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London, England, 1831-01-08 00:00:00

CERTIFICATES, JAM. 29,

H. Bowring, 111incing-lane, colonial broker—J. Blea-
den, Lotbbury, stationer—G. Atkin, Clerkermell-green,
victualler—D. Rider, Leeds, woollen-cloth-merchants--
11. Monteith,. Sloane-street, Chelsea, merchant—M. Ste-
vens, RichniOnd, Surrey, painter--'--W. 13. Watkins, Ard-
wick, Lancashire, merchant.. . . :• •

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Brewster and R. Curie,. Glisg)w, silk-mercers—J.
Price and Co., Yeovil, Somersctshire; linen-drapers—R.
and T. Benbow, Liverpool, timber•measurers— C. Cole,
and D. Davies, Liverpool, woollen-drapers—J. Allan and
J. Ward, Epsom, surgeons—W. Richardson and D. At-
kinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, glask cotters—R. Carter.
and T. Weddle, Kingston-upon-Hull, niustard-rnanu-
facture. Spink and Co., Brainley, Yorkshire,
stone merchants—G. Bishap and T. • White, Commercial
Sale Rooms, London, wine-merchants—W. Derbyshire
and W. Higgins, Salford, Lancashire, cotton-spinners—
D. Clive and J. S. Stow, Eirmin2bam, gun-makers—R.
and T. C. Newbery, Moorgate, City, silk-manufacturers
—J. L. M'Farquhar and J. Hamilton, Liverpool, mer-
chants—J. Easton and C. Oram, Reigate, Surrey, lime-
burners—J. Q. Rumhall and W. flaring, apothecaries—
G. T. Elgie and S. Toulmin, Old Jewry, attorneys—J.
and J. Vickers, Trafalgar-place, Hackney-road, merchants
W. anti J.' Davis, Birmingham, maltsters—H. Moan and
M. Lonie, Sunderland, insurance-brokers—G. 'Whitby,
jun., and J. L. and J. Withy, Bristol, woollen drapers—
M. Webb and J. Bucknall, Wellington, Salop, surgeons—
G. Noble and W. Smith, Preston, attorneys—G. Ford
and W. Dakin, Woolwich, surgeons—G. Webster and W.
Metcalf, Liverpool—L. and I. Isaacs, Manchester, furriers
—J. Holiday and B. Bagnall, Manchester, muslin-manu-
facturers—G. Rodgers and Co., Sheffield, knife-ma-
nufacturers—C. Chumbley and Co., Sheffield, tool_
manufacturers —T. Croft and T. Lewis, Whitechapel,
livery-stable-keepers—W. G. Shedden and Co., Lloyd's,
underwriters—VT. Calrow and C. Hickes, Finch -
lane, merchants.--R. Watkins and C. W. Reade, Liver-
pool—C. Eaton, sen. and C. Eaton, jun., Derby, tanners
—J. Jackson and S. Corns, Ardwick, Manchester,
dyers— J. Plant and
,ori and
J.Sttlubbs,
shire, millers—J. ne!v
mission-merchants—R. Haworth and R. Taylor, Sherfin
Nook, Whalley, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturers—R.
Taylor and J. Law-, Rising Bridge, Whalley, Lancashire,
chymists—J. Swallow and T. Kaden, Sterne Mills, Hali-
fax, Yorkshire, corn-dealers—W. Robinson and Co.
StOckport, Cheshire, coach-proprietors—J. and G. Hay-
man, Exeter, coach-builders—J. Holdsworth and 0. Mar-
shall, Fen-court, Ferchurch-street, corn •factors—E. Val-
iance and Co., Brighthehnstone, brewers.

REFORM MEETING.

ABERDEEN.
(From the Aberdeen Chronicle.)

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tion, the burtresses, heritors,
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Chair.
Mr. BANNERmAN, after returning thanks for the
honour said—L" I feel disap
pointed ctluianfettrlri.edchtTiron wnisthniiOt filled by an older and
more worthy citizen; and I regret exceedingly that
the Lord Provost did not think it necessary to call
the
with
gl.e meeting,lit bcouse I think he might have presided
propriety on such an occasion; and if
"
he had done so, a word, I am sure, would not have
been uttered to create an unpleasant feeling to any
one. For although I may differ, find this meeting
may differ, in many points with the Lord Provost, a
more honourable man than Mr. Haddcn does not
exist, or one who, I am confident, feels a greater
interest in the prosperity of the city, and the welfare
of its inhabitants. As lam called to the chair, how-
ever, I consider my duty to be to promote, if pos-
sible, unanimity'; and if I durst mention the ob-
noxious word sinecure at a Reform meeting, I think
I am placed in a sinecure office to-day. I regret that
the requisitions, and I, among the number, should
leave presumed to levy a tax of Is. at the door; but
if the petition from this meeting shall tend in the
remotest degree to forward the good cause for which
we are assembled, the shilling will be well spent ;
and I am glad to see so many more respectable he-
titors and laouseholders around Inc."

Mr. ALLARDITE then rose and said, that the
Lord Provost having declined to interfere, the re-
quisitionists resolved to call this meeting, and in-
structed a Committee of their number to prepare re-
solutions on the subject. The Committee had ac-
cordingly embodied the resolutions in the form of a
petition to Parliament; and I now beg leave to pre.
sent that petition for the approval of this numerous
and highly respectable meeting. The petition was
then read by the Chairman : after which Mr. Mar-
dyce moved its adoption, which was carried by ac-
clamation.

Mr. PELLATT moved that the petition now read
Id approved of, should be forwarded to the Right
on. Laid Grey, to be presented to the House of
ttrds;, end to Joseph flume, Esq., to be presented
the Holle of Commons; and that copies of it
ibuld also be sent to his Majesty's Ministers, and
each of the 'Members of Parliament for Scotland.
.e was glad that an opportunity had thus been pre-
tired to him to express his sentiments upon the
•esent important question. If we examined history,
e would find that the prosperity and greatness
',every state were commensurate with the freedom
'its institutions. He; therefore, thought that the

thought that the language of Lord Brougham should
he particularly attended to, when he stated that the
voice of the nation was lifted up in unanimous
acclaim in favour of Reform. Combining the
s!rength, unanimity, and ripeness of this feeling,
with the public acts and promises of the new
Government, the grand question of the Reform of
the House of Commons cannot stand still, but
must advance to an early consummation ; or evils,
not to be contemplated, must be the result. He
believed that. Parliamentary and Burgh Re-
form were inseparable,• and that if the one were
granted, the other must follow. In regard to the
extent- to. which . Reform should be carried, he
thought it was better to leave that point to the wis-
dom of Government. It was not like the question of
forming a new code of. laws, where the ground was
Perfectly clear. It was rather like repairing an old
kouse, where the skill of those acquainted with the
building was requisite. The -whole matter was re-
duced to a single question—is Reform necessary ?
The Government say it is, and we say the same, but
give no dictation as to the remedy. But however
the representation might be constituted, it was clear
that the substantial wealth of the country should be
included. More than this was unnecessary, and less
would not do. Mr. Pellatt continued—Sir, I will
only obtrude a very few remarks more on this meet-
ing. In characterising the inoffensiveness of the
burgh system, as a system, let me not be misunder-
stood. = Let us not confound, too far, the system
with the agents under it. I must say, for myself.
having revolved the point, that were there a change
of municipal government to-morrow (and I look
seriously to it as a change that cannot be deferred
long), I should not look for, I could not desire to
see amid its functionaries, a greater quantum of in.
dividual reepectability than we already have under
the present system—l mean in this burgh. It
would be well to remember that the stations of Ma-
gistrates must be filled by somebody—that all offices
undertaken for the public benefit are thankless on
the whole—that they require many sacrifices of
time and domestic quiet, on the part of thOse who
ill them—and that such Magistrates are themselves
the miniFters of God for good to the good, and foK
evil to the evil; and are, therefore, on high conside•
rations, entitled to _our honour, fear, and gratitude.
At a moment like the present, I feel it to be my
duty to see that, in exposing the errors of the burgh
system, we do not undermine the. influence and re-
spectability of the public authorities. There is a
manifest 'delicacy in individualising, but I may
glance at one gentleman—who has grown old under
the old system—who has preserved an unsullied in-
tegrity (as, indeed, all his colleagues have) under
a system well calculated in itself to shelter corrupt
practices—who has, as a public character, exile-
rienced the vicissitudes of popularity incident to it ;
but who challenges the increasing esteem of his
Fellow-citizens, as ahighly respectable individual,

and a truly virtuous Magistrate. Among the other
good things I would wish this individual to witness,
is the spectacle of the auto dafe of the old system,
with which he has been so long and so closely con-
neetid, and the regeneration of a new one, better

suited to the genius of an improved age, and more
acceptable to the general wishes and feelings of
community.
Mr. CALDER—We owe a debt of gratitude to

his most gracious Majesty, who has so lately as-
cended the throne of his ancestors, for his so readily
forming the Administration composed of men of
sbining, talents, who ere pledged to a correcting of
all abuses. He then moved, " That the meeting,
considering that this is the first public occasion of
the inhabitants assembling together since the com-
mencement of the present reign, do unanimously
vote a loyal and dutiful address to his Most Gra-
cious Majesty King William the Fourth, and to her
Majesty Queen Adelaide, on their accession to the
Throne of these realms, and at the same time ex-
press their gratitude that his Majesty has been
pleased to cell to his Councils men who have de•
dared their sentiments, in governing the State, to
be Reform, Economy, and Peace."—Motion una-
nimously carried.
Mr. JAMES MELLIS said, that he was a very old
reformer, and could bear testimony to one fact stated
in the petition, viz. :—That the evils of the present
burgh system were recorded in Parliament. He
himself was a member of a Committee for burgh
reform so early as 1790; and a similar statement
was made by Mr. Dundas, as now, that no change
was wanted in the burgh system; petitions upon
petitions were poured into the House of Commons ;
the English Members could not reconcile Mr. Dun-
das's statement with the prayers of these petitions ; a
Committee was named in the House to inquire into
:he matter ; and but for the breaking out of the
French Revolution, he bad no doubt but redress
would then have been obtained. He was glad to'
see that his Majesty's Ministers had taken up the
matter ; they only wanted the support of the people
to carry through their good intentions. At the
period he at first alluded to, the reformers had had
" a long pull ;" in 1718 they had " a strong pull ;"
and he hoped that now they would be unanimous,
and have " a pull altogether."
Mr. PHILIP said, that lest the Reform for which
they petitioned might not be accomplished so
speedily as was anticipated, or, when brought for-
ward, it migh the necessary to look for our own share
of the benefit, he would propose that a standing
Committee be appointed, to svatch the progress of
Parliamentary and Burgh Reform, and in particular
to see that the interests of Aberdeen were duly cited
for. The motion was put and agreed to, and a
Committee accordingly appointed.
On BAILLIE MILNE'S tame being mentioned,
that gentleman rose and said, that it gave him great
pleasure to attend the present meeting of the citi-
zens of Aberdeen—that ha fully concurred in the
moderation of the resolutions, which did credit to
the meeting, and he would be glad to do all in his
power to forward their views; but that he had now
;irrived at that period of life, when it was desirable
that he should keep himself aloof from all public
business; and, while he felt the high compliment
paid by his fellow citizens, in natnino• him as a
member of the Committee, and warmly applauded
the object of the meeting, he felt compelled to de-
cline, for the reason he had stated, the honour in-
tended him.
Great applause followed the delivery of this
speech, and at its conclusion, the Chairman said,
t hat Bailiie Milne, he hoped, would allow his name
to stand en the Committee ; he had already been
blamed " for being in- bad company, but he hoped
that now—"—(Baillie Milne here bowed acqui-
escence.) The conclusion of the Chairman's obser-
vation was drowned amid the plaudits of the meet-
ing ; upon which Baillie Milne replied, that he

Yesterday Edmond binzmons and Samuel Davis
were brought up for final examination, on the charge
of having broken into and plundered the Jews' Syna-
gogue in. Duke's-place, of property to the value of
301. and upwards. • The examination excited a great
deal of interest, and the justice-room was crowded
to excess. The case was protracted and complicated
by reason of the conflicting evidence.
Mr. Hobler, jun. attended for the prosecution,
Mr. Wooler for the defence.
Mr. Moses Samuel, Secretary to the Jews' Syna-
gogue, deposed that between the 20Th and the 211 re
of December the synagogue was broken into and
entered apparently at the casement near one of the
staircases. The poor-box; containing charity-money,
was stolen, as well 'as three sets of the handles af
the Pentateuch, and other articles belonging to the
sacred place. There were two silver basins in the
Synagogue, but they were not touched. On the
spot kvhere the plunder was committed a phos-
phorus-box and a piece of candle were found. (This
witness stated, incidentally, that any injury done to
the Pentateuch, which comprehended the Jewish sys-
tem of faith, was considered as a judgment of Pro-
vidence, and that a tint generally followed, and ac-
veral of the Jews had fasted on this occasion.)
Mary Moss deposed, that at half-past six in the
afternoon on Monday, the 20th of December, she
saw Davis and two young men, who were dressed
like sailors, near the synagogue. Davis pointed at
the synagogue, and that 'matted her attention.
An officer produced a phosphorus-box, which was
found under the circumstances stated above in the
synagogue. He searched Simmons's lodgings, and
found some bullets, picklock keys, and other things
used by desperate characters.
_ _

Elizabeth Seddens, a woman of the town, at
about four in the afternoon of the 20th of Decem-
ber, was sitting at her tea at her lodgings, No. 22,
Elizabeth street, Waterloo-road, with the prisoner
Siminens, with whom she then cohabited, a man
named Wilkinson, and a girl of the town, named
Anne Hillyard, who lived with Wilkinson. The
prisoner Davis and another person entered, and
told; Simmons and Wilkinson he would put them
into. a good thing if they would give him a share.
Upon being asked what the thing wae, they re-
plied that it was to be done at the Jews' Syna-
gogue. The men then went out, and returned in
a couple of hours. Witness then stated that the
prisoners afterwards met at the Crown public-
house, and that conversations took place amongst

them, from which it appeared to be evident that
they had robbed the synagogue—that Simmons
and Wilkinson had determined to keep ail the pro-
fits,' and not give a halfpenny to Davis or his com-
rade—that they had agreed not to take the silver
basins, and that they calculated upon the robbery
being laid upon the. glaziers.. Witness also swore
that the phosphorus box found at the synagogue
belonged to Simmons, with whom she had seen
it : and that Simmons sported plenty of money and
a change of clothes, soon after the robbery.
Mr. Wooler begged that, in so serious a cate, be-
fore the Lord Mayor would think of committing the
prisoners on the evidence of a prostitute, his Lord-
ship would hear the testimony of the girl of the
town who was said to have been taking tea with
the accusing female.—His Lordship consented.
Anne Hillyard then swore that she did not take
tea on the 20th of December with Elizabeth Sed-
dons, and that of cotirse she neither saw nor heard
any thing of what had been stated. She believed
all that:Seddons had stated was false, and she had
been herself the whole of the Monday at her father's

house.
Mr. Hobler then begged that his witness might
be called to destroy the evidence of Anne Hillyard,
and he called her brother, Jesse Hillyard, who swore
that she had not been at her father's house on the
day in question. He, however, admitted that he
had been asleep a part of the day.
His Lordship examined all the witnesses with a
great deal of judgment, and stated that he con-
, sidered there was a case against each of the pri-
soners.

Mr. Wooler submitted, that it would be useless
to send Davis for trial at all events, as no Jury could
think of finding him guilty. The evidence might
justify a charge of conspiracy to plunder: but would
not excuse a committal for burglary.
The LORD MAYOR considered the evidence quite
strong enough.
Simmons (against the advice of Mr. Wooler)
gan to defend himself by attacking the evidence of
Elizabeth Sedduns.
The two prisoners were then fully committed for
trial.