Glasgow Courier. — 1845-06-28 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ENGLAND.  Bank of Manchester.—A special meeting of the shareholders, of the Bank of Manchester was held on the 18th instant. By the report which was read on the occasion, and adopted, it appeared that the following was the state of the concern :—Gross assets, £1,083,445 19s. 5d.; deduct estimated losses, £921,585 3s. 6(1.; nett assets, £161,860 15s. 11d.; total liabilities, £112,347 7s. 11d.• surplus, £49,513 Bs. A vote, that a piece of plate, valnei"2.so, should be presented to Mr. Smith, for his services as managing-director during the difficulties of the bank, was carried unanimously. The Trial Sguadrorm—The Admiralty have ordered the complements of the ships of the trial squadron to be increased as follows :—The St. Vincent, 120, ' Capt. Rowley, on board of which ship is the flag of Rear-Admiral Parker, has her complement increased 105 men, so that now, with her extra marines she musters 980 men. The Trafalgar, 120, Capt. T. F. marines, has the same number, 980. The, Queen 110, Capt. Sir Baldwin W. Walker, has 900 men. The Rodney, 92, Capt. Collier, C. 8., has an increase of 60 men, making her complement 826. The Albion, 90, Capt. N. Lockyer, C. 8., has the same complement ; and the Canopus, 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, C. 8.; the Vanguard, 80, Capt. Willis ; and the Superb, 80, Capt. Corry; have 60 men added to their number, making a complement. of 760 1 for each.—Hampshire Telegraph. Guano.—There has been lees business done; but choice in quality, owing to its being fewer hands, has advanced to .£5 12s 6d. Peruvian £8 10s.—Liverpool Albion. Destruction of Seventeen Houses by Fire.—On the 19th instant, about six o'clock P.M., the inhabitants of Southmolton, Devonshire, were alarmed by the cry of "fire !" which proceeded from the dwelling-house of Mr. Thomas Tout, builder, or a house contiguous to it, situate in East Street, and burnt with great fury for several hours. Notwithstanding three engines were quickly on the spot, no fewer than 17 dwelling-houses were entirely destroyed, others partially so, and many others unroofed. • Murder and attempted Suicide at Durham.—The newspapers have recently given the particulars of a cape which occurred at Durham, in which Mr. Goule, a superintendent of the county police, shot at his wife, attacked Mr. Scram, the deputy-clerk of peaoe, (whom he suspected to be guilty of improper connexion with his wife) and afterwards attempted self-destruction. The woman is since dead, and an inquest has been held, when the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Louis Henry Goule. At the request of the coroner they reduced it into the following written form:—" That Emma Goule came to her death from apistolahot fired by Louis Henry Goule, whilst in a state of great mental excitement, on the 10th of June, 1845." i , A Child Safecated with a Cragfisk.—Mr. Higgs held an inquest, on the 20th instant, at the, Nag's Read, Enfield, on the body of Thomas Ballard, aged tw.• years; the child of a tailor living in Nag's Head Lane. It 4ppeared that on Sunday, the 15th instant, a crayfish was' ven to the child to play with. Shortly afterwards the father found it choking, and discovered that the child had swallowed one of the claws of the fish, shell and all. The child was instantly carried to Mr. Taylor, a surgeon in the town, who found a piece of the fish still in the throat, and without much difficulty dislodged it. He considered that some portion remained in the trachea, but the child not being considered in immediate danger, the operation of opening the throat was deferred until the symptoms should render it necessary. The child was soon seized with great sickness, which continued until its death on the 18th mat. Verdict, "accidental death." For some time past, the copper coinage of William the . Fourth has been eagerly purchased up by persons who are stated to be Jews, and a report has in consequence gained ground that gold is contained in it. Lieut. O'Reilly, R.N., Hornsea, has eneceeded in illuminating a shot used in Captain Manby'a apparatus, by means of which a communication in eases of shipwreck crn be effected in the darkest night, with the greatest certainty.