The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-26 00:00:00

INTERESTING DECISION-THE'

METROPOLITAN POLICE.
During the past week Mr. G. Clive, the sitting magis-
trate at the Hammersmith Police-court, decided a case
of considerable importance to the public at large. The
case was brought before the magistrate for investigation
by the especial order of the Commissioners of Police,
having arisen under the provisions of the Police Act
(2d and 3d Victoria, cap. 47, sec. 67), which enacts,
" That it shall be lawful for any constable to stop and
detain, until due inquiry can be made, all carts and car-
riages which he shall find employed in removing the
furniture of any house or lodging, between the hours of
eight in the evening and six in the following morning,
or whenever the constable shall have good grounds for
believing that such removal is made for the purpose of
evading the payment of rent."
Police constable, William Ravening, T 113, was
charged on a special sheet, with having illegally stopped
goods from being removed.
Major John Bartleman deposed that he was an officer in
the Honourable East India Company's service, residing
at 31, Addison•road North, Notting-hill. On the 2d
inst., between three and fuur o'clock in the afternoon, Mr.
Coulson was removing some furniture from witness's
house by witness's direction, when the defendant came
up and seized the property right in front of witness's
house, saying that he should not release it until a receipt
was shown. Witness asked the defendant what re-
ceipt he meant, but he would give witness no direct
answer until witness pressed him very hard, stating
that there must be a mistake somewhere, as witness had
been only three or four days in the house. Defendant
said the receipt he wanted was the landlord's, for rent;
whereon Mr. Coulson suggested to the defendant that
the receipt he wanted was lor the furniture then being
removed. Witness also told the defendant that there
was no rent due, and that he should go and inform the
landlord; but the defendant refused to release the goods
until Mr. Richardson's (the landlord) nephew came and
said there was no rent due. The defendant then said he
had never asserted there was rent due, and that he had
required no receipt for landlord's rent. Defendant also
said he acted under the orders of Sergeant Blun-
dell, T 9.

The defendant, in answer to the charge, pleaded that
he had acted under the orders he had received from

superiors, and called for his defence

-Charles Amos, T 151, who deposed that one day
the latter end of November last, Mr. Coulson, upholder,
of High-street, Nutting-hill, asked witness if he was on
duty in Addison-road, North, as he wanted the police to
have a sharp look• out at No. 31 in that road, as he ex-
pected there would be some goods removed from there,
and that if he saw anything removed they were to stop
them and let him know, as the gentleman had had some
goods of him (Mr. Coulson) to the amount of 311. or
32i, and he had heard a very queer account of him.
Witness told Mr. Coulson he did not go so far as Addi-
son-road North, but he would report it to his sergeant,
on which Mr. Coulson thanked witness, who reported
what Mr. Coulson had told him to his sergeant when he
came round. Witness afterwards told Mr. Coulson that
he had reported it to his sergeant, when Mr. Coulson
said he was very sorry that he had told witness as he
was likely to lose a hundred pounds customer through
the things having been stopped, and that if the gentle-
man came to witness, he (witness) was to say that Mr.
Parker had been to witness.

George Dunbar, T 91, deposed that he received in-
formation from the last witness about the goods likely to
be removed from No. 31, Addison-road North. Knowing
Mr. Coulson to be a house agent, he thought it was for
rent the goods were to be stopped. Nothing was said by
Amos to witness about rent. Witness told Inspector
Havell that he thought it was for rent. Witness also
told Sergeant Hogan the same.
Inspector Havell, Sergeant Hogan, and others-corro-
borated the evidence of the preceding witnesses.
Mr. CLIVE asked Inspectors Morgan and Havell, who
were present, if private constables were expected to obey
the orders of their superiors, without any inquiry or
exercising any discretion themselves ?

The inspectors replied that the private constables
were expected to do so.

That being the whole of the evidence in the case,_
Mr. CIiITE, atter some consideration, declared it to be
his opinion that there had been great negligence on the
part of the police in taking and giving instructions on
the subject of the removal of goods, without having
previously satisfied themselves that the case was one in
which they were by law entitled to interfere. That
they were deceived by Mr. Coulson appeared very evi-
dent, but great blame must still be imputed to them for
allowing themselves to be so easily deceived, especially
when the slightest enquiry would have at once set the
matter right, or at all events have thrown the responsi-
bility on Mr. Coulson, who was the proper party
to bear it. He might also observe that the common
precaution of obtaining a written instruction from Mr.
Coulson was neglected. In the case before him,
although the orders emanated from authority, yet
the whole proceeded from the report of a private
constable, itself caused by mere word of mouth
information from an interested creditor, never sifted or
inquired into at all. It therefore appeared to him that
all the ceremony of transmitting orders from superior
authority might be avoided, if, after all, one private
constable acted at last upon the information of another.
At the same time, the effect was to render the private
constable less responsible and more indifferent than if he
acted on his own authority in this case. It was clear
that to fine the defendant Ravening would be to punish
a man for obeying lawful authority, and therefore the
effect of the system was that no person is punishable at
all. He however felt that he should not be performing
his duty to the public if he did not fine the detendant,
but he would defer his final decision as to that point
until a future day.
On the case being again called on, Superintendent
Williamson and Inspectors Morgan and Revell were
again in attendance to watch the case on the part of the
police commissioners, when
Mr. CLIVE, addressing the defendant, said, that what
he had stated to be his opinion on the case, on
the previous occasion, he had only to repeat
again. He had in the interim well considered
all the points in the matter, and was of the
same opinion still, that the defendant was placed in
an unfortunate situation, but that he (Mr. Clive) must
fine him in the full penalty of 101., or a month's impri-
sonment, and leave him and all other constables to get
out of it the best way they can. In doing so he felt him-
self bound to look to the hand that does the illegal act,
and to punish that individual.

The defendant was then removed by the gaoler to the
lock-up, but the money was shortly afterwards paid by a
relative.

Mr. Clive afterwards entered the following remarks
upon the charge sheet, with a view to their being laid
before the Police Commissioners :

" It is with great regret that I have passed this sen-
tence. It is a case in which the present responsibility of
the constable is found unfortunately conflicting with his
duty, as a member of the police force, to his superiors.
On the part of the public, however, I must look only to
the individual guilty of the illegal act, and cannot allow
him to escape from his responsibility by pleading the
commands of his superiors. The inconvenience result-
ing from a constable occasionally refusing to obey an
order on account of his belief that it is mistaken or illegal,
is less than the evil to the public arising from the abso-
lute irresponsibility of an officer who may at any time
shield himself behind the orders of his superiors."
We understand that the Commissioners of Police have
since suspended the constable from both duty and pay,
without any limit being stated to the suspension.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
ON DITS AND GOSSIP.
The shareholders of the North British have prepared
a requisition, calling upon the directors to convene a
special meeting to consider Mr. Hudson's offer for the
purchase or lease of the line. This requisition has eli-
cited an advertisement from the directors, requesting the
shareholders to suspend all proceedings in the matter for
the present. It is, therefore, concluded that negotiations
are pending.
The directors of the Manchester, Midland, and Great
Grimsby have declared their intention to wind up the
concern. It appears from an official statement that
31,220 shares were paid upon, producing 42,9271. 103.,
being 1/. 7s. paid per share. The directors state that they
intend to return 4s. 6d. per share, after all the liabilities
are paid.
The London and York have just purchased the East
Lincolnshire, which extends from Boston to Great
Grimsby, where it joins the Great Grimsby and docks.
The terms are 6 per cent. on the capital to be expended,
with the option of taking London and York shares at
par, when that line is completed.

The certificates of the shares in the Birmingham and
Oxford Junction have been issued at Birmingham; and
to afford convenience to shareholders, they have been
supplied to the brokers in all the large towns.
The Eastern Counties and Great Northern, it is said,
are about conjointly to erect two immense docks at
Wisbeach, in connexion with their lines there. Ono of
the docks will cover an area of thirteen acres.
The Southampton and Dorchester have applied to the
Town Council of Poole to learn upon what terms they
will sell the quays.
The Great Western are to lease the Wilts, Somerset,
and Weymouth, and to make application to Parliament
fur powers to extend the line. In the event of the
powers being obtained an alteration will be made in the
course of the railway between Pi!combo, near Bruton,
and Rodden, near Frome. Alterations will also be made
near Bradford in the course of the branch to Bathampton.
The South Devon are reported as being about to lease
the Ashburton and Newton. The terms are stated to be
five per cent.

ACCIDENT TO THE HON. GRANTLEY BERKELEY.
On Thursday last, the Hon. Gentleman being engaged
to shoot at Heron Court, the seat of the Earl of Maims-
bury, finding himself somewhat later than his appoint-
ment, he rode his horse over the rails into the pleasure
grounds. The spirited animal on which he was, having
jumped very freely on landing in the pleasure grounds,
he was obliged to swerve suddenly to the left, to prevent
contact with the laurels. The heavy double gun on the
right arm, and the sway of the shotbelts, threw so much
stress on the left leg, that, though the rider was not
shaken in his seat, he retained it with a severe strain to
the back tendon of the knee. The Hon. Gentleman was
obliged to return home on wheels ; but the accident is
not considered of any serious consequence, rest being all
that is required.

RAILWAY TRANSIT A REMEDY FOR THE SCARCITY
OF MILK IN THE METROPOLIS.—The great scarcity of
milk among the milk dealers in the metropolis at Christ-
mas has for many years been much felt; but by ar-
rangements made with country dairies, great quantities
of milk were yesterday imported into London by rail-
way, and a very plentiful supply of milk was had from
Essex, Hertfordshire, and Hampshire; large cans of
milk are daily transmitted to the metropolis by the
various railways.

THE SUNDAY TRAINS
QUESTION.
At the last Edinburgh Town Council the discussion of '
this much agitated and important question, as regards
free public convenience and right, and the intolerance,
on a small scale, of a ludicrous railway tyranny, was in-
troduced by
Mr. C. B. TAIT, who brought forward the motion of
which he had given notice at last meeting. He
feel perfectly confident that the moderate extent which
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway afforded of traa
tra-
velling on Sunday never would, with the exceptionof
very few of our Scottish towns, have created the
I am
slightest
observation in any other city or town in Europe. _
no Sunday traveller myself ; but I have occasionally
travelled on that day, and I must say that I do not envy
that man who, being obliged to travel on that day,
eannot by observation and reflection improve his mind
end profitably occupy his time. The rich man is com-
paratively independent of the privilege of travelling on
3undzy ' - but I maintain that every man who uses a
vehicle of any description on Sunday is equally guilty of
committing a breach of the Sabbath as the man who
travels by a railroad.—(Hear, hear.) May we not say
to those directors who so scrupulously compel Sabbath
observance on those who may have a legitimate reason
for spending an hour or two in travelling on the
Sunday, "Ye hypocrites, why do ye not first take
the beam out of your own eye before attempting to
take the mote cut of your neighbour's eye" if it be true
that about one hundred of the railway clerks were em-
ployed on the books of the company from ten o'clock in
the morning till a late hour in the evening.—(Hear.)
Since the council gave their former deliverance on this
subject, a document has been issued by the directors,
which proves that we can have no hope of making any
impression on the four gentlemen on whom the controul
has unfortunately been devolved by their colleagues, ex-
cept by the adoption of some such decided measures as
that at which my motion aims. In the face of the fact
that their proceeding has not received the support of any
responsible or representative public body in Scotland,
with the doubtful and chance exception of the town
council of Dundee, these four gentlemen declare that
they have the support of public opinion. The process
by which they arrive at this conclusion is by comparing
the number of signatures to the memorials on each side
of the question. In this way the petitition of some congre-
gation in a distant part of the country, who have not one
particle of interest or of knowledge regarding the ques-
tion—(A laugh)—is reckoned by these four gentlemen
as several hundred times more worthy of attention
than the memorial signed by your Lordship on behalf of
this oouncil, which, by the confession of Dr. Candlish
himself, fairly represents on this question the opinion of
the Scottish metropolis.—(Hear, hear.) I have every
proper respect for Kirk Sessions and Presbyteries so
long as they keep within their own sphere ; but when
they would assume more than the functions of a legis-
lature by laying restraints on personal liberty, it be-
comes the duty, especially of a body like this eouncil, to
make a stand. In fact, the whole of this controversy
has arisen from certain leaders in these church courts
having become proprietors and directors, with the sole
view of conducting the railway according to their own
theological opinions ; which is the same thing as com-
pulsorily regu!ating the Sunday movements of the in-
habitants of the most populous districts of Scotland. In
the document I have referred to, these four gentlemen
complain of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway having
been selected as the battle-field of this question. The
selection was entirely their own. The question had
been brought by certain rigid Sabbatarians before the
shareholders again and again, and the largest number of
votes ever given in favour of the motion for shutting the
railway on Sunday, was fifty-six shares, held by about
a dozen individuals. Now, here was the question de-
cidedyear after year—the Sunday trains in operation, and
not a word of complaint from the public. At this stage.
the four gentlemen to whom I have alluded purchased
shares in the railway. On the 19th of August last, up
to which day the list of shareholders was corrected,
not one the four directors whose votes have stopped
the Sunday trains held a single share.—(Hear, hear.)
They new only hold as many shares as qualify them
as directors, and there can be no doubt bought those
shares for the sole purpose of attempting to stop the
Sunday trains, which purpose they have been accidently
enabled to accomplish by a crisis in the affairs of the
company to which I need not refer ; and after all this
they turn round upon us and deprecate their railway
being made the " battle-ground of the question."—
(Hear, hear.) The part taken by the press affords a
strong refutation of the bold assertion of the directors
that public opinion supports them. Almost the only
papers that have given them any support are the three
or four which are thirled to the Free Kirk—(a laugh)
—and which can hardly be looked on as ordinary,
newspapers, being maintained for a specific purpose
and being directly under the control of clerical com-
mittees. Laying these three or four aside, the only paper
in Scotland that supports directoral tyranny is one of
Tory politics, in our own city ; another, which had at
first given them a modified support, having since aban-
doned the field. In Glasgow (with one exception, of the
class already alluded to) the directors have not, in the
press, a single supporter. In England, also, I may add,
they have been almost unanimously condemned. And
the loudest in condemnation have been those papers
usually called religious. It would be needless to point
out the bearing of these facts on the monstrous assertion
of the directors that they are supported by public opinion.
(Hear, hear.) It is evident that men who resort to such
unscrupulous devices, both in action and speech, need
not be dealt with very tenderly. I cannot see that my
motion goes in the least beyond the exigences of the
case.—(clear, hear.) The railway company are ap-
plying to Parliament for extended powers, including
the power to take possession of private properties,
aed to monopolise the means of transit in new dis-
ttricts; and the p!ea, of course, on which they make
this application is the public benefit and conve•
thence. I cannot see how any man can deny that is such
a case we have a right to tell Parliament that the com-
pany have failed in their duty as regards the powers
they already possess, and that they should therefore re-
ceive no further powers till they exhibit a determination
to make a better use of them.—(Hear, hear.) The
council have already memorialised the directors of the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on this subject, and
have been civilly told that the memorial will receive the
attention it justly deserves; but I conceive we must now
make use of such means as are fairly in our power
for the purpose of bringing them to reason. If, as I
maintain to be the case, this company has violated the
compact virtually made with Parliament, in procuring
their sanction to the Bill for making the railway, are
we not justified, when this company makes another ap-
plication to Parliament for additional powers, in taking
steps to enforce the fulfilment of their compact? Before
the opening of the railway, the public had the benefit
of the mail coaches between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Now, when the mail is carried by steam, these directors
say, "We will carry the bags, but we will prohibit the
persons." Had they ventured to tell Parliament, when
they were applying for their Bill, that, as soon as they
bad a monopoly of the read, they would shut it up en-
tirely every Sunday, the proposition would have been
scouted; indeed, so preposterous does it appear, that no
one could think of introducing a clause to provide against
it.—(Hear, hear.) Now, however, that the absurdity
has been perpetrated, our proper course is to take mea-
sures, when these directors appear before Parliament
again, to call the attention of the Legislature to the
manner in which they have abused the powers formerly
given to them, and to insist that they shall first fulfil
their engagement to the public before further powers
are granted. What precise measure should be taken it
is necessary to prescribe. It may be best to remit to the
Lord Provost's Committee to adopt such measures as
they consider advisable.—(Applause.) I beg, therefore,
to submit to the Council the following motion:—" That
the Town Council should oppose any Bill brought into
Parliament by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Company till they accommodate the public by restoring
the means of conveyance on Sundays, to the same mo-
derate extent as they enjoyed previous to the late reso-
lution of the directors to put an entire stop to Sunday
travelling."
Mr. A. ROBERTSON said he had great pleasure iu
seconding the motion of Mr. Tait. Every day brought
new facts before the public connected with the atrocious
conduet of these four directors.—(Hear, hear.) It was a
fact quite notorious, that some of these very individuals
who had so shamefully deprived the poor man of all
opportunity either of visiting his friends, or of attending
worship in some of the neighbouring churches, rode
several miles in their carriages en the Sundays. By de-
priving the hard-wrought mechanic of the opportunity
of enjoying himself on the Sunday in innocent and
healthful recreation, they had inflicted a serious injury '
on the community, and he had no doubt that a shout of
universal execration would be raised against them
throughout the length and breadth of the land.—(Hear,
hear, and a laugh.) He had been told by many influ-
ential parties belonging to Liverpool and Manchester,
that since the commencement of the Sunday trains,
drunkenness and crime had been greatly diminished,
and bearing, in this respect, on one locality, he had
much pleasure in bringing under the attention of the
council a letter from Mr. List, the able superintendent
of the county police for Mid-Lothian. The letter was
written at the urgent request of Dr. Renton, who was
anxious to ascertain some information in regard to the
effect which the running of Sunday trains had on Sab-
bath desecration in this district. Mr. List's letter was
as follows :

"County Police-office, County-buildings,
Edinburgh, Dec. 10, 1846.
" Dear Sir,—ln answer to yours, I. beg to give you
the following information. In doing so, I have no doubt
that I shall be condemned by some; but as I am per-
hetly convinced that much crime arises through drunken.
ness, I think every exertion ought to be used towards
weaning the labouring class from frequenting the dram
shops, and facilities afforded those who are immured in
town from Monday morning until Saturday night to get
fresh air and recreation, and thus endeavour to prevent
them desecrating the Sabbath by driving them into
dram shops. Of two evils, most assuredly choose the
least.
"Previous to last summer I always found it necessary
to have two extra constables on duty at Jock's Lodge,
daring the Sunday afternoons and evenings, for the
purpose of maintaining order, owing to the number of
people that frequented the public-houses in that imme-
diate neighbourhood—there being no less than nine
such houses all Within the circumference of a quarter
of a mile, Fighting and breaches of the peace were of
wetkly occurrence; in fact, on many occasions, the road
at the barracks and along to Meadowbank had more the
al)Fearance of a fair-day
than the Sabbath. Last
summer
I found no occasion to have any extra con-
statles at Jock's Lodge, the public-houses being less ire-
quented, and no breaches of the peace committed. The
same applies all around Edinburgh. The sergeant at
o
Mwselburgh reports that he saw
public-houses in his district, neither no increase
he see at
mre the
drunkenness than on former oocasions.
It is quite true that the Sundayt
isll
etgrauisnsy trleaudemthzan
from the town churches; buti

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many attend churches in the country, with their aged
parents, who were never able to do so before. Some of
these places of worship are those they attended in
childhood.
" I have often contrasted Edinburgh and Glasgow
with London, Liverpool and Birmingham. In the two
former places there is scarcely any opportunity afforded
the labouring classes to see the beauteous works of na-
ture in the country ; bnt ample facility to waste their
time in public-houses, become drunkards, outcasts, and
ultimately food for the police. On many occasions I
have walked and rode about Edinburgh and the suburbs,
on a Sunday evening, and counted no less than 60,
70, and 80, and on one occasion 125 intoxicated persons,
in my perambulations of about three hours. :Cow,
look-
ing at the latter places on a Sunday evening, yo-7.1 may
see hundreds returning from the country—some with
their wives and families—and scarcely one amongst
them the least intoxicated. Surely there must be some-
thing wrong.
"In conelusioti, I beg to say that I am as anxious as
any one for the proper observance of the Sabbath, but I
do think the present`eitation on the subject by a por-
tion of the religious part Fthe community, will not in
any way tend towards the impr;:'vement of the labouring
class.

indeed ; but that the nunaber leaving Glasgow, and
going out at such stations as Kirkintilloch, Croy, and
Castlecary, was very great. He ascertained that from
200 to 250 left Glasgow every Sabbath, but that the
great majority of these persans were not on works of
necessity or mercy. They were not connected with the
localities to which they went ; and that they went to
Kirkintilloch for the purpose of spending the day in the
neighbourhood of Campsie Glen. He was likewise told
that in the afternoon it resembled very much a fair or
a race-day, and that it was necessary to open the sta-
tion• house an hour before the usual time, in order that
they might issue the sixpenny tickets to these persons.
He mentioned these facts for this reason, that if the
former resolution was to be again adopted by the com-
pany, it might be done under proper regulations in
reference to the matter to which he referred. He had
already said that the motion was premature ;
iod he thought there was great force in what was
statet:l
Bailie Mack, in regard to the matter of
the funds.
Were they, as a Town Council, called upon
tie interests of the community so much
merbeedrthoaftina_adiviu:,
by the urgem::,
them as to affect
vof this matter ?—did it come so near to
e.yhiad not yet
got(and a herespec
specific
c return should a.0.?.f
pass-
Edinburgh to Glasgo;79 as
ing on the Sundays fron2
would justify them in using funds of the corporation
in carrying on an opposition to C.,e Bills of the company
in Parliament ? There was another reason, however.
rireenanub
These gentlemen said that it was a regard for the Sala-
bath which induced them to come to this resolution ;
ana wore
' they to visit this act with pains and penalties?
„
—(Crieswould ask his is-leads the
" No, No.") He .
dissenters at the council board, to consider weil this
matter before the'," were prepared to take such a step.
sill from Parliament for the pur-
If he wanted to get a -
DeFuniary interests, and if,
pose of advancing his ow;
be was to be opposed
because he held certain prinCipie-..7,-
to
by the Town Council in his endeavour' get that Bill,
they were punishing him bee case he held t Migious
4 ,
opinions.—(" No, no," and " Hear, hear.") ifie3hree
was another ground on which this motion shout,
resisted, and that was the ground taken up by Mr.
Dick. They all knew that no measure which I his com-
pany might introduce would pass the Legislature unless
it in some degree contributed to the advantage of the
public welfare; and this being the case, the motion pro-
posed by Mr. Tait reminded him very much of the
story of the boy who had got his foot hurt, and because
he did not find his mother disposed to pay some little at-
tention to him, and to grant him some little request, he
said, "I will be revenged upon you;" and ho struck hts
foot against a wall. Now, because the directors of this
railway refused to run Sabbath trains, they were pro-
posing by this motion, to frustrate the attempt of the
company to got means which would be for the public
welfare.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore he thought that in
the whole circumstances, the consideration of this motion
should be disassociated ‘"ith anything that the council
did on a former day; and fie (Bailie Duncan) could see
no inconsistency whatever in Oeutlemen who supported
the motion proposed at the previoo meeting, now voting
against that of Mr. Tait.—(Hear.)
The LORD PROVOST said that the diffiCtlit.Y started by
Mr. Dick in regard to the motion was fully o:et, if not in
the motion, at all events in the speech of Me. Tait, in
which he proposed that it should be left to tlt,l Lord
Provost's committee to take such steps as they alight
consider to be most proper for accomplishing the objeCt•
There had been a great deal said about the large sum
that would be expended in opposing the Bills of the rail-
way company in Parliament, and he begged for himself
to say that if the matter came before the Lord Provost's
committee, he would oppose as much as any one the ap-
propriation of the city's funds for opposing this Bill.
But he would tell them that, without expending one far-
thing, they would put a spoke in their wheel. He would
take upon himself to guarantee this. Then, as to the
tyrannical nature of the motion, alluded to by Bailie
Mack, his lordship said he would like to know on whose
aide the tyranny lay. He was of opinion that it lay u ith
the directors, who had tied up their legs, and would not
allow them the means of locomotion, who had placed a
wall across the railway, and said, "You shall not cross
it."—(Hear, hear.) Bailie Mack proposed—and the
proposition was a very natural one to come from a
lawyer—that if they wanted redress they should takeout
a suspension and interdict of the Court of Session. That
was not a very pleasant thing; but he would suggest that
a far more easy road was, to meet the directors in Par-
liament, when they would be quit of the quibbles and
quibbling of the law.—(A laugh.) Therefore, as to ap-
plying for an interdict, he had no wish to try that. The
Council had already come to the resolution that they
should endeavour to have that road opened en the Sun-
day; and if it was a right thing that this should be
done, ought they not to take effective measures for se-
curing-that object? And as they had the means of ef-
fecting that object, they ought not to hesitate to take
them.—(Hear, hear.) The memorial referred to by
Bailie Mack, as emanating from the tradesmen of Lon-
don, was against the opening of the shops on the Sundays.
This was not the opening of a railway, but the opening
of the regular business of London. Now, he, for
one, was as much opposed to the carrying on of or-
dinary labour on that day, as he was opposed to the re-
solution of the directors discontinuing a morning and
an evening train on the Sundays. Bailie Duncan had
given them an account of the numbers who went from
Glasgow to Kirkintilloch, for the purpose of visiting
Campsie Glen. Now he had the authority of a talented
and highly respected gentleman for saying that, as Glas-
gow drew its working population from all the towns in
the country, the railway, being open on the Sabbath
day, enabled many of those persons to visit the towns
from which they came, and to attend the churches there
with their parents or their sisters. But even granting
that a great number of those that went to Kirkintilloch
spent the day in visiting Gampsie Glen, if they did not
think they were doing wrong, what right had we to
coerce them by shutting tip the means of conveyance?
And when it was remembered that these were not the
individuals who were in the habit of attending upon
church, he would ask if it was not better that they
should be enjoying themselves in a visit to that glen,
rather than in the lanes and tippling houses of Glasgow.
As to the idea of pains and penalties mooted by Bailie
Duncan, his Lordship said he had no difficulty at all in
meeting it. The directors, when they went to Parlia-
ment, came undea an implied agreement that they
were to give accommodation to the public ; and if they
did not fulfil that agreement, was it not quite right,
when they came again before Parliament, that they
should not get farther powers, until they had discharged
the duties previously imposed upon them?—(Bear,
hear.) The Lord Provost concluded by saying that
there was nothing that a railway company dreaded more
than a little opposition in a Parliamentary Committee ;
therefore, if the directors did not do what was just, they
had only to tell them that they would meet them where
they would get justice.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. C. B. TAIT having added to its motion the follow-
ing paragraph :—" and that it be left to the Lord Pro-
vost's committee to inquire what steps may be taken to
give effect to this resolution," the roll was called, when
20 voted for the motion, and seven for the amendment.
For Mr. C. B. Tait's motion,—The Lord Provost,
Bailies Ritchie and Tullis, Messrs. Burke, Falkner, Wil-
son, Anderson, Stott, A. Robertson, Blyth, \Veinyss,
Hay, Drummond, Cochrane, Calder, Dick, Cruckshank,
Clark, C. B. Tait, Renton.

"I remain, dear Sir, your; truly, _
a A. LIST.
„_ 9,
" Superintendent of County Poi,. ".
Mr. WEssyss said, he begged to inform the Coune
that on Sunday, tht 15th ult., the first day on which the
railway trains were stopped between Edinburgh and
Glasgow, no less than 241 carriages of a private kind
drove up to the various places of public worship ; and
if the day had happened to be wet. which it was not, it
was not unlikely but that this number would have been
considerably greater.—(Hear, hear.) They had no he-
sitation iu saying that not fewer than 400 horses, and as
many servants, coachmen, &c., were employed in con-
nexion with these carriages.
Bailie MACK said he regretted exceedingly that Mr.
Tait should have expended his maiden speech at the
council board in suppoit of the motion which he had laid
on the table. The motion he (Bailie Mack) held, with
great deference, was not only irreligious but highly
tyrannical. First of all, and speaking in a financial
point of view, if this motion was carried into effect, it
might be necessary to involve the corporation in a large
sum of money, expended in Parliament, opposing the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bills. Now, as he
understood the motion, it proposed that the council
should, in an ultra vires manner, apply the funds of the
city's creditors and of the community to oppose those
bills. But, apart altogether from that, he held it
to be a most tyrannical proceeding towards those gen-
tlemen. What was the state of the case ? The old di-
rectors introduced the running of Sunday trains—a
thing which was very little to their credit, seeing that
they did it in opposition to the wishes of upwards of
100,000 of their fellow citizens. Having, in the face of
that opposition, set agoing, and carried on Sunday trains,
until such time as the public, most unquestionably, were
roused to the enormity of the crime—(A laugh)—then
these gentlemen were ousted, they were turned out, and
very properly so ; and they were succeeded by gentle-
men equally respectable, he was sure they would all ad-
mit—by gentlemen who feared God and had respect to
his commandments—(Mr,. A. Robertson—" I don't be-
lieve it")—and who, besides, had respect to the statute
law of the country. He did not mean to go over the law
of the case, as he had done so on the last occasion the
subject was before them ; but he submitted that these
gentlemen were doing nothing contrary to the law.—
(Hear, hear.) What right had the council to go to Par-
liament to oppose them ?—what right had the council
to hold this in terrorem over them ? He did not go the
length of some of his friends as to the powers of a rail-
way ; but he contended that they were only bound to
keep it open on lawful days.—(Mr. Robertson—" Every
day.") He maintained that they were bound to keep it
open on lawful days ; but if his friend (Mr. Robertson)
were of a diffarent opinion, was he taking a manly
course ? Let him apply for a suspension and interdict
against the resolutions of directors, or let him raise an
action of declarator in the Court of Session to find out
whether the directors were acting contrary to law, and
bound to open the railway on Sunday hereafter. Then
he (Bailie Mack) would understand it ; but it was
a cowardly proceeding to hold this motion over the heads
of the directors. He repeated that it was not a manly
way to bring this question to a final issue, to do it by
threatening opposition in Parliament. It these gentle-
men were wrong, they were amenable to the laws of the
country ; and let those members who had spoken in sup
port of this motion resort to the law for redress. Bailie
Mack then, at great length, referred to movements that
had taken place in London for opening the Post- office on
Sundays, but which was frustrated by the religious feel-
ing of the community. He read one of the memorials
which had-been presented to the Treasury on that occa-
sion, by some of the tradesmen of London to show the
high estimation in which they regarded the Sabbath. He
then read a portion of the report of the Parliamentary
Committee on Sabbath observance to a similar effect ; as
also a memorial which had been presented to the direc-
tors of the South Eastern Steam Packet Company sail-
ing from Folkestone for Boulogne, by the engineer of
that company, who set forth, in such a strong light,
the disadvantages and immorality which resulted from
Sabbath sailing, that the directors gave it up. He con-
cluded by moving, as an amendment, the previous ques-
tion.

Mr CUSHNIE seconded the amendment.
Dr. RENTON said, in place of a speech, which he had
not prepared, and which, after the full discussion the
subject had received from the hoard, would be an inflic-
tion on the patience of its members, in the same way as
the abolition of the Sabbath train itself has been upon
the patience of the public—he would simply read an ex-
tract from the Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 of Victoria,
chap. 85, sect. 10, respecting the purchase of railways
by the Legislature, which enacts, as regards all rail-
ways having Sunday trains, °lt will be imperative
thst the company shall provide comfortable covered
fourth-class carriages, stopping at all the stations, to run
for Id. per mile."7--(Hear, hear.) The Act of Parlia-
ment recognises the principle of Sunday trains, to be
run at a very moderate rate, on certain conditions most
favourable to the working classes, but it does not make it
imperative for railways to run Sunday trains. This must
be a matter of arrangement to be made by the board of
directors of every company.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped,
therefore, that the pressure of public opinion upon the
Edinburgh and Glasgow board will render an application
to Parliament unnecessary, by making them feel the
very unenviable position in which they have placed
themselves by the late compact they have entered into•
It was, to say, the least of it, a most unholy alliance•
The same outcry had now been raised, against the Sab-
bath trains that was formerly so loudly extended against
Sunday funerals. It was then said that these funerals,
with hearses, provided for the poor, would lead to dis-
order, tumult, and desecration; in place of these the very
opposite effects had resulted, -namely, peace, order, and
the greatest decorum, without the slightest detriment to
religion and morality. Exactly similar beneficial con.
sequences had accompanied the running of the railway
trains.—( Hear.)
After a few words from Mr. WHYTE in support of the
amendment, and some remarks from Mr. FALKNER in
favour of Mr. Tait's motion,
Mr. DICK said he had no doubt whatever, when this
matter was formerly before the council about supporting
the motion of Mr. Faikner, that the Sunday trains should
be continued; but he confessed that he had some doubts as

to the propriety of opposing bills which the railway com-
pany had introduced into Parliament for entering upon
undertakings that were intended for the public benefir,
merely because the directors refused to annul the leso-

lutiori to which they had come to as to the running of
Sunday trains.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. CLARK said—Without expressing any opinion on
the motion now before the council, I could have wished
that Mr. Tait would have allowed the directors of the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company time to re-
consider more fully the position in which the inhabitants
of these important cities have been placed by their shut.
ting up all intercourse between them for nearly thirty
consecutive hours of every week. I think if the council

were to move at present in the matter they may after-
wards have cause for regret, from the fact that a portion
_ .

of the directors of that board left the matter in the; hands

of those who were more immediately located and con-
nected with, and supposed to be cognisant of, the feelings
and opinions of the inhabitants of Scotland, seeing that
after an appeal has been made to the public opinion they
find that matters are much in accordance with their own

views instead of what was represented to them, when
they deputed their colleagues to make such arrange-
ments as would prove acceptable to the inha-
bitants of Scotland in reference to a commu-

nication between these cities on the Sabbath-day.
As I have now good authority for stating that the
line of neutrality which the English directors have
hitherto adopted shall not longer be continued—(Hear,
hear)—and that the original facilities enjoyed by the
public will shortly be restored, therefore, in my opinion,
any application to the Legislature is unnecessary, the
more so, that the power exists within the Board itself to
rectify the injustice which the community has sustained,
in consequence of the infringement made on their civil
rights and privileges, of which they have been
deprived by the unhooked for, and I had almost said sur-
reptitious movement, on the part of a merq local portion
of the Board.

Fur Bailie Mack's Amendment—Bailies Mack and
Duncan, Convener Cushnie, and Messrs. Burgess,
Whyte, A. Tait, and J. Robertson.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

EDINBURGII, DECEMBER 23.

Mr. BLYTII and Mr. STOTT followed in support of the
motion, and pointed out the inconsistency of many of
the individuals who joined in the Sabbath desecration
cry by travelling in their own coaches, while they
would not allow the railway to be open to the working
man for purposes of necessity and mercy.
Bailie DUNCAN had regarded this question as a different
question from that which had been discussed at a previous
meeting. lle held that they were not discussing whether
it was a right and proper thing for those railway
directors to run a morning and an evening train on the
Sundays or not; but they were there on a motion calling
upon them to go to Parliament and oppose this railway
company i❑ reference to any Bill which they might see

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New,
59s.—Direct Northern, 465. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, 29
Ditto, New, 15—East of Fife, 545. —East Lothian Central,
45s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 20% —Edinburgh
and Northern, Newport, 6% ex new—Ditto, New, 745.
Edinburgh and Perth, 355. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and
Ardrossan, 4N —Great North of Scotland, 55s.—North Bri-
tish, Thirds, 78s.—Ditto, Quarters, 72s.—Ditto, New Quar-
ters (scrip) 31s. —Stirling and Dunfermline, 70s.—Stirling
and Midland, Ns —Strathern Junction, 82s. 6d.—East Indian
Railway, lls. 9d.

GLASGOW, DECEMBER 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 25L-Cale-
donian, New, 495. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 425.
61-Direct Bombay and Madras, ss. 31-Direct Northern,
475.-Dundee and Perth, 29%-Eastern Counties, York Ex-
tension, 725. 6d.-East of Fife, 595. 6d.-East Indian Rail-
way, 12s. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 475. 6d.-Edinburgh
and Northern, 15 i 4 -Di tto, New, 743.-Edinburgh and Perth,
355. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 38 H- Ditto, Halves,
9%-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. 95.-Glasgow and
Greenock, Preference, 51. 75.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and
Ardrossan, 51. 75.-Glasgow, Airdrie. and Monkland Junc-
tion, 605.-Great North of Scotland, 503.-Great Indian
Peninsular, 65.-Great North of India, 4s. 3d.-Great
Southern of Madras, 4s. 9d.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct,
515,-Manchester and Southampton, 325.-Midland, Halves,
6-Newcastle and Berwick, 3514-Scottish Midland Junc-
tion, 14%-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 575. 6d.-Stir-
ling and Dunfermline, 665.-York and Newcastle, Pre-
ference, 7%.

it right to introduce into Parliament. Now he thought
with Mr. Clark, that this motion was premature. The
gentlemen who were in charge of the railway might get
a little breathing space to consider the matter, and it
was possible enough, if they saw such demonstrations of
opinion of the enlightened opposition of this country as
had been alluded to, that they might be induced to re-
store matters to their former condition. He was much

A RIGHTEOUS DECISION.—Some time ago, a poor
fHgitive escaped from Maryland, and, hotly followed by
the pursuer, on his way to safety beneath the broad flag
of Old England, in Canada, was overtaken and seized in
Vermont. The abolitionists instantly got out a habeas
corpus, and carried all parties before court, to see what
warrant they had to arrest any man in Vermont who
had committed no crime. Three judges were on the
bench, two of them young and energetic, one aged and
feeble, who came to his seat by the habit of years, but
seldom spoke, his eyes being dim and his strength
abated. The counsel spoke—the defence wished to
know why the man was held in custody. The lawyer
for the slaveholder rose to reply, and said he should
move the offender was guilty of a breach of the laws of
Maryland state ; he was a slave, and had stolen himself.
The other lawyer then said he iould require proof that
he was a slave. The slaveowner then stood up, and held
forth a document ; " This," he said, " is a bill of sale,
made in my favour, for this man, signed by his original
owner." Then the old judge rose to his feet, and with a
voice of thunder, strangely loud for one so old, de-
manded, " Who signed it, sir ?" " John Wilikms,"
replied the astonished owner. " Take it away I take it
away I" said the old man, raising his hands to heaven,
" It is not valid, sir ; it is falsely sighed, sir ; it is a
blasphemous forgery ; none can sign that bill of sale
but God Almighty." The court was electrified ; the
slaveholder slunk out, and Vermont, awakened like a
sleeper, gave twenty thousand abolition votes at the
next election.—Extract of a letter from, Troy, State of
New York, Oct., 1846.

pleased to receive from a gentleman connected with the
railway company the motion on which the Sunday trains
had hitherto been running ; and he would take the
liberty of reading it. It was adopted in February,
1842, and was to the effect, that trains should be dis-

patched morning and evening, at such hours as should
allow the servants of the company, and those travelling
with the trains, an opportunity of attending divine ser-
vice. Ho was not aware, when the discussion took

place, of the precise terms of this motion, but he had
since ascertained, upon what he considered good au-
thority, that this motion had not always been acted up
to. He had been told that the number of individuals
leaving Glasgow and corning to Edinburgh, was small

THE ORDNANCE CORPS.—Serjeant-Major Jones of
the Hoye' Sippers and Miners at Woolwich, has been
awarded the 20s granted annually by the Good Conduct
Warrant of January last, to the most deserving non-
commissioned officer in that branch of the service. This
sum is given in addition to his pay, as he still remains
on active service. Thirty-four fine young men, recruits
for the rayal regiment of Artillery, arrived at the head-
quarters at Woolwich on Thursday, from Coleraine, in
Ireland, under the charge of Sergeant Anson, for the
Ist battalion; and upwards of 100 recruits have been
reported as enlisted by Lieutenant Clarke, at Lisburn,
in Ireland, and they are expected to join head-quarters
before the end of the present month.

TRES 'UN, _LONDON, SATUROAV V:ENING, DECEMBER go, 1848.

THE NEW COURT OF COMMON
COUNCIL.

The following is a correct return of the gentlemen
elected to represent the several wards in the "Civic Par-
liament : "
ALDG.ITE WARD.--Alderman Humphery, M.P., has
returned eight, viz., Messrs. Lake (deputy), Freeman,
Whiteside, Fisher, Massey, Clifton, Jerrum, and Salter.
has returned the fQllowlng g:4-412r,:h?p,
ALDERSGATN WARD.—SIr. Peter Laurie, Alderman,
J. Lorken (deputy), J. T. Norris, S. Maw, J. Woods, G.
Stacey;4H. de Jersey, J. Sharwood, and F. Godson.
BAssistrAw WARD.—S. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman,
has returned four gentlemen, vI4 , T. Britton (deputy),
W. B. James, W. Lister, and ,J. Wilson, the latter gen-
tleman having been elected during. the past year in the
room of Mr, W, Frisby, late deputy,
BILLINOSCIATE WARD.—T. Sidney, Vsq., Alderman;
has returned the following eight gentlemen;—Curling
(deputy), W. Williams, Bower, linill, Roberts, Phillips,
Old, and Moms, he laster gentleman in the rom of
hes,
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man,
Knott, Mr. J. Hill, Mr. J. G. Cope, Mr. H. Matthews,
Mr. Charles Wetham, Mr. W. Chadwick, and Mr. W.
Lowe.
BISHOPSGATE WARD.—W. T. Copeland, V.sq., M.P.,
Alderman, has returiied the following fourteen gentle-
men:—Messrs. Stevens and Peacock (deputies), J. R.
Carr, W. Johnson, R. Ashley, 11. Patten, Pilcher,*
Owden, Hall, Bennett, Thomas, W. Tozer, Jones, and
Sharland.

BROAD-STREET WARD.—Samuel Musgrove, Esq., Al-
derman, has returned Messrs. T. Corney (deputy), C.
Warton, T. W. Foster, R. W. Jupp, James White,
WARD.—Sir MRDa.—"iSotit;
U..,r an
„ Carroll, EID ,
_,urozsd Messrs. J. Evans (deputy), Bond, Blades,
has recur
and T. R. Romp.
TI. 1-4.`,..iDGLaEdwSdiceKn,
, , , -- WARD —Samuel Wilson,
CASTLE-AJAYNARD . . Esq•• Al-
derman, has returned l‘cessrs. -13. Hicks (deputy), W.
Collingwood, F. Farrar, H. Miiggerijo, James Bailey,
J. Rownson, J. Hoppe, and A. Adlard.
CHEAP WARD.—W. Thompson, Esq., M.P., Alder-
man, has returned Messrs. R. Brooke (deputy), R. G.
Pead, E. Phillips, R. Hardwick, E. Hickson, E. Fen-
nincr, G. Oliver, and E. Watson.
,

CORNIIILL WARD.-Sir J. Pixie, Alderman, has re-
turned Messrs. E. Harrison (deputy), John Carter. R,
Deber, James Waterton, Richard Randal, and J. Hun-
ter, as representatives.

CORDWAINERS WARD.—T. Wood, Esq., Alderman,
has returned Mr. W. Muddell (deputy), Mr. T. Lott,
Mr. W. Croucher, Mr. J. Jolliffe, Mr. 11. L. Taylor, and
Mr. Joyce.

CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN WARD. —T. Challis, Esq.,
Alderman, has returned Messrs. H. Smith (deputy),
Brass, Hoyle, W. Cash, Last, Brown, ABennock, and D.
Dewar.*

CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT.—The same Alderman has
returned Messrs. R. Dixon (deputy), R. L. Jones, S. T.
Bead, T. Saddler, Eldrid, Meadway, Johnson, and T.
X. Gilbert.

BA

NS.

ury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and

Canter'
Co
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and
Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La, Coste
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round; Green,
and Co.

31,842

22,670
3,364

COLEMANSTREET WARD.—W. Hunter, Esq., Alder-
man, has returned :ilessrs. Allen (deputy), W. S. Haile,
Hall, G. Bracher, Perkins, Davies, Johnson and Phillips.
DOWGATE WARD.—J. Johnson, Esq., Alderman, has
returned Messrs. J. Brown (deputy), J. C. Prior, T.
Prior, FL Kebble, R. T. Cousens, and G. Harker.
FARRINGDON WARD WITHOUT.—Sir James Duke,
ALP., Alderman, has returned the following 16 gentle-
men :—C. Obbard (deputy), Bedford (deputy), Ander-
ton, Dr. Lynch, J. Isherwood, M. Prendergast, W.
Harding, R. Taylor, W. Buckmaster, Williams, Burn,
Edkins, Barnard, J. Walter,* IT. J.-Lias,* and T. Tur-
ner;* the three last gentlemen in the room of Messrs.
Charles Stokes and Hodgson.
FARRINGDON WARD WITHIN.—J. Kelly, Esq., Al-
derman, has returned the following. gentlemen:—Messrs.
Hayward and Eigleton (deputies), Rutter, Holt, Ridley,
Hartley, Virtue, M'Lauchlan, Bonsor, W. H. Ashurst,
Blake, Morris,* Phillips,* and Humphrey's;* the three '
last in the place of Messrs. Westwood and Prichard,
dead, and Wheelton, resigned.
LANGBOURNE WARD.—Sir J. Key, Alderman, has re-
turned Messrs. S. Unwin (deputy), J. Dixon,. Snilling,
E. Howard, E. Shawe, J. C. Gibson, W. J. Frodsham,
and W. 11. Miller:* the latter gentleman in the room of
Mr. Collinson, resigned.
LISLE-STREET WARD,—C. Farebrother, Esq., Alder-
man, has returned Messrs. D. Cork, T. B. Simpson, T.
Symonds.* and W. Turner;* the last two in room of
Messrs. Mitchell (deputy) and Corse, resigned.
PORTSOKEN WARD.—F. G. Moon, Esq., Alderman,
has returned Messrs. Wright (deputy), Killby, Christie,
Jutsum, Dunford, Thomson, Hayward, and Barker.
QUEENHITHE WARD.—J. K. Hooper, Esq., Alder-
man, has returned Messrs. Goss (deputy), Acocks,
Sykes, Curtis, Tyler, and Rathbone.
TOWER WARD.--M. P. Lucas, Esq , Alderman, has
returned Messrs. G. Finnes (deputy), G. Selson. T.
Brigg's, T. Young, G. Aitcheson, T. Turnbull, H. Capel,
and L. Redhead. '
VINTRY WARD.—Sir W. Magnay, Alderman, has re-
turned Messrs. T. Sporague, J. Lepard, D. White, J.
King, Marsden, and J. Welsh,* in the room of Mr. De-
puty Elmes.
WALBROOK WARD.—M. Gibbs, Esq., Alderman, has
returned Messrs. Watkins (deputy), D. W. Wire, J. T.
Rowley, Dawson, Condor, and Hale.
Those marked thus * are new members.

Average Amount
.. Acney—Williams,

am Oxfordshire Witney Batik lir (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) Clinch, and Co.„ ..
An Account, pursuant to the Ac 4 seventh and eighth Pease's Old Buil- _
10,832
Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Beverley ' --.., Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Penzar- 0 b "L'4l'' Hull-Pease and Co 45,703
Pe'yerbri--'
11,017
Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur- "j"...nit, Penzance-Batten and Co
day, the 12th day of Dan., 1846 :- Averagei.-. ough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
PRIVATE BANKS. Arr,-,:,,y4t; " ~,rough -Messrs. Yorke
Abingdon Bank, Abingdon--knapp and C 0,..,,,, )1:4 ' eeterborough Bank, Peterborough-Simpson,
Andover Bank. Andover-Heath al, c.,....„.• - ~..i67 White, and Simpson 10,086
Astrford .Bank, Ashfar:l- - .ti altti P - 13,102 Pc:abrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and
- -cl emmi
Ayishaaa Bank '
z-R.-R. a--1 - - omfret 10,488 W. Walters
I Ayiesbur- '-.
Old Bank, 4- -a E. Copeman 5,008 Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
~T
-ylesbury-Rickford Truro Bank, Penzance-Rickets, Enthoven,
and Hunt
Bahlock Banl- and '
_ . . .............. : ............. 39,695 and Co
-
' . Baldock and Biggleswade Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co 36,238
/3ar_lc, 8a1dry,;',,...._m- 1,
-ir e is, Hcarg and Lindsell - Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy, and
38.560
Basi.::;sto/ce and Odihan.: Bank, Basingstoke-- 'Richmond Bank, Richmond-Stapleton and Co 6,293
Cole, Seymour, anf,l Co,
22,005 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
Be.ifili flank, Bedford-T. Barnard
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford- 33,719 County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard Trapp, Halfhead, and Co and Sons
Bewdley 8,074 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds,
Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and and Co
Crane :
14,104 , Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
Bieester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
ter-Day and Nicholson
Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co. ... 26,555 Romsey
arid Hampshire Bank, Romsey-Foot-
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods, ner and Son
Spooner, and Co
22,890 Royston Bank , . Royston-Fordham and Sons...
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming- Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son
ham---Lewis, Moilliett, and Co ..... 17,552 Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis Pomfret, and Co
Blandfoid Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak. 7,960 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 67,762 don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and
Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 13,808 Co
BridgT., ter Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Seale 7,476 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 38,452 and Allaw ay
Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 24,366 Walden-Messrs. Gibson
Birekino ham Bank, Buckingham - Bartlett , Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and
Parrott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Scarb rough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall
Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co .... 78,168 anc Co
Bahl ury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 40,384 Shrewsbury and Marked Drayton Bank, Shrews-
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb... 50,145 bury-Adams, Adan.s, and Co
Briti-: City Bank, Bath-Moser and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett and Grant Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury--Roeke, Eytons,
. •
Biriningham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and 35,668 and Co .
Lloyds
36,002 -Valiance and Son
and A. Harris
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
-12,218 ampton-IVladdison and Son
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and C 0... 68,203 Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co
Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 22,922 St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's-J. S. Story
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie
and Borrer - Brodie and
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- King
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- ton-Atherly and Fall
J. Worlledge and Co.
Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms- Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge -Rufford,
grove Bank, Bromagrove-Rufford, Biggs, Wragg, and Co
and Co. 16,495 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton,
Sons
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam- Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and
bridgixe-Messrs. Forsters

9,545

3,790

9,353

16,G93
11,662
21,306

3,02

4,644

45,903

7,299

24,419

8,826

41,608

3,100

15,635
13,249
2,873
20,014

7,460

5,626
5,817

Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co.
St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-
son and Stuart...
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Bundle, and
Co

7,217

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. 25,573
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox,
Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and Co 43,788
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
Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirkesworth-Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W
Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-Good-
ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavender,
and Co. 12,960
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 79,311
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley
and Turner
Whitby Bank, Whitby-Frankland and Wil-
kinson
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Foster and
Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster-
Everett and Co.
Wrexham Bank, Wrexham-J. and S. Kenrick 2,090
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurney,
Birkbeck, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth-Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 15,689
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten ... 7,754
York Bank, York-Swann, Clough, and Co 44,901
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 49,229
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad-
ford
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield !
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pany, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,458
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company
Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,496
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley 36,455
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,698
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington 21,796
East of England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 147,425
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax.
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield., 33,769
Hull Banking Company, Hull .
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,317
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax ......................................... 40,025
Helston Barking Company, Helston ............... 1,350
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 22,433
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough
23,432
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,443
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 56.513
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,800
Leamingtoo Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Leeds and West Riding Banking Company,
Leeds
Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds...
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham 28,103
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 76,232
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
North Wilt:- Banking Company, Melksham 55,954
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 79,329
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
..... 23,163
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 54,100
Pares's Leict2str.rshire Banking Company, Lei-
cester..... 55,836
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 2,344
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,946
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford , 51,325
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
port
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Corn
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and 1 Illlarnshire Banking Company,
Sheffield . .
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking
Company, Sh.llic'd
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond ......
Stockton and Durham County Banking Com-
pany, 5t0ckt0n,.....,
Storey and Thomas's Banking Company,
Shaftesbury
Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ..
Suffolk Banking; Company, Ipswich
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com-
pany, Wolverhampton 35,506
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,450
Whitehaven Joint -Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven
Warwick and Le.mir.gton Banking Company,
Leamington
West of Englan4 and South Wales District
Bank, BrutQl.
.... 80,645

20,161
9,618

5,272

6,068

1,518
9,986

9,064
600