The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-24 00:00:00

-- THE TVIIITWORTII AND ENFIELD RIFLES. For the-last few days a very interesting and im portant series of experiments has been in progress at the Government School of Musketry, Ilyth e , in order to test the comparative merits of these two rifles. The trial, which was of the most searching and impartial character, was conducted by Colonel Hay, the able head of the school, and has termi nated in establishing beyond all doubt the great and decided superiority of Mr. Whitworth's invention. The Enfield rifle, which was considered so much better than any other as to justify the formation of a vast Government establishment for its special manufacture, has been completely beaten. In accu racy of fire, in penetration, and in range its rival excels it to a degree which hardly leaves room for comparison. The following table gives the best results that have been obtained from ten shots of each arm re spectively in the course of the experiments, 'which have extended over a week in time, and were brought to a close yesterday in the presence of Lord Panmure and of a number of military and scientific spectators : flifle. Range in yards. Elevation. I Figure of merit. Whitworth Enfield Deg. Feet. 1.15 0.37 1.32 2.24 Whitworth Enfield ... 2.22 1.0 2.45 4.11 3.45 2.41 4.12 8.c4 5.0 4.62 6.20 to 7.0 No hits. Whitworth 1 Eufield Whitworth Enfield .. 6.40 1 11.62 Whitworth Enfield .. 1,800 It would appear from these figures that at 500 yards in 10 shots the Manchester rifle has a supe rior accuracy I,f 1.87 of a foot ; at 800 yards 3.11 ; at 1,100 yards 5.63 ; and that at 1,400 yards and upwards the Enfield weapon ceases to at ford any data for a comparison. In penetration the results obtained have been equally decisive ; the Whitworth projectile with the regulation charge of powder going through 33 half-inch planks of elm, and being brought up by a solid oak bulk beyond, while the Eoleld ball could not get past the 13th plank. The shooting on Tuesday was more to satisfy L - Td Panuaure and the other strangers present. upon the comparative merits of the two weapons than to show the limit of what each could do under favourable circumstances. Still the targets of every 10 shots on either side bore decisive evidence of the superiority of the new rifle, as a glance at the fol lowing table will prove : Figure of Rifle. Range. Elertt lo3 . . merit. - Deg. Feet: Whitworth 2.22 I 809 / 141 2 *45 Enfield Whitworth c 1 117 500 1 ... ... 1 3.30 Enfield Whitworth 1 .33 Enfield Whitworth 1 1 500 Enfield The last entry in the table records the mean ra dial distance from a central point of 10 shots fired from a table-rest by Col. Hay awl Mr. Guner, the manager of the Enfield factory. Both are first-rate marksmen, yet at 500 yards the Manchester rifle in the hands of the former gives three times as good shooting as the latter can get out of the Govern ment arm. All the other trials were made by firing from a beautifully-constructed machine rest, which placed both weapons on a lowing of perfect equa lity as to the conditions under which they Were tested. In addition to the foregoing experiment., there was one for showing that with cylindro-con voidal balls on the expansion principle of those u'ed for the Enfield rifle, very superior shooting could be obtained from Whitworth's hexagonal bore. This was most satisfactorily established, the mean deviation on the target from the centre of the group of 10 bits being only •85 of a foot at 500 yards' range. It will be observed that at 800 yards' range, at which the practice commenced, the shoot ing of 'Whitworth's rifle was so much better than the other that no greater distance was attempted. A reference to the first table of experiments will denionstrate that the target made by the former weapon at 1,100 yards is nearly as good as that made by the latter at 500. These are great results to have achieved, and amply justify the forethought of the late Lord Hardinge in securing the services of so eminent a mechanic as Mr. Whitworth for the improvement of the rifle. Until he took the subject in hand the proper principles for guidance in the construction of the weapon bad re.t been accurately determined. The manufacture was still conducted by rule of thumb, and in a very hap-hazard way on the most import ant points. The u.e of g!ooves and an expansive projectile made it impossible to secure the requi site amount of pitch in the rifling and the indispen sable hardness of metal in the bullet for penetra tion. Moreover, from the . small amount of bear ing, the wear and tear both in the barrel and in the projectile were enormous, and the length of ti,o latter could not be increased without causing it to capsize in its flight. By the polygonal bore and rapid pitch to which the form of the bullet accu rately conforms Mr. Whitworth has rendered strip ping impossible, and, his rifle when fired acting exaAly like a male and female screw, the projectile must rotate with perfect steadiness and precision on its axis. He can increase its length so consider ably as to secure space for converting it into a shell if necessary, and, being ab'e to use metal of any degree of hardness, .he can adapt its form and, strength exactly to the work which it has to per form. Thus, with a rifle 39 inches long and half inch bore, having a turn in 20 inches, or two turns , in its length, he finds needifficulty in peneiratinga wrought iron plate 6-10ths of an inch thick or cutting a core out of a piece of solid timber half a foot thick ; and some idea may be formed of the extraordinary power of his arm when we mention that his projectiles in their flight rot rte at the rate of 15,000 revolutions per minute. The question of driving holes in the 4-inch breastplates of floating batteries is at once solved by the application ot these principles to artillery, the construction of which this new rifle proves must he completely re volutionised. A weapon which in expert hands will make good practice at 1,400 yards, and the range of which can be very easily helped by a telescope if necessary, gives the coup de grace to our present system of field batteries. At the Alma it would have silenced the ,Russian guns ; or driven them from their position, rendering the rush of the Light Division, with the heavy loss of life consequent thereon, unnecessary. Nor during the siege of Se bastopol would the rope mantlets of the Redan and Malakhoff have given much protection to the men working behind the embrasures. . It affords some consolation in the midst of those difficulties with which the question of aumy rofoim is still surrounded, that at Hytbe an institution exists, under zealous and efficient control, where the training of the seldier in the knowledge of his weapon will in a short time be well provided for. Supplied with the best rifle that can be made, and stimulated to its dexterous and accurate use by-some such judicious system of rewards as that we understand Colonel Hay is -anxious to see established, our military f Tee, small as it is should, in real strength and fighting power, be quite on a par.,with the largest centineet tl armies. And no less result than this ought to satisfy a nation like this, so full of those resources by which the individual Englishman is male the equi valent of even hundreds of men placed under less favourable circninstances for action. The prin ciples of rifling developed in the Manchester small arm are even still more applicable to artill,ry, and their applicability fortunately coincides with the absolute necessity for great and decisive changes in that branch of the service. It can no longer be doubted that rifled cannon can be 'made at a rea sonable cost, and that out of the ordinary size of field-piece, if nee e = sar y, can b e o bt a i ne d , wi t h an accuracy of fire hitherto undreamt of, the range, weight of projectile, arid penetrat ion of the heavie4 ordnance. The means ot demonstrating these facts were, at the late L or d H ardinge ' s suggestion, put by Mr. Whitworth withie reach of the Wo Awich authorities months a e o, 6 but they have taken no stei sin this most important matter. Hera is just the invention which the peculiarities of Chinese / ca mpoign , ng demand, yet no one thinks of turning it to account. In those vasty manufacturing estab sisements which the war was taken advantage of to form at the public expense machinery had been put up for the production of given implement so f war fare, and the trem endous vis ineesise of Govern ment is now committed to these models. Will the 'new rifle be adopted in preference to the Enfield? Will it even have a recognised place beside it? Whatsver practical answer time may dive to these questions, tl:e British soldier is clearly entitled to tee best weapon that can le procured for him, and the recent experiments at Hythe satisfactof ily show that the best weapon is not that which the State has leen run ning up such huge workshops to provide him with. [A DVERTISEMENT].—Kidneys, Bl a dd e r, and Prostrate Gla nds —their. complications, Diabetes Alburainuria, or Brights Disease, &c.—their connexion with the Stomach, Liver, dre., and intimate association with the Ganglionic, -or great cen tral or solar plexus of nerves, by Dr. Denis Cronin, price 2s " To a sound theoretical knowledge of the painful and dis , tres s ing diseases on which he writes, D r . C ron i n a dds the es periolee derivLd from a largo and successful practice. " News." Smith and Son, 32, Long Acre, 1,100 1,400 LAW INTELLIGENCE. -April SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell.) BARING V. GORDON.-CRIM. CON.-DAMAGES, 3,0001. This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages in an action brought in one of the superior courts against the defendant for having had criminal con versation with the plaintiff's wife. judgment had been suffered to go by default, and the defendant did not now appear. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Unthank appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. Unthank said the declaration set forth that the defendant bad debauched the plaintiff's wife, and the damages were estimated at 3,0001. The plaintiff was William Frederick Baring, and the defendant George Tomline Gordon. Mr. Bovill then opened the case. He said it was one of a very painful class—painful under any cir cumstances ; but he was glad to be able to inform the jury that they would be spared from the most distre=sing part of such an inquiry, the proof of the fact alleged in the deelaraton, that the defendant bad had criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife, for it was admitted by the defendant—indeed it was beyond denial—aud the only question the jury would have to dctermine was the amount of damages the plaintiff - should recover under the cir cumstances which would be placed before them. The plaintiff in th 3 action was a son of Mr. Henry Baring, brother of Lord Ashburton, -and in 1845, in November, he was married to a lady, then just about of age, whose conduct was the subject of these proceedings. She was the daughter of Sir Richard Jenkins ; she had fortune and position, combined with personal attractions, a refined intelligence, and great accomplishments. They resided in Paris for several years after their msrriage, and on returning to, this country they lived at Guddford, from which place they went in 1852 to reside at Eaton Hall, near Retford, in Nottingham-hire. They had two children—one a boy now about 11 years of age, the other a girl about 8. After they bad settled in Nottinghamshire they mixed in the best society of the county, and visited and received visits from the gentry of the vicinity of their residence, and associated with many persons of rank and station. The defendant resided at a short distance from Eaton Hall, and was a person of some means and position, holding the commission of a captain in the Nottinghamshire Militia, or Sherwood Fo resters. An acquaintance sprung up between him andthe plaintiff. Theyfrequenily visited each other. They became most intimate friends, went out to gether to enjoy the sports of shooting and hunting, &c., and visits were frequently exchanged between Mrs. Baring and Mrs. Gordon. That was in 1852, and such state of things continued down to Marc in the present year. The plaintiff and bis wife hifl always lived upon terms of the happiest endear ment, and iu the enjoyment of every comfort and luxury, which affluence and station could give, un til the unhappy discovery was made which led to these proceedin g s, which had destroyed a life of happiness to Mr. Baring, had sent to ruin and dis grace a woman upon whom the least suspicion had never fallen, and reduced her children to be per haps worse than orphans. In March the plaintiff found that Captain Gordon, who had professed so much friendship for him, had, whilst enjoying his hospitality, seduced his wife. On the 11th of that month Capt. Gordon and Mrs. Baring left Nottinghamshire and came to Lonalton together, under circut - nsfancf s of the deepest distress, not only to the plaintiff, but to Mrs. Gordon, who was at that time in a condition which rendered the matter a great deal more painful. In the greatest agony of wind Mrs. Gordon went to a lady, named Huntsman, a friend both of her and Mrs. Baring, and with that lady she came to London. Mr. Huntsman, who was a friend of the plaintiff, fol lowed them, and he and his wife and Mrs. Gordon traced the defendant to the Great Western Hotel, where he was taking breakfast with Mrs. Baring when they arrived. Mrs. Baring rose from the tahle, and when Mr. Huntsman went in he found Mrs. Gordon in a fainting condition on her knees. When he was appealed to he refused to leave Mn.s Baring, and such was the shock to Mrs. Gordon that it well-nigh proved fatal, she being then close upon confinement. That adultery had taken place had been admitted—there could - have been no an swer to that. Mrs. Baring went to her mother, Lady Jenk , ns, and the jury would have to assess the damages which Captain Gorden should pay for the great wrong tie had done in destroying a life of happiness which the plaintiff had been blessed with. He could not conceive or suggest one single circumstance palliative of Captain Gordon's con duct. Received into the Plaintiff's house as a bosom fri-n.d, accompanying the plaintiff in shoot img excursions to Scotland and other place., he had alloa:d the friendship with which he had been re garded, violated the generous hospitality which it had b, en the plaintiff's pleasure to afford him ; he had brought disgrace upon the plaintiff and his faintly, broken up a happy life, and had sent this unhappy lady to a position of infamy and disgrace. No amount of damages could compensate a plain tiff in a case like this. The verdict of the jury was sought, as they would have surmised, with a view to ulterior proceedings, and he believed that had not the damages been set at 3,0001., the jury would readily have awarded more than that amount. Capt. Gordon bad five children, and he repeated that he could not reef anything whatever to palliate his con dust. The certificate of the marriage, which took place at Paris, was then put in, and also a settlement. executed on the marriage of 8,0001. Henry Huntsman examined—l reside at West Retford Hall, Nottinghamshire, and have done so some time. I was living there when the plaintiff and his wife took possession of Eaton Hall as their residence. This was in the autumn of 1852. Eaton Hall is the plaintiff's present residence, and is about two miles from mine. After their arrival, myself and Mrs. Huntsman visited them, and the intimacy wasmontinuedbetweenus and Mrs. Baring 'mil this distressing matter was known. Mr. Baring, I should think, is about five or six and thirty years of age. Mrs. Baring is somewhat younger.. They have two children, a son and daughter—one 11, and the other about 8 years of age. They lived iu good style, and of course had horses, carriages, and servants requisite for their establishment. Captain and Mrs. Gordon lived about 9 or 10 miles from Retford ; the two families, Borings and Gordon-, were on terms of the closest intimacy within a few months of Mr. Baring coming there. Capt. Gordon is about 3i years of ags. They have four children living, but have had m re. They lived iu good society. Capt. Gordon was a huntii:g man, and associated with the best society of thecoun ty. Mr. Baring and his wife alwayslived very hap pily together ; it seemed his pleasure togratify her in any wish she might* express. He was extremely attentive to her. He was once absent for six weeks when he went to America; and once he went to Mar s file , t. meet his wife's sister on her way from India. Iwt to see him off by the steamer for Amer:ca. These were the only two occasions on which he was alsent for any time. On the 11th of March a elm munication was made to me. Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Huntsman came to London by the express train, and 1 fo'lowed them by a later t ra in a t 12 o'clock. At four in the morning I found thetu. at the Great Northern Hotel. There had not been the least possible suspicion of Mrs. Baring before that time. , From inquiries I made of a porter, I learnt that Capt. Gsrdon and Mrs. Baring ead gone from the Great Northern Railway to the Great Western Hotel. We went there, and having found Capt. Gordon's room, Mrs. Gordon was ushered in by a waiter. I remained outside with Mrs. Hunts man ; and after some lit,ie time I went in, when I saw Mrs. Baring sitting bythe breakfast table. Capt. Gordon was standing, with his wife on her knees be fore him in a fainting state. The scene was painful. Mrs. Baring ro-e from the table when I went in. I desired Mrs. Gordon to retire, as the excitement might have been dangerous to one in her condition. Cap tain Gordon asked me to let him have five minutes alone with his wife. Mrs. Baring walked out of the room. At Mrs. Gordon's desire I consented to her husband's request. In about twenty minutes I went in, and found her again on her knees. It was a most disrresirg scene. She was entreating him to choose between the two. He refused to go home with her. Sher ily afterwards he left the room,nay, butaod sent me a message that he was going away, would give me his address, if I bad anything to write to him about. I then took Mrs. Gordon back to the Great Northern Hotel. Captain Gordon visited her in her illnes'. Edward Baring—l am one of the firm of Bering . Brothers, and am brother of the plaintiff. I had ample opportunity of seeing how he and his wife lived, though, they were much in the country and lin London. When I was in the country I was Imo tly at my sister's, but I know that my brother lived most happily with his wife, and he had not the least doubt or suspicion of her until the dim very was made. , The Rev. John Twells—l am rector of Gam ston and vicar of Eaton, in Nottinghainshire. As minister of the parish I knew me. and Mrs. Baring very well—intimately. lam not married. I visited at their house. There was not a shadow of suspicion of Mrs. Baring's conduct until this matter was dis covered. Mr. and Mrs. Baring lived happily and harmoniously together. lie was very indulgent, polite, attentive, and considerate. The Hon. J. Ashley—l have known Mr. and Mrs. Baring about 4 years. I was in that county in 1853, 1855, and 1856, and visited them on inti mate terms. I also visited at Mrs. Baring's sister's. The plaintiff and his wife lived On the very best terms that could exist between man and wife. Henry Milner—l am a banker. I know the par ties well, and until this wai discovered there could not have been any susp'cion. They were most inti mate with the Gordous, and always lived happily together. Mr. Bovill said ho had other witnesses, but did not think it was necessary to place further evidence before the jury. The learned Under-Sheriff told the jury that the case was before them, and he should make but one observation upon it. Evidence had been given as to the terms upon which the plaintiff and bin-wife had lived, but there had been no female witness called, which usually was the case. Mr. Bovill said he could call plenty. * • The Under-Sheriff said he was not suggesting that they should be called, but was merely noticing the fact in putting the case to the jury. The witnesses who had been examined unquestionably were men of high honour and integrity. And with only one remark to the jury upon the fact that no female witness had been called, he should leave them to say what damages the plaintiff should obtain. • A juryman asked what were defendant's means ? The Under-Sheriff said that was not necessary in the consideration of what damages should be given to the plaintiff for the wrong the "defendant bad done him. The damages must be assessed irrespec tive of the defendant's means of payment. He heard Lord Tenterden say that if a man could not pay in purse he must in person. A Juryman—But we may be doing an injury to Mrs. Gordon and her children, who should not suffer. The Under-Sheriff—That is a very natural con sideration, but the only question here is, what da mages you will give the plaintiff upon the evidence before you ? The jury gave a verdict for 3,0001. THE SUN, LONDON,- FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1857 POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 23. WORSHIP-STREET.—Timothy and Jeremiah Howard, stalwart labourers, were charged before Mr. Hammill with the following atrocious assault upon their own sister and husband. Mary Neal, the wife, whose features were one mass of contusion, produced a certificate from the house surgeon of the Loudon Hospital, of which she had been an inmate, describing the fearful nature of the injuries inflicted on her face, chest, and sto mach ; the nose, in particular,' was seriously wounded, being slit open. The poor creature now swore that on the 10th inst. both prisone?s came to her lodgings and a. , ked for Cornelius, her husband, in a quiet way, and from their representations she believed they had a job of work for him. He was not at home then,, but when be returned she accom panied him to the prisoners' house, where without one word of altercation the assault was most mali ciously inflicted. Both prisoners knocked her hus band down by repeated blows on the jaw and head, afterwards kicking him on all parts of the body. When she interfered for his protection they treated her in a similar manlier. The other complainant described the brutal at tack in like terms, adding that he was in such astA te of weakness, consequent upon the kicks savagely dealt upon him, as to be now unable to work even if. he had it to do ; he never had a word of anger with them, and all were perfectly sober. His wife had bled from the nose all the night after the assault. A constable and another rescaed them. Mr. Hammill, in strong terms, dwelt on the infa mous conduct of ,the accused, and fully committed them for trial, though both denied the assault. WESTMINSTER.—Yesterday Richard George Clarke and Rosa Bush, who had twice before been examined, touchinr , the abduction of Eliz Harris, daughter of 'a Hebrew tradesman, to whom thy female prisoner was servant, were again placed ai the bar, when the depositions were read and further evidence was heard. On arriving at the depositions of Mrs. Bourne, who kept the house at 'Notting-hill, where Miss Harris was found by her friends, Mr. Paynter put several questions respecting whatoccurred when she was fetctied home from there ? Witness said that when Miss Harris was fetched down from her room by her to, see her mother, who was in the parlour, the latter asked her if she did not think her conduct very wicked, because the intimacy was with a Christian ? when she replied that she was going to be married the next morn ing, and that she was 17 next birthday. She:was also asked when fetched away whether she would be locked up in a police station or go home ? when she replied that she did not caro which. ' She did not seem glad or sorry when informed that her mother had come for her, but too frightened to say anything. These being an imputation thrown upon the tes timony of this witness by the prosecutor's friends. Mr. Payn'er directed that another person who ac companied the mother to fetch her home, should be sent for, which was accordingly done. This witness (Mr.' G. Dale, of 16, Catherine street, Pimlico) sated that when he and Mrs Har ris went to the house to fetch the latter's daughter home, he went up stairs with the landlady while the mother remained below. Miss Harrisand Rosa were together in that room, and at the time he en tered were engaged in making some pastry. He said to Miss Harris, " Aint you ashamed to leave a good house in the way you have done ?" upon which she made no reply. Rosa then said that Miss Harris was under her charge until Clarke came. He then asked Miss Harris whether she would ra thei go home or go to prison, to which she replied, she did not care where she went to, so long as she was taken from that place. He then asked her whether she had got anything in the room, when she pointed to a new gown upon the bed, and said, " That dress has been bought for my wedding." When Miss Harris was spoken to by her mother, she said she should never have gone away but for Rosa. She subsequently said " You know mother lam 17." She hart previously to that said she was going to he married on Sunday, and that she liked the man Clarke, and when informed he was a mar' ried man, observed, " Then I hate him." Sergeant Loom added to his evidence that prisoner (Clarke), although a married man, lived apart from his wife, at Charlotte-street, Pimlico, and fre quently cohabited with another man's wife in Peter street. The male prisoner declinedto say anything. The female made the following statement :—The account given of ma by Miss Harris is altogether false, and she knows it is. So long ago as last ChristmAs-dayshe wanted me to ask her mother to let her go out with me in order that she might then leave her home, but I refused. Six weeks ago she asked me if I would mind the pink bonnet she now has on in my box, as she wanted to go away in it. Eight days before she went she put her clothes under some sol diers' coats on the stairs ready to take them away. She told you in her statement that she never saw him alone. They bad Clarke in the house with her all the night her sister was confined. I did not take her from home. She said to me, " Take and put on your frock, and let's go if you have any re spect for me ; never mind the dinner ;" that was while ber sister had gone to be churched. We did not walk to Kensington. - She called a cab and paid for it. I had no money, and we both went into the barracks to look for Clarke, We both looked for lodgings, and took them together. Mr. Clarke gave Miss Harris money, not me. He gtve 10s. and 45., and Miss Harris gave me money at the lodging to go out and buy her a cotton dress and apron. She never wanted to leave the lodg ings. She owned the truth when she was fetched home. She said I did not take her away. She oft -n wrote t ) Mr. Clarke, and he wrote to her, but the letters were addressed to me by her direction. I only carried a message one or twice. Miss Harris having repeated that the money was given by the servant to her, Both prisoners were fully committed for trial under the Bishop of Oxfozd's Act. MARYLEBONE.--Charles Baine, coffee-house keeper, of Praed-street, Paddington, was charged with assaulting a constable in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company. The policeman had been posted at the entrance of the Great Western terminus, near Praed-street, to prevent people collecting there to " tout" for the coffee-houses. On attempting to remove the defendant, who was `touting" among the rest, defendant assaulted him. • Fined 20s. Another coflke-house keeper was fined is. and cos's for trespassing on the company's line for a similar purpose. SOUTH WARK.—A tall, wretched-looking indi vidual, dressed in a dirty suit of black, named. William Gray, whose features, were hardly dis tinguishable, being smeared over with soot and grease, was brought before Mr. Lambe, charge .:1 with being drunk and incapable in the Blackfriars road. Police-constable 185 L stated that about three o'clock on the previous afternoon he saw a number of idle men and lads neAr the Obelisk in the Black ', friars road. Hearing them shouting, witness went up to see what was the mater, when he saw the prisoner lying on th e groun d dead drunk, and the boys were blacking his face with soot and grease. Hi s appalrance was so ludicrous that witness could hardly help laughing at the time. With assistance he took him into the Crown public-house, where Mr. White washed a little of the filth off his fare, aud then he conveyed him to the station-house. Ho found on him a lett-r addressed to the Rev. Willi am Gray, Great Guildford-street, from a cleriqman in Dublin, enclosing sa. in postage stamps, in answer to a begging letter. Mr. Combe (to the prisoner)---You say your name is William Gray. What are you ? . Prisoner (hesitating)--I am a clergyman of the Church of England, sir. Mr. Combe—ls this letter addressed to you. Prisoner—lt is, sir. I am• the Rev. William Gray mentioned in it. Mr. Cotabe—Then rsuppose you have turned the postage stamps into money, and got drunk. I have no doubt you are a regular begginglettEr im postor. I see by this letter' that you have written to a clergyman at Dublin for assistance in some benevolent object, and that he has spoken to an other clergyman, who has forwarded you 55., and as soon as you gat it you spend it in drink. I hope the public will be made acquainted with the circumstances, to stop your imposing upon them any more. Prisoner—l am not a begging-letter writer, neither am I an impostor. I am very sorry for being in my present disgraceful position. Mr. Combe—Well, I talll send your letter back to the reverend gentleman who forwarded the postage stamps to you, informing him that you have been brought before me for being drunk, and then he will see your real character. You are dis charged, and I warn you to be more careful for the future. The prisoner then hastily left the court LAMBETH.--James Gunn was charged with plundering his employers, Messrs. Hopkins and Co., silk mercers and drapers, at Nos. 61 and 62, High-street, Shoreditch. The prisoner carried on a business at Norwood, under the superintendence of his wife, and was at the same time in the service of Messrs. Hopkins, as "shop-walker." He had been in the habit of purchasing goods from the firm for his shop at Nor wood, and nothing had occurred to shake the con fidence reposed in him by his employers until the morning before, when a piece of ribbon found in the library awakened suspicion, and Mr. Pegge asked the prisoner if he had any objection to his accompanying him to his house at Norwood, and looking over his stock. The prisoner replied that he had not the slightest objection, and, accom panied by the booking clerk, they proceeded to Nor wood. On examining the stock they found 7 valua ble shawls, 6 or 7 silk handkerchiefs, and 39 pair of kid gloves, amounting altogether in value to about 161., bearing the private marks of the firm, and of which there were no entries in the book as, articles sold to the prisoner. The prisoner - admitted hehad had the goods fromthefirm, and whenhanded the book and asked to show the entries which should have been made of them, bis reply was that the articles must have been entered as something else. The gloves found supplied the most conclusive evi deuce against the accused. They were discovered in a' box stowed away amongst some apparently useless lumber under the shop window, and bore the private marks of the prosecutors. He was committed for trial. • BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. (From the Times' City. Article.) The expediency of an earlier publication of the weekly returns of the Bank of England has often been discussed, Paid the writer of the following communication is undoubtedly correct in asserting that cases constantly occur in which the knowledge privet :ly possessed with regard to them before they are furnished to the general public is employed for sr eculative purposes, not necessarily by any of the directors, but through the indiscretion of some of them in conversing with their personal friends. This evil, under the present system, is incurable, since the governors and leading directors, and also the Court as a body, have in vain made the most strenuous efforts to trace it to its source. If for no other reason, therefore, the publication of the return up to the end of each week in the Gazette of the Tuesday, instead of .that of the Friday follow ing, should be resolved upon. There are, how ever, many additional and imperative motivei for the change. These returns are intended to enable the public to foresee and prepare against the pro bable fluctuations in the value of money, and it has been rightly urged that under, the Currency Act of 1844 they afford such a perfect barometer in this respect that there can be no excuse for any trader who may permit himself th be caught in an approaching storm. But the present de lay deprives them of much of their value. Three weeks back a large portion •f the public was taken by surprise at the sudden an nouncement of the advance of the rate of discount to 64 per cent. Nothing in the returns published up to that date had indicated the certainty of any such movement. But the Bank directors were act ing upon a return made up two days previously, which showed a falling off in the bullion of 640,0001., and which might at that time have been published to all the world, so as to give notice of the impend ing change. It is true there are some considerations on the opposite side which may be cited to absolve the directors from any intentional disregard of the duties of publicity or of the general convenience of the commercial world. The prenara.i.m of the ac counts,,to be in time for the Gazette of Tuesday, would possibly involve some slight difficulties ; and there is also the ,argument that if the public were to observe on any Wednesday morning a great di minution of the bullion they would ,rush to get all • their bills discounted at the existing rate before the Court could deliberate at their Thursday weekly meeting on the advisability of increasing their terms. But tit's would be easily met, since the Governor could advance the rate on the Wednesday if the applications were such as to render it requisite, and the Court could on the next day modify or adhere to the s' ep at pleasure. Moreover, it would be a great advantage if the habit of leaving the rate to be fixed by the weekly Court were altogether discontinued, and the system were accommodated each day to the over -fluctuating relations of supply and demand "Sir, —May I ask you to allow me space in your co lumns to inquire why the weekly Bank returns are net instead of being published in withhelduntil l t F he Gazette ridayni night ht of t Tuesday, At tpresent time, when the the Bank has in two weeks diminished its issues by can celling, its notes to the amount of 380,0001. an 639,8001. (say 1.019,8001.), and diminished its bullion y a like sum. it is certainly a matter of importance to the,commercial world to be put in possession of these returns at the earliest moment po , ,sible. As a bank of issue only, there can be no difficulty in closing the accounts on Saturday night, and, unless there is great delay in receiving the balances from the branch banks, which are included in the prevent returns I see no rea son why they should not be ready for Tuesday night'. Gazette. " That an approximate result is known to the initiated few early in the week is a fact which cannot be disputed, and the best means to prevent such improper know- ledge will be the earlier publlcatien of the rtturns. " I a , n, sir, yours faithfully, " London, April 14." "H. IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks fur the, four weeks ending the 14th of March, 1857, when added together, give the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz. : Average circulation of the Irish banks 27,173 ‘ 209 Average circulation of the Scotch banks .... 3,828,478 Average circulation (luring past month ...£11,001,687 On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the following appears to be the state of the circulation : The Irish banks are above their fixed issue £818,715 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 741,269 Total above the flied issue £1,550,269 The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices of the several banks during the past month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Irish banks £2,189,11)8 Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks... 1,654,254 Total of golf' and silver held £4,243,452 The above statements complete the returns of the cir culation in England, Scotland, and' reland for the month ending the 14th of blareb. These returns, combined with the average circulation of the Bank of England for the satne period, will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month ; Feb. 14, 1357 March 14, 1857. Increase. Decrease. Bank of England Private Banks Joint-stock. lsanlcs Total In England goottand Iroland ... • .. • • 1 -,933,0 5 3,693,02 5 3,037, T 24 25,713,0 4 3,957,8 1 . 7453,05 18,634,104 3,635,64 S 3,013,0 i 0 25,317.812 3,828,414 7,173,209 b. 936 34 , f,1 01 57,377 398,512 129,332 80,606 136,925)6 9 United Kingdom .. 1 36,30 1 1991 605,570 Showing a decrease of 395,5421. in the circu lation of notes in England, and a decrease of 605,5701. in the circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 14th of Feb. ; and, as compared with the month ending the 15th of March, 1856, the above returns show a decrease of 12,7651, in the circulation of notes in England, and a❑ increase of 577,590/. in the circulation of the 'United Kingdom. The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 14th of :\ larch was 10,339,1421., being an increase of 215,3511. as compared with the previous month ; ann a decrease of 230,612/. when compared with the same period last year. The stock of specie held by the Scotch alld Irish banks dushig the month ending the 14th of March was 4,243,4521., being a decrease of 190,397/. as compared a with the previous return, and an increase of 367,0201. when compared with the corresponding period last year. BANK RETURNS. An Acclu.nt, 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 Cireulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 11th day of April, 1857 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andov.er-Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,215 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman --- Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 31,516 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hottge, and Co 30,604 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 10,501 Basingstoke and Odiham - Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank. Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 33,558 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb 14,910 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,417 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,535 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 7,103 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 70,180 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 13,759 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L Seaiey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 34,380 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and C 0.17,412 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham- Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 29,933 Bath City Bank, Bath -G. Moger and Son - Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 36,293 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. 12,490 Brecon 02d Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 58,505 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 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 20,645 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 2,545 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 18,456 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 37,373 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 47,375 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 6,68 P City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 21,318 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and 13,032 2.636 15,999 50,00 28,670 77,26 Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank,Sfon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co 8,788 Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans &Co 13,785 Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co 37,775 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 13,nk and Dorsstshire Bank, 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 27,095 7,740 10,192 ?7,045 83,360 49,882 96,330 49,232 46,948 26,334 8,212 11,804 6,739 5,071 12,880 30,072 31,112 18,124 22,225 Co. 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— Alexandets 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—Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewd,son and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering —j. C. Gotch and 52,6 5,704 35,040 24,301 21,409 67,013 11,812 26,669 22,144 44,80 9,795 Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—• Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds —W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0... Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. 100,920 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and C 0... Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and - Co. - Lynn P,egis 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 5,330 52,980 37,865 30,886 26,610 19.515 Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Uungerford Bank, and Hung rford Bank, Marlborough—Tan- 7,003 3,902 31,332 13,713 15,040 2,125 ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich► Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck 108,006 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham. Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris 7,18 17,60 30,428 15,491 26,806 52,128 17,964 19,533 50,139 10,742 3,613 and Co. . ................... . ........................ New Sarum . Bank, Sarum—Everett and C 0.... Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Oki Bank, Oxford —Robinson, Parsons, and Co. 01i Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beaching .... ... Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J- W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverby Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Ha,verfordwest--J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Sicsonds and Reading Bank, Rea,ding--Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond —Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and C 0...................................... Rochester, Chatham, an Strood , Roches. ter—Day and Nicholson ..... Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, ltugby—A. Butlin and 50n...... Rye Bank, Rye— R. C. Po!nfret, & Co Ros 4 Old Bank, Heredfordshire, R O6 _ Allaway and Macdougal - ••• Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf fron Walden—Gibsons and Co 24,545 8,913 29,332 12,195 32,542 8.505 10,755 48,434 9,894 10,500 10,660 29,964 30,976 6,448 4,003 7,506 15,255 11,112 13.912 3,897 29,691 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury— Burton, Lloyn, and Co. Scarbor , ugh Old Bank, Scarborough— Wood all and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, Ey ons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and' County. Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 13,769 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southanip ton—Atherley, Fell, awl Co Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Sta,.roal--Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton. Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welslipoot Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 24,251 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 11,182 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. 9,363 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton - Dunsforcl and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring--But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co 14,76 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co. Warwick and AV arwicksire Bank, Warwick — K. Greenway and Co, Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co 2,892 West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield Leatham, Tew, and C 0... Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Airesford, and Alton Bank, *in chester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce 15,362 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—.Arkwright and Co 36,079 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Good ricke and Holy-oake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Goo 24,286 42.867 2,485 3,359 325 14,330 32,103 11,639 11,575 13,746 8,195 11,017 16,711 24,109 46,245 13,937 19,021 57,919 12,784 64,521 Worcestershire Batik, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co ....... Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer • 11,902 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co 43,243 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart , and Co 12,895 York Bank, York- Swami, Clough, and Co 45,261 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal.. Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver- 9,886 9,598 49,995 10,521 32,155 hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 19,70 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 10,078 Cumberland Union Banxin,g Company, Work: REMARKABLE ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON. About half-past -ten on Toestay rno; ning (April 21), a curious at .; d brilliant apee 'ranee was o tee r v ed. ,n the atmosphere, at Plyteou le by a g eat emu leer of spectateies, who appear to have eeee all so wonde:folly struck veth its charact r, • hat sc.trcely any two desciil e it al ke ; and whether t'•e pheno menon really did assume the different modifications describe 1 by different pereen , , viewing it at compa ratively medefate distonces frem each other, and all within the space of about half an hour, or whether the disciepancies are wing to a want of accurate observation, it is not easy to determine. The wind was N.W. and high, the atmoseh-re rather hazy, clouds high, principally cirri and cirro-cumuli, the weather fine and warm. About half-past ten, says a spectator, I was surprised by oeserving in the at- Inc:sphere an immense circle of bright white light to the westward of the sun, and reaching from the sun in a direction N.W. more than half way to the horizon. The sun appeared to be in one elge of the circle, and ed as if it were travclling in the bright orbit which the circle repre , tieted. At the point where the sun touched this white circle, which, exteudine from 'he sun, cut off a very large arc from the S.E. portion, and intersected it again to the southward. This second circle was distin guished by brilliant prismatic colours, and looked like a rainbow inters, ding the white circle, the colours being most britiant at the points of inter section, and the sun it-elf forming one of these points. The ends of this prismatic arc wer3 not visible much beyond the periphery of the white circle. This appearance fisted about half an hour, and then gradually faded away. An , ther observer ' states that the pima - tic arc was external to the white ring, that their peripheries were at seme dis tance from each other, and that the suu was con siderably to the eastward of the white ring, and within the prismat c arc. A third describes the prismatic circle as bong nearly entire, and inter secting the great white circle, the sun being situ ated in the centre of the spice included between the two intersecting arcs ; but all ag:ee as to the ext ale b• i liaecy of the phenomenon. -- Mechanics' Magazine. Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.-APRIL 21. Our market was well supplied with fat beasts to-den with a large attendance of buyers, and the demand $0. 5 good, a clearance being effected at former prices. A mo' aerate supply of sheep which sold well Fat pigs ::b.mt the average. The ~ h ow of calves was middling. :But fel lamb 3, and soon sold. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 64,' to 70 2 mutton, Sid to 10d ; lamb, to Od ; veal, 7,1 tc 74‘i P er ib. ; pigs, 103 (id to 11s 0,1 per score; rough fat, 5s 0 to per 141 b. ; hides, 43d to 6,d per lb ; calf-skins, 40 60 er EDINBURGH GRAIN.-APRIL 22. 62,700 35,442 ington Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 16,4 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel- tenliam Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 32,075 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company,' Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 21,411 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 153,283 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,501 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,225 Hell Banking Company, Hull 26,406 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 14,2" Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 26,266 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,976 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 61,510 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 22,927 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester B2, 977 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 46,166 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 11,158 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludl ow 10,005 Moore and Robinson s Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 29,634 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 422,400 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 43,897 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 87,973 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 61,706 Saddlcworth Banking Company, Saddleworth. 1,855 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,513 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 50,054 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield 23,108 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 52,488 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond W olverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 36,418 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field ....... .••• Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven ............. 34 285 ............................. 29,029 Warwick and Leamington Banking Co m p an y , Warwick .............................. West of England and South Wales District 87 : 392 Bank, Bristol ............................... . ..... Wilts and Dorset Ban kin g Company, Salisbury 76,927 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud ..................... dersfield .......................... Whitchurch and Ellomere Banking Company, Whitchurch 6,252 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 6, 965 York Union Banking Cqmpany, York 70,065 York City and County Banking Company, 91,444 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 119,701 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns, Inland Revenue, Somerset House, April 18. 41,9 1,384 25,073 29,740 23,678 62,740 52,178 56,467 14,165 33,701 A FORTNIGHT WITHOUT FOOD —LIVERPOOL, April 22 remarka,le instance of the power of the human frame to retain vitality for a lengthened period without food ha , ja , it tranpired in this neighbourhood. On Satur day night last a keeper in the course of his rounds a a; , i at tract, d by the harking of his dogs to a place in Stecktori' ,, - where, lyi ngon th e gra ss, 'refound wood, near Speke - hall, a man in an exxeure state of extiaustion. He had him re moved to the illage of Speks, and Mr. Gill, a surgeon , was called to him. His feet were vouch swollen, and the. hoots had to he cut off. On the removal of his steck ins his feet ware fount to he gangrenQua up to the ankle, and the surgeon (Mr. Gil ) recommervied his re moval to the Royal Infirmary, where he was taken, when somewhat r ev i ve d , on M on d a y. 11 WaS receive by the house surgeon, M r. M orr i s , w h o found (re him a number of documents and letters which proved that he was a native of one of the Bermuda Elands, that he is respectably co flee t e d, wa a eap t,in, ano had brought - a ship to Liverpool ; that his certificate had been de ained by some parties, and that be had in consequence been reduced to the grea t es t distress and an xiet y , which had affected hi s nairid, His can • is withheld for pious rea7ons. Ho told the persons who f and him—and he made a similar staterner,t to Mr. Morris— that about 13 days ago, b e i ng unable to pay the rent for his lodging, he kit the town and wanderet he knew not where ; that he found his way into the wood, and laid down in a state of e xhaustion, and that, he had been there a fortnight and two days, occasionally eating a little grass and drinkirg water at a bro k N hich ia., through the wood, and to which he had mar aged to crawl. He says he could hear • the bll at Spoke-hall ring when any ore went to the door, but he had not strength enough to call out. A day or two before he wa, found, thinking that death was at hand, be scrawled a few lines in pencil on a bit of paper, and addressed them to his friends a , Bermuda, adding a line at the bottom, reque-t.ng those who found the b dy to rewrite the letter in ink, arid forward it to its des.i. nation. It was at first feared that the poor fellow wou'd lose both his legs ; but, thanks to the xcelient treat ment at the infirmary and a powerful comiti u i n, he is now much better, and hopes ate tr,tntained of his ulti mate recovery. A fair supply of grain to-day. Sales ready, and price ° for all kinds much better. Wheat, on the top, 6s Gd down, and on the averse Is lld up. Barley, is down on the top, and is lid oP on the' average. Oats on the top is 6d down—on t 1 3 . 6, average is MI up. Beans on the top 2s up, and °' thF averag.- 2,6 d up. Tares from 51s to 55s per quarter. Potatoes—Regents, from to 25s ; Orkney reds, 154 tot s. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat Do. new Barley Oats ..£2 0 4 0-12ths. ... 0 0 0 0-12th. Beans _ 1 19 8 6•l2tbs. 9 0 5-12ths. 2 1 0 0 (2tbs. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1'72 qrs. sold 11 7 (it' Barley 303 qrs sold 228 Cl" Oats 1319 qrs. sold 1003 gr` Beans. lOO tire .old 88 qr 3 BOSTON—Amur, 22 y het Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the vrea.-if we had a good attendance at this day's market, and s 1 ,,e supply of all kinds of grain. Wheat, particularly to qualities, experienced a fair consumptive demand, at I'4A 2s per qr. advance on last week. Oats must ba noted v" to ls, beans is to 2s, and peas is dearer Prices :---Wheat, red, 45s Od to 18s Od; new, --stop "14 white, 57s Po to COs Od extra, 625. Barley, 403 Od to t s• 0.1. Oat, 18s to 265. Peas, 37 , to 42s Od. Beaus , 125,296 1 0 d to 438 Od per qr. NEWARK—APRIL 22. kg , We bad a full attendance of farmers to - day at mar ' and a good supply of grain. Trade was rather steadf, is to 23 per qr.. higher. magi Wheat, white 62s to e ' 4s red 563 to 595; barley, In - 44s to 48s, grinding 36s to 38s; oats, 24st. 30s to 325, 140# 21s to 26s ; beans, 43s to 45s ; malt, 76s to 80s ; peas, to 423; tares, 42s to 44s per qr. LOUTH —A r ItIL 22. A fair trade was done in wheat to-day, but of other go thee , . were few sale , . Wheat advanced 3s per qr. sorts much the same as last week. Wheat, 53s to 568 ; extra, 59s ; barley 43s to 45e; esti 22s to 243; beans, 103 to 425. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, APRIL 23. oa , STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market is quiet to-tia.r prices are a shade lower than yester , lay. Blacklarro , Eastern Counties, 114 -East Lancashire, 99--DO ° `1,60 . 9/. iss. at 1 dis.) 16s. 3d. p. —Great Western, 67irireot' cashire and Yorkshire, 101 —London and North ;tett ern, 105 44—Ditto A shares, new, dis.-111anco! Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 39i—Midlands, 82 roor South Eastern, 22 —Great Western (Biimingliara ranteed) 714—Buffalo and Lake Heron, Its. 3d. p., Grand Trunk of Canad 4, 16A 9,f.61 3s. 9d. &fAI\CHI STEIt APRIL 23. ST9on ETOBANVE.—There was a fair general bu sill : °: " but prices were lower. Manchester Assurance, 1 3 0 London One-Eighths, -4 d. —East Lancashire New , g.1 . 6' —Midlands, 82$—Shrffv•lds, 39 a —Ditto, Pref., 1 1 1 ' Grand Trunk of Canada, 16:-16—North Western' t V Do'-ers, 22 9-16—East I.ancashire, 94 —Leeds F, . 2 00 Elackburns, 8 13-16 Sheffield 6/. Pref., Counties, 11 11-'6 East Lancashire Fifths, p shire Insurance, 3-16 p. aIRMINGHAM, Arm. 23. ungt 61: STOCK EXCHANGE.-- Great Western Birmingu -- fforv , ranteed, 72i—North Staff.rdshire, 5 dig—South Staff 9/. 68. 3d.— Birmingham Bank, 32. LEEDS, APRIL 23. i'l°llll STOCK EXCHANGE.—North Eastern (Leeds) $ 4l Western, 7fi —Midlands, 82il—Eastern Union (6), 9d.—Londons, 105—North Eastern (Berwick), 0-i* 0 11 0 . 1 [A DVE R TISE MENT.) —We are happy to quote the - iOll corr interesting information from Du Barry's Report 0 0 ser of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, C ons tipation , b ps, vous, Bilious, and Liver Co m p laints, Cough, Act Consumption, and Debility, without medicine DY n er Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food : Eight years' dY°J; e o, sia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and TOO for which my servant had consulted the advice of 0 :, 00 0 , h a ve been effectually removed by Du Barry's ROI' to Arabica Food in a very short time. I shall be hal , ,,Pfr ans wer any inquiries. Rev. Join/ W. FLAVELL, ton Rectory, Norfolk. From the Dowager Countess of "Tcl! stuart.—Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, I re ; t P 9th December, 1854.—T! e Dowager Countess of Castlessoto feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity. t° , o Tei that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food 1)35 - ere! . her, after all medicines bad failed, of indigestion, bile, 'O,O nervousness and irritability, of many years' staudink , cO food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and nlaY rf sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be c b , e „r e ssi c A " answered. Cure No. 1,609 Three years e",.; nervousness, with pains in my neck and left ar:7',..Abl°' general debility, which rendered my life very w i l r abi' has been radically removed by Du Barry's R e valents:, te ree li i Food. ALEXANDER STUART, Archdeacon of Ros s, Silo% ors °. bupported by testimonials from the celebrated Pr°'fortel: Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. are' 0 ' Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker • Dr. Wurzer ; Drbu Lord Stuart de Dccies; the Dowager Counteso stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other reli o tb; persons, whose health has been restored by it, aft 4 " r &pe c ,g means of we had failed. For further particulars_ sard ing this invaluable food our readers are referr ed top' advertisemetat in another part of this paper. BIRTHS. OF A SON. f lA r ' le On the 2 3 (1 inst., at 27, Choapside, the wife 0- FL GI egory. the ‘ i.fol On the 2 A inst., at Farmhill, county of ..--- Lady Harriet Lyrch Blosse. OF • DAUGHTER. On the 23d inst., at 98, Eaton - place, the Ladr•43 fl her°. Weyland. f p er On the 21st inst., at Windlestone Hall, con: 4 Y . ham, Lady Eden. MAIt R IE D. A ft a 13t ' te i On the 23d inst., at Finsbury Chapel, E‘-' l°- r A i ter 4 1, man, Esq., of Camberwell, to Mary Ann, clf s ' u f;, l 09 Jame., Bactrian, Esq of Fenchurch-street, c'''' APdon Villas, Dalston . . ' j j; Oo the 22,1 inst., Edwarl Jossel, second son °lb, OD-- Jesse), Jesse), Esq., of 1, Saville-row to I<obecca Julia, daughter of Abraham Levy. Esq., of 77, Haler° DIED. _ e ile. the Rev. Thomas Halford, of lianovcr-squ'll,e'Ag a f On the 21st inst., at Calverley park, Tunbriclge;a of Laleham, Micl.llcsex, and Outwell, Norfolic, age' - i v . if° " On the 22d inst., at Chester Castle, John Dunstan, Constable of Chester Castle 0 , 0" ~ fo'" On the 21,t iust. at Peekbarn-rye-hill,'surroYd, 0, Butler, Esq., R.N., 'late of H.M.S. 1-)olPhin' gyred On the 21st inst., at St. L,onard's-on- Sea, "• Bff' Esq., of Stratford-green, EA,, , ,,a, aged 79. • oten , On the 20th inst., at 18, victoria road, s.ensine of 42, John Skallv, aged 77. a _Or On the 26th inst at Carlisle,M Joseph 13 t ~ r. re Pall-mall, London. ov. Csr- i On the 20th inst., at Petersham, Surrey the ff, st tort; ElizabetbA,6l. ~,, line Lury, Lady Scott, daughter of Arcbibald, 131 _ Scot t ' Douglas, a, , nl winow of Vice-Adruiral Sir Gtorgy K.. 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