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774 9 ( A ./ • . 3 0, 4f.:• • •: -• (C * - - O. IT o ,"/•))' I • 4 ,2[0 P • // 411 . 1 v 4 11101 g t A, t " RAO ) ' 11' 11 2 21 ,11 " • "11 - I 'I I I' LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1832. ( o. 12,483.) (PRICE 7D.) DR. BUTLER'S ATLASES, GEOGRAPHY, &c. This day was published, in Svo. Its. half-bound, ATLAS of MODERN GEOGRAPHY, consisting of 22 Coloured Maps, with Index. By S. BUTLER, D.D. Archdeacon of Derby, Head Master of Shrewsbury School, &c. 13y the same Author, ATLAS of ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, consisting al 21 Coloured Maps, with an accentuated Indei. Svt!. I2s. half-bound. The Indexes contain the latitude and longitude of all the places. SKETCH of MODERN and ANCIENT GEOGRA PHY; for SCHOOLS. Svo. New Edition, 9s. boards. PRAXIS on the LATIN PREPOSITIONS. Sro. Fourth Edition, 6s. 6,1. boards. KEY to the same. Svo 6s. hoards. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Co. POLICE iNTELLIGENCE. MANSION -HOUSE. Jokn Jones, a dealer in chests, was brought up, Charged with having attempted to defraud a shop keeper of a sovereign. The complainant st a t e d t h at t h e pr i soner came to the sh op as a customer for three empty chests, the charg e for which was 7s. The prisoner threw down a shilling, and when witness asked him what he theant, swore that it was a sovereign he had given, and that witness had taken it up, and put a shilling in place of it. Prisoner—As sure as God liveth I placed a sove reign on the counter, and I turned me about, and Presently I found that a shilling had been put in the place thereof. The LOltD MAYOR—Do you mean that this gen tleman put a s hilli ng i n the place of a sovereign ? Prisoner -4 say that I put down a sovereign; as Clod liveth I did so, and when I looked, behold there was a shilling.--(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—How do you know you !night not be mistaken ? Prisoner—l went forth in the morning to sundry places, and I laid out nearly two sovereigns in the like articles, and when I en tered into the shop, I had a sovereign in one pocket, and four shillings and a penny halfpenny in the other;ot an d I presently took forth the sovereign out the pocket where it lay by itself, and placed it before the eyes of th e y oung man—as God liveth so did 1.--(Laughter.) The officer went, at the request of the prisoner, t o his lodgings at a public-house. The prisoner then began to poke the ashes of the grate to see Whether the sovereig n was there, and afterwards looked int o every corner of the room, after which e ' ai d , " The sovere i gn i s not h ere , as G o d liveth." The L ORD MAYOR—Why, Mr. Jones, this shows that You had some doubt whether you put down a Shil ling or a • sovereign, How did it happen that T u went t o po k e for it in the ashes ? Prisoner— show that it was not there; and how could it, when that young man had it. I'll tell you, more over, that he gave me a bad crown once, as God vile bad one. v c mnplainant—lt is all false. If I did, why did net ? nnt sum mon me ? Prisoner —Ah, ah, why did I shall say why—because you gave me a good one for it. Do'nt you remember it ? You said te .iner when I urged you, " Oh, I think I had a rei l °lle * " by and by you will remember my sove gn in like manner. TZThe LORD MAYOR—WiII any one come to give e5....... a cha racter ? Prisoner—Character! multi preT4(Laughter.) 1 o fficer said th e pr i soner did a ll h e cou ld to for hi upon hi s landlord to come forward and speak ru r but it was in vain.—Remanded. ban'l'l' man named Samson, was brought before the Kn MAYOR, charged with having laid violent inneyO K innersle g y, the beadle of Aldgate. siey regretted that the tailors of the city B W e e e r: nOW become th e most " fightable" men to be that The d e f endant, who was a journeyman in ine, had some ti that the me ago got so low in pocket !uitternpparish took charge of his family, but he did Pt to remove the burden when the cash became less scarce. On the contrary, he never offered to the officers a single shilling, although he was eon ki 'tautly jobbing about. A day or two ago, nuersley met and asked him for some of his last Week' s afford wages for his wife. "No (said he), I can't to k eep any one but myself ; I'm able to eat t a he ted MY own wittles." The beadl e t h en expostu with him on the hardship of a ddi ng to e xpenses of the parish ; but Samson said that the parish, c ared. and the parish officers, an d hi s 'night all be cursed together, for w h at h e d epen upon it (said Kinnersley, taking banby the arm), you shall pay for this. We can't eunlbugged by such fellows as you." " Oh, you and t el tn't you ? (said Samson) then take that," : a he gave the poor beadle such a whack in the w) that if W hat like the bo ne did not h appen to be some thatwhich the defendant's ancient namesake !?rice wi e ld ed, he never would have wagged it again. 13ut Kinnersley, although rather stale, would not let o,naself b e conquered by a tailor : and, seizing him by the collar, gave him two or three shakes, and dragged him towards the workhouse. Samson's who i s a l so a ta i lor, seeing his father thus t reated with indignity, and knowing what an aver sion he had to the parish authorities, ran to his as eistance, and gave the " Authority" a blow which Would have broke the heart of anybody but a beadle. Kinnersley, however, returned the compli 'tient with his foot, made young Sampson measure the ground, and then placed both in the custody of the police. The LORD MAYOR asked Samson why he was not satisfied with imposing upon the parish, with nut beating the officer ?—Samson declared that the beadle had struck him first, arid without the least Provocation. He had no settled work, and could .hot afford to support his family, and whenever he . tl id a stitch, he had a ll th e o ffi cers at hi s h eels.— (A laugh.) • Ki nnersley sa id, i t was we ll k nown t h at Samson Would not if he could avoid it, ljve in any other 3v4 Y than upon the parish bounty, and that it was 'quite the fashion now fur people to look to what m the y con s id ere d t h e i n d e p en d ence o f a paroc hi al a i ntenance. All the officers requ i re d— an d cer -1,1„nlY they were warranted in r e qui r i ng i t — was , t h at e "'au when in work should bear a portion of the Pense s of maintaining his family. 1 1 „ 51 ja• Samson confirmed the beadle's account of not band, who was forthwith ordered to find bail. GUILDHALL. :3(aYesterday John Ward was brought up for . re rnination, charged by Mr. Currie, con °f warehouse in Regent-street, with d c him of the military : P , it ing and confederating with others to defraud v, ° (nlicSiaccep t ances to th e amount of 6001. Sir P .LAuniE sa i d he had called on the City itor to d e t er mine whether a false pretence in t he ey e of law could be made out, and he •niehed Mr. Curri e to repeat, in his presence, hrT , ' l e was induced to part with the bill ?—Mr. Currie . d the false pretence was, that Farquharson had a 'i'llowledge of Sir Charles Forbes, from whom he :14h'gentled to obtain a loan of 8,0001., which sum Far ;°4tharson would advance to establish the locomotion es in Scotland, and he was told that if he I t hNed 500/ . i mmediately, Farquharson could obtain ( 4 4 t Upon hi s (C urrie ' s) acceptance in two or three 11;)'s• This offer being an accommodation to wit t4t: that time, h e gave Farquharson the accep ‘,hee not as a di scounter, but as a private friend in 1, t , 4 °1 / 1 he reposed confidence, on account of the pri er's representations. hille,eity Solicitor —For what did you . give him the o h , Mr. Currie—.only that he might get money r ,its and bring me the proceeds. 6 . k \-i tY Solicitor—What was you to give him for 1 ) 1 ' ; t roubl e ? Mr. Currie —That was never content- At.,l te,:u. There was no propositions that he should t tt e !ve any thing. The only part of the proceeds I , 'ed was 601. 6' l i r PETER LAURIE—Mr. Ward, where are these klib." Prisoner In the hands of Farquharson, 1 Pit‘o-P4e, Whom I desired to withhold the bill or the ,eteds for my protection. PETERI Mr, thought Currie h a d a d vance d • all the money to you. Have you advanced money to him ? Prisoner—No, but he has advanced only 800/, where he should have advanced 1,6004, and so has frustrated my object, by which he was to gain 5,0004 Mr. Lyster—You have a counting-house in Bank chambers ? Prisoner—What is that to you ? Mr. Lyster—What business do you carry 011 there ? Prisoner (somewhat pi , sed)—Admittin g I am a civil engineer—(A laugh)—l took the cham bers for Mr. Currie's convenience. Mr. Currie—For my convenience ! I never was there in my lift.—(A laugh.) Prisoner said if he had fair play and time he could show all be had said and done was perfectly honest. Sir PETER—Then if you are an honest man, you will endeavour to restore to poor Mr. Currie the .500/, bill which Farquharson duped him of. Mr. Lyster—We will act mercifully to you if you will give up the bill. The second bill we know is in the hands of Winter Hart. Prisoner—lr is not in my power to restore the bill. The prisoner then read a part of the letter he had mentioned on the previous day, as having an im portant bearing on the case. It was addressed by a Mr. Jeffery (who appeared to have taken up the scram-carriage project after Mr. Currie dropped it) to Mr. Gurney, and censured Mr. Currie for with holding his cash. Mr. Currie regretted that he did not withhold it before. Sr PETER asked the prisoner, if he knew a gen tleman in white trousers, who was standing near him, was a sheriff's officer. Prisoner said he did, and he must observe that the bill which he meant to arrest him on was indeed accepted by him, but Mr. Currie had had the whole proceeds of it. Mr. Currie made no reply to this. Sir P. LAURIE said he had made up his mind to remand the prisoner for two days longer, and the examination was adjourned accordingly. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. A DISORDERLY.—Andrew Ill‘Caul, a long, lean lad, apparently fresh from the " Land o'Cdkes," ap peared among the " disorilerlies" at this office yes terday. The charge against him by the policeman who took him into custody was, that he grew so enamoured of the landlord of the Black Bull's liquor, after having imbibed a more than prudent portion of it, that he insisted upon forcing himself into the house at an unseasonable hour, in order to get another " wee &apple." It was in vain the policeman issued his authoritative "move on," for Andrew had reached that happy state of exaltation which rendered him in his own opinion more than a match for a whole phalanx of policemen, and therefore he retorted the command back on the policeman, and put himself in an " imposing atti tude," ix order to enforce compliance. The police man being, however, armed with authority, and a truncheon to back it, proved the more potential of the two, and bore the defendant off to the station house. Ye'll alloo me to speak in my ain defence (said Andrew in a most unsophisticated Aberdeenshire brogue.) Certainly, answered Mr. DYER. Then ye maun ken I'm just frae Aberdeen, and, as I have na been in this toon mair than ane day, ye'll see I did na ken (my thing o' the ways o' London fowk. My sel and a friend went into a hoose to hae a crack, and a wee drap toddie thegither, and as it was gay guile drink, we had sax tumblers between us before we'd finished our cracks. %Veel, says I, we're just ganging to part, sae we'll tak just ane " wee thocht'' mair. " What'n a language did ye ca that y ere speaking," says a chappie who was drinking at the bar, " it's only fit to christen pigs vvi.' Sir, I took this in the licht o' a national affront, and sae I said, " Gang ben the hoose, ye blackguard, and ise gie ye a fine pecking." "Na, na," said the land land, " I'll have no fetching here, sae gang yer gait oot my hoose." Weel, your Worship, I was turned oot, and then I tried wi muckle might to get in again, no for the purpose o' gettin ony mair drink, but to vindicate my honour. Was you drunk ? inquired Mr. DYER,—" Na! na! I'm no gaun to dig a pit to brak my ain neck iutilt," said Andrew, looking suspiciously at the Magistrate, " ye'll na get ony sic admission as that frae me." " Then I must hold you to bail, otherwise it was my intention to have discharged you after paying the usual fine," said Mr. DYER. This announcement appeared to give Andrew some annoyance„ especially as he had fallen into the pit he had tried to avoid; and after being removed from the bar a short time, he sent a friend to state to Mr. Dyer that he was willing to admit he was drunk. Mr. DYER directed that Andrew should be re called, and having put the usual question, was an swered cautiously by Andrew, who appeared deal rous to keep on the windy side of the law, th at " he was willing to admit he was na what might just precesely be ca'd sober." After this admis sion, on payment of the fine of 55., he was allowed to leave the office. MARYLEB ONE. Yesterday Mr. Surcombe, from the Stamp-office, who was acompanied by Currie, their agent for the prevention and prosecution of unstamped news, ap plied to Mr. RAWLINSON to know upon what grounds he refused to certify the conviction of Costello, who had been committed for selling Tlic Poor Man's Guardian, for one month to the House of Correction. Mr. RAWLINSON said, that it never could have been contemplated by the framers of the Act of the 16th of George 11. that informers would be em ployed to enforce it. - Mr. Surcombe—l submit, with all deference and respect, that the Act of Parliament is imperative as to its enactments, and that the magistrates have no option as to signing the certificate on conviction of of f enders had before them, and therefore that Currie is entitled to the certificate he seeks. Mr. RAWLINSON.--S 0 far as Currie is concerned, I admit that I have never seen an improper case brought here; but I think it would be much better if witnesses like him —personally I hold him harm less —were not permitted to depose to offences in which they are interested to convict; for it really is an unpleasant state of things .o observe that so many men, to the amount of 250, are stated to have been committed for vending unstamped newspapers, from the police-offices. 'My fear, besides, is lest some unfortunate man should be induced to concert mea- sures with informers, in order to divide the profits of their connivance, or, in other words, share the spoil under this obsolete act. Mr. Surcortibe—This act I am afraid will be round to be strictly imperative, and leaves no option :o either side. Mr. RAWLINSON—I cannot help thinking, Sir, that Parliament, when passing the act, never once contemplated the employing of informers to enforce it ; and therefore I have suspended the signing of the certificate in favour of Currie till I hear again from the Board. Soon afterwards John Smith and William Higgins were placed at the bar, charged by Currie for selling the Poor Man's Guardian, that afternoon, in Cleveland -street. MAGISTRATE— What did the men say ? Currie— They told me, your Worship, that they had no other way of getting a living, and could not hel it. MAGISTRATE— p Where do you get these papers ? Smith—ln Ki ngsgate - street, Holborn,your Worship, where we tips down our Bd. for 13 to the dozen. Higgins and Smith, being new offenders, were committed for seven days to the House of Cor- rection. Here Currie once more solicited the magistrate to certify his convictions to the Board of Stamps. MAGISTRATE—Not just now. Currie, on leaving the office, said that the matter must be settled in some way, and hoped that he should never be driven to the necessity of asking for a mandamus to compel the discharge of those penal ties which the Stamp-office had promised in all such ases of conviction. WORSHIP- STREET. Yesterday IValter Jessop, a cabriolet proprietor, a portly man, between 50 and 60 years of age, was finally examined before Mr. BROUGHTON, charged with having forged an acceptance to a bill of ex change, and uttered it to Sir Culling Eardly Smith, Bart., of Bedwell Park, Hertfordshire, who is also a Magistrate for that county. The prisoner was out of the way for some time after the discovery of the alleged forgery, and it was reported that he had eloped with the wife of a friend of his who is a coachman to one of the Judges. Sir C. E. Smith deposed, that he received a bill, now produced, from the prisoner, who some years ago was in his service, and had previously lived in his father's service as coachman. He took the bill in payment for hay and straw, to the amount of 281., which had been supplied from his estate in Hertfordshire, and paid the difference in cash, 28/., to the prisoner, who assured him it was a genuine acceptance. He afterwards paid the bill to Mr. Mark well, the proprietor of Long's Hotel, in Bond street, and learned when it became due that the ac ceptance was a forgery. Hanley, the officer, produced the bill, and stated that he had been nearly a fortnight after the prisoner, whom he apprehended last Saturday. The bill purported to be drawn by Walter Jessop upon and accepted by Edward Smith, of Chenies-mews, Bedford-square, coachmaker, for the sum of 56/., value received, and dated the 28th of February, 1832. It bore a notary's mark declaring the acceptance to be a forgery. Edward Smith, of Chenies-mews, deposed, that the acceptance to the bill was .not his, and he had never authorized the prisoner, or any other person, to accept it. Mr. \\ r opier, on the part of the prisoner, denied that any forgery had been committed. He was a proprietor of cabriolets, and Smith, a cabriolet maker, with whom he had previously had such deal ings; arid the defence was, that the acceptance to the bill in question, if not actually the hand-writing of Smith, was written with his concurrence. Mary Miller, an elderly woman, who had been the prisoner's servant, and a girl named Maria Jessop, his daughter, stated that in their presence the prisoner asked Smith to accept the bill for him, when he was going to Sir Culling Smith's to settle for hay arid straw; and they swore positively that, after some conversation upon the subject, they agreed to meet the following morning; and Smith said, " If I am not there, do it yourself, or get it done." Mr. BROUGHTON— What answer do you give to that, Mr. Smith ? Smith declared that the witnesses had sworn falsely, for he never gave the prisoner any such authority. The prisoner said, there were other witnesses who could prove that he did. Mary Carding, a decent-looking person, who stated herself to be a married woman, then came forward, and said that she was with Jessop when he asked Mr. Edward Smith to accept a bill for him, to take to Sir Culling Smith, and she swore most po sitively that Smith authorized him to write the ac ceptance, as had been stated by the other witnesses. Mr. BROUGHTON—You are a married woman you say, what is your husband ?—Witness said he was coachman to Mr. Justice Burrough. Mr. BROUGIITON—And do you live with him ? Witness—Yes, when he is in London. Mr. BROUGHTON, in disposing of the case, said there appeared to him to be something more in the back ground between the prisoner and Edward Smith, but, after the positive swearing of the several witnesses for the defence, he should dismiss the charge of forgery, and hold the prisoner to bail to answer any other charge that may be preferred against him. uEEN- s UAI?E. Tit Shields, the most noted pickpocket in London, who has been known to the police for nearly 40 years, was brought up in custody, charged with picking the pocket of Mr. Arnett, of No. 101, East street, Manchester-square, of a pocket handkerchief, on 'Westminster-bridge. The prosecutor was unable to attend, but the case was fully proved by a police constable, who saw him commit the robbery, and found the handkerchief in his possession. Woodberry, one of the dicers of this establish ment, stated that he had known the prisoner for the last 30 years : he was a most notorious pickpocket, and had been frequently tried and convicted at the u G o ß u E s c e o o ß f t E C orre Old B a ll y and other places. Tit Shi e ld s, i n his defence, said he found the handkerchief Ni on the bridge. to ther.committedction,to bim b f e or ke th p r t ee to mo i m ia th rd s labour, as a rogue and vagabond. U NION -HALL. Pliagbe Hunt, a thin pale-looking girl, was charged with eating five dozen of oysters, together with a proportion of bread and butter and porter, without the means of paying for the same. The owner of an oyster-stall in Blackman-street, stated that the defendant walked up that morning, and desired him to open a few oysters. When she had swallowed a dozen she called for bread, butter, and porter, and being supplied with these articles she stuck to the oysters until she demolished five dozen, and then said that she had not a " scurrick" to pay what she owed. The oyster-man added that she offered to leave her bonnet, but as it was an old rusty black velvet one, and not worth sixpence, he refused to accept of such an equivalent for his " natives," and gave her into custody. Mr. CHAMBERS inquired whether she was related to the late Dando, the gormandizer. The defendant had heard of such a person as Dando, but should be sorry to be possessed of such a ravenous appetite. She confessed that she was hungry, when she went to the complainant's stall; and when once she tasted a dozen she could not re sist the temptatio n of havin g a few dozen more. Mr. CHAMBERS told her that she should have been satisfied with a dozen oysters at the utmost, if she was hungry, and had no money to pay for them; but there was no excuse for her swallowing five dozen of them belonging to a man that could ill afford to lose them. The oyster-man said that it was lucky for him that he stopped short IA opening the oysters, for after she had finished the five dozen her appetite seemed as keen as ever; and he really believed that had he suffered her to have her own way, she would have taken five dozen more. Mr. CHAMBERS said, that the owner of the oyster stall should have take►► the precaution of having the money before he opened the oysters for the de fendant. He had not used common caution in this instance, for the appearance of the girl was enough to warn him that she could not pay for the quantity she had taken. " Therefore," added the Magistrate, " as you cannot have blood from a stone, she must be discharged." _ The defendant, on leaving the office, was told, that if she was brought there again under similar circumstances, she should go to gaol. REGISTRATIONS UNDER THE REFORM BILL. Brastrscrrast.-3,193 persons are returned as entitled to vote for the borough, and 610 for this division of the county. For the borough, in Aston, 706 ; and between 300 and 400 in Edgbaston. Of the 640 claiming for the county, 105 are marked as objected to by the overseers. BOLTON. —Great Bolton, 727 ; Little Bolton, 300 ; Ittulgh, 13 ; making a total of 1,010. BATH AND EAST SOMERSET.--.Th e following, accord ing to the lists just published, is the number of electors en titled to vote for Bath :—Bathwick, 302 ; St. Peter and Paul, 254; St. James, 330 ; St. Michael, 253; Wal cot, 1,316 ; Widcombe, 311 ; total, 2,769 ; for the county, 714. 13arnoFwaTER.—Number of voters, 429 ; 260 in the parish and borough qualified for the county. BLACK BURN. —631 voters, and 180 freeholders for North Lancashire. BRA DFORD. —For the township, 1,134. CHELTENHAM. —About 986 ; 545 county voters resi ding in the parish. COCK ERMOUTH. —There will be about 300 voters. Of these, in the town 215 ; Brigham, 25 ; Bridekirk, 13 ; Papeastle and Goat, 26 ; and the remainder in Eagles field, &c. DERBY. —All Saints' parish, borough 251, county 75 ; St. Michael's, borough 45, county 22; St. Alkmund's, borough 258, county 139 ; St. Werhurgh's, borough 221, county 129 ; St. Peters, borough 215 ; county 173. Total for borough, 990 ; for county, 538. HA NTS. —An lover, 81 ; South Stoneham, 87; Bi shops' Waltham, 40, qualified to vote at county elections. HUDDERSFIELD. —Published by the overseers, 598. Only 24 county voters have registered. MANCHESTER.—Manchester, 4,280; Chorlton-on- Medlock, 1,132; Hulme, 407; Cheetham, 383; Ard wick, 311 ; Newton, 128 ; Harpurhey, 15 ; Bradford, 5 ; Beswick, 3. Total, 6.664. LA NCA STER. —About 846 freemen, resident within 7 miles, registered ; there remain about 300 not claimed. About 250 101. householders have also sent in claims. LEEDS.-4 ) 500, of whom 2,614 in the town, and 1,986 in the out townships. Voters for the West Riding :—Leeds, 809 ; Keighley, 154. Nornsaltram.—North Division : Radford,262 ; Brew house-yard, Standard hill, and the Park, 41 ; Arnold, 145. South Division : Colwiek, 16 ; Carlton, 92 ; Gedling,, 20 ; Lambley, 62 ; Stoke Bardolph, 5 ; Snen ton, 124 ; Bradmore, JO ; West Bridgford, 11 ; Bunny, 9 ; Clifton, 6 ; Costock, ; Edwalton, 7 ; Keyworth, 27 ; Gotham, 20 ; East Leake, 38 ; West Leaks, 8 ; Plumtre, 10 ; Itempstone, 25 ; Ruddington, 46 ; Sutton Bonington, 64; Thrumpton, 7 ; Wilford, 18 ; Wil lough by, 42. Norrisroxam.—St. Mary's, householders, 1,290 ; free holders, 400 ; St. Peter's, householders, 135 ; free holders, 68 ; St. Nicholas's, householders, 106 ; free holders, 92 ; burgesses, 3,122. Total for the town, 5,213. NORA% tett.—R«sident freemen in Conisford Ward, 512 ; Mancroft, 110 ; Long Ward, 1,029 ; Northern Ward, 681; County, 73 ; Precincts of the Close, 23. Total 2,731. NEWPORT. —Householders within the borough, 227 ; freemen 11 1 ; householders in St. Woollos, 105. Total, 443. Many will be disqualified. OXFORD. —County electors in Thame parish, 94, Freemen registered in Oxford, 1,450. Of these it is pro bable that 100 will be erased as disqualified. PRESTON. —Tbe number put upon the list by the over seers is 6,080. SOUTH DIVISION OF HANTS..-.SOUTHAMPTON.---..., In that borough :—All Saints, county 144, borough 304 ; Holy Rhood, county 30, borough 148 ; St. John, eounty 7, borough 28; St. Lawrence, county 10, borough 40 ; St. Mary, county 146, borough 164 ; St. Michael's, county 34, borough 80—total, county, 371, borough, 764. SHEFFIELD.—For the borough, 2,260 ; Brighteide, 238 ; Ecclesall, 389 ; Nether Hallam, 185 ; and Atter clitie, 100—making 3,172. For the West Riding, in the town, 522 ; Blightside, 77 ; Ecclesall, 110 ; Nether Hallam, 65 ; and Attercliffe, 37 making 811. We have no list for Upper Hallam. SALFORD.—SaIford, 1,081 ; Pendleton, 281 ; Brough ton, 133—total, 1,495. SOUTH SHIELDS.—In South Shields and Westoe, 561 ; 336 for the former, and 225 for the latter. In the same places 112 freeholders are registered for North Durham, of which 57 are in Westoe. TYNEmount.—Ten-pound householders in the borough 825,—viz., North Shields, 227 ; Tynemouth, 445 ; Chir ton, 89 ; Cullercoats, 12 ; and Preston, 52. Freeholders registered for South Northumberland, 662, viz., North Shields, 170 ; Tynemouth, 477 ; Chirton, 9 ; Culler coats, 32 ; and Preston, 6. The armorial bearings of the new borough, as adopted by the returning officer, and re gistered in the Herald's College, are— Gules, three ducal coronets, or. Crest, a lion rampant, azure. Motto, " Libertas et natale solutn." WHITEHAVEN, CUMBERLAND.-WhitehaVell, 315 ; Presto❑ Quarter, 13 ; Egremont, 74 ; Brigham Town ship, 32; Papcastle, 28; Bridekirk, 6, Dovenby, 21; Talientire, 19 ; Blinderake, Remain, and lsel, 23 ; Cockermouth (for county), 70; Underskiddaw, 26 ; Borrowdale, 17 ; Lorton, 32 ; Bassenthwaite, 49 ; Hay ton and Mealow, 20 ; Aspatria and Brayton, 46; Bothel and Threapland, 29 ; Torpenhow and Whittrigg, 25 ; Winscales, 12 ; Harrington, 81. WINCHESTER.-St. Thomas and St. Clement, city 100, county 30 ; St. Peter's, Cheesehill, city 44, county 9 ; St. Peter, Colebrook, city 22, county 13 ; St. John, city 25, county 8 ; St. Bartholomew, Hyde, city 26, county 11 ; Compton, county 9; Week, city 6, county S ; St. Maurice, city 100, county 25 ; St. Michael, city 37, county 9 ; St. Mary Calemour, city 70, county 21; St. Laurence, city 24, county 12 ; St. Swithin, city 25, county 3; freemen residing within the limits, 66. WOLVERHAMPTON AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.-For the county : Wolverhampton, 211 ; Bilston, 55 ; Willen hall, 46 ; Wednesfield, 20 ; Sedgley, 82.—Total 414. For the borough : Wolverhampton, 825 ; Billiton, 252 ; Willenball, 156 ; Wednesfield, 33 ; Sedgley, 584.—Total 1,650. WAYEEIELD.-689 voters, and 165 for the West Riding. WEST RIDING or YORE.—Golcar, 99, freeholders; Lock wood, 64, freeholders and leaseholders; Kirkheaton, 24, principally freeholders; Netherthong, 29, principally free holders; Hepworth, 18, principally copyholders; Holme,l4, copyholders; Meltham, 76, freeholders; Scammonden, 14, principally copyholders ; Shelley, 47, principally freehol ders; Shepley, 21, freeholders; Marsden in Aldmondbury, 65, principally copyholders ; Marsden in Huddersfield, 24, copyholders; Cartworth, 43, principally copyholders; Aldmondbury, 39, principally freeholders; Lepton, 21, freeholders ; Henley, 61, principally freeholders ; Cum berworth Half, 30, freeholders ; Foolstolie, 23, principally copyholders ; Wooldale, 51, principally copyholders ; Upperthong, 27, principally copyholders ; Kirkburton, 83, freeholders; Longwood, 49, freeholders; Hudders field, 24, freeholders; Lindley-curn•Quarmhy, 59, free holders. Eight other townships in the division, the num ber in them about 300, which with Saddleworth, about 700, will make the total 2,000. Full one-third have neg lected registering. YABMOUTH..--.10/. householders, 492; for the Eastern Division of Norfolk, 811. The amount of the future constituency at Yarmouth is as follows :--Freetnen, 1,063 ; 101. houses, over and above those inhabited by freemen, 492 ; 10/. houses in Gorleston, In --total 1,699. LODGERS' VOTES. —ln Gray's-inn, the joint occupiers of chambers registered seem to be numerous; and in the small city parish of St. Benett Sherehog (clarum et vene rabile nomen I) four occupiers of one tenement have all claimed the right of voting. EAST LOTHIAN. —A correspondent has favoured us with a state of the number of electors who have lodged claims in this district, also with the numbers which it is under stood are pledged to the respective candidates. Claims lodged, 622. Pledged to Mr. Stewart, 419 ; to Mr. Maitland, 129 ; doubtful, 74. The result is obvious, the Anti-Reform Lord may retire when he pleases. MID LOTHIAN.—CIaims for enrolment, 1,332. ROZBURGHSIIIRE. —Melrose district, 396 ; Hawick, 413 ; Jedburgh, 279 ; Kelso, 431 ; total, 1,519, inclusive of the old freeholdeis. KELSO DISTRICT.-Hawick, 159 ; Wilton, 70; Ash kirk, 22 ; Cavers, 52 ; Kirton, 17 ; Roberton, 16; Can. tleton, 55. BEawIC K - ON - TwEED.-For the county, 168 ; 10/, householders for the burgh, 196 ; burgesses, 510. BERWICICSIIIRE.-The voters, including the old free holders, will amount to about 1,100. Dumfries burghs will possess a constituency as near as may be 1,100. In Dumfries, including Alsztvelltmm, 720 ; Annan, 179 ; Lochmaben, 48 ; Singuliar, 56 ; Kirkcudbright, 122—total, 1,122. LANARKSHIRE.—Under ward, 460 ; mid Ue ward, 1,357 ; upper ward, 841.—Total, 2,658. COUNTS' or• STIRLING.--Number of voters enrolled 1,827 ; of which, for Admiral Fleming, 1,255 ; against, 371 ; doubtful, 201. The constituency of Perth county amounts to 3,200. Earl Ormelie is in possession of pledges of support from 1,656. The disproportion between the registered voters and Ole population in some districts, as compared with others, is very great. In the most favourable circumstances the electors are as one to 20,—viz., in the burghs of Leith, Lanark, Falkirk, and Stirling. The lowest proportionate ❑umber of electors is in Paisley. where they amount to only lin 45. In Greenock, Aberdeen, and Dundee, the electors are as Ito 26. In Perth there is 1 to 21 ;in Edinburg!), 1 to 24 ; in Glasgow, 1 to 29 ; and in Airdrie, Ito 30. In the Port-Glasgow district of burghs the pro portion is as 1 to 28.—Scotch Paper. COMMITTEE ON THE BANK OF ENG LAND CHARTER. Evidence Of JEREMIAH HARMAN, Esq. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) In the answer made by the Court of Directors to Lord Liverpool and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the 20th of January, 1826, there is this passage—" That the country circulation is in many parts extremely defective, cannot be controverted ;" what were the defects in the country banking to which the Bank meant to refer in th it passage 1 ) -1 apprehend the defects were merely that all the country hankers were not equally respectable; no oat holds in higher estimation that respectable class of the community than I do, but it was in vain to disguise that at that period there were exceptions. I had forgot en that there was such a passage in the letter ; but I say again for myself, that I have ever held country bankers in the highest possible estimation in the main, both in the ma nagement of their own affairs and the facilities and advan tages they rendered to the community. You are aware that the communications that took place between the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England; were published at that time ; and there was a long letter from the Chancellor of the Exche quer to the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank, which enters into what was then thought the defects of country banking, and in which it was stated that there were between 800 and 900 country banks, and that it was no exaggeration to suppose that a great proportion had not been conducted with a due attention to the precautions which are necessary for the safety of all banking establish ments, even where their property is most ample; that letter suggests the policy of restricting the circulation of notes by country bankers to notes above the sum of Si The answer of the Bank is to this effect :—" That the country circulation is in many parts extremely defective cannot be controverted, and the Bank would very re luctantly oppose itself to any measure tending to ameliorate it, but would be glad to promote that object, either by fresh exertions on their part, should such be found prac ticable, or by any reasonable sacrifice ;" it appears, there fore, that in the course of the correspondence that took place there was an admission that the country circula tion was then extremely defective ; and this was the objection stated on the part of the Bank to the in troduction of the law which prevented the circulation of notes below 5/. ; do not you think that the Bank of England at that time concurred with the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer in thinking that considerable public inconvenience bad arisen, and that the general excitement to over-speculation had been caused by the issue of 1/. notes by the country bankers 7—Speaking individually, I certainly did not agree with that letter ; but whether I have a right to say so may admit of a question. I have already explained that in those instances where the country bankers issued more than they were warranted in doing, or where they were established upon a slender foundation, of course it was to those cases that the answer of the Directors of the Bank. I presume, alluded; but that does not apply to the great mass of country bankers. You said the great object of the Bank in the latter end of 1825, was to supply gold for the country circulation, that is to say, there was a great demand from the country banks upon the Bank of England to supply gold for those who presented their notes ; do not you think that an indiscreet issue of 1/. and 21. notes has a material tendency to banish gold from the country, by the substitution of a cheap me dium of circulation for one that is expensive ?—There is no doubt that if there is a large issue of 1/. notes, and the people are satisfied with those notes, less gold will be ne cessary. Practieally, does not the issue of 1/. and 21. notes banish ;he gold; is not that the case in Scotland ?—lt lue done • in Scotland, and in America too. Then, when a time of panic comes, supposing there is no gold distributed through the country, supposing that the small paper circulation has practically banished gold from the circulation, is not the pressure upon the Bank of England greatly increased in consequence of th tt ba nishment of gold ?—lt may be if there is only a certain portion of gold to be had to distribute through the whole ; the Bank of England being the centre, of course they all look to the Bank of England in the hour of panic, but I do not see how that can be remedied ; the country bank ers have no means but through London of obtaining gold ; they cannot go about the country and pick up gold, they must go to the great mart ; and as all operations in the precious metals centre in London, they must come to Lon don, and they must have their agents, or they must apply to the Bank to operate fir them. You are aware that the 1/ and 2/. notes are generally in the hands of the lower classes of society, which are those classes to whom money is of the greatest value, and who are most likely to be worked upon by undue appre hensions; now, supposing the issue of 11. and 21. notes has banished the gold, but that they are still payable in gold on demand, when the time of panic arrives is not the pressure upon the country hanks likely to be much greater and more universal than if there were no 1/. and 21. notes, but the business of the country was conducted by gold ?—No doubt ; it is one of the evils of a paper cir culation. Is not the pressure upon the Bank of England propor tionably increased in a time of panic, in consequence of the necessary demand of country bankers to supply that gold which has been banished by the 1/. and 21. note cir culation ?—Certainly ; if a panic takes place, it must be so in the nature of things; but that is the situation in which we are placed by the extraordinary efforts that this artificial country, if I may so say, has made. With tht enormous debt we have, and the immense amount that must he raised for the payment of the interest of that debt, it is almost impossible, I conceive, that in a time of panic we should be able to face that state of things without paper. - Do you think there would be any security against re peated panics if the whole paper circulation of this coun try rested upon no other foundation of metallic currency than that which might be retained in the coffers of the Bank of England; supposing small notes were issued, and they were payable in gold, but that practically by that issue the gold was banished from circulation, and was almost entirely confined to the coffers either of the Bank of England or of the country bankers, do you think that that great superetruction would rest upon any sure foun dation?—lt is ♦ain to disguise it, that it would he sub ject to very great peril at particular times ; but the ques. tion is, how to counteract that ; I am quite aware of the difficulties, I am quite aware of the evils, and I have al ways contended that it is a choice of evils, and that I do not see, in certain times, how it is possible to do without paper circulation. bo not you think the check upon over-issue is likely to be much more immediate where there is a great mass of gold circulated throughout the country, than where the people are practically not conversant with gold, but all the gold is in the coffers of the Bank ?—lt is contrary to my principle for the Bank to hoard a very great quantity of gold, and to keep it there; it is useless, except in a time of panic; it is their bounden duty to keep a certain proportion, which will be wanted to meet difficulties. But with respect to the question of gold, whether it is in the Bank of England, or whether it is in private hando, I do not think makes very much difference, because there is only a certain quantity to be had. I am one of thos. that think the quantity to be obtained is very much over rated ; I think it will be scarcely possible to provic, against every contingency that may occur, and to say that you are perfectly safe, because you have such a quan. tity of gold ; if the gold is in the hands of the country banker to any great extent, there will be so much less IL the coffers of the Bank of England. There the questiort is, whether it is not quite as s.fr,—oy " safe" I do not mean security to the indivi lual,—but whether f it is not quite as safe and as useful kept in the coffers of the Bank as it would be in those of the country bankers, the quan tity being divided about the country. With a view to security, and the prevention of panic arising from political causes, is it not better that the gold should he in the hands of the people conducting the retail business of the country, than that it should be deposited in any coffers ?—I think not, if you have a thorough confi dence in notes. Do you think you can insure that confidence in 1/. and 2/. notes ?—ln all but times of panic. May not there be a panic from political causes as well as commercial causes ?—No doubt. Are you aware that 2,000,0001 of gold were drawn out of the Bank of England in eight days, within the period of the last three weeks ?—Yes. Do you think that panic arose from a commercial dis credit, or from political excitement ?—I hardly know how to account for that ; it was one of those temporary things that do not last long, and there was not sufficient founda tion for it; we must be always liable to those accidental circumstances. Are not you always more liable to it when the whole population of a country district has 1/. and 2/ notes in their possession, than when they have sovereigns, and can have nothing else for conducting the retail business of the country ?—lf you can suppose that they we have a .suffi ciency of sovereigns for every man to have his fair share; I would certainly say that I would rather it was circulated in that way; but we are not to forget that there is another frightful part of the story, and that is the hoarding; and that if there is a panic, in all probability the individual will hoard his money as long as he can. Is not he as likely to heard it by presenting the 1/. and 21. notes, and demanding gold in exchange, as he is when he has the gold within his reach ?—There is no doubt it exposes the Bank to a run. Does not this disposition to hoard expose the Bank to an additional run, because the 1/. and 2/. notes are pre sented as well as the 51. and 10/. notes ?—lt grows out of the state of things ; it is a very difficult subject to discuss. Were you in the Bank when there was a great demand from the Bank of Ireland for the supply of gold?—Not on the last occasion. Did not that demand chiefly arise from Mr. O'Connell's letter, advising the people to present their small notes in exchange for gold ?—I understood so. Do you recollect the sum that was necessarily remitted in order to supply the Bank of Ireland and the Provincial Bank, and the other banking establishments of Ireland,with gold ?—I was not a party to that, because I was not in the Bank, but I have heard it; I do not recollect the amount. Do you consider that that panic arose from any commer cial cause whatever?—Certainly not. Was not that a perfectly unnecessary apprehension, as to the solvency of those banks ?—The run in Ireland arose from the agitation, and the evil impressions made upon the minds of the people. Are you of opinion that the security of the small note circulation in Ireland mainly rests upon tile amount of sold there is in England ?.-.-I suppose the bankers in Ire land depend a good deal upon the supply there may he in London ; but I should think that both the National Bank and other banks in Ireland have provided themselves with gold much more abundantly than they used to do. I be lieve at one period, with respect to both the National Bank of Ireland and the bankers in Ireland, their amount in gold was very inconsiderable, compared with what it has been lately. Whatever is retained out of circulation, is a dead loss to the country, is it not ?—No doubt. Is it not an great a loss to the country if it be retained in the coffers of the Bank, in order to guard against a run, as it is if it be retained in the hands of the people conducting the internal circulation of the country, wear and tear excepted ?—Yea, it is. You are aware that a run upon the savings banks took place in May, 1832, and that those deposits are suscepti 'de if alarm and panic in a manner very similar to that in which the 1/. notes were assailed when they were in exist ence ; should you, then, be of opinion that to abolish the savings banks would give a security to our paper system against panic of that nature, similar to the security that is given by the abolition of the 11. notes ?—I am not Fre • pared to answer that in the affirmative, more particularly when I consider the object for which the savings banks were established, to induce men rather to place their money elsewhere than to keep it in their own pockets or to spend it. Would it in your opinion give an additional security against panic if the money in the savings banks were re turned to the people, and they held it in their coffers in Gold ?—I cannot satisfy myself upon that. Does the fact of the circulation of the country consist ing in gold instead of 1/. notes, give any facility to the country banks to procure gold, more than they would have if the circulation were in li. notes?—Jn quiet times it does, because, of course, gold would occasionally be paid into the banks, but in hours of difficulty and alarm, men, in all probability, who held the sovereigns, would keep them rather than pay them into a country bank. If banker wished to procure a supply of gold, would he not, whether the circulation of the country was gold or 1/, notes, apply to London for a supply of gold ?—lf he has the means, unquestionably. Would it be possible for him to collect a large supply in the country, from the gold circulating among the people? —I should think, impossible. You were asked, whether you thought our paper system could be secured from the effects of panic during the ex istence of 1/. notes in the hands of the people of England and Wales ; do-you think that the system, as it now stands, is secure against the effects of panic ?—No ; and I will go further, and say that it would be very difficult to make it so. You were referred to a letter i❑ 1826, written to the Bank by Lord Liverpool and Mr. Robinson, which letter , uggested the policy of abolishing 1/. notes and establishing branch banks, and of establishing joint stock banks; that letter stated, that the cause of the commercial crisis of 1825 was mainly occasioned by speculations fostered and encouraged by the country bankers ; doyou think that that was a true explanation of the cause of the commercial crisis in 1825 ?—ln my opinion, very humbly I say, decidedly not. It appears that Lo:d Liverpool stated, in a speech made on the 17th February, 1826, that the country bankers had increased their circulation prior to the panic, at a period when the Bunk of England was diminishing their circula tion ; that statement of Lord Liverpool appears to have been founded upon the returns of the issue of stamps ; if that calculation of Lord Liverpool's should be found to be formed upon erroneous data altogether, do you think then that the policy of the measures which were suggested to the Bank in the letter of Lord Liverpool and Mr. Robin son, was founded on fallacious statements ?—lf there was an error certainly so far, pro tanto, it was upon falla cious statements; I am not prepared to say how the fact was. What was your opinion at that time, as a Director of the Bank, upon the question of establishing joint stock companies and branch banks, as then proposed ?—As an individual, I never was very favourable to either the one or the other. Do you conceive that the establishment of branch hanks, by which a very considerable degree of responsi bility attaches to distant agents, was safe for the Bank itself ?—I always thought it laid a great additional respon sibility upon the Bank Directors, and I thought we had quite enough before. As to the utility to the country, or the benefit that the country may derive from it, that re- mains to be proved ; I unequivocally acknowledge that I was not favourable to the establishment of band) banks. Or of the Joint Stock Companies ?—Nor of the Joint Stock Companies. Was your opinion derived from the apprehension you entertained of the injuries the Bank might sustain, i❑ con- sequence of a number of distant agents being employed ? That entered into the consideration, certainly. Did you consider it safe that a considerable number of gentlemen should be sent into the large manufacturing towns to discount hills, who were not acquainted with the persons and characters of the merchants and manufactur- ek s there ?—I certainly did think that it would require a great deal of time and experience, and that risks knight be run in the trial, in order to prove satisfactorily tbe pru dence of the measure. Had any considerable loss been sustained from the branch banks previous to your leaving the direction ?—No considerable loss. Was the Bank consulted with respect to the measure of joint stock companies ?—We were not much consulted ; we were communicated with upon the subject, and opposed it as far as we could with propriety. What were the grounds of your opposition, individually ? —ln the first place, we rather considered it an innovation upon the functions of the Bank. Was the apprehension you entertained, as affecting the interests of the Bank ?._There was a distinction made be- tween joint stock companies in the country, at a certain distance, and joint stock companies Within that distance ; and, after a very considerable discussion, there was a line drawn within which the joint stock companies should not approach the Bank, and so it was settled. With the limitation as afterwards settled, did you con. ~ .eive the Bank was likely to sustain any injury from the more in apprehension than in reality; but I was always jealous of the measure. ?—li might, perhaps, be measure of joint stock companies As affecting the interests of the Bank, or as affecting