The Press.
London, England, 1857-05-30 00:00:00

Obituarg.

Mn. ROBERT HALL, who was returned after a
severe contest as the Conservative member for the
borough of Leeds, at the late election, died at Folke.
stone on Tuesday last. Mr. Hall, who was Recorder
of Doncaster and Deputy-Recorder of Leeds, suffered

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severely from an accident, about two years ago, on
the Great Northern Railway, near Leeds, and,
although he so far recovered as to be able to resume
his professional labours, his constitution was un-
doubtedly permanently injured, and has given way
at last to the labour and excitement consequent upon
his recent struggle for parliamentary honours. He
entered with great vigour into the political contest
in which he was engaged for the representation of
his native town, and was unceasing, for more than a
week before the day of election, in his efforts to win
his way, often addressing two or more meetings of
the electors in different parts of the borough the
same day. After the election, when his hopes were
crowned with victory, his strength appeared to give
way, and he suffered from the reaction which followed
the severe activity of the contest. He also thought
that he received injury from sitting in the House of
Commons near one of the openings for the admission
of air. An influenza came on, and added to the
depression of the system. He was advised to retire
to Folkestone for the sake of relaxation, and when
there he was forbidden even to write. As he grew
wore, his medical adviser in Leeds (Mr. T. P.
Teale) was summoned to Folkestone last Friday
week, and when he arrived he found him in an
alar►ning state from fever, and quite delirious. The
case proved to be beyond the power of medicine,,and
Mr. Hall expired at half-past three o'clock on Tues-
day morning, aged fifty-six. Mr. Hall was born in
Leeds in the year 1801. He was educated at the
school of Heath, near Halifax, at the Leeds Free
Grammar School, and at Christchurch College,
Oxford, where he held the rank of first class in
classics and second class in mathematics. He had
attained a very honourable position in his profession,
and, as before stated, was Recorder of Doncaster and
Deputy Recorder of Leeds.
Ma. D. DAVIES, M.P. for Carmarthenshire, died
suddenly on the evening cf Friday week. Mr. Davies,
who was a barrister-at law, and for many yeats
Chairman of the Cardiganshire Quarter Sessions,
was first returned fo Carmarthenshire in 1842. In
politics he was a Conservative, and he voted against
the Government on the subject of the Chinese war.
Mr. Davies was in the 66th year of his age.

LIEUT. JOHN WOOD ROUSE, R.N., died at his resi-
dence, Greenwich Hospital, on Saturday morning
last, having been attached to that establishment
neatly twenty years.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuesday, May 26.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—EnmoND STEPHENSON,
Daventry, Northamptonshire, iron and brass founder.
BANKRUPTS.— ELizAR ..TH HILL, Little Moortields, City,
coach builder—JOHN FLEMING, 9, High-street, Wapping,
nautical instrument manufacturer—JOSEPH SLAUGHTER, 55,
fligt-street, Southwark, hop merchant—EDWAßD BUTLER, 21,
Clifford-street, Bond street, tailor—SAßAH PATRICK, Worcester,
butcher—JoHN BARRY, Cashel, near Clonmel, linen and woollen
draper—Thomas JONES, Aberavon and Cwmavon, Glamorgan-
shire, general shopkeeper—WlLLlAM HENRY Salm, Swansea,
Glamorgenshire, brickmaker—RoßEßT WORDEN, Watiebtidge,
St. Breock, Cornwall, builder—JAMES WEARING, Ulveraton,
Lancashire, joiner—Joseph KEY, Crowle, Lincolnshire, Iron-
monger—JOSEPH BOWRON ELGEY, Horton, Bradford, commis-
sion agent—Bosun' ATKINSON, Hendon-road, Sunderlanl,
draper.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—GEORGE CAMPBELL and
Co., Leith-street, Edinburgh, stationers—JOHN AONEW. 99,
Gallowgate, Glasgow, tobacco-pipe manufacturer—JOHN KELLY
STUART, Ark lane, Duke-street, Glasgow, smith and screw bolt
maker—JOHN STOBO, 199, Crown-street, Glasgow, commission
and general agent.

Friday, May 29.
BA NICRUPTS,—LEwis HENRY MYERS, Wellesley-street,
Stepney, dealer in Manchester goods—Jortx Haar, Halifax,
Yorksnue, linendraper—Joan HILL Govurr, Dennett-road,
Peckham, buiIder—ADOLPHUS HARRISON FEISTEL, Bucklers-
bury, City, Wine merchant—THOMAS LAWRENSON, Liverpool,
shipsmith—JOHN MARKS, Bell-street, Paddington, coachmalier
—GEORGE BATES, Bristol, soda water, lemonade, and urger
beer manufacturer—Jogs PRINGLE and JOHN THURMAN,
Nottingham, lace manufacturers— Rostar ATKINSON, York,
hairdresser—GEOßGE BAXTER and GEORGE TOONE, Nutting-
ham, dyers—WILLIAM EDWARDS, Stamford, brew er--Joux
GEORGE THOMAS, Illingworth, Halifax, dama,k manufacturer
—WILLI►M TURNER, near Asbbourne, Derbyshire, cotton
spinner.

• SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS: NKIL MACCALLUS/, Glasgow,
drysaltar—ALLAN FORBES, Dunfermline. flesher—WlLLlAM
WIGHT, Kilmarnock. builder—JOHN GREW, olbooth-Alod,
Leith, baker—JOHN and SAMUEL 'MACBETH, Aberdeen, furnish-
ing Ironmongers—WAßßEN and COMPANY, Glasgow and London,
merchants.