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

, T fl EXHIBITION OF ART TREAS URES I R THE WHITWOTH AND ENFII:LD OF TUE RIFLES. UNITED KINGDOM, OPEN AT MANCIIKS rEr, MAY 510,1857. For the last few days a very interesting and im- SRASON TICKETS, 21. ss., may b+ 4 btained at the Offices of the portant series of experiments has been in progress Exhibition, 100, Mosley-street, 2,1 a nchester ; als in, London, Mr. 'SAM'S, 'Royal Library, St. James - street ; air. MITCHKLLN, Royal at the Government School of Musketry, Hyt:le, in Library, New Bond-street ; LETTS &CO , Royal Exchange; order to test the comparative merits of these two SMITH & CO, 157, Strand; and at LIME & SON'S, Church- rifles. Tho trial, which was of the most searching street, Liverpool. —By order, THOMAS HAMILTON. Secretary. and impartial character, was conducted by Colonel Inquiries as to ,‘PARTMENTS may be made from Mr. SAMUEL Hay, the able head of the school, and has termi 11A.DRIC, Offices of the Exhibition, 100, 11:osley-street, 31 anchester nated in establishing beyond all doubt the great and Jr -- -A decided superiority of Mr. Whitworth's invention. VMWJr r , i%p:2' ~ ~ I , , The Enfield rifle, which was considered so much ;CM It, 111 77, 1:- ';‘, - .', A , r 4,4 - 4 0 . ,,,tu } o_, 2, bet'er than any other as to justify the f Lrmation of '''' ' a vast Government establishment for its special manufacture, has been completely beaten. In aneti- SUN' OFEICE, Seven, o'Clock. rac y o f fire, in penetration, and iu range its rival excels it to a degree which hardly leaves room for comparison. MALTON RACES.—(This Day.) The following table gives the best results that have been obtained -froth ten shots of each arm re (BY ELECTRIC TELEURAPII.) spectively in the course of the experiments, which have extended over a week in time, and were LANGTON STAKES, brought to a close yesterday in the presence of Sucony Esperaucs Captain Po wlett Me. Range in Elevation. Figure of Five ran. yards. merit. _____. - . WELHAM CUP. Deg. Feet. Tharnthoro . Fairy Villikins Five ran. Enfield COVIVIAL HANDICAP. Whitworth } 1,100 3.45 2.41 Martlett . Conrtenay Minnie . Whitworth o 1 1,400 5.0 4.62 Enfield 6.20 to 7.0 No hits. Seven ran. TALLY-HO HANDICAP. Whitworth } 1,800 6.40 11.62 1 Livepoul - _ v..:.... L. 4 Enfield 9 - Livepoul .. Fairy b f Mischief It would appear from these figures that at 500 yards in 10 shots the Manchester rifle has a supe rior accuracy of 1.87 of a foot ; at 800 yards 3.11 ; at 1,100 yards 5.63 ; and that at 1,400 yards and upwards the Enfield weapon ceases to af ford any data for a comparison. In penetration the results obtained have been equally decisiVe ; the Whitworth projectile with the regulation Charge of powder going through 3ahallinch planks of elm, and being brought up by a solid oak bulk beyond, while the Enfield ball could not get past the 13th plank. The shooting on Tuesday was more to satisfy L-'rd Panmure and the other strangers preient upon the comparative merits of the two weapons than to show the limit of what each could do under favourable circumstances. Still the targets of every 10 shots on either side bore decisive evidence of the i-,uperiorittr of the new rifle, as a glance at the fol lowing table will proyn Sev©n ran. NAVAL APPOINTIYIENT3.—(This Day, -_..,.:4›.-.--. The folio wing appointments were made at the Atha' ralty this afternoon : Commander—John IY. Dorville to the Princess Char• lotte. Lientenant3--Joha E. Doran, John G. C. Evered, and It. C. BelPon, to the PrinoPeP Charlotte. Paymaster--George R. Deighton to the Princess Royal. Surgeons—David 2. Morgan to the Assistance ; Daniel Carter to the Adventure. Clerk—John L. Page to the Princess Charlotte. AssiQtact Payneast,Ts—Jobe S. Moore to the Vic tory ; Frederick Penfold to the Princess Charlotte. A-mistant Clerk—Edward H. 'byte to the Princess Charlotte. 1 Figcre of Rifle. Range. klevation. merit. - - _ Deg. Feet. • Whitworth Erifitld Whitworth 1 500 / 1 127 Enfield Whitworth c 1.33 Enfield MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMINT. L( Front t!Le London Gazette of this evening.) CUOWN-OFFICE, APItIL 21. Member?, returnel to serve in the Parliainent summoned to be bcdflen at Westminster, tbe,3ots April, Clunty of Warwick, Nortlif rn Division—Chaile3 N?wdtgate Newdegate, F.eq. ; Itchard Spooner, Eqi. Southern Division—Evelyn Philip Shirley, Eq. ; Edv.a,rd Bolton King, Eq. The last entry in the table records the meat] ra dial distance from a central point of 10 shots tired from a table-rest by Col. flay and Mr. Gamer, the manager of the Enfield factory. Both are firstlrate marksmen, yet at 500 yards the Manchester rifle in the hands of the former gives three times as geed shooting as the latter can get out of the Gove.n ment arm. All the other trials were made by 'ivi,es? from a beautifully-con:structtel machine reit, which placed both weapons on a footing of perfect equa iity as to the conditions under which they were tested. In addition to the feregeing experiment.), i here was one for sboweig, that with cylindro-con- . voidal balls on the expansion principle of those used for the Enfield rifle, very superior shoot'ng (lout! be obtained from Whitworth's heXagonal bore. This was most satisfactorily established, the mean deviation on the target from the cent-e of the group of 10 hits being only .85 of a foot at 500 yards' range. It will be observed that at 800 yards' range, at which the practice commenced, the shoot ing of Whitworth's rifle was so much better than the other that no greater distance was attempted. A reference to the first table of experiments will demon Es t rat 9 that . the target made by the former weapon at 1,100 yards is nearly as good as that made by the latter at 500. These ore great results to have achieved, and amply justify the forethought of the late Lord Hardinge in seciiiintr too services of so eminent a mechanic as Mr. Whitworth for the improvement of the rifle. Until he took the subject in band the prep( r principles for guidance in the' construction of the weapon had not been accurately determined. The manufacture was still conducted by rule of thumb, and in asvery hap-hazard way on the most import ant points. The li , c of grooves and an expansive projectile made it impossible to secure the rsqui site amount of pitch in the rifling arid the indispen sable hardness of metal in the bullet for peeetra tion. . Moreover, float the small amount of bear ing, the wear and tear both in the bat ref and in the ' projectile were enormous, and the length of t!:e latter could not be increased witlictiet causing it to capsize in its flight. By the polygonal bora and rapid pitch to which the form of the bullet accu rately conforms Mr. Wh:twor h has rendered strip- 1 pine impossible, and, his rifle when fired acting exactly like a male and female I•crew, the prejectile must rotate with perfect steadiness and pre4sion, on its axis. He can increase its length so c nsidsr ably as to secure space for converting it into a shell if necessary, and, being able to use metal of any' degree of hardness, he can adapt its form and strength exactly to the work which it has to par form. Thug, with a rifle 39 inches long and bait . ... inch bore, having a turn in 20 'inches, or two turns in its length,Vhe finds no difficulty in pene'rating a wrought iron plate 0-10ths of ae inch th'ek or cutting a core out of a piece of solid timber half a foot thick ; and some idea may be formed of the extraordinary power of his arm when we mention that his projectile; in their flight rotate at the rate of 15,000 revolutions per minute. The question of driving holes its the 4-inch breastpletss of floating batteries is at once solved by the application of these principles to artillery, the construction of which this new rifle proves must he completely re volutionised. A weapon which in expert hands will make good practice at 1,400 yards, and the range of which can be very easily helped by a telescope if necessary, gives the coup de grace to our present system of field batteries. At the Alma it would have silenced the Russian guns, or driven them from their position, tendering the rush of the Light Divieion, - with the heavy less of life consequent thereon,. unnecessary. Nor during the siege of Se bastopol would the rope mantlets of the Redan and Malaithoff have given much protection to the men working behind the embrasures. It affords some consolation in the midst of those difficulties with which the question of a-my reform is still surrounded, that at ,Hythe an institution exists, under zealous and efficient control, where the training of the soldier in the knowledge of his weapon will in a short time be well provided for. Supplied with the best rifle that can be made, and stimulated to its dexterous and accurate Ilse by'some such judicious system of rewards as that we understand Colonel Hay is anxious to see E stablished, our military force, small as it is should, in real strength and fighting power, be quite on h par with the largest continental armies. And no `less result than this ought .to satisfy a nation like this, so full of those resources by which the individual Englishman is made the equi valent of even hundreds of Men placed under less favourable circntnstances for action. The prin ciples of rifling developed in the Manchester small arm are even still mere applicable to artillery, and their applicability fortunately coincides with the absolute necessity for great and decisive changes in that branch of the service. It can no longer be doubted that rifled cannon can be made at a rea sonable cost, and that out of the ordinary size of field-piece, if necessary, can be obtained, with an accuracy of fire hitherto undreamt of, the range, weight of projectile, and penetration of the heavie-t ordnance. The means of demonstrating these facts were, at the late Lord Hardinge's suggestion, put by Mr. Whitworth within reach of the Woolwich authorities months ago, but they have taken no steps in this most important matter. Here is just the invention which the peculiarities of Chinese campaigning demand, yet no one thinks of turnin g it to account. In those vast manufacturing estab lishments which the war was taken advantage of to , form at 'the public expense machinery had been put 1 up for the product on of given implements of war fare, and the tremendous 'cis inertice of Govern ment is now committed to these models. Witl the new rifle be adopted in preference to the Eefield ? Will it even have a recognised place beside it ? Whatever practical answer time may give to these questions, the British soldier is clearly entitled to the best Weapon that can be procured for him, and the recent experiments at Hythe satisfactorily show that the best weapon is not that which the State has Eeen running up such huge workshops to provide him with. LONDON GP V;TAE—(This Evening.) BOARD OF TRADE,.WHIrEuALL, APRIL 20. Tho Eight Ifenourablothe Lnr Is of the Committee of Privy Council for Trsde and Pls.ntationi have received, throngh the Secret%ry of State for Foreign AfUrs, a copy of a Despatch from for M,jostv's Minister at St. Peters burgh, incle,ing copy of a lactic° which appeared tha Journal de Saint PelerBbourg, of th. 3 Ist of April, and of which the fol!owin is a trans!ati,n. Vessels arriving in RussiAu Baltic port; will no longer be. required to produce acqt-Att.nces of Sound duties or certificates of Danish quarantine previously to being allowed to enter. Masters of vessels will be a,?quainted hp notices, thrit henceforth they will be required to fumigh themselves in the ports of lading with certificatep athsting the sanitary state of the country from which they come, which certi ficates must be attested by the Russian Consular Agent ; or to procure certificates of quarantine in the English, French, Dutch, or Norwe ,, "iun ports which they may have ' put into, those eel tilicatesbeir p , also required to be legally attested by a Russian Consular Agent. [AnvErats romrr).—Kidneys, Bladder, and Prostrate Glands —their complications, Diabetes Albuminuria, or Brights Disease, &C.—their connexion with the Stomach, Liver, &e., and intimate association with the Ganglionic, or great cen tral or solar plexus of nerves, by Dr, Denis Cronin, price 2s " To a sound theoretical knowledge of the painful and dis. tressing diseases on which he writes, Dr. Cronin adds the ex perience derived from a large and successful practice."— "Iliews,'' Smith and son, 52, Long Acre, WAR. OFFICE, APLIT, 21. 25th Regiment of Font Ensign Frederick Stephen Terry to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice 11. Priest ley, ptomotel. - 2d West India Regiment—The exchange between Ma j,,ri Lewes and Miller, which was pubiiebed in the Gaulle of the 17th lust, beers date 17th April, 1857, and not 17th April, 185:1, as pravionsly stated. COMMISSIONS SIGNED DV LOIID-LIEUTENANTS. Leizester:hiro Militia—The Most Noble Charles Cecil John, Duke of Rrithnd, to be Honorary Colonel. Fut - far nod Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery —C.lpt. Jobe Rampay L'Amy to be Major; First Lieut. 'William Taylor Blair Duda to be Captain, vice L'Aroy, promoted ; Second Lieut. Alex. Leighton to ba First Lieu tenant, vice Cruickshank, deceased ; Second Lieut. Allan John Calquboun to be First Lientetaut, vice Imrie, pro moted. BANR.P.UPTS. Thomaa Game, corn. dealer, Coldwalthani, Sussex, to strrerder, May 5 at tun, an ! June 3 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, offickl assignee; Mnrrougb, New-inn, Strand. Joseph Hardy, miller, Nottingham, May 5 and 21, at .half-past ten, at the Shitohall, Nottingham. Hatriff, assignez+, Nottingham ; 1;owley and Ashwell, Notting ham. Thomas Bennett, iron manufazturcr, Oldbury, -Worces tershire, May 7 and 28, at eleven ' at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham. Thomas Henry Griffith. coal dealer, Lowesmoor, Wor enter.hiro, May 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham. Henry Chao. Caldwell. scrivener, Kensington-park Gar dens, Notting-hill. May 7 and June 5, at half-past eleven, at the Culla of Bankruptcy.. Cancan, official assignee, Aldertuanbury ; Lowrance, Flews, and Boyer, Old Jewry claa ben. Elizabeth Clr.rico, potter, Newport, May 5 and Juno 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District, Court. Acraman, offi cial assignee, Bristol; Champ, Newport; Bevan and 0 i rli nz, Bristol. Charles Hurry Riches, carrier, Cardiff, May 5 and June 2, at eleven, At the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Cardiff ; Bevan and Girling, Br istol. Patrick Dennison, grocer, Bradford, 7tlay 11, at half past twelve, and June 9, at. eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, LLds; Livett, Manches ter ; Payee, Eddison, and Ford, L ee d s . Robert Carti'r ()listen, spirit merchant, Kingston-upon- Hull, May 6 and June 10, at twelve, at the Leeds Dis trict Court oflßankruptcv.l Cirrick, official assignee, Bull ; England and Saxe'bye, Hell. Samuel Hunter and Nicholas Hunter, anchor manufac turers, Hartlepool, May 5 and Jute 10, at eleven, in the Royal .A rcvle, Nowcsstle-upon-Tyne. Baker, official assignee, NeweaStle-upon-Tyne ; Watson, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Harwood, Clement's-11 , n, Lombard-street. R.Edinend Stephenson iron ant brass founder, Daven' ry, Northamptonshire, May 6, at two, and June 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. GrahaYri, official assignee; Linklater end Haeltwood,iiise-lane, City. William,Pietre Waugh, brick and tile Maker, Branksea -Island, Stud:incl. D. rest, :gay 7, aed ‘Tune 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street-buildings ; Linklater and Ilackwood, Sise-lane. William Nash, licensed _victualler, St. J,ln-street, Smithfield, May 6, at eleven, and June 8, at one,. at the Court of Pankrisnicy. Nicholson, official assignee, Ba singball-street ; Heath, Artillery-place, West, Finsbury. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Bruce, merchant, Dunfermline. BANK OF I Al Al,ccunt pursuant to the Act 1 tho Week endure on Batarday KNGLAND: Rh and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, PT ', the 19th day of April, 1867. Lint ENT. Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...... Gold coin and bullion 8 908.565 Silver bu11i0n........ £22,333,965 3.fi119/TALL, Chief Cashier. PAIT,.fEST. Governmontsecnrities (includg.Dcad Weight Annuity) .......... 11,333 126 Other securities...... 18 404,357 Note 3 .......... 3 649,220 (Told and sliver coin.. 696,784 434,033,487 Q. 3U.T.L,IIALL, Chief Cask:, r. . IBBVII DC?. Not !slued 423,393,96.3 Altad tita23d day of April. 136 BANKING DI .£ Proprieters'espital .. 14,553,000 Rest ..... ...... 3,253,687 public deposit F (in :ding Exchogner, Comm i ssioners of National Debt, SP.V. ing's . Banks. and Dividend Acionnts) 4,851,404 Other deposits ..... . 10,663,410 &van Day and othor 761,986 £34,083,487 3 Dated the . 231 day of April, r AVERAGE PRICL' OF RJOAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted f rom the returns made inths w ee k end i ng April L; 1 , 1857, exclusive of the Duties of C us t oms paid or payable thereon, on the impoitation thereof into Great Britain : 8. (I. From the British Possessions in Am?rica ......... 40 4A Muscovado, the produce of the 21turitius..... ..... 42 8T Muscovado, the produce of the But Indie? 39 51 Average of the above desc:i lotions. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. —Tins DAY. Amsterdam.... .... —.. 11 :7 ' Gibraltar ............... .. Ditto, three months .. 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Trlesto.• •• •• .• •• •• •• .• 10 37 MOBS 01 BVLLION, Ini.B. oz Petersbrzrg •• •• •• •••• •• 37 , !ere...m..om In B lau £3 17 9 Madrl/1 ............... 491•4 •i T'ortu;::11 Gold COW •. 0 0 0 4 ( .1y,'. jMc x'c An D ollars .... 0 0 0 Cadiz ••••••••••••••••••• New Dollars, 0 0 0 It ucelona •• ... •• .• •• ... 3 evipe,„ •• .. •• .••••••, .... /Silver in ... THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1857., LAT INTELLIGENCE.—dpi 23. 4e. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell.) BARING AT. GORDON.CRIM. COIL-DAMAGES, 3,000/. This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages in an action brought in one of the superior courts against the defendant for having had criminal con versation with the plaintiff's wife. Judgment had been suffered to go by default, and the defendant did not now appear. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Unthank appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. Unthank said the declaration set forth that the defendant bad debauched the plaintiff's wife, and the damages were estimated at 3,0002. The plaintiff was William Frederick Baring, and the defendant George Tomline Gordon. Mr. Bovill then opened the case. He said it was one of a very painful class—painful under any cir cumstances ; but he was glad to be able to inform the jury that they would be spared from the most distre2sing part of such an inquiry, the proof of the fact alleged in the declaration, that the defendant had had criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife, for it was admitted by the defendant—indeed it was beyond denial—and the only question the jury would have to determine was the amount of damages the plaintiff should recover under the cir cumstances which would be placed before them. The plaintiff in the.action was a son of Mr. Henry Baring, brother of Lord Ashburton, and in 1845, in November, he was married to a lady, then just about of age, whose conduct was the subject of these proceedings. She was the daughter of Sir Richard Jenkins ; she had fortune and position, combined with personal attractions, a refined intelligence, and great accomplishments. They resided in Paris for several years after their marriage, and on returning to this country they lived at Guildford, from which place they went in 1852 to reside at Eaton Hall, near Retford, in Nottinghamshire. They had two children—one a boy now about 11 years of age, the other a girl about 8. After they had settled in Nottinghamshire they mixed in the beat society of the county, and visited and received visits from the gentry of the vicinity of their residence, and associated with many persons of rank and station. The defendant resided at a short distance from Eaton Hall, and was a person of some means and, position, holding the commission of a captain iu the Nottinghamshire Militia, or Sherwood Fo restos. An acquaintance sprung up between him and the plaintiff. They frequen ly visited each other. They became most intimate friends, went out to gether to enjoy the sports of shooting and hunting, &c., and visits were frequently exchanged between Mrs. Baring and Mrs. blordon. That was in 1852, and such state of things continued down to March in the present year. The plaintiff and bis wife had always lived upon terms of the happiest endear ment, and in the enjoyment of every -comfort and luxury, which affluence and station could (rive, un til the unhappy discovery was made which led to these proceedings, which had destroyed a life of happincss to Mr. Baring, had sent to ruin and dis grace a woman upon whom the least suspicion had never fallen,' and reduced her children to be per haps worse than orphans. In March the plaintiff found that Captain Gordon, who had . professed so much friendship for him, had, whilst enjoying his hospitality, seduced his wife. On the 11th of that month Capt. Gordon and Mrs. Baring left Nottinghamshire and came to London tegetber, under circumstances of the deepest distress, not only to the plaintiff, bat to Mrs. Gordon, who was at that time in a condition which rendered the matter a great deal more painful. In the greatest agony of mind Mrs. Gordon went to a lady, named Huntsman, a friend both of her and Mrs. Baring, and with that lady she came to London. Mr. Huntsman, who was a friend of the plaintiff, fol lowed them, and he and his wife and Mrs. Gordon traced the defendant to the Great Western Hotel, where he was tang breakfast with Mrs. Baring when they arrived. Mrs. Baring rose from the table, and when Mr. Huntsman went in he found Mrs. Gordon in a fainting condition on her knees When he was appealed to he refused to leave Mrs. Baring, and such was the shock to Mrs. Gordon that it well-nigh proved fatal, she being then close upon confinement. That adultery had taken place had b3eu admitted—there could have been no an swer to that. Mrs. Baring went to her mother, Lady Jenkins, and the jury would have to assess the damages which Captain Gordon should pay far the great wrong he had done in destroying a life of happiness Witich the plaintiff had been blessed with. He could not conceive or suggest one single circums'ance palliative of Captain Gordon's con duct. Re , :oiveil into the plaintiff's house as a bosom friend, accompanying the plaintiff in shoot ii4g, excursions to Scotland and otiv.r places; he had. &I . :lased the friendship with which he had been re garded, violated the generous hospitality which it had been the plaintiff's pleasure to afford him ; he had brongitt disgia::e upon the plaintiff and his faintly, broken up a happy life, and bad sent this unhappy lady to a positien of infamy and disgrace. No amount of damages could compensate a plain tiff in a case like this. The verdict of the jury was sought, as they would have surmised, with a view to ulterior proceedings, and he believed that had not the damages been set at 3,0001., the jury would readily have awarded more than that amount. Capt. Gordon had five children, and he repeated that he could not seetanything Whatever to palliate his con duct. The certificate of the marriage, which took place at Par's, was then put in, and also a settlement executed on the marriage of 8,0001. Hem y Huntsman examined—l reside at West Retford Hall, Nottinghamshire, and have done so some time. I was living there when the plaintiff and his wife took poseession of Eaton Hall as their residence. This was in the autumn of 1852. Eaton Hall is the plaintiff's present residence, and is about two miles from mine. After their arrival, myself and Mrs. Huntsman visited them, and the intimacy was Continuedbetweentts and Mrs. Baring until this distres,sing matter was known. Mr. . Baring, I should think, is about five or six and thirty years of age. Mrs. Baring is somewhat younger. They have two children, a son and daughter—one 11, and the other about 8 years of age. They lived in good style, and of course had horses, carriages, and servants requisite for their establishment. Captain and Mrs. Gordon lived .abont 9 or 10 miles from Retford ; the two families, Barings and Gordons, were on terms of the closest intimacy within a few months of Mr. Baring corning there. Capt. Gordon is about 34 years of age. They have four children living, but have had mere. They lived in good society. Capt. Gordon was a huntisg man, and associated with the best sccietyof the coun ty. Mr. Baring and his wife alwayslived very hap pily together ; it seemed his pleasure togratifyher in any wish she might express. He was extremely attentive to her. He was once absent for six weeks when he went to America; and once he went to Mar seilles to meet his wife's sister on her way from India. I wt nt to see him off by the steamer for America. These were the only two occasions on which he was absent for any time. On the 11th of March a com munication was made to me. Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Huntsman came to London by the express train, and I followed them by a later train at 12 &clock. At four in the morning I found them at the Great Northern Hotel. . Thera had not been the least possible suspicion of Mrs. Baring before that time. From inquiries I made of a porter, I learnt that Capt. Gerdon and Mrs. Baring had gone from the Great Northern Railway to the Great Western Hotel. We went there, and having found Capt. Gorden's room, Mrs. Gordon was ushered in by a waiter. I remained outside with Mrs. Hunts man • and after some little time I went in, when I saw Mrs. Baring sitting bythe breakfast table. Capt. Gordon was standing, with his wife on her knees be fore him in a fainting state. The scene was painful. Mrs. Baring rose from the table when I went in. I desired Mrs. Gordon to retire, as the excitementmight have been dangerous to one in her condition. Cap tain Gordon asked me to let him have five minutes alone with his wife. Mrs. Baring walked out of the room. At Mrs. Gordon's desire I consented to her husband's request. ' In about twenty minutes I went in, and found her again on her knees. It was a most distressing scene. She was entreatin g him to choose between the two. He refused to go home with her. Shortly afterwards he left the room, and seat me a message that he was going away, but would give me his address, if I bad anything to write to him about. 1, then took. Mrs. Gordon back to the Great Northern Hotel. Captain Gordon visited her in her illness. Edward Baring—l am one of the firm of Baring Brothers, and am brother of the plaintiff. I had ample opportunity cf seeing how Lie and his wife lived, though they were much in the country and lin London. When I was in the country I was mo tly at my sister's, but I know that my brother lived most happily with his wife, and he had nut the least doubt or suspicion of her until the disco very was made. The Rev. John Twells—l am rector of Gam ston and vicar of Eaton, in Nottinghamshire. As minister of the parish I knew Mr. and Mrs. Baring very well—intimately. lam not married. I visited at their house. There was not a shadow of suspicion of Mrs. Baring's conduct until this matter was dis covered. Mr. and Mrs. Baring lived happily and harmoniously together. He was very indulgent, polite, attentive, and considerate. The Hon. J. Ashley—l have known Mr. and Mrs. Baring about 4 years. I was in that county in 1853, 1855, and 1856, and visited them on inti mate terms. I also visited at Mrs. Baring's sister's. The plaintiff and his wife lived, on the very best ' terms that could exist between man and wife. Henry Milner—l am a banker. I know the par ties well, and until this was disosvered there could not have been any susp . eion. They were most inti mate with the Gordons, and always lived happily together. Mr. Bovill said he had other witnesses, but did not think it was necessary to place'further evidence befOre the jury. The learned Under-Sheriff told the jury that the case was before them, and he should make but one observation upon it. Evidence had been given as to the terms upon whicl) the plaintiff and bis wife had lived, but there had been no female witness called, which usually was the case. Mr. Bovill said he could call plenty. The Under-Sheriffsaid he was not suggesting that they should be called, but was merely noticing the fact in putting the case to the jury. The witnesses who had been examined unquestionably were men of high honour and integrity. And with only one remark to the jury upon the fact that no female witness had been called, he should leave them to say what damages the plaintiff should obtain. A juryman asked what were defendant's means ? The Under-Sheriff said that was not necessary in the consideration of what damages should be given to the plaintiff for the wrong the defendant bad done him. The damages must be assessed irrespec tive of the defendant's means of payment. He heard Lord Tenterden say that if a man could not pay in purse he must in person. A Juryman—But we may be doing an injury to Mrs. Gordon and her children, who should not suffer. The Under-Sheriff—That is a very natural con sideration, but the only question here is, what da mages you will give the plaintiff upon the evidence before you ? The jury gave a verdict for 3,000 t. Prisoner (be3itating)—l am a clergyman of the Church of England, sir. Mr. Combe—le thii letter addressed to you. Prisoner—lt is, sir. I am the Rev. Virdliam Gray n:entioned in it. Mr. Comb—Then I 7suppose you have turned the postage stamps into money, and got drank. I have no doubt you are a regular begging letter im postor. I see by this letter that you have written to a clergyman at Dublin for assistance in tome benevolent object, and that he has spoken to an other clergyman, who has forwardel you 5e., and as soon as you get it you spend it m drink. I hope the public will be made acquainted with the circumstances, to stop your imposing upon them any more. Prisonerl am not a begging-letter writer, neither am I an impostor. I. am very sorry for being in my present disgraceful position. Mr. Combe—Well, I shall send your letter back to the reverend gentleman who forwarded the postage stamps to you, informing him that you hive been brought before me for being drunk, and then he will see your real character. You are dis charged, and I warn you to be more careful for the future. The prisoner then hastily left the court LAMBETH.—James Gunn was charged with plundering his employers, Messrs. Hopkins and Co. silk mercers and drapers, of Nos. 61 and 62 , High -street, Shoreditch. The prisoner carried on a business at Norwood, under the superintendence of his wife, and was at the same time in the service of Messrs. Hopkins, as "shop-walker." He had been in the habit of purchasing goods from the firm for his shop at Nor wood, and nothing had occurred' to shake the con fidence reposed in him by his employers until the morning before, when a piece of ribbon found in the library awakened suspicion, and Mr. Pegge asked the prisoner if he had any objection to his accompanying him to his house at Norwood, and looking over his stock. The prisoner replied that he had not the slightest objection, and, accom panied by the booking clerk, they proceeded to Nor wood. On examining the stock they found 7 valua ble shawls, 6 or 7 silk handkerchiefs, and 39 pair of kid gloves, amounting altogether in value to about 161., bearing the private marks of the firm, and of which there were no entries in the book as articles sold to the prisoner. The prisoner admitted hehad had the goods fromthe firm, and when. handed the book and asked to show the entries which should have been made of them, his reply was that the articles must have been entered as something else. The gloves found supplied the most conclusive evi deuce against the accu.ed. Thdy were discovered in a box stowed away amongst some apparently useless lumber under the shop window, and bore the private marks of the prosecutors. He was committed for trial. BANK OF ENGLAND RE fI7I?,NS. (From the Times' City Article.) The expediency of an earlier publication of the weekly returns of the Bank of England has often been discussed, Eand the writer of the following communication is undoubtedly correct in asserting that cases constantly occur in Vaich the knowledge privately possessed with regard to them before they are furnished to the general public is employed for speculative purposes', not necessarily by any of the directors, but . through the indiscretion of some of them in conversing with their personel friends: This evil, under the preient system, is incurable, since the governors and leading directors, and also the Court as a body, have in vain made the most strenuous efforts to trace it to is source. If for no other reason, therefore, the publication of the return up to the end of each week in the Gazette of the Tuesday, instead of that of the Friday follow ing, should be resolved upon. There are, 'how ever, many addit'onal and imperative motives for the change. These returns are intended to enable the public to foresee and prepare against the pro bable fluctuations in the value of money, and it has been rightly urged that under the Currency Act 0f,1814 they afford such a perfect barometer in this respect that there can be no excuse for any trader who may permit himself to be caught in an approaching storm. But the present de lay deprives them of much of their value. Three weeks back a large portion of the public was taken by surprise at the sudden an, "nouncement of the advance of the rate of discount to 6i per cent. Nothing in the returns published up to that date had indicated the certainty of any such movement. But the Bank directors were act ing upon a return made up two days previously, which showed a falling off in the bullion of 610,000/., and which might at that time have been published to all the world, so as to give notice of the impend ing change. It is true there are some considerations on the opposite side which may be cited to absolve the directors from any intenrionil disregard of the duties of publicity or of the general convenience of the commercial world. The preparation of the ac counts, to be in time for the Gazette of Tuesday, would possibly involve some slight difficulties ; and there is also the argument that if the public were to observe on any ilTednesday morning a great di minution of the bullion they would rush to get all their bills discounted at the existing rate before the Court could deliberate at thetr Thursday weekly meeting on the advisability of increasing their t3rms. But this would be easily met, since the Governor could advance the rate on the Wednesday if the applications were such as to render it requisite and the Court could on the next day modify or adhere to the step at pleasure. Moreover, it would he a great advantage if the habit of leaving the rate to be fixed by the weekly Court were altogether discontinued, and the system were accommodated each day to the ever-fluctuating relations of supply and demand : "Sir, —May I ask you to allow me space in your co lumns to inquire why the weekly Bank returns are not published in the Gazette of Tuesday, instead of being withheld until Friday night ? At the present time, when the Bank has in two weeks diminished its issues by can celling its notes to the amount of 380,0001. an 639,8001. (say 1,019,8001.), and diminished its bullion by a like sum. it is certainly a matter of importance to the commercial world to be put in possession of these returns at the earl'est moment po, , ! sible. As a bank of is=ue only, there can be no difficulty in closing the accounts on Saturday night, and, unless there is great delay in receiving the balances from the branch banks, which are included in the present returns I see. no rea son why they should not be ready for Tuesday night's Gazette. That an approximate result is known to the initiated few early in the week is a fact which cannot be disputed, and the best means to prevent such improper know ledge will be the earlier publication of the returns. " I am, sir, yours faithfully, " London, April 14." “H. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 23. WORSHIP-STREET.—Timothy and Jeremiah }Toward, stalwart labourers, were charged before Mr. Hammill with the following atrocious assault - upon their own sister and husband. Mary Neal, the wife, whose features were one mass of contusion, produced a certificate from the house surgeon of the London Bospital, of which she had been an inmate, describing the:fearful nature of the injuries inflicted on her face, chest, and sto mach ; the nose, in particular, was seriously wounded, being slit open. The poor creature now swore that on the 10th inst. both prisoners came to her lodgings and asked for Cornelius, her husband, in a quiet way, and from their representations she .believed they had a job of work for him. He was not at home then, but when be returned she accom panied him to the prisoners' house, where without one word of altercation the assault was most mali ciously inflicted. Both prisoners knocked her hul ban d down by repeated blows on the jaw and head, afterwards kicking him on all parts of the body. When she interfered for his protection they treated her in a *similar manner. The other complainant described the brutal at tack in like terms, adding that he was in such a stste of weakness, consequent upon the kicks savagely dealt upon him, as to be_now unable to work even if he had it to do ; he never bad a word of anger with them, and all were perfectly sober. His wife hal bled from the nose all the night after the assault. A constable and another rescued them. Mr. Hanamill, in strong terms, dwelt on the infa mous conduct of the accused, and fully committed them for trial, though both denied the assault. WESTMINSTER.—Yesterday Richard George Clarke and Rosa Bush, who had twice before been examined, touching the abduction of Elizabeth Harris, daughter of a Hebrew tradesman, to whom the female prisoner was servant, were again placed at the bar, when the depositions were read and further evidence was heard. On arriving at the depositions of Mrs. Bourne, who kept the house at Notting-hill, where Miss Harris was found by her friends, Mr. Paynter put several questions respecting what occurred when she was fetched home from there.? Witness said that when Miss Harris was fetched down from her room byher to see her mother, who o was in the parlour, the l i ter asked her if she 'did not think her conduct 'very wicked, because the intimacy was with a Christian ? when she replied that she was going to be married the next morn ing, and that she was 17 next birthday. She was also asked when fetched away whether she would be locked up in a police station or go home ? when she repliel that she did not card which. She did not seem glad or sorry when informed that her mother had coma for her, but too frightened, to say anything. There icing an imputation thrown upon the tes timony of this witness by the prosecutor's friends. Mr. Paynter directed that another person who ac companied the mother to fetch her home, should be sent for, which was accordingly done. • This 'witness (Mr. G. Dale, of 16, Catherine street, Pirniico) seated that when he and Mrs Har ris went to the house to fetch the latter's daughter home, he went up stairs with the landlady while the mother remained below. Miss Harrisand Rosa were together in that room, and, at the.time he en tered were engaged in making some pastry. He said to Miss Harris, " Aint you ashamed to leave a good house in the way you have done ?" upon . which she made no reply. Rosa then said that Miss `Harris was under her' charge until Clarke came. He then asked Miss Harris whether she would ra ther go.home or go to prison, to which she replied, she did not care where she went to, so long as she was taken from that place. He then asked her whether she had got anything in the room, when she pointed to a new gown upon the bed, and said, " That dress )las been bought for my wedding." When Miss Harris was spoken to by her moiler, she said she should never have gone away but for Rosa. She subsequently said " You know mother lam 17." She had previously to that said she was going to be married on Stinday, and that she liked the man Clarke, and when informed he was a mar ried man, observed, " Then I hate him." Sergeant Loom added to his e vidence that prisoner (Clarke), although a married man, lived apart from. his *wife, at Charlotte-street, Pimlico, and fre queintly.cohabited with another man's wife in Peter street. ... The male prisoner deciinedto say anything. The female made the following statement :—Th e account given of me by Miss Harris is altogether false, and she knows it is. So lougago as last Christmas-day she wanted me to ask her mother to let her go out with me in order that she might then leave her home, but I refused. Six weeks a g o she asked me if I would mind the pink bonnet she now has on in my box, as she wanted to go away in it. Eight days before she went she put her clothes under some sol diers' coati on the stairs ready to take them-away. She told you in her statement that she never saw him alone. They had Clarke in the house with her all the night her sister was confined. I did not take her from home. She said to we, "Take and put on your frOck, and let's go if you have any re-, spect for me ; never mind the dinner ;" that was while her sister had gone to be churched. We did not walk to Kensington. She called a cab and paid for it. I had no money, and we both went into the barracks to look for Clarke, We both looked for lodgings, and took them together. Mr. Clarke gave Miss Barris money, not me. He gave 10s. and 45., and Miss Harris gave me money at the lodging to go out and buy her a cotton dress and apron. She never wanted to leave the lodg ings. She owned the truth whed she was fetched home. She said I did not take her away. She often wrote to Mr. Clarke, and he wrote to her, but the letters were addressed to me by her direction. I only carried a message one or twice. Miss Harris having repeated that the money was given by the servant to her, Both prisoners were fully committed for trial under the Bishop of Oxford's Act. • MARYLEBONE.—CharIes Baine, coffee-house kqeper, of Praed-street, Paddington, was charged with assaulting a constable in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company. The policeman had been posted at the entrance of the Great Western terminus, near Praed-street, to prevent people collecting there to " tout" for the coffee-houses. On attempting; to remove the defindant, who was "touting" among the rest, defendant assaulted him. Fined 20s. Another coffee-house keeper was fined Is. and co sis for t res p ass i ng on the company's line for a similar purpose. SOUTHWARK.—A tall, wretched-looking indi vidual, dre:tsed in a dirty suit of black, 'named William Gray, whose features were hardly dis tinguishable, being smeared over with soot and grease, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with being drunk and incapable in the Blackfriars road. Police•constable 185 L stated that about three o'clock on the previous afternoon he saw a number of idle mon and lads near the Obelisk in the Black friars road. Hearing them shouting, witness went up to see what was the matter, when he saw the prisoner lying on th e ground dead drunk, and the boys were blacking his face with soot and grease. His appearance was so ludicrous that witness could hardly help laughing at the time. With assistance he took him into the Crown public-house, where Mr. White washed a little of the filth off his face, and then he conveyed him to the station-house. He found on hint a lettr addressed to the Rev. William Gray, Great Guildford-street, from a clergyman in Dublin, enclosing ss. in postage stamps, in answer to a begging letter. , Mr. Corube (to the prisoner)—You say your name is William Gray. -What are you ? Fe 1 h 85 . 7 1 . 4, !da l r B c s h 7. l4 ' Increase: Decrease. ---- --- X X X X Bank of England .. • • 1 4 ,983,205 18,634,104 344,11 Private Banks Joint-stock Banks __ -. ---- Total In England .... 25,713.354 25,317,81,2 395,512 Scotland 3,957,810 3,828,414 129,332 Ireland' .. • • ...• -- -- United Kingdom .. • • 36,925,069 36,319,491 605,570 I• Showing a decrease of 395,542/. in the circu lation of notes in England, and a decrease of 605 ,5701. in the circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 14th of Feb. ; and, as compared with the month ending the 15th of March, 1856, the above returns show a decrease of 12,765/. in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of 577,5901. in the circulation of the United Kingdom. The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 14th of March was 10,339,1421., being an increase of 215,3511. as compared with the previous month ; and a decrease of 230,6121. when compared with the same period last year. The stock of specie held by the Scotch 'and Irish banks during the mouth ending the 14th of March was 4,243,452/„ being a decrease of 190,3971. as compared with the previous return, and an increase of 467,020/. when compared with the corresponding period last year. IRISH 4ND SCOTCH BANKS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the 14th of March, 1857, when added together, give the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz. : Average circulation of the Irish banks 27,173,209 Average circulation of the Scotch banks ... 3,828,478 Average circulation during past month —411,001,687 On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the following appears to be the state of the circulation The Irish banks are above their fixed issue £818,715 The Scotch banks aro above their fixed issue 741,2W) Total above the fixed issue £1,550,269 The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices of the several banks during the past month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 22,89,198 Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks... 1,651,254 Total of gold and silver held 21,243,452 The above statements complete the returns of the cir culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month ending the 14th of March. , These returns, combined with the -ayerage circulation of the Bank of England for the same period, will give the following results of the circulation of notes in tha United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : BANK I?,ETURNS. An Acco - u.n., pursuant to Act seventh and eighth Victoda, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks Of Issue in England and Wales, in. Circalation during the Week ending Satur day, the 11th day of April, .1857: PRIVATE BANKS. Average Amount.. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford. Bank, Ashford—Jemnaitt and Pomfret 11,215 Aylsham Bank, Aylsha,m—G. and T. Copeman ---- Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 31,516 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Rogge, and Co 30,604 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,501 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. . Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 33,558 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-11. M. and G. Tubb 14,910 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham ----Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,417 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Seaiey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. • Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath - -G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton 9,535 7,103 70,180 13,759 7,078 34,;-iBO 17,412 23,427 70,885 36,753 29,933 Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham: Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H 36,293 32,314 A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and C 0.... Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, 12,490 58,505 and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— 20,204 13,032 _ J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cani- 2,636 15,999 bridge - -L-Messrs.Fostem Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and 50,001 28f670 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 20,645 2,545 18,456 37,373 47,375 6,681 1 21,318 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 Devonport Bank. Devonport— Hodge and Co Dorchester Old B ,nk and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos- ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far- ringdon—Barnes, • Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydoh 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 rank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexandei s and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co , Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. Leeds Union, Bank, Leeds —W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan . dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co: Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hung rford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny--Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth' Bank, Bre• con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Boss and Herefordshire Bank, gonmouth—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 Newmark - A Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham. 77,26 8,788 13,785 37,775 27,095 /,740 10,192 77,045 83,36 49,882 96,330 49,232 46,948 26,334 8,212 11,804 6,739 5,071 12.830 30,072 31,112 18,124 22,225 52,629 5,704 35.040 24,301 21,409 67,013 11,812 26,669 22,144 44,80 9,795 5,330 52,980 37,865 30,886 26,610 100,920 19,515 7,00 3,902 38,332 13,713 15,040 2,125 7,184 17,601 30,428 ,15,491 26,806 52,128 17,964 19,533 - - , mond, and Co • Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur inghamshire Bank, 108,006 g a h n a d m ß a i n rk d b N ec o k tt N o n t e t Y in s Not tingham. Hart, "Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval. Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth —Harris and Os. New Sarum Bank, Sarum —Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Simuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and .Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford —Robinson, Parsons, and Co. ..................................... OH Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—.T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinchn,nd Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverlay Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrbkeshire Bank, Haverfordwest- - J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. .............................................. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co.. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—A• Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret, & Co Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross Alla,way and MacJougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf fron Walelen—Gibgonm a►:d Co 50,139 10,742 3,613 24,545 8,913 29,332 12,195 32,542 8,505 10,755 48,434 9,804 10,500 10,660 29,964 30,976 6,448 4,00 7,506 15,255 11,112 13,912 3,E97 21i.691 REMA RK.A BLE A TMOSPH FRIO 'PHENOIIIINON. Abort 1 - 41 f-past-ten un Titesilay moining (April 21), a curious aed brilliant appearance was ob2erved in the atmosphere, at Plymouth, by a great num ber of spectators, who appear to have been all so wonderfully struck with its character,, that scarcely any two describe it alike ; and whether the pheno menon really - did assume the different modifications described by different persons, viewing it at compa ratively moderate:distances from each other, and all within the space of about half an hour, or whether the discrepancies are owing to a want of accurate observation, it is not easy to determine. The wind was N.W. .and high, the atmosphere rather hazy, clouds high, principally cirri and oirro-cumuli, the weather fine and warm. About half-past Len, says a spectator, I was surprised by observing in the at anosphere an immense circle of bright white light to the westward of the sun, and reaching from the sun in a direction N.W. more than half way to the horizon. The sun appeared to be in one edge of the circle, and lorled as if it were travelling in the bright orbit which the circle represented. At the point where the sun touched this white circle, which, extendin9,: from the sun, cut off a very large arc from the S.E. poi tion, and intersected it again to the southward. This second circle was distin guished by brilliant prismatic colour, , , and looked like a rainbow intersecting thq white circle, the colours being most brildant at the points of inter section, and the sun it•elf forming one of these points. The ends of this prismatic arc were not visible much beyond the periphery of the white circle. This appearance lasted about half an hour, and then gradually faded away. Another observer. states 'that the prismatic arc was external to the white ring, that their peripheries were at some dis tance from each other, anel that the sun was con siderably to the eastward of the white ring, and within the prismatic arc. A third describes *the prismatic circle 'as • being nearly entire, and inter secting the great vfhire circle, the sun being situ ated in the centre of the space included between the two intersecting arcs ; but all agree as.to the extra , :rlinlry brilliancy of the phenomenon.— Mechanics' Magazine. Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.-APRIL 21. Our market was well supplied with fat beasts to-day, with a large attendance of buyers, and the demand was good, a clearance bAng effected at former prices. A mo derate supply of sheep which sold well. Fat pigs about the average. The show of calves was middling. Bat few lambs, and soon sold. The following were the quotations:—Beef, 64C to lid; mutton, 80 , 3 to lOd ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 70,1 per lb. ; pigs, lOs 6d to as Od per score; rough fat, 5s O. to Os per 141 b. ; hides, 44d to 6,d per lb ; calf-skins, 40d to 6id. ver EDINBURGH GRAlN.—Arnit 22. A fair supply of grain to-day. Sales ready, and prices for all kinds much better. Wheat, on the top, 61 6d down, and on the average is lid up. Barley, is down on the top, and is lid up on the average. Oats on the top is 6d down—on the average is 10,1 up. Beans on the top 2s up, and on the average 24 6d up. Tares from 51s to 55s per quarter. Potatoes—Regents, from 20s to 255; Orkney reds, 15is to les. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat Do. new Barley Oats Beans £2 0 4 0-12ths. 0 0 0 0-12th. 1 19 8 6-12ths. 1 9 0 5-12ths. 2 1 0 0-12ths. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat . 1572 - qrs • sold 11Q7 qrs Barley 3OB qrs sold 228 qrs Oats 1319 qrs sold 1006 qrs Beans lOO qrs sold 88 gra BOSTON-APRIL 22. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather we had a good attendance at this day's market, and a fair supply of all kinds of grain. Wheat, particularly fine qualities, experienced a fair consumptive demand, at is to 2s per qr. advance on last week. Oats must be noted 6d to is, beans is to 2s, and peas is dearer. Prices :—Wheat, red, 45s Od to Ns Od; new, —s to —s white, 57s Oct to 60s Od, extra, 625. Barley, 40s Od to 47s Od. Oat , 18s to 265. Peas, 37s to 42s Od. Beans, 38s Od to 43s Od per qr. NEWARK-APRIL 22. We bad a full attendance of farmers to-day at market, and a good supply of grain. Trade was rather steady, a Is to 2s per qr. higher. Wheat, white l',2s to €4s, red 563 to 595; barley, malting 44s to 48s, grinding 36 s t o 38s; oats, 24st. 30s to 325, 22 8 t, 24s to 26s ; beans, 43s to 45s ; malt, 76s to 80s ; peas, 40i to 42s ; tares, 42s to 44s per qr. LOUTH-APRIL 22. A fair trade was done in wheat to-day, but of other grain thee-. were few sole.. Wheat a•lvanced 3s per qr. Other sorts much the some as last week. Wheat, 53s to 56s ; extra, 59$ ; barley 43s to 455• oa ts 220 to 213 y bonito, 10a to 10,. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL, APRIL 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market is quiet today, WI prices are a shade lower than yesterday. Blackburn, 8I — Eastern Counties, 112—East Lancashire, 99—Ditto (ne° 9/. iss. at 1 dis.) 16s. 3d. p. —Great Western, 674---L sl r cashire and Yorkshire, 1011—London and North We"' ern, 105 4i —Ditto A shares, new, h dis.—Manchester'. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 39i—Midlands, 821 il' South Eastern, 22,—Grat Western (Birmingham Gov ranteed) 71i—Buffalo and Lake Horon, lls. 3d. g., a. 13% . Grand Trunk 6f Canad t, 16A &. 9k14 3s. 9d. MANCHE STEIt, APRIL 23. STOOR EXCHANGE.—There was a fair general businesgo but prices were lower. Manchester Assurance, 7 London One-Eighths, A d. —East Lancashire New, 3-1 b d' —Midlands, 82$—ShiffiElds, 39—Ditto, Pref., 11 15-16- - Grand Trunk of Canada, 16:5-16—North Western, Dovers, 22 9-16—East Lancashire, 96 o—Leeds F, f Blackburns, 8 13-16—Sheffield 61. Pref., p —Easter' Counties, 11 11-!6—East Lancashire Fifths, 11 p —Lanc 4j shire Insurance, 3-16 p. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Great Western Birmingham Gd ranteed, 723—North Stafrorthhire, 5 dig—South Staffords, 91. Gs. 3d.—Birmingham Bank, 32. LEEDS, APRIL 23. 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