The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-07 00:00:00

,?1 , ~; \ ... 4, / \ 4 • ..vi • Ar dte , . Nkvii4- .;ta - • ; „ 14. 1 6 4 - 4's •'_ IN& 4. t ". J • I 00, 4 1 31,4 411 1 t 1& °I. "•4 I, • g 4 s`• 4 ' DIE r 4 1 `',11 1 '44 • • 1 ; egb _ _ /.,! :hey resided, or give any further account of theits. 1 7 1 , were placed at the felon's bar charged (as entered on the po. l'ce-eheet) "Jer ~_~-~' 111 IDDLESEX and SURREY GRAND L Capital JUNCTION RAILWAY. 600,0001., in 20,000 shares of RI. each. Deposit 3/. 10s. per share. Ide PRO VISIONAL COMMITTEE. hard 11l F HA lan 11' ' -sq. Francis Passingham, Esq. j ,,. ; e - , e Castro, Esq. William Price, Esq. ‘,. 4) 1 1 Dowson Is didath . ' '"' William Richardson, Esq. an Hosier Lawson, Esq. T h w'il , T 'We Esq i• •o n i. ..lin k -P 9 ' • a_ • BIOM E With power to add to their number. Rs—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, La'louchere, and Co. l'°Vlt b oas- Messrs. Allen and Hohnes, 31, Bedtbrd-row, London, arid Messrs. Everest an , i Wardroper, Epsom. , ENGINEER—CarI 'Tonle, Esq., C.E. 3fr. William Hodgse na .„.• Mr. W. Page Smith „' . 5 Secretaries. hi, „, - . 6ll .lamin Lumley, Be q., Varliamentary Agent. . ,s, _,. t uertaking Is intended 1 a bri ll a connecting line of railway r 7 77p_ u lontion between the f lye great lines of rlilway at present from the metropolis 6 El c s L re T - Ing • ti e B Y ! v tz•—the Birmingha, through the counties of Middlesex and 41 the Great Western, the South Western, r velton and the D ' 1 'he tin ' "' er lira's. h,ti eat Portance and T itility of a junction of these different lines Svarious times , e' .igaged public attention. Tice promoters of ..__ p,r,e:ent tuidertakizr are convinced that, besides man ,- of the ad ;iiii: ! , , ,, ,n s to be derive-A tl'om a junction in the metropolis, others of fl ti. IC 4,t7h rt o ft u n t e r , e w17 ..1 he secured by tilt; line now su!Jrnitted to the 1 su,, of .7, e ' r landing a large outlay of capital. ' f tbe 'net opo•i s . 1 , ; 4 • country within the raiwe of twent. , nthes o . R% 'Pali "• / `2, l g . oetween the five lines with which it Is proposed to S' - J"neur - accordingly made, under the superintendence . r. T ottb , . Ai, was .„ t t lii 113, on 4 . ; and the proposed junction line from the Harrow Mitt t on — , ' :he Birmingham line, to the Mertsham Station, on the Soutliaji r " . .11 Dover lines, crossing the Great Western at or near Oma; .r. 41 the South Western, at or near Kingston, was selected anti ''lag the more important districts between the two termini , Witkp .u 'ling the nearest useful points of junction on the great lines, T 6 - a advantages of an open and generally cheap country. too.; cost of the line has been carefully revised, and will not exceed 1 ..."^ lt. 31 4 , • Pare has reported that the revenue will amount to 52,0001. a Per, on a very moderate calculation, yielding a return of nearly 6 18s cent• on the capital, allowing 30 per cent. on the receipts for workin g . ,i,e con of construction and of working the line has been calcu - I h Q "on the assumption that steam locomotive power will be em -Ib.; . ed, latt the engineer having examined and tested the poorer of 04 at mospheric principle, as spoiled to locomotion on the Kingstown thi nalkey Railway, recommends the adoption of that principle to Cei „ e iT' 3l `leration of the shareholder?, by which the capital would he by --4 • T ablY reduced, and the working expenses something less n half. ~1 'all ~,..., sat i t „•, --- --'eulars of the proposed line were laid before the public the T „:' ; „`" Past year, and communications have been opened with ~ ,t,',„") , "e11), : i interests in the route with the most satisfactory results. beu - Z i ftt ions for Sharer, according to the annexed form, to be made * 4 t . ' 'ne. 15th of February to the solicitors, or to the Secretaries at T. ,„ace,„ 6, Lincoln's Inn-f.elds. — Nou, Jan. 29, 1844. P . --, D A Y.) "on suspicion of feloniously stealing eleven door knocks ra found in their possession," and which it appears they had wrenched from different houses in the immediate neighbourhood of Leicester.. Square. Police-sergeant No. 113 of the C division stated, that between three and four o'clock this morning as he was on duty in Bear street, Leicester.square, he saw the prisoners in a doorway. and suspecting what they were about, he watched and saw them go up to several doors in Cranbourne-street„ after which they went into St. Martin's-court, and at the house of Mr. Appleby, No. 19, there, straw-bonnet manufacturer, the prisoner Cooper partially wrenched off the knocker, and then called to Bayley to help him, and they then succeeded in getting it oft', and Bayley put it in his pocket. On being taken into sus. Cody, Bayley was found to have two knockers in his breast pocket, and six in his coat pocket. Cooper had three about him. Mr. Appleby identified one of the knockers as being his property. The prisoners said they were extremely sorry - for what they had done, but at the time they were under the influence of too much - wine. - 3 to 31 55 '0 31 16s to g s ; ll'llest Straw were l as t week's No. 16,053. LONDON, WEDNESDAY NING s F 1844.EBRUARY PRICE sd. ; to 31 109; o, 31 lis to aw, 1/ 89 i t ° )ad. SuPP I I - 6; quoted. , lO s to 3/14s to 4 1, 8 5; Wbeg i ! ;ply. Tr3u. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION .(Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS, and a THIRD EDITION a t SEVEN O'CLOCK, f or POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, a, ONE CHARGE. Inspector Beresford, of the C division, said they certainly had been drinking, but knew what they were about. Mr. MALTBY, after consulting with Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Chief Clerk, did not seem inclined to entertain the charge as one of felony, but took a much more lenient course than was anticipated, viz., of imposing, under the Police Act, a fine of 5/ each, for un. lawfully having in their possession property for which they could not satisfactorily account, and, in default, one month's imprison ment in Westminster Bridewell, and hard labour. The prisoners not having the amount required, were locked up. ess doing il l n sold at eg• Tb° e firm al, and 2,2 i, latter founc! white I. fine yellov;, .ntit' Ihe 4g— t he ,k at , ia rrels: ondon Ig° 13,7640 It stock of il ' )t so e . larg Less itiCeyl it lanta tion t bag e last year. a he East , 41 : 0 13 were ta N e xported s 14,160 P RIGHT. AND SOCIETY OF LONDON. A GENERAL COURT of tlii; CORPORATION will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern, on SATURDAY, the 17th instant. Dinner at a Quarter before Seven precisely. Field Marshal his Royal itlithhess the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE, PUBLICATION S. G. Wolley, van guard, Trinity -court, Aldersgate- street, Feb. 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. W. Parsons, Tottenham-court•road, Feb. 12, at twelve, at. the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. S. Harper, attorney, Putney, Feb. 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. J. Whitfield, grocer, Tooley_street, Borough, Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee. J. E. Oliver, organist, Queen's -road, Bayswater, Feb. 28, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. W. Hughes, tailor, Cook's -court, Cursitor-street, Chancery lane, Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Eankruptey. John son, official assignee. J. R. Smith, silk printer, Merton, Surrey, Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Court.of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. R. Burge, cabinet maker, Lamb's Conduit-passage, Red Lion-square, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. C. K. Nicholls, clerk, Bride-road, Lambeth. Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwar2s, official assignee. P. Robinson, commercial traveller, Warrington, Lancashire, Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. T. Wroe, grocer, Dudley, Worcestershire, Feb. 10, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. S.. Adams, veterinary surgeon, Aston, Warwickshire, Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. P. 111‘Elroy, silk dresser, Salford, Lancashire, Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. " &amnion liar." The Queen, he said, was not in debt, and grace. fully appealed to her Majesty's whole conduct, as leaving without excuse those who could believe anything to her disadvantage. TIMES.—That there were limitations with regard to the affairs of Ireland imposed upon the Queen's Ministers by prudence, jus tice, and a sense of duty, as to the extent of their communications to Parliament in her Majesty's recent speech, has been already ac. knowledged. But we deem it not unfair to state that so far as could be judged by persons out of doors, there appeared no neces sity for carrying such reserve beyond that point at which the want of it might have risked a possible interference with the pro ceedings carried on in a court of justice. And had the forms of language employed in framing the statements of the Queen's inten. tion towards Ireland upon questions not prohibited, been somewhat more explanatory, albeit even less comprehensive than we find them, the country might have had less to complain of than many sober-minded persons think there is at present room for. But, besides the unsatisfactory omission which we yesterday noticed, of any reference to the vital question of the Roman Catholic Church and its ministers—one, of which the nation ality will by and be sure to force itself, in contempt of all party feeling, upon the public mind—we venture to observe, that in respect to those topics which hare been pointed out by her Majesty as worthy of prompt consideration from Parliament, there seems to be, even for a speech from the Throne, a superfluous bias towards the use of generalities, and disregard of the tangible and precise. The consequence of such breadth of expression is, that nobody, not gifted with the power of divination, can pronounce upon what may or may not be really intended. For instance, now, her Majesty says that her LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, Feb. 6. SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS, WITH THE DISPATCH. 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Member's tickets may be pro cured at the Tavern. GEORGE RAIN, Hon. Sec. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 5. Middlesex Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and a Special Jury.) EAST INDIA HOUSE, FEBRUARY 2, 1844. THE COURT of D [RECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held by adjournment at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, pursuant to the following Resolution, viz.:— " To the Honourable the CHAIRMAN of the COURT of DIREC TORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY. THE - LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. . 1 4 GOSLIN V. CORRY. This was an action of libel. • Sir Thomas 'Wilde and Mr. Huggins conducted the plaintiff's case. Mr. Hill appeared for the defendant. The plaintiff had been formerly in the employ of the defendant, a timber merchant at Preston, as a sub-con tractor on the Preston Railway, and had become in debted to him in a sum of money, which being unable to pay, the defendant, it was alleged, wrote a letter to the editor of the Hue and Cry Gazette, inclosing an ad vertisement, charging the plaintiff as having absconded, and imputing to him fraud. The advertisement subse quently appeared in the Gazette, and the plaintiff was apprehended in London, but, on being taken before the magistrate, no person appeared to make a charge, and he was discharged. The defendant denied that the letter containing the advertisement was in his handwriting, and the whole question in the cause rested upon whe ther it was so or not. The evidence was conflicting on the subiect, some of the witnesses affirming, and others denying, that the defendant had written the letter. His LORDSHIP left the jury to decide, and they, after having retired for a short time, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 2001. The inquiry into the circumstances attending the deaths of James Hanney and Proctor William Scott, the engine-driver and ptoker of a luggage train on this line of railway, who were killed near the Springfield ballast-hole on the morning of the 28th ult., was resumed on Monday forenoon, before Mr. C. C. Lewis, Coroner for Essex, at. the Three Cups Inn, Springfield-road, Chelmsford. Major.Gencral Pasley, the Government Inspector of RailwayS, was examined AS to the state of the line at, the spot where the ac• cident occurred, and a watchman on the line also deposed that the man usually in attendance on the points at the ballast-hole was addicted to drinking, and seldom at work more than three days a week. Strangers were put on to fulfil his duty occasionally. Our instructions do not tell us to look at the " points" and cross-rails after every train has passed. We are, however, expected to do so, and it was owing to the irregularity of the arrival of the lug gage train, which usually passes Chelmsford before the mail, that I did not do so on this occasion. The luggage train is never re gular, and valies as much as an hour sometimes. Mr. George Henry Phipps, resident engineer of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, said that he accompanied Mr. Hall to the spot where the accident occurred, about twelve o'clock on Sun day the 2ith ultimo. Witness made a minute inspection of the engine, and, from that inspection, was convinced the accident had arisen through one of the driving wheels coming in contact with some hard substance, placed in the same position the "cross rail" was described to have been in. There was a deep indentation on the flange of one of the wheels, but the axles and other wheels were uninjured. Witness had carefully examined the piece of rail produced, and could not find any mark on it to corres pond with that on the wheel of the engine, or indeed any appear. ance that would lead him to the conclusion that it was the substance which had come in contact with the engine arid caused the acci dent. Mr. Phipps gave his evidence at great length, and with a clearness which appeared to give the greatest satisfaction to the Coroner and all present. " TIONOrILABLE " We the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock request that a Special General Court may be convened at the earliest period, to take into consideration the following Resolutions proposed to be submitted to them : " I. That from the Printed Papers recently laid before the Proprie tors on the subject of Stride, it is the opinion of this Court that the proceedings of the Government of India which ended in the dethrone ment, exile, and imprisonment of the Austere, and the seizure of their country and private property, were uncalled for, impolitic, and unjust. " 2. That this Court does thnrefore most earnestly recommend to the Court of Directors the immediate adoption of such steps, by repre sentation to her Majesty's Government, or otherwise, as may cause all practicable reparation to be made for the injustice already committed, and enforce the abandonment of a line of policy inconsistent with good faith, and subtersive of the interests of the British ;149 " We have the honour to be, " Honourable Sir, " Your obedient Servant,si4ofrlit' ,4 " J. SULLIVAN, " WILLIAM J. EASTWICLQ. V " JOSEPH HUME, " CHARLES FORBES, " HARFORD JONES BRIDGES, " JOHN POYNDER, " ARTHUR J. LEWIS, " A. 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But it is not necessary that it should have a ..WtA vAkite set on it by public authority."—Lockc. pliV MINISTER MISTAKEN; or, THE '' , At (InESTION of DEPRECIATION ERRONEOUSLY STATED ,11;y1L'i, , P - 13iiKISSON. Price Onc Shilling. " Our forefathers, who sought comfort In proverbs, used to say, When tlie people's talc of bricks is doubled, Moses is at hand."— Niebuhr.* CIURRENCY EXPLAINED; J in REFUTATION of the LAST FALLACY of " THE TIMES," Nov. Bth, 1843. By YESUS. Price One Shilling. London : Samuel Clarke, 13, Pall-Mall East, and to be had. (by order) of all Booksellers. kag ei Pac i , et iy sisted FORM OF APFLICAT:OM. TO t he ----, 1844. the Previsional Committee of the Middlesex and Surrey Grand " attention has been directed to the state of the law and practice with regard to the occupation of land in Ireland." We do not, indeed, wonder that the gracious care of the Sovereign has been so directed, inasmuch as otherwise the Queen would have been the sole individual amongst the population of these ostensibly united realms who could have withdrawn her anxious attention, and her most pain ful interest, from a matter overwrought with perplexity and migiving —overcharged with social confusion and destruction—wherein the respective dangers, threatening on one side human life, and vested property on the other, seem to call aloud for remedies, not only simultaneous, but opposite and conflicting—terrible it may be to the boldest hearts, if not in-penetrable to the most consummate sagaci.y. Under the store head with this reference to the occupa tion of land comes the mention by her Majesty, that she has in stituted extensive " local inquiries" into a question of so much Importance, and appointed " a Commission " to conduct them. Now, we profess to be amongst the number of those who do not always hope for much from " inquiries " into subjects with which the minds of half the world have long already been fami. DIVIDENDS. NO WS fIiRS ' B ' • a fair The ?° rteu. JP u latiou , 3 00 Illitllll Egylatinty per nui ties T 1; !stern, 11 ci (1,.; South.Mia/f -' P Junction Railway. Cornentle.r.oen,—l request an allotment of shares in the above 31. I rn3', and I undertake, -when required, to pay the deposit of s erf , • Per share, and to sign the Parliamentary contract and sub agreement in ree.pect thereof. Name Residence• • •• • Trade or Profession • • • • • • • • • • • • H. Molyneux, watch mat e y, Lombard-street. Feb. 27, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. C. Thornton, machine maker, Birstall, Yorkshire, March 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. M. Knight, grocer, Rugby, Warwickshire, Feb. 29, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—W. Atherton, flint glass manufacturer, Manchester, Feb. 29, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court—J. Raleigh, T. Goode, and W. Hol land, merchants, Manchester, Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court—W. Rabey, leather seller, Redruth, Cornwall, Feb. 29, at one, at the Exeter District Court—J. Gage, carpenter, Delverton, Somersetshire, Feb. 29, at half past twelve, at the Exeter District Court—H. Lane, inn keeper, Derby, Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. POPULAR LECTURES daily, abounding in BEAUTIFUL t o — ' ,I2 ItIMENTS. With the view to amuse. the Visitors, as well as a o rrtl instruction in CHEMISTRY, EXPERIMENTAL PHILO -7:4Y, and other branches of Science, Dr. Ryan, Professor Bach- Mr. Goddard, and other Lecturers vary their subjects as much I , ossible and have arralged so that each Lecture shall seldom oc :DT more than Half an Hour—a List of which for the week is sus eled in the Hall of Manufactures. The first cormnonces at a Quar -75 Past Twelve. The Apparatus, &c., used for illustration is of the elaborate and perfect di. - ,c,ription, amongst which is ARM t" G' 3 HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE (which is exhibited daily at, Three o'clock, and at Eight in the Evenings), and LONG biNT,COI'S OPAQU MICROSCO &e. PE, NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS , ' and DIVIN E G-BELL, COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 6 TEE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SCRIVENER The Attorney-General (with whom was Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Jervis) appeared for the Crown. Mr. Whately and Mr. Peacock conducted the case for the defendant. This was an information by the Attorney-General against the defendant to recover penalties for the importing and illegal landing of a considerable quantity of tobacco. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case to the jury. There were two informations against the defendant, founded upon two occurrences, the first of which took place in January, and the second in July, of last year. The defendant engaged a barge and two lightermen, for the assumed purpose of conveying a quantity of cottent from Harwich to London, but actually to convey a quantity Of tobacco from a schooner named the Eliza, which the barge was to Pain at a place known as the East Swim, near the Nore Lights. The barge accordingly did so during the night, and 125 bales of tobacco, each weighing 501bs , were conveyed to a wharf on the banks of the Surrey Canal. On the second occasion the barge pro ceeded to Harwich as before, and having taken in a quantity of chalk, proceeded to a place known as Wh;ttaker's Beacon, where the Eliza joined them; from her they received 120 bales; but the defendant, who had agreed to pay the lightermen a large sum of money for their trouble, having neglected to do so, they refused, on reaching London, to give up the goods until the money was paid. The affair then became known to the officers of the Excise, and the prosent prosecution was the result. George Wrekind, one of the lightermen employed by the defen. dant, corroborated the statement of the Attorney-General. Mr. H. WHATELEY, at this stage of the proceedings, consulted with his client, and stated that it was impossible for him to con.• tinue to defend the present action, after the evidence which had been adduced. He would, therefore, consent to a verdict being entered for the Crown for 3301. mnounced is 1 OND ON AND WESTMINSTER' 'Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL 'GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMP,M, will be held at the BANK, in Lothbury, on IVEDNEsnAv, the 6th day of - 312:27J1 ' next, at One o'Clock precisely, to DECLARE a DIVIDEND, and for other purposes. At this Meeting Three Directors, viz., P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P. ; Frederick Burmester, Esq., and Henry Harvey, Esq., retire by rota tion, but being eligible fo: re-election, offer themselves accordingly. By order of the Board, JAMES IV. GILBERT, General Manager. Lothbury, Jan. 22, 1844. The Books will be clued to prepare for the Dividend from the 19th of February to the 10th March. 1 way cotcP; relr rsatio o t hat pressea re poll CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the liar. We give at the same time all credit to the esti mate declared to be formed by Ministers of the im portance of this great land question in Ireland. It ap pears to us that the Queen's Government not merely ought to be alive to the fact that this is an " important" subject, but that the solution of it is a most—the most portentous question with regard to Ireland to be found within the vast scope of material economy, on which depends in a manner the continuance of the Irish as a nation, existing to the degree to which it does exist, under the sway of civil government. Why, what is this grand question of the " occupation" of land in Ireland ? The " occupa. tion of land" is a simple-sounding phrase. But what if we say, instead of it, a " war for land," —land against life—and both against law !—for so, if we call things by their proper names—so so it stands—a bloody war, which rages against rich and poor, and against the laws that are insufficient for the defence of either —a mutual war of the stomach against the purse, and vice versa, of desperate passion on behalf, and for the relief of in evitable hunger—of the right to live, original and inalienable, against the right to possess, the creation of conventional society. .Several other witnesses were examined at considerable length, whose testimony was of a very conflicting nature, and at half•past nine o'clock the Corencr adjourned the inquiry to a future day, when it is expected that some evidence of an extraordt. nary character will be adduced. contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. B. Reynolds, silk printer, Mitcham, Surrey, Feb. 27—R. Parker, linen draper, Deptford-row, Rotherhithe, Feb. 27—J. Smith, carpenter, Darenth, Kent, Feb. 27—S. Wesley, baker, Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, Feb. 27—J. Atkins, tobac conist, Shoreditch, Feb. 29—T. Gore, baker, Broadstairs, Kent, Feb. 28—M. Allen, apothecary, Waltham Holy Cross, Kent, Feb. 27—T. Kimber, farmer, North Cerney, Glouces tershire, Feb. 29—J. Whitley, surgeon, Liverpool, Feb. 29 J. Cornish, painter, Bridport, Dorseshire, Feb. 28—M. Had ley, chemist, Walsall, Staffordshire, Feb. 27—J. Lawrence, spirit merchant, Birmingham, March 2—J. Smalley, corn miller, Chorley, Lancashire, Feb. 29—R. Hale, bookseller, Margate, Feb. 27—J. Tregaskes, victualler, Bristol, Feb. 27-- C. Dawson, fruiterer, North-row, Covent-garden, Feb. 27—F. Jenkyns and J. H. Hardyman, merchants, Love..lane, East cheap, Feb. 27—T. and W. Withell, ship builders, Padstow, Cornwall, Feb. 27—G. J. Pow,hee ' stationer, Oxford-street, Feb. 27—C. F. Dewson, victualler, Birmingham, Feb. 27. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. t ie for Al l bys win e tsm 9 , co t ugh 67s ed fra l ,,i t av• Ls. Pr e 'itocl‘ India 0 1- Three -a , o , variatittri O f t arav— mish A ctl ? at 32 i e i ea ive re l 31— Conductor of the Music, T. Wallis, Mus. Doc Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. T I RE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY Irt h , , IAN -WENDS, AUTIIORISED and GUARANTEED by bl„,--LAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, CODUAIIS MONEY ` L uENDS of £5O £6O £7O £;0 £9O £lOO £llO Xl2O £;5O £2OO £lOO .VOO . , X l OO 41,010 £1,500 £5,C00 and £23,000 sterlin:Z. TMARTIN RICHARD PLAT`I'S, at present and for one year and nine months past, residing at 37, Great Pulteney-street, Golden-square, in the parish of St. James, Westmin ster, and county of Middlesex, and being a painter and glazier, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Bo.iinghall-street, in the city of London, pray ing to he examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process upon making a full disclosure and surren der of such estate and effects for payment of my just and lawful 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 the Morning Sun newspaper one month at least after the date hereof, AS witness my hand this 23d day of January, in the year 04: our Lord, 1844. M. R. PLATTS. Witness, .Tohn J. Spicer, 38, Camomile-street, Bishopsgate, London, Attorney for the said Martin Richard Platts. Amounting to; ether to £10,170 sterling. —.fOr PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITHOLTT DELAY,to HEINE BROTHERS, at 11A3IBURGII, Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LLTBECK. ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR- ,f ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. . . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ARMING OF BOATS. Empowered by Act of Parliament. th • ai c First Annual Division of Profits in May, 1843, Policies of standing in this Society became entitled to a bonus ••‘Billlg 55 per cent. on the Premiums paid. The Arroanav-GENeitaL acquiesced, and under the direction of Lord Abinger, the jury gave a verdict for 350/. CLOCK 111, 1 , 96 98 in 14 los Ifni • ei u 0- 1 , 16 11- et *7 7 er• . CLO O" 120 9 4 fg 11 24% 4 ; oi 2 sit t 5 is 34, 4 9t.5040 321 5 104 LAO' to • to •""' to .. to 9L 1 41 to IPP 1 . to-- to -- • to to to to --.1 Ll°2 to to -** to to to --, i 6 to ""*. to ; 9 S I :We hate s. - tirmingv;i: , 501; ~,,411 3' 1), Ditto, PLA- - '9 - 4 ice} ::9i- • .. 2 771 V o s 4 Y ..... ;'; lid. 6 9 polo •• " 690 ° 193 !c... . • 97g, cent' .. ! . ,t..•• 1 161 ...... .35i ...... 0 --c• -I. 651 51 m l bi? lets ° l ,V, ST. 011 3 are sy el ° tb e tb e " . 0 ill {re f* 0 . ill 3legrt' .11 d 1 0' r chd an uch.r o r loP er › . the lut eists In the l op We• t ir lase Ai. rt iPea 2e 0 Feline' d (1441- ad a.- OjiP' a w- . g )f gic 20,c10111' ~ A• Do~4 rd Til°rl3P lay ° ti 4 ,hoop of 41 ter 4treet4 Sir• ° leg e ; ( I,, P o fgl-• Vkt r!! 14; of 11111 ' 'clirttf Or t, gr een , 51-" ba bel ted Liao' f Il°l'er Lrd 13°Y.;' USG" ° 'a 1 EXAMPLES. Entry, Policy. Annual Bonus Cash I Prem. No. Age. Sum. Prem. Added. Bonus. Reduced. 1837 . X .£ s. d. s. d. Xs. d. s. d. ' 1334 "• ' 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 6 58 19 9 819 4 . 114 56 3,000 173 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 Another Bonus will be dec 11:1011:r1/44,,,TE ANNTrry FOR EV] A Re Annuity. ~46 5 2 tared in the present year. :RY HUNDRED ROUNDS SUNK. Annuity. r • ••••••••••• £ l4 2 2 Agn 70 17 15 0 50 ......... 7 0 75 60 .......... 9 14 3 FERGUSON CAMEOUX, Sec. UnTED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8 . WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DI VISION, OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. his established by Act of Parliament, affords the most security in a alf-up Capital, and in the . great_sFcess tyc e %! . ..! attended itsincets commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL In i s being UPWARDS of 60,0001. n e , Al the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of ann!tlf of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per * o _9' , on the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class T he time they were elTect2d. added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1(140 e . Bonus 8 as follows : Ag sw . Time Sum added Sum Time Sum added 45 n ,.“. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy. ( Q 6 yrs. 10 intim £383 6 8 £3OOO 4 years £4OO 1. 11 6 Years 600 0 0 5000 2 years 200 Pr emiums,enly forLite. nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and ante one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the Inman' , 111 1 .,„`IrY information will be afford , W ' , tors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and 4t erloo-place, London. led on application to the Resident E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, AR6,' US L [FE ASSURANCE COMPANY 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT If PARLIAMENT, . _ sand 6 Will. IV. c. 76. THOMAS FARLCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. James Clift, Esq. William Banbury, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Ald. Thomas Camplin, Est. Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq. John Humphery, Esq., Alder - Lewis Pocock, Esq. man, M.P. CoNsuLTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College. PHYSIC! A N —Dr. Jeaffreson 2, Finsbury-square. Sulk iort—'W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. addition to the subscribed Capital of £300,000, the Assured EutTs the security of the Company's income of nearly £60,000 t luMutn, yearly increasing. and an accumulating Assurance of inve4ted in Government and other available securities, P:msiderably larger amount than the estimated liabilities of tl,s „ t 1 3 rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale coin tri'.4oe with the security of the kssured, and the stability of , 4 7 .00 mpany, thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder d o . i n'tnediate and certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the ..,.T•red and frequently delusive prospect of a periodical division -.4 Profits. 4 . • - •- c . s.. ANNUAL PREMIUM To ASSURE £lOO. ~.....g. f . ..... For One Y ear . F or Seven Years. Whole Term. 20 - 30 £0 17 8 £.O 19 1 I £ll l 10 . 40 ' . 1 1 8 1 2 7 2 0 7 • 6 0 ' 1 1 5 0 1 6 9 214 10 , 60 114 1 , 119 10 ; 40 11 -",:-..-_,:_-.' 32 4 ! 317 0 6O 10 hu, . et 5 tistrd of " Whole Term" Premium may rennin unpaid l'tr.eent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for / 1 1 , Dr . Yrt;Y- be paid off at any time without notice. or a ss u rances for Advances of Money, as security f'r debts is d 4 . Provi s i on f or a f am il y, w h en t h e l eas t p res ent outlay :34 We; the: varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus ice he will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. o t el o , k. Modical Officers, attend daily at a qua rter before Two EDWARD BATES. Resident Director. A. liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. 41 4SE' S SCORBUTIC DROPS, —r4 LARATION OF THE GUARDIANS OF BREN I, , th DEVON. lint "e- 'undersigned, solemnly declare that before Thomas Ro "utio -- ); 'e "Out parishioners, commenced taking " Halse's Scot -4.ooree c r° ,l 4, " he was literally covered with large running wounds ,` l4 ro) n ik . "..in so large that a person might have laid his fist in 4 rep r ,,'.'"ar Defoie he had finished the first bottle he noticed an is~leenlo.lTheist,•itid that by continuing them for some time, he get 47... 1, restored to health, a ft er everything else had failed. He various sorts of medicines befbre taking Halse's Scot 'l44 ina had prescriptions from the most celebrated phy- S rotl4: 4 .' !his - country without deriving the least benfit. Halse's to tiC th re;Ps" hair: completely cured him, and he e ls new ena other stkod ; to his labour as well as any man in our parish. From ISc °thil U tf,.l, 43l o..triade in this part, we strongly recommend " Halse's gl o to the notice of the public. John. Elliott, sen., Lord of the Manor, John Manning, Jen e ea rce, Henry Goodman, Arthur Langworthy. Wh ol lt ilft43. • street "%a t , it Agents for London : Barclay and Son, Farringdon -233,1;_".411ett, 83, Hi g h Holborn ; P r out, 229, St ran d; King, v.isteck friars-r oa d ; and Johnston, 68, Cornhill. b r'ttle, lore to ask for " Halse's Scorbutic Drops," 2s. 9d. per ....., S , ......._______________ ...., 1% CI EMENT'S CLOCK. `nt.. l ! Clock has a elicited many a pun, 1 ..),7 .11, ever, till now, from E. MOSES an d . SON. we,nave look'd at the subject, and, finding it "strike," elt h,., The 1,7'17 7 k ,3'olol°w we and the Clock are alike. . AnHda e i,. . d , ezpis.," exalted," and We are at length. rh _ Ple "Inkll ythe u Pu p,, b , l a ie n — d Public — that .11.0 astonishing manner we 0 figure away." of strength;' o " nTe7s e Jr . low.- ~,,,ounrgh, to-tel: you th e truth(for we'd wi.h to do so), 'w e h figures „ were always remarkably ' the belle." 1 h -e . among tradesmen, have long " tnme - That.. ave .' weight" with the Pe.llic—and all folks know well, „,. us far we resemble—but mark, if you will, I hat pr, never '. 0,.. ir „ have suffer d our Ar nl oveinents" in business are well " regulated," 1 ,41 Yet a ". wind-up" we have not contemplated. ' " hands" to " stand st il l." L a6t. l 4rtv 'tis h hthat we " wound . up" this rhyme, Th e -',. Cease t o engage with its musical "chime." _ So at ci • Chain" of eur musings is nearly " out-run." T o ~ i n,..,,_ceiv , ' will "stop," and advise ev'ry one. T zßli . - — ' ll, e" a good bargain with MOSES and SON. Etunnlot velvet collar READY . MADE. , 0,11! enesterfie ld,vel a v r elfrom 0 10 6 i't?,l,_Pong. Peltos, co l ds, lined throughout from 09 0 o I N a ‘ cs a a p n p d ers cu ff s, oii &c , handsomely Ne at :" , lned .... , York oM 0 15 0 Arly 7 in ter )3 0 , 43 1atter o. oe , kin , erslined ...front 0 9 ii I)__ -breasted W. ' ditt'° from 0 3 6 , i; ~”,,,. ; ....... .............. ... .. . from •r Frock Co,. ed inter 1.• ests r ock Qa t° ged from 1 0 0 'White r '''' • • ........ .... ............. " ............ r - " - `ts of tl MADE TO MEASURE. I..,intertire"ealLeys b ov lr . boz nettinth _ le . Ino-t. approved make and material, 0 ................................. - .......... from I 4 0 Trol j u s t e ed Niled e rappers luied Twlneeor vt'ashionahie style from 1 5 0 r T r ' ct the newest f from 0 18 0 from 0 10 6 ........ a.b .. 1 . e ........................... for 1 1 ° ° tire .............. br Pltler n ........... in endless variety . of . I:lateral and Th.,BlLt, ................ ... ................................. . ... frori ° 6 li eu !t inanut; .:i ............................ ••• iron I 12 '• t°l ng to a ny t fro:- 2 15 0 1 , 1„ , i ; :. . extent car, he hat at five minutes' notice, at the . Jacket, vest , 8l and trousers lioy e Z i tat dress coat folt,low'ng Prices : N . 4., A to from 1 16 0 ehaopenY article ... .. trousers from 0 18 0 c „....ot the m on e y n r r c ased or ordered, if not approved of, ex kutiticv.....E. mo j i eturned. 1..i.e against Imposit• and Son regret being obliged to guard the has be e , ° f bei con " ' " they learn that the untradesmanlike -'ll resorte d,_ in many with them, or it's the same concern, ~.,,,d z. 1,0 rd., n, con `?_ . many instances, and for obvious reasons. 14 1. .... se w: 10 ~..„ HeeXl,ll whatever with any , :ther estab , .slimer.t, . [it,. alitio r l ea „`..`-"uir gei,u.nie cheap Clothing shout call of send to :we1...4. siy,i2‘.ald against disappointment, &c. "Prz and `} flat rr ftd o utti ._ . ~.'l'ai ors, NS holesale Woolen Drapers, ....,. •"" • 1 . 54 v aunoties, and 86, Aidgate. TO COOPERS, HOOP MERCH WOOD.ANTS, AND DEALERS IN ROS MESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS will SELL, by AUCTION, at Garraway'sTee-house, Change alley, Cornhill, on rItIDAY, February 16, 1844, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, 57 BUNDLES of PIPE HOOPS, 991 do. of PUNCHEON, 83/ do. of HOGSIIEAD, 231 do. of BARREL, 17(3 do. of KILDERKIN, 195 do. of FIRKIN, and 328 do. of HALF-FIRKIN HOOPS, all of the best quality, and now lying at Cotton's Wharf, Tooley-street. Also about 8 Tons of fine BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD, lying at the West Quay, London Docks. Catalogues may be had at Carraway's ; and of Messrs. Adam Mur ray and Sons, 47, Parliament-street. SOILED LINENS.—The SAMPLE LINENS ky of those celebrated makers Knox and Co., for Irish linens, and Bevera're and Co for table linens, have been contracted for by BROOKS and W[GHTWICK, in the Borough. These linens are soiled only by showing to the trade as samples ; they are spechnens of the best made by these celebrated manufacturers, and are now being sold at half the price of the same goods when clean. Splendid damask table cloths, three yards long, 7s. 6d. each ; two yards square, each 2s. 9d. ; five yards long superb damask cloths, suitable for the table of the nobility, 20s. each ; fish napkins, 2s. 6d. the dozen ; finest damask napkins, yard square, the dozen, 105. 6d. ; Knox's extremely fine Coleraine Irish, twenty-six yards for 255. ; stout and serviceable, twenty-six yards for 205., usually sold at 15.6 d. per yard ; and a large lot of linen sheeting, commencing at 4s. 6d. the pair, without a seam. Samples of these linens cent by horse and cart to any part of town, or forwarded into the country if written for, from Brooks and Wightwick's extensive establishment, 106, High-street, Borough, facing the end of Union-street. The premises being three hundred feet deep, country drapers will find it to their advantage to call at the wholesale warehouse in King-street. IVORY TABLE KNIVES, lls. per dozen. DESSERT, 9s. ; CARVERS, 3s. Gd. per pair. TABLE. DESSERT. CARVERS. doz. doz. pair. 3¢-In. handsome balance handle ..• • 188. Od. 14s. Od. 6s. 6d. 4-in. balance handle, largest and best made.... Ditto with Watson's Alabata Plate handles, equal to silver.— 228. 6d. 18e. Od. 85. 6d. Forks half the price of the above. These houses have for Fifty Years ranked pre-eminent for their Cutlery, which is always exchanged, if not approved. Fruit Dessert Knives of Watac;ies'new AliAiata Plate, with French Forks and Ivory Handles, 21.55. per set of 24 pieces ; ditto with carved Ivory Handles, or with Albata Plate Handles and Blades, Albert Pattern, 21. 10F. per set of 24 pieces. C. Watson's New Alahata Plate possesses the following superiority over all other mixed metals :—A perfect sweetness and purity, a rich and silvery appearance, and great durability. Strong Tea-pots for Six Persons, 245. each; Cruet Frames, with four richly cut bottles, 225. each; and is manufactured into every other article for the table and sideboard. Papier Machie Tea-trays, 355. a bet of three up to Ten Guineas. _ LAMPS. BRILLIANCY AND ECONOMY IN LIGHT. C. WATSON'S houses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton ton-Folgate, contain all the most approved Lamps of the day. 1. Palmer's Candle Lamp, which requires no snuffing, 9s, 6d. 2. The Medium Lamp, to burn a 3-wick candle seven hours for twopence, 255. each, complete; Magnums, giving a splendid light, 425. Solar Lamps, now so much used, to burn common oil without smoke or smell, 225. 6d., and upwards. His Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current is just published, con taining a detailed list of his justly celebrated Albata Plate, &c., which may he had gratis and post-free, on application at his ware houses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton-Folgate. THE TOILET of BEAUTY furnishes innu merable proofs of the high' estimation in which GOWLAND'S LOTION is held by the most distinguished possessors of brilliant Complexions. This elegant preparation comprehends the preserva tion of the Complexion both from the effects of cutaneous malady and the operation of variable temperature, by refreshing its delicacy and sustaining the brightest tints with which Beauty is adorned. ROBERT SHAW, London, is in white letters on the Government Stamp, without which none is genuine. Prices 2s. 9d., ss. 6c1., quarts Bs. 6d. Sold by all Perfumers and Medicine Vendors. PUBLICATIONS Just published, price One Shilling, CIURBENCY EXPLAINED, in TIEFUTA. TION of the LAST FALLACY of the " TIMES." By VERUS. Samuel Clarke, 13, Pall-mall East ; and Cowie, Jolland, and Co. 31, Poultry. SCAM OF IRELAND, price Is. 6d., AJUNIOR to his " SENIOR," on an Article in the " Edinburgh Review," on the State of Ireland and the Measures for its Improvement. James Ridgway, Piccadilly. EXCLUSION OF CATHOLICS FROM JURIES. T' TABLET, of SATURDAY NEXT, Will give a SUPPLEMENT, containing a full REPORT of the MEET ING at the FREEMASONS' TAVERN, held on WEDNESDAY the 7th inst. Also, the SPEECHES of O'CONNELL and OTHERS, on the State Trials, for "Conspiracy" Orders received by all Newsmen and Booksellers. Office, 3, Bridges-street, Strand. Just published, 12th Edition, price 23. 6d., in cloth or sheep, (10,000 copies), THE POCKET PRAYER BOOK London : Sold by Simplon and Marshall ; Hamilton and Co. Longman and Co. ; Sherwood awl Co. ; Seeley ; Hatchard ; Nisbet and all other Booksellers. URINARY OBSTRUCTIONS. Just publisited, the Second Edition, price 7s. 6d., Bvo. in cloth, ON the PATHOLOGY and CURE of STRIC TURES of the URETHRA ; illustrating the Origin, Progress, and History of this Disease in all its phases, and the MODE of TREATMENT successfully adopted in numerous cases; embracing every variety of Morbid Contraction to which the Urethra is liable, and forming a complete Practical Mauual and Guide to the appropriate Treatment and Cure of every species of Urethral Stricture. The whole followed by some observations en the Chronic Enlargement of the Pros trate Gland in old Men, and its Treatment. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Published and sold by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London ; M.Laehlan, Stewart, and Co., Edinburgh ; W. Strong, Bristol ; Hodges and Smith, and Fannin and Co., Dublin ; Simms and Denham, Manchester ; W. Grasset, Li verpool; and sold by all Booksellers. riLA'MEßTpublished, s oh O eRd N ,D t Eh D en E s ß AI SeventhLßl ITs Edition, E ; FROMOa U sue S axl N ecd E E S s S S , envelope,A &c . N D JAustL rice 2s 6d.,orsent free b 1 r —tfor 3s. S EL th l -PRE SERVATION : e Concealed Causes of Nervousa P opular Dcbility L ss ° : y on al and General Weakness, Indigestion, Lowness of Spirits, Mental Irritability, and Insanity ; with Practical Observations on their Treatment and Cure. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, Consulting Surgeon, 9, Bedford-street , Bedford - square , London , Alatriculated Mem ber of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothe caries' Hall, Louden, &c. " The various positions of lover, husband, and parent, the inherent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and pre vented through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others, this essay addresses itself ; and by its perusal many questions may he satisfactorily adjusted that ad mit of no appeal even 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 all who are suffering from nervous debility and general weak ness.' —Wakefield Journal. by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, :i3 and 52., ilaternoster-ii;: ; Field, 65, Quadrant ; Gutinni, 146, Leadenhall.street ; and by a Booksellers. At home evuy day til Ibree,aad From Five till Eight,. THE _MIRROR of LITER ATURE, AMUSE MENT, AND INSTRUCTION. The SECOND VOLUME of THE MIRROR, for the Year 1843, is now completed. It is splendidly Illustrated, and will be found to comprehend a vast variety of Historical and Scientific Information ; while 'Original Fictions of great interest, Voyages and Travels, Poetry and Satire, are not wanting. Some of the most striking Historical Tales which the season has produced, tales not composed of maudlin sensibilities, but valuable illustrations of the annals and manners of former days. Translations of Standard Works of French and German Authors by the ablest hands, for " The - ..!_irror" ex clusively, have also within the same period adorned its columns. It may safely be affirmed that the Volumes of " The Mirror" for the year 1843 present more rational entertainment and solid information combined—more to gratify the eye, and improve the mind, than any rival publication. The general varieties - which, for more than twenty years, have received the stamp of public approbation—historical facts, amusing anecdotes, graphic descriptions of remarkable loca lities and celebrated edifices, ancient and modern, will successively appear, with Embellishments of a superior order. All communications to be addressed to the Editor, care of Mr. Mortimer, Adelaide-street, Trafalger-square ; where books for review and advertisements are received. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ERRATUM in the list of Sheriffs appointed by her Majesty in Council, for the year 1844, published in the Second Sup plement to the Gazette of the 30th of January last. Surrey— For " William Straeham, of Ashurst, Esq., , read " William Strahan, of Ashurst, Esq." FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 3, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Stephen Binney, as Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for his Majesty the King of Prussia. WHITEHALL, JAN. 30. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Fogg. of Dary hulme, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. I. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry William Litler, of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. HENRY TISOE, carpenter, Hertford, to surrender Feb. 13, at half-past one, and March 15, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee • Thompson, Field, and Debenham, Salter's-hall, London ; Nicholson and Longmore, Hertford. FRANCIS HILLAM, ale merchant, Cambridge-terrace, Edgeware-road, Feb. 20 and March 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Ap pleton, Fenchurch-buildings. NOEL THOMAS SMITH, jun., shipowner, Lime-street, Feb. 20, at twelve, and March 19 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Clayton and Cookson, New-square, Lincoln's Inn. THOMAS LANGRIDGE, auctioneer, Tonbridge.wells, Feb. 13, at one, and March 20, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Man ning, Craven-street, Strand. THOMAS WHITE, lace dealer, Regent-street, Feb. 13, at half-past eleven, and March 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Coleman-street-buildings, official assignee ; Ashurst, Cheapside. ROBERT HONE, stationer, Hatton-garden, Feb. 15, a t half-past one, and March 15, at twelve, at the ourt of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official as signee ; Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn. JOHN HARDLEY, miller, Newport, Feb. 15, and March 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; M'Leod and Stenning, London-street, Fenchurch-street. CHARLES SUTTON, grocer, Southampton, Feb. 13, at eleven, and March 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Oldershaw, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street. MARY OGSTON, watch-maker, Berkeley-square, Feb. 16, at half-past eleven, and March 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Ashurst, Cheapside. JOSEPH MOORE, draper, Tamworth, Warwickshire, Feb. 16, at one, and March 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street Ashurst, Cheapside. THOMAS GREGORY, miller, Poulshot, Wiltshire, Feb. 23, at half-past eleven, and March 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Austie, Devizes. CHARLES REES BY, miller, Stamford, Lincolnshire, Feb. 14, and March 20, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jackson, Stam ford ; Smith, Birmingham. RICHARD CHAPMAN, innkeeper, Scorton, Yorkshire, Feb. 20, and March 2ti, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. Leeds; Close, Furnival's Inn, London ; Bunton, Richmond ; Teale, Leeds. JOHN EWART . and GEORGE EWART, auctioneers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 19, at eleven, and March 21, at twelve, at the Newcastle.upon-Tyne District Court. Baker. official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Brooksbank and Farn, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. GEORGE WALToN, wine-merchant, Stockton-on-Tees, Feb. 19, and March 18, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyue District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Dimmock and Burbey, Sise-lane, London; Steavenson, London. SAMUEL BILLINGTON, tailor, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Feb. 20, at halt-past eleven, and March 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. Liver pool ; Minahull, Liverpool ; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London. MATTHEW TILDESLEY, timber dealer, Porto Bello, Wolverhampton, Feb. 13, and March 15, at one, at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming ham; Philips and Bolton, Wolverhampton. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. W. Pulley, beer seller, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire. R. Ward, Lydney, Gloucestershire. M. Gill, farmer. Hoton, Leicestershire. J. Lobley, cloth dresser, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. G. Chappels, stone mason, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. J. Parks, grocer, Trafalgar-street, Walworth. J. Nott, lace dealer, Hemingford.terrace, Islington- S. Wilson, house agent, Streatham, Surrey. T. Ornsby, glass agent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Billson, tailor, St. Margaret's, Leicestershire. W. Claydon, jun., boot maker, Rochford, Essex. J. Pitt, victualler, Liverpool. J. Blunt. Church-street, St. Mary, Newington. G. S. Peacock, master mariner, Turner-street, Commercial road East. Z. Radcliffe, wheelwright, Braithwell, Yorkshire. G. Edwards, builder, Ipswich. C. Wood, bookbinder, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road. J. Cowsill, builder, Lymm, Cheshire. J. Marston, sen., watch maker, Castle-street, Leicester-square. T. Haw, woollen salesman, Leeds. T. Sturgess, baker, Great Saffron-hill, St. Andrew's, Holborn. G. Woods, butcher, High-street, Stoke Newington. T. W. T. Prescott, Duke-street, Manchester-square. W. Baird, grocer, Cheltenham. W. Cauty, Selwood-terrace, Old Brompton. IL N. Ginder, jun., warehouseman, Compton-st , Ball's-pond. H. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham. W. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham. G. 'ferry, 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. M. Bennett, milliner, Albert-street, Pimlico. R. Bacon and 11. Wayman, wire workers, Barbican. J. Roberts, butcher. Hartlepool, Durham. T. Swale, surgeon, York. 11. 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. Cramer, Regent-street, Lambeth. 111. H. Russell, plumber, Union-street, Borough. W. Plowright, publican, Pinchbech, Lincolnshire. G. Chidlow, licensed victualler, Wem, Shropshire. G. R. Grove, Oxford. It. Steward, licensed victualler, Wych-street, Drury-lane. J. C. Leppoc, man milliner, Baynes-row, Cold Bath-fields. johnson, W. Pa ss , j un ., co lli ery over l oo k er , Sheffield. landing-waiter,H. pork bu tcb Robinson's-row, butcher, a o rn'kT. Crane, brew er , G ree k- s t ree t, Soho. Jones,s w r ngs lanciroad W. ißermondsey. J. Simpson, tailor, Man c h es t er . J. Wilson, parish overseer, Macclesfield, Cheshire. SECOND NOTICES. W. White, carpenter, Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, F eb. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official accip.nee. J. Wilston, wheelwrig,nt, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court pf Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. %V. U. Crocker and H. James, linen drapers, Bath—W. T. Yale and P. Hannuic, preserved provision manufacturers, Wilson-street, Finsbury. square—J. Cordy and F. Wright, wine merchants, Brighton—T. R. Wilson, W. Wilson, G. Dixon, and J. Wool er, mercers, Stockton, Durham—J. Spencer and E. Wood, contractors, Goswell-street—F. T. Gull and J. Hayes,attorneys. Carlton-chambers, Regent-street —B. Blott and G. Perry, butchers, High-street, Shoreditch— R. Russell and J. Lamb, lace dealers, Oxford-street—W. C. and F. Plant, hatters, East Retford, Nottinghamshire—J. and H. Smith, silk manufacturers, Steward-street, Spitalfields—T. and J. Crook, linen drapers, Cannon. street-road, St. George's —Chattaway, Ashwin, Russell, and Ce., wine merchants, Stratford-upon-Avon (so far as regards J. Russell, jun.—J. and T. Kidney, drapers, Portsea, Hampshire—ll. Rice and C. Cowdery, attorneys-at-law, Newport, Isle of Wight—G. Thornton, H. Peck, and J. Young, slaters, Hull—E. Blacker and A. Chamberlain, brewers, Midsomer Norton, Somerset shire—J. A. and H. J. Lee, brick makers, Northfleet, Kent —R. Overton and R. Marshall, hosiery manufacturers, Lei cester—H. Graves and J. Warrnsley, printsellers, Pall-mall— G. W. Umpleby and W. Palmer, woollen drapers, Holborn hill—T. Bogue and T. Purves, drapers, Berwick-upon-Tweed —J. Chap and C. Josset, professors of dancing, Liverpool—J. Owen and J. Titterton, attorneys-at-law, Liverpool—C. Be dells and A. Turner, fancy hosiery manufacturers, Leicester— J. S. Ellis and D. Gideon, slopsellers, Union-row, Tower-hill —J. E. H. Kampf and J. H. Hornfeck, tailurs, South Al bany-street, Grosvenor-square—W. and J. Sutcliffe, worsted spinners, North Brierley, Yorkshire—J. S. Holmes and J. G. Hutchinson. ship brokers, Liverpool—J. Strong and T. Hall, Upper Thames-street—T. and W. Boyne, tobacco manufac turers, Leeds—G. H. Heron and E. Benham, merchants, Ux bridge—C. L. Mendez and H. Season, merchants, Liverpool and Maranham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ROBERT PRATT 111‘13RA IR and DAVID JOHN STONE, ship owners, Glasgow, Feb. 9 and March 1, at two, at Mein and Johnstone's, Glasgow. ALEXANDER OPPENHEINI, looking-glass manufac turer, Edinburgh, Feb. 9 and March 1, at two, at the Old Signet-hall, Edinburgh. ROBERT KERR, tanner, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Feb. 13 and March 2, at one, at K. M'Kinnel's, innkeeper, Thornhill. GEORGE FREDERICK ROBERTSON, merchant, Glasgow, Feb. 13 and March 12, at twelve, at Melvin's Coffee house, Greenock. JAMES WILSON, baker, Glasgow, Feb. 12 and March 4, at twelve, at Kerrs and Anderson's, Glasgow. COLIN WALPINE, ship smith, Glasgow, Feb. 12 and March 4, at two, at the chambers of Mona ieffs and Paterson, Glasgow. JAMES HOWIE, horse dealer, Craigie, Feb. 12 and March 4, at twelve, at the George Hotel, Kilmarnock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. ADVERTISER.—Next in importance to corn.law repea which is a question immediately affecting the condition of the country, and more especially the employment and food of t he large masses of the industrio us classes—next in importance to that grave practical question stands the question touching the character and constitution of the House of Commons as a representative assembly. Both these questions must occupy the chief attention of the Legislature in the present session, How they are dealt with dopends, in a great measure, upon the people themselves. Nobody can reasonably expect that the Legislature, or either branch of the Legislature, will take the initiative in reforming itself. The farther it is off from possessing the character it should sustain, the farther off is the probability of any voluntary movement by it in that direction. Reform of the Legislature, like all other reforms of importance to the country, must come from without. It must be forced upon reluctant, because interested men—men interested, directly and indirectly, in the present system ; a system which barely preserves the semblance of constitutional liberty, while it, in fact, utterly d es t r oys it, making the country at large the s l aves o f a small, ignora nt, selfish, and reckless clique. Is it not a truly strange and startling phenomenon, that a comparative handful of country people should actually rule this commercial empire? Both Houses of Parliament, the Cabinet, the Privy Council—all the high offices of State, are composed of and possessed, almost exclusively—and certainly for all practical purposes—by the landed interest. It is true, that large towns and cities send Members to the lower House, but what then ? The county and borough representation, which is almost wholly in the hands of the landocracy, added to their power over the limited constituencies in many of the larger towns, gives them a large numerical majority, which is as efficient for all practical pur. poses, as if they had no dissentients in the assembly. It has:been confessed by Lord John Russell Cproh pudor ! ) that the landed in. terest has the " preponderance" in the House of Com. mons; and, furthermore, that such preponderance was intended to be given to it by the Reform Bill of 1832 d. Just see how they have managed it. In England an Wales there is one Member for every 30 , 000 of the population . In manufacturing Lancashire there is one Member for every 51,000 of the population. In agricultural Rutland there is one Member for every 9,000 ; in agricultural Dorsetshire there is one for every 13,000; and in agricultural Buckinghamshire there is one for every 11,000. Was that all accidental? Look at it in an other light. The county of Buckingham, with 115,989 inhabitants, sends eleven members to the House of Commons, while Manchester and Salford, with 353,390 inhabitants, send three members ! While the land interest is thus overwhelmingly preponderant, hav ing one branch of the Legislature to itself, and swamping the other, is it in the nature of things that the interests of trade and com merce—the interests and well.bcing of the masses—can be fairly looked after and attended to ? If they could even be understood by the dominant party—which they cannot—they would be delibe rately contemned, as standing in the way of their own immediate aggrandisement. It has been by plundering the people at large, through the operation of corn monopolies, and sugar mono. polies, and coffhe monopolies, and money monopolies, and various other monopolies, some of which have been recently wrung from them ;—it has been by processes carried on under these monopo lies, avowedly for the good of the community, that the landocracy and its adherents and abettors have hitherto filled their coffers and built up their fortunes. And they imagine, that because they have bled John Bull so long, he can bear to be bled for ever. His constitution, however, is bejinning to show symptoms of suffering and of weakness; and if their phlebotomy be not stopped, their victim will soon be found in a state of syncope, if not of abso— lute death. How are they to be stopped in their mischievous course ? Expostulation, remonstrance, entreaty, are alike vain. So long as they have the power, they have given abundant evi dence that they will:use it. That power must be taken from them. The representation of the country must be taken out of their hands. The House of Commons must be made, in fact, what it is in theory —a reflex of the public mind, a representative of public opinion. HL&ALD.—The Duke of Wellington last night gave a signi ficant hint to such Noble Lords as might be disposed to amuse themselves with " State of Ireland" speeches, while the trial of the repeaters is still in progress. It is but justice to Earl Fitz william, to whom the intimation was addressed, to say that it was well received and properly acquiesced in. Had the House of Commons anticipated the advice. it would have escaped the exhibi tion of a scene little indicative of respect for the administration of justice. We scarcely need to say that we refer to the scene of Friday night—the Reformed House of Commons, however, seems to be doomed to exhibit strange scenes ; as for example, last night Mr. Blewitt, who, we suppose to the honour of that place, repre sents 'Monmouth, proved his loyalty and that " reverence for sex and station," which Mr. Burke has described as the attri bute of a well-bred gentleman, by solemnly interrogating the Premier as to the state of the Queen's private affairs, observing that he had heard from common rumour that her Majesty is deeply in debt, and likely to apply to Parliament for relief. We can imagine how the friends of any other lady in England would treat such an inquiry, and we do not see why the position of our beloved Queen should expose her to —we are at a loss for a Parliamentary word, and will therefore say—intrusions into her domestic concerns from which every other lAdy is protected. Surely Mr. Blewitt, without much com promise of his patriot zeal, might have waited for her Majesty's application, or, at least, for some more trustworthy informant than common rumour, before committing the—intrusion of which he was guilty. Sir Robert Peel, however, set the matter at rest, by assuring the Member for Monmouth that, in instructing him, com. mon rumour had very consistently maintained her character of a The numerous alterations and very great improve ments which have been lately made in arming vessels in her Majesty's navy, has rendered it advisable to make similar improvements in arming boats attached to ships and war steamers, and the following is the proportion of guns and carriages which have been resolved upon by the authorities to be used in the boats of each class of ship and vessel in her Majesty's service. The ammuni tion and stores for the same to be prepared at Wool wich similar to a plan submitted by Colonel Lacy, In spector of the Royal Carriage Department ; Lieut.- Colonel Dundas, C. 8., Inspector of Artillery ; and the Storekeeper and Deputy Storekeeper at the Royal Arsenal ; and approved by Captain Sir Thomas Hast ings, Kut.. of the Excellent, gunnery ship, Portsmouth : BOATS OF FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD RATES. . . One 24-pounder brass howitzer, weighing 13 cwt., on field marine travelling carriage complete, with limber. Top to be used in boats, fitted also for mounting and dismounting on an inclined plane, and if it cannot be fitted for both purposes a second top will be required. One 6-pounder light brass gun, 6 cwt., on field marine travelling carriage complete, with limber. Top to be used in boat, with bottom to receive the top for firing into ships' tops. One 24-pounder iron carronade, 13 cwt. Top to be used in boat for mounting and dismounting on an in clined plane. Two 12-pounder iron carronades, 6 cwt., each. Top to be used in boat for each, and one bottom in each boat to receive the top, for firing into ships' tops. BOATS OF FOURTH AND FIFTH RATES. One 6-pounder light brass gun, 6 cwt., on field marine travelling carrage, complete ,with limber. Top to be used in boat, with bottom to receive the top, for firing into ships' tops. Two 18-pounder iron carronades, 10 cwt. each. Top to be used in boat, fitted for mounting and dismounting on an inclined plane. Two 12-pounder iron carronades 6 cwt. each. Top to be used in boat, with bottom to receive the top, for firing into ships' tops. BOATS OF SIXTH RATES. One 6-pounder light brass gun, on field marine travel ling carriage, complete with limber. Top to be used in boat, with bottom to receive the top, for firing into ships' tops. The brass 6-pounder field-pieces is not to be supplied to any sixth-rate of a class below that of the Vestal. Two 12-pounder carronades, 6 cwt. 'each. Top to be used for each in boat, with one bottom to receive top, for firing into ships' tops. BOATS OF FIRST AND SECOND CLASS WAR-STEAMERS. One 6-pounder light brass gun, 6 cwt., on field marine travelling carriage complete, with limber. Top to be used in boat, with bottom to receive the top for firing into ships' tops. Two 24-pounder iron carronades, 13 cwt. each, with transporting slides and top for ditto, to be used in paddle box boats. The carronades are to be mounted on transporting carriages, and attached to the side of the ship for alarm and signal guns, and for service in paddle-box boats. BOATS OF THIRD CLASS WAR-STEAMERS. One 12-pounder iron carronade, 6 cwt. Top to be used in boat with bottom, to receive the top, fin- firing into ships' tops. The side guns of the third class steamers being lighter, may be used for the above purposes, when the 12-pounder carronades is not sufficient. BOATS OF SLOOPS AND BRIGS OF WAR. One 12-pounder iron carronade, 6 cwt. Top to be used in boat with b o tt om , to rece i ve th e t o p, for firing into ships' tops. Any small vessel not c ar ryi ng a pinnace may be sup plied with a 12 or 6-pounder carronade, according to the capacity of the boat. 'RIAL OF SPEED BETWEEN lIER MAJESTY'S STEAMERS PROMETHEUS AND RATTLER. On Saturday, the 3d instant, a trial of her Majesty's steamer Rattler took place at the measured distance in Long Reach, in order to determine, as correctly as possible, her rate of going, as compared with that of her sister ship, Prometheus, which had been ascertained by the Government authorities the day before, by a similar trial. The Rattler having been built for the purpose of test ing the merits of the screw propeller with those of the paddle-wheels, is constructed as nearly as possible upon the lines and model as the Prometheus : they have both the same amount of engine, power, viz.-200 horses ; both vessels were laden to the same draught of water, viz.-11 ft. 3in. ; the steam pressure in both cases was regulated exactly alike—in fact, everything that could be conveniently done to render the trial a fair one was duly attended to. tinder these circumstances more than ordinary inte rest was excited amongst the naval and engineering officers connected with the Woolwich Dockyard esta blishment, by whom the results of the various trials of both vessels were most minutely noted, and in the end summed up, contrary to the general expectation, in fa vour of the Rattler, to the extent of nearly half a knot per hour, their relative speed being as follows :—Pro metheus, 8,757 knots ; Rattler, 9,240 knots, or within a fraction of 10a statute mites per hour.- The Prometheus is one of the third class war-steamers, recently introduced into her Majesty's navy by the present surveyor, Sir William Symonds, and is, we are informed, under orders to sail almost immediately fur the Mediterranean. ARRIVAL OF THE PENINSULAR MAILS.—SoUTH. tourraN, FEB. s.—The Oriental Company's steam-ship the Pacba, arrived here this morning, at half-past eight o'clock, and landed the mails in the docks. She left Gibraltar on the 27th of January; Cadiz, 26th; Lisbon, 30th; Oporto, 31st; and Vigo, Feb. 1. The Pacba has brought the passengers from the Great Liverpool, from India, fifty-two in number; also a full cargo of fruit. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIA TION.—On Monday the third annual general meeting of the members of the above Association was held at the Hall of Com merce, Threadneedle.street. John Abel Smith, Esq., the Tres. surer, was in the Chair. The Report was read by Mr. Thomas, the Secretary. It stated that the Committee felt much gratified in being enabled to report favourably of the progress and results of both branches of the Association—the benefit and the benevolent. During the past year the number of c'erks who had enrolled them. selves members of the Society had been 200. No applications for pensions had been brought under the notice of the Committee since the laq meeting ; but some of the members had applied for relief from the casualty fund, and their requests had been complied with to the extent of the rules. The plan of granting loans had proceeded so satisfactorily, that the Committee had determined upon incaeasing the amount of the sum lent from 101. to 25/., and they were happy to state that the instalments were paid with great punctuality. By a recent arrangement with the managers of the Sanatorium, in Devonshire-place, New-road, the' members wore admitted as patients (in case of need)' at half the expense which others paid. The balance-sheet of the benevolent department showed the past year's receipts to be 911/. 17s. 4d., and the ex penditure 501/, 9s. 4d. The sum of 400/. had beets added to the capital invested, making the funded stock now amount to 10,000/. The gross income arising from the two branches was 2,167/. 13s. ld. During the year 257 new policies had been issued. Mr. Thomas Baring moved, and Mr. Mulkey seconded, the adoption of the Repor CENTRAL CRI VIINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Patrick Murphy, a young man aged 19, was indicted for enter. ing the dwelling.house of Mr. Catcheon, of Blackman.street, Southwark, and stealing three coats and one waistcoat. It appeared from the evidence, that on the night of the Bth of January, the prisoner was observed by a policeman on duty stand. ing upon the shoulders of another young men, and his body half in the fan-light over the door of *e prosecutor's house. The witness went over, and immediately took the prisoner inte custody. On calling the prosecutor up it was discovered that the articles named in the indictment, which were placed near the fan-light, had been taken away. The prisoner in defence said he was merely looking for his cap. The jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty. The RECORDER said it was necessary to visit these midnight de predations with a heavy punishment. The sentence, therefore, on the prisoner was, that he be transported for ten years. - . John Boyd, aged 20, was convicted of stealing two I. barometers and other articles, the property of James Reid ; and there being a previous conviction against him for felony, he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. Anne Linahan, aged 46, was indicted for feloniously receiving two stolen spoons, the property of Robert Clavering Savage, the gentleman who appeared in this Court on Monday as prosecutor against the two women Brown and Mallen There was no case against the prisoner, the only evi dence bearing upon the charge being that she had pawned two silver spoons shortly after the robbery. The jury consequently returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Thomas Linahan, age 19, son of the former prisoner, was likewise indicted for receiving some portion of the stolen property ; but in this case also the evidence was defective, and the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERICEN WELL. Joseph Tuohy. a managing Chancery clerk, was finally examined on two separate and distinct charges—the one for embezzling a banker's cheque for 83/., and a large quantity of lawyers' briefs, account-books, and other valuable documents ; the other for embezzling the sum of a 9s. 2d., being the amount of a chew on Messrs. Cocks and Biddulph, bankers, Charing-cross, both being the property of his employer, Mr. Henry Bedford, a solicitor, 4, Gray's Inn-square, and residing at 20, Calthorpe-street, St. Pancras. The preceding part of the case appeared in The Sun, of the 25th ult. It will be recollected that on that occasion the evidence adduced went to prove that on the 9th December, 189, the prisoned receiver from his employer a cheque on the bank of Messrs. Roberts and Co., which he was directed to hand over to Mr. W. Harcourt Torriano, a Chancery barrister, residing in Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn, as payment of pro fessional fees. It was further proved that the prisoner had received a cheque for 9Z 9s. 2d. from Mr. Bachey, a solicitor, residing in Salisbury-square, Fleet street, as payment of a debt due to Mr. Bedford. The prisoner acknowledged having received the cheque for 831., and stated that this was the amount of the debt due by the prosecutor to Mr. Torriano for pro fessional service, including a deduction of 5 or 10 per cent., which the prisoner alleged Mr. Torriano's clerk had informed him his master would make for immediate payment. He had accounted for the cheque. Mr. Bedford said the prisoner mentioned to him this alleged communication of Mr. Torriano's clerk, and he believed that a deduction of 5 per cent. was made from Mr. Torriano's bill, in consequence o t the pri soner's pressing it so earnestly upon him. On this matter, however, he could not speak with certainty. The prisoner had not accounted to him for the cheque. Mr. COMM expressed his very great surprise that so respectable and eminent a lawyer as Mr. Torriano would consent to so unprofessional a deduction as that mentioned ; he could not believe it. James Barry, Mr. Torriano's clerk, deposed that he made no such communication to the prisoner. Mr. Torriano deposed that he never consented to any such arrangement with Mr. Bedford, the prisoner, or any other person. He considered that such an arrange ment would be unworthy of a barrister. He hal never received the cheque from the prisoner. Mr. Bedford swore he had not authorised the prisoner to receive the cheque from Mr. Bachey, and that he had not, in any way, accounted to witness for it. The pri soner, on the night of his apprehension, the 24th ult., besought witness's forgiveness, and, when refused it, began to weep, and, running into a dark part of Cal thorpe•fields, said be would cut his throat with his pen knife. He subsequently attempted to escape by running away, but was finally secured by a police-officer. Mi. Scarlett, clerk to Messrs. Roberts, and Mr. Bury, clerk to Messrs. Cocks and Biddulph, deposed that the prisoner had the cheques cashed at these establishments. Inspector Barton deposed to having found a quantity of account-books, briefs, and papers, in the house of Mr. Deacon, 6, Borough-road, which Mr. Bedford identified as his property. Mr. Deacon deposed that the prisoner placed these things in his custody in July, 1843. The prisoner said he would reserve his defence, and was fully committed for trial. William Beckley was finally examined on a charge of embezzling 80/., the property of his employer, Mr. Hutley, a wholesale cheesemonger, residing in Broad street, Bloombury. The facts of the case have already appeared. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. UNION-HALL. Thomas Roberts, a smart-looking boy, was charged before Mr. Traill with the following robbery : A Mrs. Hall stated that on the preceding night she went with her sister to witness some feats of horsemanship, in a temporary theatre in Lock's-fields. While she was standing admiring the exhihi bition she felt a hand in her pocket, and turning round saw the prisoner in the act of moving away to a different part of the theatre. Convinced that his was the hand which "dived" into her pocket, from which she missed her glove, containing two half-crowns, some coppers, and other articles, she followed the suspected person, and going to the doer of the theatre, called for a policeman, into whose charge she gave him, and on being searched the whole of what she had been robbed of was found in his possession. Benjamin Ellis and Lydia Ellis, his wife, were charged, the former with being drunk, and the latter with attempting to commit suicide. It appeared that the defendants had been out together late the preceding nigh, and the man being in liquor quarrelled with his wife, who in the excitement of the moment ran towards the river at Lambeth-stairs, and was in the act of precipitating herself into the water when a gentleman passing seized her and prevented the accomplishment of her design. When subsequently taken to the station-house the female defendant reiterated her determination to destroy herself. The husband was fined five shillings for drunkenness, and she was held to bail not to repeat the attempt on her life. MAR LBO ROUGH- STREET. Two very fashionably-dressed:young men who gave t tl names of Charles Bayley and Churl's Groper, but rainedst ate THE RIGHTS OF WATERMEN.—On Monday Con siderable excitement prevailed in that part of Chelsea contiguous to Battersea-bridge, in consequence of Mr. Hatchett, a magistrate for the county of Middlesex, who resides at Beaufort-terrace, having determined to make use of the power given him by the Court of Conservancy of the River Thames, in the removal of what has long been alleged to bo a great nuisance, and also an en croachment upon the right of free watermen. For many years a plying.place for watermen has existed on the northwestern side of the bridge, and until the last twelvemonth there was an un. interrupted approach to it both from the street and by the river. About a twelvemonth since, however, Mr. Page, a coal merchant, established a coal wharf there, blocked up the approach to the river with his waggons, and prevented water men landing their fares by keeping barges constantly meered alongside. This conduct, on the part of Mr. Page, was warmly commented upon, not only by the watermen, but also by many of the influential gentlemen of the neigh. bourhood, and it was attempted by the latter to put an end to the nuisance in an amicable manner. This could not be effected, and the Court of Conservancy was appealed to by Mr. Hatchett and other gentlemen. The Court declared that the mooring of the barges was an obstruction, and that the blockading of the landing place was an e! croachment upon the rights of the watermen. Yes terday Mr. Nelson, the water.bailifT, served a notice. upon Mr. Page to remove the obstruction, and as that was not attended to, steps were taken to forcibly remove the nuisance; the mooring chains and ropes were cut, the piles to which they were made fast were sawn off, and the barges set adrift. The waggons were also removed. The necessary apparatus for driving a row of piles into the bed •f the river, which would prevent the future mooring of barges on this spot was fixed, watermen commenced plying for fares and obtained' many, and before sunset the Beaufort stairs once more shone in all their pristine glory. It is understood that the matter is likely to to become one of legal inquiry. A body of police were in attend. ance to preserve order. EXPLOSION AT MALDON POWDER-MILLS.--Mon day morning, at the early hour of one o'clock, the inhabitants of M.ildon, a village between Chasm and Kingston, Surrey, were alarmed by a loud noise similar to that produced by the discharge of a park of artillery. It was soon ascertained that an explosion had occurred at the powder.mills, which are the property of Mr. Frederick Taylor, of Ewell. There was no person at work in them at the time, and therefore the result was not of a fatal 'haracter. From an inspection subsequently made it was found that one of the " corning " mills, in which there was a quantity of " green " or unprepared powder, had been utterly destreyed. The process of grinding was in actual operation at the time, and it is supposed that, prior to the man who had the cue of this parti cular mill leaving, he had not sufficiently damped the powder, the consequence of which was that some grit getting intermixed with the dry powder, caused the latter to ignite by friction with the machinery. It is a singular circumstance that an explosion oc curred at these mills about six months since, at the same early hour in the morning, and under similar circumstances. THE BORHARA CAPTIVES.—We have great plea sure in announcing that letters from Trebizond of the 13th of December announce the arrival there on the 1 I th of some Bokbara merchants, who report that Colonel Stoddart is still alive, and holding the appointment, under the Emir of that place, of com. mandant of a fortress, having been compelled to embrace under the name of Abdec Semet Ehan. The same passengers likewise state that Colonel Stoddart has under him a young man, who acts as his secretary, who, according to their description, is supposed to be Captain Conolly. Later dates from Trebizond, to the 31st of Deeember, mention that these reports had been con. firmed by other persons arriving there from Bokhara on their pil. grimage to Mecca, and who had left Bokhara between five and six months previous, Dr. Wolff had reaehed Erseroum on foot, from Trebizond, a distance of 150 miles. _ _ DEFEAT OF THE ANTI-LEAGUERS.-011 Sattlthal7 the farmers of Richmondshire met at Richmond, and were to have carried out the Anti.Lcague policy, but the concoctors of the scheme reckoned without their host. The Earl of Zetland, whose intention to be present was generally known, attended, as did also several persons of importance connected with the landed interests. A resolution was moved by the callers of the meeting, word for word similar to the Derby resolution, but the Noble Earl made an excellent free trade speech, and showed that the sliding.scale did no good to the tenant-farmer. As his whole property is landed, the Yorkshire farmers began to consider that all the fears of the mono. polists were not to be taken as gospel, and the meeting was ad journed without the putting of the first resolution. Of course the . - whole string fell through, and the conveners of the meeting retired to meditate on the fate that awaits those whose estates arc cncum • bared with wife's pin.money and daughter's settlements. POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS.—It has for some time been the practice (in pursuance of directions from the Post-office authorities to that effect) for the Custoins'officers;in the examine. tion of the baggage of passengers arriving from all parts of the world, on finding any letters addressed to parties residing in the United Kingdom, to take possession of them and send them by a special messenger to the Post-office, in order that they may be tbs. warded to them by post. An instance recently occurred at one of the quays adjoining the Custom-house, of a parcel of printed circulars being found in a package, each circular being directed to a party re sident in the country, and the officer detained the same for the Board's directions as to whether the package was to be delivered to the party, or sent to the Post-office in the same manner as was required in the case of written letters; and the Board of Customs having directed a communication to be made to the Post-office au. thorities on the subject (the package being forwarded for their in spection), an answer has been received from Colonel Moberly, to the effect, that having taken the opinion of the law.officer of the department with respect to the package alluded to, he (Colonel Moberly) had the honour to acquaint the Board of Customs, that the solicitor considered that such packet, containing letters, ought to pass through the Post.oftice, and it had therefore been for. warded according to the several addresses, charged with postage. This decision is of much importance, and it will therefore be evident that in ildure all letters, whether written, or, as in this case, printed, being circulars from some foreign house to various merchants here, will be detained by the Customs' officers, and for warded to the Post-office, to be charged with postage, and de. livered into the hands of the persons for whom they arc intended by the employes of that department. To the pension of 190/. per annum, of which Gen. John Mackenzie is already in receipt, an addition has been made of 2101. Major-Generals Helier, Toueel, James Hay, William Wt.od, George Burrell, and Sir Robert James Harvey, are each to receive 2001. per annum ; and Colonels Alexander Kennedy, Clark Kennedy, and the Hon. George Cathear , , on the unattached half-pay, 100 i. per annum each. The pensions of the first six are to take effect from the let of last month, and those of the two Colonels from the Ist Instant.— United Service Gazette. Mr. Arbuthnot has nearly recovered from his late severe indisposition. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A DAUGHTER OF THE BAHL OF Kucroxr..—lt is with deep concern we have to state that the Right lion. the Earl of Kintoro has met with another painful bereavement in the death of one of his daughters, a most interesting child, about ten years of age, who, while amusing herself near the top of the staircase, at Keith Hall, fell over the balustrade and alighted on the basement floor, a very great height. She was taken up in a state of insen sibility and died in little more than an hour.—Aberdeen Paper. GRIEVANCES REDRESSED, OR NO SUPPLIES.—Qn Monday a meeting was held at the National Hall, High Holborn, for the purpose of supporting Mr. Sharman Crawford, M.P., and other , Liberal Members of Parliament, in enforcing on the House' of Commons the immediate consideration of the grievances of the people, by means ut amendments for stopping the supplies ; Mr. Thomas Beggs, of Nottingham, was in the chair. Dr. EPpe moved the first resolution, " That In the opinion of the meeting the wrongs and privations under which the people of Great Britain were at that moment suftring, were mainly attributable to the pernicious laws which had been enacted under the unfair and dishonest system of class legislation that had so long prevailed in the country." Mr. Goodfellow (a Chartist) spoke in favour of the resolution, and said that he and his fellow-Chartists would adp. port those twenty.nine Members of Parliament who had come forward and voted for Mr. Sharman Crawford's amend ment for stopping the supplies. The resolution was put, and carried unanimously. After a motion in favour of the principles of the People's Charter, proposed by Mr. A. Mor ton, seconded by Mr. Bainbridge. and which was canted nenr. con., the following resolution was submitted from the chair:— " That the plan proposed by Mr. Sharman Crawford, of morn: for amendments having for their object the consideration and remedy of specific grievances before voting the supplies, is men worthy the attention and support of the country, and this meeting hereby calls upon the friends of Radical _Reform throughout the t land, and especially the friends of the people Com mons,fodntohicsozensftoitruwaaordnlani an d d str pa en t u ri ous otic i This resolution gave rise to con yaast:mstinptAtfret..l Sha rman l o ' b u .r. n'' j u sti c e Craw. Chartists and for from the hands of our rulers." siderable discuss.lon btwteeriold tbhyosoenwehoofwterehe pure srakers that he had wunhievnersathlesumtmeg, a nd those who were for complete suttkage; but heard oflobby the House of Commons that evening, a some Tory Members, who were laughing conversation the between at Mr. S. Crawford's amendments, and saying that they would come to nothing, as there was a split in the camp, and that the Chartists would not support him, an end was put to all discussion, and the resolution was unanimously agreed to with great applause. Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square. SAINT JAMES'S; OR, THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE. A New Work by Mr. AINSWORTH has been commenced in " Ainsworth's Magazine." " This Work promises to be the beet the Author has pro duced."—Britannia.. "The sketch of the Court and Cabinet of Queen Anne is , xeellent."—John See also Post, Sun, Globe, Examiner, Literary Gazette, &c. London, John Mortimer, Adelaide-street.