The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-06 00:00:00

INCORPORATED SOCIETY. OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Thursday a Special General Court of the members of this Society was held at the Licensed Victuallers' School, Kennington-lane, at eleven o'cloc k, for the purpose of considering the propriety of altering the by-laws relating to the quali:lcation of candidates for tne Committee, in accordance with the followinc , re solution of the : 4 overnor and Com mittee, namely :-- " That no meinb:.r shall be qualified to serve on the Committee of Management of the Incorporated So ciety of Licensed Victuallers while on the Commit tee of either the Licensed Victuallers' A , ylain or the Licensed Victualler; Protection Society." There was a very numerous attendance of the trade on the occasion. The GOVERNOR (Mr. Keaslev) presided. lie took the chair shortly after el,even o'clock. Mr. TAPLIN said, that having been informed by the"r respected solicitor, Mr. Wire, that the motion which he hid intended to submit to their considera tion, relative to the qualification of the gentlenieu to serve on the Committee or :Management, would, in fact, be an illegal proposition, and could not, there fore, be put to the Court, he be . gir,ed to withdraw it. —(Deal., hear.) lie only rc4rezted that, under the peculiar circumstances a the ease, so many gentle men bad been called from C.eir homes at so early an hour. WHIE said that Vs attention having been drawn to the subject alludt d to by Mr. Taplin, he (Mr. Wire) telt it to be his duty to wait upon the Governor, and inform him that the proposed regula tion appeared to be a contravention of the charter, inasmuch as it mrrowed the choice of the consti tuency, and imposed a disqualification on members not contemplated by the charter. The Governor had, upon hearing this opinion, kindly desired him (Mr. -%% ire) further to consider the sulect. and to be pre pared to advise the, Special Court how to act. lie (Mr. Wire) bad since then real over the charter and the by-laws, and was fully prepared to advise the Court not to receive or pass the resolution. Messrs. Homer, Larby, Vousley, jun., Bryon, and other gentlemen concurred in the view taken of the subject by Mr. Wire. - Irpked such appeared to be the prevailing feeling of the Court." Mr. TAMAN begged to be allowed to withdraw his motion, and it was withdrawn ac cordingly. - The GovEnNou th , zn dissolvpl the 'Special Court, announcing at the same time that a Quarterly General Court would be held at one o'clock, for the election of trustees, committee-men, and autlitov, in lieu of these going out by rotation, and on other business. Ac cordingly, shortly after one o'clock, The Governor again took the chair. The S ECRETARY then rea I the usual periodical accounts, which afforded considerable satisfaction, showing, as they di 1, the in4rels?.d wolits of- the Adcertiser, with a diminished expenditure, arising from the careful revis'on.and improved ar rangements adopted by the management. They also showed tint there w. , re now •ItV7 claimants receiving weekly allowances from the fund* of the Society. Mr. LARRY would tak9 that opporiun;ty of sug gesting to the Comm . :tie.? of Management the pra priety of adop'ing a plan by whieh an accumulating fund would be created, the formation of which would, in his judgment, materially adl to • the advantages de - rivalite from being connected with the Incorporated Society. Mr.ol-tvra said the principle bad already been acted on in reference to the subscriptions 4,f new members, and he trusted it would yet be more ex ten iivelv carried out. Mr. hingley and other gentlemen expressed their . opinions In accordance with tho,e put forth by Mr. Nv hen Larbv, The GOVERNOR said he was sure the very admirable suggestions thus thrown out wadi...l not be lost sight of by the Committee. Mr. LAnny then congratulate 1 the Society on the very gratifying stote of their affairs, and moved that the a,ncomits be signed by the Governor, in the name of the Court, • This being done. the accounts were passed. Mr. PERRY then drew the attention of the Court to the subject of the admission of children into the Taco!, with thJ view of recommending that, for the future, the Governor, Trustee , :, and Committee should not admit children into that Institution on account of the Permanent Fund, unless the parents of the children had been subscribers to the school.—(Hear, bear.) Mr. LARDY most heartily concurred in the recom mendation in question, on the ground that the admis sion of children whose parents were not subscribers to :the school prejudiced the election of other children, vhose claim to the benefits of the Institution was -morn legitimate. • Mr. Vousley, sen., Mr. Homer, and other gentle • men, perfectly concurred in this view of the case, and Mr. Wieinnit (the Governor elect) said he was sure that, after the feeling that had been so unanimously evinced by the gentlemen prlisent, the Committee would have great pleasure in acting in accordance with the reeeminearda,tion made to them.—(Hear.) . The conversation then dropped.. The election of three trustees, eight 112 W commit tee-men, and three auditors, were then proceeded with, whea the following &entl m e en were declared by . the Governor to be duly c''•lecteil:—Messrs. Williams, . Binning, and Franklin, for trustees; Messrs. Elt , Avery, New, Hickman, Clench, Higgins, Berry, and Lawrence, for Committee-men ; and Messrs. Butter field, Southall, and Perkin, for auditors. The GOVERNOR having declared that the business of the Court was concluded, Mr. DINGLEY begged to move the thanks of the meeting to the Gevernor, Trustees, and Committee, and said that the accounts which had been read that day were a sufficient proof of the zeal and ability which they bad displayed in advancing the interests of the Society of which they Were the executive.— Agreed to. , The GOVERNOR, in expressing his acknowledg ments, said that it must be as gratifying to his col leagues as it was to himself, to find that their efforts to advance the cause of the noble Institution with which they were. identified were thus appreciated by their fellow- tradesmen. He trusted that every suc ceeding Committee would be equally fortunate in re sieiving the thanks Of the trade ; and sure he was that no greater stimulus could be given to anibody of men to do their duty than the approbation of their fellow tra•lesrnen.—(Hear, bear.) Upen the motion of Mr. EVANS, the thanks of the meeting were given to the auditors; after which, • Mr. 'VotsvEr, jun., proposed the thanks of the Court to. Dr. Sheridan, the Editor of the Morning Acfrertthei;, and to Mr. Smalley, the Secretary. They ill knew the talent and ability with which Dr. Sheridan conducted the Morning Advertiser.— . • (Hear.) His merits we '. - e so well appreciated by the gentlemen present, that he w as sure it required no euloiutn- from him to induce them to accord their thanks to that gentleman.—(l-Iser.) With respect toe. Mr. Smalley, who owing to the unexpected de mist of the late Mr. Blake —and here he could not but express a hope that they would not leave that place until they had manifested their feelings with respect to their late lamented Secretary—had but recently hcen appointed to his present honourable situation, he would only observe, that for many years Mr. - Smalley bad held a responsible po-ition in con nexion with the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers—(Hear, hear)—this, together with the manlier in which he had carried out the duties of his office since he had been appointed to it, and par ticularly for his- earn - Net that day, which had given such general satisfaction, was, he thought, a sufficient geonrid for calling upon them to give that gentleman their best thanks.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. SHERIDAN, in expressing his acknowledgments for this continued mark of their kindness and con& dence, said that his greatest pride should be so to con duct the Morning Advertiser as to afford satisfaction - -to its patrons and supporters, and to advance the in .tsrl-s4A of th se - hieh it was in ti- ifirsf.kly tt,rl • Mr. kIXLY f,it ‘ 1.110;e -- (t-i oLiti v, - .11 tx;il.,:ss. lit t'Ui ..xp,eteair.whif9statioa u &heir kind feefiryrs 0 towards him. He, could r.S.4fre them that he was quite. consc;ous of the loss Lich the Society - had met with hi the nnexiieeted 4-his friend Mr; Blake : but th:s he would s.y, that howeveir incepahle lie j might he of rivalling the bwines= attributes of his ceased friend, lie Woidd id the same tint . no one in a ilesirs to advallee th e. i,‘terec..."-e and/N p a y to mote the wele4se. - .;t . an institution_ the v - alueandi,i o :- pol•ta,nce of Ivhieh he was well acqnaiuted w i t h. . • Mr. iIiNGLEr then hog-41A in accordance with the Sll'"eioti011 • tin O\\ ii 01. q hy is It i;:nd Mr. Vo i n i l e y, t o mo ve-the following resolution : "Ilfitt:t4ii , i Court cannot se=parate without express ing -cl:,,ep . ilegret at the sudden &eeat , c of its lute lametitid Secretary, J. F. PlaLe, Esq., nor without recording- tie: scliec entertainvd of the - faithful and most valuable ierviees rendered by him during so veers, which the Corporation and all con nected .with it Imre realised important benefits." Mr.VOUSLLY seconded the motion, which was unanitnOtbily adopted. Upon the motion of Mr. DICKSON, a vote of thanks Esq., the solicitor to the was also Tiven to D. Wire, Society, for his uniform attention to the welfare of the ,Corporation. Mr2SVntn, in expressing his thanks, said he had only one wish, and that was to see their glorious In stitution flourish, and to see the children educated in it go forth to the ,world, and, by their conduct, prove themselves worthy of the care and kindness conferred -upon them.—(Applause.) The GOVERNOR adjourned the Court till the first Thursday in July. MARGATE.—The certainty of a railway and the prospect of an improved harbdar, have already had a bene ficial effect upon the value of property in this town. Two houses, in Cliff-terrace, which twelve months since were offered for sale and bought in at 5501., were bona fide sold by auction on Monday the 25th ultimo, by Mr. J. Staner, at the White Hart Hotel, at 7501., after spirited competition._ Kent Herald. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 3, 1844. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoFeit the Hon. John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, now Secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at St. Petersburgh, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary to the Emperor of All tne Russias. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Andrew Buchanan, Esq., no ei Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Florence, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at the Court of Russia. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the lion. Peter Campbell Scarlett, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at the Court of Tuscany. WAR-OFFICE, Arm, 5. 21 Regiment of Life Guards-11. B. llesketh, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant. by purchase, vice Montgomery, whose appointment has been cancelled, April 5. 21 Dragoons--Captain J. R. T. Graham, from half piy of the Regiment, to be Captain, vice Lord W. Hill, deceased ; Lieutenant G. A. F. Sulivan to be Captain, by purchase, vice Graham, who retires ; Cornet H. T. C. S. Pigott to be Lieutenant, vice Sulivau ; W. W. Ilezier, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Pigott, April 5. 611 Dragoons- -Assistant-Surgeon C. G. brie, M.D., from 72d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dolina3e, promoted to the 54th Foot,-April 5. 11th Light Drageons—Cornet J. T. Wightman, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Aberdour, who re tires; W. G. B. Creswell, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Wightman, April 5. 1.4, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Brevet Colonel T. F. Wade, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice G. McKinnon, who xenanges; Licut. and Captain E. B. Reynardson to be Cap - sin and Lieut: pant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Wade, who retires; Ensign and Lieut. the lion. R. W. P. Curzon to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Reynardson; Ensign C. G. Ellison, from 4th Foot, to be Enregn and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cdrzon, April 5 11th Regiment of Fnot—Captain W. Jesse, from half-. p , :y Unattached, to be Captain, vice Bertram C. Mit turd, who exchanges ; Lieutenant A. F. Jeuner to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jesse, who retires ; Ensign W. Chalmers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jen tier ; C J. Powell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chalmers, April 5. 49th Foot--11. E. Quin, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, April 5. 2 tst Foot—Second Lieut. T. W. Prevost to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Itombold, promoted in Ist West-Indite Regiment ; W. 11. Ballingall, Gent., to be Se: md Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prevost, April 5. 51th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Dolruage, from the 611 i Dragoons, to Le Surgeon, vice Ingham, who retires upon half-pay, April 5. 72d Foot— Assiitant,Surgeon G. Horniblow, M.D., from the Staff, to Le Assistant-Surgeon, vice Logic, ap poiutd to the 6th Dragoon:', April 5. :3d Foot—Captain G. C. Collins, from half-pay 61st Foot, to be Captain, vice W. H. Kenny, who exchanges ; Lieut. M. C. O'Connell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Collins, who retires ; Ensign \V. C. Bisse to be Lieute nant, by purshase, vice O'Connell ; A. C. Knox, Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase; vice Bisse, April 3. Salt Foot—Captain W. 13uiler, from half-pay 27th Foot, to be Captain. vice H. Fenwick, who exchanges ; Lieutenant J. H. Thursby to be Captain, by purchase, April 5. CsArrActiED—Brevet-Colonel Sir De L. Evans, from Captain halt'-pay sth West India Regiment, to .11ajor, kIItIIGUt purchase. April b. littEvEL—Capt. W. Butler, of the 56th Foot, to be Major in the army ; Capt. G. C. Collins, of the 73d Foot, to be Major in the army, July 22, 1830 ; Capt. J. R. T. Graham, of 2d Dragoons, to be Major in the army, Jan. 10, 1837. STAFF.—COL T. L. Napier, on half-pay unattached, to i.e-Deputy Aajutant-General to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Colonel Wade., who resigns, April 5 ; Pay master C. H. Peirse, from the 16th Foot, to be Pay master of a re:Tuiting district, vice H. B. 13. Adams, vrho retires uron hall-pay, April 1. ME3IORANDU3I.— .: f he date of the commissions of Se cond Lieutenant Tritt:,n, of the 23d Foot, and Ensign Marshall, of the 28th Regiment, are 28th March 1844, and not 29th ultimo, as previously stated. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 3. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain W. Y... Fenwick to be Captain, vice Cornelius , retir ed on half pay 6 First Lieutenant H. A. Turner, to be Second Cap tain, vice Fenwick ; Second Lieutenant D. M'Dowall Fraser to be First Lieutenant, vice Turner, March 30 ; S.ageant-Major R. Eager, to be Quartermaster, vice Barnes, retired on full-pay, April 1. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of' Oxfordshire. J. Loveday, Esq., tole. Deputy Lieutenant, April 1. • WHITEHALL, MARCH 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Charles Wilkinson, of the City of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. PHILIP PHILLIPS, printseller, Southampton-street, Covent-garden, to surrender April 17, at twelve, and May 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Foord, Pinners% ball, Old Broad-street, City. FRANCIS JOHN PEELER, woollen draper, Read ing, Berkshire, April 12, at half-past two, and May 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, cfficial assignee, Basinghall-street, London; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. J AMES KING, tea dealer, Budge.-row, City, April. 17, at eleven, and May 17, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee ; Dawes and Sons, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. WILLIAM GLBSON CLIFT, - coach broker, Cross lane, High Holborn, April 30, at half-past twelve, and . May 23, at eleven, at the Court - of Bankruptcy. Tur quaud, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers ; Jones, Ms rk-lane. NEVILLE BEARD, leather seller, Beech-street, Barbican, April 18, at half-past one, and flay 21, at one. at the Court of Bankruptcy - ; Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Stenniug, Staple's Inn. ALFRED JOHN SAGE, chemist, High-street, Whitechapel, - April 18, at one, and May 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Rawlings, Crosby-hall Chambers, Bishopsgate-street, Within. GEORGE HENRY DARBY LAWRENCE, mer chant, Hornsvy, Middle Sex, April 10, at three, and May 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official a4sign.e, Basinglaall-street ; Blunt and Co., Lothbury. J EFFERIES BRIGINSHAW, publican, Wands worth, Surrey, April 10, at half-past twelve, and May 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Biaingliall-street ; James, Basinghall-street. THOMAS COLLINS HODSON, linen-draper, Leo minster, Herefordshire, April 12, at halt-past eleven, and May 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie. official assignee, Birmingham ;' Lloyd, Milk street, Cheapside, London; Bartleet, Birmingham. MICHAEL DEVINE, grocer, Liverpool, .April 15, at half-past eleven, and May 9, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liver pool; Cornthwaite and Adams, Dean's-court, Doctors'- commons, London; Cornthwaite, Liverpool. JOHN BROWN, grocer, Weymouth, April 18, and May 14, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Hertzel, official assignee, Exeter; Hill a l, M Bury-court, St. Mary-axe, London; Terrell, Exeter. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. W. Yonne- servant. Paddington House, Tulse-hill. J. Samuell, dyer, Guildford. T. Ellis, stonemason, Corbar, Derbyshire. G. Bottom, cloth weaver, Huddersfield. W. M'Carthy, clothier, Portsmouth. J. Lister, worsted spinner, Brighouse, Yorkshire. W. Alsbury, licensed victualler, Walcot, Somersetshire. 11. Martin, wheelwright, Moulsham, Essex. E. Brown, commission agent, Horescomb, Gloucestersh. R. Page, hair dresser, Neithrop, Oxfordshire. T. Frankis, jun., shopkeeper, Gloucester. J. Barrett, surgeon, Bath. • R. Prichard, clerk Park-road, Marylebone. C. Grimani, traveller, Frederick:place, Old Kent-road. W. H. Bayfield, fishmonger, Charlotte. street West, Is- E. .M.Gurk, tailor, Southampton. T. Harrison, manufacturer of files, Sheffield. J. Perry, livery stablekeepur, Ann's-place, Lant-street, Borough. H. Ashton, provision dealer, Manchester. W. Gough, coach builder, Bullbrook, Berkshire. W. W. Pratt, customs clerk, Hanover-street, Peckham. J.'Bisphani, Manchester. W. H. Stephens, undertaker, Deptford-lane, Peckham. Hind, licensed victualler, New-street, Covent garden. • S',tandley, plumb?r, Northampton. • . !Alta er,'Liverpool. W. Linseott, tnrnr, Exeter. J. Cock, kibourer, Somersetshire. J. Bottles, shoe-Maker, Robert - street, Chelsea. Seymour, brewer, Brighton. - J. Hargreaves, shoe-maker, Blackburn, Lancashire. W. White, carrier by water, Sheffield. S. Jacobs, corninission agent, Great I:Mon-street, Borough-road.. W. Neal, Cattle-dealer, Flower's-place, Holloway. j: It. Torbock, clerk, George-yard, Cripplegate. • W-oollett, blacking-manufacturer. Woolwich. .N. Blow; . efiptain 4Z.N.. \Wilmot-sq., Bethnal-green-rd. W. F. Perry, Poslingford, Suffolk. C. Ilabbija,ni, jun.. - commission agent, Crescent-street, Eustou-Square, St. Pancras. W. ustwick, farmer, Monk Fryston, Yorkshire. T.V (lalvert, tailor, Worthing. V. Morton, knife manufacturer, Sheaeld. N. Banes, licensed victualler, lath. .I.:f. Cnitey, silk-weaver, Denes, Norfolk. • ha c i tru, r, t p a i ~ c jobber,hi,n,i 1. e r s till:_ s t;ereyt: B ro Nevd, Bedford-square. J. sguitr uhn '5, e. 11 , " es tm r. C I 1 1: L iad a,t e r , tl l , a labourer, r i e i r e , i' B ne acp Bay. u, Lancashire. J. Rust, watchmaker, Ladbrook-grove, Notting-hill. Liverpool. J. Davison, boarding-house keeper, SECOND NOTICES. . W. Hamel, miller, Kirby-street, Poplar, April 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as- signee. J. Stuckfield, harness-maker, John- street North, Mary lebone, April 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. 11. J. Story, Arundel-street, Haymarket, April 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as -signee. J. Hunt, farmer, Hadham, Hertfordshire April 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as signee. N. Bennett, coach smith, Church-terrace, Waterloo road, April 11, at t wo, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. H. Palmer, omnibus conductor, West . Ham, Essex, April 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Jokir. son, official anignee• W. Hole, ktaida-hill West, Paddington, April 10, at, THE SUN', LONDON, SATURDA MORI twelve, at the,_ Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, offiCial assignee S. Bartram, St. Mary-street, Whitechapel, April 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. J. Gear, professor of music, Howland-street, Fitzroy square, April 10, as half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee. 'l. Hollis, mariner, West Cowes, - Isle of Wight, April 13, at elcv,n, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. W. R. Chatek, farmer, Blackmore Essex, April 16, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking tun, official assignee. C. Sterck, green-grocer, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, April 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking ton, official assignee. J. Slade, carventer, Pexlay-heath, Kent, April 16, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. T. Bate, land agent, Neath, Glamorganshire, April 12, at half-past eleven. at the Bristol District Court. Acraman official assignee. W. Griffiths, grocer, Whitford, FPntshire, April 10, at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. P. Lucas, commission agent, Congleton, Cheshire, April 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Cout. Hobson, official assignee. • G. Taylor, butcher, Lanends, Cheshire, April 9, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. J. MB fruiterer, Rochdale, April 10 , at twelve, at the Manchester District - Court. - Hobson, official assignee. 'l'. Jackson and J. Jackson, bobbin and skewer turners, Ashtow-under-Lyne, April 10, at twelve, at the' Man chester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. J. Turner, shoemaker, Longdendale, Cheshire, April 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stan way, official assignee.. R. Hill, baker, Cheltenham, April 11, at half-past one, at the Bristol Distr:ct Court. Acratnan, official assignee. J. T. Gritfizlv, victualler, Llanelly, Carmarthenstiire, April 12, at half past riven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. D. Gregory, coal-merchant, Cheltenham, April 11; at half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acra man, official assignee. T.-Hughes, farmer, Newland, Gloucestershire, Apr 11, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court: A:crarnan, official assignee. M. S. PnillipY butcher, Suffolk-parade, Cheltenham , April 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol. - bilinchew,carpentQr, Bilston, Staffordshire, April 11, at &oven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. NV. Dickenson, baker, Nottingham, April 12, at half past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. E. Weatherstone, plumber, Cheltenham, April 11, at half past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. - J. Kerrison, provision dealer, Hyde, Cheshire, April 10, at one, at the Manchester District. Court. Pott, °lli eial as=ignee. • 'r. Hooper, Richmond, Lancashire, April 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-stree`. H. Gouger and D. Hunter, merchants, Great Winchester-street, City, April 26, at two—T. H. Woo:I, draper, Pentonville, April 26, at halt-past one—F. Barry, miller, Bye, Sussex, April 26, at twelve —J. Ov :rington, plumber. Arundel, Sussex, April 26, at twelve—J. Judd and W. Judd, wealmen, Southamp ton, April 26, at one—J. Turner, cab!net-maker, Grange place, Hoxtun, April 26, at half-past one. In the Country. J. Wilson, draper, NevveAstle-upon- Tyne, April 30, at eleven, at, the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court — J. Leech, ironmonger, Newcastle-upon-Tvne, May 2, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court — Samuel, and James Ih.tler, iren-founders, Warwick, April 27, eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Burford and.W: W. Davies, iron-merchants, Bristol. April 30, at eleVen, at the Bristol District Court —W. Fletcher, oilman, Birmingham, May 1, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICAI ES to be granted, unless cause be shown' to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. E. Minister, tailor, Argyll -place,_ Regent-street, April 26—. R. L. Sturtevant, soap-m4nuf a cturer, Church street, Bethnal-green, April 26—Jost-ph, John, and William Forster, bankers, Carlisle, April 29—J. Wilson, draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 29--31. Murphy, grocer, Liverpool, April 26—M. Borer, toy-manufac turer, Birmingham, May 3—T. Bentley, cloth-ma nufacturer, Rawden, Yorkshire, - April 26 —T. Parr, plumber, Liverpool, April 26—W. and I. Dunnage, plumbers, Tooley-street, April 26—T. Alford, licensed victualler, Harrow-road, Paddington, April 26 —C. Webb, apothecary, Oxford, April 26—J. H. Perry • man, bookseller, Birmingham', April 26—T. 0. Hazard and H. Bingham, merchants, Sheffield, April 26—G. Pile and W. J. B. Staunton, wine-merchants, Bishops gate-street, April 26. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. K. Murphy and W. H.'Dutton, Hull—G. S. Archer and W. H. Cane, surgeons, Notting-bill—R. Addison and T. F. Beale, music-sellers, Regent-street—R. Stuart, J. J. Smith, and S. Aekroyd, stove-manufacturers, Sheffield (co far as regards S. Ackroyd)--J. Lord and J. Whitworth, grocers, Burnley, Lancashire—S. Ward, D. Gomersall, W. Gomersall, and J. Rayner, fulling millers, Leeds (so far as regards S. Ward)—T. Oldham and J. Williams, coal-merchants, Cheltenham—W. Woods and M. Jordan, Ossulston-street, St. Pancras— M. and W. Shackleton, letter-press printers, Manchester. —3l. and S. I. Samson, commission-agents, Manchester —C. Macauley and F. 11. Halpen, ship-brokers, Liver pool—J. Mush and R. D. Clarke, paper-stainers, Man chester—J. F. Moore,- T. F. Moore, and J. Moore, iron merchants, Manchester—E. T. Meredith and H. Walker, surgeons, Ludlow—W. Lakin and IV. Fletcher, soap manufacturers, Tipton, Stafibrdshire—S. Wray and L. Day, apothecaries, Salisbury-square--G. Wilson and M. Clegg, Liverpool—J. Capel and T. S. Parry, coal-mer chants—G. Proctor and W. H. Trow, lucifer-match ma nufacturers, Leeds—W. Tarbuck and _W. Henderson, starch-manufacturers, Liverpool—T. Acester, E. Green, and R. Dales, linen-drapers, York. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES SCARTH, commission-agent, Aberdeen, April 10, and May 1, at two, at the Lemon-tree Tavern, Aberdeen. • WALTER DICKSON, millwright, Jedburgh, April 11, and MaY 2, at eleven, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Jedburgh. JOHN MURRAY, ship-owner, Dunfermline, April 11, and May 2, at twelve, at the Spire Hotel, Dun fermline. DAVID MOWBRAY, jeweller, Edinburgh, April 8, and April 29, at two, at the wiiring-chambers of George Gray, W.S., Edinburgh. WILLIAM3I PURSELL, cabinet-maker, Dunbar, April 11, and May 2, at two, at the writing-chambers of William Watson, Haddington; PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending April 2, 1844, • is 345. Sid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. - . . . . THE SUICIDE IN FLEET-STREET. On Thursday the inquiry connected with this mys terious case, and adjourned from Monday lest, was resumed before W. Payne, Esq., City Coroner, at A.nderton's Hotel, Fleet-street. - The inquiry related to the death, of Mary Griffin (servant to Mr. scratch ley, surgeon, of 168, Fleet-street), who, it was alleged. had destroyed herself by swallowing tincture of opium on the morning of Sunday last. The evidence on the former day tended to impress a belief that de ceased had been seduced by her master's brother, the Rev. Charles James Scratchley, 8.A., now or late curate of St. George's Chapel, Queen-square, Blooms bury ; and the evidence of the latter was given in a somewhat contradictory manner, which kept the matter in doubt, and hence the adjournment, fur the purpose of a post mortem examination, and to procure the attendance of relatives and of additional evidence. " - At the inquiry on Thursday, Mr. Moxen, of the Chancery bar, attended to watch the proceedings on behalf of the Rev. Gentleman. Among the additional evidence adduced was that of Mr. Lewis Day, sur geon, who had made the post rnortern examination, who was of opinion death had ensued partly from the poison and partly from the antimony administered as an emetic.. Deceased was not pregnant, and, in Hs opinion, had never borne a child, although she was not a YiYgin. Rebecca Griffin (sister of deceased), a person of ' lady-like manners and appearance, living at Canter bury, 'underwent a long examination, from which it I appeared that her sister's real name was Charlotte, and age 34. About twelve years since she bore a child at steeple Ashton, by a man to whom she was about being married. Subsequently, in about the year 1835, she formed - an intimacy with Mr. Charles Scratchley, then about nineteen years of age. They went together to Paris, and lived in England as man and wife, and the relatives of the latter thought they were really married, and witness, under such impres- r Sion, visited them at Pentonville ; but in about 1839 Mr. Scratchley, being then designed for the Church, went to college for that purpose, Dr. Scratchley, the father, having written to say that the connexion must be dissolved before his son could enter into holy orders. Some slight allowance was made to her, but her mind was much distressed. Mr. Scratchley be haved kindly to her while she was living with him, and the object of recommending her to his brother was to give her a character for another situation. Witness did not believe she was capable of commit ting robbery, but had latterly thought her mind im paired, and was consulted by Mr. Charles Scratchley as to the propriety of her . being taken care of. It further appeared that Mr. George Scratchley was ignorant of the previous connection when de ceased came into his service, and also that deceased had become of intemperate habits, and was accus tomed to converse and drink spirits with abandoned females, alth oug h h er conduct was proper while liv ing with Mr. S cra t c hley. She was, however, very. desponding, and generally so whenever the Reverend Gentleman mine to stay at his brother's. The inquiry having lasted some hours, The CORONER summed up, condemning the con tradictory evidence of the Rev. C. J. Scratchley, but which *as done; no doubt, to get out of a difficulty. She appeared affected in mind on the night of Sa turday, and certaixdi had not been kindly treated by &luau who bad lived with her as her husband,, which she must have felt; for the separation of five years ome of them are now undergoing the punishment could not have extinguished her' feeling towards awarded to them. ,• him. No doubt she had destroyed herself, and it • 19. Because the Noble and Learned Lords by whose would be for the jury to say whether the conduct of opinion this judgment is affirmed, admit that they are Mr. Scratchley had induced her to do so, and whe- ' obliged " to overrule authorities to which the greatest thee she was in a state of temporary in sanity. respect is due ;" all the recent authorities are mni- The jury, after nearly an hour's deliberation, re- formly in favour of the validity of the marriage in turned the following verdict :—" We find the de- dispute ;—upon all questions it is desirable, that when ceased, Charlotte Griffin; committed suicide w hilst the law has once been considered settled by judicial in a state c i f temporary insanity, induced by the decision it should not be again disturbed; and this is cruel and heartless-conduct of Mr. Chalms James particularly the case with respect to the law of mar• Seratchley ; and we are compelled to express our riage, for the sake of honourable women and innocent strong disapprobation of the flippant and unfeeling children. CAMPBELL. manner in which Mr. Charles James Seratchley's evidence was given on the night of Monday last." ritisH MARRIAGE QUESTION. LORD CAMPBELL'S PROTEST. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 29. THE QUEEN V. MILLTS.-WRIT OF ERROR. The Order of the Day being read for the further cons•deration of this cause, the House proceeded. to take the same into consideration : and it being moved to reverse.the judgment complained.of, the same was objected to; and the question was put whether the judgment complained of should be reversed. Lord Cottenham and Lord Campbell. were appointed to tell the number of the votes ; and upon report thereof to the House it appeared that the votes were equal, viz., two for reversing, and two for affirming. Where-. upon, according to the ancient rule in the law, -semper presumitur pro negante, it was determined in the negative : therefore, the judgment of the Court below was affirmed, and the record remitted. Dissentient, 1. Because it appears by the special verdict that George Millis, before his second marriage (the regu larity of which is not questioned), had been married to Esther Graham by a Presbyterian minister, who they believed had authority lawfully to marry them, and that having intended to enter, and believing that they had entered, into present marriage, Without con templating any further ceremony to complete their marriage, they cohabited together as husband and wife, and, there being no statute to affect the va lidity of such a marriage in Ireland, it is valid by the common law of England, which is admitted to be the law of Ireland upon this subject. 2. Because the only objection made to the validity of this marriage is,. that it was not solemnised by a priest episcopally orda'ned ; and by the common laW of England it was not necessary to the validity of a marriage that it should be solemnised by a priest, although to be regular there are canons requiring that it should be solemnised by a priest in the face of the church. 3. Because it is admitted that before the Reforma tion- the validity of marriages was a matter of eccle siastical cognizance in England, as well as in the rest of Europe, and that by. the canon law regulating marriage all over the 'continent of Europe prior to the Council of Trent, the presence of a priest was not necessary to a valid marriage, and this law must necessarily have prevailed in England, all ecclesias tics, members of the Western Church, being governed by the same laws, and the appeal from their decisions being to Rome as the Court of last resort. 4. Because, the presumption being in favour of the validity of this marriage, the onus lies upon those who question it to prove its invalidity, and there is no instance in the annals of the law of England in which parties having intended to enter into present matrimony, and believed they had done so, and had lived together as man and wife, their marriage has been held invalid on the ground that it was not so lemnised by a priest in orders, and the necessity for the presence of a priest in orders to prevent the mar riage from being invalid is not laid down by any institutional writer treating of this branch of the law of England. .5. Because the relation constituted between George Millis and Esther Graham by their marriage and co habitation as husband and. _wife is materially different from that subsisting between a inan and a wernan who have merely contracted to marry per verba presenti tempore, meaning that they shall be irrevocably en gaged to each other, but that a marriage ceremony shall be performed between them before they live to gether as husband and wile ' • and the marriage • be tween George Millis and Esther Graham cannot pro perly be considefed as a mere "pre-contract," which, according to all the statutes and decisions upon the subject, was an executory engagement. 6. Because it is admitted that, where a man and woman entered into marriage, and lived together as husband and wife, without the intervention of a priest, the Church in England always considered the relation between them verum matrimonium, insomuch as they could not. be proceeded against for fornication, that they could only be compelled to celebrate the existing marriage in the face of the Church, and that, if either of them before such celebration, cohabited with anotheia this cohabitation was censured as adultery.; and because the commerce between the parties so married without the intervention of a priest being acknowledged by the Church to be that of husband andwife, the issue could not be :considere‘Lillegit imate; and, applying this decisive test to try the validity of the marriage, it must have been considered. valid. 7. Because, of the only two cases leading to a con trary conclusion, which occurred in the reign of Edward 1., we have no satisfactory statement, and they cannot be at all 'relied upon; for they would show that a marriage solemnised by the priest, of the parish, or by a bishop in a private dwelling, was a nullity ; this being entirely contrary- to the doctrine now contended for on behalf of the defendant, which allows, that for all purposes such a marriage before Lord hardwicke's Act in the year 1753 would have been as valid as if celebrated in the face of the Church. • 8. Because the other authorities r e lied up on ma y be reconciled to th e doctrine that b y the c om mon law of England, if parties were, so minded, they might have entered into a valid marriage without the inter vention of a priest, and, at any rate, are greatly out weighed by the authorities on the other side. 9. Because , alt hou g h marria g e according t o the doctrine prevailing when the c ommon law took it s some sacram en t s m ight be ad intervention o f a priest, and canonists of undoubted l o int r i i in g si i se n tie ‘ p y rer a ed s s a ,v,i.3 s i, a t hcl down b y authority that the sacrament of marriage might be administered by the parties to each other reciprocally. 10. Because the prevalence of the notion of the ne cessity for the intervention of a priest may well.be accounted for from the canons of the Church in favour of regular marriages, and from the laudable custom of parties generally wishing to join in a religious ceremony when they e n ter into such a solemn en gagement. 11. Because the p osition th at a marriage to be va l i d presbyterunt sanctis tohrda t must in siib h nu s a c : beenectohn sell i i lei solemnisedtruornrl, t is to disproved a valid P marriage might be by the admission, celebrated by a deacon, and because the explanation of this circumstance, that the law was changed at the Reformation, is quite unsatisfactory, as the Church had no power to alter the law of marriage, and never attempted by any canon to alter it, and no power to solemnise marriage is conferred upon a deacon by the Act of Uniformity, or any other legislative enact ment. • 12. Because the class of clergymen who are al leged to be necessary and sufficient for the solemnisa tion of marriage not being confined to clergymen ordained by bishops of the Church of England, but including all who, according to the opinion of theolo gians, are to be considered apostolically ordained, and amongst others Roman Catholic priests before they have renounced the errors of the Chunh of Rome, and been admitted into the Church of England, no certain rule is laid down for the guidance of the public with respect to those who are duly qualified solemnise marriage between English subjects in coun tries where the English statutes respecting marriages do not prevail. Because it is admitted on behalf of the defen dant, that a marriage solemnised by a person be lieved' by - the parties to be a Friest in episcopal orders was valid, although in truth he was not in Orders, while it is • contended that the marriage solemnised by a Presbyterian minister whom the par ties believed to be sufficiently.authorisedto solemnise it, is a nullity. 14. 139 cause the marriages of Quakers and Jews, excepted from the operation of Lord Hardwicice's Act, have ever been considered to be, and'are, and their validity is wholly inconsistent with the position, that there can be no valid marriage without the intervention 'of.a priest in orders. •=- 15. Because this position is again disproved by the doctrine which judges of the highest authority have often laid down and which is not disputed, that in countries where the -attendance of such a priest can not be obtained, a valid and regular marriage may be entered into by the consent of parties before wit- neases. 16. Because the Legislature, in passing Acti of t Parliament respecting marriages in Ireland and India, 1 the prior validity of which depended upon the same . principles as the validity of the marriage in question, has DECLARED them to be valid, thereby admitting their prior validity. 17. Because it had been considered by all legal writers of authority in England for a century that by the common law.of England the consent of the parties without the intervention of a priest was sufficient to constitute a valid though not a regular marriage ; and this doctrine being authoritatively promulgated by Lord Stowell in the case of " Dalrymple v. Dal rymple," had been adopted by every judge in Eng land who subsequently had occasion to lay down the law upon the subject, including Lord Ellenborough, Lord Tenterden, Lord Chief Justice Gibbs, Sir J. Nichol', Sir H. Jenner, and Lord Eldon. 18. Because there have been many convictions for bigamy in Ireland where the first marriage was solemnised by a Presbyterian minister, although both parties were not Dissenters, and the persons so con ' victed have been sentenced to transportation, and DREADFUL FIRE IN OXFORD- STREET . SIX LIVES LOST. (From our Evening Edition of YeAerdly.) OR Thursday night, shortly before twelve, a fire, attended with great destruction of property, and loss of life, broke out in the extensive range of premises belonging to Mr. Williams, situate at 287, Oxford-street, the corner of Gilbert street. arid known as the Crown and Cushion Wine-vaults. The premises were four floors high, and had a corsider able depth and frontage. The fire broke out in the count ing-house adjoining the bor, in, which was deposited a vast quantity of spirits. Police-constable 98 C, who was on duty near the spot, had his attention directed to the house by hearing a loud cry of " Fire." Upon gaining the front of the building, he perceived that the counting house was one complete burning mass. The office.r, seeing it would he useless to try to ex tinguish the fire without the help of engines, imme diately sprung his rattle, which brought other assi,t- ance to the spot, and then started off to the various engine-stations with intelligence of the calamity. At that time three children were sleeping, in the upper part of the building. There were also two female and three male servants in the place, as well as Mrs. Williams and her sister. Such was the fury of the flames that in less than three minutes they had extended to the bar amongst the spirits. which once on fire spread with the most surprising rapidity to the upper apartments. The excitement which followed was most painful. At the, second floor front a young female, named Fritchby, made her appearance ; and with such fury did the flames travel, th it before sufficient time had elapsed to pro cure a ladder, she was compelled to throw herself to the ground to escape suffocation. Fortunately the only injury she received was a few burns about the knees. By this time the St. Marylebone parochial engine arrived, and was drawn in front of the blazing premises, and an abundant supply of water was flow ing from the water-works belonging to the Grand Junction Water-works, from which the engine was set to work. No sooner had the firemen got this engine into operation, than one of the immense. va of spirits burst, and the liquor becoming ignited, rushed forth through the windows with terrific vio lence, burning Mr. Bridge; the engineer, about the face very badly. The King-street brigade engine was the second to reach the spot, followed by others from Wells-street, Baker-street, the' County station in Regent-street, the Chandos -street, Crown street, and Holborn stations. The West of England fire••engine, with Mr. Connorton, next reached the scene. As the different engines arrived, they were taken to the best positions, and were, all set t work—those of the London Fire Establishment under the direction of Mr. Fogo, the foreman of the dis trict. By the time, however, they were got into full play, the flames had reached nearly every room in the immense building, and they were rushing through the various windows, and also the roof, extending half way across the street, causing the most fearful apprehension to be entertained for the safety of "the contiguous buildings ; in fact, it was greatly feared that the whole of Grosvenor-market would have fallen a victim to the fury of the devouring element. Three fire. escapes, belonging to the Royal Society - for the protection of Life from Fire, w ere remarkably quick in arriving at the scene of conflagration, and it is re , . ported that they were instrumental in saving the rfe of one or more persons. At the time the reporter left, Nlrs. Williams was still missing, and it was greatly feared she hal perished in the flames. Such we hope is not the case. The fire continued to blaze fiercely until a quarter past one o'clock this morning, when it became evident - to the firemen that they had 'got the complete mastery over it, and no further destruction of property occurred. In the course of another half hour it was entirely extinguished; not:hoWever, until almost every part of the building and its valhablh contents were destroyed. The total damage must amount to a very serious sum. Yr. Williams is insured in the Licensed Victuallers' Fire-office, but we understand nothing near the amount of his loss. A great number of other buildings are dimaged, more especially the following Treehick, potato:-merchant, ad joining, 1, Gilbert street, and Mr..Godfried, tobacco nist, opposite. Both premises are extensively damaged by fire, and the stock by removal, &c. The pre mises of Mr. Mash, 2 and 3, Oxford-street, and of Mr. Cook, baker, 286, in the same street, are like wise much scorched by the heat of the fire. The origin of the fire could - not be precisely ascertained. The police were of the greatest service to the-firemen in keeping back the many thousands of persons who bad beeri - dravvri together to witness the progress 01 the conflagration. THREE o'cnOcK.-e-The firemen, in searching the ruins, have just discovered the lifeless body of a youth, apparently aboutl2lor 14 years of age. The unfortunate individual, who. 1.15. thus premature:y been hurried into eternity is supposed to be the potboy. Mrs. Williams and another persen are stillo,nissing, and there are strong grounds to fear that they have likewise fallen a prey to the fury of the devouring "element: -• HALF-rAstr THREE.-It is now distinctly ascer tained that six. persons have _perished in the flames. About ten minutes after three, the firemen, on prose cuting their 'search amongst the riibhish,•came in con tact with another body, - making the fourth. they have found. From the dreadfully mutilated state of the remains it was hardly possible to recognise ally traces of humanity, but the'probability is, that it is the body of one of the servants of the .establishment who slept in an upper floor, in front of the premises faeing'Ox • ford-street. The utmost danger is apprehended from the fearful state of the walls, and from the superin cumbent masses of brickwork, &c., which overhang the interior of the building, the task of e xploring - the ruins is rendered highly dangerous. Every credit is due to the officers connected with the - brigade and the police who are most diligent in their joint endeavours to explore every part of the ruins.. The house is in a most desolate state, and the anxiety of the populace to view the scene of devastation increases as the dawn of miming advances. • LATEST PARTICULARS. The fire is reported to have originated from, the following circumstance.' One of the servants was pumping some gin from the cellar, in doing whien it was supposed the spirit ignited, and soon corn 'inuniCated to the building',7 At the time of the di:is astrous calamity, 'Mr. - Williams was away front home it is said, at Exeter-hall, vhere an 'oratorio was being performed. He parted with a friend he was wit: , some time after, when onhis way home he heard of the destruction of his valuable property, With 'the 10es of his wife and' family. ''lt is almost unnecessary tc state, that he is now in the most distracted state ol mind, at the house of a friend in the neighbourhood. The following are the names of the sufferers, as given to our reporter by :Mr. Coole :—Mrs. Eliza Williams, Eliza Williams ''(between four and fir: years of age, William Williams , an infant in arms , 'Sarah Woolgsen, and Charlotte Fish, female servants, and the barman, known •by the Christian name of Jacob. The walls of the house still remain standing ;o • PRESERVATION. OF GREENWICH HOSEITAL FROM FIRE.- - 1 - c : sterday (Thursday) a Considerable number of workmen 'were employed within the boundary wall of Green wich Hospital, laving clown iron piping, for the purpose of more speedily extinguishing firei.should it at any time break out in that national edifice, without the aid of fire engines. The principle .is similar to that which has been for some time urged upon the Government, and tried in the streets of the metropolis: The water is conveyed in pipes of- nine-inch bore, laid from the capacious reservoir in the domain of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia, immediately above the observatory. Thence it passes along the de2livity, supplies the Naval School, crosses the Wool rich-road; and enter:: the Hospital at the western "gate. The piping is to te laid throughout the • whole •of the exterior, it is calculated upon hydrostatic principles that the pressure 0. water will be sufficient. without the aid of machinery, tr . -force its way through lengths of leathern hose sufficient -to reach the highest part of the building. It has been prove(' by recent - experiments made in town, that, though water bc conveyed through 5,300 yards of - iron- piping, consisting 0. 4,220 yards of 20-inch main, 550 yards of 1:i-inch main, am: 500 yards of 9 inch main, the force was sufficient to drive it through two lengths of 40-feet hose to a height of 60 feet. gwing a delivery of 100 gallons per minute. At Greenwict Hospital it is intended to erect standcocks, so as to commanc every portion of the extensive pile, and from the diameter es_ the piping and the height of the fall, there can be no ques tion but that the plan, when tried upon a large scale, prove eminently successful. The men are working long hours, in order to complete the work as soon as possible. FIRE AT KINGSTON.—On Wednesday night la st. 10 and 11 o'clock, a fire broke- out in the extensiv: . malthouses of Mr. Robinson, but occupied by Mr. Michael Wells, ma ltster, situated at Townsend , Kin g ston, Surrey The fire was first discovered -by Some persons accidentally passing. The policeman on duty went instantly fur • the . borough engines, and , a p lentiful supply of water being obtained from the river, as well as from a well on the pre mises, these and other engines 'continued to play - on- the flames until nearly three o'clock, when the fire was extin guished, and no further danger was to be apprehended. The building has been very seriously damaged, and it will cost a large sum of money to put it again in thorough repair. - Two brothers, named Jean and Francois Braud, were tried a few days ago at the assizes of the Ilaut Loire for the robbery and murder, in 1843, of a carrier named Chauchat, of Aleyras. Amongst the witnesses for the prose cution were four convicts, to whom, when in the Same prison with the accused, theyhad confessed their crime. They were both found guilty. Jean Brand was sentenced to death, and his brother Francois to fifteen years' imprisonment with hard labour. A newspaper has noticed that the word "Ireland" resolves itself into the ibllowing imperial title, " Daniel R." ASSIZE IN TELLIGEN CE. 2VORTHERN Cll'►CUlT.—Liverpool, April 3. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) AMIN AND ANOTHER V. FAITH AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover 1561. 15s. brokerage for obtaining a charter for the ship Taglioni, belong ing to the defendants, as trustees for a company, called the London, Newcastle, and South Shields Shipping Company. Mr. IVatson and Mr. Cardwell appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Martin and Mr. Sergeant Murphy for the defendants. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Willis, of the firm of Chaprnen and Willis, brokers, of this town, that in the year 1840, they were general agents and brokers at Liverpool for the company in question. The defendants were trustees of the com pany, and had acted as such at several general meet ings. Among other vessels which Chapman and Willis had under their care for the company was the ship Taglioni, for which in August, 1840, they sought to obtain a freight. For this purpose they applied, as Mr. Willis stated, to Aikin, the plaintiff, who finally obtained a customer for the ship, in a person of the name of Boggs, and she was finally chartered for a voyage to Calcutta and back at 91. 10s. per ton. This oiler was communicated by Chapman and Willis to Mr. Edgely, the. Secretary of the Company at London. It was approved of. On August 28, the charter-party was executed through Aikin and Co., and on . the '29th a copy of the same was forwarded by Chapman and Willis to Edgely. On this copy the words " James Aikin and Son, brokers," were printed at the top of the . page. The receipt of this was ac knowledged by Edgely, for the company. The vessel did not sail on the proposed voyage for some time after, and in the interval was sold absolutely to Bogg s the charterer, so that she never actually carried any freight under the charter-party. It appeared, how ever, from the statement of Mr. Wilds, and other persons who were called, that the right of the broker to his commission accrued immediately on the execu tion of the charter-party, although as a matter of commercial practice he seldom required payment till the freight had actually been carried. Under these circumstances, no claim was made by Aikin on the company until the 31st of August, 1843, in which interval Boggs, the purchaser of the Tagqoni, had become bankrupt. About that date Mr. Edgely, as secretary, received a letter from Aikin and Co., say ing that their mutual friends, Chapman and Willis, had been in communication with him (Edgely) on the subject of the commission for the Taglioni, and requesting that it might be settled, as it had been long due. To that they received a reply, stating that the claim had been already made through Chapman and Willis, and the Directors had refused to entertain it, but that Allan's letter would be laid before them at the next meeting. Some further correspondence then took place between the parties, in the course of which Mr. Edgely, for . the trustees, stated their determination to resist the claim ; and alleging that it should be made on Boggs, the purchaser of the vessel. Subsequently, however, Edgely proposed, to avoid litigation, that the plaintiffs should accept half the brokerage (namely, 781.75. 6d.), stating that Chapman and Willis had 'consented to abandon the other half, to which, by the practice of the trade, they were entitled. 'lbis gave 'rise to a correspondence between Chapman and Willis and Mr. Elgely, the former denying that they had made any such offer, but . admitting that they had agreed, as the case was somewhat hard, to be content with one half of the gross' amount of commission paid to Aikin, whatever that might be. Mr. Willis and several other witneses were examined, as to the prac tice in Liverpool as to brokerage, and stated it to be, that when there was a broker for the ship, and a broker also for the merchant chartering the vessel, that the two brokers_ divided the gross amount of commission between . them. It appeared also to be usual for the broker through whose hands the freight, when carried, first passed, to deduct the whole com mission from the freight before he paid the freight over, carrying a moiety tei the credit of the second . broker. It appeared, from the cross-examination of Mr. Willis, that he expected to receive one-half of the commission W hich the plaintiffs might recover in the present action. He stated that a person named Walters, a .partner..in the London, Newcastle, and and Shields Shipping Company, resided at Liverpool, and was an agent for the company in the general out fitting of their ships. Chapman and Willis were general agents, and also brokers. In the present case they acted as agents for the company, and employed Aikin and Co. as the brokers to procure a freight for the ship. He admitted that the plaintiffs had stated to him some short time ago, that when the vessel was sold to Boggs, Waltees had told Aikin he was to look to Boggs for the commission. Mr. MARTIN then addressed the jury, contending that it was perfectly understood between the parties that Boggs was the party to whom they were to look for the commission. He submitted also, as a point of law, that there was no privity of contract between the plaintiffs and, defendants—that they had employed Chapman and Willis as their brokers, and were liable to them if to anybody. He also called Edgely, to show that, in other dealings of a similar nature with the company, no claim had been made by the plaintiff's Mr. WATSON replied, and the case being summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff's for be full amount claimed-1561. 15s. CHESTER; April 3. (Before Mr. Justice. MAuLE.) James Leigh was indicted for cutting and wound— ing Ann Leigh, .his wife, at Altrincham, with intent to murder her. Ile was also indicted on . a second count with wounding, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm, and upon a third count, with a common Alsault. The prisoner pleaded " Not guilty."' Ann Leigh, the wife of the prisoner, - deposed to having beensnarried six months tothe prisoner. On the 4th of January her husband' came :home to his dinner. She was then ill,. an , l- had raised her head up against thornabtel;piecp. He said, when he came in, " Where is my dinneir .She replied, " Whr, Jem, don't begin mithering me, lam poorly." She §aid, " Get thee some bread aid butter for once." He went into the pantry to get some, and then went next 'door. She was reared up against: the mantel piece, when . the prisoner returned, but'did not speak, and went to a tablp-drawer, and then came behind her and held up her head with'' his left hand,alin'cut her throat with the 'She then sprang from., herchair, and screamed " Murder ! murder !" She attempted toget up, and he then knocked her down on her 'face. He- then throttled' her, - cut her again, and cut her thumb and forefingErto the bone: He kicked her afterwards in the side, and the prosecutrix then said, " Dear Je'rn, let me be." She then got up and threw herself "into the , arms of a woman;-one of the witnesses. The prisoner said, " I will tell, them,thou hast done it thyself." -Some person then came to the door; but the priioner pushed the, door in his face. , Cross-examined by Mr.' TowlisEND--That was when she was on-the.floor.' It.-.was a severe cut on her side. . Elizabeth Gorton remembered seeing the- -prisoner at halt'-past twelve o'clock coming into the -house with bread and butter. He then said. he was obliged to get a little bread - and butter for his dinner. He asked whether his wife had said anything ..about having been out--with a gentleman. She said she had. She told him it was a pity he • had not more sense than get such things in his head. The prisoner on being taxed said he had nothing to do with it. IVit ness went into the yard, and saw everything confused, and Ann Leigh sitting on a chair, her clothes all bloody, but could not stand to look at - her, and went back. Elizabeth Warburton deposed to looking. through the window, and seeing the prosecutrix on the floor,. and the. prisoner standing beside her.. As soon as he -saw her, he (the prisoner) said, " She has cut her ownthroat." She-put her hands on witness's shoulder and said, "He has done it himself." Mrs. Gould then came up, and put a pocket handkerchief on her throat; and she took my apron and put it round her neck. Margaret Gould—Was a neighbour.- She heard cries, and was very much alarine 1. She attempted to. go out, but, in conseqUenceofsome little altercation with her husband, desisted for a time ; she afterwards went out, and looking into the window, saw the prisoner and Ann Leigh, who then rushed out,' and: fell into her arms. Her face was a complete. .purple, and her eyes starting out of their sockets, as -if by pressure. There were marks of three bloody fingers upon her neck, and the flesh was torn down .or stretched. There was also a large cut on-each'side of the throat, and she took .her handkerehief and bound them up. She repeatedly said, "He's done it; he's done it ;" and his arms half-way up s ere clotted with blood: She said, "You villain; - yOu-have mur dered her." He " ay, she's done it herself." Ann Leigh then said, " Oh ' no, he did it, he did it." She then had a cap on, and her hair ,N . .as dishevelled I and clotted With blood. ..„ Cross-examined by Mr. TowNsExn--1% as in the theatrical profession, and had played leading parts in tragedies. The prosecutrix said a hundred tim"es that the prisoner had done it. She,.repeated that it was. not a figure of speech, and that he was bathed half the way up. the arm in blood:- Several 'witnesces were called by Mr. Townsend, the counsel for the prisoner, to prove that the prose- Cutrix was of a violent and ungovernable temper, but not one of them could prove-anythirg. very important. Mr. John Pow nall, surgeon, was then called, who said he was called to the prosecutrix about one o'clock, and found her sitting in.U:chair, with both her hands lifted up to her throat. She was then very weak, and her complexion was exceedingly pale. Be found two wounds on either side of the throat, under the jaw bone, more than an inch in length, and a quarter of an inch in depth.. They were incised wounds, and effected by some sharp instrument. Saw also a wound on the left che4 and left eye ; one wound also on the thumb and forefinger. The cut on the thumb was considerable. An attempt at strangule" tion would discolour the face, or give it a red or livid appearance. Cross. examined by Mr. TOWNSEND—She was very ill from disease of the lungs, and her present appear- ante was from natural causes. He had examined where she was kicked, and found no external bruises, but a slight degree of tenderness to the touch. The wounds inflicted had missed the important part, an& were quite healed. By a juror—Were the wounds so situate that ft. person might inflict them upon herself ? Witness- - They were. William Brundred—Was at the house. The pri." soner said to him, "Nell, William, you see lam fixed; but lam as innocent as thou art.' He asked him what made his hands over blood, and the prisoner said had stopped her from bleeding. He saw razor; l and it was spotted with blood. The prisoner cleanea the razor with a cloth, and washed his hands. Charles Balshin deposed to the prisoner saying that he struck her after her throat was cut, and believed he struck her on falling upon her. The' Learned JUDGE summed up most elaboratelP and • The jury having retired, returned - with a verdict of Guilty on the second count, which was with felo— niously assaulting with intent to do some grievous bodily harm. Sentence—Transportation for the term of his na" tural life. • CROYDON POLICE. An elderly man, in a miserable condition, who gave the name of Thomas William Robe, Wils taken before , Mr. S. W. Sutherland, at the Town-inill, Croydon, on Wednesday, charged with begging. appeared from the evidence given by the police, Viat the- de; fondant, who has been in the town for some days, hal • ' annoyed the inhabitants azood deal by he . gging, an u he had been to almost every house in Croydon for that purpose; but being at length caught i the fact , he was taken into custody,. The defendant, in answer; to questions put to him by Mr. Sutherland, said tha,t, he was a minister of the Church-of England, Oa that be had formerly held a small curacy, 'the spa pend from which not being sufficient to \ sor t . port his family, he . • was reduced to gre ti distress, and at length he had- been- Sub pelled to resort to begging as a means of stilY' .sistence. The officer produced a number of pic°' of paper, which he- found in the :possessio n'. of the defendant, from the contents of which thel.* was every reason to infer that whe.tever may hay!' been his former position in life, for a very contitiersbi° time the defendant has been gaining his living ;bf begging about the country. These papers had in k scribed upon them the names of almost every prinnil% town in the kingdom, and also the names of a g r t number of the inhabitants, with stars and cirn i e ~ placed against them, evidently to denote those W. had given money, and those from whom more was he obtained, the whole forming a sort, of guide to °. cadging" fraternity who always compare notes whopthey meet at the different lodging-houses.at- nigP t i and ascertain from theothers the parties who are rng i -. likely to be • imposed upon. • The-defendant said would not 'offend again, and that if the magistrate Of charged him he would leave the town immediaVE: Upon this condition he was set at liberty, but.. Sutherland ordered his papers to be detained by'w police. . MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAIO CORN..EXCHANGE. -A This being Good Friday, no business was transactv- Mark Lane, or the Coal Market. SMITHFIELD. This being a holiday market the supply of beasts 011 0L: was extremely small, and of inferior quality, while the '"; , 6 trade was in a very depressed state, at barely 111o11den, quotations. Although the numbers of sheep were scanty /X. O inquiry for them was heavy, at unaltered figures. -"bf being the great Lamb slioiv, the supply of that discripti on o stock was good, viz., 5,200. Prime qualities sold'briskiPpo au advance of 4d per 81b. In the value of other kind 34 variation took place. The arrivals from the Isle of W J b o f were only 135 head. Calves and Pigs.were a mere , druP d barely late rates. INlilch COws were numerous, and he l from 161 to 181 lOs eaelt.l, Per slhi. to sink the offal. s. cl. to f;cl. , - „ s'4. s i . l nferior Beasts 2 2 2 • 4 Second qualityditte...,3 2 0 1 a ' 1 Second quality ditto 2 6 2 8 Coarse-woolled ditto.; 3. -, • , Prime large Oxen 2lO 3 6 Southdown Wethers 4" 'o. •,: Prime Scots, &c. 1 arge coarse Calves 3 4 310 Large Hogs . 3 0 4, a Prime small ditto 4 0 4 2 Small Porkers 312 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 26 . ,uirt er old Pigs, each 15 0 . ' 6 1 ' Info icr Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. • Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. FT: . 378 6,990 216 N :6N/70.11T21 AND LEADENIRALI.• teb Prime Lamb commanded a steady sale, at advanced r„ In other kinds of meat next to nothing was doing. At per stime, the Carcase 1. d. to d, to; Beef, ..... 22. 2 4 Mutton, inferior 4 4 2 5 I -- middling ...... 2 6 2 8 middling 2 J`' 2 --- prime large '2 10 3 0 ---- prime 3 " A $ - prime small Si• 3.2 Pork, y i 4 Veal 3 0 4 0 3 _ Lamb. 5s 4d to 65. Bd. BOROUGH HOP PLARIEZT. ipe During the present week the demand for all kinds of to has been somewhat inactive, yet no alteration has place in prices. 2 , • • Tha The . The Sir Sir, • Sir ▪ Itea Sir , Sir, The The The The The The lite The 31, The The Ita John Ke ENGI ApEb ' MAI( Or) all receh The \rho 1 , hav e th e y, dre ss be a 6 Ass E near Up • CRA COT] lad lit I, dista l bouri grazi tithe (veal istirl, Lot: F lan t eete Rich I , I Paid Gaze after tot riP • STATE OF TILE HOSIERY .-- it,, LACE TRADES' • • •P eel The hosiery workmen in the midland coiWre like other parts of the.kingdom, are actively f°ol frig themselves into confederacies, some for alniel. end, and others only to protect their own bran c oi Many large villages ,have agreed to pay a V I VO week per frame to support the colliers upon 3tri t t;eo express condition that the colliers are to relieve ~08 in case they have to turn out. The Derh.), l ief union has been extremely active in sending r t iol round to examine the, glove frames, and those l i c eis are set on above the regulated statement have' d ott induced to narrow theif:frames to the proper stal, i o ol , The silk glove trade in this vicinity becomes 110 but in Derbyshire it has rather improved. ' l oll cotton glove trade keeps brisk, and the Bu tot union having discovered that the hands o .l ' , 'lt' are working considerably under price: hSv e 4 6 o solved to strike thentnext week, and also the hoP . „ d ite a Nottingham hosier, who has had such long with the drawer and pantaloon hinds. This, - 0 P ; branch is still pretty well employed but the 110 0, 0 11 times give out the material with a cautious Were it not for•tWextreme vigilance of the U 1 1' F'this branch, the Wages at times would Suffer• elf wrought cotton hose branch keeps in a very 5f ci f course, the hands having full employment. The"! up hosehiiinch is .not quite so brisk as it wis s A •lime since, but the frames were fully ernplofeltt6 at better wages: - The fancy bobbin-nit trade getting better, and complaints are in Some I° l oll subsiding.„ . The cotton ' , warp lace trade is extr e ft -brisk, and is' extending in-all..directions, ever}' lid .is placed in requisition,. and the price of them 'li t , eet' vanced rapidly - . .-A deputation . frerufa general c oe, ing of the lap- and press ..warp trade, in o ite nexion with: the fancy silk, blond truie#- . upon the manufacturers on the . 25th ulthilDic solicit them to give. the statement .price;",o/11(11 price the trade had agreed to redeive. grl e a r withiiivilsual alacrity to assist the workmen , P t „ s ; himself togive that price on - the following Sa and has since fulfilled his promise, .Th e rest o f manufacturers...connected with this branch of oio6 pledged themselves to give the advance-the fo._" week, together with the advanced price qaPijir work taken in on the 30th Of. March, if - 51r- il ir paid the advance on 64 day. That gentlell's , 1 1 4 performed his portion of the agreement and w 4 the no doubt the other manufacturers will now fin" Review. • • • MRTIIS. - 10 1 1 • On the Ist lest., at the:Manse of Westerkirk, al e • .•• ,af the Rev. W. B. Dunbar, of a .daughter. e the "On the Ist must., at Kirk.Hallam Hall, D,erlaysbsr, of the Rev. G. S. Eb?sworth, Vicar of Ilkeston, of ll' ev e On the 2d inst., the wife of Edward Partingtollf bitrY-street, Eaton-square, - of i son, still-born. :1! On the 2d inst., at Harrington-square, the lady r , . Croft, juii., Esq., of a daughter. • On the Ist inst., in Nottingham-place, the la ulf =t . nay,•Esq , of a (laughter. • IC p t o On the Ist inst., at. the Limes, Carshalten, the la ,C 0 taro E. M. Daniell, Iron. Company's Service, of On the Ist inst., at I?.hury-street; the wife 'of k4e°'° -, •• ."1 elf 0, Esq., of a son. Ou the Ist inst.; - at IVandsworth-eoinnion, 1 4 / 1 1' - of a (laughter. On the 2d inst in Gloucester-road, Ilyde - p ar Mrs. G. J. Venabl64, of a son, still-borte. • , . ,• MARRIED. -* „ On the 24th of February last, at St,,Mary's , Ma' H. F. Plate ' LL.D., to Emily, widow of the late 191 Esq., of Park-street, Islington. • • • • ikfig On the 30th ult , at • St. Mars lebone. Church,,,riost Anne Marsden, of Oxford -terrace, to Mr. F. 42 . P Cennen Tower, Wales. On the 2d inst., Ruxton,Herefordshire, l'iaolle e? Isbell, E,,q.; of Rosa, to Grace Emily, o u tin g eat Sam the late Jonathan Noad, Esq., :of Medici(' 'rouge, shire. . ty l • • DIED. Arc' ) On. the 25th ult. ; at Heidelberg, •in German. , Synipsmi, Es oy!q. • • - 'clic Y • On the 29th ult., Salome, relict of Samuel tr • late-of Peamore,, Devon. - • rb" On thg 20th Ult.; •at Sheffield, Thomas - Pi n° l b ., lO t o: • ' Esq., surgeon. • //tx" e' On the 30th ult., at Lambeth, Frahc es, cia Captain J. Gouldhawke, of the Hon East In dia off service. 1 1 • On the 31st ult., John Henry, eldest son ofJ:eseP 6 , Mitchell, R swa Rag.; of Kennington, sur geon, aged erg St ' On the 2d - inst., at Queen's-road, Bay A - 14; , _ ThoMpson, of Oxf(ird-street. Hvdel l $ • On the 2d inst., at Cambridge-terrace , . • t o hide, the youngest daughter of J. Doyle,Lsq' 4 1, d • On the 2d inst., at Queen-street, May-10,1' g in Shakespear, Esq.: L lri rue' On the 2d inst., James, eldest son of A. • Smyrren Lodge, New Peckham, Surrey. • I t• 10 15)6 111:rBD° London: Printed and Pub*h_ed - ado" • No. 112, Strand, Printt SW' t he Cy — Strand, In the Precinct of the Savoil • bliddleees, Saturday, April 6,1844' ~~ .~ Up, . The Pa The C. hoi Phili Ca! C. Ni SE( PAU And 1 sittu retie 'Arts CON a , 1, the &hi e a ide , a la] I ItYe , and lend ,_ I. du sot Por Hot ca 14 1)