The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-10 00:00:00

OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON SUNDAYS. The adjourned aggregate meeting of the working classes in favour of the above object took place last evening in Drury-lane Theatre—the former place ,of meeting, St. Martin's-hall, being too small for the num bers who were expected to assemble on the occasion. In very short time after the doors were thrown open the spacious pit was densely crowded ; the boxes and gal leries were also well filled. The delegates, of whom about 100 were present, were accommodated on the stage. On the rising of the curtain the whole of the C a ge was discovered, with the beautiful representation of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham on the proscenium. _ _ In the absence of Mr. H. Mayhew, who presided al the former meeting, Mr. PRIDEAUX, cabinet-maker? delegate, was unani mously called on to preside. He observed that the com mittee, feeling the righteousness of their cause, had re solved on holding the meeting in the largest place which they could possibly obtain. (Cheers.) He alluded to the presence of the ladies, as giving an auspicious sanc tion to their agitation. Mr. WEBSTER, carpenter, moved the following resolu tion. That this meeting, recognising the fact that Sunday is the only day on which it is possible for the working man to obtain that recreation which is neces sary for health and to improve his mind, earnestly hope that the Legislature will sanction the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays, and thus enable the work ing classes to obtain on that day a higher, purer, and more intelligent and moral amusement than is now avail able to them." He referred to the necessity of physi cal recreation and exercise for the working men, the great body of whom were in favour of this object. In fact, it was opposed by none but such persons as composed the Lord's-day Observance Society—(hear)—who, after abortive attempts to stop railway trains and steam-boats, and shut up the Post-office on a Sunday, had now em barked on a crusade against the new Crystal Palace at Sydenham. However good might be the motives of those persons, they could not plead the example of Christ or his precepts, for he had declared that the " Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." Re ligious gentlemen should bear in mind that it was quite as necessary for the working man to take care of his clay tenement as to attend to his religious duties. (Cheers.) Why should the working man be condemned for so doing ? Mr. BAINS, brushmaker, seconded the resolution. He said that nineteen-twentieths of the society he repre sented were decidedly in favour of opening the Crystal Palace on the Sunday ; and he believed the same might be said of the working-classes generally. (Cheers.) . This was the case, notwithstanding the disreputable means resorted to by many employers to prevent the free ex pression of their opinion. Amongst others, Truman, Hanbury, a n d B uxton h ad recommended their work men not to sign the petition of this body. (" Hear, hear," and " Shame !") All knew what advice or re commendations of employers amounted to. (Cheers.) If these gentlemen wished to be consistent, let them refuse to serve such houses with beer as opened their doors on Sundays. (Cheers.) But if they were unwilling to sacrifice their pockets to their principles, they must be held guilty of the veriest cant and the most palpable humbug. (Loud cheers.) The reverend gentleman who opposed them at the last meeting (Mr. Baylee) who was again on the platform, could visit the Crystal Pa lace, if he chose, on a Saturd a y or a M on d ay, w i t h out any sacrifice of his income ; but the working man could not do this. (Loud cheers.) Let the Sabbath Obser vance Society attack those high in authority, if they were sincere. Was it not a desecration of the Sabbath for bands to play, and the military to be called out on that day, as much as for some poor shoeless urchin to sell a little fruit to get himself a dinner, or for the Crystal Palace to be opened to the working man ? (Hear, hear.) But it was said it would lead to the opening of other places, as the British Museum and the National Gallery. And why not these, as well as the Painted-hall at Green wich ? Why might not works of art be admired in the National Gallery as well as at St. Paul's ? (Cheers.) Some objected that, by the opening of these places, more persons would be employed on the Sunday. But why not carry out the principle ? Why should the bell-ringers and the pew-openers be employed on Sunday ? (Cheers.) Could not the congregation go to church at the proper time, and take their appointed places, without requiring the services of these persons ? This was no time for the people to be priest-ridden. (Cheers.) Their motto was " Onwards and they ought to act up to it. (Cheers.) Mr. W. NEWTON, engineer, in supporting the resolu tion, referred to the monster meetings of the Anti-Corn- Law League, held in a neighbouring theatre, and hailed the overflowing attendance on that occasion as an earnest of success. The question was eminently a social one, and when advocated on social grounds must be more powerful than any consideration arising from particular "modes of faith." Sunday was the only day on which the working man could take healthful, moral, pure recrea tion; masters would not pay the same for five days as for six, consequently the working man was obliged to take advantage of the Sunday to obtain that relaxation which was necessary after being pent up in close and ill-venti lated apartments all the week. (Cheers.) Would any of their opponents contend that the Crystal Palace and its grounds would excite feelings more demoralising than those of the tea-gardens, or Battersea-fields 1 If not, let them avoid standing in the way of the working-classes obtaining a higher species of relaxation. Many even of the clergy were in favour of the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday, believing that its influence would be of a highly moral and religious character. Athong,st them was Professor Maurice ; and if the opponents of this project could answer his arguments, they would have some ground to stand on. If the clergy knew how the Sunday was now spent by many of the working men, they surely would not oppose an improvement in the re laxations and amusements of this class. Looking at all the arguments in favour of this measure, there was very little doubt that it would obtain the sanction of the Le gislature. It was said the publicans—who were the only parties having a direct licence from magistrates (many of them clergymen) to sell on Sundays --were op posing the opening of the Crystal Palace ; but surely an objection of that kind would come very ill from them. Our aristocracy drove about the streets and parks at the west end on Sunday ; and they had a perfect right to do this ; but had not the poor man the same right to be driven on a railway, if he chose, to see the Crystal Pa lace ? (Hear, hear.) If the mention of divines was re ceived with a jeer or a hiss, in any audience like that, they had nobody to thank but themselves for it, for not taking more pains with the moral and intellectual cul ture of the working classes. (Cheers.) The great ob jection to this proposal was, that it would necessitate the employment of many workmen on Sundays ; but was not property protected on a Sunday— did not ships sail, and goods trains run on a Sunday-- and hy should not the health of the working men be protected on a Sunday ? (Cheers.) They were the right arm of the country; and whilst wealth was rapidly accu mulating by the exercise of their industry, our sanitary arrangements did not keep pace with their requirements; and one of the most important was the establishment of large open spaces for air and exercise in the neighbour hood of all populous towns. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, and it was carried, with but one or two dissentients, amidst the loudest acclamations. Mr. EDWARDS, compositor, moved the adoption of the following petition : " The humble petition of the united working classes of the metropolis and its vicinity, in public meeting assembled, sheweth— " That a meeting of your petitioners and others took place at St. Martin's-hall, on Wednesday, the 2d day of Feb. ' 1853, when the f o ll ow i ng d ec l ara ti on was adopted, with only seven dissentients out of an assembly of two - thousand persons : " 1. That the working men, in this movement, wish it to be underst.,ocl that they are in no way desirous of question. ing the authority of the decrees upon which the institution of the Sabbath in this country is founded, but merelyassert for themselves the right to interpret those decrees as their consciences dictate. " 2. That the mode of observing the Sunday among the early Christians proves incontestibly that the present Sab bath is a social institution. " 3. That the Sabbath, whether viewed as a Divine or a social institution, is designed especially for the benefit of the labourer. "4. That while the working-classes are desirous of ob taining such a relaxati©n of the present rigorous mode of observing the Sabbath as will bring it back to its true uses —the recreating and refreshing of the labourer, they are especially anxious to guard the day of res t against any other encroachme n t than that which is absolutely neces sary ; and, at the same time, to procure for their fellow -workmen, who may be engaged in ministering to their ne cessities on the Sunday, some other day of rest in the w eek, so that the boon of the Sabbath may be equally ex tended to all. " the 5 . That th e wor ki ng c l asses d es i re no infringement of day of res t b ut such as is absolutely required their physical and intellectual necessities. in "Tana p h ysical recreation i s as necessary t o th e work g as food and drink on the Sabbath. " 7. That refined and intellectual enjoyment, as well as the means of obtaining information, are even more neces -7 to the working m an than physical recreation on the Sc.bhath • and that if these necessities be denied him on the present (fay of rest, then two Sabbaths must be appointed in the week, one to be observed as a day of mere repose, and the other as a day for the recreation of his mental and bodily energies. he " 9th That of Febru an adjournary, ed meeting took place on Wed nes d a y, 1553, at Drury - lane Theatre, whe n t the following resolution was adopted " ' That this meeting, recognising th e f act that Sunday is the only clay on which it is possible for the working man to obtain that recreation which is necessary for health and to improve his mind, earnestly hope that the Legislature will sanction the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays, and thus enable the w or ki ng c l ass es to obtain on that day a higher, purer, and more intelligent and moral amuse ment than is now available to them.' " Your petitioners, for the above embodied reasons, ear nestly hope that the Legislature will allow the Crystal Palace to be opened on Sundays, believing that that step World lead to the social and moral elevation of those who now spend their day in a more objectionable manner; that it would cultivate their minds and improve their habits, and help to render them better citizens of the State and members of society. "And your petitioners will ever pray, &c." The classes who were interested in this object might very reasonably be estimated at half a million of adult males, or a million and a half including their families ; the whole of whom would be prevented visiting the Crys tal Palace on any day but Sunday. (Hear, hear.) The majority of them could not take any other day without perilling their situations. Who then had a right to step in and ssax-L." You s h a ll spen d th i s day according to our dictate, ; or tell them that the whole time ought to be given up to reliLbus worship ? (cheers,) They could not THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1853. force men to church, even if they were prevented from going elsewhere. (Hear, hear.) The opposition of the publicans was easily understood : no malt liquor was to be sold in the Crystal Palace. (Cheers.) Hence the opposition of the great brewers, whose liberality was such that, while the materials of their manufacture had fallen 50 per cent., they still exacted the same price from the working man for his pot of beer. (Hear, hear.) Such was the intolerance of some of the clergy that they would not only shut up every railway and stop the steam-boats, but would hardly allow the sun to shine if they could help it, and would like to see a November fog every Sunday. (Cheers and laughter.) The Rev. John Jordan, vicar of Enstone, in a recent publication, said that no one ought to walk farther on Sunday than to church and back. (Laughter.) It was not by such means that the clergy could win the hearts of the people—already sufficiently alienated from them. The great principle of the Anglo-Saxon race was free dom, not only of trade, but of conscience ; and the ob ject now sought was one means of asserting that free dom. (Cheers.) Mr. MACKAY, bookbinder, seconded the adoption of the petition. The clergy had never come to the rescue of the working classes when the oppressor's foot was upon them. In proof of this, he would refer to the po sition of his own trade, and to what had been done with the binders for the Bible Society. (Hear.) Their wages had been reduced no less than 30 per cent. (Hear.) If the clergy were really the friends of the working classes, they would support the opening of this Sunday School." (Loud cheers.) The petition was adopted amidst loud cheering. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was one entirely of working men, at whose cost the theatre had been en gaged ; and a subscription would be opened to defray those expenses. Next day a deputation of working men would wait on Lord Palmerston, to lay the case before him. (Cheers.) On the motion of Mr. NEWTON, the thanks of the meeting were voted to the chairman. THE POOR MAIV'S SUNDAY. (From Eliza Cook's Journal. ) What shall the poor, and not the poor only, but those who work hard all the week without much chance of getting a holiday, do on Sunday ? That is a question which is just now agitating what is called the religious world and the circle outside it—a question that must soon practically be settled. It has been raised incidentally by the !rebuilding at Sydenham of that fairy glasslpalace which, in 1851, stood in Hyde Park. After serving its turn as the Palace of Industry, it is to become the Palace of the People --such a palace as the people never had. It is to be stored with works of art culled from the studios of Italy ; with the choicest productions of industry wherever they are to be found ; with all that can elevate the taste—much that will increase the knowledge of the visitors. Debasing associations are to be shut out,tde grading habits to be kept at a distance. In the pure air, in the midst of a beautiful country, surrounded by the lovely sylvan scenery of a park, the structure is to rise like some work of the fabled genii of old ; and man, wearied with toil, and woman, pale with wearing work, will walk amid the vegetation of foreign lands, listening to the music of bubbling fountains, which spring upward to the blue sky, seen through the transparent dome, and get some glimpses of joy and goodness through the avenue of the beautiful. Shall this be done on Sunday ? Those who are con cerned in the profits of the undertaking intend to apply to Parliament for a charter, containing, among other powers, the authority to open the palace to the Sunday pleasure seekers, and a loud no" arises from many who deeni that a desecration of the day of rest. They say that those who have invested money in the " speculation' seek to realize profits by drawing man from the house of God to the house of pleasure, and that they ought not to be allowed, for the sake of gain, publicly and underlegis lative sanction, to divert the institution of the Sabbath from its proper uses. Taking the objection upon this the lowest ground upon which it can be put, we are ready to admit that commercial motives have had a great deal—not all—to do with the project of opening the palace on Sunday; but it strikes us that that objection opens up another and far more important side of the question. We are not concerned to defend the spirit of commerce for itself. We do not think that the desire to heap up wealth is among the noblest of human motives ; but we cannot help recognising the fact that to the com mercial spirit we owe most of the benefits we have, and so long as society continues in its present state, upon it we must, to a great extent, rest our hopes of further progress. -We may regret it, but we cannot shut our eyes to the truth, that men in the mass will do nothing for their fellows unless it will pay, and that leads us— leaving " the speculat ors " t o t a k e care of themselves— to ask, what does their desire of Sunday opening mean with reference to the public ? Obviously it means that they are aware many will come on that day who will not come if the doors be shut on the Sabbath, for the shillings on the one hand will be measured, by the people on the other. That is, no doubt, a correct estimate. Those who know how busy men, and women too, are on the working days of the week, how hard they have to struggle during the hours allotted to labour to keep their places in the world, how early they must rise and how late bend over their toil to prevent their being swept away in the current of life, well know that if the palace be not open on Sunday not a tenth of those who might visit it many times in a year would see it once in that space of time. An eminent divine has lately published a letter, in which he says that men work too hard, too constantly, during the week ; that they ought to deduct from their hours of toil a few for relaxation and pleasure, for the enjoyment of life. That is, no doubt, true, but the answer is patent to every one—is it possible ? Work as hard as they, may, they do not get too much, often not enough, to procure those comforts which labour ought to bring, and to support their families as they ought to be supported. Cheap as food and clothing are, cheaper as they promise to be, yet men with wives and children, no matter how industrious, cannot get on without pinching and scraping, without such shifts as the better-off know nothing of. The meal does not always come up to the measure of the appetite ; the clothes are often ragged ; they cannot command such house-room as gives a fair chance of health. The pence which ought to go weekly for education often too greatly reduce the scanty re sources of the household to be spared. Few can lay by for contingences. They must not relax, great as their exertions are—they must keep up to the mark; and unless that happens which is not very likely—unless they can gain in five days what the labour of six fails to provide them with, or unless employers are inclined to give more for less work, those who are so situated will see the Crystal Palace but once or twice in a lifetime, perhaps not at all. Why, when the Exhibition stood in Hyde-park, when it furnished the stimulant of being a merely tem porary show,—the opportunity of seeing which once missed could never be regained,—there were thousands in London who could never give a day to visit it,—re moved to Sydenham, with a long prospect of chances by-and-bye to full desire, and those thousands would be multiplied by how many ? It is plain, then, that to be seen by all who:wish to see it, the Crystal Palace must be open on Sunday ; but then comes the question, whether there are not higher consi derations which demand that it should be :closed although the poor never see it at all. If we had only the maw worms and canters, the pharisees of Christianity,' to deal with, we should not think it worth while to waste a word upon them. They might turn up their eyes and vent pious ejaculations, and prophecy of coming judgments for the sin of Sabbath-breaking, We should have no fear either of their feelings being hurt, or of the glass fabric being hurt by an expressly-commissioned thunder bolt in answer to their prayers. But there are fervent, pious, conscientious men engaged in the attempt to re strict the pleasures of the people • men who believe that they are doing God's s er vi ce by nuking others go to a place of worship for sheer lack of other Sunday occupa tion. However we differ from their scruples, we must accord them the'respect which sincerity always demands ; and of them we beg attention to one or two thoughts upon the subject. We do not in the efficacy or worth of enforced piety, whether enacted by laws to make men go to church, or by the refusal of laws permitting them to go elsewhere. We do not believe the real religionists set any more store by that sort of devotion than we do. We all, at least all that are worth thinking of or appealing to, hold with Hood that— Spontaneously to God should tend the soul Like the magnetic needle to the pole. And without that spontaneity the appearance of worship is worse than naught. So that if the churches and chapels would be filled with worshippers because on the leisure day the Crystal Palace was hermetically sealed, no good would be done. Bui then it is assumed that those who do go to church now would not if the palace were opened. Avoiding the holy fane, it is said they would troop off to Sydenham out of love for the profane. We wonder that the clergy, whose voices are the loudest in denunciation of the proposed innovation, can put forward an argument so degrading to themselves and so slighting to their mission. Ask them who they are and what they have to do, and they will tell you that they are the ministers of the Supreme, engaged in the most holy cause upon earth, cultivating the highest aspirations, and appealing to the most powerful motives w hich can find place in the heart or sway the human mind. What, then, do they pretend? Do they admit that thus situated, thus invested with power of the most awful character, they can be defeated by a glass palace and works of art ? Surely they are putting too low an estimate upon themselves, paying themselves to ill a compliment ; or if it be the truth ; if, indeed, they have sunk so low from their high estate ; if they cannot make the word of God work as powerfully upon minds as the hope of seeing statues and hearing foun tains play, surely that ought to prompt self-examination, ought to point to some deficiency in that earnestness, some lack of that power, some want of that fitness necea- sary for their office, which calls upon them to exalt the spiritual over the temporal. Why, if their assertion be true, if they cannot hold their own followers, cannot re tain from one more pleasure those who are already sin cere, what hope can they have of winning estranged souls, though all the world should crowd to public praye r ? Our own opinion is more just to them than theirs. We do not believe that they would lose one true worshipper. But many people would go to the Crystal Palace. Assuredly they would, or why should it be opened. Those who would go, however, are mainly those who go else where now. Is it supposed that the clergy have dominion over the mass of the London population ? If any one thinks so, let him go to the steam-boat wharfs on Sunday, and see the packets swaying too and fro with their overloads to Greenwich or Gravesend, Richmond or Cremorne ; let him go to the railway stations, and notice the thousands who swarm out of the dusty city for a breath of pure air; let him go to the suburban tea-gardens and calculate the consumption of liquors there ; let him stroll along any of the great highways, north, east, south, or west, and look at the road filled with vehicles, from the humble donkey -cart upward, while dusty pedestrians swarm theikide walks. These are people who habitually spend their Sunday in another way than church-going. If the name of the Crystal Palace had never been breathed they would not spend it otherwise. They are already beyond the dominion of the clergyman, if indeed they ever were within it ; and those whose office it is to minister to the soul's wants do not show the power to bring them into the fold. It is they who will go to Sydenham on Sunday if the palace be open, and if not, they will go somewhere else. It is better then—seeing that they will put the day to secular rather than religious uses—that they should be left to their own resources, left to find their way to and from the suburban tea-garden or the rural public-house, or the not over-pious recreations of Cremorne, or that they should be led to scenes which, apart from all question as to the way in which the day should be spent, all will admit are elevating and refining. We do not see how any one can hesitate about the answer. If they will have pleasure on Sunday, let that pleasure at least be of the best kind. If they will not worship with the minister, at least guard them from the temptation to wallow with the beast, and allow them to go where some thought of purity and goodness may be called up by the beautiful, and where, perchance, without their lips obeying the accents of prayer, they may, amidst so much to touch the higher faculties of our nature, feel something of that reverential awe for the power which presides over the destinies of the world, which is blended with all real adoration. If the clergy would look at the subject in its true light, and would, at the same time, have faith in the creed they profess and their own earnestness of purpose and fitness to be its advocates, they would say with us—Throw open the Crystal Palace on Sundays, so that purer enjoyments on that day may be available for the many, so that higher aims may be developed and nobler thoughts nurtured ; so that in our efforts to make the world better we may have to deal with beings raised above grossness, elevated in point of intellect, and gifted with a perception of the useful and a love for the beautiful. With such materials to work upon, those who labour to improve the public morality, raise the general taste, and minister to the happiness of the many, will have greater opportunities than have ever yet been within their reach. If we cannot make the world all good at once, surely it is worse than folly therefove to refuse to :flow it to be better than it is. STATE OF MADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday. ) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—By the Arabia we learn that the advance of ic. at New York and lc. at New Orleans, advised by the Pacific, had been entirely lost at the latter port, and half of it at the former. This reces sion was owing partly to larger receipts than had been expected, and partly to less favourable advices from England. The week's receipts exhibited a falling off of 12,000 bales. The total receipts were 1,695,000 bales against 1,264,000 last year ; and the exports to Great Britain 690,000 against 427,000. Increased purchases for home consumption are referred to as evidence of confidence in prices among those who are near tie source of supply. But, in some private letters, which have come under our eye, from houses of the highest respectability, it is given as a decided opinion that there is no ground whatever for re ducing the estimates of the crop in any degree below the highest, or at least the medium amount fixed upon early in the season. These accounts have not contributed in any:degree to revive the feeling which led to an attempted advance in prices at the beginning of last week, both here and in Liverpool. The latter market is lifeless at the rates of Friday; and in our own not much has been done, or perhaps attempted, in the way of sales and pur chases. Neither buyers nor sellers have as yet so far recovered from the passing effervescence of this day week as to see their way to much business. In the early part of the day it appeared somewhat doubtful whether or not the prices of last week but one would be main tained ; but as the day advanced, more of firmness than had been looked for was manifested, and we may state generally that the market is perfectly steady at the quo tations of this day fortnight. ROCHDALE, MONDAT.—There was a considerable in quiry for pieces yesterday, and a fair amount of busi ness was transacted at previous prices. The wool market was again very quiet, and the manufacturers showed no disposition to purchase, which might arise from a wish to see the result of the London wool sales, which commence this week, or a conviction that the stocks on hand are such as will supply them till the new clip. HALIFAX, S ATIIRDA.T.—The trade in our piece hall has undergone no change for the last few weeks. Worsted goods of all descriptions are Very little in request, and the manufacturers are unable to effect sales at remune rative prices. The yarn market is less active, as the spinners are holding out for higher rates. Wools continue very firm ; but as the spinners are working up their stocks, and consequently not purchasing, the mar ket is quiet. }IIID-DERS'FIELD, TIIESDAY.—The market has been well attended in the Cloth-hall. There has not been as much business done as on last Tuesday, or the one preceding it ; but still a fair trade has been transacted at good prices. The manufacturers are busy to order, and gene rally trade here is in a healthy state. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY.—During the past week very considerable embarrassment has been experienced by the manufacturers of copper and brass articles, in conse quence of the extraordinary state of the copper markets. On Monday evening last circulars were issued by Messrs. Vivian and Son, of Ann-street, announcing an advance of 181.10 s. per ton on copper, which had been that day de clared by the smelters at their meeting in London. The quotations stood thus—Best selected, 1291. ; tough cakes, &C., 1261. per ton ; sheathing, is. 2d. per lb. These Prices are for quantities not less than three tons, 20s. per to n extra requ i re d f or an y sma ll er quantity. Even at these prices the metal dealers will not take orders, in anticipation of a further advance. The manufacturers have consequently been obliged to issue circulars relin quishing all existing orders, and declining to accept any except on such terms as the future price of copper may justify. This extraordinary advance of the raw material is much to be regretted, as it renders all but impossible the execution of contracts, and presses most severely upon manufacturers of limited capital. It is therefore to be hoped that nothing short of absolute necessity will lead to further advances, which must be attended with great em barrassment to the manufacturers, and loss of employment to workmen. There has not been any further change in the price of tin, but the manufacturers find it extremely difficult to realise the advance on manufactured goods which they are necessitated to require. Many branches of trade in Birmingham are beginning to assume rather an anamalous position. There are abundant orders on the books without means of executing them, unless on very doubtful terms.—Aria's Birmingham Gazette. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—William Milton, a clerk in the employment of Mr. John Dalgleish, of Mincing-lane, merchant, was charged with having stolen from him a bill of exchange for 1001.. and from Mr. Mohammed Benazuz, of South-place, Finsbury, merchant, the pro ceeds of a cheque for 2261. 3s. Bd. Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Messrs. Oliverson and Co., and Mr. Ashurst, appeared fir the prosecution, and Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Humphrey's and Co., for the defence. I The evidence against the prisoner on the charge of stealing the bill was taken by the magistrate at West Malling, where the prisoner was apprehended ; and it appeared from that evidence that the prisoner had pos session of the bill which it was his duty to have re turned to his employer on the day on which he had re ceived it. Mr. Edward Webb, principal managing clerk to Mr. Dalgleish, said—The prisoner was a clerk in my em ployer's office. On Saturday, the 22d of January, I gave to him an account sales and the cheque for 2261. 3s. Bd. to take to Mr. Benazuz. He was to leave the cheque, with some other account sales, with that gentleman. I also told him to call at the house of Messrs. Longman and Co., in Austin-friars, for a 1001. bill left there for acceptance. It was then about two o'clock as I think, I received some information, and sent to Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., our bankers, and afterwards I went to Mr. Benazuz, and from what took place at his office I went to the Bow-lane station ; but I first went with Mr. Benazuz to Messrs. Glyn, the bankers, and made a pay ment there of 661. 9s. 9d. on account of Mr. Benazuz from what he had informed me. After the prisoner had done those things which I had directed him to do he ought to have returned to our office, but he did not do so. The cheque produced is that which I gave to the prisoner. - Mr. Mohammed Benaznz, being sworn on the Koran, said—On the 22d of January the prisoner came to my house about three o'clock, and handed to me some ac count sales and a checque. I thought I wrote my name upon the cheque, but I do not see it. Cross-examined by Mr. Morgan—l believed that I endorsed my name on the cheque, but I can't make out how it is that my name is not on it. I asked the prisoner to go and get it cashed. Re-examined—When he gave me the cheque he asked me if he should go and get me the money, and I 'said yes, aid thank you if you will save me the trouble ; and I gave him the cheque, and asked him to take up a bill for 661. 9s. 9d. I also gave him another bill of 511., and asked him to write the date on it, and he wrote 22d of January over my signature, and he was to leave the bill with Messrs. Glyn, and to pay the 661. 9s. 9d. bill for me, and bring me small notes in exchange for the cheque, but he never returned. To Mr. Morgan—l thought I endorsed the cheque, but perhaps I might make a mistake. Now I do not see my name on it. To Sir R. W. Carden—l did not see the face of the cheque, but I saw the amount on the account sales. I cannot say that is the cheque. John Carrick, the landlord of an inn in West Mailing, said—On the 22d of January the prisoner came to my house. I did not see his carpet bag that night. He stayed till the 29th. Between those dates he handed to me a bag of money to take care of for him. I did not count it, but I locked it up. On the 26th ho asked me for the bag, and I brought it to him, and he took some of the money, and delivered back to me that which he said he did not want. I now produce that money, namely, 1001. The bill of exchange which was in the bag was given by me to Webb, the officer. John Young, police-constable, of West Mailing, said —I saw the Superintendent of Police find upon the pri soner a bag, which I believe contained 59 sovereigns, and he delivered it to me. The bag was found in the pri soner's carpet-bag at the lock-up. I took the bag there from the bed-room in Carrick's house which the prisoner occupied. Mr. G. Tessier, clerk to Messrs. Smith Payne, and Co.. said Messrs. Dalgleish bank at our house. On the 22nd January the prisoner brought a cheque of Messrs. Dalgleish for 2261. 3s. Bd. for cash. I gave him two 1001. notes and the rest in gold and silver. The numbers of the notes were 94,279 and 94,932, dated 10th May, 18'52. Mr. R. A. Baily, clerk in the issue department of the Bank of England, produced the two 1001. notes, and Mr. Mordingham, a clerk in the same depart. ment, said he gave sovereigns for the notes to a young man whom he believed to be the prisoner, on the 22nd of January. Mr. Morgan contended that there was no evidence of a larceny, for the cheque had been given to his client, who had the rightful possession of it, and as for the bill no attempt had been made by him to dispose of it. Sir R. W. Carden said he considered the facts proved to be opposed to any supposition of the kind. Mr. Morgan submitted that the rate at which the pri soner lived at the inn showed that he never meant to appropriate the money to his own purposes. Sir R. W. Carden said that the champagne which the prisoner had drunk at the inn was rather to be taken as evidence that he never intended to bring much of the money back. The prisoner seemed to think very little about the cir cumstance, and Sir R. W. Carden said that a jury must decide upon the case, and that he could not help expressing his sur prise at the levity with which so serious a charge was treated by the young man at the bar. The prisoner was then committed to Newgate for trial. JOINT STOCK BANKS. The half-yearly meetings of the several joint-stock banks in London being now completed, the subjoined table has been made up, showing their relative capitals and extent of business, as well as the respective periods at which they were opened, and the number of branches belonging to each establishment. In the case of the Union Bank and the Commercial Bank the figures given are those which were presented in their annual state ments last July ; the others are all to the 31st of De cember : Guaran- BankS. Pa id up Deposits, tee Dividend last capital &O half-year. . fund. ------ ----- -- -- London and West minster 3 per cent., & (estab. 1,000,000 5,581,705 109,164 bonus of Bs. 1834)5 brandies per 101. sh. London Jntock 3 per cent., & (establish. 1836) t 600,000 3,691,606 146,613 i bonus of 7s. I branch. • • • • • • 51°,0°°°68 per share. Union of London i 3% per cent. 2 (e b s r ta a b n i c i i s l h es . 1 . 8_392 1 422,909 4,268,438 London & County 3 per cent., & (establish. 1839)1 360,670 3,281,603 44,325 1 1 per cent. bonus. 58 branches . • • • Commercial (seta - 3 per cent., & bushed 1840) 1 200,000 964,177 32,012 { bonus of Bs. per share. branch • • .. •• • • Roy al Britishßank I (establish. 1849) 50,000 736,679 7,500 ape r cent. 3 branchea.....• • -------- _--- _ - . •. , _ These results are highly satisfactory. --,---,--• ...-- INTERESTING DISC O VERY. —On DISCOVERY. —On levelling a bank at Mutley-farm, in the parish of Pennycroes, the pr eyopert of the Rev. C. Tre lawn y a few days since, the eh work d m discovered a broken c annon and a sabre, whi no oubt were left there at the time Prince Maurice raised th to which was one e siege of Plyniouth, A.D. 1643, the site being opposi and within range of the Mawdlyn Fort, of the outworks th rown up by he Parli own.e—amntarians forPlyntoutl the defence of the northern part of the tt Journal. [ADvEnTisingENT.]—Diseases of the Ki dne y s, Bladder, &c.—Dr. Denis Cronin has removed m Leicester -place be to 35, Bruton - stre et, Berkeley-square, fro where he may 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 t d(he importance of which to the successful treatment of isease is now fully acknow ledged), conducted daily, in accordance with Dr. D. Cronin's new theory. [ADVERTISEMENT.]— Holloway's O intment and Pills have effected a Wonderful Cure of Lameness of Five Years' Duration.—Extract of a letter from Mrs. Dran danrill, of Turks Island, Bahamas, dated August 3, 1851 :—" To Professor llolloway.--Sir,—l have suf fered during five years from lameness, occasioned by i severe cold, which confined me to my room for two years and a half, during which period I tried various remrecom edies but derived no benefit from them. I wa r s m ended to try your excellent medicines, st relief. and They have from their use I have experienced greate proved most effic acious in rny case, as I am now enabled t o walk without assistance, and am entirely free from pain."—Sold by all Druggists, and at Messrs. Hollo way's estahlishment, 244, Strand, London, LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKETS, Feb. 8. TRA.--There has been a much better business doing within the last week, chiefly in good to medium descrip tions, at previous rates. Several parcels of good com mon congous have been taken by the trade, from 10d. to 104 d. per lb. • COFFEE. —5O bags Singapore are reported, at 478 6d to 48s, and by public sale to-day about 30 bags planta .. tion Ceylon Cro;ght 43s 6d to 55s ; and 500 bags native, 47s to 48s per cwt. SUGAR.—The market has become very quiet, and the business for the week is confined almost exclusively to East India descriptions, of which about 6,000 bags have been sold, including Benares, at 37s to 37s 6d, and Dates, at. 31s 3d to 36s ; also, GO hogsheads Deme rara, at 31s to 33s 9d; and 1,300 bags Pernans, at 18s for brown to 22s 6d per cwt. for white. In molasses nothing further has transpired since our last report, the entire stock being held now chiefly by the trade. Ituat.—Only a limited business has been concluded, at scarcely such firm rates. Of rice, the sales barely reach 1,000 bags and pockets Bengal, at lls to 12s 3d per cwt. _ _ DirEwoons.—Prices have an upward tendency, some parcels of Campeachy logwood having brought 71. 5s to 71. lOs ; St. Domingo and Jamaica, 51. to Si. 2s 6d ; also 30 tons Lima wood, 151. 15s to 161., a small lot of cam wood, and 301. 10s ; and 110 tons fustic, chiefly Ceara, at 51. 17s 6d to 61 ; with Savanilla, at 51. 5s per ton. DRYSALTERIES.—ArgoIs have advanced, and 70 casks red Oporto sold at 33s to 345, with some white Perugia at 595. Of berries, 50 bags, chiefly fine, are re ported at 51. 17s 6d to 61. The transactions in madders and roots are limited, without change, Of sumac, steady sa l es o f Tyrol and Palerm o , at full rates. Two h un d re d to 300 tons brimstone ha ve changed hands, at former rates. Twelve hundred bags saltpetre have been disposed of, at 28s. to 28s. 3d, 51 to r a 41 per cent refra c ti on; a f ew t ons gam bi e ., a t 24 5 . ; 750 bags sago flower, t o arr i ve, a t 22 5 . ; a b ou t 30 t ons cu t c h , at 245. 6d. to 25 5 . ; 40 b ags Al exan d r i a gum ara bl e at 325. to 455.; abo u t 60 tons n i trate o f so d a, at 18 s.; and 20 casks tartar, a t 66 5. to 795. per cwt. 40 at Otloss—°Zee r oil, rates rather easier all sorts. 'ln fish from t o h i e ls ci n u o a t y hg . in Sa o l f e m s o a m re en a t b h o as ut some arrivals of Lisbon are offeri ng , transpired. 60 cases caster oil have brought 4/d. per lb. Jute l9. i h s a s a . pfurther. vanasdoo bagsce d blackfu l fully l e O p s p e wi a r t e h r e s a p l e e r t s e o d. f TALLow — The ma r k e t rema i ns very quiet with P.Y.C. at 455. n a t b o 3 ut d. l, t B o o 3 o b d a . l ; es 7 , o a b t appricpeismraenntog in a g tp ch s ie: d fl r y at r l l B b i . 1 2 5 0 5 0 to bags Bombay linseed, at 51 s . 6d, , with 50 tons' pe for arrival at 51s. per quarter. THE EIGHT OP USAGE.--IMPORTANT SAGE —IMPORTANT CASE.—In th e Liverpool Court of Passage. yesterday a c ase o f very con siderable importan ce, and one which excited a great in terest in commercial eircl i es, came on for trial. A custom has obtained in Liverpool e p i t u t c e t u d s h i t t o o m , oo tbe t . haton all ordinary bills of 03n ir wording is, even the words lading,‘mfroeuignbtnt is o t ap m ba a ie t d t e pla r eisds delivery" being introduced, the a btihr as discount. w irnas: makingenn;l:a has a t d h i escof custom,uu u n , freight uanl although h es o s o where hgahs mb eoesn a t the freight payable on ou s d p fn e eli asserting i c i v ir e fi e aa e ln l ly a d l e u s is s n s u e afe consignees cshasoerst been in some instances dis puted,paid by being t ninc t u b r e the legal expense where time ago amount dis pute was in a few shillings. a . few pence, in mothersa vessel called the Zodiac, from Alexandria, her bills of ladingarrived at this port, and,. endorsed to Messrs. Wil liam Rathbone and Co., they obtained the portion vr u as of the charge con s i gned to them, the freight upon which was 4461. 6s. M essrs. Rathbone tendered the captain 4411. Os. lid., b e i ng the full amount of fre i ght, less tribunal ai it l a of discount, for th ree months, which was re f used. Th i s amount, howev er , w subsequently received without prejudice, l a s dl a dbagreedielading gtakenia on t t t h h a e t thei presentlegalitydecision case tentaat theestated tah cus tom. . T b neuh andtl a b a t e freight was to be paid at a certain rate, but no time for payment was specified, and on this a sum of 51. ss. was sought to be recovered. For the plaintiff, Captain Jarvis, of the Zodiac, it was argued that no custom could overrule a written agreement, and that evidence of custom was not admissible. The assessor ruled that evidence was admissible not to contradict, but in ex planation of the written document, and this evidence having established the existence of the custom, a verdict was returned for the defendants, Messrs. Rathbone and Co. The legal point as to whether the custom can over rule a written agreement, was reserved for consideration by the assessor, who intimated that if either parties were dissatisfied with his judgment, every facility would be given for carrying this important question before a higher tribunal. SINGULAR INSTANCE OP COURAGE IN A BlRD.—About two months ago, on descending the hill from Stockcross, a weazel, with a mouse in its mouth, was seen crossing the road closely pursued by a robin, which frequently pounced on the weazel, utterring shrill notes of defiance. The weazel turned many times, and at last, on reaching the grass on the road side, it dropped its prey and went back some paces to attack the robin. This was avoided by the bird rising in flight, and immediately darting to the side of the mouse, whose cries of distress had doubt less attracted its attention and excited its sympathy. Before the observer could reach the spot, the weazel had again seized the mouse, and retreated with it into a hole in the adjoining bank, the mouse being either paralysed with fear, or too severely injured to avail itself of the chivalrous interposition of its feathered friend. The bird regardless of the presence of the witnesses, or trust ing their aid, continued for some time to flit rapidly from bough to bough on the hedge-row, making the most plaintive ontcries.—Berkshirc Chronicle. FRENCH MEDICAL ETIQUETTE. --A curious question of etiquette has arisen amongst the members of the Col lege of Medicine. It was Baron Portal, the first phy sician of .Louis XVIII , who obtained a grant f or t he College from th e King.. The members of the Academy , as a toket i of gratitude, resolved that the King's first physician ilhould in future be always the Honorary Pre sident of th e Academy of Medicine. The Baron Portal, in accordance with this resolution, presided once or twice. The question was not raised during the Mo narchy of July, and of course it was not heard of during the republic). Dr. Conneau, the first physician of the Emperor, n ow becomes of right the Honorary President of the Acwiemy, BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 22d day of January, 1853 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,221 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 4,276 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 25,557 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 Cs Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham— •Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham. and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par- 25,086 9,544 15,957 85,196 11,889 13,750 23,780 11,018 7,363 62,407 13,783 4,661 34,474 18,772 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 23,487 71,395 33,371 27,069 3,650 36,244 36,426 A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and 12,716 64,515 28,859 12,053 2,548 17,216 39,075 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—Bro mage 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 Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, 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 Dorsetehire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos -105,647 ter and Co 49,486 Essex East Chelmsford—Sparrow, h R i mi Bankdsi f n o g rd ßi a n sn k pd , aßeverley—Bowernow Bishop's ßound, storandf oarndcd BankC. o . .. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co ..... .. Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk- 34,209 22,307 3,040 17,185 33,725 46,762 7,710 20,886 70,110 8,492 12,073 37,063 26,248 10,057 10,573 68,526 79,819 9,879 45,691 44,222 29,616 21,038 beck, and Co ------------ Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and C 0............ Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight ..• Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. Godahning Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon 7 ,345 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co 27,826 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers. and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead --Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, 6,970 13,333 5,867 15,476 44,14 5,71 f 23,080 36,275 18,975 20,829 62,980 17,880 25,128 9,080 20,239 40,136 [9,301 5,205 53,622 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 36,600 26,054 32,995 14,330 93,258 18,231 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 V _ 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- net's 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. H. and S. Beeching ............... Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. w. Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorko and Co. ....... . Pembrokehire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters. Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston —I+ ordham and Sons 11,190 Rue, Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and ..... 10,046 Rye /Auk, Rye--R. 0. Pomfret and Co. 16 879 .., • 41,043 9,938 12,053 30,149 32,140 5,845 4,388 Ross Old Bank, Here:ordshire, Ross—Prich ards and Al'away Saffron Walden.. and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Scarbor ugh Old Bank, Scaroorough—Woodall and Co. Shre x..bury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlo W Bank, Sh:e Arsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Co. Southamnton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison rnd Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Sou'ilarapton arid Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—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 —B3ck, 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 Trim.. Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher ard 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 Walling-1M Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and C 0................... West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Lea:lam, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby —Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, an d Al ton Bank, 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 Wolverlympton 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 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 12,213 46,187 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, 104,895 Carlisle 23,696 Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,299 Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 23,708 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 148,350 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,112 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 38,149 Hull Banking Company, Hull 30,927 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,692 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 10,068 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 10,091 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 27,496 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 406,130 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 45,993 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 68,264 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North- 9,215 9,437 49,720 7,324 30,735 .. 20,5' 54,343 31,952 27,952 12,350 35,559 45,714 1,393 14,964 . 27,771 4,190 53,900 23,664 70, 438 49,787 31,078 1,225 ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool . Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth. Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field...... : Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking • Company, W l e V st ar o wick f .. .es 131s . tri . 8ri5t01.................m.... . 8 .. a .. n . kin .... g .. . 6;112 ... p . a . ; ... 7 76 3 : 8 52 Wilts nan West Riding Unio n Banking Co Y' Salisbury dersfield ................. m P all Y' . '" - ud - Whitchurch and E llesme; : e .. l3.;;lin g . . w l o V rc h e i s t t c e h r ur e ch it . y ... a . n .. d . .. .. Count Bankmg. ... ...Com pany,... yy(rr . rcn :i r itoyl o i le a l: c r inotn Company,. York ......... 740:739258 an Y, 92,450 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leed5......... L n e g eds . 3.24,34 23,892 33,496 47,034 1,930 35,340 53,864 353,569 .. 38,735 55,673 23,592 46,921 33,718 12,829 26,195 31,750 35,646 2,608 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, January 29, 1853. LONDON GRAVEYARDS.--it is scarcely credible, that the evidence adduced on the condition of these plague spots—filled to overflowing in the majority of cases— that individuals can still be found, who, with a singular intrepidity of assertion, can pronounoe them positively agreeable. As to the public custodians, in whom con trol of them is to some extent confided, I will cite what appears to me almost a parallel case. In visiting the habitations of the poorer classes, where the "un drained cesspool" showed its effect in the discoloura tion of paint on the closet door, and the effects of the presence of " carburetted hydrogen" are visible in the leaden hue given to everything about—on asking, from the condition of atmosphere, how they could manage to live in such a place, I was a little astonished at the reply—" We don't observe nothing, sir." Their senses, from long habit, or other and physical causes, had become blunted their olfactory nerves either had becom e obtuse, or that sense was a lt oge th er want i ng. Their depressed physical condition was, however, an altogether different and far more eloquent response to the question. Either the churchwarden's attention has not been sufficiently directed to the subject, or, like these poor people, when so directed, he is quite unable to appreciate the evil. Need we wonder, when we re member the vacillating course pursued by the Imperial Parliament on this question, and the general ignorance of the ordinary laws of chemistry and of physics ?—Cor remoncient of .Burden 6,004 4,757 32,980 11,961 15,240 2,715 1,780 7,073 12,437 28,735 12,479 27,427 48,973 22,270 18,123 48,816 64,361 10,223 3,633 27,137 13,997 28,064 10,125 33,726 9,961 9,656 8,070 COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET--FEB. S. There were in the market to-day, at weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus : -4 1 at 1/ 9s. i e 5 sacks oatmeal, l EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MAR I°I--. FEB. 8. Supplies of all kinds these last six days sig,sin la r g e ' nes Oat sti -w, from 5s Od to 7s Od per kemple of 16 tron ; wheat do., 5s Od to 7s Od ; barley do., 4 5 Od to Hay from 8d to 10d per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—FEB. 7 . 35 There were in the market to-day 93 bags e°3l ?' l niill' bags of b ar l eymea l , an d 2 b ags po t-b ar ley ; sale s es Oil The top of oatmeal down is per bag, " second quality. oiey. per bag down, an d th e l owest i s 9 d per bag down ; D b a g meal 6d per bag down on the top; pot -barley , is P er down on the top. Th i l a Oatmeal, per sack o f 2801b s Fi rs t . Second' 25s imperial Barleymeal, per ditt o Peasemeal, per ditt o —s Od2l _: ,4_6(di _issl v. Elott-, per ditto1)(1 —s OctOd —s 1-.. L„, __s oa Pot-barley, per ditto :ET-FEB. 0. ie close of the market : Plummer .................. 1 1 7 7 0 Russell's Raton.. ......... is 3 Srtewat's ................... 8 Heugh Hall.. .............. 9 South Hartlepool ..... •••; 3 South Kenos ............... !,,, 8 Adelaide Tees. ............ 0 Backhouse ................. j 4 9 Pease's West ............. 6 St. Helen's Tees ............ . 19 Tee 5..................... Birchgrove Gmlaigo ...... 0 Derwentwater Hartley 2 3 0 Powell's Duffryn SOO j 6 Sidney's Hartley ..... .... 18 I Sold ............ 42. 4,386 29,90 15,965 24,0 41,829 2,372 14,248 14,493 4,709 420 12,385 32,719 23,025 23,224 10,880 7,000 10,742 11,443 13,39 9,600 10,267 9,246 15,10' 8,79 25,98 4,41 43,844 14,212 21,605- 6,645 16,802 36,50 43,77' 6,926 13,415 7,966 67,130 9,685 11,731 42,99 COAL MARE Prices of Coal per ton at t: s. d. Chester Main 15 9 Low , Edge's W. Hartley 16 9 North Percy Hartley l6 0 Tanfield Moor l4 9 Taufield Moor Butes 14 9, Wylam 16 o', Wall's End, &c. Harto.i Lawson Riddell Eden Main Bell Belmont Hetton Haswell Ships at market , ..16 9 ..15 9 ..16 5 ..17 6 ..17 7 1 ..17 6 ..18 3 ..18 6 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9. _ o a STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened veil 5 1 - 310 13 ! morning, but upon the report of an i nsurr ection T or e it weneflatter, but at the close it recovered, an:t er dee,_.' firm aspect. The quotations are as follows :-- - A' 0 01:0" 144 ; Cal e d on i an, 31a ; E as t ern Counties, 13A 1 , 3100 4 and York s hi re , 77i ; ditt o Fif th shares 9-16 ' d. ; 3far and North Western, 119 ; ditto-Fifth shares, 2H I''' /a; chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 294 ; Midland, south Newry and Warrenpoint, 84 ; North British, ST ; nt i,2 9 ' ' Eastern and Dov er , 23g • York and North Mid i° ca t ' Preference shares : G rea t Northern 101 scrip 41 P e 0 00 p. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 61 n° W 6 c. prem. MANCIIESTER, FEB. 9. beBl ne STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a rather iarge, o tel in Lancashire and Y or k s hi re s t oc k , an d pr i ce s 9ue' res good deal, and clbsed ' ra th er l ower . Oth e r 8113 .g1i0 also a downward tendency. Manchbster and Birlyier g ' C. Quarters, 1i p. ; Midlands, 77k ; Leeds, 773 j oi ; 23 11-16 ; West Ridings, 2i d. ; London etu e r , s ' o rterl ' Caledonians, 32 • East Lancashire Preference ' 4l OlO 23 ; South Yorkshire and River Dun, 2 d. ; Keu Windermere, 14i ; North Staffords, 4 1 d. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 9. Ot e STOOK EXCHANGE.—This market was rathe r ,4 0 active to-d a y, an d p r i ces were somew h a t fi rme r, er ii '4 o regards Sh rews b ury - an d Bi rm i ng h am stoc k, -o :i', G o f injuriously affect e d by th e d ec i s i on o f th e Masl e k s pd Rolls. There were sales at 68 ; and in Shrews' Chester 5 per cent. stock at p. LEEDS, FEB. 9. ) STOCK EXCHANGE.—The improved tone of th e i flo OP. I , has been again shown in the rates of this morilog'ibot are generally in advance upon those of yesterdaY , ll ,ol7 the amou n t o f b us i ness d o i ng is only sma ll. The f ° oo ll7, are the cl os i ng pr i ces : —Mid land stock 7 7i ; f. P, ' P and Yorkshires, 77i • South East ern and Dev e " North Westerns, Bi. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS , P .4 P THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic ret the week en di ng J an. 30, 1853 (285 i miles) 1.: 13,552 , q 7 1 9 Corresponding week last year (2414 m il e s) ~ y Vat LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWA- -- 0 turn for the w ee k ending Feb. 6, 1853 211,2„,„2 114 Corresponding week last year 15 ,6 for n r eturn CHESTER AND HOL Y HEAD RAILWAY.—Tra.. ai railway'and steam-boats for {IM week ending I 4 Feb. 6, 1853 0,141 /,, Corresponding w ee k l as t year 08 Increase in 1853 X 69 for 9 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic retui- week endin g F e b. 5, 18.53 ........................... £2' 31" Corresponding week last vox ........................ SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that th e ma ll s are sen t f rom t h e General res. by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] ur L•te teguc--anct Ai by the morning—dispatch.l n Day when m ade Frog' what du e i o d. COUNTRIES. I n General Uost- rort Eng h 4:2:filce London. Disr a ched. t------sch Ameriea(bynrit.pack)N E very Friday „, arotr ni America (by. United St s . leb• I G packet) Feb. 24 , .. 001 • • America (by UStates .... I•iyerp Si packet) .... ••.. • . N Feb. 16 .......... sootnompto n th Australia (via South freb• 4 ampton) 4th of March Southampton - Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of March .... Dover AP o Ditto (via Cape of rood re' 10 Hope) .. N 22d of February .. Plymouth • • p. 19 Africa ( West Coat) N 23rd of the month. Plymouth •• L,e 0, 1 2 ; Alexandria... 3O of m. Dover • • • • " .. e b• -OP Alexandria. M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton f st 4 a. Bahamas 3l 2nd of the month .. F Southampton . ' p ol o Belgium N Dai1y............ Dover •• • F e b Brazil' M 9th of the month.. SouthamPt_ n Feb 0 Buenos Ay.•es M 9th of the month.. SouthamPt" eb', Cape of Good Hone N 14th of the mo u th Plymouthiv.6ol6 Cape of Good Hope N 2nd of Apr,l Plymouth •. Feb. Cape do Verds 14th of the month Plymouth . 6 Ceylon (see India) • Feb. 10' Ceylon.. N 14th of the month Plymouth, 1,0;6 Channel Isles N Mon.,Wed ,&F r id. NouthaluPn, ll Feb• Chili... ....... 3l .d & 17th of month SoutliaMP ty " 10 China (see India) Feb. Constantinople*.... N 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. Dover. . eb , 0111 Constantinople 4th SD 20th of mon. Southamp ton Cont. of Europe M & N T w i ce d a il y ...... D ove r .. •• • ejs ll/ Egypt (see India) , To le pi France & N Twice daily... Dover .• Feb. Gibraltar M4, 7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. tiouthamPtu" 16 Greece (tee India) ton eb. , Greytown .... M 2nd & 17th of mon. 4 outhaMP Diet 1 Ilamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London ••• 4, b pG Havannah At 2nd of. the month Southawlin u Holland Wednesday & Sat. London •• • Feb. o a Honduras India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20 t h o f mon. S o uthamPton Fe b. ' India (via Marseilles)lll Bth& 24th of month Dover • • • • " lonian Isles (see India) riieeU bitl Ireland M& N T w i ce d a il y Holyhead • ' 16 Lisbon. •• . • ......M 7,9, 17, &270 f m. Southampto n cell , Madeira ...... • • • • .• DI 9th of the month Southampton ;,eO, Madeira ...... • • N 23rd of the month Plymouth • • 10 Malta (see India) 31.1ta 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Darer .....• feD. th Mauritius (see India) Feb., o o , Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth, "; ist °l ll Mexico ............31 2nd of the month. SouthalnP o ' Fe b. 1 6 ..... N sthlsth2sthofmon Dover • • •• ", Feli ce " New Granada • ... 31 2d & 17th of month Southamptot , tio NpaepwalZsetaaltsenstsl......... By private ship .. Variotti P nrt- e'en' )6 Peninsula sthlfith2sthofmon.,Dover •;,,Feb 1 6 ••M th I 7th27tholmon , Southa MP 1 ° rd.o Peru • • • • • • • • • • • • •• M ?d & 17th of mon. .4outhan l P W . lFeb• i s Port Natal . y .........N 14th o f th e mont h Plymouth • iFeb• 1 9 Tu . Athlhtli2Sthofmon, Dover .... • • !re p. 16 ven g 2dstlllsltht2h ofsth th o m fm on on. sDoonvtehram..p.ioy, fel). & 7 Van Diemen's L and (teel6 Australia) . ... West Indies .... 59, [ADVERTISEMENT.—Deafness—New 39, Al w site t he o ive' Hotel. 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Invaluable newly-invented speeta e _,.." . r le-w - Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albe,' — g n tei_ Piccadilly, observe opposite the York BIRTHS, 4 OF A SOS. a Chi bn 0 Derbyshire, vofe A vrn t eo t rin h i. e on : E ee n s somEsq. _the Lady Ann t o t a b ° i'lljfalve. On the sth; inst., at North-hill, Weir ' i O rrl° OF A DAUGHTER• l A .I On the Bth inst., at Marchington, the _.............„,- ------- or' 13r sr MARRIED. ,r,...Thitl , pt° # . o sq o ua n re t , h On the sth inst., at the church of Holy„-'-' 13rzy, IP to °8 Francest h ns t. ton, F. M. Hamber, son of T. flamber, 1 . 4 5 c 1," r of 'odd' cheltol/13 t, tQ aii til ' F. E. W. Peacock, Esq., of Wall's-end, Nor' Ili , E. O e Carver, Esq. late Lieutenant 31st Reg' l a te ./' Rosalind, eldest surviving daughter of the 1 Esq., barrister-at-bw f Jane e s S t a . r3ailia,:y3l,:est daugh4;ittabor 0, ,„ , oDublin. 0, , t ea,„, Ei . iz n ab t e h t e, : th ei i e n t at. al . h p e a r v p r i e e i s s E id E n e s n . q c . e; In ß e i r r ic i ° n ri .h : f t ,: o fi a k a r s r (10 General to his Britannic vies, E s at the Cap ill ° H001:1. D th a e vid 4 t ß h oy izt ,lg a ed t 8 5 1 h . 2 'lt A y rshire' 0 1 1 t" 1 , i 7, 1 , On, p h O u n ipp t h a e i lt b h ell i t l l l. ii : itiK F On the sth inst , at 98, Charlotte - str eet ' liff , Mr. R. Glendinnin . g aged 63. -vvinas °r V , cord 0' Milner, Esq. 0%- dor i ' i r On the 6th inst at Chislehampton-lodge, _ p a oie ,. , magistrate f a iv aged. 78, Charles. Peers, Esq der ° lieutenant for the count 'd recor y, an Thames. nater,WthoiroddsdidaZhnteerarof the I°.e ore, LONDON : „- T riztro „T n i Printed and Published by Ztra n fN °l ll 2 Strand, Printer, at The Sun to ea Po _ in the Precinct of the SavoiyAll aug 449.S.Xs 274ArAtins YebruarY 8,781 9,756 9,193