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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 26. Tao 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 the 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 R THOMAS MMES. 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. NicHoLs 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. COWER, 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 he 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. 16, 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 Com 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., and 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 the 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 learned 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 kilderkin 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 much as 401. for beer so supplied. In answer to a question by the RECORDER, the wit ness said that it was certainly his duty to see that the era were properly executed, but he did not con sider that he ought to check the contents of each dray. He considered this ought to be done by the loading foreman, Thoma s Lawson ; and if he had performed his duty this occurrence could not have taken place. The RECORDER remarked that it appeared that the whole inconvenience might have been avoided if there had been a little mor e check upon the delivery of the goods, and a little more care taken to see the orders properly executed. Thomas Lewson, the loading foreman, the that he received from Mr. Marr, in writing for eq i z i a e ntity of casks of beer , a nd all that were required, Howe and Cockett , and he told Press to get his d ss ray Messrs loaded, and he g ave him the p a p er to get what was required. He came back soon afterwards, and said that he was loaded. The RECORDER asked him whether he did not go to see that that the dray was loaded according to the order ?—He replied that he did not. The RECORDER asked him of what use he supposed he was to his employers, when, instead of being a check to the men, he allowed them to be a check upon them selves, and load what they pleased ? The witness said he thought it was Mr. Marr's duty to do that. Mr. CremeresoN—And he says it is yours ; and so the result is, that he does nothing, and you help him. (A. laugh.) Mr. BODKIN having intimated, at this stage of the case, that he would not carry the evidence any further against the accessory, was w hether there Mr. CLARKSON put it to the Cou rt sufficient evidence to go to the jury as again, him ? The RECORDER as of opinion that there was not sufficient evidence to convict either of the accused parties. There was an entire absence of any proof as to the instrumentality by whi4 the oak got upon 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 of 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 I 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-house 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 I him to retire after a pretended search. 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 Prohert, 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. Oid. 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 on 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 from him when taking him into custody. Mr. JARDINE committed the prisoner for trial ; but accepted bail for his appearance—himself in 501., and two sureties in 251. each. William Humphreys, the young man lately in the employ of Mr. Ackermann, printseller, of the Strand, who stood charged with stealing a number of valu able prints, books, &c., was finally committed for trial. As we stated in our former report, 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 3,000/. The evidence given on the first occasion went to show that the prisoner bad 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 court, was sent for and brought in by Allison, by di rection of Mr. Broughton. The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next, and Mr. Hickman was ordered to enter into his own recognizance in 2001., and to find two sureties in 150/. each, for his being forthcoming on the day named; steps have also been taken to insure' the' appearance of the s i s t er o f the prisoner, alleged to be a rec e i ver o f a great deal of t h e sto l en property. It presents Hickman iek ra t o s n M s r a d litihcaktm he a n should was also stat e d th at t h e pr i soner h a d ma d e numer ous anoudldothhe qu ite pr others. A i to prove his enti re innocence with regard to any guilty knowledge respecting the property found at his chambers, as described b y the police. constable. WESTMINSTER. Yesterday James Chitty and William Anderson were charged with having, in connexion with Tho m Ensor, at present under remand, stolen a large quan tity of plate, jewellery, linen, apparel, from toe residence of Mr. Samuel Arehbutt, King's-road, Chelsea. Two other men, named fftLaren and Connor, who had been apprehended 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 burglariously breaking into the dwelling-house 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 1 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 1 succeeding that on which Mr. Archbutt left town Jane \Vest, 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 discovered that the house had been robbed, and Dignum 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. On the prisoners being placed in the dock yester. day, George Hunt, police-sergeant, V 4, stated, tha 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 INPLaren 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 prisoneis 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 1/. 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. WORSHIP-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 Wm. 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 trouoie, 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 pursued by two of the guards and taken into custody. Thomas Davidson, the stoker, stated that the train in question, which was the down train to Broxbourne, consisting of eight carriages, and containing about 200 passengers, had nearly reached the Lea-bridge station, at a speed of 20 miles an ,hour, when he ob served a number of 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 he 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 bad 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 s 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. When called upon for his defence, the prisoner said that he was sauntering along in the neighbourhood of the line, when he observed on . e or two stones lyi ng upon the rails, and that having thoughtlessly pi c k e d 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 wa s 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 serious 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 taker, 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 CIRCUMSTANCE.—We have heard the particulars of an extraordinary circumstance that happened lately in Glasgow, which may almost be de nominated a romance in real life. A person in business died lately who'e life was insured for 30,0001. Imme diately after his death this sum was laid claim to by no less than three families, consisting each of a wife and children ; and what is singular, the one family seems not to have been cognizant of the other. Which family is the legitimate one nobody can at present say, until further inquiry is made; but it seems that each marriage was celebrated by clergymen in this city, and the wives have been maintained in a respectable manner. It appears that he was in the habit of living for a fortnight 4te time i n eac h h ouse aueces.sively. It is reported that this person poisoned hinakeif, and that_ he had bueu en gaged in several forgeries. --Railway and Shipping Journal (Glasgow). FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. WHITEHALL, OCT. 23, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to order a conga 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 mom mend to the said Dean and Chapter the Rev. James Prince Lee, A.M., to be by them elected bishop of thf; said see. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 26. The Queen has beau graciously pleased to appoint Captain the Honourable Robert Gore, R.N., to be her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General 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 Mantel!, Esq., to be Chief J ustice, 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, 18-15, in company with her Majesty's ship Alert, will be paid to those entitled to share, or to their representatives, on the 4th of November next, at No. 3, Clifford's Inn ; and the shares not then claimed will be rtcallzd every Wednesday and Tharsday, for three months to come, agreeably to Act of Parliamf nt ; but the shares of such of the officers and crew who would have shared for the ships Merchant anu Sansone will be subject to a deduction fur expenses incurred by the detention of those vessels. Proportions due to each Class. s. d. s. d. Commander 99 8 oi Fourth-class ... 7 13 10 First-class Second-class ... 23 1 6 Sixth-class I Third-class W. and E. CHARD, Agents. B ANKRUPTS._ _ _ 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., Cleinent's Inn; Mardall, Shoreham. Richard Shakespeare, tailor, Banbury, Oxfordshire, Nov. 4, at one, and Dec. 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquaud, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers, London ; Sharp, Verulam- buildings, Gray's Inn. John Laxton, coal merchant, Rickmansworth, Hert fordshire, Nov. 6, at one, and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Tucker an'l 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, Alderznanbury ' • Wire and Child, St. Swithin's - lane. Charles Fletcher, watchmaker, Regent stri Nov. 3, and Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingball-street; Taylor and Collison, Great James street, Bedford-row. Anthony Carter, saddler, Romford, Es ex, Oct. 29, at half-past eleven, end 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, Basinghall street ; 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. Gaze- Dove, 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 ; Jel ons, Liverpool. Robert Davies Evans, draper, Wrexham, Denbigh. 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 Seholes, grocer, Bury, Lancashire, Nov. 9 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, 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 \Veatherall, 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, Bedford-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. Mary Warburton, hat manufacturer, Bury, Lan cashire, Nov. 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Whitehead, Bury. John Hooper, market gardener, Honiton, Devonshire, Nov. 4 and 30, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Laidman, Exeter; Clowes and Co., Temple, London. Arthur James, oil merchant, Newcastle upon-Tyne, Nov. 5, at half-post ten, and Dec. 17, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; B riding and Pope, Scott's-yard, Bush- lane, London ; Forster, Newcastle upon-Tyne. Thomas Ridehough and John Ridehough, worsted spinners, Mytholm Royd, Yorkshire, Nov. 9 and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Emmett and Co., Bloomsbury-square, London; Alexander and Harnmerton, 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, tit 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 assignee, Bir mingham ; Bolton, Dudley ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basingball-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. Brown, 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, Cornhill, neWsvenders, Nov. 19, at half•past one—T. 11. Pinr.3er, Southampton, Cheltenham, and Gloucester, tailor, Nov. 19, at half past eleven—C. Houghton, Dudley-grove, Paddington, ironmonger, Nov. 19, at twelve—l. Boyd and R. Harmer, Spital-square, silk manufacture rs, Nov. 17, at twelve —J. Coney, Hol derness- wharf, Harrow-road, mason, Nov. 16, at two— T. H. May, Little Britain, baker, Nov. 16, at one—W. Tydeman, Chelmsford, Essex, timber merchant, Nov. 19, at twelve—R. Hayday, Milk-street, Cheapside, silk warehouseman, Nov. 19, at eleven. In the Country. J. Came, jun., Falmouth, grocer, Nov. 18, at one, at the Court, Exeter—C. Burrows, East Stonehouse, and J. Gliddon, Plymouth, Devonshire, beer brewers, Nov. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—W. 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, Kingston upon- Hull, victualler, Nov. 17, at half-past ten, at the Court, Kingston•upon-Hull—T. M'Conkey and A. Howie, Larabe,g, 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 DIVIDENDS. R. Gaunt, Ingmanthorpe, Yorkshire, rape dust-mer chant, ss. Bd., on Thursday, Oct. 28, or any subsequent Thursday,. between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Leeds. G. Strawbridge, Bristol, mason, 2d., on Wednesday, Oct. 27, or any subsequent Wednesday, between twelve and two, at the office of Mr. Acraman, 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, Mansfiel I, Nottingham, wool dealer, 155., on Friday, n,v_ 19, or any sub.equfmt Friday', between eleven and two, at the ("thee of Mr. Fii:valitii:Shelligd.. J. Woodhead and J. Woodhead, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted stuff manufacturers, 6d., en Weduesatty, Nov. 17, or any subsequent Wednesdqv, between eleven and . os% at the office of Mr. Freeman, - Lecds. H. Johnson, Sheffield, merchant, 35., on Friday, Nov. 19, or any subsequent Friday, between eleven and two, at the office - of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. M. Norman, jun., Richmond, Yorkshire, cabinet maker, 3d., on Wednesday, N0v.17, or any subsequent Wednes day, between eleven and two, at the effiee of Mr. Free- man, Leeds. E. Cooban, Liverpool, brewer, Is. 6(1., 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, Liverpre 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. IL Panton, T. W. Panton, 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 und three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon- Ty ne. H. Panton and T. W. Panton, Sunderland, iron ma nufacturers, Qt., on any Saturday after Oct. 29, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. G. T. Rollasou, Birmingham, glass and china dealer, 2s. 9d.. on any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie. Birmingham. 11. 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. Oa, Manchester, wine and spirit merchant, Is. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, and every following Tuesday, be tween eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Putt, Man chester. P. Strawson, Louth, Lincolnshire, chemist and drug gist, 2s. 5d., on Tuesday, Oct. 26, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr, Stansfeld, Bull._ _ T. B. Young, Louth, Lincolnshire, chemist and drug gist, 103. 10d., en Tuesday, Oct. 29, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Star.sfeld, Hull. •,p L. Pearson, Newcastle. upon-Tyne, curr;er and leather dresser, 51d., on any Satu. day aft( r Oct. 29, between 'ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle. upon-T3ne. 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, Northflect, Kent, Portland cement manufacturers, Nov. 16, at eleven— W. IL Pitcher, Guildford-street, Russell-square, dealer, Nov 17, at eleven—a Simmonds, Gresham-room; Basing hall-street, law- stationer, Nov. 16, at eleven. In the Country. J. Jones, Birkenhead, 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 verpool—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-street, Dorset-square, horse-dealer —T. Stirliug, sen., and W. Stirling, Stratford, Essex, slaters—T. Bowles, Horsmonden, Kent, victualler—W. Wain, Manchester, pocketbook maker and stationer—H. Western, Manchester, musical instrument and music seller—T. Hill, Liverpool, ironmonger—T. Yates, Li verpool, joiner and builder—J. Fur: ter and W. Davy, Leeds, flax spinners—T. Ackling, Llangenech, Carmar• thenshire, dealer and chapman—W. Crump, Aberga venny, earthenware and glass and china dealer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Overton and F. Gell, Blenheim-terrace, St. John's wood, cow keepers—R. A. Hilton and J. Hilton, Not timf.hain, printers—W. H. Cowling and G. B. Dalby, York, share brokers—W. Haig, C. Womack, and J. W. Smith (as far as regardi J. W. Smith), Leeds, stock and share brokers—A. Laland and J. Boustead, New castle-upon-Tyne, commission agents—J. Taylor and E. Pate, Burnley, Lancashire, cabinet and chair makers —R. C. Foster, IV. C. Foster, and H. S. Westmacott, John-street, Bedford-row, solicitors—J. Ellison and J. Saunders, Liverpool, stone 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 11 Thompson, Halifax, corn millers—C. C. Scholefield, W. Scholefield, F. Clark, and J. Scholefield, Birmingham, nail manufacturer:.—R. Fitch and E. Fitch, Colville terrace, King's-road, Chelsea, chvesemongers—W. Spence, IV. R. Fairclough, 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. Crawshaw and S. Brown, Rochdale, cotton spinners—W. L-anbourn 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 Hallam, 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, Helston, Cornwall. Henry Kearton, Bath, beer retailer. Harriet Stapleton, Bath, schoolmistress. Charles Lowe, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, ironfounder. William Long, Chard, Somersetshire, baker and farmer. James Edge, Great Bolton, Lancashire, joiner. William Evans, Liverpool, upholsterer and cabinet- maker. Joseph Tow, Blackfordby, Leicestershire, hawker and beer-housekeeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Waddell, Cumbernauld, baker, grain dealer, and gas•manufacturer, to meet within Castlecary Inn, Cum bernauld, Nov. 1 and 22, at twelve. D. M'Farlane, Rysland, Rcnfrewshire, 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 adop ted 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 p rov i ng th e a dvantage of adopting the old class of 74's as screw propelled steam-guard ships. Her maximum s p ee d under steam alone averaged six knots in sm oo th wa t er . 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 fir 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 " half-a-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. IL Plumridge, once more made a start to-day, about 1 r•ri. 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.— Times. --- MANNA OF A NEW SPECIES. —A letter dated Metz, the 17th inst., published in the Journal des Debats, states, that during a storm which lasted for a part ef the preceding night, the village of Vaux was literally afflicted with t he second of the plagues of Egypt. The ground was covered with frogs, which entered the houses. The vine dressers who were employed at the winepress gave the 9hum, tv! , l 2tnple vvai Mad( ) by the ii habit of the vt .1, age, oc j La:A for 4 11 1 3 eAleaUeilitl . ary fact, 'Cut i,: suggested that the frogs might have been raised from an extensive marsh in the neighbourhood by a waterspout. 'I II Zl. THE LATE MURDERS AT BIR- I‘.l INGHAM. TUESDAY.—After the dispatch of the parcel, last eveniug, the following evidence was given : Henry Alfred Banks recalled—l have seen Ann Wilkes almost daily for the last four or five months past. I knew all about her circumstances, and they were very unfavourable. She was embarrassed in her circumstances, and had to pledge and sell her things. Her husband died six months ago, leaving her with four children; he was a silver plater, and all he pos- sessed died with him. I have reason to believe - she received a few pounds after his death, and she entered into a little huxtry business in Suffolk -street, and she also sold tripe, but lost money by the attempt, not having any sale for the article. In a short time she gave up that business, and opened a tea and coffee shop in Litchfield-street, which also failed. On one occasion, about ten weeks ago, when she was com plaining to me of her difficulties, I advised ber to apply to the parish for assistance, observing that I had no doubt they would give her is. 6(1. a week for each of her children. She replied she could not submit to apply to the parish for relief. I told her she was entitled to relief, because her husband paid poor-rates. She said she could not bear -up against it, for rather than come to actual want she would make away with herself and children. - Jane Green, mother of the unfortunate Ann Wilkes, was called into the room, and was very deeply and sensibly affected. She said—l am a widow, and reside in Newhall-street. On last Wed nesday week. I went to the workhouse alone, aed saw Mr. Bynner, assistant overseer. I told him that I had a daughter who was very ill, and I wished to get her children into the asylum. He told me it was of no use my stopping there, and gave me a card to take to Mr. Rutherford, the relieving officer, in Howard-place. On the following morning I went to the relieving officer, and handed Mr. Bynner's card, and also a letter from Mr. Rowley, of Newhall street, in whose employ I am. Mr. Rutherford said he would call and see my daughter, in Cheapside. I have been told that he called on the following Satur day. What he said then, of my own knowledge, I do not know ; but I have reason to believe that he did call on my daughter on the Saturday, but I did not see him. I only knew what passed by hearsay. My daughter did not receive any relief. She wanted to get her children into the asylum, in order that she might obtain a situation where she would only have to perform light work. 'Thomas Rutherford, relieving-officer, said my dis trict is called No. 3. An application was made at 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. Air. 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." 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 Wilkes, 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 one 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 fraction 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 general. 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 oppressed by the injudicious and obnoxious advertisement duty.—Sketficld T Ines. JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS.—At the com mencement of Michaelmas Term, on Tuesday next, the several courts of law and equity will be opened for the transaction of business, when the Learn ( d Jud g es will resume their labours. There is, it seem s, in the United Kingdom, 51 judges of the superior C o urts T — h 2 o 2 ju in dg E es ng o - f. land, 16 in Ireland, and 13 in Sc otland. inferior Courts, exclusive of thelaCnoduntthyeCsoaularrtijeusdogfesthe in England, number 312. In Eng amount to 229,081/ ; the judges of the Court of Chancery, number, l 22 judges of superior Cour t s five h in as 10 000 amount to 33,000 1 . Th e Lord any l t . e c h ery,. the Master of the Rolls, 7,000/.; C .ancellor of England, 6 000/. ; and the two Vice-Chancellors, 5,0001. The salaries of th e j ud g es of the Court of Queen's Bench are stated at 28,000/. The Lord Chief Justice has B,oooi, and the four Puisne judges 5,0001. each. The salaries are the same in the Court of Cumtnon Pleas, and also in the Court (if Exchequer, with the exception of the Chief Baron, who has 7,0001. The Judge of the Court of Admiralty has 4,0001.; 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. Bak TRUMAN, HANBURY, AND Co.—Yesterday Mr. held an inquest at the London Hospital, •on view . the er body of Jonathan Bacon, aged 25, a shipjoiner, menh who met with his death under the followir circum stances :—lt appeared from the g evidencec otriata about eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Monday fortnight, de ceased was taki ng a.v i ew o f t h e extens i ve m achinery and apparatu s o f th e prem i ses o f M essrs . Truman and Co., with his cousin, who is a clerk in the establishment, and who directed the deceased to be particular in follow. ing him. The deceased was in one of the storerooms, walking along a platform which surrounded a vat. lb stepped from there to the top of the vat, and was in the act of walking backwards, when his cousin exclaimed to him, that if he did not go forward he would fall. lie altnot,t immediately tumbled off, and fell a depth of 19 feet 6 inches on an iron girder, from which he was prowptly relieved by his cousin. .inszmitly con vi'vPd is .1() . .:(21 - i to the above in 9 tit u t ion, where he died 4,11 Sunday last, his spine liay.og Levii gust mortem examination, to be fractured in three places. Verdict—" Accidental death." DE FEN CE OF MIEROSLAWSK I, THE LEADER OF THE POLISH INSURGENTS IN POSEN. The following is a translation of some of the most remarkable passages in this speech, which is said to have produced so sensible an effect upon the judges of the accused, that the President decided upon adjourn ing the court until the ensuing day. Sentence of death was then passed upon Mieroslaw - ski: — " Oh, gentlemen, if it is conspiracy to denounce, as well publicly as privately, violence, spoliation , calumny, the pitiless persecution of the weak by the strong—if it is worthy of death or captivity to defend one's life and to labour for freedom—then it is not we alone, it is all Poland that is guilty of conspiracy. Bring, therefore, all Poland to this bar; bring hither all our saints and all our heroes ; bring all who groans all who curse the day of their birth, in that vest land of slavery which is called Poland; enlarge the bounds of this hall to the four corners of the world, for e‘ery where the bones of Pules who have died for the redemption of their country call aloud for vengeance. Your quest has plunged its net for moment into the immense, inexhaustible, and un fathomable stream of our agitation, to draw from it A t hazard 2GO grains of sand. But can you believe, gentlemen, that you have thus secured the secret radical cause of evil which troubles the waves, and keeps them tinged with blood. Be not surprised , gentlemen, if we repeat incessantly, if we repeat until our voices are silenced for ever, that we are punished not on account of our resistance, but on account of the flagrant, the irreparable injury which our country sustained almost a century ago. We repeat it, because you are desirous of forgetting it; because you willinv,ly avert your eyes, in order not to perceive that each convulsion that agitates Poland is but the necessary and involuntary re action attending the crimes committed against , her by the powers who affect astonishment ab her struggles. The most timid, the most inoffensive being, if you seek to trample it under foot, will turn upon you, will use its last remaining streng h to make you release it, by wounding that which crushes it : and do you believe that an entire nation, that giant buried alive in too narrow a tomb, will not seek to shake off the insufferable weight which crushes his breast ? Do the Titans sleep tranquilly under the mountain with which the jealousy of Jupiter bas overwhelmed their despair ? Is it a crime in those wretched outcasts, if the death-rattle of their eternal agony, piercing the crater of their sepulchre, some times troubles the banquet of the autocrat of the heavens ?" RAILWAY • SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Ocronurt 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are- Birkenhead, Lan' cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 5 1 A mingham. and Dudley, 3% p.-Bolton, Clitheroe, &c., ference, No. 1 (6 per cent.), %p.-Eastern Counties,_ l6 Ya -Great Northern, 5 1 4 dis.-Great Western, Fifths, 23 3 / 4 -- ' Ditto, 171. Shares, Ip.-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 2 1 / 4 Ditto, Fifths, p c.-Ditto, 32/. Shares, 4% dis.-Leeds and Thirsk (6 per cent. guar.), 1% dis.-London and North- Western, New Quarters, 6% p.-Ditto, Fifths, 10 p.-nit t f,' Quarters (A and B), 3 3 4 p.-Ditto, ditto (C)3 3 4 i . chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1 (g ns " Di d, tto 71 ,4 per cent. till 1853), p.-Ditto, Preference, 1 /0 p.- (Grimsby and Sheffield), Quarters, 565. 6d. dis. - M idlan 111 1 / 2 -Ditto 401. Shares, 42 1 4-Ditto (Consolidated Bir mingham and Derby), 83-Ditto, Quarters, 3 % dis.-Nort Staffordshire, par-North Union (A), 201 -Shrewsbury an Chester, New, par-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 5 1 4 dis.-Ditto, Preference (guar 8 per cent.), 1 3 / 4 „ 13 " -- , South-Eastern and Dover, 29-Ditto, No. '2, 5 3 4 C. 1 ; 1 . Ditto, No. 4,1% dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick ("' and B. Extensions, No. 2), 1 p.-Ditto, G. N. E. Porch., 1 P . -Northern of France, 3 4 p. MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 26. STOCK EXCHANGM-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lana; shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 1 4 dis.-East Lancashire, N" Qu rters, %-Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, a( 3 11.- --I)itt ___ ° ' Sixteenths, 6 1 4-Ditto, 32/. (late Extension), 4% d's' Ditto, West Riding Union, 2% dis.-London and No rth' \V tstern (Manchester and Birmingham), 52-Ditto Qua" ters (C), p -Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire' Preference, 1-16 dis.-Midland (Bristol and Gloucester) , . s -North Staffordshire, %-Shropshire Union, 2% South-Eastern and Dover, 27:% -Ditto, No. 4, 2 1 4 dis. LEEDS, OCTOBER 26. STOCK ExcHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, Extension, 5 dis.-Ditto, New, 5 dis.-Ditto, Quart 1 1 4 dis. -Great Northern, 5% n. dis.-Lancashir e an d Yorkshire (West Riding Union), n. dis.-Leeds 1111'• Thirsk, 16 1 4 n. dis.-Ditto, New, 13 re dis.-Le icest e and Bedford, ss. 6d. dis.-Malton and Driffield Junction, a r l dis.-North British, Thirds, 3s. 6d. dis.-Ditto, Qua r L. n e- ' 12s. 6d. n. dis.-Ditto, Extension, ss. dis.-North-Western, 11-16 n. dis.-Shropshire Union, 29 dia.-York , taffor castle, and Berwick, No. 2,12 s. 6d. p.-North S shire, 6 dis. HULL, Ocronsr. 26. not STOCK EXCHANGE.-The Ministerial plan of relief h ht as t inspired much confidence here. By many it is tho n g its effects will ultimately be injurious, as sanctioning A 11 1 3 % rate of discounts. One thing, however, is certain, Pe rs 4ar y has received a blow, and some change in themn, .„ 11 %." system must be the consequence. The sales are--"l''." e gate, Nottingham, and Boston, 165.-East Lincolnshire, dis.-Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 49-Mallon and Drif field Junction, 3% dis.-North British, Quarters , Il s. d la fd. North Staffordshire, ss. 6 d. dis. - No rth-Western. 87s. , dis.-South-Eastern and Dover , No. 4, 2!-4 dis.-Gre ay Northern, 51/2 dis. NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE, OCTOBER 26. STOCK ExcHANoE.-The sales are-North British, Thirds' % dis.-Ditto, Quarters, 1 dis. EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 25. STOCK EXCITANGE.-The sales are--Aberdeen, I ° , l ' -Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 7s. 6d.-Arbroath anti 261.-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. ' 6 • - d Caledonian, 31/. IN.-Ditto, New, 145.-Caledonia n Dumbartonshire, 11. 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, 511. side, 31. Bs.-Dunblane, Doane, and Callender, 11. 65.- -9 " -- dee and Arbroath, 341.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 26L -Ditt° tl New, No. 2, 341.-Ditto, New, No. 3,3/. 55.-Dundea 413, Northern Junction, 11. 55.-Dundee and Perth, 291. 10S. Ditto, New, Reg., 131. 10s.-Ditto Quarters, 21; 8 7; Eastern Counties, 15/. 155.-Ditto, York E x tension , r o i East of Fite, 4/. 55.-East Lothian Central, 11.-illin„. 3 bu arv. and Bathgate, 4/. 4e.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 961. -Ditto, Halves, 12/. 10s. ex div.-Edinburgh, Let 0 Granton, 151.-Ditto, Preference, 201.-Ditto, Neve, e' 0 31. 145.-Ditto, New, No. 1, IL 148.-Ditto, Reg., 2s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 151. 125. , 6c1 ; 4 0 , - -- m" Ditto,l New, Reg., lls. 6d.-Ditto, ditto (scrip); 6d. „ ii Newport, 51. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New, Reg., 105.-Edi nburg and Perth, 18s.-Ditto, Halves, 55.-Glasgow and shire, 981. 10s.-Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 103L--Pi tt° ' Ditto Ne v, Stock Halves 37 , 1. lbs.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 41. 17s. 6d.'" Carliala 71.-Glasgow an N cl o datnk 7i ck, G 3 l B a / s . g l °sw s: -D G um la i s r g i o es w ' minus, 101. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 16/. 10s.-Dit te ' Halves, 81.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 95.-Glasgow, K' d , 11 "cii, and Ardrossan, 31. 95.-Great North of Scotial l . ; 17s. 6d.-Morayshire, 11. 7s. 6d.-North British, 22L 5, Ditto, Halves, 101. IN.-Ditto Quarters, 3L 133- 1)3 :: and General Quarters New (scrip), 7s. 9d.-Ditto, Thirds, Reg., 1/. 9 3 ' d Ditto, Fifths, 51. 55.-Scottish Central, 231.- Scottish Gran_ D Junction, 5e.-Scottish Midland, 15/. 10s. -Stirling and Grain_ fermline, 3L-Stirling and Midland, 71.-Wisbaw and ,-, C ;to ness, 441.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 123/.--+'!„d (Orig. New. and Ber.), 26/. Os. 6d.-Direct Bombay f•- of Madras, ls. 9d.-East Indian, 1/. Os. 3d.-Great NOrt e l, India, Is. 3d.-Great Southern of Madras,ls.-Mad ras, lore, and Arcot, is. 6d. GLASGOW, OCTOBER 25. See', STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonia n, uer a 203.-Clydesdale Junction, 50 1 / 2 -Dundee and Nal l ' • Edna Junction, 255.-Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 495.--nyr, burgh and Glasgow, Half Shares, 11% ex div.-G 18 ' 91 1 . - tto, Kilmarnock, anti Ayr (5 per cent. guar.), 104/.--1;j0., 40/. Shares, 391. -Ditto, Halves, No. 2,7 1 A-Glas gow bour Grand Junction, 3.. 6d.-Great Northern , 475. Lb, Manchester and Southampton, 7s. 6d.-North Br Thirds, 295.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 9s. 6d. THE OPPRESSIVE ADVERTISEMENT Dri` .111 -., person may advertise in omnibuses, cover the wa ils - 0 1 0 0 placards, occupy the streets with vans, and, in feet, the every means which his ingenuity can devise for ty• pupose of making known his wares, and pay n ° _," ti bl; but if he puts a line in a newspaper, already " 41 if taxed, he immediately pays the Government Is. 6d. ._„. a poor girl wants a situation-a time when every farthuill is of vital importance to her, she pays the same amount of duty as a nobleman would do for advertising an L e . e ,i e d of the value of 100,000/.; and this is justice!--Sficu . 7 imes. lear n t. REPRESENTATION OP SUNDERLAND.- - W e from the Sunderland Times that the numerous and fluential portion of the Liberal party i n Sun have who supported Mr. Barclay at the late election _ resolved to invite Mr. Macaulay to offer h imself a" candidate for the re p rese ntation of the town, s houl l_ l : turn out that the affairs of Barclay Brothers and U°' of London, of which their pres ent Member is the prln cipal partner, are so involv ed as that the company DO " . not be, ultimately able to r etrieve its affairs and result"' its position. BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., at Dusseldorf, the lady of G.B. Folja oll* Esq., of a daughter. wife a On the 19th inst., at Salcombe, South Devon, the Alexander Pirie, jun., Esq., of a son. of I* On the 20th inst., at Oak-hill, Accrington, the ifi f Hargreaves, Esq., of a daughter. On the 23d inst., Mrs. Anthony Crole, of a eon. _ki t of On the 23d inst., the wife of Edmund Elsden Golds w ' Paris, of a son. biro. On the 24th inst., at the Grove, Stratford, Essex, F. Bowman, of a son. a u re, On the 24th inst., at Cheshani-pl ace , Belgrave 4cl Mrs. Acworth, of a son. _______------". MARED. On the 25th inst., at Curzon RI -street Chapel, the Right„,°,l: Lord Walsingliam, to the Hon. Emily Elizabet h Julia ilLe d lusson, eldest daughter of the late Bight H on. John I," Rendlesham. On the 23d inst., at the parisk church o f St. Nic".lls: it Brighton, Mr. James Warrener , of Bishopsg ate-street W out, to Miss Buck, of Bramham, Yoilcsl DID. Disjor i° On the 27th of August last , at Digga Dinapo re ' General George Cooper, commanding the DinaporeDiVis of the Bengal army. On the 16th inst., at Edinburgh Castle , Edmund Toil F Ensign in her Majesty's 76th Regiment of InfantrY, aged 11./ J . On the 20th inst., at St. Ford Cottage, Elie, aged, " Nairne, Esq., W.S. On the 21st inst., In Lower Phillimore- place, Kensington' Mrs. J. S. Rye, aged 84. the O ‘ n vi t t b e e c 2 i I: l t aj i o u r st i a l t es F . illeigh House, Chudleigh, Elizabeth, Essex , a ged 8 3 ' On the 23d inst., Mr. T. Swan , of Plaistow , On the 23d inst., at Chester-place , Kennington, Jai" Wetenhall, Esq., of the Stock -Exchange , aged 60. On the 23d inst., at Bournemouth, John Thomas Esq., of Poole, Dorsetshire, aged 58. v a jet , On the 23d inst., in Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, J.—, G o, General Thomas Staunton St. Clair, C.B. and K. 1 4 ., ag;:f a at, On the 24th inst., at Shawford House, Alalcohn, th e ~t C. „ t: -,! Frp-!Prick. : ~,,; by .1-L1.7 youxa, to . 1 4, 0 0 Ironer,The NO. 112. 6trand, jo 016 I 27, a the tsf4yoy, in We comity of Mlddle,le34 WailleDdah 154; .~ tha will b the 21 'flu SIIIT' OPE; Thl Thun a and Thy for L not le Yearl Ap Loi --__ litre Llv, Ma, 41 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER Q 7, 1847. T