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LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18 1852.

to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Winchester
Jones, who retires.
61st Foot—John Sloman, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Pa
t,t3uni, promoted, Aug. 17.
621 Foot—Lieutenant Edward Stanley to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Henley, 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;
Edward Henry Hunter, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Gooch, promoted, Aug. 17; Graham Hay,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grylls, promoted,
Aug. 18; Adolphus Alick Wombwell, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires, Aug. 19.
65th Foot—Bradford Smith Hoskins, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilson, appointed to the 86th
Foot--Charles Richard D osraini
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from the let or Grenadier It.giesent of Foot Guards, to
be Captain, vice Cooper, who exchanges, Aug. 17.
75th Foot—Ensign Robert William ArnoldTorchler,
from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Mitchell,
pro-
motel, Aug. 17.
85thFoo
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Ensign James Brown Young to he Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice the Honourable William Stuart
Knox, Aug. 17.
871 h Font—llonourable D'Arey 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. P 4
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 Bewley,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Castray, whose
retirement was announced in the Gcszette of April 2,
Aug. 17.
2nd West India Regiment—Lieutenant Charles John
Patterson to be Adjutant, vice Birley, who resigns the
Adjutancy only; Ensign John Foulkis 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 Kerr, who resigns the Adjutancy
only; George Gant Beazley, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Hawtayne, 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.,
Deputy-Lieutenant, Aug. 13.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
Sir William Edmund Cradock Hartopp, Bart., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant, Aug. 5.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Flintshire.
to b
The Honourable Thomas Pryce Lloyd to be Deputy-
Lieutenant; Thomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Edward Henry Mostyn,
Esq , to be Deputy-Lieutenant; ,Robert Wills, Esq., 1°
be Deputy-Lieutenant.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant and High Steward

of Kirkcudbright.
Alexander Young Herries, jun., Esq., to be Doputy-
Lieutenant, July 8.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding
of Yorkshire.
called Lord
Alan Frederick Cathcart, Esq, commonly
Green.ck, 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
Michel Jaques, Esq., to be Deputy'
Leonard Leonard Thompson, Edq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
George William Donys,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
George Sowerby, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
North York Rogiment of Militia—Alan Frederick
Cathcart, Esq., commonly called Lord Greenock, to be
Captain; John Coates, Gent., to be Lieutenant; John
Smnrthwaite, Gent., to be Ensign.
(Erratum in the London Gazette of the loch instant.)
For Major George Healey to bo Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Cradock, deceased, read Major George Healey to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Elsley, deceased.
Commission by Zhe Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding
. .

of Yorkshire.
3d, Regiment of West York Militia—Captain Edward
Prothero, late 14th Foot, to he Captain and Adjutant,
vice RAW3OO, deceased, Aug.. 11.
BANKRUPTS.
Charles Johnson, ironmonger, Northumberland-place,
Commercial-road East, to surrender Aug. 23, at two,
end Sept. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfeld, official assigneee; Johnston, Chancery-lane.
Thomas 'Popham, cotton manufacturer, Noble-street*
City, and Ripley, Derbyshire, Aug. 25, at half-pest two,
anal Sept. 27, at half past ono, a; the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfeld, assignee; Hudson and Co.,
BuAlersbury.

William liolph, brewer, Billericay, E3sex, Aug. 13, at
two, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official asaignTe. Ahchurch• lane, Llechard-
treet ; Lieklaters, Sire-lane, Backlersbury ; Woodard,
William Martin. grocer, Stamford, Aug.'. 27, and Sept.
17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Cour;, Bittla-
, ton, official assignee, Nottingham ; Hili end Mathews,
it. Mary Axe, City ; Bray and 13ridges,Birmingham.
William Hamby, joiner and builder, Kirkdale, Lan-
cashire, Aug. 26 and Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool
Dia,rict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool;
Atkinson, Liverpool.
John Howe, builder, Felling, Durham, 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..
G. 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.
NI. F. Moncktnn, Park-street, Dorset-square.
T. Shaw, Osnaburgh-street, Regent's-park.
T. Gilman, carpenter, Erith.
T. Pridham, journeyman hatter, Sudbrook-place.
W. Heise, surgeon, Westbourn-street,
J. Moses, licensed hawker, Durham.
J. Pennington, fish and game dealer, Manchester.
R. Pursey, grocer and coal merchant, Cheltenham.
J. Warricer, labourer, Orrest, Westmoreland.

S. Bierley, grocer, Preston.
J Hoag?, labourer, Bettminster, Dorsetshire.
J. Ridgway, mister, Herefordshire.
S. Loverin,g, butcher, Exeter.
I. Ratter, fruiterer, Manchester.
J. Bates, boiler-marker, Salford.
J. Corran, potato dealer, Liverpool.
E. F. Cook, builder, Birmingham.
B. B. Lee, cab proprietor, P,lymouth.
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. Same, commission agent, D4wlish, Devonshire.
B. Pearson, coal dealer, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basingball-street,

T. Barnjum, Pall-mall East and Willesden, wine mer-
chant, Sept. 8, at two—E. Morgan, Portman market,
E lgware-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 keepor, Sept. 7, at two—W. Trego, Cole-
man-street, b'uilder, Sept. 7, at two—T. B. Barnes,
Thlxted, 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.
Collins, Halifax, draper, 71d., on and after Oot.
4, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young,
Leeds.

R- 43avr, Selby,
W. Waite, Brumley, tar::: ewieer na. (
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young—le:4z tweeanndeltewveon and two, at the office of Mr.
draper,
cloth manufacturer, Is. 40., on
Ocrjet- 4eds. between eleven and two, at the office of
4311:Ji :
0. Young,t
Aw ce ke between
o eleveny d , aY. ear,peuntttehre, 40dis.,:enofanmdra.ftyerouOnegt:
Oyston, Wakefield,wo,
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Oiheeord after Oct 4, be-
an . manufacturers, 4s. 2d., on
Leeds.j.
4, between eleven and t
Leeds. onOneg-t,
leren and two,
J. Firth, Leeds, draper, lid on
twPon eleven and two, at the
J. Wilkinson, Lindley, cloth manu'faltr. Yciang. Lleds,
end after Oct. 4, between eleven
of 11 r. Yu ung-, Leeds. d two, at the office
0;V aoya
and
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0t1.m40,n
bdetbwneryen, clothe manufac-
at the aloe of I.4fr. Young, Lee,ls.
NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES.
turjejr. sr',
Att.t the Court, Basinghall-street.
S. Knight, Fore•strect, City, c- h
eesemong,er, Sept. 9.
at twelve—E. Monntclst!e, Icing William-street, City,
and London-strect, hatter, Grecnwhich, Sept. 9,
Elt
eleven—T. Cowdrey, Brighton, wine merchant, Sept. 8,
at eleven.

al3stor, Sept, 13, In the Country.
Q. Standerwick, C. Standerwick. and T. Barnes,
J.
/1:1.stol, auctioneers, Sept. 15, at eleven, at the Court
nini*t°l—A. Atkinson, D316t011.i11-Furness, Lancashire,
at twelve, elve, at the Court, Manchester—.
Manchester, engraver, Sept. 14, at twelve, at
the
uourt m —auchester—J. Walthevr, Manchester, dry.
salter, Sept, 14, all twelve, at the Court, Manchester.

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

G. Dover, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, bulkier, cer-
tificate of the first class—A. Tarrant, High Holborn,
bookbinder, certificate of the second class—H. Buck,
Church-s'rfTt, Hackney, builder, certificate of the third
class—F. Bayhham, High-street, Hounslow, grocer,
c2rtificate of the third class--T. Hrris, Hampstead-
road, brewer, certificates of the third class—W. H. Hill,
Birmingham, silversmith, certificate of the third class.

PARTNERSEHYS DISSOLVED.
T. Evans end J. llsniel, A.bergavenny, shoe manu-
facturers and curriers—T. Evans and A. Long, Aber-
gavenny, shoe manufacturers and curriers—C. L.
Browning and C. Iliffe, Bilston, Staffordshire, iron
masters—J..Laycook and. T. Hutchinson, Leeds, cloth
fullers—J. M. • R ztedffe, Terrington 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, maohine makers and blacksmiths—G.
Chectilara, T. Chootharn, and L. I-Todgkinson, Whit-
field, Darhyshire, brevvers of ale and porter—T. Smith
and J. Hanson, Longeood, Yorkshire, fancy woollen
manufvlturers—B. S. Do Yongli and L. M. Amerhaan,
Harrison street, Gray's lon-road, diamond cutters and
eeliAers—J. Andrew, G. Wolley, and J. Keates, Staf-
ford, mercors, and linen and woollen drapers (so far as
r'gerda G. (Volley) —T. C. Le Neve end G. Gayton,
N Cro,s. S.irrey, dairymen and farmers—G. R.
Wal2s rind W. •Wells, lieF;ent-stree!, cJ;inet. inaloirs and
upholatcrcrs—T. A. Bushby, W. F. Foster, and J.
Rimpson, Liverpool brokers.. L B. Brown and F. E
Webb, Oxford-Nut:re, Hyde-park, and Maida-vale, sur-
geons—J. Slo?".02,, H. A. Jervis, and J. Pope, Man-
chaster, c:lrarnission agents (so far as regards R. A.
Jervis)—S. Hewett and J. H. Cook, Tiverton, Devon-
shire, curriers and leather cutters—E. Smith awl J.
Taylor, Middleton, Lancashire, grocers and corn dealers
—T. Chin and M. W. Cliffs, Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
i Ws .
linen drapers—P. Taylor and J. Barker, Manchester,
millwrights and engineers—T. Hollingsworth and C. F.
Nottingham, woollen drapers and tailors—E.
V. Bellevv, Carlisle-street, Lambeth, gas
O'Toole,Hasfittersweall
and
n d finhers

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
James Denton, Barnsley, b!eacher.
Henry Davies, Sheffield, tinplate worker.
George Davies, Sheffield, tinplate worker.
James Wingfield, Sheffield, hosier and milliner.
Thomas Price, Witham, publican.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Milne, Dumbarton, saddler and upholsterer, to meet
Aug. 21 and Sept 11, at one, within the King's Arms
Inn, Dumbarton.

T. Thompson, Dundee, grocer and spirit dealer, to
meet Aug. 24 and Sept. 14, at twelve, within the British
Hotel, Dundee,

J. Steel, Edinburgh, drysalter, to meet Aug. 23 and
Sept. 14, at two, within the Star Hotel, Edinburgh.
W. G. Smith, Glasgow, broker, to meet Aug. 20 and
Sept. 10, at twelve, within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
Richard 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. Ballantino and Mr. Doyle were counsel
for the defendant.

The Learned
character, and
in support of the charge. ouiNtSEL for the prosecution, on open-
twiohnicohfutnheder all-hceturt,ch
he
theerefore bespoke the serious atten-
tion the case,
character, but facts he should lay before them
was one of a very remarkable
jury
ymonergeby false pretences, an offence
was a persmoenwwhihcoh
shpe en en taabnl e
attorney,position circumstances was one of a very se-
riouswith obtaining
hinadtheepereleispeineta inastavnercye was
rendered still
who had for some time
serious by the fact that the de-
fendantwho, therefore, ought not,
under any circumstances,l
violation of the lats to have been a party to any
card cheating at He then proceeded to state that
the defendant was
Mr. chargedth with having obtained from
Henry Broome
had obtained
which it wouldc
indictment, several' lie' prosecutor of the present
ids of exchange of a large
amount, and also considerable amount in cash,
under false pretences,a
Brighton, the particulars of which
a ghoeodndeal of notoriety, and the facts of
Broome, the brother
circumstance
of the prosecutor of the present
of whom, it will be remembered,
twoo other persons named Staden and
defendant, who
had years' hard labour, and said that the
were convicted
secution in the first ,e recent assizes at Lewes, and
sentenced to two yea
ex,.h was now charged with
instance,acted as the solicitor for the pro-
obtaining bills of
with Mr. the Secretary of State for the
ange and money from the pro-
secutor, under the
pHoormtede,Daneldiarthtt:enhte pretence that he had had an inter-
viewin fact, relieve him from
Walpole,,aconadid that he had sufficient influence
with him to prevent his brother from being trans-
any inconvenience in reference
to the indictment that
had been preferred against He should be able
to prove most clearlythatb him.
means or this false re-
presentation the defendant had
had obtained property to
a considerable amount from the
prosecutor; and he
said he must confess he was at
what line of defence would be
taken. An attempt
would probably be mad., he said, to attack
the character of the prosecutor, and he was
bound to admit that Henry Broome had been a
priz- fighter, 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 upen
must recollect that he had to deal with; bat the jury
by
his
n an attorney, a
man of experience, and who, 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 tostances of the case,
refer to some of the other circumstances
and the following evidence
was
then adduced :.--
Mr. Vert all, clerk to the bench
of magistrates at
Brighton, deposed that he acted inthat 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 fro
means of cheating at cards. Th
e defendant, al
Mr. Hump
by
Mr. Sill,
had attended several examinations i
i the capacity of
solicitor for the prosecutor, and he
hdid so on the Bth
of March. Upon that occasion e asked for the
sanction of the magistrates to be allowed to with-
draw from the prosecution ; and
a
recognizances of Mr. Chase, the chiefl sothat the
constable of
Brighton, who had been bound over to prosecute,
should be discharged. The ground
for desiring to withdraw from the he alleged
prosecution
was that Mr. Hemp had made an ern
lavit upon the
subject of his bill of costs in 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 u
re-
turn they told the defendant that
as upon their e
desired to
withdraw from the case they did not consider
longer as the solicitor for the prosecution, a him
and
dany
he
e did
not again appear in the case in that capacity. The
magistrates utter wards 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*
with
them. Broome did not surrender to takehis trial
them.
Henry Brootne, the prosecutor, deposed that he
formerly kept the Opera Tavern in the Haymarket,
gve.
but was at present residing at No. 102, Lisson- ro
Lie had been a pugilist, and was known as the cham-
pion of the prize ring, or what remained of it.—(A,
laugh.) He remembered a young gentleman named
Hamp going to lodge at the public-house kept by his
brother, John Broome, in Air-street, Piccadilly, and
that he went with his brother to Brighton races last
year, and that shortly afterwards a b c arge was
made against his brother and two persons
Tenamed
Staden and James, of cheating Mr.
lump •
play
defrauding him of money by foul '
at cards. Witness did not go to Brighton
with them. He knew nothing of what occurred
n
there. He first heard of the charge on the 23d of
August. He knew nothing of the defendant, btt
Sill, until this charge was made against his brothe
°r.
and the first time he saw him was on the evening rf
the 6th of March, when he was sent for to an ()pier.
shop in the Strand, and found him there. When the
defendant e;saw him he came up to him and shook
hands with him, and said he had been wanting to see
him for some time, and they then had several glasses
of grog, the greater part of which witness paid for.
After some time the defendant proposed that they
should go together to witness's house, as he said he
could not speak before so many people, and they
ace
cordingly went together to the Opera Tavern. At
this time it was nearly 12 o'clock, and they went
into the bar, and the defendant then said that it was
he who had carried on the prosecution against wit-
ness's brother, and that he had seen the Secretary of
State upon the subject, and he bad told him that if
his brother was convicted he would be transported.
He at the same time said that it would be impossible
for him to escape, as be had drawn the indictment
and had put 13 counts into it, and it was impossible
for his brother to get through it. They had a good
deal of conversation together; in fact, the conversa-
tion lasted until 5 o'clock the next morning.—(A.
laugh.) In addition to what he had before stated, the
defendant
told him that there was just time enough to
save his brother, and that he could do it, but he
must have at least 300/. It was 5 o'clock on Sunday
saidornmg when the defendant left his house, and he
he would give him until 2 o'clock that day to
get
get up th,, money. ....ei that thdefeat
dant
had been engagedJ 1 9 was aware
as the attorney for the prosecuon,
and he was therefore induced to believe his statement
with regard
with the Secretary
his having been in communication
of State. The defendant came
again to his house about 2 o'clock,
had stated before a and he then re-
peated what he bout the power he
possessed with the Secretary State, and healso said
that of
that he had got Mr. Chase, the chief officer of
Brighton, s b t•
li a ituted as the proseoutor instead of Mr.

Hemp, 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 defen-
dant said upon this occasion witness was induced to
give him two bills of 1201. each. These bills were
noon French stamps, and they were drawn by John
Hemp, the brother of Mr. Hemp, who was the prose-
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. He then
said as there might ba some difficulty in getting
these bills discounted, he must have an English
bill of exchange for 2401. with witness's and
his brother's name upon it. Witness told him that it
was Sunday, and he could not get a stamp, but the de-
fendant said he must go and find one, and he went
out and obtained a stamp from a neighbour, and when
he came back it was filled up for 2401. at four months'
date. The defendant kept possession of all the bills,
and be remained at witness's house drinking until
eleven o'clock at night. The drink was all at wit-
nesa's expense of course.—(A laugh.) During the
day the defendant wanted him to put his name to the
French bills ; and on his telling him that he waa a
bankrupt, and that he could not pay, and his name
would be of no use, the defendant said that he was a
good bankruptcy lawyer, and witness might take his
word that he would come to no harm through signing
the bills Oa the following day (Monday) witness
and the defendant went down to Brighton, for the
purpose, according to the defendant's statement, of
getting Mr. Chase's recognizances taken off, 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 vent 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-
curred. They returned to town together, and since
that time he had repeatedly seen the defendant at his
house; and on several occasions, up to the 13th of
April, he gave money to the defendant. Upon one
occasion he gave him 20f. for the purpose of going
down to Herefordshire to see the prosecutor and
some other persons, and obtain affidavits with 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 upon
business, 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 151.
or 201. in money. At this time witness had from the
defendant 1201. or 1301. in notes besides the bills.
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 must have the bill for 2001. witness asked
him how he could think of demanding such serious
amounts from them when he knew very well that
his brother was innocent, and that be himself had no-
thing whatever to do with the matter, and he replied
that it did not matter how innocent they were, bat it
was what the world thought of them. A bill stamp
was then sent for and a bill 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 de-
fendant 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 had transported
either witness or his brother. The witness concluded
by stating that at the time he ga;ee 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. BALIANTINENOIIO3 of
these securities have been paid except 251. 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 Queen'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 get 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. Hemp repeatedly during these proceedings, and
I know that he 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 c Ise as
an election committee?
Mr. BALLANTINE—No, my Lord ; my only oyect
was to show how the gentleman employed hirnsel .
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 ware 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 subpcena, but he did not appear.
Mr. Samuel Genesse deposed that be knew the de-
fendant and the prosecutor, and remembered seeing
them on a Sunday, about the month of March, at
Broome's 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. Hemp. 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 said he sup-
posed these bills bad 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 be 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.
A memorandum in the handwriting of the de-
fendant, to the effect that he would give up the twc
bills for 1201. each if the one for 2401. was paid when
it arrived at maturity, was then put in and read.
Mr. John Sheerman deposed that he was a witness
pr
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
public-house, and he was represented to be the attor-
ney for theosecution. Mr. Hemp said that John
Broome knew nothing of the transaction, but Mr. Sill
said they must put him in because he was a moseyed
man, and he would pay the expenses. Upon another
occasion he saw Mr. Sill at the residence of Mr.
Hemp, in Herefordshire, and he said he bad got
g
good deal of money out of the prosecution, and witness
was a fool if he did not get some too. Witness told
with
him be should do no such thing. He (Mr. Sill)
him had
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had
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from being transported ; and if he did so, and he could
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Mr. Hemp had told him so, and he replied that it did
not matter—innocent or not, it was what the world
thought of it. Oa the 16th of March he at-
tended the assizes at Lewes, and Mr. Sill, whom
amount
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"stand in" and have a third. He refused to have
anything to do with the matter, and told him he knew
very well that John Broome was innocent. Mr. Sill
then said that he had corripielv frigh;en.,:d
Broome by telling him of his iutlaenze with the Se-
cretary of State.
Cross-examined—He read something in a Brighton
newspaper about Mr. 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. Hamp at his house in the country
as a " companion." He had no other means of ob-
taining a livelihood at present. When Mr. Hamp
was in London witness stayed with him at Johnny
Broome's, and he accompanied the parties to Brighton
upon the occasion when Mr. Hamp was plundered by
I James and Staden.

Re-examined—He knew Mr. Hamp from living
near him in Herefordshire. They were both Here-
fordshire men. Mr. Hemp was the son of a banker,
and had some property.
Mr. Secret.ry Walpole was then examined. He
said—l am her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
for the Home ll.oartment, 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
Brighton, 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. BALLANTINB—Oh, of course it would be ab-
surd to ask such a question. We admit the defendant
had no influence whatever.

By Mr. BALLANTINE—There are two Under-Se-
cretaries, Mr. Waddington and Sir W. Jolliffe.
There are two otber principal Secretaries of State,
one for 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 cheating case at Brighton?
Mr. Secretary Walpole—l should say certainly
not. I think, however, Mr. Waddington did say
something to me with regard to his having been sub-
pcanaed to attend a trial upon such a charge.
Mr. H. B. Dunn deposed that he was engaged as

the attorney for Mr. Hamp. 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 thatreduced 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 defendant when he spoke of the
Secretary of State.
The RECORDER overruled the objection, observing
that it was a question for the jury whether the whole
was not a fabrication, and whether the defendant bad
been in communication with any Secretary of State
at all.

Mr. BALLANTINE then addressed the jury for th•
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, i❑ 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 be 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
more mischief, at all events in the profession to
which he belonged. While, however, he made
this admission, he said he felt bound to contend that

this 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
evident that Hamp 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 had 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 had 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 prosecuticn 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 of this transaction were
very far from respectable. He 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 prevent them from associating
with persons of disreputable character. With regard
to the defendant, enough had been shown to snake it
quite clear, at all events, that he had taken a part in
the matter quite unworthy the position he held ; but
the jury ought not to allow that to induce:nee
.
their minds, and he ought not to be con'
he
victed upon the specific charge
clearly
was accused unless the
made out the truth of that charge.evideofn
the defendant towards Mr. n a Thehiscpecwroono c
ito g s
e-hntsege had nothing
to endeavour to compromiselitahmer
he might possibly be
to do with the present
fcoarsteliese acts, but here the
punished in:another way
false pretence to the
question was, bad he
tmade a
prosecutor, knowing
his money,
false, and with the inten-
tion to defraud him of his money, and did he, in point
of fact, defraud him by such means r
The jury, after deliberating a short time in the
box, expressed
awish to retire.
Tbey were absent three-quarters of en 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 itEcoaDsit observing that he should consider
what sentence ought to be pronounced.

FRENCH RAIL WAY 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 f.; goods, 269,169 f.; total, 601,130 f.
ROIIEN.—From Aug. 1 to Aug. 7 : Passengers,
137,3921.; goods, 86,650 E; total, 224,0421.
HAVRE.—From Aug. 1 to Aug. 7: Passengers,
54,2081.; goods, 41,472 f. ; total 95,680 f.
ORLEANS AND BRANCH LINES.—From Aug. 1 to
Aug. 7: Passengers, 256,5511.; goods, 231,3241.; total,
487,8751.
STRABBITRO.—From July 29 to Aug. 4: Passengers,
171,5951.; goods, 110,9171.; total, 282,5121.
BALE.—From July 26 to Aug. 1: Passengers,
32,198 f.; goods, 30,3661.; total, 62,5041.
MoNTEREA.U.—From July 29 to Aug. 4: passengers,
9,6101.; goods, 11,9381.; t0ta1,21,548f. 7
Passengers,
LYONS. —. From Aug. 1 to Aug _
224,2091.; goods, 120,6311.; t0ta1,344,8480f
f.
WESTERN.—From Aug. 2 to Aug
Passengers,
445,461 E; goods, 18,7631.; total, 6309

GLASGOW AND SOUTII-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week ending Aug. 14, 1852:
Passengers (25,322), goods and
horses and carriage x,185 9 5
Corresponding week in last year 4,407 3 5
Glasgow, August 16.

&mous AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT RENFREW.—
At a late hour last night intelligence reached Glasgow that a
vessel had heeled over at Henderson's ship-building yard,
near Renfrew, and falling on a number of naen, had crushed
several of them to death. The loss of life is variously stated
at from seven to twelve persons, others being seriously but
no fatally injured.—North lititish