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LA IV I STELLIG BATCE.—May 29.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII.
(Sittings in Banco, before Lord Canpbell and Justice 3
Co!etilae. Erie, and Cr )rnpton.)
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WARD V. THE LAW PAOPRRTY ASSURANCIE AND TRUST

SOCIETY.

Iu OF, cue a rule ir3l grautel for a new trial,
on the gr,und of mis lirection. Tae act'on wars against
the Law Property A ,nrance and Tru4 Society, upon a
policy by which the society had guarantaA the plaintiff
again-t the criminal acts, such as embezzlement and
larceny, of one J. M. Wood, the plaintiff's town travel-
ler ; and the question now raised was whether We
plaintiff had given notice in due time to the society that
a itAbility had h.-en incurred. It was contended, on the
part of the defendants, that, under the circumstarces,
the learned Lir.l Chief Justice ought to have directed a
verdict for the d,f .ndants.
Mr. Hannen, in the absence of his Farmed leader, who
is now one of the Barons of The Eschequ,,r, showed cause
against the rule.
Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins sup-
ported it.
The Court decided that there had been no misdirec-
tion, and that the rule ought to be discharged.
When this case was disiinsed of the C.)urt rose,. at
about 12 o'clock.

BAIL COURT.
(Rting3 in Banco, befero Mr. Justice Wightman.)

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THE QUEEN V. TilE JUSTICES OF SFAFFORDSSISE.
Mr. Hocldlestou moved for a role to show cause why
the justices should not hear and adjudicate upon a sum-
mons against a person named Bodkin. It rppeared that
a 611(13 of money had been borrowed from the Public
Loan Cominissionere under the sth of George IV., c. 36,
for the repair of the church at Abbot's Bromley. The
act provided that a rate should be levied for the pay-
ment of the money within 20 years, with interest at 4
per cent. A rate had- been made in 1853 and 18;4, and
tiad been paid. Another rate was made in 1855. aud Bad-
kin was rated at Bs. f 1 He refused to pay this last
rate ; he was summcouel before the justices, and disputed
his liability and the validity of the rat-, contending
that, under the 53d of George 111., c. 107, the justices
had no jurisdiction, and that the only place for pro-
ceedings was in the ecclesiastical court. The justices
declined to proceed, clnsidering that the 531 Ge4rge
111. was incorporated with the sth George IV. This
rule was therefore moved for.
Rule granted.

COURT OF COMNION PLEAS.
(Sittings in Banco, Trinity Term.)
The Court sat this morning for a short time to hear
motions, and adjourned at 12 o'clock.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr.
Justice Crowder and a Common Jury.)
HALFORD V. ISAACS.

The trial of this cause, which was commenced on
Tuesday, lasted during the whole of Wednesday and
terminated this day (Thursday).
The action was brought to recover from the defendant
remuneration for leave to perform certain pieces, al-
leged to have been written by the plaintiff either
wholly or in part, and acted by the defendant,
Miss Rebecca Isaacs, at theatres managed by her
or over which she had control. The plaintiff a,eo
sought to recover penalties under the Dramatic Authors
Copyright Act for several perfortnauees of the same
pieces, which he said had taken place without his con-
sent, and for which Miss Isaacs was responsible.
The plays in question were entitled " King Queer and
his Daughters Three ;" "The Little Demon," an adap-
tation from the French ; and three songs in " The Pet
of the Public."
The defence was in effect that no contract had been en-
tered into by Miss Isaaos to pay the plaintiff for these
pieces, and that he was nDt the author of them.
Witnesses were called in suppoit of the respective cases
of the plaintiff and of the defendant, and belonging, as
they did, for the most part to the theatrical profession,
their evidence was very amusing to those who heard it,
both from the nature of the questions put and from the
manner in which the answers were given. It would,
however, be impossible to give more than a general ont-
line of any, excepting the evidence of the plaintiff and
that of the defendant.

Mr. Huggins having stated shortly the case for the
plaintiff,

Mr. Hance called

Joseph Halford—l am the plaintiff in this cause, a
dramatic author and comedian. At the beginning of
last year the defendant, Miss Isaacs, was the manager
of the Strand Theatre. I vca3 engaged at 41. a-week,
but that wag contingent on the receipts, after all other
actors and all expenses were paid. About the middle of
May another arrangement was made. I performed in
two or three pieces every night from January to that
time, and only received 51. 10i. ; 51. was a gratuity on
Isaacs', benefit. I performed until I laid myself
lipon a bed of sickness. About five or six weeks before
Easter I had a cativersation with the defendant. We
were saying that Easter drew nigh, and there should be
some novelty. I said that Mr. Francis Talfourd should
he asked to do something. Miss Isaacs said, " He wants
401. or 501. for a good extravaganza." I said, "That
was not dear, if it were a good one." She said, "Have
vnu nothing by you ?" I said, ".I had a burlesque on
'King Lear,' which I proposed calling 'Bing Queer.'
She laughed, and was delighted. I said, "It it must he
finished, occupied as I was at the theatre, I could not
do the verbiage."
Mr. Justice Crowder—The what
Mr. Serjeaut Byles-0:), toy Lord, we know what that
is here.

Witness in eontinuation—Tne verbiage is ;MT expr6.t•
sion for the &Wove. Eventually Mr. U Alias was called
in to assist, and he and I went throe;.) it, act for ace.
and scene for scene. I gave him all my ideas ; for in-
staiiße, cJupling Cordelia and the fool. Ia fact, I did
all what we call the inventive part. Mr. Col!ins fur-
nished me with the rough copy, and I corrected and
interlined it. It was afterwards printed. Iu May=a
fresh arrangement was entered into. I told Miss Isaacs,
I could not go on any longer, and I really could not. I
then said I would go on if my expenses were psi'.
King Qieer" was acted 70 times, and I did not get a
farthing. Miss Isaacs agreed to give me 21. a week for my
,xp,nses, and as she said it would not e.o to take "King
r" out of the paper, she a4reed to pay rue for the
nights it was a,:ted. It was afterward, played live
nights, and so was "The Liqle Demon," on the 21st,
22d, 23d, 24th, 25th, and 26th May ; one of these nighty
..qa.4 my heueit, so Idu not cou.it Oat. "`_he Little
Damon" I should nail an alaptalon ; there was in it
much matter cif my o mu. I wrote three snags in "The
Pet of the —" Tney call me Pretty Madeline,"
"Tire Trumpet Lrgrily ao'l " Lwe's Gentle
Language." Mi,a I,RAC',4 caug "Pretty mainline," and
per4apir via., is tire 134 +Oil in is poc.rr,d three times every
"l' :e P-,t" was f.ertorwerf fire nights in Jnne.
I think 10, a night not tLio much for liberty to pert-ru;
each piece.
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Cross examined by Mr. Sergeani: Byles—l wrote all
the songs in " Kin, and I ac:ed King qieer,
and a cuiesr part it was. Mi,s Isaacs act.,d Cordoba and
he F )1. (rim ler.rne.l &ireaut here took into his band
the libretto ,f this play, and much amusement ..vas
uy his rradin, pas.a,-;es from scvt-:rai of the songs and
cross-examittiug neon them.) was a party at-
tached to Dinah. . Mr. ltilmon sings the e<,,,g; mine is a
parir y. If you have ever heard theorigi cal you will !Pie the
; if nit, it is vain to try to ,xplain it to you.
The play wag regi;tered in Collins's can afterwards. I
procured my name to be added by judge's order. I

get to i 4 t.) the treasnroela b foks. T did not
a•k for th,' 51. which was given 'me. It w:ts handed to
ati) in an ruvrlope, T bad a benefit. I do not know
whether I r€,civt-4.1 91. •or 41. but I was out of
pocket. • My ,i:emetit was nono tr, rw:t. There were many
f‘ The Little Deiriou''.--,-ole by Arclier.
not ur.e phiyed Dow Ra.ehaol. the lover.. Ido
met .know whorik I leered, but she was a very clever and
lieauti rut, eirl. I Ji.i!y composed the words of the songs
in Pet of llo• Pablio." Mr. Tully furnished the
an -1 e.nne ideas. I found the wordy and the F.,-
lish. fir, Tully said the whole piece wanted enlivening.
I do n t know that he said Mie part wanted en-
liverlin4. I do o,:t remember saying I woo 41 write acouple
of songs and make her a present of then if 'folly wotib-1
-et theui to niu,ie. We were walking at the front of the
trlgti whet our arrangement aae 1 sued Aka
FaacB in the County Court, but I withdrew my claim
aa slle was a sitter actress and a lady. I liars heard that.
Collins has made claims againA her.
Mr. Egan— I saw the plaintiff correcting Collins's
oianuscript. This was at Collioe's office, about a fort-
:ti ht E b•-der, 1855. •

Mr. Selwyn—l made copies of "King Queer" from
the plaintiffs manu-cript. I was employed by Miss
Isaacs. Idi i all the copying at the Strand Theatre.
Mrs, Plummer (trite sliss Beaumont)—l acted at the
Strand Theatre in 1855. "The Pet" was acted. Ido not
know if the theatre paid.
Mrs. Tarn-r—l an an actress. "The Pet" was per-
formed at the Sheffield Theafre in Juiy, 1855, for the
benefit of Miss Iraacs, who was "starring" there. She
sang " Pretty Madeline."
Mr. Tully—l furnished the music for the songs in
" Pet of the Public, and wrote what is technically called
the " nonsense," that is the outline and rhymes.
Mr. Tilbury, the actor, Mr. Peel, Mr. Kingsbury, the
musical director at Drury-lane Theatre. and others con-
nected with dramatic affairs, were called, and through-
,.ut the case both of the plaintiff and of the defendant
great amusement W 33 afforded by the theatrical gestures
and manner of giving evidence of the witnesses.
Mr. Sergeant Bylee, after an able speech for the de-
called Miss Isaacs. lam the defendant. Last year
Atllcroft and the plaintiff called on me at my
c'rabi-
nee in S:mre-street ; an arrangement was made that
the plaintifY
was to be stage-manager, to write and adapt
all
"8 that mixht be reqiiited ; and after paying all
ezPen't including rent, the plaintiff was to bays 41. a
veek out, of
Payne 31.. the Profile, if they amoun,ed to 151. ; Mr.
profits►
were .`ife.elf 8/. ; and io the same proportion
three
Mr. Payne was to be acting ma-
nager.
werTwoor
profits,; (int
otires during this arrangement
which the plaintiff received
in this proporion Alter
sane
i tiff,
21t. o
a commence
week in lieu an
time another arrange-
ment was come to with the plaintiff,
iffanhdad ooualdbenefit at
,
the 21st of May ; he was to: have
of any share of profits. The
which I played, but I was taken
on the other days, up to the 26th of May- The plaintiff
play plaintiff
never said he should expect to be paid if his
pieces were
payed. When the second arrangement was made the
plaintiff said, " Atm Ito be paid for my pi,c,s / re-
plied, .g No ; that is included in the arrangement." i
never agreed to pay the plaintiff for therm) of his pi-ea..
With regard to " The Little Damon," the plaintiff
wished it to be played at his benefit. I said the name
should be altered from "The Little D.-Ail ;" he would
alter it, and renrite my part. to evade the author's fee.
I was unable to act in it from illness, and another lady
took the part. Iu addition to 21. a-wetik certain, the
plaintiff way to receive a 'hare of the profits, iu the pro-

POLICE INTBLLIGENCg.—May 29.

MANSION-HOUSE.-2esjami4 Stubbing anti Jesse
lee, of Leadenhall-market, butciters, were summoned
before the Lord Mayor by Ciarles Fisher, the meat in-
,coector for the city, upon the charge of having exposed
and offered for sale in the market certain meat Ina for
nn,nati loon, whereby they became liable to a penalty
not exceed,ng 2e/. Mr. Lee, one of the partners in the
firm. atle.ided to answer the cOmplaiut. and p!eaded
"Not guilty," according to the usual form.
The Lord Mayor—l consider myself bound, as- a ma-
gistrate, to inflict the extreme penalty, and I at the
sates time take this opportnoity to declare that in every
case which may be brought before me in which evidence
,liall be given of the sale of bad rneit 1 -had fine to the
u most extent. I hope it will go forth to the public,
through tto most convenient and useful channels, that
such is the dttermir ation of the chief in v.:jai-rate ; and I
have u.) doubt that my brother inagisiTatei will act pre.
ctsely in the same cv.i,y.
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The defendant--I shall certainly app,!al against the
decision, Iffy ; but I really 'Molt vou may dispose
of the cas4 by allowing we t) put, a c•aupie of pounds
into thepo,,r-box.

Tnd L. .r Mayor—Not at al!. Tula no paor-ixa
case.

The defendant—You will not, my lord, as a citizen of
Low!on, infliot suer a penalty u:'.ou a fello.v.citizen.
I have committed no offence Nhatever. I trust your
for ehi will d.al ,uuarnarily widi the case,
The L )rd IVlayor—l have dealt summa,ily with it.
There tim-t 1)3 an end put to such. a traffic. C nuplaiot4
of unwholesome food abound everywhere ; anti to allow
a case of this kind t ► pass without marking it would be
unpardonable. I shad iu ever; future case that may
come before me euforce the extre.ue penalty ; and I Sill
ni,st anxious that the public should be inflrined of tinti.
determination.

NIA RLBOROUGa-s'r RE Er —.Mu Ingram Owen,
Geor9tSen,:th (hoed, • and Edward Owm, were brougly
bßAore Mr. Avg:man to, titi4, ex.coioatlon, charged +kith
nu'r.erou, torgerie..
The dopositiorm, which ar:: t ) be the longest
ever tliten in this caurt, were'cornoiete:l Ail I read over
to the privooer4 by Mr. Bishop, the magistrate's clerk.
Tn nutn;.tr of CAA'S or which the premiers are corn.
tui:,:eo amounts t, 12, forming. how,ver, but a thnaL
p :rlon of the aggregate. of case, which the pullet) have
h :en enabled to trace.

The Ni Nuneri, reserved their &fence, and were fully
eQiunn,ted.

CLIZ 'LIKEN WE LL' —Lditurct Th/nnt*, 56, it dirty-
lo :kit:g &At) ..t,s,;ribed on the polies-e.ieet a, a surgeon•,
and au lutirite of CL.rken well workhouse, was placed et
the bar before M.. Tyrwhitt, ch4rged with n,utilatieg
she dea I no !y of a Yowl by cutting off the head in Cerk-
enwell workhouse, under the foll-twing circAustaoc.:s:-
It appeared fr mi the evidence th tt the prisoner, who
hat seen better dayi., but who has heel. in the work-
hou,e for many year,;,, bas been employed in the dead..
k ,use as assistant,unt'ertaker, one of his duties bt-irg
to show the bodits to the relatives. On MocA.,y
he nad the body of a man under kis charge,- but
upon the relatives applying to see it the prisoner re-
fused, saying that it was nailed down. The rela-
tives then applied to see tha matron, who insisted that
the coffin should be undone, hut upon looking round
the deal-house she saw a man's head on the ground, and
up:m saying that she had now caught him the prisout
took up the head and &obi, "Do not let the relatives
see it." The matter was then brought under the uottze
of the guardians, who determined to prosecute.
Mr. Tyrwitt remanded the prisoner.

LAMBETH.—John Whittaker, a rernarkable•lookiug
person, WAR put to the bar before Mr. Eiziott on a
charge of breaking into the dwelling.house of titre.
Edmonds, a widow lady, re..iding at N 0.16, Addington.
lane, C.tinberwell, 'and preparing a quantity of massive
plate and other property for removal.

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The prosecutrix riepo4el that about half-past 11 o'clock
in the morning of Wednesday week she left home, in
company with her sister, leaving no person in the house
but one woman servant. She returned at about half-
past 12, and on going up to her bedroom she found it
as he had left it, locked, but on entering she saw a tea-
service of piste on her dressing-table, which had been
removed from the wardrobe. She examined her
drawers, and missed five va'uable Iridia shawls, and
then called out to her servant, Eliza Dewe, who came to
her, and on entering the room, and seeing the state it
was in, she lifted the valance ofthe bed, and started oat
of the room screaming as loud a. she cou►d. A man in-
st.mtly came front under the bed, and started down
stairs. On leaving the house she closed the front door
in the ordinary way with the catch, and found it so on
her return. The property produced was hers, and had
b!ert removed from the place where it was ordinarily
kept.

Eliza Dewe, in addition to a corroboration-of her mis-
tr,ss's evidence, said that on seeing the prisoner under
her mistress's bed she ran down stairs as fast
es she could, and, opening the front door, called
Out -" Police I " as loud as she could holloa.
While so calling out she saw the prisoner come out
of the hone, and had such a view of his face as to
enable her to swear po&Cvely as to his identity ; she bad
not boat night of him writ he WilA secured and brought
bi (qc. In reply to the que4i,ns of the magistrate the
witness said she had not been upstairs froua the time ita

THE SUN, LON 4,----T-R-1-11-A EVE K 1 tk

pe• ie., ~f the first -i;irerii;enre.nir. I lost 60/ at the ruietress and her sister went out until they resumed, and '
`trawl Theatre, besidee losing my wanks lime. Th.-re they came back much sooner than she expected them.
Wrre no bungs in " The Pet of the Pubic" as origi, al /ler mistress was disposed to let the prisoner go, awl
written by Mr. Stirling (manuscript here produced.) It , woula have done en had it not been for the gentleman
was written for rue to introduce senge. The plaintiff and • who lived nett door, and while speaking to Mrs. Ed.
Mr. Tui'y were present at the rein arsel. Mr. Tully 1 molds! the prisoner turned to witness and said, " Some
suggestee that a song in the sabots wooid he effective ; of • oar pals have been here." Tne prisoner was a per,
and said he had no time to write the v otis, but sue- feet stranger to her, and she had not, to her knowledge,
gesterl idea. to the plaintiff. I asked -him to write words. ever seen him before.
The' plaiotiff said he had one or two songs if I would James Lennox, a bricklayer. said that on the due in
sing them. It is a common occurrence for song writers question he way peivieg by the house of Mrs. Elmon I ,
and composers to ask performers to sing eaene in order and his aAention was called to it by the loud cries of the
to make them popular. Mr. Tully brought me two last-witness, He saw the prisoner rush out of the door
songs, which I sang iu "eTee-•Pet," but I did no and run away as fast as he could. Suspecting he had
know they were the plaintiff's. When I sang " Pretty done some wrong, he followed, and had not lost sight of
I
Madeline" at Sheffield the words were my own, not the. . him until he secured hien. Tee prisoner was very vio-
plainiefre. Me claim was made by the plaintiff before lent in his struggles to get off, and bit him (witness) so
that at the County Court, I
which was before I went to neverely in the left band that he was at present an out-
Sheffield. I wee only manageress of the Strand, and, patient of St. Thomas's Hospital. When the prisoner
had no other interest but that taken tinder the arrange- -was brought back to the house of the prosecntrix be
went, viz., to receive my share. Mr. Davis was appointed heard kiln say that if he was let go he would go the back
treasurer by Mr. Allcroft, and we all consented. Lauver way and show how he got in.
instructed him to withhold the books from the plaintiff.. Mr. C. Wears, of 17, Addington-place said that on
The 51. given to the plaintiff was a gratuity. The plain= the day in question be went into the had of Mrs. Ed-
tiff might have seen the books. The treasurer gave 'inonde'e house, and hearing that lady's sister say "We
me accounts of the receipts, but the money was sent to have not missed anything ; let him go," he interfered to
Mr. Allcroft. I never received money from the treasurer prevent the prisoner being allowed to go at large, when
excepting when t',ere were profits. Devils left the theatre the prisoner made a desperate attempt to kick him, and
in ;nue, 1855. He had not settled his accounts then,. drawing back a little he received the kick on his abdo-
ner has he sieve. The day before he is ft he paid 'me 221. men.
I believe when he le.ft he had money of the theatre. .I Ceas. Sibston, 142 P, said that having been informed
think net 1001. I have not celled on him to account. by Mrs. Edmonds that she bad missed some valuable
Tne gross amount which I have received in five or six ehawie, be searched under the bed under which the pri-
months is under 201. besides ray benefit. I played at Avner had concealed himselfe and there found the five
Worcester on the 2d of November, 1855. Mr. Colman valuable India shawls he then produced.
selected " King Qieer." I selected "The Pet of the The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
Public "at Sheffield for my benefit. I did not sing Mr.
Tully'e music, or use Mr. Halford's words.
C. J. Collins—l have composed several dramatic
pieeres. The origreal pencil draught of "King Queer"
was it, my eritiog and entirely my composition. The,
draught p. reduced by the plaintiff is a copy of my pencil,
draught, with corrections by the plaintiff—some sug-
gested by one, some by the other. In my opinion the
~
pla'utift's alterations are no improvements. The plaintiff
agreed that it should be registered in my name. The ,
plaintiff afterwards ;smelled to have his name joined. I
opposed the application ; but the judge made the order.
The printed book put in has in it much more marked by
the plaiutiff than was written by him.
Mr. Davie, the treasurer of the Strand Theatre, was
then called, and said that he never refused. to let the
plaiutiff see the books ; :that Miss Isaacs had the booker -
and that he gave her an account of the receipts every
hr,y. They averaged 101., 121., and 171. a night —in
Easter week,mere. At the second arrangement the
plaintiff wanted 31. a week. Miss Terse,: said she' could
not afford that, but if . the receipts would bear it he
should have it.
Mr. John Coney—l am an actor, and performed in
" The Little Demon." I learned my part from Archer's
copy. The plaintiff has written up his own part, and I
had to refer to it for the "cues." The plaintiff wasvery
strict in enforcing fines. Tbia is never done in well-
regulated theatres to such a degree.
Clitires Ge Tge Pigeon—l was prompter last year at
the Strand Theatre. I prompted from theprinted copy
of the play, but the plaintiff vamped up his part, no alters,
don was made in any other part. Plaintiff and I went.
about bill-stickiug fur 13 or twenty miles round, and he
told me that we ware saving aethor's fees by altering
the came of the play.
Mr. John Howard—l played in " The Little De-
mon." " Asmodeus" and that are the same. "The Lit-
tle Demon was not read as a new play.
• Mr. William Lovel Phillips, a musical composer and
professor at the Royal Academy, stated that it was an
advantage to tte.‘. author of a song to have it sung by a
reepular singee, and that sometimes a singer was pa..d
for dol. g so.
At the close of the case fer the defendant Mr. Ser-
jeant Byles submitted that the defendant was not lia-
tab to any pe laity for acting in " Kin; Queer," at Wore
c ,'ter cr at Sheffield, as she was an actrefs only ; that
Celina was co-author and ought to have been joined
in the ace,ion ; that be its fact assented to the
ei at Worcester ; that "The Little Demon" was
n.,t written by the plaintiff ; that the songs in "The
Pet " were net a dramatic piece ; and that Tully wie.
the author.
Mr. Hawkins *died that songs introduced ieto a piece
were not within the act.
Mr. Hogging, ire reply, urged that Mr. Halford bad
clearly wide himself out to be the author of "King
Queer," "The Little Detrain " and a portion of "The
yet ;" and that he was entitled to some remuneration,
which Mss Isaacs would never have withheld had it net
been for a " little demos" behind her in the shape of an
attorney.
Mr. Justice Crowder then summed up to the jury,
and said that the case had - been celled a complicated
one ; ha thought it ought to have been disposed of
in two hours if 'counsel had admitted facts which
they might well have done, and not got into ex-
traneous matter. The main question was whether
Miss Isaacs entered into any contract with the
plaintiff for "leave money" to act his pieces, and
next whether he was the author of such pieces ? The
learned judge then summed up the evidence most care-
fully and left a number of questions to them.
The re-ult of the answers of the jury was in effect a
verdict for the defendant on all the main points involved
in the cause, subject of course to any motion which the
plaintiff may be advised to wake before the court in
benco.

Sporting Intelligence.

EPSONi RACES-THURSDAY.

A deserted hill, thinly occupied stands, and a some-
what uninteresting supply of sport were, as usual, the
characteristics of the " off day."
The first event was judiciously appointed to be decided
at half-past one, and the last race was run at 4.30, in
order ti afford people an opportunity of returning to
Loudon in good time to witness the peace illuminations.
The weather was cloudy and hazy, but no rain fell.
Sol-joined is a return of the racing :
The Epsom Four-year-old Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft,
with 100 added—colts 84 111 b; fillies Bst 61b. New
--Derby Cuures. 11 subs.

Sir C. ifouck's Vandal, by Vau Tromp, Est 111 b
(Bartholomew) 1
Lord W. Powlett's Exchange, Bst 11lb ...(S. Rarer=) 2
Betting-2 to lou Vanlal. Won easily by a length
and a-haif.

The Two-Year Old Stakes of 10 BOYS each, with 50
—colts, 8E 71b ; Bllies, Bst 41b; any winner befios
starting, 511, extra. Half a wile. 32 subs.

Mr. J. B:Douglas's Tournament, by Touchst,me, 84

71b (Foriham) 1
Mr. J. White's Qaaeu of the Balt, by the British
Yeoman
Hr. Howard's &Alallion, by Bay Middleton, 8,4 lib

(Wells) 3
The following also ran—Fascination, Equity, Nereue,
Dardanelles, Electra, Fright, Lady Malcolm.
Betting-3 to 1 agstQaeen of the East, sto 1 each agst
Tournament and Rlhallion, and 7 to 1 agst Fx,cloation.
Won easily by a clear length ; two lengths between the
second and third; Faecinaion was a good fourth ; Dar-
danelles fifth, and Equity next.-
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs, (for mares only) ; 3-yr-
olds, 74; four, list 9'b; five, 9st 2lb ; six and aged,
9st 51b. Great Metropolitan Stakes Course, two
miles and a quarter.
Mr. B. Wayfe Comedy, by Melbourne, 3 yrs
(Cresewell) 1
Lard Cdfden's H wally, 4 yrs (& Day) 2
Capt. Christie's Kestrel, 3 yrs (r. Cliff) 3
The following a'so ran :--Elfrida,Consternali )n, Lady
Tattoo, and f by Bolingbroke.
Betting-e Even on Homily, and 4 to 1 apt Elfrida.
Won by half a length-; two lengths between the second
and third ; Elfrida bad fourth ; Consternation was fifth ;
the other two were beaten a long way, Lady Tatton
being last. •
The Grand Stand Plate of 100 SCIVR (Handicap) ; the
winner of any race ;matches excepted) after the pub-
..

lication of the 51b extra'

Darby Course.

Mr,. J. Barnard's Sirneon, by SirikA, 3 yrs, 64 lib,
including 5113 extra (Walters)
Mr.. Windna►n's Rip Van Winkle, 3 yrs, 64 411), in.

eluding Sib extra
Capt. Christie's Lawn, 3 yrp, Est 21b (Cressweli) 3
'lhe following also ran :—Roebuck, Joshua, and Pan-
theon.

Bstting-2 to 1 agst Lawn, 7 to 2 each agst Rip Van
Winkle and Sirocco, and sto 1 agst Pantheon. Won
easily by a length and a half ; same distance between the
second an I third ; neck between third and fourth.
Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, fer two-ye.
olds and upwards ; optional selling weights. New
T.Y.C., three•quarterm of a wile.
Mr. Evans's Eardrop, 3 yrs, est 81b, (401.) .(Prior) 1
Mr. W. Day's Whiteface, 2 yra, 44t 10,b, 401. (carried
sst 41b) (Hibberd) 2
L' rd Wilton's f by Birdcatcher—Sacrifice, 3 yr.., 6 t
Sib, 40/
The fo:lowing also ran :—Sextus, Mark Fount', Bid-
liogbana, and GlenJonna.
Betting-7 to 4 on Eardrop, 4 to 1 against Sacrifice
finy.

The favourite made all the running, and woa by a
length and a half ; bad third. Tue winner was bought
in for 150 guineas.
_

Tne C,;:bhaTu Plate (Handley) of 50 says, for all ales ;
the winner of any race (natc4fa excepte,l), after pub-
licatton of the
_weight:;, 511) extra. Novi T.Y.C.,

three quarters of a mile.
Mr. H. Lane's Humboldt, by Ishrnaelite, 5 vrP, 7st 111 b
(Quinton) 1
Mr. T. Hughes's g, by Faugh-a-Ballagh, out of Emu•
lons, 3 yrs, Est 111 b, including Slb extra (D. Hughey) 2
Kr. liobann's Georgina Sidus, 4 yrs, 7st 11Ib
Maun) 3
The following also ran : December, Villein, Alastor,
Roving Betsey, and Professor Airy.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Alastor, 4to 1 avt Emulous
gelding, Bto 1 agst Any other (offered). Won by a
length ; a neck between the second and third ; Weather-
cock, Vulcan, Roving B.t.ey, and Alastor, wall up,
were next ; December was last.

LATEST BETTIN• ON THE DOWNS.

TIM OAKS.
sto 2 eget Atticepid (taken)
100 to 30 agst Mermaid (take')
4to 1 apt V►ctoria (i aken)
10 to 1 asst Tyne
10 to 1 aget Secret

20 to 1 Mist Comedy
Speculation fluctuated con,iderab`y. At one One 6
'co 4 was taken about Mincepie, but she gridiially re-
eeded, until 5 to 2 was currently offered against her.
Meanwhile 3 to 1 was taken about MermAid. Ulti-
mately, however. business was done according to the
above list of prices.
Cerva was declared not to stvt at 11.35 a.m. on Mon-
day last, amid Kalipfile at 1 30 p.m. on Tue,day.

_ LY 30. 185 n.

BANK RETURIVS.

An Acc.;uut, pursuant to the Act seventh and. eighth
ViCtoria, cap. 32. of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales, to Cirealation during the Week ending Satur-
day, tae 17t,tt day of May, 1856 :
ge
PR A.N Average
IVATE B KS. Amount.
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co.
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,081
Aylshain Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 4,376
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 34,212
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 32.586
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 9,735
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke—
Seymour, Lamb, and Co.
Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 34,610
Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker,
and Co
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb 15,348
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 21,680
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir-
mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,937
Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 7.838
Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 56,045
Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 16,091
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L
Seaiey
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and C 0... 37,895
Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy-
cott, and Co.
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par-
rott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and
Stomaarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney,
and Co.
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 28,516
Bath City Bank, Bath -TG . Moger and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co 37,444
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H
A. and W. M. Harris and Co
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 61,126
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Hardin,,, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
J. Worlledge
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Fosters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and
Co.

22,279

68,197

28,525

12,067

2,345
13,150

48,792

31,660

Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris
and Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coate and Son 3,165
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green 19,96"
Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and
Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank,
Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock!
City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co
Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and
Co
Cardiff Bank, C;;rdiff —Towgood and Co
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co
Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co.
Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes an .l Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Lock.
j and Co
j Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and C 0...
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster
--Cooke and Co
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co
Devonport Bank, Devonport— Hodge and Co
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester--R. and H. Williams
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos-
ter' and Co
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co
Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank
Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co
Exeter Bank, Exeter —Sanders and Co
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk
beck, and Co
Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co
Farnham Bank, Farnham - Messrs Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co
Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and
Keen
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon..
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0...
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder,
and Co.
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—
Matthews and Co.
Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams
and Co.
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank,
Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting
don—Rust and Veaseys
Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and
Co.
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempsteai
- -Smith and Whittingstall
Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin
Sharpies, and Co.
Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, anal
Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford—
Morgan and Co
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank. and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—
Alexanders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall,
and Co.
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—
Davies and Co.
Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough—H and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and

Sons
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
Harvey and Son.
Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co.
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams,
Brown and Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby,
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co ,
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co.
Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan-
dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle-
ton and Cra.dock
Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and
Co.

34,627
42,722
7,883
21,000

76,490

Lynn P.egis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn
Regis —Gurneys and Co. •••
Lynn R:.,gis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Jarvis and Co
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst
and Co.

Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and
Co.
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan-
ner and Co
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and
Son

9,120
13,058
33,835

Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and C.
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co
Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre-
con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co
Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock,
and Co
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock
New►nark it Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Co
Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk
Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons...
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur-
neys and Birkbeck
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham. Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co
Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris
and Co.
New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and C 0....
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith
and Co.
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westry—Croxon and Ce
Oxford Oid Bank, Oxford--Robinson, Parsons,
and Ce.
Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells and Sevenoak■ Rink, Ten-
bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W
Clinch and Co. .
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old hank
and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co
Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—D. Yorke and Co.
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and
W. Walters
Reading Bank, Reading—Sireonds and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy
and Co.
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co.
Rochdale Bank Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and C 0.........
.................................
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
tor—Day and Nicholson
Royston sank, Royston—Ford-ham and Sons
Rugby Bank. Rugby—A. Butlin and 5ea....,.
Rye Bank, Rye-...R. C. Pomfret, Jc Co ....

24,723

11,014
10,359

71,00

88,138
9,981

47,527

82,046
52,889

48,605
27,112

7,599
13,805
6,145

6,185
14,421
31.676

81,891

17,925

14,075

20,520

53,46,

5,596

22,261

39,459

19,114
19,949

6g,468

15,335

25,987
9, 406

22,02

44,20

8,968

5,220
64,193

37,175
32,241
28,237

98,650

23,990

7,429

36 183

13,98

14,314

2,680

9,852
18,665

24,564

15,746
27,634

53,021
19,684

20,553

49,09'

94,134

10,729
3,279

20,116
9,185

29,639

11,61

32,641

10, 553

11,240

47,435
10,645

10,294

11,554
33,935

31 143
6,781

4,820

7,765
14,742
10,386
14,514