The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-02 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals. (From the Times.) Governments never make- admissions ; at least they never make them at the time. That seems part of the necessary policy of Governments, past of their code of honour. Whether a matter is true or false is an irrelevant consideration which must not be thought of; if it involves any serious fault on their part, it must not be admitted. The ad mission would be a violation of the position of a Government, and of the relation in which it pro fesses to stand to the country. It is hardly, in fact, expected of a Government any more than a confes sion is expected from .a prisoner at the bar ' • the practice of the law is to tell the latt er that he is not toconfess; the plea of " Not Guilty," whatever be the real state of the case, is the constitutional answer which is put into his mouth. In the same way, in our political practice it is unconstitutional for a Government to admit awkward facts. The very speakers who rise in the House to hammer these facts into it, who bring them out with all the force of clear statement and vigorous rhetoric, and place them in full daylight before the world, do not expect that they will extort any admission from the Government. They know the rules of the game, and that an admission would be against those rules. Nothing would astonish them more than an admis sion of the truth of what they have been saying from that side of the House ; they would condemn it themselves as a breach of etiquette • it would make everybody feel awkward and confused, just as a scene out of a book would if it occurred in real life. They look upon a Government as a conve nient c onstitutional target into which they are mercilessly to stick all their facts till they have emp tied their quiver. But they would be surprised, not to say startled, if the target began literally to bleed and to moan, Nam Pelydortts ego. And, if the Op position would object to Government admissions, the Government must a fortio r ib e expe cted to doso; though, after all, perhaps, Governments only for cibly represent the tendencies of human nature in general with respect to the fact that it dislikes. What a power there is in the human mind every where of ignoring facts that displease it ; how do people shove them aside, refuse to see them, vote them to be nothing at all ! If men of thought and inquiry who unfold questions of science or history and bring facts out of their hiding-places concerned themselves much about the absolute and total de nials which meet them even from men of professed sense and information, all inquiry and all thought would soon cease in the world. The supreme con fidence with which a man will deny at first the most certain facts is a wonderful phenomenon. But wait a little, and you will find if your facts are true the admission will come even from Go vernment itself, a little cloaked perhaps in cautious terms, but still substantially there. Though po litical honour precluded it at the time, political honour has its limits of time like our pecuniary debts, after which it is free to speak. What greater instance could we have of the necessity felt by Governments of denying disadvantageous facts than we had two years ago, when an Administra tion went out simply because it would not admit the most palpable, evident, and notorious facts with respect to our army in the Crimea ? The most rigid Master of the Ceremonies in the political de partment must have been content with such a cor rect and complete obedience to Government eti quette and position. But wait, and the admission comes. It comes from Lord Panmure at Ar broath. It is true the present Ministry is not identical with the last, and it allowed the Committee of Inquiry into the affairs of the Crimea, which was an express departure from the ground taken by the last Ministry ; still, it has succeeded more or less to the delicacy, tenderness, and reserve in the admission of any thing faulty in the management of that whole un dertaking which characterised the late Ministry. But now Lord Panmure is ready to talk of " the unfortunate state of the army in the Crimea, which aroused the indignation and excited the deepest sympathy of the British nation." It is true he feels himself somewhat checked still by his official position, gently deprecates the censure of individuals, and apologises for the gross misman agement of the affair, as owing to our bad system rather than to the carelessness of particular officials. " The people of England," he says, " are not a vindictive people ; they can make allowance for difficulties ; they will not avenge on a single indi vidual that which was the result of a system." Well ; but whether the mismanagement arose from individuals or the system it arose from something which could be mended, and which it was wrong to leave exactly as it was. This was what we urged at the time, but we were told that it was neither an individual nor the system which was to blame, but everything else whatever,—the sea, the air, the sky, fate, the necessary inexperience of the first entrance on a war ;—everything that waswrong was unavoidable, and could not possibly have hap pened otherwise. We asked at the time "If the system is wrong why not alter it ?" and we were told that it was impossible to alter it while the war was going on ; that the stiffness of new machinery was worse than the awkwardness of old; that when things were in a certain train it was hazardous to put them out of it, even though the new arrange ment might be in itself an improvement ; and that, on the whole, it was better to let things go on as they were till peace was made, when of course the great reason for change would have passed by. We are glad to see Lord Pannaure now demolish ing these excuses, and appealing to his own line as the contrary of this over cautious and stagnant one. " I was accused of applying too stoutly to reform during a period of existing war ; but the fact was I found we could not carry on the war without the reform, and I determined, whatever the risk, to accomplish the change. . . I confess that owing to the divided administration delays had occurred which rendered the efficiency of the service almost impossible." This is pretty good for an official admission. To the gross awk wardness of the old machinery his Lordship calls special attention, showing that it was not in minor and subordinate points, but in its large and broad outlines, that the system was in error ; and that it was in error, therefore, in a way which appealed to everybody's common sense and called aloud for immediate change. " You will readily believe the necessity for this when I tell you that till within a year and a few months the Commander-in Chi-f had only the cavalry and the infantry under his , charge. With the Artillery he had nothing to do, and they were placed beside him on the field, or in some camp adjoining." Such were the obvious and gross mistakes of arrangement, which, when we remonstrated, we were told must be let alone, and could not be interfered with while the war was going on. Prom, the Dail y ews ) It is written t hat a prophet lath no honour in his own country. The recent gathering at Arbroath shows that there are exceptions to the rule, and that Lord Panmure is one of them. When we say this, we refer not merely to the number of persons present at the banquet—though for what was es sentially a provincial demonstration it was extra ordinary—but to the position and characters of individuals. It is no exaggeration to say that al most the whole population of the district were present by their representatives. The borough and county constituencies were represented by their provosts, sheriffs, and members of Parliament ; and many of the leading noblemen, gentlemen, and burgesses appeared in person to express the respect they entertain for Lord Panmure, and their confidence in him as a man and a politician. Such a tribute, from such a district, might make any man proud. It must be borne in mind that even in the darkest of Scotland's political days__ at the time of the trials of Mere and Gerard— a staunch phalanx of the friends of freedom rallied there around Lord Panmure's father. It must be borne in mind that the Arbroath Burghs sent Joseph Hurne to Parliament, and were his unflinch ing supporters through the whole of his public career. It must be borne in mind that Douglas Kinnaird —a name honourably and dearly remembered by the old Liberals of Westminster --w as a native of the dis trict, and that he and his family were indefatigable in their championships of Liberal principl es t h ere as here. It must be borne in mind that under the Castlereagh-Sid mouth administration the Dundee Advertiser was—with the exception of the Edin burgh Scotsman and the Glasgow ,Chronicle—the only liberal and independent newspapers in Scot land. Forfarshire, with its adjoining districts, has been for long years a fortress and city of refuge for liberal opinions in Scotland. Nor is this its only distinction ; it is the seat of an energetic and en terprising manufacturing and commercial industry, and is one of the richest agricultural districts in Scotland. Situated midway between the Univer sities of St. Andrew's and Aberdeen, it has derived light and refinement from both ; and the Burgh schools of Dundee were models of excellence long before the cause of education had received the im pulse it has of late years. Our more intimate knowledge of " the braes of Angus" is " a tale of the days of other years ;" but the names of Bread albane, Panmure, Duncan, Baxter, and Kinnaird, are sufficient guarantees that the true blood of the patriots of the last generation still pulses purely and healthily in the veins of their descendants. And it cannot be denied that Fox Maule—we like to call him by the name most familiar and endeared to Scottish ears—is a worthy and charac teristic representative of his country, and of that particular district of his country to which he be longs. singularly unostentatious, there is sound Principle and reliability in all his actions. Born, as it Were, to i n herit the principles of Charles James Fox—as they were understood by that most loveable of statesmen at the period when he, the Abdiel of the Whig party, remained un shaken by the desertion of so many whom the fervid eloquence of Burke had seduced—Fox Maule has never for a moment wavered in, or departed from, his political creed. Ecclesiastical politics are of great moment in the estimation of Scotsmen ; but it is enough for our purpose to say that in this field of public exertion Fox Maule has been the honoured and trusted associate of the late Dr. Chalmers and of the living Dr. Guthrie, upon whom—more than upon any other of that great man's disciple--the mantle of Chalmer's genial piety and benevolence has descended. The prac tical sagacity of Lord Panmure has been approved by the measures he has adopted to initiate the great work of the re-organisation of our army, and the perspicacity and comprehensiveness of his views as a statesman may be inferred from his admirable remarks upon education and penal discipline at a late public meeting in Dundee. Lord Panmure is not one of those who seek to curry favour by flat tery and lavish promises. Perhaps we should not err widely if we described him as one of those who seek to cloak a peculiarly tender and tensitive dis position uuder an affected brusqueness of manner and language. In private life, he is remarkable for the sincerity, warmth, and delicacy of his attachment ; and in public, as in private lif e , h e i s admitted by a ll w ho know him to be one of those who do more than they promise. POST•OFFICE NOTICES. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1857. MAILS FOR MAURITIUS. Information has been received that the Government of Mauritius have made arrangements for the conveyance of mails once a month by steam packets, between Aden and that colony, in connection with the Overland Indian Mail despatched from London via Southampton, on the 20th, and via Marseilles, on the 26th of each month. The regular mails for Mauritius will accordingly be made np and despatched from London, in future, on the 20th and 26th of each month ; but, in order that advan tage may be taken of any intermediate opportunity that may offer of communicating with the Mauritius, via Aden, supplementary mails will also be made up, for conveyances as far as Aden, by the packets leaving Southampton on the 4th of the month, and by the route of Marseilles on the 10th of the month. By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, Dec. 31, 1.856. ALTERATION IN RATES OF POSTAGE ON BOOK PACKETS FOR AUSTRALIAN COLO- NI S. On the 13th January next, and thenceforward, book packets between the United Kingdom and the Colonies of New South Wales, South Australia, Western Aus tralia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, will be sent through Egypt, and will be liable, in lieu of the rates of postage, heretofore chargeable, to the following rates, viz. : Not exceeding lb. in weight, Bd.; above # lb. and not exceeding 1 lb., ls. 4d.; above 1 lb. and nit exceeding 2 lbs., 2s. Bd.; above 2 lbs. and not exceeding 3 lbs., 4s. No book packet exceeding the weight of 3 lbs. can be sent to New South Wales ; but on books, icc., addressed to any of the other colonies above mentioned, the postage for heavier packets will increase by two rates of postage for every pound or fraction of a pound, without limit. The regulations under which these book packets are forwarded through the post, as detailed in Instructions No. 10, 1855, remain unaltered. The book post not having been yet extended to Vic toria, book packets for that colony can only be forwarded at present at the ordinary letter rates of postage. By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secy. General Post-office, Dec. 30, 1856. COMPULSORY PRE PAYMENT OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS, &c., FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. All letters and newspapers addressed to the Austra lian colonies, including Tasmania and New Zealand, posted on the 13th Jan. next, and thenceforward, will be forwarded (un►ess otherwise especially directed) via Suez, by the new line of contract packets established to run once a month between this country and Australia, and will be liable to the following rates of postage : Via Southampton.—Letters—Not exceeding oz., 6d. ; above oz., and not exceeding 1 oz., ls. ; above 1 oz,, and not exceeding 2 oz., 25.; above 2 oz., and not exceeding 3 oz., 3s. ; above 3 oz., and not exceeding 4 oz., 4s. ; above 4 oz., and not exceeding 5 oz., ss. ; above 5 oz., :and not exceeding 6 oz., 6s. ; above 6 oz., and not exceeding 7 oz , 7s. ; newspapers, Id. each. Via Marseilles.—Letters—Not exceeding oz., 9d. ; above oz , and not exceeding 1 oz., Is. ; above oz. and not exceeding I oz., ls. 9d. ; above I oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s. ; above 1 oz. and not exceeding 11 oz., 3s. 3d. ; above 11 oz. and not exceeding 1} oz., 35. 6d. ; above 1i oz. and not exceeding 11 oz., 3s. 9d. ; above 11 oz, and not exceeding 2 oz , 4s. ; newspapers, 3d. each. Under a new arrangement with the Australian colo nies, the present regulations for the optional pre-pay ment of postage on letters to and from these eolonies will cease on the 12th January next. After that date the postage of all letters, as well as of newspapers posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to the Australian colonies (including Tasmania and New Zealand), must be paid in advance, or they cannot be forwarded. The postage also of letters, &c., posted in the Australian colonies, addressed to the United Kingdom, will be re quired to be prepaid by the senders. The payment made upon letters for those colonies will be regarded as an indication of choice of route (whether via Southampton or via Marseilles), on the part of the sender, and letters will be forwarded accordingly. The regulation heretofore existing, under Instructions No. 21, 1854, for the transmission by private ship direct, of all letters for Western Australia, when not specially addressed to be forwarded by packet, is now cancelled, and letters, &c., for that colony will hereafter be for warded by packet via Suez, as a rule. By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secy. General Post-office, Dec. 30, 1856. EXPLORATION OF AFRICA FROM ZANZIBAR. (From the Bombay Times. ) Captain Burton and Lieutenant Speke left on Mon- day by the Elphinstone for Zanzibar, to c ‘mmenee a series of explorations into the interior, for which two years have been assigned them. They expect to be joined by Dr. Steinhauser from Aden, and this completes the arrangements of the expedition. It is not supposed likely that the travellers will be able to remain mere than a twelvemonth at a time in the interior ; when they find their supplies and resources begin to fail them, they will probably visit Zanzibar, and make a fresh departure inland. Their first object is to make for the shores of the Great Lake or series of lakes in Central Africa, which 20 !years ago were only known by imper fect rumour, and from time to time were washed from or replaced on the map, as our supposed knowledge regarding them waxed or waned. We have every rea sel to believe that sheets of fresh water of large expanse exist in Central Africa just under the line, and so as far south as the twentieth parallel, or probably over a space nearly as large as the peninsula of Hindostan. Tbat this is a continuous inland sea we have no sufficient ground for believing. That the lakes are united, is more than probable ; that some of them are of vast magnitude is almost certain ; but not only are we ignorant of their size, their connections, width, and relations to each other, but we are not so much as aware whether or not they form a great independent lake and river system un connected with the ocean, or whether they may not send off a portion of their waters to the sea. Captain Burton is of opinion that from some of them the Nile derives its supplies. And the travellers from Zinzibar are not without hope of meeting the great exploring party, now proceeding southward from Egypt, and so between them solving a problem which has formed the mystery of the past 20 centuries. The Greek geographer, Ptolemy, speaks of two extensive lakes, which owe their existence to the melting of the snows on the Mountains of the Moon as feeders of the Nile. These he describes as 6 and 7 south and 57 and 65 east. If we subtract the cor rection of 10 degrees required by all Ptolemy's observa tions, this will place them three or four north. Accord ing to Ptolemy, when the correction just referred to has be,n applied, the Mountains of the Moon are very nearly under the line, and this is the position now assigned to the Great Snowy Range. It is to these wonderful regions that the eyes of geographers in all parts of the world are at present directed, and thitherward two bodies of bold adventurers, one from Cairo, another from Bombay, are at present directing their steps, with an enterprise before them, laborious and dangerous as it is, often paralleled in labour and in danger, but never certainly surpassed in interest. The marvel is, that a field of such achieve. merit should have been left to the present day nearly unimproved. T H E RECENT &CAPE PROM THE HOUSE OF DETEN- TlON.—Notwithstanding the vigilance of the police and the officers of the prison, Davis, the prisoner who . re cently escaped from the House of Detention is still at larg e . A melancholy incident in connection with the matter occurred on Sunday last in the death of Nathaniel Forth, an old and excellent officer of the prison, result ing from nervous excitement. Forth was warder in that part of the prison from which the escape was effected, and it seems that the circumstance so preyed upon hi m that he we n t out of his mind, an d died in a state of raving m a d ness, it having taken four men to hold him. He has left a w if e and large family. On Monday last the visiting j us ti ces concluded their investigation into the affair, and th e resu l t was that they resolved to reinstate the sub-warder Merrick, who was suspended from duty, with a severe reprimand, and injunctions for the observ ar.ce of greater vigilance in future. PUNCH AND JUDY.-1 cannot help thinking OUT Punch is an abbreviation of the Neapolita n P o lichinollo. During a long res id ence at Naples, in 1843 I naturally frequented the th ea t res , and was much diverted by this; personage, who answers to our English clown. One feature particularly s t ruc k me, his perpetual restlessness. If his master makes him sit down, he cannot keep bit legs and arms a moment quiet, but is annoying every body who comes within their reach. The more, there fore, the Pulichinello agitates himself the better the actor is considered. In some magazine which fell into my hands at Naples, the word is derived from polu kinc o to move much, whi c h seeme d to me at least plausible. ' considering the founders of Neapolis were a Greek colony, and their descendants retain still very many features of their original country.—F. W., in Notes and Queries. Naval and Milnaiy Intelligence. Her Majesty's steam frigate Dragon, 6, Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., left Portsmouth yesterday at noon for Woolwich, with the Resolute discovery ship in tow. She goes round to discharge her stores. Her Majesty's steam blockship Pembroke, 60, Capt. Fraser, left Portsmouth harbour for Spithead yesterday, and took up moorings at the anchorage. She saluted the Port Admiral on going out. The Stmoom steam troopship, Commander Cooke, was taken down to Portsmouth harbour yesterday to sailing moorings off Gosport. It is reported she will soon em bark troops for foreign service. The Transit steam troopship was taken into dock yes terday at Portsmouth for repairs. She, too, is, believed as likely to convey troops to the East. The Resolute steam troopship was undocked yes terday at Portsmouth after refit. It is believed she will speedily be required to convey troops on foreign service. Captain Milne, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and Lieutenant-Colonel Greene, director of engineering and architectural works to the Board, arrived at the George Hotel, Portsmouth, on Wednesday night, and yesterday morning proceeded to Gosport to witness the working of the patent hauling-up slip and railways for the berth ing of the gun and mortar boat flotilla, &c. Her Majesty's ship Antelope, ordered to be ready for sea on the 30th ult., has had her sailing instructions countermanded by direction of Commodore Shepherd, superintendent of Woolwich dockyard, with the sanc tion of the Lords of the Admiralty, by reason of the repairs and internal arrangements being still incomplete. She is ordered to be fitted with Clifford's apparatus for lowering the ship's boats. Directions have likewise been issued from the Admiralty, ordering the 120-gun flagship Waterloo, the 7S-gun ship Indus, the paddle wheel steamer Locust, and the Rhadamanthus to be appointed with the same apparatus. The steam yacht Imperador, about to be presented to the Emperor of Japan, is removed to the river, off Woolwich dockyard, and is now under the hands of Mr. Wakeling, the Admiralty upholsterer, who has bsen granted an unlimited order to supply the cabin furniture. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 1. The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, accompanied by Flag-Lieutenant Malcombs, and Rear-Admiral Superintendent Martin, proceeded to the new slip-way at Haslar, for the purpose of inspecting the interesting operation of hauling up the screw gun boat Gnat, she being the first gun-boat to be placed under cover of the new shed of protection from sun and weather. We also observed Captain Superintendent Dacres, of Haslar Hospital, who was exceedingly active in giving able assistance and advice; as well as Mr. James Underwood, master attendant of the Portsmouth Dock yard; Mr. Andrew Murray, engineer in chief; Mr. Wm. Miller, assistant engineer ; Mr. Wm. Moody, assistant master shipwright, with a host of scientific persons, who were present on the occasion. At 10.30. a.m. the land engine was set in motion—(we should state the immense wheel which had originally beea ordered at Manchester, but which could not be brought down, was abandoned, and a London firm manufactured a new wheel, which was constructed in halves, and when placed in position performed its duties admirably)—and the Gnat gun boat, was cleverly hauled up the slip-way. This having been accomplished in a most satisfactory manner the gun boat was placed on a cradle athwart ship of the several tramways laid down to receive the vessel. In a few minutes a locomotive was attached, and freely moved with her burden the distance of some 300 feet from the slip to the shed. We observed that the locomotive was heavily ballasted to make it equal to the stupendous weight of gunboat and cradle. Having arrived opposite the abed a portable donkey-engine was attached to the cradle to clear the vessel up the tramway, and tackle-falls were also intro duced to assist the donkey-engine in getting the gun boat under the shed. Some little time elapsed during this performance, but by the energy and tact of the Master Attendant Underwood at the "fads," and the determination and skill of Mr. Humphries, the civil engineer, supported by Mr. Thomas White, shipbuilder and inventor of the slip-way, all difficulties were over come, and the gunboat, amidst hearty cheering and congratulations, was placed on her blocks in safety. From what we observed we do not hesitate to say, that this operation has consummated a triumph over engi neering difficulties which insures success for the future. The following appointments were made at the Admi ralty yesterday : Masters—Henry A. Martin, to the Cyclops ; John H. Allard, to the Simoorn. Naval Inspectors—Gustavus .Dittman and Charles Stark, to the Excellent. LORD PALMERSTON AND THE SOUTHAAIIII. TON ELECTIOV. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 1. Seldom has an election contest been so pregnant with events of an exciting and irritating character as that in which this town is at the present moment involved. Every day some new incident arises to foment the angry feeling wheih . prevails, and even the Premier of England has been drawn ,into the vortex. His Lordship, in a moment of friendly forgetfulness, expresses an opinion upon the merits of the two Liberal candidates ; this opinion is rnmediately made use of as public property in the interest of one of those gentlemen ; his rival writes to the noble Premier on the matter, and receives a reply from him; which letter the candidate, in turn, requests permis sion from his lordship to publish, together with the otherpor tions of the correspondence. At this stage the whole question now rests, Lord Palmerston not having as yet replied to the last letter. We have been waiting, day by day, in the hope that the correspondence would be completed, before t ,, uching this piquant little piece of election gossip ; but, as it would appear that his lordship is taking time to consider we now proceed to a narration of the facts of the case, as far as they are at present before the public. About 10 days since one of the Premier's tradesmen, Mr. W.Laakester, a partner in an extensive ironmongery firm in Southampton, was Bent to Broadlands, to see his lordship on business matters, and this arranged, his lordship referred to th e p en di ng e l ection, and Lked how matters stood. Mr. Lankester replied to the effect that they were in a great bustle ; that they had thought Mr. Weguelin would have united the Liberals in his favour when Mr. James had left the field, but that Mr. Andrews had split the Liberal party by the course he had pursued in coming forward as a candidate three weeks afterwards. On this (according to Mr. Lankester's narrative, from which these facts are gathered) Lord Palmerston remarked, " Very impolitic ; he is not fit for it," and said that though Mr. Andrews was a good fellow enough he was uneducated. Mr. Lankester then informs his lordship that Mr. Weguelin had come down to Southampton with the highest intr )- ductions, and his lordship is reported to have replied— " Oh, he is quite the right man ; he has position, influ ence, education, and a high character ; he is quite a fit and proper man for such a town as Southampton, and the other is not fit." Mr. Lankester expressed his fears that the result of Mr. Andrews coming forward would be the return of the Conservative candidate, and that Mr. Wilcox would then res!gn his seat, ending in South ampton being represented by two Tories ; and his lord ship observed —'.Very sad; he (Mr. Andrews) is not fit." The interview ends, and the curtain falls on the first act of the drama. On the following evening (Tuesday) we are introduced to act the second. A public meeting of Mr. Weguelin's friends had been convened at the Victoria Rooms, and forth with Mr. Lankester, who is the chairman of Mr. Weguelin's committee, unfolds a document and reads from it his notes of the above conversation. As may be imagined such a revelation produced no little consternation and surprise, and great was the storm it evoked. As scion as Mr. Andrews heard of the matter he wrote a letter to Lord Palmerston, enclosing a copy from the reporter's notes of Mr. Lankester's statement, and re questing to be informed whether the conversation had been correctly stated. Three gentlemen of his committee went over to Broadlands on Wednesday with their letter, but the Premier bad gone to London, and so an inter. view with the noble lord was frustrated. The deputation returned to Southampton, and the third act was over. Christmas•day and boxing-day pass away, and on the Saturday morning Mr. Andrews receives a letter by post from Lord Palmerston, wherein be compliments Mr. Andrews on the high position he has attained in the municipality, which he views as his proper and legitimate sphere of duty, and admits having used the expressions attributed to him. His lordship, however, deprecates the idea of intending to interfere in the election in any way, and says that he has written to Mr. Lankester, who had committed " a gross viola• tion of confidence" in making public that which was merely a private conversation. After consulting with his friends, Mr. Andrews again wrote is his Lord. ship on Monday, requesting permission to publish the correspondence. To this letter no reply has yet been received from his Lordship. The fourth act concluded, people are now awaiting with interest the rising of the curtain for the grand denouement, as the playgoers have it, which will, it is hoped, introduce the letters of his Lordship upon the scene, everybody being anxious to read for himself the Premier's opinion. _.. This nice little episode in election matters has, as might naturally be expected, created great interest in all quarters, and has had the effect of increasing the fury of the raging flames. STOCK AND SHARE FLUCTUATIONS DURING THE PAST YEAR. —Throughout the whole period the extreme range of Consols was log per cent., that of the preced ing year having been 74 per cent., while in 1854 it was 10g. The difference between the opening and closing prices shows an improvement to have been established of 6 per cent. In railway shares the average range of fluctuation has been at least 20 per cent., while the final result has been an improvement of fully 15 per cent. As regards the Bank bullion, its amount at the commence ment was 10,536,909/. ; it reached 13,073,758/. in June, declined to 9,530,1521. in November, and is now 10,513,8231. At the Bank of France the total at the beginning was 8,600,000/. In November it was as low as 6,500,0001., but it has since recovered to 8,000,0001. On the Paris Bourse the advance established has been little more than 2 per cent., or about one•third of that which has taken place in the English funds. The corn market has experienced a great change. The price of white wheat on the Ist of January was 845., and it has declined to 675. Cotton, on the other hand, has steadily advanced from 6el. to %d. per lb. With respect to the declared value of our exportations the Board of Trade tables thus far, which comprise only 11 months of the year, show a total of 105,845,6311., against 86,847,280/. ii the corresponding period of 1855. The movements of the Bank rate of discount, which comprised eight alterations in 1855, have been the same in number on this occasion. In January the charge was 6 and 7 per cent. ; in June it was 41; in November it was again 7, and now it is 6. EXECUTION OF DEDEA REDANIES. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 1, MAIDSTONE, JAN. 1. '. rime es T T T. kJ , U 1 1., vII A L., Li . n Ica IN WHITE6IIOSS-STREET Pfti- The murderer Dedea Redanies was executed this' morning, at 12 o'clock, in front of the Cou n ty G ao l at soet.—John Ford, James E g li n t on , J o h n tlackmoor, Win, Stuckfield, Al!tesi Badman, George S. Meet', Maidstone. George Elkin, Wm. Wiltshire, first 4.. about 20 other per- It will be unnecessary to state more in detail the sir- sons, appeared before Sir Francis G. 1\100:: . ; F.orne upon cumstances connected with the crime for which this summonses, and others by habeas, from the debtors' seri wretched man suffered than to remind our readers that, son in Whitecross-street, to answer a charge of riotously at the late winter assizes, he pleaded guilty to one in assembling, on the 31st of July last, in Whitecross-street dietment charging him with the wilful murder of a girl prison, to the terror of her Majesty's liege subjects, to named Caroline Back, 19 years old, and that he was disturb the public peace; and, being so riotously assern• convicted, upon a second indictment, of the wilful mur• bled, for assaulting Mr. James May, an attorney-at-law. der of Maria Back, the sister of Caroline, and two years The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Sir R. W. Car younger, den were on the bench during a portion of the time ; and The career of the prisoner appears to have been a Captain Williams, the Inspector of Prisons, was present somewhat extraordinary one. He was born at Belgrade, through the whole of the inquiry. in Servia, and until within the last 18 months he had Mr. Charles Pearson, the City Solicitor, said he at. professed the Mahommedan religion. He appear. not tended to prosecute on behalf of the City of London ; and to have been brought up to any trade or profession, but the object he had in view was that of suppressing a prac. it seems that he served for some time in the Turkish tice that was subversive of the discipline of the prison, army, but being disgusted with that service he left it, and detrimental to the administration of justice. Mr. and was for some time at Milan. There he became May visited the prison on professional business, and it acquainted with a Catholic priest, who had some con- was in consequence of the treatment he received on that versations with him upon the subject of his religious occasion that he complained, and that the magistrates notions, and it appears that he succeeded in impressing had ordered the prosecution. He would not introduce him with an idea that the Mahommedan religion was any exciting remarks upon the case ; but after adducing not the one likely to lead to salvation, and he became a the necessary facts, be would ask the aldermen to send Christian, and since that period he had professed the the matter to be dealt with at the sessions of the Cen. Roman Catholic religion. Upon the breaking out of teal Criminal Court, the war with Russia, and th e em b o d y i ng o f a f ore i gn Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the defendants, and legion, he joined one of the Swiss regiments that were asked that all the witnesses for the prosecution might be intended for the service of this country, and was doing ordered out of court, and his request was acceded to. duty with his regiment at Shorncliffe, in the neighbour- Mr. Jas. May said—l am an attorney of 22, Prince's . hood of Dover, at the time he c omm it te d t h e d rea df ul street, Spitalfields. On the 31st July I went into White- . act for which his life was forfeited. cross-street prison to see a man named Ford, on seeing Redanies appears never for a moment to have denied whom I told him I came to make inquiries about a bill his guilt. Indeed, the only thing that seems to have of exchange, which Mr. Evans, a client of mine, had given him any trouble is the complexity of the mode of tboeetnhesuaecdtiuopnon, The e r the na mpurpose Thos. of Ford w preparing procedure in the English crimi n al law, whereby he was back of the bill as endorsee. Ford said he wassunpootn the the called upon to return an answer upon four forms of pro. man, as his name was John, upon which I went out ; cedure, namely, bills of indictment, and injunctions by but meeting Mr. Evans I returned, and he then pointed the coroner, whether he was guilty or not of the offences out Ford as the person he was in quest of. I had previ alleged against him ; and he h as repeate dl y sa id t h at hi s ously told M r . Fo r d I h a d no p rocess to serve upon him. intention was to plead guilty to having killed both the When I advanced with Mr. Evans towards Ford he girls, but that as he was pe r f ec tly b ew ild ere d b y h av i ng mixed with a c r owd o f p r i soners , an d I l ost s i g h t of h i m. so many charg es of m u rd er ma d e aga i nst hi m , h e did not Immediately afterwards o ne o f th e p r i soners came for know what c ourse t o t a k e , an d a ll owe d everyt hi ng to ward and said, "D o y ou come t o serve F ur d w i t h a copy o proceed without t rou bli ng hi mse lf i n t h e matter, as he of a writ ? If you do, you will b e serve d ou t . " I to ld was quite prepared for what be knew must be the inevi- them I came to make inquiry relative to the negotiation table result, namely the loss of his own life. Ever since of a bill of exchange • but almost immediately after I his conviction the prisoner has evinced the most perfect was hustled and jostled about, and completely smothered composure, and, indeed, impassibility. The Rev. Mr. with flour, which had been thrown at me from all direc- King, the chaplain of the gaol, of course saw him in the tions, in small bags containing about half a pound of performance of his ordinary duty, but as the prisoner flour. I was also saturated with water, and, when near professed to ent erta i n R oman C at h o li c notions, ne was th e gat e , I rece i ve d a quant i ty of scalding water upon unwilling to press his ministration upon him, and a corn- me, which had been thrown from the windows of the munication having been made by the gaol authorities to ward. I was soon after rescued by one of the turnkeys; the Catholic dignitary of the Brompton district, a priest and, as I was passing through the gate, followed by the who had some knowledge of the German language, crowd, I was kicked twice in the breech. named Lawrence, was sent to visit the prisoner, and he Cross•examined—l have been many times in the prison was almost constantly in attendance with him down to on professional business, but never served writs. I had the last moment of his existence ; and he was so satisfied the copy of the writ I have mentioned in my hand at the with the condition of his mind, that it appears he ad- time I spoke to Ford, and also when I went into the ministered the Sacrament to him on Wednesday. Not- prison again. When the otherprisoners ad vanced towards withstanding this, ho eever, there can be no doubt that me I showed them the copy of the writ, and explained there was a strong Mahommedan notion prevailing in the to them that it had already been served upon Mr. prisioner's mind t o t h e very l atest period of his existence, Evans, but they would no t li s t en to me. S evera l for, almost i mme di ately b efore he was severed from this persons called out, "Put hill under the pump I " world, he regarded his approaching death with the most " Serve him out l'' and other exclamations of that kind. perfect indifference, and exclaimed, "In a few moments Some of the bags of flour struck me on the face ; I shall be in the arms of my dear Caroline—l care not but I cannot say where I was struck first, as the flour for death," and water came from all directions and eo simultane• The prisoner was allowed some few indulgences that "813'. I heard no cries of "Let him alone." were perhaps not strictly in accordance with prison Mr. J. Evans said—l am the person upon whom the rules, and among them he was permitted to smoke. copy of a writ spoken of by the last witness was served, He evidently enjoyed his pipe, and on Wednesday he and I met Mr. May at the door of the prison as he was was engaged in smoking as usual. Having finished his coming out the first time. I went in with him again, and pipe, he coolly shook out the ashes, and then laid the pointed out Ford. This was on the Middlesex side of the pipe on the table, and said, " I smoke no more." After prison. I heard Flood say, "If yon have any process to this he amused himself, as he had on previous occasions serve you will not be allowed here ;" and directly after a frequently done, by making a sort of rough sk e t c h o f person brush e d p as t me ca lli ng ou t, " A rat ! a rat !" the place and the mode in which the double murder was There were 30 or 40 persons assembled at the end of the committed, and when he had finished he laid the pen by yard, and on our approaching Mr. May inquired for Ford. the side of the paper, and said, "Now I write no more. Flood said, " You have a writ in your hand."'Mr. May I prepare myself to go meet my dear Caroline." He held the writ up for them to look at, and at the same then went to bed, but it appears that, for the first time time I heard some one exclaim, " your eyes, we will since his conviction, he did not sleep soundly. What put you both under the pump." Blackmoor was sitting awful doubts and fears disturbed him none can tell, but on a stool, and, knowing him, I appealed to him to ex it was remarked that upon this last dreadful night he plain the nature of my visit ; but on my turning round was unable to take that rest that he had before enjoyed, again to Mr. May, I saw a bag of flour strike him in the He had also previously eaten heartily, but on the morn. face, and immediately after ho was smothered in flour ing of his execution he was unable to take any refresh- and water. I received about a quart of flour on my breast, ment, although he still exhibited the same outward and a portion of the flour thrown at Mr. May. and leave i t a h ta e appearance of compo sure th a t h a d c h aracter i se d h i m a ll Cross-examined—Fl oo d did not say, "T ake my advice through the proceedi ngs , n y ce a , rd' andi II wentsaw theout soon turnkey afutter comer him andto Mr. lt seems th a t F a th er L awrence , th e R oman Catholic May's assistance, was clergyman who was in attendance upon the prisoner, bonnetted as I was passing through the gate. very shortly after he had been in communication with Mr. Albert Milienzie Russell Kinahan was then called, him, entertained a strong belief that he was not in a and on the oath being tendered said he objected to be sane state of mind, and he in consequence had some sworn on the ground that he was under duresse, having communication with Mr. Bone, the governor of the been brought up from the Queen's Bench Prison, and gaol, upon the subject ; and upon his expressing the that it was repugnant to his feelings to give evidence in opinion that the prisoner was not in an accountable this matter ; but after some objections made by Mr. state of mind, Mr. Bone, after referring to the pe- Lewis, to the effect that the witness was not bound to culiar circumstance of the prisoner being a foreigner, criminate himself, a n d an i n ti mat i on f rom the bench that and the consequent difficulty of communicati ng w i t h he would be committed to prison if he refused to answer him, and also the character of the offence with which the questions put to him, the witness was sworn, and to be was charged, advised that no time should be lost the surprise of the City Solicitor, who appeared to have in communicating with the Secretary of State, and in- received information previously as to the nature of the forming him of the circumstances upon which such an evidence he (witness) could give, denied all knowledge of impression was founded ; and Mr. Lawrance accordingly the parties implicated in these proceedings, and although addressed a communication to Sir George Grey, in present and taking no part in them, was unable to name which he represented all the facts within his knowledge a single person who took any active part in pelting Mr. upon which he came to the conclusion that the prisoner May. was not a responsible agent. It would appear, how• The City Solicitor said, in the exercise of his discretion, ever, that no sufficient grounds were stated for any in- he should not ask any more questions of this witness, terference by the Executive, and the law was therefore but leave bim to be dealt with by the judges, and see left to take its course, a communication to that effect what evidence he would then give. having been sent to Father Lawrence from the office of Benjamin Constable, one of the turnkeys of White the Secretary of State. cross -street prison, corroborated the evidence of the It was rather a peculiar circumstance that the go- Prosecutor and Mr. Evans as to the riotous conduct of vernor of the gaol rigidly insisted upon carrying out one the prisoners on the occasion in question, but his memory of the gaol rules, for the exclusion o f a ll s t rangers f rom was equally treacherou s w i t h th at of Mr. Kinahan ' s, the prison on the morning of an execution. All parties and his replies of the sa me non, alai record() character. appeared to be perfectly ignorant of the law in reference Sir F. G. Moon inquired if such riots were of frequent to the matter, and under which every proceeding con- occurrence ? nected with the execution of capital punishment devolves Constable said they happened on an average about upon the High Sheriff, and, in his absence, upon his once a year, and sometimes even worse than on the pre deputy, At present it appears the Under Sheriff for the sent occasion. In one instance, while the whitewashers county, Mr. W. Palmer, is absent from the country on were at work, the prisoners, out of pure mischief, took account of ill health, and his duties devolve upon Mr. up the pails and threw the whitewash over each other. Wildes, the clerk of the peace, and that gentleman de- Mr. Lewis said that the generality of the prisoners ferred t o t h e judgment of th e g ov ernor o f t h e pr i son , went there to be whit ewas h e d. (L aug h ter. ) and consequen tly, so far as th e i n t er i or arrangements of Constable said he b e li eve d th e y did. Th e cry a ll u d ed t the e xecut i on were concerned, the wh o l e a ff a i r was to was "Hie rat," an d or i g i na t e d w ith a man named managed with the most complete secrecy, no one being Towler, about 17 y ears ago . present but the governor, the Rev. Mr. King, Father The City Solicitor said he was disappointed in the evi- Lawrence, and a few sheriffs' officers. ln the case of deuce of two of the witnesses, and he was not prepared the poor wretch who was the sufferer upon the present to carry the case any further, and he therefore applied occasion, as his guilt was clear, and as the execution that those who had been identified in this riot might be was really , so to speak, a mere m a tt er o f course, no committed to take their trial a t th e sess i ons . complaint should perhaps be made of this course of Sir F. G. Moon said there was no case legally made proceeding, but it is obvious that if public executions out against any of the defendants before him sufficient are to be a portion of the law of the country, it is to send them for trial, and the summonses were there advisable that some authorised representative of the fore dismissed ; but, in the event of the City Solicitor press should be present on such occasions. In refer- obtaining fresh evidence the parties would still be liable ence to what is above stated as to the want of know• to be proceeded against. ledge of the law upon this subject, it is only neces- Sir R. W. Carden said there was no doubt about the nary to state that the governor of the prison has no. insubordination of the prison, but the evidence did n o t thing whatever to do with the carrying out of the s en . implicate any of the parties before the Court in the in , tence of death on the morning of an execution ; the she. fliction of the injuries upon Mr. May. riff is the only responsible party, and all the governor The court was then cleared, and those parties who had of a prisoner has to do is to deliver up the body of the been brought from Whitecross-street and the Queen's prisoner to the sheriff that execution may be performed Bench were escorted back to their quarters in those upon him, and the governor need not even be present ; prisons by a strong body of officers. in fact, he has nothing to do with the matter. Henry Frank Carr, whose extraordinary account of a It has already been stated that the prisoner did not large quantity of stolen property found in his possession sleep very well on his last night on this earth, and that I so imposed upon Sir R. W. Carden and Mr. Thwaites, he could not take any refreshment on the morning of his chairman of the Board of Works, was again brought up, execution. Father Lawrence was with him at an early charged with robbing his employers of property to the hour, and they conversed together for a considerable time value of about 1001. in German. Redanies did not to the last appear to can- Mr. Morgan appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Wontner eider that be had committed any crime. Him idea seemed conducted the defence. to be, that being fondly attached to the deceased Caroline Some further evidence was given relative to a part of Back, and fearing she was about to become connected the property in pledge, identified as belonging to Messrs. with another man, he resolved to destroy her to prevent Meeking, of Holborn ; after which evidence in a fresh such a result, knowing that the consequence would be case was given, in which the prisoner was charged with the loss of his o w n life, but at the same time beli e vi ng robbing Messrs. Green well, of the Blackfriars-road, in that he should at once rejoin his beloved one in the other whose employ he had formerly lived. About DO pairs world ; that, in fact, death was the prelude to him of of gloves were found in his box, which were identified everlasting bliss ; and, with such ideas evidently fully as Messrs. Greenwell's property. impressed upon his mind, he went to the scaffold as to a The prisoner was committed for trial on both charges. marriage bed. Having been accustomed for considerable It having been stated on a former occasion that the time to a military life, he had naturally imbibed a good prisoner entered Messrs. Meeking's establishment upon a deal of the neatness and smartness of a soldier, and false character, written by Mr. Alex. Hans, a draper, during his incarceration it was observed that be was of Wimbledon, a summons was issued against him for always particularly careful in his personal appearance. that offence, and he accordingly appeared yesterday to On the morning when he was to leave this world for answer it. ever, it appears that he took more care than usual in From the evidence it appeared that, in accordance dressing himself, and having occasion only a few minutes with a custom in Mr. Meeking's establishment, the pri before the final period of his existence to obey a call of soner Carr, filled up a form stating among other things nature, it was remarked that he most carefully adjusted that he had lived in the employ of Mr. Alexander his dress in every particular. Hans, of Wimbledon, from June, 1855, until Decem- The actual formalities of the execution were ve r y sim. ber in the same year. This statement was forwarded pie. When Redanies saw Calcraft, the executioner, he to Mr. Hans for authentication, and be returned it at once placed himself in a military, upright form, and with a note, declaring the contents of that statement to submitted to the new process of pinioning without a be correct, and adding that while Carr was with him murmur. The signal being given for moving to the "he found him strictly honest, sober, industrious, civil, scaffold, the prisoner at once walked off with a light, persevering, and obedient." It appeared, however, that cheerful step, and although he had some considerable Carr was in the employ of Messrs. Sewell and Cross distance to traverse, and had a number of steps to ascend during that time. before he reached the gallows, which was erected in Mr. Wontner, for the defence, said he knew, upon front of one of the wings of the gaol, and to which ac. the facts of the case, that a conviction must follow, and cess was obtained through a window or opening in the he was only addressing the Court in mitigation of the stonework, be did not exhibit the slightest trepidation. penalty. This was not an ordinary case of sham cha- His calmness and composure did not forsake him for an racter, where the parties, as is usual in such cases, are instant. The Rev. Mr, King read the burial service in strangers to each other, and have a fraudulent object in English, and Father Lawrence also read some prayers view for their mutual gain ; but on the contrary, in the German language, and after a very brief interval although the prisoner Carr had not lived with Mr. the drop fell, and the culprit appeared to be dead almost Harm during 1855, ho had done so for the same period instantaneously. It should be stated, perhaps, to show in 1852 or 1853, on which occasion his character was the condition of the mind of the prisoner, that when he all that Mr. Hans could desire, and it was merely a arrived at the entrance of the gaol, and was about to wish to oblige a deserving young man, who had suf ascend the stairs leading to the scaffold, he recognised fered much from illness, to enable him to get a situation, the officer at the gate by whom he had at first been re- that he had given the character in question. ceived, and, addressing him in the most friendly manner, Sir H. W. Carden said this was a very important he stepped on one side and shook hands with him, and 1 question ; for if the defendant hail not given this false exclaimed, " Good bye," and then joined the procession, cl:araoter Messrs. Meeking would not have taken Carr and tripped up the stairs leading to the gallows. into their employ, and ho could not have had the op. A considerable number of persons assembled to wit- portunity of robbing them. nese the execution, and their behaviour was most orderly Sir F. G. Moen quite concurred in the remarks made and decorous. Some few of those assembled seemed to by Sir. R. W. Carden ; and he did no t consider this pity the unhappy culp r i t, but the genera l f ee li ng ap. I was a case that called for any mitigation of the penalty, peared to be that his d readful crime had rece i ve d on l y a i H e t h ere f ore fi ne d t h e d e f en d ant 201. and 108, costs, or, fitting punishment. 1 in default, three months' imprisonment. A sad event concluded t' u e melancholy proceedings of ' Mr. Morgan said that, under the Act of Parliament the day. The body, after h a nging the usual time—one governing these proceedings, half of the penalty was due hour—was cut down, an -,f the workmen then proceeded to the informer ; and Messrs. Meeking being entitled to to remove the scaffold. While so engaged, one of them that moiety were desirous of placing it at the alderman's fell a considerable hole bt his head and was killed disposal for the benefit of the poor. - A upon, upon the spot. I The fine and costs were immediately paid, BANK RETURNS. 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 13th day of December, 1856 : Average Amount. 10,960 10,233 PRIVATE BANKS. Arld-wer Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jeminitt and Pomfret Aylaham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldoek and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co .. 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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 Co 31,56 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—Promage, Snead, and Co Derby Bdrik, 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 Hevonport Bank. Devonport—Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Rank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders" and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen........................................... Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham —Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews 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. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexander► and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstesie—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—Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Goteh and 31,3! 9,062 19,830 31,988 10,169 13,944 22,979 9,315 6,220 71,015 14,792 7,410 31,778 17,344 23,464 69,089 36,0 29,7 33,242 27,581 11,161 61,224 19,080 11,385 2,a 16,0, 47,31 30,300 21,513 2,330 16,955 33,618 45,180 6,983 19,301 X 9,467 10,495 35,684 25,369 8,899 10,285 70,703 80,680 3,290 45,745 94,369 47,952 42,641 23,515 7,835 11,182 5,629 4,551 28,713 22,709 15,744 20,028 52,459 5,143 31,116 20,042 20,896 62,536 13,545 25,191 20,693 40,365 8,600 Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. •• Leeds Union Bank, Leeda—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Dan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, LymingtOn—St. Barbe and Co. 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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 7,638 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 17,647 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co 28,380 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth--Bromage, Snead, and Co 15,459 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 26,552 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co 50,857 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 20,280 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck 9 54 Z Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co ............... 10 7, 1 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and C o Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harri s • and Co. ......... 17'6 New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett a n d C o.. 8, 41 4 tl° Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. .................................. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old .ank .. westry—Croxon and Co ........ 8 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson—, . 12'552 and Co. .................... 30,230 Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbrid ge _ and ... TO; bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbri d ge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching ....... Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J• C o . Clinch and ....................... ?ease's Old Bank, Hull the Hull Old Bank and Beverly Bank, Hull —Pease and Co 47,175 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,650 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough —D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, H a verfordwest—J. and V e l ad . i n A g Va R I t a u : E , ......... i . m .. 0 . ........ .... .. . . . R. ea dind Readil , Bank, B e ading—Stephens, Blandy, 28,529 and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co 6,230 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. ............ Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—DaY and Nicholson 7,242 lioyston Bank, Royston—Fordhara and Sons 13,414 Rugby Bank, Rugby-1. Butlin and Son 7,780 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret, &Co 13,740 Ross Old Bank, Hersdfordshire, Ross Allaway and Macdougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf fron Walden—Glbsons and Co .. 5,335 52,490 3 7,511 30,012 26,141 89,168 23,6E8 7,199 3,206 37,040 13,535 2,237 19,85 51,096 31,765 8,767 IQ,BII 8,917 12,763 29,010 4, 050 Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD. —DE C . 30. There was an average supply of fat beasts to-day, prin. cipally from our county graziers; the demand was not great, but the best quality was in good request, and most of the animals were disposed of. The supply of sheep was small and better sold. The number of pigs were not large, fully maintaining former prices. Fat calves were more plentiful and well sold. The following were the quotations s—Beef, 6d to bad; mutton, 7d to lid ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 8 per lb. ; pigs, Os 6d to lls Od per score ; rough fat, 5s 6o to Us per 141 b. ; hides, 41d to 64d per lb ; calf-skins, 44d Uo 6il per re. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—DEe. 31. Large supplies of grain in the market to-day. A consi derable demand for wheat and barley, which sold readily. Oats and beans rather heavy. Wheat, on the top, 4s up, and on the average Os 5d dpwn. Barley, is Od down on the top, and 5d down on the averag e. Oats on th e t op 2 s Od d own—on the average, is 3d down. Beans on the top 4s down, and on the average, 45 4d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat .£2 2 4 10-12th. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats 1 2 11 2-12ths. Beans BOSTON—DEo. 31. We had a small supply of wheat from the growers, and which, generally speaking, was in very bad condition; the few good dry samples on offer met a slow consumptive demand, at is to 2s per qr. over the prices of this day se'n night ; other qualities were quite neglected. We have no alteration to notice in the value of any description of spring corn, the whole of which moved off steadily at late quota tions. Prices :—Wheat, red, 49s Od to 61s Od; new, —s to —s ; white, 6O Od to 63s Od , extr a , 66 5 . B ar l ey , 3 8s Od to 45. Od. Oats 18s to 265. Yeas, 36 to 40s Od Beans, 37s Od to 46s Od per qr. NEWARK-DEC. 31. At our corn exchange to-day we had a good supply of grain of all descriptions. Wheat and barley met a better sale at an advance of is to 2s per qr. Wheat, white 64s to 68s, red 60s to 635; barley, maltin 46s to 50s, grinding —s to —s; oats, 24st. 34s to 375, 22st, 25s to 30s; beans, 52s to Ms; malt, 75s to 80s; peas, 42s to 14s ; tares, --s to —s per qr. LOUTH—DEG. 31. The corn market was steady today, and the last week's prices for all descriptions were fully maintained. Wheat, red 53s to 565, extra 59e; barley 42s to 455; oats, 23s to 265; beans 42s to 45s per qr. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 1. STOOK EXOKANGE.—The market closed with a fair aspect, and the transactions effected were at an advance on the rates of yesterday. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 65—Blackburn, 8i N. ls. Bd. 91—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 974—London and North Western, 107 1 1 1 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34$—Midland, 83/ I I—North Eastern and Berwick, 211 i —North Staf fordshire, 5 d.—South Eastern, 22/—Manchester, SW. field, and Lin co l n Si x p er Cent. 121—Grand Trunk of Canada, 141—Great Western of Canada, 251 5 51—Ditto (new shares), 2 p. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 1. STOOK EXONANGB.—This being New Year's Day was observed as a holiday in this market; there was, conse quently, no general meeting at the Stock Exchange. SEABORNE MAILS. [When the date for making up a mail falls on a Sunday, the mail remains open until the day following; except in the case of the India mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is made up the evening previous.] Lisbon Spain Gibraltar Gibraltar 1 Malta Egypt Ceylon .. India Mauritius (via Ceylon) China Penang Singapore Australia(viaj the Cape) Cape of Good Hope .. • • Mauritius E Ceylon India Lisbon • Madeira CapedeVerds Brazil.... • . M nuenosAyres Falkland Is- I lands West Indies (except Ha vana and Honduras). Venezuela Grey Town New Granada Chili Peru California • • Honduras .. Nassau .... Mexico .... Havana Madeira .. Teneriffe W. C.of Africa British North America .. United States United States British North America .. United States British North America .. Canada .. •ROM Made up at Whence By what When By what the des- Vessel. expected Vessel. Post-Office. patched. —. ............ 7th,l7th, & ) 1 27th of the South- Alham- ampton bra Jan. 4 Sultan month. 4th & 20th 4th and South ! of the , Colombo 20th of Ripon month. ampton the month. 4th the of South- Colombo Jan. 4.. Ripon air pton month. 1 l Jan 12 .. } South- CO'IIITI. r .,... Montme '''' ampton bian ''' reney Jan. 5.. Dart- w s - a mouth • • Jan . 25 Eng lan d Lindsay ) [ Jan. 9.... 1 . South- Tamar Jan. 12 Tyne 1 ampton J 2cl and 17thl ist and of the South- Magda- 16th of month. ampton Jena the Grime month. Jan. 17 .. / South. 16th of ampton the ........ month. Jan. 2.... South- Magda- Jan. 1 o rinono } ampton lens A Jan. 23 ..} Pl y - Gambia Jan . : 6 Candace mouth Every Fri. Live r pool America Jan. 5 Africa ran. 6 and Liver- Atlantic alternate Atlantic Jan. 1 „„,„ Tuesdays. 1 v — ar.Jan. 1 Jan. 14 .. i South- age , . ampton `ll. Jan. 27 .. 1 Liver- Anglo- •. .....••• i pool Saxon J an. 7 Angloo sain M—Morning. E—Evening. [ADVERTISRMENT.]—The possibility of abandoning medicine altogether is shown by the numerous extraordinary cures, without medicine, of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, con stipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, effected by Da Barry's delicious Health - restoring Revalenta Arabic* Food. The following are not the least remark able :—Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of Naaing Vicarage, Waltham-cross, Herts ; a cure of extrenp nervous ness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,314.—Mi5s Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool ; a cure of ten years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food.—j Am ea PORTER.—Athol-street, Perth. Cure No. 4 1,617.---" Win chester, Dec. 3d, 1847.—Gentlemen,- I am happy to be able to inform you that the person for whom your Revalenta was procured has derived very great benefit from its use ; dis tressing symptoms of dropsy, dyspepsia, and constipation of long standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced.. Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above-mentioned case, I tan with confidence recommend it , and shall have much pleasure in doing so whenever an opportu• nity offers, &c., &c.—JAMES SIIORLA ND2 l a t e surgeon 96th Reg. 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On the 28th ult., at Green Bank, Farnwortb, the wife of Alfred Barnes, Esq. On the 29th u l t , at Biddleewade, Beds, the wif e o f Charle s Palmer Stev ens, F.R.C.S. or A DAUGHTER. On the 30th nit., at 25, Orsett-terrace, the wife of W. Lord, E q. On 0 th e inst., at 2 3, Milner - square, Islingt on , th e w i fe of Dr. Allan. MARRIED. - - On the 30th tilt., at St. Paul's Church, Liverpool, James Marko Wood, Esq., of Prince's-park, Liverpool, to Ka tharine, third daughte r o f th e late William Palgrave, Esq., Collector of H.M.'s Customs at Great Yarmouth and Dublin. On the 30th ult., at Middleton, Edward Stanley, fourth son of Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart., of Claremont, Man cheater, to Louisa, eldest daughter of John Peel, Esq., of Middleton Hall, Warwickshire. DIED. On the 18th ult., at Lancaster, Benjamin Hunt, Esq,, late of Southsea Villa, Portsmouth. On the 2 ith ult., at 8, Portland-terrace, Southsea, Caro line, eldest d aug h ter of Lieutenant-General George Car dew, Royal Engineers. On Tuesday, the 30th ult., at 33, Doughty-street, Wm. Ruff, Esq., aged 55. On the 30th ult., at No. 6, H y d e - park-terrace, Lady Ramilly, the wife of the Master of the Rolls, aged 47. On the 30th u lt., a t 13 , R oya l terrace, Weymouth, An drew Lithgow, Esq., aged 71. On the 31st ult., at Leamington, Captain George 1101- bech, R.N., of Alveston, Warwickshire. On the 31st ult., at No. 9, Henrietta-street Cavendish square, Rob er t S aun d ers, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service, aged 64. On the 31st nit., at 6, Norfolk -road, St, John's-wood, Ada Josephine, fourth daughter of Richard Routh, Esq., of Constantinople, aged 19. On the 31st ult., at Rile-end, Harriet, relict of Richard Capes, Esq., formerly of Tetbury, ag ed 70. On the 31st ult., at Priory Cottage, Bushey-heath, near Watford, Herta, James Wilshin, Esq., aged 56. 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