The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-22 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL'. Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of public business. ---- DR. LIVINGSTON. The court presented a very gay appearance in consequence of the attendance of a n umber of ladies. to witness the ceremony of presenting the freedom of the city to Dr. Livingston, as a testimonial in recognition of his zealous and persevering exertions in the important discoveries he has made in Africa. Dr. Livingston was introduced, amid great ap plause, by Mr. J. E. Saunders and Alderman Rose, the mover and seconder of the resolution, and was addressed by Sir J. KEY, the chamberlain, after the declaration as a freeman was read, in the following speech :—Admitting, Sir, as we occasionally do, to the freedom of our ancient city, by the public reso lution and unanimous vote of this Court, those who have rendered essential service to their country and to mankind, yet hardly could two successive pre sentations exhibit a more striking contrast than the oce recently accorded by this Court to a distin guished general and that which I am the privileged medium of conveying to you this day. True, sir, in both cases we recognise in the objects of this honourable distinction the friends of civilisation, the friends of moral progress throughout the world. But the vocation of the one led him to seek the ac complishment of these objects in the " grappling, vigour and rough form of war," unparalleled hard ships of camp and siege—in those incredible dis plays of heroism and patient endurance which brought more honour to his country's name in the surrender of a fortress than its capture will ever procure for the foe. (Cheers.) Your calling, on the contrary, has led you to seek the honour of your country and the moral elevation of mankind by the peaceful triumphs of the missionary, by the expanding influence of scientific discovery, by pre paring the way for that intercommumon and com merce between alienated races the tendency of which is to make a corporate guild of all nations, to unite all the tribes of earth in a bond of universal brotherhood, to hasten that grand millenium of the whole civilised world " when nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." (Cheers.) But, sir, on occasions like the present it is expected that I should ex plain to a newly-admitted member of our body the grounds on which this Court has designated him to an enrolment with patriots, with heroes, with statesmen, with all who have left on their genera tion the stamp of greatness, and whose labours will outlive their names. In fulfilling this expectation my only difficulty is in deciding on which aspect of your beneficent labours it will become me chiefly to insist. The commercial constitution of our body, however, would perhaps suggest that I mention first that which, except as sub4ervient to ulterior results, you would yourself only think of last. I mean the vast openings for commerce which, by means of your geographical discoveries, are now made in the interior of the African continent. Con sidering the enterprise and zeal which mark the age in which we live, there is perhaps hardly a fact more remarkable than the ienorance, the contented ignorance, in which we have allowed ourselves to remain in reference to this part of the world, leaving it on our maps a hopeless blank, a great unknown of waste and barrenness. and interminable sands, as if the malediction which by some is supposed to attach to the inhabitants was thought by travellers to be extended to the soil. But what, sir, has been elicited ix the course of your laborious journeys of 11,000 miles, through the damp morass and arid desert, across rolling torrents and under scorching suns, in feverish sickness and with wasted frame ? Why, that, instead of a waste howling wilderness, there is in the heart of that unexplored continent a mine of material wealth ; that nature has scat tered there with lavish hand the choicest of her products; that roots are embedded in that soil of the highest value to the healing art ; that the indigo plant throws out its spreading leaf in wild and use less luxuriance; and that tusks of ivory which would be well bartered for the best commodities of Euro , pearl merchandise lie rotting in the rain or bleach ing under a torrid sun. Nor are there wanting, we are glad to hear from you, facilities for entering upon this most desirable commerce. The African mind is awake. The Portuguese colonies are casting off their jealousies. The slavedeslers, taught by your wise counsels, are turning their though tsto the prospect of a more lawful commerce, insomuch that it seems not too ranch to expect that if a ship were to sail up the Zambese river to-morrow not only might it be soon filled with the most valuable materials for our borne manufactures, but every facility for interna tional barter would be afforded by the natives themselves. Sir, I mentioned the slave dealer just now, and the word suggests an anticipated and glorious result of your labours which, if realised, would make Africa almost worship the very sands which bore the imprint of your footsteps, and cause every wind that swept over her desert to resound with her deliverer's name. I allude to the ultimate extinction of the base trafficking in human blood, and so effacing from the world's history the foulest blot that ever stained its page. (Loud cheering.) Sir, a nation which has expended 20 millions of her money in the abolition of the slave trade, and still devotes a quarter of a million annually to the same sacred purpose, cannot be supposed to be indifferent to any plans by which her righteous efforts may be brought to a triumphant issue ; and if, as some of our most enlightened travellers concur with you in thinking, the Moorish slave dealer only persists in his nefarious calling because he can find no other gainful employment, and if, as your discoveries have abundantly proved, there is nothing to forbid the groat Zambese river, teeming as it does on either side with all that could minister to man's natural. wants, from becoming a permanent com mercial path into the interior of Central Africa, all hope favours the probability that on mere considera tions of worldly policy, the trade in human flesh and blood will soon be driven out of the field, and the last vestige disappear, of a praciice which for _ centuries hasbeen areproach to civilisation and a stigma to the Christian name. Jut all this time, Sir, I feel I am overlooking that feature of your successes the hope of which first led you to embark on those perilous undertakings—successes which alone could have borne you up under the unex ampled privations and dangers of the last 15 years, and which, when the ships of mer chandise have ceased and the fine gold .of earth Shall have become dim—when there shall be no mercenary to drag the negro from , his home and no oppressor to bind on the fetters of the slave, will be. their own satisfaction and their never-ending reward. Yes, si r , I am g l a d t o b e recalled from all further allusion to the commercial and social benefits of your discoveries by the re ' rnembra,nce that I stand in the presence not of the accomplished traveller only, noting- down with discriminating accuracy all that could throw light on t' e phenomena of climes and races—nor yet of the man of science only, enlarging the field of human thought and knowledge by tho careful philosophy of his observa.qons—nor yet of tho enlightened statist only opening up to the enter prise of his country new channels for the develop ment of the national resources—bat that I stand in the presence of a man of • God, of a Christian misSionarv, of one who is willing to spend and be spent in the noblest of sertii. , ..es, and that on behalf Of the most injured and oppresed of men. (Cheers.) Sir, let me in the presence of this Court and in their name do all honour to that sentiment' of yours, breathing as it does the 'spirit of a high toned Christian chivalry, that "the end of the geographical feat is the beginning of the missionary enterprise." Yes, sir, what we irre now doing for the evangelization of this distant continent is but tLe beginning of the liquidalion of that righteous debt with which all Chistendom is chargeable for Africa's protrasted wrongs. The first instalment of that mighty deodarid which the retribution of Heaven demands of us for the hearts we have broken, and the homes we have desolated, and the blood which has been shed, enough to have satu rated whole acres of those burning sands, when every year saw 150,000 of Afric's sons transported With ruthless violence to other climes to furni;4l- 1 victim s for cupidity and fraud. Oh, sir, what heart is there so cold as not to respond to that touching aspiration in one of your letters—..ts m a y God grant me life to do good to this poor a Al • 2 ,) (Loud cheers.) In thisassembly,lf:4lll sure not 'one. We do indeed tender you this token of our grateful esteem for your services to commerce, for your con!ribution to science, for 'the advanced post to which you [axe conduced tr, in the march of a mo ra c ; but we wcaud.e.lso that you should. bear back withyou to the scene of your honoured la bours the assurance of ourhea rt-"Zelt praye r that the eye of an unslumbering Providete7e may watch over your path ; that the promised presence of your bavioar may cheer you sin' er all opposition and discouragement ; that idols abolished, superstition renion e.l eyes ()riled, (2.• - zi-t-4 COnvt rt,d may F a • • I , dese , , !7o you of a pospeei e e woc e : a fe e -H • r.! • e...,y to he called t o your rest t "mu has:, z. - -;;!(7. e.en of Afr'CA'S rece- s — eo "wilderness be corn, like Eden' , and her desert Ike the gardens of the Ea.o." (Long continued cheers.) Dr. LIVINGSTON, who on risi!Jg was mostvf arm l y greeted, slid—My Lord Mayor, [ beg leave to -.-rlder to your Lordship ancl, the Court my heart ' - , tks for th e boor:ur which bas 'just been con- I -, :an only say chat my 'pert is Livingston was here alino- t overcome with . I cannot express myself in the eloquent , rnfvrt• '>v!'idA has fallen from my friend Sir John ' .ey, hot i eau ye,l that it has a great effect ~,,fe e I upcp. Loy . `,earl; when 1 t.ea the kind int eres ' that you take in Africa, anJ tie kind expre: , :ions which you make use of respecting my future labpurs there. (Rear; hear.) When iu Africa I had not i.. }- rprni r is THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN ENG, MAY . 22, 1.857‘ the smallest idea that I should be so highly honoured as I have been in this country, and when I hear the very flattering expressions which are uttered respecting my past labours, somehow or other my heart always goes forward to what is to come. (Cheers.) In speaking to mercantile men in this city, moft of whom are self-made men, 1 need not make any allusion to the commencement of an enterprise which, I have not the smallest doubt, will yet be a glorious one, although I may not live to see it. All that I wish to see in Africa is the beginning—the dawn of the future—(cheers) —because I believe that that future will be glo rious. • (Renewed cheers.) My Lord Mayor; the capabilities of Africa are exceedingly great, and I believe that commerce has not yet done anything like half its work. It is just beginning to extend itself, and Christianity is just beginning with her work for the future. Some years ago we knew nothing at all of many articles of commerce which now enter into the families of the poorest cla'ses. You knew nothing of gutta percha or of caoutchouc, which are applied to innumerable uses, and I be lieve that in this new fertile country, which I have had the honour to bring to the knowledge of Euro pean; many most useful articles will yet be found, and that we, feeling our dependence upon that coun try, will do our duty in another respect. There is one article which I believe is quite new to com merce. I have brought a few of the plants . with me, and they have been subjected to the manipula: tion of one of the firms of this city—Pie Brothers. This plant affords a fibrous tissue, and I have the opinion of one of the foremost firms in the city, that when prepared it is worth between 501. and 601. a ton. Now, this plant is totally unknown in Europe ; it is a substitute for flax, and will be, I I believe, a very excellent flax. Now, this is only one of the many things which, I believe, exist in that country, and which are unknown to the rest of the world. When 1 came through the country I came on the principle of having as little luggage as possible. I did not wish to excite the cupidity of the natives, and I went with as small an amount of luggage as possible, and on that account I could not bring away many things which I thought might be interesting to my countrymen at home. But, with respect to the fruits, I passed summarily , through the country without a scientific examina tion of it, but I found upwards of a dozen fruits totally unknown in England. These fruits, I can not be a very good judge of what they are, because generally I was very hungry when I got them— (cheers and laughter)—but certainly they were very much better than the crab-apple from which we suppose our own apple to have come, or the sloes from which have come our plums. They are very mnchsuperior, indeed, to those fruits ; and, If they had the benefit of cultivation, I have no doubt but that we should have a very acceptable addition to our fruits. The tribes in the interior of the country are totally different from those on the coast. They have always been anxious to have intercourse with white men. They knew little at all of white men, or of what' we were. The wonderful manufactures— that of the cotton plant, for instance—would induce the people of a fertile country to cultivate what we need in exchange. We have a little cotton grown at different points all over the country. The cot ton does not require much care as the soil is so ex ceedingly fertile ; and I think if any one of you should pass into that country, and travel through grass so high that when sitting upon the ox it quite covers the head of the person so sitting, you would come to the conclusion I have arrived at—namely, that almost anything might be produced there, and tue people in the centre of the country are most anxious . to have intercourse with Europeans. Now, I hope that God will spare my life to open this ,field. ' This flax which I have spoken of, and which is worth between 501., and 601. a ton, is not culti vated at all. If we find they can employ their ser vants to cultivate such things, and that they can sell them to advantage, and that - we can benefit by the exchange, I hope that a way will be got into the centre of the country. I hope that Africa will be opened to the Gospel, and that the time will come when the central Africans will be admitted into the community of nations. (Cheers.) We ourselves have but lately got quit of a restrictive system, and we can feel for those who have been compelled for advantage to sell their own children for the sake of a little cloth. I have seen children sold for about 12 shells. In the centre of the country you may get a slave for two shells. At the coast those shells are very cheap, but in the centre of the country they are quite as valUable as the Lord Mayor's badge. (Much laughter, in which his. Lordship most heartily joined.) In order to show his great friendship for me, one of the great chiefs came to me during the night. He did not wish to show his friendship before hisipeople ; be wanted to give me a proof of his friendship some what in the same manner in which you now honour me. Ho entered my little tent, and took out a small shell and hung it round my neck, and said, " There you see a proof of my friendship, and when the path for commerce is made, let it come through my town." (Cheers and laughter.) I will just. again return you inymwt heartfelt thanks for the honour you have conferred on me, and as to the future, I hope you will all kindly make al lowances for a great undertaking, as it must neces sarily be small in the beginning. It is only by hard work that success can be reached. We must work hardly and constantly. You must enteras the way opens, and I have no doubt that the future will be glorious ; but the beginning must be in a small way ; and although you may not bear of any thing grand or memorable that I have done, yet recollect that I hope to be borne on by the same principles that have actuated me for the time past iu all future time. I again thank you for the hon our you have done me. (Loud and protracted cheering.) Dr. EiVingstone, after receiving the hearty con gratulations of the Lord Mayor and the principal members of the corporation, and of the Lady Mayoress and the several ladies assembled to gree' the rev. gentleman, retired amid applause. ' OF THE WORKING Mr. Ross moved— tiravk. - ..1 and Military intelligenne. A large party of troops belonging the Indian depot at Chatham were yesterday engaged in a variety of escalading operations at Prince Henry's bastion, in conjunction with the troops of the Royal and East India Company's Engineers. Commander J. G. Bickford - will succeed Com mander Strode on board the Victory in a few days. The Fairy Royal steam-yacht embarked their Serene Highnesses Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and Prince of Saxe Meiningen yesterday morning from Osborne and conveyed them to Portsmouth, where they were placed under the escort of Lieu tenant Robinson, of her Majesty's ship Victory, who conducted them over the dockyard, the gun nery ship Excellent, a floating steam-battery, a gun-boat, and all other objects of prominent note, with which the illustrious visitors expressed them selves much interested, and warmly thanked Lieu tenant Robinson for his courteous attention. Their Highnesses left Portsmouth for London by the 25 minutes past 4 o'clock train. The steam troop-ships Adventure and Assistance went out to Spithead yesterday mo , ning with the 82d and a portion of the 23d Fusileers on board for China ; they had - not left at the despatch of this report last evening. Commodore Eden, C. 8., Superintendent of the Royal Naval Coast rolunteers, visited Falmouth officially on Wednesday last, and hoisted his broad pendant, under the customary salute, on board the Eagle, 50, Captain Story, who has the district from Plymouth to the Bristol Channel. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty -:---- G. Richards, master, to the Boseawen ; J. C. Paine, paymaster, to the Conway; David J. Yeo man, clerk, to the Conway. INSPECTION OF THE CAVALRY BY THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. CANTERBURY, MAY 21. This morning the cavalry stationed in our bar racks under orders for India, the 2d Dragoon. Guards (Bays), and the 3d (Prince of Wales) Dra goons, underwent an inspection by the Commander in -Chief, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge. The Duke was accompanied by Colonel Forster and Colonel Tynwhit, Aide-de-Camp Major-General Lawrenson, Brigade-Major Jenyes, C. 8., and Captain Hunt, Aide-de-Camp, The troops, in full dress, were formed in line and under arms by a quarter to 9 o'clock. On the arrival of his Royal Highness he was received with the usual salute. The Duke then minutely inspected the front and rear ranks, after which the regiments were formed into columns of troops, and marched passed his Royal Highness, in slow and quicktime. The troops then wheeled into line, and on the pa rade being dismissed, an order was given to turn out as soon as possible in complete marching order. In a quarter of an hour both regiments were formed ready in the military field at the rear of the barracks, for the reception of the Cominander-in- Chief. On arriving on the ground, his Royal High ness was again received with a general salute. The duke then rode up and down the lines and carefully inspected the troops, after which the regiments marched pastin squadrons, threes, and troops, and went through a numbe r o f rev i ew an d fi e ld-d ay manoeuvres, the whole of which were admirably performed, and were highly satisfactory to his Royal Highness. The inspection lasted upwards of three hours. At its conclusion the men were formed in square, and the officers advanced to the front and saluted. The Duke of Cambridge then addressed the troops, and expressed the great Eatis fact.on he bad felt in witnessing the manner in which they had executed the various movements of the day. They were two fine regiments, and he was sure in whatever part of the world duty might call them, they would never disgrace the service to which they belonged. There was one fault with the 3d Dragoons, and only one, and that was that their horses were not half broken in. Having ex plained his Royal Highness s notion of the dif ference between "breaking in" and " breaking down" horses, the duke said they were now going to India, and he had no doubt the officers would bear in mind the observations he bad made. Having dismissed the troops to their quarters, his Royal Highness, with his staff, proceeded to the Fountain Hotel, and shortly afterwards left the city. THE EXMOUTH. A court-martial commenced sitting on board the Victory flag-ship in Portsmouth-harbour yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock, to try Captain H. Eyres, C. 8., and Mr. Cavell, the master of her Majesty's ship Exmouth (screw 91), for getting that ship ashore on the morning of the 12th instant near the Lizard. The court consisted Of—Captain Sir T. Maitland, C. B. ' H.M.S. Excellent (President) ; C a ptains Eliot, H.M.S. St. Vincent ; the Hon. F. T. Pel ham, H.M.S. Blenheim ; St. Vincent King,H,M. S. Princess Charlotte ; the Hon. J. Denman, H.M.S. Victoria and Albert; T. Thomson, H.M.S. Colossus ; Farquhar, H.M.S. Malacca ; Tarleton, H. M.S. Eu r ydi ce ; Crispin, H. M.S. Fairy ; Mends, H.M.S. Hastings, and Mr. Hillyer, Deputy Judge- Advocate of the Fleet. The circumstances of the accident have alreAdy been reported. The Exinouth met with a dense fog after passing the Lizard, and was for some time in congtderable danger. She was coming home under sail, and land was discovered at about 9.15 'on the morning in question. She was put about, but took the ground forivard, when sails were lowered and she was taken into deeper water, where the anchor was let go in seven fathoms. Some damage, of course, was inflicted on the ship and her machinery by this accident. _ Lieut. Marriott deposed that he was doing com mander's duty .n .the day the ship went on shore. He producal . the chart—the Admiralty chart—by which :she was navigated. The position of the ship had been ascertained at noon on the day prior to that on which she struck. At 6.30 a.m. the land was reported to be on the lee quarter, and bearings were then taken by the master and the officer of the watch. Generally the officers of the watch took the observations prescribed by the Admiralty, but he was not aware that they bad done BO on the morning of t!ie 12th. Mr. John Penn, master of the Victory, deposed to having examined the log of the Exmouth, and that, according to his reckoning, the track of the ship was about miles different to that marked on the ship's chart. When she struck she ought, according to his reckoning, to have been 20 miles from the Lizlrd. In his calculations be had made no allowance for stt of tide or current. The set of the tides was stronger to thenorthward than to the southward. In cross-examination by Mr. Cavell, the witness said there was _generally a northerly current after leaving Scilly. Lieutenant Marriott being recalled, deposed that he went on deck on the morning of the 12th, at half-past 8, when there was a thick fog. Soon after the captain ordered the ship to be put about. The hands were turned up and the helm put down but as she went round she took the ground. Sh e shortly after fell off, but as she did not go ahead the fires were lighted. Witness was on the morning watch shortly after five o'clock, but up to half-past 8 saw no land. There was no cast of any lead got during that time; and he thdught there were no leadsmen in the chains. Before they got on shore, however, the lead was going. The ship was steering south east by east to half east up to seven o'clock, when the course was altered to east. There was a look out at the mast-head. The master was on deck and took bearings at half-past 6 a.m., when the signal man reported land in sight. At this time land could not be seen it three or four miles distance. wit ness was not then aware of the position of the ship, but bad considered she was steering up the channel, and that she was not near the Liaard. Lieutenant Theorell, the officer of the watch when the ship struck, deposed that land was last in sight, before the ship struck, at 10 minutes past seven, about 10 miles distant. The lead of the ship was not hove. The last land they had seen was Land's End, bearing north. The order given by the cap tain as to the steering of the ship was S.E. by E. half E. Sbe was under the P'aster's charge. After some further evidence the court adjourned, LAW INTELLIGENCE.—May 21. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell.) REEVES V. CLIFFORD.-DISTRESSING CASE. This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages in an action brought to recover for injury done to the plaintiff, by the defendaat having thrust a piece of red hot Vass into her eye. The damages were laid in the declaration at WU Mr. Morgan (Humphrey, Son and Morgan); ap peared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Metcalfe, thebarrister, for the defendant. This was a very distressing case, and it called forth the sympathy ands commiseration of every person in court. The plaintiff was a girl under 14 years of age, who sued by her next friend, and the defendant, James Clifford, was a young man about 21 years of age, a glassblower in business on his own account, at No. 5, Greville-street, Hatton garden. In September last he was an apprentice to Mr. Negretti, of Dorriugton-street, and on the 20th of that month, as the poor plaintiff was peep • ing through the shutter screw-hole, in the wood work of the window, the defendant thrust a piece of red-hot glass through the hole, it penetrated her left eye, the sight of which is entirely destroyed, and as at the age of six months she lost the sight of the other eye, she was rendered totally blind for life. It appeared that some b %ys had been playing the mischievous trick of puffing t,loacco smoke through the hole, and it was urged that the deten-' dant, thinking that it was one of them looking through the hole, foolishly and indiscreetly put the piece of glass through, not intending to do any in jury, but there was a square of glass immediately over the hole, and he could have seen it was a girl and not one of the boys—although as a jurymtn remarked, the act would have been quite as bad, even had it been one of the offending boys. The girl's mother was a widow, residing at No. 5, Apollo-court, Fleet street, where she earned a pre carious' living by needlework, and at the time of this occurrence the plaintiff had a place at 9d. per week and food, to take care of a baby, and since the mother had been unable to leave her, as she cried if she even quitted her for a moment. On the day it occurred she was out with the child, and her mistress told her to sit down on a step, but seeing two boys "looking" in front of the window she went to see what it was about, when she looked through the hole and instantly the glass was pushed into her eye. Her screams brought her mistress to the spot, and she extracted from her eye a sharp pointed piece of glass, about an inch long, and the thickneas of a tobacco pipe, which evidently had broken off a largo piece. The sight of the eye had been burnt out. She was taken toa hospital, where she remained some time. It' was stated by Mr. Morgan th it the defendant and his father, a pub lican, had t eated the matter with great indiffe rence, and had refused to make any recompense, but it was denied. They bad been ready at all times to make some compensation to any proper person on the girl's behalf. DX was offered in court. Mr. Metcalfe urged that it was impossible to con ceive that the defendant could have done such an act wilfully if he had, he would deserve to be sent to penal servitude for a long term of years. None more deeply regretted the sad occurrence than the defendant himself and his father. He was not in a position to pay heavy damages, and if the jury gave a small sum it might be paid for the girl's benefit ; if they gave a large sum it could not be paid. It was a case well worthy of admission to the Asylum for the Blind. The jury concurred, and hoped the girl would be admitted. The Under-Sheriff having shortly summed up, The jury gave a verdict for 1001. Mr. Morgan said he would do all he could for the girl's interest, and they would give a small sum weekly for he would not go for the amount of the verdict. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. (Before F. Bayley, Esq ) GENERAL TOM THUMB. --NASSETH V. BARNUM. This was All action brought by the plaint ff, a foreigner, against the renowned Barnum, the exhi bitor of. General . Tom Thumb, at the Prince of Wales's Bazaar, Regent-street, to recover 101. for a month's wages, due to him under an engagement as valet to the General. Mr. Roberts, solicitor, was for' the defendant, and the court was crowded to excess to witness the deportment in his new character of the general, who had been subpoenaed. From the statement of the plaintiff, who spoke tolerably good English, it appeared that in conse quence of an advertisement in the Times of the 20th April, last, requiring, as valet, a person who could speak French and German, and wag a good hair dresser, application to be made at 79, Regent-street, he repaired thither, and was engaged by the de fendant to fulfil the situation at the rate of 101. a month, and had only been in it three days when he was suddenly dismissed, at that time 11. being offered him by Mr. Pearce, the tretsurer, which he refused, requiring 101., for which he brought the present act on. By Mr. Roberts—He was engaged to dress the general and at his exhibition to transform him as quickly as possible from a Roman gladiator to Vil likens—(laugbter)—but not to run errands. The general, being called by plaintiff, said, he certainly was told that the latter had been engaged as his valet, and being a good linguist, was to have ac companied him to the Continent. Mr. Roberts said that the fact was plaintiff dis charged himself, which he should prove by Mr. Barnum, who deposed that the day he left plaintiff came very Pit) to his duties. When, on remon strating with him he said the place didn't suit him, and he thought he should leave, witness replied, " I don't think you do suit, and if T had my will you should leave in less tjian 30 seconds. Plaintif f , upon that, said he woud go, and witness telling him he should be paid for the time he had been there, took him to the treasury, where he was offered and refused - 11. He had nothing to do with engagements, which duties devolved on Mr. West, to whom on plaintiff's applying, he referred him. Mr. West said he made no permanent engage ment with plaintiff, but said if he suited he would be paid 81. a month. His Honour was of opinion that plaintiff dis charged himself, and gave judgment for defendant, who handed over to him 1/. FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF A LADY. On Wednesday afternoon Mr. C. St. Clair Bed ford, coroner for Westminster, and a highly repeat able jury assembled at the mansion of Sir E. C. W. Macnaghten, No. 42, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, to investigate the frightful cir cumstances attending the death of Miss Mary Mac thiehbeodjyti:Tw'hich lay in an adjoin having been sworn, p n r a o g e h e t e e d n e , d ag to ed vi 2 e s w . Mg room. It presented a horrid spectacle, the head, face, neck, and arms being almost literally charred, so that no feature could be distinguished. The deceased had evidently been a tall, finely framed young woman. On the return of the jury, Sir Edward Charles Workman Macnaghten was examined. He was deeply affected, and deposed that the deceased was his eldest daughter. About half-past ten o'clock on Monday morning last he heard loud screams, and, proceeding to where the sounds came from, found deceased at the bottom of the stairs in the hall, enveloped in flames. The fire was eitinauished by the butler, and deceased intro taken ino adjoining room and placed upon a couch, then in a senseless state. She shortly after recovered her consciousness, and told him (witness) that she knew she shquld not recover, that She wished to die, and expressed surpriPe that she did not feel more pain. In explain ing how the burning had occurred, she said' that she was in the drawing-room engaged in writing, and that while so engaged she felt an extraordinary degree of warmth about her feet, which at first she conceived to be merely fancy, but on looking down she perceived that she bad trodden upon a lucifer match, which had set fire to the lower part of her dress. The carpet was found to have been burnt through a r ou nd the spot where the Match had been ignited. The match bad no dottbt fallen out of a box containin g others, The Attendance of medical gentlemen was imme diately obtained, but) notwithstanding the most unremitting exertions t h e &ceased expired about , ten hones after the accident. Wa!ter Wall, butler to Sir Edmund, Stated that at the time ention ed he was in the pantry, when he heard loud screams, and found deceased as his master bad described. The flames in Willeh she was enveloped were at least three feet above her head. He endeavoured to extingiulsh them with his hands, but without success, And lie then Pushed and procured a baize tll4O-;COtvr, which he fittig Over her, and thus suc ceeded iti Lii4ingdishing the flames. Mr.Jsaac Baker Brown, surgeons described the injuries of deceased, observing that the body 'was burnt from the soles of the feet to the crown of the head, All that could be done for her was to alleviate the pain by administering opium. The death was caused by the severe and frightful burning. The c oroner trusted that the v erdict the j ur y would give might have the effect of inducing more care in the use of lucifer matches. The jury returned a ver dict to the effect that deceased died from burns received on Monday, the 18th inst., in consequence of her clothes having caught fire by the accidental ignition of a lucifer match. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE BETHNAL -GREEN-ROAD.— Yesterday afternoon, as a little boy of seven years old was running after a cab in the Bethnal-grEen.road, he was knocked down by a cart, the wheels passing over his head and body. Ha was taken to the London Hqs pital, but was quite dead before he arrived there. BANK RETURNS, An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of ' Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 9th day of May, 1857 : PRIVATE BANKS. Average Amount. Andover Bank, Andover=Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,785 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 30,240 Baldock Bank and Baidock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldoek—Wells, Hogge, and Co 31,115 Barnstaple Bank. Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,731 Basingstoke and Odiham - Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. . 23,324 Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 34,120 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co . Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford _ _ _ .. _ ___ Bank, Bicester-11. M. and G. Tubb 15,308 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham --Attwoods, 22,985 Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,074 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 7,630 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 79,590 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co; 15,468 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L. Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and C 0... 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 Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury -Gillet, Tawney, 7,392 35,824 18,223 21,874 69,760 ... 33,128 29,259 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 34,623 Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H 29,233 A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon OM Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, 12,584 60,503 and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— . 18,428 12,387 J. Worlledge - Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co 2,888 14,181 47,763 30,574 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, Bawtrce, 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 20,247 3,126 18,045 35,280 46,483 6,504 21,334 Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank,'Slon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank'and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Bevonport Bank. Devonport— Hodge and Co Dorchester Old 13,nk and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter' and Co East Riding lank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Ban • 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 77,139 Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City 'and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers. and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hertfordshire, liitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone--Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and C 0.... Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaesborough—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 Leeds Bank, Leeds—Becktt and Co. •• Leeds Union Bank, Leeds —W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pao•ets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Lian. dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymii:gton Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gui-neys and Co. Lynn Regis and: Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis — Jarvis and C 0............................... Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and, Co. Mar lb oroug h Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlboro u g h Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hung wford Bank, Marlborough — Tan• ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Wiliiams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and C 0...... Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark —Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarlett Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham- mond, m and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich---liarveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart , Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris andCø. . ............................................ Netv Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and C 0.... Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton brklge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge.—T. H. and S. Benching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. . Pease Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beveity Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and P Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, eter borough—D. Yorke and Co. .•• Pembrokeshire Bank , Haverf or dwest —.T. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Beading—Simonds and Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. ........................................... . Richmond Bank, Richmond —Roper and Co Rochdale Bank Rochdale--Clement, Royds, and C 0.., . ......... Rochester, Chatham, an Strood , Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret, & Rom Old Bank, Hercdfordshire, Ross Allawa,y and Macdougal •••••• Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf- fron Walden—:cribsons and C 0...... ......... . 9,559 12,721 32,985 26,720 8,349 10,245 72,573 86,203 10,241; 47,953 90,763 42,965 24,765 8,120 10,515 6,633 6,036 15,698 30,362 29,162 18,306 18,541 52,518 5,071 35,076 23,398 21,171 63,650 11,761 25,830 21,144 43,084 8,792 5,348 51,156 38,112 31,027 25,718 97,183 25,759 6,998 3,790 37,155 13,600 15,505 2,240 7,267 18,222 29,408 17,07 26,189 51,722 19,397 23,245 47,120 97,840 10,596 3,115 23,355 9,527 28,967 12,115 32,742 8,230 11,056 47,855 11,063 10,964 11,093 30,325 32,215 6,869 4,256 6,898 12,875 10,125 12,510 4,291 27, 9 7 1 DWELLINGS OF THE WORKING CLASSES. "That it be referred to the Improvement Committee to consider the best mode of improving the dwellings of the working classes within the city, and that the said com mittee be instructed to confer with the Commissioners of Sewers on the subject, and to report thereon to this Court." Mr. Ross said he did not intend to expatiate upon the evils resulting from overcrowding in the city, as every member of the Court must have read Dr. Letiieby's recent reports, in which these evils were explained at great length and. with much force. (Hear, hear.) Their medical. officer had told, them that people were dying in a ratio of three or four to one of what they did in other loca lities under a better system of sanitary discipline. The mortality in the lodging-houses under the Metropolitan Association was only 1G in 1,000 per annum ; in the city it amounted to 24, and in the West London district to 28 per annum. It was formerly at ahigher rate, but in consequence of the exertions of the CommiA4sioners of Sewers the mor tality and suffering in that district had been consi derably reduced. In the West London Union, out of 810 persons who died, annually, the deaths of 348 might have been prevented if proper arrabge m-rnts had been made for their comfort ; but these persons were actually sacrificed by bad tanitary dis positions. (Hear, hear.) As owne x s of large pro perty in the city, it was the duty ''f the corporation to provide suitable habitation s for the working classes. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Deputy BARNAT.D seconded the motion, which, aftar a short dLscussion, was carried unani mously. _ - - eMBANK.NIENT OF THE TAAMES. Mr. WOODT:fORPE read the following communi cation, vihig:;n, upon the motion of Mr. Deputy HARRISOW, seconded by Mr. Deputy °BEARD, was ordered to he prints d, and its consideration post poned till the next court : " Metropolitan Board of Works, May 13. "Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that the Metro politan Board of Works having passed resolutions to the effect ' that, as the control of the banks of the Thames is vested in the Crown or the Corporation of London, or both, her Majesty's Government and the Corporation of London be immediately communicated with, to ascertain if they Will undertake to carry out the embankment of the Thames between Westminster and London-bridge, or if they will join. this Board in carrying out the same. ' That it be referred to the Committee of Works and Improve mentsto carry out the foregoing resolution.' ~ .. , ~ [P-Dvic7eriss3 - &Tr.]—lt is with pleatitire We notice the daily bilious, and liver ..alehey, constipation, nervous, ' lAbilitt hi D i i i n ::7'itse '.:r eu;es . without . medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), com plaints, Cough, asthma, consumption, an d ( - i Barry's delicious Revalonta Arabica. We quote the follow ing ; —Southwick Park, Fareharn, Hatt% ,Oct. $1) 1848. Gentlemen, I sincerely thank you for riur kind attention. When I began taking the Revaielata I Waig iii as deplorable a condition as canlVell he iii" . :einca. I was confined to my bed, and so weak the; ; could neither stand nor walk, sufrering sei-entlY h.om flatulency, constipation ) and indigestion, and being comrnlied to have reeourse to aperkilitA every iiecOnd or 'third flay; and, up o n one ooeitsion, I swallowed no leis than :;even doses within twenty-eight hottrsi tinder theii4.4l atiAt'j. There was a giddiness in my heal, ilia a singing in my right ear, that when I turhed bay head on the pillow it resembled the sound produced by a light touch on a musical Wash. I had a pain. and sort of fullness aeress the chest, a sore throat and a slight eolith; tilt the pain around my loins Was so great that I could not remain in the same ,position for ten minutes all night.long. The mincipal seat of the pain seemed to be just below the ribs Oh my left side, and about three inches from the backbone. I commenced taking Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica morning and evening, boiled in water and salt ; and in less than a fOrtnight my appetite was gre fitly improved, and flatulency and constipation so far vanished POISONING BY MISTAICII.—On Sunday I that I have not tasted a pill or drug of any kind morning last i since. I am much .stronger, can walk steadier, and an Iri-ibman, named Mark Connor, about 40 years of I loss like a drunken man, Sze.—Jenzt VASS, Land-steward.-- I...imported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of age, died at Selby, in Vorkibixt-lo mistry, Dr. Andrew I7re; D. Shorland '; Dr. Harvey ; consequence of hay- Chemist ing taken a quart?: or laudan; b . - ' - .- 1 been given Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; him, l ., ,•,..... 1 ., brooruhead In, 9/ Len 'la.. , Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castle. , a small shopkeeper, in i" - &Ppe : r G ()Cif; e . cordial, Stuart, Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable u , y's An inquest was held on the hoes , persons, whose health has been restored by it, after a ll other f the decea ,, sd on the f 'dewing day, when a ver.liet of --- ' euro ' '• • h • m •1 is respect eaus of had failed. For fait .ei par.ucu a "Mandaughter" w . ae returned against Mr& Broomhead, ' i n-this invaluable food our readers as •e refaxxvd i tti Du Barry's g i who WAS committed for trial a,t the nod assizes. . advertisement in ; another part of this paper.. - . "The Coruinittee of Works and Improvements are de sirous that the same may be laid before the Court of Com, men Council at an early meeting of that body, and I a ir instructed to request that the Committee may be faro• with an interview on the subject referred to in th:‘,Be • r-dersc. ec ) l lution?.—l am, sir, you r mos t obedie n t serve " E. H. WooLnYclif Clerk "Mr. Serjeant Merewether, Town-r . THE CITY DISP.P - Mr. Alderman CUBIT', ..oIEARY. -, r. Alderman Salomons,in the absence of M treasurer and co presented a - petition front tilt; a,kin for ag• _amittee of the City Dispens ar y, g The pet, in aid of their funds. and Ffr ,scion was re f erre d t o th e Coa l and Corn ,4ance Committee. IVr Deputy LOTT presented a petition, signed Propriet,re and re,ident lutiseholde.s in the Camden-road, H u ll o vicinity, for a land forming the g r a a nl t l e ow r. l 7 4 t hPe°4ltudni portion i i o otsf n ofthiuneCmpa piece of roaTdhewit Park -road a site for a new church. petitionb was referred to it. committee, The Court adjourned. _ of tho Board. -dark, Guildhall," Salop Bank, Shrewsbury— Burton, Lloyd and. Co. Scarbor ).01 Old Bank, Scarborough —Wood all and Co 24,202 Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury vnd Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, Ey ons, and Co 4 1 ,666 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton---IVladdison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 13,635 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and CD Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 325 Stafford Old Bank, Sta-cord—Stevensonand Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford —Eaton, Cayley and Co. _ Y 6,765 Shrjvsliury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 24,337 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 11,457 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. 8,640 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton -- Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co 7,835 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons 11,563 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co 17,059 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co 11,454 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells; and Co. War wick and AV arwicksoi re Bank, Warwick — K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co 2,710 West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield - Leatham, Tew, and Co 45,064 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson,. Chap man, and Co 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--Eliott and Pearce 16,379 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth:—Arkwright and Co 36,661 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys.and Co 54,803 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Good ricke hnd Holyoake 12,900 Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven- • der, and Co 4,876 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and sons Wolverhampton , Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer 12,011 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, .• Birbeck, and Co 45,012 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart,, and Co York Bank, York— Swann., Clough, and Co 12,589 45,669 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal Barnsley Banking, Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North , Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 10,260 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 12,205 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 37,915 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 23,781 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 148,926 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,758 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 31,668 Hull Banking Company, Hull .24,539 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,650 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Ffelston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 27,706 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,281 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 64,345 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 23,238 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 78,476 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 51,346 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 12,104 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,883 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 29,545 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,190 Northamptonshire Union Bank; Northampton 84,866 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton - North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 57,2 Saddloworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 1,920 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 33,130 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Sourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Cora- Foy, Stourbridge Sheffiekl and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking CoMpany, Wolverhampton 31,167 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field • Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven • 29,649 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 74,366 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 68,804 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, 12,03 0 9,40° 47,6 e 31,863 19,673 59,990 35,23 119,070 41,739 1,446 20,112 36,748 22,763 60,627 50,800 346,330 46,692 56,253 22,225 51,304 14,837 33,146 6,360 Whitchurch ............... Worcester City . and County Banking Cepa pany, Worcester 6056 'cork Union Banking Company, York ' 69,065 Yor=:. City' and County Banking Company, 89,605 Y orksLire Banking Company, Leeds 120,601 J. mZCHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns, i n i a od Revenue, Somerset House, May 16. CRYSTAL PALACE.. —ONE SHILLING D AY. —Yesterd a y the admissions on payment were 3,074 ; ditto by season tickets, 417 ; total visitor e, 3,491. [ADVERTISEMENT. i% IND HEARING. —SPECTACLES.. POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OrEni, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES.—Messrs. S. and B. s a lmons, opticians, 39, Alho marlo-street, Piccadilly, Obseeve—ewosito the York Hotel W.--By her Majesty's Royal Letters Pate.lt for valua;ble and ex t ra ordinary improvements in the most pow erful and bril liant Telescopes, Camp, otauecouise, Opera, and Pe rs p ective Gi a sses to know the distances. These Lgese,7os posses such extraordinary power that some, three and inch's, with an extra eye-p'eeo will show distincth Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same teleo. 10 ?yo can be seen a person's countenanee three-and-a -half mile dis tant and &trebled from 16 to. 20 miles. Eor the svai , tcoat: pocket, an I aro of larger, and all sizes, with inc: easing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—A valu able r ewly-invente I very small pow, rful Waistccet Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be oat Po se k ee and known one and a half mile distant. They answer every. purpose on the race-course), and at the Opera Houses. Country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at Ito 14 miles. rhey are invaluable for shooting, deer -stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and ton ists. Opera, Camp, Perspe..tive, and Racecourse Glasses, with wonderful powers. —lnvaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses or the greatest transparent shower. 'Me great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaircd becomes pre esrved and strengthened, a nd very agei persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation— can see with these lenses of a much less magnifying power —and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Perscns can be suited at the mo remote part of the world by send inc one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the dist,nce from the eye they can read :small print with it, and those w have not made use of Epectacles by stating ho t h e ir age. Deafuess.—New Dis ry.—.The or ganic vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, smal. newly. invented instrument for deafness, entirely cliff:rent from all otl.ers, surpasses anythirg of the kind that t een, or pro bably ever can bo produced. Being of the same colour a . the skin is not perceptibls. It enables dealpersons to hear distinctly at church and 'at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the cars is entirely aemoaed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could bo desire —39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.— Observe—opposite the York Hotel. W. INQUEST ON A WOMAN FOUND DROWNIM. YcsterclAy Ennrri'ng Ca7ter reslmPd an in r7e4 at Vie Tac*'rn, Kj , ig.to ,, , on t 11.) :ody of Mlry Ann Kebble, alikged to have teen aurdered by a j man named James Smith, a hat cleaner. A great number of witnesses were examined, and the proceedings lasted seven hours. On the after noon on Wednesday week Smith and the deceased were walking in, the direction of Kingston. They appeared o be, on very bad terms, and quarrelled more than once. On one occasion the man threw his hat at the woman, and she threw her basket at him. On another he jumped up as if to strike her and she ran away. The man was heard to say, "Stop till I . get you into Kingston ; it shall•be the last day you shall ever be with me ;" and the vie man replied, "A - good job too." At nine 'o'clock the woman came alone to a public-house at Long Ditton, and asked for her husband, saying that they had "had words," and be had left her. She also showed that her dress was torn, and said ° that her husband had done it. She left at ten o'clock rath-r the worse for drink. She went to another public-house on the Ditton road to Esher at 11 o'clock, and left for Kingston in about a quarter of an hour. About 12 o'clock, a lady who was on the promenade at Kingston, heard a man and woman talking as thcy — came from the direction of Ditton, and the woman said, "I have . walked 20 miles to-day," and one of them (she though the man) said, "Just put that basket down." Shortly afterwards she heard a shriek. A poli2eman alfb beard shrieks about the same time. The deceased was found dead in the river next morning, and while the body was being inspected, al.out 20 - minutes past 5, the prisoner was present, and stated that it was the body of We wife. He afterwards said that she was not his wife, but that they had cohabited for nine years. The . prisoner, at 10 .o'clock on Wednesday night, went to bed at the Black Lion public-house, the gates of which • were locked up. In the morning it was noticed that the back gates had been opened, the staple forced, and the bar removed, apparently from within. The prisoner came down about 7 o'clock iu the morning. The jury returned an open verdict, " That the deceased died from immer sion in the water, but how she got there there was not sufficient evidence to prove." Country Markets. MANCHESTER-MAY 21. Our market this morning was thinly attended, and there was less disposition to purchase. Wheat fully recovered the decline of last week, but flour sold slowly at previous rates. Oats and oatmeal unchanged. Beans were rather cheaper. Indian corn must be quoted is per qr dearer. BOSTON-MAY 20. We had a seasonable' supply of grain at to-day's mar ket, and a large attendance. Wheat met a fair demand at fully is per qr. over last week's rates. Oats, beans, and peas at i revious rates. Nothing doing in barley. Prices :—Wheat, red, 503 Od to 5Js od; new, —s to - s ; white, Ms Oft to 61s Od , extra, 635. Barley, 403 Od. to 474 Od. Oats 20s to 28s. Peas, 40, to 44s Ud. Beans, 42 3 Od to 478 Od per gr. NEWARX—MAY 20. A full attendance and a good supply of grain. Wheat met a heavy sale, and was is cheaper. Beans were 2s to 3s advance. • _ Wheat, white 66s to 70s, red 62s to 645; barley, ma lting 44s to 48s, grinding 36s to 38s; oats, 24st. 30s to 325, 22st , 21s to 26s ; beans, 47s to 50s ; malt, 76s to 80s ; peas, 4 4 ' to 463 ; tares, 44s to 48s per qr. LOUTH-MAY 20. A poor trade was done in corn to-day, and of other grain nothing doing. The few sales of wheat must be noted at last week's prices. Wheat, 56s to 603 ; extra, 625; barley 425-to 445; oatar 23s to 255; beans, 42s to 455. GLASGOW—MAY , 20. There was less activity in the market to-clay, and s l , l useful qualities of wheat met a fair sale at the prices 0 ' last, week. Inferior foreign few buyers. Flour stesdP Barley scarcely so saleable, and about 6d per boll cheape . ; Oats in request. Oatmeal steady. For beans, peas, s o ' Indian corn full prices required. EDINBURGH GRAIN.--MAY 13. Tha supply of grain of all kinds to-day was not quite large. Sales ready, and rather higher in price. Bar ley back. Oats and beans as before. Wheat, on the top, is Od down, and on the averag e is 2d up. Barley, Os 6d up on the top, and is 4d dol t ! on the average. Oats on the top 6d down, and on the average 1s 4l down. Beans on the top 4s up, and oa the average 4d dawn. Tares from 54s to 55s per quarter. Potatoes—Regents, from 20s to 25s ; Orkney reds, 19 to I.s. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £2 7 5 9-12ths. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats 1 9 6 5-12ths. Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1546 qrs sold 1086 VI Barley 295 qrs sold 245 qN Oats 1072 qrs sold 969 Os Beans 196 yrs. sold 126 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD.—MAT 19. There was a large supply of fat beasts to-day from th North of England, Rotherham, and Liverpool marks the best quality was in good request. A full a tt e ndant buyers, bat prices unal.ered, and a few beasts unsol ' The number of sheep and lambs was large, but thol e ; mand was flat; and a clearance could not be effected. pigs were moderately plentiful, and soon found hie; The supply of fat and store calves was large, and in quest. _The following were the quotations :—Beef, 7d to mutton, 7d to 8d ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 7od Y lb. ; pigs, lOs 6d to us Od per score; rough fat, 5s 30.6 a per 141 b. ; hides, 41d to 6 4 d per lb ; calf-skins, 41c1 o per lb. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 21. lid STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is quite steaV,,,,gt prices are about the same as yesterday, closing firm. -Li l l/ Lancashires, 973—Caledonians, 36—Eastern Counties, r".O Lancashire and Yorkshire, 101 A—London and 14 , ° 11. Western, 1044 i—Midland, 84—Dutch Rhenish, u'i o , 1 , ls. 3d.—Blackburn, 6—Manchester, Sheffield, and t, coin, 41i 2—Great Western of Canada, 234 Ditto, Deg. 1.13.9. p.—South Eastern, 22f—London Eighths, 3 0 '0 d.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 16- -Luxembourg O il 10 d. —Chester and Holyhead, 18. MANCHESTER, MAY 21. +, STOCK EXCHANGE. The maiket was quiet, wive only a moderate business, and prices a shade lower. 4') sales were—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshir e ! j e , 2 i—East Lancashire, 97i Ditto, new, 1014 Ditto, new, 1-16 p. par.—Grand Trunks, 16 9 Midlands, 824 i—South Eastern. 22 5-16—Blackhu ln ; , Great Western, 67A—Canadas, 23 Ditto, new, P Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 8 5-16. BIRMINGHAM, MAT 21. STOOK EXCBANGE.—The market was dull to-ufkrg, ti ti; in prices no material change. Great Western, 67 Staffords, 94 9g —Great Western, Birmingham Guars.° Stock, 73—London and North-Western Eighths, 8 AWKWARD MISTAKE. —"Don't come—Too lat e ia Such was the massa ge l a t e ly cons i gne d t o the el e ;ditr telegraph in L on d on , f or a f a mou s aczoucheur ill 'deli' burgh. " Don't come too late" was the messag ° 0 1 0 vered. Off posted the doctor to the Euglish rnetx° l t d —only to learn that the " little stranger" had reg a l _ _ its "welcome" some days before his arrival. LIBERALITY OF THE LIVERPOOL,UNDERWRIT-, for The ship Meteor, Captain Porter, which left Mob l t is Liverpool in January last had to,put into Key vveli-igh a leaky state. The captain, being aware of the got charges had she got into the bands of the wreckerEliieo a powerful steam pump iron the agent of the n bet York Underwriters' Association, and proceeded dart voyage home. The judicious and praiseworthy °lb the of Captain Porter on this occasion has called for' of approval of the underwriters both of ship and e ar6 ;;W: whom there was a meeting a few days ago in thw r d oor roittee-room, when the sum of 1,000 guineas vie s - mously voted to Captain Porter. BIRTHS. OF A SON., 1 00 On the 21st in s t., a t Bel held House, Parse' ) '54 50:14 Middlesex, the wife of Henry Brinsley Shericlaw M.Y. Ch arlB On the 21st inst., at 47, Laibroke-squara, Mrs . Maynard Frost. DAVIIITER. On the 20th inst., OF at A Canterbury, the wife a iii°ll of Colonel Edmund C. (i Legh, 97th Begt. her, n the 20th inst., the wife of Mr. Henry . 4-f° Blackheath, and Southwark--twine. MARRIED. Wi ll if On the 20th inst., at the parish church, .- ' Bevan, Esq , of the Old Jewry and WestbourctTib° l London, r t y o R M e a a r d i a , E S o s ci fi . a , , ofL eldest , surviving eru On the 19th inst., at the Old Church. B°P'„' ) ;;I oi i Frederick Stansby, of Queen's-road west, 1 3 4,,' 3 " 3- V:bru - ' to Helen, youngest daughter of the late joseP- ti Esq., of Edgbaston. D,I V l° On the 20th inst., at 2, York Villas, . " tee-r°l'` 'of 06 Brix ~,u rt Neal, Esq., for many years a member of the 1 - 1 v ' r Saddlers' Company, aged 71. I , Oa the '2oth inst., at Bournemouth, 13a0 ' !AP 1, ./0 / General William Daniel Jones, late o f the 11°Y- 4, ley, aged 70. ff o rlgs - o f On the 21st inst., at St. James's-place,, Th'"' on, scl., EN., the eldest son of the late Thomas Hodgs . toll Wanstead, Essex, oN rth a°P On the 20th inst., at Passenham Rectory, iw are shire, the Rev. Loraine L. Smith, aged 7 „, 3 ' g e of 1. tho On the 21st inst., at Waltham Abbey , Ju r ' &cod °` Alger, for upwards of twenty-four years lex Cock Inn. ------ --- 6 --------------A.l---------Y001.114 i LONDON : Printed and Published by - 11113)° , l ice' - '' of m ,NSO;ranild2., in S t t r h a e n dy,rePeirinetteerf, t a h t e T s ; a te sto f fi l l ia l 6 tb i 0 0 01 of Middlesex, Friday, May,•22, itis7. A _: