The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-27 00:00:00

Vtirti 92Vition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. DBATH OF SIB WILLIAM GOSSETT, THB SERGEANT^ AT-AJIMS.—(THIs DAT.)—We regret to announce that Sir Wm. Gosset, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons, died at eleven o'clock this mornisig, at his country residence, near Woolwich. The deceased gentleman has been indisposed some time, and his illness was much aggravated by an accident which happened to him some short time sine*. While returning home from his official duties he was knocked down and run over by a cab, which broke his leg, and since then the deceased has not been in attendance at the House of Commons more than once or twice. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Ballinafad 6 to 1 agst Walmgate Bar Without 6 to 1 aget Enchanter 8 to 1 agst Joe Lovell 10 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 10 to 1 agst Thistledown METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 7 to 1 agst Jericho 8 to 1 aget Rat-trap 10 to 1 agst Marquis of Conyngham 12 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 20 to 1 agst Cracow CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 agst Patriot—taken 35 to 1 agst Enchanter 50 to 15 agst Rufus 66 to 1 agst The Tartar DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Surplice—taken 10 to 1 apt Springy Jack—taken 19 to 1 sgst Glendower 50 to 1 aggt Whitstotio 50 to 1 agst The Sheriff 66 to 1 agst Deerstalker NEWMARKET RAILWAY. • (THIS DAY.) An extraordinary general meeting of the sharehol ders of this company was this day hold at the London Tavern, for the purpose of submitting to them an agreement conditionally entered into by the directors of this company with the Norfolk Railway Company, and an offer of amalgamation with the New market Company which had recently been made by the Eastern Counties Railway Company. The chair was taken at half-past one o'clock by Lord G. Manners, chairman of the company. The notice convening the meeting having been read, The SECRETARY proceeded to read the report, from which it appeared that immediately after the halt-yearly meeting, the directors had instructed their secretary to write to the secretary of the Eastern Counties Railway, requesting, with; reference to what had . been stated at that meeting, to be informed of the particulars of the offer which the Eastern Counties were disposed to make.. Several interviews had taken place between the parties ipon the subject, which ended in a proposition, on the part of the Eastern Counties Company, that they would take the plant at cost price, but not to be paid for in cash or bonds of the Eastern Counties' Company. The whole plant and al-se the works of the Newmarket and Chester ford Railway, and Cambridge branch, would have to be paid for by the Newmarket and Chesterford Company, to the extent of their share capital, to be called up, and the monies already borrowed. If further monies were required to pay for works or plant, after exhaustion of that share capital, and monies borrowed, the Eastern Counties Company would find the funds. That 201. of the Newmarket and Chesterford stock must be paid up in full, in order to rank with the 201. shares of the consolidated stock of Eastern Counties Company. If the Act of Parliament for sanctioning the amalgamation were obtains d the Eastern Counties' Com pany would pay the expenses, but if the Bill were lost, the expenses to be borne equally by the two companies. If the Eastern Counties Company should have to return the plant to the Newmarket and Chesterford Company, they would pay to the latter Company such sum for de preciation as might be fixed by arbitration. The Eastern Counties Company would require the Extension Acts handed over to them clear of any liabilities beyond the 35,500 L so that the Eastern Counties Company might be quite free to construct the:extensions or either of them, or not, as they think fit. If Parliament should refuse to sanction the amalgamation, the net profit, if arty, which the Eastern Counties Company shall have received from the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway, beyond the dividends paid over to the Newmarket and Chesterford shareholders could be paid over to the Newmarket and Chesterford Company. The share holders had now to consider and determine whether the agreement with the Norfolk Company should be adopted and confirmed; whether the terms suggested by the Eastern Counties directors should be accepted ; and finally, whether the advantages to be derived from the proposed arrangements with either of the above companies were such as to render it expedient for the present to egree to any amalgamation. Before doing so, the directors would remind the proprietors of the peculiar and relative position of the Newmarket Company to other companies with whom, in the event of the proprietors ultimately consenting to the construc tion of the extensions authorised by Parliament, they are, or may be, conneeted—with the Eastern Counties Railway Company, at Cambridge, Chesterferd, and Ely —with the Norfolk Railway Company, at Thetford— with the Eastern Union Railway Company, at Bury Saint Edmund's ; and with the Great Northern Railway, at Cambridge, by means of their ex• tension from Royston to that town, for which a Bill is now before Parliament. It is seen, therefore, that the lines of the Newmarket Company were or might become of more or less importance to four established companies, aid more especially to the Norfolk and Great Northern, as affording to them the only short and convenient route from London to Norwich and Yar mouth. The points for discussion, which the proposi tions, to be submitted to the proprietors, involved, were the great advantage offered by the Norfolk agreement, and which induced the directors of this company condi tionally to sign it, waft, at shown by their half-yearly report, the ample returi which its traffic accounts guarantee upon the 375,0001. required for completing the trunk line to Thetford, as well as upon the outlay of the original proprietors of t-he Newmarket company, and the agreement was so "eminently advantageous" to the Norfolk company that your directors, are of opinion, motives of self-interest afford every security for its ful filment. The terms suggested by the Eastern Counties Railway Company amount to thi-t, viz , the payment of a like interest upon 201., p a id u p i n cas h b y t h e N ewman . ket proprietors, as is paid upon 20/. of Eastern Counties consolidated stock, upon which the sum of IGL only has been actually paid; and this dep rec i at i on extend i ng not only over the capital already paid by the shareholders of the Newmarket company, for the construction of the line, but on 72,000/, the cost of the plant, which the Eastern Counties thus obtain at a discount of 20 per cent., and involving the like depreciation upon the pay ment of further calls, amounting to 61. 10s. per share." The report then entered, at considerable length, upon the respective merits of the offer made by the two com panies, and concluded by the directors expressing them selves as follows : "In conclusion, your are decidedly of opinion, and impressed upon the proprietors that, unless the think to confirm the agreement with the Norfolk Railway Company, which would in nowise interfere with the devolopment of the resources of the present line, it would be more to to the interest of this company to re main fur the present independent, than to accept such terms of amalgamtion as those proposed by the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway." The CIAIRMAN said that since the advertisements calling the meeting had been issued, he had been in formed that negotiations wf.re pending for an amalga mation upon equal terms with the Norfolk Railway and the Eastern Counties Railway. This circumstance would, therefore, most materially alter the position of the company, as there would be an end to the condi tional agreement entered into by the company with the Norfolk Railway Company. A resolution was then passed for the purpose of leaving the agreement previously made with the Norfolk Railway in abeyance, and for making the terms of it null and void. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution to the effect that the proposition of the Eastern Counties Rail way should be acceded to, and that three of the share holders should be appointed to act with the directors in carrying out the agreement. Me. AlowrixEit said that he had no great confidence in the direction, he thought that Borns of the share. holders ought to be allowed to have seats at the board. Mr. FANE said that he could not see what object would be gained by adding to the direction a number of the shareholders. If the committee were appointed i n the terms of the resolution, they would be equally as effectual in carrying out the interests of these share holders. A SHARNHOLDNIt said that he did not think that a committoo of shareholders would have any weight, inas much they would not have any vote among tho directors. Mr. FAME said that as negotiators, which was the only powers proposed to bo conferred upon them, the Com mittee would have equal power with the directors. None of the parties would have any power to make terms without the consent of the shareholders. A discussion of considerable warmth and length took place upon the motion, which was finally agreed to, and the meeting broke up. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) SLIGO. (Continued from our Afternoon Edit9n,),, At the close of Mr. Calvert:a address, the room was cleared, and the Committee having consulted fur a short while, strangers were re-admitted, when The Citeltimex said he had to inform the parties that the Committee had come to the following resolution:— That the sitting member is not at liberty to pray in aid of his qualificatio n anything not included in his de claration mode on the 18th of September, 1847, in ac cordance with the request of three of the electors of the borough of Sligo. Mr. CAL - 711T then contended that the incumbrances having been proved to exist in the rent charge which the Honourable Gentleman had specified in that decla ration, it must be taken that the annual receipts of the Honourable Gentleman from that source were below 3001., the necessary qualification required by the statute a that case made and provided. _ _ _ Mr, Sergeant WAAN4 HAM briefly replied on behalf of THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, the sitting Member, observing that the incumbrances ' eonsisted of judgments which the parties holding had elected, should be satisfied by the property in Sligo, and thus leave the clear rent charge untouched. The room was then cleared, and the Committee having again deliberated for a short time, the parties were called in, when The CHAIRMAN said he had to inform them that the Committee had found that the law made all Mr. Somers' property liable for the judgments, and therefore they had unanimously come to the following resolutions I— " That John Patrick Somers, Esq., was not duly elected a burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Sligo. " That the last election for the said borough was a void election." The Committee then broke up, after a sitting of two day s. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord CA.MPBELL presented several petitions from various lodges of Odd Fellows, praying that their societies might be legalised. ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS, &c. (CHANCERY) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT BILL. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked Lord Campbell when he intended to move the second reading of the Criminal Law Amendment Bill ? Lord CAMPBELL could not move the second reading of the Bill until after the return of Lord Denman from circuit, when the Lord Chief Justice, at whose request he had laid the Bill on their Lord ships' table, would take charge of the measure himself. PETITIONS. The BishDp of OXFORD presented several peti tions from various of the clergy, in different parts of the country, against the emancipation of the Jews. Also petitions against the management clauses in the Education Bill. Lord REDESDALE presented petitions from various places against denunciations from the altar in Ireland. PENINSULAR MEDALS. The Duke of RICHMOND then rose, pursuant to notice, to ask when the medals to the veteran officers, non-commissioned officers, soldiers, and sailors were to be issued ; and to suggest, if any fur ther delay was to take place, that the ribbands be forthwith sent to all who have proved their claim, with permission to wear them. He trusted that the medals would not only be speedily , distributed to the sum vivors of the Peninsular cam paigns, but would also be given to the representatives of those who were dead. Earl GREY said it was a task of great difficulty to ascertain the validity of the various claims. Great progress had been made in settling those claims, and the construction of the models for the medals was in rapid progress. Ile was afraid that it would be impracticable to distribute medals to the representatives of the dead, as at this distance of time it would be in many cases impossible to ascertain who were the legal representatives of the persons deceased. After a few words from the Earl of HARDWICKE and the Earl of AUCKLAND the subject dropped. SANITARY REFORM. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a petition from Aberdeen, in favour of sanitary reform. SECOND READINGS. The Queen's Prison Bill, and Watson's Hospital Estate Bill, were respectively read a second time, end their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. TUFNELL a new writ was ordered to be issued for the borough of Devon port, for the election of a Member to serve in the room of Mr. Romilly, who had accepted the office of Solicitor- General. RYE ELECTION. Mr. DIVETT brought up the report of the Rye Election Committee, stating that Mr. Curteis was not duly elected to serve in the present Parliament. SECOND READINGS. liThe following Railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Caledonian (Branches connecting the Clydesdale Junc tion and Wishaw and Coltness Railways, &c.) Caledonian (Branch across Clyde and Glasgow Station). Caledonian (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness Railway). Caledonian, Lancaster and Carlisle, and London and North Western (Lease of Scottish Central Railway). East Indian Company Incorporation. Eastern Counties (Enlargement of London and Strat ford Stations and Amendment of Acts (Amendment of Act.) Edinburgh and Glasgow (No. I—Amendment of Acts, and Branches, &c.) Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction (Central Junction Branch). Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion (Abandonment of the Railway, and Dissolution of the Company). London and North-Western (Branches and Extensions from Leamington, &c.) Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Ballochney and Slamannau (Amalgamation or Sale or Lease and Amendment or . , ltopeal of Acts.) Newry and Enniskillen (Amendment of Acts, and to authorise Arrangements with other Companies). North Wales (Dissolution of Company). North Stafforashire (Ashbourne Branch and Approach to Congleton Station). Scottish Midland Junction (Amendment and Branches to Birnam, &c.) Stirling and Dunfermline (repeal of leasing Powers to Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company). Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Act Amendment. ishaw and Coltness (Deviation, connecting Branch, and Improvement). Whitehaven Junction. Whitehaven Junction (extension, Alteration, and Branches, &c.) . . The PlyMoutli Great Western Dock Act Amendment Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be commiteed CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. On the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill being read, Mr. GROGAN presented several petitions against the measure. He opposed the further progress of the Bill, on the ground that it would give to the London and North Western Railway a most injuri ous monopoly in the conveyance of passengers from Holyhead to Dublin, thus giving them a mono poly upon water as well as upon the land, and trusted that the House would refuse to grant these extraordinary powers to a company whose funds had been raised for the purposes of a rail way and not for that of a steam-packet company. he felt it his duty therefore to move that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. F. FRENCH seconded the motion. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the question was one of considerable importance; and he should, therefore, suggest that the Bill should now be read a second time, as the whole question would receive the fullest attention either of the Select Committee upon Railways, or of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. Sir IL INGLIS thought that as this question waa one of principle, the House was as able to pronounce a decision upon the quastion as at any subseqnent time. Sir W. HEATHCOTE thought that some special grounds ought to be brought forward before the House to induce them to allow the Bill to go further. If those special grounds were stated, and he thought they were sufficient, he would vote for the second reading, in order that the Bill might go into com mittee. Mr. HUDSON thought that sufficient grounds had been already brought forward to induce the House to allow the second rearing of the Bill, in order that its details might be fully discussed in a Committee up stairs ; and if before that Committee it was proved that the interests of the public would be se cured by the passing of this Bill, he was sure that the House would never throw any difficulty in the way of it becoming law. He was sure that the House would never object to a railway company becoming a steam-boat company, as long as the interest s o f th e publi c were secured and increased. He could not see what object could be obtained by allowing the rail way company to t a k e passengers t o H o l y h ea d , and deprive them, at the same time, of carrying them over to Dublin. Sir DE LACY EVANS supported the second reading of the Bill on the grounds suggested by the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. HUME said, if his recollection did not fail him, this question was decided in the last Parliament, when it was decided that these powers ought t© be entrusted to railway companies, and has the Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade intimated that the matter was again to be referred to a Committee up stairs he thought the debate ought to be adjourned. He should therefore move an amendment to that effect. _ The amendment having been seconded, Sir CIIARLES DOUGLAS opposed the motion for an adjournment. If ever there was a Bill that ought to be referred to a Select Committee, that Bill was the one now under discussion. Mr. MACGREGOR advised the House to accede to the suggestion of his Hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he did not wish :to express any opinion on tho part of the Board of Trade as to this Bill, but he thought this particular company had a strong case why the powers they sought by this Bill should be granted to them.— (Hear, hear.) With regard to the motion for adjourn. ment, he thought it would be hard and unjust to the company to allow that motion to pass, when they had already read a second time a Bill of the same character. Sir R. 11. INGLIS could see no principle of com petition involved in this Bill, and he should certainly support the motion for the second reading. Mr. GLADSTONE had heard with surprise that two Bills of this nature had already been read a second time without some Member of the Govern ment having called the special attention of the House to their details, and he felt that some fur ther explanation was due to the House on that subject from the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to this particular Bill, he thought that in equity and justice they ought to pass its second reading; but before he gave his assent to such motion, he wished to be satisfied that there were circumstances connected with this Company which entitled it to be exempted from the general rule of excluding railway companies from becoming, in their corporate capacities, the pro prietors of steam-vessels. Mr. MANGLES said all that Chester and Holy head asked was, that efficient communication might be provided for the public between Chester and Holyhead ; if not, they were simply prepared to pro vide that accommodation in order to protect their own property.—(Cries of " Divide.") Lord RENDALSHAM supported the decision of the Committee on this Bill. Mr. HUME said it seemed that the House had fallen into error in passing two Bills similar to the one before it. As it seemed the wish of the House that the Bill should be referred to a Committee, he begged to withdraw his motion for the adjournment of the debate. Mr. GROGAN thought it unnecessary to trouble the House to divide on his motion.—(Hear,) He begged, therefore, to withdraw the motion. n con senting to the second reading the House would not stand pledged to the provisions of the Bill ; and it would therefore be open for any Hon. Member to propose the expulsion of any objectionable provi sion in a future stage. Colonel DUNNE opposed the second reading on the ground that the Bill would endow the company with a monopoly that could not fail to prove injurious to the public. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the Bill was read a second time. DUNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time,Ar. DRUMMOND moved that it be read a second time this day six months. Mr. DUNCAN supported the second reading of the Bill. The whole addition proposed to be made by means of this Bill was a bridge across the 'ray. He thought that the better course to adopt would be to allow the Bill to go befcre the Committee, and be treated in the manner usual with other Bills. After a few words from Mr. 11. DRUAIMOND in support of the amendment, strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority against the Bill .. —32 ' The Bill is consequently lost. • _ __________ . _ EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY (BOSCOBIE, KELTYHEAD, AND GLEN CRAIG BRANCHES). This Bill was read a second time and ordered to to be committed. EDINBURGH AND PERTH RAILWAY (FROM NORTH QUEENSFERRY TO THE SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAIL WAY BRANCH &c.) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Bill, Mr. ELLICE, jun., opposed the motion. and moved that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. GRENFELL seconded the amendment. Major BERESFORD entered into an explanation of the part he touk in reference to this Bill last year. When the Bill was moved a second time last year he voted against the motion, and by some accident he was afterwards placed upon the Com mittee to whom the Billl was referred. That Com mittee threw out the Bill upon its merits, and he for one could see reason for its re-introduction. Mr. LOCH opposed the amendment, remarking that this was not the Bill that was thrown out last year. Mr. C. BRUCE said he was quite satisfied that a third class line could never pay, and he should therefore support the amendment. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared, For the second reading Against it 125 Majrity against the Bill GLASGOW, BARRIIEAD, AND NEILSTON DIRECT RAILWAY. This Bill was rejected without a division, on a motion that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAIL WAY.-(DISSOLUTION OF THE COM- PANY) BILL. Mr. W. PATTEN moved the suspension of the Bill on the ground that the promoters of the Bill were now of opinion that an improvement had taken place in the financial of of the country, that being the only ground for their wishing to dissolve the company. He should therefore move that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. HUTT would have been happy to suggest that the Bill should be deferred until Monday neat; the motion of the Hon. Member had however precluded himself from doing so, and he therefore trusted that the, House would allow the Bill to be now read a second time. After some discussion strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the house divided, when there ap peared— . _ _ For the second reading Against it Majority in favonr of the second reading of the Bill The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY (DE- VIATION AT WILLINGTON) BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Mr. HINDLEY moved as an amendment that it be read a second time that day six months. (LEFT SPEAKING.) FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basioghall-street. J. Wooro, Staines, ♦ictualler, April 14, at eleven—R. M. Shorter, Camomile-street, corn dealer, April 14, at one—W. Turner, Great Tower-street, merchant, April 14, at one—T. Richmond, Peterborough, builder, April 15, at twelve. In the Country. C. Ashford, Birmingham, packing case maker, April 18, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—W. W. Yeld and W. B. Dawes, Rageley, Staffordshire, brewers, April 18, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Cullen, Not tingham, grocer, April 23, at eleven, at the Court, Not tingham—A. Harrison, Friars Goose Alkali Works, near Gateshead, alkali manufacturer, April 14, at one, at the Court, Newcastle•upon-Tyne—J. Gillender, Sun derland, ironmonger, April 14, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne—T. Law, Manchester and Salford, corn and flour dealer, April 19, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Jackson, Tranmere, Cheshire, joiner, April 29, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Hughes, Liverpool, joiner, April 19, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool—R. Ballantyne, Liverpool, merchant, April 26, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—C. Davie, Liverpool, bookseller, April 19, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— H. Williams, Birkenhead, builder, April 20, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—T. APTear and VV. Hadfield, Liver pool, merchants, April 18, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. W. Richardson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, glass manu facturer, painter, and glazier, 10d., on Saturday, March 25, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. G. D. Ewens, Axminster, Devonshire, butter mer chant, 2a. 6d , any Tuesday or Friday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Herne man, Exeter. T. Perry, Liverpool, brick maker, Is. 61d., any Mon day after the 20th of March, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. R. Adams, Liverpool, merchant, 11 s. 3;4d., any Monday after the 20th of March, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. T. Backs, Liverpool, merchant, 45.100., any Monday after the 20th of March, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. S. Owen, Liverpool, baker and flour dealer, is. 6d., any Monday after the 20th of &larch, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. W. D. Seurfield, Liverpool, shawlman, Bs., on Thurs _. , . . day, March 30, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. R. Williams, Chirk, Denbighshire, miller, 4s. 6d., on Thursday, March 30, or any subsequent Thursday, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. C. Dreaper, Liverpool, corn merchant, 2a., on Thursday, March 30, or any subsequent Thursday, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. D. Williams, Ruthin, Denbighshire, cattle salesman, 45., on Thursday, March 30, or any subsequent Thurs• day, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Edwards, Allington, Dorsetshire, sack twine and shoe thread manufacturer, 75., any Tuesday or Friday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Wyatt, Neithrop, Oxfordshire, coach maker, April 14, at half-past one—T. Bailey, Croydon, builder, April 14, at half past eleven —W. F. Barrett, Palace. road, New road, ironmonger, April 14, at two—W. West, London terrace, Hackney-road, linen draper, April 14, at twelve —J. Bentlett, East Peckham, grocer, April 17, at one— J. Elliott, East Hate, cattle dealer, April 15, at eleven J. Gates, J. Coates, R. T. Bartlett, and G. Beck, Watling street, warehousemen, April 15, at one—M. Marshall, St. John's wood-terrace, Portland-town, carpenter, April 15, at two—W. H. Mann, Maiden-lane, Cheapside, lead, oil, and colour merchant, April 14, at eleven. In the Country. B. L. Watson, Pultney Hotel, Bath, April 13, at eleven, at the (hurt, Bristol—W. Nicholson, Leeds, innkeeper, April 11, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—A. Harrison, Friars Goose Alkali Works, near Gateshead, April 14, at half-past one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne— J. C. Dreaper, Liverpool, corn merchant, April 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—A. Furniss, Derby, grocer, April 14, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham— T. C. Wilcox, April 25, at eleven, at the Court, Bir mingham—J. Fielding, Middleton, Lancashire, corn dealer, April 19, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—P. Cruikshank, Ardwick, Manchester, coal dealer, April 15, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—J. Mawson, Runcorn, Cheshire, druggist, April 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, April 14. P. Claussen, Newman -street, Oxford-street, manufac turer—T. Sadler, Birmingham, licensed victualler—G. Windle, Judd -street, Brunswick-square, haberdasher — J. A. Clarke, Longton, Staffordshire, china manufacturer —J. llansor, Hanley, Staffordshire, hop merchant—J. Sawyer, Eghem, butcher—E. Ward, Medbourn, Lanca shire, corn dealer—G. Garner, Noble-street, agent and warehouseman—J. Lea, Cheltenham, brick and tile maker—W. Sutton, Stockport, cotton waste dealer—J. Tite, Clenham Mill, Dorsetshire, flax and tow spinner— T. Burley, sen., Wolverhampton, grocer—E. Spooner, Hanley, Staffordshire, butcher—T. T. Cattley, Cousin• lane, Upper Thames-street, and Vimicre, Wandsworth road, colour merchant—J. M'George, Wardour-street, ironmonger--R. H. Pugh, Aldermaebury, warehouse man—C. Rougemont, Broad-street-buildings, merchant —W. T. Rickard, Regent-street, Mile-end-road, manufac turing chemist—F. Mackie, Southampton-row, Russell square, tailor. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Mr. A. Atkinson and R. F. Fawcus, Newcastle-upon- Tyne and North Shields, ship and insurance brokers— W. Richardson, 11. Lury, and J. E. Lury, Southampton, coal merchants, so far as regards W. Richardson)—J. Mashall, G. C. Stewart, and H. Cope, Liverpool, sugar refiners—T. Frowde and E. Frowde, Old street, St. Luke's, tin plate workers—J. A. Cheesham and C. T. Faulkner, Manchester, calico printers—J. Phillips and S. Black, Liverpool, merchants —N. Chappell, G. Thomas, E. Thomas, and J S. Thomas, Bristol, vinegar makers—G. Horner and W. Bywater, Leeds, rope ma nufacturers—R. Parke and J. Parke, Witheell, Lanca shire, cotton spinners—G. Donald and J. Falkous, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gas meter manufacturers—J. Walker and G. M. Cousins, Exeter Hall Hotel, Strand— J. K. Ridley and A. H. Newman, High-street, Hoxton, drapers—VT. Potter and IL Morten, Tooley -street, auctioneers—T. Rymer, W. Rymer, s and J. Rymer, Lytham and Preston, sail mak—R. Knowsley and C. Laybourn, Great Driffield, druggists—D. Bar ber and R. Pallister, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, flint glass manufacturers — J. Ruscoe and W. Rascoe, Whitchurch, Shropshire, slaters and plasterers— J. R. Keating end E. Keating, Cornhill, City, and Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, surveyors—J. Rhodes and S. Hall, Manchester, rag and flock merchants—T. Drew and G. Wood, Grange-road, and Upper Russell-street, Bermondsey, carpenters—A. Hazledine and J. Dyson, Manchester, common brewers—T. Hope and L. Hope, Bread-street, City. and Manchester, manufacturers of elastric fabrics—G. Arnold, Agden, Cheshire, and S. Sutcliffe, Manchester, livery stable keepers—C. Grassi and J. Rampoldi, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, toy merchants J. Haddy and Ann Middy, Bath, livery stable keepers —H. C. Kempson and J. Crofts, Birmingham, gun makers—G. J. Clifton and B. S . Turner, Line-street, City, wine merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Phillips, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, brewer. Thomas Shenton, Leicester, slater. Charles Mountney, Birmingham, licensed to let horses. Thomas Parker, Birmingham, b a k er . William Bartlam, Birmingham, retail brewer. Edwin Birch, Birmingham, grocer. William Price, Brook Cottage, Gloucestershire, labourer. John Raddon, Exeter. William Hughes, Cwmbach, Glamorganshire, collier. John Rogers, Wem, Shropshire, blacksmith. Thomas Shirt, Matley, Cheshire, sand-dealer. Bartholomew Blenkiron, Sheffield, Excise officer. Benjamin Stevenson, Sheffield, joiner. William Thomas, Gellyvilog, Glamorganshira. John Hayward, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, butcher. James Burn, Birmingham, brassfounder. Richard Caplin, Newport. Isle of Wight, tobacconist. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Stuart, Greenock, merchant, to meet within the Tontine Inn, Greenock, March 30, and April 20, at one. J. Macfarlane, Edinburgh, coach proprietor, to meet within Stewart's Railway Coffee- room, Edinburgh, March 23, and April 19, at four. R. Martin, Powburn, Kincardine, farmer, to meet within the Mill Inn, Stonehaven, March 29, and April 19, at two. J. Anderson, Bowes of Mansfield, grasier, to meet within thee Black Bull Inn, Cumnock, March 30, and April 20, at one. M. Caldwell, Balgray, Ayrshire, grain and hay dealer to meet within James Kennedy's, Saracen's Head Inn, Beith, April 3, and 24, at twelve. J. Fishin and J. Mitchell, Glasgow and Toronto, Upper Canada, merchants, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, March 29, and April 24, at twelve. R. D. Hutchison, Cumnock, Ayrshire, ironmonger, to meet within the Black Bull Inn, Cumnock, March 23, and April 18, at three. MIDNIGHT HUNT IN THE JUNCTION TUNNEL.—On Tuesday last, soon after midnight, one of the servants of the Midland Company was proceeding up the tunnel, towards the Manchester station, and when he bad got some distance along the dark and dreary cavity, he was alarmed by a loud barking and clattering of hoofs at the upper end of the tunnel. He listened for a moment, and finding that, whatever animals the noise came from were gaining fast upon him, he wisely took to his heels, and darted back towards the point he started from. Having taken his position, out of harm's way, he waited but for a brief space, while the clattering of hoofs and the bark ing were getting nearer and nearer. In another minute, out bolted a jack-ass at the top of his speed, with a dog yelping at his heels. Away they went, up the line towards Attercliffe, the ass ever and anon flinging his heels at the dog, and cocking up kis head, right and left, to see the whereabouts of his pursuer. The men who were on duty at the s t a ti on no w joined in the pursuit, t, and at some distance up the line Mr. Neddy was brought to bay, and duly captured. On further inquiry, it ap peared that the poor donkey bad strayed into the Shef field and Manchester station at midnight, and wandered to the upper end of the tunnel. While there he was beset by Mr. Grundy's dog, to escape whose fangs he shot down the tunnel, and caused the alarm and confu sion above described. EXECUTION AT DURHAM. On Saturday at noon, Wm . Thompson suffL red the penalty of death for the crime of murder, in front of the County Court, in this city, in the presence of an immense concourse of people. Many of our readers will remember that Thompson and a man named William Dowson and Joseph Oldfield, were indicted at the last Durham Assizes, for the murder of John Shirley, a game watcher, in the employ of the Duke of Cleveland, at Raby. Since their condemnation, petitions numerously signed, both at Staindrop and Durham, and also ono from a public meeting in Newcastle, were forwarded to the Home Secretary, for a mitigation of their punishment, in consequence of which a communication was, on Thurs day last, received from the Home-office, containing a respite for the culprit Dowson during her Majesty's pleasure. The reasons which induced Sir George Grey to adopt this resolution are the doubts which exist in the mind of the judge as to the validity of the indict ment as regards Dowson. No objection, however, was raised by the counsel at the trial. Thompson was left to his unhappy fate. On the night previous to the execution, a scaffold was erected in front of the County Court; it was considerably elevated, and boarded in, a huge beam being erected above. The same gallows has been used for many years, the last occasion being when the Prussian mate was executed fur the murder of his captain in Sunderland harbour. Whilst the scaffold was in course of construction, a large group was collected, many of whom remained until the follow ing morning. The early trains poured immense crowds into the city, and by twelve o'clock there were probably from eight to ten thousand individuals assembled in front of the gaol and in the immediate neighbourhood. The great majority of those consisted of pitmen, many of whom had come with the cheap market-trains, and there was also a sprinkling of women and children, but by no means so many as were formerly often present at similar scenes. A troop of the sth Dragoon Guards, with drawn swords, was stationed near the railings, and the county police also mustered in considerable numbers; but happily their services were not required; and the opinion of those with whom we conversed was, that the calling out of the dragoons was altogether unnecessary, and calculated to create a bad feeling on the part of the people. Reporters were strictly excluded from the prison, by a recent order from the Home-office, and the chaplain, governor, and other officers of the gaol, pro hibited from giving the slightest information to any party. We understand that the wretched man made a state ment acknowledging his guilt, and that he diligently spent the last few days of his life in preparing for another state. The unhappy man died almost without a struggle. In scantly the execution was over there was a rush from the centre of the mass, and an alarm being given that " the soldiers were coming," the people were scattered in all directions, and many left " the great moral lesson" which was read to them by the public hangman with feelings of horror and indignation. His body remained suspended the usual time, and was then buried within the precincts of the prison. Thompson was the natural son of a gentleman ; he soma time ago worked on the railway, but has lately followed agricultural employments. Dowson is of re spectable parentage, and is also a farm labourer. Great interest is felt as to the fate of the latter, which is still doubtful. The tragic scene of to-day cannot fail to exercise an important influence in leading to the alteration of the game-laws, one of the most prolific sources of misery and crime ; for experience has shown that the sport of the gentry leads indirectly to the death, in the nocturnal affray and on the scaffold, of many of the poor peasantry. —Newcastle Guardian. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer on Friday. MARCH 27, 1848. The two prisoners, Ann Fisher and Mary Hodge, were then placed at the bar and indicted ; Ann Fisher for the wilful murder of Richard Fisher, on the 27th of August last, at Cruwys Morchard, by administering a quantity of white arsenic to him in mashmallow tea, of which he languished until the 28th of August, and then died. Mary Hodge was indicted for feloniously making, pro curing, and commanding Ann Fisher to commit the said murder. There were other counts varying the charge. Both the prisoners pleaded not guilty. Ann Fisher is a rather pleasing-looking woman, ap parently about thirty years of age, and her sister, Mary Hodge, a little older. Both preserved the greatest firm ness and composure during the trial. Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Leigh, and Mr. Kerslake con ducted the prosecution; llr. Cockburn, Q C., and Mr. Rowe defended the prisoners. Before the jury were sworn, Mr. Cockburn applied that the prisoners might be tried separately, on the ground that the main evidence to be adduced against the principal was a statement which she was alleged to have made, which contained statements which materially in volved the other prisoner, Mary Hodge. Now, iu order to meet the case on the part of Ann Fisher, it was of the greatest importance that Richard Hodge, her hus band, should be called as a witness to disprove it. This could not be done if the prisoners were tried together. This course was adopted in Reg. v. Seeley; which was a case of a charge of murder against two sisters, tried at Taunton. In that case two sisters were jointly in dicted for the murder of their father, and each made a statement accusing the other of the crime. Upon the application of Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, the prisoners were tried separately. Mr. Baron PLATT said that he felt considerable diffi culty in distinguishing this case from the ordinary one of a principal and accessory. In the case of the Sealys both were indicted as principals. He would, however, consult Mr. Justice Wightmate The Learned JUDGE then left the court, and on return ing in a few minutes,:said, With regard to the application that has been made, I entertained considerable doubt; that doubt is confirmed after my conference with my brother Judge. I cannot regard this case otherwise than as that of principal and accessory. The indictment charges a principal and an accessorial offence, and the pursuit of justice might be defeated by allowing the two offences to be separated; fortified as I am, thereore, by the opinion of Mr. Justice Wightman, I feel bound to refuse the application. It appeared from the evidence for the prosecution that Mr. Richard Fisher, the deceased, was a farmer, of 71 years of age, and in the month of June last he was mar ried to the prisoner Ann Fisher, whose name at that time was Leigh, she being the widow of a Mr. Leigh, a farmer, who had lived at a lone farm called Stubborn, about eight miles from Tiverton. The prisoner Ann Hodge was her sister, and lived with her husband, Richard Hodge, at a place called Black-dog, about four miles from Stobborn. Fisher was a man of some property, having accumulated some 5001. or 6001. in the service of a Miss Partridge, an old lady living at Witheridge. After the marriage of Fisher he went to live at Stobborn with his wife, the other inmates of the house being William Hawkes, Mrs. Fisher's brother, and a boy called Alfred Hodge, Mrs. Fisher's nephew. They lived on at Stobborn about three months, when, on the 26th of August, there was some reaping and harvesting going on at Stobborn, at which a young man, named Thomas Leach, was present. He, it appeared, had been a lover of Mrs. Fisher before her marriage with Fisher, and on this day, as they were coming from the harvest field, some romping took place between him and Ann Fisher, and he kissed her. This made Richard Fisher very angry, and he had words with his wife, lie went to bed early, but the others remained carousing until a late hour; Richard Hodge, Mary Hodge, William Hawker, and some others being there. About one in the morn ing. Hodge, his wife, and the others, with Thomas Leach and Ann Fisher, lett the house in a cart together, and when the old man Fisher awoke in the morning, he found his wife gone. He was very angry, got up, and went away to Witheridge, where he saw Miss Pa-tridge, who owed him some money, and desired her not to pay it to ,his wife if she should call for it, but only to him. He came back to Stubborn about nine o'clock in the morning, when his wife was returned. They had more words, but he sought to make it up. About mid day he was unwell, when his wife, at his request, made him some marshmallow tea. He went to bed, sad the next morning was a corpse. An inque,t being held, a post morkm examination of the body was made, and a quantity of arsenic was found in the body. The motive supposed to actuate the prisoner in committmg the double crime with which she was charged was that she wished to obtain the money of the old man Fisher (he having made a will in her favour, leaving her all his property), and then to marry Thomas Leach. Mr. Hughey, a surgeon, who was called in to see the deceased, stated that on his arrival the prisoner said that " he. Fisher," was " gone," and then detailed, at some length, the mode in which he had been attacked by ill ness, and that he died " very quietly." Johannah Brooks, who had been a prisoner in Exeter gaol with the prisoner, swore that the prisoner Fisher had confessed to her that Leach had bought the arsenic, which she put in the marshmallow tea, and gave to her husband. That some time after, as he was not dead, she placed a feather bed upon him, and all four of them, the two prisoners, R. Hodge, and Leach, laid upon it until he was dead. On cross examination by Mr. CocimunN, the witness admitted that she had made five charges of rape against fire different men ; and disclosed so many instances of falsehood and depravity, as to render herself completely unworthy of credit. Mr. COCIBUUN, whose speech for the prisoners occupied upwards of four hours, called upon the jury to disbelieve the story of the confession sworn to by Brooks, as she was a witness upon whose statement not the slightest reliance could be placed, owing to the infamy of her character and the baseness of her previous conduct. He should prove that she was not a woman who could be believed on her oath. He did not deny that Fisher died from the effects of the poisin; in all probability they would find that the arsenic was taken in mistake. At any rate, there was no evidence to show that Mrs. Fisher admi nistered it. The Learned Counsel proceeded to com ment at very great length upon the evidence, and then stated the case which he had to lay before the jury. Several witnesses were then called, who swore they would not believe Brooks on oath. _ The Learned JUDGE went through the evidence with the utmost perspicuity, and the jury, after consulting for about five minutes, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The trial commenced on Friday morning, and did not terminate till one o'clock on Sunday morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. On Saturday, William Brown and James Dewey, who were on the 16th instant charged with having committed forgeries upon the Reading Bank, were brought up for final examination. Mr. Alullens, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, citors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Felonies and Frauds, attended for the prose cution; and Mr. B. V. Hutchinson appeared for the prisoners. Daniel and John Forrest -r, having heard that the prisoners were engaged in concocting forgeries upon banking houses, watched them both for some time, and at last apprehended them with some of the evidences o their guilt about them, in a pubhc• house in Poland - street, where they attempted to burn the spurious notes, but were prevented by the activity of the ex . perienced officers by whom they were taken. The following is a summary of the additional evidence adduced against the prisoners:— Charles J. G. Sparke, engraver, of Meard's court, Wardour- street, said—On Thursday the 17th of Febru ary, the prisoner William Brown called upon me, and was introduced by a neighbour, whom I knew. Brown showed me some railway scrip and a Reading 5/. note, and said he wanted an estimate of engraving the scrip and note. I looked at them, and said he should have the, estimate in a day or two. I remarked to him that I sup, posed it was all right, anal he said, " Oh, yes; it is per fectly right. I have received the order of a friend -of mine in the country to gut it done in town." He left me, taking with him some specimens of my engraving. On the 29th he came again, and gave me orders to engrave two plates of the .51. note of the Reading Bank, and he left the note I now produce (a genuine one) fur a pat tern. The signature was then cut off, as it now appears. The note he showed me on the first occasion had a signature to it. Brown said he was having the signa ture lithographed. He had called on the 25th, returned my specimens, and asked me what would be the price of engraving plates for the patterns of articles he produced. I told him abont 101. for the railway scrip, and about 41. for the Si. note, exclusive of the for each for the plates and the printing , five s h illings each fifty. After I had several interviews with Brown, Mr. Mullens, solicitor to the prosecution, called on me, and I afterwards acted under his directions and those of JOhn Forrester, the officer. On the Bth of March he called, and I paper I had promised, gave him an impression plate .‘ Five," and a specimen of and ho wished to have the other plate on the 11th instant, as the party he was acting with was coming from the country, and wished tc look at it. Ile brought upon most of these occasions small sums of money in payment of the work I was doing. He spoke about the numbering, when I recommended single numbers without a frame. He said the paper I bad given him was highly approved of. f ai t could not match bett er , an d t h ey had exam i ne it with several of the notes then in their pos session. He said he _had a dispute with them about the "FIVE," they persisting that being capital letters, the F should not be higher than the other letters. I said I was satisfied I had dono it to a hair's breadth. He asked me to produce the original. I did so, and then he said "I - was quite right." After enumerating several occasions on which Brown had called and seen the progress of the work, the witness proceeded :—" On the 14th of March he called upon me about seven or eight in the evening. I told him I was much pushed, and hoped to have some money. He said he had not a farthing from his friend, but if I would let him have the note left for a pattern, they could turn it into money immediately. I said 1 could not then, as it was at a printer's to have the blue ink matched ; neither could I think of letting anything go until I was satis fied. lie said if I could get it all ready by two o'clock next day, I should have the money. I promised him ho should then have the plates with the impressions, and the original note left for a pattern. He said he would not take the plates, but if I could give five or six impressions to make money of, that would do, and he would return and give me the order for printing the remainder of fifty. lie left mo on the un derstanding that everything should be finished by two o'clock next day, when he said he would talk about the Making of the stamps for numbering the notes. On the 15th of March he came to me about hall-past two, and waited till Mrs. Sprake came in with the impressions. I showed them to him. lie said the imitation Ives quite LAW INTELLIGENCE. JUDGES' CHAMBERS, Sergeant's Inn, March 25. (Before Mr. Baron rARKE.) fIOUGH v. ROSS. The defendant, connected with the Heir at Law Society, obtained a summons calling on the plaintiff, his detaining creditor, to show cause why he should not be discharged out of the custody of the Sheriffs of Middle sex, having been taken in execution when he was pri vileged from arrest. It appeared that the defendant was heard in the Insol vent Debtors' Court on Wednesday, and his petition was dismissed. After he had left the court he was arrested by one of the opposing creditors, and he now applied for his discharge, on the plea that he was returning home from attending the court, and was privileged from being arrested. On the part of the defendant, a clerk from the office of his attorney (Mr. Buchanan) asked his Lordship to make an order for the discharge of the defendant. An affidavit was put in evidence, made by the defendant, in which he merely set forth his application to the Insol vent Debtors' Court, and that he was arrested outside the court. For the plaintiff, his solicitor (lir. Ashley) urged that the defendant had applied under the Protection Act, and was therefore a voluntary applicant. When his petition was dismissed there was an end to his case, and the pro tection, which was only granted to the hearing, yeas thereby reversed. His LonDsDir was of opinion that it was a❑ important point. It had been raised for the first time under the Protection Act, and he should consider the matter befor e he gave his decision. The summons was adjourned. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 25. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN RE COOTES AND HILLARD. These bankrupts came up for last examination. The following is their official description:-" Egra Jenks Cootes and John Hillard, of Bread-street, Cheapside, of Manchester, of Liverpool, of Leicester, of Nottingham, and of New York, America, merchants." Mr. Reed, who appeared as solicitor to the assignees, prayed an adjournment, in order that he might examine more minutely the extremely voluminous accounts which had; been prepared-the balance-sheet alone extended over 120 folios. The CommissioriEn adjourned the case to the 7th of April, fixed the audit for the Ist of May, and the divi dend for the 3d. The following are the main figures of the balance. sheet prepared by Mr. G. Butler, accountant, Pancras lane. It commences on the Ist of September, 1844, and terminates at the date of the fiat, on the 27th of De cember, 1847:- Dr.-Creditors unsecured, 45,264/. 3s. sd. ; holding security, 27,993/. I Is. 2d. Total, 73,257/. 14s. 7d. Cr.-Assets in England-cash and bills, 7,3431. 2s. 4d.; good debts, 1,313/. 105. 11d.; doubtful, 2,502/. Ioi, Id.; property in the hands of English creditors, 23,0821. 6s. 10d. Total, 34,1411. 10s. 2d. American Claims.-Debtor-Creditors unsecured, 16,8891. 4s. 3d.; holding security, 42,993 L 55.; profits, 25,4061 12s. 7d.; capital 14,717/. 12s 9d. Grand total of English and American claims, 134,660/. 7s. 7d. Cr.-Assets in American cash and bills, 6,204/. 14s. 7d.; good debts, 3,852!. 9s. l Id.; doubtful, 83/. 4s. 7d.• property in the hands of American creditors, 14,9611. 16s. 7d.; business expenses, 15,796/. 12s. 7d.; losses 164,7781. 1 ls. Id.; amount drawn out by firm, 4,981/. 17s. 2d. Grand total of English and American assets, 134,660/. 7s. 7d. In addition to the above, when the bankrupts sus pended payments, their liabilities were 64,3311., which have since nearly all run out. ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE-IN THE MATTER OP H. SHELDON. The COMMISSIONER observed that in this case the ac counts had been evidently manufactured for the purpose of deceiving the creditors and the Court, a practice which he regretted to say was of but too common an occurrence in these courts. There were no proper books kept, no assets for the creditors, and he would adjourn the last examination sine die. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) RE A. C. li. °nature. This bankrupt had been a lady of fashion, keeping several extensive establishments at the west end of the town, but latterly had embarked in the business of a butcher at Hackney. Her debts did not exceed 750/., and it may be remem bered a subdivision court was held, in order to ascertain if she had concealed a quantity of plate, jewels, &c., and whether a roll of papers ostentatiously displayed by her at the Haymarket Theatre to a friend, was Bank of England notes, as declared by her at the time, or flash notes, as she had subsequently asserted. The Subdivision Court was of opinion that there was not sufficient evidence to commit the bankrupt to New gate, and she now came up from the Queen's Bench prison to pass her last examination. She denied that she was in the receipt of an annuity from a gentle. man, which was paid at Coutts's Bank, and as it ap peared that the accounts she had produced were the best she could render, the Court passed her examina tion, reserving the question of her conduct as a trader till she applied for her certificate. IN RE YOUNGMAN. This bankrupt had been a wine merchant at Nor wich, and came up to pass his last examination. He had assigned his books to an attorney, who refused to give them up, and filed no balance-sheet. His Ilotioun said he should specially report the case to the Vice-Chancellor, and as the Lord Mayor and another eminent merchant were the assignees, he would g ye them every assistance, as he had yet to learn that there was any law by which a trader might assign his books unknown to his creditors, and immediately before his bankruptcy. The bankrupt underwent a very lengthened private examination, after which, Mr. Cooke stated that the bankrupt had made no effort to file any balance-sheet, and the Court adjourned his examination sine die. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Herefurd, March 24. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Caass WELL.) Thomas Had, 26, was indicted for burglariously breaking open the dwelling house of Eliza Wint, at Dor stone, and stealing various articles therefrom, on the lath of January last. Mr. Cooke prosecuted; the prisoner had no counsel. The prosecutrix went to bed about eleven o'clock, leaving her premises secured, and on the following morning the servant found that the house had been en tered by a pane of glass having been taken out of the kitchen window, and the casement opened by that means. Some silver spoons and various other articles had been stolen; some footmarks in the garden were found to cor respond with the prisoner's boots, but far more conclu sive evidence against him was, some portion of the stolen property which was found in his possession at eleven o'clock the next morning, when taken into custody by constable Challenger, and the remainder of it was shown to have been sold by him to a person named Sarah Mason. The prisoner was found Guilty, a previous conviction proved against him, and he was sentenced to be trans ported for ten years. Richard Radford, 32, was indicted for stealing, at Burgh-hill, on the lath of February, 1847, one ram sheep, the property of Wm. Buuniug. Mr. Skinner conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Woulrych defended the prisoner, whose case was in. vested with a peculiar degree of interest from the fact of his having made his escape, after committal on this charge, from the county gaol on the sth of March, having been committed on the 22d of February. No thing more was heard of him until the 30th of October last, when he was taken into custody at the iron works near Merthyr, in Wales; and on his way to Hereford he made a most desperate effort to escape from the cus tody of the police•officer, on whom he committed a violent assault, but was eventually overpowered, and safely lodged in his old quarters, from whence he came up for trial to-day, upon a bill of indictment, found true against him at the Spring assizes of 1847. The facts of the case, independent of these extraneous circumstances, were short in themselves, although being mostly circumstantial, a number of witnesses were called to prove them. Three sheep were in the prosecutor's field, and on the morning of the 19th February he found that one of the three, which was a one eyed ram, had been stolen, a portion of the skin and entrails being left in the field by the thieves. Some foot-warks were ob served, and on a comparison with the prisoner's boots, they were found to correspond " tolerably well," as the witness expressed it. The chief evidence,,however, against the prisoner, was that of an accomplice, named Jones, who was admitted Queen's e vid ence . It appeared he was first taken up himself, and remained in prison on the charge for several weeks. The prisoner lodged in his house, and, according to his statement, some mutton, with the heart and lights of a sheep, was found in a bag stained with blood, which Jones said was brought there by Hackford, whom he came down stairs to let in at four o'clock on the morning of the day named in the indict ment. The prisoner said he had killed " one of Mr. Bunning's tups." He had previously told Jones he meant to have one of them, and asked the approver to accompany him on his criminal expedition. The jury found the prisoner Guilty ; and a previous conviction at the Spring Asses of 1845 being proved against him, he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. On leaving the dock ho exclaimed, "I am inno cent, my Lord." Mr. Skinner made an application on the part of police officer Richard Saddler, who apprehended the prisoner, for some compensation to be made him for his courage in capturing the prisoner. and I r h . e J usti ce deposed,Cr e e p o p r r d e e h r e e n d d t e h d e t h officer i s t o o n b e r e o sworn, ha n d im be in en to c lo u o s k to i d n y g o a n u t th f o o r r i i t i y ini of s t es h o e nt P h o p li r c e e vi G ou ar ly t . te. II tookon the liirwen mountai ns, in the nei g hbo urhood of Aberdase, county of Glamorgan. Ho resisted me very much. We fought for an hour. Some of the people assisted him rather than me ; they gave him my staff, and he struck me with it. He cut me with a knife on the forehead, in the eye, and in four places on the back of the head.—(Sensation in Court.) It was a life and death struggle almost. I was ill a long time from the injuries." The JUDGE—I will consider of it. The officer must evidently be possessed of more than ordinary courage, as he is but a slim weakly-looking man in comparison with the prisoner. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Eseter, March 24. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) THE TIVERTON MURDER.. This being the day fixed for the trial of the parties charged with the murder of Richard Fisher, a farmer, at Cruwys Morchard, intense excitement prevailed. The Court was crowded at an early hour, the bench and grand jury gallery being, as is usual on these occasions, crowded with well•dressed ladies. At ni le o'clock Mr. Baron Platt took his seat on the bench, near enough. He was perfectly satisfied, and said if would give them to him the parties would turn them instantly into cash, and I should have my money in half an hour, and there would also be some for himself, which he very much wanted, as he had not yet received a far thing; all the money they bad lot him have he had paid to me. I said he was a perfect stranger to me; that I had not even heard his name, or where he lived. He said he lived in the City. I then said, well, I suppose must take your word, and I delivered to him six impres sions and the original note, according to the instruc tions received from Mr. Bush and Mr. J. Forrester. He left me, and I followed him as quickly as possible, but saw no money or him until he was in custody at the Mansion-house, on Thursday, the 16th. Ido not know the other prisoner, Dewey. The impressions I gave to Brown are the same as now are produced by Daniel For rester.* Susan Sparke, wife of the last witness, said—l know the prisoner Brown. He has been backwards and for wards with my husband on the business of engraving a plate of the 5L note of the Reading Bank. I have been present on many occasions of Brown's calling to give orders. On the 15th instant, my husband handed him, in my presence, six impressions, and the original 5L note left us a pattern. The proprietor of the Star and Garter public-house, in Poland-street, said--I know both prisoners. They used my house for about a week previously to Wednes day, the 15th, when they were apprehended by Mr. For rester. The elder prisoner, Dewey, usually came about eleven o'clock, and seated himself in the parlour. About tour times I observed Brown come in and sit with Dewey, and they drank together. They stayed together over a pint or two of porter until four o'clock in the day. Mr. Charles Simonds, connected with the banking house at Reading, stated that the note left with Mr. Sparke, the engraver, by the prisoner Brown, to be copied, was a genuine note of the Reading Bank, but the signature had been cut off. The plates were en graved without authority. Daniel Forr?ster stated, that upon hia going into the public•house where the two prisoners were, Brown at tempted to throw the notes produced into the fire, and Dewey endeavoured to prevent him (Forrester) taking them out. The prisoner Dewey repeated the statement made by him upon the former examination, namely, that a person named Evans had given to him en umbrella and a cigar case, in which the notes were deposited without his knowledge, to keep for him until his return from the yard. Brown said nothing, and both prisoners were com mitted for trial. BOW-STREET. Andrew Green, alias Henry Arnold Green, alias Dr. Green, &c., was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, for final examination, upon the ♦arious charges of felony and misdemeanour which have been preferred against him from time to time during the period he has been under remand at this court. Mr. Humphreys, solicitor, appeared to defend the prisoner, and advised his client to decline answering any questions, or making any statement before the ma gistrate. The prisoner, who had been remarkably loquacious at every previous examination, now remained taciturn throughout the proceedings ; even refusing to answer his worship's question as to what was his actual name —Andrew, or Henry Arnold? Mr. Simonds attended from the Times' office, to prove that the prisoner brought M. Soyer's advertisement about three weeks ago, and tendered a base sovereign, which he said ho had received from M. Soyer, bat would return to him. The advertisement appeared in due course, on the credit of that gentleman, who after wards called and explained the circumstances, to which publicity has been given in our previous reports. Mr. Waring said the society which he represented had a number of charges to prefer against the prisoner, but they did not intend to go into them at present. Mr. Humphrey.* objected to such a statement, being unaccompanied by proofs, tending as it might to preju• dice his client's case. Mr. lIENar then committed the prisoner for trial, on three separate charges of misdemeanour, and four of felony. We were requested to acknowledge the receipt (for the poor-box) of a legacy of 901., bequeathed by the late Andrew Maclew, Esq., of Poulett Lodge, Twicken ham. • THAMES. On Saturday Mr. Ballantine handed to our reporter a letter, of which the following is a copy, requesting that it should be made public:— " Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, March 24, 1848. " Sir,—Under the will of the late Andrew ilacklevr, Es., of Poulett-lodge, Twickenham, and of the Albany, London, the executors are prepared to pay to the poor box of the Thames Police-court a legacy of 201., and if you will sign the enclosed receipt as sitting magistrate, together with the annexed order, Messrs. Hoare, of Fleet-street, bankers, will pay the 201. to the party handing over the receipt and order, and producing thi• letter.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " JOIIN MUTTON." On Saturday, George Sharp, a cab driver, Georie Evans, a notorious thief, Merit Burton, a woman of the town, and a youth named Fredei irk Hunter, were brought before Mr. Ballantine, chaged with stealing a chest of tea, weighing 901b5., the property of Mr. Thomas Christie, tea dealer and grocer, who has two establishments, one in High-street, Whitechapel, and the other in Hereford-place, Commercial-road. It appeared that on the afternoon of Friday week • chest of tea was stolen from a cart belonging to the prosecutor while on its way from the High street to Hereford-place. The two houses are only half a mile apart, and although the carman was at the head of his horses all the way, the chest of tea was removed from the cart, in which four others were deposited, in open day, in a public road. Information was immediately given to the police, and on the same night police-sergeant Squire, No. 14 K, stopped a horse and cab driven by the pri soner Sharp, in the Back road, Shadwell. There was another man on the box, who jumped off, and made his escape. The officer found a chest nearly full of tea inside the cab, and Has. of tea under the foot-board, covered with a horse cloth. On the same night Burton was apprehended. Sharp in defence said he was called off the stand to take up a chest of tea and a man, who told hire to drive to New street, Whitechapel, and that he was not aware any robbery had been committed. The other prisoners also stoutly declared their innocence. Mr. BALLANTINE discharged Hunter, and committed the other prisoners for trial. WANDS WORTH. On Saturday Mr. PAYNTER, the sitting Magistrate, requested the reporter to acknowledge the receipt of a communication from the executors of the late Andrew Macklew, Esq., of Poulett Lodge, Twickenham, And of the Albany, to the effect that they were prepared to pay, in conformity with the directions of the testator, a legacy of 201., to be applied to ,the general purposes of the poor box of this court. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. ..a LIVERPOOL, MARCH 25. STOCK EXCIIANGB.—The share market is more active to day, and quotations are improved. Midlands and London stocks were in good demand, as were also Dovers. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction (late C. and B. 27W. ), 14—Great Western , Fifths , 20 % Lancashire and Yorkihire (late M. and B.) 10 dis. ex div.— Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union), 3 1 4 c. dis.—London and North-Western, 127%—Ditto, New Quarters, 2;4 P. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 60 3 / 4 Ditto (late Sheffield and Lincol ns hi re ), 7% di4. —.Midland Stock, 101— Ditto, New Halves, 5 dis.—North liritish, New Thirds, 1% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 3% dim.-- York, Newcastle, and Berwick ( N. and B. Extension) , N o. 's 3/4 p.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), % p. MANCHESTER, MARCH 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are--Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 3-16 c. dis.—Great Northern. 8 1-16 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester (24/. paid), 6% dis. —Ditto, Thirds, 2 c. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Firths, 1% dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 3 dis.—Liverpool, ,:vlanchester, and Newcastle Junction, 2 1 ,4 dis —Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), p.— Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 5 c. dis.—llitto (S heffield and Lincolnshire), 7% dis.—North British, Thirds, 1% dis. —North Staffordshire, 1 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No 4 (10/. paid), 314 dis.—Ditto (7%/. paid), 3 3-16 die. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, blAxcrt 25. STOCK ExcHANGX.—The sales are—North Staffordshire, 11. 6s. 3d. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (late N. and B. ), dis. EDINBURGH, MARCH 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 17& Gd.— Great,Northern, 925. 6d.—North British, Quarters, 811. 6d.—Ditto, Scrip, ba.—Ditto, Thirds, 30a. 6d. GLASGOW, Dimwit 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The 511.1e5 are—Caledonian, Now, 18s. —Dundee and Perth, 22—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 81 1 ,x —Ditto, Halve!, No. 1, 4%—Ditto, No. 2, 9/ I —North British, Thirds, 355. 11117763. On the 17th inst., at Sieringham Hall, Norfolk, the lady of H. R. Upcher, Esq., of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Chew Magna, Somerset, the wife of the hey. Edward A. Ommanney, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., at Fort Pitt, Chatham, the wife of W. M. Ford, Esq., Surgeon to the Forces, of a son. On the 23d inst., at the Rectory base, Little Tedham, Essex, the wife of the Rev. J. Gaselee, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Captaii Bain briggo, Royal Engineers, of a son. On the 24th inst., at Upper Clapton, Mrs. Henry Young Hulbert, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Greenwich, the lady of C. R. Francis, Esq., 31.8 , Bengal Medical Establishment, of a son. On the 22d inst., is Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, the wife of the Rev. C. G. Newcomb, of a daughter. ildititlED. On the 22d inst., at the parish church of St. James, Gar lick Hithe Mr. Joseph Horsey, of London, to Misa Jetnima Ann Vanihan, of Portsea. On the 23d inst., Maria, widow of the late John Dixon. Eng., of Clapham-road, to W. Dixon, Esq., of Bedfont, Mid dlesex. DIAB. On the 23d inst., after an afflicting insist's, at his residence, Kingston, Surrey, William Mille, Esq. The deceased abounded in good qualities, and has left an extensive circle of friends to deplore his premature dissolution. On the 16th inst., in Paris, Juliette, wife of J. J. Leine, Esq , French Consul, Liverpool. On the 20th inst., at Ipsley Rectory, Anne, widow of the Rev. I'. D. Dolben, Rector of Ipsley and Spernall, Warwick. shire. On the 20th inst., at St. John-street, Mr. ♦aron Willats. On the 21st inst., William Thomas Tirane, Esq., late Cap tain Bth Hussars. On the 22d inat., at Brompton, Chatham. Sophia Caroline, infant daughter of Captain J. G. M'Kerlie, R.E. On the 22d inst., Walter Henry, eldest son of Henry Bate man, Esq., Clapton, Middlesex. On the 24th inst., at Lower Clapton, llizabeth, daughter of the late Mr. Henry Rutt, of Fenchurch-street. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG; at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oise, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of tke Savoy, in the county et Middlesex, Monday, March 27, 12415,,, - h •1 , 0 tie! , i Tz7 j