The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-02 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL.

Henry Johnson, a young man about twenty years of
age, dressed in an old professional-looking suit of black,
and a once white neckerchief, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Combe, on the following charge of assault.
Mr. Alfred King said, he was a surgeon and apothe-
cary, residing in Gray's-inn-lane, and about three o'clock
on Thursday afternoon, the defendant came into his shop,
and asked to be served with some laudanum. The witness
put the usual question to him as to what purpose he wanted
it for, when he flew into a towering rage, and demanded
to be served as a matter of right. Mr. King told him
directly that he would not let him have any laudanum,
and as-his language was very abusive, and his conduct
most violent, ordered him out of the shop, upon which
the defendant ran at him, and struck him several times.
After considerable difficulty, the prisoner was put out of
the shop, and taken to the station. house.
The prisoner, when called upon to explain his con-
duct, blubbered like an over-grown child, and said he
was partly intoxicated when he entered Mr. King's shop.He did not intend to poison himself, as Mr. king in-
sinuated.—He was committed to the House of Correc-
tion for three weeks.

Henry Bentley and Mary Baker vvera charged with
stealing and pawning a large quantity of bedding and
bed clothes, a carpet, a table cover, and various other
articles from their lodging, No. 62, White Lion-street,
Clerkenwell.

Mrs. Elisabeth Dickfield, the owner of the house,
proved the case. _ _

The prisoners said that they were induced to pledge
the property under the pressure of temporary embar-
rassment, but intended to release it• as soon as they
should receive some money which they were expecting.
Mr. COMBS said that the facts of the case were too
strong to permit him to deal with it under the Illegal
Pawning Act, and he should therefore commit the pri-
soners on the charge of robbery.

A FOLILSTONE MAGISTRATE'S NOTION OF LAw.—
A Folkstone magistrate, who did not live in the reign
of Elizabeth, had a prisoner, who had stolen a shovel,
brought before him for committal. The worthy holder
of the equally-adjusted scales, being conscious of his
want of law knowledge, cried to the gaoler, " Sam,
hand me over Burn's Justice.' the index of which
he commenced perusing, as following:—" Shovel, shovel,
shovel, humph! Spade, spade, spa—Ah, here's spade!
Let him go, Sam; can't do anything with him. If it
had been a spade, I should have committed you, sir;
but as it's a shovel, I can't, for Burn's does not say a word
about a shovel."
STATE OF TRADE.—There is no new feature in the
market to report this week, in consequence of the usual
Christmas holidays taking place. No alteration is at
present noticed in the prices either of yarns or nets,
but the unusual speculation still going on in the raw
material begins to wear a serious aspect, and must, if
continued, considerably affect the prices of yarns.—Nob-
tingliam Review.
TAW VALE RAILWAT.—The directors have entered
into an agreement (subject to the approval of a general
meeting of shareholders) for the lease of their line to
the South-Western, on the following terms :—Five per
cent. on all paid- up capital at present, and 5i- when the
line is completed, and equal share of all profit after pay-
ing expenses.
Twenty-five dogs, either mad or suspected to be
so, have been destroyed in Rannock during the past
three months. None in a rabid state have been seen in
the district these three weeks back. The alarm occa-
sioned by the unwonted appearance of this fearful dis-
ease in the country has, consequently, in some degree
subsided.—Perth Advertiser.
SUICIDE IN THE ICE ON THE GROSVENOR CANAL.
—An inquest was held on Thursday by Mr. Bedford, at
the Malpas Arms, Charles-street, Grosvenor-square, on
the body of Sarah White, aged 45. Henry White, de-
ceased's husband, said, that on Saturday evening she
came to him at Knightsbridge, where he was working,
and they went home together. On getting to the bottom
of Grosvenor-place, he suddenly missed her from his
side, and never saw her again until he saw her in the
dead-house that (last) evening. Ten years ago she at-
tempted to cut her throat whilst intoxicated; when in
that state, she was a perfect mad woman. Mr. William
Middleton, of Ranelagh-road, maltster, deposed to
seeing the body of the deceased on Sunday morning
lying beneath the ice in the Belgrave dock of the Gros-
venor Canal. The deceased must have jumped from the
wharf wall through the ice, which was about an inch
thick. It further appeared that the deceased, for some
yeses, was subject to fits, caused by a pistol being fired
off close to her head. Verdict—" Found drowned, there
being no evidence to prove how she came into the
water."

GENTLEMA.N.—A person named
A COMMERCIAL
'James Warburton who, it is understood, was formerly
a commercial traveller, has been committed to the New
Prison, Devises, for trial at the next Wilts Quarter Ses-
sions. It appears that on Tuesday the 15th inst. Mr.
Warburton walked into the commercial-room of the
Crown Inn, in Devizes, and ordered a fowl for his
dinner. He said he had been coursing for several hours
on the plain, and had the misfortune to burst his boots,
so the boots were sent to the shoemaker's and were fore
and heel-pieced.—Mr. Warburton fared as most other
travellers do who stop at the Crown, upon the best that
can be procured. On the following morning he discovered
that his trousers had also burst during his coursing trip—
so the trousers were sent to be repaired—thus incurring
an expense between the tailor and shoemaker of 6s. 9d.
A very substantial breakfast was furnished to Mr. War-
burton in his bed-room, and he did not make his appear-
ance until four o'clock. At that hour he called upon
the boots to accompany him to Mr. Smallbones to
take back three parcels.—On the road he stopped at the
post-office to enquire for a letter, and then looking at
the market clock, he said, as it was but twenty minutes
after four, and as be intended to leave by the Star coach,
the boots had better go home for about half an hour.
and then follow him to Mr. Smallbones. The boots did
as he was directed, but unfortunately Mr. Smallbones
knew nothing of Mr. Warburton or his parcels, and Mr.
Warburton forgot to pay his bill at the Crown. On the
following Thursday Mr. Warburton paid Mr. Joyce a
visit at the Bear Inn, Alolkshara. Here he arrived be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock, and dinner having been
provided. by his orders, he remained until between
five and six in the evening. On the side table in the
room in which ho dined was a silver mustard spoon,
which the servant missed on going to fetch it for some
other gentleman during the afternoon, but she made no
remark on the circumstance. Between four and five o'clock
a basin of bread and milk was taken to Mr. Warburton,
agreeable to order; and he was furnished with a silver table
spoon to take it with. Shortly afterwards he rang full his bill,
and then the spoon was lying ois the table. After the
bill was brought, he ordered a glass of brandy and water,
and within five minutes afterwards he left the house and
the spoon with him. The servant having communicated
the circumstance to her mistress, Mr. Joyce followed
him, and upon coming up with him, charged him with
stealing two spoons. Mr. Warburton very coolly said,
" Well,l think I have one that don't belong to me," and
then took the table spoon from his pocket. He was
brought back to the B.ear,. and searched, and the mus-
tard spoon was found in his possession. Several dupli-
cates for plate pawned in London were also found upon
him. He is supposed t have played a similar game at
Bournemouth.— Devizes s Gazette.
THE CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN.—The Conde de
Montemolin was engaged the whole of Thursday in giv-
ing audienc?s to numerous distin;uished persons, both
English and foreign, who had not previously had an
opportunity of being present,

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WINDSOR CASTLE, JAN. 1, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Edward
Anson, Esq., to be the keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse,
in the room of Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley, resigned.
WINDSOR CASTLE, JAN. 1.
His Royal ighness Prince Albert has been pleased to
appoint Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles _Beaumont
Phipps to be Private Secretary to his Royal Highness, in the
room of George Edward Anson, Esq , resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, .JAN. 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel the lion.
Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., to be her Majesty's Master of the
Ceremonies, in the room of Sir Robert Chester, Knt., resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAW. 1. _ _

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant Colonel
William Henry Cornwall, to be her Majesty's Assistant
Master of the Ceremonies, in the room of Colonel the Hon-
ourable Sir Edward Cuet, K.C.H. promoted.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, J.N. 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable
Spencer Lyttleton to be Her Majesty's Marshal of the Cere-
monies, in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry
Cornwall, promoted,
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 1.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Thomas
Brunt to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major
Trent, deceased, Dec. 16, 1846.
7th Dragoon Guards—Regimental Sergeant Major John
Gray to be Adjutant (with the rank of Cornet), vice Knight,
promoted, Jan. 1.
2d Regiment of Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Richard
Carruthers to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Baumgardt, appointed Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruit-
ing District ; Brevet Illajor Mountford Stoughton
HeyEger Lloyd to be Major, vice Carruthers, Jan. 1 ;
Captain Digby St. Vincent Hamilton, frain 78th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Grelian, who exchanges, Dec. 31 ; Lieut. Gus •
tavus Nigel Kingscote Anker Yonne to be Captain, vice
Lloyd ; Ensign William Wynn Kirkby to be Lieutenant, vice
Yonge ; Francis Lionel Octavius Atty, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Kirkby, Jan. 1.
36th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Jopp, M.D., from the
2d Foot, to be Surgeon. Francis Smith, Gent., to be As-
sitant-surgeon, Jan. 1.
50th Foot—Ensign Richard Corinick Clifford to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Du Vernet, appointed to 67th
Foot. William Barry, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Clifford.
Jan. 1.
78th Foot—Captain Peter Grehan, from 2d Foot, to be
Captain, vice D. St. Vincent Hamilton, who exchanges,
Dec. 31.
Ist West India Regiment—Major Edward Rowley Hill to
be Lieutenant-Colonel without purchase, vice Bush, ap-
pointed Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District;
Brevet Major Luke Smyth O'Connor to be Major, vice Hill ;
Lieutenant Alexander William Mackenzie to be Captain, vice
O'Connor; Ensign Henry Johnstone to be Lieutenant, vice
Mackenzie; Samuel Head, Gent., to be Ensign, vice John-
stone, Jan. 1.
BREVET.—Captain William Elsey, of the East India Com-
pany's DepUt, at Warloy, to have the local rank of Major in
the Army, while so employed, Jan. 1.
The under-mentioned Cadets of tho Honourable the East
India Company's Service to have the local and tem-
porary rank of Ensign, during the period of their being
placed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Fre-
derick Smith, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for
field instruction in the art of Sapping and Mining :
Duncan Charles Home, Bent. ; Benjamin Martin Hutchinson,
Gent. ; Frederick Weston Peile, Gent. ; George Edward
Watson, Gent. ; Augustus Satchwell Johnstone, Gent. ;
Richard Hieram Sankey, Gent.; John Baptist Granville
Close, Gent. ; John Augustus Fuller, Gent., Jan. 1.
UNATTACIIED,—Lieutenant James Montagu Brown, from
the 93d Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Jan. 1.
MEatoneemum.—The date of the commission of Major
John Blackburn, of the 85th Regiment of Foot, is 29th Decem-
ber, 1846, and not 29th December, 1845, as stated in the
Gazette of the 29th alt.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 29.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Musgrave, of
Whitehaven, in the county of Cumberland. Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
George White, patten maker, Chichester, Sussex, to sur-
render Jan. 11, at half-past one, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old
Jewry-chambers, London; Staniland and Long, 13ouverie-
street, for Sherwood, Chichester.
George Frederick Howe, merchant, Chester-place, Ken-
nington, Jams. 20, at half-past one, and Feb. 16, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fre-
derick's-place, Old Jewry; Lawrence and Flews, Old Jewry
Chambers.
Peter Allan Hannaford, bookseller, Exeter, Jan. 14, at
one, and Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Hernaman, official assisgnee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter;
Freeman, lothamley, and Benthall, Coleman-street.
William Gibbs, baker, Welford, Gloucestershire, Jan. 15,
and Feb. 16, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol; Wilkes, Gloucester.
Robert Kirke, coal- dealer, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Jan.
19, and Feb. 12, at halt-past eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Acram an, official assignee, Bristol; Yenning and Co.,
Tokenhouse-yard ; Chitty, Shaftesbury.
John Wilkinson, ship-owner, Stockton- upon-Tees, Jan. 15,
and Feb. 16, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;
Allison, Darlington; Philipson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Til-
son, Squance, Clark, and Morrice, Coleman-street.
John Griffiths, stationer, Liverpool, Jan. 12, and Feb. 9, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove. official
assignee, Liverpool; Chester and Co., Staple-ion; Tryer,
Liverpool.
Thomas Robinson, builder, Wavertree, Liverpool, Jan. 19
and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent and Co.,
Temple ; Rubinson, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
4s. 3d,
Graham,
3d. inthe
pound,stationer, Jewry-street,
on
Saturday,ery -stre e t ,
Jan. A 12(1,g aatne —d
,rr sot div.sus
eo-f
quent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurcla-
lane, City.
J. B. (;rampern, coal merchant, City-road—first div. of
Is. 4d. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 2, and two subse-
quent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-
lane, City.
J. Perry, grocer, Harlow, Essex—first div. of 3s. 4d. in the
pound, on Saturday, Jan. 2, and two subsequent Saturdays,
at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
G. Puckle, corn factor, Mark-lane—first div. of ss. 6d. in
time pound, on Saturday, Jan. 2, and two subsequent Satur-
days, at the office of Mr. Groom, Alechurch -lane, City.
R. Mills, corn factor, Mark-lane—first div. of ls. 9d. in
the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 2, and two subsequent Satur-
days, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
J. Taylor, merchant, Liverpool—first div. of Ss. in the
pound, and a further div. of 2s. 10d. in the pound, on any
Thursday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
E. Jones, ironmonger, Liverpool—a div. of 51-/d. in the
pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Turner,
Liverpool.
W. Kirby, hotel keeper, Liverpool—first div. of 2s. 6d. in
the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Turner,
Liverpool.
E. Cooban, brewer, Liverpool—first div. of 2s. 6d. in the
pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Turner,
Liverpool.
Alfred Bunnett, window-blind maker, Bridgehouse-place,
Newington-causeway—first div. of 3s. Bd. in the pound, on
any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-
chambers.
W. Poynter, warehousethan, St. Paul's-churchyard—third
ld. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Pennell, Guildhall-chambers.
S. Tipple, draper, Norwich—first div. of 3s. 6d. in the
pound, o
iiany Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild-
hall-chambers.l. Solly, sen., merchant, St. Mary-axe—second div. of 10d.
in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell,
Guildhall-chambers.
J. Spong, timber merchant, Ockharn, Surrey—first div. of
Is. 4d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Pennell, Guildhall-chambers.
Brace and Allen, warehousemen, Mitre-court, Milk-street,
Cheapside—first div. of 7s. 6d. in the pound, on any Thurs-
day, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers.
H. and R. Weatherhog, farmers, Stone, Kent—first div. of
10s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pen-
nell, Guildhall-chambers.
J. Knights, cattle dealer Great Melton, Norfolk—first div.
of 2s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Pennell, Guildhall-chambers.
S. Ward, shalloon manufacturer, Lilly Pot-lane, City—first
div. of 2s. 2d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office
of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers.
J. Ward, engineer, Manchester—second div. of ls. 6d. in
the pound, or. any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott,
Manchester.
R. Edwards, tailor, Huddersfield—second div. of Is. 6d. in
the pound, making, with the first div. of 2s. 6d., 4s. in the
pound, on subsequent proofs, on any day after Jan. 4, at the
office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Russell, jun., builder, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire,
Jan. 22, at half-past eleven—S. Wilcke, milliner, Jan. 22, at
twelve—l'. M. Chitty, scrivener, Shaftesbury, Jan. 22, at
twelve—J. Wilcox, tailor, Little Belle-alley, Moorgate-street,
City, Jan. 25, at twelve—J. Lamont, J. D. Stewart, and J.
Matravers, brewers, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate, Jan. 22, at
half-past eleven.

In the Country.
N. Roskell and J. De Peyster Ogden, merchants, Liver-
pool, Jan. 29 at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—W.
Chambers, shipwright, Southwick, Durham, Jan. 26, at one,
at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—A. Johnson,
printer, South Shields, Jan. 26, at twelve, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court—W. I. Barker, auctioneer, Sun
derland, Jan. 28, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon. Tyne
District Court—l. Gwinnett, innkeeper, Ledbury, Hereford-
shire, Jan. 28, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.

J. Churchyard, carpenter, Cole Harbour-lane, Brixton,
Jan. 25—C. Torrington, miller, Digswell- hill, Hertfordshire,
Jan, 25-11. J. Palmer, grocer, Wantage, Berkshire, Jan. 25
—W. H. Lerew, apothecary, Upper Norton-street, Fitzroy-
square, Jan. 26—J. Howard and W. Lee, brick makers,
Brampton, Southampton, Jan. 26—G.. Greenstock, iron-
Bmaornkgeerr,sa,
auctioneer,
rs,upseurnlNdleariraen,
d, Jan.Soners 28—E.etsu
Ire, Jan.io(ll4o2ss—n
iron-
monger, Richmond, Yorkshire, Jan. 26—W. and J. Clay,
woollen manufacturers, Halifax, Yorkshire, Jan. 26-71.
Lester, farmer, Pen-y• gelle-lodge, Denbighshire, Jan. 22
T. Broady, druggist, Chester, Jan. 22—J. May, printer,
Hedruth, Cornwall, Jan. 27—H. Gouldesbrough,shre broker,
Manchester, Jan. 25—J. Tuckett, apothecary, Exeter,
Jan. 22—J. Turner, jeweller, Ludgate-hill, Jan. 22—F. F.
Phillips, coach maker, Bristol, Jan. 22—T. Bousfield, iron-
monger, Lincoln, Jan. 22--M. W. Osborne, grocer, Coventry,
Jan. 22—R. Crompton and M. Price, brickmakers,Shriglev,
Cheshire, Jan. 22—J. Plumley, builder, Reading, Jan.
'22—
D. and J. Burton, cotton spinners, Middleton. Lancashire,
Jan. 22.