The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1856

THE _BOILER EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE
ROYAL MAIL COMPANY'S STEAM SHIP
PARANA.

examined the remains of this boiler since the accident'
The rent exhibits no symptoms of previous defect in the
metal.
Coroner—Can you in any way account for the accident!
Witness—There is one place in the smaller rent where
it had given way two years ago, and had been secured by
a patch and made good.
The Coroner--Do you connect this with the cause of
the accident ? _ .

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.
The dreadful accident which took place last evening
on board the Parana, steam ship, has been the theme
of general conversation during the day, and great com-
miseration has been felt for the suffer era in all quarters.
An eye-witness informs us that after the steam had
cleared away sufficiently to admit entrance into the
stokehole, where the sufferers were lying, the scene was
harrowing; in the extreme, and the piercing screams of
the poor lacerated fellows as they lay in their agonies
were truly heart-rending. They were found quite dead,
and were instantly removed to the engine-house in the
docks. They presented a sickening spectacle, the skin
hanging in driblets from all the exposed parts of their
bodies.
Capt. Vincent, the superintendent of the company,
who was attending to his duties in another part of the
docks, the moment he was informed of the catastrophe
hurried to the scene of the disaster, and, in concert with
Mr. Hedger, the superintendent of the docks (who hap-
pened fortunately to be close by), and other gentlemen,
rendered invaluable assistance ;n extricating the sufferers.
Surgeons were sent for, who promptly attended ; but
from the severe nature of the injuries the poor fellows
had received recommended instant removal to the Royal
South Hants Infirmary, which was accordingly done with
as much care as possible. There they received every at-
tention from the resident and other medical men of the
town. In answer to the latest inquiry there I find that
the names of those under surgical treatment are—
J. Hobbs, coal-trimmer, severely scalded—since dead.
Geo. Gordon, aged 33, fireman, scalded in the face,
bands, and feet—not expected to survive.
W. Brandon, a man of colour, aged 37, storekeeper,
scalded in the face, hands, and feet.
Philip Brown, aged 48, coal-trimmer, scalded in the
face, hands, and feet.
John Hill and Gee. Hindes were admitted to the in•
firmary with slight injuries, but have since gone home.
Besides the above there are two or three cases under
treatment at their own home 4.
Mr. Mills, the superintendent engineer of the company,
and Mr. Wylie, the chief engineer of the ship, had a
Darrow escape of their lives. Both these gentlemen were
in the engine room but a few minutes previously to the
accident, and had left to attend to some other matters.
Mr. Wylie had only just reached his cabin when the
explosion took place.
The Parana was intended to leave Southampton on
Monday next, with the usual Mexican and West India
mails. She had about 1,200 tons of coals on board, and
her bunkers being full contributed no doubt to lessen
the effect of the explosion ; indeed it is the opinion of
practical men, that had it not been for this fortuitous
circumstance her side's must have been blown out. The
Parana had not shipped any cargo.
The Plata is getting ready with all possible despatch
to supply the place of the Parana. She is laid alongside
of that vessel, and the coals are being transferred, gangs
of men, in relays, working night and day.

Witness—No, sir ; I consider it was as strong there as
anywhere else.
Examination continued—There was plenty of water in
the boiler when the accident occurred. I had observed it
only two minutes before the explosion. The water was
then at the top of the glass, and the indicator showed at
that time a pressure of 121 b. I measured the water in the
boiler at six o'clock, about an hour after the accident,
and there was then 3,11 inches in the glass. Three of the '
deceased men were working close to the boiler, getting
coals out, at the time of the explosion. Daniel Knowlton
seems to have been in the act of coming up or going down
the ladder at the moment of the accident, from the posi-
tion in which we found him. Knowlton, Rogers, and
Pothecary were quite dead when taken up. Hobbs was
not dead. I assisted in getting him up, and he spoke
to me. It may have been about 20 minutes before all
the men were got up out of the stokehole.
By the Coroner—l found water in the lower stoke-
hole when I went down to lower the fires, which I
believe must have followed the steam when it rushed
out. The boiler was in my charge at the time of the
explosion. Ido not think it possible the pressure could
have been raised from 121 b. to 171 b. or even 151 b. be-
tween the time of my seeing the gauge and the explosion
occurring,
The Coroner, at this juncture, said he should propose
an adjournment. There were other witnesses to examine
who were not now in attendance, and he should prefer
to call them before he examined the company's engineer,
Mr. Mills.

The Jury, through their foreman, suggested that as
the days were now short, and the evenings long, they
should have an evening sitting when they ❑ext met.
The Coroner woulo be very glad to consult the con-
venience of the jury, but he considered that iu a case of
such great importance, at which, no doubt, hereafter,
they would be assisted by some g entlemen from the
Board of Trade, a day meeting would be more conve-
❑ient than one in the evening.
The Foreman was instructed to press the point. The
gentlemen of the Buard of Trade were paid officers, and
the jury were not. The latter felt they had as much
right to be considered as paid servants of the Crown.
The Coroner was sorry the point was pressed. He
certainly should not consent to meet in the evening,
but, probably, by fixing the hour of adjournment to
three o'clock to-morrow, the convenience of all parties
would he consulted.

This arrangement was at once agreed to, and the pro
ceedings were formally adjourned until to-morrow,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Noe. 2.7.

WESTMINSTER.—A DESPERATE WOMAN.—ifartha
Fletcher was charged with creating a disturbance and
threatening to break the windows at the house of Mr. Ken-
nett, Hoop and Grapes, Broadway, Westminster.
Complainant said that this was the fourth tine he had
lad occasion to bring the defendant to this court for pun-
ishment. On the last occasion she was committed for a
month, and on receiving her sentence stated, that when
she obtained her release she would revisit his house and
smash his windows. She had only been out of custody a
few days, since which she had been to the house no less
than tires times, evidently with the intention to carry her
threat into execution, but had been prevented by the ex-
orcise of considerable vigilance. On Wednesday night, at
ten o'clock she came and created a disturbance, swearing
that she would break all the windows ; and on a previous
occasion since her release from prison, she had torn the
clothes off the waiter's back, and made a kick at Mrs.
Kennett.

Defendant, in reply to the charge, said that he ca7:-,,0
and pulled her out of the house as though he was en'oged
with a man.

Mr. Kennett said he had forbidden her the ',louse for a
long time past, and had refused to servelber-,0 On the pre-
sent occasion she did not enter the pram des, but made for
the windows outside.

Mr. Arnold said she could have no right to go there, as
she had been again and again 'forbidden the house. He
should now require her to frAid bail to keep the peace for
the next three months.

The defendant was c'Jmmitted in default, and as she was
being removed, exclaimed, " I can do that on my---
head. I'll give it the-- -when I come out."

WORSHIP•STREET.

ROBBING A FATHER.— Trillion Seale, a wretched-look-
ing child, about 12 years of age, was brought up on remand
before Mr. D'Eyncourt, upon a charge of robbing his
father, a cabinet-maker, in William-street, Shoreditch.
At the former examination it was stated by the father
that the prisoner for seven years past had exhibited an
incorrigible pilfering propensity, and that about a fort-
night since he broke open his money box, and absconded
with the whole of its contents. After considerable diffi-
culty he was traced by the police to a low lodging-house
in Whitechapel, where he was found in bed with another
boy of depraved character, and at once given into custody.
Mr. D'Eyncourt —ls it your determined intention to
prosecute your son for this offence ?
The Father —Yes, sir. I certainly mean to do so, un-
less I can get him into some reformatory asylum.
Mr. D'Eynceitrt—ls the mother of the boy in attend-
ance?

A respectably-dressed young woman, who described her-
self as the wife of the prosecutor, immediately atepporl
forward and expressed her •,ntire concurrence in the wish
of her husband to obtain the admission of their child
into some penitentiary, Which would be the only means
of saving him from utter ruin.

The prisoner here clasped his hands together in an an-
guished manner, and exclaimed, " That woman is not my
mother, but she wants to get rid of me, as she is living with
father, who has turned my poor mother out of doors."
The prisoner and his alleged wife were recalled by the
magistrate, in answer to which questions they reluctantly
admitted that they were cohabiting together, and that the
statement of the prisoner with regard to the fact of his
mother being sail alive was perfectly correct.
Mr. D'Eyrcourt strongly animadverted upon the scan-
dalous corAuct of the prisoner's father and the woman
whom .ne had falsely represented to be his wife, and
dire',Ged the officer to use his best efforts to procure the
atzendance of the boy's mother at the next examination.
•

On the case being now called on the prisoner's wife, a care-
worn-looking woman, entered the witness box and informed
the magistrate that, in consequence of the constant brutality
of her husband, she had been compelled to leave him about
six years ago, aud, after an unsuccessful effort to support
herself by shoe binding, she had since lived under the pro-
tection of another man.

Mr. D'Eyncourt said that it was a very shocking case ;
and as it was pet fectly manifest that the sole object of the
prosecutor was to relieve himself from the burden of main-
taining his unfortunate child, he should remand the pri-
soner for a week with the view of obtaining his admission
into the reformatory asylum at Redhill, where the father
would be compelled, under the provisions of a recent act of
Parliament, to contribute a weekly sum, according to his
means, for his instruction and maintenance.

MARL BOROUGH-STREET.--CHARGE OF UNLAWFUL
POSSESSION OF A BANK NOTE.-- -James Massey, the land-
lord of the Crown public-house, Cranbourne-passage' was
summoned before Mr. Bingham, for haying unlawful pos•
session of a stolen st. Bank of En ;land note. Mary Massey,
his wife, was also included in th o summons.
It appeared from the evidence on Saturday last, that the
note had been stolen from a ci ish-box in the chambers of
Mr. David Gibbons, barrister, yew-court, Temple, on Oct,
23, and on the day after the rot rbery the note had been prdl
to the clerk of a pork-pie me !chr.nt, named Watling, by
Mrs. Massey. The explsnatio s o'f the accused, who ~tated
they were unable to recollect tr ,e party from whom they
received the note, was not co, idered sufficiently satisfac-
tory by the magistrate, who aaj ourned the case -until yes-
terday, with au admonition tx , the accused to brush up
their recollection and to seared i their books to ascertain
whether any clue existed to th 4 person from whom the note
was taken.

Yesterday all parties being in attendance, Mr. Bingham
inquired whether the accuse, I were prepares: with any.in-
formation about, the note.

Mrs. Massey said she had , 'been unable to recollect any-
thing more about the note, as the transaction had occurred
nearly a month ago.
Evidence having been given of the receipt of the note
from Mrs. Massey in the p rescues of her husband,
Mr. Bingham sail he ha ,d do op all in his power to assist
the complainant in his pr
)Coe dings to come at the parties
who had commttted the ,er_.
The present waa nut a
case iu which the note in
n )
question was suspected to be a
stolen note, but it was a ,
clear case of robbery, it having
been folly established tl. (9; t the note was stolen on the 28th
or 29th of October, an 4 that on the 39th it was in the
possession ofe : summoned before him. Here was
proof
,on, and judging from the conflict-
ing ofreetnhte
ppoasrstei,e,u s,
accounts of this recent possession,
given anvenbtlyineMr°tsuP.NlaatsisbelYA 1
, it might become a question whether
there was not sti tiiceer t reason to place her, without includ-
ing her husband, at. the bar for feloniously receiving tLe
note, well knowini;: tto have been stolen. The language of
the act had reference to the possession of property presumed
to have been recent' ,y stolen, and imposed a penalty of 51.
fur that offence. F .at this penalty obviously applied to lead
and such things, o f I which the possessor could not give a
satisfactory account of the possession. But where the
property was prep arty recently stolen, there was an end of
suspicion, and per, ions having possession of such property
were placed in this situation of beimg liable to be sent for
trial. It would b e for the prosecutor to say what further
steps he would tai ke, but as far as the present summons
was concerned, i : must be discharged.
Mr. Massey th inked the magistrate, and declared he
would take goo a c are to change no 51. notes in future ex-
cept for parties, )m he could recollect and identity.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.

INDIAN FIBRES, AND THEIR APPLICATION TO
PAPER-MAKING, &c.
The second ordinary meeting 'of the one hundred and
third session of the Society of Arts was held on Wednes-
day evening ; Colonel Sykes in the chair.
After the preliminary business of the reading of mi-
nutes, the election of three new candidates, and the an-
nouncement of the Northowrana Mechanics' Institute, the
Natal Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and the
Uraking Halt-place Academy, near Halifax, having been
taken into union, Dr. Forbes Royle, F.R.S., read a paper
on " Indian fibres," being a sequel to observations on "In-
dian fibres fit for textile fabrics, or for rope and paper
making," published in the second volume of the " Journal
of Society of Arts."
Dr. ROYLE commenced by saying that India was pre-
eminently a country for fibres, and that a great mass of
valuable material, which now yearly rune to waste, my
be turned to profitable account. Without enumerating
the gigantic grasses, there were the plantain and the
marool, yielding white fibres, the palms and the cocoa-
nut, the jute and its congeners, the leguminous and mal-
vaceois classes of plants, and the mclepiads and nettles,
all of which combined to afford fibres of any variety of
fineness and strength. The consequence of the suitable-
ness of these fibres to manufacturing purposes was that
their import from the East had of late years rapidly in-
creased, and at the present date the hales imported into the
United Kingdom from British India were about 600,00 e.
With respect to baste or barks the lecturer said that car-
riage and freight must operate against their being brought
in any large quantities from such great distances, and gave
some interesting information respecting them. For the pur-
poses of foreign commerce, the lasts from Akyab, the sea-
port of Arracan, seemed most desirable, as they were
abundant, cheap, and easily divisible into fine, pliant, and
knot-tying fibres. The retail price of several, even when
twisted into rope, in Akyab, was one rupee per maund
(3d. a cwt.). For nearly this sum they might be put on
board ship. Various fibres had been sent from Calcutta for
31. and 41. per ton for freight. The western coast of the
peninsula of India was favourable for the growth of bast,
and Travancore, for which Cochin was the most conve-
nient port for shipment. The bark of " autiaris saccidora,"
which was common in the jungles of Canara, near Coorg,
and Travancore, contained an immense mass of fibrous
matter. The inner layer was of a white colour, and
the fibres of the several layers crossed each other, so that
one could not but be struck with the apparent fitness of the
whole for being beaten into half stuff for papermakers.
Bast was now chiefly used for making mats, though most
of the mats in India were made of grasses, the bulrush,
the leaves of the Kaldera bush or screw pine, the cadjon,
or dried leaves of the Palmyra tress, and split bamboos.
On the Ganges and Indian rivers the grass called " moonja"
was employed for tar ropes, and a kind of cotton grass for
making bridges in the Himalaya, and these were good
materials for the making of twine and cordage, as were the
black "ejor," and the " pita" or " agave," commonly called
aloe. In experiments tried at Calcutta and Madras,
" pita" ropes were found to possess great strength. Pine
apple and marool fibres were also made into rope, though
fitted for better purposes ; and Manilla hemp was now
well known to be able as a fibre to bear great strains.
Cordage could also be made of the plantain. It had
bean calculated that, 'with appropriate machinery, in
suitable localities, the expenses of obtaining such fibres
ought not to exc•Ad from 9/. to 10/., and that they might
then be landcd in England from 131. to 161. per ton.
The lecturer then called attention to a fibre produced
by di,.ierent plants, the brown hemp of Bombay, pro-
('
-aced by the Ambaree or Deehana hemp, and the Tag or
Corkuna hemp. The Ambaree was much used ror ropes,
and the least troublesome to prepare, costing about nine
pie per pound (a pie being about lid.), and the Tag was
used for both ropes and mats, and coat 11 pie per pound.
The janapa from the Malabar coast, and the narvo from
the district of Canara, were also famous for the excellence
of their fibres, and might be used as substitutes for flax.
The jute, the ambaree, and other vegetable fibres were
woven in India into women's dresses, cloths, scarfs,
and muslins, and were fitted for all kinds of textile
fabrics. Some of these, which were capable of being
woven into the finest muslins, were plants that required no
culture ; their stems abounded in fibres, and they were
well known and plentiful in Madras and Scinde. The
lecturer concluded by de voting a few minutes to con-
sidering the materials for paper maing, for which India,
he said, was an uncorked mine, some of the plants
growing wild and luxuriant, while others were cul-
tivated. It was not a question as to what kinds of
fibres were fitted for paper—all being adapted—the best
being the plantain and banana. For the conveyance and
delivery of those fibres, in the condition of half-stuff, from
India to England, the cost per ton was, for the inferior
kind, about 131. and 161. for the better quality.
At the close of Dr. Royle's lecture,
Mr. RUTLEDGE addressed the meeting on the manufac-
ture of paper. He said the consumption of paper in Eng-
land was less than itwas in America, France, Belgium, and
Holland, and that the prices of raw material in the threw
last countries was 10 per cent. beneath what it was in Eng-
land. The reason why new fibres were not taken by paper
manufacturers was because the supply was uncertain, and
when there was a scarcity, the supplier, instead of asking
from 101. or 121. to 16/. a ton, asked 601. In the course of
his remarks he alluded to and described a machine that
was in the room, invent©d by Mr. Burke, of Montserrat,
for cleaning plants to procure fibre. Mr. Rutledge said
that it was capable of producing easily 301 b. of clean fib re
a day—it had 501 b.—and the fibre was so excellent that ho
had been offered 331. a ton for it.
Mr. Warren then showed the operation of the machin e
in abrading and freeing from the mucilaginous or pulpy
matter the stem of the plantain, the leaf of the agava, and
other plants, some of the experiments being eminently
successful, others less so.
1 long and interesting discussion, in which Mr. Sharpe
and Mr. Ridgway joined, then ensued respecting the ma-
nufacture of paper, and the adaptability of the plantain
and other fibres for making it; after which the meeting
separated with a vote of thanks to Dr. Royle on the motion
of the chairman.

THE PERSIAN GULP.

This great sheet of water, which appears likely soon
to be the scene of important events from the war now
commencing in Cabal and Persia, is about 500 miles long
and 63 wide. It receives two of the largest rivers
of Asia, the Tigris and the Euphrates. The English
THAMES.—A TALE OF MISERY.—As Mr. Yardley was
about to leave the bench, a poor woman, with an infant in have carefully surveyed these two rivers, and have esta-
her arms, and who appeared to be half starved, tremblingly blished steam navigation in tile latter ; they, moreover,
entered the witness-box, and said her husband and son
both lying dead, and she had not the means of bury- seem disposed, by means of a railway, to employ the
log them
weie
Euphrates in reaching their Eastern possessions. The
Mr. Yardley—How is that, my good woman ? navigation of the Persian Gulf is difficult, and requires
The applicant said that her husband had been long suf- an intimate acquaintance wfth its hydrography. From
feting
from consumption, and, after a lingering illness, died
the beginning of October to the end of July, north-west
on Thursday last. A few weeks since her son, 13 years of
age, met with an accident. He fell while he was carrying winds predominate ; south•west winds, which generally
two pails of water for his employer, and received very prevail daring the rest of the year, are favourable for
severe injuries, from the effects of which he died on Satur-
entering the gulf, but they mostly bring bad wea-
day last. During the illness of her husband and son she
parted with all her furniture to obtain food and medicine tiler. The coasts of the gulf, which are not very high,
for them, and she was now left with six young children, are formed of calcareous rocks, and are full of reefs ; the
and without the means of obtaining bread for them ; but
bottom of the gulf is covered with coal of a greenish
what afflicted her most was that she was unable to bury
the remains of her husband and son, tint, and from this circumstance some geographers
Mr. Yardley—lt is a very sad case. What is your name have named the gulf the Green Sea. The bottom
The Applicant—My name is Louisa Davison, ar.d my vari • • .
late husband's name was Joseph Davison. He was a brick- undergoes great variation according to the wind,
layer. and on that account vessels are frequently in
Mr. Yardley—Where do you live ? much danger. The strait of Ormus, by which the
Applicant—At No. 1, Clare Hall-gardens, near Stepney
Church. here are the certificates relating to the death of gci elf is entered, contains several islands. The prin-
my husband and boy.
Mr. Yardley—blocs any one know the story related by -pal of them bears the name of Ormus, belonging
Iman of Muscat who is a vassal to Peraia. This
this poor woman to he true ?
t pearl. known
Denny, an officer of the court, said it was too true. The fromslabst hceo coastntan s
ofa t
the Fare.
and a
Tphoer tfit;ehsi ch ar e not
poor widow and her children wore in a state of destitution. were formerly found there, and constituted an important
Mr. Yardley, who was much affected at the recital, or- branch of trade ; but at present the island
.has lost its
tiered that a sovereign should be given to the applicant ancient celebrity. If the English expedition should
from the poor-box Fund, and, !amidst tears and sobs, she take place, Ormus will probably be one of its strategical
thanked the magistrate and left the court. points ; for in an offensive and defensive treaty, Just
concluded between the English Government and the
Iman of Muscat, the former reserves to itself thepritvhie-
cpoearsstisa of
which Faristan,
contains
privi-
lege of occupying the island. The Persian gulf washes
the
provinces ofempire.
The first, Aboucheho or Bender Bouchir, can only be
entered by vessels of small draught ; it is a commercial
town, and the English have an establishment there which
the
besto ports beautiful
of
prospers. The second is Bender Ryk, and possesses a
good territory. The other parts of {the gulf form the
south of he province of Laristao. Here are several tears
time places, and amongst them Bander-Abassi, better
known under the name of Goutnroun, a town built on a
bill which descends gently to the sea—this town con•
tains a mixed population of rersiani, Arabs, Kurds, Ar-
menians, aril Bedouins. The English had an establish.
ment in it, hut they have of lats years transferred it to
the Isle of Kharak ; they have also an important depot
of merchandise at Bassorah. In addition to Bender
Abassi, there are on the same coast Bender-Kcengoun,
Ziraf, and Baanan, which places formerly carried on a
very extensive trade. The group of islands which termi-
nates at Ortnu4 begins at Kharak, on the coast of L tris-
tat:, and comprises Kais, Laft, Basido, Andjar, Larek,
Zalimab, and Keichme. The latter is the largest of all, and
it produces a peculiar sort of grape highly esteemed in
Persia, and a great number of sheepand oxen ; it contains
A population of about 15,000 souls, who occupy three
towns, the largest of which, called Keichme, is con-
structed of stone, and surrounded with a fortified wall,
which protects it from attacks of pirates. All these islands
are surrounded with coral reefs, which render the
access to them very dangerous. The English have esta,
blishments in almost all these islands. The coasts of the
Persian Gulf are occupied by independent Arabs obey-
ing a chief ; they live by trading in cattle, pearls, and
fish. Although nominally under the domination of
Persia, they are really hostile to her, and are absolute
masters of the country.: The town of Chitaz, which is
also in Faristan, and which is remarkable for its beauty
and its ancient splendour, is the native place of Saadi
and Hafiz, the two greatest poets of Persia. The English
have numerous and important establishments there.
Accounts from Larnaca, the principal port of the
island of Cyprus, state that the corn trade was very dull
in the month of October. Prices were high (17f. p( r
hectolitre) for corn. Silk had likewise experienced a
rise in consecuence of au aeti-e demand from Syria. The
last price was 431. the kilogramme. Tne new vintage is
good, and priced are rising (40c. the litre, brandy lf,
0c). The import trade was unimportant.

BANK RETURNS.

An Account, 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, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
day, t'ae 15th day of November, 1856 :

Average

PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co.
Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,122
Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman --
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 82,595
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co 32,879
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Ca 10,254
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-
Seymour, Lamb, and Co.
Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons --
Bewdley Bank, Bewdlcy - Nichols, Baker,
and Co
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb 14,960
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -- Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 22,062
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir-
mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 9,762
Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co 6,908
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 69,204
Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,659
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater--J. and J. L
Sealey
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 33,986
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
Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney,
and Co.
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 28,720
Bath City Bank, Bath-G. Moger and Son - -
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 35,589
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 62,742
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-
Harding, Smith, and Co 12,563
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
J. Worlledge
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 16,042
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge-Messrs. Fosters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
Co
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris
and Sons 23,642
Chertsey Bank., Chertsey-La Coste and Son. 2,670
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 18,029
Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and
Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank,
Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 35,450
Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 45,102
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 7,545
City Bank, Exeter-Milford. and Co 20,899
Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and
Co
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-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 9,377
Derby Bazik, Derby-W. and S. Evans & Co. 10,003
Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 35,281
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke
and Co 9,470
Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and C 0... 10,132
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 'Ridinc 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

21,125

18,549

23,647

71,905

48,944

30,09

'74,251

73,921

85,859
9,095

48,977

94,919
52,365

7,253

45,909
26,974

7,400
13,115
5,730

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.
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank,
Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don—RlM and Veaseys
Harwich rank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and
Co.
Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin
Sharpies, and Co.
Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and
Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—
Morgan and Co
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manning-tree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—
Alexander-4 and Co
Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall,
and Co.
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—
Davies and Co.
Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and C 0....
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough—Harrison and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson

4,535
13,185
30,138

31,324

17,889

20,573

54,525

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.
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 Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and
Co.
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn
Regis—Gurneys and Co. n
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lyneld—Brocklehurst
Jarvis and and Co
Macclesfield Bank, Macdesfi
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
8a............
Merionethshire n, Co
olgelilliams and

Son
Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Aberg.v - and O,
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
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket--Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Co ........................
Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk
Bank, Norwich—Harveys and H udsons
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
New Sarum Bank, Co
aru Co
Nottinghamßank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith
and Co.
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old. Bank, Os
wesig—Croxon and Co
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,
and Co.
Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton-
bridge—T. 11. and S. Beeching
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W.
Clinch and Co.
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank
and Beverly 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—Sintonds and C 0.....
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Bland);
and Co. ..............................................
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co.
Rochdale Dank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co. ...............................................
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches.
ter—Day and Nicholson
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons
Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son
Rye Bank, Rye— R. C. Pomfret, & Co..
ROSi Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross
Allaway and Macdougal
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf-
fron Walden—Gibsons and Co

Till EARTINUAIE IN CA

Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-- Burton, . Lloyd,
and Co.
Scarbormgh Old Bank, Scarborough—Wood- A letter frota Canea, in the Wand of Candi 6, dated
all and Co 24,740 Nov. 1, after describing the miserable state of the inhabi.
Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and tants who have survive,l the dreadful earthquake that de-
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, Ey- stroyed sever al of the towns and villages or Candia a few
one, and Co 41,789 weeks ago, goes on to state that it appears from the testi-
SittingbouTe and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. molly of several persons who happened to be at various
0,,75.1. plac3B in the interior of the island, or at sea, en on the
—Valiance and Co.
Southampton Town and County Bank, South- and after the shock. A person worthy of all belief, who
ampton—Maddison and Pearce
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 14,226 shocks come out of the house in which he was, relates that
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Sonthamp- the colour of the light was'red, and that an undulatory
ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co.
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore .
Stafford Old Bank, Stadord—Stevenso n and ' of lightning, and that it was not repeated. The captain of
10,768 an lonian brig, who arrived at Canes on the 6th Oct. has
Co.
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton.
33 575 same month his compass acted regularly, but that when he
Cayley and Co. ... ............ ' doubled Cape Matapan he remarked that the needle was
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury „,., deflected, and that from that instant, if he had followed
—Beck, Downward, and Co.
Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 26,818 to take a course the very opposite to that which he had
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 10,575 wished to hold. The perturbation continued after the
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and CO. 8,731 earthquake was over. Upon again examining the compass
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton -- it was found to have recovered its normal state, which it
10,435 has since maintained. The captain of a Turkish vessel has
Dunsford and Co.
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
Turkise war steamer, stationed in the port of Canes, says
shire--Thrapston, Yorke and Eland
that he also had observed the disturbed action of his com-
Trino Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But- pass before the earthquake, and the return of the needle to
Cher and Son
its true direction as soon as the shocks were over.
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and
Co •
Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring-
wood and Poole Bank, :Poole—G. W. Led-
gard and Sons
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston:—Vivian and

Country Markets.

DERBY SMITHFIELD.—Noy. 25.

The supply of fat beasts was unusually small for the
season of the year, and an advatice of price easily obtained
and a clearance effected. The number of sheep was not
large, but sufficient for the wants of buyers. Fat pigs
scarce, and well sold. Few fat calves, which realised high
8,145 I prices.

The following were the quotations t—Beef, 6d to 64d;
mutton, 6!d to 7d. ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 74d per
lb. ; pigs, iOs 6d to lis Od per score ; acmgh fat, 5i 6,1 to Oe.
per 141 b. ; hides, 4id to 5d per lb ; calf-skins,- 44d co 6id,
er ih.

Wheat £2 17 4 2-12th.
Do. new -12th.
Barley
Oats
Beans - t2ths.

BOSTON—Nov. 26
Owing to the severity of the weather ancrril
of snow we had a small attendance today, and a shaft
supply of all kinds of grain. Wheat a dull sale, and the
prices receded is to 2s per qr. Barley also a slow demand'
Beans and peas rather lower. Oats is cheaper.
Prices :—Wheat, red, 48s Od to 59s Od; new, —Ste --42,;
white, 58s Ott to 62s Od extra, 655. Barley, 38a Od to v.
Od. Oat, 20s to 28s. Peas, 37, to 41s Od Beans, 421
Od t 0.503 Od per qr.

NEWARK—Nov. 26.
We had a good attendance, and a full supply of gran
4
all descriptions, which met a heavy sale. Wheat reced°'
in value and barley 2s per qr. Other articles as befoe.
Wheat, white 60s to 68s, red 58s to 645; barley,
40s to 445, grinding 36s to 38s; oats, 24st. 3is to 375, 1:4„s"
30s to 32s ; beans, 51s to 56s ; malt, 72s to 74s ; peal, "
to !6s ; tares, 48s to 52s per qr.

LOUTH—Nov. 26.
The corn trade was v® dull, with a decline on all kinds'
There were plenty of samples, but only a few in good 6°11;
dition. Wheat is to 2s cheaper. Barley, oats, and bean
each about is per qr. lower.
Wheat, red 55s to 595, white 645; barley 431 to 474 oath
23s to 275; beans 42s to 45s per qr.

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. ,

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 27.
STOWS EXOHANGE.—The Stock Exchange to-d 0 .5,
quiet, but prices were steady. North Eastern, Berl.°6o
211—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 354---L°B rn
and North Western, 1054—Blackburn, 7 9-16—E08101,
Counties, 911 7-16--South Eastern, 211 I
82 $ —Caledonian, 29f c.—Lancashire and York
96f I—Great Western, 69A—East Lancashire, 20i

MANCHESTER, Nev. 27. and
d'relos EXCHANGE.—The market was steady to-dal,_A,
closed at a slight improvement. Chester and Birkel2l7o,
16 7-16—Midlands, 82 4—London and South en...
1071—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 35i ,11-
'
London and North Westerns, 1051 i—Fleetwood
—South Eastern and Dover, 22 i—Lancashire,
Great Western of Canada, prem.—Blaekburn P
19—Leeds, 96 I—York1—York capital stock, NA. 2°llriiro

!BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 27.
STOOK EXOHANGE.—This market was improved t,o-rdooslt
in tone and price, and a large business was done. f,re f
Western Stock was done at 69—Ditto, Birraittaulingh
10 6 3—Midland Railway Consols, 81i 2", rgu—h
Banks, 34—South Staffoids, dis,—Stog—kir:
100 —Londons, 103,!—Birmingham Water, low*

FLEEDS, Nov. 27.
lather to'
STOCK EXOHANGE.—The market
day. Midland, 82f— Sbeffields, 35A—Thirsk 181—LIIW
eashire and Yorkshire, 94 A—Dovers, 221-
was rather good

EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Nov. 26.
A. large supply of grain. Sales dull, with tho exception
of oats. All other grains down. Large quantity unsold.
Wheat, on the top, 16s down, and on the average is 2d
down. Barley, is 6d down on the top, and is 10d down on
the average. Oats on the top Os 3d up—on the aver- $
age. Os 9d up. Beans on the top is Od down, andPn
the average, Os 10d down.
AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER.