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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ETENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1853,

be the answer of many. By Parliament ! Has Par-
liament the necessary wisdom, when many of its
members do not belong to the Church, and know
little and care less about its interests and its belief?
Has Parliament the energy and the time to spare for
the special attention these subjects require ? Can
it leave the secular interests of the nation in
abeyance the while ? If every day were devoted
to these objects, the session would not suffice for
them all. How much less when all that could be
hoped for would be an occasional 'night given to
' the debate of some modicum of patchwork got up
by a particular member. Has Parliament the
unanimity necessary to carry measures of a truly
Church character ? Has Parliament the funds ?
If it vote away public money for Church objects,
will they not be denuded of all the distinctive
verities of the Catholic Church, and so be worse
than useless ? The fact is, the Church is not to be
reformed by Parliamentary legislation. It may be
cut and clipped, and rationalised, and robbed, and
degraded, and secularised, and re-distributed, by
Parliament, but it can in no religious sense be re-
formed, nor in any just way be extended by the
active agency of the Legislature. Only the Church
can reform the Church ' • only the Church can, in
any true sense, extend the Church. The powers
of Parliament may aid and foster, permit and
legalise, but . they cannot plant or build. They
may form territorial allocations and call them
parishes, but a spiritual mission alone can
occupy them for God. They may erect buildings
and call them churches, but they cannot call down
the celestial fire to glow upon their altars. They
may appoint ministers, and pay them well; and
protect them boldly, and educate them with the
la'cest appliances of the age, but they must go to
the successors of the apostles for the mission to ad-
mit members by baptism, and to minister " the
strengthening and refreshing" gifts of the other
sacrament. Where spiritual mission 'is, there is
the Church. But spiritual mission Parliament
can neither give nor take away, nor can it kindle
that zeal and self-denial without which the sacri-
fices by which the Church is built up will never be
made. It can but legalise the spiritual acts of the
Church, and prevent by statute the encroachment
of the ecclesiastical and civil power upon the
jurisdiction of each other. The Church, then,
must turn to other sources than Parliament for
the instruments of her extension. By whom, then,
shall the work be done ? By societies, will be a
popular reply. By voluntary committees and paid
secretaries. But what is the source of their
authority, the rule of their action, and the pro-
spect of their success ? Shall we have a society
for each object, or one for all ? Reforms in the
Church must carry with them a force that shall
bind the conscience, and at the same time be good
in law. Parliamentary statutes can effect the
latter ; but neither Parliament, nor all the volun-
tary societies that ever existed, could, in spiritual
things, secure the former. Besides, experience
proves that societies, on the whole, are not suc-
cessful in proportion to the work they have to do,
and the sacred motives to which they appeal. Can
a society be found more capable of doing good in
our populous parishes, more unexceptionable in its
constitution, or more simple in its operation, than
the Society for the employment of Additional
Curates ? And, yet, at this moment, it has hun-
dreds of crying cases which it cannot assist ; and a
statement has been the round of the papers show-
ing how inadequately it is supported. Take the In-
corporated Society for Building Churches. What is
required to set the work goingis not a paltry sum at
the rate oflOs, or 20s. asitting in aid of localexertions
but a large and adequate grant which shall meet the
fullest necessities of a new parish. Yet the society
just named posseses an income scarcely exceeding
160,0001. The number of churches required to be
built is; by a Parliamentary return, shown to be
about six hundred. What effectual aid can a so-
ciety so circumstanced afford to such a demand ?
'Much of the same kind could be proved of all the
societies usually called " religious." Some, indeed,
as the Church Missionary Society, and the Society
for Propogating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, can
boast of an income exceeding 100,0001. ; but wlat
i§ this in relation to the magnitude of the work
they set before them ? What we are Concerned to
prove is, that, in every case of volunthry societies '
formed to extend the ministrations of the Church;
the means and resources are deficient beyoad all
comparable proportion to the purposes proposed to
be accomplished.
Once more then, by whom is. the great work,
which all admit to be before u.l, to be done !
By the Church, and by the Church alone. The
Church only ham: the right, and the power, and
the proniises, and the gifts, and the energy,
and the means of reaching the motives and con-
sciences of-men. Her seed is in herself. Par-
lianient is not the Church. Societies are not the
Church. But the Convocation is the Church
by representation. Not that the Convocation of
Canterbury is the Convocation of the whole Church ;
but the two Convocations of the two provinces, in
one Synod, or in one purpose and work, are as
much the Church- by representation as the two
Houses of Parliament are the nation.

To the Convocation, sooner or later, this work
must be referred. Why may it not begin at once ?
Is it to be maintained fora' moment that the Church
should ,need reform and extension, and have within
herself the means of both, and 'yet be bidden to
look out herself to secular legislation or volun-
tary societies ? Such a principle, we venture to
say, is never acted upon in any matter of ordinary
or secular interest—then. why in thus' instance ?
There is not a shadow of doubt that the Convoca-
tion of Canterbury can proceed to this work, if only
the bishops, and especially the archbishops, will
give the opportunity. No licence is required for
the purpose, no injury to the State could come of
it, and, no interference would probably be offered
by the Crown to a prolonged session, if the Arch-
bishop would. throw the weight of his high station
into the cause.

(Pront the Morning Herald.)

The straw is moving. The velvet smoothness
and repose on which the happy family, for a few
days fancied . they were •destined to repose, have
been roughly shaken and disturbed, as though by
the carpet on which they were so comfortably squat-
ting being suddenly drawn from under them. Of
this there are, as the meeting of Parliament ap-
proaches,
divers ominous and infallible indications
supplied by yesterday's newspaper. " A Cabinet
Council was held on Saturday. The Council sat
four hours." This significant announcement is ac-
companied in the Times by a long, elaborate, lugu-
brious leading article, evidently dictated from
Downing-street after the aforesaid prolonged, and
doubtless harmonious, Cabinet Council—the object
of which is a vain attempt to bamboozle the Radi-
cals by staving off the " Reform Bill " for another
year ! By turns they are in that article attempted
to be bullied and cajoled ; but no one can fail to
see the trepidation of the write/. And his official in-
structors. Finally, having dealt as best he may
with his quondam allies, whom he sees stunly
sheering off as the battle-hour approaches, he turns
with an impudent, but piteous whine towards
" the Protectionist party"--who are told that they are able, if they be so minded, to take Up 4 posi-
tion of dignified and disinterested independence:"
Oh, dear, how very good of them it -would be to do
so, in the exact nick of time, 'and thus cordially
respond to the entreaties of lqr. Gladstone on the
night of the division which pitched him, for a mo-
ment, again into power.
We say to our friends of the great and true Con-
servative party, Bide your time. Of faction you
are incapable, but forbearance has its limits. Con-
tinue as you are, united and determined ; and let
us gee 'what those can do, after all, who dreamed
of carrying on the Government by a Cabinet of in-
compatibilities. •

GOLD FOUND n AREA-N.—We learn that a corjrse of
prospecting has been going on of late on thrd 'Nand of
Arran, under the instruction of the Dulr:e of Hamilton
the proprietor, and that gold has actually been found
near the nor+l end ; to what extent, however, we are
not yet at;Le to say.-----Millt Britiah, Mail.
Cr.AILD MURDER, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE
Y....0T11ER.-:-.011 Saturday, at an inquest taken by Mr.
r Baker, the , coroner, at
.the Victory, Kingsland-road,
Shoreditch, information was communicated to hirn by
Mr. Meadows summoning offieer of the .parish, of the fol-
lowing extraordinary case of child Murder in the Regent's
Canal, Il•aggerstone, by the unfortunate mother, and of
the attempW suicide of th* latter, who is at present
lying in Shoreditch Wti-hhouse, where she was removed,
after haying been Prevented effecting self-destruction.
It appears that on Tuesday morning last, about 11 o'clock,
as serseinen were passing down Great Cambridge-street,
Itaggerstone, near the bridge which traverses the Queen's-
road, they observed a female, who was holding a bundle
in her hand, plunge into the canal. Several of them went
to her assistance, and succeeded in bringing her to the
towing' path. While they were so engaged, an infant was
observed to be struggling in. the water, and which had
dropped out of the handkerchief in which it had been
wrapped. The poor baby soon sank. Some persons,
who were in a state of astonishment ..at the extra-
ordinary scene, tried to rescue it, but without success.
The mother was taken to the Acorn public-house Great
Cambridge-street, where she was put to bed. The next
day the, unfortunate young woman was removed to
Shoreditch workhouse, and has been attended to by Mr.
Clarke, the hOuse-surgeon. She still remains in a very
precarious state. The name of the young woman is
Mary Ann Capron, and she resided at No. 7, James-,
street, Coal Harbour-street, Hackney-road. She is a
single woman, about 26 years of age, and very respect.
ably connected. She was delivered of the child about
five o'cloCk on the morning of Tuesday, unknown to Iva.
parents, who charged her with having been enciente, rend
who suspected that her delivery had taken place, which
she denied. She left her home unknown to themk hay.;
ing folded her infant up in a blue handkerchief.

AN INDIAN " IMPOSSIBILITY."

We take the following extract from a pamphlet upon
the Government of India, recently published by Mr.
Dickinson : _

"Lord speaks of the Court not having been
able to provide money for public works, while they were
struggling for existence in India, although they could
for wars which they were compelled to carry on at: all
risks. But this begs the whole question, which is—were-
they, by neglecting the public works, enabled to carry
on their wars, or were they so miserably poor and
swamped in their means because they neglected the
public works ? They are two very different things—the
carrying on new and extensive improvements, and the
keeping old works in repair. We will first take up the
latter. To say they could not find money for them is
nonsense. The works themselves provided money from
year to year, and if the repairs were not executed the
works did not yield their proper returns. Now, Tanjore
was the only district in this Presidency where the works
were kept in thorough repair. To give you some idea
of the extent to which this neglect was carried, the large
irrigation works in this district were never cleared out
for thirty or forty years, by which an, entire dis-
trict was half ruined, My predecessor cleared out
one mile at a cost of 7,000 rupees 47001.), and
the revenue of the Talook (county) rose immediately
from 70,000 rupees to much above a laci (7,0001. to
10,0001.) Probably 500 rupees a year (501.) would have
kept the channels clear ; and for want of this, 30,000 or.
40,000 rupees a-year were lost (3,0001. or 4,000/.) This
has been the state of things. In 1827 I found a channel
that entered two Talooks filled up six feet, so that when
it ought to have had eight feet of water in it, it had only
two. The revenue had fallen from three to four lace to
one lac ; when it was cleared out the revenue rose in two
or three years about one and a half lac of rupees. One
or two thousand rupees would have kept this clear.
Thousands of works are at this moment out of repair, the
repairs of which would not have cost one year's increase
of revenue, though they have been neglected so many
years. This has been the state of things : what nonsense
it is to talk of their not being able to find money. But
their own acts answer the question. All buildings are
kept in repair. How could they find money for this ?
And how did they find money for Tanjore ? About
40,000 rupees a-year were spent in keeping up the works.
Where did the money come from 1 Of course, from the
district itself. It they had not spent the 40,000 rupees,
they would have lost two or three lace ; but further, they
spent steadily in Tanjore about 40,000 rupees in improve-
ments, by which, on an average, they just about obtained
a permanent increase of revenue of 40,000 rupees per
annum. Thus no outlay at all was required for keeping
these works in repair, nor even for a constant course of
improvement. Why should not this have been done in
every district ? The fact is, the Company were without
money for their wars, because they neglected to keep in
repair the old works upon which the revenue depended.
But they might and ought to have gone much further
than this, for without a very large expenditure at once,
a system of improvement might have been kept up, as
in Tanjore, that would have steadily yielded from 50 to
100 per cent. To confound such a proceeding with the
outlay of a vast capital, which after a few years will re-
turn 5 per cent., and then say the 'Company could not
spend money for public works, is merely throwing dust
in their own and other people's eyes. But this is not
the strongest point of the case. They did not take the
least pains to prevent famine. To say nothing of the
death of a quarter of a million of people in Guntoor, the
Public Works Committee, in their report, calculate that
the loss in money by the Guntoor famine was 216 lacs,
more than two millions sterling. If they could find
money to supply these losses they could have found a
hundredth part of the sum to prevent them. But now
with respect to works of actual improvement of consi-
derable extent. These works have much more than pail
their own way ; not a rupee has been taken from the
general treasury, but,, on the contrary, seven lace paid
into it. A schedule of Various new works executed of late
years has just been printed, the average return from which
has been 50 per'cent., counting from the first execution
of the works, though of course in the first year or two
their full effects were not developed, and this in direct
revenue. Of course the indirect revenues are increased
also ; and the increase of private property far exceeds
- that gained by Government. But just look at this
case ; the saleable value of land in Tanjore has increased
much more than a million sterling since the Anicuts
were built—the land is now saleable at about 50 rupees
an acre. The land in this delta has as yet been unsale-
able ; it is much licher than that of Tanjore, much bet-
ter supplied with water 'by its river, and has'a fine safe
port, so -that when oar works are in full operation, and
the population. has; filled up, which it will do with great
rapidity, the lands ought to be worth at least 60 rupees
an acre, or seven millions sterling for the whole irrigated
tract. This will give you some idea of what public
works are here. Let us take another case, viz., transit. -
On 'the western road from Madras, say for 60 miles be-
fore the roads divide, there is now a traffic of about 500
tons a day, I believe 180,000 a-year, it costs 30,000
rupees a mile, or about 18 lace a-year. This might be
carried on a, canal for nne lac ; here are 17 lacs a-year
lost in- 60 reiles of transit, and this is going on
throughout the 'Presidency ! Is it surprising
that en such a ' system of managing the country,
the people are poor, and the Government poor ; how
could it be. otherwise / I am eertian that if 50 lacs
a-year had been. spent in public works hero, there
would have been all along an immense additional in-
crease of revenue, and the country would' by this time
have been a complete contrast to what it now is. Lord
thinks it would be better not to blame the Govern-
ment ; how can we possibly point out how improve-
ment can be made without proving that there has been
neglect before ? If such immense sums can he obtained,
there must have been some stupid, merciless system be-
fore." (Remember that, reader 1 that phrase is written
by one 'of the most distinguished men in India.) "What
inconceivable folly it is to shut our eyes to facts, and not
to take advantage of discovery, because Ir we do, it
would imply that those who Went - before us coin- ,
mitted blunders, The discovery of gold. in California
and Sydney proves strange blindness in those who '
had been living so many years in thnSe localities,
but that does not prevent men digging it up now.
The mine which exists in this country will bear com-
petition, with those gold discoveries. An expenditure
of 30,000/. et 40,000/. in Tanjore, besides the
enormous Increase in direct revenue, had added Mitch
more than a million sterling to the property of the pro-
vince. If a man who could earn SOC. A-year in other ways
went to the diggings, and there obtained gold to the
value of 9001. a-year, the world would ring with it; yet
it would not equal the profits in Tanjore ; and here they
perished
r iianbskho uendto publicnabeitsteerrawbo olfyrhkiosi n
sf; ifesaut
all eitnht
famine;
in
through
y so humble
premise very far to exceed that. Lord ---, Wendei's at
and unmoved in a district where 250,000
:tour Government, and see it exposed every
eimilar occurrence ?" (Remember that, reader I)
hrt°ousugphiptohsee
illihaMe a
riym;
neglect
i}oht
as
ie
had
adomft
" If his lordship had been living in the midst of the dis-
trict at the time, like one of our civilians, and had had
every morning to clear the neighbourhood of his house
of hundreds of dead bodies of poor creatures who had
struggled to get !leal. the European in hopes that there
perhaps they might find food, he would have realised
things beyond what he has seen in his —shire park,"

—Asesrl serious
b
ios loss
too
yA
niVttlisSnig.,Br ta
oitritnu.
Dgene6
destruction of a French vessel by fire, t3he
DkEpslTaßce ucT
yie°sNterOdva
schooner called the Zelinia, Vie:Act, pilaster was a fine
er and was
bound to London from Nantes, With wine,and
cargo of merchandise. tilie at length took' a general
he around
No. 3 and No. 4 st 7; s
cion t
, some okir miles t
the westward of the 7,.T
.ess. The fire had Obtained, how-
ever, too powerf...-di a hold Of the Craft to adMit
of her pre,
"....er ration, The flames Continned extend
over `*easel until at iragth the *is burnt to the
water's' edge. tt is gratifying iti add, however, that
the crew and all those who assisted in endeavolwing to
stay Ili* 'eodngration, succeeded in re?,,,z.liin-
g the shore
in.satety, not a life being lost. Li.
present the taMle of
the fire has not transpired; The unfortunate ship and
cargo are reported to have been insured for considerable
sums.
RESCUR FROM DROWNING.—ItumANt AfiD Ittilorc
CONDUCT or AN OrrrcEn.— We should, indeed, take
great shame to ourselves did *e omit to mention, and
_that in terms of the highest possible commendation, the
humane and heroic Conduct of Captain Grierson, edni-
manding officer a the 15th depot, quartered licit+, who
under Providence, was the instrument of saving the life
of a young lad on Saturday last. The "Lord's .17;,:oiet,
pool of inconsiderable depth and extend
Out
which, Ly the continuous and heavy rains far this winter,
has 'oeerilOo a lake,, sitkiated on the eastern
end of our taronverta green, immediatly close to and over the
canal, and apparently supplied by a spring somewhat
licAr its centre, has been from time imMellintiat the
theatre where the youth of our town, hut having the
fear of broken pones or wet Jackets before theit eyes,
took lessz,ns in the slippery art of skating and sliding
Whenever frost converted it into ri field Sititible roi such
I purposes, The frost of.the two or thilde precedltig nights
having, in the opinion di' the jiiVeniles, imparted on the
day named the rrecesSary degree of firmness to its surface,
a considerable number of them were amusing themselves
timn it, when one unfortunate wight, carried away by
the excitement of the moment, 'incautiously approached:
too near the spring, where,- the ice being Wit raid
weak, it suddenly gave way under his weight, at once
precipitating him in the deepest portion of the pond,
and where the water was ,considerably beyond his depth.
Rising to the surface, he continued to catch hold Of
the table ice, but either through fright Or :cold, fir both
combined, he made no further efforts to extricate himselfj;
and as his companions, influenced most likely by the
same feelings, also seemed incapable of affording him any
assistance, contenting themselves merely with acting the
part of passive spectators, his situation waS t'iori
meat becoming not only more painful Mit VAMP. An the
extreme. Fortunately at this jAingAiftt Clapt. Grierson,
who was coming from th'6 barracks, seeing the commo-
tion about the poud, :fished down, and perceiving the
perilous position or the boy, and, also, that 'rile ihO
bystanders, of whom there was a goodly Kniligi On the
banks iof the pond, were willing te ilsk their lives or
subject themselves to a Wottilli?,' ';vith the thermometer at
the freezing point, in an attempt to save the lad, bolds-
and- at once plung°!3.4 into „the water, broke un
e Ice in
his
inifflealati) -vicinity, severely lacerati:,
g his hands In
his effort?,i and after considerablq danfer and difficulty
guoceP-'
edn dragging him ashore in al but an exhansted
Vvrodition. Not content with doing thingijhytalites, hd
did not stop even here, but had him at once conveyed to
a neighbouring house, wrapped up in blarikets, and re;
storatives applied, and wasted not even a thought on his
own dripping condition and bleeding hands until he had
the satisfaction' of knowing that, nnder Digine Provi-
dence, he had-been the means of not only preserving
a
fellow-creature from a sudden and also
Tiolent death, but
a decent and worthy family from affliction an mourni d ns.
-Westmeath guardian. •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

,WORSHIP-STREET.—The Rev. Job:, 0: Anyley
one of the curates of Christchurch, St. George's-in-the-
East, was brought before Mr. D'Eyncourt upon the
charge of assaulting and obstructing two police constables
of the H division, in the execution of their duty. 4
Police-constable Hudson, El 78, said—About 8 o'clock
-on Saturday night I was on duty near the Pavilion
Theatre, in the Whitechapel-road, when I saw several
girls and boys standing about with baskets of oranges,
which caused an obstruction on the foot pavement. As
soon as they saw me they fell back into the road, and
two or three oranges having fallen out of the basket of
one of the girls, I picked them up and threw them to
her. I was then proceeding after them for the purpose
of driving them away, when the defendant hastened after
me, and, seizing hold of my arm, struck me a smart blow
over the back with his thick end of his walking stick, at
the same time demanding what business I had to inter-
fere with the poor girls, who were merely endeavouring
to get an honest living. The defendant appeared much
excited at the time, and, after telling him that he had
no business to interfere with me in the discharge of my
duties, lat once took him into custody. On our way
to the station house the defendant conducted himself in
a very intemperate manner, calling my brother officer a
liar, and flourished his stick in such a menacing manner
that. I found it necessary to wrest it from him for self-
protection.
On cross-examination by the defendant the constable
positively denied that he had thrown one of the girls
down or that he had used any more violence on the
occasion than was absolutely necessary to effect her
, removal.

Payne, 156 H, fully corroborated the above evidence,
and added that while he was assisting the other officer
to clear the thoroughfare, the defendant suddenly
seized him by the shoulder and dragged him round
by main force, declaring at the time that he insisted
upon taking his number. On being taken into cus-
tody, the defendant announced himself to be a
clergyman, but he exhibited so much violence in his
language and demeanour that witness was decidedly
under the impression that he was not perfectly sober.
George Teakle, an ex-sergeant of police, stated that
whilst standing at the door of the Pavilion Theatre at
the time in question, he heard an angry altercation
between the accused and the first witness ; the latter
of whom was afterwards proceeding towards one of
the fruit women, when he was rapidly followed by
the defendant, who caught him by the arm, with
the evident intention of preventing him from inter-
fering with her. The defendant had a stick in his
'hand at the time, but he saw no blows struck on either
side.

,Inspector Kendall stated that he; received the
charge at the station-house, and whilst 'he was inves-
tigating—the particulars, the defendak •alleged, in ex-
tenuation of his conduct, that the constable had upset
the girl's oranges, but he did not then charge him
with. having assaulted her. While he was taking
down the charge, the defendant became so noisy and
obstreperous that witness came to the conclusion that he
had been drinking, but he considered it probable that
his violent manner was merely the result of exasperation
and excitement. •
On being called upon for his defence, the rev. gentle-
man earnestly assured the magistrate that the fads of
the case,. as stated by the witnesses, had been grossly
exaggerated, and that a most unwarrantable aggression
and indignity had been practised towards him. At the.
hour in question he was passing down the Whitechapel-
roat when he observed the constable driving several
poor orifige girls before him with a degree of unjustifi-
able and unnecessary harshness, and immediately upon
his overtaking one of them, he struck her a violent blow
on he head, the force of which instantly upset her bas-
ket and-scattered her fruit about the pavement. 'After
remonstrating with him upon his unfeeling conduct, he
advanced- towards him for the purpose of taking his
numberrwhen he was instantly seized by the officer, who
called another one to his assistance, and he was forcibly
taken off-to the station-house. He denied most em-
phatically having assaulted either of the officers, and
with regard to the unworthy insinuation against his
ebriety, .he trusted that it was wholly unnecessary for
him to repel such a disgraceful imputation.
Catherine M'Carthy, the fruit girl above referred' to,
was,then called, and stated that, while she was vending
her oranges, one of the policemen ran up to her and
struck her a violent blow on the side of the head, which'
caused the fruit to roll out of her basket. The police-
man-then picked up her oranges and threw them`out,
intd theioad; and while he was doing so the defendant'
kindly interfered for her, when two of the constables laid
hold sf him ancftOok him away by force.
William Scott, a Custom-house officer, stated that he
was,about to enter the theatre, when he saw the police-
man. rush towards the last witness, and strike her two
heavy blows in rapid succession on the side of the head,
whin i caused her to fall forward upon her knees. Wit-
nest&Kpitssed his indigna':,ion at such brutality, and'the
defendant,- who happened to be lookiry, on, intimated
that he would take the officer's number ; but on ap.-
preaching him for that purpose, he was immediately,
secured, and conveyed to the station-house.
D'r'y court said, that after attentively consider-
ing the evidence, he could come to no other conclusion
than that the charge had been completely established.
He saw no reason whatever to disbelieve the evidence of
the officers, who corroborated each other in every par-
ticular ; whereas the two witnesses, who had been called
for the defence, so materially differed in their testimony
that it was perfectly manifest that one or both of them
had. committed deliberate perjury. He should, there-
foi!c, convict the -defendant of the assault, and impose
upon him a penalty of 205., or five days' imprisonment.
The defendant, who appeared greatly discomposed,
immediately paid the fine, with an intimation that he
considered he had not been justly treated, and that he
should carry the 'patter elsewhere.

MARVIAttiONE.—.Tohn MiGrail, labourer, was
charged with having committed a murderous assault
peon Bridget, his wife.
On .the. previous night, as Sergeant Delany, 16 D,
was,passinis alone Oroas-street, Portman-market, he was
met by a -female, Who told him that a man had nearly
murdered-his No: 16; in the street alluded to.
Witness hastened thither, and upon the first floor land,
ing I'l6:saw-the' poor woman leaning upon the shoulder
of her son. Blood was flowing from her head, and she
seemed' quite insensible. Witness lifted her up, and, on
questioning her a short time afterwards as to who had
injured hers She replied Ida faint tdfie of tfoidei that it
fiA liar hildbAnd.. t went into the prisoner's room,
where I-saw him sitting by the fire. I asked him how
he accounted for the assault made by him upon his Wife,
when be made answer that some words ensued between
them, and that he strncik her with a small gridiron which
ho happens 1c to have in his hand. I took the woman to
St. Mary's Hospital in a cab, the prisoner accompany-
ing its ; and after I had left the woman there to receive
proper medical assistance, I conveyed the prisoner to the
station-liouse, the doctor. having certified that he,could
not pronounce. the wife to be out of danger. I subse-
quently went to the house, and there learnt from one of
the prisoner's sons that his mother was not struck with
the small gridiron spoken of, but with a heavy iron im-
plement used by plasterers, and called a "server.
The poor injured woman was not in a fit condition to
sctortime
l. wife
atdrwaitnhdththe
eseprrviesro,nweras, whorem anddeend.ie d having

. -
MELIVNCITObIr ()AO Cd DItOW/t/140.--OXFORD, S.A.TUR-
pDatiajt4d:rt
grief
tieNif allaalenfatCaolllaecgeiedheanst agwahiinehbeeeen-
curred to Mr. Giles Datiben one of the younger mem-
bers ¢f, that ideiety; A relative of Dr. Daubeny, profes-
sordr and.botany, and a Fellow of Magdalen
ideoialebgeea.'t
eaMllerd. companyaau,b,zy,,,,ininabaek
. friend,
when the boat was upset, and unfortunately Mr. Dau-
beny was drowned. An inquest was held at Iffley
near
ifaey,
was
oboly obeilfieii6i were into. The jury expressed
stream,w th a
gon, ' -...shout
themselves morning, when the particulars of this raelan-
themselves satisfied with the evidence, and
clearing the room returned a verdict of "Acciden-
tal death by clid*nitik frOni the upsetting of a
boat at the Weirs Lusher Pool:" Mr. Daubeny was a
commoner of Magdalen College, and a relative of a gen-
tleman of the Same mareNOW *AS ASO a member of the
f3V,.011e011 'AO About two years ago was killed
Mull* off a rail Way bridge near Oxford. This was
lus first. terma regalia& • He had. been at college only
a ferndayit tha Members of Magdalen met on the 3d
hitt.

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five Miles; *hibli is fund to be invaluable, for yachting,
and 40 sPoittaiiien, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele-
Seopes, possessing such extraordinary power, that some
31 inches, with an ektra•eye piece, will show distinctly
Jupiter'i :maths, ' Sittirn's ring; and the double stars.
They SUl?erse-de eery other kind, and are of all sizes for
the ivalAttk4 rocket; ShootiNgt eiilitary purposes, &e.
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minute ek
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letters - ' .. .... tneir possession upwards of 1,500
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given with,each box.

BANK RETURNS.

(From, the London. Gazette of -Tuesday.)

An Account; pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 22d day of January, 1853 :- Ave :age
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Andover Bank, Andover-Hea;,h and Co.
Ashford Bank, Ashford--Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,221
Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman 4,276
Aylesbury Old Bank,aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 25,557
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co 25,086
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple--Marshall and Co 9,544
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-
Seymour, Lamb, and Co.
Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 35,196
Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker,
and
Co
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb 13,750
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 23,780
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir-
mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Soni ll,OlB
Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 7,363
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 62, 107
Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 13,783
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L
Sealey
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 34,474
Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy-
cott, and Co.
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par-
rott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and
Stowmarket Bank, Bury St, Edmunds-
71,395
Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney,
and Co.
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 27,069
Bath City Bank, Bath- G. Moger and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett; Grant, and Co 36,244
Birmingham Bark, Birmingham-Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H
A. and W. M. Harris and Co. 12,716
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 64,515
Brighton Union Bank,, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-
Harding, Smith, and Co 12,053
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
J. Worlledge
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 17,216
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge-IVlessrs. Fosters 39,075
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
34,209
Co
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David. Morris
and Sons 22,307
CC holecrht
es es yt e
rßaßnakn,kC, ICI eorltcsheyes-t
erL_a
RC oosutne
das6n dGSreoeni;
137:018405'
Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and
Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank,
Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 33,725
Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 46,762
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 7,710
City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co
Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and
70,110
Oo
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 B, 492
Derby tank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 12,073
Derby Bank, Derby---Satonel Smith and Co 37,063
Derby Old Bank and. Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 26,248
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke
and
Co
Diss "Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,573
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster
---‘Cooke and Co , 68,526
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton
on-Tees Bank, nariington-Backhouse &Co 79,819
Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 9,879
Dorchester Old-, Bank and porsetshire Bank,
DorcheSter-R. and H. Williams 46,691
East Cornwall Bank; Liskeard-Robins, Fos-
ter, and Co , , • • 106,047
East Riding Bank; Beverley-Bower and Co 49,486
Essex Bank add Bishop's Stortford Bank
Chclmsford-,-Sparrow, Round, and Co 44,222
Exeter Bank, Exeter--,Sanders and Co 29,616
Fakenham Bank, Fakeaiham-Gurneys, Birk-
beck, and Co .;
Farnham.GuilHastingsd ford Faversham,Bcoß aßladnnakknß,
1,
:F,
nGaki
Guildford-Messrs.
ini 1
ihd
Faversham-Hiltonfaaom:
td-i
-n gA - 21,038
,Narringdon Bank and ,Bank of Wantage, Far.
ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 6,970
Ie s srs Knightand Co..
Godalming Bank, Godahning--Mellersh and
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Ms-Heass
Keen
and Co.. ' 't"' ' 34,475
Hereford City, and County Bank, Hereford-
Matthews and Co. ' 15,476
Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams .
and Co.
Hull. Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank,
Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don-7-Rust and Veasoys
T[arwiCh Bank, Harwich--Cox, Cobbold, and
Co.
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead
-Smith and Whittingstall
Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin -
Ross and Archenfield Bank
Sharpies, and Co.
HerefOrd, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and
20 829
Morgan and Co
Kentishi c
in Bank,giolt Baaannnddk
,Woodbridgem
Radnorshirea idstMaidstone
- Bank,aenr:e r
,Ki Ipswich-Rn
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham 'Market Bank, Suffolk, '
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistle
Alexanderi and Co:
' arid Co. l7 880
Davies and Co.
Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co 9,080
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough-Terry and Co. • 20,239
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
, srmrd,
H. syi
. t hellr, andeanfYo
idr. CI,
'Hereford-
Morgan r
..,
2577:,083024653 ,
gantodna-111 62:
980

and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and
Sons 9,301
'Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C.
Harvey and Son 5,205
Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co.
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams,
Brown and Co.
Leicesier Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 26,054
Lewes Old Bank, LeWes-Molineux and Co 32,995
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene 14,330
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 93,258
Llanclovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan-
dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co 18,231
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle-
ton and Cradock 6,004
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 , 11,961
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst
and Co.
Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and
Co.
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
"sl-1 Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
ulu - " Bank and Hungerford Bank,
borough ° Marlborough-Tan-
and Hung:rfuor. Rantit,'
1,780
nor and Co , '''' '_s and
IVierionethshire Bank, Dolgeky 7,073
Son 12,437
Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial-
Bank, Aberga,venny-Bailey and Co 28,735
Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre-
con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old
Bank, and ROSS and Herefordshire Bank,
• Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co 12,479
Newark Bank, Newark---Ctodfrey and Riddell 27,427
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Pea,cocii,
and Co 48,08
Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny & Slocock 22,270
Newmarket tank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Co . 18,123
Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk
Bank, Norwich-Harveya and Hudaons... 48,816
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur-
neys and Birkbeck 64,361
Nettin_gham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham, Hart, Venom, and Co 10,223
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneatoif-Cfaddock and Co 3,633
Naval ' Bank, Plymouth, Plymcmili-Harris
and Co. 27,-137
New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co IA P9l
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Sanuel Smith
and Co.
ofirw`C.qtrY Bank and Offwestry Old Bank, Os-
wesiri-Cioxon
OXfOrdVid Bank, Oxford-Robinson, ParsOlkg,
,Arid,
011Q1 t ToidOdge, Tonbridge and Ton- 33,726
bridge WeicS OM, Bat
ev., Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells and hks Bank, Ton-
, l)ri'dge-T. H. and S. Beechifig • •
Witney Bank, Witney-4,
Clinch and Co.
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank
and Bev6cley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 41,043
Penzance Bank, Penzance---Batten and Co.
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough-D. Yorke and. Co.
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and

W. Walters.. 12,053
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 30,149
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy,
and Co. ...................... . .. . • 32,140
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co tp 5,845
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds,,
and Co.
Rocheqter, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson 7,259
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordhara and Sons 11,190
Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son 10,046
Rye Bank! Rye—R. C. Pomfret and Co. 16,879

. f,388

Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Prich-
ards and Allaway 4,386
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden-Gibsons and Co.
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd; and
, Co 1595
,Q
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall
and Co. 24,048
Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shre Gsbury-Rocke, Eytons,
and Co. 41,829
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
-Vallance and Co.
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton-Maddison and Pearce
Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co 14,493
Southampton and hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton--Atherley, 13'ell, and Co.
Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 420
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and
C 0...
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 23,224
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill and Rundle 10,880
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Rolph and Co. 7,000
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-
Dunsford and Co.
Thrapston and Kettering Banlz, Nol ilampton-
shire-Thrapston, Yorke and Eland
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-Percival and
Co 9,600
Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring-
wood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Led-
gard and Sons 10,267
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and
Co
9,246
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith,
and C 0..........-
.........................
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Hedges,
Wells, and Co,
Warwick 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 43,844
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap-
man and Co 14,212
Winchester, Alresford, and Al ion Bank, Win-
chester-Bulpett and Co 21,605
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
-Wickham and Co 6, 645
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth-Eliott and Pearce 16,802
Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derby &lire Bank, .
Wirksworth--Arkwright and Co 36,504
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-
Gurneys and Co
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wivellscombe- P. and
W. Hancock 6,926
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton- Good-
ricke and Holyoake 13,115
Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Laven-
der, and Co
7,966
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old
Bank, Worce9ter-Berwick, Lechmere, and
Co
67,130
Worcestershire Bank, Klcleerminster-Farley,
Turner, and Co 9,685
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Forster
and Sons
575
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-R.
and W. F. Fryer 11,731
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmoath-Gurneys
Birbeclr. and Co
42,999
•
Yarmouth; Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
;Yarmouth-Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart, and
Co
York Bank, York-Swann, Clough
, and C 0... 46,187

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmorland, Kendal.. .......... 9 9 r
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley 9:720
'137
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford .. .
49
Bilston District Banking Conipany, Wolver-
hampton
7 324
Bank of Whitehaven, Whit9haven
Bradford ' Commercial Baring Company, '
Bradford'
.... ....... 20 571
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent 54,343
Cliesterfield• and North• Derbyshire Banking •
Company, Chesterfield
8,781
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington. . ....... . ... . . . ...........
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking -
: Cheltenham_ 7ss
and ar wipkshire Banking Company,
CJ.PPven*YtO;
Coventry ... . ...... ........ . ........ 27,95
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Ch el-
-12'35°
tenham • ...................................... . ...... 104, 895
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company,
Carlisle ~. ....... . ............. ................. 23, 696
Carlisle City and District Bank., Carlisle ...... 20,890
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dud1ey........................................... . .... 35,559
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company,
Derby
Darlingtdii -District Joint Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington
East of Eiigland Bank, Nor*ich o°
23,7
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 148,850
Halifak Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,112
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 38,149
Hull Banking Company, Hull 30,927
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,692
Ra}ifax- and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany:Halifax
Helston Banking Company, Helston
.11erefordshire Bankiiv, Company, Hereford
KnareSborough and Clara Banking Company,
Knaresborough 27,771
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,190
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 53,900
Leeds' Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company;' Leicester ' 70,488
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, • 49,787
• Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington' Priors'. 10,068
__Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 10,091
Moore and Robinson's. Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham • 31,078
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
. Company, NOttingham
_Newcastle' Shields, and Sunderland Union.
Joint-Stock 'Banking Company, Newcastle-
up'on-Tyne l, 225
National Provincial Bank of England, Binning-
' ham, 'Head-office, 112; Bishopsgate-street,
• London
• North Wilts 'Banking Company, Melksham 45,993
'.Northamptonshire Union Bank,- Northampton 683264
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton 23,892
North and South Walea Bank, Liverpool 33496
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company,
• Leicester - 47,034
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 1,930
Sheffield,Banking Company, Sheffield 35,340
StamfOrd, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford 53, 864
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
. port 353, 569
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 38,735
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking_ Com-
pany, Stourbridge 55 673
Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company,
• Sheffield
,23, 592
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking
Company, Sheffield
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond
Storey and Thomas Banking Company,-5hafte5bury....................................
bury.................................... . .. .
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking
Company, Wolverhampton 33,718
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake-
field l2, 829
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven................. .......... . ...... 26,195
-k' and Leamington Banking
....
......... ompany,
Warwick ... ' and South
Wale 5....
West of. Englana

45,714
1,03,
14,964

Bank, Bristol **** ;,; ....................... 73, 810
.
Wilts and Dorset Banking ‘... -.4 urY 76,512
West Riding Union Banking u„...7Pany, Hud-
dersfield - -
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Compz;ZlY,
Whitchurch - '` - 2,603
Worcestet iMty and County Banking Com-
pany, Worcester..,„, • 4,708
York Union Banking Company, York 70,325,
York City and County. Banking Company, 92,450
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 124,384

P. ;DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
Inland Revenue, Somerset House,
January 29,.1853.

THE CONVICT KIRWAN. —During the present week
some very remarkable circumstances have come to light
centteeted with the case of Mr: Boyer, to which re-
ference has often. been made in, the police reports. It
appears
,that a communication was addressed, by the
secretary, of the Police Commissioners, to the actuary of
the Abbey-street Savings Bank, with a view of ascer-
taining whether there was any record of moneys de-
posited in that bank, in the separate names of Boyer
and his wife. After due inquiry it was found that some
years since—we have not learned the exact date—a sum
of about'2o/. had been lodged by Mrs'. Boyer in her own
name, and another amount by her husband in his name.
Ithad been stated by Mrs. Boyer that, on the occasion
*'hen her residence was broken into, and her furniture
akeli away, a savings bank book, belonging to her,
had been a`ystracted. It appears, by the records of the
bank, that the husband had claimed the amount lodged
in her name, and the bank, on the claim being esta-
blished by evidence, paid the money. A demand was
made by William Burke Kirwan for the amount lodged
in the bank in the name of Boyer, whose savings bank
book he produced, and the whole sum deposited by
Boyer was paid to him. The signature of Kirwan,
as the recipient of ;money, appears in the bank book.
At that time, the rule of the bank was to pay deposits
to the holder of the book, after regular notice.--Merecin-
tile Advertiser,
',Cong. AND __ OUGHAL .13,AILWAY.—The project of an
application to parliament giying power to a new com-
pany to construct a line of railway' between Cork 'and
Youghal has been abandoned by the projectors.