The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-06 00:00:00

THE SUN,_ .LONDON, TITE'SDAY VVRtNING, JANU=ARY 6, 1857

the long table about seven o'clock next morning,
we encountered the most hostile expression
and looks ,on the faces of those three unhappy
gentlemen, -who surveyed us with great severity Of
countenance, while we essayed to wash (all three)
in a small r aug with a pint of water in the bottom
of it. After some time they got tired of this, and
took to smoking and spitting on 'the floor instead,
all but a militiaofficer, who clime over and minutely
inspec-ted our clothes, brushes, soap-dish, and tra-
velling bags. Of course the first thing after break-
fast that one would wish to see in visiting Tula was
the GOVE aliment manufactory. There is, it appears,
some controversy respecting the quality of the arms
made at Fula. So far as my poor opinion goes, it
is decidedly inferior to that of the arms of any
other county with which lam acquainted. The
! heavy cavalt y sabres are the only decent specimen
of Russian manufactures I ever saw, and they are
principally imtdo in Siberia. If any one wishes to
see what a Russian musket is like, he has only to
visit any of our public exhibitions and to judge for
himself. He -will find the stocks ill-made, old-,
! fashioned, the woodwork very badly executed, th,e
locks indifferent, and as for the barrel, which may
be the best part of the piece, he will find that it
will bend very readily from a smart blow (that is,
if the proprietors can allow- him to make the expe-
rimentum in corpore), and that, however good the
iron may be, it possesses nothing of the durability
of our hardened barrels, -which are yet soft enough
for tire proper resistance of the charge. After the
Alma our men destroyed thousands of stands of
arms by taking up the Russian firelock by the
muzzle and striking the stock against the ground.
Generally the wood at'once broke, the lock flew
our, and the barrel curved round as though it were
lead. The stocks were found to be of a white wood
varnished black, and to be very small at the shoul-
der plate, so that the recoil must be rather sharp
at the shoulder.

The Russian bayonets are better than the fire-
locks, though they are rather too soft, and will,
bend with a good thrust against a hard substances.
And yet they are proud of their supposed prow,Jss
with the bayonet, and say--" We know our arms
are not equal to yours, but we depend on our
bayonets." It certainly was Suvaroff's favourite
weapon (his name in Russia nis spelt "Cybapoba !"),
and he taught his regiments to use it himself. Any
of our officers who. were at Alma or Inkerman can
recollect how easily the Russian firelocks were
broken and how bad many of them were. Their
rifles, made by J. P. Malherbe, of Liege, were ex
cetlent, but the muskets, which bore the Tula mark,
and hat been originally flint, but were changed
to detonators, were far inferior to the French,
English, Turkish, or German percussion musket.
The Government has no doubt learnt this, and it
is intended at once to reorganise the manufactories
at Tula, and, as I heard, to place an American at
the head of them. In that, at all events, the
Russians will have imitated our example. Colonel
Colt left Moscow a few days before we did to in-
spect the Tula works, with the view, I believe, of
introducing his machinery for pistol-making, but
'I do not know with what result. However, a re-
volvor exactly on his principle was shown to us,
the p.-ice of which was somewhat less than 41., and
the manager of the magazine said that they had
made several thousands of them during the war
for the use of the army.

LOZS OF THE P. kCKET-SHIP NEW

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of this 'vessel has pub-
lislTlehde tChaePftoaliliol N(v.-linPgKaicncn:rinlit of V.ae loss of his ship
7'lPraol on Thursday, Nov.
the American coast :
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72 20, lat. 39 20, dead
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hai.),ed by the bark Eagle, of
s(Fporkaencteh)e,m9o, ar,oir.ed where we were bound. We
res he
stthey said they were from Naaaiie
ays out, and were trying to make
New York t,eing
out of everything. I found we
were miles to the eastward titid 20 miles to the
nort 20hr,eard of his reckoning. After passing the bark
it oo.eurred to me that I had done wrong. I hove
mizentopsail back, and asked him if I could be
of any assistance. He answered that he wanted
water ; he also stated that they had lost their boat.
I told him I had boats, and I immediately got a
boat ready and went with provisions to the bark.
There was a high wind from the north-east at the
time. On returnine to my vessel I altered my reck-
oning so that it compared with that of the bark.
My first mate asked me if I was not steering too
high. I told him I thought not, and it proved that
I was right afterwards. From this time until within
15 minutes of the time we struck we had been run-
ning not th-west by north. On Friday night, the
19th inst., we were sailing on in this course when I
noticed several vessels' lights. The weather was
thick and blowing hard. I thought we were about
130 miles from land. Soon afterwards we noticed a
light, which proved to be the lighthouse at Berne-
gat. It came upon us all at once, and we thought
it a vessel's light. The mate and myself thought
t might be a pilotboat. We were without a pilot,
and 1 let her luff two points, steering north-
west-by-north. I then sent a man aloft, and he
stated that it looked like land ahead. I cried out,
Hard on the wheel.' The ship came about and
filled on the other tack. Then I found that I
was right in the breakers. I told the mate not to
say anything, but to keep quiet, and I thought she
would go off. The mate then called all hands, and
we braced the after yards, so as to fall off shore
gradually. I steered the head yards as long as I
could without making sternway, so as not to pay off
too fast. I kept up my after sails and set the
spanker. I thought then she would go off, but as
soon as she filled away she fell broadside on. She
struck very easy on her larboord side, but after-
wards we experienced some hard knocks. Her stern
was then gradually driven shorewards to the posi-
tion in which she now lies. It was about 20 minutes
before 12 o'clock on Friday night when she struck.
As soon as it was known great excitement among
the passengers took place. The mate, however,
kept them quiet. I kept all the aftersall on the ship
to see if the t'de would not make and let her haul
off, but it was then about high water, and the
attempt failed. We then clewed up the sails, but
could not get the men to go aloft to furl them.
The crew and passengers felt very much alarmed,
and it was very difficult to keep them quiet. In
this condition we remained until Saturday morn-
ing. The passengers behaved very well, but the
crew were very noisy. They reftised to do anything.
Saturday morning we cleared away the boat, and
in endeavouring to get down the starboard quarter
boat we stove her. We had five boats on board. I
sent men to bale her out, but they could not keep
her free. We then took the larboard quarter boat
and coiled some line into her, in order to get aline
to the beach. The second mate (Cline) got into her
and attempted to get her ashore. We had a line
fast to her from the deck, but the undertow was
running very strong and prevented his landing.
We then hauled him back again. He afterwards
started again, and succeeded in getting ashore. He
had in the boat 14 persons, five or six of whom
were passengers. After he got on shore he found
lie could not return, and then, with the assistance
of the wreckers, who had come down at daybreak,
he hauled the line ashore. Finding that the boat
could not come off again, the first mate, Stowell,
took the other larboard boat ashore, and succeeded
in lauding with 16 of the passengers and crew. The
first mate then made several attempts to return,
but found it was impossible. By this time those
remaining on the ship were very much alarmed. I
next cleared away the starboard boat forward, and.
took 18 in her and went ashore. These were all
tk .t could be landed on Saturday. There were
quite a number'of women in each of these boats.
After the last boat landed it became very rough,
and the hawser, which was run ashore, parted. I
then told the wreckers on the beach that if they
would furnish me with men I would go off to the
ship. They said it was impossible, and I was
somewhat of their opinion. But I felt it would
give some encouragement to the frightened passen-
gers. I would at that time have as lief die as live.
I finally got a picked crew of my men and the
wreckers, and started. I succeeded very well till
I get to the outer breakers, and then I had to go
back. By this time it began to grow dark, and we
hauled the boats up for the night. When the se-
cond mate landed the wreckers told him that there
was a life car four miles off, and a party went after
it. The car came while I was on the beach. The
undertow was so strong that we could do no more
that night. We then went about four miles to the
stationhouse and procured a lifeboat, and brought
it down on a waggon so as to have it ready in the
morning. We remained at the stationhouse all
night. On Sunday morning the first mate tried to
get off to the ship. On the first attehipt the boat
capsized and he was very near breaking his leg.
On the second attempt he succeeded. Then the
wreckers and myself went off in the surfboat and
succeeded in mooing a line to the ship. We then
got the life car in readiness and commenced send-
ing the passengers ashore. We got all the passen-
gers and part of the baggage off ,that day. The
day before I got provisions from the vessel for those
ashore. On Saturday night, while on shore, the
crew had planned a mutiny, which they endea
voured to carry out on Sunday while we were
lauding the passengers. Most of my crew were
men I picked up in Liverpool, and rathet. hard
cases.' They were altogether a lawless set during
the whole voyage. On Sunday some of them at-
tempted to plunder the passengers, hut were pre-
vented. They then undertook to pick a quarrel
with the steward about some liquor. They at last
got to fighting, when the mate and myself inter-
fered. One of them, who goes by the name of Dub-
lin Jack,' then drew a knife on me, saying at the
same time, D—you, I would cut your throat in a
minute !' I stepped towards him, saying, Don't
do that.' He then went to the side of m he boat and
got two belaying pins, and threw them at me, but
neither of them hit me. He then advanced on me
with his knife. 1 had two little pocket pistols with
me, and had had them loaded for some length of
time. I drew one of these out, and took as good
an aim at him, I must confess, as I ever did at a
fowl. I snapped the same, but it did not explode.
He then ran to the main deck, but the others began
to gather around me. I then broke after Dublin
J ck with my other pistol. I went a few steps and
then turned back. As I was returning I met one
of the crew with a saucepan in his hand, which he
held as if he had something in it until he got up to
me, when he exclaimed ' You d—d long-legged
and hit me across the head with the same.
He repeated the blow, which hit me just over the
eye. The saucepan having broke on the first blow
there were several,sharp points on it, which, on the,
second blow, cut me very badly. The other part of
the crew were close behind him, and all rushed upon
me, beating me with belaying-pins, and stamping
upon me. I fell across a spar, and I had the pre-
sence of mind to pull my coat over my head to
shelter me from the blows. A fellow named Wil•

son, who was formerly on the pilot boat Mary
Taylor, struck me a very severe blow on the back
of my head with a belaying pin, from which I fell
down and felt confused, as if my head had been
suddenly placed under the surf. The first mate,
Stowell, seeing that they were determined to kill
me, ran in, and throwing himself upon me to save
me from their blows, exclaimed, You have killed
the captain, now kill me.' He sheltered my head
with his hands, but the crew, who had pistols,
placed them at every point where they could get a
crack at me, snapping them several times, but for-
tunately none of them went off. The mate then

jumped up, drawing his knife, saying, at the same
time, I will put this in the first man who strikes
the captain.' At this most of the crow drew knives,
exclaiming, Ha, !we have all got knives.' The
mate then caught me up and dragged me down into
the cabin. The men followed, exclaiming, Let
him fall down the stairs,' also throwing belaying
pins at me, several of which broke quite a number
of the windows. Everybody exclaimed, Oh, the
captain is dead.' T did not then think I should
ever get over it. Ido not now think 1 shall. The
mutineers then ran into the cabin armed with be-
laying pins; pistols, knives, and other dangerous
weapons each, driving the passengers above, break-
ing open their chests and trunks with hammers and
hatchets, and carrying off everything of value they
could lay their hands upon. Some of the passen-
gers came and took care of me the best way they
could. The mutineers then went after the mate to
murder him, but one of them, known as Phila-
delphia Jim,' cried out, 'No, no ; you shall not
touch the mate.' They then took one of the ship
boats and went ashore with their plunder. Dur-
ing &Imlay night they got fighting among them-
selves, and most of them turned on 'Philadelphia
Jim' for interfering on behalf of the mate, and
pounded him to such an extent that be died that

night. There wits no one died of hunger, as stated
in the papers. On Monday they all put off into

the
interior, atd have not teen seen since. The
passengers, I understand, have all been sent tip in
w' guns to Squan. I have not been ttt the ship
since lay acoident. I feel bound to say that all the
wreckers haVe IJehaved like gentlemen. Captains
Brown and Faulkenburg, who were there with their
Vessel, offered to render every aid in their power.
Captain Brown offered to divide his provisions
with the passengers, but they had quite a supply,
which they took from the ship. There were 301.
passengers. Among them were some 30 women
and about 50 children, and about 10 or 15 infants.
I think they were all comfortable when they left
Squan."_

Mr. Newbrook, a cabin passenger, in his descrip-
tion of the wreck, says :--
"The captain and the first mate of the ship cer-
tainly dese.rve the praise of every one. Better
seamen we never saw, and the men with nobler
hearts we never came in contact with. The cap-
tain, in order to quell the fears of those on board,
remarked that they `should all be saved if he had
to carry them on his back to the shore.' He stood
with a cocked pistol in his hands and threatened
to shoot down the first man who dis )beyed his
orders. One person did so several times ; the cap-
tain kept his word and shot at him three times.
He was in a very low state when we left the beach,
but hopes were entertained of his finally recover-
ing from his wounds. The result of the captain's
action was that his orders were strictly obeyed,
and, aided by his first mate, they_ saved the lives
of upwards of 200 souls, whom They safely con•
veyed to shore." _

Steps had been taken for the apprehension of
the mutineers, one of whom is reported to have
been frozen to death.

TEE ATLANTIO TELEGRAPH.

The stupendous project of connecting the Old
World with the New by an electric cable laid upon
the bed of the Atlantic Ocean begins to assume the
appearance of success. The necessary amount of
capital, 350,0001., has been subscribed in shares of
1,0001. each. Twenty per cent. of the subscription
has already been paid in ; the English Government
has guaranteed to the stock an annual interest of
4 per cent., and invitations have been issued to the
manufacturers of telegraphic wires to submit esti-
mates for constructing the cable, according to a
pattern, with security that it shall be completed
and ready for shipment on the 31st of May, 1857.
Two steamers, each having one-half of the cable on
board, will meet on mid-ocean, and, joining the
electric band, will move—the one toward the east-
ern and the other towards the western continent,
running off the cable into the sea behind them,
until they touch the opposite shores of Ireland and
Newfoun&land. It is expected that this work will
be finished by the Ist day of July next. The route
of the cable will be between the parallels of 48 deg.
and 52 deg. of North latitude, along a remarkable
steppe, which has been discovered by soundings at
the bottom of the sea, between Cape RaCe in New-
foundland and Cape Clear in Ireland, and which is
already known as the telegraphic plateau. The
great-circle distance between these two opposing
shores is 1,640 miles, and the greatest depth of the
sea along this route is, according to the recent
soundings made by Lieut. Berryman in the United
States' steamer Arctic, not more than 2,070 fathoms
—about 12,420 feet. This depth is reached at a
point nearly equidistant from either shore. The
bottom of the ocean, along which the electric wire
is to be stretched, is generally a fine calcareous
earth, free from all abrading materials, and resting
for ever in perfect repose, beyond the reach
of those winds and angry currents that vex the
waters 2,000 fathoms above. Now and then
an iceberg, drifting along the surface of the sea,
drops its melting masses down into these sunless
depths ; and brave old ships, vanquished by the
storm, sink and settle slowly into this fleecy bed,
which gradually rounds over their forms, as the
snow rounds over the perishing traveller. The elec-
tric cable, once buried in this silent sepulchre, will
remain free from every disturbing influence, and
the whole difficulty in stretching it across the At-
lantic Ocean will consist in getting it down to these
far depths, not in retaining it safely there. It is
impossible to comprehend the far-reaching results
of this wonderful adventure. It is the marriage
of the two hemispheres of the globe, but whether
the marriage is to be for the better or for the worse
who shall say ? The gulf of waters by which na-
ture has separated hostile continents is bridged by
the electric chain of thought ; and people . of di-
verse languages and uncongenial habits are mado
immediate neighbours. But too much familiarity
with our antipodes may beget a dangerous con-
tempt, and it is possible that we shall be led to
entertain less friendly feelings for our far-fetched
neighbours than we have now, while the ocean
separates us from them. Still it will always be a
pleasant thought that we are able' to annihilate
distance, and make Time, who flies so fast, a dull
laggard. That imaginary period which, in our
jokes, we have styled " less than no time" will be-
come an actual fact. The looker-on in Venice may
send a message over the Atlantic wire which will
be read in New Orleans four hours before it leaves
London on its way westward. The daily Times
will tell its readers at their breakfast tables what is
happeningg this very morning at Paris, Berlin, or
St. Petersburg. We shall wait no longer with
anxious expectation the arrival of the European
mails. The steamers will bring no news, and
the occupation of our foreign correspondents will
be gone. The Adriatic and the Persia may then
compete for the longest passage across the Atlan-
tic ; and voyagers will loaf leisurely over the sea,
having no concern but their own personal com-
fort. But from this pleasing picture we must
turn to another—its opposite ; for there is one im-
portant element in the organisation of this Atlantic
telegraph which is worth noting, as it tends to de-
stroy much of its prospective value to the United
States. The company, though it was originated by
our own citizen', will be exclusively under English
control. 262 shares, representing 262,0001. of its
capital, are owned in England, while only 88 shares,
representing 88,0001., are owned in the United
States. The landings of the cable will be in Eng-
lish territory. The eastern end willlaudat Valentia,
a harbour in the south-western extremity of Ireland,
about 49 miles directly west of Cork, and the wes-
tern end will land at St. John's, in Newfoundland
This fact may be of little consequence in the
44 piping times of peace," but in times of war it
becomes a matter of great moment. In the hands
of Great Britain the electric cable would then be a
powerful antagonist, with which it would be im-
possible for us to cope. It is, doubtless, on account
of this advantage that the English Government
has been induced to grant to the company an an-
nuity of 14,000/., and to place at its disposal such
naval service as may be needed in sounding and
laying down the cable. And it is for this very rea-
son that our own Government should hesitate about
granting to the company a similar charity, which
will be asked for byand by. The Atlantic telee6rapb,
when completed, will be the wonder of the age.
But it can never be extensively available to the
United States unless the western end of the cable
shall be landed on our own shores.--. Neut York
Times.

THE VALUE 01 EARTHENWARE EXPORTS. —From Jan.
to Nov. the value of earthenware exported was no leis
than 1,234,3071.
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY. —The value of hardware
and cutlery sent abroad from the Ist Jan. to the 30th
Nov. was 3.410,8001.

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rnor- than formerly, In 11 months the value of lace
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year. The importation of embroidery and needlework
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THE LAT.E OA LIM

Since Thursday evening the coast has been visited by
a suceesFi.,n of gales, ranging from the SW to the NE.
They grAdually incre reed in violence, and on Saturday
night and Sunday thay caused serious damage. Already
have a large number of losses been communicated by
Lloyd's agents.
Between Flamborough Head and the mouth of the
Tyne between 30 and 40 wrecks are reported to have oc-
curred, in several instances the vessel going down with
all hands. At Whitby throughout Saturday night and
Sunday a heavy gale raged from the ENE. Five coast-
ing vessels were driver, ashore—the Abeona, Captain
Ellis, of London ; the Mary Anne, of Teignrnouth ; the
William Pitt, of Hartlepool; the brig Medora, of Whitby;
and the schooner Port Glasgow. A. few miles to the
southward of this port, in Robin Hood Bay, three vessels
have been cast ashore, the whole of the crew of one of
them having perished. Off Runs wick Bay, a little higher
up to the northward, a schooner is reported to have foun-
dered. At the neghbouring port of Scarborough similar
weather was experienced with melancholy results. Dur-
ing the gale of Sunday there were driven ashore the
Thompson, from London, near the west pier ; crew, alter
some difficulty, rescued by the lifeboat; the Northunab, r-
land ; the Happy Return, of Scarborough—crew saved ;
the•Eurus, of Shields, crew preerved ; and the Wilsons,
for London, from tie Tyne, which went on the Rains-
dale Scar rocks—the crew, with the exception of Stanley
Mera, an apprentice, drowned, was taken off by the
lifeboat.

At Hartlepool and in its vicinity the gale was from the
eastward, with falls of snow and hail. A tremendous
sea broke upon the beach. On Sunday morning, be
tween 10 arid 11, a schooner, naene unknown, with part
of her masts carried away, was observed to go down in
the bay, some shirt distance from the shore, with all on
board. A similar calamity is reported to have hap-
pened to two other schooners and a brig in the bay.
Oa the Norfolk coast the gale has been very des`ruc-
tive to shipping. Among those carried on the beach at
Yarmouth were the Happy Family, of Whitstable; the
schooner Janet, of Yarmouth ; the Agenoria, of Hart-
lepool ; the Reg:e of Shields ; the Lark, of Seaham ; the
Fairy, of Yarmouth ; the Thos. Gowland and the Cur-
lew, of Sunderland ; the Thomas and Elizabeth, of &a-
hem ; and several othsrs. Happily, the whole of the
crews were enabled to save themselves.
The accounts from the more western portion of the
English Channel speak of very boisterous weather. The
sciew steamer Dunaskin, Captain M'Farlane, of Troon,
with a crew of 11 men, beside the master, bound to
Bristol from Lisbon, was totally lost on the night of
Thursday, near Penzance.
On Sunday there was a violent storm on the Nor-
tburnberland coast ; arid there is every reason to fear
that the sacrifice of life and property will be the most
serious that has occurred in the North Sea this winter.
It blew a fearful gale all night, with blinding showers of
hail and snow. The wind was about east, and therefore
direct on to the coast. In the morning, to the edge
of the horiz in, as far as the eye could reach, the
ocean appeared to be lashed into wreaths of white
foam, and the sea in immense rollers came rushino
on to the shore. About eight o'clock the Cullercoats
fishermen observed a schooner about a mile to the
eastward of that headland. She did not appear to
have any one on board ;' it was supposed that they had
all been washed off the deck by a sea that must
have broken on board of her ; and in a few minutes
after she was first noticed she appeared to
have been engulfed in the tempest and disappeared.
During the course of the forenoon a considerable quan-
tity of wreck drifted up on the Long Sands, and it was
discovered that the ill-fated vessel's name was the Re-
form. Her port or owner's name could not be made out.
"Reform" and " R.F.T." are also branded on the oars
and chocks ef one of her boats. A bag of sailor's clothes
has also drifted up ; the initials " S.S." are marked upon
a white flannel shirt. The boat of the Alma, of Rye, has
also drifted upon Cullercoats Sands, and as the other
wreck has cast up, evidently forming no portion of the
schooner, there is every reason to fear that other vessels
and their crews have suffered in the same neighbour-
hood. About noon on Sunday a large brig was seen to
the north of Tynetnouth Bar, and great fears are enter-
tained respecting her. She made for the bar, but before
she reached it a fearful sea overwhelmed her, and she
disappeared. In a few minutes the three Shields life-
boats were fully manned with pilots, and pulled out to
their rescue. She had by this time beat about a mile
across the Herd Sand, and the pilots had a fearful pull
amoag the broken water to reach her. While the boats
were struggling along gallantly, surmounting the fearful
dangers that lay before them, a French lugger ran on to
the Herd. Sea after sea leapt over her, aed her sails
were burst into rags. One of the South Shields boats, of
which Jacob Harrison and J. Milburn, two well known
Shields pilots, were coxswains, made to her assistance,
as she appeared to be in great peril. She beat into corn
paratively smooth water, however, and the master would
not allow her crew to come ashore, knocking one man
down who attempted it. Toe tide left the vessel, and the
crew afterwards came on shore.
The crew of the brig, with the exception of an appren-
tice named Wm. Cox, the son of an old Greenwich pen-
sioner, were rescued by the other South Shields life-
boat ; and, by a strange coincidence, the coxswain of the
life-boat, Joseph Smith, happened to be the father-in-law
of the master of the brig. Toe brig was the Sarah Ellen
of Landon, Captain Revely. Before reaching the bar*a
heavy sea bad broken aboard the vessel, and capsized
her. Her master and crew, with the exception of the
boy, who was carried away by the waves, and drowned,
got on to her broadside. The mate was washed
away, but managed to lay hold of a bowline, and saved
himself. By the mainmast giving way the slip righted,
and the poor fellows escaped.
Shortly before four o'clock a large schooner was seen
attempting to make the bar, but, not being able, she
struck upen the Herd Sand, and the sea dr we her a
great distance over the sand. Toe two lifeboats went
out, and one of them succeeded, after several attempts,
in rescuing the crew. The name of the vessel has not
been ascertained.

Considerable damage was done in Bristol and the
neighbourhood by the gale, or whirlwind, which seems
to have been general on Saturday. In the Albion-
chambers, the offices of which are principally occupied
by the barristers and solicitors, and which are eituated
in the centre of the city, a stack of chimneys recently
erected on the north side, with a great portion of the
roof, was blown off. The whole of the windows on the
opposite side were broken in, and the fragments depo-
sited in the quadrangle below, rendered the chambers
impassable till next day, when the place was cleared.
The roof of the Athenaurn was almost completely
stripped, and the zinc carried bodily by the force of the
wind to a great distance. In John-street, near the above
spot, a quantity of the copingstones and slates was torn
off the houses, and although there were several passers at
the time they fortunately escaped without injury. At
Clifton the roof of a house in Gloucester-row was taken
completely off, the wall surrounding the Vlctoria Baths
was blown into the baths, and the lead on many houses
was taken by the wind, rolled up in into scrolls, and
thrown into the road below. In Brunswick-square
several trees were rooted up, and at Knowle an itsn•
mense tree standing on the grounds of Mr. W. B. Gad-
bury we; blown down, destroying a wall, and obstruct-
ing the paesage of the highroad. This happened within
a second or two of the omnibus from Wed! to Bristol
having passed. At Stapleton, the seat of Mr. W. PoVan,
two stacks of chimneys were destroyed, and several trees
tore up, and carried for some distance by the hurricane.

THE SLAVn TROUBLES IN THE
UNITED STATS.

Tile New York papers publish the following de
spatches

Louisville, Saturday, Dec. 20.
The Russellville Herald of Wednesday last says that
the negro insurrection excitement exists in the neigh•
bourhood of Volney and Gordonsville. A number of
negroes had been arrested. A negro at one of the iron
works in Tennessee said he knew all about the plot,
but would die before he would tall. Ho thereupon
received seven hundred and fifty lashes, from which he
died.

At Cadiz, Ti ig,g county, Kentucky, yesterday, a free
negro was hung, atter being tried by a vigilance corn.
mittee. There are a number more in gaol, some of whom
will be hung. Judge Cook has celled a meeting of
'the court for Christmas-day. Excitement runs very
high.

Louisville, Monday, Dec. 22.
Mr. Joyce's house at Briar-creek, Kentucky, was
burned on Thursday night last, together with four of
the inmates. Mr. Joyce was absent at the time. Three
slaves were arrested on suspicion of being implicated in
the matter, and confessed to murdering the family, and
then firing the house. It was thought summary ven-
geance would be taken on the negr ,es.

BANK ILETURNS.

tin 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 Cirrolation during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 27tbiday of Thiceinber, 18.56:

PRIVATE BANKS.
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co.
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret
Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke—
Seymour, Lamb, and Co.
Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons
Bewdle' Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker,
and Co
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham --Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir-
mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons
Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co.
Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co
Boston Bank. Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L
Sealey
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co
Broscley and Thidgnorth 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. _

Average
Amount.
10,960
10,233

31,567

31,393
9,062

Banbury Bank; Banbury Galet, Tawney,
and Co.
Banbury Cld Bank, Banbury—ebbb and Son
Bath City Bank, Bath - -G. Moger and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—lL
A. and W M. Harris and Co.
Brecon Old Dank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
and Dorrer
Burlington a,nd Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds--
J.
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co.
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Fosters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and
Co

Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris
and Sons
Chertsey Bank, !Chertsey— La Coste and Son
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green
Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and
Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank,
Colchester—Mills, Dawiree, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock
City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co
Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbeckis, 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—Promage, Snead, and Co
Derby Busk, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co
Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke
and Co
Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincharo, and Co
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster
—Cooke and Co
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co
levonport Bank. Devonport— Hodge and Co
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester—R. and H. Williams
Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos-
ter, and Co
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and C 0...
Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank
Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk
beck, and Co
Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co
Farnham Bank, Farnham— Messrs Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co
Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and
Keen
••
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon..
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0...
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder,
and Co.
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—
Matthews and Co.
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank,
Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting
don—Rust and Veaseys
Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and
Co.
Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin
Sharpies, and Co.
Hereford, Ross and Archenaeld Bank, and
Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford—.
Morgan and Co ,
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Banlk, Ipswich—
Alexander; and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstedie—Mercer, Randall,
and Co.
Kington .and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—
Davies and Co.
Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough—Harrison and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson
and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and

Sons
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
Harvey and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds--• Beckett and Co.
Leeds Union Bank, Leed4—W. Williams,
Brown and Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pages and Kirby,
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co.
Lla,ndovery 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

19,830
31,983

10,169

13,944

22,979

9,315
6,320
71,015
14,792

7,410
81,778

17,3

23,464

69,089

36,011
29,757

33,242

27,531

11,16
61,22

19,080

11,385

47,81

30,300

21,513
2,330
16,955

33,618
45,180
6,933
19,301

69,267

9,111
10,495
35,684

25,369

70,71

80,680
3,290

45,745

94,369
47,952

42,641
23,515

7,835
11,182
5,629

4,551

28,718

32,709

15,744

20,028

52,459

5,143

81,116

8,600

5,335
52,490

37,511
30,012
26,146

89,568

23,683

7,199

3,206

Co.
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn
Regis—Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Jarvis and Co
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst
and Co.
Manning-tree Bank, Manningtree--Nunn and
Co.
Marlborough Bank,. Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan-
ner and Co
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and
Son
Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergmenny—Bailey and Co
Monmouth Cid Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre-
con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 15,459
Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 26,552
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock,
andCo . . .............................................. 59,857
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 20,280
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham.
mond, mid Co ......
Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk
Bank, Norwich—Efarveys and Hudsons...
Norwich and Norfolk Bhaanmk,shNireori3vriaonhk7Namotr..
gabnadn,Batl23Necokaing
Nonteti ns
tingham. Hart, Fellows, and C 0...........
Nuneaton Bank, iclunea,ton—Cra,dclock and Co.
Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris
and Co. .................................
New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and
Nottingham Dank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith
and Co.
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os
westry—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. A. 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 ........................................ 12,763
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co
Reai.ng—Stephens, Blandy, 29,010
Reading Bank,
anciCo. ............................................ 28,529
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. 6,230
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,

37,640

13,535

13,903

2,237

7,638
17,647

28,380

19,85

50,096

95,427

10,791
8,307

17,860
8,414

30,765

12,552

30,230

8,767

10,81

47,075
10,650

8,917

3,751

and Co. ...............................................
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson.. 7,242
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 13,414
Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son 7,780
Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret, &Co .. 13,740
Ross Old Bank, Hel cdfordshire, Ross
Allaway and Mactiougal
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf-
fron Walden—Gibons and Co

4,050

r;'-'•;.311.5g
g
M 0 p:1 ill cr.
——
Colchester 260( 290, 50 20
.300
Harwich 9O( 30 501 760
Leigh
ffahlou 1899,396 100 20 1131 ,200 `, 778

KIRKCALDY-JAN.

To-day we bad large supplies of wheat and oats, but
small of barley. The demand good, and sales readily
made at fully last week's rates.
Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I
First CO3 Od I 41s 03 27s Od
Second
Third 3OB Od I 303 01 1 21s ud

Oatmeal,

to —s per bag of 2801 b.

.-JAN. 5.

Beans.
Os Od.
Us Od.
Os

the clone of the me.r,

Witlloond, &c.

graddyll
1 lieverson
Eletton

a
0
19 3

Eden Main lB 0
Lambton 18 9-

Russell's Hetton 18 0
South Hetton 19 0
Stewart's 19 3

Tees

19 3

Thomas's Merthyr 22 0
South Hartlepool lB' 0
Dorwentwater Hartley .15 6

I Sold. 6O

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and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad,
and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
,erfectly digest the food.

The daily useof this anal/Cie and delicious Sauce is the best safe-
;uard to health. '

Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street,
London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay
Ind Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer-
chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce.
LB.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA
and PERRIN'S" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle