The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-13 00:00:00

!RICAN EXPERIMENTS WI7H RIFLED SMALL A RJIS A v D ORDNANCE. The following account of experiments made in eilmerica with rifled small-arms and ordnance has been communicated by an American gentleman to the Mechanics' AI agazine : Having superintended the erection of steam ma chinery for producingthe rifle used with the hollow -elongated bail, and a series of experiments on the form of projectiles ; and having had my attention turned, during a number of years, to all the mo dern improvements, made and attempted, having -reference to rifled arms and ordnance, I am led to the conclusion that where range and accuracy are desirable, the rifled cannon will eventually, and at no distant date, supersede the use of the smooth bored gun, both for field service and in batteries, and is therefore worthy the attention of artillerist s, both theoretical and practical—the suggestions of the one being verified or condemned by the expe riments of the other. The elongated projectile first suggested by Hutton as a desideratani has but recently attracted the attention of scientific men, although long in use by the Swim ' and in the United States, and it has been subj ec t e d to various modifications of form, in the hands of De Lavigne, Minie, Pritchett, Greener, and others. By comparison of these balls and their appropriate rifles with the Swiss, I was satisfied that, at and under 800 yards, the latter had the advantage in accuracy, and required lees elevation. The objection to it, how ever, was the difficulty of loading as the ball required driving down ; and after a few dis charges the difficulty increases as in the rifle in ordinary use. I found, however, that by dimi nishing the calibre and increasing the length of the ball, that the ball, although as loose as the Prit chett and without any hollow in the rear, took the grooves perfectly, and from being enabled to use a greater charge of powder, and the ball o ff er i ng l ess resistance than one of larger calibre and equal weight, the twist required was larger. The curve of flight was parabolic, and a much less accurate knowledge of distance would suffice to insure its hitting such objects as men, cavalry, &c. The fact is, that the first impact of the gases from the ignited charge upsets the lead at the rear of the ball before the inertia of the forward end is overcome and it is forced i n t o th e grooves. B y diminishing the calibre and increasing the length of the projectiles I 'found that larger charges of powder were of course required, but the ball was of simpler con struction than the Minie ball ; it offered less re sistance to the air, its flight more nearly resembled that of the arrow, its initial and mean velocities were greater, and its ricochet more serviceable. By cutting channels around its periphery, the swedging or upsetting can be carried well forward in the substance of the ball, and the ball leaves the muzzle of the rifle a perfectly compact mass, show ing only the grooves, the channels being obliterat ed. It may be objected that this ball would not make ao bad a wound as the Minie ball. It is true that it would be more like a punctured wound, but it would go through two instead of one, and when it met with a positive check, such as a large bone would offer, it would turn over and do equal mischief. The Government of the United States made ex periments with rifled cannon and oblong balls a few years since, which were tot a lly unsucce - s f u l . Si nce that time, however, practical men in that country have constructed rifled ordnance, and have lately succeeded in obtaining unparalleled ranges in their experiments with guns loading at the breech. I have witnessed some of these experiments, and have seen their guns and projectiles. One of these guns, constructed at the Novelty Works, New York, was over 20 feet long, 12 or 14 inches diameter at the breech, and its bore about the calibre of a 6-poun der. It was made in two pieces, bolted together by flanges in its centre, for convenience of boring and carriage. The projectile used was about five calibres in length, conical at both ends, made of iron, and surrounded by a leaden ring, of one-fourth of its length, cast around its centre, and cast with fur rows and bands fitting to those of the bore, and at the same angle of twist. The shot and service charge were inserted at the breech, which was closed in their roar by a tapered key, driven down from above by a mallet, through slots in the body of the gun, and having a projecting head extending backwards. The key is raised by means of a short curved crowbar, when a fresh charge is to he intro duced. Forward of the breech charge (which is comparatively light) and shot are four chambers screwed into it, called by the inventors accelerators. They enter the barrel or bore at an angle of per haps 45 degrees, to its lineof metal. These cham bers are loaded separately, with a small wad 'of gun-cotton and charge of powder, and closed by keys similar to the one already described. They are placed two *n each side, one pair a few inches in advance of the ball, the second pair perhaps a foot or more in advance of the first pair. The first charge, on ignition, overcomes the inertia of the projectile, and its flame ignites the four anterior charges as the ball passe s ou t. Th e report i s a singl one, and the initial velocity, penetration, and point-blank range obtained by these somewhat complicated appliances, both on the small and large scale, are incredible. With the gun just described, in the first experiments they obtained a range of nearly 5,000 yards, and expected a greater range with increased charges; and I have seen a small shot of about 50-100ths of an inch in calibre driven (by three drachms of powder arranged in like man ner) from a rifle barrel through 36 inches of board and 8 inches of brick wall behind it. From the results before stated, and many others which it is needless to recapitulate, I am led to be lieve that imp )rtant results may be attained from rifled cannon, and that the present system of ignit ing, the charge is incorrect i n pr i nc i p l e . Th e method described isdefec , ive on account of its complication of parts, the imperfection and weakness of a breech formed by the key and slot, and the difficulty which would occur in removing the keys after a number of discharges. I believe, however, that a gun loading at the muzzle may be constructed in a much simple manner to attain the same object, by making it of comparatively great length and small calibre, and igniting the charge of powder at its forward end nearest the shot, either by placing the vent in that position, or by inserting wires into the body of the gun, and using the electric, spark when the use of that means is rendered certain THAN S_PO [(TING 31 , 11 PS OVERLAND The following. account of a proposed measure of transporting ship; from sea to sea across the lith mus of Suez, by a ,gentl;:man belonging to the Hon. E. I. C. 5., is published in the Mechanics' Maga- :;.21,C : --• As tong ago Zl3 1847, I designed a slip of nearly the same construction, in connection with a section of railway which I proposed to apply to the le' li mus'of Suez, on the line of the ancient canal, for the purpose of transporting vessels overland from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, and vice versa, and I am anxious to lay the plan before your scien tific readers. My design was to construct a slip running out into the sea at an easy slope (or rather perhaps a convex curve), to a depth of not more than 15 feet. As that depth would be insufficient to enable large vessels to be brought directly on to the slip, I proposed to use large camels, of a construction which I will describe here.tfter, but similar in principle to those used in the Neva for floating down large vessels from St. Petersburg to Cronstadt. These were to be towed out into deep water by a small steamer, to receive the vessel, and would be sufficiently large when empty to re duce the vessel's draught of water sufficiently to admit of its being brought on the cradle of the slip, with the camels still supporting her. A stationary engine (or, as has since been proposed, hydraulic power) would then be proposed to haul her up the incline, and she would be transported to the oppo site shore of the Isthmus by as many locomotives as there were lines of rail employed in supporting her, and there launched again into her proper ele ment hya process the reverse of that already descril e The "camels" were somewhat peculiar in form ; they were to consist of two long hollow prisms of stout sheet iron, strengthened interiorly by strong wooden triangular frames, and divided into water tight compartments. On the upper surface of each of these prisms, as they floated in the water, were several air-tight cusions or bags, made of four or five thicknesses of stout leather or air-proof can vas, extending the whole'length of the prisms in longitudinal compartments, or divided transversely, as might be preferred, and forming, when inflated, an elastic bed to receive and adapt itself to the lines of the ship. These camels would be brought along aide the vessel and sunk, by admitting water into them, till they were well under her. They would hen be connected together by rods an I screws, and then pumped out again. As the vessel rose, the cushions would be inflated to receive her, and, by distributing her weight over the whole surface of the pontoons, would prevent any strain from une qual support. The railway would consist of from five to nine lines of parallel rails of sufficient gauge and calibre to distribute and support the vessel's weight on as large a base as practicable, consistent with the condition of locomotion. I may, in conclusicn, add, that it would obviate what I conceive to he the two great difficulties of the proposedcanal—namely, theshallow approaches to its entrances in each sea, and the scarcity of the water supply to maintain a sufficient depth in the higher levels of the canal itself. Admitting, how ever, that a saasal would b e preferable, the "camels" might bo a valuable adjunct in bringing vessels to its entrance, and by giving greater buoy ancy with a less draught of water, would carry vessels through the canal which otherwise would not admit of them. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1857 LA W IN TE LLI GE v CE—Jan. 12. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Mr. Aspland moved for a rule to show cause why the plaintiff, who had obtained judgment against the Royal British Bank, and which judgment remained unsatisfied, should not be allowed to issue execution against the goods of an indi v id ua l s h are h o l der named Goddard. Goddard was one of the sharetiol .crs of the bank who alleged he had been defrauded, but it was not alleged that the plaintiff was any party to the fraud. The sum of 125/. had been paid into court by the defendant, and Part of the learned counsel's app :cation was that the plaintiff should be allowed to take that sum out of court. Mr. Justice Coleridge said he believed a point of the same kind had been made elsewhere. _ _ Mr. A-palid said the point either had been or would be raieed in several places. The Court granted a rule nisi. THE QUEEN V. MARIA. CLARK-IN RE ALICIA RACE. In this ca-e a writ of habeas corpus had issued, di. rected to Maria Clark, the matron of the Sailor's Orphan Girls' Scnool at Hampstead, to bring up the body of a girt named Alia% Race, with a view to her being deli vered up to her mother, of the same name. It is under- stood the appllcant is a Roman Catholic, and objects to her chile. receiving a 1 3 , otestant education. Mr. Sergeant Shee (with whom was Mr. Finlason) stated the nature of the application. Lard Campbell inquired if the child was in court ? Mr. Serjeant Shee said sae was, and he was instructed lo move that she be delivered up to her mother. Air. O'Malley, Q.C. (*nil whom was Mr. Lash), said he_ wa instructt d to slow Lord Campoell :said be thought the law applicable to the tae wai wry clear, and as decided a mburt time before he (Lord Campbell) left the bar, in a case in which he him-elf was counsel. Mr. O'Malley said the arguments must occupy some time, and as it was now late he hoped the case might stand over till another day. He wished, however, to slate that the matter had a.ready been before a judge at chambers (Mr. Justice Crompion), but the nitric, of the case had .ot ottla eta I gone into. Nevertheless, toe case ti ad been rep. rted in the neNsp.,p , rs, and one of them had had a leading ari.icie foui,cled on a report of what had not token place. He wishe ito say that the statement was evtiroly ex parte, and there was not one word of truth in the report ; for the facts of the case were not stated before the learned judge at chambers. It was a mere atte:npt to influence opinion. Lord Campbell ,aid it would not influence the opinion of this C. , urt, though such publications were always to be regretted. Sergeant Shee said he had not heard of the report before he was informed of it by his learned friend (Mr. O'Malley). Hr. Buvill said he appeared on the part of the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund, who had placed the child in the asylum, where she now was, and he - rusted that all public discussion of the question would be stopped until after it had been discussed in this court and uecided. Lord Campbell said it was to be lamented when dis cussions in public journals took place on questions about to be adjudica , ed upon in this coart. Some conversation then took place as to when the case could be heard ; and it was suggested chat it might be taken on Saturday after the Crown paper. Lord Campbell said, as it was acase in which the liberty of the subject was concerned, it might be taken on Saturday, at the sitting of the Court. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE SHAREHOLDERS. The assignees under this bankruptcy have commenced to put in force the powers of this eourt as against the shareholders. This morning a number of them Were summoned to appear before the commissioner, in order to asdrtain whether they admitted their Ha- This is a necessary preliminary to suing the shareholders. The following is a list of the parties summoned, with the amounts which they have been called upon to pay under the directors' C3l; of 501. per share : Mr. William Burchett, of 29, Cheapside, 1,0001. ; Mr. Thornal Clark e , o f 30, Chancery-lane, 5001. ; Mr. Ben jamin Dixie, of Pelican House, Peckham-road, Surrey, 500/. ; Mr. Alfred Dorey, of Hungerford-market, 500/. ; Mr. Edmund Goddard, of 103, London Wall, 1,800/. ; Mr. John 4501. Thomas King, of Q ueen - s t ree t, Cheapside, ; Mr. A. J. Mayer, of No. 8, Asbly-crescent, City road, 1,000/. ; Mr. Richard Michell, of 93, Oxford-street, 1,8501. ; Mr. Goorge Ragsdale, of the Strand, 600/. ; Mr. Andrew &ewart, , ot Sidney -square, Commercial road, 1,2001. ; Mr. Robert Edwin Williams. of Lower Mr. J ames B rand, builder, of Thames-street, 3001. ; Bromley, 2,500/. ; Mr. John Arundel, of Gutter-lane, Cheapsede, 5001. ; Mr. William Barnett, of the National Debt Office, Old Jewry, 8001. ; Mr. Henry Bosch; ot 11, Hanover-street, Hanover -square, army tailor, 5001.; Mr. Thomas Martin, 9, Hamilton-place, Brixton -road, 1501; Mr. Thomas Matthews, 73, High-street, Camden -town, 5001. Mr. Frederick Valiant, of 7, Perubridge-place, Bayswater, 1,000/. ; Mr. W. H. Boulton, of Quadrant road, Lower-ioad, I s lington, 750/. ; Mr. Thomas Dunn, of St. Peter's-road, Mile-end, 1001. ; Mr. Ct as. Lee, of Alpha-cottage, Canonbury, 2501. ; M r. Adolphus Schermann, ot George:street, Minor ies, 5001.; Mr. Th os. Cnester Mills, of Carnden-mAtages, Caniden•town, 3001. • Mr, Bagley and Mr.- H. Linklater appeared in sup- THE QUEEN V. SIR J. DODSON (JUDGE OF THE COURT OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY). Mr. H. Hill, Q C. (with whom was Mr. Coleridge) moved for a rule calling upon the judge of the Court of the Archbishop of the province ot Canterbury to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding him to admit a libel and appeal from the archbishop, the appeal being tr, m the Archbishop of Canterbury, sitting in the diocese of Bath and Wells as statutory substitute for that bishop. The question turned entirely on the construction of the Act for Better Enforcing Church Discipline (the 3d and 4th of Victoria, chap. 86), and did not involve any question as to the merits of the case. The quesion simply was, whether a., appeal was given by the statute to toe court of the arch bish p, for if sda there was a legal right involved, and a mandamus ougfa to issue. The learned c.on sal said it wa, important to hear in mind the state of the proceedings which bad been instituted against the Rev. Mr. Denison, the Archbishop of Taunton. A com mission bad been issued ty the Archbishop of Canter. bury, directed to five persons, under the third section of the Church Discipline Act, two of whom were rural deans in the case of Bata and Wells. In the month of January, 1855, they reported that there were sufficient prima facie grounds for instituting proceedings against the archdeacon. Upon that report the Rev. Mr. Dit cher, the party complaining, caused articles to be tiled against the archdeacon, under the 7th section, and he then called on the Archbishop of Canterbury to take such proper steps as the act required, in order that the case again-t the archdeacon might be heard. The arch bishop, conceiving that he had a discretion to exercise in the matter, decAned to take such steps • and in conse quence an application was made t o this dourt for a man damus to compel him, and eventually the judgment of this Court was pronounced in Easter Term,lBs6,award ing a peremptory mandamus. The next step was most important to be noticed. Oa the sth of May, 1856, the archbishop cited the archdeacon to appear before him in Doctors'-commons on the 27th of May, to answer the articles exhibited against him by the Rev. Mr. Ditcher. The archbishop was then ruled by Mr. Ditcher to return the writ, and the archbishop returned that he had cited the archdeacon to appear in Doctors'-commons. A. mo tion was then made to this Court to quash the return, on the ground that the archbishop was only acting in the place of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who was the patron of the preferment held by the archdeacon, and that the case ought therefore to be heard in the dio ease of Bath and Wets. Lord Campbell—The archbishop was acting as the judge of a diocesan and not of a provincial court. air. Hill—On that ground the Court of Queen's Bench quashed the return. The archdeacon attended according to the summons in Doctors'-commons, when he re ceived notice from the archbishop of what had taken place the day before in this court. The archbishop then gave notice to the archdeacon to appear before him (the archbishop) and his assessors. The 11th section of the act pointed out who those assessors were to be. They were to be three in number, and appointed by the bishop (or in this case oy the archbishop) ; and one was to be an advocate who had practised not less than five years in toe court of the archbishop of the province, or ser geant at law, or a barrister of not less than seven years' standing ; and another was to be the dean of his cathe dral church, or of one of his cathedral churches, or of one of his archdeacons, or his cbanceilor. In this case the archbishop appointed the Jit ige of the Admi ralty Court (Dr. Lushington), the Dean of the Cathedral Cnurch of Wells, and the Professor of Divinity at Ox ford, to act as his assessors. The case was heard before them, and finally sentence of deprivation was pronounced against the archdeacon upon the charge of impugning certain doctrines of the Cuurch of England, contrary to the statute of the 13th of Elizabeth, chap. 12. The sentence of deprivation was made imperative by the statute, there being no discretion allowed in the matter. An appeal was tnen made to the court of appeal o: the province, but it was there argued that no appeal lay to that court ; and Sir John Dod,on, the judge, being of that opinion, he declined to receive the libel, or to hear the appeal. The learned counsel stated that the question now was, whether the learned judge was right in refusing to hear the appeal, and proceeded to contend, upon an examination ot the several sections of the act of Parliament, that the learned judge had mis taken the law upon that point, and that this Court would set him right by grafting the writ of mandamus. The substance ot the learned gentleman's argument was that the appeal now sought to be enforced was not an appeal !rum the archbishop to his own judge (Sir John Dodson), but from the archbishop sitting in the stead of the Bishop of Bath and Wells to tki court of the arch bishop, in which Sir John Dodson ac ed as judge. When acting as diocesan in his own diocese the archbishop was in the habit of sending cases by letters of request to the judge of his own court, and according to the form of let ters of request long in use they were addressed, not to the archbishop, but to the judge of his court. Loru Campbell—The appeal is notab eodemab sunder/4 Mr. Hill—The 16th section threw great light on the subject, for it enacted, among other things, that any archbishop who had sent any case by letters of request to the c,.•ult of appeadotntne province shouid not sit as a member of the Judicial Committee on an appeal in that case. The learned counsel concluded by saying that the question was of the highest importance to Archdeacon Denison as well as to the public in general, and the more so because it had been argued before Sir John Dodson that no appeal at all lay in this case. Lord Campbell said the learned counsel was entitled to a rule to show cause. Rule nisi granted. HENDERSON V. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Mr. Mills—This is a ca.e of great hardship upon me. I have earned my daily bread ; and here are the savings of many years. Mr. Bagley—Nobody can help feeling for you and persons in your position. Mr. Kennedy—Perhaps your Honour will put upon this examination, " without prejudice." The Commissioner—lt cannot prejudice him in any way • he has said nothi ng t o pre j u d ice h i mseff. The next case taken was that of Mr. Adolphus Scher. mann, of George-street, Minories. This was the share holder who first petitioned the Court of Chancery for a winding-up order. Mr. Solomon appeared on behalf of Mr. Schermann, who was examined as follows by Mr. Bagley : Are you a shareholder in the Royal British Bank ? I am, unfortunately, what is called a shareholder, but I consider that the money which was ipaid on the new shares has been obtained by fraud. I consider that those shares are not shares at all ; that the money has been obtained from the shareholders by fraud. lam a share holder in respect of 10 shares issued on the 6th January, 1855. Those shares were granted you upon that application (handing a paper to the witness) Is that your signa ture ?—Yes. I inquired of the manager, and I had his advice personally to recommend these shares. He promised that they would pay 6 per cent. interest. You say you took those shares on the recommendation of the manager ?—Yes, Mr. Cameron ; and Mr. Craw• ford was likewise there at the same time. But whose recommendation had you ?—That of Mr. Crawford. Was he one of the managers ?—He was the secretary, I believe, at that time. I happened to have a deposit of money there. What did Mr. Crawford say ?—.He said that the bank was in a thriving state, and wound pay a good dividend. On thof-• representations I was induced to take the shares ? Did you receive any dividends on those shares ?—I twice received dividends. I call it only interest ; I don't call it a dividend. It was my profit at the bank. It was paying me my own money back again. Did you sign those warrants, dated Feb. 18 and Aug. 15, 1856 ?—Yes. Did you receive the amounts specified in those war rants ?--E did. Mr. Salomon—What were you told that those war rant.; were fur ? —As interest. Mr. Bagley—By whom were you told that ?—From Mr. Crawford. That was on the money you paid for the shares ? Yes. Are you aware that the directors made a call of 501. per share ?—I am a.eare of it. Had you notice Of it I—l had. Mr. Solomon—Do you know when you had that notice ?—About a fortnight after the baiik stopped pay me m. By Mr. Bagley—Did you pay that call, or any part of it ?—I did not. Tfiero were likewise two ether calls made, one by the C , urt of Coancery, and the other by the Court if Bankrupty after that. Did you ever offer to pay any part of that call ?—I did not. Did you make an offer of 100/.l—l made an offer of 1001. t 3 Mr. Linklater after I received the notice of call. I said I would find a friend to pay that if they would give me a release altogether. You offered to pay 1001. if they would give you a release altogether ?—Yes. Mr. Solomon—Oh, yes, I offered that. Mr. Bagiey—Did you add that if the 1001. was not acceptA it would do to take you through the court, or words to that effect ?—I said something to that effect. I said at the time that I was not liable, because I consi dered that the bank would not issue new shares then. Did you say that at the same time ?—I did. I con sidvred that the bank was at that time dissolved, Have yuu since then transferred or made away with any of your property ? Mr. Solomon—l do not think you need answer that question. You are summoned here to show came why you do not pay the debt or admit it. Ido not think you can inquire into his private affairs. Mr. Schermann—l did threaten. The Conimi,si mer—l don't ink it is material fur the present inquiry. Mr. Solumon—Tho wording of the summons confines the mquiry to the debt he owes. Mr. Bagley —Ara you ready now to pay this 501. call, or any part of it ?—I am not. Why n )t ?—l ❑ the first place, I am not in a position ; and secur.dly, I object because there have been different calls. The whole or any part of the debt ?—The whole or any part of the debt. j g Are you a creditor of the bank ; do they owe you any money ?—I drew a cheque the day before the stoppage, and paid it to a party for 701. odd. If this cheque was honoured it would exhaust my balance within a few shillings. Are you a creditor or are you not I—That cheque was not presented until the next day, when the bank stopped ; so I don't know whether I am or not. How much was it for ?-701. odd. If that was paid there would be no further balance due to you !-- —There would not, except some few shillings. If that was not paid you would consider yourself a creditor of the bank for that amount ?—Yes. This concluded Mr. Schermailft; case. Mr. Blunt said he appeared on behalf of Mr. J ames Mackay, of Richmond, who was one of the unfortunate shareholders of the. class B. He was a teacher of lan guages; and, though be_bad nothing but hie furniture, he I port of the summonses. Some of the shareholders were represented by professional men, but the majority of them appeared without advisers. The first case taken was that of Mr. T. C. Mills, of Camden-town. Mr. Kennedy said he appeared for Mr. Mills, who was a shareholder and also a creditor of the bank. A call of 50/. per share bad been made upon him by the official assignee, and also one of 751. per share by the official manager. He denied that the call was a good one, but if it were decided to be good, would not give any trouble ' but was content to pay it. All h e sa id was he did not admit the call to be a debt. The question was whether the assignees were entitled to examine Mr. Mills at all under these circumstances. The claim could hardly be said to be a debt. The Commissioner—That is the question that is to be determined. Nothing that is taken down will at all pre judice yGur client. You can take the examination under a sort of protest as to the validity of the claim. Mr. Kennedy —But we have really a bona fide answer t , ) this claim. They owe us 4501. on a drawing account, but I am told we cannot set that off here; and I under stand the official manager has objected to allow those who have paid this call to set it off against the call of 751. The Commissioner—All that we require now is merely to get the facts. This gentleman may now state, if he chooses, that he disputes the validity of the call. He merely admits that he holds so many shares, on which, if the call be good, he will have to pay so much money. He can further state that he is a creditor of the bank fur so much money. Mr. Kennedy I would suggest that the examination should stand over till the question of the validity of the call is disposed of. We have no desire to litigate. The Commissioner—Simply getting the facts will do nobody ai,y harm. Mr. Bagley—That is all we propose to do. Mr. Mills was then examined and deposed as follows: —I am a clerk in the London and North-Western Railway. I hold six shares in the Royal British Bank. They are all transfer shares, and I produce them. I received seven dividends, I believe on the above shares, the last being for the half-year ending June 39, 1856. I paid the amount of that dividend to the credit of my drawing account with the bank. The dividend warrants, dated 18th of February and 15th of August last, are r-spectively signed by me and were paid into the Royal British Bank to the credit of my drawing account. Mr. Bagley—Did you have notice of the call made by the directors of the company for 501. per share. Mr. Mills—l had notice that they had passed a reso lution to make a call. Mr. Bagley—That was before they became bankrupt ? Mr. Mills—lt was after they had stopped. Mr. Bagley—Can you state the date when you received that notice I Mr. Mills—No, I could not. It was some days after they had stopped. I think the bank stopped on the sth and this was about the 17th of September. Mr. Bagley—You have never paid that call, I sup pose. ? Mr. Mills—l have not. Mr. Bagley—Nor any part of it ? Mr. Mills—Nor any part. Mr. Bagley—Are you prepared to pay it now, or any part ? - Mr. Mills—l have been prepared to pay it to the par ties who may be decided to be the proper and legal parties to receive it ; but I have been confounded and c•nfused with the accounts that I have received of two courts applying for the same. All I want to know is who are the proper parties to make the call. The Commissioner—You mean to say, you are ad vised that the call is not a valid call ! Mr. Mills—Yes. My impression is that it was not a call, but only a resolution to make ons, but they did not make it. The Commissioner—And you had better say, subject to the set-off. Mr. Bagley—ls that so ? Are you a creditor to the bank Mr. Mils—l am. Mr. Bagley—To the amount of how much ? Mr. Mills-4291. 19s. 3d. Mr. Begley—ls that the balance of your drawing account ? Mr. Mills—lt is. It is a little more than the actual balance ; something, I suppose, has been added for inte rest. The balance in my pass-book is 4901. 16s. 7d., but my debt has been admitted by the official manager to be 4921. 19s. 3.1. The Commissioner—Yon have no claim against the British Bank, but upon a drawing account Mr. Mills—No. Mr. Bagley—Do you desire to set off the claim that you have against the call? Mr. Kennedy—l object to that question. He has already stated that you have a claim, and he is ready to settle it. Mr. Mills—l should be quite ready to settle from the balance that I hold as a creditor ofthe bank provided I am shown who are the proper parties to receive the amount. I don't want to give any trouble. I have very little to pay with. I have paid 3001. for my shares. Mr Bagley—The set-off is a matter of discretion with the parties, whether they choose to set off their claims or not. The Commissioner—But the act of parliament directs that, if the debtorb to a bankrupt estate have a set-off, the court shall go into the account. Mr. Bagley --Just so, it the party comes to prove a debt. I had an execution on his house for 400/., and he expeeted to be di-trained on on Friday, His Honour said it would be necessary for the gentle men to attend in person, in order that his statement might be taken., An agent for the City Coal Club made an application for the payment in full of 431., stating that the bank had acted as treasurers of the society, which was enrolled as a benefit society. His Honour said it would be necessary to bring evi dence of the appointment of the bank as treasurers to the society, and also to oho x; that it was a benefit society. The next case was that of Mr. James Brand. He stated—l am a shareholder in the Royal British Bank. Unfortunately I hold 49 new shares and one of the old ones. I have receivfsd dividends from time to time on those shares. I signed what I presume was the deed, in the usual way. The three dividend warrants pro duced, dated 18th February and 15th August, 1856, bear my signature. Ire ceived the amount. I have not had notice of the call o'. 501. per share. I have paid 501. on the old share to Messrs. Linklater. I am not prepared to pay 501. each oil the others. It would be ruin to me. I am only a poor, jobbing master carpenter ; therefore my circumstances are very indifferent. lam not a cre ditor of the bank in any way. If I had the meats I should be glad to pay. I will pay as far as my means go. I might manage, to pay 5001. within a month or so if I got my friends to a ss i s t me. , Mr. Charles Lee,. of Canonbury, was next called on. He deposed—l am in Yo business. I hold five shares in the bank. They are dated Ist Oct., 1855. I have received two dividends, in February and August. I signed tee deed of settlement in the ordinary way. I received notice of the call of 50/. per share in September last. Have paid no portion of it, and am not prepared to do so. My circumstances are not good enough. By the help of friends I might make up a small sum of money, but am not at present prepared to make any offer. lam not a rereditor of the back in any way. Mr. Thomas Duren—[ am a ropernaker, at St. Peter's road, Mile end. I hold two shares in this company, but I submit that. I am not a debtor, but a creditor of the company. I have net the shares with me. I signed the deed, and have received dividends of 6 and 4 per cent. I contend that the price of these shares was obtained from me by the most wicked and etre cious fraud. I have been before the Vice -Chancellor's representative, and he says that if ever there was a case of fraud mine is one, and that I ought not to be declared a contributory. I have received notice of the call of 501., but has'e not paid any part of it, and do not consider myself as. a debtor to the company, on the ground that fraud has been practised. As soon as a competent court has declared me a contributor I am prepared to pay. I submit that I ought not to be called on to pay it so long as a petition is before this court for annulling the baoikruptcy. The Corf:nisei oner—You dispute your liability on the ground of fraud ? Mr. Dunn —l. do. There never was a grosser case of fraud. I was ensured by the manager in the board-room in Threadneedle -street that, acnordiug to the terms of the charter, it was impossible for me to lose more than a quarter of the subscribed capital, under any circum stances. I did not wish, in the first instance, to take any shares, but to leave the amount of the deposit. The gentleman whom I supposed to be the manager then produced one et the reports, went into the items, and asserted that it was a most flourishing concern,—there could not be a safer investment,—and that I snould not only get 6 per cent., which they were then paying, but very soon the same dividend as was paid .by the Landon and Westmin s t er and other banks in the neighbourhood. I have received tw - o dividends of 6 per cent. Mr. Benja m i n of Peckham-road—l am a h o ld er of ten shares in Vie Royal B r it is h B an k. I h ave b een assistant to a surs'eyor. At present I am out of business, but am employed in a fire-office. I produce the share certificates. I paid 4001. on eight new shares so late as April last. I signed the deed, and bad received all the dividends from the first one until that in July last. I had notice of the call of 501. per share. I have not paid any part of it. lam not prepared to do so, for I sin not quite insolvent. I consider myself a creditor for 4001. paid on the new shares, but I am not a creditor on a drawing account with the bank. Mr. Allred Doery, of No. 5, Hungerford-market, fish monger, deposed —I hold ten shares in the company, which I produce ; eight new and two old shares. I signed the deed in respect of those shares. I received dividend warrants, which I paid again into the bank. Latterly I Itept a drawing account at the bank. Ire ceived a clrcular recommending me to do so, and to bring as mealy of my friends as I could. I had notice of the call of 501. per share on the 17th of September last. I have paid no part of that call. lam notable to do so. I make no offer. Mr. Thomas Martin, of 2, Hamilton-place, Brixton. road, clerk to a linendraper, the holder of three original shares, disputed his liability on the ground that he had been induced to purchase them by fraud. Mr. Craw ford had made false representations to him, and Gilbank, also an officer of the bank, represented to him that the bank was in a flourishing position. The reason he held the original shares was this- He applied for two shares, when Mr. Crawford told him that there were only three shares to be had. Those were the shares of a friend, and he understood that friend to be Mr. Empson. H e subsequently received the three shares. Mr. Empson had since stated that he had never been the holder of a single share in the bank. He bad received the dividend warrants of the bank, but he disputed his liability on the ground of false representations. He bad not paid the call of 501. per share. He was not in a position to do so. An adjournment was ordered. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 12, CLERKENWELL.—John Lloyd, aged 25, a rough, dirty-looking fellow, who stated tbat he was a labourer residing in Lissun-grove, Marylebone, was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with unlawfully assault ing and wounding Jesse Gaunlett, alias Kinlock, an unfortunate female, at No. 52, Little Clarendon street, St. Pancras. Mr. Corrie said he shoula remand the prisoner unti Saturday next ; but, upon the application of the priso ner, he said he would accept bail, and fixed it at two sureties of 201. each. The prisoner was locked up. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —Harriet Pope was brought before Mr. Beadon, charged with attempting to commit suicide by drowning herself in the Serpentine. Parsons, one of the officers of the Humane Society, sail he nas on duty at the receiving -hou se on Sunday week, when the bell rang, and on opening the gate he received charge of the prisoner, who bad just jumped into the Serpentine near the bridge. He had been in formed that when the alarm was given a person who was passing at the time threw off his coat and jumped in after the prisoner, very nearly losing his own life from his humane conduct, in consequence of the struggles of the prisoner and the difficulty he had in rescuing her from the water. The prisoner was kept at the receiving hisuse until 4 o'clock thatday ; and then being sufficiently recovered she was wrapped in a blanket, and sent to St. George's Hospital, where she had remained ever since.. Mr. Beadon assed the prisoner what she had to say to the charge ? The prisoner replied that she had been driven to at tempt suicide in consequence of ill-usage from her hus band, who had turned her out of home, and taken up with another woman. The husband, who was in court, came forward and said, it was true that he had parted from his wife, but it was in consequence of her i nveterate habits of intoxica tion. Ev er ything was either so ld or pawned for drink, and after repeated attempts to reclaim her, he had se parated from her, and made her an allowance of 7s. a week. She was in the habit of coming to his employers quite drunk, to demand more money, and her connuct had nearly lost him his employment. It was only on the night before she threw her , elt . into the water that he sent her 10s., and the next morning she had not a far thing left. Police -constable A 147, said the employer of Pope gave him a most excellent character, and complained of the drunken habits of his wife. The prisoner said she wanted a larger allowance from her husband. The husband said he could not afford it. If his wife had a guinea a week she would not have a penny the day after she received her money. Mr. Beadon consented to discharge the prisoner on the husband giving her money for present support, and pro mising to allow her a weekly sum according to his means. The officer of the receiving house wished to know whether he was bound to attend the court to give evi dence in those oases where he had nothing more to say tha❑ he admitted a case of drowning into the society's house. In the present instance the police insisted on his coining to the court with the prisoner, although it might be injurious if anything should happen during his absence, such as a call fur assistance, and he not there to give it. Mr. Beadon did n' .t think the officer need attend in any case except where he personally assisted in prevent ing the felony of suicide. MARYLE BONE.—Frederick Goodwin, a boy not 12 years of age, was charged before Mr. Long with throwing a large brick at the express train of the Lon. don and North Western Railway. The case being proved the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the sesions. A well-dressed young man, who described himself as a teacher of music, and said that he re , ided at Liverpool, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by swallowing a quantity of laudanum at a coffee shop in Praed.street, Paciditigton. The prisoner, who ascribed his conduct to distress of mind from slanderous reports vvh;ch bad been circulated respecting him, was remanded till Monday next. TIIAMES.—Martha Rebecca Jukes, a widow about 30 years of age, was brought u p on reman d before Mr. Stile, charged with administering laudanum to her son, aged five years, and also with taking laudanum with the int?Wion of committing suicide. The unfortunate woman, who had recently lost her hinband, had endeavoured to maintain herself and child by needlework, but becoming quite destitute, had under the influence of great depression, committed the act changed against her. The medical officer who attended to the case stated that she was labouring under an affection of the mind called melancholia, and that she had ever since manifested the greatest sorrow and repentance. The magistrate observed that he had received many letters from itind l )-disposed persons, who had offered to receive and assist the prisoner when she was set at liberty and he would take care that those communications should be placed before the judge who presided at the trial. The prisoner was then committed to lievegate, where she will receive all proper attention and kindness from the governor and chaplain. At the c , nclusion of the business cf the court, Mr. Selfe alluded in feeiog terms to the death of the late I►lr. Pelham, en whose character as an upright, talented, and successful advocate, the rnazistrate he eta ed the most glowing eulogium. THE GREAT GOLD ;ROBBERY. - PIEROE A DEFENDANT IN THE LORD MAYOR'S COURT. A good deal of interest was excited yesterday in the Lord Mayor's Court by an an action—Saward, plain tiff ; garnishee, azd Pierce defendants— arising out of the great gold robbery, the plaintiff being an attorney, and brother to Saward, the barrister, known otherwise as "Jem, the penman," now i❑ custody on a charge of forgery, and whose name first became familiar to the public through the evidence of Agar, the convict witness for the-prosecution in that extraordinary case. It will be remembered that, according to Agar's stat ment at the time of his apprehension upon a charge of forgery he invested upwards of 2,0001. (some of the money being a part of his share in the proceeds of the robbery) in Turkish Binds, and left them in Pierce's care for the use of his child and her mother, his former mistress, Fanny Kay, according to whose evidence, Pierce, after Agar's conviction, turned her and her child out of doors, retaining possession of the property, including a gold watch, with Agar's initials, and a pic ture of Windsor Castle on its face, for his own use; an act which led her to divulge what she knew in connection with the robbery, and which being communicated to Agar himself, caused him to make a full revelation in connection with the robbery and his accomplices in its perpetration. The case now before the court was one of attachmen of these furkish Bonds. Mr. Robinson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Henry James for the garnishee. The plaintiff sought to recover from out the custody of the police-officer, Williamson, certain property alleged to belong to the defendant. .It appeared that, upon the arrest of Pierce, William son, who is the officer to whom the case is entrusted, proceeded to Pierce's residence at Kilburn, for the pur pose of discovering anything that might be there in con nexion with the case, and that upon searching it he found three 5001. Six per Cent. Turkish Bonds, four 1001. ditto, six 501. do., and a gold watch and guard, with three seals, the watch bearing the initials " E.R.A." It was this property that the plaintiff sought to make an swerable for the payment of his debt, upon the proof of the fact, Williamson admitting, upon cross-examination, that he took the property, and held it without Pierce's consent. Mr. James took objection, first, that the goods were goods in the hands of a trespasser ; and secondty, that they were goods in the custody of the law, and therefore not attachable. The Recorder held the second objection to be valid, and that the goods were not attachable—at all events until after the trial of the defendant. A good deal of speculation has been excited by the connexion of the plaintiff in this case with Saward, the alleged forger, and it is supposed that he acted on behalf of Agar's child. T.fik; A USTRALIAN TRADE. An Australian Merchant, writing to a contem porary, says As it appears to me that those trading with Australia run a great risk of having to pass through an ordeal similar to that which tried so many of our merchants two or three years ago, I have taken the liberty of jotting down some of the data on which my opinion is founded, allow , ing you to give publicity to those facts if you think proper. The letters which have been received from Melbourne for some months back have been evidently written under the impression that shippers in this country were likely to overstock the market. Those brought by the Mont morency mention the opening of a brisk spring trade, but state that " prices have not as yet advanced ; nor, with the very large import our markets have latterly groaned under, can increased rates at present be looked for." The imports into Melbourne are stated to amount, from the Ist January to the 13th September, 1856, to 8,752,6011., whereas, for the same period of 1855, they were only 6,951,3281. But when the imports of the last two months of each of these periods are compared they show that 1856 had exceeded 1855 by at least 37 per cent. Will it be believed, then, Sir, that the exports from this country to Victoria have been increasing ever since the last date referred to ? Yet such is the case. The total exports from London, Liverpool, and the Clyde during the year 1855 were 1694,463/. in amount ; whereas, for 1856 they are 5,076,830/. Every article of export, soft goods, boots and shoes, brandy, British spirits, malt liquors, dried fruit, cheese, butter, appear to have been shipped in excessive quantities latterly. But not to trou ble you with details I may give one or two facts (illes trating this statement) with reference to butter, which continued to pay exporters for a long time. In Septem ber last it became wretchedly dull of sale in Melbourne for they were then beginning to receive the shipments made from this country in June last, which were no less than 9,461 cwt. The legitimate export of it appears to be 3,000 or 4,000 cwt, per month. Consi 'erably above this quantil has been exported since. last June ; but what may be expected to be the value of the article abroad when they receive the shipments of Dec., 1856, which reached the enormous quantity of 8,708 cwt. ? During the first quarter of 1856 the exports from Lln don, Liverpool, and Clyde to Victoria averaged under 300,0001. of value per month. But they have in the subsequent months of the year varied between 414 000/. and 583,0001. per month. In Dec. they were 526,724/. This excd , s of shipments appears to arise from the fact that too many people are engaged in exporting to Aus tra ia If every person who has adopted this business ships to some extent the markets must be overstocked ; but, in addition, a great many occasional shippers are :Aid tempted to make an adven ure whenever they see an article reported in the prices current at 25 or 30 per cent. advance on invoice cost, forgetful that a deduction of 15 to 20 per cent. has to be made from the amount sold, in the shape of packages, freight, insurance, inte rest, commissions, &c. This process leaves nothing but a moderate profit in a market where such risks have to be run, and whence remittances are so long coming. and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co.._ Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank. Devonport—Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East 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 C 0... 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 aarwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and 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— Alexander + 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, Crewdson and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son 5,335 Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, 30,012 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 26,140 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene —_ Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. 89,56 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 Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co 13,535 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son 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 l5, 459 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 26,552 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and C o................................................ 50,857 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 20,280 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co .............................. , ....... Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Iludsons... Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich —Gur neys and Birkbeck ......................... Nottingham and Nottinghamshire C 0......, Not. tingharn, Hart, Fellows, and Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co, Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris. and Co. . ............................ New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett ..... dCo ... : Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. .............. ............................... Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, .. .... 30 230 Tonbridge Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance —Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and 8,899 .0,285 '0,703 80,680 3,290 45,745 94,369 47,952 42,641 23,515 7,835 11,182 5,629 4,551 20,042 20,896 62,536 13,545 25,191 20,693 40,365 8,600 23,688 7,199 3,206 2,23 7,638 17,647 28,380 19,85' 50,096 95,42 10,791 3,307 17,660 8,414 30,765 12,552 8,76 10,81 47,075 10,650 8,91 W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and C 0..... Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. .............................................. 28,529 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. 6,230 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale.—Clement, Royd s , and Co. ............................................... Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, .Roches ter—Bay and Nicholson ..... 7 242 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 13,414 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin a! , (1 50n...... 7,780 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret, & C 0........ 1 3,740 Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross Alla,way and Macdougal Saffron Walden and North Essex 1:61(1 Iron Walden—Gibsons and Co 12,763 29,010 3,751 4,050 Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The room was more numerously attended than it had been for many week; but speculation made little p.o• gress, and is not likely to be actively resumed until after the publication of the weights for the leading spring events. The transactions on the Chester Cup were unina• portant. Two THOUSAND.-7 to 1. to 1001. was taken about Vedette. THE DERBY.—Blink Dinny maintained her position. The principal investment, however, was in favour of Sydney, about whom 20 to 1 to 1501. was taken in one bet. 1,000 to 10 was lard once against Messenger, but afterwards 50 to 1 was booked to 751. 20 to 1 was wanted about Tournament; 100 to 6 was the highest offer. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 ag,t Minos (taken) CHESTER Cur. 1000 to 30 agst Magnifier (taken) 1000 to 33 ant St. Giles (taken) 1000 to 10 agst La Victims (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Longsight (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Codrington (taken) Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7 to 1 aget Vedette (taken) DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (taken) 15 to 1 agst Loyola (taken) 100 to 6 agst Tournament (take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 1000 to 35 aget Athlete (taken) 50 to 1 agst Messenger (taken) 50 to 1 aget Henry VIII. (taken) ADVERTISEMENT.] -Holloway's Ointment and Pills cured a wound in the Leg of Eleven Years' Standing.— Mr. Welch, a chemist, of Brighton, states, in a letter to Professor Holloway, dated Sept. 6, 1855, that Mrs. Catherine Hudson, of Cavendish-place, in that town, bad been suffering from 11 years from an ulcerous wound in the leg, for which she had been untier medical treatment at the London and Brighton dispensaries, but derived no benefit therefrom. The application, however, of Hollo way's Ointment and the use of Holloway's Pills have effected a perfect cure.---Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway's Estab lishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maid , ia-lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E Muir, Malta. ADVERTISSMENT I SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES, PowanFut TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLAssEs.-11essrs. S, and B. 4Solonions, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. 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Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1i miles distant; they answer every purpozo on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles, They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and teurists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with won d erful - power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived rom this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons a re enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occr vation---can see with these lenses of a much less magnify. l ug power—and they do not require the frequent elian,,ei to the dangerous effects of furth er powerful assistance, Persons can be suited at the m os t remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small newspaper print with it; and those who have not made use of per by stating their age. Deaf ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others to a thing of the kind that has been, or roba ' blv ur e p"st 1 1! ' ; produced. Being of the same colour as p the skin, is n c o a t u per ceptible ; it enabl es d eaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired. -=-49; ANemarle- Omit, agvadillY t Obeerve—oppedte the York Betel. BANE RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap, 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation, during the Week ending Satur day, the 3d day of January, 1857 : - Average Amonit. 10,. 960 10,2:13 PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt Baldock Bank and Balilock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley &nk, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford. Bank, Bicester—FL M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham --Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blanciford. Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and. J. L 5eaiey..................................... Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley —Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowinarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath -G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—FL A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon 01(1 Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank„ Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledgre Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co. Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and C 0.................................. . Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son.. Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter —Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Promage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, tDerby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke 31,567 31,393 9,062 19,830 31,983 10,169 13,944 22,979 9,315 6,320 71,015 14,792 7,410 31,778 17,344 23,464 69,089 36,011 29,757 33,242, 27,81 11,161 61,224 19,080 2.853 16,046 47,8 30,300 21,513 2,330 16,955 33,618 45,180 6,983 19,301 9,111 10,495 35, 25,369 Country Mari sets. CITELMBFOIvD—JAY. 9. We hal a good supply of wheat, and the trade Wn i Ire ry dull, 1. int wa have not to report any alteration in the prices. AL other things without. alteration, excepting barleys, wh.ich wznre 1s to 2s dearer. Wheat, whit e, old, per s. qr. 37 new..-40 red, 35 ne 3 5 Barley 33 i Ch evalier 3B Gxinding 33 Malt Ch evalier 75 R. s. 74 I Oats, par qr............ 24 73 Peas, Partridge .......41 CI White ............ 39 GI Boi .40 44 I Dun -ig 37 g in I 52 Beans, Tick 36 r, 44 Harrow ti c k s 4o r f 77 i M azagan 35 2 79 1 Ditt o , new 35 '1" COLCHESTER— JAN. 10. At moderate supply of wheat. Trade dull. Only tbs b, li t c c , nditioned sampl es rea li sed last week's prices. .3361* y eem'inues in demand f or ma lti ng, at a further advao l e 1 , pe r qr. on the best samples. Beans and peas C O to h a ctil - ather soft, and are the turn cheaper. p r i ce to-(l.3 , ywere as foliow: — Wheat, whit e , 62 s t 0741; ' red 58s ,` , O 66 ; barley, 44 s t o 52 s ; oats, 23s to 28s ; bean° , Mazagan, 36s t o 38s ; middle an d sma ll , 40s to 465; peak white, 44s to , 4b s; grey, 40s to 445. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c, in the port of L& ndon, from the followinZ pi Jan. 5 to Jan. 10, both inclusive. ~ receif el ,. His, fr o . t>. • . .2 0 Cd ,a 1 leo —k( Colchester . Harwich .... Leigh naldon - 15 Lif,' 127 ( 57 6, 44 , - 1132 16 1249 KIRKCALL I Y—JAN. 10 . To-day we had good suppli es of wheat and oats, bt l i i small of barley. Sales free, a,ld generally an a d vance u. is per qr. paid on all kinds of grain. Wheat.. I Barley. Oats. I B ea e First Second Third 32s Odl 32s Od 1 21s Od I Os v d Oatmeal, —s to —s per bag of 2801 b. 00AL MARKET. -JAN. 9. erioes of Coal per ton at the close of the martet S. d. Wallund, &a. Tanfield Moor l4 61 s 4 Walker Primrose l4 6 Brown's] Moor High West Riding Hartley 15 9 M a i n 17 0 Grey's West Hartley ....16 3 Evemwood 16 6 Wylam .. . 17 0' Kelloo. .............. . .19 6 w4itsend, ,:tzo. Hartlepool Hetton l9 6 .Hengh Hall l9 (',Bell's Primrose ~.... ..... 15 o "hips at market... 20 Sold LOCAL SHARE MARKET 8. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 12. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market has been doing a le derate business to-day, and there was an evident improve' ment. Blackburn, n—Ditto, 6 per cent., 21/ —Lona° and North Western, 105 i 6 —East Lancashire, 23i I Lancashire and Yorkshire, 963 —Midland, 81i—Sout h Eastern, 24—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33i i• MANCHESTER, JAN. 12. STOOII EXCHANGE.—There was a quiet business donej and the market was weaker. Sheffields P 33 I —Eastei- Counties, 9g—Divers, 224—Midland, 824 2—Leecit 96a i 4—North Staffords, 4i d.—Preston and Pyre, —Manchester Firo Assurance, 7 p. 84 I BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 12. STOOK EXOBANGE.—The railway share m ar k e t wall q nigs to-day, and prices generally lower. Stour Valleys NW:, done at Bi, buyers—South Staffordshi re , 9,-1. Local ball' shares in demand, at improving prices. Birmingbar Banks, 33i—Dudley and West Bromwich Bank, 10-1 31 r mingham Canals, 92, buyers. SEABORNE MAILS. (When the date remains open until mail, via Southall evening previous.] • ail for making up a mail falls on a Sunday, the Du,. [ the day following; except in the ease o f the r11c1"; npton, which, on such occasions, is 43 - aade up nom Made up at the Whence des- Post Office patched By what Vessel. When expected By wh 6l vesseil bfa S. I 'upon farn:ll.,- Hornia Light Lisbon Spain Gibraltar Gibraltar 1 M alta • • • • • • I Egypt .....• Ceylon India Mauritius vlaCeylon)) China Penang Singapore Australia(vla} the Cape) Cape co , Good Pope Mauritius E Ceylon India • Lisbon 1 Madeira CapecieVerds Brazil BuenosAyres Falkland Is lands West Indies' (except Ha vana and Honduras). Venezuela .. Grey Town.. New Granada Chili Peru California • . 7th,l7th, & 27th of the month. 4th & 20th of the month. 4th of the month. IFeb. 12 .. Feb. 5.. .... Feb.l 9... Tyne Ld and 17th of th© month. 'La Plats Honduras IV assau jJan. 17 .. ILA Plata Mexico .... Havana • • .. IFeb. 2... Atrato Madeira .... Tenerife .. I.Jan. 23 .. W C.ofAfrica Feb 6 IZthlops British North America .. !Every Fri. United States S United States Britkli North 1 E America .. United States British North -31 America .. Canada .... 3 E lan. 12 'Canada fan.2l7 and alternate Tuesdays. Jan. lb, Baltic 'Jan. 14 South ampton Jan 23. rgltOn Ilan. 27 j Liver pool Jan. 7 M—Morning. E—Evening LENGTH OF DAYS.--Some few years since we beheld the strange sight of an old woman, aged one hundred and two, be n t d ou bl e , croon i ng over th e #re, and nurs ing in her lap an infant but a few days oht The infant was the grandchild of the old woman's grandchild, The only remarkable circumstance in the veteran's history was that. she had nursed Wordsworth in his infancy. She had lived the greater part of her life in Westmore land, near the poet's residence, and there her descend ants had been chiefly born and lived. -27e _London Quarterly Review. NARROW ESCAPE OF SIR J. PAXTON.—About 11 o'clock on Thursday night Sir J. Paxton was returning to Sydenham from London in a carriage drawn by two horses, and on arriving near the Crystal Palace one of the horses, a hunter, which bad only recently been put in harness, took fright. Both horses then started off at a furious rate, the driver being thrown from his box, and the wheels of the carriage passing over both bis legs, causing very considerable injury. The horses then con tinued their course, and ran against a gas column, which was knocked down. At this point of their career Sir Joseph fortunately succeeded, owing to a momentary stoppage, in stepping from the carriage uninjured, and had no sooner done so than the horses again started off, nearly knocking down two policemen of the It division, who were proceeding to render assistance. Having run with great violence against some iron tailings at the top of Sydenham-hill, completely smashing them, as also the carriage, the horses, which were much injured, were taken ch arge o f b y t h e pol i ce, and removed t o t h e Cry' . tal Palace stables. The unfortunate coachman was at once provided with every medical attention, BIRTH, oV A sor e On the 11th inst., at 44, Glocester-square, the wife of Colonel Mencrieff, Scots Fusilier Guards. On the 12th inst., at Sydenhatn, the wife of Henry A. Gray, Esq. OF A DAUGHTIR. On the 12th inst., at 17, Porshester-square, Hyde-park, the wife of Captain Harris. On the 12th inst., at Battersea, the wife of the Rey. Robert Graves. MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Mr. W. Jar rett, of Hiv,hbury, t o J ane, secon d daughter of the late Mr. P. White, of Bishope ga t e . On the 12th Nov. last, at Shabjehanpore, Bengal Presi dency, Lieut. Alexander Key, 23th 8.N.1., eldest son of John Key. E sq , of Che 4 er - street, Bel grave - square, to Mary E. 1., daughter of the late L ieutenant-Colonel W. Rutherford. DI ED. On the 11th inst., at 48, W estbourne-terrace, Hyde. park, John Fownes Luttrell, Esq., of Punster Castle, So. , mersetshire, aged 70 On the 11th inst., at Thomas Freeman, Esq., Brighton, solicitor, aged 65. On th e 11th inst., at Kensington, I.lr. James Pringle, aged 24. On the oth inst., at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, J. Sidney Anderson, Esq., late of St. John's-wood, London, second son of Sidney Anderson, Fsq. On the 10th inst., at Arbour-square, Stepney, Jabez Pelham, Esq., solicitor, aged 56. On , the 11th inst., at Bowden Hall, Glocestershire, William Henry llawnay, eldest son of C. Brooke Hunt, Esq., aged 14. Monas! e'y On the 10 th inst., M arv , w if e o f Th omas Gray, Esq., of ......., ..... House, E as t I n di a - rea d, P op l ar, aged 53. .__ LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at _Tke Sun, Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the min ty o Middiesex, Wueedey, January 13, ANT, 28,718 32,709 15,744 20,028 52,459 5, 1 4 31,116 South ampton South jampton South ampton South ampton Dart• mouth South ampton South ampton South ampton South ampton Ply mouth Liver pool Liver pool Tagus Pera A.ustrala Mau liarbin• ger Tyne? Orinoco Orinocc ••... Gambia Arabia Baltic Arage.. Anglo- Saxon. 10 0 46 41 IJan: 14 4th and 20th of the month. IJan: 4 1573 Jan. 25 Jan: 12 Ist and 16t4 of the month. 16th' of the month Feb. 1