The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-11 00:00:00

DEMERARA RAILWAY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the share holders of the Demerara Railway Company took place yesterday, pursuant to the Act of Incorporation, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, and for the transacting of the general business of the cempany. MICHAEL M'CimenT, Esq., the chairman of the •ompany, took the chair at one o'clock, and the usual routine business having been gone through, The SECRETARY read the following report : " The directors have to call upon the proprietary body, assembled at this general meeting, for their most serious consideration of the present position of this company. "It will be seen by the annexed statement of ac counts, made up to the 30th ultimo, that while there are existing and pressing liabilities to the extent of 36,301/. sa. 4d., the sum reoeived upon calls falls short of the amount payable thereon by 35,3121 10a., and that there are no immediate funds available to carry on the works. " Every exertion has been made by the directors to collect the arrears. In addition to urgent appeals made to those shareholders who, having been regular in their earlier payments, have since neglected to meet their calls, suits have been instituted against the defaulters of the longest standing, while the shares of others, who, it was ascertained, had not the means of paying , have been subjected to forfeiture. Of this latter class 570 shares have been absolutely forfeited ; and with regard to 790 other shares, on which notices of forfeiture have been given, the directors still reserve to themselves the option of proceeding at law. " Of the suits which were instituted, several produced the desired results, and in others judgments have been recovered ; bat the directors have abstained from acting on those judgments from the present inability of the parties to meet them, and the hope that by indulgence the money would be forthcoming. " The directors, in their last report, apprized the shareholders that they had been obliged, from a deficiency of funds, to suspend, in a great measure, active operations upon the works ; and a continu ance if that cause, arising from the nonpayment of the calls, has so retarded the progress of the line, that it has not yet advanced beyond Plaisance, a distance of five miles from George Town. That point has now, however, been reached, and instructions were lately sent out to the engineer to work this section of the line, if it could be advantageously accomplished. The progress of all the other works has, of necessity, been absolutely suspended, and the result of this day's meeting must decide, whether the project is to be abandoned, and a sacrifice made of all the capital (126,6ea1. 1 Is. ad.) which has been expended upon it ; or whether, by a cordial co-operation on the part of the shareholders with the directors, the undertaking may be yet brought to a speedy and prosperous termination. " One means which has presented itself to the direc tors of assisting the undertaking in its present diffieul • ties, is that of which notice is given in the advertisement convening the present meeting ; viz., the reduction of the capital of the company, from 250,0001. to 175,0001. The details of this measure will be more properly consi dered at a subsequent part of this day's proceedings ; but it is expedient now to state, that the immediate object which the directors have in view in this proposal, is to put tho company in a position to borrow money upon the security of the railway works, a power which they do not possess at present, as one-half of the existing capital is not, as required by law, paid up; whereas the borrowing powers of the company would come into immediate operation if the capital were reduced to 175,000/, more than one-half of that sum (viz., 80,637/. los.) having been actually collected from calls. :It has been fully ascertained that the lesser =mat of capital would enable the directors to corn- 'dew the line. " The shareholders are aware that the directors have been in negotiation with her Majesty's Government for a loan. Their endeavours in this respect have unfortunately proved abortive for immediate purposes; but it may be brkfly stated, that although no direct promise of pecuniary assistance was actually given by the Government, the result frequent communications with the authorities at the Colonial• office had led the directors to entertain a confident belief that advantage would be taken of the passing of the West India Half-Million Loan Act to ensure to this company a definite portion of that fund; and it wa3 only at the eleventh hour, after Parliament had separated, that a letter was received from Earl Grey, referring the matter altogether to the decision of the Combined Court of British Guiana. "A copy of this letter is appended, and it will be ob served that his Lordship expresses his opinion, that the pronswi,m of this undertaking would be a very proper purpose to which to apply a part of the money which the Combine,: Court may decide upcu raising, under the gua rantee of Pzrliament.' " The directors have no reason to doubt that if, on the re- asSembling"of the Combined Court (whose sittings have been temporarily suspended owing to same differ ences 7::th the Colonial Department), the claims of this company to participate in the loan to be raised under the Act referred to. were brought before the Combined Court, they would ba readily and ihyourably entertained; &ad at the sarno time their assent will doubtless be given to the leg - :slative guarantee of six per cent. upon the czpitsl expended—the principle of that measure having already received the sanction of the Court of Policy. "Shout-1 the shareholders cJusider it advisable to pursue the coursa here adverted to, the question will arise, How, in the meantime, is the company to be carried on, and the property protected from the claims of the creditors ? The liabilities are immediate and heavy, and cannot be further postponed ; and the directors can see no way of meeting them, but by the prompt, resolute, and combined exertions of the shareholders themselves. If all those who are now in default. but 'able- to meet their calls, will forthwith pay up their arrears, and if the remainder of the calls to the extent of the reduced capital be punc teal!), met, the directors feel confident that—with the money which they will be enabled to borrow on the security of the works, to make good any deficiency in tho collection of the arrears on the part of those who are adtuaily unable to meet their calls—the railway will be successfully completed, even yet, at a cost within the engineer's estimate. These prospective ad►antages must, however, be asantioned, and the valuable property already embarked be altogether lost to the present shareholders, unless immediate funds are raised by them to meet the liabili ties. It is right to remind the shareholders, that had the calls been punctually met, the company would at this moment have been free from debt, and the line have teen in profitable operation. " The directors have performed their duty in submit ting these facts thus plainly to the shareholders, and the fate of the undertaking is now in their hands. If this last appeal should not be responded to, and the pro perty of the company be left to the mercy of the cre ditors (from whom further forbearance cannot be ex pected), the shareholders must still recollect that, after such a sacrifice has been made, they would not be relieved from their liabilities to the full extent of their shares under the existing capital, while a single creditor remained unpaid in this country or in Deme rara ; and that the first and most imperative duty of the directors would be to enforce payment of all arrears due on calls made, or to be made, without dis tinction of persons, by the use of those legal powers which have been conferred upon them for that purpose, by the company's Act of Incorporation and Deed of Settlement. But if, on the other hand, the shareholders concur with the directors in thinking that, by a united and vigorous effort, this important project may yet be carried successfully through, they may con fidently rely upon a continuance of those exertions on the part of the directors to promote the interests of the company, which, they can conscientiously state, have been hitherto unceasingly given to the utmost of their ability." The following is the copy of the letter from Earl Grey alluded to in the report : " Downing-street, 14th September, 1848. " Sir,—l am directed by Earl Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 9th and 12th instant, applying, on behalf of the Demerara Railway Company, for a portion of the loan of 500,0001. to be advanced to the sugar-growing colonies, to enable them to complete the line of railway which has been com menced in British Guiana. In reply, I am to acquaint you that the Act of Parliament only authorizes the guarantee of loans to be contracted by the authority of laws to be passed in the colonies for such objects, within the description of those sanc tioned by Parliament as the local legislatures may select. It will, therefore, be for the Combined Court to deter mine whether it will charge upon the colonial revenue a loan part of which shall be applicable to the railway. And Lord Grey can only express his own oninion, that such a loan would be a very proper purpose to which to apply a part of the money which the Combined Court may decide upon raising under the guarantee of Par liament.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, "HERMAN MERIVALE." " To M. McChlery, Esq., &c., &c., &c." From the general statement of the receipts and ex penditure, it appeared that there was only a sum of 2,226/. 4.5. 11d. now available for the purposes of the company. The CHAIRMAN, after shortly adverting to the report, stated his readiness to hear any observations from the shareholders, and observed that the directors were determined to enfore the payment of all calls in arrear by legal means, unless the share holders, by coming forward, prevented them from doing so. The line would have been opened long ago if the shareholders had promptly answered to their calls. The line was at present completed for five miles, and instructions had been sent out to work it if it could be done with profit. The whole extent of line was 20 miles, and it only wanted about 50,0001. to complete it. It was entirely the fault of the shareholders that the line had not been completed. A PROPRIETOR could not consent to such an asser tion. He thought, in justice to those shareholders who had paid their calls, some exertions ought to have been made by the directors to enforce the pay ment of the calls in arrear. The CHAIRMAN said that everything had been done to enforce the calls, but without HICCQSS. With re spect to many of the persons holding shares, - ft was found to be the height of foil* to take prtiOeedings egainst them, as they had literally n4hing to pay with. Mr. MAYNARD, the solicitor of the company, said that he considered it his duty not to run the company to expense for the purpose of proceeding against par. ties whom he was convinced were not in a position to pay. He was a large shareholder himself, and had paid up all his calls. - After setae further discussion, Colonel WARREN trusted that the shareholders would come forward and pay up their calls. There were some items in th e accoun t to which he objected, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1848. but looking upon the matter as a whole, he thought the directors had done all they could. His belief was that the line would ultimately be most beneficial to the shareholders. Mr. DAVIDSON, one of the directors, trasted that the shareholders would appoint a committee to look into the affairs of the company, and point out some means of carrying them effectively into operation. Several shareholders said they did not desire the appointment of any committee, or wish to impugn the conduct of the directors ; all they complained of was, that the directors had been too lenient. The CHAIRMAN said that, in future, it was the de termination of the directors to enforce the payment of calls or forfeit the shares. In cases where parties were solvent legal proceedings would be taken against them immediately upon the commencement of the term. The report was then adopted, ordered to be printed, and circulated among the proprietors. A PROPRIETOR suggested that the names of the defaulting shareholders should be publi , hed. He believed, if such a course was adopted, it would in duce many to pay their calls that other,: ise would not do so. A resolution requesting the directors to give im mediate instructions to their solicitor to enforce the payment of all arrears of calls that are not paid by the Ist of November, was proposed, seconded, and carried, after a short discussion. Mr. BARXLY, M.P., one of the directors, had the greatest hopes that the company would participate in the 500,0001. loan, notwithstanding the letter that had been received from Earl Grey. The meeting was then made special, for the purpose of considering and deciding upon the expediency of applying to the Legislature of British Guiana for an Act to amend the Act by which the company was in corparted by reducing the capital of the company from 260,000/. to 175,0001. Resolutions were proposed, seconded, and carried for effecting this purpose, and enabling the directors to borrow money. Thanks were voted to the chairman and directors, and the meeting broke up. PUBLIC HEALTH.—PRECAU TIONS AGAINST THE CHOLERA. The following circular has been issued from the Poor-law Board to the clerks of the several boards of guardians : REMOVAL OF NUISANCES ACT. Poor-law Board, Somerset House, Oct. 6. Sir,—The Poor-law Board desire to call the attention of the guardians to the provisions of the statute 11 and 12 Viet., c. 123, passed in the last session, to renew and amend the Act of the 10th year of her Majesty, for the more speedy removal of certain nuisances, and the pre vention of contagious and epidemic diseases. The guardians will remember that the Poor-law Com missioners, by a circular letter dated October Bth, 1846, brought the provisions of the 9th and 10th Vict., c. 96, under the notice of the guardians. The object of the statute is twofold. It provides (1) for the more speedy removal of certain nuisances, and (2) for the prevention of contagious and epidemic diseases; but the provisions for the latter object do not take effect till called into action by an order from the Privy Council. The first section enacts that upon receipt (or as soon afterwards as can be) by certain bodies therein enume rated, or by any guardians of the poor, of a notice in a form set forth in a schedule to the Act, or to the like effect, signed by two or more inhabitant householders of the parish or place to which the notice relates, stating— " That to the best of their knowledge and belief any dwelling-house or buildi,T in any city, town, borough, parish, place within or over which the jurisdiction or authority of such bodies or guardians extends, is in such a filthy and unwho'esome condition as to be a nuisance to, or injurious to the health of any person; " Or that upon any premises within such jurisdiction or authority there is any foul and offensive ditch, gutter, drain, privy, cesspool, or ash-pit, or any ditch, &c., kept or constructed so as to be a nuisance to or injurious to the health of any person; " Or that upon any such premises swine, or an accu mulation of dung, manure, offal, filth, refuse, or any other matter or thing are or is kept so as to be a nuisance to, or injurious to the health of any person; "Or that upon any such premises (being a building used wholly or in part as a dwelling-house) or being premises underneath any such building, any cattle or animal are or is kept so as to be a nuisance to, or in jurious to the health of any person ;" Such bodies or guardians, or some committee thereof, appointed in this behalf by such bodies or guardians, shall, after twenty-four hours' notice in writing delivered to some person on the pnenises, or if there bo no per son there, affixed on some part of the premises (or in case of emergency without notice) by themselves, their servants or agents, with or without medical or other assistants, enter and examine the premises with refer ence to the matters alleged in the notice of the com plainants, and do all that may be necessary for such pur pose ; and if upon such examination, or upon the certifi case of two legally qualified medical practitioners, the existence of the nuisance appears, such body or guardians shall thereupon lay a complaint before a justice of the peace, who shall summon the owner or occupier to appear before two justices to answer such complaint. Such justices are then required, if the existence of the nuisance is proved to their satisfaction, to make an order for cleansing, whitewashing or purifying such dwelling house or building, or for the removal or abate ment of the cause of complaint in such manner and within such time as shall bo appointed. This order is to be served in the same manner as the summons, and if not complied with, the owner or oc cupier against vs lr.rn it is made will be liable to a penalty not exceeding 10s. for each day of default, and the guardians or other body mentioned therein shall themselves or by their servants enter the premises and cleanse them, or remove the cause of complaint, and do all that may be necessary for carrying such order into effect. Any dung, manure, or other thing which is removed may be destroyed or sold, and if sold the proceeds shall be paid to or retained by the guardians, and shall be ap plied by them in aid of the poor-rate of the place in which the removal shall have been made. It should be mentioned that the statute provides in section 16, that whosoever shall wilfully obstruct any person acting under the authority or employed in the execution of the Act, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds for each offence. Sect. 3 provides, that the costs and expenses reason ably incurred in obtaining the order or carrying it into effect may be recovered from the owner or occupier of the premises in respect whereof they have been incurred as a debt in the County Court, or by summary process before two justices, unless such justices shall think fit to excuse such person upon the ground of poverty or other special circumstances. The statute then enacts, in sect. 4, that all costs and expenses reasonably incurred as aforesaid in carrying into effect any of these provisions, and not recovered from the owner or occupier of the premises in respect whereof they have been incurred, shall, upon an order of two justices, be retained, paid, or defrayed by the trea surer of the guardians or by the overseers of the poor out of the funds in their hands applicable to the relief of the poor, and shall be charged to the parish or place wherein the premises in respect whereof they have been incurred shall be situated. By the same section pro vision is made for the payment of these costs when in curred in extra-parochial places. This order, if not obeyed within 21 days, is to be enforced by a warrant of distress. The guardians will perceive that this provision ex tends, as the similar one in the former Act did, to the expenses incurred by any party authorized to take pro ceedings, and consequently is not confined to expenses incurred by themselves. By sect. 7 the drainage of filth, &c., from houses not occupied before the 4th of September, 1848, into open ditches, so as to occasion a nuisance to or be injurious to the health of any person, will subject the occupier to a penalty of 5L per day during the continuance of the offence, and ho may also be indicted for a misde meanour. There is a like provision with respect to drainage from water-closets or privies constructed after the 4th Sep tember, 1148, and the penalties in that case will attach whether the privy or water-closet so constructed be attached to a house occupied before or after that day. The statute requires each or any of the several bodies named in it to take proceedings upon receiving such a notice as has been described from competent parties. As, however, the guardians will have to pay the expenses of the proceedings wherever (as must frequently be the case) they are not recovered from the owner or the oc cupier, it will be most expedient for them t:, have the conduct of the whole matter. They will do well, there fore, to promote rather than to discourage e: , plications being made to theta under the statute. It is also desirable that the guardians should be aware that by the interpretation c l ause, sec. 92, the words, " guardians of the poor" mean " th e guar di ans, di rectors, wardens, governors, parochial board, or other like officers having the management of the poor for any union, parish, or place, where the matter requiring the cognizance of any such officers arises ;" and the word " owner" means " any person receiving the rents of the property in respect of which that word is used from the occupier of such property on his own account, or as trustee or agent for any other person, or who would re ceive the same if such property were let to a tenant." The Board think it may be useful to advert briefly to the chief points of difference regarding the removal of nuisances between the present Act and that which has just expired. By the present Act a notice from two householders is sufficient to enable the guardians to act ; by the late Act a certificate, signed by two duly qualified medical practitioners, was needed before the guardians could act. By the present Act it is made imperative on the guar dians or other bodies to whom notice is given to proceed forthwith in the manner prescribed ; by the late Act it was discretionary with the guardians and other bodies, whether they would take the proceedings for the abate ment of the nuisance. By the present Act a penalty , of 10:;. is imposed upon the owner or occup i er who ots obeys an order of justices, fer every day he makes de fault ; by the late Act no such pecuniary penalty was imposed ; by the present Act, to enable the guardians or other bodies to determine whether proceedings ought to be taken or not, an entry of the premises for the pur pose of examination is uuthorised ; by the late Act a right of entry only was given to enforce the order of the Justices when made. Under the present Act ex press powers are given for distraining a defaulter's goods wherever they may be found*. The Act also authorizes dung, &c., found on the premises to be destroyed or sold. These powers were not given by the lute Act ; the pre. sent Act distinctly assigns duties to the guardians and poor-law officers as well as to surveyors and others charged with the management of roads and surface cleansing. The provision for this purpose is new. The former was a temporary Act; the present is per manent. The present, like the former Act, is applicable to the whole of the United Kingdom. The only excep tion is in the cases of " districts " formed under the Public Health Act, where, in order to prevent conflicting jurisdiction, a discretion will be exercised by the General Board of Health as to how far the present Act shall be applied. The guardians will observe that by the second part of the Act the Board of Health are charged with the duty of preparing regulations which the union and parochial officers are required to enforce in the event of the country being afflicted or threatened with any formidable epi demic, endemic, or contagious disease. The progressive advance of a formidable epidemio to the western part of Europe has, in the opinion of Govern ment, rendered necessary the enforcement of the Act. An order in Council has accordingly been issued for put ting it in force throughout the kingdom. The guardians and the union and other local officers must now, therefore, in compliance with these provisions, act upon all regulations which they may receive from the General Board of Health for such places as that Board may deem to require them; and on questions regarding the execution of this part of the Act the guardians may communicate directly with the General Board of Health. It must be stated to the guardians that on the subject matters of the present Act, and on the means for the prevention both of disease and of the destitution arising from sickness and premature mortality, the General Board of Health propose to communicate information specially adapte'd for the guidance of medical and other officers, by means of an official circular, which will be issued in the same form, and may be taken at the dis cretion of guardians in the same manner as the official circular of the Poor-law Board. While upon the subject of this statute, which relates to the prevention of the disease, the Board think it well to mention, though it does not immediately affect the guardian; that by sec. 67 of the Public) Health Act, the churchwardens and overseers are required from time to time, after the passing of that Act, to give public notice as to the provisions with respect to the occupation of cellars and underground rooms, and that these provi sions are imperative, whether the Public Health Act is in force within their parish or not. In conclusion, the Board think it desirable to repeat the following observations of the late Commissioners made in their circular letter of the Bth October, 1846: " The improvement of the sanitary condition of the poorer classes tends so greatly to remove many of the causes of destitution and pauperism, that the money judiciously expended on such an object, now sanctioned by the Legislature, in the case to which the statute ap plies, will be found to be most profitably laid out, even in reference to the more direct object of the duties of the guardians." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. G. LUMLEY, Assistant Sec. THE CHOLERA. Three fatal cases of Asiatic cholera, one of them the termination of en attack of cholera on board the hulks, were reported yesterday, and several cases of dangerous attacks, confidently stated to be of Asiatic cholera, wero also reported. Twelve of the cases reported on Monday, and mentioned in our paper of yesterday, were !subse quent to the thirteen cases reported in the Registrar- General's report of the cases of last week, which were up to Saturday only. A vessel had arrived from Hamburgh at Hull on Monday, with several cases of attacks, and ens fatal case, on board. Two cases of cholera had oc curred in the town, but they were positively stated to be cases of the common English cholera, and that no cases of Asiatic cholera had been heard of there. To the favourable change of weather in the metropolis it is at tributed that the rate of increase of extraordinary cases has been stayed, though :the ravages from the ordinary epidemics, as reported by the Registrar-General, have been considerable, being 430 against an average of 270. WooLwrcu, OCT. is gratifying to be able to state that there have been no new cases amongst the convicts to-day, and it is the general opinion that the prompt measures which were adopted on its first ap pearance will have the most beneficial results. At all events the measures have had a great influence on the minds of the inhabitants, and numerous faces that on the first certain assurance that a case of cholera had occurred here bore a most serious aspect, now appear quite the contrary, all apprehension of the disease in creasing having ceased to exist. PREPARATIONS AGIINST THE CHOLERA.—During the last few days the authorities of the Borough Hospitals have bean making the necessary preparations for the reception of all cases of cholera that may be brought under their notice. At St. Thomas's Hospital an ex tensive ward has been fitted up expressly for cholera cases, which will bo under the superintendence of one of the senior surgeons, who has been specially appointed to the situation. Similar arrangements have been made at Guy's Hospital, bat up to a late hour last evening no cases had been brought in. pears to be scarlatina, in which there has recently been a great increase in the number of cases. The number of deaths from this disease during the past week was 130, of which 175 were those of young persons, while the average return for the corresponding week of five previous years was only 47. There has also been a slight increase in the number of cases of typhus. In the diseases which are considered to be cognate with cholera there has certainly been some increase, but not to such an extent as to give cause for any alarm. The number of deaths registered for diarrhcea was 47, against the average of 21 for previous years ; but of the former number 33 were those of young persons, and 11 of persons above the age of 60. Of dysentery the num ber of cases was 12. The number of fatal cases of cholera last week is stated to have been 13, of which two are hesitatingly alleged to be Asiatic cholera, and one is described as a disease of the bowels simu lating to Asiatic cholera ; the remainder, therefore, without doubt, must be regarded as cases of English cholera. Each case of cholera must be certified to by the medical attendant previous to its being regis tered. The whole tendency of this document is to show that the health of the metropolis, generally speaking, is in a much better condition than ordi nary, and that there is no ground for serious appre hension as to the prevalence of cholera at the present time. _ The following is the official return of the Regis trar-General of fatal cases of cholera in the metro politan districts, for the week ending Saturday, the 7th instant : extensive experiments of the efficacy of his project, he said the Building Act presented opposition to any extensive test. He stated the expense of the adoption of the plan to be between 61. and 71. per house. The paper, together with a paper from Mr. Cox worthy, and projects from several other scientific men, were referred to the select committee appointed to examine the innumerable documents hourly pouring in upon the commissioners on the subject of the sanitary improvement of the City. Mr. COTTINGHAM ordered the shoes to be taken off the prisoner, and on examination it was found that they were shod with iron and capable of inflicting such wounds as those described to be on the woman's head. Mr. COTTINGHAM—This is one of the moat brutal cases that has ever come under my notice : a strong man like the prisoner standing over an unfortunate woman, and, as d escr ib e d b y t h e po li ceman, stand i ng with his back to his victim and jobbing the heel of such a shoe into her head. The MAGISTRATE then asked the prisoner what he had to say in his defence ? The prisoner —She rob bed me of say money last night. I caught her after wards in a brothel in Unicorn-square. Mr. COTTINGHAM—And, because she robbed you, you thought, I suppose, that you were justified in murdering the unfortunate woman ? Prisoner—l was intoxicated, and did not know what I was about at the time. I have no recollection of having kicked the woman as the policeman describes. Mr. COTTINGHAM—Then I can tell you that if the woman dies you will assuredly be indicted for murder. The Magistrate then ordered the prisoner to be remanded, and said that if upon inquiry at: the hospital the woman was considered to be inimme diate danger he would repair thither and take her depositions. LAMBETH. In the course of the sitting of the Court yesterday, the Rev. J. B. Talbot, secretary to the London So ciety for the Protection of Young Females, said he had a peculiar application to make. It was for a summons or warrant against a woman named Matilda Mallet, for decoying a young girl from the protection of her mother, and being instrumental in the girl's seduction. It appeared from the statement which had been furnished to the society with which he was con nected, that on the 22d of August last Ellen Messent, aged fifteen years and five months, then residing with her mother, at 34, Union-street, Clapham, had been induced by the woman Mallet to quit her mo ther's roof, and to take up her abode with Mallet at the latter's lodgings in the Wyndham-road, Camber well. She had been there some little time, when the girl having been either drugged or made stupid by the adminiatration to her of spirituous liquors, a man was introduced into the room, and the girl being held down by Mallet, who also stopped her mouth, the man completely effected his purpose. Acting under the provision of the statute of 9 Geo. IV., chap. 31, he (Mr. Talbot) applied to the Court in order that the whole circumstances of this case, which appeared to be most flagrant, might be fully inquired into, and the woman Mallet, if proved to be guilty, adequately punished. The 19th section of the statute in question provided, " that if any person shall unlawfully take or cause to be taken any un• married girl, being under the age of sixteen years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or any other person having lawful charge of her, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to suffer such punishment by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award." The girl had suf fered very materially, and having applied for admis sion into the asyl u m pr ov id e d by th e ir institution, the facts became known to the society, who felt it their duty thus to submit them to this Court. The girl, after a short time spent with Mallet after the transac tion, made her escape and returned to her mother. Both were in attendance ready to be examined by the Court. The girl, who appeared deeply affected, was then put into the witness-box, and examined at some length by Mr. Norton. She stated that she had known Mallet from the earliest period of her life, and that Mallet was about twenty years of age. On the 22d of August she prevailed upon the witness to come to her lodgings. There were two young men with her at the time, and they visited together various public houses and partook of ale and spirits, until witness became somewhat affected. One of the young men went away, and the other, with witness and Mallet, visited various places in the Strand and the Westminster-road, until they reached a house of ill-fame, where Mallet and the young man went into a room together alone. Mallet and the witness then went home together, and on the follow ing day walked out. The next day (a Thursday) the same young man came to their lodgings, when they had ale and liquors until witness felt overcome. Mallet then proposed that they should go and sit up stairs, and &sired witness to go first. She did so, and was followed by Mallet and the young man. Witness felt very stupid, and sat down on a chair. She could not remember whether Mallet said any thing to induce her to allow the young man to seduce her, but recollected that Mallet was in the room when she was seduced, and Mallet had since said to her, " I had a rare job with you, for I had to hold your mouth." Witness, however, could not state any further particulars, as she was so ill. That young man she had never seen since, and never before that day had intercourse with any man, nor had she since, though she had afterwards accompanied Mallet to look for gentlemen. Witness remained with her a week, and then returned home. Before this affair her mother had been very strict with her about going out so much by herself; and for that reason her home had not been comfortable. Witness received no money from the young man. The mother (a decent looking personage) stated that this was true, but she never believed that her daughter had been criminal until this affair. Mr. NORTON was of opinion that, on this evidence, the girl, now the complainant, had acted on her own free will in the matter. She left her mother at once, and remained with this woman Mallet for some time after the transaction now complained of. Mr. Talbot said he felt there was a difficulty in pressing the provisions of the Act of Parliament he had cited, and perhaps in this case the worthy ma gistrate would deal with it as an assault committed by Mallet in the part she had taken when the man had effected his purpose on the girl. Mr. NORTON—That assault i 3 not proved by the girl, but stands only on the admission it was said Mallet made to her afterwards. Unless the girl can swear that Mallet used the force stated, I fear we cannot assist you. The girl, on being recalled, was asked if she could swear positively that Mallet had held her mouth and used force. She replied in the negative, for she had no recollection of what passed, except from what Mallet had since told her. Mr. Talbot saw the difficulty of pursuing the matter further under such circumstances. The matter had been brought forward on public grounds, and because the house in which it occurred was a brothel, of which several had been established in the Wyndham-road, to which young girls were decoyed by persons of Mallet's character. The society had a prosecution now pending against a man who owned fifty to sixty such houses in different parts of the metropolis. Mr. NORTON regretted he could not afford any further assistance; and Mr. Talbot, after thanking the magistrate for his attention, quitted the court. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. WHITEHALL,IB4B. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Thomas Darnton, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Jonathan Robinson Ashworth, fustian manufacturer, Manchester. THE CHOLERA IN 1832. The following narrative of the preparations made iu 1852 in the city of Landon to meet tho cholera will bo read with interest:— " In 1831 his 'Majesty's Ministers, with due reear I to the safety of the nation, thought proper to esil upon every corporation, and every parochial establishment in the country, to prepare their several localities, as far as human precautions could avail, for the apprehended vi sitation of this awful calamity. The Corporation of London instantly responded to the call; within a week a board of health was appointed, consisting of a member of each ward. The Government reposed in the board the fullest confidence, and conferred upon the Corpora tion extensive powers for levying a rate upon every parish to defray the charges of the undertaking. Under the directions of the court the board drew to their as sistance medical men of the first character and eminence in the metropolis. The Lord Mayor gave up a spacious mansion for an hospital. Similar establishments, with accommodation for 500 patients, were prepared in dif ferent parts of the City; warm clothing and necessary food were distributed to those whose distressed condition predisposed them to attack. The New River Company, at the request of the Corporation, gave the use of its water service to assist in cleansing the districts inhabited by the poor; and hand-bills, written under the advice of the medical officers of the board, were printed and cir culated in every house in the City, tending to dispel needless alarm, and at the same time giving plain and homely advice as to the best precautions for averting the evil, and the best means of dealing with it, should it unfortunately reach their doors. Druggists in every ward in the City were empowered, at the expense of the Corporation, to administer to the wayfarer, as well as to the poor in their own locality, such medicines as it was proved were calculated, in a premonitory stage of the complaint, to arrest the progress of the disease. Medical gentlemen in every ward of the City emulated the con duct of the physicians attached to the board, by placing their services gratuitously at their disposal. Every man seemed to vie with his neighbour in endeavouring by exertion to justify the confidence which had been reposed in them on what might prove to be an important crisis. With a knowledge of the rapid and fearful ravages of this fatal disease where it had once established itself— with the records before them of the state of the City in past ages, when visited by a somewhat similar calamity —with the information they received from their medi cal officers of the aggravated amount of danger which would result from the intermeut of those who might fall victims to the disease in the crowded churches and churchyards within the City, the board obtained the Corporation leave to purchase a suitable site remote from the City, for the interment of the cholera dead, at the expense of 4,000/. The Privy Council, at the instance of the board, passed an order forbidding burials in th e City, an d had the disease gained ground to an extent to render it necessary to employ a separate place of sepulture, the Bishop of London, at the request of the board, had engaged to consecrate a portion of the ground for the reception of deceased members of the Established Church, leaving the remainder for the in terment of their Dissenting brethren, according to the rites of their several communities. The disease at length reached the City, and found it in a state of needful preparation, numbers of the board, as well as the me dical officers, were all at their respective posts. The usefulness of hospitals had been neutralised in other places by the prejudices of the poor and ignorant against post mortem examination, and by the belief that all per sons dying of cholera in these establishments would be subjected to dissection. The City board established confidence in this respect by giving a public assurance which satisfied all scruples and removed all suspicions. In Paris, on the 13th of February, a voice of warn ing was heard in the streets, but no precautions were taken. On the 25th of March four persons were seised, but the arms of the authorities were folded. The hos pitals were soon crowded with the dying and the dead. The dead swept [away eighteen thousand of the popula tion of that capital, while, in the city of London, no more than three hundred died during the whole period of time it lingered amongst us, and eve n th e l arger portion of these were not residents, but wayfarers and casual strangers. " Although the Common Council had the legal right to tax the parish to defray the charges of the cholera preparations, they paid every shilling of the amount out of their own funds. Dr. Babington, Dr. Ptoupel, Rideout, and Mr. Field, the medical officers attached to the board, acted without the slightest pecuniary recom pense. The board met daily for several weeks, and some of the members visited the abodes of the diseased, directing; measures for disinfecting their rooms and de stroying and replacing articles of clothing or bedding calculated to retain or spread infection, and the port of London, which but fur the course of vigorous action re sorted to would have been closed against continental in tercourse, was kept open for many weeks." The subject of preparing to meat the enemy will, it is understood, come before the Corporation, on the occa sion of the appointment of the medical officer of health, most fully. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. We have been much gratified to find, upon an at tentive examination of the detailed return of the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts during the last week, and published under the authority of the Registrar-General, that the mortality was con siderably less, on the average, than it has been daring the corresponding week of the last five years. The number of registered deaths from all causes in the metropolis, during the week ending Saturday last, Oct. 7, was 1,003, while the weekly average for the corresponding period of the last five autumns has been 1,154. This paper, therefore, shows that at the present time the general health of the me• tropolis is much better than it generally is at this period of the year. The prevalent disease ap- NEGLECT OF SEWERS CONTRACTORS. " In Old-street (sub-district) St. Luke, at 39, Rahere street, wife of a gentleman, 59 years, ' disease of the bowels simulating Asiatic chol e r a (33 hours' duration).' "In south sub-district, west London, F., 27 years, cholera (13 hours duration).' "In St. Bartholomew's Hospital, west London, M., about 40 years, ' Asiatic cholera.' "In Town (sub - district), Bethnal green, at No. 4, Cheshire-street, a weaver F., 21 years, enlArgement of the heart (12 months' duration), cholera spasmodic (12 hours).' " In Spitalfields, Whitechapel, M., 23 years, cholera (12 hours duration)? " In Whitechapel north, a girl, 4 years, ' English spo radic cholera (7 days' duration).' " In St. Paul (sub-district), St. George-in-the-East, M., 38 years, cholera (2 days' duration).' " In Mile-fnd Old•town, Lower Stepney, M., 47 years, cholera (36 hours' duration).' " Mr. Castleden's (the registrar) note. Mr. Todd, the surgeon in this case, certifies that the above was a case of Asiatic cholera; and the informant states that her father (the deceased) got up on Thursday morning, about four o'clock, with a bowel complaint, for which he took some gin and ginger, and then went to his work on board ship, but which he was compelled to relinquish about mid-day. He returned home in a cab, and died yester day morning at four o'clock. The mcdlcal gentleman was in close attendance to the very "In Lambeth Church, 2d part (sub•district), at Oraett-street, daughter of a chairmaker, 11 months, cholera (3 days' duration): convulsions (1 hour).' ",Mr. W. H. Wheatley, the registrar, states,' that at one and of the street mentioned above, in the centre of the road, is an open drain, which is very offensive at times— drainage to houses very bad. Scarlatina has been very prevalent there.' "In Rotherhithe, a boy, 11 years, cholera (10 hours' duration).' "In same sub-district, F., 38 years, 'cholera (19 hours' duration).' "In same sub-district, a girl, 2 years, cholera (2 days' duration).' "In Greenwich West (sub-distriet),lF., .37 year:, cholera (4 days' duration).' " NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 1543. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*430 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ..• ... 48 Turbercular Diseases... •• • ... 122 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses„. ... 82 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels .. ... 36 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• ... 10' Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidne) s, &c. ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, Sze. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••• 45 ... ... 9 ... 6 ••• 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ••• Malformations.— ••• ••• Premature Birth Atrophy ~, Old Age ~, ... ... 20 - ... 42 Sudden . ... ... 10 * There are 13 cases of death by Cholera iucluded in this number. CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. Yesterday the Commissioners assembled at Guild. hall ; Deputy Peacock in the chair. SANITARY REGTTLATIORS. Mr. DAW (the chief clerk) read the resolutions passed at the last Court of Common Council, and transmitted to the Court of Sewers. It stated that the Court of Common Council agreed with the Com missioners of Sewers, that it was highly necessary that a medical officer should be forthwith appointed, and that a sum not exceeding 1501. be voted for that purpose; that the iCommissioners of Sewers should nominate two fit and proper persons of whom the Court of Common Council would appoint one to be medical officer of the city and liberties. The report of the sel ec t comm i ttee, to wh i ch the foregoing resolution had been submitted, was then read. It stated that the members of the committee had assembled together to consider what course should be adopted by the Court in reference thereto, and that. being of opinion that it was hi ghly desirable no time should be lost in proceeding to the appointment they recommended— " That the Court of Sewers should:meet:specially..on Monday, the lath of October, for the purpose of meeiv ing the various gentlemen who were candidates for the office and of examining,. their testimonials, and should select two gentlemen to bo returned to the Court of Court." Common Council, as p rov i ded: by thelresolution of that They further recommended that— " The Court of Sewers would cause advertisements to be put to the above effect in the usual daily newspapers, and that all testimonials should be delivered into the office of the Commissioners of Sewers before four o'clock on Saturday next." Some conversation took place upon the subject of returning two men of eminence to the Court of Com mon Council, not only on a ccoun t of the present emergency, but be cause it was pro b a bl e that the appointment for thre e mon th s wou ld b eco me a per manent one. _ Mr. D eputy CORN ET ' suggested the propri et y of narrowing the number of candidates by some means —an object which he c ons id ere d might be very easily accomplished, as the Court of Common Council would certainly expect that two men of first-rate capacity and experience would be returned to them. Alderman LAWRENCR thought it would be unwise to narrow the catalogue of candidates. 11e was for giving all professional men who were desirous to be candidates the opportunity , of offering themselves. Mr. PRIOR said, he could not think of a more ad visable course than that which had been adopted six teen years ago, when the Asiatic cholera assailed this country. The evil was then met in a truly active and resolute spirit, and a board was constituted, by whose exertions the disease was in a short time com pletely checked. It was then shown that although it had become the fashion amongst medical men to sa y that the city contained all the faciliti▪ es for the com munication of poisonous influences, and i was in itself a sink ofpollution, there wasa power r i▪ n tto withstand the attacks of the most pernicious of maladies, for while in Paris between 15,000 and 16,000 p ersons were swept away by the pestilence the city of London lost no more than between 300 and 400 . Here a member stated that it was taken care upon the visit of th e di se ase in England not to aggravate the disease by exaggerating i ts mortality. Mr. H. L. TATIOU said that, upon the occasion alluded to by Mr. Prior, there was no parti cu l ar praise due to a n y particular individual. The inhabi tants themselves all laboured in the cause, and he could not see that any doubt could be entertained of their disposition to make similar ex-rtions, if any such should be ;required, upon any future occasion. He did not look upon the appointment which was about to be made as the appointment of a cholera with The ap pointment officer, but as that of an o ffi cer of health —an o ffi cer qualified to inq u i re i n to and to decide upon the gene ral health o f th e c i t i zens o f London.—(Hea r , h oar. ) pne The Court oug ht to b e mo st cautious in selecti ng t wo highly qualified indi v iduals, as the Court of Comm on Council oitm nt must wa s select stated one to from theiri n tende d end commencement of the operation of the Act in January , but no do u bt If t h e person a pp o inted to fill th e tem porary office succeeded in giving satisfaction the situa tuation would be made permanent. The resolutions recommended in - the report were then unanimously agreed to. CONTAMINATING INIFLUENCE OF SEIVEZ:S. Mr. EGERTON submitted a plan to the Court for superseding the contaminating influences of common sewers. Upon being asked whether he had made any Gore, one of the contractors to the Court of Sewers, was summoned by one of the City police, his men having swept and shoved down the grating in Alders gate-street, near the Post-office Money Order-office, and one of the gratings in Smithfield, quantities of thick mud. The contractor did not attend, but one of his as sistants appeared, and endeavoured to make an excuse for him. The full fine of 51. was, however, inflicted in each case.—Adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. James Hare and Charles Rehde - n were brought up for final examination on the charge of obtaining goods under false pretences. The chief clerk read the evidence taken on the previous occasion, which was to the following ef fect : Mr. Robert Turner, of No. 16, Ludgate-hill, de posed that on the 19th of August Hare, whom he had known for some years, came to him and requested to be intrusted with four shawls, as he was going into the country, and thought he should be able to dispose of some of them. He advised him to go to some wholesale warehouse, where he would be sure to get them cheaper, but the prisoner declined, on the grounds that he did not know where he could obtain the particular description of shawl wanted, and even tually he gave orders to one of his young men to de liver them to him. Michael Haydon, 21, of the City detective force, said that on Tuesday, the 3d of October, he met the prisoner Rehden by appointment at eleven o'clock, in Red Lion-street, John's-roud, Islington, for the pur pose of receiving information which would lead to the apprehension of the elder prisoner Hare. He was to get 31. for it, but on its being placed in his hands he turned round and laughingly said, " He is at the station-house by this time, where you can see hina." He demanded the money back, which Rehden refused to return, whereupon he took him into cus tody for obtaining money under false pretences, and on being searched at the station-house some duplicates were found in his possession, relating to property that had been obtained by Hare under false pr etences. On searchin' , the house where Rehden's mother resided he found portmanteau in the prisoner's roam, which contained between sixty and seventy duplicates re lating to property that Hare had defrauded parties of. The first witness called by Mr. Clipperton was— George Meadows, who said—l am an assistant to Mr. Robert Turner, of Ludgate-hill, and recollect that on the 19th of August the prisoner Hare came and wished to see my employer, which he did. Mr. Turner told nie to go up stairs and show him some shawls, after looking at which he selected four. I brought them down and entered the goods in the proper book, when the prisoner wished for a bill of parcels, which was given to him. lie said he was going into the country, and could dispose of some of them, but would let me have what he did not sell on the following Mon day. I asked his address, and he gave it as being No. 10, King-square, Gos well- street. On Monday, the 21st, he called again, and said that he had sold two shawls, and that he had no doubt he could dispose of the others, but he wished to have a satinet dress for one of the parties to whom he bad sold a shawl. Mr. Turner being at dinner, I went to him and stated the request Mr. Hare had made when I was instructed to give the satinet to him. It was a length of 15! yards, and of the value of 31. ls. ld. I did up the parcel, and he took it away, saying that he should call on Tuesday and pay for the goods he had sold, as well as return the shawls in case he did not dispose of them in the mean time. He, however, did not keep his word, in consequence of which, by the direction of Mr. Turner, I made inquiries in King-square, and found that no such person resided there. Mr. Robert Turner here said, that the reason he allowed the prisoner to have the goods was on account of knowing him for the last ten or twelve years. William Vincent, assistant to Mr. Brown, a pawnbroker in Fetter-lane, produced two shawls, which had been pledged by Hare on the 19th of August for 11. Mr. Turner identified them both, and said their value was 50s. cost price. James Henry Stewart, assistant to Mr. Kirkham, of 318, Strand, pawnbroker, also produced two shawls, pawned for 10s,, on the 19th of August, which Mr. Turner at once identified as being his property, the value of which was 21. Mr. Vincent also 'produced the satinet obtained from Mr. Turner, which was pledged on the 21st of August, the same day on which he obtained it from that gentleman. It was pawned by Hare for 11. 12s. Three other cases were then gone into, and fully proved, when J 1 Alderman LAWRENCE said he should commit them for trial. Mr. Clipperton hoped that the pawnbrokers :would give up the property to the right owners without giving him the trouble to prove every case, as there were an immense number against them. Alderman LAWRENCE thought it was their best plan, to save themselves a great deal of trouble. A number of pawnbrokers here stepped forward, and refused to do so, on the ground that under the 3d and 4th of Victoria, cap. 27 and 28, the magis trate had the power to order some compensation to them, for they did not see why they should be the sufferers when parties had not taken proper precau tions before giving their goods into the possession of any person, however long they might have known them. Alderman LAWILENCE—But the same Act says that I may order it or I may not, it being entirely left to my discretion, and certainly in this instance I shall not interfere, particularly when I remember in one of the cases goods are taken in with tickets on them of that description which certainly ought to have aroused suspicion, and In another case only 17s. 61 was lent on some silk lace capes, ♦alued at 91. 18s. I must say that due discretion has not been used by the pawnbrokers. The prisoner Rehden made a long statement ;in his defence, but was at last stopped by Alderman LAwauricE, who observed that from his conduct throughout he appeared not only to have been an accomplice with his uncle, but also, in conse quence of a quarrel, tried to (what might be termed) sell him to the police. They were committed, but are to be brought up on Thursday, to hear the depositions read, which are of great length. Mr. Clipperton intimated to the pawnbrokers that, as they refused to give up the property, he should prosecute in every case, when they would have to re store them without any remuneration. CLERKENWELL. James Wilde, a repulsive-looking fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combe, charged by Ellen Harris, a young woman, with having brutally assaulted her. The prisoner was also charged with having violently assaulted police-constable 20, E division. The prisoner said nothing in his defence. Mr. COMBH said his conduct was most atrocious and cowardly. He convicted him in the extreme pe nalty of 51., or in default two months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in the House of Correction, for the assault upon the woman; and he also sentenced him to one month's imprisonment and hard labour, with out fine, for the assault on the police-constable.—He was conveyed to prison. SOUTHWARK. William Hughes was charged on the police-sheet with maliciously assaulting and wounding Eliza Minon, who is not expected to survive the injuries inflicted upon her. William Hinchcliffe, 85 M, stated that between twelve and one o'clock that morning, while on duty in Tooley-street, his attention was called to cries of " Murder !" proceeding from a house in Unicorn square. He repaired there without loss of time, and at the door of one of the houses, kept by a person named Jenkins, he saw a woman who entreated him for God's sake to go into the house, as there was a man murdering a woman in one of the rooms on the ground-floor. He immediately went into the back parlour, and on his entrance he observed a woman lying on the bed on the floor, and the prisoner stand ing over the spot in a stooping position, with his hands resting on a washhand-stand, and with his back turned to the woman, kicking her on the head with the heel of his shoe. Her head and face were completely covered with blood, so that it was impossible to disco ver a feature in her face. The prisoner accompanied each kick he gave his victim with the exclamation, " I'll do for you now." When the prisoner saw the policeman he attempted to make his escape by rush ing out of the room, but he was secured at the street door by another policemen, while policeman 85 went to the assistance of the unfortunate woman, who was stretched along the floor apparently dead, and bleeding profusely from several wounds on her head. He forthwith procured a cab, had her placed in it, and driven off to Guy's Hospital, where an examination took place, and it was then found that the patient was still alive, and that she had no less than seven serious wounds on different parts of her head, all recently in flicted by the prisoner in the manner above described. Policeman 278 M stated that about half an hour before the above occurrence took place, he saw the prisoner quarrelling in the street with a woman, whom he supposed was the same person now lying in the hospital. He (the policeman) made them go away, and lie was afterwards called to the house where he secured the prisoner in the act of rushing into the street. The prisoner made a very determined resistance. Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES ... 1,005 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deathe, 1843-7. in the 1841 Five Summers. Week. West Districts... 300,711 .. 142 ... 199 North D.Aricts.. 375,971 Central Distr . ...lts 373,G53 ... 182 ... 173 - 178 ... 169 East I):s:tiets ... 392,444 ... 219 ... 220 South Diztriets.. 501,190 ... 251 ... 304 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 972 ... 1,005 Malea ... ... ... ... ... 502 Females ... ... ... 503 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... 642 Females ... ••• ~. ... .., 631 Total ... . . ... ... ... 1,273 BANKRUPTS. James Buckland, licensed victualler, Greenwich, to surrender Oct. 21, at one, and Nov. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers, Basiaghall street; George, Villiers-street, Strand. George Ackland, merchant, Brixton, Oct. 23, at half past two, and Nov. 21, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street; Hornby and Towgood, Saint S within's-lane. Robert Allison and Thomas Allison, piano-forte ma nufacturers, Dean-street, Soho, Oct. 27 and Nov. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Hoare, Essex street, Strand. James Tremlett, auctioneer, Ottery St. Mary, Devon shire, Oct. 17, at ten, and Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzol, official assignee, Exeter; Daw, Exeter ; Terrell, Gray's Inn-square, London. Henry Armistead, cotton spinner, BArrowford, Lan cashire, Oct. 24, and Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Man chester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man chester ; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tids well, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. E. Whitmore, J. Wells, J. Wells, jun., and F. Whit more, Lombard-street, bankers, Oct. 31, at twelve—J. Ede ards, Upper Stamford-street, Blackfriars, corn mer chant, Nov. 3, at one—J. Reay, jun., and H. Reay, Mark-lane, wine merchants, Nov. 3, at twelve—T. Peters, Cambridge, tailor, Nov. 8, at twelve—F. Peake, and J. Jilliugs, Honiton, Devonshire, and Wool pit, Suff )Ik, drapers, Nov. 3, at eleven—E. Scott, Tunt.ridge Wells, innkeeper, Nov. 2, at two—W. Batten and A. Marshall, Ship Tavern-passage, Graceehurch-stroet, cheesemongers, Nov. 2, at half past one—J. W. Cattell, Huggin lane, silk shag manufacturer, Nov. 1, at two — J. Oliver, City-road, cabinet manufacturer, Nov. 1, at one—Hannah Ward, Newgate•market, carcass butcher and meat salesman, Nov. 1, at half past twelve—J. Capel, Bouverie• street, Fleet-street, coal merchant, Now. 2, at eleven—lt. Johnston, Graceahurch-street, iron monger, Nov. I, at eleven —W. Ashbee, 'fonbridge, lienty grocer, Nov. 1, at twelve. In the Country. J. Grinsell, Wolverhampton, grocer and tea dealer , Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. B . Browne, Newcastle-upon-Lyme, wine and spirit mer- • chant and brewer, Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Court, Bir mingham—T. Martin, Scarthingmoor, Nottinghamshire, miller, Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—W.. Bedells, Leicester, paper and general dealer, Nov. 3, at. eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—J. Johnston, Stam ford, Lincolnshire, hosier and haberdasher, Nov. 3, a; eleven. at the Court, Nottingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Blake, Liverpool and Dublin, soap manufacturer, 205., on any Monday after Oct. 7, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. G. and J. Blake, Liverpool and Dublin, soap manu facturers, 45., on any Monday after Oct. 7, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liver pool. E. Williams, Northop, Flintshire, draper and grocer, 6d., on any Monday after Oct. 7, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. D. Green, Leeds, plaid manufacturer, 75., on Tues day, Oct. 10, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. J. Harland, Merrick, Yorkshire, banker, 2&d., on Tuesday, Oct. 10, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. B. Fearnside, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, draper, 9id., on Tuesday, Oct. 10, or any subsequent Tuesday, be the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. W. Dyson, Wakefield, Yorkshire, grocer, 35., on Tuesday, Oct. 10, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Williams, Colchester, hatmaker, Nov. 3, at half past one—C. Morton, Pentonville-hill, licensed vic tualler, Nov. 3, at one—R. B. Addison, Summer -street, Southwark, engineer, Nov. 3, at eleven—H. Hilliard, Austin-friars and Geerge-yard, Lombard -street, sta tioner, Nov. 3, at twe—J. Reid, Hanover -court, Long acre, and Renelagh-mews, Ranelagh-street, Pimlico, builder, Nov. 3, at twelve—J. Ellis and C. Ellis, War ner-road, Camberwell, builders, Nov. 3, at half-past twelve—J. Johnson, Great Winchester -street, City, merchant, Oct. 31, at two—Catherine Elton, White chapel, ironmonger, Nov. 1, at twelve—W, J. Townsend, Wellclose-square, cork manufacturer, Nov. 2, at eleven —H. Pace, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell, and Lough ton, Essex, watch manufacturer, Nov. 3, at half-past twelve—C. Ward, New Bond -street, cook and confec tioner, Nov. 2, at twelve—B. Bright, Forest-gate, Essex, and Bishopsgate-street Within, merchant, Nor. 2, at two—W. B. Hills, Maidstone, and R. W. Alld r id g e. Rood-lane, City, shipping grocers, Nov. 1, at two. In the Country. G. Wilkinson, jun., Louth, Lincolnshire, joiner and builder, Nov. 8, at half-past ten, at the Town-hall; Kingston-upon-Hull—W. Boucher, Bristol, bedstead me. nufacturer, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Todd, Whitehaven, ironmonger, Nov. 3, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—J. R. Baskett, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, corn merchant, Nov. 3, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—J. Hall and B. Hall, Bury, Lancashire, bobbin turners, Nov. 1, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Jackson, sen., Stockport, tailor, Nov. 2, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T• Hanson, Rochdale, cattle dealer, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester - -Mary Riley, Sheffield, tobacconist, Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Sheffield. At the Court of Review, Oct. 31. T. Earle, Castle-street, Long-acre, funeral carriage master—J. Power, Bristol, draper—J. W. T e bbe, Wakefield, dyer— G. Parnell, Walworth-oommon, brewer—J. Hammond, Bognor, Sussex, ironmonger—. R. Burns, Exeter, draper and tea dealer—R. Penwarden, Launceston, Cornwall, saddler—J. P. Bradley, Great St. Helen's, City, wine merchant—J. Trevers, sea., Gloucester-place, Old Kent-road, and J. Trevers, jun., White-cottage, Apollo-buildings, East lane, Walworth, carpenters—F. Ashford, Ipswich, grocer—S. Gawan• Holland-street, Christchurch,jictualler—T. Hair, Mile.. street, South Lambeth, attorney—T. H. Forster, Hay• market, chemist and druggist. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Wadbrook, jun., and Thomas Tearle, Kingston upon-Thames, brewers—F. Coleman and W. Coleman, High-street, Southwark, and Chiswell-street, St. Luke's, hatters—J. Sanders, W. Morgan, and C. Jones (as far as regards W. Morgan), Birmingham, brass-founders and factors—J. giant, J. Goodlaud, and G. Guy, Ti verton, Devonshire, coal and general merchants—Mi chael Dowd and H. Thompson, Liverpool, salt dealers-- S. R. Phipson and R. B. Phipson, Birmingham, pin manufacturers—J. James and J. W. Penrose, Manches• tor, Manchester warehousemen —H. Herriott and C. Stevens, Brighton, livery stable-keepers—J. E. Curtis and S. May, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, printers—J. Mason and A. Cumberland, Loughborough, grocers—J. Davies and E. Davies, Oswestry, Shrop shire, saddlers and general harness-makers—E. Ford and A. G. Wallace, Manchester, calico-printers—M. Pellatt, jun., and T. Williams, Old Swan, Upper Thames , . street, and Lawrence Pountney-lane, ale and p or ter merchants—B. Conway, C. Conway, J. Conway, Mary Conway, Sarah Conway, and Eliza Conway, and J. H. Conway and W. Conway (as far as regards J. Conway, Mary Conway, Sarah Conway, and Eliza Conway), Pontrhydyreen, Panteague, Monmouthshire, tin-plate manufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Alfred White, Margate, tobacconist. Samuel Perry, Darby-end, Worcestershire, cable chain maker. Michael M`Mannes, Dudley, Worcestershire, grocer. Filipi Cattaneo, Yorkshire, hawker. Joseph Fattorini, Yorkshire, watchmaker. Lionel Lemon, Denbigh, jeweller. Robert Fletcher, Rugby, grocer. Richard Wade Ayliffe, St. James, Suffolk, tailor. John French, Liverpool, licensed victualler. John Courtail, Carter's-green, Staffordshire, brewer. Richard Peasland, Oldbury, Worcestershire, green' grocer. John Fernie, Breewood, Staffordzhire, dissenting 0 21 ' sister. William Smaldon Woods, A beravon, Glamorgansbiret ship carpenter. James Harding, Manchester, provision dealer. William Smethurst, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. C. Forrest, Branzet, Stirlingshi re , farmer, to meet Oct. 14, and Nov. 2, at two, within the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk. J. M. Campbell, Aberde?n,. surgeon, to meet Oct. 16, and Noy. 6, at one, with in the Aberdeen Hotel, Aberdeen. R. A. Burnside, Glasgow, wine merchant, to meet Oct. 14, and Nov. 8, at one, within the Tavern of Effingham Deans, Glasgow. J. Graham, Glasgow, marshal and superintendent of police, to meet Oct. 16, and Nov. 6, at twelve, within the Waverley Tavern, Glasgow. THE " REPORTER," --An admirable engraving of the " New Imperial Insurance-office, Threadneedle street," embellishes the current number (No. XIII.) of the Reporter. Among the many sensible articles con tained in this excellent publication we may call particu lar a!tention to the one on "Building Societies" by Barrister and an Actuary. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Wonderfpl Cure of Wounds and a Debilitated Constitution Renovated by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—alr. Male, storekeeper, of Gun• dagai, New South Wales, states that these medicine have effected a most astonishing cure on a settler in his vicinity, who was dreadfully afflicted with wounds on various parts of his body—his constitution was so debi litated that his death was comidered certain, tut the application of Holloway's Ointment and Pills have per formed wonders, for this young man has been completely cured, and so extraordinary is the case that the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald has given publicity to it in his paper of January 4, 1848. Sold by all Druggist. and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand London. TRUE BLUE.—On Saturday, at the Devonpor Sessions House, a carpenter, named John Jackson, was charged with assaulting Captain Manning, the resident magistrate at Portland Island, The case was proved► and in his defence he thought it necessary only to assert that he had spent a little fortune in support of thy Church and State, particularly in drinking to its sun' cess. "I am called," said he, " Blue Jackson all the world over." This eccentric reply to the charge did not satisfy the magistrates, and "Blue Jackson" was ordered to pay a fine of twenty shillings and costs, which 13 6 did with much grumbling, as with that sum he could have drunk to " Church and State" a hundred times over' —Devonport Gazelle. tie,. _On the sth inst., at Stralocb, Aberdeenshire, the lady of Captain Nare.s, R.N., of a son. On the sth inst., at Royal Crescent-terrace, Cheltenhawf the lady of Lieut.-Colonel William Wyllie, C 8., of a son. On the 6th inst., at Northrepp's hall, N or f o lk, th e lady 0' Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Newport, Isle of Wight, the wife of Captain Cecil Bewes, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., Mrs. Joseph Kisch, of Circus-place, Fills' bury-circus, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., the wife of J. C. Atkinson, Esq., of Rom' ney-terrace, Westminete ,r of a sou. On the Bth inst., in London, the lady of Captain W. 13 * Suckling, R.N., of Highwood, near Romsey, Hants, Of II daughter. On the 9th inst., at Hampstead, the wife of E. Nevinsoth Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at Bebington. Edward, fourth son Of fr. K. Glazebrook, Esq., Egremont, Cheshire, to Sarah Barloir Fawcett, widow of li. E. Fawcett, Esq., Inner Temple. On the sth inst., at Worfield, Joseph T. Parkes, DPI to Ann, only daughter of the late J o h n B ac h e , E s q., ° Wyken, Salop. On the sth inst., at St. Margaret's Church, Lynn, Mr o . if Postlethwaite, of Brixton, Surrey, to Ma r ia G os kar, n daughter of the late Mr. S. Tooke, of the former place. On the sth inst., at Ashdon, Essex, James Packe, Eseld Fellow of King's College, to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Rev. C. J. Chapman, minister of St. Peter's Mancroftt Norwich. On the 7th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Richard Rolfe' Esq., of Crediton, Devon, to Mrs. Jane Crakle, of Bayhae r terrace, Camden New-town. DIED. On the 6th inst., John Bent, Esq., of Oat-hall, Lindfiel d ' Sussex, aged 73. On the 7th inst., at Weymouth, Frances Elizabeth, relict of T. J. Davis, Esq., late Secretary of the National Berle' volent Institution. On the 7th inst., at Derwent Bank, near Derby, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late W. Strutt, Esq. On the 7th inst, at Duncan -street, Sarah, wife of Charl es; Jones, of High-street, Islington, aged 29. On the Bth inst , at Gro-venor-street, Henrietta, relict ° f Henry Gaily Knight, Esq., M.P. On the 6th inst., at Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars, agef, l 85, Robert M. Thompson, Esq., l a t e S urgeon to the 14 ' Light Dragoons. On the Bth inst., at Grove-hill-terrace, Camberwell-gro ve, Frederick, second surviving son of J. Cox, Esq , aged 22. On the 9th inst., a t W arwic k- street, R egent - s treet, L' Monins, E , q., late of the b2d Regiment, aged 61. On the Bth inst., at Dulwich-common, Harriett Ann, w ife of J. Smith. Esq., aged 50. o f London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y 01 : 114 "" 2 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e S un Ortiaa, M. 11 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savor. in the C( un t y _; bliddleees, Wednesday, October 11,1848. 7 -