The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-30 00:00:00

%AA e nuns a t 4,i dead bodies are procured. They had better be more cautious ; as the dissecting schools can seldom be -supplied except by violation of the existing laws. But, undoubtedly, the least that can be expected by living society is, that the sub jects presented for sale should be carefully exa mined, and death from natural causes esta blished, before they be accepted, or the person who presents them be suffered to depart. But the thing which is of most consequence is, to de vise some legal method of supplying the medical profession with subjects for examination (as the Seolsman newspaper properly terms it), by legal means. We have before 'recommended that all persons who destroy themselves should, by the Coroner's warrant, be consigned to the surgery, before they be conveyed to the grave : we think that such a course would both tend to prevent suicide, and would afford a small supply. It is absurd to talk of its heightening the prejudice against dissection, though we know that this has Been asserted. Those, however, who thus as s'ert, should go further, and inform us then, what , will lessen the prejudice, and provide bodies in 4uflicient numbers. It is proper to add as a ge neral reflection, that probably all the persons -.;nticed into the shambles of the monster Burke and his associates, were either drunk or were made drunk before they were murdered. Ilow many such 'victims wotild the streets of London supply every night I Drunkenness, which sti mulates one class of men to the commission of crime, exposes another to the hazard of having it perpetrated upon their persons. An intelli gent and humane Legislature, which would sup ply the means of attai!ling medical science le gally, should cut ow iilegai methods, by abating AS much as possible the predisposing practice of idrunketikierss,—in other words, by some tax on that cheap and ready poison, which is the cause WAwo-thirds of the crimes committed.—lbid. The Irish Catholic Association (good, most l i excellent Christians !) had a meeting on Christ mas Day, to do some base and filthy business. Mr. Coppinger (a person who seems to pollsess more ?tense of propriety and justice than any of the other Members) talking of the Quixotic expedition to England, puts the question whether the funds necessary t 1 defray the expenses of Mr. O'Connell's cut-ante into the House of Commons are to come out of No. 1, or No. 2, of Mr. O'Connell's banking ac tount—that is, out of his private account, or the Catholic Rent account. Mr. O'Connell replies, out of the funds of the country, meaning the Rent. The Noblemen and Gentlemen who are to be his Tail are to defray their own expenses. The leading members of the Association who ennot afford to parade at their own cost, are to be billetted upon the Rent. This does not' satisfy Mr. Cuppinger, who laments, and very properly, that some fifteen or twenty thousand pounds of the money wrung from the poor are to be squandered for such an object. It is really disgusting to see the heartless indifference of these Agitators, who know, or ought to know, that every shilling se laid out is laid out for an object which cannot be accomplishe,ll.—Morning Post. We this day give frem the Scotch Papers the conclusion of the trial of Burke and Macdougal, which terminated in a verdict of Guilty against the Conner, and not proven against the latter, who is thus dismissed with a stain on her cha racter—not proven being not an acquittal im perting innocence, but only that the guilt is not satisfactorily established. We confess that we think the Jury a great deal too scrupulous with respect to Macdougal, whose participation 'in the murderous business was but too clearly • established. It appears that Hare, the accom plice, confesses to twelve murders, in which he had himself a hand, and one of which he knew, but in which he was not concerned. The Ca ledonian Mercury supplies some particulars which did nct transpire at the trial. Burke was in general decoy and executioner, as being less sinister in his appearance than Hare, and the more powerful of the two. The particulars of the mur der of Daft Jamie are given in considerable de tail in the paper alluded to. If in one year these miscreants have sacrificed thirteen individuals, there is but too much reason for suspecting that many more have fallen by similar means. The wretches went about their horrid trade with all the coolness of men who have long conquered all the repugnance men entertain naturally for deeds of blood, and their security seems to have been disturbed by no apprehension. It actually ap pears as if they thought they were following a fair way of earning their livelihood. We have heard of soldiers acquiring, in the course of a long campaign, something like this indifference to blood, from being constantly engaged in marauding. The soldier supplies his necessities as he can, and we do not expect either law or humanity amidst arms. Uut that in a great city, possessed of a strong and active police, a whole sale trade in murder should have been organized and carried on so long with success, is a circum stance for which few people were prepared. They, however, who read with attention the evidence before the Committee of the House of Com mons on the subject of the supplies for the ana tomical schools, taken last session, can hardly be surprised at what has taken place. It appears from that evidence, that the resurrection men arc the very scum of society, who live by rapine. It was stated that the high price of bodies held out a temptation to commit murder, which they could hardly resist. We observe that the SCOts- Man observes— " While we would go far, in so far as the Press is concerned, Ia making allowances for professional z,-al both in teachers and students, and for the biinding effects in a moral sense of rivalry, and a thirtit for gain ; we must yet avow, and losert, as we tit) so lemnly, that fur the future no consideration or motive will justify any teacher of anatomy, surgery, or me dicine, in paying money for a body without knowing whose it is, and being satisfied that nothing, with a view to dissection, has been done by any human being to abridge or destroy life. The profession in general enjoy that reputation, and are known to be actuated by such humane and honourable feelings as to place them far beyond the reach of suspicion ; but it is manifest that if, after what has happened, a Teacher or Professor were to give money for a body without inquiry and proof of natural death, he might not only be accessory to murder, but, when educa tion and cultivation of mind are taken into the ac count, would be even worse than the wretch debased by vice, and corrupted by his money, who should have perpetrated the deed." two have great doubts whether the teachers of anatomy can take effectual precautions in the way mentioned by the Scotsman. - How easy, for instance, would it be for the miscreants who deal in bodies to bury them for a time, to give them the appearance of having been exhumated. They can have no other security than the ap pearances of the bodies and the accounts of the Resurrectionists. They are entirely at the merey of these men, according to Mr. Brooies. That suspicions flashed across the minds of other pc-"sans than Anatomical Teachers that bodies were obtained in an unhallowed way, may be in ferred frwa a vial ty entrap a man with a view to sell his body forming an incident-in a novel published in 1827, under the title of- " Rich mond ; or .Scenes in the Life of. a Bow street Officpr.': .'-.The police officer i sent for by a parson, Whose house had been robbed 6y persons who effected their purpose 113 gito:na. " There vas a large antique tomb, the burying place of I know not what family of distinction. After listening attentively, I thought the voices certainly proceeded from it; and on going nearer, I saw a very faint show of glimmering through the keyhole of the door. Here, then, thought I, the spectre conclave are assembled, whatever their pur pose may be. " I now went close up to the entrance, which was of large . dimensions ; and, indeed, the whole vault was capacious enough for all the Capulets.' On peeping in at the key-hole;throtigh which the light streamed, I could perccive the three white figures which had lately, passed me, together with two men in dark dresses, sitting upon the coffins, in earnest conversation ; one of the men holding upon his knees a small lamp, fixed in a horn lantern, the door of which wasopen probable toafford more light. One of the men in the dark * dresses, I imagined, upon close inspection, to be my friend the Sexton, and the sound of his voice put the matter beyond doubt ; for I heard him say, in the slang style— " I fear the trap has nosed us. I tried to gammon him abOut the ghosts ; thof I don't know whyfore he kept axing me consarning 'em—l did'nt like the look on't.' • " "fhere's only one trap, you say. Are you sure of that, Sexty ?' " < Yees, sure as Clint, i'faith 1 Daddy Dumps went to Lun'on himself for 'un.' " If that's all, we can take 'em on the sly— serve . 'em with notice to quit—and stow him right, and away for Windmill-street. Jones will give us four or five screens for him We must gammon him on a nose, till we can tip him a scratch with a chiv on his blow-pipe. " Can't say to a minute,' replied one of the spectres. Jones must travel it on the sly now, since he was so devilishly blown about that boy at Lun'on. He is at present with one of our number near Lyndhurst, in the New Forest ; and if you step thither, the blunt will be forthcoming, l're no doubt.' " In the meantime the spectre desperadoes in the tomb were bestirring themselves, in moving some large skins of liquor which were stowed there, and which I supposed to be brandy; while the sexton and the other dark-dressed man proceeded to violate one of the coffins in the vault, by •breaking up the lid. The coffin Was new; and from the converea don of the ruffians, I understood that it contained the remains of a young lady, which they unceremo niously stuffed into a large sack, with many a coarse jest, unfit to be repeated. They then proceeded to carry it off, for purposes which were but too obvious. Two or three empty sacks were ready, I supposed, to receive more of the Sexton's merchandize, and to one of which I was myself des tined by the lawless miscreants, if they could sue ceed in, their design of decoying and murdering me. I shuddered at the very thought, but it only gave me an additional spur to exert myself in defeating them." This is fiction, no doubt ; but there are inci dents in this work that must have been gleaned from some acquaintance with resurrection men. They are hardened criminals—men who know . that they are objects of detestatima—whose lives are in constant danger, and who must acquire a ruthless character. We trust that the knowledge which has accidentally been obtained in Edit►- burgh of those unhallowed doings, and which is yet kept secret, will find its way to the public, and that means will be adopted to secure the community against this horrible danger. The criminals of this country do not murder unne cessarily ; but they will murder on system for gain.—Morning Nronicie. The letter which the Duke of Wellington is represented to have addressed to Dr. Curtis, a gentlethan being what the Roman Catholics please to style an Archbishop and Primate of all Ireland, excites, as it may well do, a good deal of observation. By some its genuineness is denied=but that we see no reason for. By another it is said that one word has been altered in the copy, which has materially changed its meaning—but what that word is cur microsco pic eye has not been able to discover. Others contend that it could nut have found its way into print without the consent of the noble writer ; and that therefore, though it professes to be a private communication from the Premier to his friend, it was designed, and has beet), in fact, put forth, as a feeler upon this important ques tion. After all; however, we must confess we do not see in it any of the importance which is en deavoured to be attached to it ; for what does it amount to but an avowal, on the part of the Duke of Wellington, of his anxiety to see the Catholic Question set at rest, accompanied by his despair of that being the case as long as it is rendered by its advocates and opponents a source of party zeal and excitement ? Who is there that can doubt but that these are the sen timents of the Duke of Wellington,• as they arc those of every rational and dispassionate matt in the kingdom ? Who is there can doubt but that, had it not been for the reason which still impedes its success, the question would have been set at rest long ago ? In one sense the Duke's letter is of importance, and might be rendered of incalculable use and value ; viz., by showing the reasonable part of the Catholic body the way by which alone their object is ever likely to be obtained. Whether it will have that effect remains to be seen. Past experience fur nishes us but little hope that it will. The best and most desirable thing which could hiippen to the Catholics would be the dissolution of that focus of agitation, the Popish Parliament.— Mo 7 fling Herald. PII RENOLOOY.—Dr. Spurzhcirn, the pupil and friend of the late Dr. Gall, is now at Toulon, examin ing, by permis-,ion of the Govertstnent, the skulls of all the convict:,. WRECK OF THE LETITIA. —\Ve have been favoured with the perusal of a letter from Porto Prays, island of St. Jago, and another dated the 2id of October last, from Rio de Janeiro, stating some of the particnlars of the unfortunate loss of the above ♦essel, and the fate of the passengers ; and as many of them have friends in this city, we publish the following particulars :—On the 14th of August last, the Letitia anchored in the hay of Porto Prays, to take in water and some fresh provisions; and on the 19th, although the weather is represented as being moderate, it appears she drifted on the rocks, and shortly after bilged and became a wreck. The passengers end crew were all landed safely, being near the shore—but ►ittle or nothing was saved of the eargo or passengers luggage. On the 27th, 46 passengers, including the cap tain and his family, proceeded in an American ♦eseel to Rio Janeiro, where they arrived in 39 days, having lost savers of their number, viz.—McGee and wife, Mr. Ha milton, Mr. Lowry, Mr. Cunningham, jun., Mr. Lindsay, and Mr. Clarke's servant ; the five latter were all young men, and their deaths are stated to be mainly attributed to bathing in a tropical climate. We are happy to state, that Mr. Charles Pentland, although attacked by fryer and ague, was recovering, and that Mrs. Moriarty, who was confined on board, with her child (a ton) were doing well. It will be gra , ifying to the friends of Mr. Moore, of this city, who, with his f4tnily, were passengers on hoard the Letitia, to learn that they arrived safely at Rio, where they again proposed to take shipping, and proceed to their ultimate destination. Another letter has been since re ceived from the British Consul at St. Jago, which states, that Mr. Edward Roberts, one of tha passengers Who pre ferred remaining on that island, waiting fur a passage home, died of a fever on the 6th of October lo.A.—Dublin Evening lkfaii. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. James Nicholls, the driver of the cabriolet No. 87, attended before Mr. Alderman Key yesterday, upon a summons for wantonly and cruelly ill treating a horse on Holborn-bridge, about seven o'clock in the evening of the 10th of December. The complaint was made by Throsby, one of the officers of the Society for Preventing Cruelty to Animals, who stated that he saw the cabriolet No. 87 racing against another cabriolet down Holborn hill, about ten minutes before seven in the evening named, and the driver whipped his horse severely as he passed along and up Skinner-street. Witness called to him, but the defendant paid no attention to him. The defendant, in reply, declared earncslly that he did not pass through Holborn or Skinnet-street at all on the evening in question ; but, on the con trary, at the time spoken to by the witness, the horse and cabriolet were at home at the stable near Bryanstone-square. He had the misfortune to acci dentally knock down a Jew at the end of Bow-street at a quarter before six o'clock on the evening of the 10th, and after seeing his head, which was eta, rubbed with vinegar and brandy, and plastered with brown paper, defendant proceeded to Arundel street with his fate; and the gentleman told him that as be was perfectly satisfied he was sober, he might call him as a witness if he should hear any thing further about the accident. Defendant left this gentleman's card at the house in Long-acre, where the Jew's head had been dressed, and then drove home to Dorset-mews, where he must have arrived about half-past six, and he went out no more that night. his fellow-servant would prove the horse came home cool and without any marks of whipping. George Hodgkins deposed that he is in the ser vice of Widow Sheddell, of Dorset-mews, to whom the cabriolet No. 87, belongs, and he had a perfect recollection of the cabriolet coming home about half past six on the 10th. Mr. Alderman Kier asked how he knew the time so particularly ?—Witness said he did not look at any watch or clock, but he cleaned the cab-horse and another, and set his stable to rights, occupying half an hour, and as he was going home afterwards, heard the watchmen crying seven o'clock. Throsby insisted that ho was correct both as to the time and number; for he ran behind the cabri olet to take it. He could not identify the defendant, but he called John Judd, another officer of the society. He, however, l•ud no recollection of the defendaut's person, nor could he remember just then the num ber of the cabriolet. He had not brought his me morandums with him. Ho saw the two cabriolets raping down Ilolhorn-hill, both drivers flogging their horses. The Aldcrrisan, after closely interrogating Hodg kins, dismissed the. complaint. Hi said he did not suppose Throsby would intentionally swear anything that was untrue, but what he bad sworn had been directly contradicted on oath; it was possible there might be some mistake, and his testimony had re ceived no support from Judd, either regarding the number on the cabriolet or the person of the offender. Throsby prayed the defendant should pay the costs, but the Alderman would not order it. Thos. Williams, a drover, was fined lgsi: for wan ,. to►►ly striking several beasts in Smithfield Market. BOW-STREET. Last night the shopman of Mr. Youg, the pawn broker, of St. Martin's-lane, came before Mr. thus, the sitting Magistrate, and stated, that a silver fish slice had jut( been offered to him for sale by a man in livery, and suspecting that there was something wrong, from the low price (10s.) which the man asked far the article, he (the witness) called in Groom the constable, and had him apprehended.--= The s! , oprnan added; that the prisoner, on being questioned, stated that the fish-slice had been given to him by Mr. Stephenson, the banker, of Lombard street, who had lately stopped payment. Mr. HALLS—lndeed I I suppose, then, catch what you can is the order of the day, and the fish slice was seized upon in the general scramble. What account do you give of the matter ? asked the Ma gistrate,.addressing the prisoner. The prisoner, who said drat his name was Anderson, stated, in reply, that the fish-slice was given to him by his master,' Mr. :Stephenson, about three or four months ago, on the occasion of his purchasing a new one frogs his , silversmith at Charing-cross. Groom, the constable, stated that, upon his searching the prisoner, he found in his great coat pocket the case of loaded pistols which he now produced. Mr. HALLS examined the pistols, a small pocket case, and found that they were primed and loaded. The Magistrate then asked the prisoner where and how he had obtained them ? The prisoner replied, that he found them in his master's dressing-room, where they lay upon a chest of drawers, but ha could not say how he came to put them in his•pocket. He bad no notion that they were loaded. Mr. HALLS—But how came you to take them away ? they were not your property, you know. What business had you with them ? Prisoner— Why, I was this morning desired to go out of the house, which is in a great state of confusion. Every thing is about to be sealed up; .and so finding the pistols loose about, and being portable, I suppose I put them in my pocket. Mr. HALLS—You did very wrong in so doing, and I certainly will not part with you without further inquiry. The account which you give of the fish slice is extremely improbable, and the manner in hich you account for the pistols is equally suspi cious. Your master not being forthcoming, I scarcely know how to act. The prisoner here explained that his master was not Mr. Rowland Stephenson who had absconded, hut his brother. " Oh, in that case," observed Mr. HALLS, " we can be enabled to ascertain the truth of your state ment. Your master, I suppose is come-at-able." " Certainly he is," replied the prisoner, " and if sent to, I hare no doubt will come forward." " Well, then, I will send to him directly," said Mr. HALLS " where is ho to be found ?" "At Bartholomew's Hospital, Sir," replied the prisoner, " where he is at present stopping. He is also a partner in the bank which has failed." " Then the better way," said Mr. lIALr,s to Groom, the constable, "is for you to take the pri soner to his master, and ascertain the truth of his statement. If what he says be true, you can let him go about his business ; but if he has come die honestly by these articles, you can still detain him, and bring him back in custody to this office." Groom said that it would not. he altogether safe for him to convey the prisoner at night to the city. Mr. HALL s—You can obtain the assistance of some of the city officers, if you should require it. Groom still hesitated, and seemed 'unwilling to take charge of the prisoner ; upon which The Magistrate directed that he should be taken to St. Martin's watch-house, until kmessengec re turned from his master. The prisoner was removed in custody to the watch-house, and Groom was despatched to Bar tholomew's Hospital to obtain the requisite in formatior. George Wood was placed at the bar, charged by George Gough, a Surrey constable, on suspicion of raring stolen a black ware, the property of Mr. George Duke, farmer, of llatcliti-upon-Trent. Mr. HALLS asked the constable what grounds he had for suspecting the prisoner. Gough replied, that the prisoner had been ad vertised by name in the Hue and cry, and the de scription giren of him there fully agreed with his personal appearance. The prisoner had been in custody before upon the same charge, but effected his escape from the officer who took him. The prisoner denied that such was the case. lie was then remanded until Saturday. The female servant of Mr. Warrington, of West Moulsey, wlro has been so long in eastody, and three rnep for whom the police have been looking for some weeks past, were brought before Sir R. Blame in the course of the morning for re-exetin nation ; bet Mr. Warrington's servant being linable to identify the prisoners, they were discharged. MARYLEBONE Yesterday Ann MT), a young woman of respec table appearance, was charged with stealing a pair of gold ear-rings belouginr , to Mrs. Metcalf, jeweller, SS, Oxford-street ; and when the ease came on in succession, as it was entered in Marylebone watch house-book, the constable, who had her in keeping, told Mr. Rawlinson the prosecutrix did not intend to appear against her. Mr. RAWIANSON said, if she did not willingly come, she should be compelled to come, for he did not know until he heard the circumstances of the case, whether the defendant had not been falsely imprisoned, and a messenger was scut for Mrs. Metcalf. Mrs. Metcalf stated, that at half-past ten o'clock on Saturday night, the prisoner turned over a tray of ear-rings in her shop, and said she would call again on Monday to purchase. Mrs. Metcalf missed a pair upon a card, the prisoner shuffled her feet along the floor, as she went out, and Mrs. Metcalf saw her pick them up at the shop-door, and ran away. Mrs. Metcalf pursued her, crying " Stop thief!" and she was taken into custody, but the ear-rings were not found. The prisoner said she lived at Chelsea, bnt re fused to give the number and street ; and Mr. RAW-. uNsoN considering it a glaring case of shop-lifting, sent her to Newgato for trial. A countryman, who gave his name fal;rpla Burn ham, and said he belonged to Amersham, in Buck ifighamshire, nas stopped by .Webster, the officer, at an early hour yesterday morning, in the Edgware road, with a basket full of long horse-hair, and he was brought before Mr. RAWLINSON. He said he bought it on Sunday night of a stranger between Aylesbury and Missenden ; but there are strong reasons to suppose he has robbed eight cart or coach-horses of their manes and tails, and he is remanded till Thursday. He had a knife suitable for the purpose in his pocket. The keeper of the turnpike gate at the Yorkshire Stingo, New-road, was charged with unlawfully de taining Mr. George Flint, of 112, Edgware-road, and demanding toll which he was not entitled to receive. The charge was not answered, and the defendant was fined 20s. William Soul/wok, oste of the toll-takers at Orange•tree-gate, New-road, was charged with the, following atrocious misdemeanour and assault : About one o'clock on Thersday arternorin, Mr. Woodie, veterinary surgeon, of No. 2, Upper Park place, Regcnt'a-park, passed through Orange-tree gate in a chaise, with his wife and child, and the ticket of the day was exhibited, and the number called ont as they paseed ; notwithstanding which the defendant ran after them, seized the reins, and turned the chaise round; and although the child still held between her finger and thumb a ticket pre viously received at Cleveland-bar, which he could not do , otherwise than ace, he insisted upon detain ing them. Mr. Woodin attempted to extricate him self, by flogging the horse, and afterwards struck the defendant ;and he, in revenge, wrested the whip front his hand, and with the butt-end and with the lash made several desperate blows lit Mr. Woodin, Mrs. Woodin, and the child; which, according to his own witnesses, were prevented in a great measure from taking effect, by the hood of the chaise, which was up, and afterwards he destroyed the whip. The facts were proved by several respectable strangers. Mr. II awiaNsolv said, notwithstanding Lord Low ther's exertions, turnpike-gates in the heart of Lon don are become a great nuisance. As far as my opinion goes, a greater set of rnffians do not exist than the men who are appointed to keep them. The defendant was fined 40s. and costs for his misconduct at the gate, end held to bail to answer the chatee of assault at the Sessions. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday a gentleman, who stated himself to be an offieer in the Royal Artillery, waited on the sitting magistrates, Messrs. WYATT itlld in order, as he said, to procure their assistanp in the correction of a repre. , entation that had appeared in must of the London Journals, mentioning that a per son who had been lately take►► up, and on Friday last committed to Chelmsford gaol for the crime of horse-stealing, was a Mr. Legh Doraville Halstead. Tho report, as to the name, was incorrect ; 'for the gentleman who bore it, and it was rather an unusual appellation, was at the present, and for some months. past, in India, and the attaching the crime to him, when there was an utter impossibility, both from his distance, and his principles, of its perpetration, had given the groatest pain to his relatives, one of whom he was. He made this statement in the public office in order that it might at once go forward to the world. Mr. WVATT--We have reason to know that the real name of the criminal is Dines, and that he has assumed that of the gentleman you speak of, with an intention of more successfully docomplishing his depredations. Mr. MATTtttAS here bore testimony to the respec tability of Mr. Halbtead's family, whom he had known for a number of years, and expressed a wish that the wound which had been inflicted by this cri minal's false representations on their peace would be healed by the press, which had been, uncon sciously, his instrument. The reporter assured him, that so far as it Wil% in his power, the evil should be remedied ; and the gentleman, ha‘ing said that he felt confident the London journals would be more anxious to repair than perpetrate an injury, then left the office. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock THE LONDON GAZE'IIrE OF THIS EVENING. War-Office, Dec. 29, 1828. • lit Regiment of Dragoons—Captain William Mostyn Owen, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Daniel Pep loe Webb, who exchanges, receiving the difference. Dated Dec. 18, 1828. lit cr enadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Charles Bagot to be Lientehant and Captain, by purchase, vice Batty, promoted. Dec. 30. Honourable Augustus Frederick Foley to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice 'bigot. Dec. 30. 3d Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain Porter Brome Francois Charles CilFoss, from the 62,1 Regiment, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Fairfield, who exchanges. Dec. 13. 12th Reg i ment of Foot—Ensign Richard England to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Foresteen, deceased. Dec. 18. _ _ 13th Foot—Capt. Robert Hare, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Henry Waterman, who exchanges, re- ceiving the difference. Dec. 18. 22d Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Robert Joynt Gor don Grant to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Tighe, appointed to the 18th Regiment. Dec. IS. 27th Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon James Ferguson, M.D. to be•Assistant-Surgton, vice Poole, appointed to the Staff. Dec.. 18. .3tth Foot—Capt. lien. Henry intton Fine to be Major, by purchase, vice Broderick, who retires. Doc. 18. Lieut. Bridges John Hooke to be C ptain, by purchase, vice 'Pane. Dec. 18. Ensign Thomas William Newcomen to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hooke. Dec. 18. Jahn Fordyce, Gent. to be - Ensign, by pnrchasu, vice Newcomvn. Dec. 18. :37th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Cobbold, from the half-pay of the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice James Banbury Hamliton, who exchanges, receiving the difference. Dec. 18. 56th Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, ditto—Staff - Assistant Surgeon Robert M`Math , ,se, vice F 'oo Keating,t.l(lu f promoted.ligg, Dec. 18. vice Ilenuan, appointed to ISLD., to Inc Aasistant-Surgeon, the Royal MilitarY Asylum. Dec. 18. 60th ditto— Dlijor Henry Augustus Frederick Ellie to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Fitz-Ge rald, who retires. Dec. 18. Captain Charles Leslie to be Major, by purchase, vice Ellis. Dec. 18. Lieutenant Crosby Lewis Nesbitt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Leslie. Dec. 18. 624 Foot—Captain Edward Bridges Fairfield, from the 6th Regiment of Foot Guards, to he Captain, vice Gilliess„ who exchanges. Dec. 18. 66th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Beckham, from the half. pay of the 61st Regiment, tribe Lieutenant, vice Wardell, appointed to the 93d Regiment. Mc. 18. 724 Foot--Lieutenant Charles Corley Craven to be Captain, by purchase, vice De Montmorency who retires. Dec. IS. Ensign Cyrus Plaistow Tratipaud to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Craven. Deo. IS. Thomas Todd, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Trapaud. Dec. 18. 73d Foot--Ensign Hefty Harvey to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Williamson, deceased. Nov. 24. Ensign Dennis Daly to be Lieutenant, by purcha. , e, vice Seymour, promoted. Nov. 25. Hospital-Assistant Christopher Maxwell Vowell to be Assistant-surgeon, vice Fraser, deceased. Dee. 18. 93d Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Wardell, from the 66th Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Macdonald, ap pointed to the 23d Regiment. Dec- IS. 95th Eoot—Lieutenant Wm. Nouns Saunders to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gibbons, who retires, Dec. 18. Ensign the Hen. Charles Robert St. John to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Sannders. Dec. 18. Thomas Fraser Sandeman, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice St. John. Dec. IS. 07th Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon James Anthony Topham to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Austin, protnosed. Dee. IS. 98th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Pack, from the half-pay of the 59th Regiment, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Limdery promoted in the 59th Regiment. Dee. 18. 99th Foot—Ensign Henry James Day to he Adjutant, vice WKenxie, who resigns the Adjntantly only. Dec. 18. Ceylon Regiment—Lient. John Bnrleigh, from the half pay of the late Qd Ceylon Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Fentvick, promoted. Dec. 30. UNATTACHED. To be Lieutenant-Colonels of Infantry, by purchase. Major St. John Augustus Clarke, from the 77th Regi ment. Dec. 30. Lieutenant and Captain Robert Batty, from the Grena dier Regiment of Foot Guards. Dec. 30. The under-menticned Lieutenants, actually serving upon full-pay in Regiments of the Line, whose commissions are dated in or previous to the year 1811, have accepted pro motion upon half-pay, according to the General Order of he 27th December 1826 : tniATTACIIRD. , To be Captains of Infantry, without purchase. Lieut. Thomas Lisle Fenwick, from the Ceylon Regi ment. Dec. 30. Lieutenant Thomas Biggs, from the 29th Regpnent. Dec. 30. Lieutenant William Boran Bernard, from the 45th Re giment. Dec. 30. MEMORANDA. --The promotions of Lieutenant Horton to a company in the Royal Staff Corps, and of Second Lieutenant Adams to the First Lieutenancy, in succession, as stated in the Gasette of the 9th instant, have not taken place. The Christian names of Ensign Thomas, of the 69th Regiment, are Edmund Stephen, and net Edward Stephen, as formerly stated. The commission of Lieutenant Bunhurv, in the 94th Regiment, has been antedated to the 22n October, 1828. The under-mentioned Officers have been allowed to re tire from the Service, by the sale of unattached commis sions : Lieutenant-Colonel James Addams, of the Royal Dec. 30. Lieutenant-Colonel William Granville Eliot, of the Royal Artillery. Dec.. 30. • Commisitions in the Staffiridehite - Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Stafford. The Earl :of Chestctleiti to be Captain, vice Worthing. ton, resigned. Nuv.l29. lknry Worthington, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Peel. Nov. 29. . _ John Peel, Gent. to be ditto, vice Boss. Nov. 29. Michael DM, Gent. to be Cornet. Nov. 29. Whitehall, December 24, 11328. on.o.citor eprofat..l Joh Iliad►haw, of the twon of Nottingham, Gone. to be a blamer Extraor dinary in the High Court of Cancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Julius Gahm ian Shepherd, of Fevershatn, in the county of Kcnt, Gent. to be a Matter Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, Dec, 29, 1828. The King has been pleased to present the Reverend Thomas Kidd to the church and pariah of Longeide, in the presbytery of Deer, and county of Aberdeen, vacant by the death of the Rev. Wm. Greig, late Minister there. The King has also been pleased to present the Rev. Joseph Yair to the church and parish of Eckford, in the presbytery of Jedburgh, and county of Roxburgh, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. George Gray to the church and parish of Maybole, in the presbytery and county of Ayr. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Thomas Dudgeon and Thomas Barley, warehousemen ; Cheapside. Jame; Nlarshall, Vere-street, Oxford-street, linen-draper, BANKRUPTS. Richard Yoiall, Stockport, Chester, victualler, to -sur render Jan. 10, 24, at one, Feb. 10, at ten, at the Red Lion -Inn, Heaton-Norris, Lancashire. Tyler, Pump court, Temple, London ; and Hunt, Stockport. William Glover, Wood-street, Chespside, wollen-facter, Jan. 9, 16, and Feb. 10, at one, at the Court of Cointnis-* sinners. Lockett, Wilson-street, Finsbury. Thomas Young, Water-lane, Fleet-street, builder, Feb. 10 at one, 'at the Court of Commissioners. Smith, Basi ngliall-street. William Swindel,Worksop, Nottingham, grocer, Jan. 7, 8, and Feb. 10, at eleven, at the George Inn, Worksop. Allen, Gylby and Allen, Carlisle-street, Soho ; Beardshaw, Worksop. John Ree, Aston, Hereford, dealer, Jan. 16, 17, and Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Leominster.— Fitch, Union-street, Southwark ; Coates and Hammond, Leominster. Ernest Ruppenthal, Pan Mall, wine-merchant, Jan. 9, at twelve, 16, and Feb. 10, at ten, at the Court of Com missioners. King, Bedford-place, Russell-square. William Duffy, Spiral-square, Middlesex, silk-manufac turer, Jan. 16, nt eleven, 23, and Feb. 10, at ten, at the Conrt of Commissioners. Burfoot, King's-Bench-Walk, Temple. James Watts, Brighthelinstonc, Sussex, builder, Jan. 2; and 9, and Feb. 10, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Lowe and Son, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane; or Evans, Carnarvon. John Teotell, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, iron-foirder, Jan. 10, 24, and Feb. 10, at two, at the Red Lion, Heil ton Norris. Tyler, Primp-Court,London ; Lingard, Vaughan and Lingard, Heaton Norris. cmaincATEs—JANUARV Richard Brain, Great Tower-street, broker. Richaril Lambert, Preston, Lancashire, i n nkeeper. John Day, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcester, druggist. lIITIeR Lurid, Dutton, Lancashire, Pizer. Charles Mouton Hawke, Old Broad-street, stationer. P A RTNERSIIIPS DISSOLVED. - - Patrick Leonard and Peter Aungier, Liverpool, cattle salesmen. John and Samuel Wilkes, Birmingham, clock-dial manufacturers. Ralph and Edward Charlton, Btdlington, Durham, nail manufacturers. George 11., James G. L., and George D. Trimbey, Watling-street, merchants. Edward, Francis, George, and Joseph Odling, Oxford street, chymists. John Crofts and Henry Rishworth, Wakefield, York, attorneys. John Pownall and Edward Pownall, 'feedharn-market, Smsolk, attorneys. Jantea Stiff, Henry Stiff, and P. W. Hammond, Lever- Bank, Lancaster, calico printers. James Dean and Henry Walton, Manchester, commission agents. Chas. Burgess and John Wright, Kidderminster, fat mess. I !Peter Tansley and William Badman, Brick-lane, Spital. fields, Middlesex, bonnet-manufacturers. Thomas Horner and Richard Garforth, Bingley, York shire, lime-dealers. John Callow and John Wi:son, Princes-street, Soho booksellers. Mary Hogg and Hugh Powell, Boroughbridge, Yet I:- shire, corn-factors. Eliza Middleton Buxton and Harriet Wesson. Skinner street, Snow-hill, milliners. Caleb Welch Collins and Richard Wells, Chancery-lane, feather-dealers. WINTER ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOMB CIRCUIT---KINGSTON, DEC. WITTMAN'S GASS: Mr. Justice &TROUGH, in charging the ,Grand Jury, remarked of this case that it was.necessary, if the confession of the prisoner were taken at all, that it should be all taken. In that event there was no gloried for a charge-of murder; the crime amounted to manslaughter at most. After several cases of no great importance had been disposed of Wittman's was called. The evi dence was precisely the same as was given when we first noticed it, and it is so fresh in the remembrance of our readers that it is unnecessary to repeat it. The Judge summed up, and the Jury, without hesi tation, found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. lle wa3 condemned to three months' imprisonment. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVRRPOOL. SUNDAY, DECEMDER. W. N. w„ water 82 minntsts three.----Arrived the Hi bernia, --, from Belfast ; Doris, Roberta, from Rio Janeiro; Lady Douglas, --, from Phila. elphia; Mary, Isibelln, --, from Stratum; Nervy Knee land, oft; from New York. This is the aimiTereary of the death of Joanna sonth(vtt, 1814. Last week a young man named Johns, who wolf, at Cardrew, near Redruth, being asleep in the sump-house of that mine, was observed by two boys to rise and walk to the door, against which he leaned. Shortly alter (pitting that position, he walked to the engine-shaft, and safely descended to the depth of SO fathoms, where he WIN found by his comrade soon after, sound asleep, with his head rusting on a ladder. was of course quickly apprised of the perilone situation , in which he vvas, hat appealed entirely at a loss to aroonnt for his being so situated. Tha danger in whiol► hi dins unoonecionely placed himself was considerably increased, from the cir cumstance of all the rasing or Partition which nstsally se parates the footway from the rods attached to the engine having been previonely removed, for the parpose of putting down the pitwork ; • these leaving open beneath him a large shaft of the depth of nearly 100 fathoms, and down which he most have been precipitated, in the event of the least irregnlarity of his feet or Londe in the descent.--• bleat Briton. DREADFUL SUlClDE.—Yesterday an In quest was held at the Prince Regent, Hack-rood, Islington, on the body of Naphthali Hart, Esq. a gentleman about seventy years of age, who committ ed sttioide. The do ceased Iptd boa for some time afflicted with gent, and was latterly troubled with an infiammation of one of his ern. He was a man who studied a great deal, and he feared that he tlhottld bo deprived of sight, and of course, of his ias vourito amusement. On one omission, when in the li brary with his surgeon, he said, pointing to his hooks, " I shall aeon be shut out horst those valuable treasures, and be totally unable to VOOVertiO with those great men, why existed in past ages." On Friday morning, when ha appeared in the breakfast room, he complained of a severs head ache. After breakfast he went to bed again, and in the afternoon, when the servant entered his room to attend him be was disoorered quite dead, having divided the femoral artery with a penknife. For several days before his death be had, with the wisistonce of an amanuensis, writbeniastructions to his solicitot for his will, directing that if he became de t. rangisi he should be removed to St. Luke's Lunatic Aey, Mum, in Old-street, and that 3001. a year should be paid to the trustees of the Institution for his trippers: be also left' 2501. a year to his wife, and the residue of his property to he given to charitable institutions. The Jury iinmedistriy returned a verdict of insanity. BIRTHS. On the eBth inst. at his house in Gower-street, the' lady of the Hon. Charles Law, of a d-atighter. At Lambeth, M►s. Joshua Field, of ason. On the 27th inst. at the Vioarago, Riekmansworth, 111r4.- Edward Hodgson, of a daughter. On the 27th inst. in Half Moon-street, the holy of De.` Marrniebacl, of a daughter. 9n the 26th init. Mra. J. Wilkins., Eirunawiek-street. Blachfriars-road, of a daughter. . . MARRIED. On the 9 7th inst. Wm. Lane, Esq. of Frith-street, Soho, to Eiimbetk, eldest daughter of the law Thomas Fogg,' Esq, of Bed Font, Middlesex. On the I gth inst. at St. John's Chord), Nemaastle-on- Tyne, by the Rev. Ralph Henry Breadling, M.A., of St: John's College, Cambridge, the Rev. John Bell, 8.A., of University College, Oxford, to Isabella Elizabeth, only (laughter of Sir Charles Lorsine, of Kirk-Haile, in the eounty of Northumberland. 4 1 it j DIED. On the 17th inst at Le Breen!, in France, Matthew Combe, Esq. the second son of the late Harvey Christian Combs, Esq. Yesterday morning, at her reeidenee et Whitebalc Baroness Wiloughby de Ereeby, joint hereditary Orem Chamberlain of England (with her sister tiee Alatehionees of Chnlmondeley). Her ladyship is succeeded he her estittes by her son, Lord Gwydyr. On the 28th inst. arm: a short dines:, aged 64, Mr. Robert Gillman, of Amwell-street, Pentonville. On the 27th inst. Frederick William, the eldest son of Mr. Robins, surgeon, Easton-place, New-road, aged 17. On the 26th inst. at Walthametow, after a severe illness, James Rodick Corbett, Esq. of Friday-street, aged 42. On the 29th best. at his brother's hones, in Fleet-street, Mr. Joseph Major, after a long anti painful ilium, in his 38th year. • At Poultons, Hampshire, of a brain fever, aged 11 years, Henry Sloane Stanley, third eon of William Sloane Stanley, Esq. and Lady Gertrnde. On the 28th inst. in Cumberland-street, Palmieri . - agnare, Henry, the infant eon of Henry Harington, M.D. On the 28th inst. in his b9th year, Mr. Thee. Bishop, of the firm of Severn, King, and Co. On the 27th inst. at Brickley-eattage, St. Albin's, Mr. . John Could, only eon of Mr. Gould, of Bennington, Hefts, in his 84th year. On the 27th inst. at Hempstead, Afiddleterc, Emily, second danghter of the lute John Craeroft, Esq. of iledo. thorn, Lincolnshire. EAST INDIA BIRTHS, DEATHS, & MARRIAGES. 11031BAY.—BIRTIIS. On the 24th July, at Matoongha, the lady of Capt. Barton, Artillery, of a eon. On tire £.sth i,Ht. at Colaba, the lady of Capt. Rybot, of a actn. _ _ _ MARRIED. Mr. A. Bryce to 11.Iigt N. Clayton, step-daughter of Mr. J. Holton, of Colaba. DIRT). On the 21st of Jaly, Lawrence Pereira, aig., in the 244th year of bin nge. At illhow, on the 2d innt. Ensign J. W. /Iselin, of the 18th Regt. N. 1., sged 20. On the 27th inst., on hyoid the Company's sloop the . Conte, in this liarbont, T. Lawrence, En., Surgeon of that ship, aged 23. ~~ ~~ i~ AIADRAS.—BIRTHS. At Caddalore, July - IS, the lady of Lient.-Gel. Fraser, of a daughter. At Coimbatoor, July 26, the lady of J. Morton, PAT, of a daughter. At St. Throttle, Aug. 4, the ktdy of the Rev. B. Crisp, it ... of a eon. At Rangaloore, And. 11, the lady of Dr. Ricks, Heave Artillery, of a eon. ti At Alestilipatam, Aug. 11, the lady of Major Cooke, ; 58th Regt. N. 1., of a son. MARRIED. • .A, At St. George's Church, Ang. 11, Lietit. Prior, Sta , Light Infantry, to Mrs. S. Bower, re ict of the late Copt. R. Rawer. At 'Madras, July 2 S , J. DAlmahoy, DN. to lierriett, • third datightcr of the Rev. A. Lawrie, D.D., Minister of , London, Ayrehiro. At St. George's Church, Ang. 4, A. Robertson, , Civil Service, to leuteella Flora, daughter of the bats A. M`Lcod, of Morayshire. At Curldalore, • Jnly QS,' Chalks E. Macdonald, FAN., Civil Service, to Maria Agnes, second slaughter of the . late E. Sterety,on, kat'. DIED. August 5, Elle:-gn taywood, 45th Regt., acoklect.try . drowned. At Buddalore, August 6, Captain Andrew llenrie, 7th Regt. N. I. At Triellinopoly, August 11, Julia Thereat, wife: cf Lieut. Torriano, Stith Regt. At Vizlngturn, July 25, Captain Ro bert Sheddert, 12ti. Regt. N. I. . rites . and Pnai.tstire by WIRD() YOUNG. at the br Ovv tot, , STR-Attp, Lortmw.