The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-20 00:00:00

Ztitti :tn-ibttion THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) ONE CLOSLNii PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 210% 211 211 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 99 98A 99 New 3% per Cents ...102%%% 102% Long Annuities to exrdreJan.lB6o 11 9-16 7-16 11 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11% , 11 India Stock .. ... .. 272 272 India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,0001... . South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 I%d. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE O'CLOCK. 99% 99 pm. 51 pm. 50 pm. 54 CLOSING PRICES. 102% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.— • Mexican, 5 per Cent. 18.37 — Ditto, Account — Ditto. Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 39 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent,. ..... ... Ditto. Account ..... .. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 44% 44 3 4 Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific lO Ol 100 IA PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES • AT ONE O'O6OCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Bristol and Exeter 7O Do. New ... ........ 2 ...... 11% ll% Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ...... 3 1 A% 314 Canterbury and Dover.. 1% O4 l3i Chester and Holyhead... 15 Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester 1 . 2N 33/. 38% 27% Cornwall Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast June. 2% 7 IA Dublin and Galway..... 2% Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 19%% 19% Ditto New 41. 16s. 6% Ea stDereh'm andNoech 1 Eastern Union 2O . .. .. Ditto Extension . ... 1% 3% 2% 3 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 B9V 90 ..... .... 90 Ely and Bedford Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2 3 % 3 Great Northof England..100 Ditto New 2 31% 31 Great Western Ditto Half Shares 5O ll5 116% ll6',' Ditto Fifths Hull and Selby 5O 106 L. ncaster and Carlisle... 25 Leicester and Bedford... 225. 2 % 14 2 p London and Birminghm (Stock) 225 Do. 14 Shares London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d — Do. New London and Brighton London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d 2 4 14% 24% Do. New l3s 4d London and Greenwich 12l 1554 d... 10% lO 3 /4 London and Manchester ( Remington's) - ... I p _ Lon,l. & S. Western 411 6s 10d 7B ........ ...... 77 Do. New London and York 2% 5 % 14- London and Windsor ... 1 Londonderry and Ennis killen 2 l/ 2 % 3% 2% Lynn and Dereham l% Manchester and Leeds... 76 20l Do. Quarters 62% 10 Manche:ter and Birnun. 40 — Do. Quarters 4 Do. New Quarters ... 2 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 225....... 6 3 / 4 ...... ........ 7 p Mdland 100 172% 172 173... 173 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby...loo 132 131 133 133 IsT , nv , tasL le and Berwick 1% 23% 23% Newry and Enniskillen. 2% North British Do. New North Staffordshire 22 s. ...... 3 1 % 3 3 North Wales Norwich and Brandon... 14 Do., New New ... ..... ..... 1 Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 ,4 7%%% Portsmouth Direct 2 l, — .. Preston and Wyre Richmond 1 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Midland l%. ... 2 21 / Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%. .... 4% Shrewsbury and Trent `'alley Union 22s. Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales 2% 3% South Midland 22s. South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d 45% Do., No. 1 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wales ..... -.... ... _2% 5l 3053 18LA 7 1 . 4 410 6/ 4 2% 2% 3% 5 , 4 45% 21 3 % 15 7% 2 514 ____. South Devon Trent Valley 2 ...... Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Warwick & Cheltenham 1 1 % 1 Watertord and Kilkenny 1 Wa terfd, Wxfrd, NV ickl et, and Dublin Welch Midland Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ ......... 2% 4 IA Yarmouth and liorwich. 20 — York-and North Midland 50 — Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ... ...... .... ..... 2 .. ... 2% Dutch Rhenish 3 .. ... 87% East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Louvain and Jenieppe... 4 ... . 4 1 / Lyons and Avignon 2 Limembourgh Namur and Liege Orkans and Vierzon ... 6 ...... 16 3 4 17 Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 ...... 12 1 Over Yssel 4/ 384 d O% p ••• Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... VA.% Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 2 ...... 2 1 ,E Rouen and Havre ...... 16 Royal North of Spam ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ....• 6 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's Do. do. (Lefebvre's) 2 Verona and Ancona...... 3 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 1% 2% 1 IA 3% 1064 23% 17 12 1 ,6 P 34 2% 2% 50 41% 2% 30% 2 3 / 4 814 2 3% Colonial ... 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of L0nd0n......... 10 15% 48 LYNN AND DEREHAM RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The first half-yearly meeting of this Company was held this day at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con vening the meeting, proceeded to lay before the 'Pro prietors the report, which was merely a recapitulation of the progress of their Bill through Parliament, and men tioning the necessity of electing auditors and directors. Tile CHAIRMAN then moved that the report be re ceived, entered on the minutes, and a copy seat to each shareholder. i. Mr. W. EVERATD seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN moved that the seal of the Company be affixed to the register of Shareholders. Mr. H. C. PARTRIDGE seconded the resolution, which was carried without dissent. The CHAIRMAN said that the next form to be dis charged was the election of two auditors, an appointment which, under the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, was rendered imperative. A SHAREHOLDER suggested that, as the Proprietors were comparatively ignorant of each other, it would be better that the Directors should name the gentlemen they considered most suitable fur the office. The CHAIRMAN said that the Board could not nominate, but only sumst, gewletnen to discharge the duties of auditors. However, anticipating some difficulty might arise is the selection, he had drawn up a list of those who held the largest amount of shares in the Company. Mr. Tinker was, next to himself (the Chairman), the largest holler, having 525 shares ; but as he was the auditor of the Ely and Huntingdon Company, his elec tion would scarcely be advisable. Mr. Lloyd held 400 shares, but he was abroad. Mr. Dawson held 350, but .being a sharebroker at Liverpool, it was possible that at any period his interest in the Company might cease ; his election, therefore, would be inexpedient. Mr. Bruce, who held 310, was in the same category as Mr. Tinker, being connected with the Lynn and Ely Company. Mr. R. C. Dawson held 230 shares, but being Secretary of the Mil'aok Penitentiary, his time would be too much occupied to give his undivided attention to their interests. Mr. Leclimere, a solicitor, was the next largest holder, having 225 shares, to whom no objection exist-A. Ile therefore suggested that either that gen tlem in and Mr. Teether or Mr. G. Whitley, each holders of 200 shares, should be elected. Mr. BUNTING then moved, and Mr. SMITH seconded, the nomination of Mescrs. Lechmere and Whitley, who were unanimously elected auditors. Mr. LECHMERE returned thanks, and assured the meeting he would do his duty conscientiously by the Company, which he considered would, when in con nexion with the two collateral lines near them (the Lynn and E'y and the Nottingham and Grantham) become the bsst among the railway projects of the country. Mr. TABERNER moved that their late Board of Direc tors, consisting of Henry Charle s Lacy (Ch a i rman ) , Sir Henry R. Calder, Thomas Neville Abdy, William Eve rard, Henry O. Partridge, and J. B. Whiting, should be re-elected. Mr. SMITH seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Thanks were then passed to the Chairman and Direc tors, and the meeting separated. ..EhSib lit t BONE CLUB AND GROUND V. THE WEST ‘ c - \ .. •: Z t V, his match was not commenced until /"4:',`-?, 1 - , , 1:"I, '- • uded before a lato hour on Saturday. ,F-)firi,.._ a minority of 44 runt k 4q- , r• - .. 7; A. 4.1 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA I EVENING, AITGITS7 20, 1845. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.L.LiverpooI, Aug. 18. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL and a Special Jury.) IMPORTANT LIFE INSURANCE CASE.—SCHWABE, ADMINIS- TRATRIX V. CLIFT. This was an action of assumpsit, brought to recover a sum of 999 L, alleged to be due to the plaintiff as adminis- , tratrix of the late Mr. Louis Schwabe, of Manchester, the particulars of whose death werealetailed in the public prints a few months since. Mr., Schwabe's life had been insured in the Argus Office. At his death that office refused to pay the insurance money, upon the gratnd now pleaded—viz., that the party insured had terminated his own life by suicide. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL first addressed the jury, and commenced by observing that, although be appeared there on the part of the defendants, it would be for him to state the case in the first instance, as the burden of proof lay on his side. The death of the person insured was not denied, and it was admitted that a policy had been granted; but the company, by their plea, alleged that the deceased had committed suicide ; therefore they con tended that they were not bound to pay the money, there being in the policy this condition—that the contract was to become void in case the person whose life was insured should commit suicide, or die by duelling, or by the hand of justice. Now, what had occurred in this case would show that the policy was rendered void accord ing to the clause which contained that condition, the fact being that the deceased had taken poison for the purpose of putting an end to his life, and that he had died in consequence within a few hours after. He (the Solicitor-General) was aware that it was said that Mr. Schwabe was not of sound mind at the time when he did the act, and that was commonly said in these unfortu nate cases. But if it should be proved that he was not of sound mind, there would yet be an important ques tion of law to be determined, for it would still remain to be decided, further, whether the life-office ought, on account of that circumstance, to lose the benefit of the condition ; and if a doubt could now exist as to this point in the law of England, it was high time that such a point should be settled. He apprehended that the judgment which had been pronounced in a case tried before Mr. Justice Erskine, in the year 1841, would apply to the one now before them. In the case to which he referred, that of Borradaile v. Hunter, a clergyman, had effected a policy of insurance of a like nature ; and in that instrument it was conditioned, that if the party should " die by his own hands," the policy should be void. Mr. Borradaile afterwards threw himself over Vauxhall bridge. The policy was sued on. The defendant pleaded that the insured " died by his own hands." And then at the trial, it was contended by the plaintiff, that if the de ceased were not in a state of mind to render him morally responsible, the policy was not made void by the act of self-destruction. The jury, in a special verdict, found that Mr. Borradaile voluntarily threw himself over the bridge, knowing that he should thereby destroy his life, but that at the time of committing the act he was not capable of distinguishing right from wrong. The Judges of the Common Pleas held that the case came within the meaning of the clause, and that the policy was, therefore, void. Mr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Justice Maule, and Mr. Justice Coltman, denied that this was " dying by his own hand," according to the meaning of the policy. The Lord Chief Justice of that Court, for whom every one must feel respect, thought that the per son so dying must be felo de se to avoid the policy, and upon the foundation of that opinion, the plaintiff, it was supposed, now sought to maintain the present action. The decision in the Common Pleas was, no doubt, a sound decision. But the jury could have nothing to do with the expediency of the law ; and if the law . were that a jury, from feelings of Compassion or sympathy for a dis tressed family, might say that a party was not in a sound state of mind, and could so fix an insurance-office, the sooner a law of that kind was altered the better. It would at once be to encourage gross fraud upon the office insuring, and the offence of self-destruction in the person insured. But they could have nothing to do with the question of expediency. They must look to the words of the policy, and the decision must be ac cording to the intention of the parties contracting, and that intention again to be gathered according to a well known rule of law, from the ordinary sense of the words employed in the contract. What, continued the Learned Counsel, was the meaning of a man committing " sui cide ?" If a man was in such a state of consciousness that he knew death would be the consequence of his act, that was enough. He (the Solicitor-General) did not mean to say that it would be sufficient if the person acted by mere accident, as if he were to shoot himself unintentionally. But if they were to hear of a man having voluntarily shot himself, or taking poison, how would they describe it but by saying that he had com mitted " suicide ?" Here the deceased took sulphuric acid, and died a few days afterwards in consequence. It was then the plain meaning of the words, according to plain natural interpretation, to call this a case of " suicide ;" and there must have been something else in the language of the policy to show that the words in ques tion should be accepted in any different sense. Were it not so, it, must happen, by and by, that no similar clause of exemption in a policy could be effective, for it might be agreed that, as no man destroying his life can be in his right mind, no such case of destruction can be one of suicide. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to state the facts attending the death of the deceased, which were afterwards spoken to in detail by the witnesses called. The witnesses were Mr. John Chapel, who had been in the employ of the deceased from 1839 ; Thos. 'White, a cab-driver ; another man, who had gone to Mr. Schwabe ; and Mr. Ransom, surgeon, of Manchester, the medical attendant of Mr. Schwabe. From their evidence it appeared that the deceased, whcse residence-was at Plimpton-grove, Manchester, was a native of Germany, and a silk manufacturer, carrying on his business, which was in a large way, at some distance from his dwelling-house. He was a man who paid much atten tion to his business, and had greatly excited his mind, which was of an imaginative turn, in the inventing of new patterns. There had been five policies effected on his lire, but so long ago as 1836. In 1843 he was ob served to be very much excited, and this being observed by his medical attendant, that gentleman remonstrated with him on his too close application to business, and urged his going to the sea coast for relaxation. He went, and was partially benefited. But at one period of 1843 it was deemed necessary to place him under some personal restraint, and a man was placed in his house to take care of him. He was very kind and at tentive towards his family, and on one occasion, during the illness of his daughter, had himself watched over her night and day, exhibiting, as stated by Mr. Ransom, extraordinary coolness, apparently from the effort which he made for the sake of his child. On Tuesday, the 7th of January last, being at his place of business in Manchester, he spoke with Mr. Chapel about removing some acids, which were employed in the manufacture there carried on. The next day the witness observed him looking at some of the acids in a manlier which attracted his attention. On the Friday following, the 18th, Mr. Schwabe came to Mr. Chapel, and asked for some sulphuric acid, of which about half a wine glass full was given him. This was put in a phial, which the deceased put in his pocket. At this time Mr. Chapel remarked something peculiar in his look. He seemed wild. But the witness did not apprehend his intention, as he was in the habit of making experiments, though he was not considered to be intimately acquainted with the use of those prepara tions. It would seem that he must have taken the phial into a room at the works shortly after having received the contents, and there swallowed the acid, the empty bottle being discovered, with the cork, some stains on the floor, and a portion of the acid apparently vomited up after being erank off. The cabman proved that he was beckoned to by de ceased in Oxford-street, Manchester, took deceased up, and observed that he held a handkerchief to his mouth. On arriving at his residence, whither he desired to be conveyed, he said something to Mrs. Schwabe, in which he was understood to say that he had taken poison ; and on Mr. Ransom being called in, though the deceased was unable to articulate, he gave that gentleman to understand that he had taken sulphuric acid. Mr. Ransom enumerated other acids, appealing to him as a man of honour to say if he had swallowed any of the acids mentioned. He shook his head several times, but finally, when asked if it was sulphuric acid, he nodded his head, as if to say yes. He lingered until the next morning, and then died. Mr. KNOWLES (for the plaintiff) submitted that there appeared, in the first place, to be some doubt upon the evidence offered as to whether the poisoning were really by accident or by design. But it was beyond all doubt, on the defendant's own showing, that the deceased was of unsound mind when the acid was swallowed. The Learned Counsel said he quite agreed with the Solicitor- General that this was not a case in which they, the jury, should be governed by their sympathy ; but it was re markable that his Learned Friend had relied upon a case, that of Borradaile v. Hunter, which would be found quite against him. In that case the words relied on were " dying by his own hands" but where the words, as in the present case, were "committing suicide," the latter phrase must be taken to import a felonious act. Here the deceased w a s both mora lly an d l ega lly irre sponsible ; and if he had killed another person, he would, under th e c i rcums t ances , h ave b een h e ld irre sponsible from the existing state of his mind. In the case quoted Mr. Justice Erskine had expressly spoken of those policies in which occurred the phrase "shall commit suicide "—the phrase now occurring in the present case, and had considered that phrase, properly understood, and judicially construed, to import . a criminal act ; an d j urors h a d , accord i ngly, so found. Not that the dece ase d dil not precipitate his own destruction, but that, being in the state of mind clearly proved already, he comm i tt i ng incapabl e o f comm i tt i n an act of crime. The jury must excuse hi m (MI. Knowles) if he spoke technically, but he must contend further that the term " commit" did of its e lf a l one i mply the doing of something criminally. It had been proved that so long ago as 1842 the mind of deceased was in a very disturbed state, and that his father had died under circumstances calculated to occasion additional excite ment to him, and if there were enough to convince the jury that he had taken poison, in order to cause his own death, still no one could for a moment doubt that he was in such a state of mind at the time as would have pre vented him being amenable to the law if ho bad com mitted the act against the life of another. After the evi dence they (the jury) had heard it would be needless to call more witnesses to prove the fact that Mr. Schwabe was insane ; and as to what had been said respecting the liabilities of insurance-offices, if the gentlemen insuring found that their meaning, in their words, had been wrongly understood, only let them, for the future, make an alteration in the form of their policies. His LORDSUIP, after recapitulating the facts, as stated in the evidence, told the jury that it was here alleged, on th!6 part of the defendant, that the policy was void, because the deceased had " committed suicide." To make that out they must find—first, that Mr. Schwabe died by his own voluntary act ; and, secondly, that at the time he did the act, he could tell right from wrong, so as to be a responsible moral agent, and to be capable of appreciating th e qua li ty o f h i s act i on. Hi s Lordship observed that he stated this distinctly, antici pating that his judgment might be disputed. He should feel himself ruled by the judgment of the courts above, but, in the case quoted, two of the Learned Judges out of the four had considered the case of " suicide," though the two others had not ; in that case the words, " dying by his own act," were of different meaning from those here discussed, and no doubt if the language in that case had been the same as in this, the decision would have been in favour of the plaintiff. The Lord Chief Justice had said, in " Borradaile v. Hunter," that " suicide" must mean a "felonious suicide." His own opinion was, that the party must have been a moral agent at the time, in order to make the policy void. It had been argued, that a decision in the plaintiff's favour would give encouragement to suicide, if provision could in this way be insured to a family ; but no other evidence at all had been given as to the circumstances of Mr. Schwabe, nor as to whether the family would be bene• fited by a verdict for the plaintiff, Upon his Lordship's concluding his direction to the jury, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL rose and tendered his Lord ship a bill of exceptions. The Learned JUDGE perused it, and then said that the words which it attributed to him were not correct. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then said that he was de sirous of having them correctly put down, and would endeavour to quote what his Lordship had said with exactness. _ _ _ _ _ His LORDSHIP then said that his ruling was that the jury, to find for the defendant, must find that the de ceased was in a state of mind to be capable of distinguish ing right from wrong. At the same time, although the burden of proof was upon the defendant, as to the fact of the party having voluntarily taken away his own life, the jury must assume that the deceased was a capable moral agent, unless the plaintiff proved the contrary. The jury almost immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. THE PAS DE DEUX!—James Ackland, aged 39, a labourer, was indicted for an assault, &c., on the person of Sarah Collins, at Isleworth. Mr. Bailantine was retained for the prisoner. The fair prosecutrix having stated her " moving story," was cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE. You are a dancer, I believe, in a travelling theatre? — Yes. . And do the Highland fling in character?—No, I don't; I dances the pas de deux.—(Great laughter.) Oh, we are coming to that.—(Continued laughter.) You do exhibit outside' the booth for the purpose of " taking strangers in," and then you show off the second time, don't you? —Pr'aps I may.—(Laughter.) Well, what did you when you found the prisoner be side you ?—I wakened my companion. Oh, who is she 7—The singer of our company.' And her name ?—Eliza Campbell. What did the prisoner do ?—He left the room and re turned with tea.—(Great laughter.) The witness was cross-examined at great length, to show that she had, some time after the alleged assault had been committed, been sitting on the prisoner's knee and drinking in the parlour. Miss Campbell was called to corroborate the evidence. After an amusingly clever speech from Mr. BAL LANTINE, Thomas Henderson, landlord of the lodging-house, was called. _ . Mr. BALLANTINE—Did you see the prisoner in com pany with the prosecutor in your house on the evening previous to this transaction - ?—Yes, she was showing her steps.—(Great laughter.) In what way ?—Oh, she threw her legs about, same as in the theatre. _ Was she a sylph at the time ?—No ; she were my lodger.—(Continued laughter.) Did you see them together next morning ?—Yes ; a-sitting on his lap in the front parlour, and a-kissing of him.— (Roars of laughter.) Another witness was examined, who fully bore out this evidence. The Learned COMMON SERGEANT summed up with his characteristic brevity—" Gentlemen of the jury, you understand these things better than I do—(Laugh ter)—l leave the case in your hands." The prisoner was at once acquitted. John Hutchinson, 25, cabinet-maker, was indicted for stealing a writing-desk, a number of silver spoons, and other articles, the property of James Lombard. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The prosecutor recommended the prisoner to mercy, and in answer to questions put to him by the Court, he stated that the prisoner obtained admission to his house as a suitor to his daughter, and he took advantage of the opportunity thus afforded him to remove the property in question, which was, however, restored the next day. The prisoner was sentenced to one year's imprison ment and hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday Henry Richardson and Peter llPShane, who were both dressed in seamen's clothes, were brought before the Lord Itayor, charged with baying committed a fraud. _ _ Catherine Cafe, one of the servants at the Shades Tavern, in Mark-lane, stated that the prisoners called a few days ago, and producing a dress, said it was a con traband article, and that it was worth 51. in the foreign country from which it had been conveyed. The witness gave them a pound for the dress, and was told by them that it consisted of 14 yards, at the same time that they advised her to put it by at once for fear of accidents and without measuring it. She accordingly laid it aside, and after the men had gone opened and measured it, and instead of finding that she was possessed of 14 yards, ascertained that she had no more than six. Yesterday they called again calculating, no doubt, that the transac tion was forgotten, and exhibited a shawl which witness consented to take, but when she got it into her posses sion she determined to keep it if the fellows refused to return her sovereign to her and take back her dress. They endeavoured to prevail upon her to restore the shawl, but she persevered, notwithstanding their annoying soli citations, and they were at last placed under the care of a policeman. The LORD MAYOR said that the defendants had made themselves liable to heavy penalties for having sold what they called contraband goods. One of the defendants said that the dress was well worth the pound, and that he had himself purchased it at a first-rate house for the sum of 16s. 6d. The LORD MAYOR said the defendants had got them selves into a much greater hobble than they supposed, and that he should remand them and represent the case to the officer of the Customs who would no doubt put their responsibility to the test. The defendants hoped that his Lordship would blend a little mercy with justice in the case. They declared that they never had passed off the goods as foreign and that the dress was purely English. The LORD MAYOR informed the defendants that they should have a full measure of justice and that there existed no doubt of the intention to defraud. The defendants hoped at all events that his Lordship would accept of bail for their appearance as they would be greatly inconvenienced by a visit to the Compter. The LORD MAYOR refused to take bail and remanded the defendants until this day, when the Custom-house officers will be in attendance. Michael Murphy was charged with having threatened to do some desperate mischief to Mrs. Reeny, the land • lady of a public-house in Petticoat-lane. The poor woman had been some time ago blown up by a gas ex plosion which took place in her parlour, caused by the mischievous pranks of some evil-minded ruffians in the neighbourhood. In consequence of the prosecution of two persons who were believed to be the planners of the explosion, Mrs. Reeny had been subjected to great annoyance from the low Irish, and the defendant had been particularly offensive in his language and conduct. The LORD MAYOR ordered the defendant to pay forty shillings for having maliciously broken a glass in the house, and said that he must find good bail to the amount of 401. to keep the peace for six month% A boy named Owen Keefe was charged with having stolen a quantity of ice. It appears that there is a ready sale for ice in the neighbourhood of Billingsgate-market, the article having got into almost universal use in the City, and the prisoner was seen helping himself to a basket of it. lie was sent to prison for a month. well dressed, was charged with being concerned in rob bing Mr. Jeffries, of the Prince of Wales, Sudeley-street, Islington, of 641. in gold and silver money. On the 19th ult., about the middle of the day, a de cently-dressed man walked into the parlour of the Prince of Wales, and called for a glass of ale and the news paper, with both of which he was served. In a few minutes after, the prisoner and another smartly-dressed man walked in and called for a pint of porter at the bar. One of them immediately said that he wished to see the newspaper, whereupon Mrs. Pearson, the land lady, said a gentleman was reading it in the parlour, and that they might ask him for it. They declined, saying they did not like to ask, but if the landlady would have the kindness to do so they would feel obliged. The landlady went in as requested, but she had hardly got into the parlour, when the door was closed, and when she attempted to get out it was held fast on the outside. After a short time the grasp was relaxed, and incensed at having been so treated, she upbraided the prisoners with their misconduct. When she came out they were near the door, and in reply to her accusation, laughed, and without waiting to look at the newspaper, walked out. They had scarcely left the place, when the landlady missed from the shelf behind the bar the tin box which stood there. She immediately went to the door and raised the cry of stop thief. The prisoner and his companion, who had the cash-box under his arm, were hotly pursued by a mob, and the man with the cash baffled his pursuers, but the prisoner ran into a fruit-shop near Sadler's Wells Theatre, and attempted to hide himself behind the counter, but -wax soon after apprehended.—Remanded. Q UEEN- SQUAR E. Mr. T. Couchman, the proprietor of the Winds )r Castle, Vauxhall-bridge-road, was charged on a sum mons with assaulting his potman, John Webber. It appeared from complainant's statement, that on the evening of Monday week Mrs. Couchman de.4red him to take some beer to a customer, when he refused to do so, alleging that it was not on his round, and that he could not be in two places at once. His mistret.s ob served, that if he would not take it she must get some one else who would, when he replied that he would take out no more beer for her at all, and positively refused to go with the supper beer to those customers whom he had been in the habit of supplying. Mrs. Couchman then called her husband, who immediately collared and struck him, insisting on his taking the beer or leaving the house. Complainant had occasion to go into the tap-room, when his master followed him, dragged him out, and struck him repeatedly, and attempted to throw him out of the house. In answer to an inquiry from the magistrate, corn plainant admitted that he was under the influence of liquor at the time, but considered that he was sober enough to do his work. Mr. Couchman put some questions to complainant, by which it was clearly shown that he had a very excellent situation, and was treated with liberality and kindness, and that it was his duty to carry out beer and make himself generally useful. Two coalheavers were called as witnesses to prove the assault. Mr. Couchmau's answer to the case was, that com plainant refused to take the supper beer to customers who were waiting for it, and made use of a filthy ex pression to his mistress. Hearing a noise, he (Mr. Couch man) came out of the parlour, and upon defendant, who was drunk, making use of blackguard and insulting language to him, and repeating his refusal to supply the customers, he desired h►m to leave the house, which complainant positively refused to do, and immediately seized him (defendant) by the collar, and swore he would stick to him like a leech. He repeatedly told complainant to let go, and on his refusal to do so, which was accompanied by bad language, he certainly struck him, and endeavoured to put hire out. Witnesses having been called in support of the defence, Mr. BOND expressed his opinion that a drunken servant was of very little service to a master, and con sidering that the defendant was perfectly justified, in consequence of the misconduct of the complainant, in putting him out of the house, would not inflict any penalty on the master, but as he had used more violence than was absolutely necessary to eject him, called upon the defendant to pay two shillings, the costs of the summons. _ _ .... Elizabeth Fletcher, a powerful woman, was charged with assaulting William Hawes, a Norwich constable, in the execution of his duty. Complainant, who was in search of a man named An derson, for felony, was standing opposite defenlant's house, in Causton-street, Westminster, on Saturday even ing, when she came out and wanted to know what he and two other constables, who accompanied him, were watching her house for, and said if they wanted Ander son, they must go and find him. Complainant replied, he should go and find him in her_house, and, having en tered it, showed her a warrant for his apprehension, and took a candle in order to go up stairs. Defendant im mediately blew out the light, and on the offiners attempt ing to go up stairs, obstructed their progress. On ar• riving at a room on the first floor she stood with her back to the door, and swore that they should not go in there, and the officers found it necessary to hold her. She, however, broke away from them, and struck the com plainant a desperate blow in the eye. The door of the room was found open, and Anderson's wife was found there ; but it was supposed, in consequence of the delay they had met with, that he had escaped by the window. Defendant denied the assault, and alleged that she had been roughly used by the officers, who did not show any authority, as she declared, for entering her house. It having been stated that her husband was a very quiet, hard-working, respectable man, Mr. BOND, in consideration that the penalty would fall upon her husband, after admonishing her in very strong terms, fined her 34 orin default, six weeks' imprisonment. Henry) thought it was a case in which the parish should prosecute for perjury. The clerk to the guardians replied that ,there were no funds in the parish to defray the expenses of such a prosecution. - Mr. HENRY observed that this was the answer he in - variably received in cases where he recommended a prosecution, and where a prosecution should take place. In his opinion, in a case like the present, the expenses of a prosecution should be allowed in the passing of the accounts.—Here the matter dropped. John Fitzgerald was summoned by the Animals' Friend Society, of 18, Strand, for wilfully shooting a cat, the property of Mrs. Fitzgerald. Mr. HENRY remarked, that people were not allowed to take the law into their hands entirely ; if they do, they must run the consequences. The defendant was ordered to pay los. the value of the cat, and 2s. summons. CLERKENWELL. Mr. William Coleman Balls was brought up for final examination at this Court, charged with forgeries whereby the Finsbury Savings' Bank was defrauded of the sum of 521. Mr. Duncombe conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Humphries defended the prisoner. The prisoner has been, for a considerable time, secre tary to one of those societies of poor mechanics and labourers established for the benevolent purpose of aiding one another when in sickness or adversity. This society, which was termed the United Brothers' Pro• vident Society, and which held its meetings at the City of London, Sydney-street, City-road ] has been for a long time in existence, and in consequence of the expenses caused by allowance to sick members, its funds had dwindled down to 521., which was the whole of their stock. On the 2d of January, 1844, the prisoner, in company with Mr. Randell, the steward, deposited the 521. in the Finsbury Savings' Bank. The entry was duly made in the books kept in the bank, and also in the savings' bank book which depositors retain. When the parties came out of the bank, after the lodgment, a question arose as to who was to keep the book ; the prisoner said he would, awl Mr. Randell positively swears that he gave it to him, and that he saw no more of it. According to the rules of the society the book should have been placed in the society's box immediately after its being used. Some time after this transaction it was suggested by several of the members, that the book should b brought to the bank, for the purpose of having the interest added to the principal, so that com pound interest might accrue. But the prisoner opposed this, and hence no search was made for the book until about the end of last June, when the box being opened, the loss of it was discovered. Suspicion was raised, inquiries were made at the bank, when the poor members found, to their surprise and grief, that all their bard earnings had been abstracted, and that they were penny less. The officers of the bank proved that the money was paid over to two persons, describing themselves es the officers of the society, in two different sums of 30/. and 22/., but they were unable to identify the prisoner as one of the persons. The prisoner said he gave the bank-book to Randell, and referred to a minute in the society's book to that effect. The minute was certainly en the face of the book ; but the magistrate, on examining the leaf on which it was written, was of opinion that it was fastened in with gum. One of the persons drawing the money gave the name of "J. Jonei;TeTieetary," and these words were sworn to be in the prisoner's handwriting. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. John .Pearson, a smart, actin-looking young man, LAMBETH. George Hyde, an expert and notorious thief, was charged with being concerned with two others in the commission of a daring robbery. Police-constable 94 L deposed that he bad been employed on the preceding night to watch the public-house of Mr. Richardson, at the corner of Marshal-street, London-road, the front of which is at present down ; and at about one o'clock on that morning, he heard a kind of signal, which caused him to be on the look out. Immediately after he saw a respectably-dressed man come down Marshal•street, fol lowed by the prisoner and two others, and when the former got close to Mr. Richardson's the three latter came up with him, and two of them held his hands while the prisoner riCed his pockets. He (witness) at this time was at the first floor window of an opposite house, and observing what he had described, hastened down to secure the parties, who, by that time, had left the gentleman, and took different directions along the London-road. He, however, kept the prisoner in view until he ran up a turning, through which there was no thoroughfare, and ultimately secured him. Before doing so, however, the prisoner managed to strip off his coat, and force it over the doors of the water-closets in the court. _ _ _ _ _ vV Mr. HENRY inquired if the person who had been robbed was in attendance, and the constable replied that he was not, nor did he know where to find him, as he had gone away while he (the policeman) had been secur ing the prisoner. The witness added that the prisoner had been frequently in custody on various charges, and had been tried and summarily convicted. Mr. HENRY said that, in order to give the constable time to find out:the person robbed, he should remand the prisoner for a week. Mr. John Day, a person of respectable appearance, attended to meet a charge preferred against him by the authorities of the parish of Camberwell, of having de serted his wife and two children, and leaving them chargeable to the parish. From the statement of Mrs. Day, an exceAingly good-looking female, who held a fine infant in her arms, it appeared that the parties had been married as long back as November, 1833, but had separated shortly after. They were however, as she swore, in the habit .of meet ing occasionally, and the consequence was that she had given birth to two children, one on the sth of September, 1840, and the other on the 19th of February last. In her cro:s examination by an attorney's clerk, who attended on the part of the defendant, she said she had been in the habit of meeting her husband at the Cross Keys, in Wood-street, Cheapside, by his invitation, in the month of October last, and produced a note which had been written, and upon the receipt of which she said she went to meet him. She positively denied having lived with any person of the name of Pullin, or going by that name, since she had been separated from her hus band. 'She also denied in the most positive terms having been in custody at Union Hall Police-court, or having lodged in Cornwall-road, Waterloo-road. 1 The witness was then asked if she knew two respec table females pointed out to her in the body of the court, and after some time said she was acquainted with one of them, Mrs. M'Laren, but the other she declared to be a perfect stranger to her. The husband, at this period of the inquiry, requested to be shown the note, upon the receipt of which, as she stated, his wife had gone to meet him at the Cross Keys. It was accordingly handed to him, and he at once de clared the date of the year was a forgery, for he had never written it. The note was in consequence closely examined, and it was quite apparent, from a close inspection, that when it had been written the year had been left out, and in order to suit the wife's purpose, and the note itself being one breathing affection for her, the 1844 was added to the date. In addition to this awkward discovery, the two fe males above alluded to were called and examined. The first, Mrs. Lines, of 46, Cornwall-road, deposed, that on th e 9th of August, 1840, Mrs. Day engaged a lodging at her house for herself and her husband, and at that time, and while she lived at her house, she wen,t by the name of Pullin. Mrs. Day here, and in the most impudent manner, told the witness she was quite mistaken, for that she had never lived at her house. The witness, in continuance, declared she was per fectly positive on the subject, and added, that Mrs. Day had been taken from her house in the custody of a po liceman, and had been examined at Union hall. Mrs. 111`Laren, the second witness, said she was per fectly well acquainted with Mrs. Day, from her sister being married to a near relation of hers. Witness re collected being sent for to go to Union h ill Police court, to see Mrs. bay, but upon asking for her in that name, she was told there was no such person locked up there. She, however, gave a deseeiption of her person, and found she gaie the name of Fullin, and in which name she saw her. Mr. HENRY said he was missed the compl a i nt . perfectly satisfied, and dis- The attorney's clerk, who attended for the defendant, said that Mr. Day was most respectably connected, and but for the grossly profligate conduct of his wife, should have provided her with necessaries to keep her from the parish. Mr. HENRY remarked that the case was one of gross profligacy, and the attempt to make the husband liable to the support of his wife and her offspring, was followed up by the most shameless perjury he had ever heard on the part of the wife, and taking it altogether, he (Mr. SOUTHWARK. Benjamin Harriss was charged with stealing a quan tity of jewellery and other articles, value 81., the pro perty of Thomas Furniss. The prosecutor stated that he kept a small jeweller's shop in Bermondsey. and that on Tuesday night week he went out, in company with his wife, having previously closed his shop, which adjoins a stairs leading to the upper part of the house, occupied by lodgers, and to which ingress is afforded by a hall door. •On his return he found that the shop had been entered, and that some jewellery and other articles, consisting of watch move ments, rings, and musical boxes, had been stolen. He found, on examination, that a portion of the partition next the hall had been forced, sufficient in size to citable a man to get through. He bad had no traces of his pro perty until the apprehension of the prisoner. A man named Davis, a general dealer, identified the prisoner as having brought him for sale a number of such articles as those before described, and for which he received the sum of Bs. The prosecutor identified the goods as being his pro perty. The prisoner said that he had purchased the articles from a tall man, wearing a blue coat, whom he should know were he to see him again. He admitted having sold them to the witness Davis. A police constable said that he knew the prisoner for some time back, and that he had been taken into custody twelve months ago for a similar offence, but on trial was acquitted. Mr. COTTINGUAM said that he should remand the pri soner for further examination. GREENWICH. John White, living at Wapping , was charged with the murder of Ellen Tyrrell, aged 40, the wife of a labouring man residing at East Greenwich. Police-constables 156 and 175 K, stated that they ap prehended the prisoner soon after eleven o'clock at Wap ping -wall, when he admitted that he had been in the de ceased's company on Wednesday evening last at Rother hithe, where he left her, after directing her the way to Greenwich, and went home. _ _ _ Patrick 'Tyrrell, husband of the deceased, deposed that he last saw his wife alive on Wednesday morning, the 13th inst., at eight o'clock. She then left home for the purpose of going over the water to Wapping, to at tend the funeral of a deceased friend. He had been in cessantly in search after her until this morning, when he learned from the police that her dead body had been found near a place called the Halfpenny-hatch, leading to Rotherhithe. He had since been to see the deceased. He saw the body in a shell, and it ap peared dreadfully swelled about the head and face. Witness had been informed by several persons that White (the prisoner) had followed her on Wednesday afternoon, subsequently to the funeral, from Wapping, whence they had taken a boat, and crossed to Rother hithe. Witness had known the prisoner about four years, but had not frequently met him of late, Saw the prisoner on Sunday last at Wapping, when he told wit ness:that he parted with his wife shortly before nine o'clock on Wednesday night, and did not see her after wards. Witness had since been informed by the land lady of the Royal Oak, Rotherhithe, that the deceased (she supposed) left the house after drinking a glass of gin, :and was immediately followed by the prisoner. The prisoner lives in Gravel lane, Wapping. The pri soner told him that he parted with Mrs. Tyrrell at the Royal Oak door, and returned home. He afterwards said he went and slept in Jerry Styles's water-closet, be tween nine and eleven o'clock—this is near the Tunnel. Mr. Ffrench (the chief clerk) said they had no busi. ness near the Surrey Canal; it was not the prisoner's way home, nor that of the deceased's. Tyrrell said he could bring persons forward, who saw them at ten minutes to nine leave the Royal Oak, and traced them to Clark's-orchard, where they had gin to gether. They had gin also at the Barley Mow. A little girl was called, who stated that they were at Clark's-orchard at twenty minutes past ten. She fetched three half-quarterns of gin, for the prisoner to treat her mother and a Mrs. Griffiths. She was sent again at half-past eleven o'cleck, but the public-house was closed. _ _ _ _ Mr. JEREMY remarked to the prisoner, that he had been seen before nine o'clock, and upwards of an hour afterwards, at Clark's-orchard, in company of deceased. The prisoner said he would endeavour to explain all the circumstances, if the magistrate would hear him. .1 friend, named John Moore, from the New-cut, had been with him in the forenoon. After leaving Moore he met John Hogan ;and his wife, and two other women, at Execution-dock Stairs. Hogan said he had buried his son that day, and prisoner expressed sorrow at the event. Mrs. Tyrrell (the deceased) was close by at the time, and asked him how he did. Hogan said, " Come in here and we will have some gin." They -went into the Swan, and before they parted they called for and drank three pints of gin amongst them all, men and women. He was talking to the deceased, and she laid hold of his arm, saying she was tipsy, and wished prisoner to see her over the water in a boat. He said he would do so; it would cost him twopence, but that was no object. Four of them got into a boat, himself and deceased, another man and woman, and the waterman then got in, and pulled over to Rotherhithe. The man and woman were strangers, taking the ferry. They landed at eight o'clock. He asked the strangers to drink with them before parting. They then went into .the Royal Oak, and called for half-a-pint of gin, and he (prisoner) proposed to pay half the charge, leaving the other man to pay the rest. Fenning was the man who called for half-a-pint of gin, and pulled out fuurpence, say ing, " Fourpence more from you will pay for the gin," Prisoner swore he would not pay after being invited ; it was not his country fashion. Mrs.Tyrrell (the deceased) put her hand in her pocket, and laid down sixpence towards it ; they drank each a glass, but Fen ning appeared to sip only, and then threw the glass and contents into the street. The landlord demanded pay ment of Fenning for the glass. He (prisoner) and the deceased then left the house. On getting outside the Royal Oak, Mrs. Tyrrell said she must make haste home, as her infant would miss her. He told her to go towards Millpond-bridge. She replied, "No, Deptford was her way home." He then went on to show her the way to Deptford. She walked down, and sheered up again, and from side to side. He then led her on again and left her on her way home. He then turned to go to Wapping, but instead of doing so, he went to Jerry Styles's water-closet, near the Tunnel, and fell asleep. Did not see Styles's family. After sleeping nearly an hour he was awoke by the noise of some people. He then turned out, and went towards home. The road he took was one way 200 yards, and the other 600 yards, out of the direct course home. Deceased went on the high road towards Deptford. The prisoner accounted for the scratches on his face by saying that he had snatched at a tobacco-box in a friend's hand, and in resisting him the man's coat had rubbed his cheek and nose. 'This happened on Tuesday. Tyrrell said that he could bring witnesses to swear that he had no scratch or mark on Wednesday evening. Mr. JEREMY said he should remand the prisoner for a week, in order that ample time should be afforded to collect further evidence. WOOLWICH. _ _ _ Thomas and Sarah Barnes, alias Banks, and Wm. and Elizabeth Alfred, were charged with committing the following savage assault The prisoners have been in custody for a period of nearly five weeks, having been again and again remanded in consequence of the inability of the injured parties to attend and give evidence. The facts of the case are shortly these : —On the lath July the prisoners, who are married persons, were lodg ing at the house of a man named Driscoll, who keeps a low lodging-house in Woolwich. On that day a quarrel arose between them and Driscoll, which terminated in the latter and a man named Pickett, a sawyer, receiving some very serious injuries. During the affray the female prisoner, Sarah Barnes, seized an iron bar, used as a poker, and struck Pickett a violent blow on the leg, fracturing the bone of the leg, and rendering him a cripple for life. ' While he lay on the ground she thrust her fingers into his mouth, and with her nails severely lacerated the roof, causing the blood to flow in torrents. The female prisoner Alfred also attacked Driscoll, knocked him down, and kicked him in the eye, causing active inflammation, which resulted in irritas, and de stroyed the optic nerve and iris, c aus i ng total blindness of the organ. Such Were the facts of the case, as detailed by various witnesses, and confirmed by Mr. Penny, the surgeon who attended the injured parties. The prisoners were committed for trial at the present sessions of the Central Criminal Court, and Mr. Grove ordered a pair of crutches, to be paid for out of the poor box, to be made for the injured man Pickett. WANDS WORTH. John Goody and Rachel Langton were charged with stealing a bushel of apples, and the former prisoner was also charged with a committing a murderous assault upon a man named Thomas Knowles. It appeared from the evidence, that Knowles is head gardener to Mr. Alexander Mitchelson, an eccentric, but enormously rich, market gardener, residing at Norbiton common, near Kingston. On the pre v i ous even i ng, about a quarter-past eight o'clock, he saw three men gathering apples in an inclosed orchard, belonging to his master. He collared one of the men, who is not in custody, and was immediately struck by him. The other men ran into an adjoining field. The witness had a des perate struggle with the man he had collared, when the latter called out fur assistance, and the prisoner Goody came back into the field. He struck witness a tremen dous blow, which knocked him down, and while pros trate be kicked him severely. All the men got clear away, but in the course of the night police-constable 278 V succeeded in apprehending the prisoner at a beer shop. The MAGISTRATE convicted Goody in a penalty of 505., or three weeks' imprisonment and hard labour, and Langton in a renalty of 305., or fourteen days in default. THAMES. Michael Carroll, a felt-maker, aged 26, Matthew Keenans, 68, Daniel Keenans, his son, 39, Patrick Foley, 19, and Martin Banim, 28, who had been remanded for a week on a charge of manslaughter, were brought be fore Mr. Broderip for final examination. Carroll was charged with causing the death of James Bristow,_ a stonemason, and his countryme n w ith a idi ng and abet ting him in the commission of the offence. The evidence has been already published. The de ceased and others were wantonly attacked in Bow, Mid dlesex, on the night of Saturday, the 9th inst., s.nd the deceased, who had given no provocation whatever, was struck on the head with a poker, by the prisoner Car roll, and die.l of the wounds he received a few hours afterwards. Cockerell, a police-constable, No. 260 K, stated that since the last examination a Coroner's inquest had been held on the body of the deceased, and a verdict of man slaughter was returned against Carroll, but the other prisoners were not affected by the verdict. Mr. BRODERIP said, that on a former occasion there was so much doubt whether the two Keenans, Foley, and Banim were actually aiding and abetting Carroll in the death of the unfortunate man, that he had offered to accept of bail for them. As the verdict of the jury had not implicated them he should now discharge them, and the case against Carroll would be proceeded with. The four prisoners having left the dock, Inspector Watts, who conducted the case, said there was only one more witness to be examined. Mr. Henry Vincent Garman, of No. 1, Coburg-ter race, Bow-road, stated that on the afternoon of Sunday, the 10th inst., he was called upon to see the body of the deceased at the request of his mother and father.m-law, and upon examining the head he discovered two wounds; the lesser one was on the upper part of the right side of the frontal bone. The larger and more important wound was on the right temporal muscle, and he had no doubt that was the cause of death. In answer to a question by Mr. Broderip, the witness said the poker was a very likely instrument to inflict such a wound. Mr. Dawes, a solicitor, who appeared for Carroll, asked the witness if the wound over the right tomple would have caused death, if the unfortunate deceased had received earlier medical attention ?—Mr. Garman said that was a very difficult question to answer. Ile had no doubt the wound did c Luse death, but very early medical treatment might have prolonged life, or miti gated the unfavourable symptoms. Mr. BRODERIP said if a person inflicted a wound upon another, he had no right whatever to calculate on the strength of the man's constitution to endure pain, and if death ensued, he was answerable for the consequences. Inspector Watts said the friends of the deceased wished a police-constable who assisted Bristow to his home to be examined. Mr. BRODERIP—What can he prove ?—lnspector Watts said the deceased informed the policeman, while he was leading him home, that prisoner struck him twice with the poker. Mr. BRODERIP said that would not be evidence, be cause the deceased, at the time he made the communi cation, was not conscious that he was near death, or that the injuries he received would prove fatal. If the state ment had been made while the deceased was in at ticulo mortis, it could have been received. The worthy Magis trate then asked the prisoner if he wished to make any further statement ?—The prisoner replied that he had nothing to add to his former statement. Mr. BRODERIP said it was his duty to commit the pri soner for trial for killing and slaying James Bristow, and he bound over the witnesses to prosecute. They immediately proceeded to the Old Bailey, for the purpose of going before the grand jury. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. The Gazette of this evening contains a notice from the Speaker, that he will issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the borough of Southwark, in the room of the late Benjamin Wood, Esq. DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lawrence Grime, Esq., Major in the army, to be Lieutenant-Go vernor of the island of Tobago. CROWN-OFFICE, AUG. 19. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Cirencester—William Cripps, Esq., one of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury. Borough of Sunderland—George Hudson, Esq., of the city of York, and an Alderman of the same city, in the room of the Right Hon. Henry Grey, commonly called Viscount Howick, now Earl Grey, called up to the House of Peers. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cor net J. W. Browne to be Lieutenant, vice Barnard, pro moted; NV. S. George, Gent., be Cornet, vice Browne, promoted ; C. Adams, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Cape!, promoted, Aug. 12. bomminissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Warwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cor net Galton to be Captain, vice King, promoted ; R. Barnard, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Greenway, re signed ; Cornet Lord Fielding to be Lieutenant, vice Boultbce, resigned ; R. J. Atty, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Lucy, resigned, Aug. 13. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Alexander Jamieson and John Smith, underwriters. Bishopsgate-street Within, Dec. 2. BANKRUI"I'S. _ Francis Jackson, licensed victualler, Marylebone street, Golden-square, to surrender, Aug. 30, and Sept. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sherreff, Lincoln's- Inn-fields. Richard White, surgeon, Portsmouth, Aug. 29, at two, and Sept, 26, at twelve, at, the Court of Bankruptcy. Beetholme, New Inn, Strand. James Chase Powell, apothecary, Chiswell-street, Finsbury, Aug. 26, at half•past eleven, and Oct. 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as signee, King's Arms-yard ; Jerwood, Walbrook buildings, City. Mark Markwick, builder, Harpur-street, Red Lion square, Aug. 26, at two, and Sept. 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; Lake, Wilkinson, and Lake, New-square, Lincoln's lan. Daniel Dames, paper stainer, Liverpool, Sept. 5, at eleve-', and Sept 19, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Walker, Furnival's Inn, London ; Bradley, Liverpool. Hugh Mallinson, cotton manufacturer, Almond bury, Huddersfield, Sept. 2 and 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Lever, King's-road, Bedford-row, London ; Achers, Manchester. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. A. Forrest, glass merchant, Liverpool—first div. of los. i❑ the pound, any Monday after Oct. 4, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. T. Atkinson, chemist, Gloucester—second div. of Id. in the pound, three last Saturdays in October, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane. _ _ W. H. Williamson, tobacconist, Dowgats.-hill—first div. of is. 10d. in the pound, three last Saturdays in October, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch•lane. T. B. Golborne and A. A. 1)ol,b3, wine merchants, Liverpool—third div. of 6d. in the pound, any Wednes day after Oct. 5, at the office of Mr. Follett, Liverpool. J. Wilkinson, iron-master, Brymho, ambighshire— third div. of 61d. in the pound, any Monday after Oct. 4, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall•street. I. Sully, merchant, St. Mary-axe, Sept. 10, at eleven. In the Country. T. Southern, grocer, Gloucester, Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—A. Wise, N. Baker, and W. S. Bentall, bankers, Newton Abbott, Devonshire, Sept. 12, at one, at the Exeter District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. W. C. 'Thornton, machine maker, Cleckheaton, York shire, Sept. 12—W. Hilditch, grocer, Fachwen, Flint shire, Sept. 9—J. Crabtree and W. Burnley, woollen manufacturers, Tunstead, Lancashire, Sept. 11—J. Davis, chemist, Bristol, Sept. 9—J. de J. Pariente, merchant, Bury-street, St. Mary-axe, Sept. 9—G. Estall, plasterer, Holy well-street, Westminster, Sept. 9—H. Nichols, auc tioneer, Coleford, Gloucestershire, Sept. 9—J. Har bottle, grocer, Amble, Northumberland, Sept. 9—T. B. Hall, grocer, Coggeshall, Essex, Sept. 9—F. A. De Wilde, cabinet ironmonger, Wells-street, Oxford-street, Sept. 9—G. C. Burns, upholsterer, Devizes, Sept. 9 J. Currie and L. E. Seignette, merchants, Mincing-lane, Sept. 9--W. Byers, woollen warehouseman, Skinner street, City, Sept. 9. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Jennings and J. Ford, carriers, Blossoms Inn, Laurence-lane—N. Denton, C. Liedfern, and J. Howarth, hat manufacturers, Gorton, Lancashire—H. W. Car rington, F. G. Carrington, and W. M. Carrington, printers, Devonport—T. Maish and W. M. Symons, printers, New Bridge-street, Vauxhall—W. F. Chap man and S. Collis, coach builders—J. Thompson and S. Marshall, jun., commission agents, Manchester—M. Nixon, 11. Goode, and J. Goode, hat manufacturers, Rugby—R. Brereton and J. Robinson, woollen drapers, Liverpool—W. H. Hirst and J. Brooke, stock brokers, Leeds—T. R. Jenks and J. Mapp, tea dealers, Liver pool—S. Cartwright and T. Lowe, silk manufacturers, Manchester—B. Wainman and B. Binks, cloth manu facturers, Leeds—J. Bottomley, T. D. Bottomley, and T. Evans, woollen manufacturers, Manchester—A. Hal liley, R. Halliley, and J. Donaldson, calico printers, Wigton, Cumberland (so far as regards J. Donaldson) — C. and P. C. Turner, coal merchants, Preston—G. Cookson and G. Singleton, joiners, Poulton in the Fylde, Lancashire—J. Abbott and T. H. Bowman, share brokers, Liverpool—R. Kent, J. Adams, and J. Kent, potters, Burslem (so far as regards J. Adams)—J. Skillicorn, D. Pinkess, and J. W. Bailey, painters, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James ileall, cattle dealer, Buttergask, Perthshire, Aug. 23 and Sept. 15, at one, at the Defiance Hotel, Coupar-Angus. Munro and Lourie, stationers, Edinburgh, Aug. 22 and Sept. 17, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Murray, Edinburgh. Thomas Dibble, calico printers' engraver, Glasgow, Aug. 23 and Sept. 13, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Buchan, Glasgow. SOUTIIIVARK OPERATIVE PROTESTANT A SSOClA rms.—Yesterday evening the annual meeting of the members and friends of the above society was held at the St. George's National and Parochial School-room, Borough-road, South wark, and as usual was well attended. The Rev. T. Cuff was called to the chair, and addressed the meeting, expatiat ing on the advantages the Society had rendered to the cause of Protestantism, the urgent nece,sity that existed at the pre sent time for such a society, and concluded by calling on his auditory, as they valued the maintenance of Protestant ortho doxy in its full integrity, to afford it, not only their continued, but their increased support. The Rev. H. Robins, Messrs. Callow, Binden, &c., also addressed the meeting, and resolu tions to uphold the Society were unanimously agreed to, after which the meeting separated. STUPID HOAX.—During the whole of yesterday some stupid individuals amused themselves by ordering arti cles of nearly all the principal tradesmen in the neighbour hood, and sending them to Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the Hope, in Blackmeor-street, Clare-market. The annoyance commenced as early as nine in the morning, and continued till desk. Mr. Smith has offered a reward for the discovery of the parties. 1 HERRING FISHERY. WICK, Auc. 12.--The fishing at Wick svas veri gular during the past week, some boats having as as forty crat.s, while many were qu it e clean. Thos average for the scas,,n about thirty-f .ur 01 1 0 large numher of vesstls have arrived with salt, w foi sold at lls. per ton, At Ilopeman the aver:ig e o season is 60 crans per biat; and at Banff crans. At Peterhead there are 422 boats, lei, average is between 20 and 40 crane, or tearl t more crans, July fish, than last or previous sess ° ; lIELMSDALE, AUGUST 14.—The herring fia b , e n r been very successful to the end of last week. ~,u,"„ day the boats averaged is, on Wednesday 24• n",B 8, Friday 9, Saturday 6, making the amount forL son about SO crans, considerably higher than itb for some years at this date. From 30 to 40 " about 100 crans—l has 170 crans. Should the I f ; continue favourable a g o o d fi s hi ng i s looked ° pre sent the wind is blowing favourably for tbis t • LOSSIEMOUTH, AUG. 7.—The fishing has II successful here this week, the takes being g e " very poor. rl BURGREAD, AUG. 7.—The fishing has no t - since last week, the average being about the satc, r u i ; e l boats had upwards of 20 crane this morning. rage to this date will be about 35 crane per bost" .44 , DUNBAR, AUG. 12.—Our herring fishing dt ll- 1 4 last week was very successful, the highest boS S o t) aging about sixty to seventy crane. Prices gf high, owing to the great number of French fiS llll 9 gars here and in the bay, all most anxious to and complete their cargoes.—Ross-shire Advolise r'll FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH MIDI.-- jo s way.—Another melancholy and fatal accident occurno , North Midland Railway, at Masborough, on Saturday 0 (1 1 which a poor man, named Francis Dam, in the empl o y a pi Barker, of Rotherham, lost his life. The facts ", ipt, these:—One of the goods trains from De r by had srr e Alasborough station at half-past one o ' c lock on SatuN ro a portion of the carriages—six in number—laden L i : t r ol l were detached from the train in order that they migh t one of the sidings. A fireman, named John TurnerU to j to do this, when .the deceased unfortunately a ttempte d st 9 line, just as the train was shunting, or backing,* lei) knocked down, and three carriages passed over h P ;4 thighs, when, strange to say, with his legs dissevere d ' naged to drag himself off the rail before the thre e re Se carriages, with engine and tender, passed over Or; promptly conveyed to the Sheffield General Infirtn o id id every attention was speedily paid him, but so gre at the shock to the system, accompanied with the 1 "7,, ler that he died at five o'clock the same afternoon. fed i : was held on Monday afternoon. The jury returo e ;itb! t y of Accidental death," accompanying the verdio l quest that the Coroner would writ e t o t h e Setreto ni Midland Company, and say that it was the opinion "coristio that a man should be always stationed on the hot the train when s hunti ng . Th e j ury were a l so of °P - d W the Masborough station was too cramped and limite t" business done there, and ought to be enlarged. hsJ BONDED WHEAT.—Lord John Russell i 6 tained a Parliamentary document, which w° 00 1 '0 printed, showing the quantity of wheat in bond 0 0 , 0 ,05 1 y July during the last eight years. The paper shows b ' o 4, 0 Ist ult., there were 430,394 quarters of wheat in be ,lti l e following is the account rendered from 1838 to 184 5 jj there were of wheat awl wheat flour in bond. 618;1; ters ; 1839, 51,217 ; 1840, 569,952 ; 1841, 579 ' 8 2 I 1,253,436 ; 1843, 297,416 ; 1844, 604,122 ; an d 430,394. JUGGLERS OF INDIA.—The rope-dancers, 0 , Or 4 l tamers, and sword-swallowers of Madras, ar e od ] ) throughout India. They will leap over elephant s, sirly five camels standing side by side ; their bodies a re o rel°,4 that they twine themselves like snakes upanddown b e s i ots steps of a ladder : they walk over sharp swords; r o foind burthens with their eyelids ; and, like Ramo Son e k e b, iftrO said to be able to float in the air without any Even the children exercise themselves in swalloWl do' , g sticks of bamboo, in order that they may eventual./ ,A 1 with swords and daggers. r/l/P7ii [AnvEnTisEmENT.]— The following e%t ra° ,oos ease as connected with Holloway's Pills cannot 1 1 11, ) public !—George Wright, of Hight-street, ford known at Hill's Potteries, Vauxhall-walk, where 019 worked during ten years, hut for the last five hi s emsr a to been so bad that he could do nothing, being greatly le ft, suffering from a diseased liver, and also the dropsy' 11C' affection of the spine. He was in the Hospital at ' „ o litvl for five months, and afterwards in Westminster r i o three months longer. To sum up, from ahn est besii ) l l state, he has been restored to such comparativ e . b sIP,A 0 0 vigour in the short space of five weeks as to astonisbe 1171 know him, and this by Holloway's Pills, which may ,01 Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand ; a f r respectable medicine venders throughout the civilise Val i -4 54 1 lORD_ ELDON'S APERIENT FLO,' habitual Costiveness, have been the means r 4 l , cure to many thousands ; they are peculiarly adapted f e- D ise( l V both sexes who are of sedentary habits ; they are Patr e .. .oo nobility and gentry, and are the mildest and most Oh' .1, tine extant. , A 1)9 n. PI , Sold in boxes at Is. 1%d., 2s. 9d , and 4s. v-0 0. , bod Barclay and Co., 95, Farringdon-street ; Sutton alt Last.," Churchyard ; Newberry, 45, and Edwards, 65, St . 1 ' DI 150, Oxford-street; and by all respectable Druggists ' l st. • Venders in the Kingdom : and wholesale, at 13. Gres Apostle, London. rag. 01 , 1 141 , TESTIMONIAL TO LORD ELDON'S F.7 - t he Sir,—l have subjected to a careful chemical analYslP...fe pared by you, and find them to consist of effectual but 7 6 , 1. ,4 without any mercurial preparation whatever, Te ar j'y., f A. 13,Charlotte-street Bedford-square, London. IV.'d v e cliCs'Pl Price 2s. 6d., in an envelope, and post free 3s. 6d., A De. 1111 HE MENTOR of HEALTH; °° andt lie Causes of Physical Decay, Loss of Mosior);,addrereol. lug from excess or imprudence, with plain direeti o g o n to di s it ot those suffering, for their perfect and speedy restorl,,,,Ati Also, Observations on Marriage, and treatment of ;:m OW " &c. By J. S. TISSOT and Co., Surgeons, 6, Care" - ford-square. 61, fltstee et.°6 . " St Published by the Authors, and sold by Mtuot i King" - Purkess, 60, Compton-street, Soko: Lo ve l ace , store gent-street ; Noble, 114, Chancery-lane ; Russell, 43, e fri Bedford-square ; and all Booksellers. Three Messrs. J. S. Tissot and Co. can be consulted dell -1 4 s ee ings Six till Nine, Sundays till Three. Country Patients to be candid and minute in their details. lO THE TWELFTH EDITION , d at °I % Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6c1., and jO l/ receipt of a Post-office Order for 3s. u t " uiff t if MANLY HEALTH: a Popular in h c l io no4 the Concealed Cause of its Decline, w i ' i iffefil, for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those s t - e rulfr e p the destructive consequences of excessive fndulgenee,..,coll „11,.4 Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional "e digestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen srf c. / on MARRIAGE. Illustrated with Cases, Etc IV tOri) and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. 00 foA May be had of the Authors, No. 60, Newman-street, od and sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row; Han n° 14 6, , Oxford-street ; Noble, 109, Chancery-lane ;J. Oerd,'Nesw 4 hall-street ; G. Mansell, 3, King-street, Southwark ; )4. Park-side, Knightsbridge; Huett, 37, PrincessstiZolyi; t r square, London ; T. Sowler, Courier-office, 4, St. A nn co d, ~ chester ; W. Howell, 75, Dale-street, Liverpool; W. W d , 00° ,p 1 street, Birmingham ;W. and H. Robinson, 11, Greens . _„es. 051 burgh ,T. Price, Dame-street, Dublin ; a nd all Books‘d s',JT " The best of all friends is the professional friend , sjois y can he be consulted with greater safety and secresy on Manly Health.'—The New Bell's WeeklyMesse og o t Ay Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and,,, Tj r ed!" apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure t 7 44,, to l direct Irons the Authors, by enclosing 38. 6d., or Po' s_t e ir that amount. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Te n 0. :000 1 from Five till Eight in the evening, at their resident man -street, Oxford-street, London, and country Ps a nd successfully treated, on minutely describing their fi e ' the usual fee of 1/. for advice. o 0 FOURTEENTH EDITION or the SILENT Flak;' 0 . o ft Frailty, with Coloured Engravings . 010 r ALA , O' Jest published, price 2a. 6d., free by post (in a sealed o n , W, THE SILENT FitII4.:ND: a Media j d the Infirmities of the System in both sexes ; fa; pf of the reproductive powers, with means of resterati on• t ose a effects of indulge- ce, &c., are fully pointed out. 1111° gray ings ; followed by observations on Marriage. o s, ft" 1# By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consult no Silrg ec ti ' o ir Published by the Authors, and may be had at , a r 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. . n d Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; HonnaY 3 .7o, 00 0 ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; street, Soho; and all ttooksellers. elr..s , „ Ae ed, OS; "We regard the work before us, the ' Silent r " ol tb'or embracing most clear and practical views of a ver.,;ool of 0:04 hitherto little understood, and passed over bY a rne 'i r - now• fe cor es l4 Meal profession, tor what reason we are at a loss to .„110' however confess that a perusal of this work has left s d, Do t 0; 1 01' impression on our minds, that we not only recomintring fr o t i i i ito d wish every one who is the victim of past lolly, or Ago,, cretion, to profit by the advice contained in its page- 5 ' 010 0%0 - 0 ,9, The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is el 6 50;?1ff. oft; eicn to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, we, - t ies of W O petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and deb.._ o f 1 . 0,0 excess, &c. In bottles, price I Is., or the quautftl o od bottle for 335., by which I Is. are saved. The Svc - P 0;0 0 be had as usual. sfy The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESS'-oeur"_..' Dil roff' for searching oat and purifying the blood tbo t 7oof t ris. on the head, face, and body, ulcerations, ets eos. affections arising from improper treatment or the e Ilia removingP secondary symptoms, and all eruptions f pair 115. and 335. per bottle. rice "AO' 90 PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PJLLB, P and Its. per box, are the most effectual remedy for sttl 0 0 ° ttlo li oi mation, &c., without hindrance to business. f s t Consultation fee, If by letter, 11. Minute detail -400th r Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for consul 0 , II on A sidence, 19, Berners-street, Oxeord.street, London. o .° o ot I s 5 till 8. On Sundays from 10 till 12. One perso n " eessnry toes feet a permanent cure. ' ' Se iltb BIRTH S. u V' v rey • I.' On thel2th inst., atCamisky, Inverness -11 " i s 1 ' of Queen-street, Edinburgh, of a daughter. , „ i f the o a, On the 6th inst. at Copenhagen, the Wil e w ay of Stevenson Ellis, hi.A., of a daughter. the 1 $ ' I, On the 12th inst., at Relugas, Morayshire, ,filiot Orred, Esq., of a daughter. f V i' ll 6 8 On the 15th inst., at Saville-row, the lady a - Mal' Esq., Bengal Civil Service, of a son. ~ MAI 1 b On the 16th inst., at Curzon-stre et, _Ol6 Hon. Mrs. H. Tufnell, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Great Stanhope- et, 3 " ) 0' Hon. Mrs. Edgell, of twins—a son and a tlaugwisiera b On the 17th inst., at Duncan-terrace, gra' peer of ing, of a son. t h e lady 0 1 On the 17th inst., at Clapham-common, Itf'P'' Proctor Benwell, Esq., of a daughter. goo ,o. On the 17th inst., he wife of F. C. Jones, op St- d Blackfriars-road, of a eon. d W rest ' Or' On the 17th inst., in Cavendish -road mar. a, wood, the wife of John Egan, Esq., o f a daug ist tavi ....../ On the 18th inst., at Fortess-terrace, Kenna Bass, of a son- Ili stre bor. oroi ------------- ilo tu. a.r , Atig,oo . MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at S. James's Church, J, Cvso o Mary, second daughter of Beaumont, Esq ,of West-hill, Putnev-heath, to Or e iCr i .,,of Lodge, Old Brompten. f Ajfr i.o r Ott the 18th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, 141. flicli j ai nes to Annie, yonngest daughter of the late Mr. of Chancery-lane. William Jtad, FAV re, DIED o ttli g i i ' sOinrt,hie:slq3.,tloifilitsstu..,icaht. Westport, M rl yv ayo, 10 13 -AP On e the 15th p inst , a t Portland Cottage, C ' , s ' bA ye' Mrs. Mary Anne Challen, aged 56. r od, , On the 15th insi ,at 'Goucester.place, I s le' v.-- job' wife of Edmund Stan ' sfield, Esq., aged 23. ,„,..ivelli On the 15th inst., in Chanqion-grove, Cal"' , _ A rl‘f Row, Esq. , ri t trr Oa the 16th inst., in the Gloucester-road, Beb - f "ft , JamesOn the c v e t i t eifnsAti.o,olrtic4a,teer!,;treel:te.st surviving fl' On the I ith inst., at Edmonton, Christopuer ~,,i , I' derton, onlv surviving son of the Rev. C. Jea s ,S;rlbe r° On the 1 th inst., William Rolls, Esq. , °I place, Old Kent-road, aged 73. s RDO Na Lontion ; t'rintad Ana Pu bli hd g 0 110 Ml_, °' CO 1' o f No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Ska 0" Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy,6 e A x is t il bild4l4.4ies, Wednoiday, Aug $t 124" C. IThe ANCIENT ILA., and o from Ten I Saturda; OY lEt Th cßucrimi of EXPLO Mid on the o'clock. P rqemor I N EW MOTIVE Railways N tag model z it of Ca Mondays, Evenings Th e other AL Cl OND Wks and su n - light G reen We weath %Ming a %lets of Cec aSiOns, ?tee. TRT 45( Satui Satj zerths TI PASSE frc i. T r on b o , LIT GG Tie eltE &Iturd Stan 4 Ths ll ,! tryly t o nt ii7t7 /1 76 14 , 1 iden l i 4 nDorta l l 'outeN v i 1 3f the si Other ti kth er 14 thbur 1, St. J 213, Hi; It. SE~ ONE PA N 4 1 —, , , e r s h - e a, ile tg Ilt hi a &it 4, tone; %eh may --. r kid for 1 -....A Lo , , 'ln •