The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-22 00:00:00

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 20.

SUSPENSION OF ♦ CERTIFICATE FOR THREE YEARS.
—IN RE OSBORNE.—This morning Mr. Commissioner
Goulburn gave judgment on an application by this
bankrupt, who bad carried on business as a silversmith
and jeweller in St. James's-street. The case had
been before the Court on several occasions, when a
very lengthened examination took place into the con-
duct of the bankrupt; but the Learned Commissioner
expressed his opinion that it would not be just towards
the bankrupt to publish it until the case was concluded.

. His HoNoundwelt with great severity on the bank-
rupt's conduct; but said there were some mitigating cir-
cumstances which operated in favour of the bankrupt to
prevent the law being carried to its full extent; they
were, that the bankrupt had sued out the fiat when he
found himself in a hopeless state, and when there was
4,0001. for his creditors, and he had also rendered all
the assistance he could to the creditors. His Honour
concluded by suspending the certificate for three years.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, March 20,

IN RE ABRAHAM LEVY GOODMAN.

This insolvent, Goodman, Levy, -a name well known
in sporting circles, applied to be Cischarged on bail until
his hearing in April. No opposition was offered.
Mr. Commissioner Law, on reference to the schedule,
found some debtors for money who had given cheques.
Ile asked whether the insolvent knew the residences be
had set forth. He found an address of a person formerly
of the City."

The insolvent said he was not acquainted with the re-
sidences. They were strangers to him and generally
resided at Hotels,

Mr. Commissioner LAW thought that not very active
proceedings had been taken on the cheques given by the
parties.

The Court accepted the bail, and the discharge was
ord,red.

The insolvent on his schedule stated that his appear-
ance in the Court had been occasioned by paying forfeits
on racehorses which had nct run according to their
entries.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, March 19.
CROWN COURT.

A person of very respectable appearance, who. it ap-
peared, has since his apprehension refused to give his
name or any information respecting himself, and who
was described in the indictment as " a man whose name
is unknown," was arraigned on a charge of feloniously
setting tire to a stack of wheat, the property of Thomas
Macey.
Mr. Rose conducted the prosecution; the prisoner him-
self cross-examined the witnesses, and evinced a great
deal of tact during the inquiry.
Mr. Macey deposed that he was a farmer at Strood,
and on the 21st of February he had a stack of wheat
standing in a field near the high road. He saw the stack
safe at half-past five o'clock, and between seven and
eight o'clock he heard an alarm, and found that it was in
flames, and the whole stack was eventually consumed.
The stack had contained between forty and fifty quarters
of wheat.
George Wilson, a tailor, residing in Rochester, said he
was on his way home when he observed the stack on
fire, and when he got up to it he saw the prisoner stand-
ing about ten or twelve feet from the fire. Witness
spoke to him and remarked that it was a very bad job,
and the prisoner paused a little and then said, " Yes, to
burn corn when so many poor families are starving for
the want of it."
Wm. M'George, a Rochester policeman, said he was
on duty in the High-street about a quarter to ten o'clock
on the night of the fire, when the prisoner came up to
him, and asked him where the station-house was? He
asked him what he wanted, and whether it was about a

robbery, and he said it was. They then went to the
station-house together, and when there the prisoner
addressed the nigt-inspector, and said, "I suppose you
have heard of the fire this evening—l am the person
who did it." Witness then sent for the superintendent,
and upon his arrival the prisoner repeated the statement
that he had set fire to the stack, and said that he did it

with one lucifer-match, and that be had his reasons for
doing it, which he would never tell to any one. While
he was talking he took a quantity of snuff from a paper,
and continued to do so until he had emptied the paper,
and he then threw it into the fire-place. He was then
asked to gi%e his name, and he answered that he hoped
they would not think him rude, but he must decline
giving it.
Mr. John Tuff, the superintendent of the Rochester
police, deposed that in consequence of a communication
he received from the last witness, he went to the sta-
tion-house, and found the prisoner in custody, and im-
mediately he saw him he said that he had come to give
himself up, for setting the stack on tire. He asked him
his name, hut he refused to give it, and upon wit-
ness reminding him that it was a eery serious charge,
and asking him if he was aware of the conse-
quences, he replied, that he was perfectly aware what
he was doing. After this caution the prisoner made a
statement, which witness took down in writing. He said
that he was at the Coach and Horses public-house, near
Rochester, and had same refreshment, on the evening of
the fire. He left the Lou :e about seven o'clock, and as
he wac passing the field where the stack was, he went in
and aet the stack on fire with one lucifer match from a
box he had in his pocket. He then threw away the
box and the remainder of the matches under a hedge,
about a hundred yards from the stack. He then said be
stayed for some time to see the fire, and afterwards went
to Rochester to give himself up. The prisoner then told
him that if he made a search he would find the lucifer-
box in the place he described. Witness again asked him
to give his name, but he refused, and upon his examining
his clothes to see if there was any name marked on them
the prisoner smiled, and said he had taken care of that,
and pointed to holes at the top of his stockings where he
had cut the name out. Upon a further examination of
the prisoner's person, he discovered a faint trace of the
letters M. C. A., a dart, and an anchor on °mot* his
arms, and the prisoner said this was done when he was
eleven years old. The prisoner afterwards said that he
had no wish to remain in this country, but that his
friends were very respectable, and no one should know
who they were. He asked the prisoner to sign the state-
ment he had taken down, but he refused to do so, al-
though he said it was all true.
Chief Justice WILDE asked the witness whether he
found any money on the prisoner? He replied only one
halfpenny. He added that a search was afterwards
made at the spot indicated by the prisoner, and a lucifer-
box, was found there, which he produced.
The prisoner asked the witness whether, when he
asked him if the statement he had taken down was true,
he did not say that he had correctly taken down what he
had said, and not that it was true?
The witness did not appear to understand the distino-
tion suggested by the prisoner, and the Learned Judge
explained it to him, and remarked that there was a very
material difference between a man saying that a state-
ment was correctly taken down, and saying that the
statement itself was true.

The witness admitted that the prisoner might have
made the answer in the form he had suggested,

The prisoner here interfered, and said " What I said
was, you have taken down correctly everything I said."
Chief Justice WILDE inquired of the witness whether
he had any further conversation with the prisoner ?
The witness replied, that when he was conveying him to
Maidstone, to take his trial, the prisoner told him that
he had been to sea, and that Tawell, the Quaker, who
was hanged for murder;sailed in the same ship with him
to Sydney to look after his property. He likewise said
that he had been married, but that his wife was dead,
and he had two children, a boy and a girl, one seven and
the other nine years old, but he said he had not seen
them for two months.

In answer to further questions from the Court, the
witness said that the prisoner refused to sign the state-
ment, and when writing materials were offered to enable
him to communicate with his friends, he declined to make
use of them.

Thy! landlord of the public-house, mentioned by the
prisoner, was then examined, to show that he was at his
house at the time he stated; and evidence was also given
of the finding of the box of lucifers in the hedge close to
the spot where the fire happened.
A statement made by the prisoner when under exami-
nation before the magistrate was then put in, and it ap-
peared that upon that occasion he asserted his innocence
of the charge, and said that his object in making the ac-
cusation against himself, was merely to obtain a night's
lodging and a breakla:t.
This was the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, ad-
dressed the Court, and said he would first explain why
he had retuned to state his name, or to give any clue to
his connexions. He had two
children who had been
brought up respectably, 13-1 he hadh been himself, and he
did not wish them to know thatrr. father had stood at
then
the bar of a
sed th court of justice as a cte%mrnmesatl.
terms
he prisonere
j addrese ury, and in
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his innocence of the crime, and asked
whemthserasistert was
likely that, if be had really committed it, he should have

emained upon the spot afterwards, or have given him•
self up, when he might so easily have made his escape?
He concluded by declaring, that finding himself without
money, he was induced to make the charge against him-
self in crder to obtain a night's lodging, expecting to be
discharged in the morning, and not having the least idea
that it would be the means of placing him in his present
degrading position.
Chief Justice WILDE, in summing up, said this was
certc,inly a very extraordinary case, and but for the fact
been very well known that there had been many cases
where persons had charged themselves with crimes of
which they were entirely innocent, the confession of
the prisoner might be taken as conclusive against him.
It was the duty of the jury, however, to consider that
statement with the one that he now made, and to look
at all the other circumstances of the case, and then to
say whether they considered that the charge was clearly
established against him. The conduct of the prisoner
had, no doubt, been most extraordinary. He was evi-
dently a man of some education, and his manners showed
that he had fllled a respectable position in society ; and
it appeared that he was an entire stranger in the neigh-
bourhood ; knew nothing whatever of the prosecutor
and therefore could have had no motive of to in-
duce him to commit the offence. Both the statements
made by the prisoner were very improbable, but the
jury would consider them together, and see whether,
under all the circumstances; they could feel that the
guilt of the prisoner was clearly proved. He concluded
by observing, that if the verdict of the jury should be
adverse to the prisoner, he would have no one to blame
but himself for such a result.

The jury, after deliberating for a short time, returned
a verdict of Not Guilty.
Chief Justice WILDE said, he thought this was the
safest conclusion to come to under the peculiar circum-
stances of the case, and if he had been upon the jury he
should have delivered the same verdict. The Learned
Judge then addressed the prisoner, and told him that he
had tried a very dangerous experiment, and he should
advise him never to repeat it.
Soon after the Courts sat this morning, it was an-
nounced that the six actions of ejectment involving the
question of gavelkind tenure, and in which Sir F.
Thesiger and Sir F. Kelly had been specially retained,
would be postponed till the next assizes. In consequence
of the state of business, Mr. Sergeant Channell, at the
request of the Lord Chief Justice, disposed of several
common jury causes in the Record room, and Mr. Ser-
geant_ Dowling tried prisoners in the grand jury-room.
The latter sergeant sat nearly twelve hours yesterday,
and the assistance thus rendered was a great relief to the
business of the assize, and a saving of expense to the
county, by releasing a great number of witnesses. Before
the postponement of the actions above referred to was
quite determined upon, the Judges decided upon adjourn-
ing the commencement of the business at Lewes from
Tuesday to Thursday next, and business will be com-
menced on the latter day in beth courts at nine o'clock.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Derby, March 18.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON).
Elizabeth Parker, aged 12, was charged with having,
at Codnor Park, feloniously murdered Sarah Wardle.
Mr. Gale appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Wilmore
for the defence.
Mr. Gale stated the case.
Elizabeth Wardle examined—l am the wife of John
Wardle, of Codnor Park. The prisoner at the bar was
in my service as nursemaid, and had care of a child four
months of age. She had been in my service six weeks
before this occurrence took place. She was twelve years
of age last October. On Friday morning, the 15th of
October, sho took the child out about eleven o'clock, and
was absent about an hour. On her return the child was
asleep. It continued in that state about half an hour,
and when it awoke it looked curious in the eyes, and it
appeared to be in fits. I observed a peculiar smell, and
thought the child had had ale. I asked the prisoner
what she had been giving to the child. She said she had
given it a little sup of beer; and afterwards she said she
had given it a little ale out of a jug in Mr. Wysehalt's
brewhouse. I nursed the child all the afternoon, keep-
ing, it asleep as well as I could. From time to time it
appeared to have the same kind of fits again. The
child died.

A constable of the name of Wallace proved the ph i-
snner told him she had sent a little girl to purchase some
audanunt ; that she gave half of a small bottle-full to the
baby, and the rest she threw away. (This witness had
asked the girl how she did it. He was reminded by the
Judge it was not his duty to ask the prisoners any
questions.)
On a post mortem examination being made, it was
found there were about two teaspoonfuls of liquid in
the stomach. One halt was milk, the other appeared to
be laudanum; if it was, it was quite sufficient to kill the
child.

The JUDGE put it to the jury, whether the girl knew
it was poison, or that it was a wrong act she was doing.
In the latter case she would be guilty of manslaughter.
If she did it to comfort the child, or at the suggestion of
any other person, they would acquit her.
The jury, after considerable hesitation, returned a
verdict of Not Guilty.

IV 0 RTHERN CI RC Ul7l—York, March 18.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
Jos. Cochin Hoatson, late a share-broker at Halifax,
was indicted for the forgery of a transfer of twenty
shares of the Eastern Counties Railway, with intent to
defraud Robert Anzelark Pilling. There were counts
charging the intent to defraud severally four other indi-
viduals, and also with intent to defraud the Eastern
Counties Railway Company, making, in all, thirty-six
counts or separate indictments.
_ Mr. Sergeant WILKINS (with him Mr. Cowling and

, Mr. Overend) stated the case, and called
George Fleming, a boy, who said that after last Mid-
summer, be was employed by James Hoatson, also a
share-broker at Halifax. About that time the prisoner
came into the office one day, and presented a paper (the
transfer) folded up, and told him to sign the name Ro-
bert A. Pilling, upon a place which he pointed out. He
did so, and then the prisoner called in another boy,
called Thompson, and told him to write his name on the
same paper.
Robert A. Pilling examined—He is a retired trades
man. The signature to the transfer was not his, nor
had he authorised ony one to make it for him.
Cross-examined—ln July, 1844, he sold 200 shares of
the Eastern Counties Railway.. Mr. Fernyhough, of
Manchester, was the broker. In: August he executed
fifteen transfers, amounting to 297 shares. In Novem-
ber he executed seven transfers ; and in April, 1845, he
executed "a transfer of 20 shares. Witness had no broker
at Halifax. He never gave any directions to sell certi-
ficates of any particular numbers. When the last trans-
fer was tendered to him for execution he at first objected
to execute it. He thought the transaction unbusiuess-
like, arid improper, because he had signed a transfer
before for the same numbers. He was told before he
executed it that Glover repudiated the former transfer,
which was brought back to him, and witness's signature
cancelled.

Thomas Parkinson, sharebroker at Halifax, proved
that the body of the transfer was in the prisoner's
handwriting. Witness received the transfer and two
corresponding certificates frora the prisoner on the 14th
August, H sent them to the office of the Eastern
Counties Railway, and received in return in a few days
stock certificates, the new evidences of ownership. He
afterwards received instructions from the prisoner to sell
them. He did so for 4504 and settled with the pri-
soner for the amount.

Mr. BLISS (Mr. Hall and Mr. Pickering with him)
addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that
the s )a.res were the prisoner's own, and by forging the
transfer he could have no intention to defraud, and could
in fact defraud no one.

The prisoner received the highest character for
honesty and integrity from a number of magistrates and
other persons from Halifax and the neighbourhood.
Mr. Baron RoLFE having summed up,
The jury retired, and atter being absent some time,
returned with a general verdict of Guilty.
On a question arising as to which count the verdict
should be entered on,

Mr. Baron ROLFE asked the jury if they found that
the prisoner intended to defraud all the parties he had
al lied their attention to, or, if not all, which of them ?
Whereupon the jury said, they had not decided that
question.
They were then sent back, and remained out some
time longer, when they found the prisoner Guilty on
the counts intending to defraud Pilling and the railway
company.
His LORDSHIP said the prisoner probably thought
that no practical injury would result from his act, but
as the act done was one of serious consequence, he could
not permit it to go unpunished, notwithstanding the very
high character he (the prisoner) had received. As,
however, he believed that he had committed the offence
rather from a mistaken notion of his right, than from a
deliberate intention to violate the law, he should only
sentence him to be confined in York Castle for two
calendar months.
The next case ended the Crown business of the as-
sizes here, and there is only one special jury cause re-
maining on the Civil side.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
Thomas Ayes, driver of an omnibus plying between
King's-cross and Kennington, appeared on a charge of
causing considerable damage to a horse and chaise be-
longing to Mr. R. Rogers, of King-street, Covent-garden,
by furious driving.
It appeared that on the evening of the 11th inst.,
about nine o'clock, the complainant was driving through
College-street, Camden-town, with his son, when he
observed the omnibus coming towards him at a furious
pace, on the wrong side of the road. He drew as close
as possible to the path, and called to the driver, who
paid no attention, and drove against his chaise, the pole
striking the dashing board, doubling it up, and breaking
the whip off close to the handle. The splinter bar of the
omnibus struck the complainant s pony inside the thigh,
inflicting a severe wound on the stifle, and also wrenching
a shoe off his foot. The chaise was completely jammed
under the omnibus, and it was a long time before it could
bo extricated. The defendant was quite unconcerned, and
never attempted to render the slightest assistance. He had
plenty of time to get out of the way after Mr. Rogers
called to him, and the passengers were so much alarmed
that they left the omnibus and walked away. So far
from the defendant exhibiting any regret for the acci-
dent, on his being remonstrated with, he burst out
laughing, as if he thought it a good joke.
On bei ag called on for his defence. he said it was so
dark he could not see, and that he pulled up as soon as
he could.
Mr. HENRY said it was the worst case of the kind he
ever met with, and the defendant might think himself
lucky in not having to appear on a charge of man-
slaughter. He committed the defendant to the House
of Correction for two monthr.

tion, offered half the sum, but after a few pointed re-
marks from the Court, he inid the whol" of the money,
and retired.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROMANTIC TALE.--THE PRICE OF A MIISSULMAN.--•
On Saturday two Persians, wearing the costume of their
country, and apparently unable to speak any other than
their native tongue, were brought to this Court by a
Commissioner, who attends at the different wharfs to
introduce foreigners to hotels, under the following very
curious circumstances :
The Commissioner said the two foreigners were
wandering about the east-end of the town, having just
landed from a French steamer, apparently quite be-
wildered about their destination. He made inquiries,
and he learned the following particulars about them :
A relative, also a Persian, had killed a Turk, and the
Turkish Cadi, who heard the charge, agreed to spare
the prisoner's life on condition of his paying a stipulated
fine within a certain period. The two Persians, his re-
latives, had set out on their benevolent mission to make
the ease known among compassionate Gitours, in the
hop. of collecting money enough to redeem the other-
wise forfeited life of their relative. The Persians had
visited various countries. They had last made their ap-
pearance at Paris, from whence they had, no doubt, been
advised to make their way to England, as their romantic
story would be sure to interest the benevolent, who had
plenty of money at their command. The Persians had
taken this advice. and had found their way to London,
hoping to add to the funds they had already collected.
Mr. HARDWICK examined the passports and papers of
the travellers. _

Mr.- HARDWICK said the papers to a certain extent
confirmed the singular story just related. The foreigners
had evidently made their appearance at various places,
and had been received with attention by foreign ministers
and by our own consuls. They had been to Greece, to
Smyrna, and to Paris, and their passports were vise re-
gularly and reputably.
The Commissioner said he had called at the Turkish
Ambassador's, and had been told to take the Persians to
the usual depot for foreigners at the east end of the town,
from whence they would be sent to their own country.
His own opinion was,that there might be some foundation
for their charitable pilgrimage, but he suspected from
the careful way in which they lived, that they were sav •
ing all the money they collected, and making a good
thing, of this affair.
Mr. HARDWICK said the great respectability of the
mines attached to the Persian's papers induced him to
think there might be some truth in the strange story; to
clear up his doubts, he would write to the Turkish Em-
bassy on the subject.
CLERKEN WELL.

Henry Hartley was charged with committing various rob-
beries in houses at the west-end, under the following circum-
stances :—lt appeared that on the 6th inst. the prisoner went
to the house of a lady named Webster, residing in Chapel-
street, Bedford-square, and, upon the servant opening the
door, said he was sent by Mr. Brooks, a bookseller, in Bond-
street, to make some inquiries with regard to a 'at of books
which had been left there. The servant went up stairs to
deliver the message, and while there she heard the hall-door
shut, and, upon hastening down, found that the prisoner had
decamped, taking with him two valuable coats which had
been left there by two gentlemen who were on a visit at the
house.

Mr. Roper, of No. 3, Queen .square, said the prisoner called
at his house, and delivered a similar message to the servant.
He (Mr. Roper) came down, and, suspecting something
wrong, offered to go with him to the bookseller's, to which the
prisoner assented. but had only got a short distance outside
the door, when he ran away.
The prisoner. against whom there were a number of other
charges of stealing hats, coats, and umbrellas, under similar
circumstances, was fully committed for trial.

FALSE ALARM.
(From the Brighton Herald.)
Abut twenty minutes to nine o'clock on Tuesday
evening the attention of the inhabitants of this town
was powerfully aroused by a dull, heavy, rumbling
noise, which suddenly rolled over it, and which was so
peculiar in its character—so unlike any cf the sounds
which one usually hears here—that it excited immediate
notice, and raised in those who heard it—and there were
few who did not—a mingled feeling of awe and alarm.
In about a quarter of a minute the sound was repeated,
gradually swelling on the ear and then dying away. A
third and a fourth time the noise was heard, and so
powerful was the vibration that houses shook beneath it,
as though some heavy substance had fallen within them,
and articles of china and earthenware gave audible
token of being disturbed. People now became thoroughly
alarmed and ran out of their houses and shops to
question each other as to the cause of this myterious
disturbance. North-street in a few moments was in a
state of excitement. It was heard in the Chapel Royal,
where Divine service was going on, and caused con-
siderable trepidation ; in the Albion Rooms, where
the character of Mahomed was being discussed; at the
most northerly extremity of the town, and along the line
of cliffs, where the shock was very strong, and where
the attention of persons was directed more peculiarly to
the sea, in search of the cause of this phenomenon. The
first conjecture was, that it was a vessel in distress, and
under this idea the life boat on the pier was got ready
for launching by the preventative servicemen and filled
with life preservers. But the sea was calm and tranquil;
the wind, which had been blowing rather strongly from
the southeast, had sunk to a mere breath; and the night
was starlight and beautiful. All kinds of speculations
now got abroad. Was it thunder ? There was not a cloud
to been seen. Were the French come ? If so,they kept
most carefully out of sight l Was it the shock of an
earthquake ? This was the conjecture which tallied
most with the circumstances of the case and with the
fears of the people, whose thoughts inst'nctively reverted
to the fact of the neighbouring city of Chichester having
been on several occasions subjected to this alarming
phenomenon. Six times the noise was distinctly heard
—the fifth was somewhat faint ; the sixth was very
powerful ; and then it ceased, and those who had been
listening in painful suspense again drew their breath.
But it was only to indulge in fearful speculations as to the
nature of this strange occurrence, and to fancy all kinds
of fearful catastrophes, such as cities swallowed up,
or ships destroyed, or nature convased by some
strange agony. To all these fearful imaginings,
no 'answer could be given that night, and un
Wednesday they were again resumed. The gene-
ral question was, " Did you hear that strange noise
last night ?" " Yes ; what was it ? It shook my
house to the foundation." "It made my china clatter."
" Doubtless we shall hear of something dreadful having
happened in some part of the world," &c., &c. Furtu
nately for the public quiet, there were some parties in
the town in asituationtosettheseoffetahe se of
fears rumoursCaanud ala r
mat.
rest, and to give an explanation
And a very simple one it was ; for in the mysterious
sounds which struck such fear into others, one gentle-
man, living at the eastern extremity of the town, recog-
nised the fulfilment of a pledge made to him by the
Captain of an outward-bound vessel, that, as he passed
the town, he would give him a parting salute. And he
did so—a Royal one of 21 guns—and with the above effect.
The vessel in question (the flashes from which were
wasshaken
by seen by some) stood about two miles to the east of Kemp
Town, a,nd about eight miles to sea. She was, therefore,
ten miles from Brighton. Moreover, she only fired one
gun
andyet so loud
was
the
ne it,ep-opr and houses
situated two or three miles inland felt it. This may be
a report that
18-pounder, et rt ,
the i
.t town is conjectured),
chiefly attributed to the circumstance of the wind blow-
ing dead on shore, the sound being thus borne in a body
up the valley. It is a striki.g proof of the vast distance
which sounds can be carried under particular circum-
stances, and also of the peaceable character of a commu-
nity which could thus be thrown into consternation by a
single gun What will the French say to it ? Won't
the Prince de Joinville smack his lips at the thought of
giving such a warlike set of people, who mistake 18-
pounders for earthquakes, a real taste ,of his metal ?
Alter this, Brighton must needs have such a warlike
character as to hold out the strongest provocation to an
attack from this or any other burner of gunpowder !
It may, however, be some consolation to know that
the alarm was not confined to Brighton, bat extended as
far as Lancing, 8 miles to the west, and Newhaven to the
east. We believe there is some regulation to limit the
practice of firing at sea ; and the alarm produced on this
occasion shows the necessity of it.

Mr. Rogers said he was about to commence an actin
against the proprietor of the omnibus for the damages
but he ws.s willing to forego this if the latter would put
the sum of 101. in the poor• box.
Mr. Baothgate, the proprietor, after some considers-

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1847.

BANK RETURNS.

(Frot. the London Gazettc.)
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 6th day of March, 1847 : Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—la.oapp and Co 24,501
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and C:' 15,183
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jeminitt and Pomfret 1L.501
Aylshada Bank, Aylsham—R. and E. Copetnan .5,3 6 1
Aylesbury Old Bank, ylesbury—Bickford
and Hunt
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggieswade
-.laldock—`yells. Hogg, and Lindsell... 33.096
Bainitapie Bank, Barnstaple—L•:ake and Co. 13,125
Basing-stoke and Odilia.nz Bank, Basingstoke—
Cole, Seymour, and !To-
Bedloid Bank, Bedford—','.Barnard
Beciford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford—
'l': app, Halfhead, and Co.
flew d ley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and
Crane
i3icestel and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co 25,976
Birmingham Bank, BirMingham—Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 24,161
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham --Lewis, Moilliett, and Co 16,243
Bland lord Bank, Blandforcl—Bastard and Oak 8.211
Boston Bank, Boston—Gartit and Co 64,752
Boston Rank, Boston—Gee and Co 10,533
Bridgxater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey 9,744
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 37,792
Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 22,037
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co. . 24,377
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market
Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. ..... 76,495
Bank ury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 40,180
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 49,015
Bat. City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son .
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 36,452
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradtord Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H
and A. Harris
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co
Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
Worlledge and Co.
Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs,
and Co.
Jambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and
Sons

Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and
Co.
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and
Sons

Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green,
and Co.
Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
—Mills, Bawtree, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood-
cock

41,005

8,654

12,392
59,410
23,882

31,736

11,760

3,188

16,341

22,131


48,767

31,615

21,884
3,298

22,993

42,243
46,161

City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co
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, Mourn( uth 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
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizei—Hughes,
Locke, and Co
Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincharn, and Co
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew,
and Co.
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster—
Cook and Co.
Dover Union Bank, Dover—Latham, and Co
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and
Co
Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor-
man

9,356
20,551
74,665

2.109
6,500

8,085
12,945
38,090

27,421

18,087
10,421

12,038

57,522

81,868

10,344

Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester-Williams and Co.
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster,
and Co. 109,066
East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton,
and Co.
Essex. Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford-Walford. and Co. 61,510
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co ....
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk-
beck, and Co.
Varringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon-Barnes and Medley 8,761
Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 13,582
Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 6,402
Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and
Keen 6,494
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King 18,036
Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon... 12,350
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0.... 26,627
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder,
and Co. 31,657
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-
Matthews and Co.
llertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware-
S. Adams and Co.
Hull Rank 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 5,561
Ilemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead-
Smith, and Whittingstall ...... ...
lloniton Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co.
Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hi tchen-Sh arples
and:Co. 38,776
Ilerefbed Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan,
Hoskins, and Co 22,997
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Iladleigh Bank, . Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-
Alexanders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall,
and Mercer
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J
Davies and Co
Knighton Bank, Knighton-J. Davies and Co 5,578
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough-Terry and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering-la otch and Sons 8,944
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C
Harvey and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 53,742
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williams, Brown,
and 0). 35,568
Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and
Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 521
Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 27,540
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 39,277
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green lB,BBl
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 81,332
Llaniovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando-
very-David Jones and Co.
Loue•hborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle-
t. ins and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St.
Barba
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis
-Gurneys and Co
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-
Massey and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst
and Co 11,835
Manningtree Bank,Manningtree-Nunn and Co 6,660
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner
and Pinckney 14,585
Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank,
Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 10,986
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and
Williams
Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyums and Co 16,320
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny-Baileys and Co 25,122
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank,
and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth
-Bromage and Snead 16,015
Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport
-W. Williams and Sons.. 8,468
Newark Bank, Newark-Godfreys and Hutton 26,880
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Newark-Handley, Peacock, ,
and Co
Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny and Slocock 34,166
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Son .
.0:3%--,
Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss-Taylor and
Dyson 2,871
Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich-Harveys and
11 udsons 44,094
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Our-
neys and Co 70,135
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham-Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddcock and
Co
Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris, Mudge, and
Co 25,547
New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Hetley, Everett, and
13,911
co •
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Smith and Co 27,220
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
wcstry-Croxon and Co 15,234
Oxford Bank, Oxford-J. and R. Morrell 13,220
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons,
and Thompson... ........ . 33,807
Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells-Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge .
Wells and Se venoaks Bank, Tonbridge-.
Beaching and Sons

7,230

8,498

5,073