The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-13 00:00:00

OUR INDIAN GENERALS. At the present moment, when the eyes of the nation are so naturally turned to India, our readers will not think out of place the following brief sketch of our military and civil commanders in India, as the men on whom, humanly speaking, the fate of our En -stern Empire at this important crisis depends, now that death has deprived us of the services of such heroes as Sir Henry Lawrence, Sir Hugh Massey Wheeler, General Barnard, Major Banks, General Nicholson, and Colonel Neill, to say nothing of a host of other less distinguished names. The supreme command of all tee forces, whether of the Line or of the Company's army, or of native troops, is, of course, in the h ands of Sir Cohn ! Campbell, , G. C. B. , 24 h w ho, as our readers are , aware, . left England. in July last, at someours notice, in order to carry out t he wishes of her Majesty in India as Commander-in -chief. That well-known general, who is a scion of one of the many branches of the Scottish clan of Campbell, was born near Glasgow, we believe, in 1792, and entered the army in 1808 as ensign in a foot regiment. He took part in the unfortunate expedition to Walcheren ; and while serving in the 9th Foot, he had seen some bard fighting at Vimiera. He also took part in the advance and retreat of the army under Sir John Moore and in the Battle of Corunna, and was also engaged in the Battle of Barossa and in the defence of Tarifa. In the latter part of the year 1312 he was attached to the army of Ballasteros, and was present at several affairs of importance. Among others, he took part in the expedition for relieving Tarragona, and was present at Osma and Vittoria, and at the siege of San Sebastian, where he received two severe wounds, and at the passage of the Bides 110a, where he was again severely wounded. In 1814 -15 he saw some active service in America while holding a commission in the 60th Rifles, and m 1823 we find him acting as Brigade-Major of the troops engaged in quelling the insurrection at Do mantra. In the expedition to China in 1842 Sir Colin Campbell commanded the 98th Regiment, and took an active part in the capture of Chin kiang-foo, and the subsequent operations in the neighbourhood of Nankin. Nor is he without Indian experience. Throughout the Punjab cam paigns of 1848-9 he commanded the third division of tlee army under Lord Gough, and distinguished himself more particularly in the affairs at Ram nuggur, the passage of the Chenab, the affair at Sadoolapore, at the battles of Chillianwallah, where be was wounded, and at Goojerat. In 1851° and the following year, while Brigadier-General in com mand of the Peshawur districts, he was constantly engaged in most difficult operations against the hill trite s surrounding the valley, including the forcing of the Kohat Pass, under the late General Sir Charles J. Napier, and the repeated affairs against the Momunds, who were glad to come to terms eftsr their defeat at Paul Pao by a small detach men G of cavalry and Horse Artillery under Sir Colin Campbell's immediate command, the com bined tribes numbering upwards of 8,000 men. In 18413 he was created a K.C.8., and received the thanks of both Parliament and the East India Company for his conduct at Goojerat. Returning to England in the early part of 1853, he was ap pointed, on the breaking out of war with Russia in the following year, to the command of the High land Brigade, which, together with the brigade of the Guards, composed the division of the Duke of Cambridge. His gallantry at the battle of the Alma, at the head of his beloved Highlanders, and his zeal, intrepidity, and ability throughout the rest of the trying perils of the Crimean campaign, in which he was content to serve under men as much his inferiors as they were his juniors, were faithfully recorded in these columns at the time, and therefore do not need to be repeated here. Lord Gough, in his despatches written from the fielei of Chillianwallah, speaks, if we remember aright, in the -very highest terms of Sir Colin Campbell's "steady coolness and military pre cision" as "carrying everything before it ;" and these qualities, added to a constant care for the comfort and lives of the troops under his comeland, have gained for him in the very highest degree the confidence, admiration, and affection of the many corps with which he has sere ed in three of the four quarters of the globe, with but little intermission, during the past 50 y ears. Not being fortunate enough to possess the additional advantage of high influence at the Horse Guards, Sir Colin Campbell found himself merely a colonel at the outbreak of the Russian war, and it was not until the month of June, 1854, that he was gazatted a Major-General in the army. In the following October he was appointed to the colonelcy of the 77th Foot, and in 1855 promoted to tie honour of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. In 1856 he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Gene ral, and on his return to England was presented with the freedom of the City of London, and created an honorary D.C. L. 431 Oxford, in recogni tion of his Crimean services. Sir Colin Campbell is also one of the aides-de-camp to her Majesty. We feel that it is a long step from the able but plebiaa General, Sir Colin Campbell, to "his Ex cellency Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Somerset, K.C.B. and K. H," whom Sir Colin found upon his arrival actin.. as Commander-in-Chief. This officer comes of a ducal femily. Sir Henry Somerset is a grandson of the fifth Duke of Beaufort, and con sequently nephew to the late Lord Raglan; being the eldest son of the late Lord Charles Henry Sonierset, by his first wife, a daughter of the late Viscount Courtenay. He was born in 1794, and entered the army in 1811. He saw some active service in the Peninsular campaigns of 1813, 1814, and 1815, including the battles of Vittoria, Or hes, Toulouse, and Waterloo. In 1838 he became Lieu tenant-Colonel of the Capo Mounted Rifles, and took a prominent part in the Kaffir war, for which he --vas rowarsled in 1853 by being made a K.C.B. Having risen meantime through the various grades of 1 remotion with more than the average speed, we find him in 1851 a Major General in the army, and in 3853 he was placed upon the Staff at Bombay ; in 1855 the local rank of Lieutenant-General was conferred upon him. In February, 1855, he W. 43 appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East India Fotces at Bombay, and second member of the Council in that Presidency ; and in 1856 he was nominated to the colonelcy of the 25th Foot. On the sth of June in the present year he 'became, by the death of General Anson, C m mander-in-Chief in India : but when the time for decisive action was come, and the " right man was wanted in the right place," the advisers of her Ma jesty. came to the conclusion that the chief respon sibii ity of the suppression of the mutiny should be iutr usted to the hands of Sir Colin Campbell, and we shall Ise the last to complain of the decision. His Excellency Lieut.-General Sir P. Grant, KALB., Commander-in-Chief in Bengal, to whom we come next, is a soldier of a different stamp • he is remarkable as being the only one of the COX pany's officers who has been allowed to hold that MO and responsible post, which has hitherto been rea.-rved as a piece of political patronage at home. Sir P. Grant is one of the very many Scotebmen wh have risen to high eminence iu India. He is, we believe, a son of the late Major John Grant of Au :hterblair, Grant-town, in Elgin, and was born Ap . d 23, 1804, in the parish of Duthill, in that county, so that he is still in the prime of life, and bas before him plenty of time for further exploits before we shalt Dave to reckon him among our su perannuated and disabled generals. He entered the military service of the East India Company in 1819, and. July 20, 1820, was appointed to an ensigncy in the Bth Regiment of Bengal N.I. Having attained the rank of Captain in 1832, he saw some active service at Maharajpore, for which he obtained a brorlize star and was made Brevet-Major in April,. 1844. He subsequently served with much distinc tion through the campaigns on the Sutlej, includ ing the battles of Moodkee (in which he was se verely wounded) and at Sobraon, for which battle he received a medal and clasp ; and at the same time be was made a Brevet-Colonel and a Companion of the Bath. He was also present with the forces in the runjaub, where he acted as Deputy AdjutantLGene ral of the Bengal army. He subsequently to )k part in the passage of the Chena.h (referred to in onr sketch of Sir Colin Campbell's career), and in the actions of Chillianwallah and Goojerat, for which het oceived the usual medal and clasps. Already in 1842 he had held the political, or rather the civil ap p_ointment o f A ss i s t ant -C o ll ector i n t h e di str i c t o f T,lll . aevelly, and in 1844 be marr i e d th e Hon. Maria Gough, fourth and youngest daughter of Gel eral Lord Gough, who was at that time Com maader-in-Chiet of the forces iu India. Sir Patrick Grant is one of Her Majesty's Aides-de-Camp, and was made a Knight Comm ander lndi of the Bails iu January last for this missions bear date aas follo a w n s se • r Vn ce i l g . rl, ll .j i a s ly en a m 6, 182.1; lieutenant, July 11,1823 ; m captain, a.o - m r . 3 : 14, 1832 ; brevet-major, April 30, 1841. April 3, , 184 u 6 ne 15, 1.845 ; brevet lieutenant-colonel, bre .-et-colonol, August 2, 1850 ; lieutenant-tole! mal, August 2, 1851 ; and major-geueral, Novem ber 28, 1854. In 1853 he was appointed Com mander-in Chief of the Bengal army, and obtained the local rank of Lieutenant-General in India January 25, 1856. Of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Havelock, XX- 8., and his splendid achievements we have re cell'lY given so complete a sketch th at we venture T 4 ' Pass on to make mention of the rest of his col leagues in command—Wilson, Chani be:lain, Van Cortlandt, Outran!, Edwards:, and Jacob, which we propose to resume in our next impression. Major-General Nicholas Penny, C. 8., who h as succeeded General Wilson in the command of our victorious forces in. Central India, is an officer of considerable standing in the army, and is now as n arty as possible 67 years of age. ;He is the son of the late Mr. Robert Penny, and was haptised in the month of November, 1790. In 180 G he was nominated by the late Mr. J. Hudleston to a direct appointment to Bengal, and shortly after his arri val at Calcutta, towards the close of the same year, he passed so excellent an examination in Persian and Hindostanee that he was presented with a gratuity of 1,000 rupees. He was gazetted to an ensigucy in the Bengal army in February, 1807, and obtained his lieutenancy, Dec. 19, 1812. Up to this time he had not seen much active service ; but i we find him in the army serving in Nepaul during the war of 1814, 1815, and 1816, as well as in the Mabratta war of 1816 and the following year under the Marquis of Elastine ; he was also one of those who shared the Deccan prize money. In 1818 he distinguished himself at Gurra Kotah. Iti 1823 he came to London on furlough, but, return ing to India in 1825, we find him accompanying the Commander-in-Chief on service to Agra, and acting for a time as Deputy Quartermaster -General with the forces near that city. In the same year he took part in the siege of Bhurtpore, and was thanked by the Commander-in-Chief for his ser vices on that occasion. In the following year he was nominated major of brigade on the establish ment, and appointed to the command of the Muttra and Agra frontier. In 1828 he was made D.tputy- Assistant-Adjutant-General on the establishment, and also to the command of the Dinapore division, from which he was shortly afterwards removed to the Presidency at the express order of the Gover ner-General, the late Lord William Bentinck. The London Gazette of August 1, 1834, informs us that he was allowed brevet rank for his services in the field. In November, 1837, he was directed to take charge of the Adjutant-General's Department at the Presidency, from which post he was transferred in June, 1841, to the command of the Nusseree Battalion, for the efficient drill and discipline, - of which he was so often thanked by his superiors that his name became almost a by-word and a pro verb for energy and activity. At the same time he was directed to act as Assistant -Adjutant - General at Barrackpore, in which capacity he was again reportedas a " most zealous and efficie nt officer . In the Sutlej campaigns he commanded at first the 12th Brigade of the sth Division, and the 2d Infantry Brigade on the breaking up of the 12th. He was present at Aliwal, where he was in the very thickest of the fight, and was thanked fur his gallantry on the battlefield in the following terms by Sir .Harry Smith, in his despatch addressed to the Governor-General, dated Aliwal, January the 30th, 1846 "The intrepid little Ghoorkas of the Nusseree and Sirmoor battalions in bravery and obedience can be ex ceeded by none. I much regret that I had no brigade to give to Brigadier Penny, who is in orders for one. I can only say that when he gets his brigade, if he leads it as he led his gallant band of Ghoorkas, it will be inferior t 3 none." He was again engaged at Sobraon, where he was wounded, and Sir Hugh Gough recommended him " in the most earnest manner" to the notice of the Governor-General for the spirited manner in which he and his gallant troop had overcome " the most formidable opposition." In the September foPow .- in we find him appointed to the command of her Majesty's 53-1 Foot, the Nusseree Battalion, and two howitzers. At Ch lianwalla'l, where he was engaged as a brigadier, he had another opportunity of distinguishing himself ; for, though his brigade was heid in reserve, he was enabled to support the advance of Sir W. R. Gilbert, and to carry a vil lage, which was "the key of the position," by "a most spirited attack, executed in a brilliant style." It should be added that Sir W. Gilbert, in his de spatch, drew attention to his " most valuable" ser vices on this occasion. Brigadier Penny received the medal for Aliwal and Sobraon, and was gazetted a C.B. in the following month of June. He was also made an honorary aide-de-camp to the Go vernor-General. In February, 1849, he was removed from the 6th to the 3d, and subsequently to the 2d. Brigade of Infantry belonging to the army in the Punjab, from which he was again removed to the command of the 3d European Regiment. In 1848 we find him commanding a division of infantry in the Pun jab, and in the following year in command of the troops at Lahore. In 1851 he was appointed to the brigade staff and posted to the district of Rohil cund. He was subsequently removed to Crmbadili ; in 1852 he was appointed to command the Jullun dur field force, to which later in the same year, was added the command of the Sirhund. division. In 1853 he was transferred to the Scinde Saugor dis trict, and in 1854 to Sealcote. About the same time he attained the rank of major-general. In May, 1855, he was appointed to the temporary divisional staff of the army, and posted to the Cawepore division. At the last dates from India be held the command of the Meerut division, which, according to the Quarterly Army List of the Bengal establishment, was the head quarters of the Artillery, both horse and foot, anct included the 3d Light Cavalry, the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), the first battalion of the Guth Rifles, and the 11th and 20th Regiments of Native Infantry. the Gl:,lf of Mexico, and the Spanish Main, 15 and 1G days. Th e Royal Mail Company bad resolved on estab lishir ig a communication with Australia across tbe Pacific, and preliminary arrangements for that pu'pose lad been made, but the Government hav ing decided that the Australian mail route should be the eastern one, and the infant company who undertook to convey the Australian mils requiring RE distance, the Royal Mail Company have sue r ended their operations for opening the Western Australian route, and stepped in to assist the Aus tralian Mail Packet Company in carryinc , out their contract. There canbot be a doubt that this re solve is a wise one. It is better at present to deve lope thoroughly the Australian traffic by the eas tern line than to attempt to draw a portion of it across the Pacific. The communication with Aus tralia, by way of Suez will always, perhaps, be the most profitable one, because it connects India with Australia and England. The Royal Mail Com pany's steamers, by touching at Ceylon on their way to and from Melbourne and Sydney, will be within 1,500 miles of Calcutta, 1,000 miles of Bombay, and 500 mil e s o f Madras. The extent of the Royal Mail Company's operations may be estimated from the fact that while their steamers, after bringing to this country Peruvian silver from the Gulf of Darien, may perhaps be employed to carry a portion of it on to India and China. The Royal Mail Company have now a good seven years to make up for I)ssee in the early part of their career. They appear to have tided over their dif ficulties, and there is every prospect for t :em of a long season of prosperity. The passenger traffic of the West Indies and the Brazils is extremely pro fitable, and Mexico and Central and South America are filling their ships with highly remunerative freights. Every year these freights are increasing in value to the company. The rich traffic that traverses both railways, one across the Isthmus of Suez and the other across the Isthmus of Panama, will add to their revenue. With larger and swifter ships on the South American line the Royal Mail Company will also be able to offer to Europeans and Americana the most magnificent pleasure voy age in the world. When the new arrangements of the West India Company come into operation, a person may have a sea voyage of 10,000 miles in seven weeks, passing through the most delicious climates, and on a line where the Atlantic Ocean is almost invariably tranquil. This voyage is from South ampton to the Brazils and back, coasting along Spain and Portugal, visiting the Tagtp, Madeira, the Canaries, the Peak of Teneriffe, the Cape de Verds, and then skirting a long line of South Ame rican coast, which terminates in the magnificent bay of Rio de Janeiro. The packet that performs this voyage will never be longer at sea than 6 days without calling at some port, and the average sea stretch between the iports of call throughout the voyage will be only 21 days. Two new steamers are building for conveying the Australian mail between Southampton and Alex andria, when the Tamar is taken off that line, to run on the Brazilian line. The Australasian will elm be taken off to convey the mail between Aus tralia and the Red Sea. The Avon, it is probable, will carry the inter-colonial mails in the West In dies. Her great size will afford the requisite acco modation to iotercolonial passengers and shippers. CAUSE OE THE RtIVOLT IN INDIA. (From the Inverness Courier ) A medical officer in India writes as follows to a friend iu Inverness, and his animated account of the causes of the revolt is well worthy of atten tion : " Of course the question will be in every one's mouth, bow did this arise ? Whence this sudden outbreak ? And many and various will be the answers given. Many causes are on the surface ; our rulers, in their overbearing confidence, suffered the balance between the native and European force to be entirely destroyed—from Calcutta to Agra there was but one European regiment ! In the Madras Presidency at this very moment we have only three regiments of European infantry, and half a regiment of dragoons ! I do not include artillery scattered about the country in small de tachments. As our empire has gone on increasing, we have resorted to the old Irish expedient of cut ting a bit off the bottom of the blanket and sewing it on to the top. This is not a mere figure, it is a fact. The troops that in former days used to occupy Benares, Allahabad, and Cawupore, all along our great line of communication, are now either employed on our new frontier or in Burmah, the top of the blanket.' Here at least was the oppor tunity offered to the disaffected to attempt to over turn the empire. But we must look at the matter more closely. For a long time the Bengal officers, forgetful of the good old rule, so applicable to our position in India, divide and govern,' have been infatuated enough to encourage the admission into the army of none but high-caste men.' They looked down with ill-concealed contempt on the low-caste' men of the other Presiden cies. The result has been a most inordinate increase of the Brahmin element iu the Bengal array, until this insolent, haegkty, and priestly caste has overshadowed the very Government. They exercise an influence over their fellows of inferior caste in the army that is nearly absolute, and through them they have of la'e yearn almost dic tated their own terms. 'High-caste men abhor going to sea, it is to them loss of caste, or some thing near it ; the food and wster they consume are in constant danger of defilement by being handled by men of low-caste or no caste. When on a late occasion a Bengal regiment was ordered to go to Burma!), the Sepoys refused, and after some hesi tation, Government gave in. An order was issued that for the future Burmah was to be occupied by the Madras Sepoys. To carry this order out, the whole of the Madras army nearly kad to be put iu motion, and great hardships were inflicted on onr men ere the relief was effected. Here was a triumph for Brahminisro, and Brahminisin was not slew td ` improve' it; they had in this dictated to their masters they had humbled the Governor- General what coon they not do? Govern ment saw the danger, and met it in this way : —An order was issued that in all time com ing every recruit should be a 'general service men'—that is, shall engage to go wherever he was ordered. High-caste' saw at once this rock a-head. In a few years fresh b:ood would be intused into the army, it would cut out the Brahmins, save at the loss of caste ; and they determined to make a stand. They resolved to act through the religious fears and ignorance of the Sepoys, and they did it in this fashion : rumours arose like an exhalation— no one could tell whence they sprung—that the Lord Sahib (the Governor-General) was pledged to the Queen of England 'to convert the Sepoys to Christianity within a year.' Prophesies made for the occasion, circulated everywhere, 'that the rule of the Englishwa.s to end with '57.' When I arrived in India the newspapers were discussing some mys terious communication that was going on. Cakes were passed on from village to village—no ono could say whence they came, or where they were going or what they meant. Then came the cartridge question. A new kind of atmemiiiiion was being issued to the army, the cartridges being made up in various coloured paper. This was instantly seized upon as a ready mode of acting on the religi ous fears of the Sepoys. It was a capital cry.' The Church is in dauget' in iis best day was a joke to it. It was given out that the Lord Sahib had resolved to carry out his scheme iu this way : For the purpose of defiling Mahomedans, the new cartridges were greased with pig's fat,' while 'cows' fat' was used to cook those for the Hindoos. People at home will laugh at this childish story, but people at home do not know the Hindoo mind. The clever Brahmins who invented the story believed it about as much as a Neapolitan priest does the blood of St. Januariu4, or a ' winking virgin,' or the Holy Coat of Troves; but thousands of the Sepoys believed the story as sincerely as we believe iu the Gospel ; and step by step this belief led to the explosions at Mierut and Delhi ; to that night of horror at the fo,raer place, which, like the story of the Black Hole at Calcutta, will be for ever infamous in our annals. All that I have to add is to express a hope that the Miscreants at Delhi have ere this had to take the cartridges,' pigs' fat and cows' fat along with them, out of the muzzles of the muskets of 3,000 or 4,000 English soldiers. I don't think any one hero is fearful about the result. A number of officers and civilians, with their helpless wives and families, hive already perished, and more, if the plague be not soon stayed, may follow ; but I do not think it is written anywhere that Brahininistu is to prevail. John Bull, as Southey sumewhere says' is a terrible fellow to take by the horns. This Brahminism has attempted, and the result you at home, at least, will live to see." THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 13, 1857 ME ROYAL MAIL COMPANY'S COIVTRACTS. In the half-yearly report of the Royal Mail Com pany, which has been recently issued, it is stated that the Government had increased the length of the company's mail contract by two years, ou con dition that the homeward Brazilian and West India mail packets arrived at Southampton some days before the departure of the proximate outward packets. The Royal Mill Company's original mail contract would expire in 1862, but according to the present terms it will not cease before 1864. At the present time the Brazil steamer is despatched from England on the 9th, and the homeward one is not due in England before the 16th of the month, or 7 days after the departure of the proximate outward one. The West India packets are despatched on he 2d and 17th, and the homeward ones are not due in England until the Ist and 16th of the month, or one day only before the departure of the respective proximate mails. Great complaints have been made against these arrangements by the mer cantile communiy, and the desideratum is to get the homeward-bound packets to arrive in Eng land several days before the respective proximate outward packets leave, in order that the Brazilian and West India maiLs from abroad may be delivered in all parts of England in time fur an swers to be sent off immediately, and thus to lessen the time for the course of post by nearly a fort night, with respect to West India correspondence, and nearly a month as regards South American letters. Complaints have also been made by the mercantile community that the Brazilian packets do not afford the accommodation for cargo which the growing trade with South America demands. The steamer Tamar, a vessel of about 2,000 tons burden, was for some time on the Brazil station, and used to arrive at Southampton on the 6th of the month, or nine days before her contract time, and three days before the departure of the outward Brazil packet. She has also arrived out at Rio de Janeiro proportionately early. It should be men tioned that the time at present for ine mailsteamer to have Rio is not moveable, but fixed to the 15th of the month, no matter at what time she arrives out there. The Tamar, also owing to her peculiar build, carries an enormous cargo, a larger one in fact than the La Plata, which is nearly 2,500 tons burden. The Tyne is a sister ship to the Titular, and equals her in speed and in cargo capacity. The Parana, which is now on the West India line, is a monster ship, being upwards of 3,000 tons burden and 800 horse power. Her space, on her departure from this country, is now nearly fille l up with the 1,300 to s cif coil she is obliged to carry to enable her to make the long run to St. Thomas's. On the Brazil line she could start with 600 or 700 tons of coal only, because of the short stages between the numerous coaling stations on that route. She would then have a very large space for cargo, and she would run to and from the Brazils quickly, on account of her great engine power, an d th e fi ne weather generally experienced between Southamp ton and Braz 1. It has been resolved, therefore.. by the Royal Mail Company to run the Tamar, Tyne, and Parana on the Brazil line. The time of the stay of the packe:s will be curtailed at Rio, for four days are ample for the packets to unload and coal there, and by these means the homeward South American packet will arrive at Southampton so long before the despatch of the outward one, that there will be time for the distribution of the cor respondence throughout the country, and for answers to be sent to it immediately, while the above-named three packets will afford increased commodation to shippers of cargo. The Atrat ), now on the West India mail trunk line between Southampton and St. Thomas is, per haps, for size, speed, and model, the finest ship Is.OESIBROIDERY FOR THE WEDDING OF THE PRINCESS YAL. The ShanballY flora Female Industrial School, whioii was established about r the time of the agricultural afloat. She is nearly 3,500 tens burden and 800- distress by Mrs. Welstcad, of Ballytownrcche, has 1 , - horse power. She is swifter and burns less coal than ceived a special mark of royal favour, Mrs. Wel,tead the La Plata, which lies 200 more horse power, and having been honoured by her Majesty with a corn. is 1,000 tons burden less than the Atrato. The ma n,' to supply two collars and two pairs of em- Atrato has often arrived at Southampton on the broidered sleeves for the approaching wedding of 28th of the month, four days before her time and the Prime 83 Royal. Tile school, of which Mrs. Wel five days before the despatch of the outward packet. stead is the patron, has conferred considerable benefit It has been resolved by the Royal Mel Company her. The outward packets on many of the families of the neighbobrhocd, and has to build th ree s hi ps like assumed a high position among such establishments for could then b e despatched th :two or threeclay clays latr the superior taste and originality of the na tells, as well than at pres en t, and, eho mewArd ones arriving as the exquisite finish of the work. It is understood at Southampt on about the 28th of th e mon th week would be gi ven f or the distribution Th of mails tn that her Majlety some titre since saw at court some of the embroidered work produced in the Shanballyore and answering cor respondence. operation can can school, and was so highly pTeased with the design and of these arrangements, when in scarcely be overrated. The cours ' s ) pos fromill workmanship that she immediately ordered a supply for Brazil, the Cape de Verde, and the the nuptials of the Princess Royal. This is no small honour to the Shanballymore school, and has crea i te t d ion a be reduced 30 days, and from all parts of the , West great degree of commendable pride andgrnatueras amongst the poor girls, the produce of whose . fi has Indies, Califor.tia, Central America, the Pacific, received to high a compliment.—Cork Conettution. NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS. The annual nomination of Sheriffs for the yarioas counties of England and Wales took place yesterday afternoon (being the Morrow of St. Martin), in the Court of Exchequer, Westminster Hall. The following list was agreed to : ENGLAND. BEDFORDSHIRE.—Richard Longuet Olebar, of Hinwick, Esq.; John Sambrook Crawley, of }Lockwood, Esq.; and Joseph Tucker, of Avening. Esq. BERKSHIRE. —Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, Bart., of Mortimer; Charles Philip Duffield, of Abingdon, Esq.; and Henry Richard Eyre, of Shaw-pla ce , E sq . BUCKS.—Sir Claudius Stephen Paul Hunter, of Morti mer, Bart.; Matthew Knapp, of Little Linford, Esq.; Thos. Tyrrwhitt Drake, of Shardlowes, Esq., and Wui. Thomas Praed, of Tollingham, Esq. CAMBRIDGE AND HUN FINGDONSHIRE. —Edward Hicks, of Great Wilbraham, Esq.; Christopher Robert Pember ton, of Bourne, Esq ; and George Onslow Newton, of Croxton Park, Esq. CUMBERLAND.—Anthony Benn Steward, of Chapel House, Esq.; Gamel Augustus Lord Muncaster, of Muu caster Castle; and Philip Henry Howard, of Corby Castle, Esq. Cll2SHIRE.—George Fortescue Wilbraham, of Defamer° House, Esq.; Arthur Henry Davenport, of Capesthorne, Esq.; and Clement Sweetenham, of Somerton, near Con gleton, Esq. DERBYSHIRE.—GIadwin Tarbot, of Ayston Hall, Esq.; the Hon. Edward Keppel Coke, of Longford ; and Francis Hurt, of Alderwalsley, Esq. DEVONSHIRE.— John Henry Hippesley, of Shobrook, Esq.; Peter Richard Hoare, of Leescombe, Esq.; and Sir Edward Marion Elton, of Houiton, Bart. DORSETSIIIRE.—George F. Miles, of Ford Abbey, Esq.; Wm. Charles Lambert, of Knowle Park, Esq.; and George Digby Digby, of Sherburne, Esq. DURHAM. —Timothy Murchison, of Egglestone Hall, Esq.; Sir Wm. Clavering, of Greencroft, Bart. ; and Henry John Spearman, of Newton Hall, Esq. ESSEX.—Champion Russell, of Uptninster, Esq.; Osgood Hanbury, of Holfield Grange, Esq.; and Henry John Sperling, of Dyne's Hall, Esq. GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—John Coucher Dent, of Sudeley Castle, Cheltenham, Esq. ; Thomas Beale Browne, of Sal perton Park, near Cheltenham, Esq.; and the Hon. Ash ley George John Ponsonby, of Fairford. HEREFORDSHIRE.—Itichard Snead Coat), of Homme, near Woobly, Esq. ; John Jones, of Langstone, Esq. ; and Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings, of Titley Court. HERTFORDSHIRE.—WiIIiam Willshire, of the Frythe, in Welwyn, Esq.; Martin Hadley Goselin, of the Priory, in Ware, Esq. ; and James Bentley, of Cheshunt, Eeq. KENT,—Edward Ladd Betts, of Preston Hall, Alreaford, near Maidstone, Esq. ; Sir Richard Tufton, of Horthlield place, near Maidstone, Bart. ; and Sir Courtenay Honey wood, of Evington. LEICESTBRSHIRE.—CharIes Thomas Freer, of Billeadon Coplaw, Esq. ; William Bosworth, of Obarley, Esq. ; and Edward Heushaw Cheney, of Gadeby, Esq. LINCOLNSHIRE,—George Neville, of Stubton Park, Esq.; Charles Thomas Samuel Birch Reynardson, of Holywell, Esq. ; and Jervis Tottenham Waldo Sibthorpo, of Ca nnrch, Esq. MONMOUTHSHIRE.—Godfroy Charles Morgan, of Trade gar Park, Esq. ; Charles Conway, of Pentnewydd, Esq. ; and Thomas Powell, of the Gayer, Esq. NORFOLK.—Thomas Lyne Stephens, of Linford, Esq. ; Ham bleton Francis Custance, of Weston, Esq. ; and Henry Birkbeck, of Stoke Holy Cross, Esq. NORTHAMPTON:: HIRE.--John Christopher Mancell, of Cosgrove, Esq. ; the Hon. Charles Henry Cast, of Arthing worth ; and the Hon. Frederick William Child Villiers, of Sulby Hall. NORTHUMBERLAND.—LanceIot John Hunter Olgood, of Nunwick, Esq. ; Henry Silvertop, of Minsteracres, Esq. ; and William Jchn Corsham, of Shordan, Esq. NOTTlNGHAMSHlRE.—JonathanHardcastle, of Blid worth Date, Esq. ; Henry Sherbrooke, of Oxton, Esq. ; and John Henry Manners Sutton, of Kelham, Esq. OXFORDSHIRE. — Sir Henry Peyton, of Swift's House, Bart. ; Henry Loaiax Gaskill, of Kiddington Hall, Esq. ; and George Gammay, of Shotover Park, Esq. RUTLIND.—The Hon. Henry Lewis Noel, of Ketton ; William Rudkin Norris, c.f North Luffenham, Esq.; and Charles Birch Reynardson, of Essendiue, Esq. SHROPSHIRE.—Edmund Wight, of Haleon, Esq. ; Charles Orland Child Pemberton, of Middle Crope Park, Esq. ; and Sir John Emeuch Dolby Acton, Bart., of Aldenham Hall. SOMERSETSHIRE.—Sir Alexander Acland Hood, of St. Andries, Bart. ; Edward Berkeley Napier, of East Pennard, Esq. ; and Robert James Elton, of Staunton, E9q. _ _ STAFFORDSHIRE.-Phillip Williams, of Tipton, Esq. ; Sir H. Delves Broughton, of Broughton Hall, E3q, ; and William Davenport, of Major, Esq. _ . COUNTY OF SOUTILIMPTON.—Thomas Smith of Drocke ford, Bishop's Waltham, Esq.; Robert Vaughan Wynne Williams, of Appuldercombe, Isle of Wight, Esq. ; and John Deverell, of Corsham, Esq. SUFFOLK.—Peter Robert Burrell, of Stoke Park, Ips wich, Esq. ; John George Sheppard, of Campsey Ash, Esq. ; and Thomas Thornhill, of Riddlesworth, Esq. SURREY.—The Hon. John George Cavendish, of Lyne, Chertsey ; Sir Walter Rockliffe Farquhar, of Polsden, Bookham, Bart.; and Robert liembell, of Combo Wood, Kingston, Esq. SUSSEX.—Edward Smith Bigg, of Slougham, Esq. ; William Henry Blower, of Hedgeland, Esq. ; and Charles Scrtce Dickies, of Coolehurst, Horsham, Esq. WARWICKSHIRE.—Owen Pell, of Radford, Esq. ; Sir George Richard Phillips, of Western House Bart. ; and Henry James Shelden, of Brailes House, Esq. WESTMORELAND. —Robert Addison, of the Treary Ap parley, Esq. ; Wm. Moore, of Kirkby Lonsdale, Esq. ; and Matthew Benson Harrison, of Ambleside, Esq. WILTSHIRE.—Sir Francis Dagdale Astley, of Everleigh, Bart. ; Francis Alexander Sydenham Locke, of Rowdeford, Esq. ; and John Neilson Branton Gladstone, of Bowden Park, Esq. Wolickataasinnr..—Wm. Orme Forster, of Storetoa Castle, near Stourbridge. Esq. ; Francis Edward Williams, of Malvern Hall, Solihull, Esq. ; and Samuel Baker, of Shorn rove, Esq. _ _ _ YORKSHIRE.-Jae. Walbanke Childers, of Cantley, Eqq. ; William Rookes Crompton Stanfield, of Rind'lt, Esq. ; and John Thomas Wharton, of Skelton Castle, Esq. WALES. ANGLESEA.—Richard Davies, of Bwleh-y-fen, Esq. ; rijor-General Hushes, of Brynder; and Hugh Williams, of Tryade, Esq. BRECONSHIRE.—John Dilwyn Llewellyn, of Paut-y -cored, Esq. ; Thomas Wood, of the Lodge, Esq. ; and John Maughan, of Timaun, Esq. CARNARVONSFERE.—Hugh Robert Hughes, of Nantille, Eiq. ; John Nanny, of iilessiledog, Esq. ; and William Lenthall, of Malian, Esq. CARMARTHENSHIRE. -- William Morris, of Cwm, Esq. ; Igaac Horton, of Ystaed, Esq. ; John Llewellyn, of Yenta glas, Esq. CARDIGANIIIIIRE.—Thomas Hughes, of Noyaddfau ; William Price Lewis, of Llysnewin, Esq. ; and William Jones, of Glendennis, Esq. DENBIGHSHIRE.—John Jozeilyn Floalkes, of Erriwatt, D.mbigh, Esq. ; Thomas Lloyd Fitzhagh, of Berwyn House, Esq. ; and Richard Christopher Naylor, of Naut twydd Hall, Esq. FusrsEtinE.---Hugh Robert Hughes, of Keurnol Park, Esq. ; Philip Bryan Davies Cooke, of Gwysaney Hall, Esq.; and Philip Pennant Pearson, of Bogfyr, Esq. GiamoßGANsEtißE.—Anthony Hill, of Plymouth Lodge, Esq. ; Henry Lewis, of Greenmeadow, Esq. ; and Sir Ivor Guest of Sully House. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. -- Richard Penruddock Long, of Dolforgan, Esq. ; John Morris, of Berth Lloyd, Esq. ; and William Curliug, of Meist Moore, Esq. MERIONETHSHIRE. — Hugh John Rively, of Brynygwin, Esq. ; Edward Buckley. of Plas-y-Dennis, Esq. ; and David Williams, of Castle Dendrick, Esq. PEMBROKESHIRE.—George Augustus Harries, of Hilton, Esq. • Nicholas John Dunn, of Westmoor, Esq. ; and Wil liam Owen, of Poyston, Esq. RADNORSHIRE. —Sir William Sarsfiold Rossiter Cock burn, of Downton, Bart. ; Howell Gwynne Howell, of Llano' with Hall, Esq.;, uud John Adcock Philips, of Gumnia, Esq. CALIFORNIAN WINES.—The United States seem to comprise within themselves every variety of material and production of the globe, and, as our possessions are nearly one-eighth of the world, we are not surprised at the fact. But of all the States of the Union California seems likely ito be the most productive; her gal(' and other mines, I er location on the Pacific coast, her hard working population, and her natural advantages, all tend to make her the most important to the interests of the commonwealth. One of her last newly-developed capabilities is that of vine-growing and wine-making. We have received a communication on this subject from Mr. C. Kohles, a gentleman in the native wine business of that city, who generously accompanied his letter with samples of the native wine of his own production, which for flavour and quality seemed to us to be equal to many European brands, and only wanting in age. California is going to be a wine-growing country,, and for the following reasons the first place, says the California farmer, "our vineyards pro duce ordinarily nearly three times as much as those of Europe and the trarnontane States. In France a first-rate crop from an' acre is represented by 5,0001 b. of grapes, and in many districts, 2,0001 b. is considered a fair crop ; in Ohio, B,ooolb. is a very large crop, and th e . ordinary amount i s f rom 4 , 00011 2 . to 5,0001 b. ; but in California the ordinary crop is from 10,000 lb. to 13,0001 b., and I,ooolb. per acre is not uncommon. S condly, our grapes never fail, as they frequently do in Europe and on the banks of the Ohio ; nor do they ever produce so little as the largest crops which can be pro duced there. In other vine-growing countries they are exposed to the attacks of frost, hail, the odium (or rut in the woods, and insects, either of which often causes an entire failure of the crop ; but they are unkno wn here. The odium is a di sease w hi c h fi rs t a ppeared in France about four years ago, and has caused such devastations that the wine crop since then has fallen off im mensely, and about one-fourth of the vineyards have been rooted out and cultivated in other vegetables. In the third place the vineyards of other countries requ re four or five times as much labour as those of California. Here the vine stands by itself ; in almost every other vine-growing district the vines must be tied to a s t a k e for suppor t. Indeed, th e European viney ar d s require constalt looking after and labour, while those o f C a lif orn i a w hen once planted re quire very little care, other than a couple of ploughinge in a year to keep them clear of weeds. Again, our land is cheap ; vine setti ngs can b e h a d for nothing. The gro were are never t rou bl e d b y ra i n ; the warmth of th e climate aids ferment a ti on ; aud, lastly, from one species f grape and from one v i neyar d th e C a lifornia wine grower can make five or six entirely different kinds of wine, corresponding to most of the important kinds of Etna p ian wines. Thus the Malaga grape, in the vine yard of Los Angelos, prsducee wine like the Sauterne, and claret, aLerry, port, and champagne, while in Europe e ich district produces only one kind of wine, and could n be made to pr o d uce so many as come f rom th e Cali fornia grape. Besides, our wines are good, and promise to be equal in every respect to the best from Europe. The brandy, also made from the grape, is equal to the best Cognac, except only i n those quaities given by age,which our brandy has not yet got. It is remarked that the California wines have a peculiar flavour which is much praised by judges." Doubtless there must be some die advantages which time and patience will have to o rer come, but when we consider that this year the total pro duce will be abo u t 14 , 0 00,0001 b. o f grapes , an d th a t from this quantity the city of Los Angelos alone will obtain 10,000 gallons of wine and 6,000 of brandy, we cannot but think that C a lif orn i a is destined to become the vine yard of the world.—Phi:clelihict .Evening Journal. BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 31st,,day of Oct., 1857 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,599 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 27,643 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 29,567 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 11,312 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. . Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 30,320 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb 16,168 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham- -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,332 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,115 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 6,711 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 71,433 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 15,077 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 34,315 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowinarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 35,465 Bath City Bank, Bath- -G. Moger and Son - Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, GranL, and Co 35,997 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. 11,842 Brecon OM Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 64,612 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Durlington- Hardin,, ,, Smith, and )o 12,331 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 13,689 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters 48,688 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 32 690' Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 24,865 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 2,869 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 18,162 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 39,779 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 45,827 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 6,942 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 19,373 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co 72,883 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 8,895 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 11,612 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 38,333 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co 9,013 Digs Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 9,799 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster -Cooke and Co 70,840 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 83,015 Devonport Bank. Devonport- Hodge and Co 9,101 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-R. and H. Williams 46,673 Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter' and Co 9 6 ,295 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 52,343 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 42,883 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 26,215 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co - Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 7,659 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs Knight Faversham Dank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5,833 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen . 4,978 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon.. 13,068 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0... 28,101 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford- Morgan and Co 23,279 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Co. 16,631 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 51,571 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvey and Son 5,232 Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds -W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 31,887 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 19,307 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield--Pahrer and Greene -- Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 95,031 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Lla,n dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co 30,843 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle -6,145 ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barba and 3552 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 wford Bank, Marlborough-Tan nerand Co ........................................... --- Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and 50n.................................................... 11,212 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and C 0...... 17,613 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and C 0........ 27,565 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old • Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and C 0...... 14,806 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell 21,860 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co 52,275 Newbury Bank, Newbury -Bunny & Slocock 20,275 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket--Eaton, Ham mond, and Co 23,533 Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 47,750 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur• neys and Birkbeck 96,385 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham. Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,291 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co 3,303 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth-Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co 10,004 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry-Croxon and Co Oxford Oid Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons, and Co. 011 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. Clinch and Co. _ 10,729 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverly Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 44,488 Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co. 10,400 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W. Walters 12,747 Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co 28,900 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co 6,196 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston-Fordliam and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret, & Co ..... Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross - Allaway and Macdougal .............. ... Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Ss,f. fron Wallen-Gibsom and C 0.....,,. Salop Bar I, Shrewsbury- Burton, Ll oyd, aacl • ............. a ............... 7,865 12,690 9,955 13,719 4,073 27,723 10,470 Scarboringh Old Bank, Scarborough—Wood all and Co 24,685 Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, Ey ons, and Co 40,816 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wyldo and Co 12,367 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore -- Stafford Old Bank, Stafford---Stevenson and Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford —Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 29,187 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 8,470 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. 10,168 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dinisford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co 8,153 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons 8,744 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co 16,605 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co 12,055 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co. 7,354 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick — K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co 5,178 West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-- Leatham, Tew, and C 0... 43,185 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 14,022 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win- "chester—Bulpett and Co 19,797 Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co - Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce 16,370 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co 37,713 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co 0,983 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock 7,615 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake 11,493 Worcester Bank, 'Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co 5,926 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 80,862 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall , Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R. and W. F. Fryer 11,670 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co 45,595 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and . . Co 12,339 York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and Co 46,086 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal.. Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, 10,114 9,087 47,314 8,727 28,902 18,560 Bradford.. Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking. Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 22,741 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 147,835 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,931 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 37,771 Hull Banking Company, Hull 22,702 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,051 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com- 52,624 10,051 35,460 26,347 13,086 117,069 40,081 pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 27,531 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,956 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 62,122 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 93,170 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 77,950 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 47,777 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 9,218 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,925 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 26,293 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Read-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 425,350 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,962 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 80,525 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North- 34,327 ampton 20,86 5, North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 64,486 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 54,880 Saddlcworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,058 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 35,135 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 355,599 Shropshire Banking Company, Shtffnall 43,934 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield 20,381 Sheffield an,d Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 51,495 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond . Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 35,642 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 29,200 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District . Bank, Bristol 76,011 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 72,337 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud _ _ 52,053 56,530 14,115 31,149 dersfield.. Whi+.church and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 5,440 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 6,130 York Union Banking Company, York 67,920 York City and County Banking Company, 89,998 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 112,675 A NEW CARTRIDGE FOR SPORTSMEN.—A. Davoust, a gunsmith in one of the proviccial towns of France, has invented two kinds of cartridges, one of which produces a more certain effect at a short range, by causing Cite shot to expand on issuing from the barrel, while the other offers the .advantage of greater power at a long range. The chief point of the invention consists in a kind of conductor, consisting of a tube which is projected ont of the barrel together with th e shot k contains, and falls down at some distance from the muzzle after having given the shot its' proper direction. A sort of cap, se cured by a double India-rubber string, closes the cart- The idea is ingenious and may deserve adoption after certain practical inconveniences have been re moved ; the cap, for instance, is spt to get out of order. in which case the shot falls out ; an evil, we think, which may be easily remedied. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Medicine always aggravates chronic dis eases, such as dyspepsia (indigestion), flatulency, habitual con stipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, &c., but Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably cures them in a very short time. We extract two out of many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids :—Prom the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 52 , 612 .—Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, December 9, 1854. The Dowager Countess or Castlestuart feels induced, in th e i n t erest of ffering hu manity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of iudiges tion, bile, great nervousness and i rr it a bili ty of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all m ifferers and may be considered a rea l bl ess i ng. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered.—Trevao'ler' Gulval, near Penzance, Feb. 20, 1851.-Eighteen ye ars ' nervous debility, violent pa'pita ton of the heart, throbbing of the temples, violent pains on the left side and ba c k, s h or t ness of breath, cough, numbness of the extremities, cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such general weakness, that I was consequently fearful of fall ing when ou my legs; all these symptoms have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. —MARY CELBERT. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor, of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies the Dowager Countess of Cast' , . Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectabl • persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full in structions. In canisters, lib, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; Mu, lis ; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage ft ee, on receipt of Post-Office order. —Barry Du Barry, I do C 77, Regent-street, Loudon. IMPORTANT CAUTION against th , f ea rful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chan,el. lor , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on the 1 10th March, 18 5 4, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitati ng " Du Barry), Revalenta Arabica Food.", NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. His Rval Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as General Cuiuma.ucting in Chief, held a levee at the Horse Guards yesterday. The attendance of officers way very numerous. By the mail steamship Tamar, which sailed yes terday, 14 officers and 281 men of the 69th Regt. have left for Alexandria, thence proceeding to India by the overland route, via Suez. The following is a list of the officers who have embarked in this steamer :—Major Fenwick, Captains G. Begot, A. B. llankey, Bowen, and J. Smyth ; Lieutenants G. Bulyer, Hutchinson, E. Boyle, arid R. B. Clark ; Ensigns St. George, R. Daubeny, P. Beames, and P. Sbuttleworth ; and Asairtant-Surgeon Whit taker. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamships Sultan and Euxine have been chartered for the same purpose ; the forester vessel leaves this on the 16th inst., and embarks troops at Plymouth on the 17th, the latter leaves on the Ist proximo, and embarks troops at Plymouth on the 2d. The half-yearly inspection of the corps of Royal Engineers took place yesterday afternoon at Bromp ton barracks, Chatham, the inspecting field-officer being Cul. W. H. Eden, Commandant of Chatham garrison. The whole of the officers and men at pre sent at headquarters, to the number of nearly 1,000, including the East India Company's Sappers and Miners, assembled ou their parade ground at 2 o'clock iu marching order, where they were put through a variety of evolutions, which they per formed in an admirable manner. At a late hour on Wednesday a despatch was re ceived at Chatham garrison from the War-office coun termanding the order previously given for the em barkation of the reinforcements for the 20th, 23d, (Welsh Fusiliers), 35th, 53d, 61st, 84th, and 90th (Light Infantry), on the following day, owing to the Geo. Marshall, freight-ehip, not being ready to receive them. Previous to the embarkation of the reinforcements the vessel will be inspected by the commandant at Chatham, in order that everything may be done for the comfort and convenience of the troops proceeding to India. A detachment of troops belonging to the Cap• Mounted Rifles left Chathain yesterday for the pur pose of embarking at Southampton on board the mail steamer proceeding to the Cape. Her Majesty's receiving ship Fi•gard, bearing the flag of Commodore Shepherd, stationed off Woolwich Dockyard, is ordered to be paid off on Dec. 31. The Brilliant, 20, Capt. J. 'A. Paynter, from North America and the West Indies, arrived at the Nore yesterday at noon. She is under orders to proce, d to Chatham, there to be paid off. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty Commanders—W. A. R. Pearse to the Alert, J. A Cave to the Ardent, R. B. Oldfield to the Lynx. Lieutenants—A. B. Hodgkinson to the Viper, •H. Berkeley t• the Lynx, C. Gibbons to the Sharpshooter. THE MILITIA. The 3d West York Militia, consisting of 27 offi cers and 775 men, under the command of Colonel Loftus, arrived yesterday at Aldershot. The 49th East Kent Militia, under Col.. Brock man, qua.itorod at Canterbury, is under orders to proceed to Woolwich. Country Markets. MANCHESTER--Nov. 12. There was a limited attendance this morning, and, in addition to the depressing circumstances previously exist• ing, it was announced that the French Government had come to the determination to permit the export of grain, &c., altogether causing an almost total suspension of busi ness, and prices of wheat and flour were quite nominal; other articles, at the same time, being obtainable at re duced rates. NEWARK—NOT. 11. At this day's market there was a full attendance of millers and dealers, and a moderate amount of business done. Wheat met a heavy sale, and the prices for best declined Is ; inferior, is to 3s per qr. cheaper. Wheat, white 6ls to 635, red 55s to 575; barley, malting 42s to 445, grinding 46s to 38s; oats, 24st. 35s to 375, 22st, 32s to 34s ; beans, 48s to 52s ; malt, 73s to 80s ; peas, 440 to 4Gs ; tares, 56s to 60s per qr. LOUTH—Nov. U. There was a full supply of grain in the market to-days The trade ruled heavy, and prices for all kinds war* lower. V .. __. Wheat, 44s to 55s ; extra, —s ; barley 36s to 395; oats 213 to 24s ; beans, 44s to 483. BOSTON—NoT. 11. The market well attended, and wheat a moderate supply, at a reduction of is per qr. from last week's cur• rency. Oats 6d to is cheaper. -- Prices :—Wheat, red, 45 s Od to 51 s Od; new, --s to —a i • white, tOs Od to 52 s Od , extra, 555. Barley, 32 s Od to 44s Oa. Oats 21s to 28s. Peas, 43 to 48s Od. Beans 46 e Od to 50s Od per qr. . , GLASGOW—Noy. Few buyers in the market to-day, and only a very small business transacted. Wheat sells in rel Ail at 6d decline oil this day week. Barrel flour is 6d lower, and sacks are unchanged. The trade i❑ barley dull at a decline of is to is 6d per 320 lbs. Oats Gd per 264 lbs, and oatmeal 6d per 280 lbs cheaper. Peas and Indian corn unaltered. EDINBURGH GRAIL—Nov. 11. Sales heavily effected, and prices considerably back. Wheat, on the top, 5s Oct down, and on the averago 4s 9d down. Barley, 5s down on the top, and is 2d down on the average. Oats on the top 5s down, and on the average is 11d down. Beans on the top 2s Od down and on the average is Od down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £2 2 10 11-12th. Do. new -12ths. Barley Oats 1 3 2 2-12ths. Beans -12ths. Total Supply and Saes. Wheat 1183 qrs sold 555 qrs Barley 2421 qrs sold 946 qrs Oats 1369 qrs sold 863 qrs Beans 136 qrs sold 57 grit DERBY SMITHFIELD.—Noy. 11. A fair average supply of fat beasts to-day, but the demand was flat, end some few left unsold. The number of sheep and latobs was not so large, and low prices were asked. Fat calves scarce, and maintaining higher prices than last week. The supply of fat and store pigs was not so good, but buyers more plentiful. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 63d ; mutton, 7d to 7ld ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, lid tc 81 per lb. ; pigs, 108 Od to lls Od per score ; rough fat, 5s 6 I to Os per 141 b. ; hides, 44d to 6 4 d per lb ; calf-skins, 6d to 71 per lb. SECULAR. LITERATURN AND TRH OLD DIVINES.-10 4 Sharp, a popular preacher and a very pious man, vih ° flourished at the period of the Revolution, said the Bible and Shakapeare made him Archbislop of York, and he recommended the same course of reading to his clergy. Speaker Onslow, who relates the circumstance, enforces the advice, asserting that the wonderful . kn n ow a l a e a d d ge t.b o a f a h m um az a i n ng na br tu ig r h e, tn t e h s e s ()f the expressions no bl en ess of the which eaentme . distinguish t the he t works gravestot the great composition. dramatist,so sensiblerender was htm St.a pattern c hry for . sositom of the advantages to be derived by the Christian orator from the study of the profane writers, that he was accustomed to sleep with Ari-tophanes under hie pillow. Bishop Burnet endeavoured to impress upon his clerical brethren the immense benefit that they would reap from a minute acquaintance with the Greek and Roman authors, who he maintained had a force both of thought and expression that later ages had not been able to imitate. He went further, and recommended tbq, peru• sal of several of the pagan classics for the power of the . moral instruction they conveyed. Tully's "Offices," with all his philosophical writings, and especially his "Con; solation," would give, he said, the mind "a noble set. Horace, Juvenal, and Persius, " would contribute won derfully to promote a detestation of vice," and the second satire of the last of these poets " might well pace for one of the be.t lectures in divinity." Hisrociss upon the verses of Pythagoras, Plutarch's Lives, and above all Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, could "not be read too often, nor repassed too frequently in the thoughts." Such were the sentiments of a prelate full of the ardour of Christianity, and eager to revive the zeal and doctrines of the apostolic age. In this school of ancient as well es modern literature our eminent divines, with hardly sus exception„bave been nurtured, and if the training of the twig is to be judged by the vigour of the tree, we must never hope to improve upon the methods which formed our Hookers, Taylors, and BArrowe.— Quarterly Review. BIRTH S. OF A sox. On the 11th inst., at 12, Norfolk-crescent, Hyde-parks the wife of Captain Tyler, Royal Engineers. On the 12th inst., at 13, Weymouth-street, Portland . place, the wife of It. S. Cox, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 12th inst., at 7A, Chandori-street, Cavendish• square, Mrs. James Fletcher. On the 11th iust., at 10, Onslow-square, the wife of Neville Wood, Esq., M.D... • MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Hanov er • squar e, by the Rev. H. Weighttnan, M.A., Major Fitzgerald, second son of Lord William Fitzgerald, to Charlotte Georgina , only child of Henry, third son of the late John Travanion Bettesworth, of Caerhays,in the county of Cornwall. DIED. On the sth inst., Emily, wife of Hugh Montgomeri Eiq., Ballydraiu, county Antrim. On the 9th inst., at his raideuce in Dublin, Sir Arthur Clarke, M.D., M. Lt.C.S., aged 8 On the 10th inst., Eliz ibeth, the beloved wife of Willia lla Grant, news agent, Caitle-square, and Queen's-roa d ' Brighton, deeply l a m en t e d by her family and triender aged 40. On the 11th hist., very deeply lamented, Chaloner lakm Ogle, Esq , aged 23. On the 11th inst., at Collon House, Leland, Katharine FrA 'tees, el est daughter of Captain Wynne, ILA.. On tle 11th inst Mary Eliz a beth, o f John Willi am ' wife fl:ort, Esq , of Upland Height, Kensington, aged 93. - - - - -- LONDON : Printed and Published by AMMO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, NO 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the count"' of Middlesex, Friday, November 13,1851.