The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-27 00:00:00

17, or any subsequent Wednesdqv, between eleven and
.os% at the office of Mr. Freeman,-Lecds.
H. Johnson, Sheffield, merchant, 35., on Friday, Nov.
19, or any subsequent Friday, between eleven and two,
at the office- of Mr. Freeman, Leeds.

M. Norman, jun., Richmond, Yorkshire, cabinet maker,
3d., on Wednesday, N0v.17, or any subsequent Wednes-
day, between eleven and two, at the effiee of Mr. Free-

man, Leeds.
E. Cooban, Liverpool, brewer, Is. 6(1., on Thursday,
Oct. 28, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
J. Griffiths, Liverpool, wholesale stationer, 65., on
Thursday, Oct. 28, or any subsequent Thursday, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,

Liverpre
J. Wenman, Birkenhead, Cheshire, wine merchant,
35., on Thursday, Oct. 28, or any subsequent Thursday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.
IL Panton, T. W. Panton, G. Foster, and J. W. Mor-
ley, Sunderland, iron manufacturers, 2d. and two-fifths
of a penny, on any Saturday after Oct. 29, between ten
und three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-
Ty ne.
H. Panton and T. W. Panton, Sunderland, iron ma-
nufacturers, Qt., on any Saturday after Oct. 29, at the
office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
G. T. Rollasou, Birmingham, glass and china dealer,
2s. 9d.. on any Thursday, between eleven and three, at
the office of Mr. Christie. Birmingham.
11. Webb, Stafford, porter dealer, 35., on any Thurs-
day, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
Christie, Birmingham.
W. Townley, Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton spinner
and cotton manufacturer, 2s. 3d , on Tuesday, Nov. 2,
and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the
office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.

T. Oa, Manchester, wine and spirit merchant, Is.
on Tuesday, Nov. 2, and every following Tuesday, be-
tween eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Putt, Man-
chester.

P. Strawson, Louth, Lincolnshire, chemist and drug-
gist, 2s. 5d., on Tuesday, Oct. 26, or any subsequent
Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr,
Stansfeld, Bull._ _

T. B. Young, Louth, Lincolnshire, chemist and drug-
gist, 103. 10d., en Tuesday, Oct. 29, or any subsequent
Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Star.sfeld, Hull.
•,p L. Pearson, Newcastle. upon-Tyne, curr;er and leather
dresser, 51d., on any Satu. day aft( r Oct. 29, between
'ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle.
upon-T3ne.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.

T. Leek, Woodbridge, Suffolk, basket maker, Nov.
16, at twelve— W. Everett, Drury-lane, builder, Nov.
17, at half-past one—E. Maude, W. H. Jones, G.
Maude, and W. Aspdin, Northflect, Kent, Portland
cement manufacturers, Nov. 16, at eleven— W. IL
Pitcher, Guildford-street, Russell-square, dealer, Nov
17, at eleven—a Simmonds, Gresham-room; Basing-
hall-street, law- stationer, Nov. 16, at eleven.
In the Country.
J. Jones, Birkenhead, chymist and druggist, Nov. 16,
at eleven, at the Court Liverpool—W. H. North, Liver-
pool, grocer, Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool
—W. Scott, Liverpool, hardware-dealer, Nov. 16, at
eleven, at the Court Liverpool—W. Ward, Liverpool,
cloth.dealer and licensed victualler, Nov. 16, at twelve,
at the Court, Liverpool—R. W. Roberts, Liverpool,
builder, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—H.
F. Aldridge, Liverpool, music-seller, Nov. 16, at eleven,
at the Court, Liverpool—W. Crosse, Liverpool, stock
and share broker, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Li-
verpool—T. Robinson, Liverpool, blacksmith and builder.
Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Jones,
Ledbury, Herefordshire, brewer and corn-merchant,
' Nov. 30, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham.
At the Court of Review, Nov. 16.

C. Green, St. Mary Overies, Southwark, wharfinger,
J. W. Pearl, Milton-street, Dorset-square, horse-dealer
—T. Stirliug, sen., and W. Stirling, Stratford, Essex,
slaters—T. Bowles, Horsmonden, Kent, victualler—W.
Wain, Manchester, pocketbook maker and stationer—H.
Western, Manchester, musical instrument and music
seller—T. Hill, Liverpool, ironmonger—T. Yates, Li-
verpool, joiner and builder—J. Fur: ter and W. Davy,
Leeds, flax spinners—T. Ackling, Llangenech, Carmar•
thenshire, dealer and chapman—W. Crump, Aberga-
venny, earthenware and glass and china dealer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Overton and F. Gell, Blenheim-terrace, St. John's-
wood, cow keepers—R. A. Hilton and J. Hilton, Not-
timf.hain, printers—W. H. Cowling and G. B. Dalby,
York, share brokers—W. Haig, C. Womack, and J. W.
Smith (as far as regardi J. W. Smith), Leeds, stock
and share brokers—A. Laland and J. Boustead, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, commission agents—J. Taylor and
E. Pate, Burnley, Lancashire, cabinet and chair makers
—R. C. Foster, IV. C. Foster, and H. S. Westmacott,
John-street, Bedford-row, solicitors—J. Ellison and J.
Saunders, Liverpool, stone masons—G. Jones and J.
Jones, Liverpool, tailors and piece brokers—J. Dudley
and W. Matthews, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, coal and
iron masters—W. Thompson, G. Thompson, and 11
Thompson, Halifax, corn millers—C. C. Scholefield, W.
Scholefield, F. Clark, and J. Scholefield, Birmingham,
nail manufacturer:.—R. Fitch and E. Fitch, Colville-
terrace, King's-road, Chelsea, chvesemongers—W.
Spence, IV. R. Fairclough, and J. C. Spence, Liverpool,
painters and glass stainers—F. Clark and A. Taw, Fen-
church-street, tea agents—W. Musham and H. Hopkins,
Birmingham—W. Crawshaw and S. Brown, Rochdale,
cotton spinners—W. L-anbourn and C. Ansel% Lower-
marsh, Lambeth, coffee-house-keepers—J. Gillett and
F. F. Moore, Manchester, printers and stationers—T.
Dyer and J. B. Gibson, Grantham, Lincolnshire, che-
mists and druggists.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
John Hallam, Bury, Lancashire.
William Battle Curtis, Bristol, baker.
Henry Francis Watkins, Stoke's-croft, Bristol, clerk.
Charles Rawlins, Bristol, baker.
William Symonds, Birmingham, bricklayer and car-
penter.
Robert Lang, Liverpool, book-keeper.
Charles Crapp, Helston, Cornwall.
Henry Kearton, Bath, beer retailer.
Harriet Stapleton, Bath, schoolmistress.
Charles Lowe, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, ironfounder.
William Long, Chard, Somersetshire, baker and farmer.
James Edge, Great Bolton, Lancashire, joiner.
William Evans, Liverpool, upholsterer and cabinet-

maker.
Joseph Tow, Blackfordby, Leicestershire, hawker and
beer-housekeeper.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Waddell, Cumbernauld, baker, grain dealer, and
gas•manufacturer, to meet within Castlecary Inn, Cum-
bernauld, Nov. 1 and 22, at twelve.
D. M'Farlane, Rysland, Rcnfrewshire, farmer, to meet
within the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, Nov. 3 and
Dec. 1, at one.
J. M'Farlane, Gartconnel, Dumbartonshire, farmer,
to meet within the King's Arms Inn, Dumbarton, Nov.
1 and 29, at one.
W. Murray, Dundee, ironmonger, to meet within the
Royal Hotel, Dundee, Nov. 3 and 24, at twelve.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Amphion, 36, Cap-
tain Williams, is delayed in consequence of the non-
arrival of Mr. Miller, of the firm of Miller, Raven-
hill, and Co., who made her engines, and Captain
Smith, the inventor of the screw-propeller. These
scientific gentlemen are ordered a passage in the Am-
phion, to superintend the working of their respective
productions. To our thinking, had this sensible
mode of proceeding been adopted earlier, there would
have been fewer breaks-down to have reported. We
have no doubt but that the Amphion will " show"
better on her next cruise than in her last, in conse-
quence.
The Blenheim, steam guard-ship, of 450 horse
power, to carry an armament of 56 heavy guns, has
been on a trial cruise in the North Sea, under the
superintendence of that experienced steam officer,
Captain Austen, of Woolwich Dockyard, the result
of which has been highly satisfactory in proving the
advantage of adopting the old class of 74's as screw-
propelled steam-guard ships. Her maximum speed
under steam alone averaged six knots in smooth water.
The experiment is considered, by those best qualified
to judge, to have completely succeeded, and to have
more than answered the expectations of the originators
of the scheme.

The Sidon steam-frigate, Captain W. H. Henderson,
C. 8., was warped up from the Gosport side to moorings
abreast of the King's stairs this morning, for the con-
venience of the gangs at work upon her, preparing her fir
the reception of Lord Dalhousie. She is ordered a
new bowsprit, one-fourth longer, and three or four
inches more in diameter than her present one; and
her topsail yards are to be strengthened by strong oak
battens. This is in consequence of her carrying more
sail than her former spars were equal to.
The Arab, 12, Commander W. Morris (b), was
paid advance wages at Spithead this morning. This
brig is not in want of " half-a-dozen mates and mid-
shipmen, and a dozen petty officers," as stated by a
contemporary. She is completely and well officered
and manned, but two of her crew are in Haslar Hos-
pital. She will take out a mail to the Cape and the
officers we have already mentioned.
Paymaster and Purser Samuel J. Butcher (1809)
died last evening in the Royal Hospital at Haslar.
His last appointment was :to the Birkenhead steam-
frigate ; he had seen " some service."
The Dolphin, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant-Command-
ing the Hon. R. F. Boyle, arrived to-day from Sheer-
ness. She is to proceed with letters, dispatches, &c.,
to the coast of Africa.
The Cambrian, 40, Commodore J. IL Plumridge,
once more made a start to-day, about 1 r•ri.
The Maria Somes transport, Captain Nayler,
Lieutenant M. Black, agent, sailed to-day with a part
of the 81st Regiment and a number of supernumera-
ries for Plymouth.
Wind, south ; moderate breezes and cloudy.—
Times.

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MANNA OF A NEW SPECIES. —A letter dated
Metz, the 17th inst., published in the Journal des Debats,
states, that during a storm which lasted for a part ef the
preceding night, the village of Vaux was literally
afflicted with the second of the plagues of Egypt. The
ground was covered with frogs, which entered the houses.
The vine dressers who were employed at the winepress
gave the 9hum, tv!,l 2tnple
vvai Mad() by the ii habit of the vt
.1, age, oc
j La:A for 41113eAleaUeilitl.ary fact, 'Cut i,:
suggested that the frogs might have been raised from an
extensive marsh in the neighbourhood by a waterspout.

'I II Zl.

THE LATE MURDERS AT BIR-

I‘.l INGHAM.
TUESDAY.—After the dispatch of the parcel, last
eveniug, the following evidence was given :
Henry Alfred Banks recalled—l have seen Ann
Wilkes almost daily for the last four or five months
past. I knew all about her circumstances, and they
were very unfavourable. She was embarrassed in her
circumstances, and had to pledge and sell her things.
Her husband died six months ago, leaving her with

four children; he was a silver plater, and all he pos-

sessed died with him. I have reason to believe- she

received a few pounds after his death, and she entered
into a little huxtry business in Suffolk-street, and she
also sold tripe, but lost money by the attempt, not
having any sale for the article. In a short time she
gave up that business, and opened a tea and coffee-
shop in Litchfield-street, which also failed. On one
occasion, about ten weeks ago, when she was com-
plaining to me of her difficulties, I advised ber to
apply to the parish for assistance, observing that I had
no doubt they would give her is. 6(1. a week for each
of her children. She replied she could not submit to
apply to the parish for relief. I told her she
was entitled to relief, because her husband paid

poor-rates. She said she could not bear -up
against it, for rather than come to actual want she
would make away with herself and children.
- Jane Green, mother of the unfortunate Ann

Wilkes, was called into the room, and was very
deeply and sensibly affected. She said—l am a
widow, and reside in Newhall-street. On last Wed-
nesday week. I went to the workhouse alone, aed
saw Mr. Bynner, assistant overseer. I told him that
I had a daughter who was very ill, and I wished to
get her children into the asylum. He told me it was
of no use my stopping there, and gave me a card to
take to Mr. Rutherford, the relieving officer, in
Howard-place. On the following morning I went
to the relieving officer, and handed Mr. Bynner's
card, and also a letter from Mr. Rowley, of Newhall-
street, in whose employ I am. Mr. Rutherford said
he would call and see my daughter, in Cheapside. I
have been told that he called on the following Satur-
day. What he said then, of my own knowledge, I
do not know ; but I have reason to believe that he
did call on my daughter on the Saturday, but I did
not see him. I only knew what passed by hearsay.
My daughter did not receive any relief. She wanted
to get her children into the asylum, in order that she
might obtain a situation where she would only have
to perform light work.
'Thomas Rutherford, relieving-officer, said my dis-
trict is called No. 3. An application was made at
my office last week, on behalf of Mrs. Wilkes. In
consequence of seeing an entry of her name in the
rough note-book I called upon her on Friday week
last. When I entered the house I saw a respectable
woman there, and I inquired for Mrs. Wilkes. She
said she was the person. I asked her the nature of
her application, when she said she wished all her
children placed in the asylum, for she wanted to go
out to service.
Mrs. Green, recalled at her request, said my
daughter did go to the workhouse, and she was pushed
about by the crowd.
CORONER.—Do you know that of your own know-
ledge ? Witness— No ; I was told so by her.
The CORONER said he could not admit that as evi-
dence.
Sands Cox, Esq., Dean of the Faculty, Queen's
College, was next examined, and he stated the con-
dition of the unfortunate woman when she was ad-
mitted into the Queen's Hospital, and described
minutely the wounds found upon her and the four
children ; and, in conclusion, said he had seen Ann
Wilkes on three different occasions since her removal
to the hospital, and found her placid and able to
answer any questions put to her coherently, but he
did not put many questions to her. It was not within
his knowledge that any question had been put to her
respecting the death of her children.
The CORONER, then addressing the Rev. J. C.
Miller, said it had been stated to him that he had had
some conversation with Ann Wilkes since her admis-
sion into the Queen's Hospital, and he wished to
know if it was so ? The Rev. Mr. Miller—Yes.
The CORONER—From what she said were you en-
abled to form any judgment as to what opinion she
entertained of her own state, as to whether she
would recover or not ? Rev. Mr. Miller—l have
not the least idea of what she thought on that point.
The CORONER—Did anything pass to give you to
understand that she considered herself in a hopeless
state ? Rev. Mr. Miller—She said something from
which I might have inferred that; but nothing was
said to give me to understand that her impression was
that she was going to die.
The CORONER—Then you are not able to prove
that she was convinced she was going to die,. and de-
void of hope in this world ? Rev. Air. Miller—No,
I cannot.
The CORONER—Then I cannot hear what she said.
It would be inconsistent with law to do so. It is not
admissible unless it has all the qualities of a dying
declaration. Mr. Miller is not able to say Ann Wilkes
believed she was about to die.
Rev. Mr. Miller—She spoke about wanting to
make her peace with God, but she did not lead
me to believe that she was under the conviction
she was dying. I should wish it to be understood
how I went to the hospital. Between three and
four o'clock this morning I was summoned to at-
tend. I was awoke and alarmed by a loud knock-
ing at my door, and requested to go to the Queen's
Hospital.
By a Juror—Was that by the request of Ann
Wilkes ? Rev. Mr. Miller—lt was, I believe, at her
wish I;was summoned to the hospital, as the nearest
clergyman to the place, although it was not my pro
vince to attend. Still, under such circumstances, I
would not refuse to go:
A Juror—lt appears to me something like a dying
apprehension.
The CORONER—I am to judge of that. I under-
stand the Rev. Mr. Miller to be clear and distinct in
saying he cannot prove that Ann Wilkes was deprived
of hope of living.
Rev. Mr. Miller—Certainly I cannot ; but I
ought, perhaps, to state all that took place The
young man who came to me said, he understood that
she might not be here long, and she wished to make
a confession ; but there was nothing said to me by
herself to lead to an opinion either way.
The CORONER—Then I cannot admit the conver-
sation you had with her. The Coroner than ably
summed up the evidence ; and having explained the
law relative to murder, the jury, in a few minutes,
returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Ann
Wilkes."

A Juror—Had we not better add, alias Ann
Green ?
The CORONER—It will be safer.
The Foreman—We return a verdict of "Wilful
Murder against Ann Wilkes, alias Ann Green."

TAXES ON NEWSPAPERS.—There is, perhaps, no
trade so hampered by taxes as that of newspaper pro-
prietors. A newspaper is sold at a price which of itself
ensures a dead loss on every copy; and it is the advertise-
ments alone which yield a profit. The newspaper is first
taxed on the article, paper; secondly, by the penny
stamp; and thirdly, by the advertisement duty of one
shilling and sixpence for each insertion, regardless of
the length. The stamp duty and the advertisement duty
have both to be advanced to Government—obliging,
therefore, the newspaper proprietor to pay during the
year some thousands of pounds on which he gets not a
fraction of profit. The advertisement duty cripples, to
an alarming degree, the extent to which the practice of
advertising might be carried, and, therefore, in a second
and most serious manner, takes money out of the pro-
prietor's pockets. The advertisement duty also operates
with great hardship on tradespeople in general. In this
country, people are taxed for nearly everything they
can look upon or touch; and if, in order to meet the in-
cessant demands for taxes, they endeavour to extend
their trade and improve their chances of success in life
by advertising, they are taxed again. We can come to
no other conclusion than that newspaper proprietors and
the public are shamefully oppressed by the injudicious
and obnoxious advertisement duty.—Sketficld T Ines.
JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS.—At the com-
mencement of Michaelmas Term, on Tuesday next, the
several courts of law and equity will be opened for the
transaction of business, when the Learn( d Judges will
resume their labours. There is, it seems, in the United
Kingdom, 51 judges of the superior CourtsT—h2o2
juindgEesngo-f.
land, 16 in Ireland, and 13 in Scotland.
inferior Courts, exclusive of thelaCnoduntthyeCsoaularrtijeusdogfesthe
in
England, number 312. In Eng
amount to 229,081/ ; the
judges of the Court of Chancery,
number,
l
22 judges of superior Courts
five
hin
as 10 000
amount to 33,0001. The Lord any l
t.
echery,.
the Master of the Rolls, 7,000/.; C .ancellor of
England, 6 000/. ; and the two Vice-Chancellors, 5,0001.
The salaries of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench
are stated at 28,000/. The Lord Chief Justice has
B,oooi, and the four Puisne judges 5,0001. each. The
salaries are the same in the Court of Cumtnon Pleas, and
also in the Court (if Exchequer, with the exception of
the Chief Baron, who has 7,0001. The Judge of the
Court of Admiralty has 4,0001.; and the average emo-
luments of the Judge of the Prerogative Court are re-
turned at 3,5771.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE BREWERY OF MESSRS.Bak
TRUMAN, HANBURY, AND Co.—Yesterday Mr.
held an inquest at the London Hospital, •on view. the
er
body of Jonathan Bacon, aged 25, a shipjoiner,menh who met
with his death under the followir
circum-
stances :—lt appeared from theg evidencec otriata
about
eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Monday fortnight, de-
ceased was taking a.view of the extensive machinery
and apparatus of the premises of Messrs. Truman and
Co.,
with his cousin, who is a clerk in the establishment,
and who directed the deceased to be particular in follow.
ing him. The deceased was in one of the storerooms,
walking along a platform which surrounded a vat. lb
stepped from there to the top of the vat, and was in the
act of walking backwards, when his cousin exclaimed to
him, that if he did not go forward he would fall. lie
altnot,t immediately tumbled off, and fell a depth of 19
feet 6 inches on an iron girder, from which he was
prowptly relieved by his cousin. .inszmitly con
vi'vPd is .1()..:(21-i to the above in9titution, where he died
4,11 Sunday last, his spine liay.og Levii gust
mortem examination, to be fractured in three places.
Verdict—" Accidental death."