The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-16 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURI)AY EVENING, OCTOBER 16,

by our own farmers for this day's market. Wheat was
again is per quarter dearer for all dry parcels, and
what were suitable for seed, secondary samples were the
turn in favour of sellers; holders of foreign in the ab-
senco of:arrivals were very firm in their demands, which
we esticoste to be fully is per qr beyond our late cur-
rency. Barley found buyers at a further advance of 6d
to Is per quarter, still country markets are dearer for the
article than we are, counting usual charges; no foreign
on sale. Oats were difficult of disposal at a decline of
61 to is per quarter. Beans barely maintained their
value. White peas scarce and quite as dear.
NANTES, OCT. B.—The weather has been very unfa-
vourable during the week ;. since Sunday up to yester-
day it was exceedingly stormy, and almost continuous
rain. The cloverseed is reported to have suffered
severely by the wet. There is little change to note in
the market. None of the new crop is in good enough
cpadition for shipment. The demand still continues for
good old wheat, which is rather dearer. The stocks of
Flour aro rapidly increasing; and the millers seem more
disposed to sell than for some time back, but their pre-
tensions are still too high to admit of purchases for the
English market. At to-day's market there was very
little grain offered, and prices wore firm at our quotations.
Freights continua low.

T 3
HICEII CURRENT Or METALS.—The upward tendency
of the iron market has been firmly maintained this week,
and very extensive operations have taken place in pig
iron at improving prices. The late successive advances
in the price of English iron have excited the surprise of
parties who have not watched this market and its sur-
rounding influences with sufficient attention, and who
have perhaps paid the penalty of their inattention;
clthough there is, and always has been, a certain amount
of speculation in the iron trade, there cannot be a doubt
that the present movement is perfectlyllegitimate ; it
has arisen from the fact, that the Americans kept back
their orders (with the view of coming in at the lowest
point) until their immense railway wants called for
Leamediate supply; we have witnessed the natural re-
sults—an overwhelming demand for rails has filled up
the books of our makers for months to come, while
cargoes of the iron are being dispatched for consump-
tion from all the shipping ports as fast as shiproom
can be procured: the orders for America alone, now on
hand, extend considerably into next year, leaving our
own wants and those of Europe and India totally
unsupplied. The demand for our own consumption is
daily increasing in magnitude, while the stocks of all
the dealers in manufactured iron have nearly run out.
The season of low prices and depression in the iron trade
has extended over a long period—workmen and masters
have alike suffered from the pressure with patient forti-
tude and perseverance; and while we congratulate the
trade on its improved condition and prospects, we do so
with full confidence in the solid reality of those causes
which nothing but the most unforeseen events can now
put aside. The advance has not been so sudden—
its approach has been evinced in the in-
creased inquiry of the last six months, gradually
stiffening prices, until one by one every maker
throughout the country has been tilled up, and the value
as a natural consequence has swollen in proportion.
Scotch pig iron has been very much excited during the
week, and large transactions have taken place, ad-
vancing the quotations to 56s 6d cash, and 57i 6d three
months open. The market is a trifle easier to-day from
the efforts of parties over-sold at low rates, holders
however entertain a good opinion, and there are very
few sellers at the quotations, viz., 55s 6d cash, and 56s
6d three months open. Rails are very steady
without alteration in price ; orders continue
to arrive by every mail from the United States.
Bars hare been in more demand—in Staffordshire,
makers are not desirous of taking orders for sheets,
haops, and rods, unless at high rates, and these only in
very small quantities, being so largely engaged upon
rails. Spelter steadily increases in value, the stocks are
held firmly in expectation of higher rates, which will
no doubt be realised; the market is firm at 191 lOs on
the spot, and 201 lOs spring shipments. Tin very firm.
Tin Plates—A good business is doing, and prices are
better, 6d to Is per box.

5M2.. Adolph
Tho Queen r
THE LONDON GAZETTE, Oct. 15.
F
Breisig as Vice-Consul at Dundee for the Grand Duke
FOREIGN-OFFICE, RhEa IsGN been-O pleasedFFlC E ,
to Os c p
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01v 2e, 108 f
of Meckienburgh-Schwerin.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
John Broadfoot as Consul at Leith for the United States
of America.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT, 14.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr.
Thomas Reid as Vice-Consul at Newcastle for his Ma-
jesty the King of the Belcians.
WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 15.
2d Regiment of Life Guards-Troop Corporal-Major
William Walker to be Quartermaster, vice William
Allen, who retires on half pay, Oct. 15.
6th Dragoon Guards-Oswald Petre, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Leslie, promoted in the 2nd
West India Regiment, Oct. 15.
14th Light Dragoons-Veterinary Surgeon William
C. Lond, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Veteri-
nary Surgeon, vice Caldwell, deceased, Oct. 15.
17th Light Dragoons-Stephen Price Constant, Gent.,
to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Lond, appointed to 14th
Light Dragoons, Oct, 15.
Bch Regiment of Foot-Ensign Thomas Beattie
Grierson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robertson,
vino retires, Oct. 15.
13th Foot-Stanhope Leonard Douglas Witten, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stone, who retires,
Oct. 15.
17th Foot-William Dalrymple Tompson, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smyth, promoted, Oct. 15.
22d Foot-Ensign William Cairncross to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Bouverie, appointed Adju-
tant; Lieut. Duucombe Pieydell Bouverie to be Adju-
tant, vice Goddard, deceased, July 19.
23d Foot-Henry Anstruther, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sayer, promoted, Oct. 15.
28th Foot-Lieutenant Simpson Hackett to be Adju-
tint, vice Webb, who resigns the Adjutancy only,
Oct. 15.
33d Foot-John James Greenwood, Gent., to bo En-
sign, by purchase, vice Kenrick, promoted, Oct. 15.
38th Foot-De Vie Tupper, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Vaughan, promoted, Oct. 15.
46th Foot-Thomas Douglas Forde, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Torckler, appointed to the 75th
Foot, Oct. 15.
50:h Foot-Major-General James Allan, C. 8., to be
Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General William Francis Ben-
tusck Loftus, deceased, Oct. 11.
51st Foot-Captain Augustus Thomas Rice to be
Major, without purchase, vice Hare, deceased ; Lieu-
tenant Henry Fletcher Marston to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Rice ; Ensign Samuel Tomyns Sargent to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Marston, June 23.
52d Foot-LieutenantiJames Johnes Bonrchier to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Cuming, who retires; Ensign
Charles Kenrick Crosse to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Bourchier, Oct. 15.
61st Foot-Lieutenant-General John Reeve to be
Colonel, vice General Hastings Fraser, deceased, Oct.
11; Ensign Henry John Yonne, from the 74th Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Ffrench, appointed to the 53d Foot
Oct. 15.
71st Foot-William Cubitt, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Blennerhassett, promoted, Oct. 15.
80th Foot-Ensign John Wilkinson, to be Lieutenant
without purchase, vice Freeman, deceased, July 13.
81st Foot-James Alexander Deans, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Henley, appointed to the
52d Foot, Oct. 15.
82d Foot-James White, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Haywood, promoted, Oct. 15.
84th Foot-Edward Woolhouse, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Coape, promoted, Oct. 15.
86th Foot-Ensign Hugh Stewart Cochrance to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cowper, who retires ;
Ensign Thomas Josiah Neville, from the 3d Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Cochrane, Oct. 15.
88th Foot-Edward Henry Webb, Gent., to be En-
Fo9o3td,
Foot
-15 L.
sign, by purchase, vice Ramsden, appointed to the 92d
ieutenant John Alexander Fraser to be
Russell,Captain,
whoby purchase,retires;
EnsignLk George Brevet-Majorar
Lordpro tCo
to b
s m oe
Lieutenant, an
Foot-Johnby
purchase,
Whitty,vi Gent.,Fraser, to
Oct.
be
15.
Ensign,
by
' purchase, vice Alcock, promoted, Oct. 15.
MEMORANDU3I.-Assistant-Surgeon James M'Nab,
M.D., of the 69th Foot, has been superseded, being ab-
sent without leave, Oct. 15.
Commission by the Queen.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia-William
Henry Sharpe Sharpe, Gent,, to be Adjutant, vice Pen-
nington, resigned, Sept, 14.
Commission by the Queen.
East Essex Regular , Militia-Stewart Northey,
Gent., late Lieutenant 25th Regiment of the King's own
Borderers, to be Adjutant from September 22, vice
Jones retired, Sept. 22.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex.
Adjutant Stewart Northey to serve with the ran
Captain, Oct. 13.
West Essex Regular Militia-Henry Bird, Gent., to
Surgeon, Oct. 13.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire.
Edward Bolton King, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant;
t
Matthew Wise, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Haugh-
on Charles Okeover, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
Sept. 3.
[This article is substituted for the one ,which appeared
in the Gazette of Tuesday, the 7th of September.]
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire.
Charles John Tottenham, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant, Aug. 24.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cumberlandshire.
Thomas Salkeld, Esq., to bo Deputy Lieutenant,
Sept. 7.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
Morgan Jones, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 7.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Chester.
The Hon. Welligton Henry Stapleton Cotton to be
Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 1.
Royal Cheshire Militia-The Hon. Thomas Grenville
Cholmondeley to be Lieutenant Colonel, Oct. 1.
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anbhteaoiLtpoauntbyceaDLs hieeiprueut.tey_
L i Cel aen nmo aui nrs ast
nant, Oct. 12.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia
d(Tioael2teno,
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ss
Regiment-John
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Major
.j oetri gibnneecdth,apeOtetli.nslB:r.evßii
-Johis Talbot Clifton, Esq., to be Colonel, vice Plumb°
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LordG e .i,e
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Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Hilton Ford, resigned; Thomas Little-
cietu t
02:
Fryer, Es
Rob-
Commissions r t deane bßy atrbi oe
King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Militia-
, naniit7,ilolicatm.
IF2l.eetning
Henry Jasper Willett, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Ni-
cholls, resigned ; Charles Neve, Gem., to be Ensign,
L vice Simpson, transferred, Oet. 12.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.
Hertfordshire Ames to be Lieutenant
Colonel, vice Charles Henry Strode, resigned, Oct. 12.
Commissions by the Lerd-Lieutenant of Westmorland.
R )yal Westmorland Light Infantry Corps of Militia—
Frederick John Wilson, Esq., to be Captain; Be=nson
Harrison, jun., Effie to be Captain; William Cock,Gent.,
to be Lieutenant; Frederick Maxwell Dinwoodie, Gent.,
to be Surgeon.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant ofthe West Riding
of Yurkseire.
2d Regiment of West York Militia—Henry Van
Strawbenzee, Esq,, to be Major; Thomas Holy Holds-
worth, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 11.
Commission by Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire.
Patrick Francis Durham, Esq., Adjutant of the Royal
Cardigan Militia, lwe a Captain in her Majesty's 37th
Foot, to serve with the rank of Captain, Oct. 12.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey.
Royal Anglesey Light Infantry Militia—John Lewis
Hampton Lewis, Eel , to be Captain vice the Lord
Dinorbon, deceased; Second Lieutenant Thomas Love
Duncumbe Jones Tarry to be First Lieutenant, vice
Grey, resigned ; John Roberts, Gent., to be First
Lieutenant, vice Sir Richard William Bulkoley, resigned;
Henry Robert Poole, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
vice Horton, removed; Owen Lewis Cepa Williams,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Jones Parry, pro-
moted, Oct. 12.
Commission.; by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk.
W est Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Windsor Parker,
Esq., to be Major, vice Wilde, deceased; Alfred Hervey,
Esq., commonly called Lord Alfred Hervey, to be Cap-
tain, vice Bates, resigned, Oct. 9.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Edward
Crippa, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 12.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Thomas Whitty Chandler, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Daniel, who retires; Ensign William James
Holt to be Lieutenant, vice Leman, who retires, Oct. 13.
[ Ilia article is substituted for the one which appeared
in the Gazette of Friday last.]
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—John French Slegg, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice Millets, promoted, Oct. 5.
BANKRUPTS.
Samuel Daines, hosier, New Bond-street, to surrender,
Oct. 28, at one, and Nov. 18, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Lepard, Bannatyne, and Gammon, Cloak-
lane.
Alfred Dawson, engineer, Charles-street., Milo End
New Town, Oct. 21, at two, and Nov. 18, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Ellis, Cowper's-court, Cornhill.
John Hogsrth, iron merchant, Rotherhithe-street,
Rotherhithe, Oct. 26, at two, and Nor. 25, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basingliall-street; Hoppe and Boyle, Sun-court, Corn-
hill.

Augustus Pickett, brick maker, Brighton, Oet. 28, at
two, and Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Sowton,
Great James street, Bedford-row.
Chfirles Henry Canning, draper, Warwick, Oct. 30
and Nov. 20, at tulf-past ten, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham;
Sele, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury; Hodgson,
Birmingham.
William Smith, grocer, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire,
Oct. and Nov. 18, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester; Sutton,
Manchester.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basingball-street.
D. Pugsley, Bread-street, Cheap,ida, warehouseman,
Nov. 8, at ene-J. Harris, Leicester-square, carpet-
warehou.eman, Nov. 9, at eleven-T. G. Jemes, River-
street, Myddleton-souare, builder, Nov. 6. at aleven-R.
Mackenzie, Hunter-Street, Brunswtck-square, and Bond-
court, Wa'brook, commission agent, Nov. 6, at half-past
eleven-A. Scott and W. Thompson, Upper Ground-
street, Blackfriars, iron-founders, Nov. 6, at half-past
twelve-M. Branson, Stratford, Essex, st,, tioner, Nov. 5,
at half-past eleven-T. J. Edward*,
Icing-street, St.
George, Bloomsbury, dressing-case maker, Nev. 5, at
half-past eleven-G.Clark, Old- street, St. Luke's, draper,
Nov. 5, at half-past eleven-J. Whittaker, Park-place,
Mile-end-road, draper, Nov. 15, at eleven-J. Streeter,
Brighton, Sussex, corn merchant, Nov. 6,
at half-past
twelve--S. Knight, Fore-street, Cripplegate, cheese-
monger, Nov. 6, at twelve-F. Ricketts, bloorgate-street,
merchant, Nov. 5, at half-past eleve-E. Montcastle,t
King William-street, and Greenwich, hatter, Nov. 6, <a
twelve---4. Mitchell, Camden Town, carpenter and
builder, Nov. 6, at half-past eleven-G. Rutland, Luton,
Bedfordshire and Falc ui-square, straw bonnet manu-
facturer, Nov. 6, at twelve-R. W. Street, Oxford-
street, victualler, Nov. 6, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
G. Standerwick, C. Standerwick, and T. Barnes, Bris-
tol, auctioneers, at the Court, Bristol, Nov.lB, at eleven-
W. Plaister, and Mary Plaister, Wickwar, Gloucester-
shire, and Bristol, cheesefactors, at the Court, Bristol,
Nov. 18, at eleven-B. 11. Bates, Liverpool, merchant, at
the Court, Liverpool, Nov. 8, at eleven-J. Webster anu
J. Harrison, Liverpool, merchants, at the Court, Liver-
pool, Nov. 5, at eleven-T. McCrea and A. McCree,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocers, at the Court, Newcastle-
npon-Tyne, Nov. it, at twelve-T. McCree, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, grocer, at the Court, Newcastle. upon-Tyne,
Nov. 11, at half-past t
Nov. 11, at one-J. 0. Holmes
McCree, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, grocer, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Marshall, Riker, Durham,
yDnue,thaNca4. 4, at twelve-J.
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nov. 9, at twelve-J,
timber Sunderland,
CNotcuhret,lsoNn,owSchac6tlteky.-tibproidng.err, merchants,an dat the
he.
ironmonger, at the
manufacturer, at the Court, Exeter,
ellutrrleerv,ent
Cth.eßCogonerrst:
Rotten, Penance, watchmaker,
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V. V. Matthews,
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the Court, Exeter-T. Dilger, Bradford, Yorkshire,
oirv,oantsht
ree?iimaertn,drEarpeetreaTvdJagk-
general dealer, Nay. $, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-
contractors, Nev. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds
J. Child and W. Barker,
J. Child, Wakefield, Yorkshire, railway contractor. Nov.
5, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-W. Barker, Wake-
field, Yorkshire, railway contractor, Nov. 5, at eleven,
at the Court, Leeds-J, Ibbetson, Bradford, Yorkshire,
bookseller and stationer, Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Court,
Leeds.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
Mary and T. A. Butterfield, Royston, linendrapers,
44d., on Saturday neat, toad three subsequent Satur-
days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
T. and R. Hatfield, Clapham, plumbers, 3s. 2d., on
Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchureh-
lane, City.
T. Hatfield, Clapham, plumber, is. 5c1., On Saturday
next, and three subsequent Saturdays. between eleven
and two, at the office et Mr. Groom, Abchureh-lane,
City.
E. Tinsley, Staffordshire, plumber, 2s. 5c1., any Thurs-
day, between eleven aed three, at the office of Mr,
Christie, Birmingham.
J. and G. Clarke, Marlret Harborough, Leicestershire,
rag manufacturers, 1-9th of a penny, any Thursday,
between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie,
Birmingham.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
A. Scott and W. Thompson, Blackfriars-road, iron-
founders, Nov. 5, at half-past one-J. B. Dauptain,
Wharf-road, City-road, colour merchant, Nov. 5, at ball_
past eleven-G. Ball, Fencluirch-street, wine merchant,
Nov. 5, at one-L. England, Shepperton-street, New
North-road, Islington, builder, Nov. 9, at half-past one,

In the Country.
J. Craven, Birkenhead, grocer, Nov. 5, at eleven, at
the Court, Liverpool—J. Greener, jun., Wigan, Lanca-
shire, ironmonger, Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester—E. H. Griffin, Liverpool, merchant, Nov. 8,
at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Avery and S.
Street, Birkenhead, shipwrights, Nov. 8, at eleven, at
the Court, Liverpool—F. James, Walsall, Staffordshire,
ironfounder, Nov. 4 nest (anti not October instant, as
before advertised), at half-past eleven, at the Court,
Birmingham—J. Mottram, Shrewsbury, hop merchant,
Nov. 8, at half-past ten, at the Court, 13irmingham—J.
Swift, Staveley, Derbyshire, grocer, Nov. 6, at twelve,
at the Council-hall, Sheffield—J. Richardson, Leeds,
wool merchant, Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—
J. Beanland, Bradford, woolstapler, Nov. 5, at eleven, at
the Court, Leeds.
CERTIFICATES GRANTER
C. Johns, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
and Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, looking glass manu-
facturer—J. Wilson, Sheffield, ltnendraper, certificate
of the first class, after twenty-one days from Oct. 9.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVER
R. Hirst and R. Maxey, Gloucester-terrree, New-road,
gas-fitters and brassfounders—H. Griffiths and E.
,
Griffiths, Birmingham, tailors and clothiers—W. H.
Mann and W. Crickmore, Woodton and Seething,
Norfolk, auctioneers and valuers—J. Felix and L. C.
Lapareille, Noble-street
Falcon-square, manufacturers
and importers of fancy goods—J. Walker and G. J.
Soper, Union.square, Horsemonger-lane, builders—J.
Gregory and A. Tod, Duke-street, London-bridge, and
Topping's-wharf and Chamberlain's- wh irf, potato sales -
men—R. Farrar and J. Summers, Greet Russell-street,
Covent-garden, lineadrapere—R. Procter and W.
Procter, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and Neffard,
Worcestershire, corn-dealers and mealmen—J. Carter
and M. Biad, St.
Geor e's place, Koightsbridge, and
Edgeware-road, linendrapers—T. Maples and W. Jack-
son, Cross-street, Newington, Surrey, braziers and cop-
persmiths—J. Odams and W. Pickford, Leadenhall-
.
g
street, merchants and general commission agents—J.
Davis and W. G. Caldwell, Knutsford, Cheshire, nur-
serymen and scedsmen—F. Bury and E. P. Arthur,
Liverpool, ship bread bakers—F. Sharp and E. Sharp,
Wood street and Little Love.lano, City, fringe and lace-
manufacturers—W. T. Lyon and H. Poulter, Bradley-
terrace, Wandsworth-road, Surrey, house decorators—J.
G. Anderton and B. Anderton, Liverpool, coffee-roasters
—J. Cropper and C. Eyre, Sheffield, millers and grocers
—D. Thomas and H. Norris, Cardiff, Glamorganshire,
builders—Susan E. Well's and Jane Emma Spence,
Gotting-bill, ladies' boarding-school-keepers—T. King
den and G. S. Davies, Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire,
attorneys and solicitors—J. Crowther and 11. Todd,
Bradford, Yorkshire, plumbers and glaziers—J. Fitton,
J. Brownhil:, B. Fitton, and G. Fitton, Shelley, York-
shire, cloth-manufacturers (so far as regards Joseph
Fitton).

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Dani9l Horne, Snindon, Wiltshire, blacksmith--
Thomas Bailey, Stamford, Lincolnshire, publican—John
Whittaker, Shaw Chapel, Lancashire, boot wad shoe

maker—George Terry, Wendover, boot and shoemaker
—Thomas Brown, Buckland- common, Buckinghamshire,
licensed victualler—Henry Jackson, G-oscotte, Stafford •
shire, steam engine fitter—Samuel Priost, Newton next
Csstleacro, Norfolk, miller—James Strong, Elsrborne,
Staffordshire, engineer—James Waterhouse, Titfurd,
Worcestershire, collier—John Davis, Bridge, Kent—
George Gibbs, jun., Canterbury—Thomas Jourdan,
S amifor(l, Lincolnshire, boot and shoemaker—William
Henry Wood, Little London, Staffordshire, grocer—
Thomas Webb, Newton, Cheshire, grocer's assistant—
William Baker, Hastings, grocer—William Henry
Slade, Colchester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Murray, Dundee, ironmonger, to meet Oct. 21 and
Nov. 11, at twelve, within the British Hotel, Dundee—
J. Gray, Dundee, merchant, to meet Oct. 21 and Nov.
11, at twelve, within the British Hotel, Dundee.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
putednBmmst2tth,hheeeexi
mB ots
iri
Mauritiusivthae iopofonCs
tsuhe ssestroi 7.0 n.
fss Diesnintuot.n
ir
epearati i.ed.Ba.
ro2i2rt
32assin. . payable thereon
from returns made in the week ending October 12,
per cwt
FFrroolo
From the East Indies -. 15s. Bid.
average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 225. ld•
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKNELL.CIerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, October 15.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 15.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLeiNQUE).

IN RE DANIEL KEITH AND THOMAS SIIOOBRIDGE.

The bankrupts were shawl warehousemen in Wood-
street. Their debts are about 35,0001.; their assets
about 8,0001.; there are also debts to the further
amount of 12,354/. covered by securities valued at
7,8001. This was an adjourned examination meeting.
Mr. Linklater appeared for Keith ; Mr. Lawrence
,for Shoobridge ; Mr. Reed for the assignees; Mr.
Lucas for creditors.

Mr. REED said he would not object to the bank-
rupts passing their examination ; but as regarded
Keith, he must ask the Court to withhold any fur-
ther protection, and to grant the assignees a certificate
of execution. The proceedings at an examination meet-
ing on the 23d of April showed that Keith had been
guilty of offences which brought him under the penal
clauses of the 256th section. After the firm had
suspended payment ho had forwarded to his brother,
Mr. Alexander Keith, of Glasgow, certain bills of ex-
change, amounting to 6261. to cover him against a
liability to the extent of 1,000/. that he had incurred
on account of the firm of Keith and Shoobridge.
These bills had not been given up to the assignees,
and he had to ask the Court both to decide that the
bankrupt Keith had been guilty of a fraudulent pre-
ference to his brother, and to withhold protection
accordingly ; and also to sanction an action being
brought against Alexander Keith for the amount of
the bills.
Mr. LINKLATER submitted that the evidence was
not sufficient to warrant the Court in arriving at the
conclusion that the bankrupt had been guilty of any
fraudulent intention. He had done his utmost to
in-
duce his brother to give up the bills. If the Court
were to refuse its protection to the bankrupt, it would
be to anticipate the judgment of a superior tribunal
on the right of the assignees to the bills.
The COMMISSIONER said if the legal proceedings
against Alexander Keith had been in an English
court, he should have felt inclined to take his usual
course of ordering a short adjournment, with a view
to ascertaining their result. lie scarcely knew in
what period the proceedings, under the laws of Scot-
land, could be expected to be brought to a deter-
mination.

Mr. REED thought that a judgment could not be
obtained in less than three or four years. The laws
of Scotland moved at about the same pace as our
Court of Chancery. He had only that morning seen
a client who had consented to compromise a claim
upon a debtor in Scotland, solely on the ground that
the legal proceedings had already occupied four years.
The Conintissiorm& said he would reserve his de-
cision of the question of protection to Keith until the
17th of November. He should then be in a position
to judge of the steps that the assignees had taken in
the prosecution of their claim, and the manner in
which that prosecution was met.
The bankrupts then, after a short examination of
shoobridge by ➢lr. Lucas, passed their examination.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Mr. Stephen H. Sleigh and Mr. Henry Owen, of
No.
I,b
before the
Adelaide-place,
iyor for having
London -bridge, • dge, were sum-
moned
taving unlawfully
conspired, together with divers h
cheat and defraud Dr. John Hall oDavis,er son
paenrdths,a t
l to.n
pursuance of the said conspiracy, they, by certain
false pretences, obtained from him thel sum of 1001.
Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Mr. Humphries, ap-
peared for the prosecution ; Mr. Wontner attended
for the defendants.
The Learned Counsel said the charge arose out of
certain transactions in what was called a joint-stock
company, with the unusual title of "The Annual
Bonus Life Assurance Company," which professe 1 to
be founded upon the principle of the Art-Union, by
giving an opportunity of balloting for a large share of
the annual profits of the society. That principle was
in direct violation of the law, and was no doubt adopted
into the company, which bad no foundation at all, with
the view of inducing unwary speculators to venture their
money in the hope of turning it to quick and profitable
account. The prospectus to which the attention of the
Lord Mayor was particularly called, contained the fol-
lowing recommendations :—" Assurance instantly ob-
tainable on application to the agent, without the
trouble and loss of time ordinarily incurred. Annual
bonuses paid to the assured, not in equal fractional
amounts, but in accumulated sums, a s bounties for
the encouragemene and promotion of life assurance in
general, and varying in amount from 101. to 1,0001.
The first distribution to be made on the Ist of July,
1853, and continued every succeeding year, in the
manner of the Art-Union of London, when every
member of the society, who has subscribed one guinea
before the lit of June, will have an opportunity of
balloting for a large share of the annual profits of the
society." The coinplainant as led,b the represen-
tations of the defendants, corresponding with the high
promise of the printed recommendations, to advance
the sum of 1001., of which he complained of having
been defrauded ; and having received an intimation
that the company was without stami▪
na, and that it
had been projected for the
.mere purposes of imposi-
tion, he applied to his soliFitor., who advised the pre-
sent mode of seeking retribution.
Doctor John Hail Davis, of 17, Russell-place,
Finsbury-square--I am a doctor of medicine, and
was in th e month oJune i attendance upon the
wife of Mr. Henry Owen, one of the defendants, in
Adelaide-place, London-bridge. I had then no idea
of the existence of such a company: as the "Annual
Bonus Assurance Compatiy. It was introduced to
my notice by Mr. Ow en in July, when he showed me
a small prospectus, without names, and said the com-
pany would be of great service to the public in ef-
fecting life insurances, and inducing people to adopt
the habit of insuring, and that he thought it would be
likely to prove a successful undertaking. This was
mentioned to me on three subsequent occasions as I
was attending Mrs. Owen in her illness,and I was
informed there would be no difficulty in obtaining
agents, and that there was one agent who would
undertake to get one thousand subscriptions. I
did not until subsequently determi▪
ne to join the
company. He had recommended the company as
calculated to promote my interest, li▪ kely to be pro-
ductive to the directors, and also as having received
the sanction of Mr. Tidd Pratt to its regulations.
He said he should like to introduce me to Mr.
Sleigh, to bear what he would say on the subject,
as it was his proposition. I was taken by him into
the next room, where Mr. Sleigh was. I understood
it to be the board room, and there I had a repetition
of the statements more forcibly expressed by Mr.
Sleigh, who further stated that Mr. Tidd Pratt had
seen the prospectus, and had certified and sanctioned
the society by his signature. In consequence of
these statements, and on the faith that Mr. Tidd Pratt
had given his sanction to the rules, I consented to be
connected with it. In answer to a communication
from Mr. Owen, I enclosed him on the 18th or 19th
of July my cheque, which, from my ignorance of
mercantile payments, I marked with the sign of the
cross, having been requested to send in my crossed
cheque for 1001. After wards I exchanged for that
another cheque which I crossed by his suggestion in
the customary way. I never saw any board of direc-
tors, from the 26th of July to the 4th of October, in
the boardroom, and am not aware of any proceedings
at the
board. I was quite unsuspicious of any un-
fairness until I received a letter while at Hastings. I
then came to town and at once put myself in the
hands of my solicitor. Had it not been for the assu-
rance made to me by Mr. Owen and Mr. Sleigh, that
Mr. Tidd Pratt had certified as to the rules, I would
never have had any connexion with the company.
Had I known that the constitution of the society was
vitiated by the introduction of rules at variance with
the law, I never would have joined it. I had no idea
that the prospectus was not in conformity to the rules
certified by Mr. Tidd Pratt. When I signed the
agreement there was a number of small prospectuses,
which did not contain the names of directors, lying
upon the table at which Mr. Sleigh was sitting. I
on all parties directed my attorney to serve notices
I
discovered in the prospectus. . _ _

Mr. Clarkson—Have you received back your 100/. ?
Witness—l have not.
Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—l have known
Mr. Henry Owen nine or ten years, and have been
his professional attendant. I have attended him on
many previous occasions. Same two or three years
ago he intimated to me his desire to assist in forming
an assurance society. I said if it was well constructed
I should be glad to be appointed physician to an in-
surance society.

1852,

Mr. Wontner—Did you not endeavour to get some
directors for that company? Witness—l did speak
to two friends upon the subject, but did not succeed,
and I heard no more about it. When I first knew
about the present company, Mr. 0 wen first spoke to
me, and not I to him, on the subject, and he showed
me a prospectus. My first conversation with him on
the matter was in July, and I took home one of the
prospectuses and looked over it. Mr. Sleigh had told
me the terms on which I was to become a director
were that I was to advance a loan of 1001. to provide
for the current expenses, and to sign an agreement
with the promoters. I read over the agreement and
signed it. I knew what I was signing. I was to
receive two guineas on each board day for at-
tendance, and three guineas when I officiated as
chairman.

Mr. W ontner--,Did you not call upon Mr. Sleigh
and insist upon the removal of the medical man who
bad his appointment ? Witness—No; I suggested
that they should be very careful that the person ap-
pointed as physician should be what be represented
himself to be. I was not anxious to have him re-
moved if he was a competent mao. I said I could
not find his name in the " Medical Directory," and I
showed the Directory to Mr. Sleigh. I might have
said that he was a mere surgeon apothecary. I after.
wards was informed that he had the qualifications. I
had nothing to do with the settling of the second pros-
pectus. One was sent to me in the country, and I
made a correction in it. I was styled in it a trustee,
and I objected to that designation. Ido not know of
any one advancing money but myself, but I have
learned of two others advancing 1001. each. I bad
such perfect confidence in Mr. Owen that I enter-
tained not the slightest suspicion till I received the
letter I have alluded to.

Mr. Wonter—And did you before you came to
the Mansion-house to apply for a warrant against
these gentlemen, apply to Mr. Owen, in whom you
had such perfect confidence ? Witness—l did not. I
was advised not. My confidence was shaken in Mr.
Owen, and I therefore placed no further trust in him.
I was told, in order to induce me to join the com-
pany, that there were many applications for direc-
torships, and that I had better be quick as there was
an anxiety to fill up the vacancies. Ido not recollect
having seen any rules at all in my interviews upon
the subject of the company. No rules were read to
me. Ido not recollect that the Act of Parliament
had been produced. The prospectus was placed side
by aide with Mr. Tidd Pratt's letter, and Mr. Owen
and Mr. Sleigh said that the letter referred to the
prospectus.
Re-examined—l was told that the letter contained
Mr. Tidd Pratt's approval of the prospectus.
Mr. John Tidd Pratt—l am Registrar of Friendly
Societies in England. I produce the original rules of
a society which I sanctioned, called the " Annual
Bonus Life Assurance Society." The rules are
signed by Mr. Sleigh, Mr. Owen, and Mr• Condy,
and by the clerk to the society, the Act requiring that
they should be signed by three members and a clerk.'
I certified it as a registered friendly society. I do not
recollect having seen the prospectus produced. It
might have been seen by me. If any rule had been
sent to me containing anything like a drawing by lot-
tery I certainly would not have certified. If the
paragraph in the prospectus alluding to ballot were
handed to me as one of the rules of a friendly society
I would not have certified. I never have certified for
a ballot in a case of a friendly society.
Mr. Wontner considered the charge against his
clients, who were at least equal to the prosecutor in
respectability, to be one of the most audacious that
could be imagined. The whole of the evidence
showed that if any wrong had been done, the doctor
was as much involved as they were. They were all
in the same speculation, with the difference that the
doctor wished to add to the pecuniary profits
which might arise from the enterprise the advantages
to be derived from the connexion of his name with a
public company as a director. It was rather im-
probable that he, who had known Mr. 0 wen's family
' nine or ten years, should have gone ignorantly into
the company. On the contrary, it was plain that he
had sought an acquaintance with the interests of the
association, and calculated like the rest of them, and
risked his money in expectation of deriving a profit,
to which he would be certainly entitled, and which
he would certainly obtain, if the speculation proved
successful. It was absurd to say that the 1001. had
been obtained under false pretences. The fact was,
that Dr. Davis calculated too sanguinely upon rapid
profits, and, finding that he was precipitate, deter-
mined to raise a cry against the company, in corre-
spondence with the existing prejudices, for the pur-
pose of compelling the defendants to return the sum
he had speculated with.
The LORD MAYOR said he felt some little difficulty
upon this question, but having looked attentively to the
evidence as to the conditions upon which the com-
plainant had parted with his money, he considered
himself bound to bind over the defendants in their
own recognizances of 100 L. each to answer the com-
plaint.