The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-14 00:00:00

PRIVATE BANKS.

Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. £10,165
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmett, Pomfret, & Co. 10,465
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Cobb and Co 23,380
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank,
Biggleswade—Wells, Hogge, and Co.. 25,021
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 7,126
Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke—
Seymour, Lamb, and Co.
Bedford Bank, Bedford—Barnard and Co 28,105
Bawdley Bank, Bawdley—Nichols, Baker, and Co 12,348
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank,
Bicester—Tubb and Co 16,492
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham— Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co.
Boston Bank, Boston—Claypons and Co. .. 64,621
Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co.
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. L. Sealy 8,205
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co.
Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boycott,
and Co.
_ _

Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par-
rott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow-
market Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—Oakes, Bevan,
and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury—J. C. and A. Gilbert
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 26,024
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassea, Son, and Co.
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Lloyds and Co 24,387
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—Harris
and Co.
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 51,490
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
and Co.
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—Hard-
ing, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
"W orlledge and Co.
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge--Mortlock and Co 14,523
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge
—Messrs. Fosters 40,450
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co 25,744
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and
Sons .. 20,092
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and 50n.... 2,615
Colchester Bank, Oolchester—Round, Green, &So. 13,620
Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essei
Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—
Mills, Bawtree, and Co.
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Cu 39,904
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Woodcock 5,8;30
City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co.
Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co 60,271
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth
Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and
Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—
Bromage, Snead, and Co
Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans and Co.
Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co 36,06:5
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co. 24,271
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and

9,305

Co.
Diss Bank, Diss--Fincham and Co 10,598
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster—
Cooke and Co. 53,007
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on-
Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse and Co 78,317
Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co 8,583
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dor-
chester—R. and H. Williams 44,089
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster,
and Co.
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 48,527
Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms-
ford—Sparrow, Round, and Co 36,233
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 27,322
Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring-
don—Barnes, Medley, and Co 6,926
Farnham Bank, Farnham—John and Jas. Knight 8,901
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co ---
Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen 4,394
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon 12,021
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co 26,092
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—Mat-
thews and Co 12,148
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull—
Smith, Brothers, and Co 19,417
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don—Veasey and Co
Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 4,145
Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin—Sharples
and Co.
Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, Ross—Morgan and Co 15,704
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had-
leigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and
Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—Alexanders & Co 56,672
Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Randall, Mercer, and
Co
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—Davies
26 582
and Co.
- Old Bank

Knaresborough Old Bank an_ _.ipon 1
Knaresborough—Harrison and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 39,573
Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton—C. Harvey
and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown,
and Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester—T. and T. T. Paget 28,059
Lewis Old Bank,Lewis—Whitefeld and Co 23,231
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison and Co 74,784
Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandilo
Bank, Llandovery—ll. Jones and Co. 29,465
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middleton
and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lyniington—S. and G. F. St.
Barbe 3,259
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, L)nn Legis—
Gurneys and Co. 31,260
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—

Jarvis and Co
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and
Co.
Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co 963
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son 8,445
Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co.
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank,
Abergavenny—Bailey and Co. 25,45:5
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, anti
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—llandley, Peacock, and
Co.
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny, Slocock, and Co. 16,643
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Hammond,
and Co
Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank,
Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 50,044
Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor-
. with—Gurneys and Birkbecks 89,840
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting-
ham—Hart, Fellows, and Co.
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co. 2,675
Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris &Co ... 20,089
New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co. 9,420
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith
and
Co
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswest..7
—Croxon and Co. 8,846
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Parsons and Co. 33,103
Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge-
Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge—T. H.
and S. Beeching
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W. Clinch

9,21 S

7,560

9,137

and Sons
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank ar.l
Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co. 43,328
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-Simonds and Co.
Reading Bank, Readin.--Stephens, Blandy, & Co. 28,082
Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co.
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, & Co. 2,738
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Rochester-
Day and Nicholson
Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons . •
Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and Son 9,208
Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret and Co 9,617
Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and
MacDougal
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden-Gibsons and Co. 28,021
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, &Co 12,425
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall
and Co.
Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow
Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eyton, and Co. 84,202
Sittingboume and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne-
Valiance and Co.
Southampton Town and County Bank, Southamp-
ton-Maddison and Pearce
Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co .. 10,534
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton..
-Atherley, Fall, and Co.
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co. 13,197
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton,
Cayley, and Co 24,444
Shrewsbury ani Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury-
Beck, Downward, and Co . 19,698
Taunton Bank, Taunton-H. and R. Badcock.... 27,004
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Sons, and Co. .. 7,917
Thornbury Bank, Thombury-Harwood and C 0... 9,183
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns-
ford and Co.
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire,
Thrapston-York and Eland 10,743
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-Butcher
and Son
Towchester Old Bank, Towchester-Percival and Co. 6,396
Town and County. of Poole. Bank and Ringwood
and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Ledgard and Sons 8,158
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 13,625
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, &Co. 10,050
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Hedges, Wells,
and Co.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick-
Greaves and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox,
Brothers, and Co 3,673
West Riding Bank, Wakefield and Pontefract
Bank-Leatham, Tow, and Co 41,952
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chapman,
and Co.
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches-
ter-Bulpett and Co.
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Wey-
mouth-Elliot, Pearce, and Co.
Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank--
Arkwright and Co.
Gur-
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-
neys and Co ..........W..................d..W 41,061
Wiveliscombo Bank, iveliscombc-P. an
Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-Goodxicke
A

8,142

19,925

and Holyimke
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co t6,205
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R. and
W. F. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk. Bank, and Hales-worth and
Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birkbeck,
=tic% metssloollittilmtettistmitim 44,755

Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank Great Yi .r- -
mouth-Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co .. 13,415
York Bank, York-Swann, Clough, and C 0...., , ..85,3,55
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmorland, Kendal • . £7,901
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley . • 8,800
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 43,595
Bilston District Banking Company, V 7..
hampton 9, 717
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven. 25,030
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradfoi .1 18,346
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banh -
.
mg Company, Burton-upon-Trent ..'. 47,544
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Com-
pany, Chesterfield ... .. 8,747
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington - 331)70
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry - 1'2,595
County of Gloucester Banking Co., Cheltenham... 98,858
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Co., Carlisle ... '20,432
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Co., Dudley- 31,817
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 20,500
Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Company ,
Darlington _ 19,598
East of England Bank, Norwich - 25,410
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester.... 128,517
Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax . 18,521
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield....
Hull Banking Company, Hull
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax.. 10424
Halifaxand Huddersfield Union BankingCo.Halifa a. 40,475
Helston Banking Company, Helston - 1,490
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford - 17,029
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,,
Knaresborough 25,837
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridgo ... , 2,905
Lancaster .13anking Company, Lancaster
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 22,979
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester. 00,292
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 45,909
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bankin g
Company, Nottingham
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Coro.-
--pang, Nottingham _ .. 26,295
. - . . _ . ..

. ,
National Provincial Bank of England, Birmingham
(Head Office, 112, Bishopsgate-ftreet, London.) 411,055
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 41,160
Northamptonshire Uion Bank, Northampton 68,764
Northamptonshire Banldng Company, Northa tr .pton 18,620
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool.... 58,995
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei. :ester 47,266
Saddleworth Banking Company,.SaddlewortJt 1,797
Sheffield Banking Company,
Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking CGanpany,
Stamford
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol S amerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, L cagport . 335,451
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffhall. . .
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banki ag Com-
pany, Stourbridge.
Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Co., Sheffield. 22,419
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking •
Company, Sheffield
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond 46,607
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Cora -
pony, Wolverhampton.
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 14,570
Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Co., Whitehaven. 2.5,375
Warwick and Leamington Banking Co., Warwick 23,947
West of England and South Wales District Bank,
Bristol 56,633
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 73,430
West Riding Union Banking Co., Huddersfield 32,346
Whitchurch • and Ellesmere Banking Company, •
Whitchurch 3,625
Worcester City and. County Banking Company,
Worcester 5,221.
York Union Banking Company, York 63,146
York City and County Banking Company, York 84,149
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 116,944
W. W. DALBIAC, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns,
Inland Revenue Office, Jan. 8, 1859.

THIS DAYS MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

About an average quantity of English wheat —1,130
quarters—has come to hand this week, coastwise ; but the
receipts of that grain fresh up, to-day, were limited. The
show of samples was trifling, and the demand for most kinds
of wheat of home produce ruled steady, at prices quite equal
to Monday. There was a steady, but by no means active,
inquiry for foreign wheat—the show of which was good—
at full currencies.

Floating cargoes of grain were quite as dear as last week.
The show of barley was moderate ; and all kinds were in
fair request, at full quotations. Malt, however, was dull,
but not cheaper. _ _

We had a steady demand for oats, beans, and flour, •at
extreme rates.

In peas, very little was doing, at barely late rates.
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour.
Wish 1,130 2,060 ; 3,190 ; 2,510 1,050
Irish
Foreign 4,620 3,130 1 I 4,040 , 1,060 sk
I 1,360

1

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING.
MEETING OF- LANDED PROPAIETORS.

Pursuant to a cu;tom. in -roo-uc during the more
stormy periods. of this country's history, the coming
meeting, of .the Parliamentary session is to be pre-
ceded by a regular high demonstration, the objects
of Which will be found embodied in. the subjoined
documents which have been forwarded 'for
;publica-
tion in the Mai/ of this evening. It is almost diffi;
cult to belLtve that the noble and gentle projectors
of the movement can entertain a reasonable' hope
that the leading provisions of this.new Reform Bill
cyan receive the countenance or support of any
Government, TQry, Whig, or Radical. Some of the
suggestions look, no doubt, very well on paper, but
great changes must take place in the social condi-
tion of Ircl;,nd before the British Legislature could,
safely venture upon the hazardous scheme to be.
debated in. Dublin on the .21th of the current
month:—

(Circular.)
"Committee-rooms, 30, Westmoreland-street,
Dublin, lan. 12, 1859.
" Sir,—We beg to inform you that a meeting of the no-
bility, gentry, and others interested in the peace and prospe-
rity of Ireland, will be held at the Round-room of the Ro-
tunda, in the city of Dublin, on the 27th inst., at 12 o'clock,
when yonrattendanceisparticularlyrequested, and onwhich
occasion the Marquis of Downshire has kindly consented
to take the chair. The object of the meeting is to consider
the propriety of forming a permanent association for obtain-
in.- such amendments in the law as may appear from time
to time necessary for the better protection of life and pro-
perty in this country. This is an object in which it is ex-
pected all classes will cordially unite. We enclose a state-
ment of the most important matters which will be submitted
for the consideration of the meeting. It is also intended to
propose measures for the encouragement of improving
tenants and the assistance of the labouring, poor. The
committee will feel obliged by an early reply, addressed to
Mr. J. Overend, at the committee-rooms, stating whether
they marexpect your attendance. The committee-rooms
will be open daily from 10 o'clock a.m. till five o'clock
p,m., for. the purpose of affording information, and issuing
cards of admission to the meeting.
" We have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servants,
"GEORGE A. HILL, Honorary
, "J. L. W. NAPER. 5 Secretaries.
The provisional committee for convening a meeting
of the nobility, gentry, and others interested in the peace
and prosperity of Ireland, will submit the following mat-
ters for its'eonsideration
1. From the impunity which has for many years
attended the most atrocious agrarian crimes in this country,
and the recent revival of Riband-societies, and other illegal
combinations, it is manifest that the law needs to be
amended and rendered more effective for the proiection of
life and property. This amendment is necessary, not alone
for the security of landlords who wish to improve their
estates, but also for the protection of the well-disposed
among the peasantry from the demoralising terrorism,
under the pressure of which they are coerced into an ap-
parent complicity with crime.
"'.2. This impunity, which affords so much encourage-
ment to crimircils, is to be ascribed chiefly to the sympathy
of the lower classes, extending to jurors; many of Whom aro
drawn from these classes, who cannot be expected to act
independently in any case which strongly excites popular
feeling, namely, small shopkeepers, publicans, and others,
whose means of living might be destroyed er materially
diminished by the Withdrawal of custom. It is, therefore,
importarrt'that there should be a higher standard of juror
qualification, and even with jurors of a better class the
venue should be changed in trials for agrarian crime to pre-
vent the possible risk of a failure of justice from local pre-
judice or intimidation. It is also desirable that in criminal
eases the Crown should have the right of requiring a special
" Stipendiary magistrates, who are specially charged
with the detectioa and prosecutien of offenders, should be
invariably men of education, energy, and ability; conse-
quently they should be appointed and promoted according
to a system founded upon some adequate test of capability
and merit. They should be strictly prohibited from engag-
ing in any other occupation, and where practical they
should be bound to reside in the centres of their respective
districts. The public interest absolutely requires that those
who are, at present incompetent through age and infirmity
should be compelled to retire, which many of them are now
• entitled to do, en full pay.
" 4. The commission of the peace should bo given by
the authorities only to gentlemen whose station and cha-
racter are such as to command the respect of the people,
and who possess a property qualification, such as is required
in 'England, and the local magistrates should have the
same authority, privileges, and immunities in everything
connected. with the discharge of their duties as those en-
joyed by the stipendiary magistrates.
" 5. As so much depends on the efficiency and fidelity
of the constabulary, no constable should be appointed to the
force without a certificate of good character from the magis-
trates in petty sessions for the district where he resides ; and
as it is stated that considerable numbers, comprising the
beat men of the force, have retired from it during th last
two or three years owing to the inadequacy of the pay, and
as, by the abolition of the revenue police, additional duties
have been imposed upon the constabulary, it is but just that
their pay should be raised in proportion to the importance
and extent of their duties. It is, moreover, unwise not to
give a constable extra pay when attending at assizes or
quarter sessions, as he is thus indirectly interested in not
being concerned in the prosecution of offenders.
" 6. And inasmuch as Riband conspiracies are generally
concocted in low public-houses, more effective restrictions
should be placed on the granting of licenses ; publicans
should be compelled to post up conspicuously on their pre-
mises Government proclamations_ and police notices. The
license should be forfeited by any breach of this regulation,
and the same penalty should be immediately inflicted upon
any public= in whose house Riband lodges or other illegal
societies shall be proved to have been in the habit of meet-
ing. As a publican is by the nature of his business exposed
to undue influences, he should by law be ineligible to act as
Poor Law guardian, relieving officer, town commissioner,
or juror. And whereas, under colour of grocers' licenses,
numerous publichouses are virtually established, which are
subject to little or no control, the law prohibiting the sale
of spirits to be consumed on the premises should be strictly
enforced, and these houses should be subject to the same
control and supervision as in the case of publichouses.
" ' 7. The absence of power in grand juries to grant cora-
pensation to the family in cases of murder, and to the indi,
vidual in cases of malicious personal injury, is a very seri-
ous defect in the law. It is just and expedient to enforce
such compensation in the same manner as for malicious in-
jury to property, and grand juries should be empowered to
decide on claims for it when rejected at the presentment
sessions on. merely technical- grounds, and t.) order an im-
mediate levy of all sums awarded as compensation for mali-
cious injury either to the person or property.
" 8. As the law for the punishment of those who har-
bour and conceal felons is not practically useful, the Lord-
Lieutenant,,upoti information given, should have power to
issue a proclamation calling on the accused party to sur-
render and take his trial, or, in default, all persons harbour-
ing him would be-guilty of felony.
'' 9. While we are anxious to see the laws repressing
crime made more effective, we are not unmindful of the ne-
cessity of hnprcrving• the social condition and habits of the
humbler classes. The improvement of the dwellings of the
labouring population and of the small farmers of Ireland
are matters of vital importance, and an association of per-
sons interested in property would, feel it their duty as well
as interest to give their best consideration to questions bear-
ing so immediately on the means that- may promote the
suppression of those secret societies which have hitherto
counteracted every effort towards amelioration.
" 10. In conclusion, the committee earnestly solicit the
co-operation of. the landed proprietors in their respective
counties, and their attendance at the proposed meeting,
,so
that the matters mentioned may be fully discussed and con-
sidered, in order that they may bo brought before Govern-
ment, in full confidence that the Imperial Legislature as
see the necessity of strengthening the hands of the executive
in the suppression of agrarian crimes. •
" DOWNSiIIILE, Chairman.
" LORD GEORGE HILL, Gweedore,
county Donegal, Hon.
" 'J. W. LENNOX NAPE; Esq., Secs."'
Loughcrew, Oldcastle.
THE LAW APPOINTMENTS.
The Express of this morning announces that Mr.
Edmund Hayes, the Solicitor-General, is to be the
successor of the venerable Baron Pennefather in the
Court of Exchequer. The new
,judge filled the
office of Castle adviser during the brief Derby
Ministry of 1852. It is further announced that Mr.
John George, Q.C., is to be the Solicitor-General.
Mr. George represented the county of Wexford for
a few years, and was unexpectedly defeated at the
last general election by Mr. Hatchell, the present
liberal member.

THE IRISH VICEROYALTY. '
The following is an extract from a London letter,
published in the Derry Journal of yesterday. The
subject referred to has been a current topic in
Dublin for several days past, and an article in the
Sunday organ of the late Ministry has given
strength to the rumour that some move is on the
taxis in the direction indleated:—" I have learned
that correspondence has been going on between
the Irish office here and officials—and others out-
side the official circle—on the subject of the Vice-
royalty, 'and from what has reached my ear I have
no hesitation in saying that the abolition of the
office is determined upon. Don't understand me
as saving that the Government will originate
a bill With this object in view. They will do no-
thing of this straightforward nature, but they are,
aware that a bill shall be brought before the House
of Commons by an independent member—not.
Mr. Roebuck this time—and the members of
the Government will give no opposition, either.
in its incipient or other stages. So far, then, as the
Ministry aro concerned,' the 'Lord Lieutenancy of
Ireland will cease to be one of the institutions of
the country before the close of another year."

THE: ARRESTS.. . •
The Cork Examiner learns from its X, ilkenny
correspondent. that the brother of. Gould, the in-
former, who swore informations against the parties
arrested Itt Cork, was sent from Kenmare to Dublin
Castle On Friday last.' More arrests' were expeetcid
in Kenmore. Several parties, named as mernbers
of the Phcenix.Cliib, have left the country.
TIIE IiURIJER OF -AIR.. ELY.
Accounts from Galway give the subjoined parti-,
culars of the arrest on board the Circassian, just as
she was about to start on her voyage to Americas
of a person suspected to he no other than the noto-
rious Delany, the alleged murderer .of Mr. Richard
Ely. It is more than doubtful, however, Whether
the party in. chstodv IS the real Simon Pure, al-
though it may be that he is One of those who, for
reasons -best known to himself, «..s anxious to
leave his country. for his country';; goo;. The
Vindietetor says :—" The. neighbourhood of the
docks was plentifully sprinkled on Monday with
policemen, in coloured clothes, and all manner of
ingenious 'make up.' Many of them were so artis-
tically costumed, representing various trades, call-
ings, and vocations, that the old saying that their
own mothers wouldn't know them' might be safely
applied to their cases. The reason of this was said

to be, that it was expected Delany, the man charged
with the murder of Mr. Ely, would have endeavoured
to take shipping by this route. An arrest was made
'on board on Monday night by Constab 4. Maguire
of this town, but though-it was generalW rumoured
that it was Delany, it turns °tit no- to be th:.t
-person. The prisoner taken is suppo-cd to be ;Thos.
Kelly, charged with stealing eight head of-Cattle
in the county of Kildare. lie arrived in Galway,
under very suspicious circumstances, having sent
anotheLperson from his lodging house where he,
was concealedlO-purchaSe:liis ticket, arid haVirig,
previous to going on board; exchanged tickets with
a man named handy, each agreeing, to answer to
,the other's name.. On being arrested in. his berth
the constable found by his side a six-barrelled re-
volver, loaded; and. 115 in cash was also found on
him. On being brought before Mr. H. Comerford,
J.P.,..vesterday„he stated that his name w as Martin
Reny ; that he Was brother, to Thomas Kelly, who:
stole the cows, with which ie had nothing what-
ever to do ; that Thomas Kelly shared the proceeds'
of-their sale with him, and escaped, himself by way
of Liverpool; and that. he defies the police or any
one else .to bring anything more against
,him. He
is remanded for the present for the purpose of ide
tification."
THE CHANNEL FLEET AT QUEENSTOWN.
The Cork. • Examiner of yesterday says :
it:is intended that the vessels of the fleet at prose__..
stationed at Queenstown should leave that port on
the 15th .inst., it was deemed advisable to exercise
the Marines of the various vessels before departing.
This morning, accordingly, shortly after 9 O'clock,
boats- filled with Marines and blue jackets put off'
from the -various men-of-war vessels in the harbour
-the Nile, the Racoon, the Brunswick, &c.—for
Spike Island, where the Marines landed at the pier
and proceeded to the other side of the island. Here
they were exorcised, drilled, and put through vari-
ous manoeuvres for upwards of three hours, or till
near 1 o'clock. Nothing, however, beyond the
usual reviewing or exercising occurred, although
statements had gone abroad that a sham battle, &c.,
would take place. At the time above-mentioned
the Marines marched round aglin to the pier where
they had landed, and took their places in the boats
which then left the island. There were a great
number of men reviewed, as nearly all in the vari-
ous vessels were present, and upwards of 1,200 men
were in the boats previous to the debarkation, and
when the boats were filled with Marines after the
review was over, making the harbour in the neigh-
bourhood of Spike have a very animated appear-
ance. The day was favourable, as, with the excep-
tion of a smart breeze blowing during the whole
time of the review, the weather was as pleasant as
could be wished."

." As

THE _REGENT OF PRUSSIA'S SPEECH.

(From the Times)

The speech of the Prussian Regent at the .open-
ing.ofthe Chambers is remarkable more for what. it
• omits thar what it cOnfains. It is hardly possible
to conceive a composition avoiding in a more
masterly manner all reference to the subject§
Which fill men's minds.. It is Made up of
.what
may be the constant elements of a Royal speech_
patriotic allusions, appeals to the national feeling
of Prussians, assurances that the ruler will do his
best to uphold the honour of his country, and
requests that the representatives will vote a liberal
budget. Perhaps we ought, not to criticise harshly
the first address of one who exercises only a
"ViCitrions power, but we certainly could'have wished
to hear a less uncertain and timid sound from Royal
lips. PrusSia has now arrived at an important
epoch in her history. In this men of all parties
agree—that, whether for good or evil, the ensuing
Session of the Chambers will fix the policy of
Berlin for many years. Emperors and Kings,
rulers of small Ger Man States, mediatised princes,
landowners, professors, 'Officials, traders, and
peasants,—all. the elements of which German
society is made up,—now look to Berlin for an in-
dication of what is to be the future of Prussia, and,
through Prussia, of Central Europe. The repre-
sentatives returned throughout the monarchy are
Liberal almost to a man. The party which so long
lorded over the intellect and checked the aspirations
of the country is now powerless, at least in the
Chambers, and it is evident that if constitutional
government is to be a reality, and the Regent is to
be guided by the legally-expressed will. of the
people, the whole system of Frederick William's
rule must be changed. Yet the Regent says no
word of these great political changes, nor does he
reveal whether he accepts the revolution which his
own accession to power has made. This may be
decent, statesmanlike, perhaps necessary, yet the
European world would be glad to learn some-
thing of the designs hidden in the Royal
breast. Has Prussia definitively joined the
number of constitutionally governed States ?
Are future Prussian Kings—the Regent, his
son, and any heir who may be born to that sun's
lately-contracted alliance, to be the chiefs of a
limited monarchy like that of England, or are they
to be military rulers of the old school, only calling
in a legislative body on rare occasions to sanction
important changes in the ruling power, or to give
effect to any extraordinary law ? We know, indeed,
that the enlightenment of Prussia and the general
good sense of the Royal Family are sufficient
guarantees against the re-establishment of any
coarse despotic rule ; but we may be allowed to feel
a little anxiety as to whether constitutional forms
will be the ordinary or only the occasional ma-
chinery of the Prussian State.
The times are past when Englishmen, were ae-
custoined to judge every act of another nation by
their own standard. We may retain something of
insular narrowness, but still we are sufficiently
aware of the differences between Prussians and
ourselves not to be impatient if in seeking the same
goal they diverge somewhat from our path. As
little do 'we think it necessary that they should
move as fast as we do. Englishmen are in "train-
ing," to borrow an expression from the sporting
World, and can enter into the race or the battle
with an assurance of ending without exhaustion or
discouragement. "The Prussians are only now be-
ginning to move after nearly nine years of inaction,
and they are without either traditions or practice
to guide them in their new career. Happy, then, is
it for the world that their natural slowness accords
with the exigencies of the situation. Germans have
one quality pre-eminent,--theA dislike of' being
hurried. A Hamlet-like consideration of all the
possible bearings 'of any course commends itself to
their habit of thought. It is a valuable 'quality in
political life, and will preserve them froth a
repetition of the evils which arose in 1848 &Om a.
spurious and un-German aping of French demo-
cracy. Still this constitutional slowness demands
that the ruler should take the initiative some-
what more than in England, and anticipate the
desires of liberty before they Like the form of
popular clamour. The time has, we think,
arrived for the relaxation of the laws against the
Prussian press. No great outcry has yet been
made, simply because journalism has not attained
the importance which it possesses in this and some
other countries. But the censorship, an odious
relic of the late Governmental system which still
virtually exists, might well be discontinued. We.
regret to say that the Regent, either through a
deeply-seated fear of free speech, or from deference
to the policy of the King, has in no way relaxed the
stringency of official control over printed matter.
Not only is the newspaper press continually inter
fered with, but even publications of a more preten•

ous character, such as the Berliner Jal4rbucker,
are quite at the mercy of the police. Perseverance
in such a system can do no good to the new Govern--
ment, The Regent may bring to his side all the
energy and ability of the country simply by ceasing
to degrade it. He may turn the organs of national
feeling into supports of the Royal house, if he will
only restrain the meddlezome 'zeal of subordinates;
who see a violation of State secrets in the mention
of an Ambassador's dinner, and double-dyed trea-
son in a criticism' of a Custom-house cleric
It is to be trusted that this subject, though un-
noticed in the Regent's speech, is not far from his
thoughts. Had he assured the Chambers that he'
could trust to the-attachment • of the people, and
that henceforth the press would be amenable only
to the tribunals of the country, the Regent would
have satisfied the world fur more than by the sally
against the Danish nation which is the principal
feature of the Sp('ech.' The Regent declares•that
the efforts of the Government have always been
directed " towarch;obtaining for the G erman 'Duchies
which are:under the Danish sceptre the full exer-•
cise of those rights to
.which the Federal• law 4 and
the treaties between the German Diet and Den-
mark give-thentwell-founded claims." That -If oh-'
stein and Schleswig should have their dueevery one
is willing to admit; but it cannot be concealed that,
on this viestion rthe Ger Man Diet, With Priissia at
its head, has played an• unworthy part during the
last ten years. • An agitation, to a great extent un-
reasonable, and, unmeaning. has been kept up in
the Diehies, against the Danish Crown, and the
people have been persuaded by poets, professors,'
and political orators that they present ri most
pkrable caSci of an ‘i oppresseduationality." If the
Regent, after so vaguely alluding to domestic sub-
jects; felt it necessary' to travel into the domain—of
foreign politics, he might have found in the position
Of the Austrian monarchy subject of comment more
suitable than, the linlf-for7,otten quarrels between
the Diet and the King of Denmark. -

•
A large number of heavy- failures are expeeted
to be announced in Paris during the half-monthly settle
went nod* about to take place. At 'Vienna, likewise, the
losses must have. been. seven, and in the prevailing un-
eextainty bills,upon that city are almost unsaleable.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1850.