly yours, "PHILIP PIISEY." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, Nov. 12. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Kron Prins Oscar, from Skelleftea ; Jeanie, Dantzic ; Ceres, Stettin ; Courier, Riga ; Europa, Dantzic ; Juno, ditto ; Fredericke, ditto ; Hannibal, ditto ; Caledonia, ditto ; Vreindschaft, ditto ; Experiment, ditto; Clunie, ditto; Cuba, ditto; Inge borg Caroline, ditto ; Von Nagler, Memel ; Johanne, ditto ; Clara and He rmann, dit to ; Water Witch, Arch. angel ; Archive, Riga ; Ariadne, Rostock ; Harriet and Jane, Stettin ; Gluck au f, ditt o ; Oran, Nyborg; Phoenix, St. Petersburg ; Dan ne b org, A a lb org ; rklovered, Copenhagen ; Melona, Cronstadt ; Marie, Odense ; Haa bert, Swartwick ; Surprise, Marseilles ; Aspen, Pillau ; Alida Margaretha, St. Petersburg ; Tucker, Cronstadt ; Lord Stanley, ditto ; Overhardne, Riga ; Rival, Oporto ; Jonge Marie, Randers; Dido, Wifstawarf; Julius Ros stock ; Governor Maclean, Cape Coast Castle ; Tellus, Soderham Familien, Flobroe ; Messenger, Archangel ; ' Falcon, ditto • Adler, St. Petersb urg ; Acastus, Riga ; Scud, Denia ; Ceres, Riga ; Skillida, ditto ; Regulas, ditto; Rival, Terceira ; Johan, Hapurandef ; Anne Catherine, Aalborg; Marie Elise, Logstoer •, Dorthea Elizabeth, Bogense ; Oceane, Assins ; Ellen, Christiania ; Ingeborg, ditto ; Ida, Dantzic ; Allan, ditto ; Mary Ogle, Rcw tock ; George and Elizabeth, St. Malo ; Venice, Charente; Helene, Riga ; Victor, ditto ; Brothers, Wyborg ; Tramp, Memel ; Hermania, ditto ; Cecilia, Madras ; Queen Victo ria, Swartwick; Talleyrand, Riga; Warren Packet, Me mel; Gesina, ditto; Agnes, Landscrona ; Assiduous, Got tenberg ; Wanderer, ditto • Witham, ditto; Thomas and Hannah. ditto; John Wickliffe, Nyland; Leand er , Ant werp ; Rebecca, Memel; Era, Dantzic; Felix, Stettin; Chris tine Marie, Thisted; Richard, A arhuus ; Marie,Od en se ; Wm. Wells, Mogadore • Reliance Gottenberg ; H o pp e t, ditt o ; Globe, Memel : &Nan, ditto ; Thea, Gravelines ; Jane Freeman, Stettin ; Elizabeth, Riga ' • Florde Porto, Opor to ; Hebden, Cronstadt ; Victoria, Lules ; Albion, Skel liftea ; Johana Christina, Landscrona ; Eva Wallace, N.S. ; Era, Leghorn ; Oline Cecillie, Assens ; Sirocco, Dantzic ; Isaac, ditto ; Confidence, ditto ; William, ditto; Petilla, ditto ; Romulus, Swartwick ; Ceres, Stathelle ; Ocean, Leghorn ; Strelem, Welcher, New York ; Ann Peal, Pillan ; Wanderer, Gothenburg ; Witham, ditto. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Allerdine, for Antwerp • Sumatre, Port Philip; Jon go J o h annes , Hamburg; Elizabeth, Boulogne ; Arenm, Jamaica ; Actio, Stettin ' • Johannes, Stettin ; Persian, Melbourne ; Marl borough, Port Philip ; Gloriane, Kingston, Jamaica, and Calcitta. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—Ttie Norelhavit, for Grinastadt ; Furst Borrian Third, Rostock ; Senor Bil bor, San Sebastina ; Speedwell, Antwerp ; Elizabeth and Mary, Dunkirk ; Allertina, Santa Cruz ; Trientze, Leer ; Lily of the Valley, Dunkirk ; Gratitude, Valencia ; Robert. Konigsberg. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Africa (s), Liverpool to New York, Nov. 3, about 240 miles from New York. The Aurora, from London to Sydney, New South Wales, Aug. IS, lat. 35 S., long. 19 E. The Australia, bound to Bombay, off Booby Island. A NUGGET.—A private letter received yesterday from the diggings mentions the discovery, within the last few days, in the neighbourhood of Sawpit Gully, of a nugget weighing 145 lb. [ADVERTISEMENTI—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills for the Effectual Cure of Bad Legs.—Extract of a letter from H. Watkinson, Esq., proprietor of the Spalding Free Press, dated Dec. 15, 1852 :—" Dear Sir,—A cot • tager, residing at Moulton, has requested m e t o sen d you the p ar ti cu l ars o f the almost miraculous cure effected by using your ointment and pills ; the sufferer's name is Hewdle, who injured his leg about 14 years ago, and although he was under medical treatment for weeks toge ther he derived no benefit. At the age of 60 another accident happened to the already injured leg, which left it in a fearful condition. However, by the use of your medicines alone, his leg has been perfectly cured.—Sold by all druggists ; and at Professor Holloway's Estab• 4ihment, 244, Strand, London. 12 4 , k -1241" G NOVEMiIEtt, 15, 1853. BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act seveath and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 22d day of Oct., 2853 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 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. '3edford Bank, Bedford —T. Barnard and Sons Bawdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Ce Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tnbb 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, Tawrey, 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—lVlessre, 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 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 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—Bromage 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—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and C 0... Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton oa.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—R o bi ns , Fos ter, and Co 110,755 East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 53,192 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Go Exeter Bank, Exeter —Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co 23,290 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co 7,335 Farnham Bank, Farnham.—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham —Hilton and Co 6,252 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon 7,496 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co 28,537 Hastings Old Bank, Hv,stings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. 33,155 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co: Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-H u ll B an k, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting , don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Yarwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead - --Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. . 38,271 Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hererord— Morgan and Co 25,071 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, Maids: , one--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—. Becket and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, • Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, 31,118 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 36,725 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene 13,371 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. 104,056 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 13,755 10,691 4,531 34,798 27,362 12,245 18,606. 34,593 12,285 18,203 23,370 11,960 6,650 71,045 14,479 6,163 41,488 16,714 25,738 82,102 38,644 29,248 3,865 34,633 42,758 12,527 63,924 26,249 12,560 2,853 15,146 46,065 33,850 23,499 3,093 18,045 34,385 44,795 6,616 21,477 75,405 6,829 8,900 11,992 40,226 26,974 10,20: 78,153 84,964 10,512 46,70 47,062 29,948 21,958 20,125 51,860 5,746 23,690 68,795 24,874 26,030 9,024 21,262 44,386 8,820 5,336 52,740 26,937 7,254 4,555 38,685 13.900 16,395 2,494 Rims Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Prich ards and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Eurton, Lloyd, and Co Scarbor )ugh Old Bank, Scarborough —Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp tm—Atherley, Fell, and Co Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 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 Tin.- 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 Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford Bank, Wallir 3 - ford—Hedges, Wells, and ,Co Warwick and Warwickshirei R nk, 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 Alt on B an k, Win chester—ulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, 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, Wolverhairptor—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth —Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co York Bank, York— Swann, Clough, and Co 10,411 11,734 47,256 11,772 45,989 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 24, 499 East of England Bank, Norwich 22,233 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 150,015 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax lB, 466 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,665 Hull Banking Company, Hull 28,324 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,980 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking 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 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Mbore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Corapany, Nottingham 28,717 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 422,342 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 59,219 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 81,341 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, Bristol , a S B t a a m f n k o i r n d S t u g p c a k n e y ; Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang p0rt.................................................... 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 52,4' Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond . Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 34,892 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 80,089 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 75,89" West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 4,038 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 6, 459 York Union Banking Company, York 70,987 York City and County Banking Company, 92,848 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 124,77" 9,891 9,184 49,942 7,700 31,473 19,960 54,983 10,435 34,505 10,012 26,791 15,515 36,418 19,935 43,456 1,487 25,218 27,955 4,044 61,373 21,821 85,773 10,340 10,197 36,561 26,919 49,304 53,572 2,368 36,871 49,394 344,730 51,514 56,672 52,465 9, 876 14,66' 30,800 00,882 33,863 9,530 17,944 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 16,005 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 27,050 -"- Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Wilts anu _ Newark Bank, Slea.ford—Handley, Peacock, West Riding u and Co dersfield Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock ---.11 and Meanie', Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co -4v Bank,— ~ Norwich C rown B an k an d N or f o lk an d S u ff o lk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur- ') neys and Birkbeck • Nottingh am an d N o tti ng h ams hi re B an k, Not t4 tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and C 0.... Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith MONSTER MAILS.—The Washington papers contain and Co. ..„ 30,280 an advertisement from the American Postmaster-Gene- Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os- ral for tenders for mail contracts in California, Oregon, westry—Croxon and Co. 9,212 Utah, and New Mexico. The contracts are nearly 100 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, in number, and some of the mail routes are 1,000 miles and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton- nearly 10,000 miles. Mail bags are to be taken up and bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton- dropped at about 300 places. The postal communica bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton- tion between great numbers of the towns is to be daily. bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Watley Bank, Witney—J. W month. Every kind of mail conveyance will be adopted Clinch and Co Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank steamboats, 4-horse coaches, carts, waggons, and saddle and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 45,603 horses. The coot; acts are to commence in 1854, and to Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,755 last until 1858. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter- A MARRIAGE CUSTOM AND ITS CONSEQUENOES.—A borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and the western hills of Allendale among the rustic and less Reading , Bank, ReadingB74 a` merry afte rnoon , and at night " hunt t h e b r id egroom, " g—Stephens, Blandy, • throw the st oc ki ng, " and " sup for th e r i ng ." At one Ric and hmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. 6,892 ?ell side between a Benedict and a Beatrice, there was Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, i a desperate onset supping struggle for the ring among and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches- , in g young girl, just 19, who had the good fortune to fish ter—Day and Nicholson 8,395 it out on the point of her spoon, swallowed it instanter, Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 14,269 leaving the bride minus a cold ring (the emblem of her Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son matrimony), and the mountain nymph the consolati on Rye Bank, Rye—B. C. Pomfret and Co of knowing that she was they nut party to bo married. 28,494 48,052 23,672 23,392 48,785 74,672 10,808 3,436 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, October 28, 1853. 27,302 13,661 LJ 4,490 29,349 16,705 24,768 44,293 81,07' Official Statement of the Quai in the port of London, fro: the 6th to filo 12th Novemb 3,388 15,571 14,194 4,058 390 11,764 31,074 .24,916 26,754 11,950 0,387 10,510 11,322 12,998 8,900 10,640 11,581 16,505 8,327 23,993 6,008 45,606 14,228 23,575 6,732 16,200 37,694 57,325 7,387 14,109 8,609 Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, red, 68s to 76s ; barley, 40s to 46s ; oats, Mazagan, 38s to 425; middle and small, white, 54s to 66s ; grey, 445 to 48s. First .. Second Oatmeal, per bag of COAL MAR: Prices of Coal per ton at ti s. d. Buddle W. Hartley l9 6 Buruhope l9 6 Carr's Hartley l9 0 Chester Main 6 Cookson's Hartley l9 0 Davison's West Hartley 19 6 Hasting's Hai ;;ley l9 0 H01ywe11....... ......... 22 0 Howard's West Hartley Iv etherton 19 6 Lor?, - ridge's Wst Hartleyl9 6' North Percy Hartley l9 0 Old Adairs 18 6 Ravensworth Hartley l9 0 Tadield Moor l9 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 19 9 Walker Primrose l9 6 West Hartley 19 0 Tanfield W. lB 9 Willingtoa Hartley l9 6 Wylam 21 9 Wallsend, &c. Wallsend 2l 0 Acorn Close 22 3 Gosforth 22 0 Harton 22 0 Hedley 22 0 Killingsworth E. l9 6 Lawson 2l 0 Northumberland 2O 6 Ships at market 29 16 1 501 d.......... RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• COUNTRIES. SEABORNE MAILS. Day when made up in General Poet- Office, London.* America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... America (by United. Sts. packet) ..........N Nov. 15.......... America (by 11. States' packet) ..........N Nov. 21 •• Ausaalla (via South ampton) M Jan. 4............ Ditto (via Marseilles) N'Jan. 8.• Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N Dec. 4 Africa (West Coast)..N `t3d of the moath Alexandria........ NB, 9, 24, &30of m. Alexandria.. 4th & 20th of mor. Bahamas M 17th of the month Belgium ............N ...„ Brazil Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. Cape of Good Hone ..N 14th of the month Cape of Good Hope ~N 14th of the month. Cape de Vcrds ......N i 9th of the mo n th.. Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .......... ..N Channel Isles N Chili— China (see India) Constantinople Constantinople t:ont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see Itdia) France & N Gibraltar Greece (see India) Greytown M Hamburgb ....N Elavannab ........ M Holland . V Honduras ..1%1 India (vhSouthampL.)M India (via Marseilles)M lonian Isles (see India) Irelani ........m & N fAshol...• .• Madera • Madtira ...... • .....N Malta (see India) Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N Maxim) Naples . • ....N dew Graaada Raw Zea1and.......... Papal States Peninsula Peru . • . ..... ...M Port Natal .... ......N Sicily .. • • .. • • • • N Tuscany .. ........N Venezuela Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) . West Indies 14th of the month Mon ~Wed.,&Fild. 2d B,t 17th of month . 1 When any of these , dispatche4 on the followt Southampton), and the A day preceding. 17,8,17,21,&27 of m, 4th & 20th of mon 'Twice daily 1•.. LiTerPoo ' L1'rerPoo 1 •~ • LiVerPN I Plymouth Dover •• •• SouthamP t° '.: Southait 3 l o. ' Dover • • • • goutharhP ,° ,," Southarat 3 Ply mouth SouthatrlP Oß Plymouth " Plymouth •:. SouthamPt °P SeuthaMPO" Twice daily... 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm, 2nd & 17th of mon. Tuesday & Fridai 2nd of the month Wednesday & Sat. 17th of the month. 14th & 20th of mon. Sth&24th of month 7, 17, & 27 of mon Twice daily 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. 9th of the montii 23d of month 17,17,19,28, 30 ofm, 114th of the month 2nd of the month.. stblsth2sthotmon. 2d lft 17th of month By private skip .. s thlsth2sthofmon. 7th 17 th 28 Lhofinon. 2d & 27th of mon. 14th of the month sth 15th25thoamon, sth 15th25 thofmon. 12d & 17th of month Dover ...• •; SoutnainPa u Dover .• • • Dover •• •••,.; SouthamPt°- *mtbanlP W° London • •• SouthaniP o London .•• So ut hattWO" SouthanlPO ° l Dover •• ••'"1 Dover .• •• Holyhead •0, SoutharuP ° ' SouthamPO": Plymouth (Dover .••••• Plymoatt SoutharilP t° Dover .• •• •;„ SouthairiP t ° s Various Poi" Dover .• ',; SouthamP t t SoutliaMP O n, s ° D u la l o o: n i v v t be e Dover t 0.. 1 6 Southairlo! 12d 3c 17th °I month dates .za7l 0 , 1 a Sun lug day. with the ex Waits., both of which BIRTHS. Prl;l‘ OF A SON. C.f ec leo On the 11th inst., at Clapham-common, LO ° : On the 11th inst., at Twickenham, " w "" Gwatkin. of OP A DAUGHTER. icif e e tJ~© itir On the 11th inst., at Bruuswick- terra c e ] i b orp Philip Salomons, Esq. o O P On the 10th in at 35, Drummond -P l3c '___,....,..../ Mrs. Spalding. - MARRIED. al, nie f O h fgv On the 10th inst., at St. John's EpisooP al li so ts e o f burgh, the Hon. George Grey DalrymPl e, to th e si° Gnat& youngest son of the Earl of Stair,. ste Sod t, Ellinor ' Alice Napier, fifth daughter of the I Piled of the present Lord Napier. -8 ke, oll ,l l3l td i o f On the 11th inst., at St. George's, -- ? c oso- , psv;ite David Maxwell Aitken, Esq., M D., King s ton,of J.,"' Ann, youngest daughter of Thomas Wa501,,,./ Milk-street, Cheapside, and Ravensbourno lo dge' hsm, Kent. LONDON : Printed and Published 31;a 1 " 1 --- 0 01 - 0 , 1;is P of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tile Q u ! ) strand, in the Precinct of the Savoyle Middlesex, Tuesday, November x iOP" 12. • 4 s 2 w s hi s tttooe'3os4ls;:be°:s:s4,': KIRKCALDY—Nov. 12. in Here, to-day, we had unusua l sma ll supplies of r of grain. Wh ea t an d b ar l ey so ld s l ow l y • the forll°, fully last w ee k' s ra t es , an d t h e l at t er a t from 6 d t° qr. lower. Oats sold quickly at 6d per qr. advance' t g, Wheat. Barley. Oats. , )3 0 :0A 1 1 I I 84s Od I 42s 01 30s Od O, OJ 80s Od 39s Od 29s Od 0; Ol I 74s Od 34s Od I 24s Od I OS 0 801bs imperial, 39s Od to 4 MT.—Nov. 14. ;he close of the lark eil--. Wall Northumberland .. . 0 169' '6 l l Ridde11.................... la 1 Primrose ................ . 5 5 6 Eden Main ........... c,z3 Bell ................ , Belmoni ........................ 5 Br c~dvll 3 ................• 6 Framwellgate ......... •" . 0 He:;:on ................ ilaswell ... .............. .'53 Kepler ............... ••••'...53 Lazn b:;o ........ •• " • Lum, .................. • 65 Pensher ................. Plummer ................... :0, 6 Russell's Hetton ..... £ 5 # Stewart's . ............. 3 Cassop ................ ••••55 Feugh Hall . .......... South Hartlepool ••••"' 0 6 South Kelloe ......... 6 Tees ................... 5 Richardson's Tees .."...70• # South Durham ...... 19 1 Witton Park ........ •••• 11519 Cowp en ......... , 1 IDerwentwater lts' e Watney's Anthracite.••' LIVERPOOL, NOV. 14. sslO rt ; STOCK EXCHANGE. The following were th e fl a i . ; O, the morning:—East Lancashire, 16g—London Western, 102t—Midland, 614—S ou th-E as tern 0, 1 8( 10!? 18 3-16. The sales in the afternoon were yor1;901' ! 274—East Lanc a shi re , 16g—L ancas hi re 1104 644 /—Lancaster and C ar li s l e , new thirds, oe . London and North-Western, 102i—Mancheste r, ...0 0 ,F 0 and Lincolnshire, 20/—ditto, preference, e. 614 g —South-Eastern an d Dover, 184 and C., 5 per cent., 1041—Sheffield, Roth er b otar"" Goole, N.D., 21;4—Quebec and Richmond d eb per cent., 104. MANCHESTER, Nov. .405 5, re i, STOCK EXCHANGE.-- There was not much nl l ..e f- I'e prices were declining. The sales in the ro rri ,„, j 7bir a 4 l6 l , Caledonian, 27I—East Lancashire, 161- 14311 ) . 3 Yorkshire, 64i—ditto, preference 6 per cent., Ai tto :a v Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 20i -- " o l s , !Ply 6i. preference, f pm.—Midland Railway Cou: 10 0, 1 1 , South-Eastern, 181. The following were the 3-I°' afternoon :—Caledonian, 27f—South-Eastern, BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 14. s ote d i ii STOCK EXCHANGE.—LittIe business was trfario, the general share-m a rk e t t o -d a y, but prices,. o doll early part of the day were we ll ma intained. I d i j oil North-Western Stock changed h an ds at 10 3 1 , a and North-Western eighths at dis. BRISTOL, Nov. 14. eti Ca li° l STOCK EXOHANGE.—The market was rather del prices well sustained till t owar d s th e c lose wal l was submitted to. G rea t W es t ern were done 3 , 1 , 15i• land Stock, 61—Taff Vale, 139—V a l e o f Ne 2" post. (N signifies that the mail s are sent from the 00,01 , by the night— an d Mb y the morning —dispate• From wh at Jofoi Fort Ep_y 4 l Dispatc he gBC) OP ° southar aptov - S ,D O O SouthamP w ' sor. Dover •••••• 16 so° . 0 s of 0 sof. 0 D oil6 sof' 46 110° . 0 ! of 1 6 sof' 0 56„, oixo r; t 4of. 90, off rs,°, Abe rox i" ,l o D ti : i c d ew a p y itlijobn th eo e fotn ;: t4„ ti 0 0 0 / iStl ° Mdle. Sophie Cruvelli, •n Saturday last's sajr:d, engagement with the Opera for two years at 1 , 0 r it tiO 4,0001. sterling a year. She is to choose bs E r ° r _,,pe" to play only ice a week, and to have Le - sir, vacation in each year. In case she is ca u ' - to b e 0 4 sing three times a week, the extra night is - for.oo 601. A separate engagement is entered in t f lg bit k i tl3. months of her cove, during the -Universal of 1855, at the rate of 1,0001. p er month , e ci i s 0 0 " salary for the second ye ar w ill, i n fact, b e Galignani. COUNTRY MABirias. CHELMSFORD—Nov. 11. igod Prices to-day we re as follow :—Wheat, w hite, old 6 , to 82s Od, new 64s t o 83 s ; re d, old 57s to' 745, ne w 626 .74s ; barley, 32s to 39s ; chevalier, 36s to 450 • 8 11 n. 0 1 ' 24s to 32s ; malt, 61s t o 65s ; chevalier, 665 t0 ' 72 8 ; 23s to 28s ; peas, partridge, 41s to 46s ; white, 48s to N boiling 55s to 61e ; dun, new, 42s to 45s ; beans, tick, to 42s ; Harrow ticks, 38s to 44s ; M azagan , 38s to 416. Entities of Corn ; ma the follorvii ber, both ineltu Sco., reZ ports, T live. .g 4 162 - 1401 Its - 687 134 42 - 531 lOri 150 I - R - 1 COLCHESTER —Nov. I - 88 I 23 18 1 i t' I;~ , at ed x E ZZsiv t e he i ketZ t ° mto r • Net , ar r ob, 60 4 ' and 110,; 1 46, I lC:11 • th—kiti , I . -1:41,, an( elllite4T II Pn e 'tZ e. _e ar , .ztri "aeltv th e Oar th e ,Drlrn ar / 44,1't treat et (ri me IN th t' e 4l t4 /' 444 i:e l t use; TR,,(111 Aer tatlnz • bottle,- ''4▪ 10.4„ Vtri ttron, per P utile 44 tlol l mi n Z t e4th ^ 1 1! ) : 8(1 , 4 oN i " att, t or 4 .44 to _ , ----- tf DIED. Egee,J ,t- 0 On the 11th ' t tth Cl b Chambers, '_ti,efepv/P ins ~ a e ll John Luke Wetten, Esq of Style-house, ne , V 48, Conduit-street, Hanov'er-square,_solicitor. op , i, On the 13th inst., at Littleton, :I gi t e d d cll 3 e l s . e :: we, ti S t e ile Wood, Esq., son of Colonel Wood, On the 12th inst , Phcebe, the wife uf 4 9 ",,er5, ' , Henry Luke Dillon;rector of Lytchett 1 41 . 5 ' A gooP county of Dorset, aged 65. e of 33 ' y On the 7th inst., Mrs. Mary Codd, lst ~..psr 1 at pilaf, terrace, New-road, aged 74. On the 10th inst., at his residence, William Studley, Esq., aged 64. _ 4 46 -M.W.4. I br LE) b rld, A a!, ~:; , ~ I~~~~i,i SI , 'i( i ` ~. ~i LA ...The ting ~, ELEI Jatieill ........_____