The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-05 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. k Froni the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 19th day of June, 1847: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co 24,887 Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and C 0... Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,990 Asylshain Bank, Aylsham—R. and E. Copeman 6,579 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Riokford and Hunt 41,201 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bark, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 31,568 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 12,916 Basingstoke and OdihaTs Bank, Basingstoke — Cole, Seymour, and Ct.. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford— "- Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bemlley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,762 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham—Lewis, Moilliett, and Co 17,607 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 69,309 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 11,147 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey 9,322 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 33,179 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 22,680 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham —Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. • 24,683 Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney 39,224 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 51,010 Bati City Bank, Bath—Moser and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 34,630 7,945 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H and A. Harris 12,351 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 63,646 Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry 21,896 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer _ ... 26,6.08 Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, and Co. 16,612 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co. Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons 21,165 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, 3 210 and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and .Wood cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co 19,640 Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co 2,260 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co 6,555 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co 24,212 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes, Locke, and Co 17,463 Thus Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,123 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cook and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover—Latham, and Co — Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and Co 79,990 Dovonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- man 9,560 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. :07,293 East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. .... 46,927 Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsforl—Walford. and Co 48,835 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 31,163 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Parringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley 8,596 Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 12,893 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 5,218 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen _ Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King 18,255 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 12.758 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 24,915 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. 28,385 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-. Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware s. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon -Hull Bank, Hull -Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co 5,579 Bernet Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead- Smith, and Whittingstall Honiton Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co. 12,568 Hertfordshire,Hitchenßank,Hitchen-Sharples and Co. 37,434 Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan, Hoskins, and Co 22,954 Ipswich B ank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Iladleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer IVngton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton-J. Davies and Co 6,766 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co :Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. 40,854 - Kettering Bank, Kettering-Gotch and Sons 7,599 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvz:y and Son Leeds Bank. Leeds-Beckett and Co 52,884 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williams, Brown, end C). 33,131 Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 401 Leine. ster Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 25,690 Lewes. Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 37,223 Lich fi , gd Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 16,783 Lincoi ril Bank, Lincoln-Smith Sand Co 94,117 Llsnd. avery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando ver3r-David Jones and Co. Loug'nborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle to,as and Cradock . i Lynaington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St. Barbe 3,546 ..,. Linn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis ,„ -Gurneys and Co. L: run Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Massey and Co. II facclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co ..... _ -.... . . _... . ' lianningtree ulk•Man - n . ing . ..... -Nun n and Co 6,454 Vt arlborough Bank, Marlboroug h and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old g Ban k , Marl borough Old Bank el jungerfo Bank, and Hungerfordßank and Pinckney ........... borough-Tanner 7Marlborough and North . !gp Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, ew Bank, Hillier 10,452 . i.i i ii s lii; .. ............ 13,090 :Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-r o d Williams .. .................. lles and Miners' Bank, Truro-Will yams and b o . .......... 16,1889089 25,512 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Comra.e.rci..:a Bank, Abergavenny-Baileys and Co ... Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Br..ec-0..n.. Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth -Bromage and Snead. • 15,622 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport ' -W. Williams and:Sons 7,793 Newark Bank,iNewark-Godfreys and Hutton 25,934 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark-Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury:Bank, Newbury-Barmy and Slocock 33,538 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham mond, and Son .Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss-Taylor and Dyson Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich -ilarveys and Hadsons 43,413 aiorwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur neys and Co .......................................... 71,045 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham-Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton .. ............... ~ ...u nea ton-Craddcock and .................. .... - Na c v o a . l .. 1 . 3 . a . n ... P .. 1 ...... ..........-...H. arris, Mu dge . ,...a . n - d . Now Sarum Bank, Sarum- H aile-..... ,;; ............. 21,470 Y, z,verett, and Co • ............... 13,020 1 .1 fi r ottingham Bank, Nottingham-Smith itlropifeirr t p4lll.tand Oswestry Old Bank, Os- 28,152 '--P-45 t; -10.4164 • . ti and Co 15,247 • ' - e) - food - ` .0i 'II • rd-J . and 'R , .Irpiii,, • . . Morrell 13,441 -4.,..} fat& ,•'0 ' . ,_ I xford- Robinson , Parsons, - :sad% ,• •• . 4 ,, , 1 .... iiii ( ~.Rdtßikklr, .: 11.14 pla ::., ~ , , ,liitalrs firtcP ...: - / - (11 . Ike:1144" • ' ' ••: 7,133 2,953 9,904 5,018 •••• Tonbridge and T on b r id ge 34,337 iTonbridge and Tonbridge noaks Bank, Tonbridge— 000000000000 7,643 Average Amount , Oxfordshire Witney Batik Witney—Williams, Clinch, and Co 10,017 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 44,653 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,748 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—MAs..rs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 11,124 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonas and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot ner and Son Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co .. Ross (Ad Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co Shrewsbury and Market, Drayton Bank, Shrews bury—Adams, Adana, and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and • Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Suuthwell—Wylde and Co St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King 1,120 37,334 34,206 6,301 9,652 4,455 8,834 13,503 13,424 16,849 13,250 4,273 36,670 16,502 22,238 7,42 31,642 3,160 16,381 12,767 2,105 21,035 Southimpton and Ilampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stourbridge Ban 11 . , Stourbridge Rufford, Wragg, and Co . 1G,214 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 11,805 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. ~ Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. 25,080 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's--Gib son and Stuart 5,081 6,393 2,218 Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 12,129 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 12,076 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rol ph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,632 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son . . 11,762 Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S. Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. 14,680 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. 24,510 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 9,936 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13,264 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. . 33,701 Virisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 11,566 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 76,735 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner 10,932 Whitby Bank, Whitby—Frankland and Wil kinson Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick 1,758 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart, and Co 11,069 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten 7,447 York Bank. York—Swarm, Clouzh, and Co 42,569 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 9,150 9,456 9,044 26,262 2,654 4,686 Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 47,527 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 1 , Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington .... Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 13,826 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 18,710 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,250 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 144,917 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 16,434 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 32,441 Hull Banking Company, Hull 27,791 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,880 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax H rt e e l r s e t f o o n rd ß sh an ir k e i ß ng an C ki o n m g p e an o y n , lp H a e n l y st , °n1,048 Hereford 39,591 20,840 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Lancasterngsbrid g ß e a J n o k i i n n t g -S c to o c m k p ß an a y n , k , L n c 28,188 Ki Kings as b te r r id .. g . ..... , 703 761 3 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Bankin g C ompany, Le i cester Lincoln and Lindsey Banki ng C ompany, Lincoln 50715 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors ompany, Leeds and West Riding Banking C ' Leeds Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds - - Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,337 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 23,733 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham ... 28,439 Newcastle. Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 72,106 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London ............................................. 392,672 North Wilts Bankinc, Company, Melksham 53 ,595 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 74,613 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 50,801 Par , es a Leicastcrshire Banking Company, Lei cester, ..... . ....................... 50 553 ........ •-• 1 Saddleworth Banking C .. S ddleworth... 3,065 Sheffield Bankii , a , C ompany a 34,664 Stamford, pany, Spalding , s tarnfor an Boston Banking Com -494 Stuckey's Bankin 60.................................. 51, shire Bank,an d s ta PanY, Bristol Somerset , omers t h . e s ire Bank, Lang port ........... .. .. Shropshire Banking .... Stourbridge and Kidde Fr a y, Shiffnaß ... ..... 4,5110 pany, Stourbridge ... ter Banking Com Sheffield and Hal:umshire . .. . Ba.ailj- ......... , 55,347 Sheffield g Company, ........ .......... ............ .. Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock - Company, Sheffield ..... Banking ................ Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. ....... Stockton and Durham County B an ki ng Com _ ' 4 pany, Stockton Storey and Thomas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ... Suffolk Bankim: Company, Ipswich Wolverhampton aa.lStaffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 36,211 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,035 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, 8,082 Whitehaven , 2 B .243 W Le arw am ic i k ngt at LeataiLgton Banking Company, 35,361 West of Englan4 awl South Wales District Bauk,Unstol . ls ... 77,775 . 8,653 Average Az out. Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 62,915 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, , Worcester 6,540 York Union Banking Company, York 68,490 York City and County Banking Company, York 86,199 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, June 26, 1847. 5,590 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 3. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool sack at Four o'clock. But five Peers were present, in cluding the Noble Earl. The object of the sitting to-day was to pass the following Bills through Committee: — THE MILITIA BALLOTS SUSPENSION BILL, and THE CORN IMPORTATION BILL. They were accordingly passed through that stage, and ordered to be reported, the Earl of Shaftesbury acting both as Chancellor and Chairman of Committees. Their Lordships immediately after adjourned, the whole proceedings not having occupied more than three or four minutes. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court was held for the dispatch of public business. CORPORATION PROCRASTINATION. Mr. EDKINS complained that the time of the Court was generally so much taken up with empty discussions upon subjects wholly unconnected with the interests of the citizens of London, that there were upon the paper of business notices of motion of fifteen or sixteen months standing. He thought the Lord Mayor was bound, at all events, to convene Courts f or t we l ve o ' c l oc k , accord ing to old custom, instead of the later hour at which they assembled, and was sure that the departure from the earlier time contributed very much to the injurious procrastination of public business.—(Hear, hear.) Sir PETER LAURIE said, there were upon the paper numerous notices of motion, which the persons who caused them to be inserted never intended to bring for ward.—(Laughter.) He would instance the project of the railroad to Farringdon-market, which was amongst the complete impracticabilities, and Mr. Bennoch's notice for holding the meetings of the Court of Common Council at House of Commons hours.—(Laughter.) There were also notices of motion for substantial compli ments of plate, and nothing could be more certain than that the hand of death would be laid upon the indivi duals selected for such honour before the motions would pass. He hoped all the useless and stupid notices would be at once removed from the paper by those who had been so injudicious as to place them on the list.—(Hear.) A report was presented upon the subject of appropri ating the site of a house in Newgate street, the rent of which had fallen in, to the beneficial plan of widening the street. It recommended such appropriation, and also the appropriation to the same purpose of other houses in the naarow part of the street, as the rent of each should fall in. The report was agreed to immediately, and amidst applause, the object being to give greater public accom modation in the crowded locality of Newgate-street. HEALTH OF ToWNS. Deputy BEDFORD rose to present the petition, which the lamented Dr. Lynch had expressed so much anxiety to introduce, from the inhabitants of Farringdon With out, praying the Court to set aside a sum of money to improve the sanatory condition of tho ward, and to adopt such measures as would improve the habitations of the labouring classes. The petition, after alluding to the projected new street from King William street to King-street, which . would cost an enormous sum, without producing benefit at all corresponding, and which had the appearance of a monstrous job rather than of an useful undertaking represented that there were undertakings appertaining to the state of the public health within the City which more immediately and imperatively demanded the consideration and interference of the Court than any plan of street decoration. "It is," said the pen tion, which enters very fully into the subject, and con sists of twenty-six long pages, " notorious, as shoe nin the evidence given in the Health of Towns Commission and the Poor-law Commission, in their inquiry into the sanatory condition of the labouring classes, that the disease and mortality of the metropolis are frightfully increased by the absence or such sanatory regulations as it is clearly within the power of the Corporation to sup ply. Your memorialists remind your Honourable Court that, in the month of March, a resolution was moved in the Court of Common Council by Dr. Lynch, urging upon the Corporation the imperative obligation under which it lay of immediately adopting those sanatory regulations which the exigencies of the case required for the purpose of diminishing the disease and mortality arising out of the absence of such regulations, which re solution was supported and illustrated by a speech re plete with striking and important facts, which created great interest in the public mind, and obtained a refer ence of the said resolution to the improvement commit tee. Your memorialists cannot avoid expressing their deep concern at the fact of your having permitted a mat ter so important and pressing as this to remain for eight months without any report having been made upon it, and without, as your memorialists have reason to believe, the committee to which was refeired ever having given to it a moment's consideration, especially after it had been shown by the evidence of the highest authorities that of the deaths annually occurring within the metro polis between 4,600 and 5,000 occur from diseases pre ventible by ordinary precautions, while the disease, de bility, and poverty engendered by the absence of them add greatly to the amount of human suffering, and to the burden of the poor. rates." The following are the concluding paragraphs:— " By the 44th of Edward 111. the butchers of London were ferbidden to slaughter cattle within the City, and by the 16th of Richard IL the prohibition was extended to swine. We tire at a loss to conceive cf any good reason for now dispensing with a regulation so properly deemed necessary for the preservation of the public health in former times. The same may be said of fur naces and other sources of atmospheric pollution which call for the like interference of your Court and the Le gislature. By the 35th of Edward 1., the Mayor of London was commanded to prevent persons from light ing furnaces near the Tower of London during the stay of the Queen and nobles at the Tower, because the air, as it was alleged, is corrupted and infection promoted by the insolubility of' the air on account of the said fur naces. What was true in the time of Edward the First is equally true now, and we would respectfully suggest, that it is scarcely less necessary to free the air from that infection which is injurious to human life because the Queen and the nobles may not now happen to stay at the Tower of London. " We also venture to suggest, that in addition to all the other and pressing obligations which rest upon your Court to promote the sanatory condition of the City there is one arising ou t o f t h e f act , t h at i t was the cor poration of the City that opposed Sir Christopher Wren's plan for the rebuilding of London, which was approved by the King, and which would have excluded all grave-yards, as well as all dark narrow alleys without thoroughfares, and courts; as also all t ra d es t h at use great fires or yield noisome sm e ll s , an d wou ld have secured perfect ven tilation and arte r i es o f commun i cat i on throughout the City, sufficient even flor its present enormous traffic. Taking the premises herein set forth into consideration, and adverting to the serious responsibility which rests upon the Corporation of the city of London, with its ample revenues and great powers, we confidently rely upon your Court to proceed, without loss of time, to the completion of those sanatory arrangements which you have so commendably bets an by the making of sewers, and the cleansing of highways ; and that you will give to them, moreover, a preference over the widening of streets merely for the purposes of traffic, which, however necessary and important, falls far short of those mea sures upon which the health, the comforts, and the lives of so many of the inhabitants of the city of London im mediately depend." Mr. BIICKMASTER also presented a petition from the inquest jury of St. Andrew's, Holborn, on the danger to the public health arising from bad sewerage. It stated that though sewerage was proceeded in, the locality was in as bad a condition as if there was no sewerage at all, as the landlords did not choose to go to the expense of opening drains to make it available, and that the supply of water was most inadequate ; and it would be desir able that the Legislature should make it compulsory upon landlords to have a due and proper supply furnished to every house. It was stated that an effort, which it was expected would be successful, was to be made in Parliament to introduce a clause making it compulsory upon landlords to accomplish what the memorialists recommended. The reports were referred to the Improvements Com mittee. Mr. WATERLOW brought up the report of the Parlia mentary Committ ee , w i t h the draft of a petition to Parliam en t aga i nst the interment of the dead in churches and churchyards ; and also a report recom mending the abatement of the nuisance of smoke from steam-engines, and the draft of a petition on the subject. Agreed to. Mr. WIRE broughtNura report N r . ecommending the ap propriation of some City ground at Holloway for the erection of a prison. —Agreed to. BRIXTON ALMSHOUSES. Deputy ALLAN brought up a report recommending that the Corporation should take the future manage ment of the almshouses erected a few years ago st Brixton under its own management, and to autho rise the committee to carry into effect the negotiation carried on for the transfer of the property, and for their entire management and control by the Corporation. Agreed to. THE CLERK OF THE CITY'S WORKS. Arr. BURN brought up the report on the reference to consider the present salary of the clerk of the City's works, and recommending the same to be increased to 2,5001. per annum. The report spoke in terms of the highest appro bation of the conduct of Mr. Bunning, the clerk of the works, and of his high qualifications. Unanimously agreed to. It is arranged that the freedom question will be dis posed of at the next Court. The Bishop of Sodor and Man, on Tuesday; the 29th ult., was installed in St. Mary's Chapel, in Castle town, inpresence o f t h e c l ergy an d a numerous con gregation. His Lordship was afterwards sworn a mem ber of counc i l, and granted commissions or appointments to the vi car - general, registrars, and surrolates. His Lordship, the Archdeacon, the clergy, &c., dined with his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, at the Govern ment-house. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UI L D HALL. Messrs. Miall and Coekshaw, the printers of the Non conformist newspaper, were summoned before Aldermen Gibbs and Wilson, for refusing to pay 13s. 4d., their quota towards a church-rate for the parish of St. Martin, Ludgate. Alderman Grins having asked Mr. Miall why he re fused to pay the money ? Mr. Miall replied, he had newly come to reside in the parish. Alderman GIBBS asked how recently ? Mr. Miall said about the Ist of April. The Alderman inquired whether the rate was retro spective or prospective ? Mr. Gould, the churchwarden said it was prospective, being made on the 6th of April tor a year ending Lady-day, 1848. Mr. Alderman told Mr. Miall that as the rate was prospective he was bound to pay it, as he would have the benefit of it. Mr. Miall said he should derive no benefit from it. He did not use the church, nor even know where it stood. He objected on principle to the payment of church-rates. There was a law of justice above all human law, that no one should be compelled to aid the dissemination of what he believed to be error. Mr. Aldrman WILSON asked if he was a Quaker? Mr. Miall said he was not. He was a Dissenter, and, having a conscientious belief that some of the doctrines of the Established Church were erroneous, no power on earth ought to compel him to contribute to the support of that Church. What would the, as a Christian, say if he were compelled to assist in the diffusion of the errors of Mahomedanism? Dissenters felt as much re pugnance to aiding the diffusion of the errors of the Established Church. Mr. Alderman Wart; said, if the laws of the com munity in which be lived required him to contribute to the support of a religion because it was the faith of the majority, he should think it his duty to submit to the law. Mr. Alderman Gmßs explained to him where the church stood, and said if be did not use it that was his own fault. As magistrates, they could take no cogni zance of his objections to the doctrines of the Es tablished Church. They were to administer the law as they found it, and, as Mr. Miall did not object to the rate as not being made according to law, they must enforce payment. They ordered the amount to be paid. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mr. Charles Pollard, described in the police-sheet as a gentleman, of No. 10, Essex-street, Strand, was brought up on Saturday at this Court, before Mr. Hardwick, on a charge of having, by fraudulent pretences, obtamea two bills of 1,0001. each from Prince Napoleon Louis Bona parte, of King-street, St. James's. Mr. Bush, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, attended for the Prince; and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Gates appeared for the accused. Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte was sworn.—l live at No. 3, King-street, St. James's-square. In the be ginning of the month of June I expected remittances from my Florentine agent exceeding 3,0001. I received a letter from nay agent stating that the money could not be sent before August. On receipt of this letter I in structed Mr. Orsi, my private secretary, on the busi ness. This was in the beginning of the month of June. A few days afterwards I received by post, or by some other means, a letter. at my house in King -street. On Friday, the 11th of June, the prisoner presented himself to me as Mr. Pollard, the person who had sent the letter. The prisoner said he had some bill stamps in his pocket, and all he required me to do was to sign the bills in blank. I said I was not in such a hurry ;my only object in wanting accommodation was, that I was unwilling to force a sale of my French railway shares. The prisoner offered to let me have 3,0001. or 4,000 L or even 5,000/. I asked the prisoner if he wished for security, and he replied it was not necessary ; I had only to sign the bills, and then give the five per cent. in terest. I told the prisoner I eas uncertain whether I would accept any bills. I said I would consider the and would give him an answer on the follow ing Monday morning. I asked the prisoner how he came to know that I wanted accommodation. He said, " When anybody wants money they come to us," adding that they had lately made large leans to persons who wanted temporary aid. Ile said also he was trying to find a loan for 40,000/. for a gentleman whom I knew. I sin sure that at the'tirst interview the prisoner produced blank stamps, and asked me only to write my name on them. I excused myself from doing, so. I asked the prisoner for his address, and he told me it was at No. 10, Essex street, St ran d . T he prisoner then went away. I directed a certain person to make inquiries abeut the prisoner. On the Monday following the prisoner came to me in King-street, at 12 o'clock, according to appoint ment. The prisoner commenced the conversation by speaking of tt.e difficulty of finding money in the market on account of wile:. he called the "monetary crisis." I told him it he had any objection to go on with the busi ness, it would not matter, as I had no particular neces shy for accommodation. The prisoner said he was will ing to make the same engagement which he had offered before, and then produced two bill stamps filled up. I took a copy of the bills. There was no name at the foot of the bills. The prisoner requested me to write the word " accepted," and to put my name across the bills. I did Po; and I left the bills on my table. At this time there was no name written at the bottom of the bills. The prisoner afterwards put his name to the bills, and said to me, " Now, yon see, if you don't pay, lam responsible," The prisoner asked me how I wished to be paid; I said 8001. in cash, and the balance in a cheque on his banker. The prisoner said the rate of interest was to be 5 per cent. The bills were drawn at two months, and the prisoner told me if I did not choose to pay he would be willing to renew the bills after that time. The prisoner said he would pay me the money the day afterwards at twelve o'clock. The pri soner came the next day and told me he could not give me the money then, because in the present state of the market he would lose 200/. by the affair. The prisoner went away, promising to bring th e money the next day, or certainly the day after. I asked him to write down that promise on . paper. Th e priso ner cop i e d a f orm which I gave him, and he signed the paper now pro sorry to disapp o i n t me. In the form which duced. The prisoner, on going away, remar k e d that he was very I wrote for the prisoner to copy I used th e wor d " cheques" instead of " bills." The prisoner, though I told him to correct any bad English, made an exact copy of the paper I gave. him. I did not see the prisoner on \Vednesday, and the following Friday I wrote to him, but did not keep a copy of the letter. On Saturday I went to Essex-street, but I was told that the prisoner was out, though at first the servant who opened the door said Mr. Pollard was at home. A lady came down, who said she wan Mrs. Pollard. I had some con versation with her, and then 1 went away. I received a latter from Birmingham by post. I immediately caused active inquiries to be made after the bills, and I caused advertisements to be put in the public papers. I wrote an answer to the letter I received from Birmingham. Cross-examined - 7J had never before accepted a bill, and was not acquainted with the distinction between a bill and a cheque. I had never before hail occasion to raise money. I gavo instructions to Mr. Sams, the bookseller, to inquire into the character of the prisoner. Mr. Pol lard's name had never been mentioned to me before I received the first note. I do n o t k now a Mrs. James, and no one has any bill or promissory note of' mine that I on a charge o f f raudulently obtaining am aware of. I gave i nstructions f or th e a p pre h ens i on two i t ) he bills pri o s f xoneerChange- Monsieur J. Orsi examined—R es id e d a t 18, Stock bridge -terrace, Pimlicc. W as private secretary to Prince Napoleon. In the early part o f J une h a d rece i ve d instructions from the Prince respecti ng a l oan o f 2,00 0 / Had never applied to the prisoner on the subject. Ile was quite a stranger, and had never authorised him to call on the Prince. First heard of Pollard on the Saturday, when lie accomp an i e d th e P r i nce to Essex-street. Saw the servant girl at the house, and can confirm all the Prince has stated. Had since been to Essex-street, and had seen Mrs. Lee, the landlady, and also Mrs. Pollard. Called again on S un d ay . an d saw Mrs. Lee again. Did not see Pollard at all. Went afterwards to Mr. Symons's house, No. 16, London -street, but did not see the prisoner. Cross-examined—Did not know how Pollard came to hear that the Prince wanted accommodation. Had only applied to Mr. Arnold, of Sackville.street, on the subject. Mr. J. Arnold, of 37, Sackville-street, examined— Had an application for a loan of 2,000/. for Prince Na poleon made to him. The money would have been ad vanced almost immediately. 5001. or 1,600/ would have been advanced at any moment. Had a knowledge of the prisoner, and had not instructed him to apply to the Prince to make the loan. About a week ago the prisoner was pointed out to him at the late Crockford's Club, in St. James's -street. Cross - examined—Some gentlemen have more difficulty in raising loans than others. Had mentioned the fact of the Prince wanting a loan to three persons only. Ann M'Lellan examined —Was servant am No. 10, Essex-street. Recollected the Prince calling to see Mr. Pollard last Saturday week. Mr. Pollard was then in the house. The prisoner occupied the front parlour. Any one in the parlour can see all persons who come to the door. Monsieur Orsi called on Sunday. Mr. Pol lard was in the house at the time. Mr. Pollard was also in the house on Monday and Tuesday following. The prisoner had lodged about three months in Essex-street. He had always been at home with the exception of three days last week. Mr. Bush here said he was prepared with other testi mony to show that the prisoner was in actual possession of the bills very lately, but he wanted the evidence of certain witnesses to complete his case , and he should , therefore, apply for a remand- The evidence he should produce would show that the prisoner had avowed his felonious intention, and that he had boasted to others that he bad " got hold of a very good thing." As far as the evidence now went, be contended that a felonious intent had been proved against the prisoner. Mr. Hawkins wished to know what charge he was to address himself to. Mr. Bush said the case was one of felony; but, at all events, the larceny was established. Mr. Hawkins denied that this was proved. Admitting all to be true that had been given in evidence, there was no case whatever against the prisoner. The stamps were the prisoner's own property, and the fact of the Prince having signed his name on them did not make them the property of the Prince. He contended that the whole case had failed. Mr. Bush insisted that the Prince had a property in the bills. The bills were not the property of the pri soner. When laid on the table with the signature ofthe Prince, they were the property of the Prince, and, though the prisoner afterwards put his name to them, and took them away, still he maintained the Prince con tinued to have a property in the bills, and could main• tain an action of trover for their recovery. But, in ad dition to this there was a palpable fraud and misrepre sentation. which the prisoner had no right to escape from. Ur. HARDwIcx said ho was inclined to think there was a sufficient property in the bills on the part of the Prince. After the Prince had signed the bills be was incl.ned to think the Prince acquired a property in the bills, for he could hare taken them up, and refused to part with them. Mr. Hawkins said the bills were laid on the table for the purpose of having the prisoner's name affixed to them, and then for the prisoner to carry them away. All that Mr. Pollard took away was the Prince's name, and that, he apprehended, did not constitute a case of larceny. Mr. - Bush said the point raised about the stamps was illw-cry. If allowed to prevail it would invalidate half the mercantile transactions of the kingdom. Mr. HARDWICK said he had overruled the first objec tion., The next point was whether a constructive fly had been proved. It appeared that the prisoner had stat'd he was ready to pay over the money in cheques and notes. He took away the bills, and nothing more was heard of him or the bills. Mr. Hass kips said, if the prisoner had intended to act dishonestly he would not have called on the Prince to say he was unable to procure discount for the bills. There was no evidence to show that the prisoner had any felonious intention when he took away the bills. Mr. liaaowrcK said there was not much in the point that the prisoner had called on the Prince ; that might have been done only for a blind. The question was, what, under all circumstances, were the prisoner's inter'. tions. Constructive larceny was difficult to prove, be cause it was impossible to dive into a man's mind to see what his thoughts were at the time. The question was always left to a jury, whether a person taking away bills intended to steel them at the time. This was the ques tion he should certainly feel it to be his duty to submit to a jury in the present case. Bail was applied for and refused. Tuesday next was fixed for re-examination. THAMES. Mary Ann Pether was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged with stealing a necklace from a dying woman in the London Hospital, under circumstances of great atrocity. On Friday night Mr. Thomas Blyth, a shoemaker, carrying on business in Combie's-row, Commercial-road East, Mrs. Blyth, his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Owen, of Cock hill, Ratcliffe, and their daughter, were returning home from Fairlop fair in a chaise cart, drawn by one horse, belonging to Mr. Blyth, when, in endeavouring to pass a waggon, the wheel of the chaise cart came in contact with a kerbstone, and was overturned. All the party were thrown out, and all were seriously injured. Shutters were procured, and the sufferers were carried off to the London Hospital, when it appeared that Mrs. Blyth, whose legs had been crushed by the waggon, was fast sinking, and as she was laid in a bed the prisoner, who, by some means, had obtained admis sion with the police and others, was hanging about ber neck, and appeared very officious. The nurses asked her whether she knew the patient, and she said she was her friend and neighbour. Mrs. Blyth soon afterwards expired, and the prisoner quitted the ward, but not before she had clasped the lifeless corpse of the patient, and pretended great sympathy for her dreadful fate. The suspicions of the nurses were somewhat raised by the conduct of the prisoner, and they directed a policeman tb watch her. The policeman then asked the nurses if they had missed any thing, and they discovered that a coral necklace had been taken off the neck of the deceased, and the prisoner was accused of the theft. She was searched, but nothing was found upon her. The police man, however, in escorting her down stairs, heard the necklace drop upon a rug, and immediately took the prisoner off to the station-house. The nurses said the ecklace was dragged from the deceased's neck with so much force that some of her hair was attached to it. The prisoner in her defence impudently endeavoured to insinuate that the necklace had been stolen by the policeman, who must afterwards have dropped it on the rug. ____ Sir. Thomas Blyth, who was in a state of great suffer. ing, identified the necklace, which he said was worth 31. and said his wife had it on when she was thrown out 01 the chaise. Mr. BALLANTINE said he bad no doubt the prisoner had stolen the necklace. It was a most shocking case, a❑d he should commit her for trial. Mr. and Mrs. Owen and their daughter are in a pre carious state. Mrs. Owen's leg was fractured, and has been amputated. Mr. Owen sustained a fracture of the thigh bone, and had two ribs broken. His daughter, who is also in the hospital, sustained so much injury that she is not expected to survive. GREENWICH. George Forster, a market gardener at Chislehurst, Kent, appeared to a summons at the instance of Mr. John Dickenson, the landlord of the Earl Rodney public house, Deptford green, for an improper assault on his deughter, Jane Dickenson, 14 years of age, under the following aggravated circumstances:— It appeared that on the evening of - Tuesday, the 22d ult., the defendant called at Mr. Dickenson's house on his way home with his van, for the purpose of taking Miss Dickenson Kith him to Chislehurst to visit her mother, who was staying there for the benefit of her health. She left with him in the van about half past eight o'clock in the evening, and before she had got far on the road he kissed her against her will, and made her promise she would not tell her father. He afterwards spoke in improper language to her, and when they reached the White Horse Inn, near Chislehurst, he stopped the van, and wanted her to have first some whisky or rum, and then some ale, but she declined taking any. When on Chislehurst•common, about halt a mile from the White Horse, he took liberties with her, and used expressions which the witness objected to repeat. Her clothes were torn in struggling to keep him away. Mr. Dickenson said he had been acquainted with the defendant's family, which made the case worse. Mr. TRAILL fined the defendant, who said the whole statement was a fabrication, in the full penalty of 51., which ho paid. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. At the usual meeting of this board on Saturday, Dr. Spry, the rector, in the chair, Mr. Dark, one of the contractors for slopping, street cleansing, &c., who considered himself aggrieved in con sequence of the imputation of the vestry, that the con tractors of the parish combined to do the work at an extravagant price, prayed to be examined before the committee which had been appointed to investigate the matter, in order that he might prove himself undeserving of a charge which had become the more serious to him because reported in the Times newspaper. Several of the vestrymen expressed their willingness to give the applicant every opportunity of clearing him self, and a proposal to grant his request was cheerfully agreed to. THE EVENING LECTURESHIP. There were three candidates for the appointment of evening lecturer to the parish church, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Seobell. At one o'clock the balloting papers were given to the scrutineers, who announced that Mr. Everard was the successful candidate. The election of Mr. Everard was then formally sanc tioned by the Chairman, who communicated the result to the Rev. Gentleman, by whom a suitable acknowledg ment of the honour conferred upon him was returned. The remainder of the business was without interest to the public generally. NUMEROUS FIRES. —Yesterday morning, at a quarter-past three o'clock, a very destructive fire broke out upon the premises numbered 18, North-place, Kings land-road, belonging to Mr. Charles Truste, coffee house-keeper. The flames originated in the teller, and rapidly extended up the staircase to the first and se cond floors. The engines promptly attended, but the fire by that period had broken through the roof; and for some time the destruction of the adjoining buildings appeared certain. The fames were subdued by five o'clock ; but not before considerable damage was done. Fortunately Mr. Truste was insured in the Sun Fire office. A spark from a lighted candle it is supposed was the cause of the disaster.—The same morning, about one o'clock, a fire broke out in the workshops of Mr. R. Martein, millwright and engineer, situate in Fox lane, Shadwell. Owing to the timely assistance afford, d the fire was soon extinguished.—A third fire broke out at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, upon the premises in the occupation of Mr. Jacket, oil and colourman, No. 25, James-street, Covent-garden. The engines of the London Brigade attended, when the firemen found a large beam in the back parlour had be come ignited from a defect in the chimney, and the flames were pouring out with such fury that if a few minutes longer had elapsed before the discovery was made, the entire building must have been destroyed. DEATH OP AN IRISH PATRIARCH ON THE GAMBIA. —The following very curious intelligence appears in the Limerick Chronicle :—" Captain Edward Llyod, of Beechmount, near Limerick, died on the 17th of March last, having resided on the west of Africa during the incredible period of forty-two years, having gone to that couuntry in 1805, along with the celebrated African traveller, Mungo Park. He lived at the Gambia since 1816, where his then wigwam formed the nucleus of the present beautiful settlement of splendid stone and brick houses, now inhabited by a population of 3,000 souls. The town can boast of a spacious school house, fine streets, a noble square, barracks, a church, and Wesleyan chapel, hospital, and Government house, which last cost about 20,000 Z He was rec koned the venerable patriarch of the locality, living respected and dying regretted, not only by his nu merous children and grand-children, colonists, native Chiefs and kings, but by the natives generally on the banks of the Gambia, far into the interior of that extensive continent. His word had so much influence among them, that it stayed many a sanguinary war, or shortened its duration. In the Egypti an expe di tion, in 1810, he was a captain in Abercromby's army. The Rev. Mr. Rankin, colonial chaplain, died in April last of an attack of periodical illness to which he was subject, having suffered. much from the country fever. The chaplaincy of 450/. a year is again vacant to any church aspirant who may feel disposed to risk himself in that extraordinary country. It is to be regretted that church men, of all other professions, are found to be rather chary of the coast, as th e i r h opes are fed on livings at home. GENERAL POST•OFFICE.—The following steam vessels have been appointed to convey the ship-letter mails, viz.:—The Vassetei Tidjaret, Captain Ratsey, for Malta, Smyrna, and Constantinople, to sail from Liver pool on the 14th inst. The Camilla, Captain Brown less, to sail from St. K a th er i ne ' s Wharf on t h e 7th inst. for Copenhagen and St. Petersburgb. The Bombay, for the Cape of Good H o p e an d B om b ay , t o sa il from Liver pool to-day; and the Antelope, Captain O'Brien, for Rio de Janeiro, to sail from Liverpool on the Bth inst. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 2 : —Our sugar market has been heavy this week, and prices have again rather given way. The refined market is also dull. DUTCH BEER.— Some packages of beer have ar rived by the steamer from Rotterdam, en route to South ampton, for shipment to Lisbon, for her Majesty the Queen Qf Pintugal. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, JUNE 29. (Sir John Rennie, President, in the chair.) This was the last meeting of the session, and several apparently excellent papers were obliged to be read in abstract because there was not time for giving them in extenso. The first was "On the advantages and economy of maintaining a high degree of cle inliness in roads and streets; with an account of the construction and opera tion of the street .sweeping machine," by J. Whitworth, Assoc. Inst. C.E. It treated of the general advantages of street clean liness; the comfort of the pedestrian, the avoidance of impurity to the air from the decomposition of dirt on the pavement ; less dirt and dust being carried into the houses; a saving in the cost of maintenance of roadways; and a diminution of the draught of carriages. The annoyances of the common method of cleansing were then detailed, with the importance of employing plenty of water in the cleansing of streets, to liquify the mud, to cause the dirt to swell and rise from between the stones, to cool and purify the air during hot weather, and to prevent the dust from being driven into the dwellings. It then showed how much economy there resulted from having force enough to cleanse the streets thoroughly and simultaneously in wet weather, particularly by Whitworth's sweeping machine—which is a cart drawn by one horse, and managed by one man. It has on one of the wheels a toothed wheel working into a pinion, which gives motion to a drum, over and around which passes two endless chains, passing also around another drum, at the lower extremity of a light frame suspended at the tail of the machine, over an inclined plane depending from the drum frame ; these endless chains carry a series of broad brushes, formed of an In dian rush of peculiarly elastic and durable nature ; they travel at a velocity depending upon the speed of the horse, and, impinging upon the ground with a force which is regulated by a coiled spiral spring, carries the dirt up the inclined plane into the cart, whence emptied when the receptacle is full. Great economy necessarily prevails from this method of street-sweeping, and the greater the degree of clean liness, and the more constant the attention, the greater is the actual cost. The impolicy as well as cruelty of employing casual paupers as street-sweepers was fully shown and proved. The saving of the roadway by constant sweeping and and the diminished draught of carriages upon well cleansed roads was clearly proved. A general summary of the advantages of the system closed the paper, and with an appendix containing the actual result of long employment of the machines in some of the principal towns of England, showed that in every point of view the system proposed was the most economical in point of cost, and possessed collateral ad vantages which, in these enlightened days, could not fail to be appreciated, both by those who only looked to their own comforts, and by the liberal minded who interested themselves in the improvement of the sanatory condition of the cities and towns of England, whose proverbial cleanliness might, by the use of these simple machines, be rendered still more remarkable as compared to the state of continental cities. The next paper read was "An account of the sea de fences of Romney Marsh, commonly known by the name of Dymchurch Wall, and the probable origin of the marsh itself, or the manner in which it was reclaimed from the sea," by James Elliot, jun., the resident engi neer. Romney Marsh, properly so called, forms a triangle, the base of which would be a line drawn from Romney to Ap pledore and the apex at Hythe, and comprises about 24,000 acres. It is probable that this marsh was caused in the first instance by the formation of a natural barrier of shingle, nearly where DS inchurch Wall now stands, by which the sea was excluded, and that the first artificial works were executed by the Romans, when they held possession of the country. They consisted of the erec tion of cross walls running from the natural barrier (" the Full") to the hills, at the base of which the ancient river Limene ran; the chief of these (the Rhee Wall) ran nearly in a straight line from Ramsay to Appledore, and it was at that spot where probably the main work was performed. Upon the supply of shingle from the west being cut off by the extraordinary accumulation at Dun geness Point, the natural barrier at Dymchurch gradually became weakened, and it was necessary to take some steps to prevent its total destruction. The first measure adopted was the erection of an inland wall at some little distance at the back of the " Full," and afterwards the construction of large stone groins on the front, or sea-side, at right angles to the line of coast, in order to increase the deposit of shingle. However, as the supply of shingle gradually decreased, on account of the constant movement to the eastward, and as all that escaped in that direction was permanently lost, these means were found insufficient, and a system of " arming" with brushwood and timber piling was adopted. This was found to answer the purpose for a considerable period, but it also in the course of time gradually became insufficient, and it was found necessary, at length, after numerous experiments, to adopt a stone facing with an average slope of about 8 to 1, up to the high-water mark, gradually increasing in steepness from that point, and terminating with a curve of 7 feet radius. The stones, which were laid in a bed of concrete, where they were most affected by the waves, were of different sizes, averaging from 18 to 6 inches in depth, the largest of them being in the middle, where the greatest wear and tear took place, and at which point rows of sheet piling were also driven for additional security. This plan was adopted by the author after mature de liberation on the reports of Mr. Rennie and Mr. Walker, and a very careful examination of the locality. Part of the wall has now been standing for ten years, and has required a very trifling amount of repair ; while the an nual expense has been reduced from 10,000/. to 4,0004, with every prospect of a still further reduction being effected, as upwards of two•thirds of the work is now permanently completed. The last paper was "On Ocean steam Navigation," by Captain Henderson, Assoc. Inst. C.E., calling atten tion to the fact, that in this great maritime nation naval architecture was neglected as a science, as was proved by the experimental squadrons, and some of the ordinary steam vessels lately built. That neither the public or science had derived any advantage from these costly .experiments, owin g t o th e absence of any information in a systematic form, that correctly described the relative size, capacity, resist ance, power, or speed of existing steamships , the pre sent tonnage and nominal horse power, for all purposes of analogy, being quite fallacious. To obviate this difficulty, the author proposed the adop tion of a tabular forna which should exhibit at one view, the relative dimensions of different vessels, and the ratio of length and depth to breadth, the displacement and weight of the hull and the stores, showing the actual capacity for weight, deducting the engines and fuel, giving the capa city for armament or cargo. An approximate estimate of the relative resistance was shown by the area of the midship section and other elements of resistance, and comparing the ratio of the displacement to the resistance. The power of the engines and the ratio of the ton nage, displacement, and area of midship section to the horse-power, together with the average speed at sea, were given to enable a fair comparison to be made of how far each ship approached the form of least resistance. The difficulty of ascertaining these might be overcome by the test of a dynamometer like that fitted to her Ma jesty's ship Rattler, the experiments upon which gave the resistance at 151 b. the square foot, at 61 knots, and 301bs. at 9f knots. Some observations of the proportion of power to tonnage, and on the relative advantages of paddles and screws for long voyages were given, showing that with paddle-vessels, designed for a voyage of 3,000 miles, a proportion of three tons to one horse power had been the avera ge . H e considered that for a distance of 4,500 miles a screw vessel, with a proportion of four tons and a half to one horse power, would be the best for steam communication by the Cape to Australia. He urged the advantages of having records of what had been done, and invited builders and engineers to place in the archives of the Institution of Civil Engineers the information sought for, an a tabular for m , as a means of advancing steam navigation, upon which the welfare and prosperity of Great Britain so much de pended. Several other papers were announced, which had been sent in at too late a period of the session to enable them to be read. At the monthly ballot the following candidates were elected Messrs. T. Cini, J. S. Russell, F. Swanwick, members:—W. Brown, 0. C. D. Ross, A. Williams, and Captain D. O'Brien, assoc i ates ; an d the meeting was adjourned until the second Tuesday in January, 1848. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The accounts of the Quarter's Revenue will be made up this evening, before which time it will be of course impossible to ascertain the several items of receipts with literal exactness. We believe, however, that even now we can congratulate our readers on the continued buoyancy of the public re sources of the country. In spite of the large drain for food, and the depressing circumstances to which the trade and commerce of the country have been ne cessarily sub j ec ted — notwithstanding that we have passed through a season of unexampled difficulty— the establishment of sound commercial principles have triumphed over all, and the resources of the country continue to be unimpaired. There will be an increase on the Revenue of the Quarter, as compared with the corresponding Quarter of last year. The amounts received on account of Excise Duties, received from th ese come-tax exceed the amounts Sumps, Post-office, Taxes, and In come-tax sources in the Quarter ending July 5, 1846. The Customs Revenue, when made up to the sth inst., will probably be not much over or under th e amount received from that item in the corresponding quarter of last year. In Miscellaneous Receipts there will be a large falling off, compared with the July quarter of last year, in consequence of the sums received in 1846 from China, which amounted to about half a million in that quarter, and of which nothing has been received in the quarter now just ending. This will greatly reduce the increase in the other branches, if it do not wholly swamp it. It is most satisfactory, however, to find that those sources of revenue upon which we rely for a regular support, and which are also the best indications of the activity of trade, and of the enjoyment of comforts by the mass of the people, continue to be steadily and permanently productive.—Observer. Baron de Ziegeser left town yesterday for the Con inent. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial Office for the Governor General of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North Ameri can rrOYinCel. THE WEATHER in the HIGHLANDS. The sun shines.out delightfully, _araLhas deue-s.O for., sonic days back, so that there is ever• reason to cherish - the expectation that a track of the most favourable' weather has set in. The progress which the crops have made since last week is surprising —one can almost suppose that he sees them growing. On Tuesday a field of wheat at Kessock, and several others in this neighbourhood, were in ear, and the winter wheats are now, in almost every case, in ear. The heads are beautiful and large. We have had sent to us, as a specimen, from Erchless Castle, A score or so stalks of Siberian oats, all with the ear finely developed. The seeds were sown on the Mains of Erchless, on the 19th March last; and the whole field is now in ear. It was this oat (weighing 461b3. per bushel) which gained a prize at the agricultural seed competition at Inverness, in 1845 6. At Kessock there is also a field of barley in ear; and at Abertarff a field of the same kind of grain was in ear on Thursday. Hay-eutting commenced yes terday, in this vicinity, on a fine field (a first-rate crop at Millburn, belonging to Mr. Chisholm, whose barley is in the shot blade. Other hay fields will be cut next week. The potato still continues healthy. In a garden at Fortrose an affection, similar to that at Nairn (men tioned last week), has been observed in one instance. From the Black Isle, vt e learn that the crops are very beautiful. The small crofters have, in general, a fine promise of oats ; and we understand that that grain was sown to a greater extent than usual. On Mr. Gair's farm (Tullich) workmen are employed trenching, drain ing, and reclaiming waste land. About 15 acres have been taken in ; and 10,000 yards of drain cut. On the farm of Wester Suddie (Mr. Campbell's farm) thorough draining is also going on. At Mains of Avoch (Mr. Ross's farm) wheat was in ear on Wednesday. Our Skye correspondent writes—The weather having proved very favourable for the last fortnight in this quarter, the crops and the potatoes have made great ,s Iprogress, and things now look very promising, upon the whole, throughout the island. The oats and the grass in particular have assumed quite another appearance, and the comparatively few potatoes planted are as yet keep ing healthy-like, and growing vigorously. The little barley sown this year is not doing quite so well, but this may arise either from its not being the proper kind for the soil that has been sown, or because the people, not having been in the habit of sowing this kind of seed for some time past, may have so far forgotten the particular method of treating it. In reference to other matters, we are now in a kind of transition state—the people being called upon for some specific work, in return for the meal distributed by the local committees of relief—and so far as I have had an opportunity of observing, the people are very ready and willing to do such work as is pointed out to them, and had they constant employment, with suitable remuneration, there would be no scarcity among them, nor need of external aid. It is, how ever, not at all easy to provide for them at home, and hence the necessity of so many of them going south in summer to obtain the moans of subsistence. For su•,b as remain, the local committees are endeavouring to find work suited to their sex and age—at roads and other out side improvements, as will benefit the community gene rally, for the men and lads, and stout boys; and at spin ning and knitting stocking, for the females—so that, 1:03' tween the different members of families, something like a subsistence may be earned, when matters are farther advanced and arrangements completed. In the Duirinish or Dunvegan local committee, Macleod of Macleod, who presides, is most indefatigable in carrying out arrange ments for this purpose ; and two months ago he pre-. cured a considerable quantity of wool for the females to spin—of which his lady takes charge—a good deal of which is made into yarn. Yarn has also been procured by him for the making of nets by old men, who can do nothing else of a heavier description of work. What., then, with the great number of men and even females, who have gone south, and the employment of so many various occupations at home, if the next harvest turn out as well as appearances promise, matters here shall have then recovered themselves considerably, although the comparatively small quantity of potatoes planted will be a serious drawback.—lnverness Courier. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanes' shire and Cheshire Junction, 11. 13s. 9d. dis,—Blackburn , Clitheroe, &c., 2 1 4 dis. ex int.—Ditto, Preference, 3 p. ea int.—East Lancashire, New (scrip), p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 70—Great Northern, 1 1 ,4 dis. ex int.—Ditto (Lon", don and York Extension), 1 dis. ex i n t.—H u dd ers fi e l d C a nt and Railway, 2 3 4 p.—Ditto, Extension, % p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 4 1 / 2 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 5 dis.—Liverpool' Crosby, and Southport, 1% p.—London and North-Western , 181 1 ,6—Ditto, Quarters, 17 3 / 4 p.—Manchester and Leeds , Halves, 9 p.—Ditto (late Hud. and Sheff.), 3 1 4 p. ex int! Ditto, 321. Share., % p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), % p.—Manchester and Southampton, 3 4 dia.-111 , 1 11 chester, Matlock and Midland, Is. 3d. dis.—Midland Stoat 13814—Ditto, 401. Shares, 8% p.—Ditto, New, 4 p• —• Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3 p.—North Staffordshire , p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 2% dis.! Shrewsbury and Chester New. is. 3d. p.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 2, % p.—Ditto, New, No. 4,3 s. 9d. dim ex int.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 41/ 2 p.—York 1 101 North Midland (East and West Ridng Extension), 133 P' —Dutch Rhenish, 3 dis.—Jamaica, 40. MANCHESTER, JULY 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham 8 0 4 Oxford Junction, 7 3.16 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &co dis.—Ditto, Preferentials, 3 1 , , p.—Derby, Stafford, and Nirot • center, 1 6-16 dis.—East Lancashire, New, IA die.—Easter li Counties, York Extension, % dis.—Huddersfield and 10 11 ; cheater (191. paid), 2% p.—Ditto, Thirds, 3 4 p.--Leeds talif Thirst,. Preferentials, 9-16 dis.—Leeds, and Dewsburi , Branches, Halves, 3 p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and New C ol, tie Junction, 295. 3.1. dis.—Manch es t er an d L eeds, 321. Sbarr' (late Extensions), p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Ridil Union), V s p.—Manchester,Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (SLIT: field and Lincolnshire), 7-16 dis.—Manchester and SOW; ampton, 1 3-16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 3-16 p.-0 1 !: ham Alliance, par—Preston and W Halves (A). 4 1 ,4 South-Eastern and Dover, 37I,4—Ditto, No. 4, 3-16 dig. — South Staffordshire, 1 A dis.—Cheshire Junction, 1 3 A dise ° Grimsby, 12/..105. Shares, 1% di?. LEEDS, JULY 3. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There has been a considerable ralli in the price of shares this week, but which seems to be 051 gradually dying away again, and the markets look quiet' The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2 dis.—East and West Yorkshire, I% dis.—Huddersfield an a Manchester, 3 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 17s. 6d. p.—Leeds sp Thirsk, 5 1 4 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 135. s. dis.—Mancbesn and Leeds, 321. Shares, 6s. 6d. p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 6s. p.—N or th B r i t i s h , Thi r d s, 335. p.—Ditto, „ tension, 3s. p.—North Staffordshire, Is. 3d. p.—Northl Counties Union, 2% dis.—North-Western, 275. dis.—Vr and North Midland(Eastand West Riding), 13% p. SHEFFIELD, JULY 3. - STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester and Li ll : coin Union, 295. dis.-Manchester and Leeds (West Rldin,! Union), Bs. 6d. p.-Ma nc h es t er, Sheffield, and Lincelnslor n (Grimsby and Sheffield), 12/. 10 s. Shares, 1 1 A dis.-Di t ' (Sheffield and Lincoln), 51s. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledoni an , New, 10 1, dis.-Edinburgh:and Northern, Ne w p ort, 12s. 3d. p.-G„re: Northern, 31s. dis.-Newca s tl e an d C ar li s l e, New Scrip, 12 1" EDINBURGH, JULY 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 301. O S ' 6d.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 100.-Arbroath and Forf 01 2 1: 261. 103.-Ditto, H a l ves , 14/. 10 s. -A yr and G allowa y, Ss.-Caledonian, 30/. 155.-Ditto, New, 2/. 55.-Caledonia, and Dumbartonshire, 11. 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 49L Deeside, 31. 55.-Dunblane ' Callender, Doune, and ll. 7s. -Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. 1, ?.„. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 30/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 17, 3,3/.• 2s. 6d.-Dundee and Northern Juncti on , 1/ . la" - Dundee and Perth, 321. 10s.-Ditto, New, 13/. -Ditt o Quarters, 31. 7s. 6d.-East of Fif e , I/ . 18s. -East Lothis w Central, 2/.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 71. 108.-Ed io' burgh and Glasgow, 691 . -Ditto, Halves, 22/. 10s.-Dit ty ' Quarters, 17/. 2s. 6d.-Edi n b urg h , Leith, and Grantor', ',. 4 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Preferen ce . 90/ . 10a.-Ditto, New, 2/. 15. -Ditto Quarters, 13s. 9d .- Edi n b urgh and Northern, P 7, 10e.-Ditto, New, 31. 18 s. -Di tto, Newport, 71. 12s. 6a.-0 Ditto, ditto, Ne w , 2/ . 1 4s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (14tH Co.), 11. 3s. 6d. -Ditto, Halves, 6s. 3d.-Glasgow Ayrshire, 1201. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 421. 2s. 6d.-Dit"" Halves, No. 1,8/. 195.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 6/. 15s1 Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, Si. 7s. 6d.-Glasgow Garnkirk, 40/.-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. 155."' Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 103.-o,t tc't Preference, 8/. 2s. 6d.--Gl asgow , Kil marnoc k , and Ardros",, 4/.• 55.-Great North o f S co tl an d, 11. 17 s . 6d.-Great Norni, ern (late Direct Northern), V. 12s. 6d.-Ditt o (l ate London and York), 1/. 125.-Newcastle and Berwick, 291. 10s. North British, 331. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 15/. los. -pit!! Quarters, 4/. 145.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 16 th Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 155.-Ditto, Fif t h s, 61 . 1 0s.- S co tt Central, 271. 155.-Scottish Gra n d J unc ti on, 19 3. -Scotur,, Midland, 181. 10s.-Shrewsbury an d Hereford, iOB.-Shrew' bury, Oswestry, and Chester, 9/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 11. -Stirling and Dunfermline, 5/. 55.-Stirling and Midlsn 2/. 65.-Wishaw and Coltness. 494-York and Neweasig 381. 155.-Ditto, New, 17/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 1P" 17s. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 3d.-East Indilf: 2s. 9c1.-Great North of India, 2s. 6d.-Great Swale' of Madras, 25.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, JULY 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway, 4* ,,„. -Caledonian, New, 425.-Direct Bomb a y an d M a d ras , 3d. -East Indian, 4s. 9d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 691.'": Ditto, Halves, 231.-Edinburgh and Perth, 23 8.- Gl as o! Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 120 1 / 2 -Ditto (5 per cent. g uar.fi 42 3 A-Ditto, Halves, No. 2,6/. lls.-Glasgow, D u/ dried' and Carlisle, VA-Great Western of Bengal, 25.-Manche ter and Southampton, 165.-Ditto, N ew , 2 45. 3d .- Mid l a n d' H a l ves , 10 1 4-North British, Quarters, 933.-Scottish ee l/. tral, 28/.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 123/4. BIRTHS. On the 27th ult., the lady of Edward A. Holden, Emig . Aston Hall, Derbyshire, of a son. On the 29th ult., at Rugby, the wife of the Rev. Georg . Cotton, of a son. On the Ist inst., at Spondon, Derbyshire, the Hon. Mr' Drury Holden, of a son. On the Ist inst., at Grazley Lodge, Reading, Berg' Mrs. Bogle, of a son. I On the Ist in s t., a t S evenoaks, Mrs. W. F. Holcroft, o f daughter. On the 2d i ns t., th e w if e of the „Rev. T. Anchitel Anson, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at iver Lodge, Uxbridge, Mrs. Venable * of a daughter. MARRD. On the Ist i ns t., at Waltha IE mstow, Francis Rallied, E st i; of the Middle Temple, to Mary Anne, daughter of the la James Powell, Esq., of Clapton House, Middlesex. On the Ist inst., at Christ Church, St. Marylebone., Rev. William S amue l H ar tl ey, 8.A., Vicar of Laughl3 . , Yorkshire, to Elizabeth, y ounges t d aug h ter of the Rev. , Boyce, M.A., of the Abbey-road, St. John's-wood. DIED. • On the 2d inst., Percy Sedgley Snape. IWO On the 24th o f Ap r il l ast , a t B arnangora, near Darjo ,„, in the East Indies, R eg i na ld J o h n W al k er, Esq., a Lietly" nant in the Bengal Engineers, aged 24. of On the Ist inst.. at Leamington, John Pate Nevile, Esq'' Skelbrook-park, Yorkshire. On the 2d inst., at N orwoo d , S urrey, Christopher u T or de' son, jun., Esq., aged 43. • On the 2d inst., in Lippe': George-street, Bryanst 44l. square, Jane, widow of W. SrAlsbory, printer, aged 71. On the 2d inst., i n T av i s ' „ock-square, Mrs. E. Guest. On the 3d inst., at Has*.ings, IV. F. White, Esq., D.C*„ ___________________—%s London : Printed and Pv.bli shed by MORD° YOUNG, of , .., lit 1 0- A St, and, Printer, at 47v. Bun Unice, 2io. 112. strand, In the F 1 :7; Os of the Savoy, iR t,,i'le Count y of 1 , 11c1 , 1108g, 318 ncla.Y• 11/ '' 1847. , aob 4- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ~E VENINC•r, JULY 5, 1847.