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London, England, 1852-08-18 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUSIC 18, 1852.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, Aug. 17.
WAR-OFFICE. AUG. 17.
61st Foot—John Sloman, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Pattoun, promoted, Aug. 17.
62d Foot—Lieutenant Edward Stanley to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Hedley, who retires, Aug. 17; Ensign
and Adjutant Joseph Saunderson to have the rank of
Lieutenant, Aug. 16; Ensign William Nicholas Urison
Becher to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stanley;
il sG,e GnAt:nu
Edward Henry Hunter, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Cooch, promoted, Aug. 17; Graham Hay,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grylls, promoted,
tgto. , blt9eo. E
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As i
gu6ngi t
bhlyB
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purchase,Adolphusoot B a
Foot—Bradford
iocAredl
Smith,
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Smith
Wit owmtboows
retires,ekl
Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilson, appointed to the 86th
Foot, Aug. 17.
69th Foot—Charles Richard Dorington, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Gildea, promoted, Aug. 17.
71st Foot—Courtenay Harvey Saltren Scott to bo
Ensign, by purchase, vice Watson, promoted, Aug. 17.
72d Foot—Lieutenant and Captain James Evelyn,
from the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to
be Captain, vice Cooper, who exchanges, Aug. 17.
75th Foot—Ensign Robert William Arnold Torckler,
from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Mitchell, pro-
moted, Aug. 17.
85th Foot—Lieutenant the Honourable William Stuart
Knox to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Edmond
Knox, promoted, by purchase, in the 3cl West India
Regiment; Easign James Brown Young to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice the Honourable William Stuart
Knox, Aug. 17.
87th Foot—Honourable D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne
to be second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gee, pro-
moted, Aug. 17.
89th Foot—John Waldron Gray, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Pery, promoted, Aug. 17. erase
91st Foot—Henry Wood, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Briggs, appointed to the 96th Foot,
Aug. 17.
Ist West India Regiment—Joseph Noble Beasley,
Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Castray, whose
retirement was announced in the Gazette of April 2,
Aug. 17.
2nd West India Regiment—Lieutenant Charles John
Patterson to be Adjatant, vice Birley, who resigns the
Adjutancy only; Ensign John Foulkia Becher to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Child, appointed to
the Gold Coast Corps, Aug. 17.
3rd West India Regiment—Captain Thomas Edward
Knox, from the 85th Foot, to be Major, by purchase,
vice Shaw, who retires; George Alexander Moorhead,
to be Adjutant, vice Krr, who resignsto the
Adjutancyy
only; George Gant Beazley, Gent., be Ensign, b
purchase, vice Hawntyne, promoted, Aug. 17.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUG. 14.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Henry
Philip Goodenough to be Captain, vice Mtrkland, retired
upon full-pay; First Lieutenant John George Boothby
to be Second Captain, vice Goodenough ; Second Lieu-
tenant John Donald George Higgon to be First Lieute
nant, vice Boothby, Aug. 5.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Kent.
The Honourable James Master Owen Byng to be
Deputy Lieutenant, June 21 ; Francis Bligh Hookey,
Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, July 15.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex.
Sir Claude William Champion de Crespigny, Bart., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant; Daniel Robert Scratton, Esq.,
to be Deputy-Lieutenant; John Bagshaw, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant, Aug. 13.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
Sir William Edmund Cradock Hartopp, Bart., to be
Deputy-Lieutenart, Aug. 5.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Flintsbire.
The Honourable Thomas Pryco Lloyd to to be Deputy-
Lieutenant; Thomas Edward Mostyn Lyd Deputy,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Edward Henry Mostyu,
Esq , to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Robert Wills, Esq., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant.
Commission by the Lied-Lieutenant and High Steward
of Kirkcudbright.
Alexander Young :ferries, jua., Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant, July S.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding
of Yorkshire.
Alan Frederick Cathcart, Esq, commonly called Lord
Greenock, to be Deputy-Lieutenant; the Right Hon.
Charles John, Lord Teignmouth, to be Deputy-Lieu-
tenant; John Chapman, Esq, to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Christopher Richardson, Esq , to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
John Michell, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Richard
Machel Jaques, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Leonard Thompson, Die to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
George William Denys, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
George Sowerby, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
North York Regiment of Militia—Alan Frederick
Cathcart, Esq , commonly called Lord Greenock, to be
Captain; John. Coates, Gent., to be Lieutenant; John
Smtirthwaite, Gent., to be Ensign.
(Erratum in the London Gasette of the 10th instant.)
For Major George Healey to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Craclock, deceased, read Major George Healey to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Eislay, deceased.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding
of Yorkshire.
3d Regiment of West York Militia—Captain Edward
Pcothero, late 14.1 Foot, to be Captain and Adjutant,
vice Rawson, deceased, Aug. 11.
BANKRUPTS.
Charles Johnson, ironmonger, Northumberland-place,
Commercial-road East, to surrender Aug. 25, at two,
and Sept. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfeld, official assigneee; Johnston, Chancery-lane.
Thomas Topham, cotton manufacturer, Noble-street,
City, and Ripley, Derbyshire, Aug. 25, at half-past two,
and Sept. 27, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Hudson and Co.,
Bucklersbury.
William Rolph, brewer, Billericay, Essex, Aug. 13, at
two, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-
street; Linklaters, Siae-lane, Bucklersbury; Woodard,
Billericay.
William Martin, grocer, Stamford, Aug. 27, and Sept.
17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court, Bittla-
atom official assignee, Nottingham ; Hill and Mathews,
St. Mary Axe, City ; Bray and Bridges,Birmingha m.
William Hornby, joiner and builder, Kirkdale, Lan-
cashire, Aug. 26 and Oct. 1, at eleven, at tho Liverpool
District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool;
Atkinson, Liverpool.
John Howe, builder, Felling, Darham, Sept. 3, at
eleven, and Sept. 30, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New-
castle-upon-Tyne; Brignal, South Shields; Hartley,
Southampton -street, Bloomsbury.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
J. Webb, plumber, Ealing.
C. Brackett, fruiterer, North-street, Spitalfields-market.
C. M. King, clerk, Bishops-road, Bethnal-green.
D. Williams, fruiterer, Great Winchester-street.
W. Smart, Upper Victoria-road, Liverpool-road.
P. Smelt, Gray's Inn-lane.
J. Crossley, jun., Old Montague-street, Whitechapel.
F. Farmer, ;licensed victualler, North-street, Mile End.
M. F. Monoktou, Park-streetDorset-square.
T. Shaw, Osnaburgh-street, Regent's-park.
T. Gilman, carpenter, Erith.
T. Pridham, journeyman hatter, Sudbrook-plane.
W. Heise, surgeon, Westbonrn-street, Pimlico.
J. Moses, licensed hawker, Durham.
J. Pennington, fish and game dealer, Manchester.
R. Pursey, grocer and coal merchant, Cheltenham.
J. Warriner, labourer, Orrest, Westmoreland.
S. Bierley, grocer, Preston.
J House, labourer, Beaminster, Dorsetshire.
J. Ridgway, malster, Herefordahire.
S. Lovering, butcher, Exeter.
I. Rutter, fruiterer, Manchester.
J. Bates, boiler-marker, Salford.
J. Corran, potato dealer, Liverpool.
E. F. Cook, builder, Birmingham.
B. B. Lee, cab proprietor, Plymouth.
W. Hughes, journeyman brass founder, Birmingham.
J. Hawks, locksmith, Hove, Sussex.
J. Pillaway, shoemaker, Birmingham.
M. Clyma, farmer, Veryan, Cornwall.
W. Collins, Walton-place, Hans-place, Chelsea.
J. Lowe, corn merchant, Pendleton, Lancashire. ;
B. Samo, commission agent, Dawlisb, Devonshire.
B. Pearson, coal dealer, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
T. Barnjum, Pall-mall East and Willesden, wine mer-
chant, Sept. 8, at two—E. Morgan, Portman market,
Edgware-road, licensed victualler. Sept. 8, at eleven—
W. Fry. J. Fry, and J. Chapman, St. Mildred's-court,
Poultry, bankers, Sept, 7, at twelve—W. Boyce, sen.,
Dover, hotel keeper, Sept. 7, at two—W. Trego, Cole-
man-street, builder, Sept. 7, at two—T. B. Barnes,
Thaxted, Essex, surgeon, Sept. 7, at twelve—W. Buckle,
Pall-mall and Leadenhall-street, master mariner, Sept,
7, at eleven—J. Hall, Brighton, victualler, Sept. 7, at
one—A. Clark, Bear-gardens, Southwark, plumber and
lead merchant, Sept. 7, at one.
In the Country.
W. B, Frankish, Kingston-upon-Hull, linendraper,
Sept. 8, at half-past twelve. at the Court, Leeds.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
J. H. Collins, Halifax, draper, 7id., on and after Oat.
4, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young,
Leeds.
R. Bew, Selby, grocer, 3d., on and after Oct. 4, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
W. Starkey, Huddersfield, woolstapler, ld., on and
.
after Out 4, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Young. Leeds.
W. Waite,'
Bramley, cloth manufacturer, ls. 4id., on
and after Oct t,imedbetween eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. young,
J. Ackroyd,
4, between eleven Batley, carpenter, 4d., on and after Oat.
and
Leeds. two, at the office of Mr. Young,

J. Oyston, Wakefield, draper, 55.. on and after Oct.
4, between eleven and two, at, the office of Mr. Young,
Leeds.

J. Firth, Leeds, drapctb
ril:ld., on and after Oct 4, be-
tween eleven and two, at the of Mr. Young, Leeds.
J. Wilkinson, Lindley, cloth
and after Oct. 4, between eleven and two, at the office
Laseiendgsh.all-street.
nbclebtwuerYe, cloth manufac-
turers, 4s. 2d., on
of Mr. Young, Looda.
L. Longlay and Sons, Alta
turers, 3d., on and actor, Oct. 4, a elm= and two,
Dil
the r.
Court,
NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES.
S. Knight, Fore-street, City, 1,
c-ce=emenger, Sept. 9,
at twelve—E. Itiountcastle, King William street, City,
d .Lendon•atreet, hatter, Green
at the oificeAoft
anwhich, Sept. 9, at
eleven--T. Cowkey, Brighton, wino
merchant, Sept. 8,
at eleven.

salter, Sept.n the Country.
G. Standerwick, C. Standerwick. and T. Barnes,
Bristol, auctioneers, Sept. 15, at eleven, at the Court
Bristol—A. Atkinson, Ralston-in-Furness, Lancashire,
graver, Sept. 14, at twelve, at
moister, Sept. 13, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—
j". Buch., Manchester,
en
the Court, Manchester—J. Walthow, Manchester, dry.
pt. 14, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester.

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
G. Dover, Cheltenham, Glonc,estershirc, budder, cer-

tificate of the first cllssA. Tarrant, High Holborn, I
bookbinder, certificate of the second class—R. Buck,
Church-street, Hackney, builder, certificate of the third
class—F. DaYhl"ls,,, High-street, Hounslow, grocer,
certificate of the third class—T. Harris, Hampstearl-
road, brewer, certificate of the third class—W. H. Hill,
Birmingham, silversmith, certificate of the third class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. Evans and J. Daniel, Abergavenoy, shoe manu-
facturers and curriers—T. Evans and A. Long, Aber-
gavenny, shoo manufacturers and curriers—C. L.
Browning and C. Olsten, Staffordshire, iron
masters—J. Laycock and T. Hutchinson, Leeds, cloth
fullers—J. M. Itatelitfe, Terriegton St. Clement,
Norfolk, and G. W. Mills, Wisbeach, Cam-
bridge, millers—W. Round and H. Round, Oxford.
coal merchants and corn dealers—W. Birch and J.
Birch, Halifax, machine makers and blacksmiths—G.
Cheetham, T. Cneethatn, and L. Hodgkinson, Whit-
field, Derbyshire, brewers of ale and porter—T. Smith
and J. Hanson, Longwood, Yorkshire, fancy woollen
manufacturers—B. S. De Yongh and L. M. Aeaerhaan,
Harrison street, Gray's Inn-road, diamond cutters and
polishers—J. Andrew, G. Wolley, and J. Keates, Staf-
' ford, mercers, and linen and woollen drapers (so far as
regards G. Wolley)—T. C. La Neve and G. Gayton,
New Cross. Surrey, dairymen and farmers—G. R.
Wale; and W. Wails, Regent-street, cabinet makers and
upholsterers—T. A. Bushby, W. F. Foster, and J.
Hampson, Liverpool brokers—l, B. Brown and T. E.
Webb, Oxford-square, Hyde-park, and Maida-vale, sur-
geons—J. Samuel?, H. A. Jervis, and J. Pope, Man-
chersvti,oer,—c-.)namission agents (so far as regards R. A.
jo
S. Hewett and J. 11. Cook, Tiverton, Devon-
shire, carriers and leather cutters—E. Smith and J.
Taylor, Middleton, Lancashire, grocers and corn dealers
—T. Cliffs and M. W. Cliff.? Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
linen drapers—P. Taylor and J. Barker, Manchester,
millwrights and engineers—T. Hollingsworth and C. F.
0' Toole, Nottingham woollen drapers and tailors—E.
Haswell and W. Bellow, Carlisle-street, Lambath, gas
fitters and finishers.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Junes Dent 131rnsloy, bleacher.
Denton,
Henry Davies, Sheffield, tinplate worker.
George Davies, Sheffield, tinplate worker.
James Wingfield, sheffield, hosier and milliner.
Thomas Price, Witham, publican.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Mane, Dumbarton' saddler and upholslerer, to meet
Aug. 21 and 8-. pt. 11 at one, within the King's Arms
Inn, Dumbarton.
T.
meet Vapr'i d I2e
grocer
e 1 ant
s,
within p
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r
i
t
thfleaiuß denier,
Hotel, Dundee,
J. Steel, Elinburgb, drysalter, to meet Aug. 23 and
Sept. 14' at Iwo, within the Star !LAO, Elinhurgh.
W. G. Smith, Glasgow, broker, to meet Aug. 20 end
Sept. 10, at twelve, within the Globe. Hotel, Glasgow.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
Richtrrd Sill surrendered to take his trial upon an
indictment charging him with misdemeanor in having
unlawfully obtained money by false pretences from
Henry Broome.
Mr. Parry and Mr. Metcalf conducted the prose-
cution; Mr. Ballatitine. and Mr. Doyle were counsel
for the defendant.
The Learned COUNSEL for the prosecution, on open-
ing the C 352, said it was one of a very remarkable
chereeter, and he therefore bespoke the serious atten-
tion of the jury to the facts he should lay before them
in support of the charge. The defendant was charged
with obtaining money by false pretences, an offence
which under all circumstances was one f a very se-
rious character, but which in the present instance was
rendered still more serious by the fact that the de-
fendant was a person who had occupied a very re-
spectable position in society, who had for some time
been an attorney, aud who, therefore, ought not,
under any circumstances, to have been a party to any
violation of the law. He then proceeded to state that
the defendant was charged with having obtained from
Mr. Henry Broome, the prosecutor of the present
indictment, several bids of exchange of a large
amount, and also a considerable amount in cash,
under false pretences, in connexion with a charge of
card cheating at Brighton, the particular, of which
had obtained a good deal of notoriety, and the facts of
which it would be necessary for him briefly to allude.
The L.!arned Counsel then called the'attention of the
jury to the circumstance of the charge against John
Broome, the brother of the prosecutor of the present
indictment, and two other persons named Staden and
James, the latter of whom, it will be remembered,
were convicted at the recent assizes at Lewes, and
sentenced to two years' hard labour, and said that the
defendant, who had acted as the solicitor for the pro-
secution in the first instance, was now charged with
obtaining bills of exchange and money from the pro-
secutor, under the pretence that he bad had an inter-
view with Mr. Walpole, the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, and that he had sufficient influence
with him to prevent his brother from being trans-
ported, and that he could, in fact, relieve him from
any inconvenience in reference to the indictment that
had bean preferred against him. He should be able
to prove most clearly that by means of this false re-
presentation the defendant had obtained property to
a considerable amount from the prosecutor; and he
said he must confess he was at a loss to imagine
what line of defence would be taken. An attempt
would probably be made, he said, to attack
the character of the prosecutor, and he was
bound to admit that Henry Broome had been a
prizefighter, and that he had also been connected with
the turf, and it might be urged that he was a man
not very likely to be imposed upon; but the jury
must recollect that he had to deal with an attorney, a
man of experience, and who, by his position as solici-
tor for the prosecution against his brother, would ne-
cessarily have a great deal of influence over him, and
by whom, therefore, he might more easily have been
deceived. The Learned Counsel next proceeded to
refer to some of the other circumstances of the case,
and the following evidence was then adduced :
Mr. Verrall, clerk to the bench of magistrates at
Brighten, deposed that he acted in that capacity upon
the occasions of the different examinations of Staden,
James, and John Broome, upon the charge of obtain-
ing money and bills of exchange from Mr. Hemp by
means of cheating at cards. The defendant, Mr. Sill,
had attended several examinations in the capacity of
solicitor for the prosecutor, and he did so on the Bth
of March. Upon that occasion he asked for the
sanction of the magistrates to be allowed to with-
draw from : the prosecution ; and also that the
recognizauces of Mr. Chase, the chief constable of
Brighton, who had been bound over to prosecute,
should he discharged. The ground he alleged
fur desiring to withdraw from the prosecution
was that Mr. Hemp had made an affidavit upon the
subject of his bill of costs its which he made a state-
ment directly in contradiction to the evidence he had
given before the magistrates, and that his evidence
therefore could not be relied upon. The magistrates
retired to consider the application, and upon their re-
turn they told the defendant that as he desired to
withdraw from the ease they did not consider him any
longer as the solicitor for the prosecution, and he did
not again appear in the case in that capacity. The
magistrates afterwards instructed witness to carry on
the prosecution, and he did so, and Staden and James
were tried at the last assizes at Lewis and convicted.
John Broome did not surrender to take his trial with
teem
ae Henry Broome, the prosecutor, deposed that he
formerly kept the Opera Tavern in the Haymarket,
but was at present residing at No. 102, Lisson-grove.
He had been a pugilist, and was known as the charn.
pion of the prize ring, or what remained of it.—(A
laugh.)
He remembered a young namedgentleman
Hatt*
going fetn, lodge at the public-house kept by his
brother,
Broome, in Air-street, Piccadilly, and
John
that he went with his brother to Brighton races last
and that shortly afterwards a charge
year, ' brother and two was
made against is
persons named
and James, of cheating Mr Ram„
Staden
him of money by * --r,
foul
and defraudingplay
Witness did not go to Brighton
at cards.
lie knew nothing of what
with them. ...
dof thecharge occurred
there. He first hear . on the 23d of
knew nothing of the defendant,
August. lie his brother,
Mr.
barge was made against his brother,
Sill, until this c
b saw him was on the
and the first time
he
he was sent for evening of
the Bth of March, when to an oyster •
Strand, and found him there.
When the
shop in the .
he came up to
defendant saw min
and said be had been wanting
hands with him,
d they then had se to see
him for some time,
an
of which witness glasses
of grog, the greater
part defendant proposed paid for.
After some time the . , , that they
to witness s house, as he said he
should go together
before so many people, and the
could not speakac-
cordinglytogether to the Opera Tavern.y At
went
nearly 12 o'clock, and they went
this time it was
defendant then said that -'twell
into the bar, and the
the prosecution against' was
he who had carried
thaton
he had seen the Secretarywit-
ness's brother, and t and he had told him of
State upon the subject,
he would be trans that if
his brother was convicted
that it would be portetl.
He at the same time said.im _
d drawn the impossible
for him to escape, as I) intoi
it, and it was indictmentimpossible
and had put 13 counts
ugh it• They had agi
for his brother to sotto tither; in fact, the cony-ood
ersa-
deal of conversation g
the next mornin
tion lasted until 5 o'clock
hat he had before stated, (A
laugh.) In addition to vv , the
was just time
defendant told him that there enough to
he could do it, ut be
save his brother, and
1 t Tawas 5 o'clock on Sundae
must have at least 000'• left his "day
morning when the defendant 2 ,
__ house, and he
said he would give vital until o clock that day to
get up the money. lie was aware that the defendant
had been engaged as the attorney for the prosecution,
and he was therefore induced to believe his statement
with regard to his having been in communication
with the Secretary of State,
The defend'lock, aiit
came
again to his house about 2 o'clock, and he then re-
peated what he had stated before about the
Power he
possessed with the Secretary of State, and Ile also said
Chase, that he had got Mr. the chief officer of
prosecutor
Brighton, substituted as the instead of Mr.

Hamp, and he pointed to a paragraph that was in a
newspaper upon the table in confirmation of his state-
ment, and he said it had been done through the Se-
cretary of State. In consequence of what the ttefen-
dant said upon this occasion witness was induce d to
give him two bills of 1201. each. These bills were
upon French stamps, and they were drawn by John
Hamp, the brother of Mr. Hemp, who was the vose-
cutor of the indictment, and indorsed by witness and
his brother. The defendant said he must have some
money as well as the bills, and witness gave him. a 101.
note, two 51. notes, and a check for 201. H e then
said as there might be some difficulty in g eating
these bills discounted, he must have an E aglish
bill of exchange for 2401. with witness's and
his brother's name upon it. Witness told him f
t eat it
' was Sunday, and he could not get a stastamp,fondant said he must go and find one, and he went'
butout and and obtained a stamp from a neighbour, and 'when
he came back it was filled up for 2401. at four 131(X nths'
date. The defendant kept posssssion of all the'
and he remained at witness's house drinking anti!
eleven o'clock at night. The drink wan all at
vat
nesa's expense of course.—(A. laugh.) During the
day the defendant wanted him to put his name to ti
French bills ; and on his telling him that he was a
bankrupt, and that he could not pay, and his name
would be of no use, the defendant said that he was 3
good bankruptcy lawyer, and witness might take his
word that he would come to no harm through signing
the bills On the following day (Monday) witness
and the defendant went down to Brighton, for the
purpose, according to the defendant's stateWntl of
getting Mr. Chase's recognizances taken oft; and
having the prosecution put a stop to, and he at the
same time said that if he (the defendant) took no
further steps in the prosecution, he was sure the ,Se-
cretary of State would not. They went to the
Town-hall, but when Mr. Sill was about to make the
application to the magistrates the court was cleared,
and witness therefore did not know what oc-

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to the defendant. Upon one
occasion he gave him 201. for the purpose of going
down to Herefordshire to see the prosecutor and
some other pereone, and obtain affidavits vita a view
to get the venue for the trial removed from Sussex to
some other county. Witness was at Lewes at the
spring assizes of the present year, and his brother
John also went down one day but returned at night.
On the 13th of April the defendant came to wit-
ness's house. His brother was there at the time with
some friends, but the defendant said he came upo n
letv,iness, and all the other persons except witness,
his brother, and the defendant were requested to leave
the room. The defendant said that two of the bills,
that were given to him were of such a long date that
he could do nothing with them, and he must have an
order upon a banker for 2001. at seven days, and lel/.
or 201. in money. At this time witness had from Oise
defendant 1201. Or 130/. in notes besides the bilis.
He had consulted his solicitor upon the affair, and
what subsequently took place upon this occasion
was done under legal advice. When the defendant
said he innet have the bill for 2001. witness asked
him how he could think of demanding such serious
amounts from them when he knew very wall that
his brother was innocent, and that he himself had no-
thing whatever to do with the matter, and he replied
that it did not matter how innocent they were, hut it
was what the world thought of them. A bill stamp
was then sent for and a hill for 2001. was drawn, and
the defendant produced the other bills and laid them
on the table. Witness's brother then asked to look at
the stamp on the 2001. bill, and as he was reaching it
he picked up all the other bills and put them in his
pocket, and witness now produced them. The des
ferelant was very excited and demanded the bills
back, and said that if they were not returned to him
he would never leave them until he bad transported
either witness or his brother. The witness concluded
by stating that at the time he gave the bills and the
money to the defendant he did so entirely upon his
representation with regard to his influence with the
Secretary of State.
Cross-examined by Mr. BILLANTINE—None of
these securities have been paid except 25/. This was
paid on the 6th of March. Mr. Hamp is not here to
give evidence. I am the prosecutor of this indict-
ment. I have prepared three indictments against the
defendant altogether, but before any charges were
made I went to the police.office and obtained
advice. The magistrate did not refuse to grant
me a summons, but he told me I might give Mr. Sill
into custody when I met him. I don't know what
Mr. Sill was charged with, but I believe that one of
the counts of the indictment charged him with rob-
bing me and my brother. He was charged
with stealing these very bills and money. He was
acquitted upon two of these indictments in the Court
of qoueen's Bench, because no evidence was offered
against him. I had known Mr. Hamp for 12 months
before he came to London, but I did not recommend
him to go to my brother's house. I bad seen Staden
and James there. I know what my brother was
charged with, and I had heard that it was a transport-
able offence. I did not give the money to Mr. Sill to
compromise the charge, but on account of my be-
lieving he had influence enough with the Secretary
of State to got my brother transported. I believed
my brother was innocent, but still I thought it was
possible he might be transported. I swear that I
believed Mr. Sill had the power to get my brother
transported, through his influence with the Secre-
tary of State, and I wanted my brother to be saved.
I did not know how Mr. Sill was going to act, nor
how he was going to save my brother. I have seen
Mr. Hamp repeatedly during these proceedings, and
I know that be wanted to withdraw from the prose-
cution, so far as my brother was concerned. I went
down to Hereford with Mr. Hamp. I went there to
get myself into condition. I did not get myself into
condition among the " independent voters" at the last
election.—(A laugh.) I was at Ledbury at the time
of the election. I was not in training there.
The RECORDER—Are you going to try this case as
an election committee ?
my only object
Mr. BALLANTINE—No, my Lord;
was to show how the gentleman employed himself.
Cross-examination continued—ln the course of the
proceedings Mr. Sill told me he could not get his bill
of costs from Mr. Hamp.
Re-examined—All the legal proceedings that were
taken were with the sanction and advice of his legal
adviser. "Witness knew nothing whatever about
" dummy" indictments.—(A laugh.) The indict-
ments were removed to the Queen's Bench by Mr.
Sill, and he was acquitted in consequence of none of
the witnesses being in attendance.
A witness named Thomas Bray was then called
upon his subpcona, but he did not appear.
Mr. Samuel G-enesse deposed that he knew the de-
fendant and the prosecutor, and remembered seeing
them on a Sunday, about the month of March, at
Broome'e house; and he recollected drawing a bill at
the request of Henry Broome. The bill was dated
the 6th of March, and he had no doubt it was drawn
near that time. It was the same bill now produced.
The defendant did not upon any occasion call upon
him and request him to discount any bills.
Mr. Edwin Parry deposed that he was managing
clerk to Mr. John Smith, an attorney at Birming-
ham. In March last Mr. Sill called at their office,
and witness saw him and inquired if his business re-
lated to the affair of Mr. Hamp. He replied that
his business in Birmingham was to get some bills
discounted, and he produced the two French bills for
1201. each, and the English one. Witness looked at
them, and said he did not like the names, and that
Mr. Hemp was good for nothing, and that he did not
think Mr. Smith would have anything to do with
them on account of Mr. Broome's position. The de-
fendant replied, that if he referred to the Brighton
affair that was arranged. Witness then sail he sup-
posed these bills had been given to settle it, and Mr.
Sill smiled, and said they were.
William Thackeray, waiter at the Opera Tavern,
proved that the defendant came there on Saturday
night, the 6th of March, accompanied by his master,
Mr. Henry Broome. He was in and out of the
room where they were occasionally, and he heard
Mr. Sill say that he had been to the Secretary of
State, and he had told him that if his brother was con-
victed he would be sure to be transported. Mr. Sill,
after this, called at the house almost every day up to
the 13th of April, and he several times asked wit-
ness if his master had left any money for him, and
when he told him he had not he appeared very angry,
and said it would be worse for him if he did not leave
him some. thet e
td
we
c-
feuAdaamt,etmuortahnedeuffmectinthatht lei e
haNnvdouwlrditgv
inige ofoufp
h
bills for 1901. each if the one for 240/. was paid when
it arrived at maturity, was then put in and read.
Mr. John Sheerman deposed that he was a witness
in support of the card cheating that was originally
preferred at Brighton. Before he was examined at
Brighton he saw Mr. Sill at the Cheshire Cheese
ney for the prosecution. • .
public-house, and he was remprresehilatemdp tosabide
tthhaeta
jtttuohrn-
peu h
se. wasti
p a
Upon
moseyed
another
Broome knew nothing of the transaction,but Mr. Sill
said they must put himay i
man, and he would p
occasion he saw Mr. Sill at the residence of Me.
Ham in Herefordshire, and he said he had got a
tnhe becausee
xsegood deal of money out of the prosecution, and witness
p, i
was a fool if he did not get some too. Witness told
him he should do no such thing. He (Mr. Sill)
knew very well that Broome was innocent, and that
Mr. Hamp bad told him so, and he replied that it did
March he matter—innocentat-
tnhoatughtofit.
u the
or nolt6, it was what the world
th
of
tended the assizes at Lewes, and Mr.
Sill, whom
he met there, told him he had g°
amount in cash and bills from Henry aßroome,onoed,
ghree ahtaads sgirsetaant
floc:
chnieme
iafnhd
ehe u
a(uvledi t npe:rss)uwa
doeu
hl dimb e of
that
with the Secretary of State, to prevent his brother
from being transported ;and if
he did so, and he could
get a bill for 3001. more from him he:(witness) should

"s tand in" and have a third. He refuted to have
an vthing to do with the mat'.er, and told him he knew
, y
well that John Broonr2 was; innocent. Mr. Sill
the u said that he had coalpletely frightened Henry
B :come by telling him of his influence with the Se-

crt tary of State.
Gross•examined—He lead something in a Brighton
newspaper about M r. Sill having stated that he and
some of the other witnesses for the prosecution were
unworthy of belief. He was an attorney's clerk, but
he had not been in any employment for more than a
twelvemonth. He had got his living since then by
stopping with Mr. Hat op at his house in the country
as a " companion." lie had no other means of ob-
taining a livelihood at present. When Mr. limp
was in London witness stayed with him at Johnny
Broome's, and he acconlpanied the parties to Brighton
upon the occasion when Mr. Hamp was plundered by
I James and Staden.

Re-examined—He knew Mr. Hatnp from living
near him in Herefordshire. They were both Here.
fordshire men. Mr. Ramp was the son of a banker,
and had some property.
Mr. Secretary Walpole was then examined. He
said—l am her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
for the Home Department, and have held that office
since the 27th of February. Ido not remember ever
having seen the defendant before to-day, and I know
nothing whatever relating to the card cheating case at
Bz ighton, except from seeing the reports in the news-
papers. The defendant never called upon me in re-
ference to any indictment upon the subject, and I
certainly never expressed any opinion to him as to
whether John Broome would be transported or not.
Mr. PARRY—It appears almost too absurd to ask
such a question ; but had the defendant any influence
whatever over you? _ _

Mr. BALLANTIECE—Oh, of course it would be ab-
surd to ask such a question. We admit the defendant
hod no influence whatever.. _

~By Mr. BALLA:WINE—There are two Under-Se-
cret aries, Mr. Waddington and Sir W. Jolliffe.
Theta are two other principal Secretaries of State,
one fox Foreign Affairs and the other for the Colonies.
Mr. PARRY—But I suppose it is not very likely
either of these high officers would be likely to take
cognizance of a card deeding case at Brighton ?
£lr. Secretary Walpole —I should say certainly
not. I think, however, Mr. Waddington did say
sotnething to me with regard to his having been sub-
poenaed to attend a trial upon such a charge.
Mr. H. B. Dunn deposed that he was engaged as
the attorney for Mr. Hemp. While he was engaged
in that capacity Mr. Sill sent in his bill of costs for
conducting the prosecution, which amounted to over
3001. This sum was afterwards reduced by taxation
to 1551., and thatireduced amount was paid to the de-
fendant.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. BALLANTINE submitted that the falsehood of
the allegation upon which the indictment rested had
not been sufficiently proved. It appeared there were
two Under-Secretaries of State, and as neither of
them were called on behalf of the prosecution there
was nothing to show that they were not the parties
referred to by the defen, lent when he spoke of the
Secretary of State.
The RECORDER overt., sled the objection, observing
that it was a question fo r the jury whether the whole
was not a fabrication, at id whether the defendant had
been in communication with any Secretary of State
at all.
Mr. BALLANTINE then addressed the jury for the
defendant. He said he would not for a moment en-
deavour to put Mr. Sill before the jury as a person
who had acted properly in this transaction, or who
deserved to be at all represented as an honourable
member of what was undoubtedly an honourable pro-
fession when properly exercised ; but on the contrary,
he was bound to admit, in the outset, that he had
acted most improperly, and that he had endeavoured
to use the criminal law for the purpose of furthering
his own interest, instead of making it the means of
punishing those who had committed a most serious
offence. He would not attempt to justify his conduct,
but he must remark that he had already suffered most
severely. In fact he was a ruined man. His pros-
pects were utterly destroyed, and there was not
the slightest chance of his ever being able to do any
1 more mischief, at all events in the profession to
which be belonged. While, however, he made
this admission, he said he felt bound to contend that
tleis was the extent of his fault, and that he ought not
to be convicted upon the charge of obtaining money
by false pretences. He urged that there could be no
doubt what were the real facts of the case. It was
evi dent that [lamp was an unwilling prosecutor,
and that the defendant saw pretty plainly 'he
was in the hands of persons who were not
very likely to carry on the prosecution to a
satisfactory termination, and having incurred
very considerable expense, and being in want
of money, he endeavoured to reimburse himself by
compromising the offence with the brother of one of
the accused parties. If, therefore, he bad been ac-
cused of endeavouring to compromise a misdemeanour
he should not have had a word to say for him ; but
here he was charged with obtaining money by false
pretences, which offence he contended he had not
committed, and, in point of ;fact, never thought of
committing. As to the statement about the Secre-
tary of State, he submitted that it bad nothing what-
ever to do with the case. The real truth was that
Henry Broome wanted to get his brother out of the
scrape, and the intention with which everything was
done was that the prosecution should be abandoned.
The defendant, Mr. Sill, most improperly lent him-
self to the proceeding, and so far as he was concerned
he endeavoured to carry it out, for he withdrew from
acting as the solicitor for the prosecution. The ma-
gistrates, however, very properly, no doubt, and in
the strict and honourable performance of their duty,
would not allow the matter to be settled in that man-
ner, but instructed their clerk to carry on the prose-
cution. But this was not the fault of Mr. Sill ; he
had done all he could to stop the prosecution and had
not broken any faith with Broome, and it certainly
did appear to him to be rather a hardship that where
two persons were parties to an illegal transaction that,
because it did not turn out to the satisfaction of one
of them, he should be allowed to turn round upon
his companion. He submitted that this was the real
history of the present proceeding, and that there could
be no doubt that this indictment was only preferred
out of a feeling of revenge at the compromise having
been frustrated, and that two of the parties should
have been convicted, and the brother of the pro-
secutor compelled to leave the country to avoid pos-
sibly sharing the same fate.
The RECORDER then summed up the whole case
with great clearness. Having explained the law
upon the subject of the charge, he observed, there
could be no doubt that they were wading through
very dirty water, and that a great many of the per-
sons concerned in the whole o f this transaction were
very far from respectable. 11 e trusted that the dis-
closures that had been made,, however, would have
the effect of warning young men of fortune of the
pitfalls that were prepared for them in this metro-
polis, and that it would preven t them from associating
with persons of disreputable character. With regard
to the defendant, enough had been shown to make it
quite clear, at all events, that he had taken a_Nartbuint
the matter quite unworthy the position btoe I
the jury ought not to allow thtat
to hienflu.ence
be
their minds, and he ought
no
of which he
con-
victed upon the specific
chargethe evidence clearly
was accused unless
and his proceedings
made out the truth of that charge. The conduct of
the defendant towards Mr. Ramp
• ht
to endeavour to compromise the charge bad nothing
to do with the he might
present case; possibly he
punished in:another way for these acts, but here the
had he made a false pretence to the
question was,
prosecutor, knowing it to be false, and with the inten-
tiond his money, and did he, in point
such means ?
to defraud him
of fact,. defraud him by
The Jury,
after deliberating
a short time in the
box, ex
pressed a wish to retire.
They were absent three-quarters of an hour, and
upon their return into court they found the defendant
Guilty.
Mr. Sill, who had been allowed to sit behind his
counsel during the trial, was then ordered into
custody,
The RECORDER observing that he should consider
what sentence ought to be pronounced.

FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
The following are the last returns of the gross re-
ceipts of the principal French Railways :
NORTHERN.—From July 29 to Aug. 4 : Passengers,
331,961 E; goods, 269,169 E; total, 601,130 f.
RotTEN.—From Aug. 1 to Aug. 7 : Passengers,
137,392 E; goods, 86,650 E; total, 224,0421.
Havnn.—From Aug. 1 to Aug. 7: Passengers,
54,208 E; goods, 41,472 f. ; total 95,680 f.
ORLEANS AND BRANCA LINES.—From Aug. 1 to
Aug. 7: Passengers, 256,551 E; goods, 231,324 f.; total,
487,875 f.
STRASBURG.—From July 29 to Aug.l Passongcrs,
171,595 E; goods, 110,917 E; total, 282,51 2:t.
Passengers,
BALE.—From July 26 to Aug.
32,198 f.; goods, 30,3661.; total,
t 54600..,5
AO4ugl.
4: Passengers,
MoNTEnEau.—From July 129
9,6101.; goods, 11,938 t:; tots,
LYoNS. From Aug. 1 to 2 '
lAu8;. 7 : Passengers,
224,209 f.; goods, 120,631 E;
2t0tta01,A34044,8.480f:.
Passengers,
WESTERN.—From Aug.
63
445,461 E; goods, 18,7 63,309 f.

GLASGOW AND SOUTIT.WESTERN _"we for
the week ending Aug. 14, 1852:
Passengers (25,322). goods and
parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,185 9 5
Corresponding week in last year 4,407 3 5
Glasgow, August 16.

SERIOUS AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT RENFREw.
A --
late hour last night intelligence reached Glasgow that a
ta
vessel had heeled over at Henderson's ship-building yard,
near Renfrew, and falling ou a number of men, had crushed
several of them to death. The loss of life is variously stated
at from seven to twelve persons, others being seriously but
not fatally injured.—North British Mail.

NAVAL IN TELL' GENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.
Peymaster—Mr. William Dewar, to the Hydra.
Assistant..O Surgeoe —Thomas Wilson, to the Growler.
t;,,il-1:1
HRTSMIOUTH, TUESDAY.—The E.linbureeb, 56, Car
eleven 3"'"t"'
got up steam this 'Doming, sled at
got o'clock. went out of harbour in good style. She
Prior wayt on immediately, and went out in quick time..
the arrival of her Majesty she dressed sbip
and fired a salute as the yacht passed her. She will
proceed to Plymouth to-morrow.
rTheTermegant, 26, screw-steam-frigate,
.et . White, of Cowes, is ordered to be rigged and i
prepared for sea immediately. Her riggirg is all
built by
ready to go over her mastheads. She line been
brought into dock to have her copper cleaned.
Toe Medea, steam-sloop, is also ordered to be got
ready for commission. She is receiving her guns, eee
Toe Sprightly steamer, •
sailed yesterday, for Plymouth, with supernutnees•
ries. Master Commander Alleee
The S
he Niger screw-steam-sloop, Commander Heath,
was taken into the angle dock yesterday. has
been dismantled, and will have a tlaorough refit. Her
screw has been unshipped for repair.
The weather is still un3ettled. We have bad thun-
der, lightning, and heavy rain this evening.
Retired Captain Isharn F. Chapman, who died savor
months ago, on the 203. per diem list, is still retairsed
in the authorised Navy List, to the detriment of tbe
nest captain on the 18s. list.
We regret to learn that Captain Harailton, the
a
Vestal, is still seriously indisposed.
It is a curious coincident that the Queen of
Blig.
land, merchant ship, arrived and anchored at Spit:
head at the same time the Royal yacht passed througs
this morning.
The Alfred, Indiaman, of 1,000 tons, s veil fine
handsome ship, arrived (outward bound)
and remains. The Lord Petre, for 'the Mauritius,
and a freight ship with detachments . soldiers on
of
board for Ceylon, also arrived to-day. ye
sterday,
t, s Cs'
Her Imperial Highness the Grand Paceee
therine of Russia and suite arrived at the Clareno:
yard, Gosport, last night. Prince George a Meek
lenburgh remains in London for a few days.
The port ist'
Prospero steam•vessel arrived at this
evening from Pembroke.
The Equestrian, hired convict ship, arrived at Spit-
headThe
outh,'"
this afternoon from Woolwich, to embark prin
Hers from this depot, Portland, and Plym nq
Hobart Town.
Hibbert, sailed this morning re tail'
The London American lineeof-packet ship, ‘diiP
The Fire Queen iron steam-yacht, gr. tol I
Master, R.N., commanding, went to. SoutbaliTrd •
for New York. Paul"
this afternoon to be in waiting to arark the i° 0
of her Majesty's Privy Council, on their arrival 11'
The Black Eagle, Admiralty
train to-morrow, and convey them to Osborne!. Ter
Commander J. E. Petley, came into Herb°tir
Cowes this evening, to coal. .81y0
DEVONPOnT, AUG. 15.—0 n the Lacil 11°1...' eise
mail packet arriving at this port her fire-he
found defective. She has been supplied with o°l°oo
steameyact, ba.sfsroa
from the dockyard. The artificers were working they
her, putting it in place, on Saturday,
could see, and finally completed her yesterdaY D
3 p.m., when she at once put to sea. tea tbi i
Trincomalee
has been mustered and hlsPec si a
day by Admiral Sir J. Ommanney, and whir,be Phio
so long as 4
advance to-morrow by Commodore Seyni 1c
she will be ready for sea.
Devon lighter, Bond master, sailed this sit°,lll°°ll
with victualling stores for QueenetOWD, Irelaso-
°addle'
SHEERNESS, TUESDAY.—Her MejestY's John O.
wheel steam-vessel Med Use, 4, Lieutenant
at 9.3
Bathurst commanding, arrived here yesterds9
~,,re
A.M., from Spithead ; and, after landing some siwilee,
nunseraries, proceeded on her passage to Xlr: ~ has ,
where she is ordered to be paid off. '
rhe Medusa
.....ei
been in commission fourand three Ale '
employed during the whole of that period on therasilo
diterranean station, conveying her
years
geieStY'sb s;..e
from Malta to Marseilles. Sh was desine4 1.839 e
W. Symonds, and launched at Pembroke illeser.
She measures 889 tons, and is of 312 horeelececonii
Her Majesty's steam-tug-vessel African, '-'
ft noon ill
Master Gill, was occupied yesterday e''e" lade'
towing up the Medway Dockyard lighterel
firth(l
with the various anchors about to underg°
trials at Black Stakes on Friday next. her low er
Her Majesty's brig Bittern, 12, took in -- nt ee
masts yesterday. She is daily expected to be P
commission. wrier.
Pa 0..
Woormicsr, AUG. 17.—The Medusa
steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander Jobs
Bathurst, arrived at Woolwich yesterday evening
from the Mediterranean station, to be peid off St this
from May 18°.
port, having served as a mail-Lieutenant
since t
ee.i.
The Wasp steam-sloop, Lieutenant Coniessuue°,,
Samuel Pritchard, was taken into the basin here LI"
afternoon, to have her defects made good.
The Agamemnon, 90, was taken otit
basin to-day, but the tide did not rise sufficiently
.1..
allow her to get through the outer basin into. i__:
river, and consequently she was taken into the
.1.11-Ofi
of the Yin?!
tbasin again to enable the works still required boat
obe carried on more effectually. The Ag.e3e tides,
cannot now be docked until the next ePrixb
about a fortnight hence

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RAILWAY SHARE MAIU
BRISTOL, AUG. 17.
STOOK EXCHANGE.—The share market has bee
li Cell'
flat, and without any transactions of consequence.
LIVERPOOL, AuG. 17. ..as e V
Srocx EXCHANGE. —The share market to-day 7, 00
tremely depressed, and prices generally ruled loviaL_ 04
yesterday. The transactions were follo Caledep"reit
—Eastern Counties, 109;3—East Lancashire, 16 9-16-jocion,
Western, WA—Lancashire and Yorkshire, meld.
:vont
and North-Westernt 12014 -- Manchester, tern
Lincolnshire, 29 Midland, 7044; South-Ea
Dover, 205/8.
MANCHESTER, AUG. 17. f bas's
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a fair amount 0 IV
done to-day, but prices bad a downward ten
Ip9
transactions were as follow :—Caledonian 1914, 'hire, .2811
Tian, 181. 3s.—Manchester, Sheffield, and'Liao'lls - souw-
-itto, Preference, 121 A—Ditto, Preference, 1/6 1700014
Eastern and Dover, 20 vs—Great Western, 9,31:d 7045
and Yorkshire, 77—Ditto Fifths, 43/41dis.--M;V 1), 6.,,*,
London and North-Western, 120—Blackburn li'O'lo.--nuP-.
Ditto, Preference, 24%—Caledonian, Preference,
cheater and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 1 ,9-16 P.
BIRMINGHAM Auo. 1"
STOCK EXCHANGS.—Our share' market
bushes„to-dalis :or;
depressed, and only a limited amount of at 9!*
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (Class A) were done
per share. ...

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