The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1855.

LAW lIVTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 22,

EQUITY COURTS.

IN THE MATTER OF THE CHELMSFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
The arguments having been concluded,
His Honour gave an elaborate judgment, declining to
adopt either the scheme proposed by the governors of
the school, or that by the ♦ttorney-General, as to the
exemption of children from religious instruction whose
parents objected, and leaving it to the governors and the
bishop of the diocese to make such rules as they thought
best, according to the charter. If the parties were dis-
satisfied with these rules, they might apply for a scheme,
or possibly to the legislature for a special act of Parlia-
ment, as had been done in one case with success.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
PEARCY V. DUCE-SLANDER.
This was an action brought to recover compensation
in damages for certain slanderous words used by the de-
fendant of aad concerning the plaintiff. Defendant
pleaded not guilty, aid justification.
Mr. Serjeant Shea and Mr. Carrington appeared for
the plaintiff ; Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. E. James, and
Mr. Ball represented the defendant.
It appeared from the statement of the plaintiff that be
was the master of the workhouse of East Illtonehouse,
Devonshire, and afterwards became master of the work-
house at Lambeth, where there were from 900 to 1,200
paupers, and generally 250 a day sick. Previous to
August, 1854, there were straw mattresses in the work-
house, t.nd there were then a great many cholera cases.
When the inmates were taken ill they were placed in
flock beds, but the practice was attended with such in-
convenience that it became necessary to burn the beds,
and the stench in doing so was so offensive that it
became dangerous. The plaintiff asked the officers
what would be a good substitute, and in o3nsequence of
their advice straw beds, different to mattresses were in-
troduced. Such beds were used at the workhouse at
Norwood aid at ICast Stonehouse without inconvenience
and with the consent of the Poor-law Commissioners.
There was a good supply of blankets for the use of the
paupers. The defendant was the medical officer at the
workhouse, and in August he only attended eight or nine
times. The plaintiff entreated him to attend more fre-
quently, but still Mr. Diane, the defendant's assistant,
continued to attend for him. The defendant gave no
orders for beds before the 22d of August, and on that
day he came and shook hands with the plaintiff. He
then went to the women's side of the house, and returned
greatly excited, saying, "Are those straw beds ordered
by the guardians The plaintiff answered they were
not, but introduced by himself. The defendant then said
if they were not immediatly removed he would bring in
a body of police, and have them removed, and he would
bring the case before the guardian,. The plaintiff re-
plied he wished he would do so. The defendant then
went down the passage and cried out "You are murder.
ing these people ; you are a brute and a monster, and
not fit to be a master, and I will do all I can to get you
turned out." The plaintiff entreated him not to use such
language in the hearing of the inmates, and went back
to the office, where the defendant followed him, and
where there were several guardians. The defendant re-
peated the words several times in their hearing. From
forty to fifty inmates died during the day. They had
come in in a deplorable condition. The defendant was
called from the office to a patient who was seated
on a chair, and was ordered to the cholera ward.
The plaintiff asked him his name, and requested the
defendant to attend him. The defendant ordered the
man to be removed immediately, but the plaintiff
asked him to wait until the ticket could be made out
that would let the relations know where he was. The
defendant then shook the chair on which the man was,
and on the plaintiff requesting him not to de so he ran
towards the bed-room door. After the plaintiff had
taken the particulars of the siek man, he went up to the
defendant, who, at the plaintiff's request, saw the pa-
tient, and ordered him to be taken to the cholera ward.
The defendant then said, " You will murder that man
as you have the others." The defendant never made
any complaint that day, and this action had been
brought to remove the imputations cast upon the plain-
tiff by the defendant.
Several witnesses having been examined on behalf of
the plaintiff,
Mr. M. Chambers, for the defendant, submitted there
war, no ease on the part of the plaintiff. It was the duty
of the defendant to attend the siek, and having cause for
complaint, he expressed himself in language that was
privileged.
Lord Campbell said the case had better go to a jury.
Mr. Chambers then addressed the jury for the de.
fondant.
Several witnesses having been called on the part of
the defendant,
Mr. Chambers summed up the defendant's evidence.
Mr. Serjeant Ghee then replied.
Lord Campbell, in summing up, said that the words
were not justified, but he thought very small damages
would answer the justice of the case.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 40s

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
FULLER AND OTHERS V. THE GENERAL STRAISI NATIGA.

TION COMPANY.-ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.
This was an action to recover damages for the loss sus-
tained by the plaintiffs, in consequence of their barge
having been swamped by the swell of the defendants'
steamers.

Mr. Serjeant Blies and Mr. Pollock appeared for the
plaintiffs, and Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and another learned
gentleman for the defendants.
-On the 3d August the barge Thomas and Ann,
which was loaded with 4ti tons of iron rails, broke
from her moorings and drifted along the stream,- until
she was carried against some barges at Limehouse.
Whilst in that position the defendant's steamer,
Tourist, came by, and her swell sunk the barge.
Next morning steps were taken to raise her by chains
attached to an empty barge above ; and, while this
process was going on, another steamer of the de-
fendants', the John Bull, came by, and the swell shifted
the barge in the chains, so that she broke in such a
inannerthat it was impossible to repair her, and her cargo
was scattered on the bottom of the river. The plaintiffs
were put to considerable expense in getting up the rails
from the bottom of the river, and they now sought to
recover for that, as well as the loss of the barge.
In the course of the case, the plaintiff's counsel ad-
mitted that he was not entitled to recover, as far as the
sinking on the first occasion by the Tourist was con-
cerned ; but as to the John Bull, his case was that that
vessel had been driven at an improper rate, and had so
caused the damage; and that she had continued her speed
notwithstanding that a handkerchief had been hoisted on
a flagstaff, and a boat had been sent out to hail her, and
warn her to go slower. According to the defendants'
case their vessels bad been properly navigated; that the
John Bull bad been going half speed from Deptford; that
they never saw the boat sent to hail them ; but as soon
as they were bailed from the barge, the engines were
stopped. It was also said that the plaintiffs were impru-
dent in attempting to raise the barge with the iron in
her; that it ought to have been first taken out, and if it
had been, that no serious damage could have occurred
The jury gave a verdict for the defendants.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

CROUCH V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.--
THE "PACKED PARCELS" QUESTION.
Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Browne, and Mr. Macnamara,
appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Bramwell, Mr.
Wordsworth, and Mr. Clarke, represented the defendants.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
compensation in damages from the defendants for refus-
ing in their capacity of "common carriers," to deliver
certain goods which had been given to them for that pur-
pose within a reasonable time ; and that they refused to
carry the said goods without an additional charge. It
appeared that small parcels are collected by the plaintiff
and his various agents at different places throughout the
country, by them packed into large parcels, called
" packed parcels," and forwarded to their destination,
where they are sorted and distributed to the parties to
whom they are addressed. By this the plaintiff saved
considerably on the carriage ; but this mode of conduct-
ing his business had involved him in no less than twenty
different actions with various railway companies, in most
of which he was victorious. The plaintiff in this case had
forwarded a " packed parcel" t© his agent at Leeds, a Mr.
Watson Smith, who refused to pay an additional demand
of es., the proper rate of charge having been previously
paid in London. On another occasion in one of these
packages there was a parcel containing a dress from a
Miss Locke, a dressmaker, to be forwarded to the coun-
try. This parcel never reached the person to whom it
was consigned ; but a considerable time—three or four
months—had elapsed before it was returned to the
plaintiff, by whom it had been delivered at the defend.
ants' railway. Miss Lecke sued the plaintiff in the
county court, where she obtained a verdict for 21. 175.,
seventeen shillings having been allowed for the dress
when returned. On the company refusing on one
occasion to receive a package from the plaintiff's
office, his son called at the companies' booking-office,
the Bull and Mouth, te demand an explanation, and
to ascertain whet was their charge for " packed par-
cels." He was told that they would charge what they
thought fit, and they had further said they did not
recognise such persons as the plaintiff. There were
other small parcel carriers who were dealt with in a like
manner, whilst ether parties were allowed to forward
their parcels, called "enclosures," which were similarly
packed, without any extra charge being required.
Amongst these latter were Delarue, Longman, &c.,
who packed numerous small parcels in one large one,
and seat them to their agents in the country for the
purpose of distribution. It was proved that the plain-
tiff in his trade bad sustained a serious loss by the course
pursued by the defendants towards him.
For the defence evidence was adduced te show that
the charge made to the plaintiff was the usual and ordi-
nary charge, and that there had.been no inequality of
charge for "packed parcels," as between the sums de-
manded of the plaintiff and other persons ; that the
company had in 1851, in accordance with the powers
granted them under the act of Parliament, issued a no•
tice that an extra charge would in future be made for
" packed parcels ;" and that in 1853 a notice was served
upon the plaintiff, together with others conducting their
business in a similar manner, to the effect that " all
suspected parcels" would be charged five times the rate
of ordinary parcels.
Mr. Wordsworth, in the absence of Mr. Bramwell,
having summed up the evidence for the defence,
Mr. J. Browne replied.
2lr. Baron Martin, in leaving the case to the jury,
said they must be guided by the judgment of Mr. Ba-
ron Parke, in " Pickford Y. the Grand Junction Rail-
way Company," in which it was decided that railway
companies were bound to act for those who employed
til:esmingainedpcs,aog
rkaeryt,heir goods, and were compelled to con-
form to a reasonable charge. The risk of carrying a
number of small parcels in. one "packed parcel" was
not greater than that incurred in the conveyance of
as it was very doubtful if an action

could be maintained in the event of the loss of the
parcels in the "packed parcel" by each of the indivi-
duals to whom they were consigned. There could be
but one action against the company. He did not con-
sider it right for railway companies to go en from year
to year acting in direct opposition to decisions of that
character. They ought to take it as a liter, and act upon
it. The Bth of Vict., c. 20, sec. 90, enacted that railway
companies should have no monopoly, and that all tolls
and rates should be equally charged. The defendants
had issued notice that they would charge 5 times the
ordinary rate for "packed parcels," which meant par-
cels from various consigners to various consignees, and
not parcels from one consigner to another consignee ;
and the question was, was there any difference between
one " packed parcel" and another ? It was for the jury
to say whether there ought to be any further charge on
"packed parcels" than any other, and whether there was
any difference between parcels called "enclosures" and
those sent by the plaintiff. They had heard all the
evidence, and he would not detain them by reading
it over. He would leave to them these question,,
on which he would ask their verdict,---first, had
a reasonable charge been tendered to the com-
pany by the plaintiff; secondly, had there been an
equality of charge on the part of the company as be-
tween the plaintiff and other parties, for instance, De-
lame and Lengaians, who had sent parcels which were
called "enclosures ;" thirdly, had the plaintiff sustained
any loss of business by reason of the conduct of the de-
fendant ? Theo as to Mies Locke's dress, it, was clear
the plaintiff had paid 2/. and expenees, and in reference
to that damages of 4/. or 51, would probably be sufficient.
Should the jury be of opinion that a reasonable sum
had been tendered by the plaintiff for the carriage of
his parcels, then they would give such damages as
would induce the defendants to carry the case to a
higher tribunal.

After an absence of three quarters of an hour, the jury
returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff on the
first count--damages ls. ; for the plaintiff on the second
count, as to the detention of the dress, 51. ; for the
plaintiff on the next count, damages, 40.3. ; and for the
plaintiff on the count alleging loss of business by reason
of the conduct of the defendants, 2001. They also
found that the company had made unequal charges as
between the plaintiff and other persons who had for-
warded " enclosures" or " packed parcels."

THE WEATHER, THE .PA REA &v.

EXTRAORDINARY PYROTECHNICAL DIS•
PLAY ON THE SERPENTINE RIVER, &c.

Probably many persons living in this great metropolis
have never taken a walk along the banks of the Serpen-
tine River in Hyde-park ; if they have not, it is neces-
sary to state that the waters from the east end of the
park to what is termel the ornamental bridge, and which
separates Kensingtor-gardens from the Royal park, is
just half a mile in length, and some hundred feet in width.
A space of such magnitude, it is hardly necessary to
state, could afford accommodation for several thousand
sliders and skaters, tat bad it been known previously
that such an extraorlinary performance as we are about
to narrate was to hsve taken place yesterday, there is
not the least doubt bit as many persons would have been
present as were in tte park when her Majesty opened
the Great Exhibitionin the year 1851. As it was, how-
ever, not more thanfrom 2,000 to T,OOO persons were
present, but the seem was of such magnificence that it
would be extremely lifficult accurately to describe.
All of a sudden, after the Royal Humane Society's
icemen had finished the duty of the day, and had, with
few exceptions, left for their respective habitations in
different parts of Lozdon, the sound of music was heard
on the Serpentine, aid on Mr. Superintendent Williams
hastening out of the receiving-house he beheld (to use
his own words) a spectacle he had never before witnessed,
for a splendid brassbaed came upon the ice, being at-
tended by upwards o a thousand persons, each holding
a lighted flambeau, of link, in hand. In the course of
a few minutes sundrj tents were stretched upon the ice,
immense coke fires vere made, innumerable barrels of
beer, and other creatire comforts, were publicly exposed
for sale, which gave the ice the appearance of some
great fair.
Several hundred gontlemen, with lamps buckled in
front of their coats, is, the first instance led the way, ap-
parently for the purpose of examining the ice surrounded
by the torch-lighters, and the band at the same time
playing " Cheer boys, cheer." After passing from the
railings to the Kensngton-gardens bridge, the parties
turned round, when slinost simultaneously the whole of
the park became briliantly illuminated, as hundreds of
rockets, serpents, toman lights, squibs, catherine
wheels, and other descriptions of fireworks, were ignited, ,
and some other pyrotechnics were fired, which re-
sembled the discharge of a park of artillery, and which
made the frozen surface to heave to and fro like a ship
in distress.
Mr. Williams at once got Mr. Deputy-superintendent
Parsons to his aid, vhea right along a walk of consider-
able extent on the he, red, "blue, crimson, and green
fires were made up, which reflected a light over the
whole of Hyde-park, As to the several gentlemen (and
it is understood there were several noblemen) on the
ice, skating, they Icoked far from being human beings.
The long skating space having been gone over, the
band struck up several quadrilles and polkas, which
were kept time to by those present, amongst whom
were not a few ladies. The whole performance, how-
ever, passed off without any accident beyond that of a
young person falling upon the ice, by which he broke his
arm. He was taken to the receiving house, and after-
wards to St. George's Hospital, to have the fracture
reduced.

It is intended, -should the frost continue, to hare a
repetition of this extraordinary performance.
The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's re-
ceiving-house was during the ❑ight of Wednesday 161
deg., being 151 deg. below freezing point. At 9 a.m.
yesterday it stood at 19 deg., and at 12 at noon it was
28. deg. At night it was descending rapidly. The
barometer was 29 dog. 87 min., just four hundredths
higher than the preceding day.
The wind yesterday morning was N.N.E., and at 9
o'clock a.m. a dense fog enveloped Hyde-park, so that it
was impossible to see across the Serpentine. The fog
cleared away about ten o'clock, when the wind changed,
and continued to veer considerably to different points of
the compass during the after part •f the day. About
10,000 sliders and skaters are reported by the Royal
Humane Society ;o have gone on the ice in the park
yesterday, including many noblemen and gentlemen be-
longing to the Skating Club. Six persons were severely
injured by falling on the ice, who received attendance at
the receiving-home. The Round Pond had on it about
1,200, and the Regent's Park had between 13,000 and
14,000 ; at the latter place several received surgical
attendance at the marquee of the Royal Humane
Society.

St. James's Park had on the iee between 9,000 and
10,000, and 13 persons were injured by being cut in the
head or temples.

At the leList, three parts of the Thames are now frozen
over, and neither steamer nor small craft can be navi-
gated up or down the river. Ten thousand dock
labourers, employed only in the neighbourhood of Dept-
ford, are thrown out of work ; and, if the weather
should continuo for three or four days longer, the priva-
tions of the poor will be very great.
Up to a late hour last (Thursday) evening there was
no abatemeat in the frost. The wind continued N.N.E.,
with 8 degrees of frost. Lloyd's agent at Deal tele-
graphed to London yesterday, for the information of
Lloyd's, " that largo fields of floating ice had been en-
countered by vessels in the Downs ;" while another
passage from the same port to Lloyd's states, " the
Downs is partly covered with large fields of floating
hummocky ice, about a foot thick, upon which several '
persons have been walking."
The navigation of the Thames may be considered as
stopped, except to the large steam-ships, which continue
to force a passage through the fields of floating ice.
Upwards of 500 la,!en colliers from the north are
lying at anchor below Gravesend, in the various sec-
tions, unable to come up the river.
The different basins in the East and West India
Docks, as also the Londoi sad Commercial Docks, with
the shipping in them, are frozen up.

LIVERPOOL.—The wind has shifted about a good deal
during the last three or four days, and an early change
in the weather is predicted. There was less ice on the
river yesterday, but the wind blew piercingly cold from
the south-east. There were indications of an impending
heavy fall of of snow. Gans of mon continue to visit
the outskirts for the purpose of demanding mony, but
the police arrangements are so effectivo that daily appre-
hensions are made, and the peace of the town is pre-
served.

SOUTHAMPTON.—The frost at this pert continues, but
not with that severity hitherto experienced. Yesterday
men were engaged in breaking up and forcing into the
river large quantities for the purpose of clearing the
docks, me as to enable business to be proceeded with in
its usual way.
YonsesHistz.—lu all parts Navigation is suspended by
the accumulation of ice in the rivers and canals, which
are now generally turned into skating grounds. Snow
has fallen in several places since Monday, but not to any
considerable extent. The thermometer in the daytime
has generally ranged within a degree or two over or
under the freezing point, and at night it has sunk to a
minimum of 20 degrees.
Lame.—The frost continues in this neighbourhood
with undiminished severity, and on Wednesday night
the Vierrnorneter fell again as low as 9 degrees.
NICW(USTLE-ON-Trlili.—The wind on Wednesday again
veered round to the N.E., with moor. The Tyne is still
covered with ice above bridge, and the traffic is entirely
stopped between Blaydon, Stella, and other up-the-
water villages and the shipping in the lower reaches of
the river. There was probably never so much shipping
on the North Sea at one time as on Saturday and Sun-
day nights, as the favourable winds and spring tides
cleared the northeast coal ports on Friday and Satur-
day of very large fleets of laden vessels which had been
accumulating coring several weeks.
MIRDAL.—The intense cold still continues without
abatement. The canal and Kent are thronged daily
with skaters and sliders, especially those parts of the
Kent known by the names of Long Draught and Church
Dubs. A bonfire was lighted at the latter place on
Monday, to the great delight of a aumerous company,
including many of the fair sex. In the neighbourhood
of the town the severity of the weather seems to increase.
Windermere Lake has been frozen for some days, and
A
has acquired sufficient firmness to allow persons to cross
it with safety.
HALISWORTN, SUFFOLK.—
self-registering ther-
mometer, placed about three feet elevation from the
reached 5 degrees below zero (37 degrees of frost) during
ground in a sheltered position with north aspect,
the night of Saturday last, the 17th, and on Sunday
morning, half-past 8, marked 2 degrees below zero (34
degree. of frost).

BANK ITETU.ANt

An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh aid eighth
Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average .Amount of Bank
Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales, in Circulation during the Week siding Satur-
day, the th day of Feb., 1855 :- Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co.
Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,426
Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copenaan 4,712
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 29,398
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Ce
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-
Seymour, Lamb, and Co.
Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 36,816
3ewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker,
and Co
ilicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - -Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir-
mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,409
Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 6,932
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 70,333
Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,947
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L
Sealey
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co
Breseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy-
cott, and Co.
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par-
rott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and
Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney,
and Co.
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 26,001
Bath City Bank, Bath--G. Moger and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co , $7,937
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire -H
A. and W. M. Harris and Co.
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 65,449
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Berrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
J. Worlledge
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 18,218
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge-Messrs. Fosters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
Co I 82,618
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris
and Sons 22,494
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Costa and Son 1,380
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 16,254
Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and
Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank,
Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 34,309
Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 47,646
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 6,322
City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 19,265
Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and
Co
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 9,071
Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 10,989
Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 39,354
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locks
and Co
Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster
-Cooke and Co
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton
en-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 84,666
Devonport Bank, Devonport--Hodge and Co 9,895
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester-R. and H. Williams
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos-
ter, and Co
East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co
Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank
Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 46,808
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 30,108
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk-
beck, and Co 21,424
Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 8,205
Farnham Bank, Farnham - Messrs Knight .. 12,122
Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,561
Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and
Keen
Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 3,420
Grantham Bank, GlAntham-Hardy and Co 1111,219
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder,
and eo.
114,175
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-
Matthews and Co.
Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams
and Co.
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank,
Hull, Smith, Brotherg, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting
don-Rust and Veaseys
Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and
Co.
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead
--Smith and Whittingetall
Hertfordshire, llitchin Bank, Hitchin -
Sharpies, and:Co.
Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and
Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford-
Morgan and Co
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtre• and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-
Alexanders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall,
and Co. 16,766
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-
Davies and Co.
Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co
Ynaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough-Terry and Co.
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and
Sons
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C
Harvey and Son 5, 447
Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co.
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams,
Brown and Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 30,090
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 28,124
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene 9,440
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 98,383
Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan-
dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle-
ton and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barbe and
Co.
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn
Regis-Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-
Jarvis and Co
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst
and Co.
Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and
Co.
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tan-
ner and Co
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and
Son
Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co
Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre-
con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co
Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock,
• and Co
Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny & Slocock
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket--Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Co
Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk
Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons
Norwich and STorfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur-
neys and Birkbeck
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co
Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth-Harris
and Co.
New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co
Nottinghamßank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith
and Co.
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westry-Croxon and Co
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons,
and Co.
Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ten-
bridge-T. H. and S. Beaching
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W
Clinch and Co.
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank
and Beverley Bank, Hull-Peaso and Co
Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough-D. Yorke and Co.
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and
W. Walters.
Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co
Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy,
andCo
Richinoni Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co
Reehdale Bank, Rechdale-Clement, Royds,
and Co.
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter-Day and Nicholson
Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham cad Sons
Ituglej Beak, Rtkzley-A. Bublia and -
Rye Bulk Foot Cee'" e-4?

32,306
9,71 A

11,706

13,215

. 23,574

8,538
39,196

21,954

12,637

49,880

64,771
6,501

20,754

74,683

47,502

98,143
55,590

17,255

22,964

54,760

5, 736

23,368

21,043
21,969

70,288

.... 25,180
8,914

37,865

8,982

21,480

6,777

3,578

37,115

13;129

14,331

2,786

8,152
18,206

30,216

13,196
25,010

51,110
22,385

18,461

49,011

75,710

9,784
5,448

24,947
11,912

29,400

10,869

$3,898

8,099

10,800

47,2E1
11,064

7,923

12,870
31,355

29,652
6,995

4,776

3,877
13,585
10,166
1,165

Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, liters Mac-
dougal and Al'away
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Gibsons and Co.
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
o
Mcarbonagh Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and Co.
Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytens,
and Co.
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourae
—Vallance and Co.
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Pearce
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co
Seuthampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co.
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and
Co
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley and Co.
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
--Beck, Downward, and Co.
Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—lZolph and Co.
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton -
llunsford and Co.
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and
Co
Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring-
wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led-
gard and Sons
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges,
Wells, and Co,
War wick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
K. Greenway and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox,
Brothers, and Co
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co 48,2
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce
Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurneys and Co
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and
W. Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and-Holyoake
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven-
der, and Co
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old
Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and
Co
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley,
Turner, and Co
Walsall Old Bank, .Walsall—Charles Forster
and Sons
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R
and W. F. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys,
Birbeck, and Co
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart,, and
Co
York Bank, York— Swann, Clough, and Co

e, 716

68,811

8,63

50,885

12,974
43,247

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
sank of Westmorland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Biadford Banking Company, Bradford
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company,
Bradford
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, %Kan-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Darbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Corn-
pony, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company,
Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley 36,693
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company,
Derby
19,192
Darlington Distiiet Joint üb.soli. D.nkinz Com-
pany, Darlington
1t4,1111S
East of England Bank, Norwich 24,490
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 152,761
Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,553
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 32,023
Hull Banking Company, Hull 28,250
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,302
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax
Helston Banking Company, Helston
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough 28,012
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,002
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 52,678
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 23,315
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 76,250
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 50,185
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors 11,641
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,855
Moore and Robinson s Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham 25,388
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union
Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
432,750
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,633
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 79,731
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company,
Leicester
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,09
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
port
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company,
Sheffield
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking
Company, Sheffield 50,458
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond
Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes-
bury
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking
Company, Wolverhampton 14,179
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake-
field
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven 26, 62
Warwick and Leamington Banking Company,
Warwick
West of England and South Wales District
Bank, Bristol 77,906
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 71,38
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch 6,822
Worcester City and County Banking Com-
pany, Worcester 8,875
York Union Banking Company, York 71,492
York City and County Basking Company, 95,048
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 123,39
P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Eeturna.
Inland Revenue, Somerset House,
Feb. 13,1855.

8,078
9,548
48,151

9,125
31,123

18,446

62,107

10,03

83,576

9,507

24,740
14,858

40,500
1,453
19,416

83,39

23,908
41,006

.... 858,270
43,729

56,416

21,700

50,6

9,772

12,304

12,220

A "MYSTERIOUS DISAPPIARANCH."—The Chelten-
ham Examiner says :--During the last ten days a fruit-
ful source of local gossip has been furnished by the
"mysterious disappearance" of Mr. T. W. Chandler,
one of our leading solicitors. About a fortnight ago,
however, it began to be whispered about that Mr.
Chandler had suddenly left Cheltenham, and nobody
knew of his whereabouts. The first positive intelligence
of his defalcations was the discovery that a number of
mortgage deeds he bad lodged with various parties
were not what they purported to be ; in fact, that the
parties signing them, and the properties assigned by
them, were altogether of a fictitious character. Further
inquiries being set on foot, it was discovered that other
securities of a more personal nature were equally ficti-
tious, and at one of the banks, in particular, five notes of
hand for 500/. each, and a bond for 2,0001., all purport-
ing to be signed by Mr. Chandler's mother, and by a
gentleman of large property in Cheltenham, are now as-
certained to be forgeries. In short, there is no knowing
to what extent these frauds have been perpetrated ; it
is, however, rumoured that two of our local banks are
sufferers in the aggregate to nearly 5,0001., and that his
total liabilities in the town (many of our principal trades-
men being victimised to a serious extent) amount to
upwards of 10,0001. As a proof of the strange infatua-
tion under which be was acting, we may mention that
Mr. Chandler was endeavouring—up to almost the day
of his fleghs—to get himself appointed one of the sheriffs
for the city of London I He was also negotiating a very
large loan on the security of some alleged property in
Devonshire, but which property now turns out—like
that described in the mortgage deeds already alluded to
-to two nit real (miaow,.