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• • NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. _... . THE WEEKLY MEETINGS of the LEAG UE ?" - '' PA ' will be held in the THEATRE ROYAL , COVENT - G ARDEN,, en WEDNESDAY EVENING NEXT, the 24th inst. i*-4,,A 1 , .. ~ 4 le- GrA. RUE WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair at HA LF-PAST \ ..cist. 4. Th her SEVEN O'CLOCK. 1 f: ‘ 0 e Meeting will be addressed by W. Ewart, Esq„ M.P. ; How ard .....,,,:‘,.., .„,... ... 1 ...- lit Elpl,instone, Esq., D.C.L., M.P.; J. L. Ricardo, Esq., M.P. ; and • - in H. R. Moore, Esq. ore Cards of admission may be had on application at the Offices of the -- iga League, on Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and af- fear o'clock. vas Applications for Private Boxes to be made personally or by letter No. 16 3 126. LONDON, ~ en Monday. The cards of registered Members will admit, as hereteibre, to Pit and Galleries. r. as N 0 DOORSCLOCK TO BE OPENED AT SEVE'. TILE SUN is Published EVERY MORNIN( SOUTHWARK B RIDGE . Notice is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEET ING of the PROPRIETORS of the SOUTHWARK BRIDGE w ill be the lve held at the Company's Office, Queen street-place, on TUESDAY, the lat 7th of May next, at Twe for One o'clock. ADVERTISEMENTS 111 the The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. JAMES LEITH, Secretary. -,__ . - . -. . _ . . _ . 30 Off ee, Queen-street-place, April 20, 1844. NOTICE! waS nios THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE LONDON OFFICE OF THE STAR n of COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND. PACKET COMPANY IS the Incorporated by Royal Charter, A. D. 1690. REMOVED FROM LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF, ivlY Capital 1,000,0001. in 10,0001. shares of 100 /. each. TO THE OLD SHADES PIER, Old Broad-street and Castle Baynard Wharf. ABOVE LONDON-BRIDGE, GOVERNOR—ABEL LEWIS GOWER, Esq. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR—JAMES ALSTON, Esq. 11 . THE PACKET LEAVES EVERY MORNING A T NINE. 3 4 .ASSISTANTS. 3 ° Henry John Enthoven, Esq. Francis Mowatt, Esq. N.B. No charge for wharfage or passengers luggage. 4 6 William Gladstone, Esq. John Nix, Esq. Star-o ffi ce, Thornton's Wharf, April 13, 1844. 3 John Peirse Kennard, Esq. Archibald Paull, Esq. 3 6 John Lawrie, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. r ETTERS of CREDIT on BOMB AY.—The 4 0 William Little, Esq. Alfred Ricketts, Esq. -...4 UNION BANK of LONDON having been appointed AGENTS 0 ° Hart Logan, Esq. William Scarth Moorsom, Esq. for the BANK of WESTERN I N D IA, arc authorised to receive ti I John ltaedonnell, Esq. Louis Vigurs, Esq. sums not exceeding 50( - 1., to be accounted •for in Bombay, in rupees Frederick Ricketts, Esq. Gregory Seale Walters, Esq. at the exchange of the day. The Court of Assistants of the Governor and Company of Copper B y order of the Directors, Miners in England hereby give notice, that the HALF-YEAR'S DI- W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager. VIDEND, declared on the 6th instant, at the rate of five per cent. Union Bank of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street. di:lg Per annum, free of deduction for income-tax, on the paid-up capital stock of the Company, is now payable at their house, Old Broad- ORLEANS, TOURS, and BORDEAUX Street, By order of the Court of Assistants. RAILWAY COMPANY. a a. ..-________--- W. INGLIS, Secretary. SOUMISSIONNAIRES. 2 ° • WILLIAM MACKENZIE, of Liverpool and Parts ; 3 ° MUSK OF AMERICA. ALPHONSE LAURENT, Banker, President of the Tribunal of 3 0 Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the 2 6 ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. AIs?)TTImNeEceIII.I4III,CHE, Iron-master, Chateau de Clavieres, and 4 6 A The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver Bery. MITES - of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different Capital, £i,600,000, in Shares of £2O ; Deposit, £1 per Share IZATIONS, The present subject is the MUSIC of AMERICA, on (which will be returned without any deduction, if this Company be the , Lowey, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings at Eight o'clock ; min on not the one authorised by law). 3 are fuesday,Thursday, and Saturday, at Three o'clock. The next sub- The PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of the ANGLO-FRENCH jest, commencing on the 25th inst., will be on the MUSIC of GER- COMPANY, who sought to obtain the lease of the Railway from aIA . Ny. All the other Lectures and Exhibitions as usual. LONG - Orleans to Tours in the las t and p resent session of the French Cham p:lt:TOWS PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW hers, profiting of an access of subscriptions amounting to several itiel l DISSOLVING VIEWS, including the OLD and NEW HOUSES of millions of francs above the capital required for the section to Tours ,ing. PARLIAMENT, with the FIRE, &e., &c. only, and encouraged by the very favourable terms offered, and since r 66 5 Admission, ls. ; Schools, Half-price. officially submitted to the Chambers, by the Minister of Public Works, have now tendered for the whole line f rom Orleans, through the WFItREAS, by a DECREE of the HIGH Tours, Poitiers, and Angouleme, to Bordeaux. The Company is s 6 4 . 1 ; COURT of CtiANt EicY, male in a certain cause, BENSON formally and legally re-eonst,ftqtpd for this object, on the model of the id o f tPinst KIRBY, it is ordered that It should be referred to Sir Caress Paris and Rouen, and Rottett v iiij !Vivre Companies. The capital it 6cl . 1 tisoy, one of the Masters of the Court, to inquire and state to and Directors will be French and English, in equal proportions. The the Court whether Charles Moon. named in the will of Thomas French lists are filling steadily, and the deposits paid at the Com f.gb..t 1 Sikes, late of Grove House, in the parish of Norton, in the East Rid- patsy's bankers iu Paris, and the provinces traversed by this line ; the W‘* - In of the county of York , training groom , deceased , the testator in portion of the capital reserved for England is in great part engaged, such decree mentioned is living or dead, and, if dead, .when he died, as the original holders in the Tours line will obtain a preference, and o 2 111 a nd also to inquire whether Phillis Sutcliffe. the testator's sister, was their deposits of 2/. last year will entitle them to a double number of living on the 28th day of June, 1831, the date of the said testator's Shares in this Company. con - w, lll at the decease of the said testator (which happened on the 7th A Deputation from the Company is on its way to England, to corn wife. Lay of August, 1832), and at the time of the second marriage of the plete the arrangements with the English Shareholders, and, in the testator's widow, Mary Sykes, and what children she had, and which meantime, applications may be made for the remaining Shares to Lon good of were living on the 28th day of June, 1831, at the decease of Messrs. Jonah Wells and Son, Stockbrokers, Old Broad-street, Lon `"e testator, and at the time of the second marriage of the said tes- don ; Messrs. Ewart and Bell, Stockbrokers, 3, Copthall-chambers, i t jot", tator's said widow ; and also that the said Master should inquire London ; and Messrs. Coleman and Todd, Stock and Share Brokers, W hether James Sykes, the nephew of the testator, was living on the Liverpool. — BY order of the Provisional Committee, s ale i 28th day of June, 1831, at the death of the testator, and at the Brat WILLIAM MACKENZIE, bag of the second marriage of the testator's said widow, and what children J. D. BARRY, • [och 4 he had, and which of them were living on the said 28th day of June, Representing the English Shareholders. 18 31,, at the death of the testator, and at the time of the second mar- Committee-Rooms, 24, Rue de Rivoli, Paris, April 13, 1844. 5151 ' , ago of the testator's said widow, and what nieces, great nephews g reP a and great nieces of the testator were ling on the said 28th day of tme, 1831, at the time of the death of the testator, and at the time N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR . ANCE SOCIETY, Of the mar riage of the testator's said widow, and if any of such nieces, 26, CORN HILL, LONDON. great nephews, and great nieces, are now dead, who is or are their legal personal representative, or representatives. The said Capital X 500,000. mid Empowered by Act of Parliament. Charles Moon, if living, the said Phillis Sutcliffe, if living, and her The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Instittt- W I ! children, and the said James Sykes, the testator's nephew, if living , Lion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departm 6 nts , Par and his children, and the nieces, great nephews, and great nieces of titularly the power to borrow two - thirds of p r e miums without ex a el l' • the said testator, living at the respective times mentioned in the said pence or forfeiture — the great reduction o f rates on short policies— epper decree, or the legal personal representative or representatives of any the option of selecting bene fi ts and converting policies so as best to Y re o lei 1 deceased nieces, great nephews, and great nieces, are, by their suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well t ._ licitors, on or before the 23d day of May, 1844, to come in before as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division !he said Master, Sir Giffin Wilson, at his Chambers, in Southamp- of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that Di it' ton -buildings, Chancery-lane, London, and prove their relationsh i p , the Society's great s uccess and g rowin g p ros p erity enabled the Di re a and make out their claims, or in default thereof, they will peremp- rectors, at their General Meeting in May last , to ad d to each p olic y , fi w rilY be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. on 'the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the SMITHSON and DUTTON, amount already invested; and this bonus , aceo rdin g to an e q uitable t ° • 23, Southampton-buildings, London , scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future (00 u ..._ For Smithson and Jackson, Melton, Yorkshire, April 18, 1844. premiums ---._ EXAMPLES. I GEORGE SHEPPARD, at present, and for 9.) 9 sixteen months past, residing at No. 45, Upper Stamford-street,' Entry. Policy. ". sum. Annual Bonus Cash Prem. ce f°, i t W No. "" Prem. Added. Bonus. Reduced. aterloo-road, in the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Lam- ' fro"' both , and county of Surrey, and being a cook, do hereby £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. Xs. d. OW re notice, that I intend to present a petition to the 1837 39 59 1 , 000 67 8 4 132 14 65819 9 8 19 4 _A 10 1 Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, praying to be examined 1838 ll4 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 _ _ - I . GEORGE SHEPPARD, at present, and for sixteen months past, residing at No. 45, Upper Stamford-street, W aterloo -road, In the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Lam -ILetb, and county of Surrey, and being a cook, do hereby notice, that I intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process, upon making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate itn d effects, for payment of my just and lawfal debts; and I hereby further give notice, that the time when the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette and in the M orning Sun newspaper one month, at the least, after the date hereof. e witness my hand, this 19th day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1844. QEORGE SHEPPARD. Witness, John Beart, insolvent's attorney, No. 4, Chester-terrace, Borough-road, Southwark. 9.) Ce fo g frO'" A tak e° Id b sl . the ;boil Sit ate ;stot ih .01 11 P ii r G;l9, 0. • 0( oti WHEREAS, a PETITION of WILLIAM PRESLEY, of No. 2, Prospect-place, Old Kent-road, In the Pariah of Saint Giles, Camberwell, in the county of Surrey, clerk to a hop Warehouseman, having been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the interim order for protection from process having been Ven to the said William Presley under the provisions of an ' t of Parliament, passed in the Parliament holden in the sth ter oth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act t e the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said William Presley b „ . hereby required to appear in Court before J. S. M. Fon tinine, Esq., the Commissioner acting in th e matter of the said pelf -11, on the 25th day of April instant , at two o'clock in the afternoon ,: iii.ecis(l3% at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street, London, for Purpose of being then and there examined touching his debts, tte, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the pro i:sions of the said Act. All persons indebted to the said William Presley, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver thatsame but to Mr. W. Pennell, the official assignee, nominated in behalf by the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said Petition. H ALL and ALLAN, of 69, 70, and 7 1 u „ ST: PAUL'S-CHURCIIY..4RD, having completed the ex sit alterations found necessary by the great increase of their a , k e, beg respectfully to invite Ladies and the Public generally to if 'a , Pection of their NEW and SPLENDID STOCK, selected in the b erne and Continental Markets for the Season, comprising every pa'felt Girosrench Figured, and Plain Satins ; Brocaded, Plain, and L a aaY de Naples, with most recherche designs in Paisley and e 5 . 3 ,1,3 Shawbf, Scarfs, Mantles, &c. Lama and Cachmere Dresses In TY variety of style. ou rencl; Blondes, Collars, Lace, and every article in Millinery, in r:ng a magnificent assortment of Ribbons, French Flowers, lthers, &c. Paris and Grenoble Kid Gloves. Lisle, Silk, and Cotten Hose &c. Th e ' to T he Linen Stock is replete in every department, and comprises Isi•`; ~.°f 7-Bths and 4-4ths Irish Linens, Sheetings, Damask Cloths, I ' 4l s, &c., all of gen.fine fabric and warranted. wts and Printed Iluslins in all the new designs. Observe—WATERLOO HOUSE, 69, 70, and 71, St. Paul's-Churchyard. by WEBSTER and SON, Chro -47-!irsnometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, established by ~ o r CUTER and SON have REMOVED to 7 4 , CORNHILL, e the advantages of the premises will en able them to bring the km d er ,.,. en nnder An their immediate inspection hi the manufacturing i t4 Tllnnt. extensive Stock, finished with the utmost care, bt a , a t lower rices, considering the quality, than can elsewhere be consistinged of Compensated Duplex and Lever Watches, hre to the variations of temperature, on the principle of their uorneters, to which Government awarded the prizes three years t kii n ceession ; the Detached Lever and Horizontal Watches for P 0 4 32 of the smallest and most elegant patterns; Marine and le cti e L Chronometers, with long and accurate rates ; also a large se eni°4 of Second-hand Chronometers and Watches, by the most 0 t makers, at half their original cost. Superior workmen are v it 4,Yed on the premises In the repairing department, both for te N n ..es and clocks. Foreign work of every description carefitlly t A k e ,:ed by worlunen engaged expressly for the purpose. Watehes IV: In exchange. Post letters will meet with immediate attention. Wlh and Son's publication, with the Equation of Time Ihr 1844, ~ sent, post free, on the receipt of two stamps. ORTS, SHERRIES, and all other knpr e wiNES. SHERRIES, of first-rate Shippers.—The following ca sh _cedented terms, for GENUINE WINES, are quoted only for ii.„"2..11 delivery, which will be found from 15 to 20 per cent. under —`4li,l credit prices : Dert pi etri es, Pale and brown, at 255., 275., 305., Ms., 425., 485., 505.; tiD w a'olo the wood, 265., 305., 345.; crusted, in bottles, from 31;s. ON, ; ditto, very choice, highly flavoured, from live to ten years lin, „"c 4l l 455. to 545. ; Clarets, 330., 400., 70s. ; Champagne, spark -60;:171 creaming, 485., 605., 725. ; Docks and 11 . toselles, 405., 505., rate . _ , ; Marsala, 235., 265.; and all other wines equally mode- All quantities not less than one dozen. Delivered free in London. for -Vn try orders, accompanied with a remittance, or a reference 141 co Ment, will meet with immediate attention from J. SCIIIN EPI E Vritt c c 5 1, Berners-street, London, importers of German Seltzer 11_ its and pints. THE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. ttor, of 9, Cornbill ' London, opposite the Bank, request the atten - LtrO Purchasers to their Stock ot London-made PATENT their ATC HES, which are manufactured by themselv es in ncl j • ew house . In Slyer Cases, with the Detached Escapement g ittin e e ied, the prices are Four Guireas and a Half, Six, and Eight ( 1 / 4111 _1 each ; or in gold ca•ei, Ten, Twelve, Fourteen, and S xteen Pdi?,cri ea?t, Th e very large stock offered for selection includes tC .tption, enabling a customer to select that which is more ad tpted to his own use. Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered — every 21. 128. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty five, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d., or 3491. I Is. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at 'My, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re presentatives in cases of premature death. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. THE MARINERS and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Expressly established for Insurances on the Lives of Mariners, (whether members of the Royal or Mercantile Navy) and Military oilicers.—lt is to be noted that the Policies of this Company will cover voyages of every description and service in every part of the globe. The Lives of Fishermen and Boatmen also insured. High rates of premium have hitherto operated against this kind of Assurance, but as the scale now adopted will be found as low as is consonant with the risk, it is believed that this fact, coupled with other advantaaes, will induce a great Increase of in iurers. Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted upon very moderate Premiums. The Premiums for General Assurances are based upon a new ad justed table of mortality. Ten pound per cent. of the profits to be applied in making a provi n for destitute and disabled Mariners. Arthur-street, Loudon-bridge. WM. 3PNIELL, Manager. HINTS on SEA. RISKS, price 35., which con tains sonic Practical Suggestions for diminishing Maritime Losses both of Life and Property, Mended for the Use of Officers in the Mercantile Navy. By Lieutenant EDWARD JEN - SINGS, R.N. "This work possesses the valuable property of its instructions being conveyed in a brief, intelligible, and practical form ; and will, we doubt not, prove of great value to the mariner under the various trying circumstances in which he may be placed."—Exeter and Ply mouth Gazette, Jan. 10, 1844. London : Sold by R. B. Bate, 21, Poultry, Admiralty Agent for Charts, Plans, &c. ; and by all Book and Chartsellers. PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN NUITY COMPANY, 9, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established in 1826. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, Aram 19, 1844. Notice is hereby given, that the carriages coming to her Majesty's Drawing-room, on Thursday, the 25th of April, are to fall into the line at the top of St. James's-street, come down the left-hand side, and enter at the iron gate nearest the Palace, set down at the Arcade, return by the iron gate nearest to Marl borough-house, and pass through Pall-mall into St. James's square, by George-street. When called, they are to pass from St. James's-square, by Charles-street, into Regent-street, Jermyn-street, come down St. James's street as before, take up, and go away through Pall-mall. No hackney carriages will be permitted to come within the gates. For all persons having the privilege of the entrée, tickets will be delivered at the Board of Green Cloth, on Tuesday next, between the hours of eleven and three o'clock ; their carriages are to enter the gate at Constitution-hill, proceed down St. James's-park, through Stable-yard, into the Ambassadors'- court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. The car riages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Minis ters, and Great Officers of State may afterwards wait in the Ambassadors'-court, and those of all ether persons having the entree may wait in Stable-yard or St. James's-park till called ; they are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and pass away np the left-hand side of St. James's-street: Ncrear nage will be admitted with company a second time with the same ticket, to prevent which it must be produced at Consti tution-hill gate, and Stable•-yard gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance ; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entrée by any other approach to the Palace than the gates last mentioned. LIVERPOOL, Lord Steward. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of April, 1814, present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Honourable John Hope, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, and the Right Honourable Sir Frederick Pollock, Knt, Lord Chief Baron of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and took their re spective places at the Board accordingly. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. William Earl of Lonsdale to be Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmore land, his Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to he taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supre macy. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the re presentation of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Council of Education, to appoint the Rev. H. Walford Bel lairs, the Rev. Frederick Watkins, and Joseph Fletcher, Esq., to be three of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. WHITEHALL, APRIL 17. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the Ur ited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto William Chalmers, of Glenericht, in the county of Perth, Esq., Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath and Colonel in the army. WHITEHALL, APRIL 19. _ _ The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Lees, Doctor in Divinity, to the church and parish of Stornoway, in the presbytery and isle of Lewis and county of Ross, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. John Cameron, late minister thereof, to the church and parish of Edderton, in the pesby tery of Tain. ..... - This Society is supported by au ample subscribed Capital, and by a considerable accumulated premium fund. Assurances are effected at a low rate of premium, without profits, or at an increased premium, with participation in tho profits of the Office. A Bonus in ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre miums received (equivalent to a reversionary bonus of about 30 per cent.) was declared in May, 1842, on all beneficial policies on whick three annual premiums had been paid in the previous De cember. A division of the profits takes place every five years, and the hold ers of beneficial policies can receive their bonuses In ready money, or have them applied in augmentation of their policies, or in reduction of their future premiums Assurers may contractL o pay their Premiums either in one sum, in a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pay ments, or on the ascending or descending scale. Officers of the Army and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted with chronic and other diseases, and such as are going beyond the limits of Europe, are also Assured at moderate rates. Prospectuses and all necessary informon may be obtained at the Office. MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary. T. Bowskill, butcher, Liverpool. W. Chadwick, worsted-spinner, Bradford: J. Furse, upholsterer, Brighton. A. Roberts ' fruiterer, York-street, Camden-towu. W. Goodall, tailor , Bradford. C. K. Nicholls, Berkeley-street West, Lambeth. J. Everitt, twine-spinner, Great Yarmouth. R. Pool, clothes dealer, Manchester. S. Passey, commercial traveller, Back Vine-street, Minories. C. Strong. cabinet-maker, Lyncombe and Widcembe,Somerset. J. Elderki n , b eer-se ll er, B rook-green, Hammersmith. SECOND NOTICES. G. Bradlaugh, miller, Ipswich, April 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. F. C. Wollen, tailor, Bath-street, City-road, April 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. E. West, shipping-agent, Bexley-heath, Kent, April 26, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. S. Reynolds, milliner, Reading, April 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. W. Presley, hop warehouseman, Prospect-place, Old Kent road, April 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. W. Richardson, builder, Liverpool, April 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. W. Parry, miller, Hope, Flintshire, April 23, at half-past eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as signee. _ _ s - 3 9, ALBEMARLE-S MEET, PICCADILLY. SIGHT AND HEARING. NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, AcouTE LESCOPES, OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES nosPSTIC INSTRUNIENTS, for RELIEF of DEAFNESS. &c. io nised by his M a j es ty t h e King of Hanover, her Royal High. tet t , , t he Princess Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess bi k .v,‘"a s Y, the Princesses Mary a id Rosa, her Grace the Dowager bo r ""eaa of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canter- , aedYhthe Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyll , Marlborough, or AZaatichester. Marquises of Londonderry and I h Wieiroarle, Eagletown, Shaftesbury,. I ank er ville, Po w is, Bradford, ford rtws Verulana Harrewby, Buckingham, Meath, Somers, O. tol e . ,Isburne and' Ferrers. Bishops of Exeter, Bland ford, Lin tv,., COrk ' toe:n Elnhin, and Kildare. Generals Sir Edward Paget, Sir i ,bloyd, Frederic Meister, Clayton, Galway,. Grosvenor, !lon' uYott, Robertson, and Mackenzie. Major-Generals H. ti i n ' t e, P. Fyers, D. Macleod, Hamilton, and Wernss. Ilats-ellont,Generals Sir Henry Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonald, Sir R. burn s ' n ..Sin T. Dallas, Lord John Hay. Admirals Sir George Cock -42. Sir D avid Milne, Sir George Munday, Sir G. Martin, Sir Whitshed, Sir D. Gold and Ross. p,oe,,,tee.t, Piccadilly, seaters. S. and C. SOLOMONS and and Aurists, 19, Albe. opposite the York Hotel, have invented treel l, enses, Am, of the greatest transparent power. Imme these newly invented Spectacle Lenses are placed before ex tinileees'Y .imperfect vision, either by day or candle-light, that mist and Lwblob appear before the eyes are at once removed, every atrenetutmoraes eloar and distinct, vision becomes preserved and , e ,_neds and very aged people are enabled , to employ their off ,„ .. soe most minute occupati n, and can see with those Lenses %fla n th less magnifying power, nor will they require the frequent ti,,, t rs to further helps, as the Spectacle snow in common use, so is t w ,ue Most aged imperfect sight become s bright ;those,. and bei,;.'ught to its youthful, natural, and original state ; objects be is: acc alnlalished is a matter of much deeper consequence than can — agitsed it t A tv l l kinds Of newly invented INVISIBLE ACOUSTIC I NSTRU tind`,4B, which enable individuals at an advanced age, and of forty e n ,_,Y years' standing of extreme deafhess, instantly . to join low st,e4s_s& c onversation, and to catch the sound of a . distant be yt* suchurch theatre, &c. It pours the conversation into the be (40ery an extent that in most severe cases deatness an not Als o ed • filt.,Ay,,the most powerful Newly-invented ACHROMATIC OPERA the th's' e ES, which are invaluable on the race-course, as well as at Itye, 7poleleavolles for the waistcoat-pocket possess extraordinary A stro. _ wers for shorting, sea purposes, Bec. ; and with stands for 'tear ne , nucal Observations, with the celebrated Lenses of the most and tht!o.rtsparent brilliancy, the powers are so great over all others, at a n '' 1 -enses so bright and brilliant, that the most minute objects N,err vattaordinary distance are brought completely under the eyes. nfthe blood e d T c o " urists, and Sea-side Visitors, will here have a great tre4S i t il: n le e : Inpound MICROSCOPES, by which . the circulation ' a fly and a Flea can be seen flowing in great streams. not _ —Messrs . S. end B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, arc horn ed = 'tay. connected with a Person of the same Name m thei vent N eighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To pre- Atb.___..iars_takes, be Cautious, and observe, only to be had at 3P, Piccadilly, opposite the York HoteL HOOPING COUGH. S celebrated HERBAL EMBROCA f t TioN is a al , a certain cure for this distressing and too frequently Impiasnt. first of children are cured annually by this remedy; n.i:st the an immediate application of the EMB ROCA and a fe,:iriprevent the complaint taking any hold of the constitution, U . will pr od rne s using may completely cure. In most cases one bot. p r oduce the desired effect ; and noremedy can be so well cal.. 4 9 t cre,r o r e c _ h il_,en as this, as it is - an entire ' outward application, and e that inearcine to be taken internally. nat.- ietor of this Embrocation has the pleasing satisfaction of _eirigmany e _ n it as minent members of the k acuity constantly _.rta no n e ly known safe and perfect cure. can 3 this medicine be genuine unless signed on the Is o All 1.:.•11Xt td-,CHE.” Price 43. andßottle. ards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; also by rang er Sts. "'Kt; while , 21, C ornh i ll j and by most respectable G. Butler, plumber, Stanton-Saint-John's, Oxfordshire, May 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, offiicial assignee. W. W. Groves, hatter, Gerard-street, Soho, May 1, at eleven, at the Co ur t o f Bankruptcy. Johnson 'o ffi cial assignee. H. Smith, hou se carpen t er , Wh ea t-l an e-end, Southampton shire, May 1, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. T. - Simpson, clerk, Brougham-place New-road, May . 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. W. H. Crook, baker, Southampton, April 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. W. Seys, farmer, New House, Monmouthshire, April 24, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. _ _ W. Evans, farmer, Gadder, Monmouthshire, April 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. R. W. Bryant, tailor, Chippenham, Wiltshire, April 24, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. T. Johnson, draper, Wellington, Shropshire, April 24, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official as signee. G. Heming, omnibus driver, Dudley, April 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. W. Wainwright, Post-office clerk, Birmingham, April 25, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. P. Potter, Leominster, Herefordshire, April 24, at half past ten, st the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, offi cial assignee. J. Seel, joiner, Liverpool, April 24, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. J. Edwards, farmer, Bodidris, Denbighshire, April 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. J. Bell, licensed victualler, Manchester, April 24, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. W. Bassford, cowkeeper, Liverpool, April 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. W. Eggleston, salesman, Manchester, April 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. W. Walker, basket maker, Oldham, Lancashire, April 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. S. Peel, leather-dresser, Colne ' Lancashire, April 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official as signee. C. Cotgreave, law stationer, Chester, April 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. C. Clarke, linen draper, Banbury, Oxfordshire, May 10, at twelve—R. Feild, varnish manufacturer, Plummer's-row, Whitechapel, May 10, at half -past twelve —G. Booth, lime burner, Princes-street, Lambeth, May 10, at twelve—E. Flo rence, jun., potato dealer, Subdeanery, Sussex, May 10, at eleven—G. C. Bridge, grocer, Maldon, Essex, May 10, at one. In the Country. R. Waddington, grocer, B os t on , Y or k s hi re, May 1 . 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—M. Raphael and A. Na than, silversmiths, Hull, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court—W. W. Robinson, linen draper, Beverley, York shire, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—E. Met calf, currier, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—G. Knowles, corn dealer, Halifax, Yorkshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court— J. R. Atkinson, wine merchant, Caistor, Lincolnshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Etock, linen draper, Leeds, May 16, at eleven, as the Leeds District Court—J. and W. Green, timber merchants, Wetherby, Yorkshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. Cheetham, sen., surgeon, Stockport, Cheshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Man chester District Court—W. Caton, ironmonger, Preston, Lan cashire, May 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court —E. Poore, druggist, Bampton, Devonshire, May 15, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court—J. Goss, draper, Devon port, May 14, at one, at the Exeter District dourt—J. .1. Bul man, oil merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 10, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Bell, earthen ware manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 10; at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon .Tyne District Oeurt. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. T. G. James, builder, River-street, Myddleton-square, May 10—W. Bourne, woollen draper, Coleman-street, May 10—. E. P. Best, wine merchant, Crutched.friars, City, May 10— J. Aldred, wholesale stationer, Nottingham, May 13—T. Greening, surgeo n , W orces t er , May I.l—J. Thomson, iron manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, May 28—G. Thomson, iron manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, May 28—J. Reaveley, commission agent, Hammond's-wharf, Queenhithe, May 10—H. Southgate, auctioneer , Fleet - street , May 10— J. Ballard, brazier, Maidstone, Kent, May 10— H. F. Turner, painted baize manufacturer, Myddleton-street, Clorkenwell, May 10—T. Sanders, shoe-maker, Ramsgate, May 10—W. Fuller, coal merchant, Poplar , May 10—S. Bil lington, woollen draper, Birkenhead, Cheshire, May 10—C. Williamson, hosier, Reg en t- s t re et, May 10—cf. W. Wright, dyer, Nottingham, May 10--G. H. Crowther, stationer, Warrington, Lancashire, May 10—H. M. Newton, victualler, Kirkburton, Yorkshi re , May 10. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. • F. H. Perry and F. Paul, brass founders, York-street, West minster—C. Coney and M. Chambers, lodging -house keepers, Southport, Lancashire—H. Davis and F. F. 'Thompson, sur geons, Tenbury, Worcestershire—Cs Houg_h and W. Gaunt, joiners, Notti ng h am— G . M'lntyre, R. M'lntyre, and J. Daw son, engravers t o ca li co printers, Salford, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Dawson)—G. and W. Smith, farriers, Farnham, Surrey—J. Sutcliffe and J. White, worsted s tuff manufac turers, Bradford, Yorkshire—G. and J. Wareham, plumbers, Birmingham— W. Ch an dl er an d S. Holah, chemists, Minories —T. M'Le an an d J . P owell, bakers , Gl ou cester—J. T. and J. Adey, coal me rc h an t s, N ew b ury, B er k s hire—T. Ward arid J. Niblett, ju n ., i ronmongers, Dor ki ng , Surrey—Js. and Jn. Baker, grocers, P orts l a d e, Sussex—E• Prosser and R. F. Knight, cu rr i ers , H ereford—J. Abb e_ y and T. Bradley, tallow chandlers, Hudd ers fi e ld , Y or k s hi re —T. Lauder and T. W. Brookman, l e tt er press printers, Cl emen t 's-lane, Carey -street —H. Baxter and W. Orton, linen drapers, Rochester—Lucas, Coathupes, Homer, and Clare, crown window glass manufac turers, Bristol—U. Davenport, J. Grindrod, and T. Patrick, engineers, Liverpool —E. and J. Mason, brick makers, Car marthen—R. W. and C. P. Fox, surgeons, Torquay, Devon shire—D. Roberts and T. Powlsou, letter press printers, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. JAMES ROBERTSON, vintner, Brehin, April 27 and May 20, at eleven, at the chambers of Speed and Will, Brechin. -- • PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Pri ce o f B row n or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Ap r il 16, 1844, is 355. Bd. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. HORRIBLE MASSACRE IN ONE OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. The details of another attack on an English whaler and of the slaughter of the whole crew by the natives of one of the South Sea Islands, have just been received by the Sussex, a whale ship belonging to Mr. Lvall, M.P. for the City of Lon . don, under the command of Captain Hammer, which arrived in the river the day before yesterday, after au absence of four years and three months. The particulars disclose nothing calculated to throw light on the cause of the melancholy catastrophe. On the con trary, there appears to have been an absence of all motive for the attack, except . that arising from a desire to plunder the ship, which, as will be seen by Captain Hammer's state ment, was first burnt to the water's edge an d th en scu ttl e d i n eight fathoms water. The following details, kindly supplied to the reporter by Captain Hammer, contain all the facts known in reference to the painful tragedy : Captain Ilammer states that on the 30th of April last year, having occasion to take in water, he bore down towards the island marked Quallan on the cha r t, b u t usua ll y terme d Strong's Island by British seamen, b e i ng i n l on. 162 E ., l at. 6 N. On approaching the harbour h e o b serve d t h ree Ameri can ships and one Canadian vessel lying at anchor. These vessels subsequently , proved to be the Pacific, Captain Rounds, from St. Johns, .New Brunswick, and the Lydia, the Lexington, and the Pearl, three American whalers. As the Sussex neared the island the captains of each of these vessels came off in boats to meet her, and Captain Rounds, of the Pacific, immediately communicated to Captain Hammer the fact that the wreck of an English whaler, called the Harriet, belonging to the port of London, and c omman d e d b y C ap t a i n bßouunrk. Bunker, r h iN alvng asilying in eight fathoms water within the eachliar anchored at a convenient distance from the shore, Captain Hammer returned with Captain Rounds on board the Pacific, where portions of the llarriet's log book, her figure-head, anchor, &c., all of which had been re .. covered at that time , w er e shown to him, by which the identity and fate of the ve s sel was placed beyond a doubt. It then appeared thal, about six weeks previously Captain Rounds having v isited the same island had cas t anc hor in a bay on the other side, and took in a native to assist his crew i n 'fi s hing, They put to sea, and hi the course of a day or two . came up with a whale, which, after considerable trouble, they captured. The native observed this, and re marked to the captain a few hours afterwards, " Why do you keep looking about here for fish to procure oil? There Is a ship lying in the harbour full of it." It should here be mentioned that the inhabitants of Strong's Island speak the Enirlish language repiarkably well, an d, a s the manner of the ° native in question was such as to lead Captain Rounds to believe that he night place some reliance upon his information, conceiving it also possible that a ship might have been wrecked near the island, he at once deter mined to bear down up on it without loss of time. Arriving there the man pointed out the spot where the ship lay, and on soundings being taken, it was discovered that some large object met the lead. Captain Rounds then, with -consider able ingenuity, rigged out one of his large oil-casks in the form of a diving-bell, and having made the n ecessary pre parations a man was sent down, who immediately reported the fact of the hull cf a vessel burnt to the water's edge lying beneath its surface in about eight fathoms. The Ame rican ships above-named, were lying in the harbour at this time, andcommunicated Captain Rounds at once communicated the cir ettufatances which had come to his knowledge to the several LAME;IT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, ANL) ALL DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c. " He who in pleasure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or youthfu lcharms, A hero lives, and justly can Exclaim, is me behold a man I" Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s. 6d., or sent by post, free, to any address, its. tid., ELF-PRE SE RVATION : a Popular Essay on those concealed disorders, originating in youthful exces s es, an d terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, Insanity, and Consumption. With Practical Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for their perfect Restoration By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon, o, Bedford street, Bedford.square, London, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary' Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall, Lon don,&c. " The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in herent privileges of mankind, ate frequently marred and prevented through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal eves to the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. " The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title, and we cordially recommend the author and his book to a ll w h o are suffering from nervous debility and general weakness. Wakefield Journal. 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ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOTVN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. captains, when it was thought advisable to set an inquiry on foot as to the fate of the crew, the name of the vessel, &c. A formal application was made to the toco sa, or principal chief of the island, but for some days without any success. Meanwhile Captain Rounds had recovered various articles from the wreck, including the anchors and chains, a large quantity of new iron hooping, which had evidently been burnt to a white heat, the figure-head, the full-length figure of a woman with a coronet, the lower dead eyes, and a large quantity of rigging, &c. The whole of the oil barrels remaining in the hold of the vessel were partially burnt, and their contents, of course, wasted. Some few casks, however, were subsequently found on the island, where they had, no doubt, been placed by the natives after taking possession of the vessel and before it was destroyed. It was well known that when whaling ships touched it these islands the native women frequently come on board in large numbers, and, ge nerally speaking, they are considered well- conducted savages. On this occasion advantage was taken of their familiarity, and the fact that a vessel had been attacked and the crew murdered was elicited from several among them, and con firmed by a variety of circumstances. Captain Rounds then decided on requiring an explanation of the whole affair from the King or chief, and took an armed party on shore with him for that purpose. The chief met the party, and ap peared considerably alarmed at the manner in which Captain Rounds pursued the investigation; but, after several inter views, no satisfactory information was obtained on the sub ject. Captain Rounds insisted that the chief should repair on board his ship, and even went so far as to threaten to hang him in case some explanation was not afforded. The chief himself appeared willing to go on board, but the natives would not allow him, and at this point all further communi cation between them ceased ; the natives taking to their canoes, and seeking refuge within the creeks with which the island abounds. Here it was found impossible to pursue them, but from the women and a few stragglers among the men the following particulars were obtained : The Harriet had put into the island for wood and water, and the intercourse between her crew and the natives was apparently carried on in the usual friendly manner. A deep plot, however, seems to have been laid by the natives, which was at the same time wholly unsuspected by Captain Bunker. One day, shortly after their arrival, the captain and the sur geon went ashore shooting—two boats' crews being engaged in collecting wood, and one in taking in water. Out of a crew of twenty-seven to thirty persons, only five remained on board the ship, and this fact doubtless being observed by the na tives, who were anxiously watching an opportunity, they simultaneously attacked the different parties, killing each almost instantaneously. . Resistance would appear to have been hopeless, for, although the island is not-more than twenty-seven miles in circumference, it is very thickly popu lated, and from three hundred to four hundred natives were frequently seen on the shore at one time by Captain Rounds. The five persons who were on board ship at the time observed the attack on their comrades, and, seeing a number of canoes putting off towards the vessel, they hastily embarked in a boat, and have not since been heard of, the probability being that, as Strong's Island is situated at a long distance from any other,they also must have perished in the course of the few following days. In the course of Captain Round's inves tigations on the island he fortunately discovered four or five leaves of the Harriet's log, from which it appeared that the ship had recently been to Port Jackson for the purpose of undergoing some repairs, and the captain had made an entry to the effect that he had had some trouble with his crew. Finding all their endeavours fail to procure more information the several shins above alluded to bore up and stood away from the island together—parting company some days sub , segue ntly. The Harriet was the property of Messrs. Boulcott, of Paul's , wharf, London. She left England in June, 1839, and has consequently been absent nearly five years. No tidings has been heard of her during the last eighteen months, and her owners had recently effected an additional insurance of 1,5001, making a total of 7,500/. Many of her crew left at Sydney, whose places were supplied by others ; it is there fore impossible to give the names of those lost correctly. ' It is generally believed that threetther vessels have been destroyed in a similar manner at the same island, information to that effect having been obtained by Captain Rounds. These vessels are supposed to have belonged to some of the Sandwich Islands—ships from that locality visiting Strong's Island for the purpose of collecting the beach le mar, a species of worm, in which a considerable trade is carried on with China. Captain, Hammer states it as his opinion, that although there may be no Englishmen resident on the island at pre sent, there must have been at some previous time, as the na tives are so well versed in the English language. He adds, that the natives appeared extremely desirous to prevent his becoming acquainted with any of the circumstances of the affair, affecting a degree of indifference with regard to the American captains. On entering the harbour it was sug gested to him that it might be advisable to hoist.-the Ameri can standard at the mast head, instead of the union jack. This, however, he declined to do. The Sussex brings home a cargo of 1,500 barrels. another Chancery job, and securing to a set of idlers a good income for life. STANDARD.—A good suggestion from Mr. Milner Gibson certainly comes upon the public by surprise, yet the suggestion thrown out by the Member for Manchester last night is undoubtedly a good one, if only—but this condition perhaps accounts for Mr. Milner Gibson's making the proposition—it were not nearly impossible to act upon it. An . exposition of the resources, the labour, and the produce of the agriculture of the country, would be indeed profitable to the whole community, but most eminently profitable, as the Right Ilonourable Pre sident of the Board of Trade demonstrated, to the agriculturists. Engaged as they are in the most capricious and uncertain of all the pursuits of in dustry, they have of all men the least light as to their most prudent policy, or to their reasonable prospects. The cotton millowner has but to inquire how many bags of cotton have been bought up by others, how many bales of goods shipped for exportation or con signed to wholesale houses in the trade, to know pretty exactly the resources, the condition, and the prospects of his market. The woollen manufacturer, the manufac turer of hardware, the merchant, in short, every one but the farmer, has a tolerable guide to the competition he may count upon, and the demand he may expect. The farmer has no such guide ; he often sells his produce 10 or 20 per cent. below what the state of supply would dictate—sometimes holds it over for a price 10 or 20 per cent. beyond what the state of the supply warrants. This is not the farmer's fault ; his trade is in all re spects an honest trade—he has nothing to conceal, and could conceal nothing if he had, for all his work is emphatically upon to surface. The mischief to the community and to hifti, is the effect of wanting that perfect information which Mr. Milner Gibson's proposi tion, if practicable, would elicit. What is to be done to cure this evil, which is of more weight than may at first sight appear, is a question of no little difficulty. The condition of statistical information, or rather statis tical ignorance, in this country is in truth extremely mischievous, and would be disgraceful were it not the consequence of our free Constitution, and our habits of freedom. We fancy that no one has a right to pry into our private affairs ; and an awkward custom, which finance ministers of all times have indulged in, to lay their hands upon whatever they find definite and tangible, causes us to exclude such intru sion with a sensitive jealousy. All inquiries, such as Mr. Milner Gibson proposes, are sure to be consideaed as preliminary to the imposition of some new tax, the more rigorous collection of some old tax, or at least :the privation of some advantage. The mis chief of the ignorance which this prejudice creates is, however, as we have said, very great—great, far beyond the mere loss in particular trades—for it really perverts the whole legislation of the king dom, and often gives a perfectly false direction to public opinion. In the absence of all information, men may go right or go wrong ; but, under the direction of partial information, they are sure to go wrong. Nov all our statistical information is in every sense of the term partial—partial as incomplete, and partial as generally selected, and prepared to serve some temporary j and party purpose. The consequence is, that in the discussion of any public question, every one can find some facts to serve his purpose, while no one is able to adduce all the facts, from a full consi deration of which only can a fair inference ever be drawn. We might cite any of the great controversies that have divided public opinion to illust ra t e thi s t ru th. Th e corn-law question for example. In this one would think the greater or less value of th e h ome mar k e t ought to be an important consideration ; yet no approxi mation, upon any authority, has yet been made to a comparative estimate of the hom e an d f ore i gn mar kets. Again, it is contended in the discussion of the Factory Bill, that the labourers in factories must work twelve hours a day, in order to perfect the necessary amount of goods ; but we have not the least in formation as to the number' of - days of the year during which they must work these twelve hours, and questionless, without this information, Parliament is in no condition to form a correct opinion as to the truth or falsehood of the alleged necessity of women and children working twelve hours a•day, and submitting for fourteen hours to imprisonment. In the management of our private affairs, if a man pretends to satisfy us with a confessedly partial account, wo laugh at him as a fool, or turn our backs upon him as a rogue—yet it is upon partial accounts that all public decisions are at present come to. Whether it shall be always so must depend upon the arising of some Ministry wise enough, and bold enough, and powerful enough, and en joying leisure enough, to effect a full and fair analysis of the statistics of the kingdom. Sir Robert Peel's Ad ministration has all the requisites of wisdom and bold ness and strength, but unfortunately it has not the op portunity of leisure. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 'IRON THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—No official notification has yet been given that Ministers have yielded to the general disapproba tion with which their new scheme of Ecclesiastical Courts Reform has been received, and withdrawn it from the further consideration of the Legislature. An allu sion was made to this measure last night in the House of Commons. In reply to a question by Lard John Russell, respecting the order in which the business be fore the House was proposed to be taken, Sir James Graham said, "He should propose on Monday, as the first order of the day, the Factories Bill; and then the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill." The debate on the second reading of the latter measure is contingent on the de bate on the second reading of the Factories Bill being a short one. We think there is small chance of that being the case ; and therefore have no idea that the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill will be proceeded with on that evening. With a view to drawing the attention of such Hon. Mem bers as wish to acquaint themselves with the character and tendency of the measures on which they are called upon to vote, we have already analyzed some of the clauses of this Bill. As it yet lingers in its course, opportunity is afforded us for continuing the exa mination. The more the Bill is investigated, the more clearly will its destitution of all claim to approval and sup port be perceived. The unjust and uncalled-for interference with donatives, which is proposed by the Bill, calls for ani madversion and resistance. The ancient and unquestion able rights of the patrons of these donatives have, from time immemorial, been exercised in a way which de serves commendation and protection, instead of depriva tion. Take, for examples, the selections made by the Hon. Societies of Lincoln's Inn or of the Temple. Have not these societies bestowed their patronage on clergymen of acknowledged fitness—of first-rate talent, unquestionable morality, and of deep and sound learn ing ? Two of the present incumbents of these dona tives may be mentioned :—Benson, whose reputation as a scholar and a divine is known and admitted by all —Anderson, whose recent appointment is universally regarded as no less honourable to those who discerned and rewarded his merits, than it is to himself. What, then, is the necessity for, and where is the recommenda tion on which is founded, the proposed change with fp spect to donatives ? The disregard which is shown throughout the Bill to the recommendations of the Ec clesiastical Courts' Commissioners, on whose reports it its questionable professedly founded, is one proof, among many, of questionable character and design. We have already gone into this part of the subject at some length. We now allude to it for the purpose of impressing upon Hon. Members the necessity of carefully, and with new ly awakened jealousy, examining its details, that they be not ensnared into supporting it by their votes,. or division. Before being absent from the discussion and Before pledging themselves to support Ministers on this Bill, let them at least examine and compare its provisions with the report of the Ecclesiastical Courts' Commissioners. The discrepancies and contradictions between the report and the Bill will be at once seen. The superiority of the suggestions made by the Com missioners to the substitutes supplied by the authors of this project, will forcibly strike the mind of every impartial person who undertakes to make the com parison. The duty imposed on those whose votes will determine the fate of the Bill is obvious. Another point—and it is one of considerable importance to the public—presents itself for consideration. We re fer to the proposed abolition of some of the_ prin. cipal offices ; the compensation for their loss to the present holders ; and the elevation of their deputies to the rank of principals. Why, in the name of common honesty, should these changes be proposed, and this ex pense be imposed on the public ? Where is the reason ; and what the authority ? With the exception of two or three clergymen—who, under the present system, hold posts in connexion with the Ecclesiastical Courts, or their registries, whether in town or country—are any of the other principals, or heads of the various de partments, incapable of performing, in propria per sona, that portion of the public business which they have hitherto been accustomed to perform by deputy ? Or are they, being practitioners of the Eccle siastical Courts—whether of the Prerogative Court in London, or of the Consistorial Courts in the country, and, consequently brought up, from an early period of their lives, to the study of the civil and ecclesiastical laws, received a sound classical education,. and . thus n trained for all the ordinary duties of their profession — are are these gentlemen, we ask, to be co n 6 i o d v e e r rn ed ine y nt, th n e f Legislature, under the direction of h such mean talents as to be incapablet the Government, executing the common matters of form and ordinary routine of the e very-day business of their offices ? It' they be com petent, why are they to be superseded ?eb Why are the deputies in these o ffices to be made principals ? And why is the country—already heavily - burdened with retired allowances and compensations —to be fur- ther taxed with the ma intenance in idleness of a num ber of superseded principals, and to have the extra burden placed upon it of supporting a new set of p rin . cipals in the lieu of those who have been removed ? If the present principals, indeed, were to refuse, when called upon by the Government, to conduct th e b us i ness of their departments in person which demand the Government would be perfectly justifi e d i n making, as it is purely and entirely by suff erance that they, have been hitherto allowed to treat their posts as though they were sinecures—if these principals, whether registrars, or clerks of seat s , or sea l-keepers, or clerks of papers, or by wh a t ever other official term they may be designated, should in any instances refuse to act—as they well know they ought to act—in person, and not by deputy ; then, indeed,Government would the would be perfectly justified in superseding them. But even then there would be no pretence for perpetuating WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 19. 4th Regiment of Foot—D. J. Gamble, Gent., to be En . . sign, by purchase, vice Ellison, appointed to the Ist or Grena dier Regiment o f Guards, April 19. 16th Foot—Ensign G. A. E. Wall to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Nembhard, who retires; George De la Peer Beresford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wall, April 19. 18th Foot—Capt. A. N. Campbell, from 92d Foot, to be Captain, vice Sir W. Macgregor, Bart., who exchanges, Anril 19. 28th Foot—J. Meacham, Gent., to be Ensign without pur. chase, vice Marshall, whose appointment has been cancelled, April 19. 40th Foot—Lieut. G. Webb, from Ist West India Regi ment, to be Lieutenant, vice Olpherts, promoted in Ist West India Regiment, April 19. 43d Foot—R. Agar, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Thompson, who resigns, April 19. 47th Foot—Lieutenant J. Orr, from half-pay 89th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Elrington, appointed Paymaster 13th Light Dragoons ; Ensign H. C. Lodder, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Orr, who retires; J. Birney, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lodder, April 19. 56th Foot—Lieutenant .1. Waddell to be Adjutant, vice Lacy, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, April 19. 63d Foot—E. N. Daly, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Masterson, deceased, April 19. 73d Foot—Lieut. P. B. Bicknell to be Adjutant,.vice Brown, promoted, April 19, 1844. • 87th Foot—First Lieut. W. P. Lea to be Adjutant, vice ho resigns the Adjutantcy only, April 19. 92d O'Brien,ioot—Captain Sir W. Macgregor, Bart., from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Campbell, who exchanges, April 19. 95th Foot—Lieutenant E. J. Cruice to be Captain, without purchase, vice Tathwell, deceased ; Ensign J. A. R. Raines to be Lieutenant, vice Cruice, April 5; T. B. Feneran, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Raines, April 19. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign R. D'Oyly Fletcher to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Webb, appointed to the 40th Foot ; W. Sankey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fletcher, April 19. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry. J. Morley, Gent., :to be Lieutenant, vice T. B. Charlton, promoted. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. The Right Hon. the Earl of Mulgrave to be Deputy Lieu tenant ; H. Coore, Esq., to be ditto ; Sir W. Lawson, Bart., to be ditto; G. Witham, Esq., to be ditto; J. T. Wharton, E q., to be ditto, April 16. BANKRUPTS. JOHN BATTYE, linendraper, Courtney-terrace, Kings land, to surrender May 2 and 31, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Dodd, New Broad-street. MATTHEW WALLER, patent electro-plater, Percy street, Tottenham-court - road , May 3, at one, and une 1, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Buchanan and Grainger, Basinghall-street. JOHN CARPENTER, surgeon, Bothwell, Northampton shire, April 30, at twelve, and May 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Colman-street, City ; Cattlin, Ely-place; Thomp , on, Northampton. JAMES JOSEPH IRON SYER, undertaker, Bridge street, Blackfriars, April 30, at two, and May 21, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court; Melton, Gray's Inn. JOSEPH TODD, dealer, Hartfield, Sussex, April 30, and May 21, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Elmslie and Preston, Moorgate street. RICHARD ALLINSON, ironmonger, Whitehaven, April 26, at one, and June 10, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Stubbs, Furnival's Inn, London ; W. and H. Perry, Whitehaven; Inglesdew, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. WILLIAM PAYNE, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 26, at twelve, and June 4, at two, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and Compton, Cross-court, Old Jewry, London; Hodge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. JAMES SLACK, filtering machine manufacturer, Man chester, April 30, and May 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pntt, official assignee, Manchester; Nether sole, Essex-street, Strand, London ; Foster, Manchester. GEORGE ROTHERY, currier, Wakefield, May 6 and 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official as signee, Leeds ; Dean, Batley. JAMES DOWEL, brewer, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, April 26, at twelve, and June 6, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; W. and C. Bevan, Bristol. JOHN ATKINS, beer-house keeper, Aston, Warwickshire, April 27, and May 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Chaplin, Gray's Inn, London ; Harrison, irmingham. JAMES DINIENT and OHN GRIMES, plasterers, Bristol, April 26, and June 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Peters and Abbott, Bristol. _ _ JAMES MALL ALIEU, cotton spinner, Sowrrby. Halifax, May 3 and 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, Lon don ; Wavell, Halifax. JOHN BUCKLEY LORD and MICHAEL COGHLAN, cloth manufacturers, Meltham, Yorkshire, April 30, and May 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official as signee, Leeds ; Sudlow, Sons, and Torre ' Chancery-lane, London ; Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield ; Nayler, Leeds. • NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. W. Fletcher, farmer, Amcatts, Lincolnshire. T. Thompson, chemist, Harwich, Essex. T. Shaw, bookseller, Tarporley, Cheshire. R. Watson, farmer, Luddington, Lincolnshire. E. Taller, cooper, Bradford. S. Ellis, joiner, Bradford. S. Firth, innkeeper, Halifax. E. Lloyd, baker, Liverpool. T. W. Parkinson, stationer, Ilminster, Somersetshire. W. Plant, hat-block turner, Stockport. W. Hogg, saddler, Hulme, Lancashire. E. Bentley, cordwainer, Whalley, Lancashire. R. Davidson, journeyman bricklayer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Locke, surgeon, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-place. E. Randall, postilion, Bath. W. Barber, engraver, Hermes-street, Pentonville. W. H. Worley, copper-plate printer, Shaftesbury-st., Hoxton. W. R. Rolfe, pastry-cook, High-street, Shoreditch. E. Oxborrow, blacksmith, Ipswich. J. Perry, butcher, Birmingham. A. C. Bulley, landing-waiter, Bernard-street, Russell-square. J. Moore, milkman, Twerton, Somersctshire. T. Wild, clerk, Upper Stamford-street, Blackiriars. C. Leach, publican, Birmingham. H. Gompertz, Oak-cottage, Old Brompton. W. Elson, licensed hawker, Northampton. W. Pinto, warehouseman's assistant, St. George's-buildings, Hoxton-square, Shoreditch. J. Bunker, shopman, Northampton. J. Haigh, clothier, Kirkburton Yorkshire. IL K. Trueman, carpenter, Kidderminster J. Litherland, nail maker, Huddersfield. W. K. Thorburn, shopkeeper Halifax. J. Cooper, provision dealer, Liverpool. W. Edgeler, bookbinder, Fleet-street. J. Bonython, broker, Salisbury-street, Portman-market. J. Brown, cabriolet propiietor, Duke's mews, Lisson-grove. R. Pond, cutler, Edgware-road. T. A. Freeman, appraiser, Lisle-street, Leicester-square. A. smith, tailor, Bungsy, Snffelk. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of April 19.) SUGAR.—The market has still an improving appearance for all descriptions of Colonial Sugar; merchants refrain from bringing forward large parcels, and a further advance has taken place in prices. For West India Muscovado the demand has been brisk for every description for the scale and pan ; the market has been nearly cleared, and the rates paid are 6d above those of this day week. To-day a fair business was done in British Plantation Sugar to supply the wants of refiners and grocers ; the rates pre viously established were fully sustained ; dry brown is not to be purchased under 61s per cwt. REFINED.—There has been much activity in the refined Sugar market : prices further advanced is per cwt, and the grocers have purchased largely of all descriptions. To-day large parcels of Refined Sugar were taken by the home trade, standard lumps at 78s 6d, and brown at 77s to 77s 6d per cwt. - MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with attention, and 1,029 bags at public sale went at very full rates ; mid yellow at 62s 6d to 635, low mid greyish yellow 59s to 61s, fine brown 58s 6d to 595, and mid 57s per cwt. EA ST INDIA —This afternoon Bengal good strong yellow, Dobah kind at 65s to 675, middling yellow 60s 6cl to 61s, fine white 66s to 675, middling 645, damp grainy yellow, 593 6d to 64s 6d, sound grey 59s 6d to 63s 6d, damp white 63s 6d to 66s 6d, damp foxy brown 51s to 55s 6d, washed 53s 6d to 565. In bond, middling yellow 35s to 37s 6d, fine grainy, 41s, ord 32s 6d, fine white 42s good 40s to 41s, mid 38s 6d to 39s 6d, damp and washed 29s to 32s per cwt. Ceylon Sugar 61s 6d to 63s for mid and good bright yellow. FOREIGN.—This afternoon Havannah was offered at auc tion, and all taken in Is above the value, viz., fine yellow at 23s to 23s 6d, middling and good 21s 6d to 22s 6d - , and one lot good white 30s per cwt. blo LA SSES. —For West India previous rates are asked; Ben gal at 15s to I6s per cwt; Madras Molasses, in bond, taken in at 93 ; Bengal, duty paid, at 183 per cwt. To-day West India Molasses at 22s to 27s 6d per cwt. 'Drs.—lmporters still refrain from offering any at public sale, although share are further arrivals ; the trade generally have shown more inclination to purchase, and in the lower sorts of black and green a good business has been transacted at firm rates. - RICE.-Bengal, good middling old white, I Is ; sea damaged, first class lOs 6d to Ifs, second ditto lOs to lOs Gd, third ditto ' 9s to 9s Gd, and fourth ditto Ss 6d per cwt. Java at 9s to lls 6d, and Madras at 8s Gd to 9s Gd per cwt ; Patna at I3s to 17s ; Carolina at 21s to 26s per cwt. COFFEE-There has been little disposition shown to pur chase any description of West India by private contract this week, and the trifling parcels disposed of have been at prices in favour of the buyers. Mocha is diffi cult of sale, and the prices are still going down. This afternoon buyers evinced little disposition to do business. Jamaica middling coloury went at 9546 d to 100 s, low middling 90s 6:1 to 91s 6d, and broken 5 , s to 755. Demerara unclean taken in at 755, and very inferior 40s. Ceylon pea berry at 90s to 97s ; fine ordinary 74s to 755, fine fine ordinary 80s to 845, triage 45s to 505, very low 12s to 19s, damaged 58s to 83s, per cwt. East India was nearly all withdrawn ; Batavia pale mixed at 31s to 325, and brown 28s to 293 ' • the small part sold went rather cheaper ; very ordinary mixed Padang at 24s Gd to 255, and sea damaged 22s Gd. Rio bought in, middling coloury at 58s to 60s, middling 55s Gd, fine ordinary 48s, and sea damaged 33s per cwt. Ceylon, 59s is the nearest value of good . ordinary. Co:::).A.-DiaLil at 285 Gd to 30s per cwt ; St. Domingo at 27s 6d for ordinary old grey, and sea damaged first class 2ls to 24s per cwt. Trinidad, good red at 52s 6d, middling 501 to 51s, and middling grey 47s to 48s per cwt. Sric ES. -This aftet noon Bourbon Cloves taken i at r 1 loot, n o 111 d per lb ; white Pepper mostly sold at 63 to g_ s bd and 4,1 to 4id for ord ; Singapore Mace f etched 3to for middling and good middling; Siitnog3ap,osrde, gNoodutmmegidsdlsionlgd rath,-r higher ; middling brown at 3s 2( wormy Is to Is Gaper lb. 3s 63, limed 3s Id to 813 d, mrld r y ,A ar;:d n, Jamaica Ruin fine RUM, BRANDY, 33 to 36 per cent over A p s ro i o ) f at r ° 4 L s 8d to 4s 10d, good 31 to 34 over 3s lad to 3s 11d, high flavour 22 par cent 4s Gd, and small parcels of common 30 to 33 per cant 3 6 t 3 s Gd to 33 8d per gall o n. mDe er ara at 3s 2d to 3.4 d for 3- to per cent over-proof, and fine 3s 5d per gallon. Proof Leewards at 2s hl to 2s IP. Calcutta at is lad to Is 101(1 per gallon. FolroBf3tl39h,e vin tage prices have furt her g iven wa y :-Cognac, best ditto o s t a ge of 183 8 selling , h hds 5 s 93, p uns 55 7 d ; it 55 7d, puns 5,15 d ; ditto 1840, hhds 5s sp, p uns 5s '(.1; ditto 1841, lifids 554 d, puns 5s 23; ditto 1842, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id, middling marks 3s 5d to 4s 6d, and low 2i 9d to 3s 4d, and Spanish brands 2s tid per gallon. In Geneva several shipping orders executed at I s Id to is 9d ; fine for home con sumption is 2s 2d to 3s. E ng li s h Corn Spirits lOs 2(1, and Scotch and Irish Malt Spirits 12 s 9d to 13s per gallon. SAGO has been little inquired for this week, 13s Gd to 15s Gd for middling and gond middling small pearl, and sea damaged lOs 6(1 to 13s per ewt. Jamaica Arrowroot 61(1per lb. for sound. Sago Flour is lcss wanted. Bermuda Ar rowroot at 91(1 to Is 2d ,• St. Vincent's, &I to 1013 ; Toes les Mois, 5d to 51 , 1 per lb. This afternoon fine small white Pearl at 24s to 255 Gd; Sago Flour, 20s 6(1 to 21s 6d ; Tapioca, 5d to 5 9 ,4 d. INDIGO.-There has been much activity in the East India Indigo market this week, and prices have advanced for every description. COCIIINEAL.-This afternoon Honduras silvers at 4s 6d to 4s 10d for very ordinary foxy to good bright, and Mexican black 5s 6d to 5s 8d per lb for good. TALLOW.-The operations in Russian Tallow on the spot have been upon a small scale only, but holders are generally reluctant to further give way in prices; 405 to to 41s per cwt is the value of P. Y. Candle, according to quality. For de livery in the last three months of the year at 42s 3d to 42s Gd per cwt. Town Tallow at 40s per cwt nett cash. This after noon North American Tallow sold at 384 to 40s Gd, Odessa Cheeps' Tallow 40s to 40s 3d, Gibraltar 435, Italian 403 9d to 41s per cwt. 011.5.-For Rape Oil, further advanced rates paid, pale at 39s Gd to 40s, and brown 38s Gd to 39s per cwt. Linseed Oil at 27s Gd per cwt on the spot. 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After a lapse of about twenty minutes the jury returned into Court, when Mr. Justiee WILLIAMS proceeded to read the evidence at length. After the Learned Judge had finished the evidence, Ire told them, that if the evidence was such as to leave a just and reasonable doubt on their minds the prisoners should have the benefit, but if there was no doubt on their minds they would give their verdict accordingly. He again begged of the jury not to regard any observations which were addressed to them, except so far as they were founded on the evidence. The question they had to consider with regard to the prisoner Barber was, whether he had merely acted as an ordinary at torney would act in the matter, or whether he had produced the will for probate, well knowing it to have been forged. The jury then retired to considr their verdict. The prisoner, Barber, seemed to have retained his self possession throughout the trial, frequently handing down notes to his counsel, till the close of the Judge's charge; he then appeared to become extremely agitated and nervous. After an absence of about an hour and twenty minute", the jury returned with a verdict of GUILTY AGAINST ALL THE PRISONERS. Mr. Barber—l am not guilty, my Lord, and Mr. Fletcher here knows that I am not. The prisoners were then removed. The Court then adjourned till Monday morning. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Aprill9. (Before Sir JAMES WIGRAM.) TAYLOR V. THE EARL OF HAREWOOD. - In this case the bill was filed for the purpose of proving an estate administered, -and, amongst other pur- poses, inquiring whether Daniel William Davidson had come into actual possession of an estate to which he was entitled under the will of Robert Davidson, made in the year 1810. On the Bth of March, 1842, a decree was made in the original cause. By that decree, it was re. ferred to the Master to make inquiries as to the state of the family, and also as to the accounts of the property ; and it was ordered, that the Master should also inquire and state whether Daniel Wilson Davidson, in the will named, had come into actual possession of the estate ; and if so, under what title and what circumstances. The Master made his report, stating the facts. • Ilis Hoxoun, after entering fully into all the points of the case, declared it to be his opinion, that Daniel Wilson Davidson was not in the actual possession of tha estate. COURT OF QUEER'S BENCH, Aprill9. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied the whole morning in hear mg motions for new trials in cares which had been tried at the last Lent assizes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) QUEEN-SQUARE. . _ Maria Foster, a young woman, was charged with absenting herself from the Chelsea workhouse, and with deserting her female child. Mr. Daniel Sutton, the master of the workhouse, said that the defendant was an inmate of the workhouse up to Tuesday last, when she absented herself, leaving a - child, six years old, chargeable to the parish. She was admitted to the workhouse on the 7th March last, but had been an inmate three years ago, when she was passed to her parish in the neighbourhood of Brighton. She had not been to the workhouse since Tues day last; and having come there drunk, and at an unsea sonable hour, she was refused admission. He found her last night, in a public-house in Chelsea, and gave her into custody on the above charge. Mr. BOND inquired the amount of expense to which the parish had been put in supporting the child since Tuesday. Mr. Sutton—Eighteenpence. The defendant said she had been to the workhouse since Tuesday, but not having an order, the porter refused to admit her. Mr. BOND committed the defendant to the House of Cor. rection, and to be kept at hard labour for fourteen days. Mr. Sutton said that when the term of her imprisonment had expired, he should send the child to the House of Cor rection, with an intimation that if the defendant thought proper to return to the workhouse with her child, she would be again admitted. George Harris, a respectably-dressed young man, was placed at the bar on the following charge:— Mrs. Oldham, a young married woman, said the defendant was formerly in the habit of paying his addresses to her sister; the connexion had, however, been broken off: The defendant met her sister last evening in Bridge-street, when he abused her, making use of highly improper language, and followed her to her residence in John-street, forcing his way into the house, and threatening to take her life. His conduct/ was very violent. Her sister, from the defendants misconduct, was unable to attend. Her father happened tee come in at the time, when the defendant struck him several times, and threatened to choke him, and was not ejected from the house without considerable difficulty. Mr. Benjamin Riches, the father of the last witness, who holds a situation in the House of Commons, corroborated her evidence, and said that he had every reason to believe that his daughter, as we Las himself and family, were in danger from the violence of the defendant. He had been guilty of similar misconduct about three. months ago, when he was brought to that office, but having promised not to repeat it, the charge was withdrawn. The defendant, whose conduct during the examination was very flippant, denied that he forced himself into the house, but that he merely went there to speak to Miss Riches. He did not, however, deny assaulting Mr. Riches. Mr. BOND said the defendant's conduct was most im proper; he must pay the sum of 30s. for the assault, or in default be committed to the House of Correction for three weeks. He must also enter into sureties to keep the peace towards Mr. Riches and his family. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.-ANNE SLACK'S CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—Very shortly after the birth of his Royal High ness the Prince of "Wales I read in your paper that the registrar of births attended at Buckingham Palace, for the purpose of registering such birth. Here we find the public officer fulfilling , his duty to the letter, and "in forming himself carefully" of such birth ; he was not satisfied at a stranger calling upon him and telling him that a Prince of Wales was born, and on such casual in formation registering the same. No he carried out the Gth and 7th Win. 4, c. 36, s. 18, which enacts that " every registrar is hereby required to inform himself carefully of every birth and every death which shall happen in his district, and to learn and register, with out fee, the particulars required respectively touching every such birth and every such death, as the case may be," &c. I believe that Buckingham Palace is in the Pimlico registrar's district ; if so, we find this same officer registering the death of • Anne Slack as taking place on a certain day at South-terrace, Pimlico (no such place being in his di s t r i c t), on the information of a perfect stranger, without proceeding to" inform himself," according to his duty, laid down in the Act of Parlia ment, as to the correctness of the information of death left at his office ; and it appears that he was not aware of having registered a fictitious circumstance until the party was in custody for felony who had given him tits information. The consequence of this registering officer having been " slack" in the performance of his duty is. that a fraud and felony were carried out to completion had this officer proceeded " to inform himself carefully" as to the correctness of the statement of Mr. Robert Hart (alias Fletcher), of James-street, Commercial-road East (a fictitious name and address), before he had pre ceeded to register the death of Anne Slack, of South. terrace, Pimlico, we should not now find such an entry in his books, or a will of such party stated to have been living at such place, and dying in such place, recorded at Doctors'-commons, or a probate of such will have beet exhibited at the Bank of England, or a sum of unclaimed • dividends standing in the name of Anne Slack, of ferred by the Bank of England, under the authority _ at. y nal the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Isl . io Debt, into the name of a party not legallY entitled to such unclaimed stock and di v idends.o,irths Deaths and The Act for the Registration f f the public by registrations; official was passed for the protection to be carried out as this officer app but ears if the duties a reo to have done h is, it ought to be demi minuted " An Act for giving facility to Impositions . Frauds." The registra r will perhaps say, that the pay meat of one shilling for each entry will not remunerate him thi s cannot or o ught not to be allowed to be any x • Before he had b ecome a candidate for the ought to have made himself acquainted with il officel'suet.res r equired, and before he had undert a k en th em heeeloughthe to have satisfied himself whether the re muneration would be ample or not ; surely it is not the time after election, and alter neglecting his duty as he is reported to have done, to say, it would not pay me " to inform myself carefully" as to t h e correctness of the in t was the butse a indiscriminate felv weeks si n e formation of every bi r th an d d eath reported at any office. It is quite time that somet hi ng were done to put a stop since t ri that a esof woman births and was deaths.taken into custody for begging for money to bury her child. She produced a registrar's certificate of a death to assure the parties whom she solicited of the truth of her statement. On inquiry, it was found that no such death had taken plaeo, as represented in the registrar's certificate. This double fraud I believe to be in daily practice by bagging imposters, and facility given to these impositions and frauds by registrars neglecting to inform themselves carefully of the truth of the reports left at their offices — a pretty way, indeed, to swell up the amount of shil lings for fees for registration if they are allowed to re • gister any report of a birth or death brought to their offices by strangers ! I know nothing whatever of the registrar upon whom I have made this attack, further than Vie reports in the public newspapers, so that, if my statement be incorrect, I can only say that I shall be willing. to make him the most ample satisfaction for the insinuations I have thrown out. I have no personal feeling B o n a him, and only take the present case, as reported, for the p ur p os e of instancing the evils the public are liable to is directed neglecting their duties ; and as the attack directedto an individual, I do not think it would be fair towards him by placing an anonymous signature affix to such a communi cation, therefore I do not hesitate to my name and residence.—l am, Sir, yours truly, ROBERT W. DICKENSON. Ilfracombe, April 18, 1844. The more robust of the pensioners in this town, to the numbs of about 140, are this week having their clothing distributed out to them at the Barracks. The dress consists of a blue surtout coat, with scarlet cuffs and collar, and dark trowsers, with a broad scarlet stripe one inch and a half in breadth. The men are "to pa rade" on Thursday next, at the Barracks, when the arms and accoutrements will be distributed, and the whole of their appointments made good.— A r ottin9halm Review, f- , . - t I