The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-23 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 21. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice MAULS.) John Robinson Tomkins, aged 4*, William Lilley, John Kershaw, John Farrell, James Radcliffe, James Lees, John Pogson, and James Neild, the latter four about 18 years of age, were indicted for cons pi rac y, by riot, &c., to overthrow the Government and con stitution, to obstruct the execution of the laws and to arm themselves in order to carry the conspiracy into effect. There were several other counts, vary ing the form of the charge. The prisoners, it was shown, formed a portion of the Chartist rioters at Ashton, in August last, when Bright, the policeman, was killed. The charge having been proved in evidence, the Judge summed up, and The jury retired, and were absent about an hour, when they returned and gave a verdict of Guilty against Tomkins, Lilley, Kershaw, Farrell, Pogson, and Neild, but strongly recommeuded the last two to mercy on account of their youth. (They were about 18 years of age.) As against Radcliffe and Lees, Mr. PHIPPS, in replying, had admitted no case was proved, they were acquitted accordingly.—Sentence deferred. James Bland, John Kilvington, John Robinson, and Leech were then arraigned for offences arising ont of Chartism. No evidence was offered by Mr. Phipps against them, and they were acquitted ; On which one of them said, they returned thanks to the Government for the mercy shown in their be half. Mary Steel, a good-looking young girl about 20 years old, apparently having been a servant, pleaded guilty to an indictment for concealing the birth of her child, at Bilton-with-Harrogate in the West Riding, on the 2d of August last. His LORDSHIP, after a feeling address, saying that it was necessary, notwithstanding the good character she had received, and the respectability of her friends, that he should inflict some punishment, sentenced her to three months' imprisonment. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) Joseph Harrison Claughton, James Robinson, James Lupton, John Dean, and Jane I were in dicted for a burglary in the house of Thomas Cogill, in Leeds, on the 24th of September last. Mr. Hall and Mr. Wheelhouse prosecuted ; Mr. Blanchard defended Lupton. Mr. Cugill keeps an Inn in Vicars Croft, in Leeds, and on the evening in question he went to bed a little before twelie, having previously seen all safe. It was his custom to leave the ba ii door of his premises on the latch, in order to allow his brewar to get into the brewery, every Wednesday night. This was known to the prisoner Driver, who had been upon the premises as an occasional helper in the brewery. On this night, a policeman going his round, observed the prisoners Claughten and Driver coming out of the yard at half•past one in the morning. This attracted his attention, and he went into the yard, and found the pantry window of Mr. Cogill's house broken open. He then obtained esiistance, and following the prisoners, took them into custody. They then returned to Mr. Ccgill'a, called up the household, and then it was found that some ham, three coffee-pots, a pepper-box, and some other articles had been taken thence. The case against Dean was, that he was watching to prevent alarm; and against the man Lup ton, and the female, for receiving the goods, well knowing them to be stolen. The jury kund Driver and Claughton Guilty of the burglary ; Lupton Guilty of receiving ; and Ac quitted the two other prisoners. The prisoners Driver and Claughton were thereupon sentenced to ten years' transportation ; and Lupton for fifteen years. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) JUDGMENT. On Thursday George Joseph Murray, alias Bradley, alias Williams, who had pleaded guilty at a former sessions to three indictments, charging him with being the keeper of three houses of ill-fame, one situate at 54, Curzon-street, May-fair ; one at 6, Shepherd-street, Oxford market ; and the other at 7, Eagle-street, Red Lion-square, was this morn ing brought up for judgment. Mr. CLARKSON applied to the Court for its consi deration in this matter. The defendant was suffering from disease of the heart, and was otherwise afflicted with bad health. He held in his hand a certificate from the medical gentleman who had attended the defendant, wherein he stated that his patient was in such a bad state of health that, were he to be confined in prison, the most serious consequences might result to him. Under these circumstances, the Learned Counsel urged that much leniency oight in the case of the defendant to be exercise& There was a most material fact, too, which he felt bound to mention to the Court—namely, that the defendant had determined to give up the keys of these houses. Mr. BALLANTINE, who appeared .for the prosecu tion, said that his instructions were, that the case of the defendant was not one in which they could interfere in mitigation by recommending him to the merciful consideration of the Court. It was not the case of a man who was the keeper of one house only of this description, but one where the defendant had long been known as the keeper of a number of houses of a similar character; and he was also known to have amassed a considerable fortune by that course of traffic. It was utterly impossible, therefore, that the prosecutors could recommend the defendant to mercy. The Learned JUDGE said, here was a man at the bar of that Court who, in 1843, had been indicted for keeping a brothel ; in 1844 he was again indicted, but in that instance he escaped punishment ; and in 1845 he was a third time submitted to a similar proceeding, but here again he escaped. All these prosecutions had been for keeping houses of ill fame. Here the same man was a fourth time charged, not with keeping one, but three, of that class of houses, and it was utterly impossible that such a man could be permitted to escape. The defendant was described also as a man of wealth, all made by these detestable means. That, too, was a circumstance which could not be overlooked ; for bow many unhappy persons might not the amassing of those gains have been the ruin of 1 In ordinary cases of this nature, where the keeper of the house was not known, the Court visited him with imprison ment and hard labour for three months ; and where he bad been previously know in the traSc, then the sentence was usually six months. But in both these instances it was where the defendant was connected with one house only. Thus the custom of the Court, to which he had alluded, could not altogether be taken as a precedent on the vresent occasion. It was utterly impossible that the Court could visit the defendant at the bar with any leniency. The sentence upon him would, therefore, be of a severe character. He should impose a heavy fine upon him, in addition to a term of imprisonment. The sentence on the defendant, in respect of the indictment for keeping the house No. 7, Eagle street, was, that he be imprisoned in the House of Cor rection, Coldbath-fields, for six months, and pay a fine to the Queen of 1001.; the sentence in respect to the house No. 6, Shepherd street, Oxford-market, was three months' imprisonment in the same prison, to commence at the expiration of the above six months, and to pay a further fine of 50/. ; and then with re gard to the house No. 54, Curzon-street, the Court would require the defendant to enter into his own re cognizance of 1001., and two sureties for 401. each, to come up and receive judgment when called on to do so. The effect of this would be, that if the house were not opened again as a house of ill fame, the defendant would hear no more of the matter ; but, on the e other h an d, if the house were to be again applied such a purpose, then most assuredly he would re ceive a very heavy sentence. The defendant said that all the houses had been closed for some time. The Learned opened again t o - mor row. JUDGE —yes, no doubt, and may be The defendant—No, I have given up the leases, The Learned JUDGE—WeII, th at remains to . be proved. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,. SOUTH WA RK. John William.y, a young man in the employment of Messrs. M•Leod and Adams, brewers, of Clapham, was brought before Mr. Secker, c h arge d w i t h d r i ving a horse and a wheeled chaise over Louisa Iles, house keeper in the service of Mr. Hawkins, of Albion place, Blackfriars, and causing her death. Sarah Ball, of No. 71, New-street, stated that she sold fruit at the corner of Charles-street, Blackfriars • road, and that on the previous afternoon, about half past four o'clock, as she was attending to her stall, she saw a female in the act of crossing the road. Be fore, however, she had time to reach the opposite side, witness observed a horse and chaise coming along at a rapid pace, from the direction of Blackfriars-bridge, and saw the horse run against the woman, who was knocked down, §nd the chaise passed over her. Witness immediately ran to the woman's assistance, but found she lay on the ground without moving, and to all appearance dead, and she then observed that the driver did not stop to ascertain what in jury he might have caused, but proceeded on his road at a swifter pace than he was Previously driving. The witness added that some persons ran after the chaise, and succeeded in stopping the prisoner before he got as far as Rowland Hiil's Chapel, and he was given into custody; that she subsequently was in formed that the woman who who was run over, and whose name and place of abode were unknown at the time, died in the surgery of Mr. Jones, whither she was conveyed after the accident. James Richardson said that he was walking along Blackfriars-road at the time of the accident, anti saw the prisoner whip the horse after the woman was run over, evidently w ith th e i ntent i on of making his eses.pe. Witness however, pursued him, and sue ceedecl the reigns of the horse, and stop- . THE SUN, LO4NDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1848. ping the vehicle, and on bringing the prisoner back to the spot where the woman was run over, he found that she was carried into a surgeon's house adjacent, where she expired. An inspector of the L division stated, that when the prisoner was brought to the station-house, he said that the accident was occasioned in consequence of a collision with an omnibus, the driver of which attempted to strike him with his whip, and that in his endeavour to avoid the blow, he pulled the reins of his horse a little on one side, and the deceased happening to be in the act of crossing the road at the moment, she was knocked down and run over. The Inspector added, that the prisoner admitted he was aware of the accident, but that he was so alarmed, instead of stopping he drove forward, until he was stopped. One of the prisoner's employers said that he was a solver and careful driver, and that they had no cause of complaint against him since he had been in their service, and that on the day in question he had driven two of his children home from Norwood, and that it was afterwards the accident unfortunately happened. Mr. SECKEk said that the prisoner must be re manded. Bail was then put in for his appearance. It was stated that the deceased was an aged woman, and that she had been 40 years in the service of the gentleman with whom she had been living up to the period of her untimely death. LAMBETH. James Ludlan, alias The Saint, a member of the swell mob, was again placed at the bar, before Mr. Norton, for further examination, on a charge of bur g! sry and robbery, at the Coach and Horses beer house, in Brandon-street, Lock's-fields, and stealing therefrom 3151.55., in bank-notes, gold, and silver; and also on a fresh charge of stealing from 601. to 701. in silver from the Old Justice public house, in B. rmondsey-wall. Mr. Games appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Roberts for the defence. In addition to the evidence given on the preceding examination, and which appeared in The Sun of Thursday, Mary Ann Sharp, a little girl of 16 years of age, v.as called, and stated that on Saturday morning last, at about nine o'clock, she went to the Coach and Horses beer shop for some beer, and on leaving the house she saw a man on the pavement who said, "Make haste," and instantly a man jump e d ou t o f th e Best floor window, and both ran away. She (wit ness) returned to the house, and told Mrs. Butler that a man had just jatnped out of the window. In reply to the questions of the magistrate, the witness said she could not-say the prisoner was the person she ipni seen jump from the window, as she had not an opportunity of seeing his face, but she recognised the pi isoner from having frequently seen him at Mrs. Butler's house. Mrs. Eliza Butler, the wife of tha prosecutor, was xt sworn, and said the last witness had made a mistake as to the time when she saw the man jump from the window, for instead of nine, it must have been between the hours of seven and eight, as the po lice bad been acquainted with the robbery before the latter hour. The witness also said that she had been into the bedroom from which the property had been stolen at a quarter to seven o'clock on the same evening, and locked it on leaving, when all the pro p-rty was safe. The fastening to the room was very imperfect, and the thief must have entered from the outside. Mrs. White, who bad been examined on Wednes day, was recalled, and swore positively to the prisoner h• ing the person she had just seen at, and then jump from, the window of the prosecutor. Sergeant Smith, of the P division of police, deposed that from the information given to him on the night of the robbery by .Mrs. Butler, his suspicions were at once directed to the prisoner, and he had, in conse quence, with other constables, watched his house until Wedn es d a y morn i ng , when he was taken into custody. On the Sunday morning he saw a person named Hicks, but who was better known as "Black Jack," and also a person named Hinton, call at the prisoner's house, and after stopping there some little time, they left and returned to the house of Mr. Butler, whom he saw then in conversation with the prosecutor. lie (Smith) was subsequently informed that shortly after these persons had called, the priso nar left his house, and did not return until the Tues day night following. Upon being apprehended on Wednesday morning, the prisoner asked him (Smith) and Davis, his fellow-officer, if they really had the sanction of Mr. Butler for doing so, and resisted going to the station-house, saying they had no right to take him there without a warrant. Mr. Robinson, the superintendent of the P division of police, said he was prepared to show that the pri soner had been before in custody, and that he and the man "Black Jack" spoken of had been committed to prison for three months each for having a quantity of skeleton-keys in their possession. He (Mr. Robin son) also understood that there was another charge against the prisoner. Mrs. Mary Wrikins was then sworn, and deposed that for a month or five weeks past the prisoner had been in the habit of frequenting her house, the Old Justice, in Bermondsey-wall, and represented himself as Mr. Wright, and said he was a coal merchant. On one occasion he asked her to give him gold or notes for silver, and on another a 51. note for gold, and this she had no doubt was done with the view of ascertaining where she kept her cash. On Friday evening last he came to her house and called for a glass of half-and-half at the bar, and while drinking it he went out backwards, and on returning she no ticed that he kept tapping with the heel or toe of his boot on the floor, and soon after left the house. He was not gone ten minutes when it was discovered that her (witness's) bedroom door had been opened by a skeleton key, a drawer found open, and a bag, con taining from 601. to TO/. in silver, carried away. The witness added that she had no doubt that the prisoner, when he went into the yard, let a confederate in by the back gate, and that this person committed the robbery. Mary Ann Camplin, the niece of the last witness, corroborated a great portion of her evidence, and said she had been to the bedroom of her aunt about twenty minutes before the discovery of the robbery, when she locked the door and left all safe. She was quite positive as to the prisoner's identity. On the application of Mr. Games and Mr. Robin son, the prisoner was remanded for a week. THAMES. John Barley, a coal porter and carman, in the em ploy of Mr. Green, a coal merchant in the City-road, was brought up on remand, charged with the wilful murder of Lewis Caustatt, a dock labourer, better known by the name of Lewis Lewis. The occurrence which led to the death of the un fortunate man took place in Nightingale-lane, a narrow street, bounded on each side by the walls of the St. Katherine's and London Dock, and leading from Upper East Smithfield to Wapping. The west side of this lane is rendered nearly impassable every morning by the number of labourers who congregate there, waiting for employment in the St. Katherine's Dock. Robert Welch, a labourer, said that on Sunday morning last, between the hours of seven or eight o'clock, as he was in Nightingale-lane, advancing to wards letter D warehouse of the St. Katherine Dock, he saw the prisoner, who was driving a waggon laden with coals, and drawn by three horses, on its way from Wappi ng t o E as t Smithfield. The team was close on the body of men waiting for employment outside F warehouse, and the prisoner shouted after them, and told them to get out of the way. An al tercation took place between the prisoner and the dockmen, and the prisoner threatened to knock down some of them, and threw his whip and coat on the ground, and challenged one of them to fight. Pre vious to doing so, the prisoner stopped his waggon and horses. A fight took place between the prisoner and one or two of the dockmen. The prisoner was twice knocked down, and when he recovered from his second fall he took up his whip and coat, said he had had enough of it, and drove on towards the ware house, where another body of labourers were assem bled. Witness was on the footpath outside the ware house on the near side of the waggon, and as the team approached close to the body of men, he distinctly saw the prisoner throw his whip across the neck of the wheel horse, which immediately moved inwards towards the men. He feared that some one would be killed, and rushed forward, when he saw the de ceased lying i n th e road, about six or seven feet from the footpath, with his head crushed, and the blood oozing from his person. He was qu it e sure t h e team would hav e c l eared the body of labourers with several feet to spare, if the ant h recklessly guided hpiossehdpor John Butler de that c n l d ose to th that be was waiting for em ploy at nantdthehorses g a t e s , o a the e prisonerb drove his wag s erweardds ntboetmw.ilfully and i g ng there, that some ot themefwotbedreye o n f enrl y labourers run wait nv e men pitched A scuffle ensued, and tw o into the prisoner, and gave him actotell: rectly after the fight and the prisonerraheahtdi t n h rge e 's d u o rnp c dock gate, the charge of his team, there was a call gate, which induced witness and others to prisoner, towards it. He was about a yard b e hi nd the and beard him say, " I will give it to the --s the dock-gate if they don't get out of m y way at ?, Witness told him be deserved all he met with. He went in advance of the prisoner to the dock -gate, and WAS standing about two yards from the deceased, wh o was on tiptoe, looking Mr. Hunter, who was calling the names over, in the face. He had not been at the d)ck-gate more than a minute when the horses and waggon were driven close up to the body of labourers, out of its proper course, and the deceased was struck by the fore part; of the waggon and thrown down. I he near fore wheel went over his head and body. He was so horrorstruck, that he turned his head aside, and did not see the SE cond wheel go over the deceased, who was immediately afterwards pi( ked up in a dying state, and conveyed to the hospital. Other witnesses gave similar evidence relating to t' e threat used by the prisoner, and to his throwing his whip across the neck of the thill horse, which brought the waggon close to the footpath where the men were standing. There was 14 feet to spare in the road on the east side of the waggon. Mr. Peter Gowlland, house-surgeon of the London Hospital, said the deceased was quite dead when brought there. All the bones of the front of the skull were more or less driven into the brain, and five ribs were broken. Mr. Nathan Caustatt, surgeon, of Bevis marks, said the deceased was his brother, and that he had iden tified his body. _ _ _ The prisoner made no defence, and said he only wanted a copy of the depositions. Mr. YARDLBY said the prisoner was already charged on the coroner's inquisition with manslaughter, but after the evidence he had heard, he considered it was his imperative duty to commit him to take his trial on the more serious charge of wilful murder. The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute and give evidence. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FAIDAY. WHITEHALL, DEC. 15, 1848. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Pittard Bag shaw, of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 18. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Frank Cavendish Ward, of Prescott, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. _ WAR OFFICE, Dac. 21. 10th Regiment of Foot-Ensign Charles Rowland Berkeley Calcott to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Baumgart ner, appointed to the 63d Foot ; Gentleman Cadet Augustus Barton White, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, vice Calcott, Dec. 22. 17th Foot-Gentleman Cadet George Tile Brice, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Marsh, appointed to the 83d Foot, Dec. 22. 28th Foot-Lieutenant Edward Collins, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Cotton, appointed to 64th Foot ; Ensign John Meacham to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Read, appointed to 83d Foot; Gentleman Cadet Vesey Truell, from Royal Military College, to be En sign, vice Meacham, Dec. 22. 3.3 d Foot -Captain Thomas Bunbury Gough to be Major, without purchase, vice Galloway, promoted in 70th Foot; Lieutenant Edward Westby Donovan to be Captain, vice Gough ; Ensign J. Cochrane to be Lieutenant, vice Donovan ; Gentleman Cadet Alexander Bruce Wallace, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Cochrane, Dec. 22. 44th Foot-James Edmund Clutterbuck, M.D., to be As sistant-Surgeon vice Eaton, appointed to 70th Foot, Dec. 22. 55th Foot Lieutenant Thomas Ryan, from half-pay 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice James, appointed to 70th Foot; Gentleman Cadet William Barnston, from Royal Military College,_ to be Ensign, vice Fairtlough, appointed to 70th Foot, Dec. 22. 56th Foot-Lieutenant George Leslie, from half pay 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mainwaring, appointed to the t'S , l Foot, Dec. 22. 62d Foot-George O'Donnell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Alcock, appointed to the 83d Foot, Dec. 22. 63d Foot-Gentleman Cadet John Dalbiac Luard, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Penton, ap pointed to the 70th Foot, Dec. 22. 64th Foot-Major George Duberley, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase; Brevet Major James Draper, to be Major, be Captain, riviee Duberley;v vice Draper, eurtaenearn, Dec.tl2 2. llon. James Lyon 13 To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Lieutenant Sydney Cotton, from the 28th Foot; Lieutenant Richard Charles M'Crea, from the 97th Foot; Lieutenant Matthew Fanning, from the Ist West India Regiment; Lieutenant George Hamilton Twemlow, from half-pay of the 4th Foot; Lieut. Arthur Edward Mulloy, from the 74th Foot; Lieut. Archi bald Edward Coch rane Porster, from half-pay of the 28th Foot ; Lieut. Doveton Downes Greentree, from Ceylon Rifle Rigi ment ; Lieut. Charles Frederick Brockman, from the 76th Foot ; Lieut. Godfrey Lyon Knight, from Ceylon Rifle Re giment; Lieut. Walter Johnson, from the 73d Foot; Ensign John Henry Capel Loft, vice Browne, Dec. 22. To be Ensign, without purchase-Frederick J. Hutchison, Gent., vice Loft, Dec. 22. c. To be Assistant-Surgeons-Assistant-Surgeon William Henry Short, from the Staff; Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Lieth Adams, M.D., from the 82d Foot, Dec. 22. 66th Foot-Lieutenant Charles William Aylmer, from half-pay of the 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ellis, ap pointed to the 83d Foot, Dec. 22. 67th Foot-Lieut. John William Percy, from half-pay of 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mackenzie, appointed to 70th Foot; Lieut. Henry Sollers Gunning S. Knight, from half-pay of the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice M`Nair, ap pointed to 70th Foot, Dec. 22. 70th Foot-Major Thomas James Galloway, from 33d Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, Dec. 22. To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Lieutenant John M'Kay M`Kenzie, from the 67th Foot ; Lieutenant Charles Alfred Poyntz James, from the 55th Foot; Lieutenant Paul Frederick de Quincy, from the 80th Foot; Lieutenant Attilio Schebarras, from the 80th Foot; Lieutenant George Augustus M'Nair, from the 67th Foot; Ensign Frederick Willington ; Ensign Charles Blewitt ; Ensign Edward Wilson; Ensign Oates Joseph Travers; Ensign Charles C raw l e y, Dec. 22. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Quartermaster Charles James Perry, from the 4th Foot, vice Wellington; Ensign Augustus Penton, from the 63d Foot, vice Blewitt ; Ensign Edward D'Heillimer Fairtlough, from the 55th Foot, vice Wilson ; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Saltmarshe, from the Royal Military College, vice Travers; Gentleman Cadet Augustus Edward Henry Acse'l, from the Royal Military College, vice Crawley, Dec. 22. To be Assistant-Surgeons-Assistant -Surgeon Deodatus William Eaton, from the 34th Foot ; Acting Assistant-Sur geon Christopher Bakewell Baseano, Dec. 22. 73d Foot-Lieutenant Robert Hole Walters, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Lieutenant, vice Johnston, appointed to the 64th Foot, Dec. 21. 74th Foot-Lieutenant William King, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Mulloy, ap pointed to the 64th Foot, Dec. 22. 70th Foot-Lieutenant Robert Hyde Page, from half-pay 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice . Brockman, appointed to the 64th Foot, Dec. 22. 80th Foot-Lieutenant Frederick Miller, from Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice de Quincey, ap pointed to the 70th Foot; Lieutenant Charles Frederick Amiel, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Sche barras, appointed to 70th Foot, Dee. 22. 82d Foot-Ensign John Sprot, from the 63d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Richardson, appointed to the 83d Foot; Acting Assistant-Surgeon George -Thomas Finlay, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Adams, appointed to the 64th Foot, Dec. 22. 83d Foot-Major William Henry Law to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase; Brevet Major Edward Townsend to be Major, vice Law; Lieutenant Septimus Alphonso Frederico Cary to be Captain, vice Townsend, Dec. 22. To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Lieutenant Samuel Read, from 28th Foot; Lieutenant Edward M. H. Mainwar ing, from 56th Foot; Lieut. Thomas Parker Wright, from 2d West India Regt. ; Lieut. James Verling Ellis, from 66th Foot ; Lieutenant John Norris M'Kelvey, from half-pay 4th Foot; Lieutenant John Mead, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment; Lieutenant Mowbray Baumgartner, from 10th Foot; Ensign William Kavanagh - Bookey ; Ensign William John Nunn ; Ensign Stephen William Metge; Ensign Herbert Stanley Cooper, vice Cary, Dec. 22. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Ensign Francis Henry Digby Marsh, from 17th Foot, vice Bookey; Ensign Ussher William Alcock, from 62d Foot, vice Nun ; Ensign Marma duke Nelson Richardson, from 62d Foot, 'vice Metge ; Gen tleman Cadet Thomas Roland, from the Royal Military Col lege, rice Cooper ; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Graham, from the Royal Military College, vice Sprot, appointed to s2d Foot, Dec. 22. To be Assistant-Surgeons -Assistant-Surgeon William Nettleton Boyce, from the Staff; Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Hamilton Bows, Dec. 22. 97th Foot-Lieutenant George Webb, from half-pay of the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice M'Crea, appointed to the 64th Foot, Dec. 22. HOSPITAL STAITI-Acting Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Manners to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Short, appointed to the 64th Foot; Grahame Auchinleck, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Boyce, appointed to 'he 83d Foot, Dec. 22. WAR-OFFICE, DEc. 21. 6th Dragoon Guards--Lieutenant Brent Neville, from 46th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fredericks, who exchanges, Dec. 22. 3d Light Dragoons—Cornet Robert Hodgson, to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice H. W. White, deceased. 6th Dragoons—Captain Henry Dalrymple White to be Major, by purchase, vice Arkwright, who retires; Lieutenant Frederick Wellington John Fitz-Wygram to be Captain, by purchase, vice White; Lieutenant Henry William Walters, from 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitz- Wygram, Dec. 22. 12th Light Dragoons—Captain Edwar4 Morant to be Major, by purchase, vice the Hon. Robert Needham, who re tires; Lieut. Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Morant; Cornet Frederick Arden to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thellusson Assistant-Sur geon Robert Villiers George, M.D., from the 69th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gunning, deceased, Dec. 22. 17th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Edward Calvert Arneman Haworth to be Captain, by purchase, vice Miles, who retires ; Cornet Robert White to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Haworth ; Augustus Frederick Cavendish Webb, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice White, Dec. 22. 2d Regiment of Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class George Roche Smith to be Surgeon, vice Harvey, ap pointed to the 70th Foot, Dec. 22. 16th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Crosby Vaughan, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Baker, deceased, Dec. 22. 18th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Frederick Burton Phillip son, from 34th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice D'Arcy, who exchanges, Dec. 22. 20th Foot:-knsign Francis Padfield to be Adjutant, vice Tomson, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Dec. 22. 21st Foot—Captain Willoughby Harcourt Carter, from 64th Foot, to be Captain, vice Holland, who exchanges, Dec. 22. 22d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Charles Fraser, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Goodfellow, whose removal from 10th Foot has been cancelled, Dec. 22. 27th Foot—Captain Lord Thomas Charles Pelham Clin ton, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Charles Vereker, who exchanges; Lieutenant Oliver Langley to be Captain by purchase, vice Lord T. C. Pelham Clinton, who retires; Ensign William Archibald Kidd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Langley ; Sir James Lawrence Cotter, Bart., to be Benign, by purchase, vice Xidd, Dec. 22. 28th Foot--Lieutenant Henry Robert Crew Godley, from 64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Morphy, who exchanges, Dec. 22. 34th Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class William Denny to be Surgeon, ♦ice Bain, promoted on the Staff; Assistant-Surgeon O'Connor D'Arcy, M.D , from 18th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Phillipson, 'who exchanges, Dec. 22. 40th Foot — Lieut.-Colonel Severus William Lynam Strat ton, from the 64th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Stopford, who exchanges; Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Burke, from the 50th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Mapleton, appointed to the Staff, Dec. 22. 4Gth Foot—Lieutenant John Jestyn Williams Fredericks, from 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Neville, who exchanges, Dec. 22. 50th F oot —Acting Assistant - Surgeon Andrew Acres Stoney, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Burke, promoted in the 40th Foot, Dec. 22. a n s d 7 e r t h G F o o r o d t o — n t m a ff . D S u , r t g o eon e ofsu Surgeon, vice pla ss Richardson, Chars deAlex ceased,- Dec. 22. 63d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Vincent Mackesy, from the Royal Militara College, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Delho4te, promoted, Dec. 22. - tAti, 40th Foot, to be LieutenaLt-Colonel, vice bttetteu, who ex changes ; Captain Frederick Rolland, from 21st Foot, to be Captain; vice Carter, who ezehangea; Lieutenant William Fletcher James lifforphy, from 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Godley, who exchanges, Dec. 22. 65th Foot—Thomas George Strange, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dudgeon, promoted in the 80th Foot, Dec. 22. 69th Foot—William Watson Somerville, M.D., to be As• sistant-Surgeon, vice George, appointed to the 12th Ligh Dragoons, Dec,.22. 70th Foot—Surgeon William Harvey, from the 2d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Pilleau, appointed to the Staff, Dec. 22. 71st Foot—Captain Nathaniel Massey Stack to be Major, by purchase, vice Foy, who retires; Lieutenant Charles William Sutton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stack; Ensign John Rochfort Uniacke to be Lieutenant by pur chase, vice Sutton ; Charles Blennerhassett, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Uniacke, Dec. 22. 76th Foot.—Lieutenant John Richard Lovett, from half-pay 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Minnitt, ap pointed to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, Dec. 22. 80th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Hardinge to be Captain, by purchase, vice Creagh, who retires; Ensign James John Dudgeon, from the 65th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hardinge, Dec. 22. 82d Foot—Lieutenant William Robert Farmar, from half pay 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bernard, appointed Paymaster, Dec. 22. sGth Foot—Lieutenant Patrick James John Grant, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Swabey, whose appointment has been cancelled, Dec. 22. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Albert de Latour to be Captain, without purchase, vice Murray, died of his wounds, Aug. 31 ; Lieutenant Aubrey Agar Cartwright to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Ramsay, who retires; Second Lieutenant George Henry William Walker to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cartwright; William Thomas Markham, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walker; Gentleman Cadet Hugh Guion Macdonell, from Royal Military College, to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, Dec. 22. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant John Chris topher Minnitt, from the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Black, promoted, Depot Battalion (Isle of Wight) —Lieutenant-Colonel Je remiah Taylor, from half-pay unattached, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Holman Custauce, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Dec. 22. BREVET. To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army-Major John Gar vock, of 81st Foot ; Major Frederick Eld, of 90th Foot ; Major Sidney Beckwith, of the Rifle Brigade, Dec. 22. To be Majors in the Army-Captain John Henry Bring burst of the 90th Foot; Captain George Anthony Leaton Blenkinsopp, of the 45th Foot; Captain John Armstrong, of the Cape Mounted Riflemen, Dec. 22. Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremiah Taylor, of the Depot Bat talion (Isle of Wight), to be Colonel in the Army, Nov. 23, 1841. The under-mentioned Cadets of the Hon. the East India Company's Service to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign, during the period of their being placed under the cernicand of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham,for Field Instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining: James John M'Leod Innes, Gent. ; Edmund Walker, Gent.; George Tomkyns Chesney, Gent.; Alexander Davidson, Gent.; John Archibald Ballard, Gent., Dec. 22. .. HOSPITAL Srairr.-Inspector -General of Hospitals, with local reek, John Davy, M.D., to be Inspector-General of hospitals; Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Alex ander Stewart, M.D., to.be Inspector-General of Hospitals in the Windward and Leeward Islands only, vice John Davy, M.D., who le tires upon half-pay, Dec. 22. Staff- Surgeon of the First Class William Munro to be De puty Inspector-General Of Hospitals, vice Stewart; Surgeon IVilliara Bain, M.D., from the 34th Foot, to be Staff Sur geon, of the First Class, vice Munro. Surgeon Henry Pilleau, from 70th Foot, to be Staff-Sur geon of Second Class, vice Thomas Lewis, M.D., who retires on half-pay, Dec. 22. Surgeon .Henry Mapleton, M.D., from 40th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of Second Class, vice Gordon, appointed to 57th Foot, Dec. 22. Staff Assistant-Surgeon James Alexander Fraser, M.D., to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Smith, appointed to the 2d Foot, Dec. 22. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Sandford M'Vittie Lloyd, M.D., to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Denny, ap pointed to 34th Foot, Dec. 22. Acting Assist an t-S urgeon Nicolson Colin Mackenzie, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Fraser, Dec. 22, Joseph Farmer Matthew, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Lloyd, Dec 22. Memoitaamuse-Assistant-Surgeca to the Forces William Sme lie Johnstone, M.D., has been permitted to resign his commission, Dec. 1. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire. Rsyal Denbigh Rifle Regiment of Militia-Second Lieu tenant Richard Ambrose Price to be First Lieutenant, vice Brow nlow I'Vynne Wynne, resigned; Hugh Robert Hughes, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Price, promoted. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the County of Ayr. Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry-Lieutenant Thomas Smith Cunningliame to be Captain of a troop, vice Charles Lamb, resigned, Dec. IS ; Cornet Archibald Cun ninghame to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Smith Cunning. hame, promoted. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. William Norton, ironmonger, Penzance, Cornwall. Richard Walker Openshaw, wine and spirit merchant, Birkenhead. John Edmondson, miller, Warrington, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. S. J. Thomas, London-road, surgeon, to surrender Dec. 29, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Pennell, official assignee; Foord, Pinners'• hall, Old Broad street, solicitor. J. Hobson and C. Hobson, Waltham Abbey, and Enfield, stonemasons, Dec. 28, at eleven, and Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Johnson, Ba siegball- street, official assignee; Atkinson, Carey-street. 1). Payne, Worthing, Sussex, auctioneer and printer, Dec. 30, at one, and Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Green, Guildhall-chambers, Basing hall-street, official assignee; Messrs. Rodgers and Page den, King-street, Cheapside, solicitors. E. Millward, Cambridge, coach-builder, Jan. 1, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Ttirquand, Guildhall chambers, offi cial assignee; Messri.. 13addeley, Leman-street, Good. man's-fields, and King, Cambridge ' solicitors. G. J. Gladstone, Black we ll, and Bromley, Middlesex shipwright and builder, Jan. 1, at twelve, and Feb. 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Gra ham, Coleman-street, official assignee; Messrs. Roy ; Lothbury, solicitors. G. Robinson, South Audley-street, Grosvenor-square, licensed victualler, Jan. 2, at 1, and Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Groom, Abchurch lane, Lombard-street, official assignee; Moon, Adam street, Adelphi, solicitor. J. Boulton, Tooley-street, Southwark, baker, Dec. 30, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 3, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Green, Guildhall Charn gnee; Sprigg, Be sbienrgsb, ai ß i. a s s t i r n e g et h , a B l o l- l s ic tr ito ee r t . , offi c i a l ass i J. Hall, Shrewsbury, timber merchant, Jan. 10, at twelve, and Jan. 30, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham. Whitmore, Birmingham, official assignee; Hodgson, Birmingham, solicitor. J. Hall, jun., Shrewsbury, timber-merchant, Jan. 10, at twelve, and Jan. 30, at ten, a t th e C ourt, Birming ham. Valpy, Birmingham, official assignee; Gordon, Shrewsbury; and Hodgson, Birmingham, solicitors. J. Jackson, jun., Sheffield, St a ff or d s hi re, m i ller, Jan. 9, and Feb. 13, at ten, a t th e C ourt, Birmingham. m V :n iP t Y VV ß a i l rm sal i l n , T. Hill, Redditch, Worcest ers hi re, b u i lder, Jan. 11 and Feb. 8, at tw e lve, at the C ourt, Birmingham. Whit more, Birmingham, official ass i gnee; Browning, Red ditch, and Hodgson, Birmingham, solicitors. J. Ransford, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, coal porter and ale merchant, Jan 11 and Feb. 7, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. Christie, Birmingham, offi ci .1 assignee; Heath, Warwick; and Mutterain and Co., Birmingham, solicitors. J. Scott, Devonport, jeweler and silversmith, Jan. 2, at ten, and Jan. 24, at eleven at the Court, E xe t er ., Hernarnan, Exeter, official assignee; Messrs. Beer and Runde], Devonport; Stogdon, Exeter; and Penkivil, West-etreet, Finsbury-circus, solicitors. C. Williamson, Manchester, starch manufacturer, Jan. 5 and Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. Hobson, Manchester, official assignee; Abbott, Lincoln's lon-fields; and Slater, Manchester, solicitors. DIVIDENDS. hl-Is,tareteotn, one-R, W s, in g d r s o o c r e , r c a o n rn d At the Court, B as i nghall-street. tea T. B dealer, nt, J i a l n i g . and coal merchant, Jan. 16, at half-past eleven-W. Wilton, Upper St. Martin's-lane, victualler, Jan. 15, at one-G. Goddard, Leicester, tea dealer and grocer, Jan. 15, at two-S. Mobbs, Alfred-place, Alexander square, Bromptou, eoal merchant, Jan. 19, at twelve-J. Boddington, Manchester,. hop and provision dealer, Jan 19, at eleven-G. Freeman, Croydon, Surrey, grocer and general dealer, Jan. 19, at twelve. In the Country. D. Jones, linendraper, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the:Ceurt, Liverpool-J. D. Green, Leeds, plaid manufacturer, Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-R. B. Cousens, Llanelly, Carmarthenahire, engineer, Jan. li, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol-J. Newton, Stockton, Durham, ship builder, Jan. 15, at half-past ten, at the C ourt , Newcastle -upon-Tyne-J. Matthews, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, and Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, banker, Jan. 16, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham--T, Stott; Liverpo o l, l aceman , J an . IC at twelve, at th e Court, Man c h ester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS, J. Leadb eater, , Manchester, merchant, manufacturer of shirtin gat and comm i ss i on merchant, 3id., on Tues day, Dec. 26, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchest( r. G. Hesketh, Manchester, straw bonnet dealer, 2s. 6d., on Tuesday, Dec. 2fi, or any subsequent Tuesday, be tween the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, .Manchester. W. Clunes, Brydges-street, Covent-garden, pawn broker,Wednesday, b etween the hours of twelve and three, at 95., on W e d nes d a y, D ec . 20, or an y su b sequen t the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street. J. Oldam, Wood -street, City, silk warehouseman, Bd., on Wednesday, Dec. 20, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street. H. Penman, Sunderland, ironmonger, anchor mann facturor, and shipowner, 6d., on Saturday, Dec. 23, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of blr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Lave.y. Cheltenham, librarian and bookseller, 7s. 6d., on Wednesday, Dee, 27, or any subsequent Wed nesday, between the hours of ten and twelve, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. J. Y. Betts, Cardiff, Glamorgansh ire, grocer, lid., in addition to 7s. 7id . a l ready paid, on Wednesday, Dec. 27, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the h o urs of ten and twelve, at th e office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. W. Hitlme and T. Braggard, Liverpool, rope manufac turers, ss. 5d., on Monday, Dee. 16, or any subsequent Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. T. Towerson, Tudholee, Cumberland, miller and lime burner, is. 4d., on Saturday, Dec. 23, or any following S , tur ay. 1.- . tween the hours of ten reed three. qt the '3l W::1-.1 , ,), INL w..c..stic-up 1:-T 3 it,. Strawson and Young, Louth, .Lineolesitire, chetni.ta and brokers, is. 20. on new proofs, together with first 1 dividend of 75., on Friday, Dec. 22, or any subsequent Friday, betwfen the hours of eleven aad two, at the cffice of Mr. Carrick, Hull. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Wilton, Upper St. Martin's-lane, victualler, Jan. 16, at twelve—G. Banks, Lymington, Hampshire, builder, Jan. 13, at eleven—J. Taylor, Noble-street, Martin's-le-Grand, licensed victualler, Jan. 12, at twelve —C. Sims, Dimmick's Wharf, Upper Ground -street, wharfinger, Jan. 12, at twelve—J. Wilson, Woolwich, grocer, Jan. 12, at one—ll. Buckland, Charles-street, Manchester-square, cabinet maker, Jan. 13, at eleven. In the Country. J. Wait, Bristol, stockbroker, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—R. B. Cousens, Llanelly, Carmar• thenshire, engineer, Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Emerson, North Shields, Northumberland, banker, Jan. 15, at half-past one, at the Court, NeNN cas tle- upon Tyne—J. Thompson, LI eds, tea dealer, Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Gylby, East Retford, Nottinghamshire, apothecary, Jan. 27, at twelve, at tho Council- hall, Sheffield—C. J. Hanmer, Upper Lawn, Shropshire, cattle dealer, January 23, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham —R. L. Evans, Liverp oo l, b u t c h er, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Feeny, Liverpool, hotel keeper, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Hall, Kinston, Herefordshire, miller, Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. Court of Review, Jan. 12. J. Robinson, Leighton, Cheshire, cheese fac!or—R. Hemingway, Liverpool, merchant—J. Henderson, Fieet street, bookseller —J. Dillon, Hereford, ironmonger— W. Cole, Birkenhead, Cheshire, estate agent—J. Mad dock, Liverpool, tallow chandler—J. Green, Liverpool, wine merchant—R. Walton, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, hosier—R. Hawkins, Standish, Gloucestershire, cheese dealer—G. Bell, Prittlefvell, Es-sex, builder—E. Hsnds comb, Wohourn, Bedfordshire, watch dealer—ll. Ilutchens, Portsea, Southampton, timber merchant— R. Adkin, Queen's road, Notting-hill, Kensington, builder—W. Hinton, Pudding lane, Lower Th.: 'nes street, bricklayer—J. Harper, Dudley, Worcestershire, and Walsall Tipton and Bilston, Staffordshire, mercer— R. Field, Br( ad street, Cheapside, and Barge-yard, Bucklerabury, warehouseman. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Price, W. P. Hughes, and J. B. Jones, Lombard. street, perfumers (so far as regards the said R. Price) — J. Heath and G. Hatton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk dyers—J. Watkins end J. R. Smith, Tottenham-court. road, linendrapers—C. Handley and T. H. Kirby, War• wick, attorneys—W. Burchell, G. A. Kilgour, and J. parson, Parliament -street, Westminster, attorneys (so far as regards the said G. A. Kilgour—lL Cadman, C. Walker, and R. G. Hill, Sheffir.ld, steel refiners—J. Smith, J. Trowsdale, T. C. Jackson, and T. Gurt art, jun., Stockton, Durham, builders (so far as regards the said James Smith)--C. J. Gorden and W. Tombs, Poul try, paper hangers—F. Allwood and F. Phillips, 'l'hoe bald's-road, Red Lion-square, hosiers—R. B. Arnold and W. D. Arnold, Bath. wine merchants—C. Farrar and 1). B. Sorley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, oil merchaats—J. Wade and I'. Haigh, Newington causeway, iron founders—ll. Hughes, 11. F. Fsirfoot, and II Webb, Clement's lan, attorneys (so far as regards the said H. Hughes) —J. Wallace and W. Clough, Blyth, Northum berland, drapers—A. Cuddehy and C. B. Forrest, Man chester, wine merchants—F. H. Wall and J. G. Hiseoke, Richmond, booksellers—J. C. Weippert and C. Follit, Princess'-rooms. Castle-street, Oxtord-street—G. Fet cher and H. Fulcher, Osborne-street, Wbitchapel, tillers —J. Phillips and G. Purnell, Hai t• street, Cripplsgate, hot pressers—J. Hawkins and G. Reeve, Hadleigh, Suffolk, plumbers—C. B, Taylor and Ann Parbutt, Wells, Somersetshire, maltstert—R. H. Good ridge, R. S. Damert.ll, and J. Hardy, Plymouth, wine merchants (so far as regards the said R. H. Goodridge) —E. B. Davis, W. P. Hayman, and 1). M`ltle, Burnham and Wouldham, Kent, Grosvenor ce, Pimlico, Nerth wharf, Paddington, and Druce's Paradise- harf, Cl/ el4ea, lime burners (so far as regards the said E. B. Davis). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Snudden, Hyde, Isle of Wight, boot and shoe. maker. John Dougherty, Liverpool, bu!cher. George Lambert, Sheffield, auger manufacturer. Henry Redfearn, Sheffield, saw manufacturer. William Dixon, Sheffield, saw grinder. Henry Tomlinson, Mayfield, Staffordshire, schoolmaster. Richard Davies, Waver:ree, near Liverpool. IVilliam Briddon, Sheffield, edge tool maker. Thomas Bothwell, St. Helen's, Lancashire, joiner. William Williams Bird, Hereford, justices' clerk. William Broadatock, jun., Staunton, Worcestershire, blacksmith. Herbert Martin, Southampton, painter. Joseph Martin, Southampton, painter. John Alexander, Rochester, Kent, porkman. James Churchill, Poole, attorney-at-law. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Bruce, Fraserburgh, shipmaster, to meet within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, Dec. 23 and Jan. 16, at twelve. T. Mackenzie, Beauly, innkeeper and corn merchant, to meet within Henderson's Vine Hotel, Inverness, Dec. 27 and Jan. 20, at ane. J. M'l)ougal, Glasgow, dyer, to meet within the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 29, and Jan. 30, at two. J. Wilson, Irongray, insurance broker, to meet within ,he King's Arms Inn, Maxwelltovvn, Dec. 28 and Jan. Ls, at one. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending December 19 1848, is 21s. 11 1 4 d. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 22.) SUGAR.—To-day there was firmness in the market for West India Sugar, and a good business was concluded both by grocers and refiners at fully former rates. The sales amounted to 450 hhds and trcs, making 2,259 fur the week, and prices generally close 6d per cwt above those of this day week. The market closed this after noon for the holidays, and will remain so until the 2d of January, 1849. MAURITIUS —This afternoon the demand for Mauri tius Sugar was good, and 1,093 bags at auction sold at stiffer rates. There was fair spirit in the biddirgs. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of Ben gal comprised 2,918 bags 162 cases ; they went off with fair spirit, and at full rates, and nearly the whole sold. FOREIGN.—To-day, at public sale, 90 cases Bahia Sugar were so'd at stiff rates; low to good damaged white 37s 6d to 39s 6d, and yellow 35s to 37s per cwt. MolassEs.—West India has been in better demand this week, but at present better prices are not to be ob tained—low to fine quality selling at 14s to 17s 6d per cwt. TEA.—Black is not offered at any further reduction in prices. There has, however, been only a moderate busi ness concluded. Fine new Congou is held for Is 7d to Is 9d per lb, and is in better supply, but there are now few buyers. There is much dulness in the market for Green; the supply is plentiful of almost every kind. COFFEE.—This afternoon a public sale of 963 bags Planta tion Ceylon Coffee went with animation at higher rates. Mocha is wanted, and 76 bales went at stiff rates. The va lue of good ordinary sound Native is 30s to 30s 6d per cwt, with a firm market. COCOA. This afternoon Cocoa was not in brisker demand, and 406 bags Bahia at auction sold at lower rates. RICE.—To-day East India Rica met with rather more attention, and 2,098 bags 800 pockets Bengal at auction .orras fine n w e e n c t .n a rg t 08,s and or s p o e l a d rl a b t a s r t i t e a y d , y an r d at a e t s; th l e 64 sam ba n g s r2te lad t damaged 6s 6d to 7s 6d per cwt. SPICES.—To-day black Pepper was rather more in demand, and 608 bags at auction sold at the full value; good light brown at 211 to lid, grey 21d, and damaged 2d to Lid. Of Nutmegs 6 cases went at 2s 3d to 23 4d for common brown Penang, and at 2s 7d for mid, FEUIT.—On Thursday there were three public sales of Currants; the first consisted of 146 butts 145 caroteels and 203 barrels Patras, all of which were bought in at 34s for butts, 35s for caroteels, and 36: for harrels•, the second sale consisted of 14 butts Zante, which sold at 33s to 345; and 55 butts 25 crtls Patras, principally bought in at 34s to 355; and the third sale consisted of 143 butts 145 carotet Is and 90 barrels Cephalonia, all bought in at 355. The market, of course, Is much de pressed by the above sales; but notwithstanding, many of the importers adhere to farmer prices, as they cannot see any reason for lowering them. Valentia Raisins are ht good demand at 36s for the finest, and 34s to 35s for inferior qualities. Turkey Figs are in better de mand this week, except the low descriptions, which are entirely neglected. Sultanas are steady at 67s to 68s. There is no alteration worthy of notice in Muscatels or Prunes. SPIRITS.—Holders of Leeward Island Rum displayed firmness and insist upon is 4d to is 4id for proof strength, but only a small business has been concluded this week. The sales do not exceed 150 puns. East India net with little attention, but holders are firm and obtained is 3ed to is 4d proof for 100 hhds. Demerara has been in fair demand at the former value, and the sales for the week are 150 puns at Is Id to 21 2d for 33 to 38 per cent over proof. Fine Jamaica is in good de mand at from as 9d to 4s 6d for 33 to 38 per cent over proof ; in other sorts little business has been done, still full rates are demanded. We quote 30 to 33 per cent over proof of plain quality at 2s 8:1 to 25 10J, mid and good 33 to 36 over 2s lld to 33 2d, and good 3s 3d to 3s 7d. Deliveries of rum are now nearly equal to those of last year both for home use and exportation, and prices rule low, but the stock is much larger. Brandy is in better demand, and on the p ar t o f h olders there is firm ness. The r n valueßordeaux osfo per Cognac 2:e2n dt b o e tv s oe t r b 2 r 2s a s nBtddos, 2sso fpiadt Spanish i e s hG v i e2 n rsi tg of 1845 is 53 to 5s 2J, ditto 1846, 4 s 8 d to 4s 10d, ditto s 1847, 3s 9d to 3s I Id, ditto 1848 , 3 s 4d to 3s 6d, inferior e a v t a o e 3 i 3 i sg s 4t t do ill 3a d n a d4 l d l F, e ut sale at Is 10d for exportation sort, and at 2s 4d to 3s for fine fit for duty. The value of British Corn Spirits is lOs nett cash. _ - - -----. COCHINEAL—This afternoon the quantity of Cochi neal offered at auction amounted to 262 bags, and the whole sold. SALTPETRE.—The market has been well supplied with Calcutta this week, and a falling off is apparent in the home and export demand, still lower rates are not accepted. Of the parcels offered at public sale, amount ing to 3,610 bags, not above one-halt found buyers ; fine grey 44 to 31 per cent refraction went at 27s to 27 s gd , mid and good 94 to 6i dittd 26s to 26s 6d, 15 per cent 25s 6d, and nf.t refracted 23s to 26s per cwt. The stock is 1400 tons more than last year; there is an excess in deliveries of 2,400 tons. Prices are 2s per cwt under those current at this time last year. British refined is wanted, and prices have advanced to 29s 6d to 303 per cwt. Nitrate of Soda is in good rtquest at lls6d to 12s, and holders evince firmness. Oins.—To-day a public sale of 90 tons of Palm Oil sold at 2 cas9sk to 30s, ord 27 s 9d. C cocoa N ut is little wanted, and 16 taken it, at :A, to 375. I.tt.ii ,, v —This afternoon the ruark4 WaA tint! to 4A 3d are the rates paid on the spot for tine I'. Y. C. At auction 593 casks New South Wales were sold at 393 to 42s ... 36 - 46 ... 30 - 32 ARRIVALS. Qrs. I ... 7,802 •▪ •• ... 4,662 • ••• 60:5 ••• ... 106 Wheat Barley Oa! s Beans... Peas .. Taros Rapeseed ... ... Shelling ... ... Linseed .. ... Malt ... ... . . Flour ... ... ... BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 21.—At this day's market there was a large supply of wheat from the farmers, and the trade ruled dull at a decline of is per quarter. Barley a slow sale at former prices. Oats nominally unaltered. Beans nearly maintained their value. In peas nothing doing. BRISTOL, DEC. 21.—At to-day's market the supplies of English wheat were very moderate, and the trade ruled dull at last week's rates, viz, English old, 52s to 56s per imperial quarter; English new, 44s to 48s. The transactions in free foreign have likewise been very re stricted. Foreign white, 53s to 56s per 4801bs; foreign red, fine qualities. 49s to 525; foreign red. ordinary qua lities, 4as to 48s; ditto, hard, 45s to 50s. Flour met with a very slow sale, at a decline of is per sack, Eng lish seconds selling at 36s to 49s per sack, and Ameri can, &e., sweet at 28s to 29s per barrel. Really prime samples a malting barley were scarce, and would corn maild a ready sale at top quotations, whilst secondary and inferior qualities were quite neglected. English malting brought 32s to 36s per imperial quarter; Eng lish and foreign grinding, 24s to 28s per 400;bs, show ing that for grinding parcels there was a fair demand. Oat continue extremely dull, and values have still a drooping tendency; Devon and Welsh, 16s 6d to 17s 6d per imperial quarter; Irish white, 193 to 20s per 3201b5; Irish black, 16s to 17s 6d per imperial quarter; foreign, none. Beans remain unaltered, viz , English 40s to 44s per imperial quarter; foreign, 34s to 38s per,4Bo;bs. At Gloucester, the market ruled sxceedinely heavy, and the transactions in all descriptions of grain were of the most circumscribed character, with values generally par taking of a downward tendency. The arrivals during the week have been, from New York, in the John, 3,796 barrels of flour; in the Cosmo, from New York, 3,000 barrels of flour, and 200 barrels of corn-meal; from Marseilles, in the Trembledais, 2,959 quarters of wheat; trials Nantes, in the Trente Mowzen, 1,130 quarters of b trley ; from Moriez, in the Cinq Freres, 600 quarters of wheat; from St. Martin, in Le St. Julien, 150 bags of barley; from Cork, in the Juverna, 200 sacks of oats; from Waterford, in the Victory, 767 barrels of oats, 620 sacks of oats, and 300 quarters of oats; from Gloucester, in the Fanny, 500 sacks of flour, and 30 quarters of barley. EXETER, DEC. 22.—Cattle market—The market has been a sort of (holiday affair, the butchers have most of them been superintending their stalls, and but few dealers have been in the market, the supply and demand have therefore both Ist en very slack. Fat beef sold from 8s to 9s. per score, barreners about ss. Cows and calves, of which there some of good quality, from 91to 141; butchers' calves, 6d per lb. The supply of sheep was less than has been dtiven in for a long period, the whole number penned not amounting to 250. Fat ewes sold at sfl per lb; and wethers from 5 to 6d for the very best. There was a moderate supply of store•pigs. Pork car cases—the supply was small, and there were not many pigs of extraordinary fatness, Mr. Scenes, of Ide, had the best, prices ranged 88 3d to 9s per score. Pannier— There was an immense supply of poultry, of every sort, of the finest description. Turkeys sold at from 5s 6d to 14s each; geese, 4s 6d to 8s ditto; ducks, 4s to 7e per couple; fowls, 2s 6d to 5s 6d ditto ; pheasants 6s per brace; partridges, 3s ditto ; hares, 3s each ; butter, Is Id per lb ; eggs, nine to ten for ls; potatoes, is 2d for Is 4d persacore; turnips, 4d ditto; onions, ld per lb; parsnips, 21b for lid. Corn Eacbange.—Although the attendance of growers has,been:large,there,bas been,but little business transacted, the millers purchasing only on a retail scale and for immediate wants. Old wheat was not much asked for, but must be quoted at about 7s 6d. For new wheat the very best samples have made 7s, but the ruling figure for prime new wheat is about 6s 9d; French and Belgian white wheat was offered at 54s to 56s per qr of 601bs the bushel. English bailey may be quoted at 4s to 4s 4d per bushel. A fine parcel of French barley was on offer at 32s per quarter. Oats sold at from 2s 2d to 2s 6d per bushel. Fine flour must be quoted at 39s to 41s per sack of 2801bs; but this latter quotation must be considered an extreme figure. • NEWTON, DEC. 21.—The price of wheat and barley nearly the same as last week; oats 6s 3d per bag; beef, $d per lb; veal, 6d; mutton, Gd to bid; pork, 6d; dead carcases, 8s 3d :per score. Turkeys, -from 4s to 7s; geese, 4s Cd to 6s; ducks, 4s to ss ; fowls, 3 s 6d per couple; gibl e t s , 7d and 8d per pair; eggs, is 3d per d 4 zen; butter, Is 2d per lb; potatoes, 13,,t0:1s 2d per score. The sale of bullocks, sheep, and pigs was slightly attended to. The best shows of beef for the Christmas market were from S. Mathews, of Newton, and W.Wakein's, of Danbury ;,,two exceedingly fine bul locks were slaughtered by each of them, scareely any difference in suite or quality. N. iWakem's bullock was bred by Mr. Rendle, of Kingston, in the parish of Sta verton; and S. Mathews's was bred by Mr. Jackson, of Stoke Gabriel. The show of poultry was finer than ever witnessed before. The market was crowded to excess. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 19.—About the usual supply of wheat to-day, which met a lull demand, a few bags sold at lOs 6d to I is 6d per bag, but many bags were left un s.dd. Barley in moderate supply, which also met a dull sate at 6s 6d to 7s per bag. Oats plentiful at 103 to Ila per sack. The market was well attended, but business altogether flat. Vegetables in abundance. Potatoes, 7s to 8s per bag; ditto per stone, 10d. to I6d. The poultry market was well supplied. Turkeys, 5s to 8s etch; geese, 3s 6d to.ss 6d each; fow!s, 2s 6d to 3s per duple; ducks, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; butter, 12d to 15d per lb; eggs, 9 to 12 for Is; hares, 2s to 3s each; pheasants, 4s to 5s per brace; partridges, 2s 6d to 3s; woodcocks, 4s 6d to ss; snipes, 6d to 8d each; roasting pigs, 5s to 6s ach. Beef, 4d to sid per lb; mutton, 4d to Gd; veal, 4d to 6(1 per lb; pork carcases, 4id to 5d per Ib; ditto by retail, 6d to 7d. SHERitoRNE, DEC. 21.—There was a good attend ance at this marker. The supply of pigs was small, and the sale dull. There was a slack attendance in the corn market, and sales were dull at the following rates: — Wheat, 6s tp 8s per bushel; barley, 32s to 365; oats, 23s to 255; beans, 40s to 46s per quarter; flour, 46s to 508 per sack. Bread, 6d to 7d per 41b loaf; butter, lld to 12d per Ib; Eggs, 9d to 10d per dozen. WELLS, DEC. 21. This market was thinly sup plied. Co ws an d ca l ves f e t c h e d f rom 121 t o 161; heifers, 71 to 11/ each. Beef, 6d to 7d; mutton, 7d to 8d; pork, 61 to 8d; veal, 6d to 7d; bacon, 8d per lb. There was a good attendance in the corn market, and the following were the prices obtained:—Wheat fetched from 505 to 60s; barley, 30s to 325; oats, 20s to 21s per quarter. Bread, 6d to 7d per 41b loaf; butter, 10d to 12d; bacon, 9d to 10d per lb; eggs, 9d to 10E1 per dozen. WETHERBY, DEC. 21.—The following are the prices of wheat, Scc., in our market of this day :—Old wheat 19s to 225, red ditto 17s to 18s per load; barley 30s to 35s ; beans, 17s to 17s 6d per quarter; oats 10d to 12d per stone. An average supply of grain. RIPON, DEC. 21.—We had a very extensive supply of grain at this day's market. In wheat a reduction of 2s, and barley is per quarter. Oats and beans supported previous prices. White wheat, 6s 6d to 7s 3d, red ditto 6s 3d to 6s 9d per bushel; barley 30a to 345, oats 20s to 24s per quarter ; beans 4s 6d to 5s per bushel. DERRY, DEC. 22.—With a very small demand, we note wheat Is to 2a, and barley fully is lower. Oats and beans flat, and the turn cheaper.. Wheat, 48s to 50s per 36 stone; ditto, red, 50s to 525. Barley, 32s to 345. Old oats, 26s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40s to 46s per 38 stone. Flour, 345 to 37s per 20 stone. CHELTENHAM, DEC. 21.—The near approach of Christmas tended to cheek speculation, and heavy pur chases to-day. But a small quantity of grain changed hands. Prices were stationary, or nearly so. Old wheat, sold at 48s to 565; ditto, new, 40s to 465; barley, malt ing, 30s to 345; ditto, grinding, 24s to 30s; oats, old, 26s to 30s; ditto, new, 22s to 26s per quarter; beans, old, 5s to 5s 6d; ditto, new, 4s to 4s 9d; peas, grey, 4s 6d to ss; ditto, white, 5s to 7s per bushel. Ilsy sold at 70s to 80s; and straw at 40s to 45s per ton. The average of last week was, for wheat 51s, and for Barley 32i per quarten. MINING INTELLIGENCE. COPPER ORES SOLD AT REDRUTII, I)Ec. 21.—Total 2,722 tons—Average produce, pi—Quantity of Fine Copper, 275 tons 15 cwt.—Amount of Sale, 15,0261. 16s. 6d.— Average Standard, 811. 12s. COPPER ORES FOR SALE AT REDRUTII, DEC. 28. — United Mirle, I,l4o—Par Consols 375—Wh. Comfort 237—South Caradon 234—Tresayean 328—Cre,gbraws 136—W, at Wheal Jewel 55—South Wheul Fortune 44 West Trethellan 31—Wheat Brewer 22—North Downs 10—Esst Downs 9—Lanarth s—Total 2,526. COPPER ORES TOR SALE AT REDRUTII, JAN. 4. North lioskear I,ooo—Consols 561—North Pool 511— Tlncroft 357—South Roskear 235—Fow•y Consols 235 —Wh. Seton 234—Wh. Bisset 136—South Francis 113 —East Wh. Seton 16—Total 3,392. GRFENOCX, Dec. 20.—Last night a " reFpite dor i• ,~)i+_'i.(t o! iiev - L• , it '' I :Imo to Shc•ritr al'. it i 3 gene. rally hoped that there will be a commutation of the penalty.—North British Daily Mail. 3d, very ord 36s 3d to 35s 9d; 363 pkgs South American 40s to 42s 3d. THE .COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, DEC. 22.—This week the arrivals are moderate. We have a steady retail demand for wheat, at a decline of is per quarter. Not much doing in bar ley, and only choice samples saleable at rather lower prices. Oats are id per stone, and shelling is per load cheaper. Beans and other articles without change. New Old. WHEAT, per qr. 8 bushels 601b:— s. 5, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... 49 to 51 Ditto, white ... 56 Norfolk and Hunts, red ... 47 —6O Ditto, white ... ... 51 54 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 46 50 Ditto, white ... 50 54 Yorkshire, red 45 49 —— Ditto, white ... ... 50 54 Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 52 56 52 —54 Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... 47 —5O 48 —5O Mediterranean, red ... 36 —46 BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels: Norfolk and Suffolk... ... 29 —32 —— Lineolnshire and Yorkshire .. 28 —3l Scotch Grinding per 30 stone ... 23 —3l —— Foreign ... 25 26 BENNS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b mall, fine ... 31 —33 36 —3B Ticks ... ..• ... 30 —32 34 —36 Foreign ..• ... 28 —3O 28 —3O OATS, per stone : Mealing 10d to lld lld to 124 Feeding 9d to 10d 10d to lld Foreign ••• ...—d to —d 9d to 10d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 27 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 38 40 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter:— Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed -- to RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• 4:1 r s. 238 270 STATE OF THE COUNTRY. We have generally remarked that cattle lifting is a common offence about this period of the year as sheep stealing is at Midsummer. The boys show their good taste so Jar. Beata Christmas, and mutton when the turnips are in season. The southern papers hare * variety of paragraphs like the following:— " A few nigh Ss ago five cows were stolen from off-the lands of Kil go bli n , near Kil rush, the property of t the Rev. Mr. Howard." Five cows stolen from one gentleman, and in one night. We must presume the very active police of the district will at least recover the hides and horns. Mr. Lawford and Mr. Watson had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere yesterday, e t the office of the Board of Trade. Earl Granville left town yesterday for Alderham Park, Bridgenorth. MR. COLBUAN'S NE W PUBLICATIONS ros ER.—Now ready at all the Libraries:-1. Lucille Bel mont, a not el, 3 vols. 2. Sam Slick's new work, " T he Old Judge; or, Life in a Colony," 2 vols. 3. The Mid night Sun, a new Christmas book, by Fredrika Bremer, translated by Mary Howitt, 1 vol., 10a. 6d. 4. Burke's Anecdotes of the Afistocracy, 2 vols. 5. as' tesubriand's Memoirs of His Own Times, part 2, prin. only 2s. 6d. 6. Thei Castlereagh Letters and Dispatches , 2 vols. 7. Mrs. Gore's new novel, "The Diamond and the Pearl," 3 vols. 8. Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England, complete in 12 vols., leps. 6d. each. 9. Adventures in Borneo, dedicated to his Excellency Sir James Brooke, K.C.8., 1 vol., 75. 6d. CA DVERTISEMENT.]—NERVOURNESS ACCOMPANIED BY A FFECTIONS OF THE BEAD.—This arises, le the majority of cases from a disordered state of the digestive organs. The Vegetable Resto mtere Pills, p repare d b y John Kaye, Esq., of Dal" ton-hall, near uddersfied, are pronouced b di y all who have used the m to be the l finest medicine n ever s covered for strengthening the digestive powers, and for giving tone and energy to the whole nervous system, as another list of 300 cases of remarkable cures fully proves. ne sure to ask for Worsdell's Vegetable Restorative rips, prepared by John Kaye, Esq., a fac-simile of who!e signmere, together with his coat of arms, is ull p, the list of agents wrapped round each box, With" out which no ne are genuine. —Price ls. lid., 28. 9 ". • " and 4s. 6d. p er b ox; to be had of all respectable 111edl cinetVeeders. printed [ADVERTISEMENT.] A DRBADFUL ASSCISs UNDER THE CHIN CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OI7(T11 10 r r AND PlLLS.—Robert Davidson, shoemaker, of Aa" struther, had suffered for more than five years with a very dreadful abscess under his chin. During this tiles he had been under the care of two surgeons in .All5Ol1 1 ther, and one in Edinburgh, without the least prospect a cure ; in this miserable condition he began to use Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which in the short 'ipso of two months soundly healed the wound, and he is now enjoying the beat of health. These fine medicines are admirable remedies for King's evil, wounds of all kinds, burns, scalds, piles, fistula, and bearings down. S° ld by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establish ment, 244, Strand, London. 811C71515. On the 17th inst., at Bandon, the lady of Captain Minns , late of the 74th Highlanders, of a daughter. On the 19th inst , at Hertford, Mrs. J. L. Forster, of gi daughter. On the 20th inst., at Albion-villas, Queen's-road, Dalston Mrs. H. P. Taylor, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Tottenham, the wife of Thomas Fletcher, Esq., of a son. On the 21 ith inst., at King William-street, City, the Wif e of the Rev. G. Bryant, incumbent of Trinity Church, Sheer' ness, of a son. On the 20th inst., the wife of G. Hearn, Esq, of Short street, Curtain-road, and Chigwell, Essex, of a daughter. On the 21st inst., the wife of John:Surman, Esq., at Doric' lodge, Bow-road, of a son. dIARRIED. On the 18th inst., at Basialeg Church, Monmouthshire , William Styles, Esq., eldest son of Captain Styles, R.N. , 0f Bicester-Louse, Oxfordshire, to Rosamond Marian, eldest daughter of Sir Charles and Lady Morgan, of Tredegar" park and Ruperra Castle. On the 21 , th invt., at St. James's, Norland, Donald M'Donald, Esq., of Margate and Fort William, to Miss Emma Jane Brasier, of Margate. DIED. At Bournemouth, on the 20th inst., Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, Esq., of Piccadilly-terrace, London, Bretton-park , . in the county of Y or k, and Bywell-hall, in the county or Northumberland. On the 22d inst., at Tavistock-villas, Tavistock-squar e ' aged 'B, Sarah Phillips, th'e . wife of the Rev. W. Webster, M.A., of King's College. At Malta, on the sth ink:;' William H. Hotham, Es c !' Lieutenant 44th Regiment, eideit• son of the Hon. Captain Hotham, R.N., and the Ladyik;usan Hotham. At Tenby, on the 14th inii„ George Richards, Eeq., O f Promenade, Cheltenham, late Fellow of King's College, Caul bridge. , ge , i 64. At Chiches-er, on the 11th inst., Captain E. M. Brown, late of the 23d Regiment of Foot, aged 71. On the 19th inst., at Ladbroke-villa, Notting-hill, aged 52, Major B. M•Mah o n, o f t h e Hon. East India Company's Ser vice, Bombay Presidency. On the 20th inst., at Brighton, Sussex, George DrYsda le ' Esq., M D., R . N ., aged 67. g On the 21st inst., at Tavistock-square, Solomon Sheldon Esq , aged 77. Oa the 20th inst., at Tottenham Betsy Rogers, the wife of Charles Browne, Esq., late Under-Secretary to her Majesty d Excise. Pr . rA,l and PgiAishtd r•!!!t!i)1) i o.- 112. !".i L' R.:1!) I : ) rinlet, SUR. ()nice. No. '"' the ol 6.0, Savoy. in the county of Middlesex, Saturday, December 23, 1848. BRISTOL, . 22. STOCK EXCHANOK.—The salesDEC are—Great Western, Qua!' tern, 4 dis.—Ditto, New Shares, 2 13.16 dis. LIVERFOOL, Diso. 22. Sroca. ExciEersost.—The sales are—Birmingham and Dudley, 4% p.—Caledonian, Preference, 6s. 3d. p.—G rest Northern (A Sh ares ) , D eferred, 4% —Lancashire and Y Irk shire (late Manchester and Birmingham), Fifths, 31. Ob. 9 1 1. dis.—Ditto, 10/. Preference, 14 p.- London and No eth• Western, 122 —Ditto, Fifths, 4% p.—Ditto, New Quar tern, 1 1 4 — l /itto, Quarters (C), 2 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, old Lincolnshire, 10/. Preference, 10 lA, Midland Stock, 63-- Ditto, New Halves, 9I dis.— South-Eastern and Dori% 234—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 7 1 A dis. - York, Newcastle, at li Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), % dis. MANCHESTER, DEc. 22. STOCK Excauwort.—The sales are—Caledonian, Preder: env/. % p.!- - West Riding Union, 5 dis.—Preston sou Wyre, 6 1 1-16—North Staffordshire, 5% dis.—Sheffi Quarters, No. 1,7% di s. - Di tto, Eighths, 7 dis.—Shefl led and Lincoln, 14 dis.—Sheffield, Preference, 10 9-1.6 — Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 2 3-16 Leeds, Fifths, 3% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 7YI Grimsby, 20/. shares, 1114 dis.—East Anglian, 3%-3 11 " - land, 60/. Shares, 9 dis.—Old Sheffield, 45. BIMINGHA, c. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE. R The mark M Di et continues to look UP , and apparently greater confidence manifested by buyers. The sales are North Staffordshire, 5% die.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 7 dia.:7:Ditto . (B),4 1-3 dis. OR, isc. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.— Y The K busi D ness transacted to-day was as follows : Great Northern, 8 1 4 c.—North Halves* 614—Ditto, Thirds, 41 4—York, Newcastle, and Berwis k (G. N. E. Purchase),_7l. 3s. 9d. LiLAr, Dc. 21. STOCK ExcitAxGz.—The SGo ii sales is are—Dundee and Perth, 26—Glasgow, Dumfries, anl Carlisle, s—Glasgow, Mimi:lr flock, and Ayr, 4 7 1 4—Ditto, Halves, No. 1, s—Gant Northern, 81. ls.—Scottish Central, 26. IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING.—There is little "in telligence of interest either in the Dublin or provincial papers received this morning. The former are occui tied with local matters, including the new - sanitary measure, and the Dublin Improvement Bill; and the latter vrith the details of the suffering under the pressure of scarcity of employement and food. MR. DUFFY'S TRIAL. There was no allusion made yesterday, in the Cow minion Court, to the case of Mr. Duty, The judg ment on the points raised on Tuesday will probably not be given before to-morrow; of the result there; is little doubt. The Freeman's Journal of this morning says—" The prophecy we ventured upon yesterday, in the absence of our ordinary report, that the bill against Mr. Duffy would be quashed, will, we be lieve, prove strictly true, and we should not be much sur prised if Mr. Daffy were to eat his Christmas dinner with his family outside of Newgate. 'The means by which this result will have been brought about aft. Justice Perrin compels us to shroud in darkness for the present, but we e ill probably be able to resume our prophecies to morrow." DUBLIN, FRlDAY.—Shortly after Judges Perrin and Richards had taken their seats in the Commission Court yesterday, counsel for the Crown and Mr. Duffy being prcienr, the senior judge observed that they had not had time to look into all the authorities cited by.one side and the other, and could nut, therefore, pronounce their opinion on the ple a i n abatement. As ' there wore but three more cases for trial, the Court hoped to be able to give judgment to-morrow (Friday). The Court did not wish to h ave t h e j ury l ucked up during Sunday inn Monda), therefore they thought the better course to let the trial stand over until Tuesday morning. It Os clear that, no matter what their decision might b, a on the plea in abatement, a trial could not be had before Christmas, and of course the time at which it might'be commenced should depend upon that decision. The ATTORNEY-GENERA L acquiesced in the suggils' tidl3 of the .Learned Judge. He would not expose the jury to the inconvenience of being locked up on Sunday and Christmas-day. ,After a few more rather colloquial observations be tween the bench and the bar, the subject dropped. / So sanguine are Mr. Duff)'s legal advisers of getting a favourable judgment on their crochetty plea, that t beY had bailsmenready to go security for his future appear' ants-, should the Court have ordered his discharge y' terday. In the event of a decision in his favour, and an ex' pression on the part of the Court that Mr. Duffy waght to be admitted to bail, the Attorney-General w ill or pose his discharge, and the Lord-Lieutenant detain hiss in custody under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act. REMOVAL OF STATE PRISONERS. On Wednesday night the following prisoners wler brought from Bel'ast, and then conveyed to liilmainbstal gaol, where they were handed over to the care of Air. Allison, the governor :—Messrs. Patrick O'Higgins' Stephen, J. Meany, and Joseph Brennan. It has iot been stated why the parties have been removed. Sr. Rea, of Belfast, who is at present confined in liihnign" ham, memorialised the Government to liberate him. on bail, but his application has been refused. Mr. O'Higgins is charged with treason, and with having an immense quanity of gun-stocks in the rough on his premises. Meany was sub-editor of the TriSaue, and Brennan sub-editor of the Felon. Rea is an attor ney. He maintains that he never did anything of a trea sonous character—he was only an native member of a Confederate Club. the r( I Can ben that veal Imes ter -1 etrl( 11(141 11116 P and aim] expl •pir arm affel allw •nd ties and tent you Finer the "whc ■tre oft. notl the: Con plra Doc lite And ITIU! sign the the K tl noti the; the Disi TEI pan and plac " CI han Per De. She Do. Ma. Car