The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-12 00:00:00

THE BANK PANIC AT GLASGO W. GLASOW, Nov. il. This morning the City of Glasgow Bank sus pended payment, which event created great excite ment in the city. There was a run upon the National Security Savings Bank, and also upon the British Linen Company ; but while the latter bank was paying out gold the officials were very busy in receiving deposits. The run upon the Union Bank was met with the greatest readiness by the resources of the establishment and the large arrivals of gold. The further supplies expected from London seem to have quieted any feeling of panic, the run having greatly subsided. The directors of the City of Glasgow Bank issued a notice that they had sus pended payment in the meantime, in consequence of the great demand made upon them for gold. During the day, however, the excitement caused by the event was greatly lessened by th e f ac t t h a t the other banks in town were accepting Western and City of Glasgow banknotes in the transaction of business, a course which the c ity au th or i t i es also a dopted in receiving payment of the city taxes. The panic seems to be rapidly subsiding. GLASGOW, TUESDAY EVENING. To-day the panic has increased to a most alarm ing extent. From the hour of opening to the hour of closing, the Union and City of Glasgow Banks have been blockaded to such an extent as to require a large police force at each establishment to pre serve order and to admit the public in batches. The demands at both banks were fully and promptly met. Although the `number of deposits called up was verylarge, it is gratifyingto learn that the panic i s mostly confined to small traders and others, having but small accounts. Men of business have univer sally fell confidence in the different banks. The cause of the run upon the Union is believed to be in a great measure owing to rumours that that bank is largely involved in discounting transactions with Messrs. Denuistoun and Co. This, we believe, is quite unfounded, and any advances made to that firm are well secured. The pressure on the City of Glasgow Bank is no doubt greatly caused by an absurd panic which occurred among the depositors with their savings branch last night. An immense crowd of depositors gathered at the branch bank in a very nervous condition, and although their united deposits would not amount to many thou sand pounds, their number caused a serious panic. At the National Security Savings Bank to-day the numbers of withdrawing depositors were immense, and considerable alarm existed. The Lord Provest addressed them on the groundlessness of their fears, and seemed to produce a beneficial effect. All the claims were promptly met, and the bank closed at the usual hour, with the intimation that it would open to-morrow at ten o'clock as usual, and explain ing the nature of their securities. Western Bank notes have changed hands at a discount of from 10 to 15 per cent. ; while some shopkeepers are trying to turn the suspension to advantage by offering to take these notes in payment of goods bought. In order to allay the alarm existing, the Lord Provost and magistrates met to-day, and ordered the following notice to be issued, and which is now being posted through the city :-- "Br TEM LORD PROVOST AND MAGISTRATES.—It is with the utmost regret that the Lord Provost and magi strates have observed a very unfounded and uncalled-for alarm in the city with reference to the stability of the several banks. They lament to observe the unwarrant able distrust on the part of many persons who have been calling up their deposits with the banks ; and they feel it to be their public duty to assure their fellow-citizens in the moat solemn manner that no cause whatever exists for any distrust of the perfect responsibility of the dif ferent banks to meet every shilling of their obligations. Even with reference to the bank that has found it neces sary, temporarily, to suspend payment, no risk whatever exists as to the ultimate security of the depositors. The inhabitants may rest satisfied that the magistrates would not give them this assurance except from the most per fect conviction of its correctness ; and they trust that the good sense of their fellow-citizens will restrain them from farther disturbing the monetary condition of the city, which cannot fail, if persisted in, from occasioning the utmost distress to the commercial and industrial interests of the town. " ANDRZW GALBRAITH, Lord Provost• "Council Chambers, Glasgow, Nov. 10, 1857." The following circular has been issued by the direc tors of the Western Bank to the shareholders : " Glasgow, Nov. 9, 1857. "Ladies and Gentlemen,—lt is our painful duty to intimate to you that a concurrence of circumstances of an adverse nature, both in this country and abroad, affect ing our pecuniary resources and credit, has compelled us to come to the resolution this day of suspending pay ment of the company obligations, both at head-quarters and at the branches. " We can assure you that this resolution has not been adopted without anxious and persevering endeavours to obtain such support, from kindred establishments both in England and Scotland as, without involving much risk to them, might have enabled us to tide over our present difficulties, and avert a catastrophe which, on public as well as private grounds, we shall never cease to deplore. This does not appear to us the proper time to enter into explanations as to the manner in which our applications for aid were met. All that is necessary to say is, that the leading Scotch banks, after conceding assistance to a limited extent, on security, have seen it right to withhold all further aid. "In regard to the future, two courses of action seem open to the bank, and to those who are involved in its embarrassments, whether as creditors or as shareholdeis. These two courses, although pointing at different re sults, may both be pursued simultaneously, and, we are advised, ought to be adopted for the interests and safety of all concerned. To understand this it will be neces sary to say a few words as to the position of the affairs of the bank. "Although no balance has been made of the books of the bank since the annual balance in May last, and although, no doubt, severe losses have been incurred since that date, yet we have reason to hope, if time be given for the gradual winding-np of the affairs, that the company's assets will be more than sufficient to py the whole debts. This, however, will much depend on the state of commercial affairs in this country and in Ame rica during the next six months. But, at all events, the undoubted means of the individual partners of the company, if rendered available by a judicious system of realisation, are greatly;more than sufficient to guarantee payment of all its deposits and other liabilities. "ln these circumstances, the course which it appears to as 'scold decidedly be most advantageous fur all parties to pursue, would be an extension of time for pay ment of the debts and obligations of the company—. coupled with a system and management of its affairs under inspec`don—and eventually, perhaps, an amalga mation of its business with that of some other bank. It belongs, however, to the crelitors of the bank to express their opinion whether such a plan is the one most de sirable to be followed ; and for that purpose we propose, as soon as possible, to call together district meetings of the creditors, at the places most convenient for them, that they may appoint some one to represent them should they not find it convenient themselves to attend at a ceutrel meeting to be held in G,asgow. It is quite obvious that this mode of arrangsmeut assumes great forbearance, if not hearty co-operation on the part of individuals ; but, where such extensive and widely. ramified interests are at stake, it is thought not unrea sonable to hope that, should there be a diversity of v i ew among them, the minority will yi e ld t o th e majo ty. "The other course to be pursued is that of at once taking the preliminary steps for winding up in a legal way. Although this plan would entail great sacrifices in the realisation of the assets both of the company and of the shareholders, it became neceessary to resort to it. It is fortunate that an act of Parliament was passed last session to enable banking companies to place them selves under the operation of the Joint-stock Act of 1856, in all respects except as regards limited liability. The shareholders and their estates must, under all circumstances, remain liable t 3 the full extent for the debts of the bank. The adoption of this act would, in our estimation, be of importance, wer e th e business to be carried on. ut the act contains, besides, very valuable and judicious clauses, enabling a company, placed in circumstances like the present, to be wound up, and the means of the individual partners to be made available for the early liquidation of thedebte. To adopt this act requires only the resolution of a special general meeting of the shareholders. We have therefore resolved on immediately calling such a meeting, to provide for the eventuality of such a course of action being pre ferred by the creditors, or forced on the company by ad verse circumstances. "In conclusion, it is hoped you will see that we have been actuated by the single desire to do our duty to the creditors as well as the shareholders iu the unfortunate position in which they have been placed ; and, at the earliest practicable moment, to take the instructions of those who are legally entitled to direct us to all further proceedinge.—l am, ladies and gentlemen, your most obedient servant (by order of the directors), "J. S. FLBMING, Mariner pro tern." The suspension of payments as offici _oily noticed above , created consid era b le exciteme nt at the h ea d- o ffi ce an d , the various b ranc h es in Glasgow on Monday. Miller street presented Ignite a scene ; in fact, tae entrance from Argyle-street was literally blocked up, not, we should say, by men who had any interest in the stoppage whose curiosity of the bank, but particularly led them to create a crowd, and to leoeolf So mething of interest, because of the want of anythin g terest themselves. During the afternoon manye:peta)rtiiens. , who had a few notes of the Western were to . anx i o us for change, and no doubt th e i r anxiety s:1 was somewhat justifiable, for in all likelihood, as the Mar. tinmas term occurs on the following day, and theV may . have depended upon paying their rents from their Small savings, the loss of immediate exchange is more disas trous than many people, otherwise circumstanced, can -well imagine. The crowds that besieged the principal banking office dispersed themselves about o'clock,s and there was no attempt at riot. ).About seven o'clock at night there was a large con la of people in front of the savin g s branch of the • 9- otGlasgow Bank, in Tron[sa . e. The depositors were - t:S l ik e r'fOr Admission to withdraW their savinr, ; but now fears had been excited we (Daily Mail) have been . • ,soable to learn. Such was the result of the confusion, ,' however, that hate were knocked off, and an immense , sainpunt of jostling took place. The police succeeded in clearing the streets, and we have no doubt that to-day the C.ty of Glasgow Bank will be equal to the demands of all their depositors. So far as we could learn, saving the obstruction of the idlers, the nervous people would have been very satisfactorily arranged with. With reference to the stoppage, the Glasgow Daily Mail remarks : " Such an event has long been unknown in Scotland, and it would be difficult to describe the feelings which it excited in this large community. Strong dissatisfaction was expressed at the refusal of the older Scotch banks to lend the necessary aid in this severe crisis to the Western, and this dissatisf ac ti on i s lik e l y to b e i ncrease d th e more the circumstances become known. Tiae bad management and bad debts of the Western Bank are now notorious. The diminished resources arising from these self-in flicted calamities was the evil to begin with. But the greath wealth of the proprietary, and the healthy field of busiaess that remained to the bank, were amply ed. ficient to have surmounted this difficulty. There was no run upon the bank for gold, no discredit attached to its notes, no suspicion in any quarter of the solvency of the institution. Bat there began against the bank a process of what we may call 'sap and mine,' by the withdrawal of deposit accounts in the city, and of interest deposits in the country branches. Persons not receiving the accommodation to which they were accustomed, or fear. ful of not receiving it, withdrew their accounts ; and carrying out the notes of the Western Bank de posited them in other banking establishments. A heavy balance was thus formed against the West / ern in the weekly exchanges of notes, and these balances, according to custom, had to be met by Exchequer Billi. It was to enable it to clear off this bi-weekly liability that the aid of the older and chartered banks was invoked, and in the first instance granted. But these concerns soon pulled up. It was really but a reasonable demaed after all that was made upon them. They were daily receiving from the public the deposits the withdrawal of which was thus crippling the Western ; and what was asked was that they would not employ the advantage thus obtained against a sister institution in a manner fatal to its existence. For any risk they ran they had the unlimited liability of a pro prietary as numerous and wealthy as any of their own, and on a credit precisely similar to which they them selves hold 30 or 40 millions of deposits from the public. Every effort was made last week by deputations to Edinburgh, even of parties not connected with i the Wes tern, and by proposals of various kinds, to induce the directors of these banks to extend the requisite assist ance in averting what could not fail to be a public catas trophe. A plan was even arranged for the amalgama tion of the Western and Clydesdale, by which the aitaing banks would have had the security of two great un limited proprietaries instead of one. But this, too, was rejected, and it was evident that the co-operation which had been expected, and the first promise of which had sent a thrill of joy and pride through all Scotland, was not to be obtained. Such is the feeling excited in this city by these circumstances, that we should not be sur prised to toe the most effectual measures adopted to pat an end to the petty and ruinous jealousy of banks that hail from Edinburgh against Glasgow banks, and banks that have charters against banks that have none. In the meantime, the suspension of the Western is a blow to the whole community, and cannot fad to have some most unfavourable consequences. The first resolution of every man who kaa the well-being of Glasgow and of Scotland at heart should be to prevent by all possible mears any movement on the part of depositors against other banks. Every bank in Scotland affords perfect security to depositors. On the other hand no bank what ever can stand against a run for deposits. The money lodged in our banks yields an interest to its owners. It has consequently all to be employed and invested in some profitable way, and while every bank keeps as much cash in its till as is sufficient to meet the ordinary demands of depositors, it is impossible that all can be served on the same day. We trust that every effort will be made to discourage withdrawals of accounts and deposits in the meantime from one bank to another. We understand that there has been a run this evening on one of the savings banks. This was to be feared, as the Western had departments for savings in its various branches throughout the town ; and the disappointment of its savings depositors was apt to be communicated to others of the same class. In order to check this movement, we would suggest to the directors of the Western Bank the propriety of paying off its small savings depositors at once." THE MONEY CRISIS. (From the Times' City Article.) This has been the most anxious day in the city since the height of the panic in 1847. The first disaster announced was the stoppage of another Scotch establishment--the City of Glas gow Bank, with a capital of 1,000,0001., a reserved fund of 90,5951., and 96 branches. This was followed by the suspension of the Lon don discount-house of Messrs. Sanderson, Sande man, and Co., with liabilities for three or three and a half millions, believed, however, to be amply secured by commercial bills and the property of the fixa. The telegraphic accounts from Glasgow during the morning described a continuance of the run which commenced yesterday on the various banks, and nearly 800,000 sovereigns in addition to the 300,000 despatched last evening have been sent from the Bank of England to meet the demand. It was stated also that a military force had been found necessary at Ulasgow to preserve order. When the Western Bank of Scotland, which stopped on Monday, was applying for assistance to the other Scotch banks, its expectations were alleged to be based upon the fears to be entertained of the universal panic that would result if it were to clo?e its doors. The courage of the various institutions, however, was not to be shaken, and their stability is now being tried to the utmost. That the City of Glasgow Bank would be in danger seems to have been generally contemplated, but strong hopes are entertained that the remainder will stand their ground. The amount of its deposits is not known. They are supposed to be considerably be low those of the Western of Scotland, although still of great magnitude and widely diffused, owing to the number of branches, and the fact of the con cern having been established 19 years. It has an authorised note issue of 72,9311., and the extinctien of this will be equivalent to a contraction of 46,6141. in the circulation, in addition to the suppression of 225,2921. from the failure of the Western Bank. Its shares are distributed among a larger number of persons than those of the Western Bank, the total in that case being 1,280, while in this it is 1.309. Of the prospects of a resumption of course no conjecture can yet be formed, but from the circum stance that the bank had agencies empowered to draw not merely in New York but California, it is to be apprehended a close investigation may show it has. net bean conducted with great prudence. The drain of geld to Scotland at the rate of more than a million in two days constitutes, of course, a most serious addition to the pressure in London. It must have its limits, however, and these can be clearly traced. The authorised note issues of Scot land amount to 3,087,239/. Beyond that total not a note can be put out, except against gold. At the last return the circulation was 4,051,2391., beirg 964,0001. in excess of the fixsd sum, but specie was held to the amount of 1,573,5461. The uncovered paper currency was therefore 2,477,6931., and the gold sent hence to-day and yesterday is, conse quently, nearly equal to 50 par cent. of the whole. Considerable quantities, it must be remem bered, had been seat previously, and further parcels, it is said, will be forwarded to-morrow, although it seems rearcely possible that more will be required. If the run consisted simply of note holders it would be altogether improbable that the existing supply would prove inadequate, but depositors are contributing to the panic, and a large number of these also c lai m specie. evertheless, whatever may be the demand on the Scotch banks, it is plain that their power of drawing upon us must be simply to the extent of the credits they have open, the Bank of England notes they may be able to collect, or the funds they can realise by sales on the Stock-Exchange. Of the entire deposits which they hold and which are estimated at more than 30 millions, only a very moderate proportion is avail able in this way. As far as Loudon is concerned, therefore, the movement now taking place has no vague terrors. For the moment it creates a most annoying aggravation of our troubles, but as it cannot go beyond a certain point, and even at the worst is not a withdrawal of gold from thecountry, the Bank of England can meet it in a bolder manner and with more indifference as to the tem porary effect it may have upon their reserve than would otherwise be the case. Unfortunately the differences between Scotch and English law which have so long been permitted to embarrass the in tercourse between the two countries are moat pro minent on all financial matters. Bank of England notes are not a legal tender in Scotland, and thus it is impossible even to lessen partially the incon veniences of the case by sending the required remittances in that form. The fact of about two thirds of the Scotch circulation being in notes under 51., coupled with the known habits of the peopl e , especially of the operative classes in Glasgow, in using the banks as places of deposit for their savings, will account for any popular disturbances that may now have been threatened. Such move ments, however, are more evanescent and more easily met than those of larger capitalists, and, if these should not take fright, the whole affair will probably be of short duration. It appears that the rate of allowance of the Scotch tanks for deposits throughout all the recent advance in the money marketalthough the changes in has not been raised above 4per kept pace with those cent., theof of the Bank rates of England. discount deed, they were race tl charging 8-4- per cent. for keeping down the allowance was li 8. The reason% assigned when the London rat n that the banks are consideredaowance for deposits are means of investment approftee to offer the only gages or Consols, andthat as thaegfeotiirnir safe ty l erean to m scarcelyort obtainei, ana Consols pay i rer interest, 4 per cent. is a sufficient temptatatio Annexed is the circular issued by Messrs. Sa nderson, Sandeman, and Co., announcing the necee say for their suspension. The liabilities of the house to depositors, by whom bills are held as se. curity, are stated to be between three millions and three millions and a half, while those to other parties may be about 200,0001. The great majority of the bills held being perfectly good, and such as would be discounted by the Bank of England, the depositors will not in these cases suffer any incon venience, and the effects of the stoppage will there fore be very limited when compared with the mag nitude of its appearance. Ten years ago the house suspended during the crisis which then raged, and in less than five months resumed business, Mr. Sandeman being admitted as a partner. An equally favourable result is confidently hoped for on the present occasion. The principal difficulties of the firm have arisen from the failure of the Liverpool Borough Bank and Dennistoun and Co., but from neither of these sources can any ultimate deficiency be much apprehended : " King William-street, Nov. 11. " It is with extreme pain we have to announce to you that our house is under the necessity of suspending its business,—an event which was wholly unforeseen and unexpected by us. " The pressure of the times and the recent lamented death of our senior partner, Mr. Sanderson, have left us no alternative b u t t o take this step, which we trust will be but temporary. The accounts are being made up with all despatch, and in a few days they will be in a state to be submitted to those interested. " We are, &c., " SANDERSON, SANDE HAN, AND CO." The applications at the Bank to-day for discount were again extraordinarily numerous, but this feature loses much of its importance from the cir cumstance that it is chiefly from parties over-supply ing themselves. These persons, when they get the money pay it into their bankers', by whom at the end of the day it is again paid into the Bank of England. Many merchants, in order to gratify an ignorant impulse of caution, have now at their bankers' tw o or t h ree ti mes ie amount they ordi narily keep. The reason they give is they "do not know what may happen." They might know, if they would take the trouble to reason, that the foreign drain having been almost wholly checked, there can be no increased demand for money, ex cept such as may be occasioned by their own fears and by any temporary contingency like the Scotch panic ; that under such ciroumstances, whatever is taken from the Bank must always within a few days return to it ; and that under any circum stances the Bank will continue to afford at the fair market price every accommodation it would ever have granted even in the calmest times. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 12, 1851 THE MURDER 1N EERTFORDSIIIRE. STEVENAGE, Nov. 11. This morning Jeremiah Carpenter, a farm la bourer in the employment of Mr. Home, of Norton green farm, and who has been apprehended on sus picion of having murdered John Starkins, one of the Hertfordshire countyconstabulary, was brought before the Rev. E. Prodders and Mr. Morris Prior, magistrates of Hertfordshire, and formally charged with the offence. The prisoner, who is It powerful-looking fellow, about 5 feet 9 inches in height, and apparently about 40 years of age, was respectably dressed in the usual clothes worn by the labourers of the dis trict, but wore no smockfrock. He seemed to re gard the whole proceedings with callous indifference. He was not handcuffed. All the exertions of the police to discover the hat of the policeman and also the smockfrock in which the prisoner was dressed on the night of the murder have been hitherto unavailing. Some clothes seized by the police at Carpenter's house, which the prisoner stated were his, were sent to Professor Taylor for examination, and the evidence of that gentleman will be found below. The case presents many points of difficulty which require to be cleared up, and so important is it considered to ob tain some additional evidence that Capt. Robert son has brought almost all the inspectors to assist in the search, which has been hitherto unremit ting. Mr. Beaver, surveyor, of Hitchin, has been employed to make a plan of the fields in the neigh ' bourhood of the murder, which was produced at the examination. The depositions to-day were taken byMr. Veasey the magistrates' clerk. Captain Robertson, assisted by Superintendent Barnes, conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Fitzj o h n , so li c it or , o f Stevenage, watched the proceedings upon the part of the prisoner. The followiag is the additional evidence given to day : Inspector Hawkes, having been called, stated the deceased John Starkins, was stationed at Ste venage. Witness saw him last alive on Friday, the 30th of t 1 o'clock, when he went on his usual beat. Oct.,Not returning at 9 o'clock, witness searched the town and made inquiries respecting him, but without obtaining any information. On the following day the search was resumed by wit ness and a policeman named Wilson, and from in formation he received be was induced to search the neighbouring fields, in company with some of the neighbours. They bad a dog with them and searched the woods, but without effect that day. They also inquired at the deceased's lodgings, but they had heard nothing of him. On the Sunday he received information that the deceased had been seen on the railway bridge on the afternoon of the day on which the murder was committed, and on Monday wit ness summoned all his police force to join in the search. They commenced searching early in the morning, and about 11 o'clock police-constable legate, who was in the next field to witness, called to him to come to the pond. He went immediately to him, when Isgate showed him the dead body of Starkius lying in the pond. By witness's orders the corpse was taken out of the pond, when it was discovered that the throat was cut and the head ' nearly severed from the body. There were other wounds found on the body. The deceased was dressed in his usual policeman's clothes and had his greatcoat on. About 20 yards from the pond witness observed the marks of a dreadful struggle ; the field was partly in grass and partly in turnips. The spot at which the scuffle took place was in grass and it was much beaten down, and was saturated with blood. Some of it was in a coagulated state. There appeared to have been between one and two quarts of blood in that spot. The bloody appearance was so great that it seemed as if a sheep or some other animal had been slaughtered. There was also an appearance as if a heavy body had been dragged along the grass to the edge of the pond ; the grass appeared to have been beaten down in one direction. He saw no footmarks. The grass was too high to leave any imprints of a man's feet on the ground. He directed the body to be re moved to an inn in the village (the Chequers) and left some officers to watch the spot. He then pur sued his investigation of the field, and about 95 yards from where he discovered the blood and in a portion of the field covered with wheat stubble he came upon another spot where there were marks of a struggle, and on examining the ground be found a quantity of wheat strewn about. The soil was disturbed there a good deal and there were marks of feet on the ground, but not distinct. He saw no traces of blood there. The wheat appeared to have been spilt. Between the spot whero the wheat was spilt and where they found the blood, nearer to the latter, a pair of handcuffs were picked up by oge of the police constables. There were also marks of persons having passed between the two op As. Mr. Prior—Was there any blood, or traces of blood, upon the hands of the deceased ? The witness replied that there were no such marks. Examination resumed—On Saturday following ( the murder witness called at the house of the pri soner, and found that he had a wounded leg. He asked him how he had hurt his leg, when he told him that the injury was caused by a piece of wood falling on it. He showed him the place, and it was very black and swollen, but the skin was not broken. In reply to a question he put to him the prisoner said that he had been working in one of the fields onMr. Horne's farm, and that he had come home by the side of Gunwell's wood, and in front of the 2 cottages standing in the field; he also said that he got home about half-past five. It was 1 o'clock when witness called at the house of the prisoner, and he was surprised to find him home at that hour. On Monday he went again to the prisoner, and asked him where his knife was, and ho said that he had given it to hie son. When they dis co►ered that a murder had taken place they sus pected the prisoner immediately. He had the pri soner stripped and examined by a surgeon, and also examined his clothes, and saw what seemed to be traces of blood on his boots. e d r s y — o your a s v u e spicions ? youl\ a lr t .g h r e Po 2 rl : n s dd t ge of Octob er I t o ld St ar ki ns you any facts uponTw hietwußehsieie_vh. that I suspected the prisoner had been stealing corn from his master's farm, and directed him to keep his eye on him. I also told him which way he went home from his work. By Mr. Veasoy—ile took possession of the pri soner's clothes, and subsequently gave them to Superintendent Barnes. By the Rev. Mr. Prodgers—The pockets of the decease 4 were not torn. There was no appearance of a desperate highway robbery upon Limn. Evidence was then produced for the purpose of tracing the deceased to the last moment at which he was seen alive. Professor Taylor was then called, and, having been sworn, made the following statement :—On Thursday, the sth of November, I received from Superintendent Barnes at the chymical laboratory of Guy's Hospital the undermentioned articles—a knife, a smockfrock, a pair of corduroy trowser3, a pair of boots, and a pair of gaiters. On Satur day, the 7th of November, I also received at the same place from Superintendent Barnes a shirt, a quart bottle containing a colourless liquid, a spade without a handle, and a wicker basket. These articles have been submitted to a chemical and microscopical examination. 1. The knife.—The blade was perfectly clean, and there were no marks of blood either on the blade or on the handle. On removing one half of the buckhorn .handle from the plate of i ron t o which it was !wetted there was a deep red stain mixed with mit and dirt. It was found to consist of coagu lated blood in a dry state. The blood must have penetrated between the buckhorn handle and the iron plate, and have there coagulated. 2. The smockfrook.— This was damp, and felt as if it had been exposed to wet. It presented no appear ance calling for particular notice. A portion which was stained was examined, but the stain was not owing to blood. 3. The corduroy trousers.—These presented many stains, chiefly at the back and on the sides. Five different portions were examined, but they yielded no evidence of the presence of blood. In the groove of a bone button taken from the left knee there was found a firm coagulum of blood. It had a bright red colour and was appa rently fresh. In one of the holes of this button through which the thread had passed, there was also a small coagulum of blood. The appearance was such as would be produced by the wiping of blood from the surface of the button. There was a slight smear of blood on the cotton string con nected with this knee. 4. The boots.— These were much covered with sand, mud, and clay. Portions of leather presenting the appearance of stains re sembling blood were removed and examined. There was no satisfact ory ev id ence o f bl oo d, b u t i n addi tion to sand there was found by the aid of the mi croscope a number of starch granules, having the appearance of white starch. 5. The leather gaiters. —These presented some dark stains, especially on the left side. A c h em i ca l an d m i croscop i ca l ex amination showed that these stains wore caused by coagulated blood. Granules of wheat starch were also found mixed with blood. The leather near these stains presented in some parts a rough ap pearance as if it h a d b een scrape d or ru bb e d. An inside loop of the left gaiter presents a smear . of blood. This has been left undisturbed. 6. A irt. --Numerous small spots were found on the back, sides and fro nt o f the shirt. Soule of these were, , inside, while others were outside, and had not en tirely penetr a t e d . O ne sta i n on the outside in front presented th e appearance o f a smear. Stains of iron-mould were found in some parts, and a THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. A meeting was held last evening at the:Guild hall Tavern, in pursuance of a circular suggesting that the shareholders should then meet to take into consideration the propriety of subscribing the sum necessary to carry out an arrangement under which the creditors had consented to accept Cs. 6d. in the pound, in addition to 10s. in the pound ac cruing from the estate. After considerable discussion, Mr. R. P. HARDING the official manager, said the sum required was 180,000/. Of this , 65,000/. had been sub sor ib e d ; and, without referring to other shareholde rs , thre were 69 who held 519 shares, from whom no offer whatever had been re ceived. Steps had been taken to ascertain the names of these parties, and it was calculated that a sum of 113,0001. could be obtained from them. It was suggested that Messrs. Gillott, Mitchell, Harding, and other gentlemen should retire into a separate room and receive proposals. At the termination of these interviews, Mr. Harding reported th a t, i n ad dition to the 65 ,0001. already referred to, 27,0001. had been promised by former shareholders, 4,000/. by Mr. Stapleton, the only director who had as yet subscribed, and 11,700/. by the 69 shareholders to whom reference had been made. This made the amount 107,700/. out of the required 180,0001., and Mr. Harding expressed himself as having no doubt that the required amount could be got. Mr. PEARSE said he felt, after this, that the as signees were in a position to deal with every share holder as his case required, and that there should be no delay in prosecuting their claims upon share holders who had not as yet contributed. Mr. LINKLA.TER observed that the 27,000/. pro mised by the original shareholders was conditional upon the other shareholders making up the required 180,000/. The assignees would give a release to a shareholder who they felt had contributed accord ing to his ability, but they would never allow a man to escape by payment of 5001. when he ought to pay 5,000/. While there were shaieholders who had not contributed anything, there were others who had not contributed their due portion. It was ultimately resolved that Mr. Harding should communicate with shareholders who had not subscribed, stating to each the amount that would probably secure him a release, and urging him to return an answer within seven days as to his willing , ness to pay that amount : and that Mr. R. Taylor (one of the assignees), and Motors. Gillott and Mitchell, two of the shareholders, assist him in car rying out the resolution. It was stated during the proceedings that Mr. Brockwell, who had succeeded in obtaining the re moral of his name from the list of contributories, had still proposed to pay a sum to obtain a release. TRIAL OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Yesterday an application was made at chambers before Mr. Justice Crompton by counsel, on behalf of several of the defendants in this case, for parti culars of the charges to be preferred on the several counts of the indictment, which consists of general as well as of specific counts. Mr. D. D. Keane, Mr. Coleridge, and Mr. Aspland appeared as counsel for the defendants, and the crown was represented by Mr. Joseph Brown. The application was opposed on the ground that thcugh the special counts con tained overt acts, yet the charges in the special counts were precisely similar to those in the general counts, and the application was therefore an appli cation for the disclosure of evidence. Counsel for the Crown, however, stated that he had put into the indictment all the overt acts which he knew of, such being the instructions of the Attorney-General, and that if he should become acquainted with any further overt acts before the trial he would apply to amend the indictment by inserting them, but he would give no undertaking to do so, or to confine his evidence to the overt acts mentioned. To this it was replied that the enumeration of the overt acts in the indictment was an embarrassment instead of a benefit to the defendants unless they were assered that none other would be sprung upon them at the trial. The learned judge was of opinion that so important a case as this ought to be taken to the full court, but his impression was against granting the order, inasmuch as the counts, in his opinion, did not contain specific charges. but only varied in this, that some stated overt acts as well as specific acts, while others contained specific charges only. It was then pointed out to his lordship that the last count in each information was too general, as it did not contain any specific charge, and he made an order for particulars as to that count alone. Three informations have been filed against the defendants, because some of the persons named in the different information', are not liable with re spect to the whole of the time for which the others are. These informations, which have been filed at the instance of the Attorney-General, are laid against Humphrey Brown, Edward Esdaile, Henry Dunning M‘Leod, Lorraine de Wolfe Cochrane, Richard Hartley Kennedy, William Daniel Owen, John Stapleton, Hugh Innes Cameron, Lockhart Mure Valiant, and Frederick Valiant. The first count, which, in fact, charges the material offence, is that the defendants fraudulently conspired to re present that the affairs of the British Bank were in a prosperous condition during the whole of the year 1855 and the half of the year 1856, and for that purpose, in order to carry out the conspiracy, to publish a statement of the affairs of the bank, to declare a dividend, when, in fact, no dividend had been earned, to issue 500 new shares when they well knew that the bank was approaching insol vency, and to publish false abstracts of the annual balance sheets. It further charges that they did in fact publish such false statements, that they had paid dividends, as if they had been earned by the operations of the bank which had never in fact been earned, that to keep up the credit of the bank they purchased shares in the market and paid for them out of the moneys of the bank ; that they issued circulars falsely stating that the bank was prosperous, and published advertisements inviting persons to become shareholders with the like object, and had also published a notice that they were about to issue a large number of new shares at a 5/. pre mium. With the exception of the last count, each information which is a general court to cheat the statements in the several counts are varied with respect to shareholders, customers to the bank, and leige subjects generally, the object charged being to defraud by inducing such persons to buy new shares or to deposit money in the bank. No day for the trial has yet been fixed, nor is it even yet known whether it will be a trial at bar or not. It has been definitely arranged that neither the Attorney-General nor the Solicitor-General will take any part in the trial, and that Sir Frederick Thesiger will lead the prosecution on behalf of the crown. We understand that upwards of 50 coun sel have been retained for the prosecution and defence ; and, from the voluminous nature of the evidence to be adduced, the trial will probably last three weeks. A considerable number of German emigrants of both sexe-i visited on Sunday the Louvre and other public buildings of Paris. They nearly all left in the evening by railway for Havre. stain arising from blue vitriol was seen in front.- The left wristband was stiffened, and the stiffening was found to be owing to its containing a quantity of soap not washed out, and not found in the other wristband or in the body of the shirt. This wristband presented one long yellow mark arising from iron mould, and several greenish-coloured spots arising from a solution of blue vitriol. There was not the slightest trace of sugar of lead in this wristband. The quart bottle contained a colourless liquid, which was found on analysis to be a solution of ace tate of sugar of lead, without any admixture of blue vitriol, or any preparation of iron or copper. The spade presented mark of iron rust intermixed with chalk, clay, and a few granules of wheat starch. 7. The wicker basket.—On portions of the wickerwork inside there were small stains of a bright red colour. These were found to be owing to blood, the blood having apparently coagulated as it came in contact with them. This blood, like that found in the groove of the button, had the ap pearance of fresh blood. The conclusions which I draw from this examination and analysis are,—that there were stains of blood inside the handle of the knife, on the button, and on the corduroy trousers, on the outside of the gaiters, on the shirt, and on the wickerwork of the inside of the basket ; that the stains found on the inside of the handle of the knife, on the button of the corduroy trousers, and on the wickerwork of the basket, had the appear ance of coagulated blood. This appearance would be assumed by blood issuing from the body of a living person, or of one recently dead, that is, be fore the blood had naturally set or coagulated. That some of the small bloodstains on the shirt have been apparently produced by blood reaching it from the outside. That the bloodstains above-mentioned present the characters of human blood. At the same time there are no certain criteria by which, in the dry state, human can be distinguished from animal bl led. No certain opinion can be given of the date at which the stains were produced on the handle of the knife and gaiters. The stains found on the button and the wickerwork of the basket have the appearance and properties of recent or fresh blood. Soap in large quantities and blue ♦itriol have been applied to the left wristband of the shirt—the soap subsequently to the washing of the shirt, and the production of the stains from blue vitriol. The lotion in the bottle would not account for the ippearance and condition of the wristband. Several witnesses were then examined, whose evidence was taken before the recorder and reported in The Sun of Tuesday last. After the examination of those witnesses the pri soner was remanded till Tuesday next, and in the meantime the police will make a further search for the clothes of the prisoner, there being strong rea sons for supposing that a portion at least of them have been burned, and that those taken by the police on the Monday following the murder were either some old clothes belonging to the prisoner, or some that he had obtained from another labourer. On this hypothesis the garden of the prisoner and one or two others have been dug up. It is gene rally believed that the prisoner went out the night after the murder for the purpose of concealing the clothes, and also to dispose of the body of the mur dered man. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 10. MANSION-HOUSE. —George Harrison and James Hunter were charged before the Lord Mayor with having robbed Mr. Fred. Wm. Jacob, of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, of his gold watch. Mr. Wontner attended for Harrison. Mr. Y. Prisnet, clerk to Messrs. Padmore, of Hatton-court, Threadneedle-street, stockbrokers, said—l was at the end of Finch-lane on the morn ing of Lord Mayor's day, and felt a great crush. I observed the two prisoners and some other persons shoving against a lady and gentleman, who were together, and against Mr. Jacob, who was also in the crowd. Harrison put his fists together in front of his breast and forced himself up against Mr. Jacob, who immediately seized him by the collar and called out for help, and Hunter then ran up to Harrison, evidently to take what he had got. Several other persons then rushed upon them, and I saw something passed from one to the other, but 1 did not see what it was, and the officer then came up and took the prisoners into custody. Mr. F. W Jacob said—l am secretary to Spanish and American bondholders. I wasgoing to the Bank, of London on the 9th inst., and there was a great crowd in Threadneedle-street, and I stood in the_, middle of the road. Several persons were in front of me, and all at once a man put his hand into my waistcoat-pocket and took out my watch. Harrison was the person. I held him tight till the officer came and took him. He struggled very hard to get away from me. I did not see my watch after wards. I felt the guard distinctly broken from the watch when it was taken. Franks (634)—1 was in Threadneedle-street at the time, and heard cries of " Police !" and I went to the spot. I saw Harrison struggling in Mr. Jacob's grasp, and endeavouring to get away. Mr. Jacob said that Harrison had stolen his watch and gave that prisoner into custody ; and Mr. Prisnet p )inted out Hunter, who was then trying to force his way through the crowd, and said that Hunter had received sometidug from Harrison. I then took Hunter into custody, and Mr. Jacob charged them both. Mr. Woutner cross-examined the witnesses, but their testimony was not weakened by the ingenuity of his exertions for Harrison. Hunter said he was innocent of the offence. Mr. Wontner submitted that a jury would not return a verdict of guilty against Harrison in'such a case. It really appeared to be a mere case of fun in which his client had been engaged on a day remarkable for larking in the streets, and that some practised thief had taken advantage of the confusion produced upon the occasion to run away with the prosecutor's watch. The Lord Mayor said the fun was just what the most active and ingenious thieves were in the habit of practising, and he would, neither summarily dis pose of it, nor decide it in Petty Sessions, but would refer it to the more serious consideration of a jury. The prisoners were then committed for trial. William M'Clure was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with having deserted from the 19th Regiment of Foot, and also with having stolen a pair of shoes, the property of a private in the regiment. Isaac Wilcox, a private in the 19th Regiment, said he was in the recruiting service. On the 25th of last month he missed his shoes from the place at which he lodged, and on the same day the prisoner, who had enbsted in the regiment, ran away. Some dad a afterwards the prisoner was met in the street, and upoit his feet were the shoes which had been stolen. desertion.the Wll presse you would The prisoner- 4 am guilty. The Lord Mayor — You must go to Holloway w are ld Prison for two months, and labour hard there ; when you come out you r c ommanding officer will discharged from the prison you will be a better soldier. deal with T . he torydoumafoyrortrheequestei that acknowledge his receipt of 101. from M. A. for the poor-box. •, ..•,1.1.,.... ...., GUlLDHALL.—Georgeßerry, a traveller, in the employ of Messrs. Hutton and Slee, of New gate-street, was placed at the bar, before Alderman Phillips, charged with embezzling 6/. 7s. Bd. and 61. 18s. 3d., the moneys of his employers. Mr. George Stephen Rix said—l am a cashier in the employ of Messrs. Hutton and Co., fringe manufacturers, of 5 and 6, Newgate-street. The prisoner was a town-traveller in their employ, in which capacity it was his duty to collect orders and money on account of his employers, and to account for them each day as he received them, and to hand the money over to me. He has not accounted to me for the sum of 6/. 7s. Bd.'received of Mrs. Ro berts on the 10th of October, nor for the sum of 61. 18s. 3d. received from the same person on the 31st of October; neither does the book contain the en try of either of these sums. Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner, for the pri soner—l have on many occasions given the prisoner particular directions when to account for the money. There is a commission allowed him in addition to his salary, but I am not aware if there is a balance due to him, as that belongs to another department. Sarah Roberts said—l keep a Berlin wool ware house, at No. 30, Wigmore-street, Cavendish -square, and on the 10th of October last I paid the prisoner 6/. 7s. Bd., and on the 31st, 61. 18s. 3d. ; and he signed the receipts produced in my,presence. I paid those amounts on Messrs. Hutton s account. Mr. Wontner said this charge was open Lo ex planation ; but he would not object to a remand. Alderman Phillips said he would remand the case till Saturday, but he could not take bail. William Mennett, who gave himself into custody last week for embezzling 45/. 11s., belonging to his master, Mr. George Baker, of Cecil-street, Birmingham, when a detective officer from Bir mingham attended, and said a warrant had been out for the apprehension of William Mennett, for absconding from Mr. Baker's employ in 1854. with 45/. 11s., and from the description given in the line and Cry he believed the prisoner was the same person. Alderman Phillips thought it extraordinary that no person Loin Mr. 131kur had att,e ;'ei, atd askA the officer by what authority be claitued the pris-uer, as ha had to warrant with him ? ' The officer said, Mr. Baker would have to come to London ; but as the witness lived in that part of the country, and the communication stated the prisoner would be given up to any officer sent to conduct him to Birmingham, it was thought un necessary for Mr. Baker to attend. The officer then produced the correspondence which had passed between that office and the Birmingham police, and having satisfied the court on that point, the alder man ordered the prisoner to be given into the offi cer's custody to be conveyed to Birmingham, to be dealt with by the authorities of that place. WORSHIP-STREET. Edward Jackson, an oil and colourman, in Leonard-street, Shoreditcb, and his wife, Anne Jackson, were brought up for re-examination, charged with having been found in possession of various valuable articles of wearing apparel, the property of the Countess df Ellesmere, and which had been abstracted, with a travelling trunk containing property to the aggregate amount of 15,000/. ' from her lady s hip' s carr i age d ur i ng h er journey to Windsor Castle on a visit to her Majesty. Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, attended as before for the defence, but no counsel or a tt orne y was pre sent to conduct the case for the prosecution. • The facts adduced at the former hearing have already been published, and the following addi tional evidence was now proceeded with. Charles Froud, the driver of a cab 10,932, stated that at 6 o'clock on the evening of Jan. 12, 1856, (the day of the robbery) he was called off the stan..l in Davies-street, Grosvenor-square, by two men, one of whom directed him to assist in placing a large black box inside of his cab, and, after having taken leave of his companion, he entered after it, and directed to be driven to Willow-walk, Shore ditch. As they were passing through Finsbury square he was ordered to proceed into Leonard street, on reaching which the man got out and walked away with the box, which witness had placed upon his shoulder, and he saw no more of him. He noticed at the time that the box wau very weighty, and, to the best of his belief, it was the one now produced by the police as the property of Lady Ellesmere. Thos. Gear y, a horsehair corder in Antelope-gar dens, Shoreditch, stated that shortly before eight o'clock on the night referred to, ho found the empty box produced, the lock of which had been wrenched off, upon a piece of waste ground at the rear of his house, within about 300 yards from that of the prisoners. - Eliza Parsons, a poor widow in the neighbour hood, was then examined, and stated that she had been in the occasional habit of washing for the fe male prisoner, in whose possession she had seen ar ticles of dress of the most costly description. Some lace handkerchiefs and part of a dress which had been proved to be the property of Lady Ellesmere were here shown to the witness, who recognised two of the articles as a portion of those to which she re ferred. A valuable black scarf was also exhibited to her, in reference to which she stated that since the former examination she had been spoken to by the female prisoner, who urged her to give evidence to the effect that she bad known it as her property for five years, but she declined to do so as she had never before seen it. Inspector Brecknell—ln the absence of a prose cutor, perhaps your worship will allow me to ask the witness whether she oan give any evidence re specting certain diamonds. Witness—Yes, Mr. Jackson once showed me two very splendid diamonds, which she told me had been sent to her by a gentleman in Australia, who had paid his addresses to hor before she married her husband. The Inspector—And I believe she has some dis closures to make in connection with a copper tea kettle. Witness—You mean the kettle that Mrs. Jack son gave me to take care of, when her husband was in trouble about receiving a cask of butter. I re member there were two watches in it, besides some silver plate, a longjewel pox, and a lot of rings, with pearls and red stones, but I returned the whole of them to her about 10 days afterwards. Police-constable Evans then deposed, in addi tion to his former evidence, that on the discovery of Lady Ellesmere's property at the house in Leo nard•street, a portion of it was claimed as her own by the female prisoner, who declared that some of the articles were presents from her mother, and that others had been given to her byafemale friend in the Hampstead-road. With regard to the haberdashery goods which had been found upon the male prisoner, their owner had not yet been traced, but he had ascertained that the man Woodward, from whom Jackson alleged he had obtained the property, was now in the House of Correction un der a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment for re ceiving stolen goods. It having been intimated by the police that fur ther time was necessary to complete the investiga tion, the prisoners were again remanded for a week, but the magistrates required them to put in an in creased amount of bail for their future appearance. W. Enzor, 17, was charged with creating a dis turbance in the Standard Theatre, Shoreditch, and assaulting one of the officers in uniform attached to chat establishment. Lambert, the complainant, stated that several persons from the boxes having complained of the conduct of some person abOve them in the gallery, he proceeded there, and cautioned the defendant, whose language was of the grossest description. The interference, however, only increased the evil, and witness proceeded to remove him. A scene fol lowed that was not in the programme of the even ing's entertainment ; defendant resisted violently, and but for the aid rendered by a cabinetmaker, complainant really believed he should have been killed, as the offender called loudly for assistance from his companions, who to the number of half-a dozen most shamefully complied. The performance was for the period stopped, a portion of the wood work of the gallery was torn up, and a heavy blow made at the officer's head happily averted by a man standing near. Lambert was severely injured by kicks dealt principally by the defendant, who was well known as one of a band of ruffians frequenting, the railway terminus. This gang went by the name of the Forty Thieves. _ Mr. heritage, for the proprietor, assured the magistrate that every care was taken to conduct the theatre, which was most respectably attended, with the greatest order. Mr. D r Eyncourt said he believed this, and would not tolerate such abominable misbehaviour. Sent for one month to the House of Correction in default of paying 40s. and costs. CLERKENWELIL—Thomas Sayers, the well known pugilist, and at present the champion of England, attended before Mr. Corrie, at the in stance of the parish authorities of St. Pancras, charged with refusing to support his wife, Sarah Sayers. Some facts connected with this case have already appeared from which it will be recollected that Mr. Birchmore, the relieving officer, stated that the de fendant had refused to support his wife, awl that she had therefore become chargeable to the parish, and was now an inmate of the workhouse. The de fendant refused to support his wife on the ground that she had committed adultery, but took his chil dren away, and well looked after them. Some witnesses were called by Mr. T. Wakeling for the defence, who proved that a number of men had been seen in Mrs. Sayers' room at all hours of the night, and that she was a very drunken and dissolute person. Mr. Wakeling proposed now to call Sayers' child, a girl about 7 years of of age, to prove that strange men had been seen in bed with her mother. Mr. Corrie said he would not examine a child so young, and he would take upon himself the respon sibility of refusing her evidence. He would adjourn the case for any time that would suit the defendant. Mr. Wakeling asked for an adjournment for a fortnight. Mr. Birchmore had no objection to an adjourn ment, but was prepared to have the case decided at once. He should be able to show that Sayers had visited his wife lately. The case ultimately was adjourned for a fortnight. THAMES.—Thos. Ashwell„ a master tailor, at the corner of Holmes-street and Green-street, nearly opposite John Knox's Church, Stepney, who had been out on bail, surrendered before Mr. Belle to answer a charge of stealing gas, the property of the Commercial Gas Company. Mr. Selfe having heard the case said that if there had been anything like satisfactory evidence that the pipe now in court, and called a "ferry,"had been fixed with any felonions intention, he should have committed the prisoner for trial. There was no pretence for saying that it had been 'fixed before the meter was removed, and it was possihle the meter failed to register the gas consumed. The prisoner had acted most improperly in fi x i ng t hi s pipe with out the sanction of the gas company, and without giving them notice. lie was a very f oo li sh man, and had been guilty of an unlawful act, but there was no case on which a jury would convict the prisoner of felony. He should inflict a penalty of 101. Mr. Jones added that the prisoner was liable to a penalty of 21. for every night he surreptitiously used their,gas. WANDSWORTIL—Mr. William Watling, the extensive pork-pie manufacturer and provision merchant, of Pimlico, was summoned before Mr. Ingham, at the instance of the 'Wandsworth Dis trict Board of Works, for having caused a nuisance at his piggery in the York-road, Battersea-fields, by the boiling of stale pork-pies. Mr. Con-milis, the clerk of the hoard, sth,ted that this w - a 8 a proceeding to previ-nt a recurrence of tha nuisance which was likely to occur daily. His instructions were that the nuisance was caused by the boiling of stale pork-pies to fatten the pigs. Mr. Dunoomb', who appeared for the defendant, said that statement was not correct ; and he could prove that, notwithstanding Mr. Watling's exten sive trade, they did not average more than eight pork-pies per day that were thrown into the hog tub. These pies were highly flavoured, and patro nised by nearly all the licensed victuallers ; and, therefore, when they were broken up and boiled with the other food for the pigs, it was not likely that it would causo such a nuisance as complained of. The defendant, kept a great many pigs, a nd his premises were at least 100 yar d s f rom any d we lling. He denied positively that any nuisance existed. Dr. Connor, the medical officer of health for the , sub-division of Battersea, said on one occasion ha experienced a most offensive smell, which he traced to the defendant's premises. He was in the habit of passing the premises daily, and only experi enced that offensive smell on one occasion. He spoke to Mr. Watling, who expressed his willing ness to do anything that would obviate the evil. Mr. Duncombe said, according to the suggestion of the medical gentleman, his client had placed a lid over the large copper, with a shaft to carry off the smell. Dr. Connor said he afterwards recommended that the lid should be placed much lower, and the shaft con-iderably higher. He had never tasted par. Watling's pies. Mr. Young, the surveyor of the board, and also inspector of nuisacices, spoke to having experienced the offensive smell on two or three occasions. He also stated that the neighbours had complained. He said the smell was much more offensive outside than it was in. He had the lid taken off, and saw that the food consisted of materials such as are used in pork pies. The foreman told him that the pies were boiled to extract the fat. He liked Mr. Wat ling's pies. Mr. Ingham thought the evidence was very slight, and recommended an adjournment of the summons for the p arties to come to an arrangement. The officers did not complain of Mr. Watling as a manufacturer of pies, but of his boiling them for food for the pigs. The summons was accordingly adjourned, Mr. Dancombe stating that there was no doubt his wor ship would bear no more of the caso. Cow itry Markets. EDINBURGH 39 AY AND STRAW MARKET Nov. 10. Supplies of all kintim these last six days large. Oat straw, from 7s 6d to 101 Od per kemple of 16 stoaeg tron ; wheat do., 6s, Od to 7s 61 ; barley do., 5s 01 to 7s Od. Hay from 10d Ito 12d. EDINB URGH MEAL—Nov. 10. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imixtrial, which sold at 37s Od and —a. .RKET—Noy. 9. lay 6 bags of oatmeal, 0 of Sales dull. DALKEITH MEAL There were in the market tc barleymeal, and 0 p o t barley. _ . Oatmeal, per sack •o: 2801bs First. Second. Third. tmperial • 3Ea Od --s 5d —s Od Barleymeal, per ditto --. gOd —s Od —s Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per dit't.o —s Od —a 011 —s Od Pot-barley, new, pm. ditto —a Od a Od —a Od DUBLIN. Nov. 10. We had an exceed.i ugly dull market to-day. The best samples of wheat eidy supported last day's currencies, and most of the inferior and middling samples remained un sold. Barley fully Is and oats about 3d lower. Indian corn in retail, and la lower. White wheat, 303 Od to 32s Od ; red ditto, 28s Od to 301 6d; ditto new, —s 0.1 ; barley, malting, 15s Od to 20s; grind ing, —s to —s ; oa LH, old, 15s 6d to 18s; ditto, new, 141 6d to 15s Od ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 16s; bete, new, 15s to 161 64 ; rapese, d, 268 Qtl to 28s Od per brl ; bakers, fl ou r, 181 Oil to 24s 0.1 per cwt. ;; Indian corn, 36s Od to 37s Od per 180 lba, COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton al s. Bates's West Hartley ...15 6 Tanfield Moor Wylam Walker Primrose .........14 9 Bebside's Hartley 0 North Percy Hartley ...15 6 Wallsend, Acorn Close Eden .19 3 Northumberland .........16 0 Belmont 18 0 Ships at market, 3.-NOT. 11. t the close of the market Wallsend, lac. s fl• Heugh Hall 19 0 Cassop 19 9 S i , Russell's ffetton 19 ! Nixon's Duffryn. 21 " Frain wellgate l9 ° 8 0 Stewart's 1 6 0 Whitworth 2 1 0 Fletton 18 0 Barton Elaswell 20 0 ;, 75 ; sold, 52. LOCAL 'SHARE MARKBT4. LFTERPOOL, Nov. 11. STOGIE Exessaroz.—The market was very dull to-day at the opening, but the news from India caused an fin. proveinent at the close. Caledonian, 344 4—Blackburn, 8k —Grand Trunk of Canada, 804 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 90— Great Western, 48 7i-- London and North Western, b 4 3 i — Sheffields, 36i 36_. Great Western of Canada, 16i- —South Eastern, 184. MA.NCHESTEIt, Noy. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened firm to-day, with a very brisk feeling, but closed at a further decline from the rates of yesterday. Blackburns, 8 i—Ditto, pref., 23 —Midland, 79i—Dovers, 18—Leedc, 88i—North Eastern, Berwicks, 221 Eastern Counties, 10i—North British, 11a—Caledonians, 35I—Londons, 93—East Lan cashire, 88i—Grand Trunk of Canada, B.—Shellielde, 34 —North Staffords, 4i d. BIRMINGHAM, Noy. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Prices in the market gen. , erallf depressed to-day, an d p r i ces a ll l ower. L on d on and .North Westerns, 934-- Gr ea t W es terns, 47—South Stafford', 91 --Birmingham Banki ng C o ., 33—01 d Union Mills, 13i. The garden of the Temple now presents a very agree able appearance, bein g pl an t e d an d neatly arrange4 l green turf. The cascade played on Sunday with an abun dant supply of water. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and P These wonderful productions have sow become so siPP r.. elated in every pa r t o f t h e world, that they forma 6"3".. plete household tr easure; t h e worst cases of u lcer:: wounds, and every variety of skin disease for which so many remedies have been tried without effect, resdilf succumb to their power; they act so miraculously upon the system as to b'e considered a complete phenem.toil the healing art. For this reason they are advocated by a ll modern practitio ners a ft er everyth i ng else h as Fer o"d unsuccessful.—Sold by a ll me di c i ne ven d ors t h ro e gbolls the world ; at Professor Holloway's Establishmen l 4 24 , 4 P Strand, Londo n , an d 80, M a id en- l ane, N ew Y or k ; b y A. Stampa, C ons t an ti nop l e ; A. Guidicy, S myrn a ; an d E. Muir, Malta. ADVE KTIStCht ANT. I— SIGHT AND HEARING -- SPECTA CLNE-"" POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PEasitR CTIY GLASSES. —S. and B. Solemons, opticians, 39, Albe aneT;.. street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, 7 .... By her Majesty's Royal L e tt ers P a t en t f or va luable atad,f: s traordinary improvements in the most powerful and bl !jur e Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Pay/spew_ Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes por , ea. such extraordinary power that some, three and s-half n with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly J up iter's r noon, Saturn's ring, and the d ou bl e stars ; with the esine tel escope can be seen a person's coun yjaaonr t h ree - a nd-a-half miles o miles. For the ‘waist distant and an object from 16 t co at-pocket, and are of larg er, . a nd all sizes, with increasing powers The Roy al Exhibition, 1851. —A Tata person of a walnut, by whicha ca n be see' an d Glass, the size and a-half mile distant. They answer e very purt able, newly-invented , very small, powerful, Waistcoat-p oc k e t k no wn one pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses, Country scen ery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 mile.. They are i n valuable for shooting, deer-stalking, y ae l et i alg, t o spor t smen , gentlemen, gamekeepers, an d t ourists. opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers, - Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of ' th• greatest transparent power. The great advantage d er ived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes Pre' served and strengthened and very aged persons area:waded to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can NEI with those lenses of a much less magnifying power—mod they do not require the frequent changes to the dal' gerous effects of furtber powerful assistance. Pervert! can be suited at the most remote part of the world by sent ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, an stating the distance from the eye they can read small with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.--The Or Ir . i l l Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invexte" instrument for deafness, entirely different from all ot:nerLo surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prolb aloY can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the sk. in, 11 uot perceptible. It enables deaf person s t o h ear di stinct l i l . l churchand at public assemblie% ; the unpleasant sensatie o t; singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it add all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39. ..4 11 ; 4* marle-street, Piccadilly.--Opposite the York Hotel, iv. • -”An011.010MOW BIRT HiS. OP A 80N. On the 11th inst., at 11, Euston•square, the wife of JoseP h Skelding, Esq. On the 11th inst., at Old Barge House, the wife of Arthu r S. Davey, Esq. OF A DAUGHTIOt. On the Bth inst., at 19, Chearer•street, the Lady Fran c° Baillio. On the 11th inst., at Camberwell-grovu, Mrs. W. . I ° lll/ ' st•n. MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Jobn Garrett, Esq., second son of Richard Garrett, Esq., of v , Northwick-terrace, Maida-hill, and Sizewell House, near SO mundham, to Sarah Winsmore, the eldest daughter of joaeo Easton, Esq., of 25, Russell square, and the Grove, South* wank. DIED. - On the 10th inst., at Clapton-squaro, Mr. Charles biarshA ll Simons, late of the Stock Exchange, aged 28. On the 10th inst., at East Dulwich House, Thomas Jona, Esq., of Leadenhall-buildings, Gracechurch-street a ged 87• On the 11th inst., at East Hall, B ermon d se y, Mr. 11011 Grives Dudin, aged 40. On the sth'inst., at Pau, Lady Elizabeth Bingham. On the 9th inst., at Roes Rectory, Yorkshire, the Rev." Sykes, aged 83. On the Bth inst., James Huxley, Esq of 80, Fore-strati az el 62. On the 7th inst., at Hythe-hill, Colchester, Robert Fair . bairn, Esq., late of London, aged 72. On the 7th inst., at Regent-street, Kennington, William Hiushelwoo 1, Esq , Paymaster R.N , aged 70. Oti the 6th inst.. at Southampton, Hon. Herbert G ar d ner. Marianne, wife o f the LONDON • Printed and Published by AITJRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Olfloe, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coUntY of Middlesex, Thursday, November 12,1F357.