The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-03 00:00:00

TOWER OF LONDON•

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY DESTROYED IN
THE GREAT ARMOURY.
The following is a correct description of the various
pieces of ordnance, &c., on the ground-floor under the
Small Armoury. The principal portions were trophies
of British valour, many of great antiquity, and the whole
forming a splendid and highly interesting collection.
The Armoury, said to have been the largest in Europe,
was 3 45 feet in length, and was formerly used as a store-
house for the Artillery, train, until the stores were re-
moved to Woolwich. 21: considerable number of chests
filled with arms were in a portion of. the room, and in
the other part a variety of arms arranged in fancifUl de-

West of England, County, Custom-house, 12_ Goverly: t
meat, and 1 parish.
" The fire consumed the whole of tha Round-table
Armoury, and contents therein. A quantity of arms
and muskets removed out of the Long Armoury; destruc-
tion of the whole of the building, and great damage
done to the roof of the barracks and offices round, in
the street at the back of the Long Armoury, and slightly
damaged the ahapel;roof adjoining.
" No. 1, Parade.—Mr. Arthur. Allen, upper east end
of the Armoury, occupied the second ffoors and attics.
Furniture insured in the Phcenix ; seriously damaged by
removal and water ; the roof and front of the building
seriously injured.
" Mrs. Elizabeth Lloyd occupied the ground-floors and
basement story. Furniture insured in the Sun ; property
very much damaged and destroyed by water and removal.
" Mr. William Elder, occupied the right wing of No. 1.
Furniture not insured ; greatly damaged by removal.
" Mr. T. Forman, Member for Bridgewater, counting-
house, unknown whether insured. Books and papers
destroyed and seriously damaged.
" No. 2, Terrace.—Mr. W. Kemp, Ordnance Map-
office, furniture not insured, greatly damaged by removal.
" Round Tower, adjoining the Chapel, occupied by
Mr. John Cooper. furniture insured in the British,
greatly damaged by removal and water.
"At the back of the Chapel, occupied by Mr. Pell,
furniture not insured, damaged by removal.
" The above is the whole of the damage sustained by
the persons connected with the Tower. The loss in the
aggregate is supposed not to exceed 1,0001.
The whole of the arms which are in the ruins are
completely destroyed. Fortunately the new percussion
muskets were all saved.

vices.
At the entrance were two brass 24-pounders, elabo-
rately chased and highly. ornamented, mounted on field
carriages cast at Woolwich, from cannon taken at Cher-
bourg, in 1758. On the left-hand of the entrance was
a row of guns, arranged in historical order, showing
the various improvements in the manufacture of can-
DOD. One piece was of wrought iron, and manufac-
tured in the time of Henry V., A.D. 1422. An-
other of wrought iron in the time of Edward IV., 1461.
A brass 36-pounder, 13 feet in length, Henry VII.,
A.D. 1456. A 12-pounder, brass, 13 feet 4 inches long,
formerly belonging to Charles V., Emperor of Germany,
A.D. 1509. A large brass 68-pounder, in weight nearly
5 tons and a half, inscribed with the date 1542, 4nd said
to be one of the lower-deck guns of the celebrated
" Great Harry." A brass 1-1-pounder, made flat, and a
brass 4-pounder of octagon form ; and a brass cannon,
having seven bores, all of the time of Henry VIII. A
brass 20-pounder, Edward VI., A.D. 1548. A brass
2- pounder, taken from the Dutch in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, 1581. A 3-pounder, a brass chamber gun,
manufactured in the same reign. A curious brass mortar,
bore seven inches and a half, James 1., A.D. 1610. A
beautifully-ornamented cannon, manufactured expressly
for the son of James I. (Henry Prince of Wales). in
1608 ; and also a handsome brass 22-pounder, of English
manufacture, made for Charles Prince of Wales, in 1621.
A beautifully-wrought 5-pounder, Charles 11., A.D.
1676. A brasS 5-pounder, having three bores, and taken
at the battle of Ramillies, in the reign of Queen Anne.
A beautifully-ornamented brass 27 -pounder. taken at
Cherbourg in 1753. A light brass 24-pounder, George
1748. A splendid 42-pounder, made of fine
brass, in length 16 feet, brought from Java in 1811.
There was an inscription on it in the Persian langua!'se,
which was translated by the Earl -of Munster as fol-
lows :—" The work of the Sultan Ranafa Achmet Medi-
gem-ed-Deen, of the 'country of Palembang the Sacred,
on which be peace 1 1188 of the Hegira" (a.D. 1769).
To the right of the entrance was a range of brass and
iron guns, mortars, &c. the greater, portion of which had
been connected with some of the most eventful periods
of British higory. They were of the following de-
scription :
A 32-pounder made of iron, in its original carriage,
and a brass 24-pounder, recovered from the wreck of the
Royal George, in the year 1834, having been under water
52 years. A 7-pounder brass cannon from Malta, in
length 17 feet 4 inches. A singular brass gun of the
reign of Charles 11. Two elegant brass 24-pounders; on
the breach some lions' skins are very finely carved, and
also the effigy of St. Barbara. They were taken from
the walls of Vigo by the army under the command of
Lord Cobham, in 1704. Two beautiful brass lichornes,
15-pounders, manufactured at St. Petersburgh, and dated
respectively 1783 and 1789, taken from a Turkish frigate.
Two splendid 1-pounder brass guns, elaborately orna-
mented and mounted on elegant carriages, presented by
the Earl of Leicester to the young Duke of Gloucester,
son of Queen Anne, who died in his youth, in 1700.
Two brass mortars, each weighing 2,8401b5., taken at
Cherbourg in 1758. A brass mortar capable of throwing
nine shells at once, from which the balloons were thrown
at the celebrated display of fireworks in 1743. And a
beautiful specimen of casting, consisting of ten small
brass cannon, on carriages. They were presented by the
brass-founders of London to Charles 11., when that mo-
narch was only nine years of age, for the avowed pur-
pose of aiding his studies in the art of war.
(hi a raised platform stood the drum-major's chariot,
with the kettle drums fixed. This was used on state oc-
casions, or when the train was on the march. It was then
drawn by six horses. Beneath, placed in a recess, was
a grate for heating shot; and also a singular eltecaxcle-
frise, made at Lyons, and intended for the defence of a
narrow pass or breach. One of the wooden guns, called
" Policy," which were used as a ruse de guerre by Charles
Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, at the siege of Boulogne, in
1544, when that nobleman commanded for Henry VIII.
The object was to impress the Governor with a belief
that the English had plenty of artillery, and the strata-
gem was eminently successful. In the Small Armoury
there were arms for upwards of 150,000 men, all new
Hinted and ready for service.
There were four square columns formed with pikes, of
the time of Charles 11., of the height of 22 feet ; round

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT---RECEIVED LAST NIGHT.)
The interior of the Armoury is still burning, and three
engines are kept constantly playing on the mass of
burning materials. Consisting as it does of such com-
bustible matters—gunstocks, molten barrels, lead,
clothing, and burning rafters, amongst which is an im•
mense quantity of old Ordnance records—there is no
doubt it will be many days before the fire is completely
extinguished.
It is understood an inquiry of the most searching cha-
racter will: be entered into by the Board of Ordnance,
and a preliminary meeting has been held to-day at the
Tower. It is also rumoured that a Police Magistrate
will assist in the inquiry. The conduct of some part of
the military at the commencement of the fire on Satur-
day night demands the most rigid inquiry. Many of
them, under pretence of assisting the residents in the
Tower broke their furniture in the most wanton manner,
and actually forced open the desks both in Mr. Forman's
office and extracted a 5/. note, as also Mr. Ferrier's desk
at the Map Office, from which they took nine sovereigns.
They also stote in a cask of rum belonging to Mr. Allen,
after which their conduct for a short time was more
like men at the sack of a town than that of a force to
which the civil residents had to look for assistance and
succour, under the awful circumstances in which they
were placed. In justice we must say, that when called
to their senses by their officers, and under discipline, their
exertions were most strenuous, and every thing was done
by them to prevent the conflagration extending to the
Terrace and Chapel, which, had the flames reached, there
can be no doubt but that the whole of the Tower would
have been burnt to the ground, and a numher of lives
sacrificed.

• The Morning Chronicle states, that Captain Davis, of
the Scots Fusiliers, saved the Duke of York's sword and
sash, from the Grand Armoury. The fact is, that Mr.
Thomas Spinks, son of Mr. Spinks, of the Surveyor-
General's office, rushed into the Armoury, and being un-
able to carry the glass case which contained the sword,
&c., broke the glass, took out the sword and sash, and,
wishing to remain to render any further assistance in
his power, gave it up to Captain Davis's servant, with
directions to take it immediately to a place of safety, and
he gave it to Captain Davis, who, with Adjutant Walker
rendered themselves conspicuous for their zeal and.
activity during the whole of this melancholy affair.
The escape of Mr. Pett's house, which is the Develin
Tower, and is contiguous to the Grand Armoury, being
separated only by a range of offices now erecting for
the Small Arms Department, was miraculous, as the
flames at one time were fast approaching it ; but fortu-
nately the wind veering at the critical moment, and the
roof of the Armoury falling in immediately after,
caused it to escape without any material injury. Mr.
Peit neither moved his furniture, nor was any of it in-
jured, as he had the • precaution to keep the soldiers
from entering it. On the right hand side of the Ar-
moury, the house occupied by Messrs. Allen and Elder
caught three times, but fortunately was got under before
much damage was done, or else the whole of the terrace,
consisting of the official residences of many of the civil
officers of the Ordnance-office at the Tower, would have
been destroyed. The troops stationed at the Tower are
the Royal Artillery and the Scots Fusilier Guards, many
of whom showed themselves most efficient, and acted in
a most praiseworthy manner. It is to be hoped that
those men who disgraced their comrades by acts of pil-
lage' will be discovered and severely punished.
The loss is computed at 500,000/, independent of the
various interesting relics of by-gone "deeds of glory"
destroyed. The fire, no doubt, originated in the Bowyer
Tower, in a workshop called the Round Table, used by
the viewers and others employed in the small-arm de-
partment, and supposed to have been caused by the flues
of the stove getting over-heated. Of course, at present
all is conjecture, but this appears the most probable cause
of the calamity.

which pillars were pistols entwined in a serpentine
direction, and upon the ceiling was a beautifully carved
and gilt ornament similarly decorated. Under this
ceiling King William and Queen Mary once gave a
splendid banquet. Round the whole of the room was a
cornice formed of drums, pistols, and pieces of armour
skilfully and tastefully arranged, besides a great variety
of ornaments formed on the walls, with arms of ancient
patterns. There were also beautiful stars, formed
of- swords and pistols, with carved centres. Placed,
in the midst of some beautiful wood carvings
was a musket of splendid workmanship, whiff; for-
merly belonged to the guard of Tippoo Seib. There
was also a great number of the ancient plug bayonets,
which had to be removed -from the piece before they
could be fired. A variety of . ancient arms in devices,
and the swords of Justice and Mercy, used at the coro-
nation of the Young Pretender in Scotland. Some
curious carbines taken from the Highlanders in 1715.
The arms taken front Sir William Perkins, Charnock,
&c , who were concerned in the assassination plot.in
1696. Some sergeants' halberds, time of William 111.
Scotch broad-swords, -time of George 11. Four figures
in suits of brass and steel armour, and several banners,
which came from Malta. There was also a quantity of
musquetoons with brass barrels, so arranged as to repre-
sent an organ. Indeed, every portion of the walls and
ceiling was covered with various tasteful designs of stars,
church windows, gates, &c., formed of innumerable pis-
tols, swords, hangers, bayonets, and other small arms.
At the conclusion of this grievous catalogue of de-
struction, it is pleasing to be enabled to say that a beau-
tiful piece of work which stood in the centre of the room
was saved. It consisted of the celebrated brass gun
taken from Malta by the French in 1798, and sent, with
eight banners which hung over the same, to the French
Directory by General Bonaparte in La Sensible, from
which it was recaptured by the Seahorse, Captain Foote.
The ornaments on the gun are of chaste and exquisite
workmanship. The design is the head of the grand
master in a medallion, supported by genii, the Koran,
the turban, and the head of the artist surrounded by
foliage, and other ornaments. The carriage is also carved
with allegorical figures, and the wheels are carved, like
suns. On the gun is a Latin historical description of it.
The sword and sash which belonged to the late Duke
of York were alsossaved, as has been previously stated,
through the intrepidity of Captain Davis, who, however,
severely cut his hands, by dashing them through the
plate-glass frame, in which the sword and sash were
enclosed.
PRESENT APPEARANCE OF THE GREAT
ARMOURY.
The number of windows on this side of the Tower is
forty-eight, and through the apertures a very fair view
of the whole interior of the Grand Armoury presents
itself. Looking upward as far as the eye can reach, it
meets with nothing but the tottering remains of the
walls on the other side. Towards the centre, however,
atar more interesting object meets the view. Oppo-
site 'theeigrand entrance is to be distinguished the re-
mains" the grand staircase," which was considered
one of the most magnificent in Europe. In order tO
convey an adequate idea of what this staircase was,
and what, alas ! it is,f it. may be well to give the
following description, by one of the prin-
cipal warders Toner :—The staircase con-
sisted of a splendid trophy, consisting of arms and
weapons, ancient rn, comprising nearly,
two hundred varieties, anddenearly all differing in
form or pattern. In the centre was half column,]lino
lsup-
portingain a marble bust of his late Alajaesty•
IV., executed by Joseph, whichcthe was presented by his
Majesty, and placed there on
Queeoccaion of his
'__se mass,
Ma-
jesty's visit to the Tower with Adelaide, on the
.sth August, 1830. rh
forminga splendid trophy,
was placed within a recess on the
supported by eight brass six-pounder guns, which served
landing, on a platform
as pillars, and which were taken at Waterloo. In the
centre of the platform was an inscription anno.nncino• the
thevisit of King William and Queen Adelaide, and up"
tablet placed between two guns, the following ,:qhae
kettledrums in this trophy were taken at' Blenheim, on
the 2d of August, 1704, by the British troops under the
command of John, Duke of Marlborough. The guns
were taken at 'Waterloo, on the 18th of June, 1815, by
the British troops under the command of Arthur,
Duke of Wellington." Upon the walls at the sides
were two large stars formed of swords, and their
brass scabbards, bayonets, and pistols. The' one repre.
seating the star of the order of the Knights of the gar-
ter, and the other of the Bath. Also, two figures in gilt
suits of armour on ornamented pedestals. The rails of
the stairs and the cornice at the ceiling, were orna-
mented with architectural figures, curiously formed with
arms. Below upon pedestals existed two very striking
groups, one representing a knight in gilt armour.prepar-
ing for action, attended by his squire in the act of buckling
on his spurs, and a pikeman with his 18-feet pike. The
other group was a knight in a handsome suit of bright ar-
mour of the time of Elizabeth, in action, having seized
a banner of the enemy, waving his followers on. On
each side of the entrance-door was a knight in a gilt
suit of armour, and over the door was placed the Ord-
nance arms in white marble, and opposite two beautiful
brackets, upon which stood the figures of two other
knights in gilt armour. The whole of this superb stair-
case is, with the exception of the eight brass cannon
taken at Waterloo, a mass of rubbish : they, as if in de-
fiance of the devouring element, still rear their mouths
amidst
the ruins, and retain their position on the plat-
form. The only other relics of England's glory to be
seen from the grand entrance, rearing their heads amidst
the'ue rhulur„ne mortarlarge employed at the siege of Namur, in
111., forming part of the naval and
military trophiesaal on either side of the grand entrance.
INJURY TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.
In the cour.4epirnfeeyesterday morning Mr. Braidwood
laid before the
following official tors of the London Fire Brigade the
rt of the fire, as to its extent and
the property destroyedraedthanddamaged :
" Table Tower
occupied by
on the Parade in the
Tower of London, ed by the Government. Busi-
ness in the Armoury Department for workmen and fur-
bishers. The cause of fire unknown.ll,. Engines called by
the police and strangers. L
Thames,
very scantily supplied
from tanks and the River Engines in attend-
ance--6 A, 1 float, A, 18, ta'
D, 1 D fivat (4 men) ;

SHIPWRECK ole THE BARK.
AMANDA.—FORTY-ONE LIVES LOST.
(From the Quebec Gazette, Oct. 4.)

Tn the Gazette cf Friday last we infomed our readers
that Captain Buchanan, of the ship Scotland, had seen
off „Metis a ship on shore, which, to all appearance, was
a total wreck. Yesterday that report was received in a
letter. by Messrs. W. Price and Co., of this city, from
which we have been favoured with the following extract:
"Metis, Sept. 29, 1841.
"I have to inform you of the loss of the ba7k Amanda,
Captain Davis, from Limerick, which came ashore at
Little Metis Point at five o'clock on the 26th inst. She
had forty passengers and a crew of eighteen. The cap-
tain, two seamen, and two apprentices, were amongst
those saved."

A. C. Buchanan, Esq., Emigrant Agent, has kindly
favoured us with the following list of the passengers and

crew.

List of the passengers and crew of the bark Amanda,
Solomon Davis, Master, bound fur Quebec, cleared on
the 17th of August, and sailed on the 22d of August
from Limerick:—

Passengers saved. James O'Neal and Catharine
O'Neal, of the county of Clare ; Patrick Hanlan, count,.
Kerry; Timothy Murphy, Michael Hall, Maurice Hall,
Philip Sarsfield, James Nevill, and Margaret Maloney, of
county of Limerick; and Ann O'Neal, of the county of
Cork. Total of passengers saved, 10.
Passsengers lost—Stephen liennals, county of Clare ;
James Slattery, Patrick Clancy-, Ann Murray, Mary Hall,
Mary Hall (aged 60), John Hinchey, Margaret Hinchey,
John Hinchey, Maria Hinchey, Frederick Harden,
Daniel Carney, Margaret Carney, James Carney, Mary
Carney, Daniel Carney, Jeremiah Connors, Catharine
Eustace, of Limerick; John O'Brien, of county of Clare;
Mary Cummins, Bridget Cummins, Ann Cummins, Ca-
tharine Cummins, and Michael Cummins, of the county
of Galway ; Julia Crawley and Patrick O'Neil, of Clare;
and Thomas Kennedy, of Dingle-29.
Male adults lost, 11 ; female adults lost, 12 ; total
adults, 23; children lost, 6; total passengers lost, 29.
Crew saved. —Solomon Davis, master ; Edward
Botunly, 9cl mate ; Timothy Behane, seaman ; Patrick
.O'Brien and John Donnelly, apprentices ; also one
seaman name not known. Total, 6.
Crew lostr—Patriek Beake, Ist mate ; James M'lndry,
carpenter ; Michael Higerty, cook ; John Fuley,
steward ;*David Keefe, John Harper, John Graham,
Thomas Allen, Patrick Shannon, Thomas Harte, and
John Hynes, seamen ; James Cusack and Francis John-
son, apprentices. Total crew lost, 12.
The Limerick passenger ships have been peculiarly
unfortunate this season. It was only in May last that
we had to record the loss of the Minstrel-from that port,
with about 160 passengers, when 137 of them, with 11
of the crew unfortunately perished.
(Correspondence of the Rochester Daily Democrat.
PROBABLE SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LME

ON LAKE ONTARIO.
Charlotte, Oct. 6

Gentlemen—The severe gale of the 27th has, no dOubt,
been more severe on the Lake than was supposed. The
late northerly winds have driven ashore at or near
mouth of the Genesee river, fragments of a vessel such
as deck, plank, and beams, bulwarks, scuttle-watch, &e.
Also, a quantity of pipe staves, marked Imo. y. and j.y. ;
and yesterday five tarpaulin hats v..ere found, which
:
leaves no doubt that a vessel has fc!endered, and.all hands
were lost. From the paint of the bulwarks there is no
doubt but it was a British vase loaded with staves, bound
to Long Island, Canada, Yours truly,
P. A. SMITH.

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SOUTH. LONDON AUXILIARY
TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
.A bazaar, festival, and. meeting of the 'members and
friends of the above Auxiliary of the British and Foreign
was held on Monday
to
Temperance Society, commemorate its fifth anniver-
sary,New Kent-road. r_ at the Rockingham Rooms,
volent ladies) openfetliie bazaar (chiefly the gifts of bene-
,a_t eleven o'clock in the morning.
At four o'clock about
which the company were perso.ns, sat down to tea ; after
performed by Mrgriztit.ieu by some choruses, ad-
mirablyAt seven o'clock B. Ito:rciamzsger's pupils.
A Report of the proceedinugs' El-•, took the chair.
the Society during the
past year' was read by the Secretary,o, which, among other
interesting facts, stated that u
tions had been circulated, between of um" publica-
tions and 300 meetings
held, several lectures delivered, •
in iser a.
by the
persons
rescued from degTadation and the instrumen-
tality • of this Society ; and concluded 33 with. pressing,
its claims on the philanthropist, the patriot, and the
Christian.
J. MEREDITH, Esq., the Treasurer, read an account
of the receipts and expenditure, and congratulated the
members on the improved state of their finances! e
Several resolutions were passed, and the meeting ad-
dressed by the Chairman ; the Revs. W. Ball and
,T
Mirains ; Messrs. Meredith, Whittaker, Brown, Green.
M‘Curdy, Payne, &c. After a vote of thanks to the
inan, the meeting broke up at ten o'clock.

Chairi

Some idea of the extent of the commercial dis-
tress which has prevailed in this district during the last
year, may be formed from the circumstance of the
debtors' prisons in Newcastle, Durham, Lancaster, &c.,
being crowded to excess. At the approaching ourts
for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, to be held in this
and the neighbouring, counties in the early part of No-
vember, there are a greater number of petitioners than
has been known for many years • and in addition the
gaols contain already a considerable number who, unfor-
tunately, having been arrested too late to file their peti-
tions to be heard in November, must remain incarcerated
till February next,—Ncrthern Advertiser.-

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk.
Sir John' Jacob Buxton, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant;
William Bagge, Esq., to be ditto, Oct. 21.
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
HENRY THOMAS COGGAN KERR, JOHN HENRY
BA UGHAN, and THOMAS TURGIS HAINES, army
agents, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, Middlesex.
LEOPOLD NEUMEGEN, bookseller,Highgate,Middlesex.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
JOEL MORCOM, grocer, St. Ives, Cornwall.
BANKRUPTS.
PATRICK MERRITT, warehouseman, Huggin-lane,
Wood-street, London, to surrender Nov. 10, at half-past one,
and Dec. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager,
Birchin-lane. Cornhill, official assignee ; Tarrant, Walbrook.
GEORGE WEBB BROMFIELD, brush manufacturer,
Blackfriars-road, Nov. 11, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; May, Princes-street, Spitalfields.
EDMUND GROVE, draper, Dark-lane, Dawley, Shrop-
shire, Nov. 13, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Crown Hotel,
Bridgenorth. Robinson, Shitl'nal, Shropshire ; Chester and
Toulmin, Staple Inn, London.
BENJAMIN INGRAM, timber-merchant, Barbican, Nov.
10, at two, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official sssignee, Basinghall-street ; Selby, Ser-
geant's Inn:
JAMES ASHTON, printer and painter, Liverpool, Nov.
13, and Dec. 14, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
Booker, Liverpool; Holme, Loftus, and Young, New-inn,
London.
GEORGE WILSON, woollen-cloth manufacturer, Hud-
dersfield, Nov. 16, at two, and Dec. 14, at ten, at King's
Head Inn, Huddersfield. Edye, Clement's Inn, London ;
Sykes, Milne-bridge, near Huddersfield.
ROBERT LUCAS, ironmonger, Bristol, Nov. 12, and
Dec. 14, at three, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol.
Brydges and Mason, Red Lion-square, London; Wayte, Bristol.
3uHN ROBERT FLETCHER, merchant, • Grantham,
Lincolnshire, Nov. 10 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Crown.
Inn, Stamford. Shoubridge, Bedford-row, London.
BEAUMONT MARSHALL, tallow melter, Holborn,
Nov. 5 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee,. iasinghall-street ; Crowder and
Maynard, Mansion-house-place, London.
CHARLOTTE DORMAN and EDWARD DANIEL
DORMAN, glass dealers, Charlotte-street, Rathbone-place,
Oxford-street, Nov. 12, at one, and Dec.l4, athalf-past eteven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official
assignee ; Salomon and Long, Windmill-street, Fitzroy-square.
, CHARLES STEVENSON, upholsterer, Sheffield, Nov.
13, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Tat-
tershall, Great James-street, Bedford-row, London ; Hoole
and Marples, Sheffield.
HENRY SHAFTOE and WILLIAM CLARKE, com-
mon-brewers, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, Nov. 9, and Dec.
14, at one, at Horner's Hotel, Sunderland. Swain, Stevenson,
and Co., Old Jewry, London ; Young and White, Bishop
Wearmouth.
GEORGE GANDY, silk-manufacturer, Princes-street,
Spitalfields, Nov. 10, at eleven, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Coleman-street Buildings,
official assignee; - Turner, Chancery-lane.
RICHARD BARRET WATSON, share broker, Leeds,
Nov. 12, and Dec. 14, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms,
Leeds. Wilson, Southampton- street, Bloomsbury, London ;
Payne, Eddison, and Ferd. Leeds.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingliall-street.
E. P. Sardinson, J. Weston, and R. Blurch, warehousemen,
Wood-street, City, Nov. 25, at twelve—D. Tv% ort, miller,
Horsmenden, Kent, Nov. 23, at eleven—W. Morgan, G. R.
Roach, and G. Morgan, merchants, Liverpool-street, City, Nov.
23, at twelve —A. G. W. Biddulph, J. Wright, H. Robinson,
and E. W. Jerningham, bankers, Henrietta-street, Coven'
garden.

him. Applications in such cases would, he had no
doubt, be most readily attended to in those Courts.
Several other motions of no public interest whatever
were then disposed of.
In the course of the proceedings Mr. Cockburn was
called to the inner bar, and took his seat accordingly.
The Court rose shortly before four o'clock.
(Before Vice-Chancellor WIGEAM
His Honour entered his Court at ten minutes before
two o'clock, but in consequence of parties not being pre-
pared in the different motions appointed to be taken
before his Honour to-day, the Court rose at two o'clock.
His Honour will sit to-morrow at ten o'clock, and
take cause petitions.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1841.

Baines, and S. Wortley having been appointed
Queen's Counsel, were called ,upon to take
their seats within the bar. Mr. Austin likewise took

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his seat within the bar before Mr. Wortley, he having
obtained a patent of precedence.

TENSDEN V. CLOG.
Mr. ERLE moved for a rule nisi to enter
a nonsuit in this case, which was tried be-
fore Mr. Justice Maule at the late Exeter As-
sizes, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. It'
appeared that there had been many claimants to and
much litigation respecting a property called " The
Four_ Lords' Land," but that in 1815, by means
of a Chancery suit,. the husband of the plaintiff was
declared the owner of three-fourths of it, and another
person got the other portion. The present action was
brought to recover rent for the last portion, and the
plaintiff relied upon an acknowledgment of title
by the defendant in a letter, wherein he said "in
consequence of the long and harassing litigation, he
prayed for mercy, compassion, pity, and recompence,
&c." The Learned Gentleman contended that these
words did not amount to an acknowledgment of title.
The COURT thought that the point was worthy
of further consideration.—Rule nisi granted.