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

Naval and Military Intelligence. His Royal ifghness the General Coummding in-Chief will hold a lovee at 1 o'clock on Tuesiay next. Extensive preparations have been made at Chat ham Dockyard for the launch of the large steam screw corvette Racoon, 22 guns, which wilt 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 oEcials and others connected with th 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 G inche3; and burden 1,462 tons. She has been constructed under the direction of Mr. Laine, the master shipwright. The Princess Charlotte, 101, three-decker, was ordered to be commissicned 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 on 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 steamship 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 on Thursday evening, and rehoieted his flag on board the Victory. The Sphinx, 6, paddle-wheel frigate, Commander A. P. E. Willmof, arrived at Sp - I - the - ad yesterday morning for the westward with a detachment of 11 / 4 Royal Marines. She is ordered to be paid off at Portsmouth, and placed in the seconddivision cf 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 vessel was run down, as stated, by the steamvessel Baron Osy), except preparing the gear for raising her, which was being done when the Lizard steamvessel 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 toilers, engines, &c., and for repairing her hull. • 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 present horn her Majesty to the Emperor of Japan, arrived at Sheerness on .Thursday to have some alterations made in the officers' cabins and the mess berths of the crew, &c. She left yesterday at 3 p.m. for Portsmouth, where Lieutenant-Com m.nder John Ward (b) is expected to receive his final orders previous to his departure for Japan. The Emperor has a raised poop-deck the entire length of the saloon, which gives seven legit eleir height from deck to beam. The saloon is entirely of maple wood ; all the, fore part of the saloon is fitted with mirror panels, richly cut and figured. On the ficor is laid a richly painted oiled canvas, over which is a magnificent Genoa velvet carpet. The curtains and coverings of the couches and chairs are of green satin, em broidered with gold. The Wilts are all covered with green Genoa velvet; the bed cabins aresuperhly fitted with similar furniture ; the bathroom is fitted completely iu the Turkish style. The smoking chair for the Emperor is of unique manufac - are. In the upper deck of the saloon is a magnificent and spa cious skylight, adapted to be opened all round when necessary for extra ventilation. The following oli ccre proceed with her :—Lieut.-Commander John Ward, Mate John D'Arcy Irvine, Assist.-Sure to David Courtney, and Second-Master John F. R. Ayleo. She is fore and att rigged, with three masts. Her engines alone, which are two 30-horse power condensing engines, propel her from eight to eine knots per hoar in a seaway. In smooth water it is calculated she will attain from 10 to 12 knots per hour. A very numerous meeting, composed of the clergy and most influential inhabitants of Woolwich and Plums tea d, a ssem ttled yesterday evening in the Town-hall, Woolwich, to devise and discuss the best means to assist the discharged artisans and labourers in their desire to emigra`e to Ca nada. 'Lieut.-General Sir W. Codrington occupied the chair, and read a letter which ho had addressed • to Lord Panmure, together with the reply, inform • ing him that his department had not the means of complying with his request in behalf of the men. Sir William then proposed the plan of raising sub scriptions from the town and country at large with the endeavour to realise their project, awl of urging the Government as a duty to , contribute tewards the fund. A number of gent'emen ad dressed the meeting with much energy on the sub ject, and Mr. G. H. Graham proposed an appeal to the Prime Minister himself, urging the justice of the men being treated with the same liberality as the German Legion, who, when their services were no longer required, were provided with homes and grants of laud. The Rev. Mr. Ackworth re marked that as the press had given publicity to their cause, they would speedily receive abundant funds for their object, and if the country would only lend them a couple of • ships the inhabitants of Woolwich and Pluaistead would g a lly furnish the stores. A number of reso lutittns were subsequently agreed to, appointing a ceminit'ee, treasurer, and secretaries for c Meeting the funds, beaded by Major Gen. Sir F. Williams, commandant of Woolwich garrison. Most of the gentle•nen pres<nt en' erei their names for Si. each, to which was finally annexed the name of the ch tir man for 25'. Applause and acclamatioa greeted this announcement, and the meeting separated. The screwsteamship Doris, 32, recently launched at Pembroke, was towed on Thursday by the Con . fiance and another steam-tug from Plymouth Sound into Reweave preparatory to her going into Key ham-yard to receive her engines. In consequence of a merchant ship being at anchor in the Chemed the Doris grounded for a short time on the Winter Shoal in the Sound. The steam-sloop Fury, 6, Corn. C. T. Leckie, from Spithead, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday.l The screw steamship James Watt, 91, Capt. T. V. Anson, and the steam frigas e Euryalus, 51, Capt. G. Ramsay, were paid off at Devonport on Thursday. The Boscawen, 70, flagship, will be paid off on Tuesday next. In The Sun of the 11th inst. it was mentioned. that Cpl. W. T. Crawford, 13th battalion, was ap pointed to the chief command of the Royal Artil lery in China. A correspondent requests us to state that Lieut.-Colonel W. Crawford is much junior to Lieut.-Colonel Dunlop,, and goes out, therefore, only as second in command. Lieut.-Col. R. Craw ford, senior to Col. Dunlop, is at the Cape of Good Hope. Col. Dunlop having given complete satis faction to his superiors, there was no idea that Le should be superseded in the command of the artil lery, although, of course, on so large a body of troops bein g ordered to China, it was necessary to senda gen era l officer as Commander-in-Chief. the n on - commissioned officers belonging to the Ist West India Regiment, stationed at the provi sional battalion, Chatham, having 'completed a course of rifle instructi on a t the School of Mus ketry, Bythe, uader Col. C. C. Hay, have left that garrison, for the purpose of embarking at Southamp ton to join the head - quarters of their regiment, to which t)iey will act as instructors in musketry, it being the intention of the authorities to arm the West I n di a R eg i ments whole of the troops of the with the Enfield Rifle. The following appointments were made at the Adt4 ralty yesterday afternoon : Commander—John W. Dorville to the Princess Chai lotte. Lieutenants—John E. Doran , John G. C. Evered, and H. C. Belson, to the Pritt e c i es b e t C o h n ar t lo o tte t . he princom Paymaster—George R. Dg Royal. Surgeons—David R. Morgan to the As s i s t ance ; Daniel Carter to the Adventure. - Clerk—John L. Page to t)ie Princess Charlotte. Assistant Paymasters—John S. Moore to the Vic tory ; Frederick Penfold to the Princess Charlotte. Assistant Clerk—Edward H. Whyte to the Princess Charlotte. MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. (Front the London Gazette of last eveni ,2 9.) CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 21. Members returned to serve in the Parliament summoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th April. County of Warwick, Nwthern ,n —Charles Newdigate Newdegate, Esq. ; Richard Spooner, Eiq. Southern Division—Evelyn Philip Shirlfly , Etq. ; Edward Bolton King, Esq. rHE S UN, LONDON, , SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1857. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-April 24. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, (Sittings in Baneg.—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 Marvell, now under sentence of death for the mur der of lanc 3 corporal Burney, of the 49th regiment, in order that he mightpersonallyassignerrors upon the judgment upon which he had ben convicte]. The prisoner, it will be remembered, was tried be fore Mr. Baron Bramwell, at Maidstone, in Dec. last, when certain objeAions were raised by his, counsel as to the manner in which some of the jury had 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 Home Secretary had respited the execu tion first, to the 5t14 of Feb., and then till the sth of May, for the purpose of enabling the points of law raised in the case tobe argued before this court. The prisoner was accordingly brought up this morning in the custody of one of the officials con nected with the gaol at Maidstone, and placed in the first row behind the bar, which was then nesily filled with banisters. He is a man of rather short stature and thin frame, 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. Mr. F. Russell, the counsel who defended the prisoner at his trial, said—My Lords, 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 that the record should be taken as read. Mr. Russell—He also prays leave to assign errors on that record. Lord Campbell—Let errors be assigned. The Crown joins instanter. Mr. Russell—He also prays oyer of the record of the inquisition against bin. Lord Campbell—Let it be 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 Campbell—Counsel will be assigned to him. Mr. Russell—The names of the counsel the pri soner wishes to have appear to that paper. (Haud ing a slip of paper to the court.) lam further in , strutted to move to have the case put down in the crown paper. Lord - Campbell—Let it be put 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 mention any time? Lord Campbell—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. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster.—Before Mr. Baron Watson and Common Juries.) KING V. WELBITRN.-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. This was an action brought to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage, and the de fendant pleaded that he did not promise as alleged. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cleasby appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Chambers and Mr. Price were for the defendant. The learned counsel, in opening the case, said the plaintiff, Miss Alicia King, was the daughter of a Mr. John King, a surgeon at Amplefortti, in Yorkshire, and the defendant was Mr. John E B. Welburn, an undergraduate of St. Catherine Hall, Cambridge, and the son of the curate of Nether Poppleton, in the same! county. In 1855 both the fo.rnilies were on a visit to Scarborough, and the de fendant began to pay marked attentions to the plain tiff; he wrote a letter to her father asking his con sent to marry her, and represented himself to be in a position to get married. The plaintiff's father, being very intimate with the defendant's family, gave his consent to the marriage, which was fixed to take place in October last. For some reason the wedding was to take place iu London, and at the re quest of the defendant the plaintiff's brother, who lived in London, took lodgings for her in London, until they were married. The plaintiff according 'y went to town, but the defendant did not meet her, and she wrote several letters to him, which he took no notice of, but eventually wrote the following letter to her father:— "Catharine College, Cambridge, Nov. 1, 1856. "Sir,—A great rumour has been afloat for some time ' that it was my intention to marry. I writs to ask if you can tell me who are the originators and promulgators of such a falsehood ? I keep constantly bearing from the neighbourhood of Ampleforth about it—that though toy father was unwilling I was going against his wishes. No. Had such been the case I would never have done it ; nor much more when the scandalous report is nothing more than a wilful falsehood.—l am, yours, "J. E. E. WI LBIIIIN." The plaintiff, upon bearing of the defendant's behaviour, bec Arne alarmingly ill, and two me deal men were in constant attendance upon her ; and the present action was brought for compmsation for the heartless manner iu which she had been treated by the defendant. Miss Lucy King was then called, and said her father, who was 'a surgeon, resided at Amplefcrtb, inYorkshire, with his family. The defendant's father was a clergyman and had been for a long time the curate at Ampleforth. She knew the defendant, who was at college at Cambridge. When he was at borne he used frequently to pay visits at their house, and used to r ay attention to her sister Alicia. On theist of erannary he went to their house in the evening and gave her sister a diamond and pearl ring. He expressed a wish that she should wear it at a party which they were going to at his father's house on the 3d Janu try. At the same limo he made a proposal of marriage to her. He asked her if she would marry him in the, follow ing May, but she said she should not be prepared until October, and it was put off until that time. The detendant was very persevering in his atten tions to the plaintiff, and they frequently walked out togeler. It was arranged that they shou d be married in London, where the plaintiff went to in October. She followed her sister in a few days. She was to have been bridesmaid. Everything was prepared except the wedding dress, and the defen dant said he should buy that himself in London. All their friends at'Ampleforth knew the reas why the plaintiff went to London. When she left she bid all her friends adieu. When witness got to London she found her sister in a very bad stare through the absence and silence of the defendant. The plaintiff had written twice to him, but had re ceived no answer. Witness also wrote a letter to the defendant, telling him how ill her sister was, and entreating him to come and see her, but the defendant took no notice of that letter. The pla n tiff was ill a very long time, and two medical men attended her. Cross-examined—The first proposal made by the defendant to her sister was on the Ist of January last, in her father's house. Witness was present at Vie time. The ring was given at the same time. Her sister was 25 years old, and the defendant was 22 at the present time. St,o asked the defendant how he was supported at college, and he said he was of no expense to his father. The defendant's mother wa3 alive . at the present time. The de ' fendant was the eldest son, but he had two brothers and two sisters, one of whom was called Margaret, who was 17 years old. Witness did not tell Mar gat et of the approaching marriage. Witness did not know that the whole thing was kept dark. She told her own father. They went to York in August, and saw the defendant, and it was arranged that they should go up to town to be married. Her sister did go to town in October. The lodgings in London were taken at 26, Tatchbrook-btreet, Pimlico. They consisted of two rooms, . and were to have been the wedding apartments. The plaintiff remained in London for some time, and then returned to her father. The plaintiff had been a governess, but for the last five or six years had kept her father's house. Re•esamined—Her sister was dangerously ill for some time. John King, the plaintiff's father, said he was a surgeon, at Amplefortb, where he had resided for 30 years. The defendant's father had been curate of that place for 23 years, and their families were intimate. Iu January, 1856, witness received a letter from the defendant, asking his consent to marry his daughter, which he eventually gave. He was aware that they were attached to each other before that. Witness saw the defendant's father in August, and he said he knew a ll a b ou t th e affair. Cross-examined—Witness had not always been prosperous. He had lost all his money in a Dur ham colliery swindle. lie was insolvent in 1847, and had becom e so for the purpose of clearing him self of those transactions. He could not have given his daughter any money at her marriage. Re-examined—D e f endaut ' s father was now per petual curate of Nether-Poppleton in Yorkshire, where he bad a very nice house. The plaintiff's brother said he had taken the lodg ings in London at the request of the, defendant. He had known of the engagement between him and his sister. A medical man, Ttho attended the plainiiff ing her illness, said that she was suffering from an attack of dysentery, which would be caused by the atmosphere being in a vad state. This was the plainsiff s case. _ _ Mr. M. Chambers then addresse I the jury for the defendant, but called no witnesses. He admit: ted that the plaintiff was entitled to the verdict, but submitted that merly nominal damages would be sufficient to meet the justice of the case. The defendant at the time the promise was made was only 21 years of age, and was sent to college by his father. During the vacations be fell 'in love with the plaintiff, as foolish youths would do—who was much older than he was He was induced to make the proposal, but great care was taken by the plain tiff's family that the defendant's father was not in formed of it, which was exceedingly improper on their part, and ought to be considered by the jury in giving the plaintiff damages. As to the defend ant's position, whichever way the verdict went he would be ruined, as he had nothing at all. He sub mitted that the damages should be very small in deed. His lordship summed up, and left it to the jury to say what amount of damages the plaintiff was entitled to for the breach of promise by the de fendant. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff- Damage 3, 1501. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Williams and a Common Jury.) COCKSHAW V. CRIIIKSHANK. 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 fora the working classes, in which Mr. Cruikshank was formerly a director. Mr. Digby Seymour appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Ogle were for the defendant. Evidence was called for th. 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 Shea then addressed the jury for the defendant, and submitted that the mere fact of Mr. Cruikshank having consented to become a di rector would not make him liable unless he gave authority to order the goods in question, and they would find from Mr. Cruikshank'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, andlave 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 gentlemen were desirous of establishing a life insurance company for the lento fit of the working classes. I consented to become a trustee with Sir J. Shelley. Howell told maafter 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 he said be 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. Most of the names were fictitious, or had been used without any autho rity. The Bank of London was named as the 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 afterwanis found out was a journeyman bricklayer. (A. laugh.) Mr. Ogle.--Oh, the journeyman bricklayer con sented to honour the company and become director. (Laughter.) 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 meetisgs. 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 see Mr. Howell is here described as the manager and as a director, but he was only the secretary. On one occasion I went to the office of the company by the invitation of-Howell, and I waited then an hour for the directors, but none came. I said, " There are no &rectors." Nicholl sai&there were sufficient to make a bolrd, 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 - tile public, and I said as that was so I did not mind, as I was always for everything being brought before the pubic. 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 had been given on account of the company. On my return from Scotland I said 1 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—l cannot say that I saw the 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 not. 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 s►w no forms and policies in the office. Th-re 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, but Mr. Howell said be would send me some down, though he never did. I told Howell I would use my influence in Glasgow, Manchester, and Edin burgh, if he seut me some down, and he promised to do so. RP-examined—Tho.re were some other prospee. tuses, and there are those iii which my name is not mentioned at all as chairman. Mr. Sergeant Shee—fLy state as a fact to your lordship that iu one of those prospectuses I find the name of my learned friend on the other side—Mr. Digby Seymour. (Liughter.) 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 his seat upon the bench this morning, suggested that some arrangement should Le come to between the parties. There was no doubt that the plaintiff was a loser, and that Mr. Crnikshank had been made a dupe. Mr. Cruikshank 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 upon their return into court, Mr. Seymour said his client bad 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 terms. Mr. Cruikshank had been a great benefactor to the public and to the working classes, and he had read with great pleasure 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 plaintiff was to receive 251. The only two other cases baying been disposed of the Court rose at about a quarter to 11 o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 24. MANSION-HOUSE.—R. Collins, G. Picker ing, G. Bryce, F. d. Maybery, D. M'Carthy, and G. Reynolds were further examined beforethe Lord Mayor and Mr. Aid. Wire upon the charge of bay ing been concerned in stealing the contents of 15 boxes, consisting of boots and shoes, which had been consigned by Mr. L. Isenburg, merchant of Leadenhall-street, to a firm at Melbourne. Mr. Lewis asked for a further remand. The Lord Mayor—Collins, I M'Carthy, and Rey nolds will be liberated upon their entering into their recognisances in 501. each to attend at the next examinotion ; but Pickering, Bryce, and May bery must each find a surety in 501. in addition to entering into their own recognisances to the same amount. The prisoners were liberated, with the exception of Pickering, who was unable to procure bail. Richard Steel, a shoemaker, who had been re manded, but admitted to bail, upon the charge of having received some boots stolen. from Messrs. Moses, appeared in the place allotted to the de fendants. The charge against the defendant rested entirely upon the uncorroborated Gvidenca of Desmond who upon a former occasion said be bad sold him some of Mes-r 3. Mo3es's property. Mr. Lewis said be did not intend to off, r any fur ther evidence against the defendant. The Lard Mayor—Then he will be dislharge3. Steel—My L rd, I complain of the course that has been adoptel towards me by the proEecntors. I was given into custody without the slightest ground ex;sting for any charge against me. I know nothing whatever of the boots belonging to Messrs. Moses. I have always borne a good cha racter, and have been in the habit of working for fiat-rate shops. This harsh proceeding hai totally ruined my character, and it has nearly killed my wife, who had been confined but a few days before I was taken into custody. The Lord Mayor—l am very sorry to hear this s'atement, but it is totally out of my power to iu terfere in the matter. The defendant then left the court. Mr. Lewis—My Leta, the officer, Tho'. Hayton, who has had the conduct of these cases requests me to say that there is not the most remote foundation for the charges which the prisoner M'Carthy brought against him at a former examina.ion. He feels that the observations which were then made have done him a great deal of injury, and be is anxious upon oath to contradict those sta'ements. The Lord Mayor—Officers should not pay atten tion to what prisoners say. If they do they will have their time pretty fully occupied. Hayton My Lord, I can't go into the street but what the people call after me ; they also annoy my wife, and call alter my children " Your father's a thief." 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. MARLBOROUGH-STREET'.—Captain Joseph Erlam, holding a commission in the Militia, and residing at No. 54, Queen's-road, Bayswater, 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 it 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 possession and against the will of her father or mother,' or of any other person having thel awful care or charge of her, 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 acquaintance with the girl, then living with her parents in London, and that he induced her to leave England under promise of making her his wife, although he was a married man ; that, after remaining on the Conti nent for several weeks, he left the girl at an hotel in Mayence ; that the girl wrote home to her parents, and the father telegraphed back to the land lord to have his daughter detained ; and that the prisoner returned to the hotel, paid the 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, attractive Jewish girl, was then put into the witness-box and sworn. She said—l am living with my father at 31, Oxendon-street, Hay marke'. I was 16 years of age last October. In the 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 one day when I made the acquaintance of the prisoner, wbo gave ma his card, which I showed to my father, and he tore it up and was angry. The prisoner was then lodging near the I.arracks. In consequence of something that transpired I was removed to Brighton, and my mother accompan'ed 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 13 prisoner asked me to marry him. He 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, arid I told him I was not then 16. I told him I would not leave England without being first mar riel. 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 we were married. On the afternoon of the 23d we went by railway, and afterwards crowed ov,r to France. I met the defendant at the bottom of the Haymarket, according to previous appointment. I took nothing with me but the clothes I had on. I left 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 poncied 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 defendant. The 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 not constitute a charge of abduction. Mr. Morgan here 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 cage 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 him. The act in question—the 9th Geo. IV. —contemplated a constructive as well as a physical taking away. It was meant to apply to the case of girls under 16 on whom undue influence was exer cised without the knowledge of their parents. Mr. Bingham—Yon contend that this is a con structive taking away ? Mr. Lewis—That is my argumeni% 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 sume ? Mr. Morgan—There must be a pbysical taking ; there was no taking here according to the Act. The girl accompanied the defendant voluntarily. The mere decoying or enticing away would not con stitute a case under the 20th section. Mr. Bingham—l th nk there is a sufficient dis tinction between this case and that of " the Queen v. Edwards" to induce me to say that the charge must be settled by a higher tribunal, bait I have so much doubt about the matter that I shall admit the defendant to bail ; I must have two sureties of 25u1. and the defendant's recognisances in 5001., to al ')ar next Thursday. the defendant was reported to base been in the Austrian service. WESTMINSTER.—Thos. Kelsall, alias Kruse, alias Sheppard, and William French, alias Johnson, two well-known impostors, were brought up fur re examination, charged with impudent frauds. The prisoners owed their apprehension to an im posture practised upon Mrs. Dolley, an 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 his health would be perfectly restored. Mrs. Dolley gave 55., and Kelsall went away. A few days ago he agaia visited the old lady, and intro ducing French as the man for whom he had previ ously enlisted her sympathies, said that his mother in assisting him had parted with her last half-penny and had had a distress put in upon her goods, which would be sold unless she could raise 2/. Mrs. Dolley referred the matter to her son, who, having made inquiries into the prisoner's story, gave the prisoners into custody, when they were remanded. There was now a fresh case exhibited against the prisoner French, fur obtaining money from Mrs. James Whatman, wife of the member 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 pcor orphan girl, named Hickman, into the asylum for Indi gent Blind in St. John's-wood, and I find that in conse quence of the child being able to discern the smallest degree of light she is re jected at that institution, and recommended by letters to the asylum in Bristol, where she will be admitted for five years at the rate of 21. per week, one year's money payable in advance. I have not eufficient means in my purse to defray the unexpected ()spores, and my reason in calling on Lady M. Bess wai in hopes of finding Mr. James Whatman, M P., of Vin ter's, in town. I was desired to cal at 6. Carlton-gar den-,. and wly , there informed that Mrs Whatman had just llft for 60, Portlan.'-place. lam deficient of 1/. 10s., anal if you n;ill condescend to lend me that amount I will pay it to Mr. Whatman, or return the same accord ing to order. " I am your humble servant, " Mrs. Whatwan. JOHN G. FAWCETT, Jun. " I am compelled to leave town to-night." The above letterwas delivered personally by French to Mrs. Whitman at her brother's house, when he represented that be was the son of the superinten dent of police at Bosley, who was a tenant of Mr. Whatman's, and the lady gave him 1/. 10s. Mr. Whatman proved that he had no tenant of the name of Fawcett now, and that French was not the son of the superintendent of police, who was his tenant formerly. The frauds having been distinctly proved aga'nst the accused they wei e committed for three months to hard labour in the Souse 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 dance there a matter of uncertainty. William Norris was finally examined, charged wit a most murderous assault upon Mary Anne Maloney, with 'a hatchet. Prisoner had 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 months, and had a quarrel on the evening of the 28th ult., when be followed her upstairs, and taking the hatchet from the land ing made a murderous attack upon her, at the sans• time declaring "he would learn her to follow him." She was taken to the hospital in an insensible state, and the prisoner captured in the course of the night, when be said "it was a bad job, and be must get out of it the best way hp could." Mr. J. H. Hooper, house surgeon at St. George's Hospital, said the woman was brought there on the night of the 28th ult., suffering from three scalp wounds,, otis on the forehead, one on the top, and the other on 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 distinct 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 onrt. WORSHIP-STREET.—Ax EXTENSIVE BET TING ESTABLISHMENT.—Peter James Knott, the proprietor of a beer-shop in High-street, Shore ditch, James Hazeltine, Edward Jenns, Henry Newman, William Morgan, Frederick Lock, Frank Love, Michael Cox, Thomas Winworth, and Wil liam Bernett, were brought up on a warrant, in which the first-named prisoner was charged with keeping a common betting-office, and the nine others with having been found, therein without lawful excuse. • Mr. Superintendent Martin, of the G division, having pioduced 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 of the de fendant Knott, in which he found from 15 to 20 persons standing in front of a small box at the end of the bar, and engaged in betting upon horses with a man who was seated inside. The man in the box, 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 bets were made on that occasion by the parties, each of whom deposited half-a-crown wit t " Jemmy," who entered the stakes in his book. Witness subst 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 that 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 be found the man "Jemmy" behind a desk surrounded with curt iins, and in the act of taking bets from persons who were constantly thronging iu. 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 receives 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. titnating to Knott, who was sera•ing behind the bar that he intended to apprehend him for suffering betting an the premises, he denied that his house was us d for such purposes. There was no betting going on at that time, but on searching a desk at the ei,d of the bar, the key of which was reluctantly handed to him by Knott, he found therein the several racing lists and betting cards DOW produced. The prisoner Knott was then taken into custody, together with the rest of the defend anti, who were smoking an drinking in the baga telle-room • but he had no evide n ce 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'Eyncourt 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 pearanc3 ; but as there was no evidence to affect either of the others, he should order th it discharg... Andrew Andrews, a tall well-dressed man, described as a watchmaker, was charged before Mr. Eaaamill with the following wanton outrage. A respectable-looking married woman, nsmed Catharine Gilling, the wife of a harpstriug maker in Butler-street, Bethnal-green, stated,—l was returning home last night, in company of a female friend in the same line of business, and conversing with her, when the prisoner, who is a total stranger to me, came up, and placing himself directly before me, grasped hold of me in a most indecent and in sulting manner. I said something to him in re proof, which I do not recollect, and he immediately turned round, and, raising his umbrella, struck me so violently in the face with it that the blood fol lowed the blow profusely, and the front of my dress 'was completely soaked with it. He instantly walked away, but I called " Police !" 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, and I can swear that both acts were intentional. [The complainant here drew notice to the sta a 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 cooty walking away down a dark street, but, on hearing me running' 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 au accident. Prisoner.—And so it was. I happened to touch this go id 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. Hatumill.—l am coutinuslly endeavouring, 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 case, 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, for 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 same 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. They are given wtih different values, and the singing is pitched in a different key. One great distinction be tween the two cases is the number of guttural notes of which the 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 less frequently ; while those chief notes which mainly constitute the song of the other bird, and make it impressive, are rarely pronounced by the Devonshire thrush.—.Tesse's Country Life. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills for Bad Diges tion and Disordt red Stomachs.—The fame of these won derful Pills is sounded throughout every part of the bahitable globe for their peculiar properties in ct.r . ng bad digestion, disordered stomachs, liver complaints, headache, and dimness of sight, as likewise for restoring strength and vigour to the weak and those of debilitated constitutions. Is warm climates they are invaluable, es testified by the immense sales in the East Indies, where the natives of different castes take very little of any other medicine than these extraordinary pillS.—Sold by at 3 Medicine Vendors throughout the world ' • at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244 , Strand, London ; and 80, Maiden-lane, New York; by A. Stamps, Constanti nople; A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. From the London Gazette of Last Night. 'BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEETATA APRIL 20. The Right Honourable the Loris of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign A 4 ..la'rs, a copy of a Despatch frnn her 'Majesty's - Minister at St. Peters burgh, inclo: , ing copy of a notice which appeared in the Journal de 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 acqviittances 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 from which they come, which certi ficates must be 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 also required to be legally attested by a Russian Consular Agent. WAR OFFICE, APRIL 21. 25th Regiment of Foot Ensign Frederick Stephen Terry to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice H. Priest ley, promoted. 2d West India Regiment—The exchange between Ma jorA Lewes and Miller, which was published in the Gccette of the 17th inst, bears date 17th April, 1857, and not 17th April, 18:35, as pr3viously stated. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. LeicesterAira Militia—The Most Noble Charles Cecil John, Duke of Rutland, to be Honorary Colonel. Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery —Cwt. John Ramsay L'Arny to be Major; First Lieut. William Taylor Blair Irnrie to be Captain, vice L'Amy, promoted ; Second Lieut. Alex. Leighton to be First Lieu tenant, vice Cruickshank, deceased ; Second Lieut. Allan John Colquhoun to be First Lieutenant, vice Imrie, pro moted. _ _ WHITEHALL, APRIL 18. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Mote, of NS. 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. Department of the Accountant•Genersl 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 jesty's ship Ferret, will commence on Thursday, 14th May, 1857, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the "Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset honse." 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 41 Third class Seventh class £l3 17 S Eighth class Ninth class Tenth class Fourth class 4l 13 0 Fifth class With class BANKRUPTS. Thomas Game, corn dealer, Coldwaltham, Sussex, to surrender, May 5 at two, and June 3 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Murrough, New-inn, Strand. Joseph Hardy, miller, Nottingham, May 5 and 21, at half-past ten, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham. Harris, offi cial assignee, Nottingbam ; 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 Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alderrnanbury ; Lawrance, Platys, 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. Charles Hurry Riches, carrier, Cardiff, May 5 and June 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller ' official assignee, Bristol; Walton , Cardiff; Bevau and Girding, 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 ForJ, Leeds. Robert Carter Ouston, spirit merchant, Kingston-upon- Hull, May 6 and June 10, at twelve, at the Leeds Dis trict Court of Bankruptcy. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; England and Saselbye, Hull. Samuel Hunter and Nicholas Hunter, anchor manufac turers, Hartlepool, May 5 and June 10, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Watson, Newcastle upan-Tyne ; Harwood, Clarnent's-lane, Lombard-street. Edmund Stephenson, iron and brass founder, Daventry, Northamptonshire, May 6, at two, and Juno 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Linklater and Hackwood, Sise-lane, City. William Petrie Waugh, brick and tile maker, Brauksea Island, Studland, Tha-setshir e, May 7, and June 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street-buildings ; Linklatar and Rockwood, Sise-lane. William Nash, licensed vistaaller, St. J,ln-street, Smithfield-bars, May 6, at eleven,and Arne 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Bas inghall-street ; Heath, Artillery-place, West, Finsbury. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Bruce, merchant, Dunfermline. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. --• C. R. Bell, Upper Stamford-street, i3lackfriars, accoun tant—J. Allen, Rugby-yard, Brunswick-square, stable man —H. Mills, Merton, Surrey, blacksmith—F. Taylor, Alpha-place, Blackfriars-road, journeyman carpenter—G. Humfress, Ponsonby-terrace, Westminster, musician—J. Pretz, Graftou-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—R. T. Smith, Surrey street, Strand, journeyman barge builder--J. H. French, Vittoria-pla.te, Bethnal-green, journeyman coach maker—J. Stacey, Boston-place, Marylebone, flock and general merchant—J. Key, Cr ,nd Junction-terrace, Edg ware-road, cheesemonger—G. Elliott, Bull's-place, City rowl, dealer in corn—U. Rosier, Jubilee-street, Mile-end, pawnbroker—W. Jackson, sen., Beaumont-street, Maryle bone, 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 in the 10th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry—C. Reed, Clarence-place, Bethnal-green, butcher. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. Joseph Douglas, Sumner-terrace, Brom pton—lst divi dend of tia. 8.1., April 22, and the three subsequent Wed nesdays, at Edwards's, Sambrook-court. James Symes, Edward Barnard Symes, and Reuben Raper, Strand, electro-platers —lst dividend of 2s. Bd., April 22, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Edwardb's, Sambrook-court. Oates Sugar, Haslingden, Lancashire, manufacturer Ist dividend of 10s., April 28, and any subsequent Tues day, at Hernaman's, Manchester. William Brittaiu Jones, Birmingham, groc er-Ist divi dend of ls. CI, April 21, and any subsequent Friday, at Whitmore's, Birmingham. Richard Southall, jun., Birmingham, mercbant,-21 dividend of 7d., April 24, and any subsequent Friday, at Whitmore's, Birmingham. Edward Jenkins, Birmingham, draper —lst dividend of 2s. 3 1 April 24, and any subsequent Friday, at Whit more's, Birmingham. James Lund Gope:and, Liverpool, merchant-Ist divi dend of ls. 3d., April 27, and any subsequent Monday, at Bird's, Liverpool. James Wakinshavv, Monkwearinouth, iron manufac turer-2d dividend of 3s. (in addition to ls. 2d. previ ously declared), April 25, and any subsequent Saturday, at Baker's, Newcastle-upon - Tyne. DIVIDENDS. May 19. H. Campin,-Watling:streot, City, warehouse man—May IS. W. Elsam, Hayford 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, Bawdsey, Suffolk, grocer--J. Moore, Ardwick, Lancashire, livery stable keeper—May 27. S. Sketcbley, Horneastle, Lincolnshire, scrivener—May 21. J West, Beckington, Somersetshire, miller— W. Skinner, jun., Bristol, tailor—May 19. Ca therine Hughes, Holy well, Flintshire, grocer —May 21. J. Unwin, Seacorubs, Cheshire, baker—May 22. J. Glad stone, jun., Liverpool, ironfounder—M a y 21. T. G. Alan son, Liverpool, wine merchant—E. Alanson, Liverpool, wine merchant. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. May 19. B. Collis, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, draper—May 18. S. Geoghegan Palsgrave-phce, Strand, engra ver— May 15. F. Pulbrooll, Surbiton, Surrey, grocer - D. Stan bury, Richmond, Surrey, draper -- J. Walters, Northampton, hatter —L. Ward, stV isbech St. Peter, Cam bridgeshire, plumber—R. Graves, Gravesend, corn mer chant—May 19. A. B. Caistor, Baker-street, Portman square, saddler—May 26. W. Skinner, juu., Bristol, tailor —J. West, Beckington, Somersetshire, miller —May 15. Margaret Jane Stoveld, Blyth, Narthumberland, builder —May 18. G. S. Wright, Liverpool, brewer—J. Wright, Liverpool, brewer—May 19. W. Tweedale, Ashton-under- Lyne, Lancashire, grocer—June 3. T. S. Belton, Lincoln, Marton, and Horncastl e , Lincolnshire, maltster —Ann Oliver, Walkington, Yorkshire, grocer—May 18. E. Mar low, W a l sa ll , S taffordshire, irontonnder. PARTNtRSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Whelan, J. Whitby, and W. Shaw, Sheffield, wool len drapers-4. Whelan and J. Whitty, Liverpool, woollen drapers—P. Delany and J. Cook, Tipton, Stafford shire, iron founders—W. G. Petrie, J. L. Cromar, and H. S. Seott, Liverpool, galvanisers of iron—T. Clarke and G. Golling, Buford, Nottinghamshire' builders—R. Adamson and J. Swarbrick , Preston, Lancashire, iron founders—C. Brownell, J. Grey, and G. Brownell, Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, South America, merchants—S. Laban and G. Hill, Hilton, Derbyshire, pig dealers—A. Wainwright and J. Howard, Manchester, whiting manu facturers—J. B. Fowler and W. Caney, Market &teen, Lincolnshire, and Sheffield, millers—W. Titterington and B. Neale, Liverpool, grocers—R. 0 wen and R. H. Owen, Carnarvon, slate dealers—J. Robson, sen., and J .Robson jun., South Audley-street, Hanover-square, coacbmakers —S. Hesseldin and J. Hesseldin, Halifax, Yorkshire, masons—C. F ar mer and R. Hall, Preston, Lancashire, drapers —R. Glass and R. Thompson, West Hartlepool, Durham, joiners—W. Cuadra and J. Spencer, Bury, Lan cashire, engravers—W. E. Snow, and I. A. D'Olier, Tredegar-square and York-place, Mile End-road, surgeons —O. R. Johnson and J. B. Loader, Clement'sdano, City, bill brokers—G. Gledhill, J. Cheetham, G. Barker, It: Barker, and J. Ransom, Halifax, Yorkshire, silk dressers, so far as regards G. Gledhill--Richard Ashworth and Bobtail Ashworth, Newclinrch. Rossendale, Lnnosebire , cotton spinners —T. Bowden, W. Berry, T. Wragg, And J. Harper, Stockport, Chcshiro, cotton waste spinners -- W. J. Stevens and G. Stevens, Norwich, ironmongers — E. Morris and A. B. Itve, Banlsory, Oxfordshire, surge?" —W. It. Nield and W. B Oram, Addle-street, City , wholesale shirtmakers—T. He r be r t, W. Herbert, J. Her bert, and T. Gauntlet, Nottingham, lace manufacturFrs+ so far es regards T. Gauntlet—W. H. Fell and T. Smith, St. Agnes-terrace, and. Wood-street, Old-street-road , carvers—B. Hill and J. W. Adams, Manchester, fen! merchants— It; Newton and W. H. Th omas, Bristol, 0 05 ' merchants—H. J. Waring an d E. W. Norris, Wells street, Oxford-street, window glass cutters—J. Isaacson and R. Tattersall, Clare, Suffolk, and Newmarket, Cam bridgeshire, auctioneers—J. Dobson and J. Bailey, Womb well, Yorkshire, ironfounders—l. Gott and T. Solt, Newton Heath, Lancashire, ironfounders. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturla: &NGLAND. ith and Rth Victoria, cap, 32, fOr r, the 18th day of April, 1857. ►ETMENT. ISSUE DEP, A 1 Notes Issued .. 23,383,965 ' A Government debt .... 11,015, 100 Other securities...... 3,459, 90° , Gold coin and bullion 5,908.965 Silver bullion ........ $23,383,965 £23,333. 90 .. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 23d day of April, 185- BANKING DE Propriotors' capital 14,553,000 Rest 3,253,687 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National D ebt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dlvidend Accounts) 4,851,46 4 Other leposils 10,663,410 Seven Day and other Bills •• •• •• •• 761,966 ?AETMEIPT. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .. Other securities."... 16 404,3 51 , . 3 649. 21, (1)1d and silver coin.. 696,741 .434,083,46 i f.. 34,083.461 M. MA.RSIIALL, Chief Caskicr. ,7. Dated th. 231 day of April, 185 CB OF SUGAR. AVER AGE PR Th 3 Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending APri` 21, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid of plyable thereon, on the import a ti on th ereo f i n t o Gi:tab Britain : 0 , d. From the British Possessions in America 4O 4 1 Muscovado, the produce of th e 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 cols exchange this morning than for several market days. 1113 ° holders of wheat were film, and Tuesday's prices vier' supported. Flour slow of sale, and no change of val,n Indian coin in active request, and advanced during marke t hours is to is Cd per qr., 32e Gd per 4801bs having been paid for mixed parcels. Oats improved Ad per bushel, to oatmeal 3d per load. Barley, beans, and peas each dull o ' sale, but not lower in price. WAKEFIELD-ArRIL 24. Fine wheat was is to 2s dearer, with a fair deman d. Other sorts were also held for more money, but the _ 1 was very slow. Fine barley maintained its price. Bo" oats, and shelling were rather dearer. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 53s qd. ; , 10d ; oats, —d ; beans, 35s Od ; peas, —.15 rye, —s. Od. EXETER—AntiL 24. CORN.—Wheat, 7s to 7s 3d; barley, 5s Od to 5s I' grinding do., Os Od to Os Od. O a t s , 3 s Od t o 3s *°' Beaus, Os 041 to 0 Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLOUR.—Fine, 40s Od to 42s Od ; seconds, 38s Od to 4 ° l Od per sack. CATTLE. —There was a full supply of bullocks. - ' Beet r beef, from lOs Od to lls per score ; inferior, 9s 6d to lOs Pg. score ; fat calves, 5d to s,id per lb ; barrenners, Os Od 'it Od. per score ; cows and calveP, 121. to 161. Us ; butche r ; calves, Od to 741 per lb., rearinp. calves —s to 9 ° c o sheep, ewes and lambs, 2/. Os to 21. 15s per couple; esseol mu to 841; wetbers, 8d Bid ; lambs, —to 111 per lb. large size, —s to —5 ; second size, —s to —s ; slips I p, to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 4id per Pork carcases from 10s 3d to lls 3d per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—APRIL 24. There has again been an excellent demand this week 6h all descriptions of sugar, but in W es t I n di a we are out any transactions to report, owing to the total abs e ',o of a supply : in Mauritius about 7,000 mats grocer , st, have been disposed of, chiefly from 53s 6d to 56 s for Of mon, and 57s to 50s for crystallised qualities, which is ther dearer. Floating—four cargoes are reported. f o r Refiners' produce of all kinds finds a ready sale, both immediate and forward delivery, at again rather high er prices. In ruin a parcel of Tobago for arrival has been sold, I°6l terms and price have not transpired. 'a.—APRIL 24. the close of the market. Wallsend, ico. a . 0 ' Framwellgate l5 0 Eden Main l6 5 ' iouth Hatton 17 6 itewart's . 11 9 Cassop 15 A 3 "Hartlepool Hutton ....••• 13 9 Elilda Kepler Grainge ... l6 9 Lumley 1 0 9 Pensher 15 6 Haswell 1 e 6 Hatton li 0 0 Plummer l 6l Carad0e..,,,............••• 6 0 Sealiam ..... : 166 ; sold, 116. COAL MARKE! Prices of Coals per ton al s d Tanfield Moor Butes i 3 Wylain Howard's West Hartley 1 Netherton 18 0 North Percy Hartley _l5 ranfield Moor l3 3 Walker Primrose 13 Wsllama, acc. Acorn Close l5 9 Eden Gosforth l4 6 Heugh Hall 15 3 South Kelioe 16 3 Tees l7 6 Russell's fletton 16 6 Ships at market, COURSE 01? EXCFIA.N( E.-YEBTERDAY• msterdam 11 r 7 Gibraltar .. •••• •• " 960 Ditto, three mouths .. 11 1934 Leghorn .... •• 77)0 Rotterdam .• •• •• •• •• •• 11 19% Genoa ~,,,,,,, ••...• •• Antwerp ..... ......... 25 50 Milan •• .• •••• Brussels ........ 25 50 .• 43 tiamburgh ............ 13 8% N ap l es . es •••••• •• 1304 Alton/. ••••••• •• •• ••'•' Palermo .••• • ..... •• ••30)i Paris.... Ditto, three months .. 25 70 Lisbon ..........•• •• " 523( Marseilles 25 727 x , Oporto ...... •• •' 13ourdeaux • • ........ I Rio Janeiro...,... ...... Frankfort-on• Maine .• .. 119% Buenos Ayres... ••- • •• • - t ••••• Berlin •• •• •• •• •• •••• •• N ew Y or k,6o 06 , 4- „.„. Vienna •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 10 36 Philadelphia •• •• ..... trie5te................ 10 37 PRICES or a =lea, F.; 9 Petersburg 37 Foreign Gold in Bars X 3 1 7 0 0 Madrid ..• •• .• •• ,• 49 1 4 Portugal Gold .join •• ° 0 0 Cadiz ••• • • •... •• •• dr. Ire 49% Mexican Dollars •..• 0 0 Barcelona •... •• .• •• oe New Dollars ....•• " 1% 0 v Seville •... •• ...• •.•• •-•• Silver in bars .•..•• LOCAL SHARE MARKET&• LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24. .0 4 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market ix quiet to-daY, - prices tho leading stocks are a shade lower than voter; day, with few transactions. London and North We,, ern, 1044 —Eastern Counties. 14,—Gdedonian, 313th Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 39A--,--°l. Western, 7i i—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 101rO t Trunk of l—G Canada, 154---Ditto 6 per cent. aelss.,_9o-- 0 , 1 re ,4 11 Western of Canada, 21 / — Midl ands, 82I—United Company, 195. MANCHESTER, APRIL 24. • fli STJOK EXCIIANGE.—Theri, was very little ... nsine dav, and prices were flat. East Lancashire, 101 A F, 4 dis.— East Lancashire, new, I u'oh.l6 blidtands, 82—Sheffields, 394—Eastern Counties, 11 " ar . _J)overs, 22 7-16 i—Londons, 10111 6—Lancashire ance, 3-16 p. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 24. yerf STOCK EXCHANGE.--A steady market to-day► with little alteration in prices. Sh e ffi e ld s , 39 t 03 ; North Westein, 10ig s —Midl an d, 6 2 4—Great li r .t e gt 6q, 7—Stour Valley shares, 84 9—Birmingham 22 “ 3 32—Birmingham Canal, New, 67. AGED BISHOPS.—Some paragraphs have beeli h el the round of the papers stating that the d Exeter, who is dangerously ill, is 80 years of , 31 ! that he is the oldest bishop on the bench. Tbis ag e 113 ,11 . take. The Bishop of Exeter was born in 17 7. !,, t , a f a — g consequently 79 years of age ; buy the Bishop (A v .': " a s is oiler, and the oldest bishop on the bench. "" 1.- The born in 1773, and is consequently 84 years of ag e ' rs Bishop of Rochester, who has been a bishop 44 Y ell eg e " having been consecrated in 18 13 , is 73 years of The Archbishop of Canterbury is 77. BIRTHS. OF A SON. 61°11. On the 23d inst., at Lee, Kent, the wife of F. R. )11 * sett, Esq. • • of On the 23d inst., at 2, Upper Hornsey-rise, t ile l. George Shadbolt, sq. OF A DAUOMER.I a ri E borcl• On the 21st inst at Spa, Belgim, th Hon Mrs. Faller, On the 23d inst., , at Blighton, u the wi e fe of . G. A' Esq. MARRIED. Jo n ee, On the 23d inst., at Crayford, Kent 'William Sara. — ll juu., Esq., barrister-at-law, only son ' of WiUiana S. Jones, Master of the Court of Queen's Bench Crown Office, to Marl , ' se o f e t o h n e d p d o a l lg e h c te o r u o r t f so Win. th C e o m rri e t e r , o E p o s q l i . s ,. ono of the Magi s trati Harriott, eldest daughter of the late ' Mr. 'll 0 On the 23d inst., Mr. Oliv , r Kibble of Blackheath -111 . Clapham. Hairy liatdeld, D I E D.l On the 22d inst., at Derby, John Chatterton, Eigl't " ea On the 23d ins hl t atieter i os n ifa M jaor o ha n su tagn u Alexander Dulicalt 81C. i 6a n * co 1'1 a, npebtlhdeleel:2tE2ddsacluing'st , at 21, Eudslei h street Elizabeth Cat"' C ll . l S ell s o gg r, -ar E e sq , • ' Q.C* , aged 2° W . W. On the 22d inst., at Bishop's Teigntou, 'Devon, Henri Stephens, Esq., aged 77. v ie!: On the 22d inst., at Burnham, Norfolk, Catherine of Sir William Boton, Captain, R.N., niece of Adrai;•al '' "- count Nelson, and sister of Thomas, second Earl Nelson. aged 75. E s q., WO On the 22d inst. a t Cheltenham, L. T. CrossloY, H of ankelow Hall, 'Cheshire, aged 74. On the 21st inst., at the Chauntry House, Newa rk, th. Rev. Joseph Sikes, LL.B., aged 76. __________...................... l LONDON Printed and Published by MITIWO YotrNo,l of No. 112,. Strand, Printer, at The Sun otEtce. N o• 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in counti of Middlesex, Saturasy, April 25, 1857. _ - ~----: ~: _~_~--- )old ' Inn. 0141 lIIx IA Lit Str