The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-10 00:00:00

6,030 ng an increase of net Profit in favour of De . 1843, of £21,116 viiY!th reference to. the increasing charge for parish rates, 16, 3 e 5 11 have been successively raised from 15,314/. in 1840, to le 1/. 1843 th Directors:have the assurance of their gal • e way is sdvisers that the present excessive rating of the Rall tours at variance with the law. Reluctant to enter on a th e e of litigation with the various parishes on the line, was 'rectors submitted to the injustice so long as the charge op pr stit tionary ; but the evil has assumed so general and and eBSiV e a character, th a t th e y s h a ll mos t rea dily su pp or t s u b stt co-operate in any measures which m ay be calculated to. 4134 operate a f a i r and uniform system of rating for the present rar Y and vexatio us p rocee di ngs of parochial authorities. th e A I;:espects the inc rease d c h arge f or d e p rec i a ti on o f st oc k, vidi n ' lec tors, in the full conviction of the importance of pro 'fOr the d e t er i orat i on o f the Works of the R a il way, b y thenlY r eserve from the Company' s p r ofits, and satisfied of eessi gva ntage of the sy s t em by th e i r experience of the ne haveLY f or such a f un d , i n t h e case of their carrying stock, P lum appropriated 3.000/. per annum to a " Depreciation Cha rge d r Works," . and arranged that one-third shall be th e on the profits of the June half, and two-thirds on beovecenlber half of each year. wilheyting to the progressive decrease in those charges 4n d toll! n nediately appertain to the workin of the Rails% ay, lii tee , its beneficial effect on the Company's profits, the t o tjors have to invite attention to the Abstract appended (ram ie of from which it appears that, whilst the (ramie of the year 1843 only exceeds by 27,898/. the average e 3 6 . (1f ,., the three preceding years, the charges referred to fav ou rua below the same average, making a difference, in Tb_of 1 843, of 64,703/. ;_ s Directors have to report, that the netand ,for.the year 1843, being thvidend declared at the last half- Y Meetin g t here fr remains a disposable balance of th°,l4salvllich they recommend that a dividend 4 l:e s9 4 7 e_ s c l la te re 6 d at s the credit of rate as the last, leaving 17,0061. 18s. sd. Thel!' h e current half-year. matte 'rectors have the pleasure to state, that the progress t ot „ toward the construction of the Warwick and Leming -111:1",(1 Northampton and Peterborough Branch Railways trket,.ti respects satisfactory, and that in both materialscasesthe coh for the 3 for works of the roacf, rails, and other t pa;ties, q4,Pertnanent way, have been taken by co ll ' e lslllB which secure the Company from competent artier in their le nd , InPlated expenditure. The liquidation of the cla . i . m ne s o is f t,,,iZners on the Northampton and Peterborough c4PIY. advancing to completion, at prices which are in ac ztwith the Parliamentary estimate. of int'"gst the many notices which have been given sea efnded applications to Parliament, in the presenth i s of rr eate °r .powers to make new lines, that w hastesrt t u n a Portance to this Company is the line from decl a .° olyhead. Founded as this measure is on the St threa intention of Government to construct a new harbour d; e P ° rt of Holyhead, and to make it not only the great iitlectlielif,,o_f.intercou.rse with Ireland, but a harbour of refuge ee t , re, _v_rai trade, it becomes an object for this Company to raent no 43 , e arly a : s possible, that . connexion with the manage tine affairs which the interest of the London and Direct guauf Railway, in the traffic, appears . to demand. .The ratio era havhig in consequence given their careful conside 04fl',,°n.to the subject, have no hesitation in applying to the pinorietors for those powers which, in their unanimous 4, the occasion calls for. Di re ,thtls laying their views before the . Proprietors,potte tio„ e (ors feel satisfied that there is much the present of :, ° I the Company favourable to the _ in rdevelopement d „ 'Qat Prosperity which has hitherto distinguished the Lon vrettind Birmingham Railway ; a m nd t ey . declare their con ,,,ricioant,,r stated at a former eeting, in August, 1841— L is object can in no . way be more effectually- pro 41h.,"Led than by a due and considerate regard to the accom ''odation of the public." piActing on these views, they have given to all passengers ng and returning by the railway on the same day, the Petit of a reduction of one-third in their fares; and they - "ow passengers to compound f or two months' fares at half klee. r T hey have also mo difi e d t h e i r rates to first-class passengers L' l log in the Company's coaches, but travelling with their carriagas on the train, by charging only second class U;4 and as respects the comfort of the working . classes, the r . ect ors provided cover i ngs i n the early part of the winter, ct pro t ection from the weat h er f or t h e i r third-class carriages. IliThe following Directors go out of office at the present le eti g, and are re-eligible :—Mr. Cropper, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Vibone, Mr. Tooke, and Mr. Youn p ' l le dividend will be payable on the 15th instant, to the ~,,,rePrietors whose shares were registered on the books of the Pai ln c e a llY When clo se d, provided all calls on such shares are op The s Proportion of the dividend, which arises from the profit aY Piteittl travelling, last th e ra t e o f 4 s. 9d . per 1001 . of ea TCeklod. per new 32/. share. ellaram.tx • congratulated the Shareholders on di v iieueir first meeting in their new room, to have a Prnfi t . e of five p er cent. on each share from the clear ler ce Formerly they u. , ed to allow ten but that a rose f rom premiums upon the sale of ep pr P s , which the Company considered it prudent to ket o , r iate to the purpose. The Proprietors had the alfeft,Clita in their own hands, and would see that a part e advantages which they derived during the last I.4e7ear were not only from an increase in the sources of co lis u o lr i but . also from the diminished expenditure. teckegegation of the London establishment led also to let th:Tts in the expenses, and would enable them . to . Ni b . buildings at Camden-town which had been origi atutotntended for a terminus, The arrangments of the most lit Wolverton had likewise bees such as to be lookedadvantageous to th e C ompany. He had always Isi kh I,Wth ex treme satisfaction to the expenditure of i t " 44 taken place at this station, because at that h,irt_l3,,npulation had been collected from all parts of q h1047 1, and there were, consequently, no. ties or asso oiled to bind them to the spot. They were a most I) ,Y t114.411(1 well-conducted people, which was evidenced th e 0. f act that there th unrel i W h• was always a good attendance at at pi ich had been built by the Company at x'hi aee• There received been schools founded, in *hieeatior!children THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS. JUBILEE FESTIVAL. • On Thursday the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the _Morning Advertiser was celebrated at the London Tavern, by the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers, in a style of magnificence and splendour, and with a, degree of fervour and enthusiasm perhaps unequalled, but decidedly unsurpassed, by any previous event in the annals of this or any other charitable institution in the empire. Upwards of nine hundred members of the Society assembled on this auspicious and gratifying occassion, to commemorate the establishment of a journal which (it may be said without egotism) more than any other newspaper in the universe, has been characterised by a consistent, undeviating and un flinching adherence to the advocacy of popular rights and the obtainment of what should be the end and object of all public organs and institutions, as well as of all Governments— " the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number." If anything were wanting to complete the measure of success which has attended the career of the Morning Advertiser, it was to be found yesterday, in the troops of healthy looking, well-dressed, happy children, su pported and edu cated by its profits, who were brought from the Institution, and produced before their benevolent and kind-hearted patrons, the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers — a class of men whose monuments of charity will remain as imperishable as the Divine precepts on which they are founded, not only by reaon of the good works they have themselves performed, but by the noble and stimulating example which they have so successfully set to all the other trades of the metropolis, and who beheld with proud, but unostentatious satisfaction, the gratifying spectacle which the helpless objects of their solicitous regard presented. To wards the fulfilment of this grand object, it was certainly necessary that success in trade should have attended the individual exertions of the - majority of this Society, and if a well-dressed, and well-conducted, though unselected, assem blage of its members be any proof of their prosperity—or if an elegant and accomplished array of beauty—composed of their wives, and sisters, and daughters, who occupied the spacious gallery of the dining-room, and evinced the most cordial appreciation of the occasion, bespeaks the en joyment of " happy homes," a more enviable body of men -S"- notwithstanding all the petty annoyances to which they are occasionally subjected in the exercise of their vocation by "the powers that be"--could not easily be met with. It is unnecessary to say that amongst the most prominent mem bers of the trade present on the occasion were to be found all the past Chairmen and Governors of the Incorporated So ciety, as well as the Chairmen of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, an institution which can never be forgotten or over looked so long as the Cardinal virtues find a place in the human breast. The Governor of the Incorporated Society (Mr. Beasley) presided at the banquet, supported by Mr. Corby, Mr. Wells, 11Ir. Reader, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Bryon, and Mr. Walter, past governors ; and Mr. Druce, Mr. Ward, Mr. Cox, Mr. Poore, and Mr. Grover, past chairmen of the Society. Opposite the Chairman sat Dr. Sheridan, the editor of the Morning Adver tiser. Mr. Blake, the active and indefatigable Secretary of the Society, and Messrs. Wire and Childs, the solicitors ; Mr. Bleaden, Mr. Bingley, Mr. Larby, Mr. Float, Mr. Adams, Mr. Stennett, Mr. Hodges, Mr. Homer, Mr. Vousley, Mr. Wright, Mr. Wilson, 'and a host of the most intelli gent and influential members of the trade, were also .present. It would be an almost endless occupation of space to enumerate all the warm friends of the Institu tion who attended on this joyous occasion, and it is hoped that no invidious feeling will be attributed to the selection of these names, most of whom, indeed all, have re commended themselves to a lasting record, by their eminent services in the cause of the charity. Mr. Bryon, past governor, presided over a large company in the second dining-room during dinner, and greatly contributed to the evening's enjoyment. In a conspicuous part of the room was placed the portrait of Mr. Wright, known as the father of the Society, and the chief founder of the In stitution ; and, as a fit companion to it , the portrait of Mr. Brown, whose exertions in behalf of the Society, when in its infancy, will long be remembered with gratitude by its mem bers and the recipients of its bounty. This gentleman still happily lives to witness the blessed fruits of his benevolent services and those of his early associates, and would have been present to participate in the festivities of the Jubilee, but for an unforeseen circumstance which prevented his at tendance. A select corps of glee and song singers, combin ing some of the most distinguished vocalists of the metropo lis, were engaged for the occasion, and added considerably to the entertainments of the evening by their spirited per formances. The dinner was a superb one, and it is sufficient praise to say was got up in the peculiar and magnificent style of the London Tavern. Besides the grand dining room, every other available portion of space in the houSe was devoted to the entertainment of the guests, who having come determined to enjoy the occasion, willingly made mu tual sacrifices of accommodation in order to preserve the most perfect harmony and good humour, which prevailed throughout the entire evening. The usual toasts having been given, The GOVERNOR said the next toast was " The Incorpo rated Society of Licensed Victuallers, and prosperity to . the Morning Advertiser." The toast was received with enthusiastic plaudits. At this moment the children of the Licensed Vicouallers' School were introdnced into the principal room, under the auspices of Mr. Ireland and Mr. Brown, members of the Committee, and were by them arranged along the top and side tables. Upon all occasions when these interesting objects of the paternal solicitude of the Licensed Victuallers of London have been introduced into the presence of their benefactors, their healthy and happy appearance has been the theme of every tongue. It seemed, however, as if the peculiar circumstances which called together the present assembly heightened materially the interest usually asso ciated with these children, for, as they pa;sed along, the general observation made by the company was, that they were a credit to the trade, no badge of charity marking them out as objects for heartlessness to point its " slow, unmoving finger" at. The two senior boys having been placed in front of the chair, they proceeded to recite an exquisite and most appropriate address, composed by J. F. Blake, Esq., the Secretary of the Society, and for the ad -able Pv'lf which the bo' )btained the enthu as the friend and supporter of the Incorporated Society, its Newspaper, its School, and its kindred institutions. Mr. C. BLEADEN said, he had been honeured by the re quest that he should propose the health of their respected Chairman, the Governor of the Incorporated Society. He proposed the toast with teat satisfaction, because he be lieved that the gentleman whose health he was about to sub mit to them had justly earned their esteem, by the honourable manner in which he had executed the duties of his office.— (Hear, hear.) They were assembled that day to celebrate an occasion that must be gratifying to all of them—an occasion which it was not likely that any one present would be able again to enjoy. They had seen the Society with which they were identified rise from an humble to a great position, and even to the highest possible place that could be assigned to such an institution.—(Hear, hear.) They must, therefore , feel that any gentleman who was placed in the position of Governor of such a Society, attained an eminence which any man might well be proud of.—(Hear, hear.) Their Governor had commenced life as they had all done. He had, as a Licensed Victualler, secured for himself that regard which his Merits as a man com manded ; and here he would take the opportunity of observing that they were deeply indebted to the Press for the aid which:it gave to the Licensed Victual lers of London, and sure he was that no body of men were more deserving of support and encouragement than the body to which he had the honour to belong.—(Hear, hear.) Where could the " way-worn traveller " receive a more cheering welcome than in the house of the Licensed Victualler—for whether he spent little or much he was always well received. —(Bear, hear.) It was, therefore, a gratifying thing to find that such a body of men were done justice to by the press of this country ; and when they considered that the Magis trates of that City felt pride and pleasure in identifying them selves with the institutions connected with the trade, it must be a source of satisfaction to all of them to be so respected. —(Hear, hear.) He had diverged from the actual object which he had in vlew when lie first rose ; but he would con clude by calling on them to join with him in drinking the health of the Governor of the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers and the Chairman of that meeting. The CHAIRMAN expressed his acknowledgments (or the flattering manner in which his health had been proposed, and for the kind and cordial way in which it had been re ceived by the company.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BLAKE then read a second list of subscriptions, among ..ehom was Dr. Sheridan, the Editor of the Morning Adeertiser, 101. 10s., in addition to his subscription as a life governor. He (Mr. Blake) had been requested, as he was addressing the company, to propose a toast which would be highly grateful to the feelings of every one present. He referred to the health of Robert Henry Brown, Esq., the first Secretary of the Society, and founder of the Licensed Victuallers' School, a gentleman he (Mr. Blake) had known and respected for many years. At an early period of the Institution Mr. Brown had much to do in framing rules and regulatiins for the guidance o f the Institution—regulations which had, as they all knew, worked admirably well. The Society was then called the Friendly Society of Licensed Victuallers—a Society which had been founded by Mr. Wright, a gentlethan whose worth and value were rightly appreciated by the trade.—(Cheers.) It was now the Incorporated Society. Ile (Mr. Blake) had had the honour of belonging to the Society for more than five-and thirty years, and he well could appreciate the eflbrts of such a man as Mr. Brown—(Hear)—and it was a source of deep regret to him, as it must be to all present, that Mr. Brown was necessarily absent on the occassion of the Jubilee ; at the same time it was gratifying to . him to know that the gentleman to whom he referred was, at his advanced age, not absent - on account of mental or physical disability.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The health of the Gover nor elect, Mr. Wicker," a gentleman who was at once well qualified and willing to undertake the arduous duty of Go vernor of the Incorporated Society of Licensed 'Victuallers for the ensuing year.—(Cheers.) Mr. WICKER returned thanks. He begged to return his sincere and heartfelt thanks for the cordial manner in which his health had been received.—(Hear.) He could not allow the present occasion to pass without earnestly requesting the co-operation of the Committee. It was the,more necessary tbr him to do this, when remembering the splendid efforts and success of the present and past governors.—(Hear.) As far as he was concerned, he would at all times be ready to give his utmost exertions in aid of the great object that every one present had so much at heart.—(Hear.) Several other toasts were then proposed and responded to. We cannot close our notice of this event without express- ing our astonishment at the perfect and orderly manner in which the proprietors of the London Tavern contrived to cater for such an immense assemblage of persons without creating the slightest dissatisfaction. It is hardly necessary to add, that the renowned Mr. O'Toole, of the Mansion-house, acquitted himself of the duties of toastmaster with his accus tomed impressiveness. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THURSDAY. GLOBE.—The Camden Town duel, in which Lieut.- Colonel Fawcett fell by the hand of his brother•in-law, Li , t. Munro, is again before the public. On the Learned sion, circumstances have occurred which may lead Lieutenant Grant to expect a favourable consideration of his case, if not by the jury, at least by the Govern ment, on the part of the Crown. Duelling has been defended in high places. The Ministers of the Crown have deemed it expedient to extenuate, if not to justify altogether, the conduct of the Attorney-General of Ireland ; who penned and transmitted a challenge to a barrister, while that barrister was engaged in defending a client then under prosecution by the Attorney-General ! A practice which the laws of God and of the country condemn—which public opinion demands should be put down, as alike criminal and absurd—and the folly and guilt of which have been most forcibly exemplified in the melancholy fate of Lieut.-Colonel Fawcett, and the circumstances out of which it arose—this sense less mode of settling disputes, the relic of a dark age, in which the life of one or both disputants is perilled, and has been often sacrificed to what is as foolishly as falsely called the " law of honour"—this practice has been appealed to by the Attorney-General of Ireland in a Court of Justice. And this monstrous outrage upon the laws, and upon the sanctity of the temple of justice, has not only been allowed to pass unvisited by the Judges of that Court—who scarcely manifested disapproba ion, and abstained from marking the outrage with the slightest punishment of the offender—but the Ministers of the Crown, in their places in Parliament, have declared that they see nothing in the circumstances which calls for their interposition ! " They have neither taken, nor do they contemplate taking, any steps for the dismissal of the Attorney- General of Ireland !" How, then, can the Attorney-Gene ral of England now peess the charge against Lieutenant Grant, or even against Lieutenant Munro ? The mortal result of .the duel in which they were engaged was merely accidental. The " tiring with an intent to kill" is a capital felony ; the killing is nothing more than merely carrying out the intentions of the parties toward each other. when they agree to :-ire the loaded pistols with which they go forth armed to the se!e , :ted place of combat. When the Attorney-Gener& cf j:•.•• land challenged Mr. Fitzgibbon in open Court, and under the extraordinary and aggravated circumstances so often detailed, he contemplated the same results to himself, or the gentlenian he challenged, as followed the challenge Leaxsinitted by Lieutenant Munro to Lieute nant-Colonel Fawcett. The Attorney-General was therefOre not only guilty of a flagrant contempt of Court, but of a serious offence against the law, of which he is the chief officer in Ireland. If Attorney-General Smith escape scatheless ; if he be neither punished by the Court, the dignity of which he has insulted, nor by the laws, which he has defied : if the Government throw around him its protection, and thus tacitly approve, by defending, his conduct ; we really cannot see how the Government, by its Attorney-General, can prose,;ute Lieut. Grant ; or, if prosecuted and convicted, can allow him to be subjected to punishment. Sir R. Peel has deprived justice both of the balance and the sword. The C-overnment has given a license to duelling—which Was fast passing into desuetude by the contempt and odium that were accumulating upon the practice, and those who adopt it : it has thus counteracted the combined efforts of the satiri,t,- the moralist, and the divine ; and has shown that its claims to the character of a moral and religious Administration are as hollow as are its other pretensions to the nation's confidence. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The case of the deposed and incarce rated Ameers of Sinde was last evening brought under the notice of Parliament by Lord Ashley. The Noble Lord confined himself to a narrative of the facts and circumstances of his more than questionable stroke of State policy; for which no defence has been set up, except the hackneyed plea by which similar in fractions upon the rights of the defence less, by those who have the power of inflicting wrong, have been justified. Unadorned by eloquence, which, indeed, the subject needed not—alike free from the brilliant flashes of genius and the thunder-bolts of declamation, both which would have found .a fit place in a speech on such a subject—Lord Ashley con tented himself with a lucid exposition of facts, sup ported by the papers which had been laid upon the table of the House ; and left the subject to find its way to the hearts and consciences of his auditors. The end Lord Ashley sought to attain, perhaps to the full extent he anticipated, was secured. The utter absence of proof that the unfortunate Ameers of Sinde had been guilty, or even contemplated the commission of the acts by which the policy pursued by the Go vernor-General toward them was sought to be jus tified, was forcibly dwelt upoa by the Noble Lord, and made a powerful impression on the House. Had the strictures applied to Lord Ellenborourgh been employed by a Member of the Opposition, they would have been attributed to the virulence of party; and thus their effect upon public opinion would have been diminished, if not altogether destroyed. Coming from a supporter of Ministers, they acquire a cha racter for impartiality which they would not have obtained had they proceeded from the opposite side of the House. They are not merely justified by facts ; but these facts "prevail with - double sway, when made the basis of that severe condemnation which Lord Ashley pronounced upon the conduct of the Go vernor-General toward these unfortunate Princes. The effective and much -required aid afforded to our army in 1841, by the Ameers , whom Lord Ellenborough has deposed andimprisoned, and whose dominions he has seized upon and annexed to the British territory, was alluded to by Lord Ashley, for the purpose of exhibiting the baseness of ingratitude by which the Governor-General had heightened the and n e nd r dxa s i)netgthyleei which h n i e edeu f xi turpitude of injustice : r " Let them (said Lord Ashley) recollect what they ( en i t o i e l i u :n e Nn d vot - l ru t ‘ f ys i in Caubul. Let them remember the trembling and India ; and let them remember also the ready aid of the Ameers and their friendly and ready co-operation. During all the year reverses in 1841 supplies were required in abundance for our armies ; those supplies were liberally bestowed. Deta •liments of our army marched through r inl e e mp in ire th i i n s f their country without control or objection, demanding tts:l.:dn'taaeitydihg—eeamrttii oet ri Le attthe t ertirib them ler and receiving everywhere every possible assistance." How have we rewarded these Ameers,who facilitated the march, and sustained, by supplies of food, our troops when in circumstances of peril and privation? Without adequate provocation, if assumption be taken as proofs,--without any proved provocation ; for no proof of provocation has been supplied—we have stripped these unfortunate Princes alike of their private possessions and public power ; and left them to mourn apart, in the solitude of distant prisons, over their own lost freedom, and severe and complicated sufferings ! The close of Lord Ashley's speech is not more beautiful in its simplicity than it is fraught with matters for serious reflection, and motives to practical application by those who wield the destinies of our Anglo-Indian pos sessions "The generosity of mighty power was safe , an d chea p , believe : and honourable. Many men have been led to _ _ that the reward of a Christian empire in the Eas t would * et _ Ju. _ —avert sound, moral, and religious ntirahle eXecution of which the iysi:a. ar il _. mi._ _ ~, _ .. a i ~,, ...., _ ,ae public. ani --__ ( t. " al so cuenefit societies and lending libraries mastic approbation of the company. The o ow ink is the ` J eers.) Ouided, and had been well supported.— address : accomplish the empire of the East, J ' i l idges taking their seats in the Central Criminal Court be universal dominion. Whether IV such means as these . ,tetrhettieetairtioetlinvited the attention of the Proprietors Trace yon broad river to its source. At first yesterday morning, Mr. Waddington stated to their Great Britain would . A feeble streamlet, 'mid the mountains nurst, Lordships that " t e Crown prosecutors had receivedian would remain . to beseen. n: diLdentotthtehmin,khsovewhevaedrm, notade t 4 the 7 w ent „of the population at that station, when- In silence glides theunambitious rill ; - intimation from Lieutenant Duncao Trevor Grant (the a very auspicious la _ beginning. a ldi imputation ti obtained,tiea cast e i a nj t i h is e t m ice b . y -, wi t h L '0 far, and he was sure that they would - - vil e - Lora that . But gathering strength, as on and onward still second of Lieutenant Munro) that it was his intention lose e vk a , to surrender and take his trial on the charge wip s o p ar, hear• the money had been well expended. Its deepening waters move, anon they pour sop , ar,) lu re .t. to th e , Even abstractedly from the benefit re- Down the vast cataract with deafening roar,luutttththeeaywfi ' Heu pietas. Neu prises fide!' preferred against him at a former session of Moobaruck Khan, :You , tyrants . —yon_Ch_ Christians !' this Court, for the wilful murder of Lieutenant-Colonel ti L ie et Ain th e e e m r tli e - c l , t was ott nnilany's servants from this expendi- Till, every rocky obstacle o'erpast, IN A . eMp an flueo. with a further beneficial result to Th' exulting flood flows proudly on at last, Fawcett. Under these circumstances he (Mr. Wadding- ' Now, we perceive ther s e i i t s i n n o tk h e op la e s o t r gr ju e s a t t ic j e o f d o g r in u e s n , t u ., n , - , wp ie, and y itself, by insuring greater safety to the Spreads, as it flows, fertility and health, General ton) begged to apply . to their Lordships to appoint a til God Almighty shall _ wool to 4 eSequently increased the number of persons --- 'r a y And bears upon its breast a nation's wealth. day for the trial. He would suggest Friday next for Mr. Roebuck undertook the defence of Lord Ellen the d ar,vv dire el by the railway.—(Hear, hear.) He Even thus, your noble INSTITUTION'S course, that purpose." The appointment of Friday was re- borough; but did so by a most questionable line of ar - ~_ ct t Though' CHARITY'S pure fountain was its source, c o :lnetb er of he attention of the Shareholders to 1 ,... at tr act , . railway lines which it was proposed to Was slow, at first; but, as it onward sped, slated by Mr. Wilkins, as counsel for Lieutenant gument. His Lordship, policy. For this red to the conduct Wide and more wide its ample current spread, Grant, on the plea that " the interval would not had not acted in the case of Sinde worse than his pre f;ll4m w Z i r d nig this session of Parliament which he be equally memorable with another And still rushed forward with resistless strength, admit of due preparation for the defence. He would decessors in that Government! All who had gone before a s iaannthdnilrzi neintreferred r Till, all impediments subdued at length, suggest that Monday be fixed for the trial." The 15 / 1 1Z I P . f r o e r e w k a l e n ss ° 11 t nd chimerical projects which hadbeenout an With Heaven's own smile its healing waters glowed, 4 a I earned Judo-es very properly refused to fix any him were ie inb to er f h aog i r m gpr 1 4 4 ; 1 marketrd in consequence of the state of the And scattered countless blessings as they flowed. day ; - and intimated, prettysignificantly, poured the vials of raj of th .at that period. He need not remind And still these blessings are profusely shed opinion, that it was derogating their from the dignity of ' P 4Of e serious l urpose the th ose 'nail)? famili es'ass, and, in many cases, the total On many a youthful, many an aged head, tlm law to enter into any such arrangements with a and gall with of successive Governor- Generals for more than half a slat n 144 sPecul , which was the consequence of And have, through half a century, been showered, taiiii th a t the L ,ovulations. He was happy to be able - to Where destitution's darksome clouds have lowered.l upon whose , party who had not surrendered himself to its Process. , century ; but reserved his peculiar powers for the As was very properly observed by one of theirLoari3l.-ex ondon and Birmingham Railway Corn- Yes ! Fifty rolling years have passed away, vel d id not i ships, " there was no security that the party would • petition agains Bert 4141 vidu Il p 1 / 1 13 ' Way applY to Parliament, but they Since first your valued Journal saw the day. surrender himself for trial." Two or three sessions administration f vormwo d illiberality• wr• nr_ t althi g , , a '3' connected with two projects or un- I re qh• u ov , ,_ And has it not, through all its long- career, Soothed the sad heart and dried affliction's tear ? tile same ganie was played off by Lieut. Munro and Lieut. isconcentr ate dt of Ae s ffs L eg o nh r ea d en io A s t u . a N c i i. k Auckland, d r: • ithout re iiste.,io, was ~ oefor e the House of Commons, the first Grant. The Crown prosecutors then received a similar spect to the marked difference . which exists be g proj e Ask ofithe hundreds who, when bowed with grief, a gre :ok s aphi th . projected line from Lancaster to Car- And age, and want, find permanent relief, intimation that they intended to surrender themselves for . his more than ordinary' the two ease - both tweencases with reference to their w ity 'rinent, at theilvo years ago they entered into an And share its bounty each revolving week, trial. The day was fixed for the trial. The witnesses were 'origin , and design, . the Hon. and Learned Member th e _eo ilipair . request of the other connecting Rail- And let their gratitude the answer speak. General and the got together. The Attorney-General in other 101, that for Bath persisted in withdrawing the attention of the th e r•Pit a l re .at they would contribute a portion of Ask of all those who, broken down in trade, counsel for the prosecution were present Court. The Ire _ riu te 0. , plred for comleting the undertaking, Receive its welcome temporary aid, Learned Judges came down specially to try the case. A House from the question before it, for the purpose of ''' 11l ' tut) Pro oline And ask of us, the children of your care, to ,, by the notoriety of i gratifying a taste, of which he seemed to be alone in 411, (1 I gby to Lon ,p secl to merge into the line crowded audience, drawn to, concluded tors t c ni to e uelL That pledge they were now I, hat -nd - th e ' , the Directors asked the Proprie- Who every hour its boundless blessings share. Oh 1 must not eveyy heart and every tongue, the facts connected with the affecting in breathless expectation. .. . incident, waited the indulgence. He a, rambling, vitupe ‘t lengths it was announced naive speech, with a string , of resolutions for which, H , ert a k i ,. Y should be allowed•subscribe to the The widow bent with years —the orphaned young -1Y tr a , 'g to th e to All, all unite, with undivided aim, the principal concerning whom assecondercould -be found, the Honourable and that Lieutenant Munro, . t,.. ffie that lain be of 100,000/. ; and he thought To bless the Morning Advertiser's name, all this mighty stir' and bustle of preparation had beenhas the sole Learned Gentleman merit. Sir J. t h 4 4°l by thr ula-11* - -- brought into the line at Bir- And all, with hearts elate, rejoice to see made, had changed his mind, and declined to appear ;of Ur. Roebuck's flophouse's refutation — • uncalle dttki3ll n ot a .. s undertaking, would afford a very fair. This great, this glorious day of Jubilee ! and Lieutenant Grant, who was only second in the trans- for and unsustained attack on - Lord Auckland, 1 44 7 w,, one of largo dividend. The second under- The girls then sung a beautiful hymn, which was also action, with becoming modesty, .could not, of course, I was oomplete. Under any other circumstances the "e t'uti • hoe; to the i nitely greater importance. He al•• composed by Mr. Blake. think of appearing in the absence of his principal. , , 4101 h Proposed line f 'llle, BLAKE read a Report, having reference to the vets- •casts ation it administered would have been deemed ,„` 4l stra,,Y,. c ad, at N o o r al way between Chester I There was, therefore no trial--for this obvious reason, , ' g . „. . 'Nel —in g aha a Lich latter port the Company intend , 1' h ent of the Morning Advertiser bis . M . newspaper, and the there were no prisoners ! The whole affair was . it . - severe; but the licaue seemed to feel that it d it was e ill ou s, but al r our of refuge, not only for Channel d Clied with it from which we select the follow charities i en i , air Robert Peel admitted the spirit and mockery of justice—a trifling with the administration ,served. ti ix. _ ' lah - s° for the Ashley had • k eer t •"•allee o f it ,. purposes of general trade •; and 4 :7 Fiftvyeare the laws, to which they ought not to have been . talent which Lord evinced in bringing aia s ...is ob • ars Navinhavin this day elapsed since the first publics- Fifty a e g f the House. T h --. , iicr,,v_. um, but had ject the Government proposed , Von of the Morning Adeertiser—the great instrument of the 'tion of which, . the question be ore exposed in the first instance ; but a repot' Baronet e nignt lion. f or _ever ate_ or . not a s yet stated the amounts ll extensive benefits that have emanated from the Society of had the Learned Judges assented, didventure to justifyallthat would have re- , not ti,o t e h e eeingi little the Government might advance 1 ,„ n „d Victuallers--the Governor and Committee experi- fleeted upon the discretion of the Bench. Let Lieut. I been done; but dwelt upon the extr e m e in. ‘v e ,, , A ., !heir rotes r e f ' this project, th e y should soon de• I L en — ,; - t i le mos t heartfelt pleasure in congratulating the inem- Grant surrender himself to the custody of the officer of ' convenience and embarrassment that would re su lt tli' l e t e found t'ou''uns ; otherwise private individua's ~bers on the arrival of the Society's Jubilee, and in being en- the Court, and thus give assurance that he will abide from a vote of the House of Commons, l ee , ehNv on „ ~ Invest their Capital i n t h e speen i atiot i ! awed to state , that d ur i n g th e entire . progress of the first his trial. The Court w:11 then appoint a day for the which would compel the Governor- to libe se..L of 1,,, ea. :. ta ",,,,,ext alluded at soine length t,': half century of its existence, the . Society has been steadilys purpose, and the justice of the country will pro .eed in its yeeritl of h __ , "tfon, to which the line - • the . o_ . sub- increasing in numbers, ,respectability, andimportance,and rate at once the Ameers of Sinde, and restore them ordinary course. We do not mean to intimate a doubt te keet , er p.lrtshes through which it was subjected in at the present time justly entitled to claim a place . in . t eto power. edeprecated li the effectsWhichsuch a °en 'al wou2d passed, and said , numerous charitable institutions of Lieut, Grant's sincerity in making the intimation he native , t, raise ~ . perceive that the' parish rates had • foiemost rank of those kingdom. . has done, through his counsel. He probably now intends course • might have on other Powers ; and un- I le 1)* 'rota 1 114/ in proudest boast of thisthe hands of ' il tei ir eetion ,_ Do- •., in 1840, to 18 351/. in 1843 which are the ft' e Society originated in the efforts to surrender himself for trial—that is, if the Court will . dertook that; if left in the r legal advisers, had upon this subject the assurance ' The establishment e n who, at the latter part of the compromise its dignity by becoming a party to an ar- ' •should be given. . , every consideration 4, that the present excessiv e of of a few Licensed Victuallers, gY Was rating of yerr 1793, projected the . pu publication of a d a ily newspaper , rangemen t to meet his ,convenience. Lieutenant Munro, of the Ameers, with a view to the amelioration At variance with th lat" of its profits to the his principal in the transaction,' has withdrawn himself .of their condition. 1011 Lord John Russell's speech, e . w i but that, being • .' with a 'law of appropriating a par Public mischief. He proposed that the Bill, after being read a Ae con d time, should be referred to a Select .ommittee ; and th a t it s h ou ld un d ergo th e considera tionu of hi s N o bl e and Learned Friend on the Wool , ack, the Noble and Learned Lord beside him (Lord brougham) the Judges generally, and such Mem bers o f the House as it might be desirable to consult ou the subject. Lora BROUGHAM entirely approved of the course proposed to be taken by his Noble and Learned Friend. , The LORD CHANCELLOR said the B i l l h a d bette r be referred to the Committee of last session. The Bill was then read a first time. Their Lo r d s hi ps t h en adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 9. adThe SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock, but as ,e were on l y t hi rty-f i ve Mem b ers present t h e H ouse PUrnea until to-morrow. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. • Ye t. sterda y the . h a lf- yearly meeting of the P ro p rietors the above Company was held at the Euston-square th e : Rib llta ? Mr. George Carr Glyn, the Chairman of Board o f Di rectors, presiding. Ohe S ecretary having read the minutes of the last 11Yearly meeting, on the 11th of August, at Queen's Birtningham, the Chairman attached the seal of of th e e llaP , ally to the Report of Shares, and the business The following was proceeded with. „tun! following Report was next read and adopted i nee b t .e Statements of Account which are now before the 4 neilt it .ig, afford conclusive evidence of a progressive improye ,the m the net returns of the Company. Compared with soe°rresponding half-year of 1842, the Revenue Account d eer " an increase in the ordinary traffic of 11,398/., and a T Te of 6,221/, in the working charges. the a t log the principal heads of receipt and expenditure of two statements in detail, the following are the differ between the December, 1842, and 1843 Accounts : ,eaeral Traffic the receipt t is more by .. £11,398 ttent s In AV • ditto. ditto 1,039 I n °dung Charges:the expense is less by Interest on Loans - ditto .. 8,488 . 14 Int erests on Calls in arrear, and Bankers' 27,146 Bair . £2,255 7 dnee the receipt is leas by .4 . -, " 1,832 1 arish Rates the expense is more by PasSenger duty ditto ... 288 bepreciation of Stock ditto 1,655 _ reluctant to enter upon a course of litigation with the various parishes on the line, the Directors submitted to the charge so long as it was stationary •, but the evil had assumed so general and oppressive a eliara. , t , r, ~ hat they should most cordially support and eo-opera ~ 1 any measures which might substitute a fair and uniforni :„I ter 'Of rating for the present arbitrqry and vexation, proceedings of parochial authorities. 'All the Company wanted was to be placed upon the same footing as °thee establishments, and he trusted that measures would ue adopted by Parliament to effect this object, as the '!ol,i pany wished, above all things, to avoid any litig duk. A PROPRIETOR wished to know what amount of money would be required to defray the expenses of the proposed new line, as he understood that a sum of 2,10%0004 would be required for the purpose ; and it was currently . reported, in many parts of Lancashire, that the Govern ment had refused to have anything to do with the un dertaking. The CHAIRMAN denied that there was the slightest foundation for any such rumour. Mr. CAPEL begged to ask, when the branch line be tween Northampton and Peterborough, would be likely to be open for transit. Tho CHAIRMAN said, that the line between Warwick and Leamington would be open in the spring of 1845 ; and that alluded to by the Hon. Proprietor in the autumn of the same year. A motion was proposed and carried unanimously, declaring a dividend of five per cent. on the 100/. shares, and of 17s. in the pound upon the 321. shares for the half-year. The next resolution proposed was, one granting power to the Directors to appropriate such a portion of the available capital of the Company for the completion of the Chester and Holyhead line of railway, not exceeding One million sterling, and to take such steps as might be required for the interests of the body of the Share holders. The fourth resolution empowered the Directors, in nearly similar words, to expend a sum of 100,0001. in finishing the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. The following gentlemen having fulfilled the term of their office as Directors of the Company, were re-elected : —Mr. Cropper, Mr. Carr Glyn, Mr. Theodore William Rathbone, Mr. Young, and Al r. Tooke. Mr. Ramsden proposed, Mr. Holecombe seconded, and Mr. Baxendale supported a motion, declaratory of the high opinion entertained by the Shareholders and Directors of the eminent services rendered by Mr. Creed, as Secretary of the London and Birmingham Railway, to the Company, and appaiting a Committee to afford to him some testimonial from the Company that would indicate their high sense and appreciat.on of those services, after which, A vote of thanks was was passed to the Chairmin for his courteous demeanour on the present and all former occasions, when he came in contact n ith the Share holders. After which the meeting separated. relief of their distressed brethren 'and their widows in sick- I from justice. By the kind and considerate leniency of the though short, merits regard, not merely for Horse Guards, he was enabled to hojd her Majesty's com- ' the sentiments it expressed, but also fur the news and old age, and also of affording some assistance to mission while he was alternately their fatherless children and orphans. The plan was carr ied geocrous spirit in which it was conceived. Ills i into effect on the Bth of February in the tollpwing year, 1794, Ti mi ng - with their administration—a six months' leave of L o evading the laws and co absence from his regiment being granted to him, that he rdship abstained from embarrassing the Govern- i meat by voting for Lord Ashley's motion—and on which day the first number of the -110,-,!ity Act:l;l.63er wa d . showed - - ' might have tilu,_ to determine what tourse he should adopt; • thus • published, and, during the fifty year.: :whether to take lii, trial for the murder of which ho himselfsuperior to the narrow and illiberal away, upwards of 13,600 Licensed Vic ti t ' U ' i t tl i le L' r ' s re ha ''i l ' e cc en p r a o s l s le e d stood accused . by_ the finding of the coroner's inquest, . spirit which actuated his opponents when a similar question arose respecting the Affghan expedition ; but their names as members, and, by their unanimity and per . and subs.liquently of the severance, have raised the Society to its present pre-eminent situation. grand jury ; or whether, de r,efu.sed.to , admit that the annexation of Sinde could De justified by the plea set up, that its former rulers " To exhibit in a few words a general estimate of the ex- ! dining the ordeal ui a trial, he should dispose of his tensive benefits diffused by the Society of Licensed Vic- property, and retire to a distance, where the laws of his Walters, it will be sufficient to Aate that, from its estabiis- coun t r y could not reach him. The conduct of the were despotic, and that liberty and civilisation would Horse Guards in this matter we consider as an obstruc- be improved by the inhabitants being brought under fmorenethatoriCtalbirliestgariloslVa,rteheassuasowd,islt,rit Led from its funds 0 tion of the criminal jurisprudence of the country— a British supremacy. tioSnT lastA N D nightA R w D a . s — h Ti highl=y y debate interesting, From the Permanent Fund £122,314 16 - virtual sanction 40 military men to do that for which From the Subscription Fund 106,175 5 7 they have too often shown an inclination—a refusal to i i n m t p er o e ss s i t b m le us t t o n a e b t s e tr v ac ap t er t a t te i . n a i ni e fo s rm l din. Ashley's mo- From the Charity Box , submit to the constituted civil authorities, from andw h ieh hth totally ef idea that the army ought not to be subject to their con trol, but be wholly responsible to its peculiar tribunals. pen i speec of S the triflF .. _ _ Grand Total _ _ _ ~.£232,66018 9 The Report was. received with loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN in the course of his speech said—That the profits of the Morning Advertiser, since I have had the ho nour of being Governor—nine months of that time having been audited—compared with the corresponding nine months last year, show an increase to the amount of near 600/. The SECRETARY then read the list of subscriptions, which, . he said, exceeded 3,000/. for the past year. The CHAIRMAN then proposed, " The Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, and the Corporation of the City of London."—(Loud cheers.) Mr. D. WIRE said his friend Mr. 'Low, the only other member of the Corporation present, had requested him to return thanks for the honour conferred upon the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Corporation. He did so with the •utmost plea sure, for it was 'impossible for any person to be present on this most interesting occasion without being deeply inte rested in the progress and present state of this Institution. — (Hear, hear.) This day they met to celebrate its anniver sary—it had passed over the first fifty years of its existence, and gathered strength with its age , and diffused great and varied blessings amongst society at large.—(Loud cheer ing.) Other institutions, although dignified by age and venerable for their antiquity, failed to show such claims as that whose • jubilee they were now celebrating. Its beginning was amongst the humble and the despised—those who formerly had been dragged at the car of aristocracy, or trampled under foot by the despot. But its founders were actuated by true benevolence, sustained by charity, and blessed by Heaven—hence their exertions were energetic, continuous, and sanctified by Heaven. He could picture to himself the long train of the recipients of their bounty, as they passed in review before them-411e aged, the decrepid, the Homeless wanderer—they had been taken from misery—from want—from the curse of forced provision and the horrors of a workhouse—and placed in the house where comfort, peace, and plenty reigned. The young had been rescued from igno rance—from vice—from criminality—and trained up to be come virtuous members of society, and in their turn benefac tors to mankind.—(Cheer .) how many desolate homes had been cheered and made happy—how many orphans' tears had been dried—and how many widows hearts had been made to sing for joy !—(Raptures of applause.) When they thought of these things and remembered the good they had effected, their hearts ought to be glad, and they should lift up their souls in praise to Him who gave them all, and above and beyond other things, hearts to feel and to provide for the wants of others.—(Cheers.) Nor must he forget one of the chief instruments in their bounty—the Morning Ad vertiser—(Cheers)—a journal distinguished by its indeend ence—its literary merits—its advocacy of liberal principles, and its untiring and unceasing warfare against everything which is opposed to just and equal rights—to true prin ciple—to the rights of the poor—and the claims of the rich. —(Cheers.) The profits of that journal had been devoted to charity, and its influence was always exercised in defence of that which was true, honest, just, and right. It knew no party but the people, and no object but the diffussion of those prsnciples which bound man to man, nation to nation, and the whole world in one brotherly union of happiness, virtue, and religion.—(Hear, hear.) The lion. Gentleman concluded an eloquent- speech by saying, that lie could not tbrget that while other meetings celebrated the progress of conquerors and devastating armies, this Society originated in peace—had been supported in changeful and eventful times by determined energy, and all its steps had been marked only by happiness and order.—(Hear and cheers.) Long might it flourish in undiminished vigour, and when his head was laid low in the dust, he hoped to be remembered mg with the Court on the former (wen: generous motive, and both were worthy of his cha racter ; but to say this is not to say that the motion ought to have been agreed to. In the unhappily mixed condition of human affairs, though the highest degree of virtue ought always to be the ultimate object of our pursuit, and though we are bound 'to venerate those who inculcate it by their doctrine, and illustrate it by their example, the advance cannot always be made rapidly and with out interruption. It is, undoubtedly, our duty to make all men happy; but whether we pursue this object upon a small or a great scale, if we pur sue it irrespectively of circumstances, we run a very great risk of ending by making many miserable. In the matter before us, it is impossible to doubt that the liberation of the deposed and imprisoned Ameers of Sinde—the purpose of Lord Ashley's motion—whatever the justice and humanity of the motive for the act, would result in years of war and desolation, and rivers of blood. The ques tion is not whether these princes have been justly dethroned and imprisoned—a matter to be other wise decided—but a matter in which we do not disgUise an opinion, that no more than justice has been done—but whether they are to be let loose to kindle a new war, for the affliction of mankind. We rarely venture to differ from Lord Ashley, but on this point we cannot agree with him, probably because we cannot reach his elevation of sentiment. Mr. Roebuck's speech is as characteristic of the speaker as Lord Ashley's ; this is saying enough of it. The Member for Bath abundantly villified all of whom he spoke, reserving as usual his most bitter reproaches for the people of England. We know not to what country or race Mr. Roebuck belongs, hut we suppose that he is not an Englishman. The speech of the Premier, however, disposed of the whole question, by showing the impossibility that the Parliament could, without risking the most t:ital consequences, undertake to. prescribe the details of a government administered at a distance of five or six thousand miles—or adopting the Dutch mode of measuring &stance, by time—at a distance of three or four months. There is one passage of the Right Hon. Baronet's speech which ought to be care fully remembered as often as our Indian policy comes under consideration—it explains a principle winch some of our readers may remember to have been more than once advanced in the Standard : " Sir, it is very difficult to act upon abstract principles, which are applicable to civilised States, when we have to deal with barbarous States. In such circumstances abstract principles cannot be enforced. I think it would not be pos sible for us to rigidly adopt such principles with respect to the States in India as we should be governed by were we dealing with the States of Europe. Take the case of Affghanistan for instance, assuming that it was believed that some unfavourable design were entertained against our Indian possessions by Persia or Russia, and that Sinde was to become a party in that design. Would it be possible for the Go• vernor-General of India to do his duty to his country if he did not take such steps as were in his power to thwart such a 'proceeding, when, by taking possession of Sinde, or subsidising the troops of that country, or the taking of such steps as should prevent the carrying into effect a scheme like that to which I have alluded ? If we look at civilised nations when they come into contact with barbarous ones, we find it impossible, from some cause or other, inherent to bar barous States, to carry out thoseprinciples which govern civilised nations." The reason of the difference is obvious—law, like like language, to be understood and observed, must be ex institute, and it would be as absurd to attempt dealing with men according to laws of which they know nothing, as to attempt communicating with them in - a language that they never heard before. There is, indeed, the moral law, which is common to our unsophisticated nature ; but if human nature is unsophisticated anywhere, which we doubt, it certainly is not so among the princes of India, with whom cruelty and injustice are in daily practice, successful falsehood and treachery occasions of pride. " A stirring life they lead, who have such neighbours near." In dealing with them, treachery may not be retaliated for treachery ; but all those rights which are allowed among civilised nations, as resting upon the hypo thesis that they will not be perfidiously abused, may be lawfully withheld from those who will, we know, abuse them to our injury upon the first convenient opportunity. According to the proverb, " cords must bind those whom honour cannot." Hence it happens that a moral and civilised nation, placed upon the confines of immoral and uncivilised nations, must, in its own defence, subdue its neighbours if they do no t enlighten and ,reform themselves by its example. Hence it is that Butler, in a passage referred to last night by Lord Ashley, includes lawful conquest among the means by which a purely Christian Go vernment could ensure universal dominion. The wise and pious writer saw that in the perverse nature of man were the seeds of occasion when conquest might be lawful. Such oc casion surely arises when a nation is thrown, by any cause, into c o n tact w ith ano th er which owns no law, and has no respect for truth pr justice. It may be well for the rigid moralist in politics to avoid the difficulty of such proximity to evil ; but we doubt whether the enlightenment and civilisation of the world would gain by such prudent reserve, and it is certain that we can neither withdraw from India, nor maintain our position there, by a strict observance of the code of pub lic law recognised in Europe. Such a strict observance, indeed, would compel us to a more frequent, and a more fierce, course of aggression than any British Governor has ever pursued in the East, and so little would the native princes gain by it that they would soon have reason to say—surnmuin jus summa injuria. The truth is, that in Indian government, and in u all distant governments, where the neigh bouring St a t es are uncivilised, the Governor m own empt discretion, according , any ording , to circum s t ances, w i th little regard to any fixed t rules, act and cannot be otherwise than mischievous. The House of Commons last night wasof that • • opinion, for it re jected the motion for the liberation of the Ameers by a majority of 202 to 63. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 9, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to appoint J. F. Davis, Es, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the colony of Hong-Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint John Walter Hulme, Esq., to be Chief-Justice of Hong-Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Hon. Fre. derick Wm. Adolphus Bruce to be Secretary to the Govern ment of Hong-Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Brevet Major Wm. Cain to be Poli ce Magistrate, Sheriff, and Provost Mar shal for Hong-Kong. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Robert Dundas Cay, Esq., Writer to the Signet, to be Registrar of the Su eme Court of Hong Kong. The Queen has also been leased to appoint Alexander Gor don, Esq., to be Surveyor-6eneral of Hong Kong, The Queen has further been pleased to appoint William Pedder, Esq., Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, to be Harbour- Master of Hong-Kong. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FIB. 7. The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint John Tow den Hindle, of Wootifold-park, Esq., to be Sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetahire. North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Cornet H. St. J. Manle to be Lieutenant, vice Bruce, resigned ; W. 11. M. Colston, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Miles, promoted ; J. E. Cells, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Ness, resigned, Feb. 3. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Newark Troop of Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Cavalry.— J. H. M. Sutton, Esq., to be Captain, vice T. S. Godfrey, re signed, Feb. 3. WHITEHALL, JAN. 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Clifford Newbold, of Maslock, in the county of Derby, Gent., to be a Master Extraordir:ary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. 5. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Andrew Meggy, of Chelmsford, in the county of Essex, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Hilary Term.-7th Victoria. Friday, Feb. 9. This Court will, on Saturday, the 17th day of February in stant, hold Sittings, and will proceed to givo Judgments in Cases pending in the Special Paper and in the New Trial Pa per. By the Court. Read in open Court, this 9th February, 1844, Saml. Dare. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. OWEN WYNNE THOMAS, silk warehouseman, Milk street, Cheapside. .JUKES COULSON and HARRY Pnipps, shipping ironmongers, Clement's•lane. Lombard•street. BANKRUPTS. EDWARD MINISTER, tailor, Argyll-place, Regent street, to surrender Feb. 15 and March 19, at twelve, at the Court of Batik uptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Hodgson and Burton, Salisbury-street, Strand. FREDERICK JAMES SCOTT, apothecary, St. Alban's, Feb. 2:1, at eleven, and March 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Clark and Davidson, Essex-street, Strand. JOSEPH HETHERINGTON, HENRY DOCKER, and CUTHI3ERT JOHNSON, lamp-dealers, Quadrant, Regent-street, Feb. 23 and March 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers ; Clark and Davidson, Essex-street, Strand. CHRISTOPHER TEESDALE and RICHARD TOUL SON, furnishing warehouseman, Westminster-bridge-road, Feb. 20 and March 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Sole and Sole, Alder , rnanbury. SAMUEL WALKER LEONARD, butcher, Frances greet, Golden-square, Feb. 24, at one, and March 22, at - F. F. Coop er, dramatic au th or, Walcot-place, East, Lambeth, Feb. 14. at half -put one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit m ore, official assignee. G. Danvers, coal merchant, Beaumont-square, Stepney, Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Sherratt, card case maker, Berkeley-street, Lambeth, Feb. 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. L. Gompertz, Upper Kennington-green, Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. Pedley, dealer in bottled beer, Claremont-place, Penton vine, Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. R. Pettit, bricklayer, St. Thomas-square, St. John's, Hack ney, Feb. 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. S. Akehurst, jun., cigar -dealer, Brighton, Feb. 14, at two, at the Court of Bakruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. W. F. Waller, ship agent, Great Carter-lane, Doctors - commons, Feb. 14, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Mews, jun., confectioner, Great St. Andrew-street, Seven Dials, Feb. 14, at half•past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. G. Callaway. grocer, Islington-green, Feb. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Joseph, clerk, St. Peter's-hill, Paul's Wharf, City, Feb. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell. official assignee. T. Hoile, Sandwich, Kent, Feb. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. E. Tucker, discount agent, Upper Stamford-street, Surrey, Feb. 14, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee. W. Moore, stage coachman, Bury St. Edmund's, Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. H. Bernard, professor of plialacromiasy, Regent-street, St. James's, Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. W. C. Newport, attorney's clerk, Little Mount-street, Wal worth, Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fol lett, official assignee. W. Southon, grocer, Upper Seymour-street, St. Pancras, Feb. 16, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. G. Dixon, bookseller, Margate, Kent, Feb. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. J. J. H. Lewis, omnibus proprietor, Brixton-hill, Surrey, Feb. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. 11. Crispin, clerk, Buttesland-street, Holton. Edwards, official assignee. A. H. Henn, tobacconist, Somerset-place, Now-road, East. Edwards, official assignee. W. Swain, joiner, Manchester, Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. G. Lea, brush maker, Syston, Leicestershire, Feb. 14, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official as signee. M. Lea, Syston, Leicestershire, Feb. 14, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. M. Sides, Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Shropshire, Feb. 13, at halt-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. W. Wildsmith, warehouse clerk, Wolverhampton, Feb. 13, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. J. Berkeley, farmer, Longdon, Worcestershire, Feb. 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Nicholas, iron-fitter, Dudley, Worcestershire, Feb. 13, at half-past one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. E. Webb, draper's assistant, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. J. Sandbach, book.keeper, Edge•hill, Lancashire, Feb. 22, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee. D. M. Thomas, surgeon, Cwm Amman, Carmarthenshire, Feb. 14, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. S. Miles, grocer, Cadoxtone, Glamorganshire, Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. J. Petherick , bootmaker, Ragland, Monmouthshire, Feb. 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. L. West, attorney, Bath, Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. C. Bradshaw, brace manufacturer, Halifax, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. W. Swain, joiner, Manchester, Feb. 14, at 12, at the Man chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Sewell, victualler, Charles-street, Paddington, March 1, at one—W. Carpenter, stationer, Southampton, March 1, at half-past eleven. In the Country. J. Porter, tailor, Nantwich, Cheshire, March, 2, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Bell, hosier, Notting ham, March 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—M. Harris, draper, Swansea, March 4, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—R., Jas., and John Potter, cotton spinners, Manchester, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court—R. Moon, sen., and R. Moon, jun., merchants, Green field, Lancashire, March 5, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court—T. J. Whidborne, chemist, Liverpool, March 5, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—T. J. Fehr, draper, Birmingham, March 4, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. W. Carpenter, stationer, Southamptan, March I—J. Sewell, victualler, Charles-street, Paddington, March I—H. Congreve, dealer in patent medicines, High-street, Peckham, March I E. Munn, corn chandler, Stanhope-terrace, Paddington, March 2—J. Why, haberdasher, Holborn-hill, March I—H. J. Nixon, upholsterer, Great Portman-street, Oxford•street, March 2—W. Chamberlain, linen draper, Peckham, March I —H. Laybourn, ship broker, Hartlepool, Durham, March 1— J. Hill, grocer, Durham, March —H. Greenbow, iron master, Wrexham, Denbighshire, March 4—J. Jukes, nail factor, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, March 6—J. Southern, grocer, Birmingham, March 6—F. Peters, wine merchant, Manchester, March B—T. Fawcett and J. Muir, builders, Hol lingworth, Cheshire, March I—W. B. M'Pherson, victualler, Rosemary Branch, Horton, March I—G. Z. White, stone mason, Southampton, March I—T. Martin, victualler, Pave ment, Moorfields, March I—W. Rolfe, farmer, Therfield, Hertfordshire, March I—J. Swallow, ten., corn miller, Halifax, March I—T. Wright, cheesemonger, Blackmoor-street, Clare market, March I—J. Lumley, brewer, Kirkby-Fleotham•with- Fencote, Yorkshire, March I—J. F. Armstrong, coal mer chant, Blackheath. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Lovatt and It. Taylor, soap manufacturers, Liverpool— J. Green and J. Jubb, jun., woollen manufacturers, Basing hall-street—J., S., and H. Newbould, merchants, Sheffield— S. Reynolds and J. Woodhouse, pawnbrokers, Nottingham— D. Duggan and R. Jacksofl, cabinet makers, Birmingham— !. P. Hall and I'. Wright, apothecaries, Dudley, Worcester shire—H. Hamer and R. Jones, linen drapers, Blackfriars road—J. H. Galloway, E. C. Bell, and C. S. Todd, attorneys, Kingston-upon-Hull—H. Headley and J. L. Sudbury, sur geons, Cambridge—John, Jas., and H. Holden, farmers, Mitton-with•Crook, Yorkshire (so far as regards H. Holden) — W. H. Barber and M. B. Bircham, attorneys, New Bridge street, Blackfriars—K. and W. Liversidge, wine merchants, Liverpool—W. Sowden and J. 'Withers, dyers, Salford—R, and V. Parke, drapers, New Mahon, Yorkshire—W. Pomfret, sen., and W. Pomfret, jun., rag merchants, Preston—W. Angus and A. Reid, coach builders, Brompton—W. and W. Warbrick, machine makers, Dukinfield, Cheshire—W. Good win and J. Fitton, spindle makers, Manchester—R. Bayley, and B. and P. Tingle, steel and wire drawers, Ecelesfield, Yorkshire—M. and A. Arthars, boot and shoe dealers, West brom‘vich, Staffordshire—J. Miller, H. Foy, and E. Kelly, coach builders, Huddersfield (so far as regards E. Kelly)—J. Allen and W. Nicholls, carpenters, Bristol—D. and .1. Metcalf, dyers, Leeds—J. Hands and J. Powell, ironfounders, Birming ham—J. A. Curme and E. Mondey, surveyors, Dorchester— W. Kerr and T. Hamilton, drapers, Truro—W. H. L. Corran and H. D. Sage, wine merchants, Liverpool—E. and G. Viccars, hosiers, Kingston-upon-Hull—S. Watmuff and D. Veit, merchants, Manchester—T. Robinson and R. W. I'earse, flour factors, Swansea. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. COLIN MUNRO, bank agent, Dingwall, March 6, at twelve, at the National Hotel, Dingwall. JAMES and WILLIAM GILLESPIE, merchants, Fal kirk, March 8, at one, at the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk. DONALD MACKAY and SON, merchants, Barnisdale, Isle of Skye, March 18, at twelve, at the o ffi ce of D. Mackenzie, Portree. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Feb. 6, 1844, is 355. 104 d. per cwt., - excluive, of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon ou the im portatiun thereof into Great Britain. From the state men t o f t h e L earned Counse l i t ap peared that this was an indictment against four persons, William' Henry King Emily Ann Birch, Augusta Ann Birch, and Dorcas Phillips, for having combined and conspired together to defraud certain tradesmen of large quantities of goods which had been sent into the house of Emily Ann Birch. This charge was brought against the ,defendants for having endeavoured to procure from different tradesmen goods to a very enormous amount, but which were not to he paid for. Mrs. Emily Birch was the widow of a person who had been a coach-maker in Great Queen-street. He died in 1836, and after his death his widow kept a lodg ing-house in Bedford-place. From 1836, down to 1841, she had been 'supporting herself by this lodging-house. In 1841 she found she was unable longer to maintain herself by those means. The defendant William Henry King was an attorney, who, in 1830, had resided in Bedford-place, but had been sold up, and, in 1831, he went to live :at Clapham, where he remained till 1838, keeping a small establishment, but during the whole of that time he was in the most abject difficulties ; execu t:on upon execution was put into his house, and he had been in the habit of pawning his goods and clothes, for the purpose of buying bread for his family. In 1838 he left Clapham, and came with his family to reside at his chambers in Verulam-buildings, being then • in a very distressed state. King had been acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Birch during the lifetime of the former, and, in 1838, Mrs. Birch had lent King about 2001 A person had for some time lodged with Mrs. Birch, but he died in 1836, and then the intimacy between Mrs. Birch and King was renewed, and from letters which had passed between them, it was evident that that inti macy was of a very affectionate nature. In 1839 both these parties appeared to have been in the most abject state of poverty. The defendant Augusta Ann Birch was the sister of the late Mr. Birch, and resided with his widow. In July or August, 1840, a scheme was formed between these parties which, but for very for tunate circumstances, would have succeeded to an enor mous extent. Mrs. Birch and King were endeavouring to see by what means they could raise money. Mrs. Birch had carried on her business in a respectable man ner, and the intention was to get together as large a quantity of every description of goods as they could, to order them in the name of Mrs. Birch, to be sent to her house, and to name a distant day for payment, which day was in the early part of April ; but a few days before this day of payment arrived King was to put an execution into her house for an alleged debt due to him, and take away all the goods. This plan was matured ; Mrs. Birch went to different tradesmen in the months of November and December, 1840, and January and February, 1841. and ordered goods of the most expensive description, consisting of plate, jewellery, wine, upholstery, two pianofortes '(at 150 guineas each), amounting altogether to 3,600/. King was present during the time the greater portion of the goods was delivered, but at that time King went by the name of Wolfe, at Mrs. Birch's house. He was there day after day and night 'after night. At the latter end of February two executions were put into Mrs. Birch's house, one at the suit of King, for 2,185/, and the other at the suit of the other de fendant, Dorcas Phillips, for upwards of 500/. They found these executions were t, of sufficient to cover so large a quantity of goods, and therefore very many ar ticles of plate and jewellery were handed over to King on apretended loan, and the premises were then deserted by Airs. Birch, and King and the sheriff's officers were left in possession. A fiat of bankruptcy was then sued out, and a messenger from the Court of Bankruptcy was sent to the remises. The property was sold for 2,4991., but the amount had been retained. It would appear that' it few days before all this the parties were employed in burning and destroying all letters and papers belonging to Mrs. Birch, and very . many were torn and given to the servant to be burnt in the oven. It turned out, however, that they , were not absolutely distroyed, but different parts ha d since been put toge ther and proved to be letters which had been written by Kin.. to Mrs. Birch. Inquiries were then made, and it was discovered that, on the 19th of February, King and Mrs. Birch had gone to Reading, where she took lodg ings, deSiring them to be ready on the Ist of March, and large quantities of goods were packed up and sent down to Reading. After the fiat King was summoned before the Commissioners, to be examined touching his debt, and he stated that it arose from various sums he had lent Mrs. Birch; that he had commenced these loans as early as 1836; and he gave dates and terms, and among others he fixed upon the 25th of April, 1838, when he said he had lent her 1851 Now, the pieces of letters in King's writing, which had been found in the oven, showed that, at that time King was writing to Mrs. Birch expressing his regret that he could not repay her the sum her husband had lent him, and adding, that there was then an execution in his chambers for 35/. ; but it would be shown, that from 1836 to 1841, King had been constantly sued by various persons, that there had been many executions out against him, and that he was, in truth, in very great difficulties, and it was, there fore, impossible that aman so situated could have been ad vancing money to Mrs. Birch. The parties interested had, therefore, thought it right to adopt the present pro ceedings, in order that the offenders should not go un punished. The examination of the defendant King as given be fore the Commissioners of Bankruptcy, under the fiat against Mrs. Birch, was put in, and in that he stated, that in August, 1836, he lent Mrs. Birch 5001. ; that he afterwards lent her different sums of money, and that in September, 1839, they balanced accounts, and there was then due to him 1,572/, for which, on the 14th of September, 1839, she gave him her promissory note. On the 29th of September, 1841, she had a further sum of 50/. On the 12th of October, 1841, she had a sum of 1001, and on the 21st of October, 1841, he lent her 230/., and he swore that his claim altogether amounted to upwards of 2,100/. • An immense pile of writs and executions against King between 1836 and 1841 was put in and read. One of them was upon a bill for 3501., accepted by Mr. Peter Borthwick, for whom King had been solicitor at his election, and the attorney stated that he had sued Mr. Borthwick, but not being able to get anything from him, he had sued King as the drawer of the bill. In cross examination the attorney stated that King had lent money on the reversionary interest of a person. The servants of King were called, who stated that he could not pay them their wages. Servants who had lived with Mrs. Birch before the summer. of 1841 stated, that the house was very mode rately furnished. Mrs. Birch, in August, 1841, said she couldnot remain there much longer, but she did not wish it known in the neighbourhood. Miss Birch acted as housekeeper or upper servant. She assisted in making the beds. One of these servants, went there in October, 1841, and remained till March, 1642. If wine was wanted by any of the lodgers a bottle was fetehed from an fiotel in the neighbourhood. King was there, but he said his name was Mr. Wolfe. In the beginning of February, 1842, Mrs. Birch told the servants they were w,t to call him Mr. Wolfe any longer, but Mr. King, her attorney. King frequently took his meals there. Some time before Mrs. Birch left the house Mr. King, Mrs. Birch, Miss Birch, and Mrs. Phillips were frequently, engaged destroying papers. They burnt some, and others they gave to the servants to light the fires with ; some of these were put into the oven. At the latter end of October a great quantity of furniture, plate, wine, and other things, was brought to Mrs. Birch's house, and this continued till the middle of February. On the evening before King's and Phillips's executions were put in those parties came and dined and drank tea with Mrs. Birch ; they drank wine together, and seemed on very good terms. Mrs. Birch told the servants, if any one asked them anything, they were not to know. Early in February Mrs. and Miss Birch packed up a good many things in boxes, and sent them away in a van. Mrs. Stevens proved that Mrs. Birch came to her house at Reading in February, 1842, and Cook lodgings in her house, which she said she would require on the 3d of March. A gentleman accompanied her. She said she should send some boxes before she came; and after this eleven boxes came. Mrs. Birch came to the apart ments on the 3d of March. It was proved that Mrs. Birch had ordered goods and received them of the following tradesmen :-Messrs. , Wilkinson, upholsterers, Ludgate-hill, for very expensive articles, 1641. 7s. 10d.; Simmonds, silversmith, for silver articles, 291.-she had ordered 70/. worth ; she paid a trifling bill when she ordered these things ; Messrs. Seddon, upholsterers, 252!. 135.-amongst these items were five pairs of window curtains, 1201. ; Holding, up holsterer, in Fleet-street, 1331. ss. 7d.; Bailey and Jack son, upholsterers, Bond-street, 991. lls.-very handkome and expensive articles; Messrs. Gillon, upholsterers, 77/. 7s. 6d. for carpets-she had given orders for card tables, which were suitable only for a mansion of great import ance ; the order would have amounted to between 300/. and 400/. ; Messrs. Latworth, for carpets, 811. ; Messrs. Bailey, ironmongers, 60/. 17s. 9d. ; Geeks, ironmonger, 22/. Ils. Id. ; Spencer, wine-merchant, 1371. Bs. ; Field, Wardell, and Co., wine-merchants, 71/. 4s. 6d.-cham pagne, old port, gold sherry, East India Madoira-she said she should pay the first week in April, as she had money to receive at that:time ; Plaskett, wine -merchant, GIL 185. ; John White, wine merchant, 29/.-she paid-a small bill, and ordered the other wine, for which she said she would pay in April; she had extended the order very consider• ably, but it was not executed ; Alsop, glass and china man, 1761. Is.-very expensive glass and china articles she said she should be receiving her dividends, and would then pay-one table set was 381., a cut lustre, 40/. ; Phillips, ehinamau, 42/. Bs. ; Cooper, looking-glass maker, 381. los. ; Brooker, looking-glass-maker, 48/. 19s. 6d.; Churton, bookseller, 48!. 13s. for books ; they were to be paid for in February; Dickenson, linen draper, 90/.-she paid a bill of 28/. when she gave this order; Messrs. Broadwood, for a piano, 162/. 155.-she said she was in a hurry for it ; Messrs. Stoddart, for a pianoforte, 78/. 15s. ; Alr. Newman, optician, a teles cope.- &c., 24/. ; Messrs. Payne, clockmakers, black marble clock, 261. 55.; gilt clock, 161., and an eight-day. clock, 161. ; Davey., watchmaker, a gold watch, B‘c... 20/. 1 ls. 6d.-this watch, and other. artiules of the,value of 1241., were received from King's clerk; Messrs. Town and Emmanuel, fancy articles, 10/.. 1842. 18 A 41 1 , 1 a t 1 1: d e s m e a a r r c t i i i t: les were furiiishea b e t w een October, The case was adjourne d till to-morrows cient for the labour of Judge,ju during the day. , Si:sity-ono w itnesses were examined t o n morning, the Learned Judge stating tha nine ou rrsc.o%rrow u e n r s e e rite suffi- IV E nsrusner, FEB. i . The examinationnd some other of itneSSeS NN N . % h ra o s resumed this ru g 0 0 0 rn d; j were called. Messrs. Dollond , opticians, St. Paul's Ch u rchyard, for a pair of the best globes, a first-Tate iigas tradesmen ". twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, ofilcial assignee, Alsehurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Pain and Hatherly, Great Marlborough-street. WILLIAM LEWIS, builder, Bristol, Feb. 23, at half-past twelve, and March 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee; Gregory and Sons, Bri s t o l. JOHN ALDRED, stationer, Nottingham, Feb. 21, at half past eleven, and March IS, at eleven, at the Birminghnm Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Brad shaw, Nottingham; Motteram and Giddy, Birmingham. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. J. Blunt, Church-street, Newington, Surrey. T. Elphick, horse dealer, Sutton, Surrey. C. M•Craight, engraver, Percival-street, Clerkenwell. H. N. Ginder, jun., warehouseman, Compton-st., Ball's-pond. H. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham. W. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham. G. Terry, saddler, Maidstone, Kent. C. Brown, miller, South Shields, Durham. J. Young, innkeeper, Rotherham, Yorkshire. J. Ogborn, butcher, Felton, Gloucestershire. E. M. Parsons, baker, Great Portland-street, Cavendish-sq. S. Seabrook, police-officer, Rochford, Essex. Al. Bennett, milliner, Albert-street, Pimlico. • R. Bacon and R. Wayman, wire workers, Barbican. J. Roberts, butcher, Hartlepool, Durham. T. Swale, surgeon, York. R. Lord, Lindley, Yorkshire. J. Newsome, wool comber, Shipley, Yorkshire. J. Hemsworth, farmer, Micklefield, Yorkshire. B. Sigrist, tin plate worker, Great St. Thomas Apostle, City. J. Bailey, farmer, Cullingworth. Yorkshire. H. G. Cram er , Regent-street, Lambeth. M. H. Rus s ell, plumber, Union-street, Borough. W. Plowri g bt, p u bli can , Pi nc hb ec h, Lincolnshire. G. Chidlow, licensed victualler, Wem, Shropshire. G. R. Grove, Oxford. R. Steward, licensed victualler, Wych-street, Drury-lane. J. C. Leppoc, man milliner, Baynes-row, Cold Bath-fields. W. Pass, jun., colliery everlooker, Sheffield. T. Crane, brewer, Greek -street, Soho. H. Jones, landing-waiter, Robinson's-row, Kingsland-road. W. H. Johnson, pork butcher, Parker's-row, Bermondsey. J. Simpson, tail or, Manchester. J. Wilson, parish everseer, Macclesfield, Cheshire. E. Pither, cattle-dealer, Webb's-lane, Hammersmith. _ _ J. Simmons, wheelwright, Hardingettnie, Northamptonshire. S. Tarry, shoemaker Alaseby, Northamptonshire. J. Wheeler, soap-boiler, Bugbrook, Northamptonshire. C. Wood, bookbinder, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road. W. Cupson, hatter, Grantham, Lincolnshire. M. Westphal, commission agent, Woodstock-st., Hanover-sq. H. Carman, draper, Holywell, Flintahire. W. Thomas, stone merchant, Cardiff. J. Tummorui, tea dealer, York. J. Lilley, groc er, Birmingham. C. Higginsen; schoolmaster, Filkins, Oxfordshire. W. Dawson, saddler, Chesterfield. R. Pool, clothes dealer, Manchester. W. Brown, Laker, Waterloo-road, Surrey. T. Rolfe, jun., journeyman wine-cooper, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate- street. R. Williams, shoe manufacturer, New Brentford. J. Hargreaves, shoemaker, Blackburn, Lancashire. H. Rogers, parish clerk, Melverley, Shropshire. J. Pritchard, tailor, South-row, New-road, St. Pancras. W. Hinchliff, haberdasher, Chelsea. J. T. Morgan, butcher, Feckenham, Worcester. S. Bertram, licensed victualler, Whitechapel. SECOND NOTICES. M. A. Marshall, milliner, Newcastle-street, Strand, Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. G. Bogue, school-teacher, Chelsea, Feb. 14, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee. _ _ LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEA"S BENCH, Feb. 6. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. THE QUEEN /7. RING AND OTHERS. Mr. numfrey, Mr, M. Chambers, and Mr. E. James conducted the case for the prosecution ; and Mi. Kelly . and Mr. V. Lee appeared for the defendant King, and Mr. Godson and Mr. Pashley for the defendants Mrs. and Miss Birch ; th e other de f endant, Mr. Phillips did not appear. rrIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY -MORNI NG, FEBRUARY xO, 1844.