The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-11 00:00:00

YORK and LANCASTER RAILWAY, PROPOSED WINDING-UP. Thursday afternoon a meeting of shareholders in this - undertaking was held at 53, Charing-cross, to consider the propriety of calling upon the directors forthwith to dissolve the Company. Major Jeff Sharp presided, and detailed the circumstances connected with its past his tory. A circular was circulated amongst the proprie tors, inquiring-1. Whether the original route of the line Was not altogether altered, and that without consult ing the shareholders ; 2. Whether the Company had ob tained the consent of six landowners of the line ; 3. Whether they were not opposed on standing orders by the Leeds and Think Company, Lord Harewood, and various landowners, and whether their attempt to pass that tribunal was not so hopeless as to create a mere waste of expense ; 4. Whether they had not already spent between 30,0001. and 40,0001., and accomplished nothing ; 5. Whether the directors had not a daily allowance for their attendance at the board, and there fore interested in protracting a dissolution ; 6. Whether they would undertake to produce their banking account, and show what funds, if any remained, applicable to the use of the shareholders. The circular alluded to pro •ceeded to call upon the directors to produce their corres pondence and negotiations with other companies, and re quired to know how many shares each member of the committee had allotted to himself, and how many had found it beneficial to take them up. On the motion of Mr. PococK, seconded by Captain ROSE, R.N., it was resolved that it would be advan tageous to the shareholders if the concerns of the York and Lancaster Railway were immediately wound up. A protest against the further continuance of the scheme was agreed to, as was also a petition to the House of Commons, praying that the progress of the Bill might be arrested. It was stated that the expenses of the Company, up to the present time, cerald not have exceeded 7s. 6d. per share. A vote of thanks to the chairman dont( the pro ceedings. NUMEROUS AND SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. _ _ On Thursday the following serious accidents occurred several of which are expected to terminate fatally : The first case was that of William Whitehead, aged fourteen years, residing at No. 5, White's-buildings, Bermondsey-street. He had been on an errand to the Southwark Bridge-read, and whilst on the way home he got behind a cab, and, endeavouring► to reach the kerb facing the Town-hall, High-street, Southwark, he was knocked down by a heavily-laden waggon, the wheel of which passed over his left leg, crushing it in a most frightful manner. He was carried to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he lies in a hopeless condition. —The second accident occurred to a child named Sarah Wright, aged eight years, whose friends reside at No. 3, Stockwell street, Old Kent-road. She was left by her mother to pre pare something for dinner, and during her mother's ab sence she set her clothing on fire. Her screams brought several neighbours to her assistance, who, with great difficulty, succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not before she was completely burnt and charred over the whole of her body. She was wrapped in a blanket, and conveyed to Guy's Hospital; but she can not survive the injury many hours.—The third accident happened to a young man, a boiler-maker, living at Greenwich, in the employ of Messrs. Penn and Co., the exaasive engineers. It seems he was engaged in the boiler manufactory at Deptford, and while lifting a large pi , ce of plate iron, the ponderous mass fell upon his right leg, by which it was fractured in two places. He was extricated with considerable trouble, and carried to a surgeon near the premises, but the injuries he had sustained were so serious that it was deemed necessary to remove him to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he now -remains in an exhausted state.—The fourth happened at Norton Folgate, t. two persons. About noon, a post boy, named William Keal, aged 13 years, was proceeding along the lligh-street on horseback, towards the General Post-office, at a rapid pace, at the same moment a man named John Severs, aged 49 years, was crossing the carriage-way, and before the lad could stop the horse the man was knocked to the ground with fearful vio lence, and the lad was also pitched over the horse's head on to the stones. The man was carried into a surgeon's, and was found to have received a compound fracture of 'he left thigh, and other serious injuries. The boy was taken to the same place, having sustained a severe scalp wound and concussion of the brain. Both were speedily taken into Guy's Hospital. The lad is in a dangerous condition, and the man also lies with very slieht hopes of recovery.—Another accident took place at Torn:inson's coal-wharf, Bankside. A man named John Nl`Shea, aged 39 years, was leaping into one of the barges lying off the wharf, when he lost his foothold, and fell with great violence to the lower part of the barge, and severely injured the spine of his back, and also fractured several ribs on the left side. He was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital SINGULAR CASE OF POISONING Thursday afternoon Mr. G. J. Mills, Deputy-Coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest at the Adam and Eve Tavern, High-road, Kensington, on view of the body of Richard Bird, aged 45 years, whose death occurred under the following circumstances : It appeared that the deceased was in the occasional employ of Mr. Henxman, a wine-merchant, living at No. 6, Terrace, Kensington. On Wednesday, the Ist instant, deceased was sent about one o'clock with a dozen of wine, in a basket, to the house of Mr. Rayner, with di rections to bring back with him a dozen empty bottles. Deceased did not arrive at Mr. Rayner's until five o'clock, and while selecting the empty bottles Mrs. Rayner desired him not to take a dirty bottle which she pointed out to him, which she repeated three times; but deceased persisted in taking it, and did so, for the same evening he was brought to the Mason's Arms, Titch :field-street in a cab, the cabman stating he had picked him up in the New-road, very ill ; and the deceased told the landlord that he was very ill, that he had drunk something out of an empty bottle, and that the moment he had done so his mouth and stomach seemed all on fire. Remedies were tried, and deceased appeared on Saturday to be better ; but on Sunday he got worse, and died about four o'clock on Monday morning. Inspector Havell, T division, on learning the particulars of the case, and that deceased was dead, sent a policeman to the Mason's Arms for the empty bottles, when it was found that the dirty bottle had on it two lables, one of which was written, in large characters, " Poison for vermin," and on the other was printed the name of ‘• Mr. Wooldridge, chemist, Bath place, New-road." Further inquiries were then made, both at Mr. Rayner's and Mr. Wooldridge's, the former of whom said it was used to kill bugs, and the latter,that be !whored it contained a strong mineral poison, and, preb,bly, some corrosive sublimate; and, it is presumed, th it the deceased being very near-sighted, did not notice the labels. The jury returned a verdiet, " That the deceased died from the 4-ff , cts of some irritant poison, taken acciden tally, but what description of poison it was there eas mo evidence to show." MALL'EABLE -GLAss.—A correspondent remarks : ' 44 Some time since your publication contained an account of the invention of a malleeb'e glass, by some gentleman in France. In 4 Wanley's Wonders of the Little World,' you • will tied, as I did when a little boy, that a man submitted • to the burgomaster of Amsterdam a glass bottle, which he -" bunt by violently throwing it upon the payment, and then ' 'hammered it into its former state ; but he was found dead in- the high road on the ensuing morning. Mr. Samuel Etherege Acton, the father of the late Mr. Samuel Acton, of EuSton-square, discovered the method of making malle able glass; but, with a commendable though mistaken kind of feeling, he steadily refused to disclose the secret, lest it should deprive the glass manufacturers of subsistence."— The Builder. ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY.—The quarterly general court of the governors of this charity, established for the purpose of affording to poor invalids the means of sea batting, with medical attendance, was held on Thursday at the London Coffee-house, Robert Pugh, Esq., in the chair. From the report read by the secretary, it appears that her Majesty still continues her patronage of the institutiou, and that the funds are in a flourishing state. The infirmary at Margate, which is capable of affording accommodation of from 200 to 300 inmates, will be opened on Monday, the 11th of May, and continue open until September. B. Curling, Esq., sur geon to Vie London Hospital, and Thomas Thornton, Esq., haviLigL been elected directors, a vote of thanks was g iven to the chairman, and the meeting separated. From a Parliamentary paper issued on Saturday, it appears this tin the year 1844 the number of Acts of Parlia ment supplied to the public under the promulgation order was 505,849 in Great Britain, and to public departments 45,313. The highest number in any year since 1835 supplied to the public was in 1842, when 549,128 were so supplied, and YO t ablie departments in 1837, when they were 111,731. The Duke de Nemours and the Prince de Wur temberg proceeded on March 31 to the forest of Kalatte, to bunt the wild boar. Their Royal Highnesses were accom panied by the Sub-Prefect of Senlis, and several sportsthen of the neighbourhood. Two boars were wounbed ; one by a keeper, and the other by M. Lacour. A third was killed by M. Champion, jun., lieutenant in the sapuers-pompieri of Senlis. It was a young boar of three years of age, one of those know.i bythe name of bête de campagne, because, con trary to the habits of the old boars, which always remain alone in the depths of the woods, the young ones stay in company with some of their fellows. The Princes appointed yesterday for another day's hunting, in the forest of Eine nonville.— Galignanz. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY JUMPING OPP WESTMIN STER-BAIDGE.-011Thursday evening, between six and seven o'clock, a desperate attempt at suicide was committed by a young woman, nineteen y ears o f age, named Charlotte Rus sell, who threw herself off the t o p of 'estminster-bridge into the river. It appears that she and a companion had been drinking with some cabmen in Westminster, until they, be came intoxicated. Returning home over Westminster-bridge, she suddenly left her companion, and mounted the top of the bridge, on the Surrey side, and instantly precipitated herself into the river. An alarm being given, some watermen put off in their boats, and succeeded in saving her as she was on the point of sinking. She was removed to the Westminster Hospital. We road in the Journal die Havre of Saturday— " The Prince de Joinville arrived hers yesterday evening, from Caen, by the Calvados steamer. After witnessing the launch of the Passe Partout, at Nantes, and paying a hasty visit to Lorient and Brest, his Royal Highness left the latter port by a Government steamer for Cherbourg. He at first intended to come direct to Havre, but the fear of being de tained in his voyage by the regulations of our port deter mined him to land at Cherbourg. After sleeping at the Hotel de l'Amiraute, h e s t ar t e d this morning for Parisi It is needless to add that in this place, where the features of the Prince de Joinville are so imprinted in the memory of the 4444bitants, his incognito was nothing more than une affaire ? -1- . 1 OlisiOnrenance." s EIN 1 4 ..., s - lIMOND ELECTION.—The nomination of candidates v:,-.ll l 7l crirl it. oorotigh of Richmond took pl ace on W e d nes d ay , - /-L-wlienit ere being no opposition to Mr. Rich, a show was •r -„ - - , S`' ken .d he was declared elected. The Hon. Gentleman :- - :-1,, V,: , :t -,-- i ~ • ressed tae electors, and the proceedings terminated. c. -- -'(:: - ..',.1 .-- - 4 i*- .:- - .1; ' ' TINPLATE WORKERS' STRIKE IN 81RM1NG ,....r4 4 i , ,, , ii'. I he tin-plae workers employed in Birmingham, 4,0 -c., , -- -- = . ,-._ , itbout . • venty in number, have struck against a proposition '\ - ••;:.,'" " ii*t by their masters to reduce their prices twenty per 16 _ •_ ! d e nts ` - ~~ The Post-office clerks and` diaiibtitors at oath have made an appeal to the public against the continuance of the Sunday delivery. LAW IIiTELLIGEN CE. SECONDARIES' COURT, April 9. (Before Mr. Secondary PorTER.) THE GUANO TRADE.-MILL AND ANOTHER V. SUGHRUE. This was an action to recover damages for the breach of a contract on a charter party, in which judgment was suffered by default. The present proceeding was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Lush were for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Hoggins for the de fendants. The evidence showed that the plaintiffs are merchants in Rood-lane, and the defendent a shipowner. In Sep tember, 1844, a charter party contract was made between the parties for a cargo of guano, in the ship Seffings, from Ichaboe, West Africa, at 4/. 15s. a ton, provided it was delivered in London by the following April, or at 41. 12s. 6d. a ton if delivered after that period. The vessel reached Ichaboe in January, 1845. There were 300 ships on the same errand, and 3,000 men at work. The best guano pits had been exhausted, and the cap tain could only procure fifty tons of an inferior quality, the tonnage of the vessel being 522. He went to Mala gars, Saldanah Bay, where he got a cargo, and arrived at Hull in September last. Before his arrival, however, the defendant had made an agreement with other par ties, and sold the cargo at 5/ a ton. The price in April was W. a ton, and in September 71. 10s. The case for the plaintiff was, that they were entitled to the price of the guano in September, and not the April price. For the defence it was said the defendant could not fulfil the contract . The Learned SECONDARY left the case to the jury to assess the damages. The jury retired at a little before two, and came into Court at six o'clock. They assessed the damages at 5001. SHERIFFS' COURT, April 9. Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCUILL, and a Common Jury). LASRETT V. M'CANN.-A UNIVERSAL RAILWAY DIRECTOR. Tbis was an action bruught by the plaintiff, to re cover of the defendant the sum of 9! 4s. 6d. for services rendered. To this the defendant pleaded, first, that he was never indebted ; and secondly, a " set off." Mr. PARRY said, the plaintiff was a medical gentle man, and brought the present action to recover the sum of 91. 4s. 6d. for his services as an assistant to the de fendant, Mr. M'Cann, the well-known surgeon of Par liament-street, Westminster. In the latter part of the year 1843 the plaintiff entered the service of the de fendant, with the understanding that he was to receive a salary of 201. for the first year, 25/. for the second ; and 301. for the third. On the 13th of January last a quarrel took place between them, which led to a separa tion, there being then due to the plaintiff a balance amounting to 91. 4s. 6d. Henry John Crawford, clerk to plaintiff's attorney, stated that he served the defendant with the writ in the action, and told him that the claim was for one quarter and three weeks' salary from the 11th of September, 1845, until the Ist of January, 1846. Mr. M`Cann com plained that Mr. Laskett had detained a book belonging to him, and that he would not pay him a farthing until it was returned. Mr. J. Hawkins was present in August, 1343, when Mr. Laskett engaged with Mr. M`Cann. The agree ment was, that he should have 201. the first year, and 5/. per annum increase afterwards, if he suited. Cross- examined by Mr. HoGGINS—CouId not remem ber exactly whether there was a written agreement. He might have signed one, but it was so long ago, he could not swear that he had. Mr. HOGGINS here produced a document, and asked the witness if he had ever seen it before? The witness said that it now occurred to him that he had signed a written document; the one produced was the same. His own signature left no doubt upon his mind.—(Laughter.) It had been executed at the time, but it was only an agreement for the first year. It was afterwards arranged by a verbal agreement that plaintiff was to receive a progressive salary. Mr. HOGGINS addressed the jury for the defendant, contending that the document which had been put in proved beyond a doubt that the plaintiff had engaged to serve the defendant for 201. per annum. He would ad mit that the defendant had paid the plaintiff 5/. more than the salary for the second year. It was not done in the fulfilment of any agreement between them, but as a gratuity bestowed tor attention to business. There had been other transactions between the plaintiff and de fendant, upon which the second plea was founded. In the . year 1845 Mr. M`Cann was a "provisional director" of the Madrid and Valentia Railway; which the plain- tiff being aware of, applied to the defendant for an allot ment of shares. Mr. M'Cann told him that he could not grant them, but that he could, if he wished, write to the committee. The plaintiff did so, and received an allotment of tea shares, on which a deposit of 21. per share was to be paid within a certain time, at the bank ing-house of Messrs. Forbts. To pay this deposit, the plaintiff having no money, the defendant kindly lent him 201., which was the set-off he should now estab lish. Mr. J. H. J. Roberts, assistant to Mr. M'Cann, said he knew the plaintiff, and recollected his having an allotment of shares in the " Madrid and Valentia Rail way." The plaintiff told him that Mr. M'Cann had given him the money to pay for them, and he hoped they would soon be at a premium.—(Laughter.) Mr. PARRY—Was Mr. M'Cann provisional director of more than one railway ? Witness—l believe he was a director of a great number of railways. Mr. PARRY —Then he was a sort of universal railway director ?—(A laugh.) Witness—l believe so. Mr. PARRY—There was a great deal of business done in the railway line at the defendant's surgery, I believe ? Witness—There was. Mr. PARRY—Has not the plaintiff written letters on railway matters for Mr. M'Cann ? Witness —Yes. Mr. PARRY—Did he not sit up until three o'clock in the morning conducting Mr. M'Cann's railway business ? Witness—Sometimes. Mr. PARRY—How many railways was Mr. M'Cann a director of ? Was he a director of ten ? Witness— More. Mr. PARRY—Twenty ? Witness—More than twenty. Mr. PARRY—Have you not written letters for Mr. M•Cann ? Witness—l have. Mr. PARRY—Then you have been " stagging it ?" (Laughter.) Witness—A little.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr. PARRY—Now, on your oath, has not Mr. M`Cann instructed you to write in your own name for shares in various speculations ? Witness—He has not. I have written in his name, but not in my own. Mr. PARRY—Are you not aware that the 201. was given the plaintiff for extra services ? Witness—l be lieve it was ; the plaintiff has told me so. Re examined—The plaintiff has sat up more than once. I think defendant had about two hundred shares in the Madrid and Valentia Railway Company. Mr. M`Cann has got plaintiff's shares. lie gave them to him as security for the 20/., plaintiff to have the profits. Mr. H. T. Furbin, clerk to Messrs. Forbyn, bankers, sa;d that the plaintiff came to the banking-house on the 15th of October last, and presented a cheque for 201. as a deposit on ten shares in the Madrid and Valentia Rai!- way Company. Witness said to him, "You are a fortu nate fellow to get an allotment "—(Laughter)—" and Mr. M'Cann to give von the money to pay for them." the plaintiff said, " Yes, he was." He also presented a cheque for 500/. a: payment for Mr. M•Canu's shares. Mr. PARRY having replied, The jury, without any hesitation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum claimed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BREAKING THE WINDOWS OF SIR JAMES GRAHAM. —Mary Stuart, of No. 184, Kent-street, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having wilfully broken two squares of glass in a window of the residence of Sir James Graham, No. 31, Hill-street, Berkeley square. Webb, the porter to Sir James Graham, said the de fendant called that morning at the house, and said she wanted to see Sir James Graham. She was told to go to the Home-office, but she replied she had been there until she was tired, and she would not go again. She then walked away, declaring she would have her re venge. She then deliberately pulled a stone out of her pocket and smashed two panes of glass in the hall win dow. The stone was thrown with force, and passed very close to the head of Sir James's valet, who was writing in the hall. The damage done was about Bs. Mr. HARDWICK called on the defendant to explain the reason of her conduct. The defendant, a middle-aged woman, respectably dressed, with great composure said—l am the grand daughter es i o n f I C 7 h 4 a s r . les in Stu l a s r 2 t, B a f s ou e g m h p t lo t y h e e d b as att l l a e dy o ,s f maid in the family of the Marquis of Winchester. M y royal birth was discovered, and an applic a ti on was ma d e to Government on my behalf. Seventeen years ago I made application for assistance to Government, but I could get nothing done, and I was prevented from taking another situation. George IV. paid attention to my claim to royal birth, but did nothing for me. In 1841, when the present Ministerial party came in, I applied to Lady Annabella Ramsden, but she insulted my birth, and would not assist me in getting a situation. My title has been examined by the Marquis of Queensberry, who has seen the writing and the arms of my ancestor James 11. I applied also to the King of Hanover, and his Majesty promised to make application to Government on account of my birth, but he has done nothing. lam now reduced to the greatest destitution and distress, and I had no other resource than to apply to Sir J. Graham. Mr. HARDWICK—Why did you apply to Sir James Graham in particular ? Defendant—Because he is Se cretary of State for the Home Department. I have written to him, but he wrote to inquire whether I was really the granddaughter of Charles Stuart or out of my senses. The Lord Mayor has got my testimonials, and between them all lam deprived of an opportunity of getting any living. Ido not know what lam to do, unless it is to go into the workhouse. Mr. HARDWICK—And why not ? Defendant—On account of my age. As to my birth I don't think any thing of that. I only want to get my living, and it's very hard I am prevented from doing so. Mr. HA.RDWICK—You must not attempt to gain your object by breaking windows. Defendant—Why does not Sir James Graham give me an answer ? I have applied at the Home-office, and can get no attention paid to me. Mr. Hsanwicx, taking into consideration the obvious incoherence of the defendant's manner and language, said, he would fine her the amount of the damage, Bs., but would append a note to the commitment requesting the surgeon of the prison to inquire into the state of the defendant's mind. The defendant was removed in the van at the usual time. EFFECTS OF DRINK.---MF. John Fiddes, of 4, St. Anne's Villa, Acarcia-rued, was sumnar ned for having menaced his wife Harriet, whereby she went in budily fear. Mr. Hobler attended for the wife. It appeared - that the parties had been separated for some time, and that the complainant by her own exer- tions maintained herself and her two children. The de fendant, however, followed her from place to place, acting in a manner so as to excite serious fears for her own and her children's safety. The defendant's conduct was exceedingly violent when he was under the influence of liquor, which indeed was an habitual vice. Mrs. Fiddes gave several instances of the defendant's me nacing behavour towards her with his stick, and called evidence to show that it was not safe for her to be with her husband, in consequence of the effect which drink had on him. A surgeon, who had attended the husband profes sionally, said he knew that the consequences of indul gence in drink had been to produce delirium tremens in the defendant. He thought the defendant could not be safely trusted when intoxicated. _ Tlie defendant, whose language towards his wife was very endearing, said if his wife, whom he dearly loved, would live with him again, he would promise to give up drink, and would keep sober. The wife said she could not depend upon that promise. It had often before been given and always broken. The husband said his object in pursuing his wife from place to place was to see that she had no visitors. He objected to her living in private lodgings by herself. Mr. Hobler said the complainant was only visited by old friends of the family. Mr. HARDWICK said, after the evidence of habitual intoxication, and the violence to be apprehended from the defendant when in that state, he was of opinion that the wife was entitled to the protection of the law, which she prayed, against her husband. He should, therefore, require him to find sureties, himself in 1001, and two sureties in 501. each, to keep the peace to wards her. MARYLEBONE. OUTRAGE ON A LADY. —John Welle, a helper in stables at Tattersall's, was charged with the following outrageous conduct towards a lady. A solicitor attended for the complainant. Miss Charlotte Flower deposed, that she resided at the Rev. Mr. Pemberton's, the Hyde, Kingsbury, and that on the afternoon of the 24th ult., as she was walking alone in the direction of Kilburn, the defendant passed and repassed her several times. She quickened her pace in order to avoid him, but he persisted in his annoyance, and at length, making a full stop, and looking her full in the face, uttered the most disgusting and indecent lan guage. H' subsequently held up a large stick to her twice in a threatening way, at which she was consi derably alarmed. Fortunately, a pieman who happened to be coming by, and to whom she mentioned the de fendant's misconduct, put her into a chaise-cart which was going along the road, and by that means she got away. George Brougb, the pieman alluded to, corroborated a portion of the preceding evidence. The defendant, on being asked what he had to say, replied, that he was truly sorry, and that he should not hare misconducted himself in the way he did had he been sober. Mr. LONG observed, that the offence was one of such a shameful nature, that it could not be passed over lightly, and he fined the defendant 405., and in default of payment, one month's imprisonment. ROBBERY BY A LODGER.—Mary Ann Pitcher was charged with the following robberies:— The prisoner had been lodging at the house of Mrs. Korts, 2, Charles-lane, Portland -town, and while there, two brooches, a shawl, and a silver watch (the latter article belonging to another lodger) were missed. The prisoner was at length taken into custody, and it turned out that she had pl. dg,d the stolen property at the shops of different pawnbrokers.—She was committed for trial. CLERKEIV WELL. EXTRAORDINARY DOUBLE MARRIAGE.—Mary Cowley, a well-looking person, eighteen years of age, residing in St. Helena-place, Clerkenwell, was charged before Mr. Combe by her husband, William Cowley, upwards of seventy years of age, with having threatened his life. Mr. Woulfe, from the office of Mr. Flower, attended on the part of the complainant, and stated the facts of the case. It appeared that the plaintiff, who is a nervous, weak old man, although being six feet high and of propor tionatedimensions, made a promise to his deceased wife, whom he called his " blessed sainted," that, under any consideration, he would never marry a second wife after her death. After her demise, however, although he was in affluent circumstances, he fretted so much after his " sainted" that he became way worn and lonely, until he was " piloted" into the defendant's family, who were in the " cat's meat line." They " oft invited " him, and a reciprocity of sympathy existed, or appeared to exist, between Mr. Cowley, the plaintiff, and the defendant's mother, who, with tears in her eyes, frequently al luded to her "late beloved," to whom she made a solemn vow never to marry again. Promises are, however, made sometimes to be broken, let them be ever so solemn, especially under the peculiar inflnerce of the tender passion, which suddenly seized the plaintiff at first sight of defendant's mother, and, in a moment of rapture he proposed matrimony, and they were married in 1842. They kept the wedding gloriously, and, what with the drinking, the " light fantastic toe," the sounds of the fiddle, and the other amusements, they kept it up until daylight peeped. The next day the new wife repented of so rash an union, and of breaking her promise with her late beloved, and she told the old gentleman that she would give him a written legal release from the mar riage if he would marry her daughter. He agreed to the proposal, and took to himself a young wife. They were married ; the wedding was kept up expensively at plaintiff's cost. Ever since the union with the prisoner he had not enjoyed one moment's peace or comfort. She annoyed him in every possible way, beat him till he was black and blue, refused to sleep with such " an old villian," threatened to stab him, to dash his brains out with a rolling-pin, and told him to go to the lower re gions. The poker and otherimplements of domestic conve nience were frequently brought into active requisition, and not only his head but his very life was in actual danger, and he was compelled to apply for the law's protection. " Indeed," said the old gentleman, "she knocks me about just like a shuttlecock.—(Laughter.) And we have one child, your worship."—(Laughter.) Here he put on a longitudinally woful countenance. Mr. CoMBE asked the defendant what she had to say in her defence? Defendant—lt is all false; the first fortnight he was kind, but ever since he has only al lowed me half a quartern loaf and two pennyworth of bacon a day for our support, and a penny for our supper. Plaintiff—You always bad a rump steak for your supper. You have robbed me, picked my pocket, pawned and sold my property, left me without a bed, and driven me to poverty. I can't bear it any longer. Mr. Woolfe said, if it were applicable to the question at issue, he could " a tale unfold" to show that the T.ilaintiff was an injured and persecuted man, and that he had been inveigled into this strange sort of " double union" for the sake of his property. Mr. COMM ordered defendant to find bail to keep the peace. The plaintiff was formerly a respectable householder, and well-known in the parish of Clerkenwell. The Court was crowded to excess by respectable inhabitants, and there was an impr?ssion afloat that a charge of bigamy mightprobably be instituted against the plaintiff. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday, two young fellows named James Clew and George Meredith. were charged with committing a high way robbery upon Evan Morgan, a tailor, re,iding in x ton -market. The prasecutor was passing a dead•wall in the Kings land-road, between the hours of five and six on Tuesday evening, when he met the prisoners, and Meredith having struck him a violent blow on the head, which stunned him for a moment, snatched from his hand a bundle, containing two new coats. Both the prisoners then ran off together, and were apprehended on Wed nesday night by police-constables 365 N and 121 N, who found in Clew's possession a black wrapper now identified by the prosecutor as that which had contained the two coats. The prisoners were remanded. LAMBETH. A VICTIM OF SEDUCTION.—Martha Wood, a young woman, whose apparel was both scanty and indifferent, applied to Mr. Norton for a summons, to compel the father of her two illegitimate children to support them. The applicant, whose manner and address betokened a good education, said, that some three weeks ago she made an application to Mr. Henry, at this Court, similar to the present, and that gentleman granted her a sum mons, but she unfortunately had not got the two shil lings to pay for it. Since then she had endeavoured to raise the two shillings to get the summons, but was stilt unable to do so, and was at present driven to such a state of distress, with her two little children, that she knew not on earth what to do. Mr. NORTON desired her to state the circumstances under which she wanted the summons, when she said that eight years ago, and when only fourteen years old, she waioinduced to leave the house of her father, by a sentleallb holding a situation in the Council, and enjoy ing a salary of 5501. per annum, and to go to live with him. For some years he supported her in excellent style, but twelve months ago he deserted her, leaving her with two children, o ne th ree years old,and the other a mere infant. He had, however, contributed to the support of the children until about three months ago, when he discontinued paying anything, and the consequence was, that she had been obliged to do the best she could, and as long as she could, to provide(athbe solute necessaries. On the evening before she went to Chelsea to see the gentleman , the hope of hi s d o i ng something for her, but, on knocking at the door, she wa s told by the widow of an officer, who is at present li v i ng with him, that unless she took herself off, she widow) would give her into the custody of the police. Mr. NORTON—What was the cause of the father of the children leaving you? Applicant (much affected).— I don't know, Sir, except it was that he got tired of me. Mr. NORTON—How have you supported yourself these three months? Applicant —I have lived with my father, who, though once a timber-merchant, is now glad t o work journeywork as a carpenter with a person who was once his own errand-boy. Mr. NORTON—Was your youngest child twelve months old when you first made application for a summon s against the father? Applicant—No, Sir, not quite; but it is more than twelve months old now. Mr. NORTON—Then you shall have a summons against the father for the youngest child, but the other is beyond the age prescribed by the Act of Parliament. The applicant expressed her thanks, and the summons was made out, and marked " poor." SOUTH WA RK. ALLEGED FRAUD BY AN ATTORNEY'S CLEM—Mr. Henry Kempton, a tradesman residing in the vicinity of this Court, attended on the preceding day to make complaint of an imposition which was practised up on his wife in the course of some proceedings which had taken place there. The applicant stated, that a few days since he had occasion to give his wife into custody for assaulting him, and that the mytistrute (Mr. Cottingharn) held her to bail in two securities of 20L each to keep the peace. The defendant not. being in a situation at the moment to find the required bail, she was locked up, but had not been long in the cell, when a person named TI! SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, _APRIL 11, 1846. described as an attorney's clerk, had an interview with het, during which he undertook tb procure the requisite securities for her liberation if she gave him a sovereign and something for his trouble. Applicant's wife, anxious, of course, to obtain her re lease, immediately handed over the sum to Hall, who immediately went away, promising to return speedily with the persons who would become bail for her. After waiting, however, in a state of suspense, the promised bail was not put in, and the result was that his wife was conveyed at five o'clock to the county gaol. The next day he (applicant) attended at this Court with a desire of making arrangements for the liberation of his wife, when she made him acquainted with the above particu lars, and as he considered a very gross imposition had been practised on his wife, lie thought he was only per forming a public duty by bringing the matter under the notice of the Court. Mr. Corrisanam expressed his surprise that such an advantage should have been taken of a person in de fendant's situation at the time, and inquired by what means the person complained against hztd the oppor tunity of having an interview with the applicant's wife after she was locked up? Spikin, the gaoler, said that attorneys and their clerks were permitted to see their clients in their culls, and that as Hall was supposed to be interested in Mrs. Kemptoia's behalf, he was not prevented from seeing her. Mr. COTTINGIIAM directed that, in future, access to prisoners should not be permitted, unless by application made to the Court, with a view to prevent the recurrence of such a transaction in future. _ Some time afterwards Mr. Hall entered the Court to defend a prisoner, but the moment he stood up for the purpose, Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that a charge of a very serious nature had been alleged against him, and that while it was pending he could not be permitted to act there professionally. The magistrate then described the nature of the accusation brought against Mr. Hall. Mr. Hall admitted that he had received a sovereign from Mrs. Kempton for his professional services, and that he was well acquainted both with her and her hus band, 'and did not imagine that any complaint would have been male against him for taking a fee for his at tendance on her behalf. _ Mr. Kempton said that the sovereign was not given as a fee, but for the purpose of bail being procured. Mr. Hall still asserted that he took the sovereign in the nature of a fee; but that, as such scruples were now made about it, be was willing to return it to the person from whom he had it. _ Mr. COTTINGHAN said, that it was a charge of ao serious a nature, as affected the individual complained against, that it must not be permitted to drop ; and that, for the purpose of investigating it, he should request the attendance of Mr. Kempton and his wife, and also the person to whom the money had been given for a specific purpose. Yesterday was the day appointed for entering into the merits of the case. Mr. Kempton and his wife were pre sent, according to appointment, but Mr. Hall did not make his appearance. The MAGISTRATE told Mr. Kempton that he should not lose sight of the matter. THAMES. STABBING.—Sarah Maclean, a dissipated-looking acre, woman, about 45 years of who has been in custody a fortnight, was brought before Mr. Ballantine for final examination, on a charge of cutting and wounding George Dixon, a man about her own age, who was brought from the hospital in a very weak condition. The prosecutor is a lumper employed in the docks, and has cohabited with the prisoner for the last seven years. They lived in Lambeth-street, Whitechapel. On the 27th of March the prisoner went in search of Dixon, who had been absent from her several days, and found him at the East India Dock. Some words passed, but they afterwards became friends, and began drinking together. After visiting several public-houses they proceeded in a half-drunken state to the dwelling of the prisoner's son, in Queen Catherine-court, Ratelitf. After remaining there some time, and partaking of more liquor, Dixon offered to leave the prisoner and fetch some more gin. She attempted to stop him, a struggle ensued, and the man was wounded in the back of the head with a knife. It was such a wound as nearly cost him his life, but neither Dixon nor the woman's son could or would state how it was inflicted. Dixon him self stated there was a struggle, that his head was cu open, that he afterwards became insensible, and next morning found himself in the London Hospital. The prisoner's son, a dock labourer; said his mother awl the prisoner were both drunk, but his mother was the worst of the two. The prisoner hit hiss mother, and she hit him in return, but he saw no knife. After the parties left the house, Dixon went into a chemist's shop, and his wound was dressed. The blood continued to flow profusely after wards, and a mob collected about the parties. The at tention of How, a policeman, was called to the cir cumstance, on hearing several persons say, " There is the woman who stabbed the man." He took the pri soner into custody. Dixon was led to the station-house with the blood streaming down his face and clothes. Townson, the sergeant on duty, seated him on a chair, and asked him who had wounded him. He pointed to the prisoner, and said she jobbed a table-knife at him. The prisoner said, " Yes, you vagabond, and I'll do for you yet. You have not been near me since Saturday last." The man immediately became insensible, and after being attended by a surgeon, was sent by Townson to the London Hospital, where he remained until yes terday, when he was allowed to come out and give evi dence. The policeman, How, afterwards found a knife in the room where the affray took place. It was spotted with blood, and the point of it was turned back, evi dently by coming in contact with some hard substance. William Maclean, the prisoner's son, identified the knife. It was in the table-drawer before the struggle, and the point was not turned back then. Mr. James Stock, surgeon, in King David-lane, Shad well, saw the prosecutor on the 27th of March. He was then bleeding profusely from a wound on the head. It was an inch and a half above the right ear, at the back of the head. The wound was a lacerated one, with jagged edges, an inch in extent, and a branch of the occipital artery was divided. The prisoner, in defence, said she had not drank any liquor for twelve months previous to the 27th of March, and got drunk because Dixon was drinking. Mr. BALLANTINE committed the prisoner for trial. SAVAGE ASSAULT BY A HUSBAND ON HIS WIFE.— On Thursday Neil Maclean, a ship-j o i ner , res idi ng a t 3, Sun Tavern Gap, Shadwell, was charged before Mr. Ballantine with committing a series of cruel and cowardly assaults on Ellen Maclean, his wife, to whom he has only been married eleven months. It appeared from the statement of the wife, who carried in her arms an infant to which she had recently given birth, that she was a widow in comfortable cir cumstances when she married the prisoner, who had ever since ill-used her in a most barbarous manner. He frequently knocked her down while she was in a state of pregnancy. That morning about two o'clock he came home partly inebriated, and after beating her tore her cap from her bead, drove her from her bed and turned her out of doors. Her husband threw the bed on the fl mr, and threatened to kill her. Assaults of a similar description had been often committed upon her. The prisoner vehemently protested that he had never ill-used his wife at all. He would be the last man to do it. The wife said her neighbours had been witnesses of the ill-usage, and two of them were sent for. They stated that they had seen the prisoner strike his wife, blacken he eyes, and make her nosebleed. The neigh bourhood was continually disturbed by her screams and cries for mercy. The prisoner was then fined 51.. and in default of pay rent was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. CONFLICTING TESTIMONY.—John Massey, a powerful man, a boiler maker, in the employ of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, at Blackwell, was charged with assaulting Mary Anderson, his next door neighbour. The parties lived in Mary-street, Poplar, and accord ing to her statement, she was standing at her own door talking to her son, when the defendant came up and cast some reflections on her husband. She retorted, and the fellow atter using some very bad language, struck her a very severe blow with his fist on the face, and knocked her down. When she got up she ran towards her own house. Massey followed her, and overtook her in the passage, and then kicked her, and inflicted a very serious injury upon her, from which she is still suffering. The transaction occurred on Monday last, and the bruises on the woman's face, and her blackened eyes, were indica tive of the violence of the blows she received. Two witnesses confirmed the statement of the com plainant in every respect. The prisoner, in defence, said there had been a squabble. but he denied there ;had been any blows struck at all, and he called three witnesses. Their evi dence was very unsatisfactory and contradictory, but they agreed in one thing, that Massey did not strike Mrs. Anderson. The complainant said the defendant's witnesses were not present during any part of the transaction. Mr. BALLANTINE, who investigated the case with much care, wa s of opinion the defendant's witnesses did not see the affray at all, and spoke in terms of severe reprehension of their conduct. After commenting on the brutal conduct of the prisoner, he sentenced him to pay a fine of 51., which he was unable to do, and was committed to the House of Correction for six weeks. GREENWICH. THE MURDER OF THE POLICE-CONSTABLE AT DEPT FORD.-- Sullivan, Brozon, alias O'Keefe, Collins, and M'Carthy, the four men who stand charged with the wilful mur d er o f J ames Hastie, police-constable 334 H, w ere b roug ht f rom Horsemonger-lane Gaol for re-examination before Mr. Trail!, the newly-appointed magistrate at this Court consequent on the retirement of MI r r .. Grove. NHaywood, of the Treasury Solicitor's office, ap peared f or t h e prosecut i on; an d M r . A us t en , o f Lo n d o n, on the p ar t o f t h e pr i soners . The whole of the evidence taken during the many sttlininations was gone through anew in order that M r . Traill sh ou ld b e per f ect l y acqua i n t e d with the details, which engrossed the attention of a crowded C o u rt nearly four h ours an d a h a lf. Mr. T RAILL sa i d, he t h oug ht the prisoners' attention should h ave been drawn to Hast i e ' s d e claration, in order that they be much stronger t h an a t p r esent. The case did not might deny, and if then silen t the case would present that point where deceased was conscious of dying at the time it was made. The coroner's jury had re turned a verdict of wiful murder, and upon that verdict the prisoners would be arraigned before another tribunal. He (Mr. Traill) would remand the case until the 30th instant, when other evidence might be forthcoming, and and the prisoners would in the meantime have plenty of time to get up the defence for the ensuing session at the Central Criminal Court. W A NDSWORTH. EXTRAORDIN ARY CASE.OF A S SAULT.—Capt. Frederick White, of No. 3, Era-place, Battersea, surrendered to his hail to answer a charge Of assaulting Mrs. Martha Bowler, the landlady of ti.e Star and Garter public house, Batt2rsea. The de.endant was apprehended on a warrant on the previous day, an d b roug h t b e f ore Mr. Paynter just prior to the closing of the Court. As all the witnesses were not iii attendance, the magistrate adjourned the case until yesterday, and admitted the defendant to bail. Yesterday Mrs. Martha Bowler, the complainant, stated that, on last Saturday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, she went to defendant's house and asked for him. The servant denied him, but Mr. White c alled out that he was at home, ard desired the complainant to walk in. The defendant was seated, and had a glass containing some beer in his hand. When asked her business, complainant said she was landlady of the Star and Garter, and had come to demand ss. 6d., an amount due for gin-and-water, beer, and tobacco, which she had , upplied the defendant and his friend with on Thursday evening last. He said he did not owe her anything, and he would not pay her. Complainant observed it was very hard, and then defendant said, " I'll not pay you—go out of my house, you --." He then dashed a glass of beer in her face, jumped up from his chair and struck her in the side with his fist. Ile then caught hold of her arms, and pressed them so violently as to bruise them very much ; afterwards he pushed her violently out of the house. She would have fallen had not her daughter saved her from so doing. Her daughter had gone pre viously to ask for the money, and the defendant pelted her with mud and stones. She did not suppose that the defendant would have served her so, but he pelted hk r also, after turning her out of the house. Mr. PAYNTER said he was desirous of knowing how the debt was incurred. The complainant said that the defendant and another gentleman, who was outside the Court, and who were strangers, came to her house on Thursday evening, and had two glasses of gin and water, and some tobacco. They ultimately had two more each, and treated some bell-ringers to some beer. The defendant said he had no money, but if the complainant would send her pot man with him he would pay him. The potman went, but returned empty-handed. Complainant sent four times for the money before making application herself. Cross-examined by the defendant—She did not strike him in the face, and throw him upon the floor, or use the poker to him. He did not say it was an unjust de mand, and he would see her another time about it. Elizabeth Ann Beckley, a married daughter of the complainant, proved that she went, between six and seven o'clock on Saturday evening, to defendant's house ; he was denied to her, but she found him in the garden. When she told him her business, he thumped her on the back twice, and said, " Get out, ycu stinking --," Witness went afterwards with her mother, and heard defendant address the same coarse language to her parent, and saw him pHsh her out of the door and down the steps. She would have fallen had not witness sup ported her. Cross-examined by the defendant—Did not call him a thief, a villain, and a swindler. John Everett, a carpenter, living in Surrey-lane, and Battersea. rltdtelahetneda efddrr.agti deonaintsrsTdceth opposite defendant's house, distinctly proved that de fendant assaulted both mother and daughter, and although he was quite sober, made use of language most dero gatory to the character of a gentleman. Two other witnesses, named Hill and Bennett, proved that when they interfered to protect Mrs. Bowler, the defendant applied most foul language to them, and threatened to thrash them. 'The defendant's answer to the charge was, that on the evening in question he was in his garden with a friend, when the complainant's daughter came up to them, and abused them most scandalously ; she was not satisfied with that, but she called his lady a kept mistress. Cer tainly, after such language, he could not be expected to be very calm, and he turned her out of the premises. With respect to the widow, when she entered the room, she said, "You th ef, you liar, you beat my daughter ;" and then she struck him a blow on the ear, which sent him reeling, and as he was recovering himself, she gave him two blows with the poker. Her violence was so great that his wife, who is very young, ran up into her bed-room. He at last took her by the arms, and by the exertion of some strength, turned her out of the house. She then knocked at the door, and when he opened it called him a swindler and thief. Two or three men, her friends, were outside in his garden, and they bullied him and told him he was a swindler. He positively denied having made use of any such language as was imputed to him, and did nothing but in self edefence, to prove which he would call two witnesses. Mr. Bernard Tanham Dryden was called—He said he had been in the royal navy, and now held the rank of Lieutenant in the Indian navy, and at present resided at ntks a ub. ssnaet, most geh: t t :ed h ievln. ei e e wsspceghselon g eeuerm e rrfs hme,nvtpsciaittt complainant servant e gdah:tef m ne: tlrnetai, well oaetsn, n sHesnstevecl. dle : ew v aortad h payhfnai o tsedbnda vtidownnnhi both oohahe a l \tt s :vwaut noghwrhitinature withtadnroei assaulterm;: aw:hs t t one. h healr e ersti. daughterd n e co r afn e unth r wmr:H t li baeasil e tgna M hilngee v s aeige ' but Mr. he r p e A v y t cl N e T n E c n e wasenn considered p n e ey t . had been proved, and he should have inflicted the full penalty if he did not think that the complainant was in stepso some measure she htoed a legalblamefomrndteakeifn obtaining such tai Lng h ii an i e rn r rudn money He should inflict the fine of 41. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL - , APRIL 9, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Major-General Sir Henry George Wakelyn Smith, of Alliwaul, on the Sutlej, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully -begotten. Notice is hereby given, that we, the undersigned, being three of the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma jesty's Treasury, have, in pusuance of the execution of the powers vested in us by an Act, passed in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled " An Act for the general regu lation of the Customs," appointed the port of Preston, in the county of Lancaster, to be a port for the importa tion of tobacco. Given under our hands, at the Treasury-chambers, Whitehall, this 31st day of March, 1846. WILLIAM CRIPPS. RALPH NEVILLE. S. T. CARNEGIE. Office of the Poor-law Commissioners, Somerset House, April 7, 1846. In pursuance of an Act, passed in the session of Par liament held in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 76, inti- tuled "An Act for the amendment and better adminis tration of the laws relating to the poor in England and Wales ": This is to give notice, that the Poor-law Commis. sioners have appointed John Thomas Graves, of the Inner Temple, Esq., barrister-at-law, to be an Assis tant Commissioner of Poor-laws ; and that the said John Thomas Graves, on the 7th day of April instant, took the oath required by the said Act before the Hon. Mr. Justice Cres:well, one of the Judges of her Ma jesty's Court of Common Pleas, at his chambers, in Itolls'-gardens, Chancery-lane. By order of the Board, • EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary. Office of the Poor-law Commissioners, Somerset House, April 7, 1846. In pursuance of an Act passed in the session of Par liament held in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 76, in tituled, "An Act for the amendment and better administration of the laws relating to the poor in Eng- land andWales:"— This is to give notice, that the Poor-law Commis sioners have appointed John Ball, of No. 85, Stephen's-green, Dublin, Esq., barrister-at-law, to be an Assistant Commissioner of Poor-laws for a period of six months, from the second day of April instant ; and that the said John Ball, on the 3d day of April instant, took the oath required by the said Act before the Hon. Mr. Justice Cresswell, one of the Judges of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at his chambers in Rolls' gardens, Chancery-lane. By order of the Board, EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary. Office of the Poor-law Commissioners, Somerset House, April 7. This is to notify that, in pursuance of an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the first and second years of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled " An Act for the more effectual relief of the destitute poor in Ireland," the'Peor•law Commissioners have directed John Ball, Esq., Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, to carry the provisions of the said Act into execution. By order of the Board, EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 7. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant and Quar termaster C. Miller to be Captain, vice Dwyer, trans ferred to the Artillery Companies of the Corps ; First Lieutenant H. Bremer to be Captain, vice Logan, trans ferred to the Artillery Companies of the Corps ; Second Lieutenant H. G. J. Davies to be First Lieutenant, vice Miller, promoted ; Second Lieutenant It. V. Allen to be First Lieutenant, vice Bremer, promoted. Commissions by the Lord : Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. G. C. Reiman, Esq , to be Deputy-Lieutenant; A. W. Beetham, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant , April 7. Commissions by the Lord. Lieutenant of Herefordshire. F. R. Haggitt, Esq., to be Deputy -Lieutenant, April 6. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxford. Col. H. Dawkins, R. B. Marsham, Esq., J. S. Phil lips, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenants, March 27. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia —Lieutenant S. W. Gardiner to be Captain, vice Lampet, who retires, April 2. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Forfar. W. B. Gardyne, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Lieutenant-Colonel J. Dalgairns to be Deputy-Lietv tenant, March 27. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham. Derham Bowlby, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, March 23. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Bate. The Lord Rossthore to be Deputy Lieutenant; the Right Hon. J. S. Wortley to be Deputy Lieute nant ; Lieutenant Colonel C. Stuart to be Deputy Lieutenant; A. Fallarton, Eq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; R. M‘Kirdy, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; W. Mar shalMEsq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; D. Salmond, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; A. Sharp, Esq., to be De puty-Lieutenant ; C. V. Stuart, Eiq., to be Deputy-Lieu tenant, March 7 ; N. Jamieson, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant, March 17. WHITEHALL, APRIL 8. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Montague Georg° Smith, of Hemel Henri :teal, in the county (f Hertford. Gent., to b a Master Extraordinary in the nigh Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Joseph Whalley and Charles Whalley, nurserymen, Liverpool, James Reding and William Nicol Judd, printers, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LIME Horse-shoe-court, Ludgate-hill. HOUSE. BANKRUPTS. Edward Foley, licensed victualler, Stoke Newington green, to surrender April 24, at half-past one, and May 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Dimmock and Bur bey, Size-lane. Robert Weatherhogand Richard Weatherhog, farmers, Stone, Kent, April 17, at two, and May 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Tripp, Adelaide-place, London-bridge ; Hayward,Dart fork, Kent. Henry Charles Langley, apothecary, Suffolk-place, Hackney-road, April 21, at one, and May 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy - . Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Wheatley, Walbrook. Thomas Matthews, draper, Aldgtte High-street, April 23, at twelve. and May 21 at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street ; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. William Davey, coal merchant, St. Austell, Cornwall, April 29 and May 90. at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Cummings and Son, Bodmin ; Smiths, Southampton-buildings, London ; Stogdon, Exeter. Thomas Rickards, watchmaker, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire ' April 27, and May 2 2 , at eleve n, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Husband and Wyatt, Gray's Inn-square, London. James Boulton Orem, brewer, Birmingham, April 22 and May 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Bart leet, Birmingham. Marthalllingworth, William Smith, and John Wright, worsted spinners, Bradford, Yorkshire, April 21 and May 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wells, Bradford ; Courtenay, Leeds. Between four and five o'clock yesterday morning a terrific fire broke out in Three Colt -street, Limehouse, near to the church, which, at one period threatened the total destruction of the entire neighbourhood. The devouring element was not extinguished before six houses fell a prey to the flames, and eight others were seriously damaged. The fire was first discovered to be raging in the lower part of the premises of a Mr. Hunt, cheesemonger, No. 40, Three Colt-street, which in a short time enveloped the entire building, the inmates having escaped with great difficulty. The greater part of the building, as well as the ad joining ones, being wood, the fire spread with the utmost rapidity, and in a few minutes No. 39 and 40 shared the same fate. Messengers were instantly dispatched for the engines, but by the time the engines from School-house-lane, Wellclose-square, and that from Jeffery-square arrived, about 12 or 14 houses were destroyed and partly consumed ; the un fortunate inmates of several of them having escaped in a state of nudity, while others were only able to save a few things, with but little of their furniture. The en gines having at length been got to work and a plenti ful supply of water obtained, the firemen, assisted by the police and other, , , through very great exertions, by about five o'clock succeeded in stopping the further progress of the flames. The follow ing is the official report of the houses destroyed old damaged:—No. 40, Three Colt-street, Mr. Hunt, cheese monger, destroyed ; No. 41 and 42, Mr. Elwes, butcher, ditto ; No. 39, Mr. Paris, King's Arms, all destroyed but the cellar ; No. 38, Messrs. Haywood and Green wood, grocers, ditto ; No. 1, Mr. Moyes, King's Head, seriously damaged ; No. 1, Limehouse-lane, Mr. Cricklee, fishmonger, partially destroyed ; No. 3, Mr. Gardiner, grocer, ditto ; No. 95, Mr. Browne, pastry cook, ditto ; No. 96, Mr. Hyde, fishmonger, ditto ; No. 97, Mr. Dicks, dealer in china ; No. 98, Mr. Reeves, pastry-cook ; and No. 99, empty, all destroyed. The damage done is estimated at about 2,0001 No informs ' tion can be - obtained as to the cause of the fire. Charles Henry Cartwright, grocer, Warrington, Lan cashire, April 27, and May 19, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man chester; Messrs. Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford row; Rowe. Lord-street, Liverpool. Henry Roe, jeweller, Liverpool, April 28, and May 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger and Blake, London wall ; Dodge, Liverpool. John Knight, mercer, Preston, April 21 and May 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Reed and Langford, Friday-street, Cheapside; Sale, Worthington; Shipman, Manchester. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. H. S. Knowles, silk throwster, Moolham, Somerset shire—second div. of lid. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. R. Coleman and E. R. Hall, ironfounders, Colchester —first div. of 4s. in the pound, April 8, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. R. Coleman, ironfounder, Colchester —first div. of 6/d. in the pound, April 8, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. E. R Hall, ironfounder, Colchester —first div. of 6d. in the pound, April 8, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. R. Hughes, upholsterer, Piccadilly—first div. of 2s. in the pound, April 8, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand , Old Je wr y . 1 J. H. Curtis. bookseller, Soho-square—first div. of 4d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pen nell, Guildhall-chambers. H. D. Walker, innkeeper, Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire —second div. of Is. 2d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. C. S. Evans, master mariner, Cornhill—first div. of 49 10d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. W. Smethurst, Jacquard machine maker, Manchester first div. of 7s. 7d. in the pound, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. MARKET NEWS.-{YESTERDAY.) This being a holiday, no business was transacted at Mark lane or in the Borough. SMITHFIELD. For the time of year, the supply of Beasts on sale here te' day was moderately extensive, owing to which the Beef trade ruled dull, and Monday's prices were with difficulty ser i ported. There were in the market 300 Scots from Scotism , ' and 50 Beasts, together with 40 Sheep, from Holland. Th e number of Sheep was small ; hence the Mutton trade vie s ._ firm, and previous rates were steadily maintained. T in ' 'being the great Lamb market, the supply of that descriptie el of stock was good, though not quite equal to that at som e previous corresponding periods of the year. The trade wa s brisk, at an advance in the currencies of from 6d to is Pe c f . 81bs. From the Isle of Wight, 233 Lambs came to b en Calves moved off steadily, at an improvement of 2d per 81b$ In Pigs and Milch Cows very little was doing. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. ft. d. to S. Inferior Beasts .... 2 6 3 0 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 $ Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 ± 0 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 3 10 southdown Wethers 4 10 Prime Scots • • • • .. 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0 Large Hogs • • • • • • 3 6 0 Prime small ditto .. 5 2 5 6 Small Porkers .... 4 5 0 Suckling Calves ..18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs • .16 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 10 4 2 Lanibs .. • • ...... 6 0 5 SUPPLY AT MARKET. AO. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I 760 4,930 170 26 5 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Lamb sold steadily, at higher rates. Otherwise the Li" mand was in a sluggish state. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior.— 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior 3 6 3 y --middling • ... 2 $ 2 10 middling.. 3 10 ", 6 prime large .. 3 0 3 2 prime 4 4 : 4 " 4 -- 6 prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge........ g 4 $ Veal • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 6 5 4 small ........4 Lamb. 6s 2d to 88 2d. d. to s• 414 G. F. Cobham and W. B. Wright, builders, Cambden place, Peckham—a div. of Is. 3d. (on new proofs) in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sam brook-court, Basinghall -street. J. Mabbs, jun., baker, Chichester—a div. of sid. in the pound, April 24, or any subsequent Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. W. Williams, victualler, High-street, St. Giles's—a div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall- street. C. Tapp, coach maker, Wigmore - street — a di v . of Fp. in the pound, April 24, or any subsequent Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basing hall street. A. IL Simpson, engineer, Blackfriars-road—a div. of 2s. 4d. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street. F. Dixon, currier, Long-lane, Bermondsey—a div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. T. Ratnett, tailor, Carebride—a div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, April 24, or any subsequent Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook court, Basinghall•street. J. Mortimer, bookseller, Adelaide-street, West Strand —a div. of Bd. in the pound, April 24, or any subsequent Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-tour` Basinghall-street. A letter from St. Petersburgh of the 22d ult., sa ys the t Sir Moses Montefiore had been twice received by the 1 11.- peror, and his audiences had not been without some good re d suits, as it is a ffi rmed that his Imperial Majesty has orde r ] the suspension for four years of the ukase which ordaiT s that the Israelites dwelling on the western frontiers of t'of empire should remove to the central or southern province s Russia. AN OUT-AND OUT DISSENTER. - The Gloucester' Chronicle states that Mr. James Hart , a farmer, of •Elt °/ t i took a lad in his employ before the magistrates, and referr ed a complaint against him for going to church instead of v at Wesleyan chapel. The magistrates, however, declared to _ ti the lad had just as much right to go to his parish chur,.., as his master had to frequent the Wes le y an cha p el, and ce3,g, missed the complaint, mulcting the ma st e r i n the expeeshiy Mr. Hart, it is said, has since dismissed the boy from DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Oldham, silk warehouseman, Wood-street, City, May 2, at half-past twelve—C. 0. Robson, plasterer, Finsbury-street, Finsbury-square, May 2, at one—J. Blyth, grocer, Chelmsford, May 2, at eleven—J. Gale, sen., and J. Gale, jun., ropemakers, Love-lane, Shad well, May 2, at twelve—R. Ritherton, clerk, Bloomfield street, Moorfields, May 1, at two. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. C. Self, plumber, Sun-street, Bishopsgate Without, May I—J. Harriss, butcher, Leadenhall-market, May I—G. Moir, bootmaker, John's-row, St. Luke's, May 5—R. Hulse, chemist, Little Tower-street, May I—W. Baldwin, victualler, Notting-hill, May I—M. Guy and H. Smith, straw-hat manufacturers. Farringdon-street, May 2—J. Ricketts, grocer, Gosport, May 4—C. Hoppe, chinaman, Blackfriars-road, May I—l. Blackburn, en gineer, Minories, May 4— W. Gay, builder , Chelten ham, May 5—J. G. Gore, innkeeper, Cheltenham, May 5—J. Alldrett, ropemaker, Rugeley, Staffordshire, May 2—J. B. Gillett, dyer, Apperley-bridge, Yorkshire, May 7—J. Brown, joiner, Liverpool, May I—E. Barnes. wine merchant, Alborough, Suffolk, May B—J. Parker, cabinet-maker, Cheltenham, May I—B. Thompson, inn keeper, Aldborough, Suffolk, May I—J. Sier, baker, Cheltenham, May 1, service. t he E XTR AORDINARY EXCAVATION IN THE course of a few days an excavation, ordered by the Congt f : sioners of Sewers at Guildhall, will be completed in the Ct that was commenced about four months ago, and whic h tends from Whitefriars Dock to Fleet-street, opposite CrafeesiP court The whole length was tunnelled under the h ou L os which was an operation of considerable difficulty, and i t expected that the whole would not have been esee u : o , without some serious accident, but fortunately none bee curred. The sewer is constructed at a depth of about twe et : 6 three feet from the surface. During the excavation 'ov workmen discovered a vault, which was found to be s b° ,be eighty feet long, reaching almost from Fleet-street te,„` o f Thames, nine feet wide, and seven feet deep ; it was bul" s the most durable material, and the pavement of 't formed of Roman bricks of a beautiful red colour. On s;"of day last two human skulls, with the thigh bones and p ot ' a human chest, were discovered. elta SODA.—When this article was " protected" by -06 its sale was unimportant. A first-rate grocer in a town de e Leicester, for instance, would think two cwt. a large °rats to give a traveller at one time. Now, however, that or article is entirely exempted from duty, the same g rocer or ders ten tons' weight instead of two cwt. When it was t i de, posed to take the duty off, the manufacturers of the aid 1r like the landed interest with corn, petitioned against its 00 move', and predicted their own ruin in consequence. „ot great, however, has been the demand for the article, tr it is exported to nearly every part of Europe and to rice, as well as to our colonies.—Leicester Chronicle. AO COAL AT PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.—The search for '2,1, indispensable article of fuel has this week proved suceeffie We have seen a good specimen of coal already procur7o that neighbourhood ; and there is, therefore, every pV of success, and consequently profit to the speculaP Manx Sun, 0 4 'ru n! DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN EXETER. ..-. On , t he morning, at half-past two o'clock, Inspector Hamlin, the Exeter night police, being upon the Quay, observed un7l,, issuing from the back part of the premises of Mr. Jarny Thomas, tallow-chandler and starch manufacture r, on gd opposite side of the river. The alarm bell was soundetitZte messengers were dispatched to the different engine-hou,s e ha sa give intimation of the fire. Meanwhile the alarm b aa given to Mr. Thomas and to other persons living i n ° s ee diate proximity to the scene of the conflagration ; every effort had been made to remove as much pro Per time and circumstances would admit beyond the root of the devouring element. It was feared at one time o glit the fire would spread considerably, and those who tif t , o d their furniture might be endangered by it had to remove it, and we regret to add that in the coll'„„Atli, which ensued there i s too much reason to fear that 0 robberies were committed. The shop and lower rot in' Mr. Thomas's premises were cleared as far back as •tf o tere,', tense heat would allow; but in the manufactory and bet '" rooms the first had already attained to such a head t oo ze' was scarcely possible to save anything. From th e A C OP' bustible nature of the property—principally tallow nr": o te ton, either in a manufactured or unmanufactured s` f t 1 4 0„ with which the premises were stored, the progress o , o s , 1 flames was more than usually rapid; and eye-wit Wehrle experience have assured us that the conflagration, v7 e , re f lasted, was one of the most terrific in appearance e i , o le membered in the neighbourhood of this city. The vivre the lower part of the city was illuminated, and th e DI were distinctly visible at a distance of many Inloreiic, Thomas's stock and machinery were insured in the d. Union office, and the buildings in the West o f Englan insurance in the Norwich is to the amount of 2,00 0 L ,., is estimated that this amount is insufficient to cover se' as he had recently made a large addition t o his stoJ‘ thoo. his stock of manufacturod goods was at the time ni . ;" l :! ti ci I v o usually extensive. The origin of the fire is early: f o tni, spontaneous combustion. We understand the me n , 11 some cotton burning some hours before, which they fo cee G de A ti n n E e T x T ti v e the plaintiff in this case, reported in our paper of ye si fi loi°l .guAisphAinsgrs.—AWNDestteTTnriLi;7l.i—nd'rhe Solieireror under the head of Gloucester Assizes, states that di e Ist, 00 tiff was not nonsuited, but had a verdict on the t and sth issues. On the 3d and 4th issues a verdie o r . 1 4 entered for the defendant, with liberty to move te::ce also for the plaintiff, subject to the authority of above. no I o f , [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF A ACep7 AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this f t ,/ medicine, after every other means had failed. See el t g c liW i r lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. "To Professor Holloway,—Sir, I beg to acquaint You 6 tow tri pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver all, of er c' which all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and ,ter.roa Continent, had not been able to effect—nay, not even the 'ol` o ol , Carlsbad or Marienbad.—(oigned) .Aldborough." Tc (al' o 1 441 Pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach, ',7 o ,ent'„flil' loway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establ is ." Strand, and by all medicine venders throughout the colli° BIRS, On the Ist inst., at Zierow, in TH Mecklenburgh ° Baroness de Biel, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Bellevue, llorsforth, near Le or shire, the lady of H. G. Baker, Esq., of a daughte r 'l o lo l . t . On the sth inst., at Woodside, Liverpool, Mrs. michael, of a son. th On the 6th inst., in Oxford-terrace, Hyde-Par' , 0 17 1 of John Gregory Forbes, Esq., of a daughter. p„ On the 6th inst., at ihstont , House, the lady O 1 ( - • ton, Esq., of a son. k the p On the 6th inst., in Albion - street, Hyde-par ' J. the Rev. W. D. French, of a daughter•he i lesr. o f Ott the 6th inst.. at Doncaster , the . wif e a t W. the 7th in o st f a son. air th_e>,/ th in., at Amen-court, St. Ps, the Rev. W. J. Hail, of a son. MARRIED. Church, tr - . On the 4th inst., at Trinity ri,el,otes UPP er i.le ' ° II' W. Earl, Esq., of Hampstead-heath, to Clara, e' n ,'" -t of Captain Siborne, of the Royal Military AsY lll—. ji tlf . DIED. ,110 0 ' A On the 4th inst., at Odell Ca stle, the Rig ht cOllO Elizabeth l'erceval, aged 83. Baroness O n the lady of the late 0 0 d 2 e o i th ia o y f di l i a , n t u h a e ry,at the lislarteofcßolool-01,100 Mavdill. rut On the sth inst., at Salisbury, Mr. C. Squl re,r. a. 13°3 ' On the sth inst., Sarah Powll, wife of M r ' 5 1' Ol d ' t r Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. v e yn ~ 0 On the 7th inst., at Upton, Essex, R. Foster -,-- re lic , On the 7th inst., in Canonbury-square, Afa r f' ..... ,,/ il : Lane, Esn., aged 76. l, # ......._______________,..of 71°'Irtici ~,,i O. , e I'OA London: Printed and Published ()dice, a l- - -14 ' t' strand, Printer, at The Sun ()dice y , S . o. isrl. tilronds'ltol%*:' of the Savvy, in the County of Aliddleo es. 11, 1846. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Sixsmith and E. Hodgkinson, livery-stablekeepers, Wigan—R. Beck and R. Mason, tallow refiners, Liver pool—J. and W. W. Garnham, drapers, Beccles, Suffolk —G. Hartley and J. Heath, attorneys, Settle, Yorkshire —R: Bevan and H. Whittaker, jun., cotton spinners, Wigan—J. C. and J. Blanchard, bootmakers, Tavistock —W. Archer and W. Ladd, grocers, Hammersmith—H. Watson and M. W. Lambert, plumbers, Newcastle. upon- Tyne—J. and B. Rawling, dyers, Braord—ll. Withers and R. Osmond, jun., lacemen, Hedge-row, Islington— J.:Arkell, W. Large, and R. Arkell, common brewers, itratton St. Margaretts, Wiltshire—T. Mathews and R. Bird, girth-web manufacturers, Castle Carey, Somerset shire—A. Martin and J. Sangster, wine merchants, Phil pot-lane—W. Irons, jun., and G. Irons, farmers, Hayes Manor Farm, Bedfordshire —G. and E. Stevenson, corn millers, Wootey -mill, Derbyshire—A. Clarke and E. Craven, milliners, Manchester—T. Mander and A. Paine, linendrapers, Birmingham—S. Foot and C. H. Radcliffe, attorneys, Salisbury—R. and J. S. Skipper, corn mer chants, Liverpool—W. Walter and S. Demainbray, at torneys, Kingston-upon-Thames—R. Bushnell and C. L. Dewsbury, livery-stablekeepers, Mason'a-yard, Duke street, St. James's—S. W. Hale and J. Pope, coach makers, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square—S. S. Mor rison, J. Booth, W. Booth, and J. Holt. lace manufac turers, Nottingham—T. Irlam, V. Wanostrocht, J. S. Kewley, and R. J. Hardman, general brokers, Liverpool (so far as regards J. S. Kewley and R. J. Hardman)—J. Evans and W. Barnes, attorneys, South-square, Gray's Inn—H. and J. Shaw, woollen manufacturers, Dukin field, Cheshire—J. Cornish and J. Austin, looking-glass polishers, Short's-gardens, Drury-lane —A. Hills and J. Hanson, jun., manufacturing chemist, Woodside, Surrey —J. and F. Freeman, common brewers, Tottenham—R. Leavens and J. Barraclough, jun., wood turners, Brad ford—T. Carlisle, J. Robson, and J. Culverwell, whole sale haberdashers, Bristol. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Fleming and Richardson, accountants, Glasgow, April 14 and May 13, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Mon teith, Glasgow. David Macculloch Rose, corn merchant, Rarichies, Ross. shire, April 17, and May 12, at Ellison's Hotel, Taira. Majyani6,esatMth‘DielAasyterr,Agrrolocser, Inn, r A d y r o r s . sa n , April 17, and of Mr. Black, Glasgow. May 8, at one, at the office_ John Macharg, tea merchant , Glasgow, April 17, and PRICE OF S UGAR. ons in America, computed of the British possess' produce the week ending April 7, 1846, is The average price . of Brown . or Muscovado Sugar, the from the returns made in 355.5/d. per cwt. BANK OF (From last Ni Account, pursuant to the Act 7 the Week ending on Saturday, th, ENGLAND. ight's Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria, oap. 32, for Le 4th day of April, 1846. 'AIITMENT. Notes Issued ••.• • . 27,181,980 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities .. .. 2,981,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,460,445 Silver bullion • . • 1,721,535 £27,181,980 27,181,980 . MARSHALL, Chief Caskier. Dated the 9th day of April, 1846 BANKING D Z. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest •••• • • • •• • • 3,793,508 Public deposits (in- oEFARTMENT. Government securl- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity)" 13,136,440 Other securities •• • • 22,058,631 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 7,316,415 Gold and silver coin • • 643,541 eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- ings-banks, and Di- vidend accounts).. 7,074,026 Other deposits ...... 16,763,047 Seven day and other bills... .. 90,446 £ 43,155,027 £43,155,027 if. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 9th day of April, 1846, The Lancaster and Ulveston mail coach has ceased running, and the bags are now conveyed by a gig. BOUNTY UPON ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMY.—Within the past two or three weeks, the bounty paid to recruits upon their enlisting in the infantry regiments has been raised from 31. 17s. 6d. to 41. The bounty upon enlistment into cavalry regiments is now also raised, the sum paid being 51. Formerly the bounty paid by the infantry was 3/., and by the cavalry 41. GRANDSON OF IR WALTER SCOTT.— Mr. Walter Scott Lockhart, son of Mr. J. G. Lockhart and grand'son of Sir Walter Scott, has been gazetted to a cornetcy in the 16th Lancers, the regiment which contributed FO much to Or sue ceSB itt the recent glorious victory of Aliwal, .. 1 ). f4l.