The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

Naval and Ltelligence. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief will hold a levee at 1 o'clock on Tuesday next. Extensive preparations have beran made at Chat ham Dockyard for the launch of the large steam screw corvette Racoon, 22 guns, which will take place this afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock. The dockyard gates will be thrown open to the public at 12 o'clock, and, in order to accommodate the officials and others connected with the dockyard and garrison, a gallery has been erected near the bows of the vessel capable of containing a large number of spectators. The Racoon has been only about ten months building. Her extreme length is 229 feet 6 inches; and burden 1,462 tons. She has been constructed - under the direction of Mr. Laine, the master shipwright. The Princess Charlotte, 104, three-decker, was ordered to be commissioned yesterday at Ports mouth by Captain St. Vincent King, C. 8., for service on the China station. The Agamemnon, 91, screw, was taken under the shears at Portsmouth yesterday %and masted, and taken into dock again to be fitted for imme diate commission. The Sylph merchant steamer arrived at Ports mouth ou Thursday from the Channel Islands with 200 of the 72d Regiment, and sailed again the same evening for Guernsey, and will bring over the remainder of the regiment. The Assistance screw steam troopship was com missioned at Portsmouth on Thursday by Mr. D. J. T Louttid, Master, R.N., for Commander W. A. J. Heath, and the Adventure screw ste.rmship was commissioned at the same time by Mr. George H. Stabb, Master, R.N., for Commander E. Lacy. These ships are to be rigged as barks, which is far better for them and much handier for their crew. Vice-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, K.C. 8., re turned to Portsmouth ou Thursday evening, and reboisted his flag on board the Victory. The Sphinx, 6, paddle-wheel frigate, Commander A. P. E. Willmot, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning for the westward with a detachment of Royal Marines. She is ordered to be paid off at Portsmouth, and placed in the second division of the steam reserve, for which purpose she went into harbour yesterday. In consequence of the strong wind and sea no thing could be done toward weighing the Coast guard cutter Curlew (which ves,et was run down, as stated, by the steamvessel Baron Osy) except preparing the gear for raising her, which was being dune when the Lizard steartivessel left the African near the Curlew on Thursday evening. The screw gunboat Lively was taken into No. 4 dry dock yesterday at Sheerness for a general refit of her bJilers, engines, &c., and for repairing her hull. Lord Campbell —Let errors be assigned. The Crown joins instanter. Mr. Russell—He also prays oyer of the record of the inquisition against h;m. Lord Campbell —Let it b read. (This record was also taken as read.) Mr. Russell—He prays leave to assign errors in that record also. Lord Campbell—Let it be so. Mr. Russell—He also prays the court to assign him counsel to argue the point of law in his behalf. Lord Campb4i—Counsel will be assigned to him. Mr. Russell—The names of the counsel the pri soner wishes to have appear to that paper. (Hand ing a slip of paper to the court.) lam further in structed to move to have the case put down in the crown Riper. Lord Campbell—Let it beput down in that paper. Mr. Russell—The prisoner wishes to have the case argued on the 2d of May. Lord Campbell—Let it be argued on the 2d May. Mr. Russell—Will the court men!ion any time ? Lord Campb-11—At the sitting of the court. Let the prisoner in the meantime be committed to her Majesty's gaol of Newgate, and brought up again when the arguments take place on his writ of error. The prisoner was then removed in custody. The Admiralty have ordered that immediately the Vesuvius is ready to leave Sheerness she is to proceed to Devonport, where she will complete her crew of petty officers and able seamen. The Terrible is now in No. 1 dry dock, Sheer ness, fitting for the pendant. The cylinders of the Terrible are 72 inches diameter, and she has worked up to 2,200 horse power. We stated in error her cylinders were 74 inches, and that she had worked up to 2,000 horse power. The Emperor, new steam yacht, destined as a COURT OF EXCHEQUER. present from her Majesty to the Emperor ofJapan, (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster.--Before arrived at Sheerness on Thursday to have some Mr. Baron Watson and Common Juries.) alterations made in the officers' cabins and the RING v. WELBURN.—BREACH OF PROMISE OF mess bettfis of the crew, dec. She left yesterday at MARRIAGE. 3 p.m. for Portsmouth, where Lieutenant-Com- This was an action brought to recover damages mender John Ward (b) is expected to receive his for a breach of premise of marriage, and the de final orders previous to his departure for Japan. fendant pleaded that he did not promise as alleged. The Emperor bas a raised poop-deck the entire Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cleasby appeared for the length of the saloon, which gives seven feet deer plaintiff, and Mr. Chambers and Mr. Price were height from deck to beam. The saloon is entirely for the defendant. of maple wood ; all the fore part of the saloon is The learned counsel, in opening the case, said fitted with mirror panels, richly cut and the plaintiff, Miss Alicia King, was the daughter figured. On the floor is laid a richly painted of a Mr. John King, a surgeon at Ampleforte, in oiled canvas, over which is a magnificent Genoa Yorkshire, and the defendant was Mr. John E .B. velvet carpet. The curtains and coverings of Welburn, an undergraduate of Sr. Catherine Hall, the couches and chairs are of green satin, em- Cambridge, and the son of the curate if Nether broidered with gold. The tables are all covered Poppleton, in the same) county. In 1855 both the with green Genoa velvet ; the bed eabinearesuperlely families were on a visit to Scarborough, and the de fitted with similar furniture ; the bathroom is fitted fendant began to pay marked attentions to the plain completely in the Turkish style. The smoking chair tiff; he wrote a letter to her father asking his con for the Emperor is of unique manufac ure. In the sent to marry her, and represented himself to be in upper deck of the saloon is a magnificent and spa- a position to get married. The plaintiff's father, cious skylight, adapted to be opened all round when being very intimate with the defendant's family, necessary for extra vent lat ion. The following of- gav e hi s consen t t o th e marriage, which was fixed cers proceed with h er :—Lieut.-Commander John to take place in October last. For some reason the Ward, Mate John D'Arcy Irvine, Assist.-Sureeen wedding was to take place iu London, and at the re- David Courtney, and Second-Master John F. R. quest ,f the defendant the plaintiff's brother, who Aylen. She is fore and att rigged, with three lived in London, took lodgings for her in London, masts. Her engines alone, which are two 30-hors- until they were married. Toe plaintiff according) , power condensing engines, propel her from eight to went to town, but the defendant did not meet her, nine knots per hoer in a seaway. In smooth water and she wrote several letters to him, which he took it is calculated she will attain from 10 to 12 knots no notice of, but eventually wrote the following per hour. letter to her father : A very numerous meeting, composed of the clergy " and most influential inh a bit an t s o f W oo l w i ch and " Catharin e C o ll ege , C am b r i dge, Nov. 1, 1856. Plumstead Sir,—A g r ea t rumour h as b een afloat for some time , assembled yesterl a y even i ng in the that it was my intention to marry. I write to ask if you Town-hall, Woolwich, to devise and discuss the can tell tne who are the originators and promulgators of best means to assist the discharged artisans such a falsehood ? I keep constantly hearing from the and labourers in their desire to emigrate to Ca- neighbourhood of Arnpleforth about it—that though my nada. Lieut.-General Sir W. Codrington occupied father was unwilling I was going against his wishes. No. the chair, and read a letter which he had addressed Had such been the case I would never have done it ; to Lord Paumure, together with the reply, inform- nor much more when the scandalous report is nothing ing him that his department had not the means of more than a wilful falsehood.—l am, yours, complying with hi s reques t i n b e h alf of the men. "J. E. E. W ELBURN. " Sir William th en propose d the plan of raising sub- The plaintiff, upo n b ear i ng o f the defendent's scriptions f rom th e t own an d country at large with behevieur, bec ime alarmi ng ly ill, an d two me sioal the endeav our t o rea li se t h e i r project, and of men were in con s t an t a t ten lance upon her ; and the present action was brought for compensation urging the G overnment as a d uty to contribute tewards th e f un d. A num b er of gentlemen ad- for the h ear tl ess manner i u wh i ch she had been dressed the mee ti ng w i t h muc h energy on the sub- treated by the d e f en d an t. ject, and M r . C. H. Graham p ro p ose d an appea l to Miss Lucy Ki ng was th en cal l ed, and said her father, who w as a surgeon, res i ded at Arupleferth, the Prim e Mi n i s t er hi mse l f, urg i ng the justice of the men bein g t rea t e d w ith th e same liberality as inYorkshi re , w ith hi s f am il y. The defendant's father was a cleigyrnan and had b een f or a l ong time the the German L eg i on , w h o , w h en t h e i r services were curate at Ampl e f or th . S he knew the defendant, no longer requi re d, were prov id e d with homes and grants of laud. The Rev. Mr. Ackworth re- who was at college at Camb r id ge . Wh en h e was marked that as the p ress h a d g i ven pu b licity at home h e used frequently t o p ay v i s it s at their to their cause, they would speedily receive house, and used to pay attention to her sister abundant funds f or th e i r o bj ect, and if the Alicia. O n th e I s t of January he went to their o. country would on ly l en d t h em a couple of lrnise in the evening and gave her sister a diamond and pearl rin g . H e expressed a wish that .she ships the inh a bit an t s of 'Woolwich and Plurnstead would g ally furni s h th e s t ores. A num b er of rase- should wea r i t a t a party which they were going to lutions w ere su b sequen tl y agreed to, appointing a at his father's h ouse on th e 3d Janu.ry. At the committee, treasurer, an d secre t ar i es f or collecting same li me h e ma d e a proposal of marriage to her. the funds, headed by Major Gen. Sir F. Williams, He asked her if she would marry him in the follew commandant of Wo o l w i c h garrison. Mo s t o f th e ing May, but s h e sa id she should n o t b e prepared gentlem en p resen t entered their names for Si. each, until October, and it was put off until that time. to which was finally annexed the name of the chair- The defendant was very persevering in his atteu man for 25/. Applause and acclamation greeted tions to the plaintiff, and they frequently walked this announcement, and the meeting separated. out together. It was arranged that they should The screw steamship Doris, 32, recently launched be married in London, whe: e the plaintiff went to at Pembroke, was towed on Thursday by the Con- in October. She followed her sister in a few days. fiance and anothee steam-tug from Plymouth Sound She was to have been brill. smaid. Everything was into Hamoaze, preparatory to her going into Key- prepared except the wedding dress, and the &fen ham-yard to receive her engines. In consequence dant said he should buy that himself in London. of a merchant ship being at anchor in the Channel All their friends at Ampleforth knew the revs ..n the Doris grou n d e d f or a s h ort time on the Winter why the phintiff went to London. When she left Shoal in the So un d. she bid all her friends adieu. When witness got The steam-sloop Fury, 6, Cora. C. T. Leckie, to London she found her sister in a very bad state from Spithead, arr i ve d at Pl ymouth on Thursday.l through the abse nce an d s il ence of the defendant. I The plaintiff had wr it ten t wice to him, but had r e - The screw st eams hi p J am , s W att, 91, Capt. T. V. Anson, and the steam fii.eaee Eiiryalus, 51, ceived no answer. Witness also wrote a letter to Capt. G. Ramsay, were paid off at Devonport on the defendant, telling him how ill her sister was, Thursday. The Bos ea wen , 70, and entr ea ti ng hi m to come and see her, hut the flagehip, will b e paid I off on Tuesd a y nex t. I defendant t oo k no not i ce of that, letter. Th e p l an - In The Sun of th e 11th i ns t . i t was mentioned tiff was ill a very l ong t i me, and two medical men ; that Cl. W. T. Crawford, 13th battalion, was a p.. I attended her. pointed t o th e c hi e f command of the Royal Artil- I Cross-examined—The first proposal made by the defendant t o h er s i ster was on the Ist of January lery in Chi na . A correspondent requests us to stare ; that Lieut.-C o l one l W. C rawford is much junior to last, in h er f a th er ' s h ouse. Witness was present at Lieut.-Colonel Dunlop, and goes out, therefore, tee time. The ring was given at the same time. only as second in command. Lieut.-Col. R. Craw-I Her sister was 25 years old, and the defendant was ford, senior to Col. Dunlop, is at ihe Cape ef Good 22 at the present time. Sim asked the defendant ! how he was su p porte d at college, and he s ai d h e faction to his sup er i ors , th ere Hope. C o l. D un l op hav i ng given complete satis was of no expense to h i s father. The defendant's eati no idea th a t : le l should be supers e d e d i n th e command of t mother was a li ve at the pre ant time. Th e de he artd fenclant was th e e ld est son, but he had two brothers lery, alth oug h , o f course, on so large a body of troop s b e i ng ordered to China, it was necessary to arid two sist ers , one of whom was called Margaret, sennt . a general officer as Commander-in-Chief. who was 17 years old. Witness did not tell Mer ges et of the approaching marriage. Witness did not The non - commissioned officers belonging to the , Ist W i know that the whole thing was kept dark. She t , .ld non-commissioned India Regiment, stationed at the provi sional her own father. They went to York in August, and battelien, Chatham, having completed a I course of rifle instruction at the Schoolof Mils- l saw the defendant, and it was arranged that they Petry, Hythe, under Col. C. C. Hay have left that I should go up to town to bo married. Her sister garrison for th e did go to t 'ten in October. The lodgings in London purpose of embarking ' at S ) . tithamp ton to join the were taken at 26, Tatclibrook etreet, Pimlico. They h ead -quarters of their reiiment, to which they will act as instructors in musketry, it consiste lof two rooms, and were to have been the being the intention of the authorities tothe wedding apartments. The plaintiff remained in arm . whole of the troops of the West • London f t•and then returned or some ,me, India Regiments with the Enfield Rifle. father. The plaintiff had been a governess, but The following appointments for the last five or six years had kept her father's were made at the Admi ralty yesterday afternoon : e t . Commander—John W. Dorvill 0 the Princess Char- house Re examined—Her sister was dangerously ill for lotte. Lieutenants—John E. Doran Princes , John G. C. Evered, som 3 time. John Ki ng , th e p l a i nt i ff ' s father, said, he was a and H. C. Belson, to the Princ es Cha r l otte , Paymaster—George R. Deight on to the surgeon, at Ampl e f ert h , w h ere he had resided for Royal. princess 3U years. The defendant's f a th er bad ben curate Surgeons—David R. Morgan to the Aesistanc of that pl ace f or 2 3 years, and their families were Daniel Cart er to the Adventure. e ; intimate. In January, 1856, witness received a Clerk e -John L. Page to the Princess Charlotte, letter from the defendant, asking his consent to Assistant Paymast. ra —John S. Moore to the vi e _ marry his daughter, which he eventually gave. He tor t ' ; Frederick Penfold to the Princess Charlotte, was aware that they were attached to each other Aensiane Clerk—Ed sand 11. mute to the Princes, before th a t . Wi tnees saw the defendant's father Charlotte. in August, and he said he knew all about the affair. BAIBE.RS RETURNED TO TIIE .NEW PARLIA3IENT. Cross-examind—Witness had not always been prosperous. lie had lost all his money in a Dur ham colliery swindle. lie was insolvent in 1847, and had becom e so fur the purpose of clearing him self of those tran•aactitais. He could not have given his daughter any money at her marriage. Re-examin ed — Defendant's father was now per petual curate of N ether-Poppktun in Yorkshire, where he had a very nice house. Th' broth ,r said he had taken the lodg- ins in London a t t h e request of the defendant. ' (Front the London Gazette of last evenin9") CROW Gazette APRIL 21. Members returned to serve in the Parliament summoned to be hblcien at Westminster, the 30th April, Comity of Warwick, Northern Division—Charles -Esq.; Richard Sponger, Dq. Newdiga t e Nowdegate, Southern Division—Evelyn Philip Shirley, Esq. Edvard Bolton King, Earl. Mr. Digby Seymour appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Ogle were for the defendant. Evidence was called for the plaintiff to prove that the goods had been supplied to the company upon the order of Mr. Howell, the secretary, and it was also proved that Mr. Cruikshank was one of the directors. Mr. Sergeant Shee then addressed the jury for the defendant, and submitted that the mere fact of Mr. Cruikshauk having consented to become a di rector would not make him liable unless he gave authority to order the a'ods in question, and they would find from Mr. C7 - tukshank's evidence that he had not given any authority at all. Mr. Geo. Cruikshank was then called. He said —I am the defendant in this action, and have been for many years endeavouring to improve the condi tion of the working classes. Howell applied to me to become a co-trustee of the company with Sir J. Shelley, about June or July last. He told me that a number of benevolent g,eutlemen were desirous of establishing a life insurance company for the bene fit of the working classes. I consented to become a trustee with Sir J. Shelley. Howell told me after wards that Sir J. Shelly was to have been the chair man, and recommended me to take the office of chairman, as I was better known. I said I would see Sir J. Shelley, but be said he was out of town. After a good deal of solicitation I consented to act provi sionally. There was a list of directors with Sir J. Shelley's name attached to it. Mot of the names were fictitious, or had been used without any autho rity. The Bank of London was named as she bank where the funds of the company were kept. I ascer tained that neither Sir J. Shelley nor the Bank of London had- authorised their names to be used. The whole of the directors repudiated it. There were no directors, in fact. The only one was a man whom I afterwards found out was a journeyman bricklayer. (A laugh.) Mr. Ogle.--Oh, the journeyman bricklayer con sented to honour the company and become director. (Laugleer.) Mr. Cruikshank.--Yes ; I discovered the fraud and exposed it. I inquired of Mr. Howell how the expenses of the company were to be provided for, and he told me that Mr. Nicholl, the solicitor, was to provide for all the expenses of the company. I had not known Howell previous to his making this application to me. He was a perfect stranger to me. I attended two or three of the meetings. After the last meeting, in the early part of August, I went to Scotland, where I remained about three weeks. Before I left for Scotland I might have seen a prospectus of the company, but I never read it. (A. prospectus of the company was here handed to the witness.) I sea Mr. Howell is here described as the min-ger and as a director, but he was only the secretary. Ou one occasion I went to the office of the company by the invitation of Rowell, and I waited then an hour for the directors, but none came. I said, " There are no &rectors." Nicholl said there were sufficient to make a board, but I said I would not be a party to any such hole-and corner meeting as that. Mr. Nicholl said that it would all afterwards be brought before the public, and I said as that was so I did not mind, as I was always for everything being brought before the public. I never on any occasion gave Mr. Howell authority to order any goods for the company, nor did I know that any was ordered. I did not know that any order bad been given on account of the company. On my return from Scotland I said I should inquire int the legality of the company. I found that their plans were illegal, and the signa ture of Mr. Tidd Pratt to a paper which Mr. H ►well showed me was a forgery. I then told Mr. Howell that I would have nothing more to do with it, and I watched my opportunity and withdrew entirely from the company. Cross-examined—I cannot say that I saw the I copying machine supplied by the plaintiff at the office, nor that I did not. Ido not recollect seeing a date box there either. I cannot say whether there was one or nor. I was there only three or four times. I did not see any ledgers lying on the office counter, nor any books at all. I mean to say that I SAW no forms and policies in the office. There might have been some prospectuses lying about the office. Mr. Seymour—ln this book you see there is a confirmation of the minutes, and all that. Witness—Oh, yes ; there was all that humbug of course for a particular purpose. I did not order any prospectuses to be sent to me to Scotland, hut Mr. Howell said he would send me some down, though he never did. I told Howell I would use my influence in Glasgow, , Manchester, and Edin burgh, it he sent me some down, and he promised to do so. Re-examined —There were some other prospec tuses, and there are those in which my name is not mentioned at all as chairman. Mr. Sergeant Shee—l may state as a fact to your lordship that in one of those prospectuses I find the name of my learned friend on the other side—Mr. Digby Seymour. (Laughter.) Mr. Seymour—l never knew anything at , all about it until just now, my lord. The case was part heard yesterday, and his lord ship, upon taking hia se ),t upon tha bench this morning, suggrlted that some arrangement should he come to between the parties. There was no doubt that the plaintiff was a loser, and that Mr. Cruikshank had been made a dupe. Mr. Cruikshauk was willing to abide by any thing which his lordship might suggest. The learned counsel then withdrew from the court into the judge's private room, to endeavour to arrange the matter, and upoa their return into court, Mr: Seymour said hii client had agreed to terms. The verdict would, therefore, be entered for the plaintiff, subject to the terms agreed upon. Mr. Ogle concurred with that. His Lordship said he was very glad that the par ties had come to tertns. Mr. Cruikshank had been a great ben.factor to the public and to the working classes, and he had read with great pleasu-e many of his works. The verdict was then ent -red for the plaintiff, subject to the terms agreed upon between the par ties, which our reporter was informed were that the plain iff was io receive 251. The °lily two other cases having been disposed of the Court rose at about a quarter to 11. o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 24. MANSION -HOUSE.-11. Collins G. Picker ing, G. Bryce, F. J. Maybery, 0. d'eartily, and G. Reynolds wera further ezanti ned before the Lord Mayor and Mr. Ald. Wire upon the charge of hav ing been concerned in steali ng the contents of 15 boxs, n consisting of booty, and shoes, which had en cosigned by Mr. T,, Isenburg, merchant of Leadenhall-stre e t, to a farm at Melbourne. Mr. Lewis asked for The Lord Mayor a further remin d . M'Carthy, and Rey .ed upon thei r en t er i ng i nto t n i o ie l i d r s r w ec i o ll ga b it e a l n ib ee e s rat in 504 each to attend at the next examinotion Ddb at Pickering, Bryce, and May bery must each fi a surety in 501. in addition to enterino• into theist own recognisances to the same amount. Tae prisonera , were liberated, w ith t h e exception of Pickering, w tio was unable to procure bail. Richard Stei 1, a shoemaker, who had been re manded, but admitted to bail, upon the charge of having receir ed some boots stolen from Messrs. Moses, appeared in the place allotted to the de fendants. Tue charge against the dtfendint rested entirely upon the, itucorrobaated evidence of Desmond LAW INT. •April 24 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Bauci).—Before Lord Campbell and Justice Erie and Crompton.) THE CONVICT MANSELL V. THE QUEEN IN ERROR.. On Wednesday last the Court in thiscase granted a writ of habeas corpus directed to the Keeper of Maidstone gaol, to bring up the body of Thomas Mansell, now under sentence of death for the mur der of lane corporal Burney, of the 49th regiment, in order that he mightpersonallyassignerrors upon the judgment upon which he had be.-n convicted. The prisoner, it will be remembered, was tried be fore Mr. Baron Bramwell, at Maidstone, in Dec. last, when certain objections were raised by his counsel as to the manner in which some of the jury ha I been challenged on the part of the Crown ; and the Attorney-General having, in virtue of the power vested in him, issued his fiat for a writ of error, the Howe Secretary had r e sp i t e d t he execu tiiin first, to the sth of Feb., an d t h en t ill t h e s t h of May, for the purpose of enabling the points of law raised in the ca se to be argued before this court. The prisoner was accordingly brought up this morning iu the custody of one of the officials con nected with the gaol at Maids one, and placed in the first row behind the bar, which was teen neatly filled with ban ist-e s. He is a man of ra her short stature and thin franie, with a large beard of dark brown hair, and strongly marked features, yet mild aspect, and appeared to be about 30 years of age. He was neatly attired in his own private clothes, and seemed to be in good health, and little discon certed at the position he occupied. As the proceedings were of a somewhat novel character, we give them in the exact form in which they took place. rfr. F. Russell, the counsel who defended the prisoner at his trial, said—My Lfrdß, the plaintiff in error, Thos. Mansell, prays oyer of the record of the indictment, and the proceedings against him. Lord Campbell—Let it be read. It was agreed chat the record shobld be taken as recd. Mr. Russell—lle also prays leave to assign errors •n that record. rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 185 7. He had known of the engagement between him and i who upon a former occasion said he bad sold him his sister. ' some of Messrs. Moses's property. A medical man, who attended the plaintiff duel Mr. Lewis said he did not intend to offer any fur ing her illness, said that she was suffering from an ther evidence against the defendant. attack of dysentery, which would be caused by the The Lord Mayor—Then he will be discharged. atmosphere being in a lead state. Steel—My L ad, I complain of the course that This was the plainsiff's case. has been adopted towards me by the prosecutors. Mr. M. Chambers then addressed the jury for I was given into custody without the slightest the defendant, but called no witnesses. He admit! ground existing for any charge against me. I ted that the plaintiff was entitled to the verdict, know nothing whatever of the boots belonging to but submitted that merly nominal damages would Messrs. Moses. I have always borne a good cha be sufficient to meet the justice of the case. The rawer, and have been in the habit of working for defendant at the time the promise was made was fir,t-rate shops. This harsh proceeding has totally only 21 years of age, and was sent to college by his ruined my character, and it has nearly killed my father. During the vacations he fell in love with wife, who had been confined but a few days before the plaintiff, as foolish youths would do—who %vas I was taken into custody. much older than be was He was induced to make The Lord Mayor—l am very sorry to hear this the propoEial, but great care was taken by the plain- statement, but it is totally out of my power to in tiffs family that the defendant's father was not in- terfere in the matter. formed of it, which was exceedingly improper on The defendant - hen left the court. their part, and ought to be considered by the jury M r Lewis—My Lots', the officer, Thos, Hayton, in giving the plaintiff d amages. As to the defend- who has had the conduct of theseceses requests me ant's pesitiou, whichever way the verdict went he to say that there is not the most remote foundation weuld be ruined, as he had nothing at all. He sub- f or t h e c h arges which the prisoner M'Carthy mitted that the d amages should b very small in- brought against hi m at a f ormer exam inaiion. He I deed. feels that the observati ons w hi c h were then made His lordship summed up, and left it to the jury have done him a great deal of injury, and be isl amour , say what a moun of damages th e pl a i n tiff was anxious upon oath to contradict these stae ments. entitle! to for the breach of promise by the de- The Lerd Mayor—Officers should not pay atten fendant. tion to what prisoners say. If th The jury f oun d a v e r di c t for the plaintiff— have their time pretty,r fully occupied.ey do they will Damages, 1501. Hayten—My Lord, I can't go into the s , reet but what the people call after me ; they also annoy my wife, and GAL after my cLildren "Your father's a thief." COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. :Sittings at Nisi Prius. at Guildhall, before Mr, Justice Williams and a Common Jury.) COCKSHAW V. CRIIIKSHANK. The Lord Mayor—You as a policeman are sub ject to all these things, but you need not pay at tention to them. Thieves will say anything of an officer. - - The plaintiff in this case is a stationer and printer in Horseshoe-court, Ludgate-hill, and he brought his action against Mr. Cruikshank, the artist, to recover 501. 9s. 6d., the price of goods supplied to a life and fire insurance company for the working classes, in which Mr. Cruikshank was formerly a director. expenses, and rey reason in calling on Lady M. Ross waR in hopes of finding Mr. James Wt.atman, M P., of Vin ter's, in tows. I was desired to cad at. 6 Carlt.n•gar den4, and tta , th-re inf , r:nel that Mrs W. , atoian had just lAt. for 60, P -o'ace I aqi defieiebt of 1/. ant if you col%de.:cend to I,nd tot tha: amount I will pay it to Mr. Whattuan, or return the same accord ing to order. _ " I am your humble servant, " Mrs. Whatman. JOHN G. FAWCETT, Jun. "I am compelled to leave town to-nigbt." The above letter was delivered personally by French to Mrs. Whitman at her brother's house, when he represented that he was the son of the superinten dent of police at Boxley, who was a tenant of Mr. Whstman's, and the lady gave him 1/. 10s. Mr. Whatman proved that he had no tenant of the mine of Fawcett now, and that French was not the son of the superintendent of police, who was his f enaut formerly. From the London Gazette of Last Night. BOARD OF TRADE WHITEFIALL, APRIL 20. The Ri4ht Honourable the Lor :s of the Cotutnitt-e of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Afars, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Minister at St. Peters ' burgh, incleßing copy of a notice which appeared in the Journal do Saint Petersbourg, of the Ist of April, and of which the following is a translation : Vessels arriving in Russian Baltic ports will no longer be required to produce acquitt knees of Sound duties or certificates of Danish quarantine previously to being allowed to enter. Masters of vessels will be acquainted by notices, that henceforth they will be required to furnish themselves in the ports of lading with certificates, attesting the sanitary state of the country froth which they ' come, which certi ficates must he attested by the Russian Consular Agent ; or to procure certificates of quarantine in the English, French, Dutch, or Norwegian ports which they may have put into, these certificates being a'so required to be legally attested by a Russian Consular Agent. WAR OFFICE, APRIL 24. 25th Regiment of Foot Ensign Frederick Stephen Terry to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice H. Priest ley, promote:. 2d West, India Regiment—The exchange between Ma jors Lewes and Miller, which was published in the Gccette of the 17th inst, bears date 17th April, 1857, and not 17th April, 1855. as previously stated. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Leicester hire Mil , tia—The Moat Noble Charles Cecil John, Duke of Rutland, to be Honorary Colonel. Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery —C ipt. Joh❑ Ramsay L'Atny to be Major; First Lieut. William Taylor Blair Lurie to be Captain, vice L'Amy, promoted ; Second Lieut. Alex. Leighton to be First Lieu tenant, vice Cruickshank, deceased ; Second Lieut. Allan John Colqulioun to be First Lieutenant, vice Imrie, pro moted. WHITEHALL, APRIL 18. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Mott., of No. 16, Thornhill-square, Islington, Gentleman, to be a London Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. WO RSHIP-STR E ET. —AN EXTENSIVE BET TING ESTABLISHMENT.—Peter James Knott, the proprietor of a beer-shop in High-street, Shore ditch, James Hazeltine, Edward Jetty's, Henry Newman, William Morgan, Fre ler ick Leck, Frank. Love, Michael Cox, Thomas Winworth, ant Wil liam B rnett, were brought up on a warrant, io which the first-named prisoner was charged wi h keeping a commr,n betting-office, and the nine others with having been found therein without lawful excuse. Mr. Superintendent Martin, of 'the G division, having produced the usual authority from the commissioners of police, to justify the entry and capture of the defendants, Henry Bennison, a respectable- looking elderly man, was examined, and stated that on Thursday, the 16th instant, he called at the house if the de fendant Knott, in which he found from 15 to 20 persons standing iu front of a small box at the end of the bar, and engaged in betti ng u p on h orses w i t h a man who was seate inside. The man in the bee, who was familiarly addressed as "Jemmy," was answering questions respecting the odds against different race horses, the names of which were in serted in a small black book. About 16 heis were made on that occasion by the parties, each of whom depositel half-a-crown wit i "Jemmy," who citered the stakes in his book. Witness subse quently attended at the house, but in answer to an inquiry as to the odds against "Sydney" in the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes, he was informed ihat no bets would be taken that day. Police-c nstable G5l stated that on the precious morning he proceeded in plain clothes to the defen dant's house, when he found the man "Jemmy" behind a desk surrounded with curtains, and in the act of taking bets from persons who were constantly thronging in. Bets of 40 to 1 were laid against Sydney and Highflyer for the Chester Cup, and Jemmy himself offered 40 to 1 against another horse, whose name he had. forgotten. All the bets were entered by Jemmy, who received no fewer than 32 half-crowns during the short space of two hours. The defendant Knott was present during the whole of the time, but he took no active part in the proc edings. Superintendent Martin stated that h visited the place that morning, and on in timating to Knott, who was serving behind the bar that he intended to apprehend him for suffering bet ing on the premises, he denied that his house was ussd for such purposes. There was no betting going on at that rime, but on searching a desk at the eed of the bar, the key of which was reluctantly handed to him by Knott, he found therein the several racing lists and betting cards now produced. The prisoner Knott was then taken into custody, together with the rest of the defend ants, who were smoking and drinking in the baga telle-room ; but he had no evidence to prove that either of the latter were betting characters. After some observations from Mr. Beard, who appeared on behalf of the defendants—Mr. D'Eyneourt said that the case had been so fully established against Knott that he should require him to enter into his own recognisances in 2001. and to procure two re spectable sureties in 1001. each, for his future ap pearanet3 ; but as there was no evidence to affect either of the others, he should order their discharge. Andrew Andrews, a tall well-dressed man, described as a watchmaker, was charged before Mr. Harnmill with the following wanton outrage. A respectable-looking married woman, named Catharine Gilling, the wife of a harpstring maker in Butler-street, Bethnal-gseen, stated,—l was returning home last night, in company of a female friend in the same line of businsss, and conversing with her, when the prisoner, who is a total stranger to me, came up, and placing himself directly bsfore me, grasped hold of me in a most indecent arid in sulting manner. I said som , -tiling to him in re proof, which I do not recollect, and he immediately turned round, and, raising his umbrella, strteek me so violently in the face with it hat the blood fol lowed the blow profusely, and the front of my 11 , -ess was completely soaked . with it. He instantly walked away, but I called "Police I" and, a con stable happening to come up and stop him, I gave him into custody. He pretended that it was an accident, but it was not, find I can swear that both acts were intentional. [The complainant here drew notice to the sta e of her face, her right eye being contused and her nose cut at the bridge.] Mary Fitzgerald, the friend referred to, said— The complainant made no observation to the pri soner till he seized hold of her in the way she has described ; she then called him a nasty fellow, or something to that effect, and he immediately struck her in the face with the umbrella. Both acts were certainly done on purpose. Card, 132 11.—I heard the cry of "Police !" and on getting to the spot found the complainant. co vered with blood. She pointed out the prisoner, who was cooly walking away down a dark street, but, on hearing me mining after him, stopped and asked what was the matter. Complainant fol lowed and charged him with grossly insulting and assaulting her, and he said it was nothing but an accithnt. Prisoner.—And so it was. I happened to touch this go pd lady as I passed her, and she abused me ; I turned round to apologise, and my umbrella, which was over my shoulder, struck her in the face. Mr. Hainmill.—l am continually endeavournw, by inflicting the full amount of punishment the Act enables me, to put a stop to these abominable assaults, but, I regret much to say, only ineffec tually. This is a very bad else, and I shall send you to the House of Correction for six months, with hard labour. The prisoner listened to the sentence in astonish ment. DIALECTS OF BIRDS.—I believe there is a dialect in the song of birds. The song, fur example, of a thrush near London, or in any of the home counties,, has little re semblance, except in tone and specific character, to that of the same bird in Devonshire, or near Exeter. The Bathe notes, I suppose, will all of them be detected ; but they are arranged, for the most part, in a diffe rent tune, and are not sung in the same way. Tney are given wtih different values, and the singirw is pitched in a different key. ()tie great distinction be tween the two cases is the number of guttural notes of which tit() song of a Devonshire thrush is often made up, but which, near London, are heard only at the end of a bar, or even much hoe= frequently ; while those chief notes which mainly constitutl the song of the other bird and make it impressive, are rarely pronounced by the Devonshire thrush.—Jesse's Country Life. 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Muir, Malta, The frauds having been distinctly proved agasns; the accused they we e committed fur three mont.s to hardlab. air in the House of Correction, and would have been committed as incorrigible rogues to the sessions, but for the very advanced age and in firmities of Mrs. Dolley, which rendered her atten danc, there a matter of uncertainty. William Norris was finally examined, charged wigs a most murderous assault upon Mary Anne Maloney with a hitchet. Prisoner bad been several times remanded owing to the object of his violence being in too precarious a state to leave the hospital. The injured woman and the accused had lived together for the last three m 'nths, and had a quarrel on the evening of the 28th ult., when he followed her ups airs, and taking the hat'het from the land ing made a murderous attack upon her, at the same time declaring "he would lean her to follow him." She was taken to the hospital in an insensible state, and the prisoner captured in the course of tie night, when he said "it was a bad job, and he must get out of it the best way he could." Mr. J. H. Hooper, house surgeon at St. George's Hospital, s tid the wowan was brought there on the night of the 28te ult., suffering from three scalp wounds, one on the forehead, one on the tip, and the other ou the back of the head. The one on the front had a piece of the bone chipped out, and the bone was exposed in the wound on the back. They were very serious wounds, and must have been inflicted by three di-tinct blows. The unfor tunate woman was in danger for three weeks, and was still an inmate of the hospital. Prisoner, who made no defence, was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. MAR LBOROUGH-STREET.—Captain Joseph Erlam, holding a cernmiesion in the Militia, and residing at No. 54, Queen's -road, Btyswater, was charged with the abduction of Rose Goodman, a girl under 16 years of age. Mr. Morgan was for the defendant ; Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, for the complainant. The charge was laid under the 9th of George IV., cap. 31, sec. 22, which provides—" Be is enacted that if any person shall unlawfully take or cause to be taken any unmarried girl being under the age of 16 years out of the po-session and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other person having thet awful care or charge of tier, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to suffer such punishment by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award." Mr. Lewis stated the case, from which it appear ed that the prisoner formed an acquaintarixe with the girl, then living with her parents in London, and that be induced her to leave England under promise of making her his wife, although he was a married man ; that, after remattiing on the Conti nent, for several weeks, he left the girl at an hotel in Mayenee ; that the girl wrote home to her parents, and the father telegraphed back to the land lord to have his daughter detaine I ; and that the prisoner returned to the h , tel, paid ihe bill, took the girl away to Ostend, and there gave her up to her father, who threatened to give the prisoner into custodyfor abduction the first time he saw him iuEngland. The prisoner was seen in London the previous evening, 'and was given into custody. Rose Goodman, daughter of the well-known sporting character known as " Goody Levy,' a well grown, at ra,ctive Jewish girl, was then put into the witness box and sworn. She sail—l am living with my fatter at 31, Oxendou-street, Hay mirket. I was 16 years of a., , e l ist October. In Vas month of July last I was residing in the New road, Hammersmith. My mother was then alive, and my cousin was staying with me. I was out walking ono day when I male the acquaintance of the prisoner, who gave 1113 his card, which I showed to my father, and he tore it up and was angry. The prisoner was then lodging near the barracks. In consequence of , omething that transpired I was removed to Brighton, and my mother accompanied me, but as she was very unwell, she was unable to walk out with me. I saw the prisoner at Brighton and I walked out with him several times without the knowledge of my mother. Before I left Brighton t e prisoner asked me to marry him. Ho did not say whether he was single or married, but he said his mother was a very religious woman, and that he could not marry me in England, for if he married without his mother's consent he should lose several hundreds a-year. He asked me my age, and I told him I was not then 16. I sold him I would not leave England without being first mar ried. I returned to London in August last, and went to reside at 31, Oxendon-street, with my parents. After I returned to London I met the defendant on two or three occasions, and the end of the interview was that I agreed to leave home with him. I left my home on the 23d of August without the knowledge of my parents. To induce me to leave myhome the defendant said he was sure his mother would give her consent when she knew wo were married. On the afternoon of the 23d we went by railway, and afterwards cros'ed over to France. I met the defendant at the bottom of the Haymarket, according to previous appidettnent. I took nothing with me but the clothes I had on. I I lett all my other clothes and my watch and chain at home. I remained with the defendant about six or seven weeks. I wrote several letters to the de fendant before we left England. Cross-examined by Mr. Morgan. —Had cones ponned with the defendant previous to his making proposals of marriage. Was not aware that de fendant was a married man. If I had known he was married I would not have kept up the ac quaintance. I went away with him willingly. Mr. Morgan contended that there was no evi dence against the def en d an t . T he complainant left her father's house voluntarily, and in the case of "the Queen v. Edward," where a servant-girl had been induced to elope from service, Baron Parke held that such a case did nut constitute a &large of abduction. Mr. Morgan hero read the case at length. Mr. Lewis contended that the case in question did not bear on that before the Court. The case quoted was that of a servant-maid not in the custody of her parents, and in which no fraudulent statements were made. The present ca-e was that of a girl under 16, who was at home with her parents and to whom a false statement was made to induce her to leave her father's protection. The prisoner was waiting for this girl, and he took her abroad with h• m. The act in question—the 9th Geo. IV. —contemplated a constructive as well as a physical taking away. It was meant to apply to Vie case of girls under 16 on whom, undue influence was exer cised without the knowledge of their parents. Mr. Binehain—You contend that this is a con structive taking away ? Mr. Lewis—That is my argument . . Mr. Morgan said his view of the act was, that there must be a physical taking away, and in that opinion he was confirmed by the dictum of the learned Baron Mr. Bingham—That the child was taken out of the house arm in arm, or as•isted out of the win dow—that is the physical taking you mean, I pre tume ? Mr. Morgan—There must be a physical taking ; there was no taking here according to the Act. The girl accompanied the defendant voluntarily. The mere decoying or enticing away would not ein stitute a case under the 20t'i section. Mr. Bingham—l t.h nk there is a sufficient dis tinction between this case and that of " the Queen v. Edwards" to induce me to say th-at the charge must be settled by a higher tribunal, but I have so much doubt about the 'natter that I shall admit the defendant to bail ; I must have two sureties of 2501. and the defendant's recognisances in 500/., to appear next Th urs d ay. The defendant was reported to haze been in the W ESTMINSTER.—Thos. Kelsall, alias Kruse alias Sh e pp ar d , an d W i lliam French, alias Johison , two well-known impostors, were brought up for re examination, charged with impudent frauds. Ttie prisoners owed their apprehension to an im posture practised upon Mrs. Doiley, au aged lady, at Chelsea. In October last Kelsall went to her house, and representing himself as the son of Mr. Kruse, coal merchant, stated that a man in their employment having met with a terrible accident a subscription was being raised to maintain his family and get him out of town, by which it was hoped that bii health would be perfectly restored. Mrs. Dolley gave 55., and Kelsall went away. A few days ago he again visited the old lady, and i .tro- ' clueing French as the man for whom h , . had previ ously enlist her sympathies, said that his mother in assisting hira had parted with her last half-penny and bad had a distress put in upon her goods, which would be sold unless she could raise V. Mrs. Dolley referred the mater to her son, who, having made inquiries into the prisoner's story, gave the prisoners into custAly, when they were remanded. There was now a fresh case exhibited against the prisoner French, f , obtaining money from Mrs. James Whatma n , w if e o f t h e mem b er of Parlia ment, The fraud was committed by means of the following letter " London, April 9. " Honoured Madam,—l left home this morning (Box ley) for the purpose of obtaing admission for a poor orphan girl, namsd Hickmall, into the asylum for Indi gent Blind in St. John's-wood, and I find that in con-m -quence of the child be'ng able to discern the smallest degree of light 84e is rejected at that institution, and recommended by letters to the asylum in Bristol, where she will be admitted for five years at the rate of 2s. per week, one year's money payable in advance. I have not sufficient means in my puree to defray the unexpected Department of the Accountant• General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 23, 1857. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the dis tribution of proceeds arising from the slave brig, Name Unknown, captured on the 19th June. 1855, by her Ma j.>sty's ship Ferret, will commence on Thursday, 14th May, 1837, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset house." Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above•named ship, are re quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Busi ness, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in each class ; Commander £174 10 4 Seventh class ... £l3 17 1 I Third class Fourth class Fifth class I Sixth class BANKRUPTS. Thomas Game, corn dealer, Coldwaltham, Sussex, to surrender, May 5 at two, and June 3 at one, at th e Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Murrough, New-ion, Strand. Joeph Hardy, miller, Nottingham, May 5 and 2;, at half-past ten, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham. Harris, offi cial assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley and Ashwell, Notting ham. Thomas Bennett, iron manufacturer, Oldbury, Worces tershire, May 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham. Thomas Henry Griffith. coal dealer, Lowesmoor, Wor cestershire, May 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, Birmingham. Henry Chas. Caldwell, scrivener, Kensington-park Gar dens, Notting-hill. May 7 and June 5, at half-past eleven, at the Ciiirt of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. ElizAbeth Clarke, potter, Newport, May 5 and June 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, offi cial assignee, Bristol; Champ, Newport; Bevan and Girlinz, Bristol. Clv.iles Hurry Riches, carrier, Cardiff, May 5 and June 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Walton, Cardiff; Bevau and Girling, Bristol. Patrick Dennison, grocer, Bradford, May 11, at half: past twelve, and June 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Livett, Manches ter ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. Robert Carter Ouston, spirit merchant, Kin g ston-upon- Hull, May 6 and June 10, at twelve, at the Leeds Dis trict Court of Bankruptcy. Carrick, offici a l „ s i, nee Hull ; England and Saxelbye, Hull. Samuel Hunter and Nicholas Hunter, anchor manufac turers, Hartlepool, May b and June 10, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Cou t. Baker, official assignee Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Wat son , Newcastle upon-Tine ; Harwood, Clement's-lane, Lombard-st ree t. Edmund Stephenson, iron and brass founder, Daven'ry, Northamptonshire, May 6, at two, and Juna 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Linklater and Hackwood, Sise-lane, City. William Petrie Waugh, brick and tile maker, Branksea Island, Studland Thirsetshire, May 7, and June 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street-buildings ; Linklater and Hackwood, Sise-lane. William Nash, licensed victuall e r ' , li St. Jn-street, Smithfield-bars, M a y 6, at e l ev en, an d June 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol so n, official assignee, Bas inghall-street ; Heath, Artillery-place, West, Finsbury. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Bruce, merchant, Dunfermline. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. C. R. Bell, Upper Stamford-street, alackfriars, accoun tant--J. Allen, Rugby-yard, Brunswick square, stable man —H. Mills, Merton, Surrey, blacksmith--F. Taylor, ♦lpha-place, Blackfriars-road, journeyma❑ carpenter—G. Humfress, Ponsonby-terrace, Westminster, musician—J. Fretz, Grafton-road, Kentish-town, baker—J. Hall Staf ford-street, Marylebone, journeyman plasterer H. J. Taylor, GrAy's-place, Mile-end, butcher—J. Bowen, White Horse-lane, Stepney, oil and colourman—lt. T. Smith, Surrey-street, Strand, journeyman barge builder—J. H. French, Vittoria-pla Bethnal-green, journeyman coach maker—J. Stacey, Boston-place, Mbrylebone, flock and general merchant—J. Key, Gr Lud Junction-terrace, Edg ware-road, cheesemouger—G. Elliott, Bull's-place, City roa 3, dealer in corn—C. Rosier, Jubilee-street, Mile-end, pawnbroker—W. Jackson, sou., Beaumont-street, Maryle lsone, saddler—Charlotte Mary Morgan, Victoria-place, Hackney—D. Israel, Middlesex-street, Whitechapel, poul terer—J. Hayes, Greek-street, Soho, dentist—T. G. Ric ketts, Lee, Kent, lieutenant i❑ the 10th Rek,itneut Bombay Native Infantry—C. Reed, Clarence-place, Bethnal-green, butcher. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. Joseph Douglas, Sumner-terrace, Brompton-Ist divi dend of ss. 81., April 22, and the three s u b sequent Wed nesdays, at Edwaris's, Sambrook-court. James Sym,s, Edward Barnard Symes, and Reuben Raper, Strand, electro-platers Ist dividend of 2s. Bd., Api il 22, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Edwards's, Sambrook-court. Oates Sugar, Haslingden, Lancashire, manufacturer Ist dividend of 10s., April 28, and any subsequent Tues day, at Hernaman's, Manchester. William Brittain Jones, Birmingham, grocer-Ist divi dend of ls. 61., April 21, and any subsequent Friday, at Whitmore's, Birmingham. Richard Southall, jun., Birmingham, merchant,-2d dividend of 7d., April 21, and any subsequent Friday, at Whitruoroes, Birwin4hain. Edward Jenkins, Birmingham, draper —lst dividend of 2s. 31 , April 24, and any subsequent Friday, at Whit more's, Birmingham. James Lund Cope' and, Liverpool, merchant-Ist divi dend of Is. 3d., April 27, and any subsequent Monday, at Bird's, Li verpoo l. James Wakinshaw, Monkwearmouth, iron manufac turer-2d dividend of 3s. (in addition to is. 2d. previ ously declared), April 25, and any subsequent Saturday, at Baker's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. May 19. H. Campin, Watling-street, City, warehouse. man—May 18. W. Etsam, Heytord and Bugbrook, Nor thamptonshire, ironstone master —D. Morriss, Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, grocer -May 15. J. Cleary, Church-road, De Beauvoir-square, builder--C. 011ivier, New Bond street, music-seller—E. D. Cooper, B . awdsey, Suffolk, grocer--J. Moore, Ard wick, Lancashire, livery stable keeper—May 27. S. Sketcbley, Iforocastle, Lincolnshire, scrivener—May 21. J West, Beckington, Someisetshire, miller— W. Skinner, juu., Bristol, tailor—May 19. Ca therine Hughes, Holy well, Flintshire, grocer — May 21. J. 17nwin, Seacombs, Cheshire, baker—May 22. J. Glad stone, jun., Liverpool, ironfounder—Mdy 21. T. G. Alan son, Liverpool, wine merchant—E. Alanson, Liverpool, wino merchant. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. I m ay 19. B. Collis, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, draper—May 18. S. Geoghegan, Palsgrave-place, Strand, engraver— May 15. F. Pu'brook, Su? biton, Surrey, grocer —J. D. Stan bury, Richmond, Surrey, draper - J. Walters, Northampton, hatter—L. Ward, Wished' St. P e t er , Cam bridgeshire, plumber—R. Graves, Gravesend, corn mer chant—May 19. A. B. Caistor, Baker-street, Portman square, saddler—May 2E. W. Skinner, jun., Bristol, tailor West, Beckington, Somersetshire, miller—May 15. Margaret Jane Stoveld, Blyth, Narthumberland, builder —May 18. 0. S. Wright. Liverpool, brewer—J. Weight, Liverpool, brewer—May 19. W. Tweedsle, Ashton-uuder- Lyne, Lancashire, grocer—Juno 3. T. S. Belton, Lincoln, Marton, and Horncastle, Lincolnshire, ma! tster —Ann Oliver. Walkington, Yorkshire, grocer—May 18. B. Mar low, Walsall, Stalr)rdshire, ironlounder. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Whelan, J. Whitby, and W. Shaw, Sheffield, wool len drapers—J. Whelan and J. Whitty, Liverpool, woollen drapers—P. Delany and J. Cook, Tipton, Stafford shire, iron founders—W. G. Petrie J. L. Crowar, aLd R. S. Scott, Li verpoo l , ga l van i sers of iron—T. Clarke and Golling, B isford, Nottingbarnshir3 builders— R. Adamson and J. Sw.irbrick, Presto°, L ' aneashiie, iron foundu-s—C. Brownell, J. Grey, and G. Brownell, Buenos Ayres and Mouto Video, South America, merchants—S. Laban and G. Hill, Hilton, arbyshire, pig dealers—A. Wainwright and J. Howard, ManchesJer, whiting manu facturers—J. B. Fowler and W. Caney, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, and Sheffield, millers—W. Titterington and R. Neale, Liverpool, grocers—R. Owen and R. H. Owen, Carnarvon, slate dealers--J. It‘Jbson, son., and J .Robson s jun., South Audler 11 street, ,nover-square, coach!naker —S. Ilesseldaand and J. R. 13x11, Preston, Lancashire, Yoi.khtre masons—C. Farmer l ie , Tradegai Durham,rapers—R. i ueGlassrs— . e an utufTeh andomp js Spencer, W c s t B Hartlepool, ury Lan ,:ashire, q W o . rlcl E-PaScne,owM'ilaenH.lndl-.roaAd. D ,' Or, surgeons 0. It. Jobnson and J. B. Loader , Clement sdane, City, ie s on u g u ra re ve and rs Yorlc-place, bill brokers—G. Gledhill, J. Cheetham, G. Barker, It, Barker, and J. Ransom. Halifax, Yorkshire, silk dressers, so far no regards G. Gledhill—Richard Ashworth and AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, coal] puled from the returns made in the week ending AP 21, 1857, exclu s i ve o f th e D ut i es of Customs paid 17.. payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Grea t Britain : ~ d. From the British Possessions in America 4O ! Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius-- Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 39 Average of the above descriptions. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-APRIL 24. There were few buyers of wheat and flour at our CO exchange this morning than for several market days. 1 '; holders of wheat were firm, and Tuesday's prices we' supported. Flour slow of sale, and no change of Indian corn in active recotest, and advanced daring m arke t hours is to is Id per qr., 321 6d per 4801bs having boa paid for mixed parcels. Oats improved id per bushel, 0 , 1) f oatmeal 3d per load. Barley, be ans , and peas each dull° sale, but not lower in price. Robert Ashworth, Newchnrch, Rossendale, cotton spinners —T. Bowden, W. Berry, T. Wragg, and J Harper, Stockport, Cheshiru, cotton waste spinners -- W. '?.evens an , ? G. Stevens, Not wich, ironmongers -- P.. vor i,, and A. B Rve, B.t.h re, Oxf..r shire, -.11rg"""' -- W. R. Ni c ht and W. E ur to, Addle -,treat, C'tY9 wholesale shiri inaktra—T. He: bur t, W. Both,: t, J. Her and T. Gauntley, Nottingham, lace manufacturers , so far : s regards T. Gauntley—W. H. Fell and I'. Smith: St. Agnes -terrace and W o od- s t ree t, Old- stree t- r oad i carvers—B. Hill arid J. W. Ad ams , Mauches. - er, fe e l merchants— R. N ewton and W. H. Thomas Bristol, c'it" merchants —If. J. Waring and E. W. Norris, street, Oxford- s t ree t , w i ndow glass cutters—J. Isaacsea aud It. Tattersall, Clare, Suffolk, aud Newmarket. 0 " n ; bridgeshire, au c ti oneers — J. Dobson and J. Bailey, W °slu. well, Yorkshire, ironfouuders—l. Gott and T. Holt, Newton Heath, Lancashire, ironfounders. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Ath Victoria. cap 31 ill tho Woes ending on Saturday. the IBth day of April, ii3n. ISSUE DIPAZTMINT. NOW! iStltltd .• •••• •• 23 ;6 63, 9 6 5 Government debt.... 11,0 X 0, 10 0 Other Becurities...... 3.4!.9. 9 % Gold coin and bullio n 8 908.9 6 " Silver bu11i0n.... .... .£23,3 0,965 M. MARSHALL, Chief Casbler. 7. q'ARTMENT. £23,383,965 Dated the 23d day of Aptll.lB BANKING DE Proprictors'capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ........., 3,253,687 Public deposit s (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt,Swv ing's Ranks, and Dividena Aecounis) 4,851.4'4 Other depostls ...• •. 10,663,410 Seven Day and other Bills•• •• •• •• •• se 761,986 Government securities (lncludg.Dead Weight Annuity) .. .. ~ .... 11,333 11 6 Other securities . ..... 18 404, 351 Nutee .. —.. ........ 3,649. 120 Gold and silver coin .. 696,74 i 634,00. 461 m. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. ~a ted the 231 day of 1857. .; £.34,u33, 4& WAKEFIELD—Aram 24. Fine wheat was is to 2s dearer, with a fair demon 4 Other sorts were al so h e ld f or more money, b ut the E t was very slow. Fine barley maintained its price. Bea" oats, and shelling wero rather dearer, Average prices of grain—Wheat, 53s 4 d ; barley, 10d ; oats, —a —d ; beans, Ns Od ; peas, —s rye, —s. 01. EXETER -APRIL 21. CORN.—Wheat, 7s to 7s 3d; barley, 58 Od to 58 6 c l ; grinding do., 0, Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s Od to 30 " Beans, Os 04 to 0 Od. Peas, OOs 04 to OOs Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 40s Od to 42a Od; seconds, 38s Oa to 04 per sack. CATTLE. —There was a full s u pply o f bullocks. es r beef, from 10, 01 to lls per scor e ; i n f er i or , O s Gd to lOs score; fat calves, 5d to 51d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to j 04. per score ; cows and caive,, 121. to 161. t s ; b u tche calves, Od to 7d p er lb., rearingcalves —s to $ each sheep, ewes and lambs, 21. Os to 21. 15s per couple; ewesl, 4, to 8d ; wether s , 8d 81 d ; l am b s, — to 04 per lb. F!,11 large size, —s to —s ; second size, —5 to —s ; slips, it, to —s ; suckers, —s to -- s. Rough fat, 4id per Pork carcases from lOs 3d to lls 3d per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—ArniL 24. There has ag been an excell en t d eman d thi s we ek all descriptions of sugar, but in ‘V es t I n di a we ar e wi t " . out any transactions to report, owing to the total abseil: of a supply : in Mauritius shout 7,000 ma t s grocer y 0 1 :, have been di s p ose d o f , c hi e fl y f rom 53s 6d to 56s for CO':: mon, and 57d to 59 s f or cr y s t a lli se d qualities, which le tiler dearer. Floating—four cargoes are reported. for Refiners' produce o f a ll ki n d s fi n d s a ready sale, b o tb , immediate and forward d e li ver y, a t aga i n rat h er ltigu er prices. In rum a parcel of Tobago for arrival has been sold, terms and price have not transpired. Z.-APAIL 24. ' the close of the market. Wallseud, tso• s S' Framwollgate l5 9 Eden Main l6 0 iouth Hetton . l7 g A Titewart's. 17 v 9 Cassop 15 S L Elartlepool liottou l6 0 Hilda 13 6 Kepler Grainge ... l6 0 Lumley Polisher 15 4la t s t on l7 CI woll 17 Plummer l6 s 643 1 6 ° Caradoc .... ...... A" 0 ieaham 16 166 ; sold, 116. • COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton a• s d Tanfield Moor Butes 13 3 Wylam Howard's West Hartley Netherton 18 0 North Percy Hartley l5 6 Canfield Moor l3 3 Walker Primrose 13 6 Walleend, &c. 1 _ Acorn Close l5 9 Eden .15 9 Gosforth l4 6 Hengh Hall l5 3 South Kelloe 16 3 Tees l7 6 , Russell's Hetton 16 0 Ships at market, COURSE OF EXCEIANGE.—YEsninDer. msterdam . .. •..•11 17 Gibraltar ... ••••••• • • • • R Ditto, three months .. 11 1934 Le;horn •• 7 /4 otterdam •• •••• •••• •• II 19% Genoa ..... ...•• 2 .• Intwerp 25 so Mil an dru.2sels •• •• •• •• 2 5 50 Ven1ce.......... a 3 .lamburgh 13 8% Naples .• •• •••• —•• •• • ,;0q hatona •• ............ Palermo .. •. 130 Paris . ..•... 25 0 M essina .. Ditto, three month s .. 25 70 Ll s b o r .•• •• b 9 s 2 11 Marseilles 25 72% Oporto B ..............•• ourdeaux ....... Rio Janeiro ..... .•• •••• Frankfort-on-Maine .• • 119( Buenos Ayres ••• •• Berlin ............. New York,6o days' sight Vienna...........• .... 10 36 Philadelphia .... ...... trie5te........•• , 10 37 PRICES or strums, rill , o a ' f Petersburg ............ 37 Foreign Gold in Bars 17 Madrid ........... 49 11 4 Portugal Gold Coin 00 0 . ;adiz ••••••••••• 495 j Mexican Dollars O2 0 larcelona New Dollars • ; Kiser 'I) bars •• LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24. A na STOCK EXCHANGE. —The m ar k e t i s qu i e t today, prices of the leading stocks are a shade lower tban Ye. B i, day, with few tiansactions. London and North ern, 1041 Eastern Counties, ne—Caledonian, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 39A- 11 ° r ,:j Western, 7i U—Lanca-hir e and York s hi re , 1011—G"" Trunk of Canada, la#--Ditto 6 per cent. debs., 90--Ore", Western of Canada, 244---Midlands, 824—United „ Company, 195. MANCHESTER, Arnrr, 24. STons. ExcuArginc.—Thera was very little business t tY day. and prices were flat. East Lancashire, 98__L e eds, 1018 o—Ditto F, # dis.— East Lancashire, ne w , Midlands, r , 2—Sheffields, 34—Eastern Counties, 11 9-1 —Dover., 22 7-16 i—Loado ne , 101. 6--Lancashire Mow ance, 3-16 p. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 24. • I. yerY STOCK EXCHANGE.--A s t ea d y market to-day, with little alteration in prices. Shef&lds, 39 —Landon an: North Western, 1041 s —Midland, 82 .—Great Vi r est e gi G 63 7—Stour Valley shares, 9 —Birmingham Bank , 32 —Birmingham Canal, New, 674. AGED BISHOPS.—Some paragraphs have been g elli ff the round of the papers stating that the Bishop An Exeter, who i s d angerous l y il t, i s 80 years o f age, that be is the oldest bishop on the bench. This is a 011 ; take. The Bishop of Exeter was born in 1778, a nd I ; consequently 79 years of age ; bu.; the Bishop of Bang ° , is older, and the oldest bishop on the bench. Be The born in 1773, and is consequ en tly 84 y ears of age. : Bishop of Rochester, who h as b een a b i shop 44 yea rn having been consecrated in 1813, i s 73 years of The Archbishop of Canterbury is 77. BIRTHS. OF • SON. On the 23d inst., at Leo, Kent, the wife of F. R • 111' G o " sott, Esq. the wi f e of On the 23d inst., at 2, Upper Hornsey-rise, George Shadbolt, A DAUGHTER. nr bad. On the 21st inst., at Spa, Belgium, the Hon. Mrs. l a - usra On the 23d inst., at Brighton, the wife of G. AL Esq. MARRIED, Ou the 23d inst., at Crayford, Kent, William Sarni. 064 jun., Esq., barrister-at - law, only sou of William S. Jo 30n31 "' Master of the Court of Queen's Bench Crown Office, to ,' second daughter of Wm. Corrie, Esq., one of the Magistrate' of the Pol ce Courts of the Metropolis. bill to On the 23d inst., Mr. Oily r Kibble, of Blackhe ath- Harriott, b,„, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Henry Hatfiolu, of Clapham. D I E D.] On the 22d inst., at Derby, John Chatterton, E 6 q•P aged 86. Din On the 23d inst., in Montagu-square, Alexander Campbell, Esq., late Madras C. S On the 22d inst., at 21, Eudsleigh-street, Elizabeth Cathe rine, eldest daughter of John Mellor, Esq Q. c . , aged 20 w . On the 22d inst., at Bishop's Tei g nton, 'Devon, Henry Stephens, Esq., aged 77. ow On the 22d inst., at Burnh am, N or folk, Catherine, niis. of Sir William Bolton, Captain, It.N , n iece of Adroit' s ' , count Nelson, and s i s t er of Thomas, second Earl Neia° aged 75. E sq ., late On the 22d inst., at Cheltenham, L. T. Cross le y , of Hankelow Hall, Cheshire, aged 74. On the 21st inst., at the Channtry House, Newark, th e Rev. Joseph Sikes, LL.B., aged 76. LOSDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG: of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun, ()nicer 24 " 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count/ of Mi(l(l!eaex, Saturday, April 25,1657. -~--^