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NIGIIIT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, DEC. 20, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to nominate, constitute, and point the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn to be one of the 7. oclesiastical Commissioners for England, in the room of the .ght Hon. Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, resigned. CRO WN-OFFICE, Dec. 22. .7%7 EMBER RETURNED TO SERVE LN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Woodstock—Alfred Spencer Churchill, com monly called Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill, in the room of John Henry Loftus, commonly called Viscount Loftus, now Baron Loftus, called up to the House of Peers. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEc. 22. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain G. Innes to be Adjutant, vice Sandham, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Dec. 18 ; Second Captain H. T. Fyers to be Adjutant, vice Shone, promoted; Second Captain A. Benn to be Adjutant, vice P. Benn, promoted, Dec. 22. OFFICE OF ORDNANGE, Dec. 22. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet Major W. E. Lock to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hanwell, retired on full pay; Second Captain J. Hill to be Captain, vice Lock ; First Lieutenant J. H. Lefroy to be Second Captain, vice Hill ; Second Lieutenant R. Phelps to be First Lieu tenant, vice Lefroy, Dec. 12. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Sir W. Lawson, Bart, to be Deputy-Lieutenant, March 7, 1844. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire. T. S. Lea, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Dec. 1, 1845. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall. J. K. Lethbridge, to be Deputy-Lieutenant, D ec . 13 . Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. Joseph Scott, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Thomas Blake, Esq., LL.D.. to be ditto ; John Longe, Esq., to be ditto; Thomas Havers, Esq., to be ditt o; Frederick North, Esq., to be ditto; William Sancroft Holmes, Esq., to be ditto; William Robert Cann, Esq., to be ditto; Thomas Edward Scott, Esq., to be ditto, Dec. 6. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. - North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—L. Hel bert, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Mauls, promoted, Dec. 17. WHITEHALL The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Rodham, of Wellington, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Dice. 9. The Lord Chancellor has appointed C. B. Portmore, of Leicester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. _ _ BANKRUPTS. Thomas Winston, merchant, Copthall-buildings, City, to 'amender Dec. 30, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Crowder and Maynard, Coleman-street. Elizabeth Rolph and Thomas Rolph, builders, Upper Brook street, Grosvenor-square, Dec. 31, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Huson Ironmonger-lane. Felix Herpent, warehouseman, Sherrard-street, Golden square, Dec. 31, at two, and Feb. 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinglutll-street ; Raw, Furnival's Inn, Holborn. Joseph Howard Rand, glass dealer, Westminster-bridge road. Jan. 3, at eleven, and Feb. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Buchanan, Basingliall-street. James Miller, cordwainer, High-street, Southampton, Jan. 6 and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Overton and Hughes, Old Jewry. Thomas Brown, shoemaker, Paddington, Dec. 30, at one, and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Buchanan, Basinghall street. Sarah Caroline Fry, stationer, Margate, Dec. 30 and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, offi cial assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Fisher, Verulam-build ings, Gray's Inn. Esther Smith, innkeeper, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, Jan. 9 and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Shilton and Son, Nottingham. Clarendon Hyde, apothecary, Loughborough, Leicester shire, Jan. 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Ingle sant, Loughborough ; Foulkes, Birmingham. William Brown, ironmonger, Atherstone, Warwickshire, San. 5 and Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Morgan, Birmingham ; Chilton and Co., Chancery-lane, London. John Sier, baker, Cheltenham, Jan. 15 and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, Bristol ; Oliver and Co., Moorgate-street, London ; Stiles, Cheltenham. George Smith, bill broker, Manchester, Jan. 5 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Fox, Finsbury-circus, London ; Worthington, Earle, and Berry, Manchester. Joanna Chatterton, licensed victualler, Pendleton, Lanca shire, Jan. 2, at eleven, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manches ter ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Hitch cock, Buckley, and Tidswell, Manchester. William Wingfield, brewer, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Jan. 8 and 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Hudson, Bucklersbury, London; Robinson, Rotherham ; Bond, Leeds. Joseph Collinson, worsted spinner, Allerton, Yorkshire, Jan. 8 and 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Scargill, Hatton -court, Thread needle-street, Lo n d on ; Dawson, Bradford ; Harle, Leeds. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. and W. Campion, shipbuilders, Whitby, Y or k s hi re —fi rst and final div. of 6s. 7d. and 10-16ths of a penny in the pound to those creditors who have not formerly received, and a final div. of 2s. 7d. and 10-16ths of a penny in the pound to those who have received, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. J. Campion, shipbuilder, Whitby, Yorkshire--final div. of 3s. 11d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. R. Campion, banker, Whitby, Yorkshire—first div. of 3s. 9d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston. Leeds. F. Loraine, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne --second div. of 3s. in the pound (in addition to ss. sd. previously declared on any Saturday at Mr. Baker's office, Newcastle-upon-Tyne J. Howden, ironfounder, Wakefield, Yorkshire—first div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. J. and S. Sugden, cloth manufacturers, Huddersfield-- first and final div. of 10s. 7d. in the pound to those creditors who have not formerly received, and a final div. of 7d. in the pound to those who have received, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. W. J. Wardell, wine merchant, Pickering, Yorkshire— first and final div. °f a ts. Nel. in the pound to th ose cre di tors who have not forme r received, and a final div. of 9d. in the pound to those who have received, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. T. Paterson and J. Codling, earthenware manufacturers, Sheriff-hill, Durham—first and final div. of 6s. 9d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, New castle-upon-Tyne. W. 11. Bates—a third div. of 6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. B. B. Wilson, surgeon, Holme, Westmoreland—first and final div. of sd. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon• Tyne. T. C. Smith, hotel keeper, Hearietta•street, Covent-garden —first div. of 20s. in the pound on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. T. C. Smith and R. Hayes, hotel-keepers, Henrietta -street, Covent-garden—first div. of 9s. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. P. Bradley, wine merchant, Great St. Helens, City— first div. of 6s. 2d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basingliall-street. J. Brooker, carver and gilder, Southampton-row, Blooms• bury—first div. of Is. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. B. Clarke, plumber and glazier, Gower-street North, St. Pancras, Jan. 15, at half-past eleven—C. Jarman, tailor, West Smithffeld, Jan. 16, at eleven—J. F. Armstrong, coal merchant, Staffordshire-wharf, Greenwich, Jan. 16, at eleven —C. F. Warman, glass dealer, Hounsditch, Jan. 15, at half past twelve—W. Barnfield, jun., wine merchant, Mark-lane, City, Jan. 15, at half-past eleven—H. It. Harraden, print seller, Cambridge, Jan. 15, at one—J. Robbins, bookseller, Winchester, Jan. 13, at half-past eleven—J. Middleton, hay and straw salesman, Jan. 15, at eleven—G. M. Von Dadelszen, merchant, Mincing-lane, City, Jan. 15, at eleven —T. Elodsdon, butcher, Harrow, Jan. 13, at at half-past two —T. J. Sutton, master mariner, Scarborough, Jan. 16, at twelve—J. Peake, miller, Tolleshunt Knights, Essex, Jan. 14 at twelve—W. H Alexander, hardwareman, Upper Clifton. street, Finsbury, Jan. 14, at twelve—T. Smyth, perfumer, Marcbmont-street, Brunswick-square, Jan. 14, at eleven— 11. S. Knowles, silk throwster, Moolham, Somersetahire, Jan. I at eleven—A. Akeh urs t, baker, East Mailing, Kent, Jan. 14, at twelve—C. Best, printer, St. James's-walk, Clerkenwell, Jan. 28, at twelve—.G. F. Blow, currier, Great Dover-street, Newington, Jan. 14, at half-past two—J. Wartnaby, underwriter, Adam's -court. Old Broad -street, City, Jan.• 16, at half-past eleven—J. Tunks, cowkeeper, Netvlands-terrace, Kensington, Jan. 16, at half-past eleven—J. Tomlin and W. Man, merchants, St. Michael's alley, Cornhill, Jan. 16, at one—W. Burleigh, scrivener, Haverhill, Suffolk, Jan. 15 at one. In the Country. G. Grove, miller, Wick and Abson, Gloucestertershire, Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—P. W. Smith, tanner, Bristol, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—J. Lilly, farmer, Brinepitts, Worcestershire, Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—E. Rogers, surgeon, Great Witley, Worcestershire, Jan. 21, at eleven at the Birmingham District Co ur t. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Tunks, cowkeeper, George-place, Newlands-terrace, Kensington, Jan. I5—C. Draper, licensed victualler, Bishops gate. street Without, Jan. 15—H. W oo d, draper, Ch e ltenham, an. 15—T. Thompson, billbroker, Northampton, Jan. 16— W. G. Flynn, merchant, Lower Thames-street, Jan. 18.—J. P. Luxton, linendraper, Munster-street, Regent' s P ar k, J an. 15—G. F. Blew, carrier, Great Dover-street, Newington, Jan. 14 " -- W- R. Parsons, grocer, Limehouse-causeway, Lime house, Jan. 14-4. Phillips, tailor, Pinner's-court, Old Broad street, Jan. Liptrot, bootmaker, Wrexham, Jan. 13 E. Meredith, linendraper, Liverpool, Jan. 13—J. Lilly, farmer, Brinepitts, Worcestershire, Jan. 21—T. Preston, jun., cotton spinner, Manchester, Jan. 13—J. Crabb, hemp enu mills, Dorsetshire, Jan. 12—P. Hansen, mer facturer, Hook . ci,ans, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 13-4. H. Limes, butcher, Richmond, Surrey, Jan. 1 3—F. Ridd, surgeon, Nether Stowey, Somersetshire, Jan. 13. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Jones and W. Chalfont, stationers, White Hart-place, Kennington-lano—T. and T. S. De Vear, curriers, Lisle street, Leicester-square — H. S. Easty and W. Williams, sharebrokers, Southampton - 7W. W . Brookes, J. Lee, and W. L. Brookes, attorneys , Whitchurc , Shropshi re —C . Denton and J. Serjeant,.stone merchants, Quebec-wharf, Rotherhithe —T. W. and J. B. Woolfe, boatbuilders, Lower Shadwell— E. and S. Penton, Lupus-street , Pimlico—G. P. se enworthn J. Kenworthy, and C. E. leenworthy, ff. carriers, Ewooast 4 Manc a h n e d ste j r (so far as regards G. P. Kenworthy )_ Richardson. earthenware manufacturers, Woodlesford , York shire—C. Herring, J. Burness, G. Herring, and A. Herring, general agents, London—T. and W. Hallam, leathersellers, Northampton—T. H. Crowther and J. Ash, jun., cotton spin ners, Stockport—J. Whitehouse and E. Whitehouse, sen., garden-tool manufacturers, Wolverhampton—R. Riddle an d el_. R. firkin, lace manufacturers, Nottingham—J. Lewis and Smsth, locksmiths, Birmingham—J. and J. W. Hendy, gene ral builders, Portsmouth—J. Bevan, N. Irom, and R. Bevan, provision merchants, Birchin-lane—G. and T. Burford, linen drapers, Stratford—H. Rawsthorn and B. Ellston, iron founders, Haslingden, Lancashire—J. C. Gamble, J. and S. Crossfield, alkali manufacturers, St. Helens, Lancashire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Peter Allan, agricultural implement maker, Coldstream, Jan. 2 and 23, a t t we l ve , a t t h e Newcastle Ar ms Inn, Cold stream. John Mackenzie, coal merchant, Dingwall, Dec. 29 and Jan. 19, at one; at the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall. David Prince Miller. theatrical ornament manufacturer, Glasgow, Dec. 25 and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the chambers of Etrathern and Douglas, G lasgow. J o hn Bendelow, innkeeper, Leith, Dec. 29 and Jan, 22, at two, at the Old Ship Tavern, Leith. her to question her as to some exorbitant items she had charged in her bill, and to confront her with Mrs. Wilmore, in respect to some statements she had made to her prejudice. He began to talk to her about the bill, but the affray began, and Mrs. Fish retired as soon as it was over. Mr. Alderman WILSON asked Ross if he wished to say anything? Ross replied only that he had taken no part in the assault. Mr. Alderman Wn.sow said it waa altogether a cruel and disgraceful assault, and he should send all the parties to the sessions. Mrs. Wilmore should not escape if she could possibly be found. The two defendants could and might have prevented Mrs. Wilmore from continuing the assault if they had been disposed, but it seemed that the complainant was enticed to the cham bers and locked in for the purpose of being cruelly beaten by a tall, strong young woman. Ross had not even made a show of protecting the complainant. All the parties were equally bad. He had supposed that none but gentlemen were allowed to occupy chambers in the Temple. Mr. Robinson trusted he had done nothing unworthy of a gentleman. As Mrs. Fisk had now made her charge, he trusted she would return the 301. she had taken to forbear doing so. Mr. Alderman WILSON insisted upon knowing all the particulars of this compromise. Mr. Robinson declared he brought the parties toge ther merely to obtain some explanations, but as a fracas had occurred in his chambers, and he felt his pro fessional reputation to be in jeopardy, he authorised Mr. Games, a solicitor, to tender full amends for the assault. Mr. Games saw the solicitor on the other side, a Mr. W. C. Ward, and he ultimately paid 301. to Mrs. Fish, 41. to her doctor, and 7L to her lawyer. The sum de manded showed the spirit of extortion in which the charge was made. Mr. Alderman WILSON thought 411. was a large sum, and was surprised that Mr. Ward, after getting the war rant, had thus made use of it to extort money. What had he done in obtaining the warrant to deserve 71. ? Mrs. Fish said her lawyer had not so used the warrant. The offer to compromise did not come from him, but from the defendant, and was made direct to her husband, and as he was on his dying bed she thought she had better avoid the expense and anxiety of further proceed ings. Mr. Alderman WILSON observed, that it was clear his warrant had been most unjustifiably used, and he would not say what he should do in the case till Mrs. Robinson was brought before him. The parties then retired. BO IV STREET. Thomas Bennett, a letter-carrier, of Camberwell, was charged with stealing the contents of two money-letters, posted at the receiving -office, on Camberwell-green. Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, attended. It was proved by Mr. Walter Sculthorp, president of the district post-office, that in consequence of the number ofcomplaints made at the General Office in St. Martin's,le- Grand, respecting the non-delivery of certain money letters posted at the Camberwell receiving house, he was induced to make up two letters, the one addressed to Mrs. Fisher, of Elm, near Wisbeach, and the other to a person in Liverpool, inclosing in each a sovereign and half sovereign (marked), and in the former one a gold pin, also marked. These letters he posted at Camber well, on Monday last, and in the evening of the same day awaited the arrival of the bag at the General Post office. The two letters, however, were not in the collec tion, and Mr. Sculthorp, accompanied by the inspector of letter-carriers, Mr. Cole, and Peake, the constable, ' proceeded to the receiving -house, at Camberwell-green, where they were informed that the prisoner had been intrusted with the duty of taking the letters from the box, and forwarding them to the Kent. road end St. Martin's-le-Grand. He was accordingly sent for and questioned, and on Peake's searching him, some of the marked money was found in his possession. The next morning he acknowledged his guilt, requesting Peake to communicate the fact to the Court, as he should not be able to do so himself. Mrs. Blandon, of the Camberwell branch-office, Mr. Cole, and Peake, having been also examined as to the above facts, Mr. JARDINE committed the prisoner for trial. The prisoner, who was considered a respectable young man, had some appointment in connexion with a place of worship at Camberwell. He kept a tobacconist's shop, and had been married only about six months. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. The final investigation into a charge of assault, alleged to have:been falsely made against a bootmaker, named William Hierons, living in Meard's-court, Wardour strect, by a woman named Elizabeth Cox, took place before Mr. Maltby. About ten days ago the woman appeared at this Court. and stated that as she was passing through Mearcl's court, about two o'clock that morning, the defendant (Hierons) came up to her, accosted her indecently, made improper proposals to her, and on receiving a repulse struck her a blow on the face which knocked her down senseless. A stranger who was passing at the time, and who witnessed the assault, assisted her in causing the defendant to be taken to the station-house, and having signed the charge-sheet promised to attend on her behalf in the morning. This person, however, had not come forward. The defendant said he knew nothing whatever of the assault, and called a witness, who said that the defendant was not the !MLR who struck the blow. The woman said she was positive the defendant was the man. Mr. MALTnr immediately inflicted a fine of 51, which was paid. In a short time afterwards the defendant came into Court, and said he had accidentally met with a witness who could prove he was not the person who had assaulted the woman. The witness, a neighbour of the defendant, but a stranger to him, told the magistrate that she was at tracted to the window by a disturbance in the court between a man and a woman. She looked out of the window and saw the man knock the woman down. She further saw the defendant ceme up to protect the woman, and then she saw the man who had committed the assault make his escape, and the defendant immediately after wards given into custody. The defendant said this was a true statement of facts. He had just reached home, and was about to put his latch-key to the door, when he saw a woman knocked down. He ran forward to her assistance, and was given into custody as the person who had committed the assault. Inspector Aggs (who booked the charge) said he had no doubt he should be able to produce the person who signed the charge-sheet on behalf of the woman. This witness was found, and brought into Court. He said he certainly signed the sheet, but it was only as a witness to show that the woman had been assaulted. He had never pointed out the defendant as the man who had committed the assault ; on the contrary, he had no recollection of having seen the defendant in the station house at all. He did not attend as a witness the next morning, because he understood from the inspector that his presence was not necessary. Inspector Aggs said he was certain the witness had pointed out the defendant in the station-house, other wise he would not have been admitted to sign the sheet as a witness. The witness bad asked if he were obliged to attend the next morning, and was told it was usual to attend, but he might do as he thought proper. Mr. MALTBY appointed yesterday for the woman Cox to attend before him. The woman, who appeared to be still suffering from the effects of the blow, when questioned, said the blow so stunned her as to render her incapable of speaking posi tively to the person who had inflicted it. She had been induced to swear that the defendant was the man from his having been pointed out to her by persons who saw the assault as the man who had struck her. Since she was before the Court, she had heard so many persons declare that she was mistaken that she was now re. luctant to swear that the defendant was the nsan who had assaulted her. Mr. Ai ALTBY said, the case having now assumed an aspect so different from that which it presented in the first instance, when the woman swore so positively to the identity of the defendant, he should order the de fendant to be paid back the 51. fine. The defendant wished to know if he could not have compensation for loss of time, and for expenses in pro curing witnesses. Mr . :MALTBY could not comply with the re, [uest. RETIREMENT of LORD STANLEY. We are assured that Sir Robert Peel will be enabled to retain the co-operation of all his former colleagues, with the exception of Lord Stanley. Lord Stanley, we regret to learn, feels himself com pelled to withdraw from her Majesty's service. His Lordship acted throughout the late painful and pro tracted discussions with perfect fairness and openness. All the other colleagues of Sir Robert Peel will re main in office. They are influenced, no doubt, by the same motives by which Sir Robert Peel was influenced, when he informed her Majesty, on Saturday last, that he required no time for consultation or delibera tion ; that on the instant he should resume the fnnctions and responsibilities of Prime Minister. The question to be decided at the Council, summoned at short notice on Saturday night, was simply this— shall the Queen and the country be left Kt such a crisis without a Minister and without a Government? The decision of the Duke of Wellington and of those of his colleagues who had, in the first instance, dissented from the views of Sir Robert Peel, was not to leave him to pursue his arduous and patriotic cour:;o alone, but to share the burthen with him, and give him all the aid which their high station, their known abi lity, and disinterested integrity so well enabled them to afford. The position of Lord Stanley was peculiar; and acting on strong conviction and on his set ise of public duty, he resolved on retiring.— Tory (Eveni.eg)paper. TILE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, "The Queen of Denmark," edited by Mrs. Gore, should r ether be placed in the catalogue of. Memoirs. There is a love story running throughout; but it is in reality a series of intrigues, conver sations, and incidents. The work is cleverly executed, full of anecdote and lively scandal, and valuable for the graphic pictures which it gives of Danish life and character. The unfortunate Caroline Matilda, sister of our Ge nge 111., and wife of the weak-minded Christian VII., is tb e leading per sonage in the romance; and, her character 'is fairly repre sented, and in sonic parts completely wind leafed. In the scenes of violence and treason which preceded,'her banishment to Zell, when begirt by enemies, she is described as acting like a Queen, and on all occasions she appears possessed of a warm English heart and a cool English I teal. The Count Struensee, that miserable poltroon, who, to tave his worthless existence, had the baseness to accuse his; royal mistress of criminally intriguing with him, is too favot , trably drawn. The minions of the Court, and the chief officers and statesmen of the time, are sketched with a free pencil; the bals masques, the private gossippings, the caballings, are described with accuracy, as well as all the details of the royal pageants and ceremonies. —;{Sorting Post. The Marquis of I feadfort's second son, Lord Robert Taylor, has entered the Household Brigade as Ensign and Lieutenant in the Scotch Fusilier Guards. ...""The Marquis of Ailsa is indisposed at ; his villa, St. Margaret's, near Richmond. THE SUN, LoyDO - N, WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 24, 1848. THE ALLEGED MURDERS ON THE HIGH SEAS. ADJOURNED EXAMINATION OF CAPTAIN JOHNSTONE. (Continued from our Afternoon Editi on of y es t er d ay .) William Dunn gave evidence to the same effect, that he signed three or four papers, but it was through in timidation. It was after the death of Mars and Reason they were signed, and in consequence of the captain say ing, if they did not, " He would cut their hearts out, and make them sign them with their hearts' blood." Some of the witnesses not being present to complete the foregoing evidence, John Lavis, surgeon of the Westminster House of Cor rection, was called to give evidence as to the state of the crew when the Tory arrived. He said he examined, on the night of the mon being committed to prison, Nelson, Gair, and Barton. This was on the evening of the 17th. The others, of which he had the names in a paper before him, he examined next day. The three first men appeared scarcely human, their wounds had not been dressed or washed for several days, their hair was dishevelled, and they were very dirty. By his orders they were put into the infirmary. The next morning he made a particular examination of all the men. The witness then read a paper which he drew up at the time and signed. It stated that Nelson had an incised wound on the scalp, and another on the collar-bone and back of the neck. The side of the neck and Elea was burned and disfigured as if by gunpowder. There were several wounds on other parts of the body. Gair was the worst wounded, having his head scared in seve ral directions with wounds. His face was much dis figured with gunpowder, and he had several wounds on the body. There were about twelve other of the men who were wounded, some of them very extensively, but the two named were the severest cases. Alison had a severe wound by which his ear was almost separated. The wounds had, however, healed very readily, and might be considered more extensive than severe. This was the substance of the wr i tten paper. Th e witness continued, and said he examined the captain after he was taken into custody. Witness found a punctured wound on the back of the leg. Since then it had been attended with severe erysipelas inflammation. The captain was much depressed when he was taken, and in a bad state of body, which might have been the cause of the inflammation. The prisoner had no symptoms of recent drinking. The wound named was the only one. William Clapp, second surgeon at the Seaman's Hos pital, was next called, and examined respecting Morris, Who had been taken into that hospital. He corroborated, as far as that party was concerned, the statement of Mr. Levis. Alexander Sinclair, the carpenter, next called, was examined respecting the origin of the transactions on board the ship and relating to the death of Rambert. The ship was quiet until they passed the Island of As cension, about the 23d of September. They were short of provisions and water then. The quantity had been limited for six or seven days to a pint of water per men. A gallon a day is reckoned the allowance. Several of the crew were dissatisfied and grumbling. It was re marked that therecould have been more water obtained at the last place they called at. There had been nodisturbance that he was aware of up till that time. He re2ollected bespeaking a French barque, about five or six days of er leaving the parallel of Ascension, and three days before Rambert jumped overboard. They got some water and provisions, and a cask of wine, from tho barque. About this time the captain found fault with the mate about the boat being damaged. Witness heard the mate say that if he had not a wife and family he would have jumped overboard. Witness did not hear the reason of his saying so, as he was only passing along. The same night they bespoke the barque witness over heard Barry Yelverton tell the captain that Reason had said, "if he (the captain) did not make the Island of Ascension next day, there would be no more Captain Johnstones." This was alleged to have been said the day before the time when the ship should have reached Ascension, but it was not told the captain till after be speaking the French barque. Witness afterwards heard the captain call Rambert, and tell him that there were intentions amongst the crew against him. Rambert said he did not know of any at that time. The captain then ordered the first and second mate, and witness, and the three boys to take arms, and they all did so. This was about nine o'clock at night. The watch, comprising eight men and a boy, were down asleep at the time. The other watch was on duty and all orderly as far as he knew. Up to this time witness heard nothing of any mutiny but what he heard Barry Yelverton tell the captain, and the captain saying, when he ordered them to be armed, " That he believed the crew had sharpened their knives to take his life." Several other questions were put respecting subsequent proceedings, but the answers were mainly corroborative of the evidence of the other witnesses, fully given, as to the manner the captain had acted towards the deceased. The only point ma• terially differing from the former examinations was re specting the conduct of the captain after Rambert jumped overboard. The witness stated that on Rambert jumping overboard the captain called the crew together, and asked if they should try to save him ? but the crew were of opinion that it would be of no use, the ship being under such a crowd of' sail. Wit neas at the same time heard Curtis tell the captain that Rambert was the cause of all the disturbance, as he wanted to take the ship to America. Peter Curtis examined—He said that the mate came to him about two hours before he jumped over board. He was all cut about the head tied face. Wit ness told Burton and others to go aft, and make the cabin fast, as the captain would murder all hands. Witness took iron belaying pins, and so did another of the crew, and went aft with the mate, as far as the break of the poop. French told them not to be foolish, and so they went forward again, throwing down the iron belaying pins. He saw French forward with a pistol loaded, who threatened to shoot Rambert if he did not go aft to the captain. French had a bayonet in his hand as well as the pistol. Witness also heard the captain threaten that if he did not bring the mate aft, he would take his (French's) life. Rambert went aft, and the captain struck him several times on the head with the butt•end of the pistol, and cut him with the cutlass about the head and face. Rambert was then put in irons, but immediately after re leased ; and witness saw the captain chase him round the deck with a drawn cutlass in his hand, when the mate jumped overboard. Before Rambert jumped overboard witness did not tell the captain the mate intended to seize the ship and take it to America. He did not hear any one say so but the captain. The only reason why he wanted to seize the captain was for their own protection, on account of his going about the deck pricking and cutting the crew with a cutlass and bayonet. The attempt he had named was the only one made by the crew. Mr. Hayward said this was all he had to offer on the three principal charges, and he would now the proceedings of c w al h l ,en ev t i h d e enc sh e ip re a spe rri e r t e h d ig in the Channel, re tiler e oc c e a e p d t & t in specting the cutting and wounding of the crew. Beresford, Curtis, Tucker, Blackdon, Spence, Glover, and Alison, being the remaining portion of the crew that had not been examined on_the fourth charge, were then called in, and, with the consent of Mr. Humphries, and in order to economise time, Mr. Hayward confined the examination to the actual injuries each had received from the captain, without going into the general case on which evidence had already been fully taken. Beresford said he had got two cuts on the head and one on the wrist, and was made to kiss the sole of the captain's foot. Curtis stated that he had been cut in several places about the cutlass, all hand s b • head and body with a being down in the cabin at the time on their knees. Tucker deposed that on the 7th of November he had been called down to the cabin and ordered on his knees, and that while in that position he was fired at by the French, through order of the captain, on the face, the captain standing by at the time with a cutlass over his head. He was afterwards cut and fired at while on deck. The state ments of Spence, Blackdon, Glover, and Alison, were 1 of a similar character. The evidence being closed, the depositions were read over, and the witnesses severally bound over to appear and give evidence against the prisoner at the next ses sions to be held at the Central Criminal Court. Mr. BRODERIP, then addressing the prisoner, informed him that, after a long and careful examination, it was his painful duty to commit him for trial at the ensuing session of the Central Criminal Court, on three capital charges of murdering William Rambert, chief m a t e o f the ship Tory, Thomas Reason, second mate, and W m . Mars, common sailor; and also on the charge of feloni ously cutting , and wounding the crew of the same ship. The prisoner was then removed in a most exhausted state, and thus terminated one of the longest and mos extraordinary magisterial investigations upon record. the housewife that which she believed to be the 5/. note; and, without attentively looking at it, she placed it in her own pocket, and considered of the best mode to escape detection for her horrid crime ; end at length the thought came across her to make it appear that the deceased had committed suicide. With a view to this she tied the cord in a knot, and then lifted the body from the bed, and placed it on the box by its side in the position in which it was afterwards discovered. In the morning she gave an alarm, as appeared by the evidence, of the old lady being ill, and went out to inform his daughter of it, and to request that she would come to see her. Upon the prisoner being asked how she could have been strong enough to lift the dead body from the bed and place upon the box, she said, "I think the devil must have helped me, but I did it." The prisoner then went on to describe the other circumstances narrated in the evidence, and said that the statements of all the witnesses were correct, with the exception of that of the surgeon, which she declared was not so in 'two particulars, wherein he stated that he was the first me dical person who saw the deceased, and that:when he did ..so her eyes were staring and wide open ; but she de clared that his assistant saw her first, and that her eyes were closed, and her face appeared per fectly composed, when he saw her. She stated that, having resolved upon the course she intended to pursue, she made the statement she did before the coroner with a view to show that the deceased destroyed herself, and which had that effect. She stated that by this time she had discovered that the note was of no value ; and she said she should never have attempted to make any use of it, if she had not been pressed by the old woman's daughter and her husband to lend them some money ; and she said she went to the public-house with the pretended purpose to change it, in order to pacify them, and on their insisting to know how she became possessed of it she did not know what to do, and actually told them the story about her having received it from some person in Bedford-street, in the Strand. When she found that the witness Gaze determined upon accompanying her to Bedford-street, she became quite beside herself, and felt that she could no longer support her position ; and she said she did not recollect the in coherent expressions imputed to her by the several wit nesses, although she had no doubt she had made use of them. This was the substance of the statement of the unhappy criminal, and after it was made she appeared a good deal mord composed, and ever since her firmness has appeared to increase, and she is evidently perfectly resigned to the fate that awaits her. The execution will take place on Monday, the 15th of January. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Yesterday the following was the result of the pol for the several Wards for the election of common coun cilmen BILLINGSGATE.— * PhiIIipps 55, *Williams 42, Curling 55, Old 50, Bower 58, Knil 50, Johnston 50, Roberts 53, Barnes 37. THE WESTMINSTER MURDER. CONFESSION OF THE PRISONER. It will be remembered, very shortly after Martha Browning had been placed in the cell, on the female side of the prison, whi c h i s a pp ro priated for capital coi:victs of this sex, she app eare d d es i ro us to unburden her mind of the dreadful weight which lay u pon it, and in the presence of the R ev . M r . D av i s , the chaplain, and the governor of Newgate, Mr. Cope, she made a full admis sion of her guilt. Of co urse no questions were put to her, nor any thi ng said to induce her to make such an avowal, but as she appeared really desirous o f ma ki ng it, and did so of her own free will, she was allowed to 'make the statement. She said that her only motive for the commission of the dreadful deed was a desire to possess herself of that which she believed to be a 5/. Bank of England, but which, as it turned out, was only a "flash" note, or one of the " Bank of Elegance." It should be stated that the pri• soner can read and write very well, but she says that she never had an opportunity of fully seeing the note until after the crime w as comm itt e d, an d s he declared that there was only one n o t e , an d not two , as was represented at the trial. She said, th at b e i ng d eterm i ne d to possess herself of the note, she considered the means, and at length re solved to take the old lady's life, as being the readiest mode of attaining her object, and that she would eff. et this by strangling hor with the cord which was in her box, and fixed upon the Sunday night for that purpo se . Accordingly, in the middle of the night, she got up, and cut a portion of the rope off, and then, while the unhappy deceased was asleep, she twisted it twice round her neck, and be gan to pull it violently. The old lady awoke in the agonies of suffocation. She struggled slightly, and had Just sufficient power to exclaim, "Murder, murder; what are you doing?" —an expression which was spoken to by one of the w it nesses w h o occup i e d an a dj o i n i n g room-. and that al most i mme di ate l y s h e exp i re d. At thi s moment, sh e says, t h e person referred to came to the do or , an d i nqu i re d w h at was the matt er . She was then st an di ng over th o d ea d body of her un happy victim ; and she states that it was with great difficulty she was enabled to procure an answer to the effect that nothing was the matter, and thus induced the party to return to her room. She then remained upon the bed with the dead body until daylight, when she examined the box of the deceased, and took out of ' BREAD - STREET.—Maughan 60, Hawtry 55, Duncan 52, *Laurie 51, Bridge 53, Dignum 48, Laurance 47, Poland 46, * Mutrie 22. BROAD STREET.—COrney 88, Gadsden 85, Jupp 83, Warton 81, Marriott 78, Foster 78, White 74, *Baker 71, *Casterton 33. DOWCATE.—Brown 36, White 35, *Kibble 34, Prior 32, *Harker 31, Cousins 27, Gandell, 25, Mortimer 24. FARRINGDON WlTHOUT.—Bedford 134, Edkins 134, Ru►n 131, Williams 127, Obba,rd 127, Is herwood 12 Stokes 121, Anderton 121, oLynois 118, Harding 118, Buckmaster 115, Charles 114, Hodgson 112, Barnard 105, Taylor 102, Ramshaw 88, Prendergast 77. PORTSOKEN WARM—Wright 90, Christie 86, Parker 81, Judson 77. Hayward 73, Danford 62, Killby 82, Thompson 68, *Vile 37, *Scoones 37. , . QUEENHITHE.—Gow 40, Acocks 40, *Rathbone 40, Tyler 39, Curtis 38, Sykes 24, *Simmons 16. The nee• members have an asterisk attached to their names. REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. MEETING OF THE UNITED PARISHES OF ST. ANDREW, HOLBORN, AND ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR. A general meeting of the inhabitants of the above pa rishes, and, indeed, of the borough of Finsbury gene rally, was advertised to have been held in the flail of the Workhouse, Gray's Inn-lane, yesterday, permission to that effect having been given by the governors and directors, but owing to the determined opposition offered by the board of guardians, the gathering was adjourned to the Queen square rooms, Theobald's-road, when the pro ceedings commenced at seven o'clock. Mr. Churehwarden Hunt, who had promised to take the chair, sent a note of apology at the eleventh hour, and the meeting was, in consequence, presided over by Mr. George Taylor. The CHAIRMAN thanked the meeting for the honour they had done him in calling on him to take the chair. They had been called together in consequence of a re quisition, signed by fifty-one of the most respectable rate payers of the united parishes, and he only regretted that they did not, as originally intended, asiemble in the Workhouse-hall, because it compelled them to meet in a room which might, as it were, be deemed extra-paro chial. He had now to inform those assembled that he held in his hand a letter from their esteemed represen tative, Mr. Thomas Duncombe. The letter was dated from Ccpgrove, Boroughbridge, and was addressed to Mr. Ticlinarah, who had acted as chairman of the com mittee of management in that matter. He would read the letter to them : " My dear Sir,—Your favour of the 20th instant, in viting me to a meeting of the inhabitants of the parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr, to be holden to-morrow evening, on the subject of the corn laws, has been forwarded to me in Yorkshire. " Nothing, I can assure you and the committee, would have afforded me greater pleasure than being present on the occasion, had it been in my power to have had that honour ; rest, however, assured of my intention, let whoever may be Minister, or whatever party may be in the ascendant, to continue my humble exertions in favour of the principles cf free trade, which I have ad vocated during the nineteen years that I have had a seat in the House of Commons.—l have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) " T. S. DUNCOMBE." —(Cheers.) He had also to inform the meeting that their other representative, Mr. Wakley, had promised to be present shortly after eight o'clock. He would net detain them by any arguments in support of his own opinion that these laws should be abolished, but at once call upon other gentlemen, who had to propose certain resolutions for the approval of the meeting. He would first call upon Mr. fidmarsh.—(Cheers.) Mr. TIDMARSH, in a short speech, advocating the un conditional repeal of the obnoxious corn-laws, proposed the following resolution:—" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the present corn-laws are impolitic, inhuman, and unjust ; that while they in effect operate only for an alleged benefit to one class, they are, OR the other hand, the cause of privation and suffering to a majority of the population of this country, of far greater extent than description could pourtray ; that in times of scar city they enhance the price of most of the necessaries of life beyond the means of the poorer classes, and by en couraging undue specul a ti on i n a ll ki n d s of ood, produce uncertainty and danger to the financial and commercial interests of the community." Mr. MILNR recapitulated the plincipal events in the hissory of society "r the fillet passing of the ooen-laws in 1815, and argued therefrom, that while the rents of land were increased to an amazing degree, benefiting the proprietors only, the farmers, for whose protection it was ostensibly said to be passed, now realised 80s. per quarter for their produce, because Providence had blessed the country with abundant harvests, which rendered nugatory the attempts of the Legislature to altogether crush the people.—(Cheers.) Therefore he contended that the only object the ultra-Conservatives had in their present opposition, was the very same object which had actuated them throughout --namely, to continue the high rents, which really went into their own pockets, and into theirs only. There was indeed a time when agriculture might be considered the staple of the country, but for the last hundreds years manufactures had made such giant strides, that the former could not for a moment be placed on the same level.—(Hear, hear.) Surely then, at that time, every interest had a right to protection. But they required no protection now; and he was fully of opinion with Lord John Russell that pro tection in any case was a political fallacy.—(Cheers.) He cheerfully seconded the resolution. Mr. DuNcomnE, after animadverting on the conduct of the guardians in refusing the workhouse for the purposes of the meeting, and prompting the rate-pa) ers to oust them at the next election, proceeded to explain the ruling principles which influenced the landlords in their conduct to their tenants—a principle which he contended had given birth to the Chandos clause—that monstrous ano maly in the Reform Bill. But their power was coming to a termination, and it seemed a special dispensation of Providence to send the potato failure upon the country, in order to show the fallacy of depending on themselves for food. The landlords could not swallow these potatoes at all—(Laughter)—and therefore it was that the pre sent curious " cabinet making" was going on.—(Con tinued laughter.) He (Mr. Duncombe) felt pity for the position the Queen held among them.—(Cheers.) The speaker indignantly repudiated the expressions used by Mr. Alderman Farebrother, when he stated that the Anti-( ;orn-law League were increasing an unnecessary agitation by prophecying that a famine was coming upon the country. He theft paid a just tribute to the exertions of the League, and concluded by supporting the resolu tion The resolution was put fro:n the chair, and carried unanimously. Mr. PARIS then moved the second resolution—" That in the opinion of this meeting the longer upholding of these prohibitory corn-laws will prove perilous to the nation's peace and welfare, and that the discontent and misery daily occasioned thereby amongst all classes of society is calculated to produce anarchy and confusion, and also those numerous calamities attendant thereon, which (in Ihe present crisis) it may be unwise to predict." - It was seconded by Mr. MAISE, supported by Mr. CRAMP, and, like the former, carried unanimously. Mr. HUMPHRIES, in proposing the third resolu tion, ".That this meeting, therefore, respectfully, but most earnestly, calls upon her Majesty's Ministers to suspend immediately the operations of the Corn Bill, and to submit to the Legis lature, at an early period, a measure for the entire abolition of the laws which restrict the free supply of food ; and that a memorial, signed by the chairman on behalf of this meeting, be presented to her Majesty's Go vernment," said that they were undersold in every market of the world because of these iniquitous laws, and ho thought the prosperity consequent OR their re moval would even convert those who were then opposed to them. Mr. HOWARTH seconded this resolution, which was also earaied. Shanks having been given the members of the Anti-Corn-law League for their exertions in the cause of the people, and to the chairman for his impartial con duct while in the chair, the meeting separated. LAW INTELLIGENCE DEBNEY V. BERGONZI. How TO GET UP A JURY.—On this cause being called on, Mr. HUMFREY rose, and said this was a special jury case, but the jury had only been struck, and not sum moned. He was, therefore, willing to try the case with a common jury. Mr. MARTIN said, at that advanced hour of the day he should certainly object to such a course. The summoning officer intimated, with the view no doubt of saving time, that there was not a common jury present. Mr. HUMFREY said he would get rid of that difficulty by praying a tales, and moving that the Sheriff do make an immediate return of jurors, Whereupon a long discussion ensued as to the legality of such a course, but his Lordship ultimately decided that it was legal, and the sheriff's representative immediately made up a jury by insisting upon the twelve indi viduals in the body of the Court who were nearest to him entering the box, whether it was agreeable to themselves or not. Mr. MARTIN, being still anxious that the case should not be disposed of at that period of the day, offered to allow the venue to be changed, so that the case might be tried on the first day of next term. Mr. HUMFREY declined to accede to this without the defendant paid the costs of the day. Mr. MARTIN said he would consent to no such pro posal, but, if the case were proceeded with, he should throw every obstacle in its way, and take every possible objection to the proceedings. In the first place, he would have the jury sworn individually, and he should object to those who were not qualified to serve. Several of the gentlemen who had been so precipi tately hurried into the box were found not to possess a single qualification for jurymen, and now the sheriff's representative evinced as much eagerness to drag them out as he had proviously done to push them in, and, with unblushing effrontery, told them they ought to have known better than enter the box without any qualifica tions. After a good deal of bustle this courteous func tionary succeeded in scraping together a jury, and the case was opened nearly three-quarters of an hour after it had been first called on. POLICE IN TELLIGEN CE. GUILDHALL. Mr. George Robinson, a student residing in the Tem ple, and one of his friends named John Ross, attended to answer a charge of assault which had been preferred against them by Mrs. Jane Fish, of Gloucester -street, Queen-square. A woman who had passed as Mrs. Ro binson (and who was recently tried at the Old Bailey, for stealing a piece of silk from a tavern at Norwood, while she was out for a day's spree with Mrs. Fish and Mr. Ross) did not surrender to meet the charge, though she was aware she was included in the warrant. Mrs. Fish stated that she is the wife of John Fish, who is now lying dangerously ill. On the 10th of No vember sh• went to Mr. Robinson's chambers in the Temple, having received a note inviting her. Mr. Alderman WILSON asked if it stated for what ob ject ? She said she believed it did not, but her solicitor had it. She supposed it was to receive her rent, as she had sent in a bill for 51. 12s. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson had lodged in her house three weeks. She found Mr. Ross waiting in the court, and detaining her a few minutes he showed her up to Mr. Robinson's rooms, where she found Mrs. Robinson. Mr. Alderman WILSON asked why Mrs. Robinson was not in attendance ? Mr. Robinson said she was not his wife. She was living with him some time ago. Mr. Alderman WILSON asked if she had not been living with him since as well as before she went to pri- son ? Mr. Robinson replied she had left him, and he had no control over her. Mrs. Fish continued her statement--On entering the room Mrs. Robinson asked her if she had brought the rest of her clothes. Witness said she had not, because her son was not at home, and she said she wished she had never seen Mrs. Robinson. The latter flew at her immediately, and began beating her furiously. Mr. Robinson interposed, and forced his lady back to the sofa. She rushed upon witness a second time, and was again pulled off by Mr. Robinson. Mr. Ross had locked the door, or she could have escaped. Mrs. Robinson renewed the attack, though Mr. Robinson stood to keep her off; but she got at witness, knocked her down, and kicked her, and tore her face. She was black and blue from head to foot. Mr. Alderman WILSON asked why she had included Mr. Robinson in the warrant? She replied, because he levelled a gun at her, and threatened to shoot her if she cried out, and Mrs. Robinson was then beating her. Mr. Alderman WILSON asked what Ross did? She said he, by command of Robinso n , p u t a c h a i r against the door, and stood against it to prevent her from leav ing the room till Mrs. Robinson had done beating her. At last she heard something said amongst them like, " She has had enough of it now." She had not yet re covered the use of her arm, and was suffering from an internal rupture. Mr. Robinson asked her if he did not use every exer tion to prevent Mrs. Robinson from beating her, and if he did not pull her off four times? Mrs. Fish said he twice, and then let M rs . R obinson boat her as s i d s s h o only e pleased; and he said he would be r evenged i f he went to the bottom of hell for it . Mr. Robinson replied that he could not say he recollected using any expressions of the kind. He also denied that Ross locked the door by his order; as also that he levelled a gun at her. lie did his utmost to prevent the affray; but Mrs. Wilmore, who was called Mrs. Robin son, was a tall and vary powerful woman. He sent for VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dec. 23. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His HONOUR heard cause petitions to-day, taking the unopposed first. None of the causes that came before the Court possessed any points of interest except to the parties concerned. HANGATE V. &SCOIGNE. In this petition the arguments were concluded, and His HONOUR gave judgment, giving the parties liberty to file a bill of review on the payment of the costs. The Court rose at three o'clock. His Honour will not sit again till the 12th of January, 1846, the first day of Hilary Term. The Court sits on that day at Westminster, at ten o'clock. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 23. (Sittings at Nisi Prins in London, before the LORD CHIEF BARON . and a special jury.) LAMERTE V. HEATH. This was an action on the case brought to recover back a sum of money paid in respect of certain shares which subsequently turned out to be fictitious, to which the de fendant had pleaded, denying his liability, and upon this plea issue was joined. Mr. Jervis, Mr. M. Chambers, and Mr. Woodstock appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Martin and Mr. Mills for the defendant. The plaintiff was the well-known dentist, and an ex tensive share speculator, and the defendant a share broker and a member of the Stock Exchange. The ac tion was instituted to recover 4321. 10s., which the plain tiff had paid to the defendant for 280 shares in the Kent ish Coast Railway, but the scrip certificates for which shares subsequently turned out not to be genuine. It would appear from the evidence, that the Kentish Coast Railway first originated in 1844, with Mr. Curling, a solicitor, who induced Sir John Ayre, Mr. Daniel, the chairman of the Blackwell Rail way Company, and several other gentlemen well known in the City, and of unimpeachable character, to allow themselves to be published to the world as the provisional committee of the undertaking, and it na turally ensued that the application for allotment of shares in the project were exceedingly numerous. The shares were allotted in due course, but only a few of them were paid upon—indeed, only some 8004 upon 603 shares—and the result was, that a meeting of the Directors was convened, and a resolution come to, that the scrip should not be issued ; but, at the re quest of Mr. Curling, the originator of the project, the Directors abstained from dissolving the Company, or rather agreed to rest upon their oars till the Board of Trade reported upon the line, the plans having been made and deposited as previously agreed upon, at the expense of Mr. Curling himself. In the meanwhile, however, some of the Directors learned, to their great astonishment, that the scrip of the Company, which ought to have been signed by two of the acting committee, had been issued by Mr. Curling and Mr. Richardson, the secretary, signed only by the latter, and was actually being largely dealt in upon the Stock Ex change. This circumstance, conjointly with an adverse report of the Board of Trade, led to a second meeting of the Directors, and at this meeting it was resolved to repudiate the scrip issued by Mr. Curling, upon which the deposits had been paid directly to the Secretary without passing through the hands of the Company's bankers, to refund the 8001 paid in the usual and proper course upon the 603 shares befere alluded to, and to put an end to the Company altogether. Now, the plaintiff had purchased shares of the defendant in this Kentish Coast Railway, but it afterwards turned out that the scrip certificates delivered by the defendant for these shares were portions of those repudiated by the Directors, which, becoming worthless upon the formal dissolution of the Company, the plaintiff determined to bring the present action to recover back the amount he had paid to the defendant for the shares, as money had and received. Mr. MARTIN, in his address to the jury for the de fence, said the case involved a question of considerable importance, which had never yet been before the Courts, namely, what was the extent of responsibility a jobber upon the Stock Exchange incurred in selling scrip certificates for railway shares. He apprehended and con. tended that he incurred no responsibility at all, because the certificate itself contained no contract, and the broker warranted nothing beyond the signature to the certificate. With respect to the solvency or likeli hood of the scheme being carried out, he had nothing whatever to do, for the purchaser had the same means as the broker himself of ascertaining the prudence or imprudence of a purchase. The question was one of law, and for the Court to decide; but there was a second question in the case, which the jury would hare to de cide, namely, had not Mr. Curling, in issuing these cer tificates, acted as the servant of the Directors, and were they not bound by them, and liable to refund the plain tiff the money he had paid for them? The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, said a stock jobber was liable in the same way as other parties who bought and sold. There was no mystery in dealing in shares any more than there was in dealing in cotton. A man bargained to buy cotton, the vendor was bound to deliver the same, and that was the case with shares. For instance, if a man bargained to buy a cask of brandy, which had passed through many hands, and it subsequently turned out to be water, it was no defence to say, " The dock company delivered it as brandy, and you must rec over f r o m t h em .” AU the cases in the 'books supported this view, and the only question the jury had to decide was, whether the shares delivered by the defendant to the plaintiff were the shares of the Kentish Coast Railway or not. The jury, after retiring for upwards of two hours and a half, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 23.) SUGAR.—To-day there was an improved demand for West India Muscovado Sugar for the scale and pan. Merchants displayed firmness, and obtained full-rates f or a ll descrip tions. The total purchases amounted to 450 hhds and tierces, including a public sale of 100 hhds.Barbadoes, which fetched the full worth. The market has decidedly a brisker appearance for home trade Sugar. REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were purchased with caution by the home trade, brown grocery lumps at 63s to 63s 6d, and standard lumps 64s to 64s 6d. Bonded crushed Sugar is less wanted, but first quality is not to be purchased under 34s per cwt. ISIAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was more desire shown to purchase Mauritius Sugar, and 443 bags at auction fetched full rates; that is to say, good yellow 525, middling 47s 6d, fine brown 465, middling 425, washed 462 to 508 6d, and syrupy 46s to 48s. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon white and yellow Bengal Sugar met with more attention, and fetched full rates, but brown was purchased with caution, and rather lower rates were taken. At public sale 3,898 bags were all disposed of; and at auction 1,125 bags were mostly sold at the former value. FOREIGN.—TO day 112 cases 2 boxes 1 barrel and 1 cask of damaged Bahia Sugar were submitted to public compe tition, and sold is to 2s per cwt under the valuations ; fine brown went at 20s, good 18s to 19s, middling 17s to 17s 6d, low 16s to 16s 6d, very low 155 to 15s 6d, and one lot of scraping 4s per cwt. SKEDS.—Hitherto 'very little has been done in either white or red Cloverseed, speculators having deemed the prices asked too high, and the consumptive demand having not yet begun. •Canaryseed was again rather cheaper. Linseed has been purchased with caution, and prices have assumed a downward tendency. Rapeseed is wanted, and fetched former rates, the supply being small. Linseed Cakes are heavy of sale, and cheaper. COFFEE.—This afternoon 1,174 bags of Padang Coffee were submitted to public competition, and taken in rather above the value, viz., good ordinary b rown ra th er m i xed w i th a few blacks at 245, sea damaged first class 21s 6d t o 22 s ; second, third, and fourth cl ass 18s to 21s; a few lots of sea damaged and repacked were, however, sold at 19s 6d per cwt. In Ceylon only a limited business was transacted privately, but good ordinary pale native was not to be obtained under 48s per cwt. TEA.--Importers show firmness notwithstanding the heavy stock of Black and Green, and they still refrain from offering any at public sale. The quantity taken for home consump • tion was less in the past than in the former week, and amounted to 457,8001b5. The quantity arrived since last Tuesday has been trifling. Congou hrs sustained former rates, and purchases to a fair extent have been made by the town and country trade. In Pouchong a fair business has been transacted. Twankay is held with firmness, the supply being small, and the trade in want of it. For Hyson prices do not improve; there has however been a better demand. In Imperial there has been more business transacted at about former rates. Of Gunpowder a large quantity has been sold, but not at any improvement in prices. The value of good and fine scented Orange Pekoe is .2s 8d to 3s per lb. The accounts come to hand from China state that in Twan kay, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Gunpowder (Can ton), and Imperial (Canton), no transactions have occurred to warrant quotations; the quality is reported good. Green Teas of the new crop are arriving, though prices can scarcely be quoted, as the market is not fairly opened. Smcx.s.—For Nutmegs there hoot boost le.* demand, and rather lower rates hav e been taken privately. Mee is less wanted, and former rates cannot be obtained; at auction 6 pkgs were taken in at 3s for middling quality. Ginger is not to be bad at any further decline in prices, but there are few buyers to be met with. Of Batavia Tamarinds 102 casks were bought in at 8s for low quality. Holders of Black Pep per are less inclined to realise, and refrained from offering any at auction, the operations privately having been on a more extended scale, but not at better pri ces . Whi te h as been disposed of to a fair extent at 4d to 7d. There are few buyers of Cassia Lignea. Pimento is wanted, and full rates are offered, but the market is still scantily supplied. Cin namon is held for last quarterly sales' prices, but the orders have become few for any description. Cloves have been sold to a fair extent. SPIRITt3.—For Leeward Island Rum 2s to 2s ld per gallon are the rates insisted upon for proof, but there has been little business transacted. Calcutta has been purchased with cau tion at is lld to 2s proof with certificate. For Demerara former rates are asked, but there are few purchasers at the present time. Jamaica has been purchased with cau tion by exporters and the home trade, but holders for the most part refuse to reduce their prices. In Brandy several purchases were made, and full rates given. Geneva for exportation has been sold to a fair extent at 2s Id to 2s 2d for common quality. The value of fine for home consumption is 2s 6d to 2s 10d. British Corn Spirits are wanted at lOs 9d, nett cash. Gin at 9s 3d for 17 per cent, 9s 2d for 22 under proof, and at 12s 9d to 13s 6d per gallon for Malt Spirit, according to quality. RICE. —To-day Bengal Rice mat with little attention, and 481 bags at auction sold at a further decline in prices of 6d per cwt, good clean pearly bright white selling at 16s, and one lot 16s 6d. 41 bags of Java sold at 15s 6d for middling white rather broken, and first class, sea damaged, 13s 6d. per cwt, which is rath e r c h ea p er. Faurr.—Although there are sellers of Currants at the moderate rates of 47s to 48s for new Zante and Cephalonia, 47s to 49s for Patras, and 468 per cwt for old, still the pur chases wasde have been limited. The market has a dull ap pearance for all descriptions of Raisins, and there are sellers upon low terms. Figs move off slowly at 34s to 70s per cwt. The stock of Fruit is unusually large, and there are several ships yet to come in. SALTPETRE . — Importers of Rough show mere firmness, and have refrained from offering any at auction ; buyers have been more inclined to operate, and purchases to a fair extent made privately, principally by the home trade, and at stiffer rates. For Nitrate of Soda the demand has been only for small parcels. Hon. —Until the return of the year, it is not expected that we shall have much doing in Hops; but we hope then to have more activity prevailing. Prices keep tolerably steady. On.s.—The business transacted in Cercoa Nut has been upon a more extended scale privately, but not at better prices ; Rape Seed Oil is wanted, and several parcels have been dis posed of at 37s 6d to 38s for pale, and at 36s 6d to 878 for brown. Palm has been sold to a fair extent, but not at better prices. Linseed Oil has been in extensive demand on the Spot, and advanced rates have been given. For delivery next year several contracts have been entered into at 25s to 26s per cwt, according to the period of delivery. Olive is held with firmness, and a good business has been transacted. In Cod the operations are upon a more extended scale. Seal has been purchased with caution, notwithstanding the low rates that prevail. In Southern purchases to a fair extent have been made, but not at better prices. Sperm is little wanted. TALLOw.—Russian has not brought previous rates, but the demand on the spot has been brisk. Home made has been in excellent request at 4.2 s 6d per cwt, nett cash, but the market is better supplied. For other descriptions the demand has been good privately, and previous rates are sustained. [AnviorrtsamENT.]—The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills.—An astounding Cure by this miraculous Medicine after every other means had failed. See extract of his Lordship's letter dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. "To Professor Hollowly. Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a ewe of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of tit. &cull at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect. Nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) Aldborough."—These wonderful Pills will cure any disease of the liver and stomach. —Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand and by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised w orld THE N EW TIMON.--The publication of this poem, or rather poetical satire, has been hitherto deferred in con.. sequence of the state of political excitement. Some copies, however, that had been privately circulated among the author's friends having got into the hands of the reviewers, it has been determined to publish it without further delay. THE PROTECTION MOVEMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Neither you nor your readers must for a mo ment suppose, because you think proper to give long reports of League aggregate meetings, that the free traders are the only parties throughout the country who possess the power of eloquent speech—of "thoughts that breathe and words that burn." No sensible man will deny them the best of the argument ; but for elo quence and research—oh! and for originality of thought, too, and invention, they are far indeed behind the wise acres of agriculture. I have been reading the copious report you published of the League meeting in Covent garden Theatre on Wednesday last, and I cannot help remarking, that though the speeches of Cobden, Bright, and Fox are plain, straightforward, and earnest, yet they possess none of those remarkable points in which Punch so delighteth—points of brilliancy, like those which emanate from the real diamond, and distinguish it from its counterplrt, paste. Why don't these orators strike out something new—something equally startling and beautiful as the facts with which "Jockey of Norfolk," Peel's new Dean of Westminster, and (which brings me at once to the reason of my addressing you), one Mr. Robert Everard, of Spalding, in this county, delight to interlard their speechesq I have just read in the Lin colnshire Chronicle a report of a meeting held last week in the above highly intellectual town, and which, being in the centre of this division of Lincolnshire, I have no doubt had collected together all the brilliancy and talent of that clever races of people who, at the last general election, evinced their shrewdness by rejecting a Hand ley and electing Turnor! This Mr. Robert Everard was the " great gun" of the meeting—" the star of that goodly company"—and a few of his "sayings" I take the liberty of forwarding to you, from which your readers may conceive what, if his party were in power, his " doings" would be. Mr. Robert Everard, in the plenitude of his pity at Lord Morpeth's lathes, in joining that wicked conspiracy, the League, tells the meeting that "he would call their attention to the words used by Cataline, the celebrated Roman, who said, that • when men of unblamable cha racter became familiar with the arts made to corrupt them, they soon resembled and fell in with them.''' There, think of that, " uneducated" Cobden and " un learned" Bright ! Are there no grammar-schools in Spalding ? or (it being holiday-time) was there no school-boy from the second form to tell this erudite habitant of the Fens that Cataline was notorious, and not celebrated ; that nothing of the kind ever fell from his lips, or flowed from his pen ; and that the stricture which Mr. Robert Everard was evidently " cudgelling his brain" to remember, was spoken of, and not by, Catalina? We next find that Mr. Robert Everard, having got out of his depth in the classics, next tries his hand on "dry land" (dry enough, in all conscience !), and in the middle of a calculation as to the produce of a farm of 300 acres, gives utterance to the following piece of un meaning and unintelligible nonsense:—" The best culti vation would produce sixteen coombs—(of what, I should like to know ?—there is no doubt what produces coxcombs)—and taking the medium price of wheat at 515., and the price of oats at two-fifths the price of wheat, the gross proceeds of such a farm would amount to 1,960/. per annum." Now, it seems to me, that if 16 coombs per acre is meant, the produce would be 12,2401 per annum; or, if only 16 coombs for 300 acres, it would only be 40L 16e. What lie " data at two-fifths the price of wheat" has to do with the matter, no one can possibly conceive. But Mr. Robert Everard—(ever-hard, indeed !)—is not, like Michael Cassio, "a great arithmetician ;" for, a few lines afterwards, he calculates that, "with rents reduced 33 per cent., land, which now lets at 40s. an acre, would then be 375. !1" Great consolation, cer tainly, for the landlords, although, unfortunately, th , t " according to Cocker." I apologise for troubling you at such length, but, looking upon The Sun as the only luminary beneath whose searching rays the false awl wicked bread-taA has for years been slowly, but surely, receding, ' 4)l/i noxious dew," I hope you will give my remarks a Pil e in your columns. They will there certainly meet eyes of the people—they will show something like t!!_i average value of the protection prin c iple a nd its talenn; advocates—and they m a y induc e th e sa ti r i s t s of Ai tb League to award to Mr. Robert E verar d a n i c he in temple of public ridicule beside the Duke of Cart/ . powder and Professor Mangle-wurzle. I am, Sir, your constant reader, and a subscriber the League, although A TENANT FARMER' Stamford, Lincolnshire, Dec. 22, 1845. MONEY MARKET and CITY NE l. l' CITY, TUESDAY EVENINO• TIMES.—It will be seen that, notwithstanding the warlike tone of the Ame r ican P res id en t' s messa ge, tb s Funds have risen to-day. The market, however, is i ° ,, complex position, which renders it a very imperfect teor, of the general feeling on this subject. Sales, not only English, but of foreign sto c k s , ra il way , an d o ther se curities, of all kinds, have been proceeding systera s tally for five or six weeks past ; and, as a very's% proportion of these were speculative sales, or sales o_ o with the intention of r e in vest i ng a t a l ower pr i c e. Of is found suddenly a scarcity of the article when wanli for delivery or for re-purchase. The return of Sit, Peel to power seems so exc l us i ve l y to h ave eeentleir the attention of capitalists as t o h ave p reven ted lu thinking of anything else, and a more agreeable fee k , ing on the score of public cre dit h as b een diffused '4 observing that the late abst rac ti on o f b u lli on from t" Bank of England has arisen, not through its exrl e Lion to the continent, but f or a d omestic purpose-7 supply of the Scotch an d I r i s h b an k s. M oney , e f: , o S t i f these has never been any rea l scarc it y , i s no w oaf s , as confidence returns, mor e f ree ly on a ll s id es ; tinu o , all are for the moms nt more inclin e d t o b u y publito curities than to sell them, th e y f o ll ow t h e cours e .. m . is usual, under such circumstances, to all markets. full effect of the doubtful relations which have arisen tween :this country and America will probably not _j seen until the message has b een rea d an d co nsider; among capitalists generally. Fo r th e p resen t the we state of the market, as above described, prevents sni t" action. The position of the English securities continues ..s c r ceedingly promising for the speculators who have ~,ert rated for the rise. 'rite advance in C onso l s w as sw" one per cent. on the actual bargains of the day. In the Foreign Market p r i ces were we ll su p Pot The announcement from Messrs. Baring of the suer , sion of the remittances by the Buenos Ayrean Gor . . erli e d ment on account of the dividend s o f th at s t oc k ea As s no alteration in its value. Spanish was steady, As also Mexican. There was not much business transacted in the Fore i 4 Exchanges to-day. The r a t es f or bills upon Amstert Paris, Vienna, and Tri es t e , were rat h er hi g her than post. Hamburgh remained about the same. The premium on gold at Paris is 111 per re - . 0 which, at the English Mi n t p r i ce o f 3 / . 17s. 10itte ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change 43 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at su ot , being 25 57k, it follows that gold is 0.57 per ° dearer in London than in Paris. 4331 By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is per mark, which, at th e English Mint price of 3/.175. 1 71 ; per ounce fur stendaeci gold, gives ea exclianite 01.13 041 and the exttange Hamburgh o n L on don sit„. re r being 13 10/, it follows that gold is 0.69 per aerd• in London than in Hamburgh. t he One of the morning pap ers i n c i t i ng t h e will °f sa d late Mr. Irving, the head of the firm Reid, Irving'peet Co., has described his perso na l p roperty as sw orn 'l v o 30,000/. ; the real amount, however, should hav e we ll. 300,0001. Of the large est a t es , w hi e h h e was so Ai g known to possess, no mentio n i s o f course ma d e itl lll— probate of the will. rti o The President's message, irrespective of that po_ n o which relates to the Oregon territory, and which is; • or less important so all c l asses o f rea d ers , eentaireol greater number of topics int eres ti ng to t h e coeirs e doc r and monetary circles of London than any similar ment that has appeared for several years. ss i/ The declaration respecting the tariff is, sis - sr 00 goes, thought satisfactory, since i t s h ows a disPl ) t bs to a more liberal policy than that represented e bl tariff of 1842. The illustration of what is meant is revenue duty, as distinguished from a protective 0,13;,... considered so clear and well put as to be worth qui: l ,U 50$ " It becomes important to understand distinet,'Y w . hicb is meant by is revenue standard, the maximum of a. 0 should not be exceeded in the rates of duty imPn se o f b e is conceded, and experience proves, that duties r bo iev laid so high as to diminish or prohibit altogethe r or dr portation of any given article, and thereby leg en e de stroy the revenue which, a t l ower rates , w ould e tler rived from its impo r t a ti on . S uc h d ut i es ex T p/ for revenue rates, and are not imposed to raise >n 01/ 7 the support of Gov e r nmen t. If C ongress levy i n pre' for 4 for revenue of 1 per c en t. on a g i ven art i c l e , it Al' duce a given amount of mone y to t h e treasu ry, 11- _,l f ss' incidentally and nec essar ily a ff or d p ro t ec tion or tf , tage to the amount of 1 p er cen t. to th e home D aunt P turer of a similar or like article over the 4 11 110 the duty be raised to 10 per cent., it will P r fi o l rote c greater amount of money, and afford greater p If it be still raised to 20, or 25, or 30 per ce D did e if, as it is raised, the revenue derived from it is fau n n di r increased, the protection or advantage ale%%ii,xo creased ; hut if it be raised to 31 per cent ., and ifr t eect that the revenue produced at that rate is less " - ,, e itei l ' per cent., it ceases to be a revenue duty. The r o ar point in the ascending scale of duties at which i 6 i 6 ,„,t, taint d from experience that the revenue is grew b . Ol O the maximum rate of duty which can be laid for the Gc• fide purpose of collecting money for the support 01 j e t, vernment. To raise the duties higher than that and thereby diminish the amount not f o r is to them for protection merely, an d 0 1 o f n d g u , t t y h e o n n , aas given CongC ong Congress article, and Dd th g radually e n re i o .n n r .u c r e r e e i as y s e e i n :t e l: re e ea rs:, that w po i nt, itb s b t y an su d c a h rd i . ncr iv ea h se en t o h f ey d g n o ty h , e t ) h w ey d are diminished er de' n increase the duties, the revenue is the a th n e d, r as eve th v e a; stroyed, the act ceases to have for its object raising of money to support Government, but is for ,pr e teas' merely." Mr. Polk expl l e vy ains that it does not follow fr om rh o above definition that Congress is always to co _ o f highest duty which ar ti c l es w ill b ea r. The adop opt, the revenue standa r d t h ere f ore , will still leave 1,1 1 . wide margin, so th a t th e exact principle of future u'';o of t eat e n, fications remains undete rm i ne d. Indeed, thr the whole of this portion o f th e M essage , a great w ere caution has been notic e d, as th oug h t h e Presicle! e t wo unwilling to compromise him se lf w i t h e i t h e r of ' great parties of the States. TO' The recommendation o f th e " C onst i tu ti o ns! p ape r power which shall ke e p th e pu bi c money wi°l°„lieseer, power to snake loans or discounts, or to is.sl li b eglr' currency, shows that the S u b Treasury scherae t i f re' into °selection by the Dem ocrats , an d eu beeQug n pealed by the 'Whigs, is again, in r le a ipeiple at ' be adopted, if the President's advice be acted on. 4 the By the financial s t a t ement ma d e i n ant i c ipation v t he Secretary of the Treasury's report, it appears th i s :jae l receipts during the fi sca l y ear en di ng t h e 13th 0 : 1 ,,os last were 29,769,133 d o ll s . 56 c., an d t h e expert 0. 29,968,208 dolls. 98c., includi ng 8,588,157 dolls. 2, plied to the payment of the public debt. RAILWAY SCALE OF MANNERS.—We ha ve ill been struck with the difference of manner assumed by r o d way officials towards different people. Shut your On ate you can tell from th e t one o f t h e i r voices w h o m t. r h a e i e eor addressing. The following examples will best psr, meaning. The railway potentate is calling upon ", sengers to get their tickets ready. He calls:—to the yo ur Class (fortissime): "Ti c k ets , tickets • come, t e ll e icato , tickets ready."—To the Second Class (forth) , r t CIO gents. ; get your ti c k ets ready, gents."—To the r" - Aease; (piano) : " Get y our tickets ready, gentlemen, if yo u tickets ready, if you please, gentlemen."—Punch. fi A CAPITAL SPEC.—A great deal of money . .. s our be made by taking extensive premises in the City t oe rooms, and selling nothing but the Norfolk SouP,.:te an d pence a basin. A pinch of curry costs about a fartu'l ott as hot water may be had for almost nothing, th,e r ,P r° ceo t ' every basin of Noi f o lk S oup wou l d b e at least lou r or" This seems a more p rem i s i ng un d ertaking just no W the Railway. Punch. -pp l ; EXTRAORDINAR Y B IRTHS AND E XTREME S- —On Tuesday last, a p oor woman named Guest, ' A— E e'ss No. 4, Foreman's-buildings, Wilson -street, FinsbutY,,,', bf delivered of th ree c hild ren, v i z., two girls and on e die the pariah doctor, a Mr. Hall, of Paul-street. It seeui c ing husband is a sho ema k er out of employment, and' h 3 parted with most of hi s f urn i ture, they have not bed, or any decent article for use. Some of their por u state hours are aiding them by their pittances, b u t their gr. requires more e n l arge d a id in this critical peri 4 mrir Loosely, butcher, Lon g - a ll ey , w ill b e glad to receiv e sub !ions. sl Edward Cane, Es - 7 • ted SPecl ,q., has been appoin. d bi rleo Commissioner of the property-tax in the room o _,i o aer Ross, Esq., appointed to the death-vacancy of a of Customs. BIRTHS. 10 °f On the 18th of October, at Colombo, Ceylon, the the Rev. J. D. Balm, of a son.. On the 21st in s t., a t M onument Cottage, Edg b as - r lady of T. W. Belles, Esq., of a son. i " On the 21st inst., a t B e df or d- p l ace, the lady o f I' ' Hallett, Esq., of a child, still-born. Oa the 21st inst., at the Vicarage, Crowle, Lin sb the lady of the Rev. W. Duncombe, of a daughter. , l i o rs l On the 21st in s t., th e l a d y o f W illiam Carr, Esq., 0' Cottage, Blackheath-park, Kent, of a son. on. On the 21st inst., a t Chi gwe ll , M rs. G. Burford, o f a 5 ni On the 22d i ns t., a t Camden - town , Mrs. Finder? '" daughter. t h° On the 22d inst., a t th e R oyal-crescent, Notting--hi I! lady of John Fenton, Esq., of a daughter. ISO On the 23d inst., a t Abb ey -road, St. John's-wood, the of Henry Darley, Esq., of a son. C. On the 23d inst., at Clapham-common, the lady ofJoh n Andrew, Esq.,'of a daughter. MARRIED. Rob ° On the 19th inst., a t Tintagel, Cornwall, Charles 00 Bree, Esq., to Frances, eldest daughter of Sir Aug Brydges Henniker, Bart., of Plashwood, near Stools Suffolk, and of Newton Hall, in the county of Essex, ~/ 31 1 tx On the 16th i ns t., a t B and i nan House, Perthshire, K° fl, Pigott, Esq., of the Royal Scots Greys, to ElirsD e third daughter of J. D. Nairne, of Dunsinane. DIED. On the sth inst., at Vevey, Switzerland, John Baker, ere, On the lZth inst. at South -parade, IVaketithi, Yoa's w W. Harrison, Esq. aged 80. r ORA the 15th hut. the Rev. John Brown, M.A., Vicar t Ot. Mary's-,Leicester. On the 18th inst., at Twyford, near Winchester 01 111 Beckley Roberts, son of Major-General H. Raise 0 :0 % co , Oa the 20th inst., at Judd-pl ace E ast, Y .eviroad' '''' Cecilia Dolan, aged 49. Aae r On the 20th inst., in Blandford-aqua , Li dale, Esq., M.D. f: ---------"-""*"L "" - end coa : Printed P.--da pubii 3 ) i - ed b, y J.---.ue: Dlial:ildr081.41:1°1 No. 112, Str; i nd, printer, at 7 1., Sun Offige, apt/ Strand, in the Precinct of the 3 avny, in ars Middrenex, Wedliefior Dem .-" 845. ' • ' Abo r 24, 1 Pao did ton log Aen and znai itre an kor 4 4 . IEI4 The iii 'to The ll_ Thl