The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-21 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

(From the London Gazette.)
Au Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
7ictoria, ::ap. 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 9th day of Jan., 1847 :-
Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Abingdon Bark, Abingdon-Knapp and Co.. 24,383
Andover Bank Andover-heath and Co - 13,923
Ashford Bank,. Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,224
Aylsham Bank, Ayl3ham-R. and E. Copeman 5,550
Aylesbury Old Bank, &ylesbury-Rickford
and Hunt 40,560
BaMock Bank and Bedeck and Biggleswade
BaLk, Baldoek-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell 37,941
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co. 12,948
Basingstoke and ()diktat Bank, Basingstoke--
Cole, Seymour, awl Co.
Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford-
Trapp, Halfhead, and Co.
Bevvdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and
Crane
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co.
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 24,165
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
harn---Lewis, Moilliett, and Co 17,148
Blandford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 68,568
Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 13,057
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 8,091
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 40,574
Brosele i, and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 24,628
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market
Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Baniury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney 38,240
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 48,528
Bati-. City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 35,593
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H.
and A. Harris
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 64,176
Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 25,535
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-
Harding, Smith, and Co 12,248
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
J. Worlledge and Co.
Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Biggs,
and Co. 16,672
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and
Sons
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge-Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
Co 33,385
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and
Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste 3,936
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green,
and Co.
Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
-Mills, Bawtree, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood-
cock
City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 22,744
Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co.
Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh,
and Co
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co
Chepstow •Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Montricuth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co.
Derby Bank, Derby-Messrs. Evans
Derby Bank, Derby-Smith and Co.
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 26,891
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Hughes,
Locke, and Co 18,332
Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,660
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew,
and Co.
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster-
Cook and Cu. 58,203
Dover Union Bank, Dover-Latham, and Co -
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, and
Co 78,120
Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor-
man

2,972

25,316

2,513
6,595

..... 10,282

Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester-Williams and Co.
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster,
and Co.
East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton,
and Co.
Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chehnsford-Walford. and Co. 63,306
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 32,699
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk-
beck, and Co.
Varringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon-Barnes and Medley 9,295
Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 13,926
Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,135
Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and
Keen
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Newney and King 19,750
Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon... 14,744
Grantham Bank, Grantham-hardy and C 0.... 28,007
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder,
and Co. 33,613
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-
Mothews and Co.
Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware-
s. Adams and Co.
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, hull
--Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don-Rust and Veasey
Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co 3,759
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead-
Smith, and Whittingstall „
Iloniton Bank, I loniton--Flood and Co.
Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen-Sharples
and Co.
40,628
Ilere,rd. Ross, and Archenfi&d Bank, and Ross
and i rchenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan,
Hoskins, and Co
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Halle'.gh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-
Alexay:ders ani Co.
Keati:th Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall,
and Mercer
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J.
Davies and Co
Knighton Bank, Knighton-J. Davies and Co.
Knareaborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Kna -esborough-Terry and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co 42,210
Ketterinc? Bank, Kettering-Gotch and Sons 9,333
Lane Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C
Harv,-y and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 51,804
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown,
and C
Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and
Congleton Bank,Leck-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 819
Lttiuester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 28,381
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 41,416
Liotifielsl Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 17,370
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 91,018
Ll-,.n.lovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando-
very-David Jones and Co.
Lounhborough Bank, Leughborough-Middle-
toms and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lyrnington-C. and S. St
Barbe
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis
-Gurneys and Co . 43,83.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-
Massey and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst
and Co - 11,768
Manningtree Bank.Manningtree-Nunn and Co. 6,720
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner
and Pinckney
Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank,
Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 12,459
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and
Williams 8,390
Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyums and Co 20,159
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny-Baileys and Co 28,050
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank,
and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth
-Brornage and Snead 16,281
Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport
Williams and Suns. 8.390
Newark Bank, Newark-Godfreys and Hutton 28,763
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Newark-Handley, Peacock,
and ***
Newbury-Bunny and Slocock 36,052
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Son .
....... 22,394
Vorfolk and Suffolk Bank Diss
Dyson
...................... -Taylor and
Norwich Crown Bank, NoiN' . ...................
vie. -Harvevs and
hods ins ..............................
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, No.;;;ii; ... 6u--• 45,583
,ntej„svehnadme ao ..
................. ....... ....... ..
.
tiogl7tun-IL.rt, Fellows, and Co ............. 11,038
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddeock and

17,119

.. 22,315
6,786

Average An runt
Oxfordshire Witney Bark Witney—Williams,
Clinch, and Co
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, hull—Pease anti Co
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten anti Co
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—Messrs. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson,
White, and Simpson
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and
W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven,
and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Staphens,Blandy, and
Co

Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard
and Sons

Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 20,803
Dudley and Vet Bromwich Ranking Company,
Dudley
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,709
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington . 24,735
East of England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 148,626
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 17,688
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 32,618
Hull Banking Company, Hull . 27,5z7
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,732
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax 40,227
Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,479
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 19,990
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough . 26,565
Kingsbridc,re Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbrid,ge 4,300
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 6O 218
Leeds nankin.. Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,520
Leamingtol Priors and Warwickshire Banking •
Company, Leamington Priors
Leeds and West Riding -Banking Company,
Leeds -
Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 1,344
Ludlow anti Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,501
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham 27,698
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 76,555
National Provincial Bank of Dngland, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
North Wilt. Banking Company, Melksham 59,229
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 85,157
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
24,084
North and South Wales Bank, Liverp001....... 54,911
Pares's Leicstc rshire Banking Company, Lei-
cester
57,728
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,634
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 33,984
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Cone-
pany, Starr] l'ord . 5l 797
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 1 i.ith.,mshire Banking Company,
Sheffield
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking
Company, Si-.11-ioid
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond . .
Stockton and Durham County Banking Com-
pse ahf
fit
al
ed d R.
yf i
t,
,:abt
nou Stockton
Storey and Thomas's Banking Company,
SSuffolk Bankinht- e e..tre‘rn(lll pßaanynk, ,
Ipswich Sheffield
Wolverhampton aald Staffordshire Banking Com-
pany, Wolverhampton
Wakefield and Barnsley Uni 8ank,36,888
Whitehaven Joint-Stock
.6:. Wakefield.
3102,,846966
Whitehaven , .... Banking Company,
............ •
Warwick and Le,ouiTston Banking .
Ltaminz,to,t .. ............... .. . °DaPanY,
40.213
West of Euglane, 41,1 South Wale's..
iii;iiic. .
Bank. Bristol,

7,135

4,209

3,061

1 I, 13'

45,4114
11,972

8,08

10,493

13,505

6,261
37,166

40,134
6,335

11,726

Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson
Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot-
ncr and Son
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son
Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co
Reigate and I)arking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and
Co . .
Ross (ild Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard
and Allaway
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co
Scarf) rough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
anti Co
Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews-
bury—Adams, Adan.s, and Co
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Roeke, Eytons,
and Co
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Son 3,69

~.
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddinon and Son
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co.
St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story 2,843
Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie 20,33
Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and
King

Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherly and Fall
Stone Bank, Stont—W. Moore 7,658
Stourbridge Bant, Stourbridge —Rufford,
%Vragg, and Co
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 14,695
Stamford and Itutlaud Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley, and Co. .
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and
Robins
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co.
St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-
son and Stuart 2,29G
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badeock 29,185
Tayistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and

8,057

_ 13,019

Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Barne
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S
Percival
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co.
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co.
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
Kelynge, Greenway, and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox,
Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield—Leathatn, Tew, and Co
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse
Wirkcsworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
•Wirkeswnrth—Arlawright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W.
Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhatnpton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,
and Co.
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner
Whitby Bank, Whitby—Frankland and Wil-
kinson
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and
Sons
Warmincter Wilt.h;rc, Ailinscer—
Everett and Co.
Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick 2,195
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney,
Birkbenk, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 11,708
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten ... 8,616
York Bank. York—Swann. Clouzh. and Co 47,3.57
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal
Barnsley Thinking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 50,498
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of IVhitehaven,. Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad-
ford
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Che:Aurfield • ..
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ingt,n
Cheltenham, and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pany, Cheitenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 15,295
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company
Carlisle

14,014

10,004

17,304

25,059
10,654

27,472

45'939

21,734

35,840

57,243

12,240

12,996

C, I ......................................................
Na al Bank, Plyinoutli--Ilarris, Mudge, and

Co
New Strum Bank, Sarum— lietley, Everett, and 29,410
Co
Nottingham atnk, Nottingham—Smith and Co 29,815
Oswestry 13ank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westry—Croy and Co 14,284
Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and B. Morrell 13,824
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,
and Thompson
Pld Bank Tonbridge, Tordilidge and Tunbridge
I%'ell3:eld Bank, TAibridge and Tunbridge
WGil and St: veuuttlii Bank, Tunbridge—
perching arill :scum..

83,245

32,533

9,960
600

Average ♦rn0,.,..
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 68,755
West Biding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitehurch
Worcester City and County Banking Company,
Worcester , 6,548
York Union Banking Company, York 7•,,831
York City and County Banking Company, York 95,074
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds
P.. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
Stamps and Taxes, Jan. 16, 1847.

7,045

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1847.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan, 20.
The Court took the Crown paper to-day. None but
disputed pauper settlement and parish cases Caine on for
argumert during the morning. They involved no points of
public interest.

BAIL COURT, J(111. 20.
LIABILITY OF PROVNIONAL CO3I3IITTEEMEN.
ri.owElt C. aorEn.
This wai an action brought to recover the sum of 881. due
from the defendant to the plaintiff, for Work and labour done,
and upon an account stated.

Mr: Wordsworth appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. New-
ton, with whom was Air. Hatherton, appeared for the de-
fendant.

The facts of the case were very brief. It appeared from
' the statement of counsel, and from the witnesses examined,
that the defendant, Mr. Roper, was a gentleman of
property, and the plaintiff Mr. Flower, is a soli-
Lciithver;W°lln_wea, Gtlhjoeutareesyettareerd: 1841846ThisebactrYderailfteDnInaryixt,ea'coammapongsy&rocttailhhaeedmr Southampton
Railway
his written consent to have his name placed
upon the provisional committee. The written consent was
dated the lath of Dec., 1845, although the registration of
the company did not take place for some time afterwards.
The attorneys and solicitors were appointed for the company
on the very day upon which the defendant had given his
consent. The plaintiff was one of those solicitors, and in
the duties consequent upon that appointment the present
expenses were incurred.
On the cross-examination of the witnesses, it was admitted
that Mr. Flower had, by way of showing that he had not
selected the defendant by any undue preference, brought six
other actions for this bill. A managing committee was ap-
pointed soon after the defendant joined the provisional corn-
mittee. The sum of three guineas was charged by the
Plaintiff for each attendance at the board of directors of the
company. The Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud, and South-
ampton Railway Company was amalgamated with the
railway of which the defendant was a member, on
the 13th of December, the day on which the defendant
placed his name on the provisional committee of the joint
company called the Liverpool, Gloucester, Salisbury, and
Devizes, and Southampton Railway Company.
Mr NEWTON objected, on the part of the defendant, that
he was in any case not liable for more than the amount,
of the bill from the 13th of December to the appoint-
ment of the managing committee. He also objected that it
did not appear what number of the provisional committee
were to form a quorum, and therefore many of the proceed-
ings of that committee might have been illegal, as it had
not been shown that the proper number attended.
lie also objected that a great many of the 'proceedings
for which charges had been made had taken place
before the 13th of December, when, although the de-
fendant was in the habit of attending meetings of the
company, there was nothing to render him in any wal liable.
Mr. Flower had also neglected to prove the attendances,
which comprised the heavier portion of his bill.
Mr. Justice ERLE said that if the Counsel on either side
would allow him to consider of the case until to-morrow
morning, he would decide whether the plaintiff should be
nonsuited, subject to the objections of Mr. Wordsworth, or
the defendant should be rendered liable, subject to the motion
of Mr. Newton. The only question was as to the amount.
Both Counsel expressed their readiness to come to an ar-
rangement.
Mr. NEWTON then addressed the jury.
The Learned JUDGE having summed up,
The jury found found for the plaintiff.--Damages, 171.
Bs. 6d., the amount from the 13th of December to the ap-
pointment of the managing comrnittee.
The case of Richards z'. Lord Maidstone, which. stood for
trial this morning, was, by consent, postponed until the sit-
tings after term.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 20.
CHILTERN V. CROYDON RAILWAY COMPANY.
This cause, which has been brought before the attention
of the Court upon several occasions, was again brought for-
ward upon demurrer.
The plaintiff, it will be remembered, was a passenger from
Sydenham by the Croydon Railway Company, but upon his
journey up it appeared that he had lost his ticket, and upon
refusing to pay the whole fare from Croydon, was given in
charge to a policeman, and brought before the Lord Mayor,
and was finally discharged upon paying the fare claimed.
The action vas brought to recover compensation in da-
mages for the imprisonment complained of.
Mr. KENNEDY was heard at great length against the de-
murrer; at the conclusion of which the Court gave judgment
against the company, on the ground that they had no right
to give a passenger in charge under the circumstances of the
case.

STATISTICS OF THE ROMAN

CATHOLIC CHUIIC•II IN GREAT BRITAIN.
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS.—In England and Wales there
were 540 churches and chapels. In Scotland, eighty-two ;
besides twenty-two stations were Divine service is performed.
Grand total of Catholic churches and chapels in Great Bri-
tain, 622.

CATHOLIC COLLEGES.—In England there are eleven
Catholic colleges, viz. —St. Edmund's, Hertfordshire ; St.
Peter's, St. Paul's, and St. Gregory's, Somersetshire ; Stony-
burst, Lancashire ; St. Mary's, Staffordshire ; St. Cuthbert s,
Ushaw, Durham ; St. Lawrence's, Yorkshire ; St. Edward's,
Lancashire ; St. Mary's, Derbyshire ; College of the Immacu
late Conception, Leicestershire. In Scotland, St. Mary's,
Blairs, Kincardineshire.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COI.IIMONS, Jan. 20.
The llouse met shortly before Four o'clock.
NEW WRIT.
A new writ, on the motion of Mr. PARKER, was
ordered for the election of a Member for Middlesex in
the room of the late Mr. Byng.
NORTH KENT RAILWAY.
An lioN. MEmusat gave notice of his intention
on a future day to move for leave to bring in a Bill to
construct several branches from the North Kent Rail-
way. . _

CONVENTS.—London district, 12 ; Central district, 8;
Western district, 5 ; Lancashire district, 4 ; Yorkshire
district, 2; Northern district, 2; Scotland district, 1.
Total, 34.

MowAsTxulEs.—Central district, 7 ; Western district 1.
AltssioNAlLY PRIESTS IN GREAT BRITAIN, ENG-
LAND, AND WALES.--London district 135 ; Central
district, 132; Eastern district, 39; Western district,
68 ; Lancashire district, 173 ; Yorkshire district, 65 ;
Northern district, 61; Wales district, 24. Total, 714, in-
cluding Priests without any fixed missien. In Scotland,
Eastern District, 25 ; Western district, 44 ; Northern district,
24 ; St. Mary's College, Blairs, 5. Total, 98.", Grand total
of Missionary Priests in Great Britain, 818. Of the 766
Priests contained in the alphabetical list of last year, only
eight have died, and eight more have retired or gone abroad.
Exclusive of these last, the increase during last year is forty.

PROPOSAL FOR A NATIONAL RE-
MONSTRANCE AGAINST SLAVERY.
(From the People's Journal.)
are,o
fto sympathythe deadly hostility
ty Subject,o fthe as they The abolitionists of America have always coveted the ex-
Ps teens yn nehyo dc ni
nng
interests, they are cheered and invigorated by every voice—no
matter how remote its source—which pronounces
a condem-
nation of slavery, and demands the liberty of the negro. The
cause of emancipation in America d) d ; s., in a greater
degree than may he supposed, upon the bearing assumed by
the friends of freedom in England. Reciprocal -
d influences
l"
prevail between nations as among ind- • uals, and one nation
may determine the conduct of another nation, as effectually
as one man may exercise a suasion
upon the mind of his
fellow-being.
See how the flame kindled by the An ' ti-corn-law League
lights up a kindred element in European
caught the spirit of anti-monopoly, areddean
nations—they have
up and doing."
The applause with which the champion offre"
Al trade has been
everywhere greeted, attests that the eyes
of
rope have been
upon England during the recent struggle—and that her ex-
ample has extended its influence wherever
exists. The struggle for free trade will also
mis-government
influence future
.
revolutions with a tremendous power, It has demonstrated
that the earnest but peaceful assertion of truth and right is
sufficient for the overthrow of the harshest despotism,
and that
that
the power of mind is more potent thanof the sword.
The world has been taught the grand l
anarchy is not the necessary prelude to lesson—that civil
the establishment of
civil right.
If the g ,od works of Englishmen may
the breasts of their brethren of France, erexeite emulation in
how much greater will be their influence upon and Spain,
speaking the same tongue, having the same upon a people
and united to each other by links of the mostcommon origin,
inseparable kind?
Who amongst us but has some tie—in addition t that of the
common brotherhood—upn the extended soil of
Who has no friend, no schoolfellow, no relative withinAtmh erica
?
great
boundary of American rule ? England, perhaps, more e
nthan any
other nation, owes a duty to America ; and certainly
people can perform such a duty so effectively as the E i
soh other
owe it then, as a duty to God and to man, and to Americans c
eve.-
cially to speak out against the dreadful opp •
ression of which
the black slave is the victim. And there are man
why the voice of England should be heard new. iyhereasons
spirit
of emancipation is just taking deep root, and it becomes every e
lover of liberty to foster and encourage its growth.
American Abolitionists have been led to expect a loud and
The
unmistakable expression of sympathy from England—they
look for it, and they must have it—and it must be equal to
their expectations • not a weak puny murmur that shall die
away upon the wind, but a voice that shall strike the ear of
humanity throughout the whole civilised world, and quicken
good.
There blood in the hearts alike of the doers of evil and of
There must be a stir in the moral elements that shall excite
each one to ask of himself—" Am I on the side of right or
wrong?"
But how shall this voice be expressed ? Shall it be by
a
word now, and another then ; one uttered here, and another
there ? Or shall the voice of England against American sla-
very be one loud, united, and earnest protest against the prat.
tices of the oppressor?
If, as we are told, an address signed by 300 English people
encourages and invigorates the American abolitionists, by that
mysterious influence which sympathetic feeling never fails to
impart—bow much more the voice of 3,000? how great the
expression of 300,000 voices ? or, one glorious step further
say how mighty in its effect the united declaration of three mil-
lions of men, women, and youths of Great Britain, against the
enslavement of the negro race I There are three millions of
slaves in the United States—are there not three millions of
people in Great Britain who will sign a friendly remonstrance
against American slavery ? will not every man assert the
right of his fellow-man—every woman the right of her fellow-
woman—to freedom ? Yes ; all this may be done—it only re-
mains to set about it with an earnest resolution.
The writer may be said to be sanguine, and he has reason to
be so. A few years ago, be sat with five others in a room in
Manchester, and there he proposed a National Petition to
Parliament, praying the right of suffrage for the British adult
male population. Yes—when it was proposed there were only
five persons present—and he afterwards betook himself to soli-
tude to frame the prayer of the British people to their rulers. A
few months afterwards, and his was the joy to see that petition
borne down to the House of Commons upon the shoulders of
sixteen sturdy men--the monster petition, banded around with
thick ropes—signed by three millions and a half of the British
people—cheered by the assembled multitude as it passed along
—obliged to be parted in twain ere it could be passed through
the doors of the House of Commons (a full House of Members
had assembled to meet it), and though they granted not its
prayer, still within and without the doors of that House, it
created a conviction and a power which have imperceptibly
svtayed the subsequent work of peaceable and just legislation.
He would like to see a remonstrance against slavery,
ad-
dressed to the American people, through their President,
three milli
signed by th ons of the British people ! He hopes to
look upon the grand spectacle of this remonstrance being
borne through the streets of Liverpool, and then committed to
the Great 'Western for its transatlantic passage. Such a do-
cument will find willing recipients on the shores of New York;
and its undoubted effect will be the creation of an irresistibe
moral power, that shall ultimately effect the freedom of the
slave ? Englishm
en—we can do it and why not?

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THE LORDS' ADDRESS.—This afternoon the Ad-
dress of the House of Peers, in answer to the Speech from the
Throne, was presented to her Majesty at Buckingham
Palace. Lords Hatherton and Carew, the mover and
seconder of the Address, went up to the Palace, with whieh
wands, and presented the Address to her Majesty. There
was no procession, as is usual on such occasions, and the
whole proceedings were conducted with the utmost privacy.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN.
19.—The sales were—Caledonian, New, Is. dis.—Glasgow,
Dumfries, and Carlisle, 30s. p.—Great Northern (London and
York Reg.), 1i p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 34 p
—Newcastle and Carlisle, 115—Ditto, New, 141/2 p.—Ncw-
castle and Berwick (North Shields), 131% p.—North British,
Thirds, 525. 6d. p.—Ditto, Qnarters, 40s, Gd. p.—Ditto, Ex
tension, 154, 6d. p,