The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-27 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 26. Two Commissioners sat to-day, Messrs. Evans and Shepherd. Before the latter there was a certificate meeting in the matter of F. H. Kemp, a bankrupt, who was a grocer in Uxbridge. The certificate was suspended for three months, on the ground of dealing in accommodation bills. There was a meeting for tha choice of assignees in the bankruptcy of Jonathan Duncan, formerly proprietor of a weekly newspaper, called the Sentinel. Mr. Thomas Edwards, of Nor folk-street, Strand, was appointed assignee. Before Mr. Commissioner Evans nothing of interest occurred. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oct. 26. (Before Mr. Commissioner HARRIS.) IN RE THOMAS SPINES. This case was mentioned a few days since in our eolumns, and had stood adjourned for a necessary correction in the proceedings. The insolvent was a butcher, and petitioned under the 7th and Bth Vic toria, c. 96, but upon a former occasion a doubt was expressed by the Learned Commissioner whether the case could be entertained, inasmuch as the debts owing by the insolvent exceeded 3001., and were only brought within that limit by deducting sets-off on the other side of the account. Mr. NicaoLs to-day, on behalf of a creditor, ex pressed a desire that the petition should be sustained, as there were considerable assets to be distributed among the creditors. Mr. Cools, on b , half of the insolvent, contended hat the Act of Parliament was to be construed liberally, and in consonance, as far as practicable, with the law of bankruptcy, and referred to the "con struction clause" of the sth and 6th Victoria, which enacted that a trader might petition the Court when be owed debts amounting in the whole to less than 3001., the amount of such debts to be ascertained by the law in bankruptcy. That law was the 6th Geo. IV., c. 10, and in the 50th section it was provided that where the bankrupt had given credit to another person, or where there were mutual debts existing between the bankrupt and another party, the Corn missioner should hear and decide between them the sum which shall appear to him to be actually due as a balance from one party to the other. Therefore, in bankruptcy it was plain that the amount of a debt was ascertained by reference to the adjustment of the set-off, and consequently this Court, continued the Learned Counsel, was bound to act in accordance with the law of bankruptcy, and allow the amount of debts to be assumed, after deducting the sets-off claimed by the insolvent against the particular credi tors in his schedule. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said the point was one of considerable importance, and as the decision in this case would be adopted as a precedent, he should allow the question to stand over until the day appointed for the final order, November 20. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) John Press, 38, drayman, and Richard Pratt, sur rendered to take their trial upon an indictment which charged the former with stealing a kilderkin of ale, the property of Messrs Truman, Hanbury, and Co., alai the latter with feloniously receiving it, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Wilde prosecuted. Mr. Bal lantine defended Press, and Mr. Clarkson appeared for the other prisoner. From the evidence of a drayman named Shepherd, also in tlre service of the prosecutors, it appeared that on the 11 th of September he was engaged with the prisoner Press in loading a dray with ale and beer for customers named Howe and Cockett, and when the dray was loaded Press went into the counting-house for the delivery notes, and on his coming out said he must have another barrel of treble X ale, and one was accordingly rolled out and placed in the dray. At this time it seemed that the kilderkin of .ale in ques tion had been improperly placed upon the dray, but how or by whom was not at all made out ; but after some of the beer had been delivered, Press told his companion that he had got a kilderkin of ale to de liver, but he did not say to whom. The dray was at length driven to the Crown and Anchor public-house, Cheshire-street, Bethnal• green, kept by the prisoner Pratt, and the kilderkin of ale, which formed the sub ject of the present indictment, was taken out, and Press gave Pratt a note similar to the usual delivery note, which he signed and handed back to Press, who went away, the kilderkin of ale having previously, by Pratt's direction, been rolled close to the staircase. It appeared that Shepherd, considering the transaction of a suspicious nature, subsequently gave information at the brewery, and in the result the present pro ceedings were instituted. In cross-examination the witness Shepherd said, that the ale was not put down in the cellar as was usual, and that at the time of the transaction taking place, the defendant Pratt appeared to be somewhat the worse for liquor. Mr. Andrew Marr, the storehouse clerk at Messrs. Truman and Co.'s, deposed to giving the order for the beer that was to be delivered to the customers Howe and Cockett, and that the prisoner Press had no authority to take the kilderkin of treble X ale that was afterwards found in the possession of the prisoner Pratt. In answer to questions put by the RECORDER, who interposed, The witness said he could not give any information as to how this kilderkiu got into the dray, and it also appeared that, although according to the rules of the establishment the contents of each dray ought to be checked to see that they corresponded with the load ing orders, it was not done regularly, and that they did not even take the precaution of requiring the drayman to sign the order-book as a voucher for the receipt of the barrels of beer intrusted to him ; and the only mode of ascertaining who went with a par ticular load was by a reference, in a roundabout man ner, to the amount of wages paid each man. The witness then went on to state, that on the Tuesday following the delivery of the ale at Pratt's house he went there accompanied by Mr. Cook, who was also connected with the firm of Truman and Co., and upon seeing them, defendant asked them what was the matter, and he told him that there was something wrong with their men, and they wanted to find it out. Pratt then said that some of their men had left a cask of ale at his house, but when or how it came be did not know. At this time the kilderkin of ale was standing in the passage, and when Shepherd was brought in, Pratt recognised him as one of the men who had brought it to his house. Witness then told him that, as he had not ordered the ale, and they had not sent it, perhaps he would not object to their taking it away ; and he replied, "By all means." There was no order for such a description of ale from the defendant Pratt in the books. The witness underwent a most severe cross-exami nation by Mr. CLARKSON, and many of his answers appeared to be given with great unwillingness. He said that the ale had never been tapped or in any way meddled with, but was standing on the Tuesday in exactly the same state in which it appeared to have been left on the previous Saturday; and he admitted that the defendant Pratt told him he expected it would have been sent for from the brewery. He was then questioned as to whether mistakes were not of con tinual occurrence, and that the wrong description of beer was frequently sent to customers by mistake, and although he at first stated positively that he did not believe any such ocourrence had taken place, he was at length compelled to admit that in one instance a number of barrels of 365. ale had been sent to a publican named Crane, at Notting-hill, instead of 40s. ale, and that when it was returned the drayman had directions to endeavour to get some other customer to take it, to prevent the mistake from being disco vered by its being brought back to the brewery. It likewise appeared that some beer had been delivered to the defendant under similar circumstances, which had not been ordered by him, and for which he after wards paid in the ordinary course. He likewise stated, that since this transaction the firm had con tinued to supply Pratt with beer, and did so up to the present moment, and he would not swear that he had not recently paid them as :lunch as 401. for beer so supplied. In answer to a question by the RECORDER, the wit ness said th a t i t was certainly his duty to orders were p roperly see that the that he oughttoexruted, but he did not con siderHe considered this ci e check the contents of each dray. foreman, Thoma s ought Lewson ;to be done by the loading andif he had performed his duty this occurre nce could nothave taken place. The RECORDER remarked that it appeared that the whole inconvenience might have been avoided if ther e had been a little more check up on the delivery of the goods, and a little more care tak en to p ro perly executed. see the or d ers Thomas Lewson, the loading foreman, provedthat be received from Mr. Marr, writing thequantity of casks of beer , and all that were required, for Mess rs Howe and Cockett , and he told Press to get his dra . y loaded, and he, gave him the paper t o ge t w h at was required. lie came back soon afterwards, and said that he was loaded. The RECORDER asked hire whether he did not go to see that that the dray wa.3 loaded according to the order ?—He replied that he Odd not. The RECORDER asked him of what use he supposed lie was to his employers, when, 2nstead of being a check to the men, he allo wed them to be uponachecklhthe selves, and load what they P'?R ' sed to doe witn that. said he thought it was Mr. Marx s duty urs d so Mr. CLARICSON— And he says 1 and yo ; the result is, that he does nothing,, you helanh.m p i. (A laugh.) Mr. BODKIN having intimated, at this stop of the case, that he would not carry the i-?videnee any further against the accessory, Mr. CLARKSON put it to the Court whether there was sufficient evidence to go to the jury, as against him ? The RECORDER was of opinion that there was not sufficient evidence to convivit either of the accused parties. There was an enti; .e absence of any proof as to the instrumentality by which the cask got upon THE SUN, LONDON, the dray, and there was certainly no evidence to show that it had been wilfully put there by Press, with a view to rob his masters. Mr. BODKIN said, that he should not feel himself justified in withdrawing altogether from the prose cution. The RECORDER said he did not require him to do so. It was a very proper case for inquiry ; but, in his opinion, the evidence was not sufficient to justify the jury in convicting either cf the prisoners. It was, however, a very proper case for inquiry, and the eminent firm who prosecuted would obtain some va luable information as to the mode in which their business had been conducted, which would, no doubt, be useful to them for the future. The jury said that they were perfectly satisfied, and expressed themselves prepared to return a verdict of acquittal. The RECORDER said, that as the counsel for the prosecution wished to go on with the case, they had better hear what further evidence could be ad duced. ........_ One or two other witnesses were then examined, but the facts they deposed to were not of a material character, and, The RECORDER having 'addressed a few obser vations to the jury, they returned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. William Adams, a well-known thief, was yesterday brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed a lady of her purse, containing two sovereigns and five shillings. Mary Ann Warin said, while I was yesterday in the Custom-home Queen's sale-room, about two o'clock, I felt a hand in my pocket, and seized the prisoner, who had drawn my purse from my pocket. He quickly passed it to another man, whom I could also have detained if I had had assistance from those around me, but nobody was disposed to interfere, and the fellow walked away. From the moment I gripped this man I held him fast. The LORD MAYOR—I am very much surprised at your statement that nobody would give you help in the room. I should wish to have an explanation of this. Miss Warin—lf I had received any help I could have stopped the man who had my money. Although there were several persons in the room, they allowed him to retire after a pretended search. I should know him anywhere. He just opened his waistcoat, when the alarm was given, and said, " I have been searched, and the gentlemen are satisfied that I have got no thing," and away he walked. Jordan, a revenue officer and constable, said that he was called from the quay to take the prisoner into custody. There were 20 or 30 persons appointed to attend the sale-room for the express purpose of pro tecting the public from the ingenuity of thieves. The LORD MAYOR—It would rather appear from the conduct of the persons in the room that they were disposed to assist the prisoner. Are these 20 or 30 persons who protect the room in this manner con stables ? Jordan—No ; but they are in the rooms to prevent robberies. I am a constable as well as a revenue officer, but I was not present at the time. Two or three other persons lost their purses yester day in the sale-room. The prisoner said—l assure your Lordship the lady makes a mistake. My hand accidentally touched her, and she seized me and held me till I was searched. Nobody could find anything about me, but she would not let go her grip. The LORD MAYOR—You are committed for trial. I wish the revenue constable would mention to the authorities that if, on sale days, they kept a couple of city or metropolitan policeman on duty in the Queen's sale-room pickpockets would not gain ad mission. Fellows of this description, if by any chance they should get in, would be speedily recognised and kicked out. It is most discreditable to the persons who were present when this lady was robbed, that they declined to render her the assistance she re quired. The prisoner was sent for trial at the Central Criminal Court. Edward Probert, the secretary to the Silk Hatters Trade Society, held at the Black Bull public-house, in Upper Thames-street, was brought up charged with having stolen 201. Bs. Old. out of the box. The prisoner was remanded. BOW-STREET. Edward Peckham, a middle-aged man, who stated that he lived at 3, Flood-street, Dean's-yard, West minster, and was the superintendent of the Fine Arts Commission, having had charge of the pictures re cently exhibited at Westminster-hall, was yesterday , charged with an indecent assault on Robert Pre cious, a private in the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards. The soldier stated that he was cn guard near the mortar-gun, in St. James's-park, between eleven and twelve o'clock on Monday night, when the prisoner came up and asked him how he was, what was the hour of the night, and how long he had to remain on duty ? Witness answered these questions civilly, and the prisoner then approached him in an indecent manner, and made disgusting proposals to him, upon which he called to his sergeant, and had a policeman sent for, to whom he gave the man into custody. The prosecutor added that he was once before accosted by the prisoner in a similar manner, in Spring-gardens, about three months ago, since which time he had not seen him. The constable, A 44, deposed that he found the prisoner and the prosecutor together in the park, both calling for a policeman, and, as it appeared to him, accusing each other of indecency. The prisoner asked him if it was likely that a man in his station of life and public capacity would do such a thing as that imputed to him by the soldier ? He made no resist ance, but offered to go quietly to the station-house. The defendant avowed his innocence of the charge, stating that the soldier first saluted him, and asked him how much he had money about him. They were " arguing together" when the sergeant walked up to them, upon which the prosecutor made the charge in question, solely, as he (the prisoner) believed, for the purpose of extorting money from him. The constable said, he did not hear the prisoner ac cuse the soldier of having attempted to extort money iFrom him when taking him into custody. Mr. JARDINE committed the prisoner for trial ; hut accepted bail for his appearance—himself iii and two sureties in 251. each. William lluttiphreys, the young man lately in the employ of Mi:.:Ackeiniann, printseller, of the,Stramto who stood charged with stealing a number of ; veld; able prints, books, &c., was finally committed for trial. *TN As we stated in our forenerspert, the prisoner had accused a fellow- assistant in the same employ of par ticipating in the felony, and he was likewise placed at the bar • but there was no evidence to implicate him, and he was at once discharged from custody. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday having been the day appointed for the re-examination of Anne Simmons, shopwoman to Messrs. Marshall and Stinton, Vere-street, Oxford street, the court was much crowded in consequence of the fact having been ascertained that the prisoner had 'plundered her employers to no less an amount than from 2,0001. to 3,0001. The evidence given on the first occasion went to show that the prisoner had been nearly three years in the service of the prosecutors, who at length had some suspicion with regard to her honesty, and gave her into the custody of Allison, an active officer of the D division, No. 88, who after she was locked up, searched her box, and found therein an immense quantity of silks, satins, muslins, gloves, stockings, and other costly articles, together with numerous letters and papers. An identification of the said pro perty as belonging to Messrs. Marshall and Co., was fully established, and the prisoner was therefore re manded. She was brought up again yesterday, and from what transpired it would seem that a most sys tematic system of robbery had been carried on by the prisoner to an almost unparalleled extent, considering the situation in which she had been placed, and the limited opportunities which, as might be imagined, could be afforded her for carrying on her depreda tions. • The officer Allison, who has exerted himself to the utmost with regard to the getting up of the case, now brought forward four large boxes containing valuable goods, worth nearly 1,0001., which he found at the chambers of Mr. P. D. Hickman, 18, Lincoln's Inn fields, his attention having been attracted thereto by a letter found in the possession of the prisoner, and which bore the address in question. Mr. Hickman admitted to the officer that he had been acquainted with the prisoner Simmons for two years, and that she had been in the habit of coming to him occa sionally at his chambers, and had slept with him there on the Saturday before she was taken into custody. Mr. Hickman, who it was understood at the outset of the proceedings was in the neighbourhood of the h court, wa s s en t f or an d b roug ht in by Allison, by di rection of M r . B roug ht on . M Th r. Hi e Perkiscmr was s s remande dordered t o tille nter Tu into esday nett, his ownan d recognizance in 2001., and to find two sureties in 150/. each, for his being forthcoming on the day named; steps h ave also been taken to insure' the appearance of the sister of the ' p t rsoner, alleged to be a receiver o f a great deal of the It was also stated th a t th e prisoner h e a s d tolen property. made numer ous presents to Mr. Hickman and others. Mr. Hickman said that he should be quite prepared to prove his entire innocence with regard dto guilty knowledge respecting the property f ound his chambers, as described by the police. constable. IVES7'MINSTER. Yesterday James Chilly and William Anderson were charged with having, in connexion with Thomas Ensor, at present under remand,-stolen a large quan tity of plate, jewellery, linen, and wearing apparel, from the residenc e of Mr. Samuel Archbutt, solicitor, a Two ha other men, named e King'-road, Chelse . been appre nded h dh PPLasren and Connor, w o with the prisoners, were also placed in the dock with them, but it will be seen that the evidence in the present case did not effect them. About a month or five weeks ago two men named Ensor and Dignum were taken into custody, the former charged with burg!ariously breaking into the dwelling-hou% of a gentleman of fortune named Toby, at Chelsea, and carrying off some very valuable plate, and the latter with the extensive rob bery at Mr. Archbutt's. In the course of the inves tigation it transpired that Ensor and Dignum, al though in custody on distinct charges, were on very intimate terms, and that Dignum had introduced Ensor to Jane West, a female servant of Mr. Arch ; butt's, in whose care his house was left during a short absence from London with his family. On - the day succeeding that on which Mr. Archbutt left town Jane West, at the solicitation of Ensor, went out for three or four hours with him, leaving the house in charge of Dignum, who was at that time a clerk in Mr. Archbutt's office. On the following morning it was ditcovered that the house had been robbed, and Dip= was subsequently given into custody. There was not sufficient evidence to warrant a detention of either of the men, and after a short remand they were discharged, but Dignum was again taken into custody for fraud, and convicted at the Central Criminal Court, Con the prisoners being placed . in the dock yester day, George Hunt, police-sergeant, V 4, stated, that having received information on Monday night that a robbery was about to be committed at Chelsea, he went to a place called the Woodman, at Chelsea, and took Chitty, Connor, and M'Laren. He had been instructed to take Chitty and two others, who were supposed to be concerned in Mr. Archbutt's robbery, but the two men, Connor and M'Laren were not the parties of whom he was in quest. He, however, sub sequently apprehended Anderson, who was one of the men wanted. John Dignum, the person above spoken of, was then put into the witness-box. He said he was clerk to Mr. Archbutt up to the 6th of September. He had known the prisoners Chitty and Anderson for two months, and had been introduced to them by Ensor, who invited him, two or three days before the rob bery at Mr. Archbutt's, to meet him at a public house in Westminster, which he did, where it was arranged, in the presence of Chitty and Anderson, that Ensor, who proposed the plan, should take Jane West out, that he (Dignum) should be left in Mr. Archbutt's house, and that Chitty, Anderson, and another, named Bryant, should come, during the servant's absence, and rob the place on the following Sunday. Mr. Archbutt went out of town on the next day, and on the Sunday he (Dignum) went to the house, and found Ensor with the servant, Jane West, and the two latter shortly after went out for a walk. Anderson, Chitty, and Bryant soon after came and committed the robbery, breaking open a number of drawers and cupboards to get at the property. Bryant then went away with the spoons, forks, and other articles of plate, and the others shortly afterwards with the linen and wearing apparel. Witness left with Ensor, and went to a public-house called the Bell, where Bryant gave them a sovereign each, and Ensor then left witness, observing that he was going back to Mr. Archbutt's to sleep. On the following morning witness met Ensor, when he produced Mr. Archbutt's pocket book, and taking a gold chain from it, said they had overlooked that. Witness, after his conviction for ob taining 11. 12s 6d. from Messrs. Musgrove fraudu lently, voluntarily communicated the particulars of the robbery at Mr. Archbutt's to that - gentleman. The prisoners Chitty and Anderson declined saying anything in defence, and were remanded until Mon day, M'Laren and Connor being discharged. W OR SHIP- STREET. A respectably-dressed middle-aged man, who gave the name of William Jameson upon the charge-sheet, but whose real name was afterwards ascertained to be Was. Ashcroft, residing in Albert-square, Com mercial-road, was charged with having wantonly and maliciously thrown a number of large blocks of granite upon the rails of the Eastern Counties Rail way, and endangered the lives of nearly two hundred passengers by the down-train to Broxbourne. Immediately upon taking his place in the dock, and the case being called on, the prisoner, addressing the magistrate with great coolness and composure, said —" I admit at once ,having placed the stones upon the line, and, to avoid giving unnecessary trou'Jle, wish to plead guilty to the charge." The MAGISTRATE, however, told him that the mere confession of a prisoner charged with such a serious offence was insufficient, and ordered the evidence to be proceeded with. Mr. Charles Johnson, a gentleman residing at Layton, was then called, and stated that while fishing in the River Lea, near the Stratford marshes, and about 200 yards from the railway, between four and five o'clock on the preceding afternoon, he saw . the prisoner climb over a side gate, and approach a pile of large granite paving stones, contiguous to the rail, several of which he deliberately picked up and pitched over the embankment on to the line. The witness distinctly heard the roll of them in their descent, and the prisoner, after thus lodging there a great number, clambered over the embankment after them, and re peatedly stooped down, apparently to arrange them in some position. After being thus occupied for about a quarter of an hour, he again got over the gate, and advanced to the witness, who asked him if he had been clearing the rails, to which he briefly answered in the negative and abruptly turned the conversation upon angling, in, which they were en gaged, when a London train appeared in sight, and witness, who suspected something wrong, having significantly pointed it out to the prisoner, he, with out any observation, walked rapidly off in the direc tion of the marshes. Witness had not time to give an alarm, when the train passed over the spot where, as it afterwards appeared, the obstruction had been placed, but almost immediately stopped, and the engine-driver .had run back and was throwing the stones off the line, when the witness went up and pointed out the prisoner as the author of the mischief. The instant he had done so the prisoner increased his speed across , the marshes, but. was ptirsued --; b3/-ao' of • .1 . ..) . 1. ..: .- . ... the guards and taken . into custody,. , . - -.. - •; Thomas Davidson, 'the .stc,ko,:stateidthkth - ertni° in question,'Which . was the down train to Broxbourne, cOn,sisting Veight carriages, and containing about 200 passengers, had nearly reached the Lea-bridge tation, at a speed of 20 miles an hour, when he ob- L ,s erved a number cif large stones lying across the line. He immediately blew off the steam and opened the whistle, but, although the breaks were instantly ap plied with full force, the impetus of the train carried it violently up to the stones, which were thrown off by the iron guards, and several of them completely crushed. As soon as the train could be stopped be, hastened back and picked up 14 or 15 large ,paving stones, some of a weight of about 501bs. each, and a short way in advance found eight more scattered about upon the up-line. The witness added, that had not the stones been fortunately perceived in time and the speed of the engine slackened, the train must have been suddenly brought to a check, and the most fearful consequences probably ensued. Abraham Kilburn, the guard, stated, that after the train had been stopped the prisoner, who was running rapidly across the marshes, was pointed out to him by Mr. Johnson, and pursued by witness and another guard, who had nearly reached him when he turned round, and, advancing towards them, asked what was the matter ? Witness seized him by the collar, and having accused him of placing the stones upon the line, he replied evasively, " You did not see me do it," and on telling him he must be either very wicked or drunk to act in such an infamous manner, he de nied that he was so. Witness then conveyed {him to the Lea-bridge station, and on afterwards returning assisted in picking up no less than 22 large granite stones from the rails of both lines. Uriah Fuller, another guard, stated that the pri soner remained in his charge until he was conveyed to the Shoreditch terminus by the six o'clock up train, and that he was satisfied he was perfectly sober. Itihen called upon for his defence, the prisoner said that he was sauntering along in the neighbourhood of the line, when he observed one or two stones lying upon the rails, and that having thoughtlessly picked up some others from an adjoining heap, from which the first had been taken, he flung them there also, without reflecting for a moment upon the consequences likely to result from such a dangerous act. He: was now, however, perfectly sensible of its impropriety, and also of the painful position in which he had foolishly placed himself, and, regretting his conduct exceedingly, hoped the magistrate would take a leni ent view of it, and decide upon a summary adjudi- cation. Mr. ARNOLD, however, told him that in a. charge of such a seripus description he had no alternative but to send the case before a jury, and ordered the depo sitions of the witnesses to be at once taken, and the prisoner to be fully committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. The prisoner was much agitated on hearing the de cision, which he had not apparently anticipated., EXTRAORDINARY CIACUAISTAXCE.—We have :heard the particulars of an extraordinary circumstance that happened lately in Glasgow, which may. almost bil de nominated a romance in real life. A person in business died iately whose life was insured for 30,0001. Imme diately after his death this sum was laid claim to by no loss than three families, consisting each of a wife and w urth children ; and what is singular, the one family :;gems not to have been cognizant of the other. Which family is f the le g iti mate one no b o d y can at present say, unt il inquiry is m a d e; b u t it seems t h at eac h mar r i age a e. , brat e d b y c l ergymen in this city, and the 'wives have s bean maintained in a respectable manner. It appears that he was in the habit of living for a fortilight this person poisoned hioasalf,anel at a time in each house successively.- en gaged in several forg at l i t le is h r a e d po b r e te e ltha erie _Ra t i h iway and Shi,epin.g s. Journal (Glasgow). WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1847. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. WHITEHALL, OCT. 23, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Manchester, empowering them to elect a bishop of that see; and her Majesty has also been pleased to recom mend to the said Dean and Chapter the Rev. James Prince Lee, A.M., to be by them elected bishop of the said see. FOREIGN OFFICE, OCT. 26. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Captain the Honourable Robert Gore, R.N., to be her Majesty's Charg6 d'Affaires and Consul- Greeeral in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart, to be Lieutenant-Governor of the province of New Brunswick. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Sir Donald Campbell, Bart., to be Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint John Iles Martell, Esq., to be Chief Justice, and Sidney Billing, Esq., to be Queen's Advocate and Police Magis trate, for her Majesty's settlements in the Gambia. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire. Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Walter Ferrier Hamilton, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Henry Hughes Onslow, promoted, Oct. 18 ; George James Campbell, Gent, to be Cornet, vice Robert Gairdner, promoted, Oct. 19. PRIZE MONEY. London, Oct. 26. Notice is hereby given to the officers and company of her Majesty's ship Cygnet, Mr. Henry Layton, com mander, that the proportions arising from the bounty money on the tonnage of the slave-ship Rosa, destroyed September 24, 1845, in company with her Majesty's ship Alert, will be paid to those entitled to share, or to their representatives, on the 4 th 'of November next, at No. 3, Clifford's Inn ; and the shares not then claimed will be rccalled every Wednesday and Thursday, for three months to . come, agreeably to Act of Parliament ; but the shares of such of the officers and crew who would have shared for the ships Merchant and Sansone will be subject to a deduction for expenses incurred by the detention of those vessels. Proportions due to each Class. £. a. d. a. d. Commander ... 99 8 Oi Fourth-class 713 10 First-class ...... 38 9 2 Fifth-class 316 11 Second-class ... 23 1 6 I Sixth-class Third-class W. and E. CHARD, Agents. BANKRUPTS. William Lawrence, grocer, Ealing, Middlesex, to surrender, Nov. 2, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Espin, Bedford row. Henry Mockett, merchant, New Shoreham, Sussex, Nov. 8, at one, and Dec. 6, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers; Harbin and Co., Clement's Inn; Mardall, Shoreham. Richard Shakespeare, tailor, Banbury, Oxford.hire, Nov. 4, at one, and Dec. 6, at half-past eleven, at the Co.urt of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers, Lundon ; Sharp, Verulam• buildings, Gray's Inn. John Laxton, coal merchant, Rickmanswurth, Hert fordshire, Nov. 6, at one, and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrik t°Y.Follett,l' ,official assignee, PBasing hall-street; Tucker and Co. Threadneedle-street. George Holditch, John Flinn Holditch, and Edward Duncan Holditch, cider merchants, Bank-side, South wark, Nov. 11, at half-past one, and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldcrmanbury ; Wire and Child, St. Swithin's-lane. Charles Fletcher, watchmaker, Regent strt et, Nov. 3, and Dec. 1, at el e ven, at the Court of Bantruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingball-street; Taylor and Collison, Great James sue< t, Bedtord-row. Anthony Carter, saddler, Romford, Es ex, Oct. 29, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 2, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street- buildings; Rickards and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields. Henry Knapp, banker, Abingdon, Berkshire, Nov. 10, at twelve, and Dec. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingh..ll - ; Neate, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Ormond, Abingdon. Thomas Martin, licensed victualler, Nicholas square, Hackney-road, Nov. 4, at half-past one, and Dec 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street -buildings ; Thrupp, Win-. chester-buildings. Howard Horsley, warehouseman, Liverpool, Nov. 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent, Temple, London; Irlam and Fletcher, Liverpool. A ndrew Leighton, broker, Nov. 6 and 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official as signee,Liverpool ; Rowland and Co., Threadneedle -street, London; Jevons, Liverpool. Robert Davies Evans, draper, Wrexham, benbigh• shire, Nov. 5 and 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Phil pot, jun., Montague-street, Russell-square ; Hughes, Wrexham ; Evans and Sons, Liverpool. Richard Scholes, grocer, Bury, Lancashire, Nov. 9 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester •, Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Whitehead, Bury. Thomas Dawber, calico printer, Manchester, Nov. 5, at eleven, and Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and \Wetherell, Temple; Higson and Robinson, Manchester. Joel Gee, cotton spinner, Dukinfield, Cheshire, Nov. 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester ; Abbott, Char lotte-street, Bedford-square, London. James Guest, cotton spinner, Manchester, Nov. 6, and Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson' official assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte street, B e df o rd-square, London ; Messrs. Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. William Smith, cotton manufacturer, Colne, Lan cashire, Nov. 9 and Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Atkinson, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-street, Bed• ford-square, London. M ar y Warburton, hat manufacturer, Bury, Lan cashire, Nov. 9 and 30, at eleven, at the .Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, .Minchestia'; Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Whitehead, Bury. John Hooper, n”Oet gardener, Ho a niton, Devonshire, Nov. 4 and •30;" at one, - at the Exeter District Court., merchant, Newcastle upon-Tyne, ET eraman, official assignee, Exeter; Laidman, Exeter; !Climes and Co - .; Temple, L on d,, n. oil m • T 8 1 lq t 64%;t5Iltdurgitimlf-eps;st ten, and Dec. 17, at one, at the Newcastle-upon - Ty n e District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; B Ailing and Pope, Scott's-yard, Bush- lane, London ; Forster, Newcastle upon-Tyne. Thomas Ridehough and John Ridehoueh, worsted spinners, Mytholm Boyd, Yorkshire, Nov. 9 and Dec. 7, at eleven, a t the Leeds District C our t. H o p e , o fficial assignee, Emmett and Co., Bloomsbury-square, London; Alexander and Hammerton, Halifax; Cour tenay, Leeds. John Ross, hosier, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Nov. 5 and Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Brown, Not tingham. Henry Turner, scrivener, Wolverhampton, Nov. 3 and 27, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Robinson, Wol verhampton; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. John. Lenton, butcher, Bourn, Lincolnshire, Nov. 5, and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Lees, Not tingham. Daniel Pearson, engine manufacturer, Tipton, Staf fordshire, Nov. 10, and Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assi g nee, Bir mingham ; Bolton, Dudley ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. R. Cogan, Leicester-square, glass merchant, Nov. 20, at one—W. Jennings, Bungay, Suffolk, maltster, Nov. 20, at half-past one—F. Wakefield and C. G.-Wakefield, Old Broad. street, brokers, Nov. 17, at half-past twelve — W. Morton, Cannon-street-road, Commercial-road, dra per, Nov. 17, at eleven—W. Burrows, Grove-street, Hampstead-road, builder, Dec. 1, at eleven—L. Briant, Stamford-hill, coal merchant, Nov. 18, at twelve—J. Ager, Northampton, boot and shoe manufacturer, Nov. 19, at one—W. S. Brows, sen., and W. S. Brown, jun., Broad-street, Ratcliff, sail makers, Nov. 19, at eleven — C. Vyse, Ludgate -street, straw bonnet maker, Nov. 19, at half-past two—Mary Elizabeth Bell and J. Bell, Finch-lane, Carnhill, nei;svenders, Nov. 19, at halt-past one—T. H. Pinder, Southampton, Cheltenham, and Gloucester, tailor, Nov. 19, at half past eleven—C. Houghton, Dudley -grove, Paddington, ironmonger, Nov. 19,. at twelv e —l. Boyd and R. Har mer, S p ital-s q uare, silk manufactu rers , Nov. 17, at twelve—J. Coney, Hol derness-%harf Harrow-road, mason , Nov. 16, at two — T. H. May, Little Britain, baker, Nov. 16, at one—W. Tydeman, Chelmsford, E s sex, timber merchant , Nov. 19 , at twelve—R. Hayday, Milk-street, Cheapside, silk warehouseman, Nov. 19, at eleven. J. Gliddon, In the Country . J. Carne, j un ., F a l mou th, grocer, Nov. 18, at one, at the Court, Exet er —C. Burrows, East Stonehouse, and Plymouth, Devonshire, beer brewers, Nov. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter-4V. D. Hay, New castle-upon-Tyne, baker, Nov. 22, at half past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —G. Bagnall, New castle upon-Tyne, music-seller, Nov. 18, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —C. Fox, Kirg,ton upon-Hull, victualler, Nov. 17, at half-past ten, at the Court, Kingston-upon-Hull—T. M-Conkey and A. Howie, Lambeg, Down, and Lancashire, bleachers, Nov. 23, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—F. Berner, West Kirby and Birkenhead, Cheshire, tea-dealer, Nov. 23, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool. PAYMENT OF DIVIDEN D S. R. Gatvit, Ingmanthorpe, York shire, ra p e dust-mer chant, ss. Bd., cn Thursday, Oct. 28, or any subsequcn' Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mi Stansfeld, Leeds. G. Stravvbridge, Bristol, mason, 2d., on Wednesday, Oct. 27, or any subsequent Wednesday, between twelve and two s at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. J. Taylor, Golcar, Yorkshire, commission agent, 2s. 6d., on Wednesday, Nov. 17, or any subsequent Wednes day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Free man, Leeds. J. Corbett, Mansfield, Nottingham, wool dealer, 155., on Friday, Nov. 19, or any subsequent Friday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. J. Woodhead and J. Woodhead, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted stuff manufacturers, 6d., cn Wednesday, Nov 17, or any subsequent Wednesday, between eleven and t‘ o, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. H. Johnson, Sheffield, merchant, 35., on Friday, Nov. 19, or any subsequent Friday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, _ _ M. Norman, jun., Richmond, Yorkshire, cabinet maker, 3d., on Wednesday, Nov. 17, or any subsequent Wednes day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Free- man, Leeds. Cooban, Liverpool, brewer, Is. 6i1., on Thursday, Oct. 28, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Griffiths, Liverpool, wholesale stationer, 65., on Thursday, Oct. 28, or any subsequent Thursday, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpoid. J. Wenman, Birkenhead, Cheshire, wine merchant, 35., on Thursday, Oct. 28, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. H. Panton, T. W. Fanton, G. Foster, and J. W. Mor ley, Sunderland, iron manufacturers, 2d. and two-fifths of a penny, on any Saturday after Oct. 29, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. H. Panton and T. W. Penton, Sunderland, iron ma nufacturers, on any Saturday after Oct. 29, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. G. T. Rullason, Birmingham, glass and china dealer, 2s. 9d., on any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie. Birmingham. H. Webb, Stafford, porter dealer, 35., on any Thurs day, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. W. Townley, Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton spinner and cotton manufacturer, 2s. 3d , on Tuesday, Nov. 2, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. T. Cox, Manchester, wine and spirit merchant, ls. 4d., on Tuesday, Nov. 2, and every following Tuesday, be tween eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Man chester. P. Strawson, Leuth, Lincolnshire, chemist anti drug gist, 2s. 5d., on Tuesday, Oct. 26, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Hull. T. B. Young, Louth, Lincolnshire, chemist and drug gist, 10s. 10d., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Hull. . L. Pearson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, currier and leather dresser, sid., on any Saturday after Oct. 29, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle. upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. _ _ T. Leek, Woodbridge, Suffolk, basket maker, Nov. 16, at twelve— W. Everett, Drury-lane, builder, Nov. 17, at half-past one—E. Maude, W. H. Jones, G. Maude, and W. Aspdin, Northfleet, Kent, Portland cement manufacturers, Nov. 16, at eleven— W. H. Pitcher, Guildford•street, Russell-square, dealer, Nov 17, at eleven—H. Simmonds, Gresham-rooms, Basing hall-street, law-stationer, Nov. 16, at eleven. In the Country. J. Jones, l3irkenhead, chymist and druggist, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court Liverpool—W. H. North, Liver pool, grocer, Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool —W. Scott, Liverpool, hardware-dealer, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court Liverpool—W. Ward, Liverpool, cloth-dealer and licensed victualler, Nov. 16, at twelve, at _the Court, Liverpool—R. W. Roberts, Liverpool, builder, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—H. F. Aldridge, Liverpool, music seller, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Crosse, Liverpool, stock and share broker, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Li vorpool—T. Robinson, Liverpool, blacksmith and builder. Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Jones, Ledbury, Herefordshire, brewer and corn-merchant, Nov. 30, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, Nov. 16. C. Green, St. Mary Overies, Southwark, wharfinger, J. W. Pearl, Milton-strect, Dorset-square, horse-dealer —T. Stirliug, sen., and W. Stirlily", Stratford, Essex, slaters—T. Bowles, Ilorsmonden, Kent, victualler—W. Wain, Manchester, pocketbook maker and stationer—R. Western, Manchester, musical instrument and music seller—T. Hill, Liverpool, ironmonger—T. Yates, Li verpool, joiner and builder—J. Fort ter and W. Day), Leeds, flAx spinners—T. Ackling, Llangenech, Carmar• thenshire, dealer and chapman—W. Crump, Aberga venny, earthenware and glass and china dealer. PAR fNERSHIPS DISbOLVED. J. Overton and F. Gell, Blenheim-terrace, St. John's wood, cowkeepers—R. A. Hilton and J. Hilton, Not tingham, printers—W. H. Cowling and G. B. Dalby, York, share brokers—W. Haig, C. Womack, and J. W. Smith (as far as regard; J. W. Smith), Leeds, stock and share brokers—A. Leland and J. Boustead, New castle-upon-Tyne, commission agents—J. Taylor and E. Pate, Burnley, Lancashire, cabinet and chair makers —R. C. Foster, W. C. Foster, and H. S. Westmacott, John-street, Bedford-ro,v, solicitors—J. Ellison and J. Saunders, Liverpool, store masons—G. Jones and J. Jones, Liverpool, tailors and piece brokers—J. Dudley and W. Matthews, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, coal and iron masters—W. Thompson, G. Thompson, and R Thompson, Halifax, corn millers—C. C. Scholefield, W. Scholefield, F. Clark, and J. Scholefield, Birmingham, nail manufacturers—R. Fitch and E. Fitch, Colville terrace, King's-road, Chelsea, cheesemongers—W. Spence, W. R. Fairciough, and J. C. Spence, Liverpool, painters and glass stainers—F. Clark and A. Taw, Fen church-street, tea agents—W. Musham and H. Hopkins, Birmingham—W. Crawahaw and S. Brown, Rochdale, cotton spinners—W. Limbourn and C. Ansel], Lower marsh, Lambeth, coffee-house-keepers—J. Gillett and F. F. Moore, Manchester, printers and stationers—T. Dyer and J. B. Gibson, Grantham, Lincolnshire, che mists and druggists. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Haslam, Bury, Lancashire. William Battle Curtis, Bristol, baker. Henry Francis Watkins, Stoke's-croft, Bristol, clerk. Charles Rawlins, Bristol, baker. William Symonds, Birmingham, bricklayer and car penter. Robert Lang, Liverpool, book-keeper. Charles Crapp, Holston, Cornwall. Henry Kearton, Bath, beer retailer. Harriet Stapleton, Bath, schoolmistress. Charles Lowe, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, ironfounder. William Long, Chard, Somersetshire, baker and farmer. James EdgeifGP44426olton, Lancashire, joiner. William.f.Evtids; 4 .lloerpool, upholsterer and cabinet- Joseph Tow, Blackfordby, Leicestershire, hawker and beer-housekeeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Waddell, Cunibernauld, baker, grain dealer, and gas. manufacturer, to meet within Castlecary Inn, Cum bernauld, Nov. 1 and 22, at twelve. D. M‘Farlane, Rysland, Renfrewshire, farmer, to meet within the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, Nov. 3 and Dec. 1, at one. J. M`Farlane, Gartconnel, Dumbartonshire, farmer, to meet within the King's Arms Inn, Dumbarton, Nov. 1 and 29, at one. W. Murray, Dundee, ironmonger, to meet within the Royal Hotel, Dundee, Nov. 3 and 24, at twelve. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH . , TUESDAY.—The Amphion, 36, Cap. tain Williams ' is delayed in consequence of the non arrival of Mr. Miller, of the firm of Miller, Raven hill, and Co., who made her engines, and Captain Smith, the inventor of the screw-propeller. These scientific gentlemen are ordered a passage in the Am phion, to superintend the working of their respective productions. To our thinking, had this sensible mode of proceeding been adopted earlier, there would have been fewer breaks-down to have reported. We have no doubt but that the Amphion will " show" better on her next cruise than in her last, in conse quence. The Blenheim, steam guard-ship, of 450 horse power, to carry an armament of 56 heavy guns, has been on a trial cruise in the North Sea, under the superintendence of that experienced steam officer, Captain Austen, of Woolwich Dockyard, the result of which has been highly satisfactory in proving the advantage of adopting the old class of 74's as screw propelled steam - guard ships. Her maximum speed under steam alone avenged six knots in smooth water. The experiment is considered, by those best qualified to judge, to have completely succeeded, and to have more than answered the expectations of the originators of the scheme. The Sidon steam-frigate, Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., was warped up from the Gosport side to moorings abreast of the King's stairs this morning, for the con venience of the gangs at work upon her, preparing her for the reception of Lord Dalhousie. She is ordered a new bowsprit, one-fourth longer, and three or four inches more in diameter than her present one; and her topsail yards are to be strengthened by strong oak battens. This is in consequence of her carrying more sail than her former spars were equal to. The Arab, 12, Commander W. Morris (b), was paid advance wages at Spithead this morning. This brig is not in want of " halfa-dozen mates and mid shipmen, and a dozen petty officers," as stated by a contemporary. She is completely and well officered and manned, but two of her crew are in Haslar Hos pital. She will take out a mail to the Cape and the officers we have already mentioned. Paymaster and Purser Samuel J. Butcher (1809) died last evening in the Royal Hospital at Haslar. His last appointment was ;to the Birkenhead steam frigate ; he had seen " some service." The Dolphin, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant-Command ing the Hon. R. F. Boyle, arrived to-day from Sheer ness. She is to proceed with letters, dispatches, &c., to the coast of Africa. The Cambrian, 40, Commodore J. H. Plumridge, once more made a start to-day, about 1 P.m. The Maria Somes transport, Captain Nayler, Lieutenant M. Black, agent, sailed to-day with a part of the 81st Regiment and a number of supernumera ries for Plymouth. Wind, south ; moderate breezes and cloudy.- 1 .. 1 Times. MANNA OF A NEW SPECIES. —A letter dated Metz, the 17th inst., published in the Journal des Debuts, states, that during a storm which lasted for a part of the preceding night, the village of Vaux was literally afflicted with the second of the plagues of Egypt. The ground was covered with frogs, whic entered the houses. The vine-dressers who were employed at the wine-press gave the alarm, and an ample harvest of this new manna was made by the inhabitants of the village. No cause had been assigned for this extraordinary' fact, but it wa-, suggested that the frogs might have been raised from an extensive marsh in the neighbourhood by a waterspout. A Juror—Had we not better add, alias Ann Green ? The CORONER—It will be safer. The Foreman—We return a verdict of "Wilful Murder against Ann Willies, alias Ann Green." TAXES ON NEWSPAPERS.—There is, perhaps, no trade so hampered by taxes as that of newspaper pro prietors. A newspaper is sold at a price which of itself ensures a dead loss on every copy; and it is the advertise ments alone which yield a profit. The newspaper is first taxed on the article, paper; secondly, by the penny stamp; and thirdly, by the advertisement duty of oue shilling and sixpence for each insertion, regardless of the length. The stamp duty and the advertisement duty have both to be advanced to Government—obliging, therefore, the newspaper proprietor to pay during the year some thousands of pounds on which he gets not a traction of profit. The advertisement duty cripples, to an alarming degree, the extent to which the practice of advertising might be carried, and, therefore, in a second and most serious manner, takes money out of the pro prietor's pockets. The advertisement duty also operates with great hardship on tradespeople in genera]. In this country, people are taxed for nearly everything they can look upon or touch; and if, in order to meet the in cessant demands for taxes, they endeavour to extend their trade and improve their chances of success in life by advertising, they are taxed again. We can come to no other conclusion than that newspaper proprietors and the public are shamefully opp ressed b y the injudicious and obnoxious advertisement duty.—Sheffield Times. JUDGES OP THE SUPERIOR COURTS.—At the Com mencement of Michaelmas Term, on Tuesday next, the se veral courts of law and equity will be opened for the . transac tion of business, when t he Learned • Judges will re sume their labours. Th ere is, it seems, in the United Kingdom, 5 1 judges of the su p erior Courts-22 in Eng land, 16 in Ireland, and 13 in Scotland. The judges of inferior Courts, exclusive of the County Court judges in England, number 312. In England the salaries of the 22 judges of superior Courts amount to 229,0811.; the judges of the Court of Chancery, five in number, amount to 33,0001. The Lord Chancellor has 10,0001., the Master of the Rolls, 7,000/.; Vice-Chancellor of England, 6,0001.; and the two Vice-Chancellors, 5,000/. The salaries of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench are stated at 28,000/. The Lord Chief Justice has 8,0001., and the four Puisne judges 5,0001. each. Th e . salaries are the name the Court of Common Pleas, and also in the Court of Exchequer, with the exception of the Chief Baron, who has 7,0001. The Judge of the Court of Admiralty has 4,000/.;' and the average emo luments of the Judge of the Prerogative Court are re turned at 3,5771. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE BREWERY OF MESSRS. TRUMAN, HANBURY, AND Co.—Y es t er d a y Mr. Baker held an i nquest at the London Hospital, on view of the body of. Jonathan Bacon, aged 25, a shipjoiner, who met with his death under the following melancholy circum stances :—lt appeared from the evidence that about eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Monday fortnight, de ceased was taking a view of the extensive machinery and apparatus of the premises of Messrs. Truman and Co., with his cousin, who is a clerk in the establishment, eat] who directed the deceased to be particular in follow ing him. The deceased was in one of the store-rooms; walking along a platform which surrounded a vat. He stepped from there to the top of the vat, and was in the act of walking baciewards, when h is cousin exclaimed to him, that if he did not go forward he would tall. He almost immediately tumbled off, and fell a depth of 19 feet 6 inches on an iron girder, from which he was promptly relieved by his cousin. He was iew.antly con .eyed in a coach to the above institution, where he died Sunday last, his spine having been fi und, on a post mortens examination, to be tractured in three places. Verdict -0 Accidental death." THE LATE MURDERS AT BIR- • DEFENCE OF MIEROSLAWSKI , MINGHAM. THE LEADER OF THE POLISH INSURGENIS TUESDAY.—After the dispatch of thearcel, last IN POSEN. evening, the following evidence was given— The following is a translation of some of the most Henry Alfred Banks recalled—l have seen Ann remarkable passages in this speech, which is said to Wilkes almost daily for the last four or five months have produced so sensible an effect upon the judges of past. I knew all about her circumstances, and they the accused, that the President decided upon adjourn were very unfavourable. She was embarrassed in her ing the court until the ensuing day. Sentence of circumstances, and had to pledge and sell her things. death was then passed upon Mieroslawski:— Her husband died six months ago, leaving her with " Oh, gentlemen, if it is conspiracy to denounce, four children ; he was a silver plater, and all he pos. as well publicly as privately, violence, spoliation, sessed died with him. I have reason to believe she calumny, the pitiless persecution of the weak by the received a few pounds after his death, and she entered strong—if it is worthy of death or captivity to defend into a little huxtry business in Suffolk-street, and she one's life and to labour for freedom—then it is not we also sold tripe, but lost money by the attempt, not alone, it is all Poland that is guilty of conspiracy having any sale for the article. In a short time she Bring, therefore, all Poland to this bar; bring hither gave up that business, and opened a tea and coffee- all our saints and all our heroes ; bring all who groan, shop in Litchfield-street, which also failed. On one all who curse the day of their birth, in that vest occasion, about ten weeks ago, when she was corn- land of slavery which is called Poland ; enlarge plaining to me of her difficulties, I advised her to the bounds of this hall to the four corners of the apply to the parish for assistance, observing that I had world, for everywhere the bones of 'Poles who have no doubt they would give her Is. 6d. a week for each died for the redemption of their country call aloud of her children. She replied she could not submit to for vengeance. Your quest has plunged its net for a apply to the parish for relief. I told her she moment into the immense, inexhaustible, and un was entitled to relief, because her husband paid fathomable stream of our agitation, to draw from it at poor-rates. She said she could not bear up hazard 260 grains of sand. But can you believe, against it, for rather than come to actual want she gentlemen, that you have thus secured the secret would make away with herself and children. radical cause of evil which troubles the waves, and Jane Green, mother of the unfortunate Ann keeps them tinged with blood. Be not surprised, Wilkes, was called into the room, and was very gentlemen, if we repeat incessantly, if we repeat deeply and sensibly affected. She said—l am a until our voices are silenced for ever, that we are widow, and reside in Newhall-street. On last Wed- punished not on account of our resistance, but on nesday week I went to the workhouse alone, and account of the flagrant, the irreparable injury which saw Mr. Bynner, assistant overseer. I told him that our country sustained almost a century ago. We I had a daughter who was very ill, and I wished to repeat it, because you are desirous of forgetting it; get her children into the asylum. He told me it was because you willingly avert your eyes, in order of no use my stopping there, and gave me a card to not to perceive that each convulsion that agitates take to Mr. Rutherford, the relieving officer, in Poland is but the necessary and involuntary Howard- place. On the following morning I went re-action attending the crimes committed against to the relieving officer, and handed him Mr. Bynner's her by the powers who affect astonishment at card, and also a letter from Mr. Rowley, of Newhall- her struggles. The most timid, the most inoffensive street, in whose employ I am. Mr. Rutherford said being, if you seek to trample it under foot, will he would call and see my daughter, in Cheapside. I turn upon you, will use its last remaining strengh to have been told that he called on the following Satur- make you release it, by wounding that which crushes day. What he said then, of my own knowledge, I it : and do you believe that an entire nation, that $ do not know ; but I have reason to believe that he giant buried alive in too narrow a tomb, will not seek did call on my daughter on the Saturday, but I did to shake off the insufferable weight which crushes his not see him. I only knew what passed by hearsay. breast ? Do the Titans sleep tranquilly under the My daughter did not receive any relief. She wanted mountain with which the jealousy of Jupiter has to get her children into the asylum, in order that she overwhelmed their despair ? Is it a crime in those might obtain a situation where she would only have wretched outcasts, if the death-rattle of their eternal to perform light work. agony, piercing the crater of their sepulchre, some - Thomas Rutherford, relieving-officer, said my dis- times troubles the banquet of the autocrat of the trict is called No. 3. An application was made at, heavens ?" my office last week, on behalf of Mrs. Wilkes. In consequence of seeing an entry of her name in the rough note-book I called upon her on Friday week last.. When I entered the house I saw a respectable woman there, and I inquired for Mrs. Wilkes. She said she was the person. I asked her the nature of her application, when she said she wished all her children placed in the asylum, for she wanted to go out to service. Mrs. Green, recalled at her request, said my daughter did go to the workhouse, and she was pushed about by the crowd. CORONER—Do you know that of your own know ledge ? Witness— No ; I was told so by her. The CORONER said he could not admit that as evi dence. Sands Cox, Esq., Dean of the Faculty, Queen's College, was next examined, and he stated the con dition of the unfortunate woman when she was ad mitted into the Queen's Hospital, and described minutely the wounds found upon her and the four children ; and, in conclusion, said he had seen Ann Wilkes on three different occasions since her removal to the hospital, and found her placid and able to answer any questions put to her coherently, but he did not put many questions to her. It was not within his knowledge that any question had been put to her respecting the death of her children. The CORONER, then addressing the Rev. J. C. Miller, said it had been stated to him that he had had some conversation with Ann Wilkes since her admis sion into the Queen's Hospital, and he wished to know if it was so ? The. Rev. Mr. Miller—Yes. The CORONER—From what she said were you en abled to form any judgment as to what opinion she entertained of her own state, as to whether she would recover or not ? Rev. Mr. Miller—l have not the least idea of what she thought on that point. The CORONER—Did anything pass to give you to understand that she considered herself in a hopeless state? Rev. Mr. Miller—She said something from which I might have inferred that; but nothing was said to give me to understand that her impression was that she was going to die. The CORONER—Then you are not able to prove that she was convinced she was going to die, and de void of hope in this world ? Rev. Mr. Miller—No, I cannot. The CORONER—Then I cannot hear what she said. It would be inconsistent with law to do so. It is not admissible unless it has all the qualities of a dying declaration. Mr. Miller is not able to say Ann Wilkes believed she was about to die. Rev. Mr. Miller—She spoke about wanting to make her peace with God, but she did not lead me to believe that she was under the conviction she was dying. I should wish it to be understood how I went to the hospital. Between three and four o'clock this morning I was summoned to at tend. I was awoke and alarmed by a loud knock ing at my door, and requested to go to the Queen's Hospital. By a Juror—Was that by the request of Ann Wilkes ? Rev. Mr. Miller—lt was, I believe, at her wish I:was summoned to the hospital, as the nearest clergyman to the place, although it was not my pro vince to attend. Still, under such circumstances, I would not refuse to go. A Juror—lt appears to me something like a dying apprehension. The CORONER — I am to judge of that. I under stand the Rev. Mr. Miller to be clear and distinct in saying he cannot prove that Ann Wilkes was deprived of hope of living. Rev. Mr. Miller--Certainly I cannot ; but I ought, perhaps, to state all that took place The young man who came to me said, he understood that she might not be here long, and she wished to make a confession ; but there was nothing said to me by herself to lead to an opinion either way. The CORONER—Then I cannot admit the conver sation you had with her. The Coroner than ably summed up the evidence ; and having explained the law relative to murder, the jury, in a few minutes, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Ann Wilkes." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are— Birkenhead, cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, SIA dia.- 130 * mingham. and Dudley, 34 p.—Dolton, Clitheroe, &c., Pre y ference, No. 1(6 per cent.), p.—Eastern Counties, 16 1 4 —Great Northern, 5 1 / 4 dis.— Great Western, Fifths, 23V -- Ditto, 171. Shareslp.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 2 1st Ditto, Fifths, p. c.—Ditto, 321. Shares, 4% dia.—Leed s and Thirsk (6 per cent. guar.), IV 2 dis.—London and North" Western, New Quarters, 6% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 10 p.—Ditto, Quarters (A and B), 3 3 / 4 p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 3 3 4 p.—a loll ' chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1 (gua r . 71 ,4 per cent. till 1853), 3 p.—Ditto, Preference, p.—Ditt e (Grimsby and Sheffield), Quarters, 565. 6d. dis.—Midla nd 111 1 / 2 —Ditto 401. Shares, 42 1 ,4—Ditto (Consolidated B it " mingham andi Derby), 83—Ditto, Quarters, 3 4 dis.—ls.lortl! Staffordshire, par—North Union (A), 201—Shrewsbury and Chester, New, par—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshi re ' 5 1 / dis.—Ditto, Preference (guar, 8 per cent.), 1 3 / 4 Seuth-Eastern and Dover, 29—Ditto, No. 2, 5 3 / 4 c. dia.- - Ditto, No. 4, dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick OJ T ' and B. Extensions, No. 2), 1 p.—Ditto, G. N. E. Purch., 1 P' —Northern of France, 3/4 p. _ _ MANCHESTER, Ouromte. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanes" shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% dis.—Fast Lancashire, Ne er Qu..rters, %—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, % p.—Pi rt° ' Sixteenths, 6%—Ditto, 321. (late Extension), 4% Ditto, West Riding Union, 2% dis.—London and North- W extern ( Manchester and Birmingham), 59—Ditto, Quar ters (C), 3 p Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire' Preference, 1-16 dis.—Midland (Bristol and Gloucester)'. s —North Staffordshire, A—Shropshire Union, 2% do , '" South-Eastern and Dover, 27 3 / —Ditto, No. 4,2% dis. LEEDS, OCTOBER 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire' Extension, 5% dis.—Ditto, New, 5 dis.—Litto, Quarters,' liA dis. —Great Northern, 5 1 ,E n. dis.—Lancashire Yorkshire (West Riding Union), n. dis.—Leeds an Thirsk, 16% n. dis.—Ditto, New, 13 n. dis.—Leice st ;, r and Bedford, ss. 6d. dis.-slalton and Driffield Junction, 3 / 4 dis.—North British, Thirds, 3s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Quarter* 12s. 6d. n. dis.—Ditto, Extension, ss. dis.—North-Wes tern ' 4 11-16 n. dis.—Shropshire Union, 2% dia.—York, 1: castle, and Berwick, No. 2 , 12 s. 6d. p.—North Stau° r shire, 6 dis. HULL, Oc•romut 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The Ministerial plan of relief basil inspired much confidence here. By many it is thought tha its effects will ultimately be injurious, as sanctioning 5 1 3 1, 1 rate of discounts. One thing, however, is certain, has received a blow, and some change in the monetary system must be the consequence. The sales are - Amber: gate, Nottingham, and Boston, 165.-East Lincolnsh ire !!- dis.-Hull and Selby, , Half Shares, 49 -Mahon and Drif field Junction, 3 1 / 4 dis.-North British, Quarters, Ils. North Staffordshire, ss. 6d. dis.- North-Western. 87s. 6 ,1 ' dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 1 ,4 dis.-Gre at Northern, 5 1 /.i dis. N; `l , \ CASTLE-UPON-TYNE, OCTOBER 26. 2 ., STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-N ort h B rit i s h, Thku" 5 ' dis -Ditto, Quarters, 1 dis. /a • EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeent. -Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/, 7s. 6d.-Arbroath and For' 264-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. PI Caledonian, 34/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 145.-Caledonian Dumbartonshire, 1/. 10s.-Clydesdale J unction, 51/. -DB ,, e ` side, 31. Bs.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/. • dee and Arbroath, 344-Ditto. New, No. I, 264-Th i "a New, No. 2, 344-Ditto, New, No. 3,3/. 55.-Dundee au Northern Junction, 11. 55.-Dundee and Perth, 291. 10s,-- Ditto, New, Reg., 131. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 21. 0 , 6 * -- Eastern Counties, 151. IN.-Ditto, York Extension , °","c i East of Fife, 41. 55.-East Lothian Central, 1/.-EdlnburPy and Bathgate, 41.45.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 961. ex -Ditto, Halves, 121. 105. ex div.-Edinburgh, Leith, II) Granton, 151.- Ditto, Preference, 201.-Ditto, New, Nt r Z 31. 145.-Ditto, New, No. 2,1/. 145.-Ditto, Reg., 2s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 151. 12s. 0 ",• - Ditto,i New, Reg., 11s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto (scrip), 6d.-Ditto' Newport, 5/. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New . Reg., and Perth, 18s. -Ditto, Halves, gs.-Glasgow and AYr shire, 981. IN.-Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 1031.-Ditt ° ' New Stock, 371. lbs.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1,4/. 17s. 6( 1 . --- Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 71.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 381. 155.-Glasgow General Ter' minus, 104 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 164 10s.-Di tte ' Halves, 8/.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 1 95.-Glasgow, nock, and Ardrossan, 3/. 95.-Great North of Scotian, 17s. 6d.- Morayshire, 1/. 7s. 6d.-North British, 22/. ss•to, Ditto, Halves, 10/. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 31. Quarters New (scrip), 7s. 9d.-Ditto, Thirds, Reg., 9s• d Ditto, Fifths, 51. 55.-Scottish Central, 23/.- Scottish Grnn.. Junction, 55.-Scottish Midland, 151. 10s.-Stirling and Dum. fetmline, 34-Stirling and Midland, 71.-W ishaw n C ?, t to ness, 441.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 12 3 /. --- „a (Orig. New. and Ber.), 261. Os. 6d.-Direct Bombay of Madras, Is. 9d.-East Indian, 1/. Os. 3d.-Great Nurtt,iel. India, Is. 3d.-Great Southern of Madras,l2.-M.adr as, lore, and Arcot, Is. 6d. GLASGOS.ars STOCK EXCR .—The y ANGE saIes OCTOBER are— 2 Caledonian , t h ero Ms.—Clydesdale Junction, 50 L i s 2 —Dundee and No;77dur Junction, 25s.—Dundee aed Perth, Quarters, 49x",_, 0 11, burgh and Glasgow, Halt Shares, 11% ex iv•—tx l ", : rt, to, Kilmarnock, anu Ayr (5 per cent. guar.), 104/.---mliar 401. Shares, 39/. —Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 7 1 / 2 —Glas ls 0 r ra,.../ bour Grand Junction, 3.. 6d.—Great Northern, 44itti, Manchester and Southampton, 7s. 6d.—North 1)1. ' Thirds, 29s.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 9s. 6d. • - - --= j-- - Thx OPPRESSIVE ADVERTISEMENT Dt 11. „ 1- :1 1 ; person may advertise in omnibuses, cover the wal ls placards, occupy the streets with vans, and, in fact, li we every means which his ingenuity can devis e for pupose of making known his wares, and pay u ° _, d „ u h tl iy ; but if he puts a line in a newspaper, already 0,3°"-If taxed, he immediately pays the Government 6 'hing a poor girl wants a situation -- a time when every furt oust is of vital importance to her, she pays the same 013,,te of duty as a nobleman would do for advertising a,nieAs4l of the value of 100,0001.; and this is justice! Times. REPRESENTATION OF SUNDERL from the Sunderland Times that t numerous and ill : fluential portion of the Liberal party in Sunde rlsna who supported Mr. Barclay at the late election WI, resolved to invite Mr. Macaulay to o ff er himself aS o candidate for the representation of the town, shoul d 1 " turn out that the affairs of Barcl a y Brothers and CO., of London, of which their pre sent Member is the p rim eipal partner, are so involved as t ha t t h e company 04. not be ultimately able to retrieve its affairs andresalen its position. BIRTHS. ntr abet On the 17th inst., at Dusseldorf, the lady of G. S. Esq., o the f a daughter. wife ° I On 19th inst., at Salcombe, South Devon, the Alexander Pixie, jun., Esq., of a son. ° f J• On the 20th inst., at Oak-hill, A ccr i ng t o n, the iv" - ° Hargreaves, Esq., of a daughter. On the 23d inst., Mrs. Anthony Crole, of a son. id, of On the 23d inst., the wife of Edmund Elsden Go ldsna Paris, of a son. M On the 24th inst., at the Grove, Stratford, Essex' F. Bowman, of a son. " t ore, On the 24th inst., at Chesh.tm-place, Belgra ve-p ‘ i Mrs. Acworth, of a son. Right On the 25th inst., at Curzon-sti:eet Chapel , th e Lord Welsingham, to the Hon. Emily Elizabe th Julia terd luason, eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. JO" "-- Itendlesham. On the 23d inst., at the parisle church o f St. iN chor W 1 Brighton, Mr. James Warrener, of Bishopsgat e-street out, to Miss Buck, of Bramham, _i ork3hire. DIED. e Drsi °l ' On the 27th of August last, at Digga Dinapor , . • o i 1 11 General George Cooper, connmait ding the Dinapore Doris of the Bengal army. On the 16th inst., at Edinburgh Castle, Edmunds VII,: .od ~ Ensign in her Majesty's 76th Regiment of Infantry , On the 20th inst., at St. Ford cottage, Elie, Fifeae, J Nairne, Esq., W.S. On the 21st inst., in Lower Pitillimore- place, Mrs. J. S. Rye, aged M. • bee!, On the ')lst. • - inst., at Filleigh -House, Chudleigh, Eliza the wife ot Major Milles. On the 23d iust., Mr. T. Swan, of Plaistow, Essex, Ag f e:,,,,,, 9 Woetnenthhaell2,Kensington, On the 23d inst., at Checer- face, Kennington, ".-- Esq., of Pool3le?'d,sqDi.no' rs o st f .e I the al r S et t , o oa c i k j. indEexsmBoPoh. Bournemouth. e J , o "in aged 60. On the 23d inst., (1 in —loutester-roai, Hyde-Park, , — ,r d 60. General Thomas Staunton St. Clair, C.B. and K. 11 . , , a 10 i - ,, - / nt On the 24th inst., at Shawford }louse, Malcolm, the s son of Major , General and Mrs. Frederick. Thomas Buck, ;cork: ------- -- London: Pri 'Awl snel Published by 3111B.P ,) Y OUS4:I ' - _ ..,0. 0,, of I Preci n. gt.!And, Printer, at 771, :44*, Office. No. I it. 4r quid, in the I s f o of the 04470 y, in the County of Middlesex, Wee:Wettish 184 Ti _ r-- J