The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-20 00:00:00

4 se ELECTION COMMITTEES. DERBY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) Samuel Holmes, a work-knitter and freeman of Derby, proved the summoning and meeting of Mr. Strutt's local committee at the last election, and that he was sent by one of the committee to several out-districts to bring in freemen voters. Upon carrying a batch of these freemen to the committee-room of Mr. Strutt, one of them said to Mr. Gibbs, a member of the committee, " I suppose we 'shall have the usual thing, ss. a-day?" To which Mr. Gibbs replied in the affirmative ; and then the voters Tasked, " How many days it would be?" Mr. Gibbs replied that they would be put on from the first. Those freemen were then conveyed to the Tiger Inn, where they were well supplied with drink and refreshments at the express order of Mr. Barber, another member of the committee. The witness, besides being liberally fur nished with drink and other refreshments, was paid for his services, and afterwards voted for Mr. Strutt. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till eleven o'clock on Monday. AYLESBURY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) The speech of the Learned Counsel occupied the at tention of the Committee till its rising. The Learned Gentleman intimated that it was his intention to call Bull and Bradford, the parties who were alleged to have given the orders for the treating of the voters, as the agents of Mr. Deering, to prove that they did not act in any way as the agents or committeemen of that gen tleman. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till eleven o'clock on Monday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. —FRIDA Y • Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.-- 7 to 2 agst Blaze (t), 5 to 1 agst Flatcatcher, and 7 to 1 agst Load stone. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. -7 to 1 agtt Ballinafad (t), 8 to 1 agst Thistledown, 9 to 1 agst Walmgate-bar 'Without, 14 to 1 agst Joe Lovell, 100 to 6 agst Louisa Newell (t). GREAT YETROPOLITAN STAKES.— 8 to 1 offered on the field. CHESTER Cur. -20 to 1 agst Cracow, 25 to 1 agst Swallow, 28 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild, 40 to 1 agst Bal linafad, 50 to 1 agst Patriot , 50 to 1 agst Giselle. D E RBY.—S to 1 agst Glendower and Loadstone (t), 9 to 1 agst Surplice, 11 to 1 apt Glendower, 14 to lagst springy Jack (offers to take), 23 to 1 apt Fern, 30 to 1 agst Stinger, 40 to 1 agst Flatcatcher (offers to take), 50 to 1 agst Deerstalker, 50 to 1 agst Sponge and Great 'Western (t). IitiAIiESI3OROUGH STEEPLECHASE. —Fawar. The Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and 20 added, were won cleverly by -Mr. Mewburn's Clementine, beating six whers. The second chase was won by Mr.Waddington's Fortunate Lass, beating eight others easily. PATRINGTON NEAR HULL STEEPLECHASE. THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of .5 sous. each, and 25 added. Three miles. Mr. Walker's County Member, aged (Mr. Lamplugh) Air. Lambert's Scandal, 6 yrs... .•• ••• 2 Won in a canter. THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK. The sixty-fifth anniversary of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick was celebrated on Friday at the Free• masons' Tavern; the Marquis of Clanricarde in the chair. We regret to state that the room was very ill attended, there not being, exclusive of re , porters and professional singers, above fifty guests present. The absentee" grievance seems to be the bane of Ireland wherever her interests are con cerned. On the right and left of the Noble Chairman were—the Earl of Shelburne and Sir William Somer ville, M.P., and amongst the other gentlemen at th, cross table were Sir Ralph Howard, Sir G. Colthurst, R. J. Tennent, Esq., R. M. Bellew, Esq., M.P.. The O'Gorman Mahon, M.P., General Caulfeild, Major Moore, and F. 11. Burke, Esq. The usual loyal toasts were given, and responded to with all the honours. General Caulfeild returned thanks for the army ; and Sir W. Somerville for the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland. In proposing the toast of the evening, namely, success to the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick, The Noble CHAIRMAN dwelt briefly upon the valuable services rendered by that institution. Not only were the children of destitute Irish educated by the society— educated without regard to religious, sectarian, or per sonal feelings—but upon being sent out into the world as apprentices therein, they were still watched over by the society, and rewards given for good conduct. His Lord ship regretted very much to observe that the meeting to-day was not such a one as had been seen on many oc casions previously, or as, considering the large number of influential Irishmen now in London, might have been expected. However, he was not disposed to despond for the future prospects of the institutions; he was well aware that there were many of its ardent friends who although not able to attend at the dinner, had not for gotten to contribute their subscriptions towards its funds. Considering the pressure of the times it was not to be expected that the subscription would be a very large one, he hoped, however, that it would be such a s to enable the institution to be carried on upon the scale it had hitherto been. He was happy to state that the num ber of children provided for by the society would not be diminished; and if the subscription should be a good one, it would enable the board to add many com forts and advantages to those already afforded by the institution.—(Hear, hear.) The secretary then announced the subscriptions, among -which were from her Majesty the Queen, 100 guineas; the Queen Dowager, 251.; the Marquis of Clanricarde, 251.; the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 501.; the Duke of .Bedford, 25/.; the Marquis of Anglesey, 25/ ; the Marquis of Lansdowne, 20 guineas ; the Earl of Clan william, 25/. ; the Earl of Shelburne, lot. ; Sir Wil liam Somerville, 201. The total amount received was 6631. Is. 6d. The dinner provided was worthy of a larger assem blage. The musical arrangements, under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, including the vocal efforts of the Misses Williams, Messrs. Lockey, Francis, linowle, Machin, and H. Phillips, gave great satisfaction. There were several encores in the course of the evening. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS, March 18. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) lIITCHCOCK V. DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND MARQUIS IMINII.II UM.. OF CMANDOS. _ Mr. BET HELL (with whom was Mr.Elmsley), moved to dissolve an injunction which had been granted some days ex parte, restraining the Marquis of Chan dos from selling timber on the \Votton estates, which had been advertised for sale on the 13th and 14th of this month. In consequence of an arrangement with the Duke of Buckingham, the tenant for life of the estates, the Marquis, on whom the estates were en tailed, had been put in possession. The present plaintiff had a charge, by way of annuity, on the estates granted by the Duke, who sold him an an nuity of 5,0001. a year for 25,0001. It was now con tended, on the part of the Marquis, that the Marquis Lad entered into possession under an arrangement with incumbrances prior to the plaintiff, who had power to sell the timber, and that his only object in proposing to sell the timber was to relieve the estate by paying off or reducing the incumbrances. Mr. BOLT (with whom was Mr. Glasse), for the plaintiff, stated that the injunction did not interfere with any incumbrances prior to the plaintiff, would even now be content if he were satisfied that the pro ceeds of the timber would be applied as the Marquis stated. But, in the absence of any security that it would be so applied, they insisted on the plaintiff's right to the injunction, as the sale of the timber would of course deteriorate the estates. His Hoziona said he should dissolve the injunction. It was now obvious that the sale was by the order and for the benefit of those whose interest it was to reduce the incumbrances. The Marquis, although in possession, had, in fact, no control over the estates. lie conld not make an order that the money should be applied in payment of the prior incumbrances, because the prior incumbrances were not made parties to the bill. But he was of opinion that the law itself imposed that duty on those who should receive the proceeds of the sale. The bill appeared to have been filed on a sudden, without due inquiry, and the in junction must be dissolved with costs. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, March 18. George Crouch, keeper of a parcels' booking office, in Tudor-street, Blackfriars, was opposed on the part of two creditors, named Sprigge and Price. The complaint of Mr. Sprigge, proprietor of the Ark- Union Annual, was fraud. He had sold the in solvent 1,000 copies of the annual for 1,000/., of which 4001. was to paid down, and 6001. in bills, which sum included 100 copper plates. The 400/. was paid as the first load left, and Mr. Sprigge then discovered that the insolvent had raised the money on the works from Mr. Southgate, the auctioneer in Fleet-street. He objected to supply the remainder, as the insolvent had assured him that he should ship one half of the volumes, and send the other into the country. Mr. Southgate entreated him to send the remainder, and the insolvent promised that the full amount should be paid. Ile consented, and had not been paid. One bill was taken up. The sale only realised 530/., and the insolvent brought an action against the auctioneer, and failed. Mr. Commissioner Pimurs decided that Mr. Sprigge had condoned the alleged fraud. By sending the other volumes after he had known they were to be consigned to an auctioneer was a waiver of the complaint. _ _ The insolvent owed Mr. Price 23/. for a parcel sent to Riinburgh, which had not been delivered. After a long investigation, the Court was asked to rerna:id under the discretionary clause, but refused. I\th, , il the proceedings were perfected the insolvent would be discharged. It is stated by the Guarantee Society as a proof of the general good c h aracter o f the coalwhippers, whose tervic,s have just been availed of in the City as special constables, that out of 200 of them for whom the society has become surety under the regulations of the " Coal whippers' Act," to the extent of 2,000/., not one, during a period of six years, has proved unfaithful or dis honest. This tact, which fully corroborates the ob serrations of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Labouchere with reference to these men, is interesting as a proof of the integrity of a large class of useful operatives. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, March 18. CIVIL SIDE. DOE ON THE DEMISE or WARREN V. LADY BRIDGES. The above cause was resumed this morning, when Sir F. Thesiger made his reply on behalf of the plaintiff. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, going minutely through all the different points in evi dence. The jury retired at half-past twelve o'clock, and were absent about two hours, when they returned into court, and delivered their verdict in the following terms :—" We find that Lady Isabella Bridges is in legal possession of the Wootton Court estate, and also of Swanton Woods," thus finding fur the defendant. CROWN SIDE. Richard Allchin surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with baying embezzled threepence, the moneys of her Majesty's Postmaster- General. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Horne appeared for the defendant. It appeared from the evidence adduced in support of the prosecution that the defendant was keeper of the poet receiving-house at Mailing, about four miles from Maidstone, and it seemed that, at the time in ques • tion, all letters posted there addressed to villages within a very short distance, had first to be sent through the Maidstone Post-office, where they were stamped, and were then sent back to Mailing, and then it appeared there was na carrier to deliver them ; but the gentry living in the neigh bourhood employed a private messenger to fetch their letters, and, with regard to the poorer class of persons, if they did not them selves fetch them, they would remain at the Post office for several weeks. The man who was em ployed as messenger, it appeared, was in the habit, where letters were pre-paid, and which were ad dressed to villages in the neighbourhood, to keep the penny for the postage, and deliver them without letting them pass through the Post-office, but at length it appeared the Post-office authorities made an alteration in the arrangements, and appointed a letter carrier, which situation was assumed by the son of the defendant, to the exclusion of the old messenger, who had been endeavouring to get the appointment, and he then, out of spite, gave infor 'nation to the Post-office authorities of the proceed ings that had been going on, and in conse quence certain letters were posted, in order to obtain evidence, and in three cases letters were delivered without passing through the Post-office in the regular manner, or the postage being accounted for by the defendant. Ile was immediately questioned upon the subject, when he at once admitted what he had dune, and said he had always understood that the same practice had prevailed with his predecessor, and that such letters were a perquisite of the postmaster. It transpired incidentally in the course of the case that the de fendant's salary was only 8/. a year, and it appeared thet he had always borne a most excellent character, and was very much respected in the neighbourhood. Mr. HORSE having addressed the jury, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE expressed an opinion that, under all the circumstances, the evidence would hardly warrant the conviction of the defendant of feloniously embezzling the money in question. Mr. CLARKSON said, that after what had fallen from the Learned Judge, he should feel himself justi fied in withdrawing from the prosecution. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE observed that the inquiry had been a very proper one, and it was very neces sary for persons who filled the office of the defendant in country districts to know that such proceedings were illegal, and subjected them to severe punish ment. The amount lost to the revenue in one district might be inconsiderable, hut if the same course of conduct were adopted throughout the length and breadth of the rural districts of the country, the amount of loss would be very large indeed, and he trusted the present proceeding would have the effect of preventing such a thing occurring again. The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Cambridge, March ls. The business of the assizes for this county com menced this morning before the Lord Chief Baron in the Nisi Prins Court, and Mr. Justice Coltman on the Crown side. The civil business is small, and, with the exception of one case, which, it is said, in volves an inquiry into certain alleged corrupt prac tices at a former election of this borough, and will he tried on Monday, is devoid of public interest. The ca lendar is heavy. It contains the names of fifty-one pri soners, of whom one is charged with murder; three with manslaughter ; three with stabbing and wounding ; four with arson ; eight with burglary ; one with per jury, assigned on proceedings in a county court; one with wounding cattle ; one with administering poison —a mother to her illegitimate child ; and the rest with larcenies of various kinds. Fourteen of the prisoners can neither read nor write, fourteen can read imperfectly, sixteen can read and write imperfectly, five can read and write well, and of the instruction received by the others no account is given. Fifteen of the prisoners have been committed for offences alleged to have been perpetrated within the borough; of these there is but one who can neither read nor write ; and of the offences severally charged against them there is but one, a case of burglary, that is of a grave character. PRIVILEGES OF THE UNIVERSITY. A gentleman summoned to serve on the common jury in respect of a house occupied by him in this town, claimed exemption as an undergraduate of the University proceeding towards his degree, and re quired to attend hall, chapel, and lectures, and perform college exercises. The CHIEF BARON—Those are very grave duties. The case, as I understand, is entirely novel. It would be withdrawing you prematurely from your studies to make you attend here. You cannot claim exemption, but I cannot think that, without any vio lation of law or usage, you may be excused, and you are excused accordingly. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) John Cooper was indicted for having, on the 29th of September last, set fire to certain stacks, the pro perty of his master. Mr. Couch conducted the prosecution ; Mr. W . Cooper defended the prisoner. From the evidence it appeared that Mr. Allprees, the prisoner's employer, resides at Hilton, in this county, and has, about three miles off, a farm, at Papworth St. Everard, of which the prisoner, who had been sixteen years in his service, was the ma nager. The stackyard contained, on the 29th of September, a stack of wheat, a stack of barley, and a stack of peas. In a field, the property of Mr. Cheere, the rector, which is separated from the stack • yard by a low hedge, there were working, at five o'clock in the afternoon of the 29th of September, two men, named Gates and Criswell. Gates, while in the act of raising his head, from strewing manure on the ground, saw in the stackyard of the prosecutor, and near one of the stacks, a light about the size of that of a lantern; and the prisoner, Cooper, close to it. lie immediately cried out " Fire! fire !" and then, " There is Cooper." The prisoner, almost at the same moment, disappeared behind the stacks. Criswell, on hearing the cry of " Fire," made for the stacks ; but on reaching them found that they were all in flames, and that it was impossible to pass between them; he therefore went behind the stacks, giving the alarm; and, finding a pail, ran to the moat on the farm to get water. As he returned he met the prisoner going from the fire towards the cart hovel. The prisoner took the pail from him and threw the contents on a post of one of the stacks which the fire had not touched. The neighbours came to render assistance, but nothing effectual could be done, and the stacks and cart hovel, with its contents, except a very valua ble drill, which the prisoner succeeded in saving, were destroyed. As the prisoner neglected to send for his master, whom he knew to be at Burley, which is about eight miles off, and as the testimony of Gates tended to fix suspicion on him, this charge was pre ferred against him. The prisoner's employer was examined as to certain altercations which had taken place between him and the prisoner not very long before the fire ; but he deposed only to a dispute of a very commonplace kind. Mr. W. COOPER, for the defence, contended that the evidence for the prosecution was entirely consis tent with the prisoner's innocence ; that the omiseion to send for a master, who, if present, could have ren dered no aid, was not unnatural under the circum stances, and that the only suspicious fact in the con duct of the prisoner after the fire had begun—his being met by Criswell going from it—was accounted for by his desire to save the drill. The testimony of Criswell showed that the fire must have made some progress when Gates first saw it; and he would call witnesses who would prove that for a long time before, and almost up to the moment when Gates saw the prisoner, the latter had been with them at another part of the farm. A little girl, the niece of the prisoner, and a lad who works on the farm, then gave evidence which supported the statement of the Learned Counsel. Several persons of respectability also gave the pri soner a high character for good feelings and general propriety of conduct. Mr. Coucn replied. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York , March 17. Haman Cantrill, aged 34, was indicted for having, on the second day of February last, at Newholme cum-Duntley, discharged a gun at James Brown, with intent to kill and murder him. The lion. E. Phipps, the Hon. A. Liddell, and Mr. "Fravis conducted the prosecution; and Mr. Matthews appeared to defend the prisoner. On the 2 , 1 of February, about nine o'clock at night, Gne of the watchers on Lord Normanby's estate, named Waite, had his attention directed to a wood by the sound of an air gun. Shortly afterwards the re port was repeated. He then collected the keepers to gether, and they proceeded to a place where the sound appeared to come from upon which they met with a gang of poachers, when a severe conflict ensued amongst them. The poachers discharged an air gun several times at the keepers, and subsequently a common gun was fired, which wounded Brown, one of the keepers. Waite told Brown to fire, but having been wounded in the arm he was unable to raise the gun higher than his thigh, and in that position he drew the trigger. Brown was subsequently taken to a house of one of the keepers, where his wound was promptly attended to. On the following morning a man named Joseph Rhodes was found in the wood where the conflict the preceding night had taken place, much wounded, and crying out for assistance. He was taken home in the morning by Rosamond, constable of Lyth, and whilst the officer was there the prisoner went in and out three times, and on his first entrance asked Rhodes how he was. Rosamond inquired what had brought him out at such an early hour in the morning, to which he gave an evasive answer. Rhodes was sub sequently admitted Queen's evidence, when he stated that he, Cantrill, Edward Sharp, a man named George, and Nathan Gills, were in Mulgrave Woods, that they had a severe conflict with the keepers, and that Cantrill fired the first gun. The wife of the deceased was called to prove that about half-past twelve on the night of the 2.d of De cetnber, the prisoner came to her house and asked her to conceal an air gun, which she did under the floor of her bedroom. The prisoner then left. Her hus band was taken home a few hours afterwards, and he lingered till the 11th of February, when death termi nated his sufferings. After the deceased made his confession, the witness gave the gun to Mr. Wilkin son, a constable, of Whitby. William Wilkinson, high-constable of Whitby, deposed that when he searched the house of Cantrill he found a single and double-barrelled gun, a partridge and various other nets. Thomas Linskell apprehended the priF.oner at the house of Rhodes on the day following the affray, when, on being charged as one of the poachers on the night in question, he said he was at home all night with his wife, as he expected her hourly to be confined. James Smith said he was employed to remain with the prisoner in the lock-up at Whitby- on the 18th and 19th of February. Whilst there he said it was a very strange thing that they did not catch the other two poachers. It seemed to him as if they did not wish to catch them. Witness replied, perhap3 they could not. lle then said there was a report that he (the prisoner) had fired four times, when the latter acknowledged that he had. Dr. Loy, a physician at Whitby, was called to at tend Brown on the 3d of February. lle found him labouring from a severe wound in his right arm and right side. He also attended deceased. He died of mortification, which was caused by wounds he had received in his legs. - , Mr. Matthews tnen addressed the jury for the pri- He commenced by lamenting that the affray in Mulgrave Voods ever took place, and th it one man should have lost his life in the conflict. The men went into the woods for the purpose of killing pheasants, an object which was improper and unlaw ful, and one which he could not justify. It, however, was sad in the indictment that the prisoner shot at Brown with the intent of killing him, but this he hoped the jury would not believe, especially as the report of Cantrill's gun was heard twice, and, as one of the witnesses said, two dead pheasants were found in the wood the morning following the affray. It appeared that the jury were not satisfied of its being proved with what intent the gun which shot Brown had been discharged. The Learned Judge, in summing up, directed their attention to this point. They retired for some time, and on their return found the prisoner Not Guilty. The same man stood further indicted for the offence of being, with others, to the number of three, armed, and in an enclosed land, for the purpose of taking game ; and to this charge he pleaded guilty.—Sen tence deferred. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and a Special Jury.) CARTER V. HAIGH AND OTHERS. Mr. Baines, Mr. Cleasby, and Mr. Hugh Hill, were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Knowles, Mr. Mar tin, and Mr. Addison for the defendants. The plaintiff is a gentleman of considerable pro perty, residing at Knaresborough, and was formeriy the manager of a bank. The defendants are some of them manufacturers living at Bradford, and the other persons who were called in to assist in the alleged illegal act which had given rise to the present action. Before June last there was a firm existing at Lud denden Foot, near Halifax, carried on by Messrs. Sa muel and William Smith, as cotton-spinners. Among the persons who dealt with them was Mr. John Den bigh, of Bradford, and on the 4th of June, Mr. Den bigh met Mr. Samuel Smith at Halifax. A conversa tion ensued between them, and on Mr. Denbigh asking him how he was getting on, Mr. Smith said that money was scarce, that he wanted some to pay wages, and he asked Mr. Denbigh if he had any locse cash with which he could accommodate him, stating at the same time that he had some goods to sell, and that, although pressed by their banker, the firm were in a position to pay more than 20s. in the pound. Mr. Denbigh replied that he had no doubt that either he alone, or with the assistance of some friend, could advance him 1,0001. or 1,600/., if he had any goods to sell which would leave a fair profit to the purchaser. Mr. Smith stated that he had some tops and noils, and other articles, which he had no doubt would leave a profit ; and, accordingly, on Monday, the 7th of June, Mr. Denbigh and the plaintiff, who was in formed by the former that ho believed an advanta geous purchase might he made, proceeded to Ludden den Foot, where Mr. Carter bought of the Messrs. Smith a quantity of tops and noils, as well as some soap and oils, for 4161., the whole being treated as a " job lot." The plaintiff produced five bills of ex change and some small cash, when Mr. Samuel Smith said he wished to have cash. He was informed, how ever, that the bills were as good as cash, and on Mr. Denbigh consenting to put his name upon them, they were received by Mr. Smith. The goods arrived at Mr. Denbigh's warehouse at Bradford, on the Bth of June, and on the following day the defendants Haigh, Foster, and another person seized the goods, not withstanding they were warned of the consequences, they stating that they seized the goods on account of the assignees of Messrs. Smith, and that they were willing to abide by the consequences. The goods were af:erwards sold, and the proceeds not only appro priated by the assignees, but also the whole of the money due upon the bills which Mr. Smith had re ceived from the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel for the plaintiff submitted that his client had a perfect good title against the defendants, and that they had no right whatever to seize the property in question. The defendants pleaded, first, not guilty ; and, secondly, that the plaintiff was not possessed of the goods. Mr. KNOWLES addressed the jury for the defen dants, contending, in the first place, that the sale on the 7th of June was of itself an act of bankruptcy, and therefore the goods alleged to be purchased be came the property of the bankrupts' (Messrs. Smith's) assignees, as soon as those assignees were appointed ; and in the next place, that this was not a bonci fide payment in the sense in which the Legislature in tended the words bond ,ficle should be used. Mr. BAINES, in reply, submitted that the attempt made on the other side to show that his client had been a party to that which he was entirely innocent of, viz., the commission of a fraud npon the creditors of the bankrupts, had completely failed, and that therefore the jury had no other alternative but to find a verdict for the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff for 3981. 18s., the amount for which the goods were sold. March 18. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) John Lynn, 35, William Clark, 26, and Robert Douglas, 28, were indicted for having, at North Grimaton, on the 27th of December last, feloniously shot at Robert Thompson, with intent to prevent the lawful apprehension and detainer of the prisoners. Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Foster conducted the pro• secution, and Mr. Price defended the prisoners. It appeared that Thompson, a gamekeeper on the land of Henry Willoughby, Esq., together with two other men, was out at an early hour in the morning, when they heard the discharge of a gun, and went in the direction of the report. The three men at the bar came in view, and ran ; the keepers pursued them, when the prisoners turned several times firi n g off their guns, the small shot from one of which struck Thompson, but without doing him any serious injury. The prisoners were all acquitted of the charge of felony. Lynn pleaded Guilty to another indictment for night poaching.—Sentence deferred. Mr. Watson, who is one of the Queen's Counsel in the commission for this circuit, sat to-day in the magistrates' room, and tried several cases of felony. MAGISTRATES' Room. (Before Mr. W. H. WATSON, Q.C.) Thomas .Haigh and Charles Haigh were indicted for uttering a certain promissory note for 51., with intent to defraud a benefit society at Huddersfield. Mr. Hale and Mr. Boothby conducted the prose cution. The prisoners were defended by Mr. Matthews. It appeared that the benefit club was held at the Friendship Inn, at Huddersfield, and that on the Ist of December last a meeting of the club was held, at which the prisoner, Thomas Haigh, purchased his right to draw a .5/. share, but before the money could be paid, the club rules require that a promissory note, signed by the person taking the money and also by two sureties (whom the committee of the club should approve of) must be first given. The prisoner, Thomas Haigh, accordingly made his promissory note, and represented that he would procure his THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _EVEN:ING, MARCH 20, 1848. brother, Charles llaigh, of Fenton-square, Long Royd-lane, and a man named Newsome, to be sure ties, if they should be deemed sufficient by the com mittee. ..A.t first the names of the sureties were ob jected to, but ultimately it was agreed that they should be taken, and then Newsome and a perscn whom the prisoner represented to be his brother, Charles Haigh, of Fenton-square, signed the note, and the money was paid. It afterwards turned out that the Charles Haigh who had signed the note was not the prisoner's brother, but his brother-in- law, and that he resided at Lupton, the opposite side of Huddersfield to where Fenton-square is situate, and that Charles Haigh, the brother, had refused to become a surety. The prisoner, Charles Haigh, when he went to sign the note, on being asked whether he was Charles Haigh, of Fenton-square, replied that he was. Mr. MATTHEWS then addressed the jury for the prisoners, and contended that the name of Charles Haigh, of Lupton, had been mentioned at the com mittee of the club, and that the prisoner might have imagined that he would be allowed as a surety. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury retired, and returned with a verdict of Not Guilty. WESTERN CIRCUIT;—Exeter, March 18. The Commissions for the county of Devon, and the city and county of Exeter, were opened here on Thursday, by Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Baron Platt. The Learned Judges were escorted into the city by the high Sheriff; John Sillifant, Esq., and his train, with the usual formalities. Yesterday both the Learned Judges attended Divine service in the Cathedral, after which they proceeded to the Castle, and the Isusiness of the assize commenced. The cause list is unusually heavy for this county, there being thirty-one causes entered for trial in the county, and three in the city of Exeter—of these nine are to be tried by special juries. The case of the Queen on the prosecution of the Bishop of Exeter v. Latimer, the editor of the Western Times, for libel, is again entered for trial ; but as it is entered to be tried in the city, it cannot he taken until after the county venues are tried, and therefore there is a great probability of its again being made a remanet. Through the kindness of the clerk of arraigns, we have been enabled to see a calendar, and give our readers an analysis thereof; but it is worthy of re mark, that such is the parsimony of the magistrates of this county, under whose direction the calendar of the prisoners is printed, that only a sufficient number to supply themselves, the judges, and the officers of the court is allowed to be printed. The bar, the attorneys, and other persons connected with the busi ness of the court must obtain any information they require in the best way they can. We are happy to say, that this is the only county in this circuit where such a state of things exists. The number of prisoners in the calendar is 71, and the crimes charged are, for the most part, of a serious description. There are —murder, four; manslaughter, two; rape, three; unnatural, one; cutting, with intent to murder, four; concealment of birth, ] ; assault, with intent to rob, four ; burglary, eight; arson, five ; bigamy, three ; stealing from the person, three; sheep-stealing, four; night poaching, two; threatening letter, one ; sacri lege, one ; embezzlement, one ; false pretences, one ; larceny, 23. In examining the calendar to see the amount of education stated to be possessed by the prisoners, we perceive that a considerable amount of ignorance appears to prevail, showing the sympathy , between crime and ignorance ; out of 71 pri soners there is not one possessing superior edu cation, only two can read and write well, 38 can do so imperfectly, while 27 can neither read nor write ; of four there is no account. Since the calendar was printed ten more prisoners have been brought in for trial. Nothing of the slightest interest has been taken in the Nisi Prius Court up to this time (Saturday evening). March 17. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) Matthew Lowe was indicted for having, on the 14th of June last, at Devonport, stolen a gold cross, set with diamonds, value 501., the property of Jane West. Mr. Slade conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Bird de fended the prisoner. It appeared by the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecutor, that the prisoner had formerly been a footman in the service of the father of the prosecutrix, Admiral Sir John West, who was in June last Port Admiral at Plymouth. On the 14th of that month a ball was given by Sir John West, at the Admiralty house at Devonport, at which the prosecutrix, Miss Jane West, wore a diamond cross, and during the ball she missed the cross, and,although the servants sought for it during the ball, and a minute search was made afterwards, it could not be found. The prisoner, who it appears bore an excellent character, and conducted himself with great propriety whilst at Sir John West's, afterwards left his service, and was not heard of until the Superintendent of the Manchester Police arrested him, he having bad information that some one was offering diamonds for sale at a jeweller's, and on going to the shop he thought that there was something suspicious about the circumstance, and arrested him. The prisoner at first told a story of having purchased the diamonds, but he afterwards said that the truth was, he had been a servant of Ad miral Welsh, and at a ball at his house had found a diamond cross, and the diamonds he was endeavouring to sell formed part of the cross which he had found. Mr. I3eswick, who had known him for fourteen years, also gave him an excellent character. The jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for six months. NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Carnarvon,2llarch 17. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) MALICIOUS STABBING.—MichaeI O'Donnel was charged with wilfully and maliciously cutting and stabbing Ilenry:Jones, in the parish of Llanllechid, on the 22d of January last. Messrs. Townshend and Egerton conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Welsby. The prosecutor proved that he was working on the railway, near Bangor, when he had a slight dispute with the prisoner concerning a spade, the result of which was, that both men were discharged from their employment. In an hour or so afterwards the prose cutor crossed the river Ogwen, and proceeded in the direction of Taly bout. As he was passing along he felt a stab. Turned round on receiving the wound, and perceived the prisoner. Had not heard any one approach, in consequence of the noise made by the water. A man named Thomas Jones found the prosecutor in a weak and bleeding state on the banks of the river Ogwen ; and another, named Pierse, who was called to assist in carrying the prosecutor, gave similar evidence. The police-officers deposed to finding a knife on the person of the prisoner. He said, on being appre hended, " Well, if I have done so, I must suffer for it." The knife was a common cheese blade. The surgical evidence proved that the wound inflicted was on the left side of the chest, on the fifth rib. The point of the knife had met with an obstruction in the rib. Had the blow been aimed a little lower, the steel must have passed between the fifth and sixth ribs, and instant death would have ensued. The blow appeared to have been struck from behind. The prosecutor fully identified the prisoner as the party who had struck him. Mr. WELszy addressed the jury for the prisoner, and called evidence to prove that he was of quiet and peaceable habits. The JUDGE summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy, on account of previous good character. Sentence, to be tr anspor t e d f or t en y ears . DOE DEM ETANB V. LLOYD. This was a sp ec i a l jury case. The pleadings were opened by Mr. Ed war d s, an d th e f ac t s s t a t e d by Mr. Welsby for the plaintiff. The action was an eject ment to recover property, part of an estate at Llan Llysfaen, in the counties of Carnarvon and Denbigh. Verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A SWELL MOBSMAN. CAUTION TO OMNIBUS TEAVELLEItS.—On Saturday a well-dressed young man, named Ed war d Ginger, well known to th e pik e as a n assoc i ate o f t hi eves , an d w h o h as b een several times i n custo d y, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with having picked the pocket of a lady named Stringle of 201. in notes, on Satur day week. Mr. Robinson defended the prisoner. Miss Stringle stated that she resided at No. 1, Manchester-buildi ngs , and on Saturday last, about one o'clock, having been to the Bank, to receive a dividend, she placed it i n a pocket-book in her pocket, and got into a Ch e l sea o mnibus in Cheapside. In Fleet-street the prisoner also got into the omnibus, and sat near to her ; he had a loose coat or cloak on, and kept very close to her—unnecessarily so, she thought. lle got out at A ga r-street, andimmedi ately after West, a constable, asked if any one had lost any money. There were only two other passen gers, who sat at th e ot h er en d o f the omnibus. Wit ness felt in her pocket, and on taking out her pocket bo9k found it open, and found:the notes removed. Cross-examined—The prisoner sat very close to her, and she felt f or h er purse while sitting next to him, but findi ng th a t sa f e s h e took no further notice until spoken to by the police. She could not swear that the prisoner had a cloak, or a loose coat. What ever it was it was sufficient to cover her knees when he was sitting so close. No other person was sitting near her all the time. Mr. Robinson then asked her whether she thought it possible for any one to take the pocket-book from her pocket, and, after extracting the money, replace it ? Witness—l certainly did not think it possible to be done, but done it was. Mr. HENRY—Then I assure you it is quite pos sible to do such a thing, for there are hundreds of men in London who could do it without your having the slightest notion of it. Mr. HENRY asked the prisoner whether he refused to give his address, as he had done on a former occa•• sion. The prisoner replied if it was absolutely necessary he would. He resided at No. 48, Penton street, and Ind done so for three years. Mr. HENRY inquired whether he was known ? West said he was in custody at this court six years ago on suspicion, and he believed he was known to many other officers. Sjrjeant Thompson said he had heard that he had three months' imprisonment for something he had done at Chester races. He was informed of this by Stowell, the informer. Mr. LIENRY 4esired that Stowell might be ordered to attend and give evidence of this fact on Tuesday next. It seems that West had watched the prisoner, knowing his character, and took him into custody almost instantly after he had quitted the omnibus, but in the meantime he had contrived to get rid of the money. The prisoner was remanded until Tuesday next. JOSEPH ADY.-Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post office, applied to Mr. Henry for a warrant to appre hend Joseph Ady. It will be recollected that he was convicted some time since at this cou:t, and ordered to pay for the postage of certain unpaid letters to the amount of upwards of 16/. He promised to pay, if allowed time ; but, not having made his appearance at Mr. Peacock's, an execution was issued against his goods ; but on attempting to levy this, Joseph produced a receipt, signed by his sister, proving that the property had all been assigned over to her. Under these circumstances, Mr. Peacock now attended to obtain a warrant against his body, in order, if pos sible, to break him of his cacoethes scribendi, for he was still carrying on his business as briskly as ever, and innumerable letters from him passed through the Post•othce daily. Mr. HENRY said he would put the law in force to the utmost extent to stop him, and ordered that the warrant shouli be issued immediately. MAIZ YLEBONE. KINDNESS ILL-REQ,UITED.—On Saturday, Mary Robertson, possessing any thing but a " chiseled face," was placed at the bar on a charge of having robbed Mrs. Brown, a lodger in the house of Mr. Taylor, Paddington-green. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Brown, that she had been out on the previous evening making some purchases, and on her way home she was ap pealed to by the prisoner in the most pathetic terms, describing herself and family in a state of the most deplorable destitution, without having partaken of the least particle of food for the preceding twenty-four hours. Mrs. Brown, humanely feeling compassion for her unfortunate lot, took her to her lodgings, and there supplied her with food and drink. The com plainant, feeling exceedingly tired after a long day's walk, lay down to rest herself, and soon fell fast asleep, but was after a short space of time roused up by the landlord, who had stopped the prisoner endea vouring to make her escape by the front door, and whose appearance had excited his suspicion. On her was found 7121 yards of silk, a victorine, and several other articles of female costunterie, which on examina tion proved to be the property of Mrs. Brown. It appeared, from the statement of several con stables, that the prisoner was an old offender, and time being requisite to inquire into the particulars of the case, the prisoner was remanded until next Friday. A cadaverous ill-looking customer, by name John Harvey, was next placed at the bar, charged with having committed a most audacious robbery, the cir cumstances connected with which are as follows : About a month ago Mr. Allen, of Houndsditch, sent the prisoner to purchase some grains for him, having given him five half- crowns for that purpose ; but the prisoner never returned. After a long search he was captured by 158 D, and was recognised by several constables as having been, for a length of time past, connected with a gang of thieves. The prisoner, notwithstanding his repeated repub lican cries of " Vive la liberte !" was immediately committed for trial. LAMB E Til. THE CHARTIST RIOTS AND ROBBERIES ON MON DAY.—On Saturday Mr. Humphreys attended before Mr. Norton, with Mr. Thomas Gray, the pawn broker, in Southampton-street, Camberwell, whose house had been sacked by the mob on Monday last, for the purpose of entering into recognizances to prosecute the plunderers, and complying with other forms required by the statute, preparatory to pro ceeding against the treasurer of the county of Surrey to make good the injuries which he had sustained. Mr. Humphreys exhibited the required information in writing, which set forth the particulars already reported. Mr. NORTON, in reply to a suggestion of Mr. Humphreys, said he had not the slightest doubt that, on a proper representation to the Home-office, the Government would prosecute the offenders. Mr. Gray was then bound over in a recognizance of 401. to prosecute the offenders at the forthcoming session at the Central Criminal Court. GAMBLING IN COFFEE.qIIOPS.—George Cundy, the keeper of the coffee-shop, No. 29, Waterloo-road, ap peared to answer to a summons charging him with permitting gambling in his house. It appeared by the evidence that between the hours of one and two o'clock on Sunday last two constables entered the house of the defendant, and found a num ber of juveniles, from fourteen to fifteen years of age, seated round a table, on which there were a number of chalk marks. Just as the officers were entering one of the party said, " They are heads—l have won," and two others said they had lost twopence each. Mr. NORTON observed that it was quite time that some enactment was passed to place the coffee-shops on the same footing with public-houses with respect to their hours of closing, particularly on the Saturday night. At present, all the bad characters, after being turned out of the public-houses, flocked into the coffee- shops, and were kept there the whole of the night. 'With respect to the present complaint, he had some doubt whether the gambling had been carried on with the knowledge of the defendant or his niece, who conducted the business, and therefore he would give him the benefit of the doubt ; but if he were brought there again under similar circumstances, he (Mr. Norton) should not have the slightest hesitation in convicting him in the highest penalty the law per mitted. CLERKENWELL. THE LOVES OF MR. DOBSON AND MISS CROWE OX, THE HASTY WEDDING.—The defendant in this case, Mr. James Dobson, was a young gent, smartly attired, carrying on the business of a barber, in the neighbourhood of St. Pancras-road, and the plaintiff, Miss Crowe, a maiden lady, little more than sweet seventeen, pursuing the tasteful and interesting voca tion of an artificial flower• maker, in the vicinity of Somer's-town. It appears some time ago Miss Crowe was in the habit of passing the defendant's shop, when he happened to be standing at the door, and whether she was struck by the appearance of Mr. Dobson's head or not, it was quite evident that she was struck by something peculiar about him, which led to fre quent meetings, fond salutes and embraces, and visits to the Grecian, Albert, and other saloons, to revel in music ani rum and water. Mr. Dobson whispered lovingly into her ear, swore that he loved her better than ever woman was loved, and the result was the birth of a baby, a fine boy, who was produced in the court. The corroborative evidence was in attendance, but the defendant stopped the proceedings, and said, with an air of indifference, " I have no objec tion to marry Miss Crowe if she will have me ; I always loved her."—(Great laughter.) Miss Crowe looked up at him, and shed tears, and from her manner it was quite evident she was willing to take him " for better for worm." The MAGISTRATE also seemed glad to have been saved the trouble of adjudicating on the matter, and asked Miss Crowe if she was willing in future to love, honour, and obey Mr.Dobson, as her lawful and wedded husband ? She simpered " Yes, your worship." MAGISTRATE—I shall let the summons stand over for one month, to see if you faithfully and legally perform your promise. Make Miss Crowe Mrs. Dobson, then come here, and I shall dismiss the summons. The parties then left the court in joyful anticipa tion of a wedding. HAMMERSMITH. Tan Two POETES ; OR, THE SOFTER SEX..—A SPECIMEN. Saturday two well-dressed young women, named Mary Eleanor Poetes, 35 years of age, and Elizabeth Eleanor Poetes, '27 years of f daughters of Captain James Poetes, R.N., Mr. T. Po mona-place, Fulham, were brought up having threatened o the life of their father. The gallant captain deposed that the defendants were his daughters. For a length of time they had been a continual trouble and annoyance to him. On the night of Tuesday last they returned home about half-past ten o'clock, very drunk. He sent them to bed, but on the defendants getting to the top of the staircase Mary threw her candlestick down stairs with great violence, and declared, with much vehemence, that neither witness nor any member of the family should be alive by ten o'clock the next day. They had for a long time been in the constant habit of getting drunk, and although he had often put them on " sho , t commons" for money, it had no effect on them, for they pawned all their clothes, and he had to rig them out afresh. He had in January last taken out sum monsei against them for similar conduct, but they promised to reform if he would not proceed with the summonses. Their promise was, however, all " moon shine," and he was, therefore, compelled now, for his own safety and that of his wife and family, to re• quire them to be bound over. The defendants, who continually interrupted their father's statement by loud sobs and cries of " Oh, dear pa, pray forgive us! Oh, pray forgive us !" " Only try us once more, dear pa !" were then called upon by the magistrate for their defence. They declared that they had not the slightest recol lection of having used the threats mentioned, but that if they did they were very sorry, and were quite sure that they did not mean them. Mr. PAyNrEe, told the defendants that they had been guilty of most disgraceful conduct, for which he should certainly hold them to bail, but in the hope that this would be a warning to them both, and that they would conduct themselves better in future, he would fix the time at fourteen days only. The defendants were then orilerecto be bound, each in their own recognizance of 401., and to find sureties in 201. each, to be of good behaviour for four teen days. Not being able to produce the sureties, they were, to their:greatiastoniahment, removed in the police-van to the Westminster Bridewell, FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basieghall•street. . .. J. F. Cork, Turnham-green, coach builder, April 10, at twelve—N. Mackenzie, Newgate-street, fringe manu facturer, April 10, at half-past eleven—J. B. Crampern, Wharf-road, City-basin, City-road, coal merchant, April 1. at twelve. In the Country. J. B .ynon, Swansea, iron merchant, April 20, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Tite, Netherbury, Dor setahire, flarc, spinner, April 13, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. Parker, Blackburn, Lancashire, grocer, April 4, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—J. Wright, Wheelton,;Lancashire, calico printer, April 12, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Stevenson, Sheffield, auc tioneer, April 8, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield R. Newboult, East Retford, draper, April 8, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield—W. Astill, Lenton, Notting hamshire, ironmonger, April 8, at ten, at the Council hall, Sheffield—J. White, Shrewsbury, auctioneer, April 15, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—W. Warden, Birmingham, corn agent, April 12, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Bothaws, Nottingham, licensed vic tualler, April 7, at eleven, at the Exchange Rooms, Not tingham.' PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. IL Griffiths, Chelford, Cheshire, innkeeper, 10d., on Tuesday, March 21, and every following Tuesday, be tween the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. T. Hutchins, Manchester, coach proprietor, 4s. 70., on Tuesday, March 21, and every following Tuesday, be tween the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hob son, Manchester. • _ _ L. Munier, Leicester-street, Leicester square, hotel keeper, 2s. 7d., on Saturday, March 18, and two fol lowing Saturdays, between the hours of elevel and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. _ _ W. Coppen, Norwood, Surrey, grocer and cheese monger, Is., on Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. A. G. Robinson, Leicester, woolstapler, 4d., on Satur day, March 18, and every alternate Saturday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittle ston, Nottingham. J. L. Aldridge, Coventry, brewer and mister, 3s. 9d., on Fridays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of t:r. Whitmore, Birmingham. J. Jordan, Coventry, brewer and maltster, 205., on Fridays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the of dr. Whitmore, Birmingham. J. Jordan, J. White, and J. L. Aldridge, Coventry, brewers and maltsters, 2s , on Friday's, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Bir mingham: • J. Austen, Devonport, draper, 6id., any day after March 21, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernawan, Exeter. L. Alexander and W. Bardgett, Old Broad-street, City, merchants, 24. 2d., on Saturday, March 18, or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Ba singliall-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. H. Tweedie, Wandsworth, bookseller and school mistress, April 10, at half-past one—W. E. Manby, Strand, oil and Italian warehouseman, April 10, at half past twelve—J. Laxton, Rickens.nsworth, Hertfordshire, coal merchant and wharlnger, April 7, at two—L. Alex ander and W. Bardgett, Old Broad-street, City, mer chants, April 8, at one—R. Foxley, Herne, Kent, brick maker, April 8, at one—W. Burr, Hillingdon, Middlesex, miller arid commission agent, April 7, at eleven—J. D. Collard, College-street, Chelsea, slater, April 7, at twelve—W. Fly and DJ 0. Matheson, Swaffham, Nor folk, railway contractors and builders, April 7, at one. In the Country. G. C. Holland, Worksop, banker, April 15, at ten, at the Court, Sheffield—W. Day, Axbridge, Somersetshire, farmer, April 13, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Moseley, Neath, Glamorganshire, watchmaker and li censed victualler, April 11, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Wright, Pendleton, Lancashire, dyer, April 10, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—H. W. Lake, Liverpool, commission merchant, April 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Abram, Liverpool, wine mer chaat, April 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—E. Hopwood, Birmingham coach spring maker, April 25, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—E. Gough, Wew, Shropshire, druggist, April 11, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Matthews, Shrewsbury, millwright and provision dealer, April 25, at eleven, at the Court, Bir mingham—J. Gadsby, Coventry, wine and spirit mer chant, April 18, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham— C. J. Mason, Fenton, Staffordshire Potteries, china and earthenware manufacturer, April 18, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—W. Walford, Bridgewater, Sower setshire, tailor, April 20, at one, at the Court, Exeter— R. Ambrose, Plymouth, builder, April 20, at one, at the Court, Exeter—G. 1). Ewens, Axminster, Devonshire, butter merchant, April 20, at one, at the Court, Exeter— C. P. Fox, Torquay, Devonshire, surgeon dentist, April 20, at one, at the Court, Exeter. Court of Review, April 7. _ _ T. Orpwood, Bear-street, Leicester-square, coach currier—C. Groam, Painswick, Gloucestershire, scri vener—R. N. Reeve, Clerkenwell-green, licensed vic tualler—J. Morrison, Cheapside, tailor—S. Dethick and 'l'. R. Kay, Newton-heath, Lancashire, brewers anti millers —W. Sheppard, Manchester, wine and spirit dealer—A. P. Owen, Aylesbury, surgeon—R. Chaplin, Weathcrsfield, Essex, straw plait dealer—N. Bishop, jun., Iloniton, Devonshire, victualler—W. Pineger, llighwortb, Wiltshire, innkeeper—G. Clarke. Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, carpet manufacturer—W. A. Mearns, Clapham, brewer, I. N. Pearce, Liverpool, stationer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Wood, Wavcrtree, and 0. Huges, West Derby, Lancashire, brieklavers and builders—Elizabeth Mose dale and Alice Lowe, Macclesfield, Cheshire, milliners and dress makers—J. Egginton and S. Wood, jewellers —J. Redfern and B. Tebbit, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, linendrapers—E. Dittos and W. 11. Winch, Cranbrouk, Kent, cabinet makers and furniture brokers—J. Tyso and C. Tyso, Wallingford, Berkshire, florists —Sarah Richardson and J. Richardson, 'Manchester, hat ra tnufacturers—S. B. Wulcot and T. Davies, Liverpool, grocers—C. J. Geldard and C. Ingleby, Settle, Yorkshire, attorneys and solicitors—l. Isaacs, IL F. Isaacs, and L. Isaacs (as far as regards 11. F. Isaacs), Phils-buildings, Houndsditch, proprietor s o f a c l ot h es mart—ll. B. Iligginson, T. Cardwell, and J. Parsons (as far as regards 11. B. Higginson), Bombay, in the East Indies, commission merchants—C. Reade and E. Searle, Birkenhead, Cheshire, attorneys and solicitors— R. Clark, jun., and J. L. Towne, Portsmouth, provision and general agents—D. Thorpe and J. Atkins, Reading, Berkshire, linendrapers—J. Henderson, J. Richarby, N. Berwick, J. Stewart, Jas. Stewart, and I. Whitworth (as far as regards J. Henderson and J. Stewart), Hip perholme, Yorkshire, railway contractors and exca vators. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Thomas, St. Ives, boot and shoe maker. William Robbins, Bath. James flosking, Church village, Cornwall, blacksmith. Charles Senior, Rashcliffe, Yorkshire, tkrumb puller. Jonas Binna, Fartown, Yorkshire, schoolmaster. William Ainsworth Jump, Wharton-green, Cheshire, salt agent. Joseph Lane, Church field Cottage, Worcestershire, horse dealer. James Peters, Birkenhead, Cheshire, tavern keeper. Thomas Briggs, Birkenhead, Cheshire, provision dealer. Richard Campion, Chester, gardener. Joseph Hill, Wade's Farm, Gloucestershire. William Goodall, Manchester, musician. James Riddington, Lubenham, Leicestershire, gardener. George Cartwright, Scuphol-ne, Lincolnshire, labourer. James Mitchell, Manchester, spindle and fly maker. Samuel Appleton, Manchester, hat manufacturer. John Drake, Newton Holman, Norfolk, fruit dealer. John Clemens, Truro, Cornwall, stonemason. John Smith, Almondbury, Yorkshire, railway time keeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. 1). M'Lellan and 1). Stevenson, Glasgow, merchants and warehousemen, to meet within the Waverly Tavern, Glasgow, March 22 and April 12, a t one . A. MQueen and J. Robertson, Glasgow, tin plate merchants, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, March 21 and April 11, at twelve. M. Barr, Paisley, draper, to meet within the Sara cen's Head Inn, Paisley, March 22 and April 12, at two. R. Clark, West Polder, farmer, to meet within Kin ross's Inn, Dunblane, March 22 and April 12, at one. T. Thompson, Linlithgow, baker, to meet within the Star and Garter Hotel, Linlithgow, March 24 and April 14, at two. M. Deaq, Broughty-ferry, Wright and cabiaet maker, to meet within the Royal Hotel, Dundee, March 25 and April 17, at one. _ _ _ G. Jameson, Kirbirnie, Ayrshire, flax spinner, to meet within the Saracen's Head Inn, Beith, Ayrshire, March 27 and April 17, at three. A. Cree, Glasgow, upholsterer, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, March 23 and April 13, at twelve. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —DROPSY.—ANOTHER VERY SEVERE CASE CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.-Mr... Martha James, of Newport, between forty and fifty years of ago, was in a mo , t awful dropsical state, the lower extremities bemg dreadfully swollen, arising in a great measure from inattention to herself at this par ticular period of life, when, almost too late, she applied to different medical men, and also became an inmate of two hospitals, but at the several places who re s h e sought relief she was pronounced incurable; fortunately, on her return home, she was persuaded to try H o ll oway ' s Pills, and by their use, with strict attention to diet, in a few weeks she was restored to perfect health. Sul ,1 by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish ment, 244, Strand, London. 4'4 1 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS j LIVERPOOL, Manc - a 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.— Little business was done in to-dr C market, which did not vary in its features from those of last few days, being extremely dull. The sales are-10 chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, %, Midland, New Halves ' 5% c.—North Bristiah, Thirds, 1% dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 1 4 dis c—Soi att, Eastern and Dover, No. 1,9% dis. ex div.—Ditto, No. 4, OA dis. c. 1 i MANCHESTER, MARCH 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, Pict Gs j a dis.—Ga, , gow and Dumfries, 6 ljg Huddersfield sad Manchester, Thirds, 2 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire ( Wel t Riding Union), 3 7.16 dis.—London and South-Westerp 4Nel f Scrip, Thirde, 1 4 3 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, aid Li nab' shire, Eighths, 4 I/ 2 dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 13-16. ale' South-Eastern and Dover, 23—Ditto, No 4,3% LEEDS, MAkcit 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lance shire, NI; 7dis.—Ditto, Quarters. 365. 3d. die.—Great No rther*, 1 3 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding U pion), n. dis.—Leeds and Thirak, 21 dis. t , itto, New, 134 ous" North British, Thirds, 1% dis.—Northern Counties nu"' 3/. 18s. dis. BIRMINGHAM, MAften 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—As usual on Saturdays, littl,e business was transacted, and no special list of prices was published' The only sales we heard of were—Midland Stock, 994" North British Extension, 30 dis.—Ambergate, Nett and Boston, 2/ 4 dis. BRISTOL, MARCH 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was still very , tat, and prices receding. The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, dis.—Caledonians, 29—Great Western, Quarters , % dts• —Midland, 501. Shares, 5% dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MARCH IS. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Mancheatter,• Shit field, and Lincolnshire, 101. Preference, 3 p.—Newc•~ap tla and Carlisle, 100—North British, Thirds, 295. dis. (ADVERTISEMENT.) REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GEMEAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Presented at the Annual General Meeting , held at the .... Society's Other, on Thursday, March 2d, 184 .8. Havieg, at the meeting held in January, 184 7, pre' sented to the proprietors and assured a very full r kccount of the society's affairs, your directors have but bade to communicate on the present occasion. It may, however, be satisfactory to those now easels bled to learn, that, notwithstanding the increased slid active competition arising from the yearly establish meat of many new liCe assurance offices, the business txf this society still continues to advance. In proof of this, it will be sufficient to state tb.e lowing facts:— I. The number of policies granted on the lives of clergymen, a class of persons generally diatinguis bed for longevity, has been greater during the year endin `June 30th last (the period comprehended in this report) than in any one year since the commencement of this society 11. The society's income, which was 116,3821. in the year ending June 30th, 1846, amounted to 122,9081. in the year ending June 30th, 1847. M. The number of new policies issued wit'kia the year has been 513, and the amount assured thereby 287,079/. Being an increase, both in the number of policies and in the sum assured, over those of any pre ceding year. In conclusion, the directors are happy to inform the proprietors, that the society has not in any degree suf tered from the great mortality which has prevailed of late throughout the kingdom, tie claims, both in the course of the year ending Juue 30, 1847, and also within the six months ending with December last, not having equalled either in number or amount those of preceding years. Tables of rates and forms of proposal can be obtained of any of the society's agents, or by addressing a letter to G. 11. Pinckard, Resident Secretary, Office, No. 99, Great Russell -street, Bloomsbury. FOREIGN FUNDS. AUSTIt [AN FUNDS.—FtstiNA, MAZCa 11. 5 per Cent. Metalliques• •• • • .. •••• • • • SE 4 per Cent. ditto. •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 71 3 per Cent. ditto• •• • ..... •••••••• • • • • • • • 44 Loan, 1834 136 Ditto, 1839 • • • • ...• 93 Bank Shares • • .. • • •• .• •• • • .• .• • • • • • • • •1224 Esterharr ' s Lean •••• • • .. • • • .• • • • • •• • • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... . 93 Vienna—Milan ............ Leghorn • • • • • • ••• • • • • • •• • • Peath • ....... ........ Sienna . . • .• • • .... • • Groaetto .• • • •• .. •• • • •• • • • Oldenburg Pestoja „ „ Pesth Bridge .. • • ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Apenninen •• •• •••••••• .• • • • • •• •••• •• •• ............ bid 6! 11A.MBURGrE 80R5EN11.1.1.1.15, Maim 14. Bills. Meng. Austrian b per Cents ............... _ Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • • • •• .. .. .. .. — Anglo-Russian Loan •• • • — Russian 5 per Cent., Banal). Certificate ss3 88 Ditto Ist sericslnscription.. ...• —.. •• Ditto, flops and C0.,3d and 4th series • Ditto, in Certificate.... • • • • — New 4 per Cent., Repo and Co. •• •• • • Ditto Stieglitz .• • • •• • • • • .. — Spanish New b per Cent.• •• • •• 8 8 Ditto 3 per Cent .• • • • • • . — Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••••• •• •• •• Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844, Anglo-Danish Lean, 3 per Cent •• •• •• 71 National Bank Shares.: • ."•=7•• BELGIAN FUNDS.—Barsszas, Drawn 14. Actual Debt, 2 36 per Cent ...... Rothschtld's Loan, Fire per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• .. Ditto Three per Cent • • • • • • • • •• • . Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • .... Ditto, ditto,lB44 • • .• • • • • .• • • ...... 4934 1842..................6854 •• • . 643` Ditto, 1844... •• •• •• •..• •• •• 643` Ditto, 1836....• .. • . • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto, 1838......................... Ditto of the City, 1832 • • • • .• • • .• .• Ditto, 1843 ••••••••• • • • • • •• •• ~.. Bank of Belglarn•. •• •• ••••••.••• • • •• •• —Brussels Papers. March 14. DUILI FUNDS.—AximsaDAM, IMAICU 14. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •• ••••• • • • • 48% 463 Ditto, 2 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 60% 61 3( Ditto, 4 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 65% 67% Amort Syndic, 434 per Cent...—. •• • • 65% 673 L Commercial Company, 434 per Cent • • 131% 134% East India Loan, 4 per Cent......... Exchange on London, at sight ...... • • 11 40 Two months.— ...... • 11 7s On Hamburgh, at sight .. .• 34 46 Two m0nth5......... •• •• • . 34 Oa Paris • 66 Two months. •••••••• .• • • .. 0 65 5 6 PRUSSIAN YUNDS.—BsAL IN, Mama 16. Bills. Money. St.Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent • •• ••••• • • • 82% Pruss.English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • • Foreign Exchanges • ••••••.•• • •• • • Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Menthe 6 2834 HER MAJESTY'S THEATRB.:-The Queen's box was on Saturday evening occupied by the Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington, Mrs. Drummond, and Col.fand Miss Damen In her Majesty the Queen Dowager's box were the Countess of St. Germaina, Lady Cowley, and party. Amongst the company were the Duke of Wel lington, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Clanriearde, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marchioness (Dowager) of Sligo. the Duke and Duchess of Leeds, the Prince Louis Napoleon, his Exedlency the Russian Minister, Baroness Brunnow, and Mdlle. Oiga de Lechner, his Excellency the► Swedish Minister, the Earl of Fortescue, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Munster, the Countess of Cardo gan, the Earl of Aboyno, the Countess Dowager of Essex, the Countess of I3lessington, and the Misses Power, Ludy W. Poulett, Lady Louisa Ramsey, Lady Williams, Lady Fremantle, Lady Woodford, Lady Bar ing, Lady Atkinson, the Count de Barke, the Hon. R. Lindsay, the Hon. R. Curzon, the Count d'Orsay, M. C. Kondiraffsky, Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., Sir G. Armi tage, Bart., Sir R. and Lady Howard, Sir George Wombwell, Sir A. Woodford, the Hon. Mrs. Dawson Da►ner, Mr. and Mrs. and Miss B. Trelawney, Mrs. Brinbridge, Mr. Williams, Mr. Moore, Mr. Thelluson, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. W. Rose, Mrs. Packe Reading, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, Captain Booth, Mr. Montague Gore, Captain Reynolds, Mr. D. L. Ashley, Mr.Broadley, M.P., Miss Bathurst. _ f THE MURDERERS OF DEJARRIER.—The Droit gives the following details as to the manner in which M. Beauvallon and M. D'Ecquevilley made their escape from prison :—" On Friday, the 25th ult., at about 12 o'clock, M. Bourbonne, D'Ecquevilley's brother-in-law, went to the Conciergerie with a Termission to visit the two prisoners. After they and another prisoner were brought out, they entreated the National Guards on duty to sign a request that they should be set at liberty. Many of the guards refused to sign, because they were not condemned for political offences. The prisoners were importunate, affirming that they had no intention to fly, but meant only to go and support the (rause of the people. D'Ecquevilley added that his wife was at the point of death, and that his only wish was to be at liberty long enough to go and close her eyes. To in crease the interest in his favour, he showed II cross which he said Cieneral Prim had sent him since his con finement. Yielding to these instances, some of the officers in command of the post gave their signatures, and the rest did the same. Upon this, a captain and two other officers of the 7th Legion went to the Prefec ture of Police and procured the order for the discharge of the two prisoners." RI RTES. On the 14th inst., at West Rownton Rectory, Yorkshire, the wife of Captain Henry Buckley J. Wynyard, of a son. Qn the 15th inst., at Kensington, the lady of Thomas Tilleard, Esq., of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Hammersmith, the wife of Mr. F. Lambert, of a still-born child. On the 15th inst., at St. Ann's: Villa, Notting-hill, Mrs. Isaac James, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Casteluau Vi'tam, Barnes, the wife of Mr. Richard Stonnill, of a son. On the 16th inst., at Earl's-terrace, Kensington, the wife of Edward Bladon, Esq., of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Bayswater-terrace, Mrs. Charles Andrews, of a son. MARRIED. On the 16th inat , at Marylebone Church, hue Wykeham Dickenson, Esq., of Newry, Ireland, to Caroline Barker, youngest daughter of tke late G. Barker, Egg., of Springfield. DIED. On the 8d of January last, at Surinam, Theodore John Burchman, Esq. On the 10th inst., at Charlton, near Dover, Joshua Platt, Esq., aged 84. On the 15th inst., at Sandleford Priory, Newbury, Anne, wife of W. Chatteris, On the 16th inst., at Dudley-place, Paddington-green, Mrs. Shepherd, aged G 9. On the 16th inst., in Great Stanhope-street, Sir Richard Hunter, Knight, M.D., aged 65. On the lith inst., Mr. John Griffiths, proprietor of the Cross Keys, St. John-street, London, aged 41. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, &rand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill the countx .of Middlesex, Monday, March 20, IE4B, T' ins the Q, held a