The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-11 00:00:00

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STOPPAGE OF THE BANK OF MEt3BRB.
ArrwooD, SPOONER, AND CO., OF
BIRMINGHAM. _ _

tram ous °wit

BIRMINGHAM, Famai Nicer.
Soon after four o'clock this afternoon it was
whispered here that the old bank of Attwood,
Spooner, and Co., of this town, had opened its
doors for the last time. The business was con-
ducted as usual up to the closing of banking hams
to-day ; and the last thought to enter a men's I
mind would have bean that anything could.,
happen to Attwood's. It is a fact, notwithstandp.
ins, that the bank has stopped, and by the time
this meets the eye of your readers this town will
be in a state of indescribable amazement and ore-
fusion ; fee at a his hoar to-night the greet eels-
mity (for each it rosily will be) is only known to a
few individuals.
The deposits amount to over seven hundred
thousand pounds, the current credit belaaess to
more than three hundred thousand pounds, and
there is • note circulation exceeding 20,000/., so
that the liabilites are more than a million sterile*
It was rampaged. teaighteeeeed we give it se a sae
mour only—that thelis . are more than 2,100
depositor!.
Sometame line! metres !reign'
meat for an am with the Joint
Batik 'arraigetnent bad received
the West of that proPrietgry, aid it was the in-
vestigatioa Incident to this nutlike which hastened
the occurrence of toads'.
Simultaneously with the eloping of the bank a
circular appeared from the firm (Attwood, Spooner,
Marshall, and Co.), in which they say :—" It is
with feelings of the deepest Concern and distress
we announce that we are compelled to snepend pay-
ment, and this at the moment when, after several
months of anxious negotiation, we had confidently
trusted we should obtain , such assistance as
would enable us Ito ism into effect our
part of the preliminar agreement for the
amalgamation with the Birmingham Joint Stock
Bank. In this hops we have been disappointed.
Sums of money to a large amount were drawn oat
of the beak tome yews silica by the bandy of the
Attwoods.. To this circumstance, it can be clearly
shown at the proper time, our failure is to be attri-
buted. For the last ten years every effort has
been made to redeem the loss thus occa-
sioned ; but this hai only been partially mown-
plislesd. The assets of the teak are, however,
still very considerable, and there are real estates el
great value belonging to the bank, and but 'lightly
encumbered. We hope that in our suspending pay-
ment Pe shall be considered as taking the best and
only step to ensure a just and equal distribution of
our assetsemong our 'galleon."
Such is the end of this old bank, in which the
of this district bad boundless confidence.
se 'Addeo, unexpected, and complete a collapse
has • pethaps never Isidore been experienced ;
the bank was discharging its obligations as usual
up to four o'clock,. hod this evening a petition in
bankrapbey was Med.
• The beak of -Attwood, Spooner, and Co. was
established in 1741 by the father of the late Mr.
Spooner, M.P. By the death of the gentleman last
names, in November last, and of Mr. T. A. Att-
wood a ,year ago, the only surviving partner was
Mr. nedry Marshall. ' The bank bad a fixed issue
of 26,39 M.
There are two other private banks in the town,
Maus: Lloyds and Cu. end Moment. Moilletts, and
both of them stand high in the confidence of the

REPRESENTATION ON, POETS PREX•77The COW
usevativwe "it ,liarth jrallireteguitillye
Wedssiday mut, to masider t
EMIL Major Braked's islisintios to retire froth
the sepreisentatlos of the divide. has canoed quite • tem-
mans I. the oouatduency.
RZWITEENTATION OF KI!CARDfNssBns--Geae-
Ml has puldished his retain address to the
electoes of Ntheardisethire, nil two candidates, Mr. Dyes
Nicol, of Wog's, sod Sir Thomas Gladstone, brother to the
Chansdlor of the Exchequer, are is the field for the seat.
Mr. Nicol comes forward ea liberal prisciplei. Sir MOOS/
offers himself as • conaervative, meaning, he mays, by that
short torte, a loyal subject, • defender of the protestant
faith, • steadfast supporter of constitutional 'averment,
and • resolute opponet of all that is deepens to ill. He
farther protests &saint the unfair assumptice of what is
open celled li ism. Kinaudineshire has hitherto acce-
pted the entice of a thoroughly close borough, and the
liberals are hopeful that Mr. Nicol, who Is very popular,
will neon it from this reproach.
FUNERAL Or THE LATE PRESIDENT OF THE
=TAN Cournewn.—Tbe tenni a the Bor. W. Leek-
wood Thorne" WA., President of the Walleyes Metho-
dist Conferee:tie took place yesterday, at the Abbey-perk
Cemetery, &olio Newieglos. The burial serene el the
Wesleyan body, of which the thesesed was so distinguished
• member, Is of • very plaio wed simple chancier ; sad the
chief honour which was shows to his mortal romans wee
by the large number of sorrowing freeds who feline.
them to the grave. At 12 o'clock a special geniee war
held et the Stoke Newington Wesleyan Church, width
was densely crowded, Dearly all the imegregaties
being attired in maerning. The communion table,
pulpit, sod front of the organ-loft were (Biped in
black At the hour mated the corpse was born tato the
church, the Rev. Dr. Osborn, ex-
epees t, walking
before it. sad reeding the appointed prayers. As the collie
was amid sling to be plead as a restieg-place, all pre.
seat roes to testify their respect for the departed. The
Revs. Dr. Osborne, Dr. Hannah, sad T. Jackson, ex-pre
olden* having taken their places in the pulpit, the special
sepia proceeded, each of the rev. geatlemee teamed Mar-
in a part. The owns was spoken by the Rev. Dr. Burn.
The concluding prayer having been offered up by the Rev.
Thomas Jackson, who is one of the mast egad ministers
of the Wesleyan,, the congregation quitted the chapel.
Outside • procession was formed, those who attended
welkin four abreast. In front were the students of the
Wesleyan body, peat ministers of other denomination,
followed by those of the particular sect to which the do-
end beo. There were several mourning cioachee
e private cerrisgem, mutate* relatives sad friends. The
road throughout the short distance to the cemetery wee
lined by spectators, and • large number had assembled
roiled the grave. The concluding portion of the service was
exceedingly brief.
DEATH or Baum GRIEVE OF EDINBURGH.
The Cakdonsan Mercury of yesterday records with deep
regret the death of this gentleman. H. sauced the tows
council in 1861, and accepted the office of icagistreta in
1836, condoling in the melee discharge of his duties until
the mining of the local act to mix up the ministers' money
with the polio@ rates, which was car by the Lord-Advo-
cate as aa nod*aa of the annuity tax. Mr. Grieve then
retired from the waned with other diameter, and has
since abstained from mingling in local politics.
THE THEATRICAL LICENSING SYSTEM.—This
system is the lass defensible because the licensed theatre,,
numerous as they are compared with those of the lest
century, are wholly inadequate for the asoseimodattea
those who would he glad to frequent them. A calculatiaa
has been made which shows that all of them together
will ocly contain about 38.000 persons, and that twice se
many daily resort to other places of amusement, sot to
speak al the Crystal Palon, which is capable of holding
100,000. The existence of • demand for theatrical or quasi-
theatrical performances in way of these buildings is proved
by the ingenious though futile attempts to supply it with-
out violating the law, sot is it eves disputed. If stage
plays, or pantomime "eetseteiameete of the stage," dkl
not repay the met of providieg them, they would NOD be
diaconinued, and the ends of Mr. Wien sad his bred*
mooopolists would be Waned. If they prove misusers
Mee to proprietors, and are not one to any moral objectiost,
why may we cot enjoy them when and when walks ? Bet
this is sot the whole easa. Nothing het as entomb to per-
fection is the management of the privileged theatres would I
give the slightest colour of Intim to their claims. Is there
say pretence for saying that the comfort or safety el the I
public is secured by the begonias power estrusted to the
Lord Chambsrlaia! Ow the oestrari is sot the defective
ventilation of on theatres proverbial, does it not actually
keep many people away who would otherwise go, are not
the wises at serer imealledwet for era seises oa aa
°edits,/ *ht. and weld they sot be fatally
Meanness few the worm 01 • crowd is the wrest of a
Sr.? So far firma the pieties of woos* _thetas den
loped reepenise impouremests is this kid of sada.
lecture, they ewe to have operated the ether way, and
sense of the men Madera thanes' are Wane alike Si the
elder and dill mew to the sewer moms hells. If whi-
niest is to deal with Ito question ma all, it red dal with
this port el M Free trade i 6111111161211M1111111111•11 is
sot awe urgently required then posteeene—whisk the
Lard asemberthis does set give ue--eiridamt the era.
"seam eta mid= panic is a liesesed Imaldias with esly
see eaUel,—Trsere.

(TWOPENC.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OkiiiiiUDGE. MAIZE 10.
ST. Parsa's Commis Omit SCHOLARSHIPS.
Timm will be as electioe of schein at lids Who cm Sa-
turday, the Tied of Aped it. Four scholarships, two of
00f. each and two of 401. pr mown, and tamable until the
wholes .ball have Salm the berm of Bachelor of AM,
will be throws opts kw elopie 'maps candidates
who Fatted to woman their residence la the miversity is
Ostobur ..at. Is the OW al oasis esedidate • testi-
special to his seed Mamba Irma the meter of
the school at which he has bleu .donated should
be forwarded to the Pm. I. W. Taylor, Mar
al Si. Peter's Oollose. The mandostios will coca-
mace as Thunday, the 20th of 100, and will omen two
days ; it will comprise Greek and Laic Madam and
oeszmilies ; Iscild, kasesametry, and soak
analytical as wtrair gemairisaL The azamiams
will be at liberty to award the seholarships on the monad ,
slew of peal prodimay or of high stiliamoss la a
sin& Mash el stay. The eekelerships will net be
aweaisd tt nese of the andideAss appear to the azaditors
to poems stsfacient meth
OXFORD, lama 10.
Harman BcnoLtaisarr.—The examiners ap-
to meld the "Hartford Selsolarship ^ have this
ryareta illed to the Vimanincollor that duty have elected
Mr. Jobe Goat Molar of Trim
P 101111•11 Ammons*: itr.frii=roopleetoe, scholar
of Merton College ; Mr. Omege eat, embalm of New W-
iens.

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'zi zotiltotor Lir ma rioir IMAM • •
......
The greed lock-out in the iron trade, israiltla
to
which se Gimp is repined, bee, se might
=created eseekleraille excitemest
operatives threemdied the country, who e.CUd
the North fibficelehir• hoes, edged by the kommetme
es the eelemeible maw ef the leek-ost to be mod as • Men •
staking horse, the real object eing, they say, so effect whet
the muse babies lath failedb to secomplish by the
abargewate, the deeftact of the combination of the ms;
and sodas apes this opiates, the most energetic efforts are
skeet to be made to aid the iromorken in resisting the ,
ashen of the employees. With taobject committer toe ,
tie/ the varicose Mks me kneed is lAsespool. •
Meackeeler, Birmingham, Les* Newest*
Bridal, sad the other large priwkaist tOwns, while •
is Landes rosetiag of dellegehe from the whets
of the esserepaltitsa fade weeds' has hem celled
for sit week, at witieli seeming •
motes
been the '.
executive email of the National dreembee ireswcekers
will stlesd, for the purpose of alierdbeg the fullest Worm-
ties as to the crew, Imes, peollithl, sad probable wows
el the pest The prevailing feeling sausgel the
Loader trades is fame el the emus of when tales by
the North lees, sad the polity gmeseelly ap-
proved of is that as the lessmillses have reeds the as.
of wsklest *NW* deaffordshise ma the pivot
ups Midi* Yell mob, as molt woven m pendia
*nil be gives to ma in Me dimiriette beep West.
48 the eletedleat way d imugh.as tea Gloss sow
it himi sommthied. This Noe ofhis Mit be
submitted to theisishisg diesels. lAA it will
posed list oat ei the similes be from the
fends sad m be raked by a esseral weekly levy limieegli-
out all trades, a mffielext sharehonld be Om to the North
Staffordshire me to muse their miming the Mite
flabecripeises tomullet el the lesitynt fund we to be made
is mom ol the Loedoe weisehege this day, sad she through-
oaf the whaby ouresily.
The hearbrakers see ileselawts is Liverpool are watch.
Mg Mil mafiosi lead She ~lee of the
Balser is &beast entirely. sespeeded he the pressetiblitle •
universally felt that deelinp met be mete motif the Meese . ,
of the diarists become more appsrest than at preseet, The
Paeral opiates repot themes will he empowered whey
sm. The determined attitude al thematic, is the berth, • r
as well as the Ittihad dislikes, eestributes to the
of obi opiates ; and it ie• believed that the retina •
wow te Meer wort will, is the ems* of a week it two at
the outeidHi, canoe a redaction of prices. • Should theme an-
ticipations set be melba& the large export trade dose at
Liverpool wilt be very embeely sffiested. Messibite, the
local Millworks are treriqo and there is no appearance cot
say examen of the mismaeliadieg to that district.
(From the Noxsolla Chronicle)
Agreeably with en iotimatioei from the 'roomettes of
Nash sad Soeth Staffordshire, a general meth* of the
_meters of North cad Sas* disikedmitire and these el the
earth of .F..aglaad was held as Thuisday sherries, at the
seises of Messrs. Leah, Wilms, sad Bell, Gray strew, New-
Mids. There wine mesh espreosethesse Sim the di
i.ettseer i imesi 2,6011 ilardshige /a theiisthe.
was • toed ateesclamme of the mien of the earth
El Reeked. The =Miss was Staidly private, sad shoe
=about two hoes she resslatioss saltjansti were
sirm,setwitheludiaty that meet, if sot all, of the
neestmes 'NAND district had speed to withdraw tits notion
Ik7 had sires their workless el the leek-out :
Nzwc•orms, M•zcz 9.—AS • meeties of the North
id liegland boaniesters' demolishes held here to-day, at
shish deputations were pissed from North sod South
Bkdsishire, report is mode that the North Staffordshire
pop Aid tot mime work ea the 4th Me, sad that the
belsost has, oossequently, takes place in Steffordidaire
Beselyed,—That is &Geordies* with the notices aims, the
dos end Maps of this diarist be closed as Saturday awl,
the llth last, end that no membered this association reopen
his works till that comes be approved by this sisociatiou as
I a body. It was further resolved that thh amocistioa, deeirhig
to facilitate is every way the settlement of the difficulty
which Ma sheet appoints limn. C. N. Palmer T. Bell,
Geo. Dyson, sad D. Dale is eseinaction with thei homary
secretary, a Maid* committee to estertsia say orerbuys
tending thereto, preliminary te submitting them to this
amosiatioe."
The desisioe of the asthma will sow, perhaps, proves.
the math in this district from calling their mistime for the
original purpose on Saturday evesialineetiop at which
it yr istaided to skew the snip ire that the lees-
workers' Ameeiatios did sot in to rapport their
brethren now looked out, and at which the Gateshead
executive requested their brethren to pm these wools-
hoes :—" 1. We, the lambda of the N ational disceintiou of
Ironworkers cometed with the Gateshead executive, do
advise the men of North Stafford to resume work at ones.
being mewed that if their nejuirtifiable conduct is persisted
in they will inflict bleary sad missy ea then brethren sore
and south. 2. We cannot, &Dawdles to the true principles
of Moo, tender to the men is North Staffordshire any sup-
port, dined or isdireetly. Furthermore. we metier soy
support to them after their refusal to amply with
the ard•r of the executive remit would be aid* and
&battles them in their cruel sad suicidal policy ; and It is
also our desire to aid ad mist la prompt* onch niessurse
as will be the means of settling all Mottles by arbitration."
The Gat:ahead executive, however, intend the circulars
catlike the worms together to stead good ; but imbed of
the above mangose being submitted, the question dis-
missed will be the course which should be taken now that
the "mem ace determined to carry oat the notice of a
" lockout" The Melee of the inerters is the main topic
of omenatios in N sweetie sad Osteebeed, and regret le
expressed that so many men should be thrown out of em-
ployment became a eomparatively few disaffected wedeln
will not accept the meter' aseditisaa.

Ex crag-usu.—The Hymo of Praise (Lobgesang)
and Statist Mater will be performed by the Natioeal Choral
&cwt.', with • band and Oikllne of 700 performers. ma Wed. •
oreday pert. The principal soloists will be Miss Louisa
Fyne, Mr. Sims Reeves, ad Mr. Lewis Thomas. The whole
under the conduit et Mr. G. W. Marlin.
A VISIT TO SIM HOLY LAND. —Mr. and Mrs.
G • Moore invited a numerous party to their mildews,
15, 'tee Palace-gardsse, ea Thursday evis to
hear statements is referee°, to • visit to Paestum, fleet
ore of • party cossistieg of Mr. Robert Barbary, LP.,
the Rev. A. 'W. Thorold, Mr. F. A. Bevan, tad Mr. H. F.
Hawker, who made • tour ia the East last autumn. Amon
three prima were—Archileseen Sieclair, Mr. Eft=
sea., Mr. R. Banbury, M.P., General Stuart,
Trotter. Revs. W. Arthur. J. P. Fletcher, Harvey Brooks,
/kr., sod • very larva somber of ladies. The preesedirep
were commenced with prayer by the Rev. W. Arthur. Mr.
Moore then briefly iatroduced the corivereatiou of the even-
ing by Dallis( en Mr. Booker, of Christ's Hospital. who
proceeded to give aa lamaseries murative of the Seaters
tour. The tourists punned Una way to the Holy Land
irti Smyrna, Ephesus, and Repent. At the last-sassed
place, sad is the Lebanon, a stay of a ferniest won made,
sad from times the party visited the nuns of assarthly
grandeur which mark the site of Baalbek. The travellers
nest readied sedan* Dammam The narrative of the
journey was ociatinned from Map to stage, various Wattle
at Scripture fame being neited by the speaker, in coommien
with the facts and lacidsate which endear them to
Bible readers. In the mane et his reworks, Mr.
Rocker described their manner of spending Sitelloy.
At 11 a.m. they were accustomed to have service
user the tests, the emus by their chaplain being
rascally as imposition of a lormitare Mc:idiot ocesossed
with their ratios-place. In the afternoon they celebrated
the Lord's Supper, sad towards evegier they west to some
neighbouring sedum* for latterreeding mid meditation—
also suggested by the loadides around. la the coarse of
his dosing rellectiona, Mr. Hawker noted the oriacidence
that, al ail lint Sunday et their sojourn at Jerusalem, the
isle kir the deg began with s pewee sis guts* milled
he present Mete of the Holy City 0 God, the heatless
come bite thine bawl:lames ; Thy holy temple have
they dettail ; They have laid Jernmlem on lumps."
Be cescloded by aatielpsitinig the milleasisa day when this
would be shined, sad the had spin blows with fertility
and beauty. Thanks having bow voted to Mr.Bowkair. on the
maids ad Mr. Eloise, sessadell br Archideaceo dreelarr. fat
ho fees, the promediage ware closed with the brasdie-
Sim

_IFEBOAT BBILVICES.—During the donee
Ai a ens pus you, pm the boats of the National Lifeboat I
Instllwile• saved elfl from different wrecks on oar meats.
The insiliatton has expended L 19,511 14a. id. in the same
period on hp Likboat wnabUshmsats, in addition to granting
CIAO as rewards to
saving itin shipwrecked persons by he
Ohba& and other mesas. The Committee of the Institution
gararitly APPEAL to Me public far ASSISTANCE, to enable
them to meet the continued heavy demands on the imititation's
140 lifeboat establiabnielita.
Contributions are received by Mara *Ulla and Co., Berries
and Co.. Cootie fad CO.. and b an the London and country
bankers. and by the Secretary, Lewin Losost the In-
stitution. 14. the
Se
AdelnhL
The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this institution will
be held at the London Tavern, liiltestreet, on TUESDAY
nest, the 14th Inst., at 2 o'cdock
Bfs Orate the Duke of AESTEA.T., in the Muth%
MEWLED LEWIS, Secretary.
14..lotaotrest, Adaliht, Mart U.

(MIS MEDAL AWAILDBD.)
ALUM'S PATENT PORTMANTEAUS and
TILATILLING BLOB with sews
Lante WAISDIOBI TIMM. DEMMe mAkoh
Uwe
DEM BOXES, WETTING sad DILIMENO OABIB, sae
IBS dem artleies for
home er 0014113411112 l USIGUINIr insarasSed
esemiegass poet tree.
Alse Allea's Bausch runners Catalogs, et PorteWa Dwd
steeds. Drawees, lag Chasm wirknaatt4rusai. cantons. Ac”
hest tree.
J. W. ALLIS. Iffseetsotarer sad Peleatee. E. Wed Wow&
Loadea. W.O.

JORN BROGDEN begs to make the following
wmasesesimat regarding Ibe VALI:11ot GOLD. feeling per
waded thall the intereitsel the talr near sod the public will
be alike protected by the wide droalatioa of knowledge on the
subject. Gold being divided tale 14 pair or carets, it follows
that gold of
24 carats an., is ,18 oemita..L3 $ 31 9 carats .Elll 10
worth ..E4 4 111 .17 carats.. 3 0 2 8 oasts.. 1 8 84
per meow 114 caress.. Inu I carets .. 14 9
11 carats— 4 I 6 16 nuts.. 211 1 6 watt— 1 1 2/
II card* (British 14 carats.. 2 9 64 6 citrate . 017 11
steedirdi 317 101 IS carats.. 1 4 0 4 carats.. 014 2
IR carats.. $l4 4 12 cants. 1 1 61 8 carats— 010 71
10 cents.. 310 41 11 carers.. 1 19 11 2 rants.. 0 7 1
19 carste.. 17 II MI ousts_ 116 41 1 carat .. 0 1 6
Manufactory, it, Benrletteotrest, Covent-garden. London, W.C.
N.B. Amos made of Water tali Jewellery tar is. each. This
lataldlslussent is domed at II In the evening, and on &aunts>,
at one (kiosk