The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-29 00:00:00

Parliament when the next Legislat Iva session shall
have fairly begun in Westminster c. And so the
world wags—and so we have 3 ievi illustrations
again and again of that old mi getable metaphor
about people dancing, and feasting, and fooling,
and laughing, over the thinly-true ted crater of
the Volcano—in the brief intervals between the
irruptions—while the very ground is hot and
the very air sulphurous.

The fate of imposition, like that of tyranny, is
usually this—Success for time, ending in an
explosion. The preyers on the good mature or
credulity of the population, hugging themselves
on their disreputable ingenuity, grow intoxicated
with success, and, throwing aside all decency,
appear as they are, and are treated. accordingly.
From sundry manifestations, both in London
and the provinces, it would appalr the tribe of
bakers and millers, at least such portion of it as
come under the above category, have carried
their extortionate practices too far. Thanks to
the Press, the eyes of the people are beginning to
be opened to the unfair profit wl iich has been de-
rived from their scanty' and hard-earned re-
sources by the sellers of bread. , Hitherto, owing
to their ignorance of the quot?.tions of the corn-
market and the mysteries of baking, nothing was
easier than to mystify them as to the causes of the
rapid rise and exceedingly slow fall of the price
of the household loaf. The War, anything would
do—but, best of all, the weather. The most
inveterate grumbler, when told the rise
of which he complained was occasioned by
" the wet,!' felt unable, in the face of a driz-
zling or down-pouring rain, successfully to with-
hold the postulate which must bring about his
defeat, while, if the weather became dry and
continued so for days, he was just as easily-put
off with a more flimsy excuse. The bakers and
millers had it all their own way, and just did as
they liked. No* most happily their sareer of
imposition is being threatened with an effectual
stop. Their pretences are in course of exposure,
and shortly, it is to be hoped, will be so exploded
as to cease to be available. The market quota-
tions are beginning to be watched by business..
like correspondents, and the mysteries of baking
laid bare so as to enable these inquirers to ascer-
tain what the profits made by the bakers who
use none but genuine material really are, and,
approximately, those by the bakers who do not,
a class, by the way, considerably in the majority.
The result has been already indicated. The
profits of the bakers are found to be grossly un-
reasonable, and, as the immediate result of the
indignation awakened by the discovery, research
is being made for means to render the public, as
far as possible, independent of its victimisers.
The suggestion thrown out in these columns, to
wit—that companies should be formed under the
Limited Liability Act for the purchase of wheat
or Your and the manufacture of wholesome bread,
to be retailed at a reasonable profit, has, we
learn, met with favour, and prospectuses for the
formation of such companies have been and are
about to be issued in various parts of the king.
dom.

It is to be hoped the movement will not fall
;hrough for lack of resolution, or of the requisite
funds. All are interested in having cheap and
wholesome bread—.the rich as well as the poor.
To the latter the rise of bread, though it involve
but a penny on the quartern loaf, is a serious con-
sideration. One concomitant of small means, is
prolificness, and it is seen the poor have large
families and consequently many mouths to feed,
which entails the multiplication of the penny to a
serious extent. In the case of the substantial
householder the number of extra pence he has to
pay constitutes at the utmost but a fraction of his
income ; in that of the poor it is felt as a pressing
integer. That the rich are, nevertheless,-interested
in the fall of prices is apparent from the fact that
no part of the body politic can suffer without
danger to the rest. This truth indeed is so
generally admitted that it is needless to insist on it.
Charity, or love, for your neighbour ought also to
have some weight ; and surely it would be diffi-
cult to discover a better mode for its manifesta-
tion than in promoting a movement having for its
aim the cheapening of that which is to the poor
emphatically the staff of life. Flesh-meat is so
dear as to be beyond their reach in any reasonable
quantity : for charity's sake let them be aided in
their attempts to get bread sufficient for their
wants, without depriving themselves of less press-
ing necessaries !

In any case it is in the power of many to make
their own bread, and, if need be, bake it also.
The art of bread•baking is far from a difficult one
and may be readily learnt ; and, in the absence
of the usual ovens, bread may be equally well
baked, by means of a cheap modern invention, before
an ordinary fire. The fiour-dealera and millers
would, however, remain to be guarded against ;
but those who can buy a few bushels of wheat

would not long have to wait for grinders if the
millers proved untrustworthy. Mechanical science
is bringing hand mills capable of grinding wheat
as it should be within the reach of individuals of
limited means, provided a few will club together
with that object. All that will then be wanted
is labour, and that is not difficult to be had at a
reasonable rate. Calculations now lying before
us show a sufficient motive for making bread at

home, and also grinding the wheat to make ii

with, in a considerably lessened cost of produc-
tion, as well as in insuring a wholesome
article, which seven-tenths of the bread sold

n the metropolis cannot with truth be said to be,

Potatoes and alum may or may not be objection-
able additions to flour, and we have a strong
opinion alum especially is very much so, but surely
the public should have their own wishes respected

n the matter. If they desire this, it rests, as we

have shown, with themselves to insure it. The
more independent they make themselves of bakers

and millers, the better bread, whether they manu

7acture or buy it, will be at their command.

THE REVENI7L—The quarterly revenue returns for
the financial quarter ending on the 30th instant will be
made up on Tuesday afternoon at the Treasury, and
published, for the information of the public, on the suc-
ceeding day. The national balance-sheet for the quarter
will afford to all interested in our commercial and na-

tional prosperity great gratification, the figures, excep
in two or three particulars, presenting a favourable corn
parison with those of the corresponding quarter lase
year, and giving in the gross a surplus balance on that
of the year.

LEDBURY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—LEDBURY, Sept.
26.—The annual meeting of the Ledbury Agricultural
Society has been held b.z.re, and was unusually success.
lul. The show of stock, and especially of Hereford
cattle, was acknowledged to be superior to anything
before seen at Ledbury, and the attendance of farmers
and landlords at the dinner was so large that no room
could be found capacious enough to hold them. The
Rev. J. Hopton Presided, and two of the three county
members, Mr. King King and Mr. Booker•Blackmore
were among the guests.
THE ALBUERA CONTROVERSY.-Sir J. S. Lillie, in a
letter to the Times, gives as his authority for the Mate.
ment—that the manoeuvre which turned the fortune of
the day was executed by Sir L. Cole, and not " youno
Hardinge," a letter of Colonel Wade, one of S!r L.
Cole's aides-de-camp, who was present at all that tran-
spired on that occasion between Sir Lowry Cole and
Colonel Hardinge, and who addressed a letter on the
13th June, 1840, to the editor of the United Service
Journal with reference to the credit thus claimed, in
which he stated:—" That during the whole of that event-
ful day Sir Lowry Cole received no order whatever either
from Sir Henry Hardinge or from any other officer.
That the whole of the merit and responsibility of the
advance of the 4th Division belonged exclusively to Sir
Lowry Cole."

MINISTERIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.

The Earl of Clarendon, accompanied by the Countess,
is on Isis way south, from attendance on the Queen
at Balmoral, and a visit to the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Breadalbane, at Taymouth Castle, Perth-
shire. The noble earl is expected to resume his duties
at the Foreign-office towards the close of the week.
Viscount Palmerston is, with Lady Palmerston, re-
siding in retirement at Broadlands, near Ramsey.
The noble Premier will come to town in the course
of the week for a day or two, in order to attend to
public business.

Lord Panmure has been staying at his shooting-
box, at Invermack, since he left Brechin Castle on
Monday, surrounded by a few intimate friends.
The Marquis of Lansdowne and the Right Hon.
Henry Labouchere remain in Scotland, but will re-
turn south the week after next.
The Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., has re-
turned south from Scotland.
Lord Stanley (of Alderley) is still making a series
of visits in the north. His lordship is expected in
town on the 14th prox.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey will remain in
attendance on the Queen until the Court removes
from Balmoral for Buckingham Palace.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Chan-
cellor, and the Earl of Harrowby remain at their re-
spective seats.

The Duke of Argyle, with the Duohers and family,
is at Inverary Castle, Argyleshire.

His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
after leaving Balmoral, proceeded to Corriemulzie Cot-
tage, on a visit to Mr. and Lady Agnes Duff, and has
since rejoined the family circle assembled at Gordon
o,istle, N.B.
The Earl and Countess Delawarr are entertaining a
select circle of friends at Buckhnrst Park, Sussex.
Lady Harriet Bentinck has arrived at Claridge's
Hotel.
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli
are passing the autumn at Torquay.
GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY.—This com-
pany have announced that their line will be open to
Keith on. the Ist of October.
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILIFAL—ThehaIf-yearly meet-
ing of this company was held at Perth on Friday ; the
Hon. J. C. Dundas in the chair. A dividend on the con-
solidated stock of the company, at the rate of 5 per cent.
per annum, was declared.
The Agricultural Gazette says a machine for digging
potatoes has been lately in successful operation in seve-
ral parts of Scotland and Ireland.
Pauperism has decreased so much in the Carlow union
that the surplus of funds now in the bank enables the
the guardians to dispense with a poor rate for the pre-
sent year.
The Scotch papers say that Dr. Tait, the new Bishop
of London, is the first Scotchman who has reached the
episcopal bench since the death of,Gilbert Burnet, Bishop
of Salisbury, in 1715.
The Swiss National Council, in its sitting of the 22d,
solved the question of the juridical position of the Jews
in their favour. Henceforward they will enjoy the same
rights as Swiss subjects of a Christian creed.
We find it stated by some of our contemporaries that
Mr. John Forster, late editor of the Eaciminer, and Mrs.
Colburn, widow of the late eminent publisher, were mar-
ried on Thursday last, the ceremony being performed by
the Rev. Whitwell Elwyn, editor of the quarterly At-
view.

The Nation states that Mr. Michael Joseph Barry,
sate editor a the Corh Reporter, and the author of some
beautiful poetic effusions on the late war, has received
the appointment of secretary to the Commissioners of
Lunatic Asylums, of which Sir Thomas Redington is the
chairman.
APPLIOATIONS OE' THE NEW METAL.—The new metal,
aluminium has already become cheaper than silver, and
is sold in Paris for 300 francs the kilogramme ; but
being very light, it will reach five or six times the extent
of silver. Tea and coffee-pots, spoons, &c., are now
exhibited in the shops of Paris.
A letter from Naples, in the Preen, states that
Xing Ferdinand, having received very important de-
spatches from France, was preparing to leave Gaeta and
return to his capital, where General de Martini was
expected with an autograph letter from the Emperor of
Austria.
THE REPRESENTATION 01 GLASGOW.—We under-
stand that a preliminary mean of electors will be held
in a few days, ..with the view of calling a public meeting
to require Mr. John M'Gregor to resign his seat for the
representation of Glasgow in the House of Commons.—
iirkeegete Courier.
SWIMMING.—Grand swimming races will take place at
the Lambeth Baths, Westminster-road, on Wednesday,
October 1, for the benefit of Mr. Beckwith, swimming
master of these baths, and winner of the champion gold
medal, and many other prizes. The first swimmers in
England are expected to contest the prizes, amongst
them Messrs. Woodbridge (the one-legged floater),
Smith, Rubies, Lowe, Levrell, and others.
THE CORONATION AT MOM:C—According to the
Invalide Russe there were at Moscow, on the occasion of
the coronation, six Ambassadors Extraordinary, 12 Mi-
nisters Plenipotentiary, four Envoys Extraordinary, and
three Charg6s d'Affaires. With the Attacb6s the diplo-
matic) body amounted to 106 persons. The Pope's envoy
did not arrive in time for the ceremony of the coronation.
There were also present at the ceremony eight arch-
bishops or bishops, two confessors of the Court, 48 mem-
bers of the Council of the Empire, three Secretaries of
State, 62 adjutant-generals, 20 generals of the suite, and
39 aides-decamp. The troops encamped near the town
consisted of 75i battalions of infantry, 843 squadrons of
cavalry, and 136 pieces of artillery.
THE CRYSTAL PALAUZ.—There was on Saturday
another display of the great fountains and the entire
system of waterworks at the Crystal Palace, and the last
during the present season. Had the weather been pro-
pitious some 15,000 or 20,000 people would doubtless
have been present at the spectacle. As it was, only
2,187 were in attendance. Fortunately, just before five
o'clock, the hour fixed for the display of the fountains,
the weather underwent an improvement. There was an
almost entire calm, accompanied by a glimpse of sun-
shine. The great fountains shot straight into the air to
their full altitude, while the cascades, the circular foun-
tain, and all the subsidiary ones on the various terraces,
played simultaneously in all their marvellous beauty.
The beauty of the scene was heightened for a few mi-
nutes towards its close by a rainbow of unusual bril-
liancy, and the only thing to be regretted was that so
small a number of spectators were present to witness it.
THE MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Sept. 27.—The Royal mail
steamship Niagara sailed hence for Boston to-day with
150 passengers. The steamier on Wednesday will be the
Ericsson, for New York; and on Saturday the Persia,
for the same destination.
THE WEST INDIES.—SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 28.—The
Royal Mail Company's steamer Teviot, Captain Moir,
arrived this morning from St. Thomas's, having left on
the 16th inst. The Magdalena, with the West India
and Pacific mails of the 17th ult. from Southampton, ar-
rived out on the second in,t. The Teviot has
been engaged in the intercolonial mail duties in
the West Indies for about three years, and has
been sent to England to undergo a thorough repair. She
brings three packages of specie, value 6611., and a
small mail from Nassau. The health of the Island of
St. Thomas was improving, but cholera and fever still.
existed there.
THE MAILik—SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 27.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steamship Euxine, Capt.
Weeks, sailed this afternoon with the mails for Vigo,
Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, 21 first and 11
second class passengers, among whom are Major Atcher-
ley, Captain Snow, and Lieutenant Moorhead, and on
freight 28,5501. in specie for Cadiz, and a full cargo,
among which is a large quantity of rice. The Madrid,
Captain Braishaw, with the next homeward portion of
the Peninsular mails, and the Indus, Captain Brooks,
with the mails from India, China, and the Mediterranean,
is expected about the 4th proximo. The Pera, Captain
Soy, is preparing to convey to Gibraltar, Malta, and
Alexandria, the mails for the Mediterranean, India, and
China, on Saturday next. The Aden will sail for Born-
bay, and the Ave for Calcutta, via the Cape on the 30th
instant. Mr. Bernard, late chief officer of the screw
steamer Simla, has been appointed to the command of
the former, and Mr. Steinson, lets superintendent of the
Peninsular and Oriental Company at Aden, to the latter
voseel. The Royal mail steamship Magdalena, Captain
Abbott, with the homeward portion of the West India,
Mexican, arid Pacific snails, is expected on the let
proximo. The Plata, Captain Weller, is preparing to
convey the next mails to the West Indies, Mexico,
and the Pacific on Thursday next. The Prince,
Captain Hammack, leaves this port on Monday
for the mail station between Rio de Janeiro and
Ayres, to relieve the Camilla, which vessel
Buenosis
ordered
home for repairs. The Prince during her
stay at Southampton has been thoroughly overhauled
and put into a perfectly efficient condition. The screw
steam-ship Barcelona, Captain Carafi, which arrived at
this port from Hamburg on Thursday last, sailed to-day
for the Spanish ports with about 350 tons of cargo and
15 passengers. The Hamburg, Captain Sagier, another
ship, connected with this line, is expected at this port on
Wednesday or Thursday next, from Barcelona, Valencia,
Carthagena, Alicante, Malaga, Cadiz, Corunna, and
Santander, to discharge cargo, after which she will pro-
ceed to Hamburg. The United States' mail steamer
Fulton, Captain Wotton, from New York en route to
Havre, with the French and English mails, is expected
off Cowes about Thursday next.
THE NEW AUSTRALIAN LINE.—SOUTHAMPTON, Sept.
27.—The Oneida, the first ship belonging to this new
tine from England to Australia, will leave this port for
Melbourne and Sydney on the 18th of October, Captain
Hyde, late of the General Screw Company, being are
pointed to the command. The Mayor of Southampton,
,
Mr. Re Andrews, in keeping with a previous custom,"
invited the members of the Town-council by circular
to meet him at the Audit-house on Thursday, to con-
sider the propriety of paying to the directors of this
new company a like compliment to that which on
precious occasions has been offered to the directors
of other great steam companies connected with the
port, by entertaining them at a public banquet to
inaugurate the commencement of the enterprise.
There were, however, only seven out of the entire
body present, which not being sufficient to represent
the whole, the Mayor, after a short conversation, ex-
pressed his determination personally to bestow the com-
pliment, adding to the invitation-list some of the leading
officials connected with the town, the expenses of which
he would himself defray. It is, therefore, probable that
a suitable banquet will be prepared by his worship on
the 17th prOximo, the day previous to the departure of
the first vessel, which will be attended by the directors
and other gentlemen connected with the European and
Australian Company, and by many official and profes-
sional persons intended in the progress of steam navi-
gation.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.

(This Day.)

This morning at 11 o'clock the Aldermen of the City
of London assembled at the Mansion-house, and after-
wards accompanied the Lord Mayor in state according
to usual custom to the Church of St. Lawrence, Jewry,
where divihe service was performed and an excellent
sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Mortimer, chaplain to
the Lord Mayor, from the 29th verse of the xxii. chap.
of Proverbs—" Seest thou a man delight in business, he
shall stand before kings."
At the conclusion of divine service, a Common Hall
was held in the Guildhall for the election of a Lord
Mayor for the year ensuing.
The attendance of liverymen was very numerous, in
consequence of the feeling existing amongst the licensed
victuallers against Sir W. Carden, whose name stands
second on the list of aldermen, for the continual attacks
he makes when on the bench against that body, and all
those who partake of intoxicating drinks. Numerous
placards had been posted about the city condemnatory
of his conduct, and exhibiting the feeling of that nume-
rous and highly respectable body of tradesmen against
his sweeping strictures; and in the hall the following
placard was freely circulated :
" Citizens of London I Why support Alderman Carden
for Lord Mayor, who stated, before a Committee of the
House of Commons, that none but prostitutes and thieves
went into a tavern after ten o'clock at night ?"
The Lord Mayor, aldermen, recorder, town clerk, and
other civic functionaries entered the hall shortly after 1
o'clock, and took their places on the platform in silence.
Alderman Carden was not present.
The Common Hall having been opened in the usual
manner,
The RECORDER addressed the livery on the important
duty they had to perform in electing a Lord Mayor for
the year ensuing, according to annual custom.
The following names of the aldermen who have not
passed the chair were. then called over :--Alderman
Finnis, of Tower ward ; Alderman Sir R. W. Carden,
Lnt., of Dowgate ward ; Alderman D. W. -Wire, of
Walbrook ward ; Alderman J. Carter, of Corn,hill ward;
Alderman W. Cubitt, M.P., of Langbourn ward ; Sir
H. Muggeridge, of Castle Baynard ward ; Alderman
R. H. Kennedy, of Cheap ward ; Alderman W. A.
Rose, of Queenhithe ward ; and Alderman. Lawrence, of
Bread-street ward. ,
The name of Sir W. Carden was received with a vol-
ley of hisses, the others with cheers, and cries of " in
their turn."

A show of hands was called for is favour of Alderman
Finnis, which was received with renewed cheering and
cries of " All, all." On Sir W. Carden's name being
again put to the Livery it was met with renewed hisses,
one hand only being held up in his favour. The list was
gone through, when the name of Mr. Alderman Wire
was received with mingled hisses and-cheers.,
The Sheriff then announced to the livery that the
election had fallen on Mr. Alderman Finnis and Sir W.
Cubitt.
The Aldermen then returned to the Court of Alder-
men, and, on their return, the Recorder informed the
livery that the Aldermen had selected Mr. Alderman
Finnis for Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. An an-
nouncement that was received with loud cheers.
The LO"AD MAYOR elect, in returning thanks for the
high honour to which he had been elected, tendered
them his best thanks for having placed him in the
highest position he could be placed in that city. He re-
spected the institutions of this country, considering they
were the bulwarks of freedom. Forty-two years ago,
when he came to this city, and was bound an apprentice
in the very premises he now occupied, his respected
father told that, by being honest and faithful to his em-
ployers, and by obedience to his superiors, he
might, hereafter, arrive to the highest civic
honours, and which by their votes they had
that day realised. After adverting to the offices
he had held in the City Corporation, and the man.
ner in which he should attend to the duties of his
office, he eulogised the conduct of the present Lord
Mayor, and in retiring thanked them for the honour
they had conferred on him. (Cheers.)

Mr. DILLON proposed a vote of thanks to the present
Lord Mayor—(cheers)—whose conduot during Lis year
of office had been exemplary, and who had dispensed
hospitality—not the least recommendation in a Lord
Mayor of London (cheers) with a liberal hand.
(Laughter.) The present Lord Mayor was the represen-
tative of liberty and toleration, and the manner in which
he had discharged the duties of his office must, or ought
to show, to the people of England that they did wrong
in excluding men from public offices on account of their
religious opinions, and he hoped that shortly the lords
and ladies of the House of Lords—(laughter)-.-would
soon see cause to alter their opinion. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Deputy LoTT seconded the motion, and, in doing
so, said he had hoped her Majesty (considering the
eventful year that had just passed) would have conferred
some honourable mark of distinction on the right hon.
D. Salomon, the Lord Mayor. (Cheers.)

The motion was carried by acclamation.
The LORD MAYOR, on coining forward to return
thanks, was enthusiastically received. He said be ap-
peared before them on that occasion with different feel-
ings to what he did that day twelve months, and the

vote of thanks they had passed assured him that he had

....
discharged the duties in raality so satisfactorily as he had
hoped to do when he was elected to the office. (Cheers.)
He thought he had done something for Nonconformists

generally, and he had endeavoured to show that a man
may be a N onconformist and occupy high offices without

showing the least slight to the established religion of the
country. (Cheers.) He had respected that religion,
and the teachers of religion had respected him, believing
that he had acted on principle. (Cheers.) After some
further remarks the Lord Mayor retired amidst enthu-
siastic cheering.

The proceedings shortly after terminated, a vote of
thanks having been passed to the retiring sheriffs.

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANS.

APPOINTMENT OF AN INTERIM
MANAGER.

The following appeared in our last edition of Satur•
day :—_ _ _ _

On Saturday, at the chambers of Vice-Chancellor
Kindersley, Mr. R. P. Harding (of the firm of Harding
and Pullein, Lothbury), was appointed the interim
manager, upon the application of Messrs. Amory, Tra-
vers, and Smith, and Messrs. Chilton and Burton, who
appeared for a very large body of shareholders. The other
gentlemen proposed were Mr. Coleman, Mr. Turquand,
and Mr. Wryghte.
At a meeting of the committee of depositors, held on
Thursday evening, at Mr. B. Foster's, St. John's-gate,
J. Wyld, Esq., in the chair, the following resolution was
passed unanimously :—" Resolved—That it is desirable
this committee use its utmost endeavours, on all occa-
sions, to be admitted before the Ciief Clerk cf the Vice-
Chancellor to represent the interests of the depositors."
The undermentioned gentlemen form the committee
to represent the depositors :—Robert Taylor, 13, Old
Bond-street ; James Wyld, Great Globe ; John Sheri-
dan, Chatham-place; M. Mitchell, 5, Great Prescott-
street ; W. Richardson, Union-court, Old Broad-street;
Wm. Clothier, Borough-road (pawnbroker) ;B. Foster, 1
St. John's-gate ; H. S. Gilling, Goswell-road.

FIRE AT CRIPPLE(} ATE,—On Saturday night, about
eight o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr.
Miers, clothier and outfitter, No, 13, Fore-street, Crip-
plegate. The engines of the London Brigade and West
of England attended, but the fire was not extinguished
until considerable damage was done.
THE LATE ACCIDENT AT OLDBURY STATION.—The
writer of a letter signed " Locomotive," which appears
in to-day's Times, after referring to the suggestions of
" A Railway Director" as to the means by which calami-
ties ought to be prevented for the future, says the
panacea recommended by the "Director" is in itself
worse than the evils of which he complains. To exhibit
a danger signal when the line is "clear" would be simply
the annihilation of the only security in which the value
of signals consists, as the representation of the true con-
ditions in which the coming train is advancing.
LIABILITY OP SHAREHOLDERS.—The chief difficulty of
winding up is not in realising the assets, although this
requires great care and judgment, but in deciding who
are the parties to pay up the deficiency, or "settling the
fiat Of contributors." The Law Times says—" Every
contributor may contest his liability through three courts,
and ultimately into the House of Lords—then calls must
be made, and ample time allowed for their payment—
then those that are unpaid must be enforced. This is a
work of many weeks and even months. Three years is
the very shortest period within which the winding up of
such a concern as the Royal British Bank will be prac-
ticable."

THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT.--A meeting of the
ratepayers of Cheltenham was held on Wednesday, con-
vened by the high bailiff on a requisition signed by
about thirty gentlemen, to consider the propriety of
adopting the Public Libraries Act in that borough. A
resolution in the negative sense was, however, carried
by a lar,:e majority.
THE YARNIOUTH HERRING FISTIERY.—The herring
fishery at Great Yarmouth has been exceedingly sue
cessfut this year. The boats have arrived very heavily
laden, and the daily average catch has amounted to 100
lasts, or 1,320,000 fish. One boat alone brought on one
occasion the enormous quantity of 12 lasts. Tho price
has ruled at from 121. to 14/, per last.
SUNDAY FOR THE FARAI LABOURERS —A meeting of
the landed gentry, clergy, and farmers of East Kent
was held at Canterbury a few days ago,Mr. Deede9, M.P.
in the chair, to recommend the general adoption by far-
mers of such regulations for the care of their horses and
cattle • n Sundays, as may allow all the farm servants to
attend divine worship. Resolutions to this effect were
agreed to, and signed by 129 lAndownere and farmers.