The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-09 00:00:00

THE BURNHAM MURDER. VERDICT OF THE JURY. Yesterday the inquiry was again resumed before Mr. Chearsley. The removal of the prisoner Moses Hatto occasioned considerable excitement in Eton and the neighbourhood. He was conveyed handcuffed in a light chaise-cart, between the superintendents of the Eton and Slough police. The route through the village of Burnham and past the Abbey Farm was purposely avoided, owing to the excited state of the inhabitants of the district, who, it is said, are so satisfied of Hatto's guilt, that, if set down among them, he could not pos sibly escape "lynching." Hatto is a man of small sta ture, but of well-knit frame, with a countenance rather pleasing than otherwise. On reaching the Mile-house, he got out of the police cart with a light step, and held his manacled hands aloft with an expression of bravado. Mr. Goodwin, the occupier of the house, stated, in answer to the coroner, that he had lost two white handled razors, one gold ring, two pencil cases, one ivory-handled knife with several blades and instruments n it, an ivory pocket tablet, two small keys, and a but ton-hook. He missed these articles from his bedroom on Thursday morning. The coroner asked Dr. Robarts whether he was aware that Hatto had an extensive bruise on the right side of his forehead ? Dr. Robarts was aware of the fact, but Hatto had accounted for this by stating that it was caused by a stick springing up and striking him on the forehead while he was at work. He had examined certain marks upon the prisoner's hat, commonly called a " wide awake." On the edge, where it turned up, he observed two spots of about an eighth of an inch each, which upon close inspection he had no doubt were blood. He had also examined the outside of the hat, on the crown oft which he found six. very minute spots, apparently of blood. Mr. Goodwin said that on his return home on the night of the murder he found that Hatto's supper things had not been put back into the larder. He saw the meat on the dresser after the fire was extinguished. That was a very unusual thing, as the deceased always put them away. John Bunce, the farm bailiff, was recalled. He said that when he went round the farm with Hatto on the night of the murder he told him to go to that part of the yard next the granary , where there was a ladder. H e old Hatto to stop outside the gate while he (Bunce) went round the yard. Instead of• doing what he had been requested, Hatto came and guzzled into the water somehow or another; it was water which came directly from the duugheap, two or three yards from the spot where he had been placed, and where he had been directed to remain. To get at the water he had to go through a gate. He said, " What a mess I have got into, Bunce," but witness did not at the time take much notice of him, but said to him, "I don't like you any the better for not stopping where I placed you." That was before the return home of Mr. Goodwin. There was no fall on the ground there, and he could not have tumbled into the water accidentally. It was of no depth—not half-way up his shoes. He was "messing" his hands in the water. It would have been impossible for him to have seen whether Hatto fell in the water or not, on account of the distance between them ; nor did he notice whether his trousers were very wet or not, as he was a little " rumpy " with him. As nearly as he could say, 'his his trousers were wetted nearly up to the knee. Or the morning after the murder he assisted to move the body of the deceased from her bed-room into the cow house. Hatto was there at the dine. The body was moved on an old sack, and witness was not aware that he got any spots of blood on his clothes while assisting in the removal. Hatto held the leg end, and witness took the head end, which was the heaviest part, coming down stairs first. The lower part of the body was quite charred, and in pieces. Some portions of the legs were left behind, and they were aftewards fetched down on another sack. He saw no blood effused from the body, nor did he think there was any blood on the sacks. The sacks were left in the cow-house, and had not since been locked up. • Mr. Ward, the magistrate, said it would be very im portant to ascertain whether Hatto wore the same trou sers on the Wednesday as he had worn on the night of the murder. If lie had not, and the trousers which he wore on Tuesday night had blood upon them, it would be very strong evidence, as it could not be said that it bad come there in conquence of his assisting in the re moval of the deceased. . Mr. Goodwin said he did not wear the trousers on Wednesday which he wore on Tuesday. Those be wore on Tuesday were put before the fire to dry. The Coroner thought it might be important to ascer tain what portion of time it would take to consume the body as found. Dr. Robarts said it was so disputed a point that he could not give any positive answer. He believed that it would take from two and a half to three hours to con sume a body to the extent that of the deceased had been when the jury visited it. But in other cases it had been different. The body of Mr. Pass was burnt by his murderer, Cooke, at Leicester, in a large fire, and it took several hours to consume it. Mrs. Bunce, the wife of the farm bailiff, was re-called She stated, in addition to her former evidence, that Hatto was of a very passionate disposition. She had some words with him a short time since about a piece of wood, when he shook his hand in her face. and said, "I wish you was a man instead of a woman--wouldn't I." Deceased had told her she had mentioned to Hatto that either he or she must leav9 the place, for she could not live with him. Thes e wereher very words. Witness s a id t o H a tt o nex t d a y, It is very s t range th at t h ere was no ro bb ery i n the house, to whi c h h e repl i ed, " Oh, but there was. " That was oi me to on Thursday, a b ou t t h e m iddl e o f t h e day, when he her house with some greens. When he came in he said, "I suppose you will have to go up to Mile house where the inquest is held." Witness replied, "If I have to go I will speak the truth as far as I know." William Eggleston, a carter u in , the employ of Mr. Eo Goodwin, and l o d g i ng at obeer b s, was here recalled, whet and was asked by a j uror e saw Hatto when fire was he was removing th e b o d y after the put out, turn the body over, and t a k e some keysfromthe pocket of the decease ? Witness said he did, and a handker chief, which Hatto pulled out a t t h e s lon' 7litttilme, he threw on the floor. There were key s He searched about the bed for the purpo se of ascertain. ing ring. ing whether there was any more fire. He (witness) did not know what vitas done with th e k eys. A little before ten o'clock on the Thursday night after the mur der, Hatto said he wanted to go to the Maidenhead station, as he expected a parcel there for him, and he said he would go at the same time to the Mile-house to get some beer. He went out on his master's horse, and was absent about an hour. Witness did not observe whether he had a bundle under his arm or not when he left the house, but he was in the stable a long time before he started. He occupied a great deal of time in going so short a distance. When he returned he said he had not succeeded in getting any beer, as the people at the Mile-house had gone to bed. Mr. Gough, the landlord of the Mile-house, said the prisoner called at his house on the night in question about 11 o'clock, but the house having been closed, and recognising Hatto's voice he would not re-open it. Inspector Langley said that from inquiries he had made he had ascertained that the prisoner took his master's horse from the stable, unknown to him, on Thursday night, and went to the Maidenhead station to inquire for a parcel. He had every reason to believe that there was a shirt belonging to the prisoner missing, and there might be some other articles not yet found. Thshirt might have been enclosed i n a parcel and thrown away. Every portion of Mr. Goodwin's pre mises been s earc h e d ; b u t h av i ng b een so l on g ab senta6 he thought Hatto must have gone further than he and stat e d , thus disposed of the things. He (the in spector) saw the prisoner for the first time that morn ing. He took hi s clothes off in order to ascertain whe ther the re were any discolourations of the arms, as there must have b een a fearful struggl e , th e d ecease d b e i ng a very strong woman. On stripping him in the presence of Mr. Saxton, constableof Maidenhead, he di s ti nc tly saw eight spot s o f blood on his h a t, two on the b rim He and six on the crown.had no material evidence to offer. If the shirt could be found, it could be identified by the washerwoman. In reply to a juror, Mr. Goodwin stated that he h a d not Paid th e deceased any wages since she came into his service, eight or ten wee ks ago. She had, he belived, mon ey h i the bank at Maidenhead. Mr. Symington, superintendent of the Burnham die. trict police, sa id he took possession of Hatto 's trousers on Friday morning, and now produced them. On the Wednesday morning previous, prisoner admitted theme to be his, and added that they were the trousers he wore on Tuesday evening—the night of the murder. Witness asked him how it was they became so wet, and he re plied that he been carrying water up into the room were the fire was found. He did not say he had wetted them in the yard. By direction of the coroner, he took the trousers to Dr. Taylor, in London, in order that he might examine the spots on them, and state whether or not they were blood. In his presence on Saturday, the sth of November, Dr. Taylor looked through a magni fying glass. The spots were so minute that he could not tell what they were, and he said he should require ► three or four days to make his investigation. He had seen Dr. Taylor again that morning, and he pronounced that the spots were blood, but thought they were of some standing—that was, that they had not come there within a day or two. He said he could not pronounce whether it was human blood or not. He added that, if there had been blood upon the trousers, and manure water had been applied, it would change the colour so materially that it would be very difficult indeed to tell the date of the spots, as it would make them look much older than .they would otherwise appear. Dr. Taylor added that the trousers had been dirtied since the spots of blood had been upon them. Witness proceeded to say that he had ascertained that Hatto did not eat his supper on the night of the murder, having given it to Eggleston, whereas Hatto had told him that he had eaten it, and afterwards went to bed. The Coroner here desired that the prisoner should be introduced. On being brought into the room in custody of an Eton constable, he looked anxiously round, and appeared somewhat disturbed by the pressure of the crowd round the door. The bustle and confusion caused by his entry having subsided, The Coioner addressed him as follows :—Moses Hatto since our last meeting further evidence has been adduced against you. That which was before taken was read over to you on the last occasion ; you shall now hear what ms been produced to-day. Prisoner---Yes, sir. (A rush at the door at this moment caused some in terruption, and appeared to disconcert the prisoner, who listened with great apparent anxiety to the observations addressed to him.) The clerk here read through the depositions, the pri soner watching attentively the various points as he proceeded. The testimony of the several witnesses hav ing been gone through, The Coroner said—lt is my duty to caution you now, as I have already previously done, and to tell you that you are not bound to say anything. Whatever you do say will be taken down in writing, and will be given in evidence against you at your trial. You have heard the depositions taken before, and also those taken to day, and I ask you now whether you have anything to say? Prisoner—l did not tell that carter that I was com ing here for a parcel on Thursday night. (This was in allusion to a mistake in Eggleston's evidence, rectified by Inspector Langley's deposition.) Coroner— We are not going into the matter now. What do you say about the murder ? Prisoner—Well, I can say that I am innocent from" it. Coroner—Have you anything more to say ? Prisoner—No, sir ; I don't know that I have any thing more to say ? Coroner—Don't know. Do you mean that: you have nothing more to say ? Prisoner—No, sir ; I have not anything more to say. The prisoner here signed his declaration with a firm hand, and withdrew in custody. The Coroner then proceeded to sum up. He said—l shall not go again into the disgusting details of the fearful crime, but shall content myself with making such remarks as the evidence suggests, so far as it implicates • the prisoner in custody, at the same time reminding you ' that no part of it appears to criminate any one else. You find, gentlemen, that Mr. Goodwin, the respect able occupier of the house wherein the murder was com mitted, had left his home between six and seven on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of visiting his rela tions at Langley, and there it has been proved he re mained from half-past six till a quarter to 11—the dis tance seems to be about half an hour's ride—and he reached home about half-past 11. He entered by the north door of the house by a latch key that was left on the latch ; the opposite or south door was also found on the latch ; which was usually bolted at bed-time. You have heard that it was Mr. Goodwin who first gave the alarm on his reti?rn home, having found that there was a fire in deceased's bed-room, which was ex tinguished by Hatto and the farm labourers. The instrument of death seems to have been a poker, which was broken just above the wider part, and was found in the room of the deceased with human hair upon it, and identified as the one she had in her hand the day before, taken from Mr. Goodwin's room. Now, gentlemen, let me call your particular atten tion to the passage-door by which you enter the kitchen—there is found the deceased's tooth, a hair pin, much blood, and a blow on the door post as if made by a blunt instrument like a poker. If the nstrument by which the blow was given was the poker, the assassin must have gone into the deceased's bed-room to get the poker, and if the fatal blow took place in the passage, then the body must have been car ed up stairs (blood being traced from the passage-door to the bed-room), or it might have been that a struggle first took place in the bed-room, and she might have run down stairs to give the alarm, and there received a blow which disabled her from opening the passage-door, and then, returning to the bed-room, and being fol lowed, the fatal blow must have been given there. But, either way, there must have been blows and loud screaming at the passage-door, which must have been heard in the kitchen where Hatto was waiting for Mr. Goodwin or up stairs in her bed-room. No doubt the body was set fire to by the perpetrator of the horrid deed, and it might have been the person's intention to burn the house too, to avoid detection. The doctor's evidence points out to you a large smearing of blood, as if the body had been dragged from the entrance of the room to the spot where it was found. Then, gentlemen, look again. As the deceased left Bunce's cottage near or about nine, and as the inmates of that cottage were all in bed soon after, that fact must have been known to any person about the premises. Soon after, or about that time, it is [probable the tragedy commenced, for the body could not have been so much consumed and charred in a much less time than two or three hours. I observed a sprinkling of blood on the facing of the door-post on the side of the door next to the kitchen. Hatto told Mr. Goodwin he thought some one had been about the place. Hatto also said he heard a rumbling noise against the door, about a quarter before 11, whilst in his bed-room, that he then laid down for a quarter of an hour, and afterwards hearing the dog bark he got up. He told Bunce that he heard a noise in the house, and was not satisfied ; but if there were any noise in the house it must have been . before 11, and must, I submit to you, have been heard by Hatto. It is remarkable that he gave no alarm till the dogs had barked, when the body was partly consumed. It is also a remarkable circumstance that when Bunce told Hatto to go to a gate on the other side of the yard, while he watched at the entrance gate, that Hatto had left his post, and got his trousers wet and dirty. I think now it becomes important to refer to Mrs. Bunce's evidence. You know, gentlemen, that her cottage is only a few yards from Mr. Goodwin's residence. Between eight and nine the deceased was in Bunce's house. She remained there about a quarter of an hour, and then left to get (as she said) Hatto's supper, and told Mrs. Bunce that as soon as she had done she should go to bed or sit in her own a e are room, as H a tt o ' s conversation was so " indiffer ent" that sh e cou l d not, and would not, sit with allurniigttueodrontheeat whathe htandosewwoorrddss were. with b he im r,.but Htto , we Hatto says "he came out of the house • with the woman who was murdered, when she went to Bunce's cottage ; open, it as the back door leading into th e h ouse was it might have been then entered." Y ou don't hear that any one else was about the premises. Now, what are th e suspicious circumstances against Hatto ? First, after getting into the water in the farmyard, he washes his trousers, assigning as a reason that he had got into the water ; upon those trousers, which were worn by him on the night of the murder, are found spots of blood. secondly, when he was up stairs, after the fire was ex tinguished, he was seen to tilt water on the floor, near to the deceased's bedroom door, on some blood, and rub it with his hand. Again, what was his conduct after Mr. Goodwin came home, and before the murder was discovered ? After he had taken Mr. Goodwin's horse to the stable, Hatto returned to the kitchen, where he was sitting when Mr. Goodwin came home ; and on that gentleman's second examination, he told you that, when lie had opened the passage door to ge t a light, Hatto, before he had groomed the horse, came back into the kitchen making a humming noise. Hatto then asked Mr. Goodwin if he had seen anything wrong or words to hat effect. Then Mr. Goodwin had not been up stairs. You recollect that it is in evidence that Coker, the farmer's boy, slept with Hatto on the Wednesday, when Hatto said he hoped he should have a better night than he had had the night before, and for the first two hours of that night he was so restless that the lad could not get to sleep. The next night Mr. Goodwin ordered two other men to sleep with him. Mr. Goodwin has lost trweoz hisaz?rs and a ring, and several other small articles bed-room. I don't think much importance attaches to this, as he did not miss them till and a great many o p t ersons had been in the house to visit the melancholy s sexier has given a l l . It does not appear that the pri which may lead toythexepl d a . nation, or disclosed any thing this horrd deed. The 'seoverY of the perpetrator of fact for your last,consideration .but not the least important found cecure when Mr. Goodwin that . the premises were only exception that. the south door came home, with the and not bolted as usual, so that theon, the . latch only , • murderer might have gone out that way and pulled the door to. The deed would, therefore, seem tolave been done by some one conversant with the premises. Now, gentlemen, these are the points of suspicion that bear upon the pri soner Hatto, and I should remark to you that, though there may not be direct evidence against a person sus pected (and you must know from experience how difficult that is to be got at), that many a person has been con victed on circumstantial evidence only, and that this kind of evidence is sometimes most to be relied on ; as it is possible that the testimony of only one person to the fact sometimes is faulty, whilst circumstantial evidence is like a chain, linked together and difficult to be broken. You must, therefore, now lay your heads together, and say whether the circumstances I liave]par ticularly adverted to, and the whole of the evidence given, will warrant you in thinking there is sufficient to put the prisoner to his trial, bearing in mind that this is only a preliminary inquiry, and that, if you pronounce a verdict of guilty, it does not follow that conviction may ultimately take place. If, on the contrary, you are of opinion that there is not sufficient evidence to put the man on his trial elsewhere, then your verdict will be one of wilful murder against some person or persons un known. I beg that you will discard from your minds all that you have read and heard elsewhere with refer ence to this matter. It has been stated in the news papers that I said there was no legal evidence. I said no such thing. I said there was no direct evidence, and I say now that everything you have heard, taken to gether, is evidence in this case. I now leave the matter in your hands. The room was then cleared, and after a lapse of about ten minutes, on the court being re-opened, The foreman announced that the jury were unanimous finding a verdict of " Wilful murder against Moses Hatto." The verdict appeared to have been anticipated by the majority of those present, and it was stated that the prisoner manifested no surprise on the fact being com municated to him. The usual warrant of committal having been prepared by Mr. Chearsley, Hatto was conveyed last night, in custody of Superintendents Symington and Thomas, to Aylesbury Gaol, there to await .his trial at the ensuing assizes. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Nov. 8. SCHULTZ V. LEIDEMAN.-THE COAL TRADE OF NEWCASTLE, The plaintiff in this case is the captain of a vessel called the Triton, which was chartered by the defendant to carry a cargo of coals from Newcastle. It happened, however, that some delay took place, and the ship was detained in the Tyne. Upon this state of facts the plaintiff commenced an action to recover damages for the detention ; and in the County Court of Newcastle he recovered 501. The defendant, however, was not satis fied with this result, and he appealed to this court upon the ground that the judge below had been guilty of mis: direction. The point, involved in the appeal was said to be of very great importance to persons engaged in the coal trade of Newcastle. Mr. Bovill appeared for the appellant, and Mr. Udall for the respondent. Mr. Bovill said he should only call the attention of the court to two of the questions raised upon the case which had been sent up, viz., whether the judge of the county court was right in rejecting certain evidence ; and whether his construction of the terms of a charter party was correct. The learned counsel stated that in the Tyne there had been for some time great contests as to the loading of vessels, and it ultimately became neces sary to pass an act of Parliament to regulate the turns of vessels loading in the Tyne ; that act being the 8 and 9 Vict., cap. 73. Although, however, there was a sta tutory regulation as to the loading of coals, this does not affect coke, the loading of which article is regulated by the custom of the port. By the 11th section of this act, the "fitters" are to keep four lists —one, containing ves sels for foreign parts ; two, home vessels ; three, those to be loaded by spouts ; and four, those to be loaded from barges ; and the 12th section forbids vessels to he entered until they are within two miles of Tynemouth, and provides that each-master shall take cargo from the place, and in the manner, and the same kind of coals for which he has entered. The charter party now in ques tion was dated the 11th January, 1853, and by it the defendant chartered the Triton, which was stated to be then in Landon, and ready to cave for the Tyne, and on her arrival there she was ready forthwith "in regular turns of loading, to take on board a quantity of coals and coke. The body of this document was in print, but it was important to notice that the printed word " turn" had been altered by the pen to " turns." The kind of coals and coke to be shipped was to be left to the discretion of the charterer, but it was provided that he should not load higher up than at a place called Bowden. The judge of the county court held that the term " turns of loading " meant that coals should be put on board first, and coke afterwards ; and he was of opinion that there was no ambiguity about the meaning of the term, and he refused to receive any evidence to explain the custom of the trade as to " turns." It frequently happened that vessels were kept in the Tyne for a month, and if the decision in the county court were correct, the conse quence would be that the charterers would be liable to pay enormous amounts for detention. The Triton left London on the 19th, of January, arrived:at Newcastle on the 25th, and was entered on the 26th. The coals had been waiting for her from the 20th of January, but it was not until the 3rd February that she was ready to take them on board. Three or four days after the date of the charter party, she was entered on the coke.list of a particular colliery, and when she arrived there were only two vessels on that coke list, so that but for the delay in her getting ready she might have taken in both coals and coke at once. But having delayed to take the coals until the 3rd February, it was found when she went for her coke that a vessel, named Fourteen, was in course of loading. Before her loading was finished, the frost and snow prevented the coke being brought from the colliery, and so she did not receive the whole of her cargo until the 3d of March ; and the Triton was obliged to wait until after that time. The plaintiff pro tested against this, and after some negociation the pre sent action was brought to recover damages for the delay. The plaintiff contended at the trial that the Coals Act did not apply to coke, and that as to the last named article the custom was, that it should be put on board in a reasonable time. The lefendant then offered to prove that the custom in the Tyne was to wait the turn, as the Triton had waited, but this evidence the judge rejected, and then directed the jury that the cargo should have been put on board in a reasonable time, and that it was not sufficient that she bad taken her turn. This ruling the learned judge adhered to, not withstanding he was referred to the case of Robertson v. Jackson, 2 Q. 8., 412. which it was submitted was pre cisely in point. In that case the charter party was that a person should take coals from Algiers, for the French marine service, and there deliver them "in turn," and the court admitted evidence that the phrase "in turn " had acquired a special meaning. The- learned counsel contended upon the basis of this decision, that there was nothing to warrant the ruling in the court below, which was clearly wrong in law. Mr. Udall, for the respondent, addressed the court shortly, in support of the decision in the court below. The Chief Justice said that this appeal was in the na ture of an application for a new trial for misdirection, and not to enter a verdict or a non-suit. He was of opinion that the appeal should be allowed, and the action tried again ; and for that purpose it was only necessary to advert to what was really the only question in the cause, without reference to what might ultimately be the liabilities of the parties. The simple point was, whether the judge was right or wrong in rejecting the parole evi dence, and in constituing the charter party. He thought that he was wrong. The judge below had read the char ter party as meaning that the coal was to be first put on board, and the coke afterwards ; and if that was the meaning, he was of opinion that the vessel was to be loaded in a reasonable time. When there was an act of Parliament regulating the loading of coals, and wl}en it was known that the Tyne was full of vessels hurrying to get cargoes, there was enough probability of ambiguity to let in evidence to show the meaning of the words "in turns," and that evidence ought to have been admitted. The case was very similar, in his opinion, to that of " Robertson v. Jackson," and he thought the judge of the County Court was mistaken, and there should be a new trial. Appeal allowed with costs. Sittings at Nisi Prius in Middlesex. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell and a Common Jury, BARTON V. TRUSCOTT. This was an action to recover 761. 135., the balance of an account for advertising the Ardennes Mining Com pany. It appeared from the statement of counsel, that the plaintiffs carry on business under the firm of Abbot, Bar ton, and Co., as advertising agents in Wellington-street North, and that the defendant is a mining agent in Three Kings'-court, Lombard-street. After some communication with Mr. Horniman, the plaintiff's agent, they received in the handwriting of the defenda n t, early in the pres en t y ear a n order to advertise the mining company in certain newspapers, and subse quently they received, on account a cheque signed by the defendant. After this, Mr. Watt, the secretary, wrote to the plaintiffs another order for advertisements, and directed them to chayge the amount to the de fendant. Witnesses were called on behalf of the plaintiffs, but they failed to make out the case, and the consequence was that a nonsuit was entered. i l t ie f f o o r re a d D iv r. or L e u e, sh b i y ngt re o aa n o ) n v. ol B. cruelty and CONSISTORY COURT, No Ciocci V. moor. This was a a adultery, brought by Mrs. Jemim a Mary rt ( Bacon Ciocci against Raphael Ciocci. The parties were married at Brighton on the 15th Januar y , and the y s eparated on the following 1 4 th of M arch. The defen dant - was a teacher of languages at Brighton, where it was asserted he had an engagement to teach at 20 ladies' schools. He had also been employed to translate "Jewell's Apology" into Italian by the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, and had since 1848 been an active member, from his own statement, of the Female Aid Society, established in Red Lion-square. • At the time of his marriage he was about 27 years of age, while his wife, then Miss Frank, was considerably older, and was possessed of a fortune amounting to 40,0001. The charge of cruelty was almost entirely grounded upon the fact set forth in the libel, that Mr. Cioeci, knowing himself to be affected with syphilitic &tome, did t , in spite of warning, contract the marriage, and impart to Mrs. Ciocci the disease in question, whereby she was reduced to a state of great debility. It was also alleged that ever since the marriage the defendant had been in the habit of consorting with prostitutes both in Brighton and London, and had been constantly seen in their society. That on or about July 29, 1851, Mr. Ciocci, then living at _ . No. 8, Clarence-square, Brighton, frequented brothels, where he had adulterous intercourse with an abandoned person named Polly Miller, and divers other prostitutes. He was further alleged to have habitually committed adultery with his cook, named Emma Brown, and that afterwards in London on the 2nd Nov., 1852, he pur sued a similar course of conduct with a person named Fanny or Ellen Alexander. In answer to the libel given in on behalf of the wife, Mr. Ciocci had given in an allegation setting forth that so far from treating his wife with neglect, she had experienced at his hands the most uniform tenderness, and he had done everything in his power to promote her comfort and happiness. His wife had, two months after marriage, gone to Cuckfield, in Sussex, as she informed him, for the benefit of her health, but instead of returning to her husband, she sig nified her intention of never living with him again. From that time she had carefully concealed her resi dence, • and Mr. Ciocci •had never heard from her for a year and a half, when he was served with a cita tion to appear in the Consistory Court. It further alleged that he (Mr. Ciocci) was a member of the Society for the Protention of Females, in Red Lion-square, that he had indeed spoken to Fanny. Alexander, but that in so accosting her he had merely en deavoured to persaade her to alter her course of life, and that it was altogether untrue that he on that occasion, or at any other time, took indecent liberties with her. The defendant alleged, that in August, 1852, he saw a countryman of his named Guateleta (who at the time was a candidate for the office of minister of the Italian Protestant Church, in Newman-street,) convers ing with the female in question, and, as he suspected fOr an improper purpose. He, therefore, though with much re l uc t anc e, represented this t o th e Rev. J. D. Glennie and Mr. Burgess, who were concerned in the appoint. ment in question. He alleged, that on the 3d of Novem ber, 1852, he procured an interview with the girl Alex ander, and, after putting, questions to her, took her in a cab to the police station, in Rochester-row for the pur pose of having her sworn to the truth of the answers which she had given relative to the illicit intercourse between her and Guateleta; that this object was frus trated by the magistrate refusing to interfere in any way in the matter ; and that he then took the girl in the cab as fanas it went her way, whilst he returned to his own lodgings alone. Dr. R. Phillimore, on behalf of Mrs. Ciocci, con tended that the two charges before the Court were in-sub stance proved, and that, in particular, adultery of a most gross and sensual kind was clearly established by unimpeachable evidence. The learned advocate sub mitted it was fully proved that Mr. Ciocci had married his wife when he was in a state of disease, and that shortly after such marriage the victim of his cruelty had suffered in body in the manner described in the evidence. The defendant was an Italian, who after leaving his country and renouncing his faith had become a Pro testant. His friendship with Dr. Achilli appeared to have been struck out in the plea, but it came out again in the interrogatories put to the witnesses, and it seemed that Achilli, Guateleta and Ciocci resided together. Some of the interrogatories went to show that Ciocci pretended he was subjected to persecution, owing to his having renounced the Roman Catholic faith. One of the witnesses was a Miss Anna Chinnery, who deposed in answer to various questions, that she had no knowledge whatever of any Roman Catholic cardinal, or bishop, or priest having been in communication with 'Mrs. Ciocci. It was evident from this, that the suggestion on the part of the husband was, that the suit could be nothing less than a Popish plot against him, only, unfortunately for his case, there was no imputation that the medical witnesses were under the command of any priest or car dinal. The first witness to prove adultery was a ser vant of No. 3, Shaftesbury-crescent, Pimlico, named Jane Legg, who stated that Ciocci called at the house one Sunday, when her master and mistress were out, and on learning that fact, seized hold of her, and tried to force her into the parlour, but desisted upon being told that a person named Augusteni was in the house. She further deposed, that after this he used to joke her and ask her to meet hinr by appointment. It appeared that she had had an illegitimate child, and had said she was unable to say who was the father of it, having had connexion, as she asserted, with both Achilli and the person named Augustini. The nature of the defence set up by Ciocci was, that he was the most persecuted man in the universe ; that he was a holy man and a saint whose vocation it was to redeem prostitutes. He pro fessed the purest and loftiest motives, and it was urged, nothing could be more hard than that this exemplary Christian, who ought almost to have a halo round his head wherever he went, should be charged with the very act which his whole life was spent in endeavouring to prevent. By what miracle Mr: Ciocci had contracted the disease in question, did not yet appear, and the court would see how this would be reconciled with his extreme piety, and the learned advocate on the other side. The evidence of Charlotte Thomas went to prove, that she had never heard of the Female Aid Society, although she knew Ciocci, and was not aware he was an agent of that society, but she refused to answer the question as to whether he had sexual intercourse with her. The learned Advocate then referred to the evidence of seve ral other witnesses, the result of whose testimony, he submitted, fully proved the charge of adultery. In con clusion he called upon the court to pronounce for the divorce. Dr. Deane followed on the same side. Dr. Addams appeared for Mr. Ciocci. He said the case was of such a nature that he should ask the Court to dismiss the case, with a sentence condemning the wife in the costs. It was assumed by the other side that Mr. Ciocci had been a Roman Catholic, and had become a Protestant. There was no evidence in the case to show this ; but even if there were, was that to subject a man to proceedings in an ecclesiastical court, and to subject him to be loaded with discredit and con tumely. It was also alleged he was associated with Dr. Achill'. Why, Dr. Achilli stood justified by a jury of his own country as a person not open to the imputation which had been made upon him, and the use of Dr. Achilli's name, therefore, was merely a handle to make a reflection upon the character of Ciocci. He contended that Mrs. Ciocci had entered into the marriage, in common parlance, with her eyes open, and that her husband had acted most generously in the matter, by abstaining from endeavouring to find her out after she had left him in the manner described. It was true that she was possessed of independent pro perty settled upon herself, but Ciocci, had he felt dis posed to seek her out would certainly have been entitled to share her income, so far as living in the same house and other general expenses went. In proof of the manner in which he had behaved towards his wife, the learned counsel read the following letter :-- "April 22, 1851. Dear Wife,—The publicity which you have been pleased to give to our affair, necessarily obliges me to put forth my defence, that I may not also lose, besides the domestic happiness I expected, my honour, which is dearer to me than anything, much more than my in terests which have been injured by your conduct, and are in danger of becoming more injured. But can my de fence be pleasant and honourable to you, especially after I have been obliged to seek among the articles you left behind for the cause of your withdrawal ? I have disco vered but too clearly what these causes have been. If you assert that you are unhappy, with, how much greater reason may I not say that you have made me very un happy. You have taken a foolish step without foresee ing its consequences. If I did not desire your return — (but after a satisfactory explanation, and a fresh agree ment, which should prevent the renewal of similar rashness), but with the agreement of finding in you a gentle and reasonable companion, without intercourse with dangerous friends (who are only friends in name, and who have been the principal cause of our present unhappiness)—l would not write to you. The present state of things cannot last—it mtist have an end. Take . counsel with your former declarations and promises,' with your reason, and with your heart, and if they tell you (as I think they will) that duty calls you home again, come, and I will do all I can for your happiness, both of us remembering, however, that perfect happiness is not for earth ; that those who are called happy have often need of the virtue of resignation. If you per sist in a resolution which is not yours, but with which you have been maliciously inspired, the public shall hear my voice also, and so much the louder, because I have warned you of it. You know that the law would assist me, and you also know that when I have entered upon a course I am accustomed to persevere in it. I send this letter through your lawyer, and this act almost of humiliation best shows to you the state of my mind. I do not know your direction. *ls this right ? Is it proper and kind ? Perhaps you think I should avail - myself of the right granted me by law to come and take you by force oat of your concealment. Your will joined you to me, and I am neither so foolish nor so brutal, as to wish for a violent reunion. I shall wait your definite resolution till next Saturday. I hope your health is perfectly restored, and believe me now as ever, your affectionate husband. "R. Ciocci." He contended, the statement that the wife had contracted a disease, was totally unfounded, the only medical man called to give testimony as to her health having been of opinion that her illness arose from general weakness of the system. That part of the case, then, was an utter failure. As to the charge that Ciocci . himself had con tracted the disease, he (Dr. Adams) designated the evi dence of the medical men on this point as most uncandid. It might be that Ciocci himself had been suffering from the disease in question at some early period of his life, and that some slight signs of it were still apparent ; but there was no testimony to prove that it had been con tracted lately, and he (the learned Advocate) must con fess that his ideas of morality did not carry him to such a point, that he would be ready to affix enduring stigma on the character of a man because he had been led into an act of imprudence in his youth, and in an unguarded moment. The further hearing of the case was then adjourned' until to day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—Nov. 8. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE BARTON.-THE ' " ROSEMARY BRANCH" GARDENS, This was the certificate meeting in the case of W. Bar ton, described as a licensed victualler, of Islington. The bankrupt had kept the Rosemary Branch Gardens, a . place appropriated to al fresco amusements. The ac• counts, prepared by Mr. Thomas, extended over a twelve month prior to the 12th August last, commencing with a deficiency of 2.4291. • • The sum owing to creditors was '7,169/. ; assets put down at 7001. in property. The pro fits were stated at 8501; ; trade expences, 1,1221. ; per sonal ditto, 175/. ; losses, 3,593 t; The last item was 'thus explained by the bankrupt :--4" Lost by fire at the Rosemary Branch Tavern, Islington, when the cir cus and stabling receali erected by me - at an estimated cost of 1,0001. was entirely consumed, together with two horses, and all the harness, stable utensils, and proper ties of the circus, which cost at least 500/.-1,5001. Estimated depreciation in the value of fixtures, fittings, 1 &c., at the Rosemary Branch Tavern, estimated to have cost me 3,0591., but which are not estimated to realise 1 under the bankruptcy more than 1,0001." Mr. Bagley, for the assignees, who were large credi tors, stated that they had been very favourable to the bankrupt all along, but from some circumstances which had come to their knowledge within the last 48 hours they were induced to ask that the consideration of the certificate might be adjourned until inquiry should be made into the new features of the case. It was repre sented to the assignees that property had been concealed, and that a marriage settlement existed, of which the bankrupt had given no account. Mr. La wrance, for the bankrupt, said he should not oppose the application for adjournment. After a short examination of the bankrupt, the fur ther hearing of the case was adjourned for six weeks. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE ROBERT BRENNAND. The bankrupt, of Addle-street, warehouseman, applied for his certificate, owing to creditors 5,0311., besides 8471. of liabilities. The assets were returned at 461. in good debts ; .property, 4051. The profits had been 6481.; law charges, 3461. ; trade expenses, 4681. ; losses, 2261.; house and personal expenses, 295/. ; by deficiency, 3,439/. Mr. Linklater opposed, for the assignees, on the ground that the bankrupt had concealed the true state of his affairs, by neglecting to enter into the books cer tain consignments which he had received from Messrs. Maunder. The debts were large, upwards of 5,0001., while the assets had realised little more than 5001. The bankrupt had consigned some goods to Corfu, on which he stated there would be a large profit. The case had been adjourned three months in consequence ; and it now appeared that, instead of a profit, there would be a loss. _ _ _ Mr. Lawrance, for the bankrupt, contended that the discrepancies complained of had been explained at the examination meeting. Messrs. Maunder had been in the habit of consigning to him to the amount of 4,0001. a year. He had made a composition in March, 1852 ; but, as occurred in nine cases out of ten, he was un able to carry it out, and was obliged to come to this court. The law charges, which were apparently large, had arisen out of the attempt at arrangement. His Honour thought the omissions attributable ra ther to carelessness than to fraud. Considering that nine months. had elapsed since the bankruptcy, the jus tice of the case would be met by a short suspension— four months from that date ; the certificate, when granted, to be of the second class, with protection in the meantime. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURTI---Nov. 8. (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) IN THE MATTER OF RICHARD BAYLEY-BREACH OF TRUST. This insolvent, a ship and insurance agent in•Tower street, appeared for judgment. Mr. Cooke opposed for Messrs. Bailey, iron merchants of Liverpool. The complaint in this case, which was originally beard in September, was that the insolvent had contracted a debt with Messrs. Bailey by means of a breach of trust. Messrs. Bailey were in the habit of consigning goods to him, and. with. them he received bills of lading. It ap peared that he wanted to raise money on a bill of ex change, and deposited a bill of lading of Messrs. Bai ley's goods as collateral security, and the point was whether it was a pledging under the 5 and 6 Viet., cap. 39, by which it became a transportable offence. It was denied that" it was a pledging as contemplated by the act, Mr. Commissioner Murphy was clearly of opinion that the insolvent had committed a breach of trust in the manner in which he had depoited the bill of lading, and that the case came within the act of Parliament cited to him. It was a question which affected the trading community, Messrs. Bailey had to pay the debt for which the bill of lading was deposited, and were now creditors for 1341. There would be a serious judgment. The case stood over, and the learned Commissioner now pronounced judgment for twelve calendar months, at the suit of Messrs. Bailey, for a breach of trust, whereby the debt had been fraudulently incurred. \ , ~" TILE STRIKES IN EAST LANCASHIRE. In those districts of this county of which Burnley and Bacup are the centre, there is no probability of the masters re-opening their mills. One manufacturer at Burnley states that 10 per cent. advance had been con ceded ; but the operatives demanded equalization of prices, and their notion of effecting it was to select a manufacturer who paid the highest rates and bring all the others up to his level, without reference to the prices of other towns, and without caring for difference in quality of work, of machinery, or the state of the mar kets for which goods :were being produced. But what the masters have regarded as the worst feature of affairs at Burnley is, that their hands had surrendered their own freedom of action, and could no longer make terms in ,any matter of dispute, be it never so simple everything was subject to the veto of the trades' delegates. The all-but annihilation of the China and Greek trades by the rebellion in the one country, and by the rupture between Turkey and Russia, which affects the other, tell heavily against the trade of Burnley, and the millowners, if they went on producing, would be heavy losers on almost all descrip tions of cloth made there. Such is the depression in China qualities and makes of cloth, that if the opera tives bad gone in at Preston on Monday, prices would have gone down a shilling per piece the following morn ing. A. meetintof the operatives at Burnley took place on Monday, which was addressed by delegates from other towns. One of the delegates said he was sorry to say that he.had no funds to spare for Burnley, all their contributions at present being required for Preston. Some of the recent subscribers to the Preston people, who were in the meeting, murmured at this unsatisfac tory statement, but were told there was no help. At Bacup, Newchurch, and Rosendale, the com plaints of the masters as to what sled to their lock . - out of the hands is much the samea,s at Burnley. They say that such was the state of inTubordination in some of the mills that when operatives were discharged by the employers, those engaged to fill their places were insulted, pelted with stones, and otherwise beaten and intimidated, so that they were compelled to give up work. Some of the masters are impatient at any argu ment on the question of equalisation of wages. At Bury three mills are at present on strike, and the 12 others close on Thursday morning. Many of these establishments produce fustians, as well as calicoes. One of the owners who employs about 900 workpeople, says they close in consequence of a combination of opera tives, avowedly formed to bring about a system of die; tation that would virtually take from every millowner the command of his own capital. There was a riotous assembly at Bury on Saturday night, in front of the shop of a butcher, and his windows were broken. Some factory delegates from Preston had called with a card to solicit a subscription in aid of the strike, and he had re fused the request, and thrown the card into the fire. This was the circumstance that provoked the mob. At Glossop the notice of the masters to take off the recently advanced 10 per cent. to the weavers has ex pired, and the operatives, under the advice of their leaders, have submitted for the present. They said, "Let us deal with Preston first." The masters claim to be still paying the average of Stockport, Ashton, and Hyde. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, Nov. 8. ENTERED INWARDS.—ThelArendal,from Frodrickswall ; Breeze, Rouen ; Nymph, Gefie • Margreta Gezina, Cron stadt ; Olga, Memel; Wiederkenft, do. ; Charundes, Kiel ; Ellida, Arndal ,• Froderick Christine, Petersburgh ; Riga ' • Sophie Margarethe, Rostock ; Karen Marie, Dant zic ; Ottent, Rustringersiel ; Neptune, Altona, ; Eliza beth, Emden Catharina, Sannesund ; Salvator, do. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Fides, for Korsoer ; Johanna Nicoline, Copenhagen ; Alerta, Havre ; Patrician, Jamaica ; Jane, Terceira ; Nordhauet, Grim stadt ; West Kapelle, Melbourne ; Argus, Hamburgh ; Hazard, Oporto ; Custave, Havre, &o. ; Mentor, Rouen ; Emelie and Marie, do. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Friends, for Dunkirk ; Washington Irvine, Sydney ; Zephyr, Mo gadore ; Adler, Dantzic ; Albatross, Havre ; Cambodia, Port Philip ; Maid of Auckland, Cape of Good Hope ; Katherine Givlaydo, Algoa Bay ; Sutcliffe, Antwerp ; Mary Ann Susan, herbourg ; Blenheim, Port Philip ; Edouard, Port Adelaide. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 8. The Ida, from Halifax, arrived at this port with loss of topmasts, jibboom, &c., in a heavy sea, Oct. 29, lat. 48, long. 16. The Machado, hence for Oporto, and the Campbell, for La Guayri, have put into Larne ; captain and part of the crew of the latter disabled.. The Queen of the West, hence for New York, was off Cork,' Nov. 6, 'dismasted, putting back. The Pacific, Callao to Queenstown, was spoken Aug. 13, lat. 52 E.; long. 83 W. The Hamilton, Callao to Queenstown, was spoken Oct. 1, lat. 9 N., long. 27 W. VESSELS SPOKF,N WITH• The North America, from Liverpool to New York, Oct. 10, lat. 44, lat. 57. The Wyoming, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Oct. 18, off George's Bank. The Elvira Owens, from New York to Havre, Oct. 21, lat. 40, long. 73. The Maria, brig, of Stockholm, standing west, Oct. 22, lat. 53 N., long. 13 W. The Arctic, from Liverpool to New York, Oct. 14. The Goldfinder and Tasmania, both from Liverpool to Sydney, Aug. 22, lat. 14 N., long. 25 W. The Waverly, from the Clyde to Port Philip, 26th, lat. 10 N., long. 25 W., with loss of all three topmasts. The Neerlands Indien, from Liverpool to Sydney, N. S.W., 30th, lat. 7 N. long. 21 W. The Token, from Fal mouth to Bombay, Sept. 10, lat. 2 S., long. 20 W. The Jacoba Helena, froth London to Adelaide, Sept. 15, lat. 8 N., long. 21 W. The Elizabeth, from Liverpool to Coquimbo, Sept. 20, lat. 22 S., long. 37 W. The Peter Marcy, from New Orleans to London, 14 days out, lat. 29 N., long. 8 W. The Parliament, from Liverpool to Boston, Sept. 29, let. 48, long. 39. The Flyaway, from New York to Australia, Sept. 12, lat. 25 N., long. 35 W. The Lady Franklin, from New York to Australia, Sept. 17, lat. 36 N., long. 38 W. The Catharine, from Glasgow to Boston, Oct. 7, lat. 46, long. 52. • The New Hampshire, from New York to Liverpool, Oct. 9, lat. 45, long.. 32. The Savannah, from Cardiff to New York, Oct. 16, lat.' 41, long. 61. The Siddons, packet ship, from New York to Liverpool, Oct. 7, lat. 42, long. 63. The George A. Phelps, from Philadelphia to Liverpool, Oct. 14, let. 43, long, 59. " FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 5. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Higgins as Consul at Cork, and of Mr. John C. O'Neill, as Consul at Belfast, for the •United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Ed ward Wallerstein as Consul-General in Great Britain for the Republic of San Salvador. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 8. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William Leslie Thompson- as Vice-Consul at Aberdeen, for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin. WHITEHALL, Nov. 8. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend John Maclennan to the church at Tomintoul, in the parish of Kirkmichael, in the Presbytery of Abernethy, and shire of Banff. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMBER, SOMERSET-HOUSE, Nov. 4. The names of those who have been this day nominated by the Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to serve the office of Sheriff of the county of Cornwall : John Tremayne, of Heligan, Esq. ; Francis Howell, of Ethy, Esq. ; Sir William Berkeley Call, of Whiteford, Bart. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 8. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and. Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, report ing that the Board of Health of that city had declared Liverpool to be an infected port from the sth of October - Also a despatch from Stockholm, stating that the Swe dish Board of Commerce had declared th port of Leith infected with cholera, and all vessels coming from thence subject to quarantine.—By order. JAMES BOOTH. COMMISSION SIGNED RY THE QUEEN. Gth West York Militia.—Godfrey Armytage, Esq., to be Adjutant, Oct. 10. COMMISSIONS - SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUtENANTS.. County of Southampton—Rear-Admiral John Edward Walcott, M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 3. County of Carmarthen—The Hon. William Henry Yelverton, Oct. 24, Sir John Mansel, Bart., Oct. 31, Morgan Jones, Esq., George Watkin Rice, Esq., Wil liam Du Buisson, Esq., and William Price, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants, 0ct. , 24. County of Buckingham—Abraham Darby, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 30. Royal Bucks or King's Own Regiment of Militia—Ed ward Pinnington Soltan, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 30. Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Jobs. Jopling Weatherley, to be Captain, Nov. 2. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Robert Wyburn, cabinet-maker, Taunton. BANKRUPTS. George Frederick La Serre, stock-broker, Bank-chain. hers, Lothbury, to surrender, Nov. 17, at eleven, and Dec. 13, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankraptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Dale, Furni• val's-inn. John Taylor, jun., bulkier, Charlton, Kent, Nov. 18, at eleven, and Dec. 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Colquhouu, Woolwich. Walter Cobbett, plumber, late of Bear-gardens, Nov. 21, at two, and Dec. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Ba singhall-street ; Mayhew, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn. John Clapham Faucett, draper, York, Nov. 18, at one, and Dec. 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee, Basiughall-street ; Heather, Pater. noster-row. Richard Tredinnick, mining broker, Haymarket, Nov, 19, at twelve, and Dec. 17, at two, at the Court of 'Bank ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Cox. Pinnefi-hall, Old Broad-street. John Collins, plumber and glazier, Beccles, Suffolk, Nov. 18, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Ba singhall-street ; Burn, Doctor's-commons; Bohun and Rix, Beccles. Joseph Baxter, builder, Birmingham, Nov. 22 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittle ston, official assignee, Birmingham; Wood, Birmingham. Edmund Lewty, iron merchant, Stourport, Nov. 23, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Elgie, Worces ter • Hodgson, Birmingham. Tryphena Taylor, innkeeper, Derby, Nov. 18 and Dec. 9, at ten, at the Nottingham District Court. Harris, offi cial assignee, Nottingham ; Smith, Derby, and Reece, Bir mingham. Thomas Minnitt; seed merchant, Mansfield, Notting hamshire, Nov. 18 and Dec. 9, at ten, at Nottingham Dis trict Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Will mod, Southwark ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Alexander Brown and Robert Glass, ship chandlers, Liverpool, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool Distict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Lit tleday and Bardswell, Liverpool. John Ker, draper, Oxford-street, Gloucester, Nov. 22, and Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Catlin, Ely-place, Hol born ; Prideaux, Bristol. James Fish, cotton manufacturer, Helmshore, Lancas ter, Nov. 21 and Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Beverley, Enfield ; Atkinsons, Saunders, and Last, Man chester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. T. Coulthred, jun., and W. Dyer, Lombard-street, Union-street, -Southwark, white lead-makers, Dec. 6, at eleven—W. Martin, Hertfordbridge, Hampshire, smith, Dec. 1, at eleven—J. S. Gorely, Ewell, Surrey, farmer, Nov. 22, at eleven—J. Beaumount, Leman-street, White chapel, engineer, Nov. 29, at half-past eleven—H. A. Douglas, Old Broad-street. merchant, Nov. 29, at half past one--G. Bowles, Newgate-street, meat salesman, Nov. 29, at one—H. Bates, and C. Hitchma.n, Addlo-street and Bristol, and Birmingham, straw plait-dealers, Nov. 29, at two—E. Parker, Cheapside, and Chadwell-street, St. John-street-road, stationer, Dec. 5, at eleven—W. Hanson, Kensington, Canal-basin, Warwick-road, Kensington, statuary and mason, Dec. 5, at twelve—G. Davis, jun., Lawrence-lane, City, and Burton Latimer, and Isham Northamptonshire, worsted-spinner, De c . 6, a t twelve—W. J. Keuidge, Deptford, cheesemonger, Dec. 1, at one. • In the Country. B. Fenwick, Stella, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ironfounder, Dec. 2, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—W. Keene, Neath, Glamorganshire, brewer, Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—E. Hilton and N. Walsh, Over Darwen, Lancashire, papermakers, Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Close, sen., T. Close, and S. Reinhold, Manchester, merchants, Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—H. Hunt, Heaton Norris, Lanca shire, paper manufacturer, Nov. 18, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Higginson and R. Deane, Liver pool, merchants, Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool—C. S. Flood, Honiton, Devonshire, banker, Dec. 8, at one, at the Court, Exeter. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. J. Brotherston and Co:, Liver — pool, merchants, lid., on Wednesday, Nov. 9, and subsequent Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. C. Bexley,_ Plymouth, clerk, is., on any Tuesday and Friday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hirtzell, Exeter. , _ J. Taylor,.Newcastle-upon-Tyne, brewer, 5d., on Satur day, Nov. 12, or any following Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. Matthewson, gartlepool, Durham, merchant, 2s. 104 d. on Saturday, Noy. 12, or any following Saturday, between ten and three, at . the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle upon-Tyne.,_. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basiughall-street. W. Rhodes, Aldersgate-street, City, tea-dealer, Nov. 30, at two—C-11. Simpson, Bishopsgate-street, City, pro vision -dealer, Dec. 1, at eleven. In the Country. J. B. Hignett, Liverpool, salt agent, Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Rainford, Liverpool, up. holsterer, Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. ,Hendy, Portsmouth, builder, certificate of the first clam—H. A, Driver, Moorgate-street, City, stationer, certificate of the second class—G. Dexter Egham, Surrey, corn-dealer, certificate of the second class -- T. Balmer, Abbey-street, Bermondsey, engineer, certificate of the second class—W. Winter, Hawkhurst, Kent, innkeeper, certificate of the second class—J. B. Blythe, Minerva-place, New-cross, Surrey, builder, certificate of the third class— W. Jones, Kentish-buildings, Southwark, and Rood-lane, City, hop-merchant, certificate of the third class—D. Dun glinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, licensed victualler, certifi cate of the third class. • PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Adams, C. Culverhouse, and J. Jones, Dudley, Wor cestershire, sodawater manufacturers—C. Adams and C. Culverhouse, Birmingham and Walsall, sodawater manufac turers—W. G. Broughton and R. Akers, Wortley, York shire, smiths—J. V. Pacy and B. Sharpley, Manchester, joiners —M. Sherlock, J. Bryers and J. C. Stagg, Langleyd ale Durham, smelters—J. Bond and J. K. Johnson, Ever shalt-mews, Oakley-square, St. Pancras, pianoforte-makers —W. Firth, D. Ramsden, and J. Firth, Leeds and Brad ford, merchants—J. Birkby and W. B. Birkby, Clerkhea ton, Yorkshire, manufacturers—T. Davenport and T. B. Collier, Liverpool, attorneys-at-law—W. Hancock and G. Carter, Ticknall, Derbyshire, fellmongers—J. Thornton and C. 3. North, Little Horton, Yorkshire, coal-miners— J. Hayward, H. Weston, and M. Drayson, Tottenham court-road, drapers (so far as regards H. Weston)—W. Marsden and A. Barker, Shipley, Yorkshire, ironfounders T. Knowles. E. Knowles, and M. Heaton, Sharpies, Lan cashire, shopkeepers—J. Leigh and P. Leigh, Scholes's-in Elton, Lancashire, nurserymen—A. M'Cullum, J. Loseby, and W. R. M`Callum, Nottingham and Sneiton, hosiers— P. Hall and J. Davies, Manchester, manufacturers—T. Macduff, C. W. Smith, and J. H. Cummins, Bread-street, Cheapside, Scotch and Irish linen-factors and warehouse men (so far as regards J. H. Cummins)—W. Hornblow and J. H. Bacon, Manchester, hosiers—T. Swift and W. Jones, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, drapers—H. P. Tucker, G. W. Stevenson, and E. Tuckey, Holborn, woollendrapers (so far as regards G. W. Stevenson)—G. W. Patter, C. D. Galpin, and C. Duff, Playhousa-yard, Blackfriars, printers —W. Addison, and H. Newman, Soham, Cam bridgeshire, surgeons—D. Sprigings and C. Bowra, St. Albans, nurserymen —J. Aston and D. Dutton, Birmingham, maltsters—S. M. Hawkes an J. Stansfeld, jun., Walham-green, Fulham, brewers—W. Taylor and J. Holloway, Cork-street, Camberwell, manufacturers— W. 0. Tucker, W. 0. J. Tucker, and J. Tucker, Sun chambers, Threadneedle-street, attorneys (so far as regards W. 0. Tucker) W. Archdeacon and J. Poupard, St. John street-road, auctioneers—B. Wilson and J. Wilson, Wal brook, City, and Great Coggeshall, Essex,. plush-importers —T. Tony, W. Tolson J. Taylor, J. Wilson, J. Heming way, T. Taylor, A. Garforth,: P. Garforth, and E. Garforth, Earlsheaton, Yorkshire, manufacturers (so far as regards W. Tolson, A. Garforth, P. Garforth, and E. Garforth). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Radford, Talaton, Devonshire, baker. Henry Reed, Ottery Saint Mary, Devonshire, baker. Robert Platte, Chellaston, Derbyshire, wheelwright. James Burston, Derby, grocer. Thomas Brooks, Lichfield, Staffordshire, general dealer. Win. East, Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, pig dealer. Humphrey Humphreys, 'Llanged win, Denbighshire, shoemaker. Peter Holland, Wybunbury, Cheshire, small farmer. Samuel Simmouds, Arundel, Sussex, boot and shoe maker. Richard Garner, Altrincham, Cheshire, butcher. Edward Maddox, Shrewsbury, auctioneer's clerk. John Kent, Huddersfield, canvas, rolling-board, and paper-dealer. _ . Nathaniel Harries, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, blacksmith. Theophilus Evans, Merthyr Tydfil, haulier and con tractor. - Evan Davies, Gellygare, Glaraorganiliire) blaclpmith, David Williams, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamor; ganshire, collier. David Roberts, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgansbir e, haulier and contractor. Eliza Holland, Wybunbury, Cheshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. A. Milne, Edinburgh, spirit-merchant, to meet I Toy. 16, at two, within Stevenson's Rooms, Edinburgh. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 8. Wo had a better attendance of country mile our Corn-exchange this morning than was expected. They re° trained, however, from purchasing wheat at Fri ay's: de cline of 2d to 4d per bushel, and holders would ;a ,ot gene: rally submit further. Flour recovered fully 6d Ir er barrel of Friday's reduction, and a fair business was t at 6d to 9d per barrel under the price of last 'Tuesd a y . There was no change in the value of oats, oa meal, or Indian corn. Beans and peas rather easier. ansacted IPSWICH—Nov. 8. Although the supply of wheat was small the tr e ale wore a dull and declining aspect, and prices fell is to `..1 s per qt.' on all qualities. Barley was in larger supply, am 1 a reclu n c . tion of is per qr. on the very best samples, witi i 2s to '' g per qr. on second and ordinary qualities, was subs 1 fitted to. Of beans and pea:s we can hardly quote, as no scam: ples Wer e offered us. PER QUARTER. PER 4 1 3 ,0°E6 Wheat, red (old) 7tts to 76s Barley, grinding ... I;es to 3 ( . 3 s Ditto (new) Ogs Ditto, white (new) 74s to 80s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 44s to 48s Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING Nov. 5, It 353. Wheat - Barley Oats — „ Otis Ocl Beans Peas HULL—Nov. 8. At to-day's market a good attendance of farmers, , ' 413 , : fair show of wheat. Prices very irregular, on the s se7. about 2s to 3s below the rates current last Tuesdal • ( „ r reign quite unaltered, and nothing passing. Bai . ICY '- malting 2s lower, but, grinding unaltered. Old bee ais OP] port the late advance, but new are is to 2s lower, idle c ° ll . dition being bad. Peas maintain high rates, and of it 31 1 Linseed rather quiet, and cakes not so brisk. In ra p es ee cakes, and bones nothing doing. s BI Wheat, English, red 74 to 76 Ditto white 7B to 80 Dantzio and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham - Peas, gray and black 50 t o 5 4 Linseed, Black Sea 51 t° Ditto Petersburgh 44 t ° Ditto Riga and Arch angel 75 to 781 burgh Danish, Holstein, and 72 to 761 Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 4O 10 4 ' Per • 'l7O Lins. c.,Hulllo/ 7s 6d to o 0/ 0°,,,,5 Ditto fine for. 9/ Os Od 101 ', Ditto inf. for. 0/ Os Od to . 010 " Rapeseed OO/ Os to 001 00 Rape cakes Tares, English 6os to u"" Ditto foreign I Guano 4/ 9/ to :II Bones loss Oa to CUs i Rye Meal Friesland 6B to 70 Russian and Odessa 58 to 6 , 1 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 28 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 36 to 38 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, whito and yel. 56 to 65 RAILWAY SIIARB MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 8. 01 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The market continues active , prices are tending up wards. Caledonian, 27i, ; Counties, 12 13-16 ; East Lancashire, 16i ; Lancashire t), Yorkshire, 65i; Lancaster and Preston (twelfth 8i ; London ' and North-Western,- 104 ; Manche: 4 ' ot h Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 21 ; Midland, 61 2;_ S Eastern and Dove r , 18i ; .Y or k an d N o rth Midland, ' 4 ' 4 Dutch Rhenish, 2id. MANCHESTER, Nov. 8. ; A 1.- . • STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a quiet mar t-e t oar prices are lower. East Lancashire, 161 ; Sheffields, '.,', ; London Stock, 1441; Caledonians, 27R ; Dovera, . 1 - ir . Leeds, 65i ; Midlands, 62i ; East Lancashire Pref.Q w ters, n. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 8. t'3 6 STOCK EXOHANGE.—AII shares were firmer market to-day, and there was a better demand for ow" London and North-Westerns closed at 104 A LEEDS, Nov. 8. on STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been less dolut°pll 'Change this morning than yesterday, and quotatinusthe comparison show a trifling decline. The following. a r lo closing transactions :—Midland Stock, 61i ; 271. 13s. 9d. ; York and North Midlands, 24g. DUBLIN, Nov. 7 . Dv' STOCK EXCHANGE.—Cork and Bandon R.aiiwa.Yb r ot paid, 14a ; Dublin and Wicklow, 61. paid-. 3i; Gr ot Southern and Western, 60/. paid, 51i ; Xid• Western and Railway Canal, 471. 10s. paid, .13. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-YESTERDAT• Amsterdam ...... ...... 11 141 , 4 11Thr altar •••••• • • • • " 30 tyi Ditto, three months .. 11 1538 t.eghorn .. ••••••• • • 15 4" Rotterdam .. .... 11 1514 ;Genoa ...... • • • • ••• • •• Antwerp -....... 25 253¢ 15i11an ............ • • Brussels .............. 25 2534lyenice .... •• • • • • -amburgh ............ 13 biglNaples .......... ••• • • 127-, Altona Palermo • - 1 .2,A Paris • • • . .... 25 2161.1essina • • 53 . , Ditto, three months • • 25 27% Lisbon • . 53!4 Marseilles.. • .. 25 30 ;Oporto .... -- Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro ...... ••' Frankfort-on• Maine .... 119 Bu enos Ayres . Berlin ............ .. • • New York, 60 days' SiS ht Vienna 11 28 Philadelphia .... • • '• a, (3- 9 Trieste ••..I I 35 PRICES OF BIILLIORIP % 1 7 Petersburgh ........ .... 37% Forei g n Gold i n Bars , 7 1, Madrid ........., .... 50 Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 5 . 5 0 14 Mexican Dollars .. • • 0 0 I;,‘ Barcelona .. 7 New Dollars •• i) Sevilla .......... Silver in bars .....• SEABORNE MAILS: '' (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General rest by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] WV ;Day when made up From what a u COUNTRIES. In General Post- Port Oflice, London.* Dispatched. OS. kW h America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ..• America (by United. Sts. -eel".S packet) ..........N •Nov. 15 .......... Liverpool ... ^ America (by U. States packet) ....N Nov. 9 .• • • Southampton 1° Australia (via South ampton) ..........M Jan. 4.. • • .... Southampton PP Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jan, 8.. Ditto (via Cape of Good • nc , vt Hops) ...... • •.N Dec. 4 - Africa (West Coast)..N 23d of th e mon th Ply mo u t h • • 0 _,."„ - 7 Alexandria.......... N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m Dover ...... ‘).O Alexandria...... AI 4th & 20th ofmon, Southampton 10 .,. lo Bahamas Bel g ium • • •••• • • •I'T Dully.. • Dover R 3ll ' 16 Brazil of the mouth.. Southampton A u,. ' 16 t Buenos Ayres Ml9th of the month.. Southampton 5 . 26 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the month Plymouth • • 5 °,50 Cape of Good Hope N 114th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds N 1 9th of the month.. Plymouth •.. Ceylon (see India) goy. Oil Ceylon N 14th of the month Plymouth •• ",„, 0. 6 Channel Isles N Mon.,Wed.,&Frid. Siuthampton 16 Chili _ Mzd & 17th of month Ssmthampton Au' China (seo India) 10 Constantinople N 7,8,17,21,&27 of m, Dover .. .. • • 0 ° 20 ~ Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Nu„' Cont. of Europe NI & NlTwice daily Dover ...• •• I V Egypt (see India) France ........ M & NlTwice daily.. .. Dover Ts ic 16 Gibraltar .. • • . - Mt 4, 7, 17,20, 27 ofm. Southampton N ov Greece (see India) 1 16, Greytown Ml 2 nd & 17th o f mon . A ou th a mpri ,°': sa' Hamburgh NlTuesday & Friday London ..... Havannah ktlnd ,of the month Sontha.mptol. Holland ............M Wed nes d a y & S a t . Itondort ..... Me" 16 Honduras ..........M 17th of the month. Autharripton go: 80 India (viaSouthampt.)M t 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton 51 0 „, ° . 16 India (via Marseilles)MBth& 24th of month Dover ...• • • , s „ ° , 1 0 4 lonian Isles (see India)'7, 17, &27 of mon Dover • • U' t ,'..;:ceo!" Ireland Lisbon... ... ..141 7,9, 17, & 28 of in. Southampton A 0,,,," 1 -Madelia ............M 9th of the month Southampton 11° ; * 5 Madeira 57 23d of month .... Plymouth .. °'' Malta (see India) 1 0 Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 of in. Dover .... • • :\ Mauritius (see India) SO. 96 Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Ply mou th • • 1 Mexico ............M 2nd of the mo n th., S out h amp ton V ~'; Naples .......N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover .... • • 1° New Granada 2d & 17th of month i Southamptt '" 1 , 1 01 15 " 4 New Zea1and.......... By private ship ~ Various port` ' o f, 1! Papal States • stlllsth2sthoffmon. Dover ..... • • . 16 Peninsula 7thl7th2Btholinon, Southampton 16 Peru ....• • 2d & 27th of mon. Southamp ton 9 0 Port Natal .... Sicily • • sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover .....• 1 1 po Tuscany sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover „yr, 16 Venezuela 2d& 17th °tato/Ith Southampton Van Diemen's Land (see 1 6 Australia) ... `0 se West Indies ,,51 2d& 17th of month!Southamptnu se , v i ii De * When any of these dates lad on a Sunday, the IHim dispatched on the following day. with the exception of the Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be &spill' day preceding. Si MABRIED. ' .11)11i; On the Bth inst., a t SL John the Evangnuf 7 ivi' - Lys.Seager, Esq., of South Lambeth, to Caro llll4 of the late John Clode, Esq., of Windsor, '. " co s On the Bth inst., a t St. Cl emen t D ane s Chi'' fr: l _, l3 Strand, Henry J ames O wen , o f Li verpoo l, Esci•' Ada, the eldest daughter of the late Willie' Nethersole, late of Essex-street, Strand, Escl•______/.° DIED. ht vig die ~ On the sth inst., a t St. L eonar d' s -on-Sea , -- f P• 7a ~k Hon. Lord Charle s V ere F errars T ow nshend , vr ° s r svi. ; ham-hall, Norfolk, an d o f T amwor th Castle, - ‘ v e, shire, aged 68. On the sth inst., Ann, the wife of the Be' s ' g° Dr' rector of Ulcombe, Kent, aged 62. ,i, r, On the 6th inst , at the residence . o_f her John Roberts, Gu . ornsey, Harriett, wife of 7, Esq., of Sheldon-villa, Upper Clapton. Nichols, ° l a to On the 6th inst., Mary Ann wife of Mr-the Seymour-place, E Euston-square, and Henry Groombridge, Esq. -pro-, _ no On the 7th inst., at Chilbolton Rectory, "'„•dgep P thony Lambert, Scholar of King's College, Cam " --- A 21 0e,..- *, eldest surviving son of the E,ev. A. Lambert' so -..0 __....-' daughter of i. ivi:4 - - vtrt Y0t 11 5,1, LONDON : Printed and Published by lelrtv`-' e, No. 'd of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Pe Sun 0 1 -e — u ati Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the . uv Middlesex, Wednesday, November 9, J. 853. t / e ditors in the c , 121' about t lore the 52 at the Cita No. 15 De itt l'u th "daY e esa c t Poo the of th 2, Lea, 1114ithtc TIKE; Anth a or Aq,weloc k k.. ot, ti LEe'; Nr h l tornin , 4 ader Tl4 - Pi a y I/ N o l te :l ElT !•e• lien 111% -- La Gn k 1 1 ? ...0f the Ds o ' VeCtrallY St:the rep] Sik%titled I W. De; k No4hearar l i t„ SCE e tt g a I tkA, 414c1tU'h,_:44kIce. c Nart inel t(I °(1 I,(141 133 ‘,(141 , nh ki, 4 44, 4, do SA Nk o n 4 eXt, r ate e n as -4trae BIRTHS. ' OF A SON. Ar lie At No. GO, Lowndes-square, the Hon. 30 1 ' . Farquhar. s'rk' tb On the 7th inst., a t 7, Princes-gate, Hyd o • l Lady Fanny Howard. OF A DAUGHTER. Isle °I On Saturday, the sth inst., at Haylandq, Elg e ' Wight, the wif e o f H enry L oc k, E sq., FLE.LC;''' o f R. On the 6th inst at Cheltenham, the Lady Coles, Royal Regiment. • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER 9. 185 a