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• ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucesiter, April 6. Busiaess commenced to-day soon after twelve o'clock. The eslendar contains the names of 73 persons, of whom two are charged with murder, five with manslaughter, two with sacrilege, five with arson, four with robbery, vine with burglaries, two with forgeries, two with con cealing the rthe of children, two with cutting and wounding, two with uttering counterfeit coin, and the rest with larcenies. There were 36 causes entered for trial of which three are for special juries. In the Ccewn Court no case of interest arose during the day. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice MAULE, and a Common Jury.) HINGHAM V. EVANS. '4 1 4 sating and Mr. Skinner appeared for the plaintiff, an, ~y r. od9on for the defendant. This was an action against an auctioneer at Chelten bana, to recover the balance of the proceeds of a sale lekidi he had made under the plaintiff's direction. The de Tsmos we's that he had paid the amount in question to person, wham the plaintiff had employed as her general .wen,t in windiw up the affairs of her brother, to whom Jibe was executri This person, who described himself as an accountant, slated that he had got a c heque for the amount from Evans, and given it to the plaintiff, who returned it to him, and that he then went to the bank anetreceivea the amount. The plaintiff gave no receipt for the money (about 7 0 /.), and signed no document whatever respecting it. Some other witnesses proved that the plaintiff had employed this person as her agent. The jury, however, did no t place implicit faith in them, end found for the plaintiff. W&STERN CIRC ULT.—Taunton, April 6. SRO cetTia.--( B e fore Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) NViq John Shears, G e orge Shearn, and James Hawkins were indicted for assaulting and robbing John Godfrey of a par t e and two s overei g ns at Midsummer Norton, on the 12t-E- of Se ptember. Mr. Stone was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. 6aurtel.- era defended the prisoners. This Was rater a singular case. Mr. Godfrey stated that be was an articled clerk to a Mr. Govet, who had offices Midsummer Norton, close to which village oodfray resided. About half-past eight in the evening of the 12th of September Godfrey was going home from the post-office. When he had got about 200 yards from the post-office, arid within 100 yards of his own house, he saw four men ; one of them (John Shears) came up to lairh, caught him by the collar, and bellowed in his face ; the three others then came up, and made the same bellowing noise. They jostled him, and went away to wards the village. He found his pocket torn down. He followed them and overtook them, when they again began making the bellowing noise. A mob of 150 or 250 people collected and made bellowing noises at him. He pnshetj through them to a window in which there was a lighS, and he was then enabled to recognise the other two prisoners (George Shearn and Hawkins) as the persons who had first attacked him. He went into a house, and remained there for nearly two hours before the mob had dispersed. He then went home, and then found that his purse, containing two sovereigns and a half, was gone. In his cross-examination the witness said that Mr. Govet lived in London, but the witness carried on busi ness for him in the country. He had had occasion to istue g. great number of people, and there was a strong feetTiag against him in the minds of the poor : he had become a very unpopular man. John Shearn had an noy,ed him before. It was proved that John Shearn had left the village, after this, b_pt had come forward voluatarily to-day to take his trittl. For the prisoners, it was urged that this was no rob bery, bflt diet the parties bad a strong feeling of dislike against Godfrey, and intended to insult and annoy, but not to rob him. Mr. Justice CIVESSWELL, in summing up, said the at torney was adopting a most irregular and improper practice in _allowing an articled clerk to transact his business in the coultry while he himself was living in London. The jury acquitted the prisoners of the felony, but found than guilty of an assault, and they were sen tenced to 14 days' imprisonment in the gaol. Thomas White and James Cave, the witnesses against whom Mr. Justice Cresswell ordered bills of indictment to be prlferred for perjury, were this morning placed at the bar, and pleaded " Not Guilty " to indictments for perjury and conspiracy, and traversed their trials until the next assizes. The Learned JUDGE said the prisoners might be held te.bail, White in his own reconizance.t.. for 801. and two sureties in 401. each, and Cave himself in 401. and two sureties in 201. each. Thomas George Sartin was indicts d for maliciously cutting and wounding Thomas Clarke, with intent to murder him. The prisoner was deaf and dumb, but could read and write well. Mr. Gane, the governor, aated as inter preter when it was requisite. Mr. Allen was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Saunders for the prisoner. It appeared that on the 30th of December, about five o'clock in the afternoon, the prosecutor, who was a painter at Bath, was going home. Upon turning a corner the prisoner rushed upon him and collared hire with the left hand, and cut him in the neck and face with an instrument he held in the other. It was a sharp in.. strument. The prosecutor, finding himself cut, threw the prisoner down, and then went for a policeman. When he returned the prisoner was gone. The prose cutor had known the prisoner for three or four years, but bad never had any arrel with him. Their wiv es were distantly related. The prisoner was seen with a long knife in his hand to rush upon the prosecutor. When the prisoner was taken into custody he wrote on a slate, " I did it wilfully." He then rubbed that out, and drote, " I threw the knife down a grating in Cornwall. buildings." He then rubbed that out, and wrote, " I did it because I was jealous of him, as my wife had one child by him." The knife (a small dessert knife) was found in the grating, as described by the prisoner. There was a wound on the left jaw, and on the back part of the scalp; they must have bean inflicted by two cuts. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, but strongly recommended him to mercy. Sentence deferred. RanTH WALES CIRCUIT:—Chests, April 6. .CROWN COURT.—(lltforo Mr. Justice WIGHT3IAN.) hognas Jones, 23, was indicted for feloniously stab b Joseph Edge, with an intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor and the prisoner were both mariners, and their vessels on the 26th of August last were lyin g in dock at Runcorn. Ab , u t seven o'clock on the evening of that day they went to the inn to get a glass of grog together. On goingsrom the public-house the prisoner and a lad beronging to his flat quarrelled. The prisoner yte.a sAcaut to punish him, when the lad called for help from "the prosecutor. Edge interfered, and the prisoner threateced to thrash him also. A scuffle then took place, and in the course "of it the prosecutor received a sa* ahout an inch in depth on the upper part of his b The prisoner was found Gui!ty of the felony. Sen tenced to four months' imprisonment. CIVIL'iSIDE.—(Before Mr. Justice CovrmAN ) wiahe cises tried i n thi s court during the day were, th one exception, actions for debt of small amounts, acid of no public interest —the exception being an action agairiss Mr. Hogan, auctionev, of Birkenhead, for a tresposTin havhig wrongfully detained at his sale-rooms a haiese and cart, which had been seized for rent by a bailiff. The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, one erthingt • PULICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Two well-dressed persons of very respectable appear ance, named James Ckandler, alias Johnson, and Eliza Terprell. alias Johnson, who have for some time lived together, and wall, upon contributions levied upon the public, were charged by lioriford, an officer of the Mttndicity Society, with having practised one of their ingenious expedients. Mr. linevitt, assistant-manager, Attended. Horsford stated that on Tuesday he saw the prisoners together, and knowing them to be begging-letter im postors he followed them. They stopped in Fleet street, dpposite to tilessra. Hoare's banking -house and the man Tainted to th e h ouse and spoke to his 'com panion. hey then walked towards Ludgate-hill, an d went into a publi c -h ouse i n Shoe-lane, where they re rosined a short time. The woman then went by herself to Hoare's banking-house, and after she came out Hors ford mode inquiries of the porter, and learned that she hadeleft the following letters for the perusal and chari table consideration of the principals, and that she was to return for as answer:— " St. Mildred's pari.l,h, Middlesex, March 19. " Having an accurate knosOledge of the circumstances which have occurred to place the family of the late Mr. James Palmer in their present embarrassed position in aodiety, I have, at the request of several of the most inti mate friend's of the deceased, authorised this statement to be drawn up, with a view of enabling the widow, Mrs. Anne Palmer, to establish a seminary for the tuition of youth, for which occupation she is duly qualified, by the nuatribution of those whose means will enable them to promot e so praiseworthy an object. It will be remembered tha t M Palmer died on the ' 17th of N ovember lu h a r. eke severe losses he w. hosed desi i l was accelerated by of Old usuatomed by e failure of Messrs. Frampton, anccessi t ul railway specuj a s sreet' in conjunction with un to ableilute Th e and consigned the family of this appeal is to rescue a deaerviug family froamjeg sincerely trust that painful re sousee of parochial aids and I do e last a " this statement will meet w i t h that s y m pathy which un merited poverty deservedly meets. " ("Signed) W. W. F. Jackson, 51. ; T. Th 2L, Chapman Marshall, 2L; Grissell and Petff-xsown, wthay, 11.; Anonymous, 2/.; Peter L aur i e, 21. (paid 3. - H. Petty, 21.; Capper and C o ., I L ; Messrs. to--,'' rbond,. for J. S.,' W.; Gosling and Sharpe, 21. ; jZ; Piri'e, 31., &c." The second letter purported to be the certificate of a medical gentleman, who has been dead for some time:— " April 10. " I hereby certify that Mrs. Palmer is professionally attended by me,,and at present incapable of leaving her borne withdkr* aggravating her serious indisposition, arising from an attack of influenza, accompanied with symptoms of ' delirium tremens.' " JOHN SCOTT, Surgeon. 4 . . a New Broad -str ee t." The beirer is a trustworthy domestic deputed by Mrs. Palmer to receive any contributions, for which, if secpssary, her signature will be given." Witness then followed the woman, w h o was joined by the man, and who, returned to the banking-house in about three-quarters of an hour, where she was taken into Custody. She man prisoner, who had bet-n walking up .nd down - On the opposite side of the way in a very fidgety gate, far apprebended., Another officer of the society recognised the prisoners as old hands, who prospered exceedingly by pretending to be the victims of every sort of awful calamity. The LORD MAYOR said the list of pretenaed contri butions contained internal and unmistakeable evidence, in more than one instance, of rank falsehood.--(A laugh.) Sir J. PIRIE negatived the signature of his name, and Mr. G. Magnay stated that the name of " W. Magnay " was not in his brother's handwriting. The female prisoner said she certainly bad been guilty of the deception, but disavowed atny knowledge of the man. She assured his Lordshi p that her exertions to support herself deserved any name but that of idleness. On the contrary, mendicancy, as she practised it, re quired great labour, ingenuity, and memory, and the least slip exposed her to de ection, of the consequences of which she was perfectly aware. The male prisoner said that the fact of his having spoken to the woman in the street did not prove that he knew anything of the papers with which she had pro videl herself. The Loan MAYOR said it was quite obvious that the prisoners turned their peculiar talents to profitable ac count, and sentenced each of them to imprisonment in Bridewell for two months, with the addition, in case of the man, to hard labour. William - Johnson and John Hounslow were charged with having robbed Messrs. Chambers, of Bishopsgate street, ironmongers, of 16,000 wills. The latter pri soner, who was coachman to Messrs. Chambers, had a few days ago, in consequence of the suspicion enter tained that he.had been concerned in the robbery, swal lowed so large a quantity of poison that his stomach vomited it at once, and the sickness saved his life. John Spittle, 671, observed Johnson with a heavy bag on his shoulder, and judging from his manner that he had become improperly possessed of it, tock him into custody, and soon ascertained that he and Hounslow had contrived to pack tcgether a large quantity of nails in parcels which bore the marks of the prosecutors. John son said! Hounslow bad suggested to him to take the nails, and that they went together to the warehouse in which the property was deposited, and were to be part ners in the produce of the sale. Hounslovir, who had acknowledged to one of the police that he knew something of the robbery, now positively denied any knowledge at all of the matter. The prisoners were committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Lawrence and Ernest Sultz, two well-dressed young men, were charged with having picked the pocket of Miss Julia Hammond, in an omnibus. Miss Julia Hammond:, of Elizabeth•place, New•road, said she got into an omnibus at Hungerford-market with her sister on Thursday, about 6 o'clock in the even ing. The prisoner Lawrence shortly afterwards got in and placed himself by her side. Sultz followed, and placed himself by the side of her sister. When near the Quadrant, in Regent street, her sister asked her to lend her some money. She immediately put her hand in her pocket and drew out her purse, in which she had seen a sovereign just before she entered the omnibus. The sovereign was, however, missing, and she told her sister of the loss. Miss Martha Hammond said she was with her sister on Thursday last. As they rode in the omnibus towards Reeent.street she felt that some one was trying to take something out of her reticule. She watched, and she observed that the prisoner Sultz, who sat by her side, was acting in a suspicious way. The prisoner saw that he was noticed, and he desisted from his attempt. Wit ness then looked at the other prisoner, who sat by the side of her sister, and she saw him with his band by her sister's pocket. Sultz, who appeared to notice that she was observing his companion, touched Lawrence's toe with his foot. Lawrence drew up his hand quietly, and put something into his waistcoat pocket. Sultz touched Lawrence's foot a second time, and then witness, who suspected that an attempt had been made to rob her sister, asked her sister to lend ht r some money. As soon as her sister produced her purse and stated that she missed a sovereign from it, witness turned to Lawrence and said, " Sir, you have extracted a sovereign from my sister's purse." The prisoner Lawrence replied that the charge was not true, as he had two or three sovereigns of his own in his pocket. Witness replied that she saw him place something in his waistcoat pocket, which she had no doubt was the sovereign stolen from her sister. Witness then turned to Sultz, and told him that he had made an attempt to steal something from her bag. The prisoner denied the charge rudely; and, the attention of the passengers having been by this time attracted to wards them, one of the gentlemen inside said-the charge had better be investigated at the station-house. Police-constable Jones, D 37, said he was at the Mar3lebone station at the time when the charge was brought. The prisoner Lawrence, when he got out of the omnibus, walked into the station, but went back im mediattly, saying he wanted to pay the omnibus. Hav ing paid the conductor, he was brought into the station house and searched. In his waistcoat pocket were found a sovereign and a half in gold. On his person were found some keys and two diamond rings, one of some value. On Sultz were found several sovereigns. Police-constable, D 37, stated that the prisoners were both known to the police. Sultz had a certificate on him from the surgeon of the Penitentiary, to the effE.ct that the prisoner had a bad leg, and could not be put to hard lalscur. Mr. BINGHAM asked Miss Julia Hammond if she was sure she had a sovereign in her purse when she got into the omnibus? Miss Hammond said, she was positive she placed a sovereign in her purse just before she left home. The prisoners, who had a professional adviser, de clined to say anything in defence, and were fully corn mitted. WORSHIP-STR EET. Mr. John Johnson, a licensed victualler in the City road, appeared before Mr. Arnold upon a warrant, charged with having, in conjunction with another person not in custody, committed the following violent assault upon Mr. Thomas Watson, a tradesman residing in the same neighbourhood:— The complainant, who, notwithstanding about a week had elapsed since the occurrence, had one of his eyes terribly cut and contused, stated, that having occasion to enter the parlour of the defendant's house for the pur pose of procuring refreshment on the evening of the 3d instant, an altercati.m arose between them regarding a document he had taken off the table, and momentarily held possession of in satisfaction of a sovereign due to him, in the course of which tle defendant attempted to wrest the paper from him, and, having failed in so doing, was immediately succeeded in the attempt by a friend of his, who rushed at him, and seizing him by the throat, thrust his fingers into his mouth with such brutal roughness, that not only was the back of his mouth seriously lacerated, hut one of the strings of his tongue was actually snapped in two. Not satisfied with this degree of violence, he (the complainant) was then seized round the body and forced back over a table, with which his arm came into such violent contact that it was Cruised most painfully from the elbow to the wrist, and had been so seriously injured he had almost lost the use of it for several days; and he was finally struck such a terrible blow upon one of his eyes that he instantly dropped to the ground in a state of total insen• sibility, in which he remained for a considerable time, and his ftr.t notion of recovery from which was finding himself seated in a chair, and being roughly shaken by some of the persons present ; upon which the defendant, on seeing he had regained his senses, renewed the attack by striking him a violent blow on the side of his head, and was proceeding to further ill-treatment, when he was rescued from his violence by a gentleman in the room, who interposed in his behalf, and facilitated his escape from the premises. Mr. lli 7 ritage, who attended for the defence, addressed the magistrate on behalf of his client, contending that the plaintiff had brought the whole of the injuries he had received upon himself by his own misconduct, and called a person named Crawford, from whom it appeared that the defendant had some time since advanced a consider able sup of money to an acquaintance of the cona plainan4.or which the latter engaged to be answerable, and gave the defendant an I 0 U for the amount. It was this 1 O U which was the cause of the contention between them, and on the complainant entering the parlour on the night in question, and the defendant adverting t 9 the value of his acceptance, the . former positively denied that any such document was in exist ence, and dared him to produce it ; upon which the defendant did so, and laid it upon the table, but it was instantly snatched up by the complainant, who retreated with it to the end of the room, and attempted to swallow it ; that a friend of the defendant, upon wit nessing this action, immediately seized Mr. Watson by the throat to prevent it, and that a violent struggle thereupon ensued between them for the possession of the acceptance, in which the defendant took no part what ever, but whi c h resu l te d i n the complainant and his anta gonist being thrown several times to the ground together-, and, a table having been upset in the contest, the com plainant had fallen heavily upen and against it, and received all the injuries he complained of ; no blow whatever having been struck by either of them, and the force used towards Mr. Watson being no more than was absolutely necessary to p revent hi s swallowing the I 0 U, which he was sworn positively to be apparently doing at the time. The complainant energetically declared that there was not the slightest foundation for the insinuation conveyed in the defence set up ; but Mr. ARNOLD said, that it was impossible for him to come to a satisfactoly adjudication on a case in which such serious ill- usuge was sworn to on one side and so totally denied on the other, and, as it was manifestly a matter on which a jury alone could determine, he should send the case to the sessions, and order the defendant to put in bail to the extent of 501. to answer the charge. The bail was immediately found, and the defendant thereupon liberated. THAMES. George Allison Overton, a tall, well-dressed man, about 35 years of age, a linendraper, was charged with inter marrying with Anna Louisa Foster, while his first wife was alive. Pearse J. Dixon, clerk of St. John's district church, Itr:yl banns phi the Bethnal-een, produced the register-book of marriages, .al ry Ives stated bachelor, and Harriet Ann Ives, spinster, were married e ap 3d pe o a f re j d ul3 t , ha l t B3 G 9 e . orge Allison Overton, satisfy herself of the I f ' first wife, and that that s her niece in 183 ' he is aunt to the prisoner's 43 when she heard of the marriage of went to St. John's Church to by the name of Orerton r a la d alan and wife, afterwards lived togetZeet. The prisoner and her niece prisonnereaerried on the business of a parated from his wife and he wont linendraper. The On Monday last three years and eight month: ahe received witness went to the resideneerh d then from home, but on the folio a letter from her stating thatintends she F: ni ece:hewhhao will: to present herself at the police-court' but 11"I if Pr ' ssibl ° done so. In cross-examination by Mr. Pelham, the witness $ - ald the prisoner and her niece qu arre ll e d i n the street, and he returned to his dwelling i n Litnehouse eauseway,Dnud. his goods in a cart, and left the neighbourhood. He're.: re fused to allow his wife to accompany him, and used threatening language towards her. She (witness) had no doubt her niece left the prisoner in consequence of his ill-usage. her niece was afterwards reduced to great distress, and she sent her to Yarmouth, where her friends resided. She never heard that her niece was unfaithful to her husband, but he had been very unfaith ful to her. She never heard the prisoner was a man of unsound mind. Witness heard of the second marriage some time ago. The mother of the prisoner married his wife's father. Mr. Pelham—l see—it was a family compact. Anna Lonisa Foster stated that she was married to the prisoner at Whitechapel Church on the 22d of July last. He married her in the name of George Hoshaiah Allison, and she never knew him by any other. When she first became acquainted with him he was in business as a linendraper, and she was in the habit of making pur chases at the shop. He paid his addresses to her for 12 months previously to their marriage. On or about Christ mas last he told her that he was married to another wo man, and that he did not like to mention it before, ai he feared the news would distress her. She continued to live with him until the 23d of February last, when they had a few words, and, after kissing her, he said she would never see him again, and left home. She had not seen him since the 23d of February until that day. The witness fainted away when she had given her evi dence, anti was carried out of court. Robert Sheffield produced the certificate of the regster of the last marriage at Whitcchapel Church. Mr. YARD&EY said, the case must go before a jury, and there was not a single extenuating circumstance in the case to justify him in taking bail. He committed the priconer for trial. LAMBETH. John Phillips, the son of a gentleman of respectability, was charged with exposing his person in Coldharbour lane, Camberwell, on the preceding evening. The case was clearly proved, and when the prisoner was called on for his defence, his father, who seemed very much affected, rose and said that for many years his son had been the source of the greatest possible un happiness to him, and after dissipating a very handsome property, had enlisted in the 45th Regiment. Soon after he accompanied his regiment to India, and had been in all the desperate battles during the last two years. The awful description of the carnage he had witnessed, which he had sent home, induced him (the father) to send out a suco of money to purchase his discharge, and he con sequently came home. On his arrival, a short.titne since, his head was one mass of blister, and it was his im pression that this must have affected his mind. During the whole of his former pmfligacy he had never known his wretched son to be guilty of any such offence as the present, and if it was his Worship's opinion that he had been really guilty of the charge he should be the last to screen him. Mr. ELLIOTT felt perfectly satisfied of the prisoner's guilt, and c•brumittal him to the House of Correction for three months. ST. STEPHEN'S, %VALBROOK. On Tuesday morning, at 11 o'clock, a meeting of the parishioners of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, was held in the vestry of the parish church for the election of church. wardens for the ensuing year. The chair was taken by the Rev. Dr. Croly, the vicar. Not more than 20 per sons were present. The minutes of the last meeting of the vestry having been read and confirmed, Mr. W. Rocs, churchwarden, observed, that it was now twelve months since the last vestry meeting was held in this parish. The reason of this was, that in the intervening time several questions relating to paro chial affairs had been under the cognizance of courts of law ; and it was therefore felt unnecessary to continue the meetings which they had been accustomed to hold in that place. The litigated questions to which he re ferred had, however, now been decided, and he was happy to say that in every instance the decision had been in favour of the parishioners, and against the select vestry. The Judges of the Court of Common Pleas had unanimously declared the election of Alderman Gibbs to the office of churchwarden to be illegal and void. Those with whom he (Mr. Rock) acted had been ad vised, by the legal authorities they had consulted, that the effect of this decision was to put an end entirely to the select vestry in the parish of 'Walbrook. There could be no doubt that there had originally been a select vestry in the parish ; but in order to preserve a custom it was necessary, when that custom was at variance with the common law, that it should be strictly adhered to. In this case the custom had been departed from, and the result was that the vestry of St. Stephen's. Wal brook, would henceforth be an open vestry.—(Hear, hear.) It was true that Alderman Gibbs had inti mated his intention to appeal against the unanimous de ci,ion of the Judges of the Common Plea-, but it was of course open to him to take any measure that he might choose to adopt. The meeting was aware that during the last four years a Chancery suit had been carried on between Alderman Gibbs and himself (Mr. Rock), in which the p irish was not immediately concerned. He (Mr. Rock) had pledged himself several years ago that he would extract some account from Alderman Gibbs, and that pledge he had now fulfilled.—(llear, hear.) It was necessary, in the course of the suit to carry the accounts into the office of one of the Masters in Chan cery, and at that time Alderman Gibbs' accounts ex hibited a balance of upwards of 1,800/, which he claimed from the parish of Walbrook, The Master, however, after investigating the accounts, struck off 1,3001. of the 1,8001. ; and the Vice-Ch a n ce ll or su b sequent l y , 1 decided that the remaining 500/. -could not be recovered by Alderman Gibbs. This claim of 1,500/. was, therefore, annulled, and all the money that Alderman Gibbs had received since the commence ment of these proceedings would go to the credit of the parish. As the income of the parish wns above 7001. a year, and as upwards of three years had elapsed since legal prw:e-dings were commenced, it fellowed that Alderman Gibbs had now in hand from 2,0001. to 2,3001. or 2,4001. to the credit of the parish ; for during the three years he (Alderman Gibbs) could not have ex pended more than 180/. or 2001. The parishioners had achieved in this strugele all that they had desired to obtain; and they now demanded payment from Alder man Gibbs of the amount which had accumulated in his hands during the last three years. He hoped the pa rishioners would take care that the accounts of the parish were more regularly kept by their future church wardeme After a few words from Mr. FLIGHT, expressing his concurrence in the observations of the previous speaker, Mr. CUNLIFFE observed, that he was sure the meeting would admit that the late chureliwardtms, Messrs. Rock and Flight, deserved the thanks of the parishioners for the trouble they had taken with regard to the matters which had been referred to, and he begged to move their re-election to office for the ensuing year. The motion was seconded by Mr. KENDRICK, and was unanimously adopted. The Rev. CHAIRMAN cAled the attention of the meeting to the state of the parish church, which, he observed, was most scandalous. He had said three years ago that the church was not in a fit state for the per formance of divine service, and he might now repeat the statement with much greater force. His only surprise was, that any congregation assembled in the edifice, for, independently of the possible casualty of the roortalling clown, the cold during the recent inclement weather had been almost insupportable. The church was in a state of utter insolvency. There was a sum of 140 guineas due to the organist; the sextoness had a claim for up wards of 27:3/ ; and four years' stipend, about 160/., was due to himself (Dr. Croly) as lecturer. Mr. Roca observed, that a notice had been published, signed by Mr. Alexander and Mr. Ramsay, convening a parish meeting for Friday next. He considered, there fore, that they ought to ascertain the names of all the select vestrymen, that they might know nith whom they were fighting—whether with men of substance or with men of straw. As Mr. Might and himself had been chosen churchwardens of the parish, he wished to tell any gentlemen who might claim to act as churchwardens that his colleague and himself were ready to declare war to the knife. If any other persons took any step as churchwardens, he could assure them that actions would be commenced the next day. Dr. CROLY intimated his intention to attend the meeting on Friday. A vote of thanks was then given to the Roy. Chairman and Messrs. Rock and Flight, and the proceedings terminated. EDUCATION IN ROME. THE EVENING SCHOOLS. (From the Roman Advertiser.) There are many elementary schools for the benefit or the children of the people, diffused throughout the regions of Rome, and collecting so large a num ber of the young as to be able to stand in competi tion with those of Paris, London, and other capitals. We shall here limit ourselves to giving some account of the nocturnal schools, which, coming to the aid of the diurnal ones, complete the system of popular education, in supplying instruction for those children who are obliged to work during the day, and have no time to pass in school except the early hours of the evening. The nocturnal schools of Rome had their origin in 1819, by means of Giacomo Casoglio, a carver in wood, who, from love towards his fellow -1 artizans, conceived the design of collecting their children in the evening, in a large chamber in the Via Guile, where, besides the catechism, he taught them reading and a little writing, attracting his youn g c , pupils •by prese n t s . Thi s l a b our, so much of love, but so imperfect in the hand of an artizan, was assisted the very same year by the Nocturnal Oratory, which Monsignor Giannoli opened near the school, in the Church of St. Nicola degli Incoronati. The oratory asssisted the school during the life of Casoglio, and afterwards the good priests oontinued the work commenced by the artis an. But this see d soon bore m uc h greater f ruit, when the Advocate Gigli, full of benevolence towards the people, opened, in 1830, a school at hi s own expense, i n St. Maria de Marche. giani' which locale being too small, it was afterwards transferred to St. Simone e Guide. He founded an other in Borgo, in 1833, and desiring to extend these benefits over the whole city, transferred that of St. Simone e Giuda to a more suitable place at the Mar. chera d'Oro, so appointing it that it might be taken as a model for all the rest. But, whilst bent on these charitable designs, death cut him off in the time of general mourning, 1837, when, having converted his school into a house of relief, and going every day with the others who recruited in the task of nursing, to the houses of cholera patients, he was seized by the disease, and perished the victim of his singular charity. But though he was dead, his work did not di e w i th him, as the two schools, although interrupted by thi s ca l am i ty, an d deprived of their ordinary succours, passed into the hands of the Abate mod e l o f b enevolence, who not only re- , stored them to their pristine state, but remitted the funds in the amount of the deficit sustained in the interval, exerted himself so much that the aids augmented, and prevailed upon his parishioners, who were subsidiaries of the Cassa di benefeenza, to contribute two scudi a month in those places where the schools had been opened. By such pious industry, he increased the revenue to 500 scudi, with which he was enabled to open a new school in the Via dell'Arancio. When he was obliged to leave Rome on account of his health, the Cardinal della Porta, then vicar, perceiving the utility of these schools, took their interest greatly to heart, and confirmed the pious society by the decree, " Delle scuole notturnß di religiose,'' under the in vocation of the Vergine Addolorato, some being de sired to contribute by money, others by labour. In order to increase the benefits resulting, he desired to place them under the guidance of a man who might be their voluntary director and promoter, as was found in llonsignor Morichini, who having already assumed the direction on the instance of Pallotta, retained it with hearty willingness, accord ing to the wish of the Cardinal. It was not possible that the choice could have fallen better than on this individual, in respect for whose genuine modesty we shall only say, that his ability of mind and benevolence of heart are known to all. If the uni versal interests of the Church, and the recompense of merit in such a prelate, ought not to be par:mount to particular advantages, the loss that Rome has sustained in so energetic an ecclesiastic would be too severe. [He has been elevated to the dignity of Nuncio at the Court of Bavaria.] It was then that an established order was given to this institution, the administration set on a firm basis, the regulations compiled, and the instruction determined. Then (1829) its course became continually more progres sive, and its benefits gradually extended over the principal centres of the city, Th e t ru l y apos t o li c zeal of the good pri▪ ests, and the assistance of charitable and distinguished persons, gave i ncremen t t o th e pious work, and si▪ nce 1841 the regul a ti ons i n regar d to the institution, the worship, and instruction, have been in print. In respect of the fi rs t, a ll i s con fid e d to a directive council , composed of president, vice president, directors of . the school s , secretary, an d accomptant. The president is chosen by the council, and the members of this by the general session of the society, this last being composed of associates, some exercitants, some contributors. The council meets once a month, the society on the occasion of the annual balancing of accounts, and for the election of the members of the council, who are in office two years. The evenings of vigils and festivals are dedi cated to religious exercises, when all the schools assemble in their respective oratories, for catechetical instruction, and prayers are given, and two feasts especially celebrated, those of the Mater dolorosa and St. Luiga Gonzago. On the afternoons of festivals, the pupils are conducted to some gardens, where they pass their time in amusements till the evening. The schools are opened at the hour of 24, and the in struction begins at a half an hour later, lasting till 1 o'clock, and three-quarters of the night (24 is now 6 o'clock, the first hour of the night 7). Every school is divided into three classes, in which are suc cessively taught, reading, writing, and arithmetic, and catechism for the last quarter of an hour. In the third class are taught the elements of linear design, and of geometry applied to the arts. Choral music is also taught to some extent, enabling the children to sing at their devotions, and on returning home at night. It certainly awakens pculiar emo tions when, at the second hour of the night (8 o'clock), one meets bands of these children, Or hear them as they pass under our windows, singing the praises of Mary, and going to the homes where their mothers receive them with blessings, whilst they bless also the pious care of those who thus train their children in the paths of virtue. CHRISTOPHER COLOMB. True genius is seldom to be put down by clamour, though, unfortunately, instances of this kind do sometimes occur, and unquestionably had not Felicien David been possessed of strength of mind ,as well high talent, he would have sunk under the storm of abuse $o ungenerously raised against him last year, on the occasion of his " Moise, whieh, because the public was disappointed in not finding it another "Desert," was universally cried down as a worthless rhapsody, and its author as something like an im postor. Some of your men of genius would have taken this sorry treatment—and sorry and shabby enough it certainly was—in dudgeon, and forsworn Apollo in a huff—nay, some of our acquaintance would infallibly in such a strait have blown out the small portion of brains appertaining to them ; but M. David did far better—he betook himself, not to Avernus, but to Auteuil, where he avenged him self on his detractors by writing a symphony, which not only restores him to celebrity, but places him beyond the reach of all future cavil among the first composers of his time. The subject is a grand one, the conception of a man of genius —the discovery of the new world; the title Christophe Colomb, ou, la Discouverie du Nouveau Monde. It was produced at the Theatre of the Conservatoire, for such was the ' effect of the clamour to which we have alluded that not a lyric theatre would open its doors to the corn poser, and it was to the generous interference of one of the Princes that this smile, which belongs to the Crown, was placed at the disposal of M. David. The symphony is divided into four parts—" The Depar. ture, ' " A Night at the Tropics," " The Revo!t," and " The New World." These are all described with an imitative power really wondrous, though the auditor is no doubt largely indebted to a re citative well delivered by M. Henry, of the Opera Comique, who, by a kind of running commen tary on the events described, keeps the audience au courant of the intenticns of the author, like the chorus in the old Greek tragedy. The sub ject opens with the preparations for the departure Of the expedition, the undulation of the waves, and the ships riding at anchor being expressed with singular felicity. The embarkation amid the prayers of the people, the signal for sailing, and the departure of the fleet, with the various feelings of regret and alarm at such a moment experienced by the adventurers and those who remain behind, were admirably depicted, and this part concluded amid loud and long plaudits. The composer subsequently describes the features of a the langour o f th e of home, a r evo lt on the ne w wor ld ; t h e sailors at th e p rospec t, rapture longaotr opics,pa trudnavigation—the eand af tempest,ah setlyne, a tthe ye a hopeless dreamoi e gp a he r lt y eso e s fa o l and the dances and choruses of the natives ; all were received with applause, which, as the beauties un folded themselves to the audience, rose at length to enthusiastic demonstrations of delight. The sym phony, we should mention, is not wholly instru mental, the subject being developed by several choruses and other vocal rnorceaux, all of considerable merit, but we must add that the execution seemed on the whole inferior to the work. The composition is of colossal grandeur, and it would demand all the resources of a first-rate theatre to do justice to such a production. MUSICAL MEMORANDA. Mr. Braham has kindly consented to sing at the festi val of the Royal Society of Musici ans , on t h e 19t h i nst., L.rd Saltoun in the chair. Miss R a i n f ort h, t h e Mi sses Williams, MISS Maria B. H awes , Si gnor F . Lablache, and a host of other eminent vocalists have pr om i se d to attend on the occasion. ANCIENT CONCERTS.—FieId Marshal the Duke of Wellington will give a grand banquet on the 21st instant to the directors of the Ancient Coneerts and a select party, previous to the performance. Mdile. Lutzer, the celebrated German cantatrice, will make her debut at these concerts on the occasion. Jullien gives a concert this evening at Manchester, at which Herr Pischek will sing. He will also sing at several places in the provinces previous to his appear ance in London, which will be at the concert of ancient music. Mr. John Wilson, accompanied by Mr. Land, has given his Scottish entertainments at Aberdeen, and several other places, with his, wonted success ; he will resume his performances at the Music Hall, in Store street, next Monday. AMATEUR SOCIETY.—The programme fer next Fri day's performance by the Amateur Society in Store street., will c ons i st of the overture to R oss i n i' s L'l ta li an i : Haydn's sympho n y, th e L e tter Q; selection of Donizetti's Lucrezia ; a symphony by R ousse l ot , an d B ee th oven ' s overture to Fidelio.—Conductor, Mr. B ilfe. The Western Madrigal Society will celebrate its eighth anniversary on Thursday next, at the Freemasons' Ta vern, when several fine compositions by the old English '.s and Italia n wr i ters will be performe d b y near ly a hun dred voi ces . Mend ls o hn will arrive iu London on the 13th inst., and his oratorio, Elijah, will be performed at Exeter H a ll, on the 16th, under h i s di rect i on . Vieuxtemp s will arrive in L•indon on the 19 th inst. from St. Petersburgh, w here he has been sojourning for some time, and creating qu i te a f uror e by hi s v i o li n Playing. There is a doubt about young Joachim's paying us a visit this season; nor is Parish Atvers likoly to come; but Godefroid, the eminent harpist, will be here shortly, for the season. The Glee Club will meet on Saturday next at the Crown and Anchor Tavern; and the rehearsal of the third Philharm on i c C oncer t w ill take place in the morn ing of th e same day. It is confid ently reporte d t h a t th e i ns t a ll a ti on o f hi s Royal Hi g h ness Prince A lb ert w ill t a k e pl ace a t Cain bridge early in July. According to ancient custom, the com mencement will begin on Saturday, the 3d of July; mid the pe r f ormance of the Ode on the 6th. As usual, there will be a musical festival, but as yet nothing has been definitively settled. [ ADVERTISEMENT.] SHIN DISEASES.—DR.POWELL'S TESTIMONY OF THE EFFICACY OF HoLLowav's PILLS AND OINT MENT—Extract of a letter, dated 16, Blessington-street, Dublin, Feb. 9, 1847. Professor Holloway.—Dear Sir,—Having devoted my particular attention for some years to the treatment of cutaneous, or skin .discases, I think it right to inform you that I have, in 14'great d many case', rec ommended the use of your P i lls and Ointment, and d b thosenvriably fou n d them to have the most perfect effect in removing those diseases , ev en when of a very d espera t e nature. (Signed) W. E. Powmt, M.D. In eases of sca ld h ea d s , r i ngworms, pimples or tellers on th e face, the _effect of the medicines Is astonishing.— Sold ity all d ruggists, all a , r ofeesor Eatallltahment, 241, strand, Loudon. BANK RETURNS, (From the London Gazette.) Au Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth 7ietoria, zap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation daring the Week ending Satiq day, the 27th day of March, 1847 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co 24,291 Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co> . 17,054 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,787 •Aylshan Bank, Avlsham—R. and E. Copethan 6,063 Aylesbury Old Bank, 4ylesbury—Rickford and hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade aldock—Wells, Hogg, end Lindsell... 36,230 Barn stapie Bank, Barnstaple—E.ake and Co. 15,308 Basingstoke and Odiha.Tr. Bank, Basingstoke— Cole. Seymour, aria Co B e dfo r d Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford— Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bieoster and Oxfordshire Bank a Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co 26,616 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoeds, Scooner, and Co 23,887 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham—Lewis, Moilliett, and Co 17,370 Mandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak 8,305 Boston Bank,•Boston—Garfit and Co 72,995 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 14,699 Bridg - vf , ,ter Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey 10,058 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 37,199 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 23,943 Blickimrham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. ury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 40,457 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb... 50,595 Bati - - City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 37,608 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co — Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry 23,856 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edo:Hinds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— ,J. Worlledge and Co. Broinsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, and Co. 17,642 .lanibridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons "ambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester--Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co 41,426 Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co, Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co 21,554 Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co 2,353 Cardiff Bank, Carditf—Towgood and Co 6,816 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmc uth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and llerefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co 27,211 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes, Locke, and Co 17,989 Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,566 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew, and Co. 12,096 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster — Cook and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover—Latham, and Co — Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and CO 81,655 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall. Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. 49,668 Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Walford. and Co. 57,994 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 33,220 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Varringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley 8,999 Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 13,612 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. 5,627 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen v v 6,084 Grantham Bank, Gran tham—Kewney and King 19,424 Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon 13,413 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hark and Co 27,362 flastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. 32,702 [ferelbrd City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank arid Ware Bank, Ware— s. Adams and Co. I lull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey larwieh Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co 5,657 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall Honiton Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Ilertfordshire, Hitehen Bank, Hitchen—Shallples and Co. (hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross anti Archenfield Baak, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co 23,386 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, lhtdleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexat_ders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank, Knighton—J. Davies and Co 7,937 Knarcsborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, litta:esborough—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Cc. Kettering Bank, Kettering—Gotch and Sons 9 , 902 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C llarv:y and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 51,041 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown, and C.). Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 486 hentester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 30,467 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 40,883 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green 19,797 fincoin Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co 88,307 I.4.ndovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. I.oughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tau and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barba Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. 40,947 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co 12,257 Nlanningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co 6,626 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 14,932 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 12,188 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyums and Co 17,802 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial ' Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 26,888 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead 16,050 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons 7,676 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 27,971 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and' Newark Bank, Newark—Handley, Peacock, snd Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock 35,150 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Son . Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson 2,725 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 43,792 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Co Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co 8,895 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddcock and Co 5,251 Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and C 0... New Sr.rum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and Co • Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 28,994 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westrv—Croxon and Co 14,821 Oxford 'Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 13,479 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson... 011 Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells:Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Toubridge— Deeding fig Som.. 00000000000000 . flandlobi 91854 Average Amount Oxfordshire Witney BaLk Witney—Williams, Clinch, and Co 11,738 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 46,255 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,796 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 11,816 Petabrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven. and Co Reading Bank, Reading-inmonas and Co 37,361 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy, and Co 41.338 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Stapleton and Co 5,942 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, and Co 4,175 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nicholson 9,823 Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey-Foot ner and Son Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 15,238 Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son l5 661 Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 21,489 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and Co Ross (Ad Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaw ay 4,136 Saffron Walden and North Eseex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and Co 19,679 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co 22,520 Shrewsbury and Marko, Drayton Bank, Shrews bury-Adams, Adan.s, and Co 9,893 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne an,i Mitton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son 3,040 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddicon and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's-J. S. Story 2,740 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie 22,383 Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury- Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stout -W. Moore 6,368 Stourbridge Bata{, Stourbridge -Rufford, Wragg, and Co . 16,517 Stafford Old Bank, p;tafford-Stevenson and Co 14,522 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. 25,52! St. Alban's and Harts Bank, St. Alban's-Gib son and Stuart 2,292 Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock 26,490 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle, and Co 12,929 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Barrie 13,065 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston-Yorke and Eland 10,947 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-g. and S. Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Holston-Vivian and Co. 15,029 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and Co. 26,078 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co. 10,354 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 27,854 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-Leathain, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13,785 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester- Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester -Wickham and Co 6,106 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth-Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth-Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech- Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavender, and Co. 13,033 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 83,720 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley and Turner Whitby Bank, W hitby-Frankland and Wil- • - kinson Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J . . and S. Kenrick 2,900 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and llalesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 12,445 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Dank, York—Swann, Clouzh. and Co 44,338 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 46,043 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradtbrd Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield : .. 9,510 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry - Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 16,035 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,828 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, __ _ Dudley _ 36,236 Derby grid Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,919 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 24,876 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 1E0,184 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18,106 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 34,795 Hull Banking Company, Hull 29,345 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,089 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax 35,745 Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,455 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 24,847 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, __ _ Knaresborough - . 27,943 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,720 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 62,830 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 52,106 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, Leeds Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 336 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,295 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank -28,960 d Nottingham Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 30,015 No in tt g in C gran p i an a y n , Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 76,126 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 62,901 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 84,091 NorthamptonAire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 60,114 Pares's Leicostt rshire Banking Company, Lei cester..... 60,276 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 2,457 Sheffield Bankii:g Company, Sheffield 34,274 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Statmord Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-, shiaPe Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Sl,4ll;cid Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. Stockton and Durham County Banking Com pany, Stockton Storey and Thomas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury- Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ... Suffolk Banking Company, Ipswich — Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 34,812 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 13,125 Whitehaven Joint •Stock Banking ,Company, Whitehaven . 31,352 Warwick and Lewnir.gton Banking Company, Leamington West of England awl South Wales District Dodgy BnAtol., , Axersgeiormult. Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 75,651 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, 'Worcester t 6,3 65 York Union Banking Company, York 71,075 York City and County Banking Company, York 90,196 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, Aptil 2, 1847. ASCENT of MR. GALE'S BALLOON. The public curiosity, which , had become more than ordinarily excited by the announcement of the intended a :ent of Mr. Gale, in a balloon of a novel constructioe , from the grounds of the Rosemary Branch Tavern, at Pa .kham, was gratified yesterday. Mr. Gale, %hose name, though new in this country, as an aeronaut, is well known in New York, and on the continent, ascended at six o'clock, in a splendid balloon, made of silk ma' nufactured in Spitallields, and of the largest dimensions , being capable of containing 34,000 feet of gas. This serial machine has been already described, and it lel therefore, needless again to set forth wherein it differs from the old and somewhat antiquated machines hitherto employed in voyages through the skies. It has r eser' • voir,s to receive the disharg, d gas, is of a lighter eon' struction as to the car, and is less encumbered With, grapnels and other apparatus, and has an improvemen' in the valves and other more minute parts. The ink' tion was commenced at ten o'clock, with a pre s sure 0 ' five inches, the gas being supplied by the Metropolita n Gas Company, and measured by means of one of De" frie's dry gas meters, of which the accuracy and the ex cellence are most surprising. By three o'clock, 28,9 0° feet of gas had passed into the balloon, and it was in g state to ascend ; but as the hour advertised for the ascent was later, and as much company was expected to arrive about five o'clock, the ascent was postponed till later hour. Every preparation was made, and ancong* S other accessories a capital barometer, made by Messr ,4 Hume and Thornthwaite, by which altitudes can be measured at the distance of three miles from the earth with great accuracy, was placed in the car. The ascent was a grand one, many thousands being assembled to witness it, all of whom c h eere d Mr. GO and his sole companion, Mr. Byrne, as they mounted in the air. The balloon took a direction south-easter l l , passing, as far as could be conjectured, over the district*, of Norwood, and making over those of Blackheat h i ' When at an immense height in the air, Mr. Gale lower from the car in which he and his companion were sea;°' another car, which havin g d escen d e d a b out 25 feet, Mr' Gale made his way into it by means of a rope ladde. This perilous exploit was beheld with astonishment, O°C without fear, by the spectators, but was performed i l , l an admirable manner, and the aer o n au t h av i ng re ached the lower car in safety, sent off a sort of dell or fire . work, composed by Mr. Mortram, o f we ll-k now n PYr° - technic celebrity, which exploded with a very loud port, and thei?proceed e d t o di sc h arge a ser i es o f shell or petards, attached to the lower car, but which ( 16 " scetided a considerable way bef o r e th e y b urs t, an d Pre' vented any danger to the balloon. This ascent is certainly a curious variety in aerost!: tion, and removes the monotony of a parcel, of peon; going up in the clouds at dusk and co m i ng d own a litu t. after dusk, to the amusement of n o body b u t th em selfe"' and the indifference of all but the very idle and le ) ; rant. From the construction of th e d ou bl e ear a nutnil d , of experiments may be attempt e d, an d some a id afforded to science. It is fair to say that th e arrangements We well made, and that praise is due to Mr. Smith, the proprietor proprietor of the grounds, for the manner in which tP whole was conducted. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Arna, 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ainbergate, Notting' ham and Boston, 1 / 2 dis.—Birmingham and Oxford .1 . 1 10 tion, p.—Eastern Counties, 19—Ditto, York E x tensil dis.—East Lancashire, New Scrip, 1 1 / 1 3 p. —Edinburgh s° l Glasgow, Quarters, 17:%—Edinburgh and Perth (New e°''' New, 1 1 / 2 p.—Great Western, 17/. Shares, 3 1 4 p.—Rudd er field Canal and Railway, 21 / 2 p.—Lancaster and Pres t fo Quarters, 14—London and North- Western, 175—Ditt0, 1% .,. Quarters, 10 1 / 2 p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolni% (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 5 1 / 2 dis.—Midland , Shares, 3% p.—Ditto, New, 2 3 / 4 p.—North Staffordshire , 2 111 p.—North Union (B) 15—Northern Counties Union, 2 ..„„a —Preston and Wyre, Halves ( B), p.—Shrewsbury Chester (late N. W. M.), 4', p.—South-Eastern and P°74 New (No. 4), 6s. 3d. p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster. 11:, Goole, par —Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), lA York and Newcastle, Preference, 3 1 / 2 p.—Dutch 2 3 / 4 dis. MANCHESTER, APRIL 7. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Birkenhead, 1 " 3/1 ,,,; cashire, and Cheshire, 1 A dis.—Edinburgh and Glatig,," o , Halves, 9—Fleetwood, Preston, and W es t Riding Juric"",o N— Great Northern, 7-16—Huddersfield and Manchea.4 Railway and Canal, 2 5-16—Ditto, Thirds, % —Londorl, North-Western, 176—Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 9 ,7 1 , e f. Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), 2y 2 —Manchester, D“ field, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1 1 / 2 —Ditto, Sheffield sa!„, Lincolnshire, 1% c.—Manchester and Southampton, 15 to a North Staffordshire, 2 13-16—Oldham Alliance, 5 4 1 —Fr e l 'h and Wyre, Sixths, 5 5 / B —Shrewsbury and Birmingham \,(, 9d.—Shropshire Union, 1 5-16—South-Eastern and P°'" 36 1 4—Ditto, No. 4, 5-16. LEEDS, L 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales APRIL 7. STOCX EXCRANGL—The lales ara—East Lancashire, rtes 245. p.—Great North of England, New, 10s. Pi tt and Thirsk, 2% n. dis.—Ditto, New, 15s. c. dis.—Ditto. ference, 255. 6d. p.—London and Brighton and South Coal Fifteenths, 3s. p.—Malton and Dritlield Junction, 12s. 6d. 1); —Manchester and Leeds. 321. Shares (late Extension), 2A p.—Ditto, West Riding Ltnion,2Bs. 6d.p.—Manche ster,Bu l: ton, Matlock, and Midland, Gs. p.—Newcastle and 13e pittOt wick, New, VA p.—North British, Thirds, 465. Extension (scrip), 21. 14s. 6d. p.—North e r n Counties - 1.10 4 375. dis.—North- Western, 7s. 6d. dis.—Wharfdile Janctio,, ss. die. SHEFFIELD, Arm 7. STOCK EXCITA NG E.—The sales are_Ambergate, Nottiff, ham, and Boston, 6s. 6d. dis.—East Lincolnshire, 2% P•„1, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and 51,74 field), 37a. dis.—Ditto, Docks, 2 3 A dis.—Midland (Shefg;ti and Hot berham), 32 1 4—North British, Thirds,' 2% p. Staffordshire, 2 p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and 60 Is. 6d. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APRIL 7. STocK EXCHANGIL—The sales are,—Midland, 1157, West Riding Union, l 1 / 2 p.—York and Newcastle, 9 I). HULL, APRIL 7. beer STOCK EXCHANON. -The sales are-Eastern Ce„L I York Extension, 13s. dis.-North British, Quarters, le, Ditto, Extension Scrip, 13s. p.-Bla c kbur n , Clitheroe,iDß Preference, 255. p.-North-Western, I, dis.-West Rtd Union, 30s. p. EDINBURGH, APRIL 6. 6 11 ' STOCK EXCHANGF..-The sales are-Aberdeen, 271. I l °'/71, -Airdrie and Bat hgate, 31. 18s.-Arbroath and Forfan ci f 155.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. 1 8 . 6 on Caledonian, 26/. 155.-Ditto, New, 21. 7s. 6c1.-Caledon9t and Dumbartonshire, 2'. 2i. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, It 55.-Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender's°. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 42/. 10s.-Ditto, No r a ' 41. I,' 301.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 30/.-Ditto, New, No. ' 4 ,0 155.-Dundee and Northern Junction, 2/. N.-Dundee '"//, Perth, 381.-Ditto, New, 19/. 17s. 6d.-East of FifttlV 165.-East Lothian Central, 2/. 16:I.-Edinburgh and gate, 61. IN.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 71L 15s. ex d eS 1 81 ' Ditto, Halyes, 19/. 15s. ex div.-Ditto, Quarters, ,ittOt div.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 201. 2s. 6d.-- - Y; e rs, Preference, 211.-Ditto, New, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Qu ar ik ieff 14s. 9d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 161. 53.-Ditto, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 71. l Is. 6d.-Ditto, 2/. 125.-Edinburgh and Perth (New), 3/. 2s. 6d.- -41 0/ Halves, 11. 25.-Glasgow and Ayuhire, 62L-Ditto, 5, Stock, 381.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 31. 55.-Ditto, ditto, l''‘ ) ; o 4 81.-Ditto, Quarters, 161. lOsz-Glasgow, Dumfries, o 1 Carlisle, 51. 155.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/.-G l ng General Terminus, 121. 55.-Glasgow and Greenock's(' -Ditto, Halves, 91.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 55.-G 11 1„ 61 0e, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. 183.-Great North 0 , ,I* - 00 land, 233/. IN.-Great North if Scotland, 2/. 11s.'„40 1 S Northern (late Direct Northern). 3/. 95.-Ditto (late Len,ttor and York), 3/. 95.-Manchester and Leeds, 1081.--13,/Sixteenths, Si. 55.-Newcastle and Berwick, 27 1 . North British, 32/. 15s. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 1 6 '' 1 .0 6d.-Ditto Quarters, 31. 19s. 6d.-Ditto, New Quliftiji* (scrip), 75.-Ditto, Thirds, 3/. Bs. 6d.-Ditto, Cd o aa 61. 155.-Scottish Central, 221. 17s. 6c1.-Scottish Junction, I/. la.-Scottish Midland, 204 155.-Shrelire".o4 and Hereford, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Shrowz-bury, Oswestry,,?. Chester, BL-Ditto, New, 1/. Is.-Stirling and D l _ tr n! ' line 4/. 2s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 75.- - " 18 150' and Coltness, 491. ex div.-Yotia and Newcastle, 341. „et -Ditto, New, 151. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, Bombay and Madras, 4a.-East Indian, Bs.-Great N or t N India, 35.-Great Soathern of Madras, 35.-Madre lore, and Arcot, is. 9"d. GLASGOW, APRIL 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrle Bath' ,—East Edi 4. gate, 78s.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 49. Central, 57s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, lu'is eten erP burgh and Perth (New Co.), 595. 3d. —Glasgow Terminus, 13% —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 0 :40. Ditto, Quarters (5 per cent. guar.), 15%_Glasgow, !'„tROP fries, and Carlisle, 5/. 16s.—Manchester and Southatur o o, 28s.—Midland, Halves, 4%—Scottish Grand Junction , ft t ie, 6d.—Stirling and Dunfermline, 81s. —York and NeWev Preference, 151. snlothia,-4 Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday afterno on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Ji BIRTHS. tb 6 On the sth inst., at De Coigny House, Leamington' wife of H. Charles Hawley, Esq., of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at Westbourne-street, Hyde-park , Walter T. Fawcett, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., in Chester-terrace, Regent's-park' I°. William Benett, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the ad inst., at Christchurch, Hants, Henry Esq., of Basinghall-street, London, solicitor, to Mary. S' w daughter of Mr. W. Lipscomb, late of Sherborne, Dor_2e/ DIED. ro On the Gth inst., at Rottingdean, Thomas Beard, aged B the stho y At el On inst., in Queen Anne-street, Cavendish -se the Right Hon. Joseph Planta, aged 60. On the 25th ulf., the Rev. M. Hughes, Kildare, Irelanicii;rl On the 27th ult., at Bonn , on the Rhine , Major b e t of Jones Grove, K.H., late of her Mkjesty's 80th Regiro e ' Foot, aged 63. I 00 On the 31st ult., at Shackerwich House , Captain .° Burdett Ness, half-pay 71st Regiment. Glorl‘ On the 3d inst., at Chavenage House, near T e tbury, tni . cestershire, Mary Anne, widow of the late Rev. J. Phe',7oo% On the 4th inst., at the Mount, Harrow, Justina , William Mackenzie, Esq., aged 47. a 96 ' On the 4th inst., at Haslemere , P. Williams, Esq,„avevg On the sth inst., Baldwin Duppa Duppa, Esq., of Je ci 66. bourne House, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant, BP sopf On the sth inst., at Brighton, Abraham Goodman , ,, 61. aged 67 ; also, on the 15 th ult. , Rosetta , his w ife, nge";4ll4 On the sth inst.; in New Bond - street , Mr. Charles easter, aged 61. WO' On the sth inst., at Frimlef, Surrey, Captain Abra bolg Oa the sth inst., Ann, relict of the late Richard Wel Esq., of Clay-hill, Enfield. At Brussels, Palmyra, the widow of the late Wilt° l° Francis Crowther, of the 80th Regiment. 11* f London: Printed awl Published by MURDO YOUNG. 0 . I n veoP - . Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strud, In the lel e► of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, Thursday UHL THE SUN, L HURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1847.