The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-29 00:00:00

STRATFORD AND WEST HAM. PLAISTOW AND S; VON.IORIA. DOCK MIS CT DEPUTATION TO THE HOME SECRETARY. On Tuesday, the 19th inst., a deputation, con sisting of the Rev. B. W. B. Marsh, the Rev. Al fred W. Mason, a nd Antonio Brady, Esq., the promoters of the Plaistow and Victoria Dock Mis sion, had an interview with Secretary Sir George Grey at the Home Office, and presented a petition from the inhabitants of Hall's Ville, a new town built in a swamp in Plaistow Marsh, praying for immediate sanitary measures. The petition was signed by the four resident medical practitioners, and by about 250 of the inhabitants. It set forth the frightfully bad state of the place for want of proper roads and sewers, &c. ; and that there was a total absence of any drainage, and consequently a high rate of mortality, and much sickness. The deputation was introduced by T. W. Bramston, Esq., and R. B. Wingfield, Esq., the two county members, who bore testimony from personal know ledge as to the truth of the statements put forth. The Home Secretary's attention was called to the map of the district, published in 1855, in explana tion of the very valuable report of Mr. A. L. Dickens, C.E., the Government Superintending Inspector, a copy of which was appended to the petition. We may as well inform our readers that in his general description of the parish Mr. Dickens states, " That since the execution of the Eastern Counties' Docks, the population has increased very materially, and has spread nearly over the whole area of the parish. Fresh districts have sprung up, houses have been erected ; and, as cannot fail to be the case when buildings of the class that have been erected here come into existence, without any adequate super vision or control, the commonest precau ions for drainage or general arrangement of streets have been neglected ; the surfaces of the courts and alleys are almost without exception unpaved ; lines of street remain undedicated to the highway au thorities ; and in winter it is said that they are actually impassable from mud and filth." Mr. Dickens proceeds—" The whole parish is divided and subdivided, as I have before stated, by open ditches or sewers; and in no single instance within my observation (and I perambulated nearly the whole area of the parish) did I find ONE that was not MOST HORRIBLY FILTHY AND OFFENSIVE. They are usually stagnant, and filled with refuse of the foulest description, their smell being sickening in the extreme. When I state that in the surveyor's book in 1821. the area of these ditches is estimated at upwards of 140 acres, it may be conceived, more especially as that area has now been much increased by road cutting at the railway, fresh sewers, &c., what the effects of this large and filthy evaporating surface must be on the sanitary condition of the district. In many parts of the parish these offen sive open ditches divide the gardens at the backs of the houses. They are invariably filled with privy drainage, and the smell from them is perceptible for a considerable distance. Under these circumstances it is not surprising that the medical gentlemen, who recorded their evidence on my inquiry, are unanimous in their statements that fever, cholera, small-pox, or some other epidemic, is constantly scourging the parish. Nui sances upon nuisances accumulate, and it is unfortunately not only from the smells from the open ditches that the district suffers. Stratford. Langthorn (West Ham) is just without the boun dary fixed by the Metropolitan Buildings Act as the limit within which no new building for the purpose of carrying on offensive trades shall be es tablished after the Ist day of Jan., 1854, unless under the restrictions imposed by that Act. Thus it happens that several new and offensive trades (such as naptha making, oil boilinz, varnish mak ing, printer's ink making, ikc., &c.), have been newly established here, and which are bitterly complained of by the neighbouring inhabitants. Under section 4 of the Metropolitan Buildings Act, 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 84, her Majesty, by order in Cnuncil, may order the extension of the Act to any place within 12 miles of Charing-cross ' • this place is about 7 miles only. It would seem, how ever, that no steps have ever been taken to obtain such extension to this district ; although (adds Mr. Dickens) it appears to me that this is One of the cases which the section desires to meet." Want of space precludes our quoting the section on the present occasion ; we will only say that since this report was written the abominations described have vastly increased from the accumulations of the sub sequent two years, and the extension of buildings. We hope to recur to this subject shortly ; mean while we trust, now that public attention is called to the subject, means will be taken to abate the nuisances complained of. The deaths in Hall's Ville average five times the rate of mortality in ordinary towns. The only wonder is that it is not greater. THE DOWRY OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL, The following is a copy of the bill to enable her Majesty to settle an annuity on her Royal High ness the Princess Royal " Most Gracious Sovereign, —We, Your Majesty's most dutitul and loyal subject 3, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, having taken into consideration your Majesty's most gracious message that your Majesty has agreed to a marriage proposed between the Prin cess Royal and his Royal Highness Prince Frederic William of Prussia, do most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commonsin this present Parlia ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows I. It shall be lawful for her Majesty, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to give and grant unto her Royal Highness the Prin cess Royal, or to such persons as her Majesty shall think fit to be namtdin such Letters Patent, intrust or for the use of her said royal highness, an annuity of eight thousand pounds, to be settled on her said royal highness for her life, in such manner as her Majesty shall think proper ; the said annuity to commence from the date of the marriage of her Royal Highness with his Royal Highness Prince Frederic William of Prussia, to be free from all taxes, assessments, and charges, and to be paid quarterly, on the sth day of January, the sth day of April, the sth day of July, and the 10th day of October ; the first payment to be made on such of the said quarterly days as shall happen next after the said marriage of such portion of the annuity as shall have accrued between the date of such mar riage and such quarterly day, and a proportionate part to be payable for the period, from the last quarterly day of payment to the day of the deter mination thereof ; and such annuity shall be charged on and payable out" of the Consolidated Fund of the United, Kindom of Great Britain and Ireland, after paying or reserving sufficient to pay such sums as have been directed to be paid out of the same by former acts of Parliament, but with preference to all other payments which may hen after be charged upon the said fund.' " ELECTION INTELLIGEA CE. READING, May 28.—Mr. Keating, Q. C , the member for this borough, who has retciveti the ap pointment of Solicitor-General, as successor to the Right Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, arrived here this evening, and the news soon spread through the town. The hon. and learned gentleman has re ceived the hearty congratulations of his consti tuency on the honour which the Government has conferred upon him. it is not likely that any op position will be offered to his being returned. LEEDS.—Ys.terday morning au address was cir culated in Leed, from Mr. W. E. Foster, of Bur ley, dated flora the Refurm Club, offering himself as a candidate for Leeds in the room of the late Mr. Hall. Mr. John Remington Mills, the de feated Liberal candidate at the late election, has also issued au address. FALNIOUTIL AND PENRYN. —The nomination of a member for this borough, owing to Mr. T. G. Bating having accepted office as a Junior Lord of the Admiralty, took place at the Town-hall, Penryn, don Wednesd a y. Mr. Baring, who wa s proposed by Mr. James Meal, of Penryn, and seconded by M r. Robtrt R Broad, of Falmouth, was re-elected en t husia stically. THE SUMMER CIRCUITS. The following following arrangements Mr. B aron Bram havnd have been made : H o mE.—Tbe Lord Chief B aron a O X FORD.—Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justi ce Will e y. w«11. WESTERN.—Mr. Justice Colridge and M r . J ust i ce Crompton. NORTHERN. —Mr. Baron Watson and Mr. B aron NORTH WALES.—rri Chief Justice Cockb urn . SOUTH WALKS —Mr. Justice Crowder. NORFoLK —Lord Caolipbell and Mr. Justice lams' MIDLAND.--Mr. Ju-ctiCo Cres well and Mr. J ust i ce Mr, Justice Wigbtman will remain in Lot.dor., an d attend to the buqnes- to be Ira. ;,acted at chambers. The Scottish County Registration Big, we (Scotsman) are sorry to hear, is likely, to be abandoned for the ses sion, owing to want of t ime an d th e u nabated opposition of the ScrAch Tory members. i‘.; . ENV BISHOPRICS FOR INDIA. —The Arch: , shop of Canieibury, the bishop of London, and other prehttPs, base forwarded to her Majeity's Gnvernmeut a memo rial pressing for the immediate erection of the three new bishoprics in India. li THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE OF R USSIA. PORTSMOUTH, ' THURSDAY. It may save the sight-seeking public, who avail themselves of railway accommodation in these " excursion-train" days to rush anywhere in search of the lion of the hour, some trouble and disap pointment to know that the visit of the Imperial Prince, who is the Lord High Admiral of the Rus sian navy, and brother to the Emperor of Russia, is, as far as at present imparted to "authority," intended to be one of friendly courtesy to the Queen alone, divested of any show or state, and whether it will extend beyond the precincts of the Marine Palace of Osborne is more than problematical. No "preparations" whatever are being made at this dockyard and dependencies in expectancy of a visit from the Prince-Admiral, but should he pay one he will find everything in its daily state. There will not even be the anticipated general Royal salute by the squadron at present at Spi head and in har bour on the arrival of the Duke with his flag flying at the main of the Admiralty State yacht Osborne ; for, according to a telegraphic message received this noon by Admiral Sir G. Seymour, K.C. 8., the Commander-in-Chief, from Captain Seymour, on board the Osborne, at Cherbourg, the yacht will steam through the Needles passage instead of through Spithead. The Admiralty yacht will leave Cherbourg so as to arrive at Osborne about 3 p.m. on Saturday; and, in order that Her Majesty may have the first intimation of the appearance of the Osborne in sight, a signal officer has been posted by the Royal command at Hurst-castle to telegraph the fact, and the Eurydice, 26 gun sailing corvette, Capt. Tarle ton, C. 8., will do the honours of saluting, manning yards, ST,c., on the yacht nearing Osborne. Her Majesty's steam yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Hon. Joseph Denman, has been re-embellished, and goes down to Osborne to-morrow morning to attend upon the Queen ; it being deemed just pos sible Her Majesty may take her gallant visi'or a cruise through Spithead before leaving. The gre nadier company of the 93d Highlanders (splendid stalwart fellows), commanded by Captain W. G. A. Middleton, with Lieutenants Butter and Wood, with their fine band, went over to Cowes this af ternoon in the steam-tug Pigmy, to form a guard of honour to the Duke on bis landing on Osborne beach. Sir George Seymour went down to Os borne yesterday to pay his respects to her Ma jesty on hoisting his new flag, but did not receive any commands from her Majesty relative to the recep tion of the Grand Duke beyond the desire to have a ship stationed off Osborne to salute, Arc., during his sojourn, which is not expected to be a lengthy one. None of the Prince-Admiral's own squadron will come to this port on the occasion. The Rus sian Ambassador is expected at Portsmouth this evening or to-morrow. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES, THURSDAY. The Epsom Four-year...Ad Stakes ' of 50 Boys each, h ft, with 100 added ; colts, Bst 11113; fillies, Bst 61b. New Derby Course. 13 subs. Duke of Bedford's Walnier, by Chatham, Bst 111 b (S. R iger,) 1 Mr. Combs's Pitapat, list 111 b (E. Sharp) 2 Betting.-6 to 5 on Pitapat. Won by a length. The Two year-old S akes, of 10 soya each, with 50 added ; colts, Bst 7lb ; fillies, Bst 41b. Any winner before starting 51b extra. Half a mile. 23 subs. Mr. Saxon's Princess Royal, by Slane, Bst 41b (Hayward) 1 Mr. J. Barnard's Yaller Gal, by Sirokol, Bst 91b (including 51b extra) (D Hughes) 2 Mr. Howard's Chutnee, Bst 41b.. (J. Goater) 3 The following also ran :—Pavilion, Royal Sovereign, Little Treasure, Coalition filly, Botany, Framlis, lEthon, Melita, and Yaller Gal. Betting.-2 to 1 aget Princess Royal, sto 1 each agst Chutnee and Botany, 10 to 1 each aget Little Treasure and thou. Won easily by half a length ; same distance between the second and third ; Royal Sovereign was a good fourth ; Melita fifth ; Little Treasure, Botany, and Pa vilion were next. Framlis got badly off. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for mares only ; 'three-yr-oids, 7st ; four, 8 t 91b ; five, 9st 2lb ; six and aged, 9st 51b. Great Metropolitaa Stakes Course (21 miles). Mr. Saxon's Mary, by Idle Boy, 5 yrs ...V. Osborne) 1 Mr. F. Fisher's England's Beauty, 3 yrs (D. Hughes) 2 Mr. Harvey's Renown, 3 yrs (Daley, jun.) 3 The following also ran :—lnspiration, Seatark, Co medy, Brabantia, Isabella, and Maid of Perth. Bitting.-3 to lon Mary ;7to 1 agst Renown. Won in a canter by a length ; bad third ; the others were tailed off. The Grand Stand Plate of 100 soya. (Handicap. Winners extra. D,rby Course. Mr. Saxon's Tom Thumb, by Game Boy, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Hayward) 1 Mr. Mellish's Tame Deer, 4 yrs, Bst 11th (Fordaam) 2 Mr. J. S. Dougla.'s Tinwald, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Plumb) 3 The following also ran :•—Claude Lorraine, Hobander, Theory, Ruth, Nougat. Betting-5 to 2 agst Nougat, 4to 1 agst Theory, sto 1 each agst Claude Lorraine and Torn Thumb. Won by half a length, a neck between the second and third ; Claude Lorraine was a moderate fourth, Ruth was fifth, Hollander broke down. The Selling Stakes of 5 Bova. each, with 30 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. New T.Y,C. Three•quar ters of a mile. Capt. Christie's Unexpected, by Pompey, 4 yrs (401.), Bst Lord John Scott's Bobby 8., 4 yrs (60/ ), Bsi 71b (Kendall) 2 Mr. Mellish's Dramatist, 4 yrs (401.), 7st 111 b (Fordharo) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Unexpected. 3to 1 agat Dramatist. Won by a head ; bad third. The winner was bought in for 155 guineas. The Cobham Plate of 50 soya. (Handicap.) New T.Y.C. Three-quartkrs of a mile. Mr. Simpson's Fright, by Alarm, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Plumb) 1 Mr. Saxon's Red Robin, 5 yrs, fist 41b Mr. F. Fisher's New Brighton, aged, 9st 41b (D. Hughes) 3 The following also ran :—John Peel, Borderer, and Ceres. Betting-5 to 4 agst New Brighton, sto 1 agst Ceres, 6to 1 agst Red Robin, 7to 1 agst John Peel. Won by three lengths : half a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. LATEST BETTING. THE OMES. sto 4on Blink Bonny (taken). 9to 2 apt Imperiense (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mcestissima (taken). 12 to 1 agst Sneeze (taken). 15 to 1 agst Aspasia (taken). THE OAKS.-PROBAELE STARTERS AND RIDERS. Miss Whip Filly Lady Hawthorn Blink Bonny Charlton. Imperieuse — Flatman. Mcestissima . Kendall. AR pasia S. Rogers. Vigil Sneeze Tricolour Augury ... J. Osborne. Sister to Jesuit Sly. Orianda D. Hughes. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE• MENTS. May 22, at noon, Hamlet, ont of the Derby. May 23, at 3 30 p.m., Kingmaker, out of the Derby. May 25, at 12.50 p.m., all the horses trained by Mr. John Day, out of the Derby, except Anton and Gaberiuorte ; and all out of the Oaks, except Vigil and Aspasia. May 25, at 5.35 p.m., Vanity, out of the Oaks. May 26, at 10 a.m., Glenmasson, out of the Derby. May 26, a 10 35, Cerigo, out of all his engagements. May 26, Maguifier, out of the Derby. May 26, at 4.30 p.m., Blue Jacket, out of the Derby. May 26, at 3.25, Pyrrhus the Second, out of the Derby. May 27, at Glover, out of the Makerfield Handi• cap, at Newton. ASCOT RACES. Acceptances for the ASCOT STAKES. Two miles and a half. The highest weight accepting being under Bst 71b, it bas been raised to Bst 121 b, and the rest in proportion. - Age at lb Pretty Boy 4 8 12 Winkfield Artillery Kestrel Emigrant Prince of Orange 4 7 3 Tame Deer 4 7 1 Mysterious Jack 3 6 13 Vulcan 5 6 12 Gortechakoff 4 6 11 Cerva 4 6 11 Apathy 3 6 9 Martinet Huntington (in. 71b ex) 3 6 8 Redemption. 5 6 7 Westminster 5 6 5 Age at lb Triton 5 6 5 Xanthus a 6 3 Somerset Dusty Miller 3 6 0 Theory South. Western Companion Alice Wentworth 4 5 11 Bro. to Preston 3 5 9 Chow Ruth Pauli Monti Claude Lorraine 3 5 3 Rotterdam [Traitor Hobgoblin 8 4 5 The London Racing Indicator, private circular, of Saturday next, contains probable Winners at Man chester, and for Northumberland Plate and Ascot Staks. In previous numbers sent Bunk Bonny and Adamus for Derby ; Vedette for 2,000 guineas ; Im perieuae for 1,000 guineas ; Skirmisher, Great Northern ; arid Adamus, City and Suburban Handicaps. Price thirteeupence. 1, Savoy-hill, Strand, London. A 11 -- splendid banquet was given by the 3d Regiment of Guards at the London Tavern, last evening. The chair was taken by General Knolleys, supported on his right by his Roy-1 Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and on his left by F. M. General the Earl of Strafford. Covers were !aid for 40. The splendid " pillar room " of the tavern an tt.e adjoining nova were roagrificeritl de cor& ed for the occasion, and the entertainuiect gave great satisfaction to the r o y a l guest and his Royal Eighness s brother officers, rHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAT EVENING, MAY r' s 1857 naval and Mintaty intelligence, Yesterday a telegraphic despatch was received at Chatham by Col. E. A. Parker, Commandant of the Royal Mat ines, directing a detachment of that corps to embark at Sheerness, on board the Aga memnon, 21, for the purpose f filling up casualties. On receipt of the order the detachment left Ch it ham for Sheerne-s. _ _ _ The new cement mills which have been con structed at Chatham Dockyard having been c(bm pleted, are now being fitted with their machinery. The mills consist of two buildings, each 122 feet in length and 35 feet wide, and adjoin the convicts' workshops, which are now completed and occupied by the convicts who follow various trades. The workshops are 240 feet in length and 30 feet wide, and provide accommodation for several hundred convicts. Among the other buildings which hsve been erected at Chatham Dockyard is a large police station, the old one having been taken down to give additional space for the alterations and im provements which are being carried out at that es tablishment. The Vesuvius, 6, paddle sloop, Captain Charles Wise, arrived at Spithead from Plymouth yester day evening, and 'viral-Is, with the Exmouth, 91, screw, Capt. Eyres, C.B. ; the Colossus, 81, Capt. Thompson ; the Malacca, 17, Capt. Farquhar ; the Brisk, 14, Commander Cu.rtes ; the Devastation, 6, Commander Marshall ; the Rolla, 6, Lieut. Nel son ; the Sealark, 6, Lieut. Lowther ; the Snake, 4, Commander Commerell ; snd the Volcano, 2, Master Commander Hockley. The Melville, 72, hospital ship, Command er Trol lope, was taken into dock again yesterday at Ports mouth, being still leaky ; this is the third time of docking during this outfit. When she will be ready for the 23d Fusileers, or to go to China, at this rate, no one can foresee. The news of the loss of her Majesty's fine 50-gun sailing frigate Raleigh, under the command of Com modore the Hon. H. Koppel, was telegraphed to Portsea yesterday afternoon, and on its dissemina tion caused the saddest excitement ; she was a noble ship, and most admirably officered and manned ; she was commissioned on the 17th of September last as the senior officer's ship for the India station. The freight ship Euphrates has been taken up by Government to ship 14 tons of ammunition from the Ordnance stores at Woolwich for Algoa Bay. The hired screw steam troopship Mauritius, at Deptford, is having her storeroom filled with artil lery supplies from Woolwich for Hong Kong ; and the Runnymede freightship, of heavy tonnage, also at Deptford, is embarking a similar cargo for the same destination. The guns, shot, shell, and other heavy portions of the cargoes are hoisted into a number of barges alongside the wharves at Wool wich Arsenal by the hydraulic cranes, and are con veyed up the river for shipment on board at Dept ford, where the vessels are taking in victualling stores for the army and navy in China. The freight ship Fortitude, in the London Docks, is also em barking Ordnance supplies for Ceylon. The Earl of Mar and Kellie freight-ship, having completed her cargo of engineering implements, with 310 tons of Tower and victualling stores, &c., for Hong Kong is to sail to-day from Woolwich. The Ordnance sloop Somerset has arrived at Woolwich, and commenced discharging her cargo, which consists of guns and general war stores from Portsmouth. The. screw steamer Balaklava, Captain William Pellatt, in the special service of the Military Store Department of Woolwich, arrived there yesterday morning laden with 50 carronades from Portsmouth, and 400 tons of returned war stores, bedding, cloth ing, kc., from the East. She made a remarkably quick passage from Portsmouth to Woolwich— namely, in 221 hours. TEM AMERICAN STEAM CORVETTE " NIAGARA." The visit of the American steam corvet►e Niagara to this country has excited considerable public at tention, which has been increased by the fact of its occurring almost simultaneously with a spirited de bate in the House of Commons, in which steamsh.ps of war were contrasted with those of sailing ships, and the uses of large ships with those of small. A few considerations, suggested by a visit to this le viathan vessel, will not, therefore, be inappropriate particularly as non-professional persons are liable to be misled by indiscriminate statements respecting the proportions of a new ship, the sizes of her guns and the weight of the shot or shell which they are designed to throw. To prevent misapprehension upon these points, and to aid the public in estimat ing the merits of such a ship as the Niagara, we shall make reference to some of the new class ships of our own service, and compare her with them. The compa rison will, we think, show that our own naval ad ministrators have but little to learn from our Ame rican brethren, either in foreseeing future require ments, or in adapting the structure and armament of their ships to sucCrequirements. The Niagara is a vessel 345 feet long over all, 55 feet in extreme breadth, and when equipped for sea, will draw 26 feet of water. Her burden is upwards of 5,000 tons. Her armament is to coin prie 12 11-inch guns on Dahlgren's principle, and these are to fire shells. She is propelled by engines having three cylinders 6 feet in diameter and of 3 feet stroke, each engine being complete in itself, and capable of wotkieg without the others. Her propeller is 18 feet 3 inches in diameter, and is provided with means for varying the pitch, being at present set to a maximum pitch of 32 feet. She is said to have attained a speed of 13 knots per hour under full steam power ; but if we set it down at 12 knots, we shall probably do her more than justice ; for when she was tried at New York she attained no more than 11 knots. Before proceeding further, we may state that the Niagara is, without exception, the ugliest ship of war we have ever seen. On visiting her at Grave send we approached her on the bow, and looked in vain for a single beauty of form about her. Her bow appeared to be one great plane, and her side another, the two being very differently inclined, of course, and breaking into each other with a harsh, sudden curve, on which the light struck so sharply that it produced a positively painful impression. Besides this, the shade lies so deeply along her long flat side, that she seems actually to narrow in midships, where she should, of course, be broadest. Further, she has no knee of the head whatever, but an almost upright stem, and consequently lacks altogether that ap pearance of haste and eagerness which cha racterises a vessel with a long and graceful knee. Her sheer is enormous and im presses one against his will with the feeling that her constructor expected her to break or "ho;" greatly, and made allowance for the change. Nor does she convey any seine of excessive magnitude when viewed externally, although, when you have boarded her, and look away from one end of her spar-deck to the other, it is difficult to realise the fact that you have hut a 12-gun corvette before you. We do not over rate these defects of form, but having so often admired, and justly admired, the real beauty of many of our men-of-war, we could not refrain from mentioning them. We pass on, however, to other considerations ; for a war ship may be very efficient and very terri ble, notwithstanding any extent of ugliness. But before we discuss her armament, we will quote from an article on the Niagara, in the Journal of the Franklin Institute (American), coutribir ed bya very well informed writer, the following remarks, which, so far as we observed, appear to be accu rate Her coal bunker capacity will," be says, "only be about sufficient for 12 days' full steaming, if so much. Her capacity for stores is so much below what it should be, that her water-tanks are constructed to fit down to the bilges, filling the space between the keelsons (which it is essential should be left open and arranged for easy cleaning in warm climates.) Wheu the ship was commenced, 100 ft. was given up to the engines, boilers, and coal-bunks ; but since her internal capacity has been found so small, 7ft. of this space bas been taken off, which has reduced the coal capacity to a very low point for her power. On the berth deck the officers' quarters are very roomy, and occupy a large portion of it ; while the forward part, devoted to the crew, will (considering the number that oc cupy it) be found very small. certain that the constructor of the Niagara finds many things overlooked, and hence the difficulty of finding room for all she has to carry." These are important conside rations, and will have the greatest weight in influencing th e j u d gmen t s which intelligent men will pronounce upon the ship. W e now come t o th e armamen t of this unique engine of war. All the size, all the engine power, and all the sailing power of this Niagara will have but the one object of sustaining, and carrying about at a high speed twelve great shell guns. This is the purpose for which she is made of 5,000 tons dis placement, and of enormous length, breadth, depth, and steam power, and has (or is to have) a crew of 750 men. The question arises—is the end worthy of the means ? Now, in our own navy we have two now classes of steam-ships—frigates, which carry guns on both the spar and the main decks. The first of these comprises the Emerald, the Liffey, the Shannon, &c., each of about 3,700 tons displacement —two thirds of that of the Niagara ; and each manned with 560 men—nearly 200 less than the Niagara carries. These vessels have on the main deck 30 8-inch guns ' • and on the upper deck 20 32-pound ers, and 1 68-pounder. The mean speed of the Shannon, ascertained by trial, in Stokes' Bay, on the 4th June, 1856, was nearly 12 knots (accurately 11.8 knots) per hour. They draw, when fully equipped for sea, 21 feet of water forward and 22 feet aft —4 feet less than the Niagara. The cost of constructing one of these ships would fall short of that of the Niagara, if built in England, by many thousands of pounds, and the cost of maintenance in the two cases would, exclusive of 'he cost of fuel, be roughly in proportion to the number of men ; that is as 550 to 750, or as 11 to 15. The second class of these new frigates comprises the Diidern, Doris, &c., each of about 3,501) tons displacement—also about two-thirds of that of he Niagara ; and each manned with 475 men—nearly 30) less than the Niagara carries. These vessels have on the main deck 20 10-inch shell-guns, and on the upper deck 10 32-pounders, and 2 68-pounders. The speed of these ships will be much greater than that of the Shannon, as, though of smaller dimen sions than she. their engines are of considerably greater power, the nomind horse-power, in the one case being 600, and in th ,, other 800. The Diadem and the Doris, when fully equipped f sea, will draw 19 feet of water forwa r d an d 20 feet aft-6 feet less than the Niagara. The cost of constructing one of these frigates is still less consi derably than that of the class first described, and the cost of maintenance is also r duced in propor tion to ih.A number of men as before. Although a frigate of the Emerald class could have many advantages over one of the Diadem class, vet, as the 1 titer has a speed unques ionably equal to that. of the Niagara, we will confine our atten tion to the smaller frigate. Let us then imagine that the Diadem with her 32 guns meets in battle the far more bulky and costly Niagara with her 12 guns, and let them fight first in close, ac tion, and secondly at long range. First, then, while near her foe, the Diadem opens fire with 10 10-inch shell guns, 5 32-pounders, and 2 68-pounders„ the latter being pivot guns, and capable of being fired both on the sam e sid e o f the ship. The Niagara returns th e fire with 711- inch shell guns. Now, supposing the broadsides of each are discharged with equal rapidity, we shall have the Diadem delivering 10 10-inch shells for every 7 of the Niagara's 11-inch, and surely the combatants would not be unfairly matched if these shell guns alone were fought. But in addition to these the Diadem is pouring into her antagonist 5 32-pounder, and 2 68-pounder solid shot, and not a single shot has the Niagara to give in return for these. At the same time the Niagara presents to her foe a surface for attack nearly three times as great as her foe presents to her. And further, as a matter of fact, the guns of the larger ship could not be worked with anything like the rapidity of the frigate's guns ; for every one of the 11-inch shells weighs more than even two men can conveniently continue to raise for any length of time, and requires to be got into the gun by cumbrous means, while the gun itself is of such large proportions as to occasion great labour in working it. Moreover, every shed must be got up as it is required from the shell-room below, while the solid shot of the frigate lie in abundance ready to. hand round every hatchway, and close to the guns from which they are fired. In addition to all this the whole of the guns of the Niagara are a , a considerable height, 15 feet from the water ; and consequently, if there is a little sea on, are rolled about through large angles, while those of the frigate, being near the water, are comparatively steady, and therefore aimed with a precision and destructive effect which are quite unattainable in the larger ship. We cannot therefore doubt that in close fighting the Diadem would speedily cap ture her great, ungainly, and costly enemy. It would be absurd to say that the Niagara is not designed to engage in close action, and would inva riably avoid doing so. We may quote Sir Howard Douglas with advantage upon this point : "It will not," be says, " be always in the p. , wer of the com mander of a ship, however desirous he may be of avoiding close action, to be able to accomplish that purpose ; for in thick weather, or in a dark night, vessels may unexpectedly fall in with, and be very near before they discern each other. These contingencies may happen, and a close action may thus be suddeelybrought on." (" Naval Gunnery," 4th edition, p. 257.) In addition to these eventu alities, there is the very probable one of the ship falling short of fuel, and being unable to avail her self of her steaming powers. Next let the same ships engage at long range. The speeds of the two ships being supposed still equal, we have only the relative merits of the armaments to consider in this case also. Now, it is well known that shells are fired over great &stances with far less accuracy than solid shot, and also that their range is much less. Shells are much more affected than the solid shot by the action of the wind ; and are also very liable to irregular rotations, because of the want of coin cidence between their centres of form and centres of gravity, which results from irregularities in the thickness of the metal of the shell, from the re moval of a portion of the metal to form the fuze hole, and from the weight of, and resistance upon, the faze itself. By experiments made on board the Excellent gunnery ship, it was proved that the number of shells which struck the objects fired at, was only two-thirds of the number of solid shot which hit when fired under precisely similar cir cumstances. It was also ascertained that at a dis tance of 3,000 yards, the differences between the ranges of hollow shot (or shells) were between 300 and 400 yards, while the differences between the ranges of the solid shots did not exceed 200 yards. Now we have as yet discovered nothing which in duces us to think that the shell guns of the Niagara are to be unattended by the ordinary thawbo.cks of shell guns. Indeed, the excess of their magni tude above that of our own 10-inch shill guns would manifestly tend to increase their comparative disadvantage. Sir Howard Douglas, than whom we know of no higher authority iu these matters, distinctly tells us that " A 10-inch gun for firing hollow shot (or shell) is inferior in range to a 68-pounder gun with solid shot. The difference of weight between these two pieces of ordnance is only 9 cwt., but the supe riority of the latter in power of range, accuracy, and penetrating force is of vast moment in steam warfare. . . . Comparing a 10-inch shell gun of 84 cwt., charge 121 b., and a hollow shot of 841 b. with a 68-pounder gun of 94 cwt., charge 161 b., and solid shot, in respect of their range, we see that at an elevation of 1 deg. the difference of range is 142 yards, at 2 deg. it is about 190 yards, in bo h cases in favour of the latter ; at 3 deg. the 68- peunder ranges about as far as the 10-inch gun does at 4 deg. ; the range of the former at 4 deg. is greater than that of the other at 5 deg. ; and at higher elevations the differences in favour of the 68 pounder increase considerably. At 15 degs. the range of the 10-inch gun is 3,060 yards, and that of the 68-pounder gun 3,673 yards . . . It should be added that hollow fillet (or shell) being greater than solid of equal weight, are more liable than the latter to suffer lateral deflection from lie action of the wind and ocher causes." With these facts before us it is easy to predict that the Diadem, with her long-range, accurate, and effective 68-pounders in addition to her 10-inch shell guns, would deliver a far more effective fire into her huge antagonist, than the latter could hope to return. Thus we have seen that under both conditions— of close action and long range—our cheap and small ship is superior to the American experimental mon ster. It is also well worthy of remark, that the comparatively light draught of water of the Diadem would enable her to be use I in many operations to which the Niagara would be altogether inapplicable. Having thus forth the respective merits of the war ships which the surveyor of our own navy has prepared, and of that which the American Govern ment have produced, it only remains for us to state that the Nia g ara has been found incapable of fulfil ling the object for which she came to this country. This is a circumstance, however, which in no way affects her absolute qualities. The accommodation re quired is of an extraordinaryextent, and such as it is not easy to obtain. L is required to stow no less than 1,300 miles (weighing 1,200 tons) of electric cable, in one piece, in each of two ships. In the Agamemnon, a 90-gun steam-ship of our own navy, we have found a vessel which has a disposable 47 in mean breadth, and about 12 deep ; and if space in the hold of no less than 45 feet in length , this will not take quite the whole of it, she has an extremely roomy orlop deck, upon which a portion may be placed in sufficiently large coils. The Niagara does not, and we never expected she did, contain clear spaces of anything like the same extent. Our Government will, therefore, endea vour to supply a second ship adapted to the pur pose, and the will of our American friends will be taken for the deed. The Niagara will, however, soon, w accompanyet trust see tseeleegrtahpebeiexpedition,landedsuccessfully and will upon the side of the ocean whence she came. — Mechanics' Magazine. acble INSTINCT OF A 110IIND.—One day last week a bitch hound, which had been Bold, with others, at Mr. Greaves's recent sale at Ongar, and taken into Norfolk (where she had had a litter of puppies),. left them, and found her way back to her old kennel at Ongar. She has been again sent per train to her new owner.—Essox Standard. WILFUL MURDER AT NEWCIA.STLE-lINDER-LYNE.—A brutal murder was perpetrated about one o'clock on Sunday morning last, in Blue -buildings, Fletcher street, Newcastle. The name of the victim is James Rogers. He is about 40, an Irishman and unmarried. He was lounging at the door of the house at which be lodged, when a countryman, named Rogan, who hni some grudge against him, and bad often sworn to be revenged, went up to him, armed with a poker, with which be de liberately beat in his skull. Death was almost instan taneous. Rogan has absconded, and a reward of 2E. is offered • for his apprehension.,---Wavorlmmpton Chronicle. —~.re•"' ~-- 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 16th day of May, 1857 PRIVATE BANKS. Average Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. .. 11,732 Ashford Bank, Ashford--Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,787 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 29,805 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 30,616 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstamle—Marshall and Co 10,773 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 33,885 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb 15,449 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham- -Attwoods, 23,037 Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir thingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,596 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak-and Co. 7,582 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 84,937 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 15,011 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and C 0... 36,245 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 29,247 Bath City Bank, Bath -G. Moger and Son - Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co , 34,755 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H 28,975 12,734 58,111 A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and C 0.... Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co. 13,704 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam- 12,482 bridge - -Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris 48,312 30,209 and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co 21,056 3,754 18,440 33,982 45,909 6,224 21,099 76,063 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank,"%lon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Cb 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 Bank 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 9,454 12,558 44,602 27,189 7,758 10,095 71,792 91,236 9,448 48,054 87,644 53,841 43,764 25,705 beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich sank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and 7,815 10,620 6,683 5,535 14,889 32,024 28,230 17,280 19,38 51,505 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— Alexanders 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 4,835 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. 104,188 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 5,215 54,884 37,219 33,256 25,809 26,148 'Co. - Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regia—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis — Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehiast and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Mariborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hung lrford 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 CM Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and. Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W. Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverly Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest -- J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and C 0.......................................... Richmond Bank, Richmond—Rper 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 Allaway and Macdougal •••••• Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Safe fron Walden—Gibaons and Co. 27,410 6,920 3,874 38,344 13,665 14,599 1,686 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury— Burton, Lloyd and Co. Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Wood all and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, Ey ons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 13,786 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone--W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Sta.lord—Stevenso n and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford —Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co _ _ i 6,556 24,136 41,904 2,780 3,405 325 13,671 32,654 Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 24, 407 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 10,940 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. 8,738 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co 11,381 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co. 8,938 War wick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick — K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co 2,528 West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-- Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce 15,290 .Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co 37,011 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Go od ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Wercester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 12,465 10,930 13,982 8,359 10,927 16,054 24,087 45,476 14,437 16,525 55,275 12,918 5,276 63,064 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co 42,707 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart , and Co 12,890 York Bank, York- Swann, Clough, and Co 45,346 11,617 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal.. 12,235 Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley 9,620 Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 48,948 Bilston District Banking Company, Woiver- 9,203 31,515 hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 20,372 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 10,150 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- 59,465 33,885 ington Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry [12,710 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 39,328 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 25,798 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 153,272 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,561 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 38,641 Hull Banking Company, Hull 24,934 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13, 391 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com panh Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 28,263 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,149 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 66,598 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 23,039 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 74,046 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 52,573 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 11,772 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 10,139 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 29,416 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 423,420 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 43,465 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 83,215 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton 20,923 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 61,476 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddlcworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,866 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,723 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge 57,163 Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield 22,988 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 33,886 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field -• • Whitehaven Joint-Stock banking Company, Whitehaven 29,347 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District 76,462 Bank, Bristol Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 67,783 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 5,359 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 5,607 York Union Banking Company, York 69,180 York City and County Banking Company, 90,050 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 122,805 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns, Inland Revenue, Somerset House, May 23. 44,225 1,492 19,916 35,410 54,308 : 341,945 45,126 53,146 14,434 34,232 About 90,0001. in Australian gold was sold to the Bank yesterday : It seemed probable that a small por tion of the Russian gold just arrived would also be taken there, but the accounts from China may now perhaps cause the whole to be bought for the Continent. The exact total overdue from Australia is 730,0001. THE REVENUE DEPALTMENTS.—The second edition of estimates for the revenue departments was published yesterday. The grand total estimate for the year 1857-8 amounts to the sum of 4,699,066/., of which 1,510,0001. was voted in the last short session, "on account," leav ing a sum of 3,189,066/., to be voted in the present ses sion. The Customs' Department takes, altogether, 855,4821 of the above sum total of 4,699,066/. ; the in. land revenue 1,429,1331. (exclusive of 63,1201. for the Irish revenue police) ; the post-office, 1,868,1811. ; and the superannuation allowances of the three departments the sum of 483,1501. The details of the estimates have already appeared. TEEASUEE TROYE.—Mr. Benjamin S. Dey, of Curri tuck county, North Carolina, while ploughing in his field a few days ago, dug up a pile of old Spanish gold and silver coin to the amount of about 6,000 dol. It is supposed to have been buried during the revolution, and the accident that led to the discovery was most singular. It appears that an old pine tree had fallen near the fence of Mr. Dey's farm, and one of the branches struck in the spot where the money was found. As the tree was an obstruction to th ose engaged in ploughing, it was raised from its position, when it was die covered that the old branch had several piecea of the coin sticking to it. They then went to work and dug down to the depth of about four feet, when they were startled by the discovery of this large amount of money. Every eye that looked upon the shiners, we are told, became as big a moon ; and one of the negr oes who assisted in raising the tree, on seeing the money sticking to the limb, was so amazed at the sight, that he hallooed out, " Why, Massa Dey, what am dat ? I won der if he gro dar. Well, well, die am b e f us t i me I c h er seed money groin on de pine tree." A yoke of oxen was soon hitched to the treasure, and it was cars ried to the house of Mr. Dey, where it can now be secy.—Norfolk (United States) Herald. 33, 518 22,532 20,532 62,031 12,257 25,885 21,332 43,623 8,987 9,312 17,529 27,670 16,975 26,095 53,681 19,000 21,39 46,390 93,360 10,367 3,312 22,602 9,313 30,901 11,215 33,531 7,995 11,495 47,314 10,200 9,994 11,532 30,117 31,640 6,921 4,161 6,495 12,951 10,037 11,600 4,36 Country Markets. MANCHESTER—MAY 28. Our market this morning was thinly attended, and there was less disposition to purchase, business being checked by the high rates demanded. English wheat held firmly for an advance of 2s per qr., and American 4d per Nibs. Indian corn must be quoted 3s per qr dearer. Beans, oats, and oatmeal in moderate request, at fully previous rates. Flour sold slowly at is to 2s per sack over last week. BOSTON-MAY 27 We had a moderate supply of grain at to•day's 133 ar• ket ,- and a good attendance. Wheat met a fair demand at fully is per qr. over last week's rates. Oats, beans, and peas at }raviolis rates. Nothing doing in barley. Prices :—Wheat, red, 50s Od to 62s Od ; new, —s to - s ; white, 60s Od to 64s Od extra, 675. Barley, 40e Od to 47s Ocl. Oat- 20s to 30s. Peas, 40 to 44s Ud. Beans, 45s Od to 50s Od per qr. NEWARK-MAT 27. A full attendance and a good supply of grain. Wheat met a ready sale, and was is in advance. Other articles as before. Wheat, white 64s to 678, red 62s to 618; barley, malting 44s to 48s, grinding 36s to 38s; oats, 24st. 303 to 325, 22- , 26s to 28s ; beans, 47s to 50s ; malt, 76s to SOs ; peas, 4.4 Y to 46s ; tares, 44s to 48s per qr. LOUTH-MAT 27. A poor trade was done in corn to-day, but the market was higher. Wheat must be noted is to 2s per qr. dearer. Barley and oats at last week's prices. Beans the turn higher. Wheat, 57s to 60s ; extra, 63s ; barley 41s to 445; oats, 23s to 25s ; beans, 43s to 465. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—MAT 17. The supply of grain of all kinds to-day was pretty fair. large. Sales ready, and rather higher in price. Barley back. Oats considerably up, and beans down. Wheat, on the top, 2s Gd up, and on the average is P.d up. Barley, is Gd down on the top, and is id down on the average. Oats on the top Os 6d up, and on the average is 2.1 up. Beans on the top 4s 6ti down, and on the average 6d down. Tares from 51s to 55s per quarter. Potatoes—Regents, from 20s to 255; Orkney reds, 158 to it's. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat .. Do. now .. £2 7 5 9-12ths .. 0 0 0 0-12th. Barley Oats Beans 1 17 0 1-12ths. 1 10 9 10-12ths. 2 4 4 3- 2ths, Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1373 qrs sold 1199 qrs Barley l9O qrs sold ¶F qrs Oats B6l qrs sold 650 qr- Beans 156 qrs sold 125 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD.-MAY 26. There was a less supply of fat beasts to-day, with a large attendance of buyers. Best quality in good request, and an advance in price easily obtained. Supply of sheep was large, and fully maintaining former prices. Fat and store calves not numerous, but well sold. A good show of fat pigs. The fallowing were the quotations :—Beef, 7 ( ' to 7i 1; mutton, 7d to 8d ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d t c 7 0 ,, per lb. ; pigs, 10s 6d to 11s Od per score; rough fat, 5s 3 to t 1 per 141 b. ; hides, 44d to 6 4 d per lb ; calf-skins, 4id per lb. LOCAL SHARE MARKET LIVERPOOL, MAY 28. -- - STOCK EXOHANkIE.—The market has not recovered from its dullness, and closed quietly at about previous rates. Eastern Counties, W. 16s. 3d. Lancashire and York shire, 1018—London and North Western, 105 48—Ditto (Eiehth shares, new), d. 3s. 9d—Manchester, Sheffield , and Lincolnshire, 438 Midlands, 831 / —North Eastern, Berwick, 22—' aledonian, 368 i—Great Western of Canada, 23.13.9.—Ditt0, new shares, p. 2—St. Helens , 117—Grand Trunk of Canada, 16--South Eastern, 224 -- Dutch Rhenish, d. 14. LEEDS, MAY 28. STOCK EXCHANGE. North Westerns, 7 13-16 —North Eastern, Leeds qrs., 21- p.—Midlands, 831—Victoria Milo' d. bLiNCHFSTER, MAY 28 STOCK EXCHANGE. The market to-day was doing 6 fair business, and prices rather easier.—East Lancashireg , , 98—Ditto, fifths, 7-16 p—Great Western of Canada, 23 i g Grand Trunks, 1 1--Leeds, 1011 —Ditto, new, 1-16 n•P' Sheffields ' 42i B—Ditto,8 — Ditto, pref., 119 n. —Dovers, 22 Midland, 83i—Londons, 1043—Blackburns, 9. 3IRMINGHAM, MAY 28. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was very little business doing in this market to-day, but the prices were firmer. Londou and North-Western Eighths were done at 3s. 9d. dig." Midlands, 831 i—London and North- Westerns at 104 fr" Great Westerns, at 66 —Derbys, 54 s—South StafforclFF " THE OLD TINDER•I3OI..—What an eloquent lecture might be delivered upon the old-fashioned tinder-W.04, illm-trated by the one experiment of striking a ligbt: In that box lie, cold and motionless, the flint and steel' rude in form and crude in substance. And yet, within the breastof each, there lies a spark of that grand ele ment which influences every atom of the univsve spark which could invoke the fierce agents of destructio n to wrap their blasting flames around a stately forest, or a crowded city, and sweep it from the surface of the world ; or which might kindle the geni.l blaze upon the homely heattb, and shed a radiant glow upon a grout ) of smiling faces ; a spark such as that which rises with the curling smoke from the village blacksmith's forge or that which leaps with terrific wrath from the trouble" breast of a Vesuvius. And then the tinder—the cotton the carbon, What a tale might be told of the cotton: field where it grew, of the black slave who plucked it, 01 the white toiler who spun it into a garment, and of the village beauty who wore it— until, faded and desplee d it was cast among a heap of old rags, and finally toun, its way to the tinder-box. Then the tinder might te.o. of its hopes ; how, though now a blackened mass, solli ing everything that touched it, it would soon be weld e : to one of the great maaisters of nature, and fly n w fi on transparent wings, until, resting upon some Ati pine tree, it would make its home among the gr ee d leaves, and for a while live in freshness and bea uty ' looking down upon the peaceful vale. Then the ete might tell its story, how for centuri e s it lay in the ne e, ; caverns of the earth, until man, with his unquiet spi rit ' dug down to the dark depths, and dragged it forth, eeJ n i ing, 'No longer be at peace.' Then would come tale s ,:t . the fiery furnace, what fire bad done for steel, and woof steel had done for fire. And then the flint might tell ". 1 , the time when the weather bound mariners, lighting tit fires upon the Syrian shore, melted silicious stones il3 ;f gems of glass, and thus led the way to the discovery the transparent pane that gives a crystal inlet to t d e d light of our homes ; of the mirror in whose face the la le e contemplates her charms ; of the microscope and t t , telescope by which the invisible are brought to e i g!"h and the distant drawn near ; of the prism by bo zo. Newton analysed the rays of light ; and of the pb°, o graphic camera in which the sun prints with his t s rays the pictures of his own adorning. And then 0 ,, flint and steel might relate their adventures in the b no _ l field, whither they had gone together, and of fights tboeici had seen in which man struck down his fellowman , like a fiend had revelled in his brother's blood. Til; even from the cold hearts of flint and steel, man trog r i learn a lesson which should make him blush at the `go o f of war ;' and the proud, who despise the t eac hinge t. o small things, might learn to appreciate the truths are linked to the story of 'a tinder-box,' "—Front "; Reason Why." LADVERTIBEMENT.I—We have read with much pleasure 9,11 Barry's report on the cure of diseases without medicinelV, Y Barry's Food, of Indigestion( Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Cons tiP :: tion, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Astlif ° o Consumption, and Debility. The following are a few e xtrA o c i, which appear to meritthe attention of many:—Cure No. 47, 1 d —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham ern e ; Herts: a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion,_ ings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. 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