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lice Act and the Pawnbrokers Act power was given to
the magistrate to make an order for the unconditional
restoration of the goods, and Mr. Weed quoted several
cases from the law reports to show that this view of the
matter had been confirmed by the judges. He also
drew attention to those clauses which made it the impe-
rative duty of pawnbrokers to make certain inquiries on
taking in property, and which, he contended, were not
complied with in the present case ; in consequence of
which he was further liable to the penalties imposed by
the act, although that object was not aimed at in the
present summons.
James Warden, clerk to Mr. Wood, proved that be
was sent to the defendant's to inquire about the article
in question, during the Christmas week, and Mr. Tom-
bacon-told him that the laundress (Wilkins) had pledged
a great many things in the names of the gentlemen who
employed her, stating that she had been sent by them,
only they did not wish the things to be left in their own
names. He said he would give her into custody if she
came again, but declined to give up the property unless
steps were taken to convict her ; although he was will-
ing, if that course was not pursued, to share the loss
with the gentlemen who claimed it.

Mr. Tomlinson admitted that he had said so, and still
adhered to his defence.

Mr. Jardiae said there could be no question about the
law of the case. Ile had an undoubted right to order
the pawnbroker to deliver up the property, but it was
another question whether he should feel justified in
doing so, until at least an attempt was made to prose-
cute the woman who had stolen the goofiL=. She was not
out of the way--then why was she not given into cum-
tidy ? It was a matter of public policy that the thief,
in such cases, should not be allowed to escape ; or, what
would be the consequence In the present instance, of
course, there was no collusion, but among a certain
class of people there would be repeated attempts to de-
fraud the pawnbroker. Nothing could be easier than
for Ann Thompson to agree with Mary Johnson to go
and pawn her gown and then keep out of the way until
her friend Johnson had got the magistrate to order the
pawnbroker to give it up, the profits of the transaction
being divided between them. If Mr. Wood thought
proper to prosecute the laundress, then the pawn-
broker would be compelled to give up the property,
without receiving a penny of his money back again.
Mr. Wood said he would prosecute if the magistrate
ordered him to do so ; but he submitted that it was
the pawnbroker's place to prosecute. H. would ask his
worship to consider the nature of the property pledged,
which included shirts having his name fully marked
upon them. Surely they ought to have excited sus-
picion._

Mr. Tomlinson assured the court that it was the con-
stant practice of gentlemen living in chambers in the
inns of court to send their laundresses with articles to
pledge, directing the latter to leave therm in their own
names ' • and he had known repeated cases in which gen-
tlemen had come themselves, and pawned articles in the
names of their clerks or laundresses.

Mr. Jardine was rather surprised to hear this, he
would confess, although he might have supposed that
laundresses frequently made such representations. Ho
advised a warrant to issue against the woman.
Eventually this course was agreed to, and then Mr.
Tomlinson ♦oluntarily delivered up all the goods except
one shirt, which was retained for prosecution.
A gentleman present complained that his laundress
had pawned all his library at the same place, but the
circumstances were not mentioned.
Two well-dressed young foreigners, who gave the
names of Louis Parotti and Grossi Vincent, were

brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with begging,
and disorderly conduct, at the residence of the Rev.
J. T. Brunow, Catholic priest, of Lincoln's-inn-fields.
The reverend complainant stated that the defendants
called at his residence between twelve and one

o'clock that day, and requested to see him. He was
not disengaged at the time, and they were requested
to wait in the hall. After a short time they began

THE LONDO7 G4ZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

-WHITEHALL, JAN. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Moir,
Esq., Advocate, t) be Sheriff of the Shires or Sheriffdom
of Ross and Croimrty, in the room of Thomas Mackenzie,
Esq., resigned.
WkR-OFFICE, JAN. 19.
sth Regiment () Dragoon Guards—Veterinary Surgeon
Stephen Price Content, from the 17th Light Dragoons,
to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Gudgin, appointed to the
2d Dragoons, Jan. 19.
2d Dragoons—Veterinary-Surgeon Tom Parinder Gudgin,
from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Veterinary-Surgeon,
vice Jex, appointed to the let Life Guards, Jan. 19.
6th Dragoons—lieutenant Richard Henry Currie to bs
Captain, by purchase, vice Von Streng, who retires;
Cornet Arthur Finch Dawson to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Currie, Jan. 19. To be Cornets by purchase—
Alfred Thompson, Gent., vice Dawson, promoted, Jan. 18 ;
Edward Picton Baumgarten, Gent., vice Lovell, promoted,
Jan. 19. _ _ _ _ .

Bth Light Dragocns—To be Lieutenants, without pur-
chase—Cornet Rosert Poore; Cornet George Gooch
Clowes ; Cornet William Mussenden, Jan. 13.
12th Light Dragoons—Paymaster James Gustavus
Hamilton Holmes, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be
Paymaster, vice Walsh°, who exchanges, Jan. 19.
15th Light Dragoons—Paymaster Blayney Townly
Walslio, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster,
vice llolmes, who exchanges, Jan. 19.
17th Light Dragoons—Walter Raymond Nolan, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Boynton, promoted, Jan.

walking up and down, making a noise, and com-
plaining of disrespectful treatment. Witness went down
to them, and they said they had been waiting for an
hour, having called for relief. Witness, knowing that
they had not been kept waiting a quarter of that time,
regarded them as improper persons to relieve, and de-
sired them to quit the house. They refused to go, and
he then sent for a policeman, at the same time advising
them to leave. They then began to abuse him in strong
language, and also the Catholic religion, and he was
ultimately compelled to give them into custody.
Constable 136 F said, that when he took the defend-
ants into his charge, one of them said that they had
called for relief which the complainant was bound to
give them, and had been insulted by being kept in a cold
passage for an hour.
As the defendants were Italians, and oily ens of them
could speak English—and that very imperfectly—an
effort was made to look up a translator in the district,
but without success, it being generally known that the
Horne-office does not allow any fee to be paid out of the
Treasury for such purposes.
Under these circumstances Mr. Jardine was com-
pelled to discharge them, with a suitable caution not to
go there again.

19.
Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Philip Smith,
Gent., to bo Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase,
Jan. 19. .

and Edward Murray Cookcsley, Gent., to be Ensigns,
Jan. 13.
Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—To be Ensigns—
Wm. Jessopp, Gent., Thomas Bateman, Gent., William
Lynch, Gen' .. Jan. 15.
" Areyll and Bute Regiment of Militia—Smollett Montgo-
meryEthiington, Esq., to be Captain, vice Sir John y.
Ordo, Bart., retired ; Wm. Campbell, Gent., to be Lieu:
tenant, vice John Campbell, retired; Alexander Sinclair,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Allan M`Laine, retired ; George
Wm. Robert Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Henry
Campbell, retired, Jan. 9.
sth Regiment of West York Militia—Christopher Spen-
cer Brearey, Esq., to ha Captain ; Henry Robt. Markham,
Esq., to be Captain ; Henry Hartley Taylor, Gent., to be
Lieutenant ; John George Mayo, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
Dec. 27.
The above Commissions were by mistake inserted in the
Ga:ette as belonging to the Sixth Regiment, whereas they
should have been of the Fifth Regiment.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Lieutenant
Stoddart, of the 6th Regiment, aro lon Frederick Au-
gustus.
West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—William Lawes,
Esq. (late 41st Regiment, to be Captain ; James Urquhart
Mosso, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 12.
3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—
Ensign Huinphry Brooke Firmau to be Lieutenant, vice
Illurston appointed to 7th Fusiliers ; Ensign Gerald
Rochfort"to be Lieutenant, vice Hinds, resigned ; Jolliffe
Tutiliell, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Howarth, appointed to
the 14th Regiment of Foot, Jan. 12.
4th Regiment of West Yorkshire Militia —Alfred
Beckett, Gout., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Webster,
re,igned, Jan. 12.
sth Regiment of West York Militia--Wornelay Edward
Richardson, Esq., to be Captain; John Sowell, Gout., to
be Lieutenant, Jan. 12.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—John Phillipson, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, vice Phillips, resigned, Jan. 15.
West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Edward Danbeny,
Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 15; Alfred Nowbatt, Gent., to
be Ensign, Jan. 16.
4th or. Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia--
Lieut. Charles George Boulton to be Captain, vice Kirby,
promoted, Jan. 12.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Henry Spencer,
Esq., to be Captain, vice Fell, retired, Dec. 23 ; Ralph
Bromfield Fisher, Esq., to bo Captain, Dec. 28 ; John
Skottowe, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 28 ; Samuel
Ashworth Finnamore, Genf., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 28 ;
Thomas Houseman Rossall, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan.
2 ; James Wm. Bryan, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 9.
Hampshire Militia Artillery.—James Hinton, Gent., to
be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bloxeomo, resigned, Dec. 30.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia.—
Lieutenant Bryan Walter Atkinson to be Captain, vice
France, resigned, Jan. 10.
2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia.—
David Bilham, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 17.
sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia.—John Born-
ford, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 17.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia.—Thomas
Francis Boddington, Gent., to be Ensign; Nigel Greeley
Rabbitts, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 16.
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regi-
ment of Militia--Ensign Robert Napoleon Surplice to be
Lieutenant, vice Rawson, resigned ; Leonard Smelt Rol-
leston, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
East York Regiment of Militia—Charles Swami, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Duesbery, resigned, Jan. 11; William
George Paplay Neilson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Thomp-
son, promoted, Jan. 12.
2d Cornwall Rifles.—Lieutenant St. Aubyn to be Cap-
tain, vice Morshead, resigned, Jan. 13.
Warwickshire Militia.-Ist Regiment.—John Alexan-
der Caldicott, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Francis Senior
Anstey, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 2.
2d Regiment—Bowyer Wenham Cave Brown Cave,
Gent., to be Ensign ; Lindsey Holland Butler, Gent., to
be Ensign, Jan. 2.
Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirk Regiment of Militia
—Hugh Scott, Esq., to bo Major, Jan. 9.
Rlinburgh or Mid-Lothian Regiment of Militia—Ensign
Francis Kennedy to be Lieutenant, vice Wright, resigned;
George Mitchell Innes, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice
Hardyman, resigned, Jan. 9.

Coldstream Guards-Captain and Brevet-Major the
Honourable W. G. Boyle, from the 21st Foot, to ho Lieu-
tenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Lord Dunk°llin,
promoted, Jan. 19. To be Lieutenants and Captains,
without purchase-Captain John Augustus Conolly, from
the 49th Foot ; Captain Henry Fitzbardinge Berkeley
Maxse, from the 21st Foot, Jan. 19. To be Ensigns and
Lieutenants, without purchase-Captain Henry J. Begot
Lane, from the 3d Stafford Militia, vice Tower, promoted,
Jan. 16 ; Captain Alexander W. Adair, from the let
Somerset Militia, vice Lord F. Levesou Gower, deceased,
Jan. 17 ; William Frederick Ernest Seymour, Gent., vice
Greville, killed action, Jan. 18; Stapleton Tomas
Mainwaring, Gent., vice Fremantle, promoted, Jan. 19.
Scots Fusilier Guards-George Williams Knox, Gent.,
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, Jan. 19.
let Regiment of Foot-Brevet-Major William Little
tewari. be b.. Major, by purchase, vice Muller, appointed
to a Depot Battalion ; Lieutenant E. T. St. L. McGwire,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stewart, Jan. 19.
4th Foot-Lieutenant Frederick Anthony Trevor to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Balguy, who retiree ; Ensign
James Constable, from the 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Connell, whose promotion has been
cancelled ; Charles Thomas Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, Jan. 19.
9th Foot-Ensign W. H. Rainsford, from the 16th Foot,
to bo Lieutenant, without purchase; Arthur Worthington,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
14th Foot -Andrew Alfred Le Mesurier, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
20th Foot-Lieutenant Charles Lutyens to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Anstey,. who retires ; John Henry
Waterfall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Neill,
promoted, Jan. 19.
21st Foot-Thomas Bruce Hutton, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Clay, whose appointment has been can-
celled, Jan. 19.
28th Foot-Henry Thackwray, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, Jan. 19.
30th Foot-Charles James Palmer Clarkson, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 18 ; Richard Grenville
Deane, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
38th Foot-Ensign Walter Hume, from the 75th Foot,
to bo Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
42d Foot-Francis Edward Henry Farquharson, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
47th Foot-Lieutenant Henry Gem, from the lot War-
wick Militia, to be Ensign, with purchase, Jan. 19.
49th Foot-Arthur Ferdinand Platt, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, Jan. 19.
50th Foot-Charles Frederick Young, Gent., to bo En-
sign, without purchase, vice Lee, promoted, Jan. 19.
54th Foot-Captain George Cumming Miller to be Ma-
jor, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires, Jan. 19.
55th Foot-Lieutenant William Barnston to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Warren, deceased, Dec. 23 ; Lieu-
tenant James Hannay to be aptain' without purchase,
vice Barnston, whose promotion, on the 29th December,
kas been cancelled; Ensign Francis Williams to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Hannay, Doc. 29 ; Ensign
William Edward Nunn, from the 15th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, Jan. 19.
57th Foot-Lieutenant Arthur Maxwell Earle to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Hague, whose promotion,
on the 29th Dec., has been cancelled, Dec. 29 ; Ensign
John Nixon Gooch Macartney to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Hague, died of his wounds, Nov. 13 ; En-
sign Heath Haviland Chanter, from the let Devon Militia,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Macartney, promoted,
Jan. 19. •
61st Foot-Ensign Robert Hutton to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Burnside, promoted in the 21st
Foot, Jan. 19.
63d Foot-John Richard Ramsbottom, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Benyon, promoted, Jan. 19.
66th Foot-Lieutenant Richard Horner Paget to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Conner, who retires ; Stephen
Weston Bent, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 19.
77th Foot-Ensign John Marsh Simpson, from the 73d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Dec. 19.
79th Foot-Ensign John Edward Allen, from the 92d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Lieutenant
Richard Bisse Roland Bedford, from the 2d Warwick
Militia, tobe Ensign, without purchase, vice M`Donald,
promoted, Jan. 19.
81st Foot-Ensign Walter Musgrave, from the Cape
Mounted- Riflemen, to be Lieutenant, wiliout purchase,
vice Trent, appointed to 33d Foot, Jan. 19.
83d Foot -C iptaiu Edward Steele to be Major, without
purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Ainslie, who
retires upon full pay; Lieutenant William Mills Molony
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Steele ; Ensign John
William Huskisson to be Lieutenaut, without purchase,
vice Molony, Jau. 19.
84th Foot-Lieut. Walter C. E. Snow to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bridge, deceased,
Jan. 19 ; Ensign lionsas Goodricke Peacocko to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Snow, Jau. 9.
93th Foot-Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Gervas Stanford De-
yerill to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Mt,
who retires upon full pay ; Capt. William P. Purnell to
be Major, without purchase, vice Deverill, Jan. 19.
Rifle Brigade-Frederic Carl Playne, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, Jan. 16. To be Ensigns, without pur-
chase-Christopher Rice Havard Nicholl, Gent., Jan. 17 ;
Frederick Edward Sotheby, Gent., Jan. 18; Richard Bo-
rough, Gent., Jan. 19.
3d West India Regiment-Francis Shearman, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bruce, dismissed by the
sentence of a General Court-Martial, Jan. 19.
BREVET.
Colonel James Robertson Craufurd, of the Grenadier
Guards, about to be employed on a Special Service, to
have the local rank of Brigadier-General while so em-
ployed, Jan. 19.
Colonel Lord Wm. Paulet, having been appointed by
Field-Marshal Lord Raglan to the command at Scutari,
and the general superintendence of that station and the
establishments in the Darclauelles, to have the local rank
of Brigadier-General in Turkey.
The following promotions to take place place in succes-
sion to Coloneferaufard, Royal Artillery, promoted to be
Major-General on the Nov. 28, 1854 :-
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Charlton Smith, unattached,
to be Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28, 1854.
Major James H. Trevelyan, Unattached, to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28.
Captain Charles Erskine Ford, of the Royal Engineers,
to be Major in the Army, Nov. 28.
The following promotions to take place in succession to
Colonel Gordon, of the Royal Artillery, promoted to be
Major-General on the 28th Nov. :-
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Crombie, of the Coldstream
Guards, to be Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28.
Major C. Edgard Michell, 66th Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28.
Captain H. A. Turner, Royal Artillery, to be Major in
the Army, Nov. 28.
The following promotions to take place in succession to
Colonel Dundas, of the Royal Artillery, promoted to be
Major-General on the 28th Nov.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Rs.ikes Faber, 35th Foot, to
be Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28.
Major W. Twistleton Layard, of the Ceylon Regiment,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 28.
Captain Janus Wm. Graves, Unattached, Staff-officer of
Pensioners, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 28.
The following promotions to take place in succession to
Colonel Airey, promoted to be Major-General on 12th
December, 1854 :-
Lieutenant-Colonel John Garvock, 31st Foot, Assistant
Quartermaster-General in Ceylon, to be Colonel in the
Army, Dec. 12.
Major Richard D. Kelly, 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel in the Army, Dec. 12.
Captain Isaac Moore, 97th Foot, to be Major in the
Army, Deo. 12.
The following promotions to take place in succession to
Major-General W. D. Jones, of the Royal Artillery, placed
upon the Retired List on the 6th January, 1855 --
Colonel Francis Rawdon Chisney, of the Royal Artil-
lery, to be Major-General in the Army, Jan. 6.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund W. W. Passy, of the Depot
Battalion at Fermoy, to be Colonel in the Army, Jan. 6.
Major Arthur C. Goodenough, 34th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the Army, Jan. 6.
Captain Henry Collette, 67th Foot, to be Major in the
Army, Jan. 6.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick EM, retired full-pay, 90th
Foot, and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Francis Ain-
slie, retired full-pay, 83d Foot, to be Colonels in the
Army, the rank being only honorary, Jan. 19.
Lieutenant Henry Langhorne Thompson, of the 58th
Bengal Native Infantry, employed on a particular service
in Turkey, to have the local rank of Captain while so em-
ployed.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Assistant Staff-Surgeon Edward William Bawtree, M.D.,
to be Staff-Surgeon of the 2d Class, Jan. 19.
MEMORANDUM.
Major-General Henry Dwyer, Major on half-pay, Unat-
tached, has been permitted to retire from the service by
the sale of his commission.
The name of Captain Edward Herbert Maxwell, of the
88th Foot, having been erroneously inserted in the list of
officers promoted to the Brevet rank of Major, in the
Gazette of 12th Dec., 1854, ouch promotion has accordingly
been cancelled,
The first Christian name of Ensign Browning, of the
S9th Foot, is Montague, and not Montagu, as previously
stated.
The Christian name of the Ensign appointed to the 37th
Foot on the 22d Dec., IESI, is Jarvis, and not Jervis, as
previously stated.
The promotion of Lieut. G. J. Wolseley to a company,
owfitthiloou2t9itiburic)lemze,lisisl thl,s
the 90th
ebrnoocta,nacselslte:(kit.ed in the Gazette
CONIMIS3IOSS SIGNED BY TUE QUEEN.
let Royal Surrey Militia-George Rontree, Gent., to be
Quartermaster, Dec. 18.
Ist West York Regiment of Militia-John Matcham
Isaac, Esq., to be Paymaster, from the 20th December,
Dec. 21.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Essex-Caledon Du Pro Alexander, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 16.
County of Pembroke-Thomas Mansel, Esq., and Wm.
Owen, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants, Jan. 16.
Royal Bucks King's Own Militia-Lieutenant Charles
James Palmer to be Captain, vice Ridley Smith, resigned.
Rutland Militia-Second Lieutenant Edward Costall to
be First Lieutenant, vice Alexander Doria, retired, Jan.l.
Dorset Regiment of Militia-Ashton Warner, Gent.,

LAMBETH.—A man dressed in the garb of a me-
chanic, who refused to give his name, was charged with
coining, and having in his possession a 9.stantity of coin-
ing implements.
liergeant Quinnear deposed that, on the preceding
evening, he, accompanied by police-constable Btephen
Booth, proceeded to the house, No. 7, Surrey-buildings,
East-lane, Walworth, and in endeavouring to effect an
entrance by the back-door he made a slight noise, upon
which the prisoner opened it, and he (Quinnear) at once
secured him. On searching the place they found a vast
quantity of things such as are used in the manufacture
of base coin, and from information which has ruched
me I have no doubt whatever the prisoner is one of the
most in,enioa.l and successful manufac' urers of base
coins int'Engliid, and that he makes as much as 41. and
W. a week by selling the manufactured coin to thu
passers or "smashers." Quinnear here produced t't.a
articles found, consisting of bell metal, copper, black
tin, 23 files of various sizes, an electrotype machine,
shears, plaster of Paris, &c. The prisoner, when I took
him into custody (added the witness), said, " I wonder
a fly (clever) man like you should take so much trouble
for nothing" (meaning that the mere possession of such
articles, no coia being discovered, would not affect him).
Prisoner—Officer, why didn't you fetch the candle-
sticks here ?

Quinnear—Because I did not think it necessary.
Mr. Norton—Nor was it. I think the officer has
brought quite enough against you. What are you!
Prisoner—l have stated on the sheet what I am. I'm
a tinker and general jobber.
Mr. Norton--Then what business can a tinker have
with plaster of Paris!
Prisoner—Well, I sometimes get an odd job of jewel-
lery to mend, and it's very handy to keep the metal from
spreading—(laughter)—and as for supposing the things
found in my possession were intended as materials for
coining it is quite ridiculous. I dare say I could go to
your worship's house at this moment and find the same
sort of materials there. I should find on the roof
some lead or zinc ; I should find some Britannia
metal spoons, and also a flower pot, which would
be found sufficiently porous to answer all the purposes
of electrotyping. I should also, in all probability,
find a box of carpenter's tools, as gentlemen are in
the habit of keeping a fancy box of tools, and I should
not wonder if I found an old file or two. (Renewed
laughter.)
Mr. Nortoa here referred to the act of Parliament,
and found that the articles, the possession of which con-
stituted the offence, were not found in the prisoner's case,
except " edging tools," and the files he should take to
constitute them.

The prisoner said files were used for different purposes,
and therefore his Worship should not arrive at the con-
clusion that those found in his possession were used for
coining. Quinnear, the officer, he said, was perfectly
correct in his opinion of the law, that there was not in
law any charge against him, aid he therefore called for
his liberation.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Abraham Coronet, cigar manufacturer, Great Alie-stroe
Goodman'a-fields.

BANKRUPTS.

Mr. Norton remarked that if the law was not suffi-
cient to punish a person of his character, there was not
the slightest security for the public. The law as re-
garded the whole case of coining and passing base coin
was in a most disgraceful state. He should remand the
prisoner for the attendance of the officers of the Mint.

Herbert Wyatt, Thomas Dickens, Daniel Edward
Austin, chimney-piece manufacturers, Pilgrim-street,
Kennington, to surrender Jan. 27 at half-past one, and
March 10 aCtwelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stems-
feld, official assignee ; Chidley, Gresham-street.
Thomas Andrew Francis Burton, wharfinger, Montague-
close, Southwark, Feb. 2, at one, and March 6, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Sambrook-court ; Preston, New Broad-street.
Thomas Lowell Ralph, the elder, and Wm. Ralph, iron
founders, Birmingham, Jan. 27 and Feb. 23, at twelve, ai
the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official as-
signee, Birmingham; Southall, Birmingham.
Bryan Hesleden, scrivener, Barton-upon-Humber, Lin-
colnshire, Fob. 7, and 28, atwelve, at the Leeds District
Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; England and
Saxelbye, Kingston-upon-Hull.
Henry John Achlin, wholesale shoe manufacturer, High
Holborn, Feb. 2, at half-past twelve, and March 9, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official as-
signee, Aldermanbury ; J. and J. H. Liuklater, Sise-lane.
Thomas Prichard, apothecary, Sidcup, Kent, Jan. 30 at
two, and March 6 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Lee, official assignee, Aldertnanbury ; Forbes and Nor-
wood, Warnford-court, Tbrogmerton-street.
Charles Oaken, coachmaker, Ropeinakers'-street, Fins-
bury, Feb. 2 at eleven, and March 6 at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court ; Lewis, Wilmington-square.
William Gillard, the elder, dealer in oils and pickles,
&c., Catherine-street, Strand, and Thornhill-square, Isling-
ton, Jan. 31, at ono, and March 6, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Stausfeld, official' assignee; Nicholl and
Clark, Cook's-court, Carey-street.
George Ricketts, coach-builder; Euston-square, Jan. 26,
at twelve, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Abrahams, Southampton-buildings.
Henry Revel Spicer, paper-Baker, Bagnor Mlle, Barks,
Jan. 20, at half-past twelve, and Fob. 27, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Tucker, Clement-lane.
Thomas Nicholson, machine maker, Leeds, Feb. 2 and
March 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee, Leeds; Dunning and Kay, Leeds.
Joseph Crowther grocer, Manchester, Jan. 31 and Feb.
21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Herne-
man, official assignee, Manchester; Boots, Manchester.
Edward Jackson and 'Eugene Clarke, wholesale milli-
ners, Manchester, Feb. 5 and 28, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man-
chester ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
Henry Benson Cox, dealer in provisions and trader,
Southampton, Jan. 27, at twelve, and March 10, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee,
Guildhall-chambers ; A'Becket and Co., Golden-square.
William Foster, stone merchant, Milbank, Westminster,
Feb. 2, at eleven, and March 9, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder-
reanbury ; Jacques, Edwards, Jacques, and Layton,
Holborn ; Robson, Halifax.
John Roots, brick-maker, of Luton, near Chatham, Jan.
25, at twelve, and March 9, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street;
Stevens and Stachell, Queen-street, Cheapside ;
Chatham.
F‹ John Dennott, builder, Now Cross, Hatcham, Surrey,
Jan. 26, at half-past eleven, and March 1, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street-buildings ; Jones, Chancery-lane.
Charles Hodge, iron founder, Chelsea, Jan. 27, at two,
and March 10, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Rivotta, Bloomsbury.
Samuel Morritz Krohn, merchant, Bread-street, Cheap-
side, Jan. 26, at eleven, and March 1, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Colemans-
street-buildings • Linklater, Sise-lane.
John Boddington, malt factor, Manchester, Jan. 30, and
Feb. 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fra-
ser, official assignee, Manchester ; Blair, Manchester.
George Hickes and Thomas Pilling, Risers, Edenwood,
near Edonfield, Lancaster, Fob. 1 and 22, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official as-
signee, Manchester ; Cobbett and Wheeler, Manchester.

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142
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8114
417

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174
267

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28
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126%
37
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149

A WBALTIIT PAUPER COMPHILL/D TO DISOORGI.—
Jane Fowls, a pauper belonging to the City of London
union, has lately been compelled to refund to the parish
authorities the sum of nearly 250/., invested in the Three
per Cent. Consols. It appears she had .been in the re-
ceipt of out-door relief for the last ten years, when, by
the sagacity and intelligence of Mr. Turner, the reliev-
ing officer, it was discovered that she possessed this
large sum of money in the funds. Steps were immedi-
ately takes against her for the imposition she had been
practising on the parochial authorities, the result of
which has been that they have compelled her to refund
the whole of the money she has had from them during
that period, being nearly the whole amount of the sum
invested.
ADvERTISRMENT.I—TNI WAR IN THE Eksv. —POWERFUL RATim
RECONNOITRING GLUM.— SIGHT AND HHARING.-31eAsrs. S. and
B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Ob.
serve—opposite the York Hotel. Newly-constructed Spectacle
Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The valuable advan-
tage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming im-
paired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged
persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most
minute occupation—can see with these lenses of a much less ma-
nifying power—and they do not require the frequent changes
to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf-
ness—Now Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi-
nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness,
entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the
kind that has been, or probably ever can bo, produced.
Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it
enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at
public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises
in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the assist-
ance that possibly could be desired. By her Majesty's Roya
of, objects t,Ots:ve Opera,
eadndtlPue•
Letters Patent fur valuable and extraordinary iinprovements
in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-
course,o7,up
je, ettii,veemta
them—of
Glasses,
great
know
importancetlie
to distancestl,o
, Y. and others. These telescopes 3 pots.!ss such extra-
ordinary powers that some
inches, with an extra eye-
piece, will show distinetl
y Jupiter's moons, Saturn's lino.,
and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be
soon a person's countenance three miles
and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They
and a half distant,
are of larger and all
sizes, with increasing power, accordingly ; while their vary-
ing from 4 to 6 inches evab'e us to discover more than the
above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, SLc Theoy R
Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented; very anal
powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by whick
a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer
every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses,
country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles
They are invaluable for shooting; deer-stalking, yachting, to
sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera,
race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful
power.--39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, Observe—oppc•
situ the York Hotel.

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29
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New-street, Dorset-square, dressmakers—M. Falck and R.
Hirschfeld, King-street, Chea; side, foreign agents—J. J.
Waeny, C. J. Hill, and F. Schmitter, Manchester, com-
mission merchants, so far as regards J. J. Waeny—A.
Thorpe, J. Thorpe, jun., S. N. Cropper, and J. S.
Cropper, Derby, silk throwsters, so far as regards J.
Thorpe, Sinallthwaite and T. Perry, Liverpool,
car proprietors—J. Sherwin and W. Sharwin, Man-
chester, manufacturers of umbrella sticks—W. Wood-
head and S. Worsnop, Bradford, Yorkshire, printers
—E. Corbett, S. Cliff, and J. Chadwick, junior,
Manchester, agricultural chemists, so far as regards
E. Corbett —R. Eaton and S. Moss, Macclesfield,
Cheshire, silk throwsters—Jonathan Jewett and John
Jowett, Bredbury, Cheshire, coal merchants—J. Cazneau
and A. Wright, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, in-
surance brokers—R. Clark, G. Pomfret, J. Hyde, and J.
Brown, Burnley, Lancashire, cotton cloth ma nufacturers
—J. Midgeley and N. Slater, Bradford, Yorkshire, plum-
bers—W. Gates and H. Norton, Basinghall-chambers,
City, wine rcerchants—Susannah Balls and J. Balls, Nor-
wich, boot manufacturers—J. T. Lea and IL Greathead,
Birmingham, lace dealors—T. P. Barkes and W. Barkas,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, printers—C. Thornhill, S. Thorn-
hill, M. Thornhill, and J. Thornhill, Sheffield, Yorkshire,
awl blade manufacturers, so far as regards J. Thornhill—
T. Davis, J. Davis, and J. M. Spenceloy, Halifax, York-
shire, cabinet makers—C. IL Rhodes, J. Lane, and C. H.
R. Rhodes, Chancery-lane, and Gracechurch-street, City,
attorneys—T. Anderson, W. Thorburn, and J. Anderson,
Manchester, and Huddersfield, Yorkshire, woollen manu-
facturers, so far as regards I'. Anderson.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act
the Wcek en,ling on Saturda:

ISSUE DEP.
A
:votes Ls ..•• 25,880,560

425,880,560

ENGLAND.
7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for
or the 13th day of Jau., 1855.

Dated the 18th day of Jan., 185

BANKING Di
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest .... 3,223,009
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-

lug's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 2,294,292
Otter deposits 10,342,702
seven Day and other
Bills 1,271,400

432,189,409

LETUENT.

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities.— 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 11,880,5f,0
Silver bullion

.£25,880,, 50
E. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

'AIIThIENT.

Government securities

(In cludg.Dead Weight

Annuity) 11,731,427
Other securities 14,035,963
Notes 5,763,465
Gold and silver cola .. 658,554

I £32,189,409
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Datod the lath day of Jan., 18

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending the 16th
Jan., 1855, is 21s Gd per hundredweight exclusive of
the duties of Customs paid or payable therem on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

BIM usu.

Aberdeen

Belfast and Ballymena .
Belfast and County Down— •• ••
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Bolton, Blackburn, and West York ....
Bristol and Exeter ...... •••••• ••
Ca1ed0nian............. ............

Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • • • • • • • • • •
Chester and Holyhead. • • .. • • • • • • • • • •
Cork, Blackrock, an d Passage ••• • • •
Cork and Bandon
Dublin and Belfast Junction •• .. • • • •
Dublin and Drogheda...—. • • • • • •
Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Dundee and Arbroath . • ••• • • • ••• •
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction
Dundalk and Enniskillen.... • • • • • • • •
East Anglian.... • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
East Lancashire • • • ••• • • •

Eastern Counties and N0rf01k....:.
Eastern Union. . j

Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee....
Exeter and Creditors.... ..... .......
Furness Railway ...

Glasgow, and So ath-Western • • • • • • • •
Great Northern and E. L.........
Great Southern and Western (Ireland)
Great Western •- • •
Irish South Eastern ................
Lancaster and Carlisle • . • • ..........
Lancashire and Yo(rkshire ••••
Leeds Northern ....................

Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport....
London and North Western .....
London and Blackw all • • • • • •
London, Brighton, and South Coast..
London and South Western. • • • • • • • •
Londonderry and Enniskillen • ••• • • •
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c.
Manchester, Shale ld, and Lincolnshire
Manchester and South Junction • • •...
Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • •

Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • • •
bionklands • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - • • • • • • • •

1,092
717

1,409

3,9 0
9,283
4,940
3,476
13g

647
1,027
549
460
514

1,863
765

(83
4,783

14,57 G
2,239

3,820
11,041
4,771
19,514

240
5,137
14,576

1,162
42,546
1,127
~061
9,942
366

5,047

1,769

-------------
Newcastle and Carlisle.... .....
North Britlsh • • .. • • •• • . ••
North Staffordshire

North-Western •• .. •• •• ..

5,251
11,190
4,818
3,8

. _
Scottish Central • • • •
Scottish Midland •.•. • . • •
Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Shrewsbury and Chester
Shropshire Union

south Devon • • • • • • .. . • • • • • • • • • • • •• •
South Eastern ••. • • • •• '•
South Wales .. • • .....
South York., Doncaster, and dcOl.e. "
Taff Vale • • • • • • ••
16 I Ulster. ••• • • •

Waterford and Limerick ...
West Cornwall ......

Whitehaven Junction ..• •• • • • • ••

York and Newcastle, and 'Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds

FOREIGN.
Dutch Rhenish • • • • •• •• • • •• •• •• •• ••
Lyons and Mediterranean • • ••
Moutereau and Troyes;
Namur and Liege
Northern of France •• .• •• ••
Orleans and Central* ..
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Rouen.
Paris and Strasburgh
Rouen and Havre ••
Western of France ••••••••

619
50,061
2,156

4,275

740
1,754
597

639
1,504
15,756
3,502

3,063

1,229
587
493
724
259

813
5,605

18,924
2,835

24,105

4,534
16,453
5,512
21,020

285
5,030
18,621

3,937

1,263
44,603
1,215
9,980
11,450
571

8,088

23,660
2,734

765
2,418
803

2,228
17,194
4,586

30,15 G

6,182

* rhe•receipts include the train on the Or!cams and Central, Or-
leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines.

APPREHENSION OF A MURDEREIL—Alexander other-
wise " Collier" Stewart, who murdered John Welsh at
the Kelvinside iron-stone pit, Jean's-bridge, near Mary-
hill, on Sunday, the 26th of November last, after being
at large for six weeks, was apprehended on Tuesday
evening at Barrhead. He had mine to that neighbour-
hood several weeks 'since, and had been working in the
Bo; bole colliery under the assumed name of William
Kelso, hut he was reenoadsed by some workmen, and
his identity being eitabli.slied, the procurator-fiscal corn•
witted him for trial.

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states in a letter to l'rOfessor Holloway that, having
derived such immense benefit from the use of his pills, he
has great pleasure in bearing testimony to their wonder-
ful properties. For a long time he was afflicted with
nervous debility, loss of appetite, and suffered a'se from
a disordered liver ; his complexion became sallow, and
his frame so emaciated that there appeared little hopes
of his recovery, and after trying other medicines in vain,
he is proud to acknowledge that he is solely indebted to
Holloway's pills for the radical cure effected in him.—
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