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LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1849.

pleaded guilty to four indictments charging him, by
means of the forged orders, with obtaining a quan-
tity of turpentine, white lead, vermilion, oil, and
other goods, the property of Messrs. Blundell, Spence,
1 and Co.
The evidence adduced in support of the indictment
proved the following facts :—The prosecutors, who
are large oil and colour-merchants, carrying on busi-
ness at Anchor-wharf, Thames-street, had amongst
other numerous customers a person named Brush-
field, and on the 3d of last month one of the partners
in the firm found in their letter-box an order, pur-
porting to come from that customer, for a cask of
white lead, which he gave orders to be supplied, and
on the following day the lad Brittle carne with a
truck and asked for the goods, and, no suspicion
being entertained, the order was supplied to him
and he took the cask away on a truck. On the 6th
the boy came again, and by means of another
I forged order obtained a carboy of turpentine, a barrel
of boiled oil, and 71b. weight of vermilion, and on the
9th came again for a cask of white lead. The orders
previously to these being found to have been forged,
an officer of the City police was fetched, and, the lad
having had the lead given to him, he took it away,
followed by the officer, who traced him to 44, Comp-
ton-street, Clerkenwell, where he saw him unload it,
assisted by Hoare, whose name, as a metal and ma-
rine store dealer, was over the door. Another officer
having been set to watch the house, the boy, who left
directly he had unloaded the lead, was followed as far
as St. Luke's Church, where the officer stopped him,
and, having had some communication, at once took
him into custody. The officers then returned to the
shop, when Downer entered it from a cellar, and, in
answer to their inquiries, said be was the master of
the shop. They told him who they were, and he then
retracted what he had stated, and said he was not the
master of the shop, and Hoare coming into the shop
said that he had lent a man named Johnson, or
Thompson, some money on the lead, which had just
been brought in, as well as the rest of the goods ob-
tained, which were found in another part of the shop.
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For the defence of Downer it was contended that
beyond stating that he was the master of the shop he
was not shown to be taking part in the purchases,
and, being father of Hoare's wife, might have thought
he had a right to answer the police as he did in the
first instance.
The COMMON SERGEANT in summing up said he
thought the case against Downer very slight.
The jury having consulted some time without being
able to come to a decision, retired, and a fresh jury
was empanelled.

1 William Thompson aged 55, a painter, was then
I indicted with the other three prisoners,Brittle, Hoare,
and Downer, for conspiring to defraud divers persons.
The prisoner pleaded " Guilty."
Iloare and [Downer were then indicted for re-
ceiving a quantity of tools, principally carpenters',
knowing them to have been stolen.
i Mr. Ryland prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine and
I
Mr. Parry defended.
In this case it appeared that when the police
searched the house of Hoare they found hidden in
the garret a large quantity "of excellent carpenters'
tools, and upon asking the prisoners about them they
said that they had bought them at a sale many years
ago. Dov; ner stated that he had made the purchase
himself, buying them for his son. The police,
believing them to be stolen, made inquiries, and
found that on the 16th of June a carpenter's shop at
some new buildings on ‘Vestbourne-terrace was
burglariously entered, and all the workmen's tools
stolen, and that those found proved beyond doubt to
be the same.

Whilst the jury were consulting in this case,
The jury who hail retired returned into court, and
found Hoare Guilty, but Acquitted Downer.
The second jury, having consulted a short time,
returned a verdict of Guilty against both the pri-
soners.

The COMMON SERGEANT, in passing sentence, said
it was evident their house was a regular nest fur stolen
goods. They did not live there, nor had they called
any one to show who they were; and it was evident
from the manner in which they were defended that
there was no lack of money, and it was pretty certain
they belonged to a gang. He should therefore sen-
tence Hoare to twelve, and Downer to ten years'
transportation. _

Tliumpson, when called on for judgment, put in a
long written statement, alleging that poverty and
disease had driven him to act as he had, and asking
mercy for the boy,' whom, he said, he had seduced
into the matter, having first met him in the work •
house.

It then transpired that he had been twice before
convicted of swindling, and had been imprisoned for
two years and for six months.
Tae Commox SERGEANT sentenced him to two
years' imprisonment without hard labour.
Upon the lad Brittle being brought up for judg-
ment, an officer said that he was Thompson's own son,
and that he had brought up another sou who was used
by the gang.

The COMMON SERGEANT said it was a very shock-
ing affair, and if the law had allowed him he would
have transported Thompson, but the indictment he
pleaded guilty to did not give him the power. The
lad was to be pitied, and the sentence would be three
months' imprisonment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Sir P. LAURIE called at the Justice-room, and said
that he had received the following letter respecting
the imaginary Liverpool firm, a report of which ap-
peared in the newspapers last week. The letter was
to the following effect :
"Liverpool Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade,
" Lord-street, Liverpool, Sept. 15.
" Sir,--I observe by the police report in the Times
newspaper of yesterday, your very laudable desire to
' expose the doings of that notorious schemer, Thomas
Parr Gilmour. In my capacity of secretary to the Liver-
pool Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade, the
practices of this man have frequently been brought
under my notice, and as he appears to be renewing his
attempts upon the London tradesmen, I beg leave, with
the view to put them on their guard, to annex a list of
the various names he has used in giving his orders since
the year 1840.
" I may state that Gilmour has no office cr place of
business in this town, but that he is continually moving
from place to place, and sending off his orders in any
name that his prolific imagination may suggest, trusting
to the chapter of accidents to net a parcel of goods cc-
cuionally from the unwary. At present he is residing
in Douglas, Isle of Man, and has very latterly sent or-
ders to Liverpool in the name of Gilmour and CI., and
James Sloan and Co., simultaneously. I possess nearly
400 of his letters in the various names enumerated. With
many thanks for your interesting zeal in rutting down
the swindling fraternity, I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient servant,
" JAMES READ.
" To Alderman Sir Peter Laurie, Knt.,
Police-office, Guildhall."
" P.S.—The following are the names:—T. P. Gilmour
and Co., T. C, Gilmour and Co , John Gilmour and Co.,
Thomas Gilmour and Co., Messrs. Gilmour and Co.,
Tomlinson and Co., Clarkson and Co., H. Wilson and
Co., Corse and Co., Parr and Co., Mr. Thorne, Mr. Parr,
Mr. T. G. Parr, Mr. Corlett, Cross and Co., Fairbrother
and Co., Thomas and Co,, Trowsdale and Cu., and Haw-
thorne and Co."

Sir P. LATJun said that he thought by-giving pub

licity to the communication he had received it would
have a most beneficial effect in protecting tradesmen
from being robbed by such a man. On Saturday last
a gentleman connected with a Trades Protection cir-
cular in London, mentioned to him that the party
who sent the order to the firm already alluded to was
an impostor who had been for years pursuing the same
course, and generally went about with a long beard
hanging down in front of his chest.
The Chief Clerk observed that the Trades Protec-
tion circulars were being established all over the
kingdom, and were doing an immense deal of good.
Sir P. LAURIE said he had no doubt of that; but
the information was confined to the subscribers, as to
the real character of the persons, because the news-
papers very often refrained from giving the indivi-
dual's name. In the present instance he saw nothing
to prevent them doing so, and hoped, by means of the
press, that Mr. Gilmour's career of deception would
be put an end to._

Sir. Alderman FAREBROTHER (who sat) begged to
acknowledge the receipt of ss. in postage stamps to
alleviate the distress from cholera.
MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

Frederick William Nicholl Crouch, of Surrey-
house, Surrey-lane, Battersea, musical composer, was
summoned before Mr. Hardwick for having deserted
and made no provision for two illegimate children of
which he was the father.

Mr. Chubb, solicitor, of Verulam-buildings, ap-
peared for the complainant, and said the case was one
of a most painful nature. His client had been seduced
from a comfortable home, and was at the time in
the service of the late Sir Francis Burdett, as
lady's-maid to Lady Burdett, and under promise of
marriage; indeed, some form of marriage had been
gone through with the defendant, who represented
himself as a single man. She had borne the defendant
two children, and, at the end of July last, she and her
children had been suddenly deserted and left in a
totally destitute condition. The defendant could
nowhere be found, but it was well known he had ab-
sconded with a female pupil with whom he was now
cohabiting. The defendant was in circumstances of
sufficient affluence to enable him to support his off-
spring. He WW.3 a concert singer of some note, and
known as the ' author of "Kathleen Mavourneen,"
"Dermot Astore," and other Irish songs.
Police-constable Scott proved that he had served
two summonses personally on the defendant, at Bat-
tersea.

Elizabeth George, of No. 2, Fitzroy-street, the
mother, was examined—She had lived with the de-
fendant as his wife for some time. She had been
taught at first to believe that the defendant, who then
lived at Portland-chambers, Great Titchfield-street,
was a single man, but she had since found out he had
a wife and family living. The marriage ceremony of
the Roman Catholics had taken place between them.
The defendant had deserted her since July, and had
done nothing towards the support of her children.
The defendant had robbed her of the little property
she had saved, and of her furniture, and had left her
totally destitute.
The solicitor put in the following letters to prove
the relation in which the complainant and defendant
stood towards each other :

" Mo. day Forenoon.
" Beloved wife, and each day more beloved because
absence makes I:carts grow fonder,— When the hope
nearest our soul's desire is deferred we cling to it more
and more, and though fate may want an extra share of
patience, still fragrant hope bears us up against time's
weary march, because our desires cannot be fulfilled. I
am cne of those beings who never found a difficulty I
did not conquer, or any misfortune I did not recover
from. I have set my heart on your happiness, and my
life in your keeping. Thou hast seen more of the being
that Providence has given you lately, and can better judge
of its worth. Of thy good qualities I have beena silent,
but quick observer, and that which I feel within is better
told by notions than by words, for there are certain feelings
words cannot define. In all my studies at home or
abroad, thou art the shadow that lights my path, and as
business will prevent my seeing you most of the week, I
pen these hasty lines to say that instead of going to my
father's this evening you must come and make tea for
your husband, and spend the evening in his society, for
up to Saturday next I have no evening to myself, unless
I come in the day time; I therefore must have recourse
to the pen to explain the nature of my sentiments to you,
which otherwise I should
pexuptersiiexncoe,cilnocykoutrhaisrmesv.enißneg-
me .
Nomdheenriaflr.oinTsiilxl tthoathatlifm. e my hours are occupied for
the continual benefit and education of our affectionate
children. God bless you, dearest Bessy, and in that holy
desire accept all an affectionate, doating husband has to
offer—his unqualified love and devotion to yourself.

- "FRED."
The second letter-commenced " My beloved Bess,"
and went on in a similar style to the first, detailing the
writer's pecuniary difficulties. This last letter was
signed " F. N. Crouch," and addressed to the com-
plainant as "Mrs. Crouch, Bridge-street, Hereford."
Mr. HARDWICK wished to know if' there was any
other proof of the complainant and defendant having
lived together as man and wife ?
A gentleman named Williams came forward and
said he knew that the co:nplainant and Mr. Crouch
had lived together as man and wire for a considerable
period. Mr. Crouch always recognised the com-
plainant as his wife, and witness had often heard him
call the two children his own. On one occasion,
when living in Great Portland-street, the defendant
Crouch had told him he wished, in case anything
should happen to him, to make a settlement on Bessy,
and wished to know if he would act as trustee. Wit-
ness consented to do ED. The defendant said Bessy
was his wife in the sight of God and man, and he
added something about a marriage having taken place
which witness could not now recollect.
Mr. HARDWICK said the evidence was sufficient to
justify him in making an order on the defendant, but
he could not go beyond the limit fixed by law, which
was half a-crown per week for each child.
An order was made at once on the absent de-
fendant.

MARYLEBONE.
A man named Weston Still was charged 'with a
burglary and robbery to the amount of nearly 401., at
the residence of Mr. J. Goodwin, No. 9 A, Adams-
row, Hampstead road.
Prosecutor gave evidence which went to,show that
at 7 o'clock on Sunday evening he went out, and on
hia return he missed from a drawer in his firat
floor front room 301. in gold, 61, or thereabouts in
silver, and half a dozen silver spoons, all of which
property he saw safe an hour before he quitted home
Upon the discovery of his loss he immediately re-
paired to the station-house and there made known the
particulars to the inspector on duty. The prisoner
was a journeyman carpenter, and was engaged by
him cn Wednesday last to mad some flooring, and
he had also employed his wife as a charwoman. An
attempt had been made to break open the door of the
back room adjoining the one alluded to, and he found
the blade of a chisel close to it, the handle of which
had broken off in the endeavour to effect a forcible
entry ; in that apartment a much larger sum than
that which he had lost was deposited.
The chisel was produced, but no one was able to
identify it as belonging to the prisoner.
Mason and Lockerby, police-constables of the S
division, and another witness, were examined, and the
evidence given by them afforded a strong presump-
tion that the prisoner and another person not yet in
custody were the persons by whom the property was
stolen.

The prisoner, who declared that he was innocent o
the robbery, was, in order to afford time for the WTI.
cers to inquire more into the matter, remanded til
Tuesday next.

saver. You asked her, " Did I ill-use you ?" She
made no answer. She said nothing,. The prisoner
i and the deceased's sister were pulling the decea.ed
up roughly, when witness said to the prisoner,
" Fellow, what do you mean ?" being afraid she would
die through being moved. On saying this they laid
her down again on the bed; arid he (witness) left, her
alive. He saw her again on Saturday morning, when
she was rapidly sinking, and she was in a very filthy
state, with vermin crawling over her. The body ap-
peaeed plump and in good condition. He opened the
body, on doing which he discovered a very extensive
bruise on the left breast, extending to the ribs. There
was an extravasation of blood under the mammary
glands. There were also several minor bruises on the
legs and arms. The viscera and the abdomen were
slightly congested, and presented the appearance of a
person having died of the cholera. The brain was
unhealthy, and had evidently been diseased for some
• time. There was a very extensive bruise on the right
side of the head and neck, and over the parietal bone,
and another bruise, underneath which the brain was
internally injured. There was another extensive
bruise on the right shoulder. Her upper lip was very
much swollen and bruised, and she exhibited other
marks of violence. The incised wound in the arm
was three-quarters of an inch long, and had penetrated
the skin. The immediate cause of her death was
cholera supervening the confinement of the deceased.
Witness was of opinion that the premature labour of
the deceased had been brought on by bodily violence.
Anything tending to reduce the health of a person
might produce cholera.
Mr. Mallett (the clerk)—How recent was it, in
your opinion, that the violence towards deceased took
place prior to her death ? Mr. Popham—Four or
five days, judging from the appearance of the bruises.
He thought that sufficient violence had been applied
on the deceased's brain to cause death, independent of
the cholera—that is, if cholera had not first come on.
Mary Casey, an inmate of St. Pancras workhouse,
d--posed that at a quarter to twelve o'clock on Thurs-
day morning last she was sent by the parish officers to
nurse the deceased at her lodgings', No. 3, Hertford-
place, St. Pancras. The deceased was in bed, and
had been delivered three days before. The child at
that time was lying dead in the room. Before wit-
ness entered the house there was a crowd of persons
outside, who informed her that the woman had been
very much ill-treated by her husband. Witness
found her covered with bruises. She died on the
Friday morning following. The prisoner came home
about two o'clock in the morning and kissed the
deceased. She said, " Pray, George, don't kill me
entirely." He then left the place, and shortly after
returned, and again kissed her, when he said, " Pray,
decry, will you tell nurse did I beat you or not ?"
She made no answer, and nothing more was then
said. He went out again, and on his return he re-
mained at home all night,: but nothing particular
transpired between him and the deceased. The pri
saner was present when she died. The prisoner
wished the deceased to tell her sister that he had not
beat her, but she made no reply.
Elizabeth Fasker, of No. 15, Hertford•place St.
Pancras, was standing at her window, opposite where
the prisoner lived, on Sunday week, in the afternoon
between four and five o'clock, when she saw the pri-
soner beating his wife in a brutal manner, holding
her down with one hand by the hair of the head on
the bed while he beat her with the other. Witness
ran into the street, and saw the prisoner strike her
violently six or seven blows with his clenched fist.
She heard the deceased scream. The prisoner sub-
sequently came out of the house with his son, and
they went away together. Witness afterwards saw
the deceased with her face and head dreadfully cut and
bruised. She came from her own house, and went
into No. 5, Hertfbrd-place.
Mr. COMBE—Were they heavy blows. Witness—
Very heavy, indeed, your Worship.
Mrs. Matilda Meadows, of No. 5, Hertford•place,
proved that at five o'clock the same day the deceased
came into her house with her upper lip very much cut
and swollen, her left car was also cut and swollen,
and her head covered with lumps. She was
in great pain. She showed 'her a stab in her-
arm, and said her husband did it; the blood was
rather dry on her head. She was far advanced in
pregnancyh

- Mary Harris gave confirmatory evidence, sad
added that the deceased showed her her bruises and
the stab, and said, "Oh ! see what the wretch has
done," meaning the prisoner.
Mrs. Amelia Pearson, wife of Mr. William Pearson,
master tailor, of No. 7, Weston street, St. Pancras,
said she carried on the business of a chandler. Last
Sunday week she saw the deceased crying bitterly.
She showed witness her bruises ; one rather above
her breast, another on her mouth, which made her lip
protrude on a level with her nose. The side of her
head was dreadfully bruised, and she complained very
much about her body, and appeared to be in great
danger; her ear was swollen as big as a man's fist,
and the bruises were all fresh.
Sergeant J. Wilks, 43 S, proved the apprehension
of the prisoner.

Mr. -COMBE inquired whether any witness could be
produced who witnessed the violence in the priMoner's
room ?—Sergeant Wilks said he could bring forward
his son and his daughter. The prisoner said nothing
when he was taken into custody.
The prisoner expressed his anxiety to speak in his
defalce.

Mr. COMBB told him he would be remanded, and he
had better reserve what he had to say. He would be
eventually committed for trial.

The prisoner said his wife fell down stairs from top
to bottom and pulled him after her, and that was the
way she got her bruises.
Mr. COMBE then remanded the prisoner, with in-
structions to Sergeant Wilks to produce all the neces-
sary evidence by the next examination.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 17, 1849.

It is hereby notifi: d that Viscount Palmerston. her
Majesty Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
has received a dispatch, dated the Ist instant, from her
Majesty's Ambassador at Vienna, enclosing a communi-
cation made by the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial
and Royal Austrian Navy, dated the 27th of August last,
notifying the raising of the blockade of Venice and its
dependencies on that day'.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 18 .
Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet Henry Fraser
Dimsdale, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet,
vice Campbell, promoted, Sept. 13.
2d Dragoons—Williain Allan Woddrop, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Cockburn, who retires. Sept. 18
10th Light Dragoons—Frederick Marshall, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dimsdale, appointed to tile
Ist Dragoons, Sept. 18.
2d Regiment of Foot—Richard Sherrard Tarrant,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gol:op, promoted,
Sept. 18.
6th Foot—Ed ward Villiers Briscoe, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice McPherson, appointed to
the 17th Foot; Surgeon Duncan Menzies, from the 45th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Robertson, promoted on the
Staff, Sept. 18.
12th Foot—Julius Henry Stirke, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice BJgnoll, promoted, Sapt. 18.
16th Foot—Dunbar James Massy, Gent., to be En•
sign, by purchase, vice Armstrong, promoted, Sept. 18.
19th Foot—Ensign George Varnbarn Macdonald to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lee Warner, who re-
tires ; George Clay, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
♦'ee Macdonald, Sept. 18.
23d Foot—henry D'Oyley Torrens, Gent., to be Se.
coed Lieutenant, without purchase, Sept. 18.
25th Foot—Ensign John Richard Harvey, from 77th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice illaunsell, who retires, Sept. 18.
27th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Charles Herring to
ho Captain, by purchase, vice Tunnard, who retires;
Ensign Charles Warren to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Herring; Frederick Rhodes, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Warren, Sept. 18.
28th Foot—William Hamilton Thompson, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Baxter, promoted in
the 17th Foot, Sept. 18.
31st Foot—William Henry Barry, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Christian, promoted, Sept. 13.
34th Foot—George Byng Harman, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Thorold, who retires, Sept. 18,
40th Foot—Ensign George Owen Beadier to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hibbert, who retires,
Sept. 18; John Edward Broadhurst, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Wise, promoted, Sept. 17; Wm.
O'Hara, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pinckney,
promoted, Sept. 18.
45th Foot—Assistant Staff-Surgeon Alexander Gibb,
M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Menzies, appointed to the 6th
Foot, Sept. 18.

47th Foot—James Armar Lowry, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Lawrence, promoted, Sept. 18.
48th Foot—Francis Constantino Trent, Gent,, to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Bushe, promoted, Sept. 18.
50th Foot—Edward Marcus. Armstrong, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, Sept. 18.
51st Fuot—Francis Charlesworth Kennedy, Gent., to
he Ensign, without purchase, vice Mason, promoted,
Sept. 18.

55th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Richard England, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Shiell, who retires, Sept. 18.
56th Foot—Edwin William Philips, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Eden, promoted, Sept. 18.
67th Foot—Charles Wiiliam Pearson, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Dauheney, promoted, Sept. 18.
691 h Foot—Lieutenant the Honourable Alfred Bury,
from the 821 Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice M'Gregor,
who exchanges, Sept 'lB.
72d Foot—Robert Whigham, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Alison, 'promoted, Sept. 18.
77th Foot—Robert Walmesley, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Harvey, appointed to the 25th Foot,
Sept. 18.

80th Foot—Lieutenant John Cumming to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Tyler, deceased; Ensign Donald
Maclean Fraser to lau Lieutenant, vice Cumming, June
10; Ensign William Whitehead, from the 62d Foot, to
Er)sign, vice. Fraser, Sept. 18.
82d Foot—Lieut. Alexauder Edgar iii`Gregor, from
the 69th Font, to be Lieutenant, vice Bury, who vx•
changes ; Robert Maule, Gent„ to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Bailie, promoted, Sept. 18.
98th Foot—William Henry Lance, Gent., to be En-
gign, by purchase, vice Farrington, promoted, Sept. 'lB.

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Peter Robertson, M.D.,
from the 6th Foot, to be ' Staff Surgeon of the First
Chß?' vice Robert Sillery, M.D., who retires upon half-
pay ; Acting Assistant-Surgeon Charles Walter Poulton,
to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Fords, vice Gibb, pro-
moted in th? 45'h Foot, Sept. 18.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 15,
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet.
Maki'. John Hungerford Griffin to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Jackson. deceased ; S,cond Captain David William
Paynter to be Captain, vice Griffin; First Lieutenant
Edward Swinton to he Second Captain, vice Paynter ;
Second Lieutenant Haglitt Irvine to be First Lieutenant,
vice Swinton, Sept. 5.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 18.
Royal •Regiment of Artillery—Second C .ptain George
Robert Berker to he Captain, vice Brevet- Major G. E.
Turner, deceased; First Lieutenant Philip Goe,et Pipen
to be Second Captain, vice B ulcer; Second Lieutenant
Claud George Wiliam Lasce:les to be First Lieutf.nant,
vice Pipon, Sept. 5.
MEMORAVOUBL—The dates of promotion of the fol-
lowing etlice.s have been altered as under;—Captain D.
W. Poynter, to 4th September, 1849; Second Captain E.
Swinton, to 4th September, 1849; First Lieutenant H.
Irvine, to the 4th September, 1849.
Corps of Royal Eagineers—Brevet-Coloael Patrick
Doull Calder to be Colonel, vice Moody, deceased ;
Brevet. Major Frederick Henry Baddeley to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, vice Calder, Sept. 6.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Southampton.
North Hants Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry Willis Fle-
ming, Gent., to be Cornet, August 29.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northumber-
I sad.
Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry—
Cornet Henry George Liddell to be Lieutenant, vice
James Cookson, resigned; Cornet the Honourable Wil-
liam George Grey to be Lieutenant, vice James Henry
Hollis Atkinson, resigned; James Delaval Shafto, Gent.,
to be Cornet, vice Liddell, promoted; William John
Lawson, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Grey, promoted.
WHITEHALL,* SEPT. 6.
The Right Hon. Sir Thomai Wilde, Knight, Lord
Chief Justice of her M.jesty's Court of Common Pleas
at Westminster, bath appointed Robert Wretord, of the
city of Exeter, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual
Commis,ioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds
to be executed by married women, under the Act passed
for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the
substitution of • more simple modes of assurance, in and
for the city and county of the city of Exeter; also in and
for the county of Devon.
BANKRUPTS.
James Reed, hop merchant, Southwark, to surrender
Sept. 26, at two, and Oct. 31, at twelye, at the Court of
Bankruptcy: Stansfeld, official assignee; Russells, Mar-
tin's-lane, Cannon- street.

Samuel Martin, salt merchant, Poole, Dorsetshire,
Sept. 27 and Oct. 29, at half past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-
street ; Skitbeck and el, Southampton-buildings ;
Aldridge, Poole.
William Townley, slate merchant. Bristol; Oct 2 and
30, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman,
official assignee, Bristol; Day, Bristol.
John King, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Oat. 1 and
22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Ci.rmove,
official assignee, Liverpool; Johnson and Co., Temple;
Groeott, Liverpool.
Thomas Reed, banker, North Shields, Oct. 1, at half-
past ten, and Oct. 26, at one, a; the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New-
castle-upon-Tyne ; Thomas and Win. Chater, New-
castle-upon-Tyne ; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow
Church-yard.

DIVIDENDS.
In the Country.
H. Moseley, Derby, carver, Oct. 12, at eleven, at the
Court, N )ttingharn—R. Knowles, Great Bolton, Lanca-
shire, collier, Oct, 10, at eleven, at the Court, Man-
chester.

PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS.
N. Baker, Newton Bushel, Devonshire, banker, 203.
on new proofs, on any Tuesday or Friday aster Oct. 6
next, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
Hirizel, Exeter.
W. Searle Bentall, Totness, Devonshire, banker,
Is. 100., on any Tuesday or Friday after Oct. 6, be-
tween eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel,
Ex-ter.
W. Burgoyne, Plymouth, builder, 83., on any Tues-
day or Friday after Oct 6, between eleven and three,
at the office of Mr. Hirzel, Exeter.
J. D. Blake, I:l,,niton, Devonshire, innkeeper, le., on
any Tuesday or Friday etre r Oct. 6, between eleven and
three, at the office of Mr. Hirizel. Exeter.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
In the Country.
G. Viner and H. Viner, Bristol, brewers, Oct. 9, at
eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Jackson, Talwrn Es-
clasham Above, Denbighshire, farmer, Oct. 9, at twelve,
at the Court, Liverpool—R. Murray, Liverpool, woollen-
draper, Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—W.
Cliff, Northwich, Cheshire, draper, Oct. 10, at eleven, at
the Court, Liverpool—W. Perkins, Devon port, cabinet-
maker, Oct. 13, at two, at the Court, Exeter—J. B.
Davies, Newton Abbott, Devonshire, ironmonger, Oct.
13, at two, at the Court, Exeter—T. Wright, Longton,
Staffordshire, grocer, Oct. 11, at twelve, et the Court,
Birmingham—J. Bann, jun., Dudley, Worcestershire,
printer, Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham.
By the Vice-Chancellor, Oct. 9.
J. Barlow, Wharf-road,. .City-road, engineer—C.
Hall, Uxbridge, Middlesex, grocer—E. Brown, Ixworth,
Suffolk, innkeeper-=.l. Davies, Dudley Port, Stafford-
shire, ironmaster—W. Ker, New Inn-yard, Tottenham-
court-road; cabinetmak,r—T. Binning, Pultord-street,
victualler—G. Bate, Wolverhampton, joiner.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

T. Hammond and A. Murray, railway contractors—
W. Wane and J. Wane, Peurith, Cumberland, linen
and woollen drapers—T. G. Johnson and R. S. Davis,
Coventry, wine and spirit tnerchants—J. Leavers and J.
W. Leavers, Nottingham, oanmission agents and lace
thread dealers—T. Warner and C. Pooley, Cirencester,
Gloucestershire, surgeons and apothecaries—J. Graham,
R. W. Kelley, R. Rodgers, J. Maclean, J. J. Rowe, and
C. Rowe, Liverpool, merchants—T. Mansford and 11.
Ilett, Bunhill-row, tobacco manufacturers—J. Alien
and T. Allen, High-street, Kensington, hosiers and
haberdashers—C. Lower and L. Porter, Melbourne-
place, Cambridge-heath-road, ladies boot and shoo ma-
.nufactnrers—S. J. Wright and T. W. Banks, Ipswich,
millwrights and engineers—E. Cope and E. C. Faulkner,
Manchester, attorneys and 'solicitors—S. Sadler, T.
Cimitell, and F. W. Johnson, Ironmonger-lane, City,
linen factors—T. Freeman and E. Freeman, Bucking-
ham, builders—T. Jones and T. Fitton, Kent-green
Mills, Odd-road, Cheshire, millers—G. Briscoe and S.
Smith, Birkenhead, and New Ferry, Lower Bebington,
Cheshire, saddlers and harness makers—J. Tomlinson
and Job Tomlinson, Watlington, Oxfordshire, iron-
founders—R. Bel noldson and E. Staveley, Wals,ken,
Norfolk, schoolmasters—J. C. Farneil and H. S. Brooke,
Bradford, Yorkshire, linpndrapers—W. Fawcett, G. 0.
Wray, and T. Garbutt, Yarai and Stokesiey, Yorkshire,
at,orneys and solicitors—H. Mallet and B. Bitkin, Not-
tingham, lace manufacairers—El. Cornish and G. Mur-
ray, Green's-end, Woolwich, butchers and government
contractors.