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EVRNI NG, NOVEMBER 17, 1847.

contemplated:a felony; but he (the worthy magistrate)
considered that the public would have just cause to
complain that masters were unprotected, if he did not
mark his sense of the gross misbehaviour of which the
defendant had been guilty, by the infliction of a com-
mensurate punishment. _ _

Defendant was then ordered to pay 125., the
amount of damage, or fourteen days' imprisonment
with hard labour, and in addition an imprisonment of
seven days without a fine, for his violent conduct
when drunk.

ALLEGED POISONING AT
HACKNEY.

Yesterday William Sheridan, a clerk in the Excise-
office, was placed at the bar of Worship-street, police-
court, before Mr. Hammill, charged with having
administered a quantity of arsenic to his mother, Mrs.
Francis Sheridan, the widow of a captain in the
army, from the effects of which she died on the morn-
ing of the 29th ult.
Mr. Jarman, from the office of Mr. Humphreys,
appeared for the defence; and several gentleman from
the Excise. office were in attendance to watch the
case.

Francis Johnson, the child of a married (laughter
of the deceased, stated, that on the Sunday week prior
to the death of her grandmother she was sent to a
neighbouring public-house by the prisoner for a
quartern of gin, of which she handed a glass to the
deceased, who then appeared in her usual health,
and who drank it, Witness then went to a Sunday-
school, leaving her grandmother and the prisoner alone
together ; and upon her return, about three hours
afterwards, she found the deceased lying upon the
sofa in a state of extreme exhaustion and violent sick-
ness, in which condition she was carried to her bed-
room by the prisoner. Her grandmother died about
a fortnight subsequently, and two days before her
death (Wednesday) partook of some arrowroot,
which was prepared in a teacup by the witness's
mother, in a room where the prisoner was seated.
The prisoner was at home during the whole of the
deceased's illness, but very seldom visited her in the
course of it.
Catherine Sheridan, the prisoner's sister, a respect-
able looking and evidently well-educated young
woman, about 19 years of age, at whose instance the
prisoner was taken into custody, was then called, but
was labouring under such debility that she was
allowed to be seated during her examination, and it
was only with extreme difficulty that her evidence
could be heard even by those placed close to her. The
witness, to secure whose attendance a summons had
been issued, gave her testimony against her brother
with apparent reluctance, but the latter, the instant she
was seated, looked sternly at her, and tauntingly ex-
claiming, " Hold up your head," kept his eyes rivetted
on her throughout. The witness stated that she had
been seriously ill for the last eight or ten weeks in
consequence of a violent attack, endangering her life,
which had been made upon her by her brother, who,
with herself, a married sister, and child, lived with
her mother in Mare-street, Hackney. The prisoner
had been appointed to his situation in the Excise-
office by Sir John Mortlock, an old friend of her
father, who stipulated, upon his accepting it, that he
should allow his mother 701. a year out of his salary,
payable by instalments every six weeks, and also
compelled him to insure his life in an insurance.
office, that his mother might not be left destitute in
the event of his dying before her. The prisoner had
often grumbled at having to pay this compulsory
allowance, and repeatedly expressed his determination
lately not to continue it any longer, which, together
with his wish to turn his married sister, who had
been parted from her husband three or four years,
and was protected by her mother, out of doors, gave
rise to constant quarrels between them, during which
the prisoner, who was frequently intoxicated, would
place himself at his mother's door and cause her
great vexation and annoyance. Sir John Mortlock
frequently cautioned the prisoner to be attentive to
his mother, and punctual in the payment of the
money, as that was 'early all she had to defray the
household expenses with, and she was often without
the most urgent necessaries. Witness had been
confined to her bed for many weeks past, and slept
with her mother up to the Sunday the latter's ill-
ness commenced, on the morning of which she rose
in her usual state of health, and continued so until
the afternoon, when she was suddenly carried into
the bedroom, where witness was lying with leeches
on her temples, by the prisoner, in a complete stupor,
totally unconscious, violently sick, discharging a
large quantity of black liquid from her stomarch,
and apparently dying. The prisoner left the room
almost immediately after he had brought her in,
with the simple remark that she was very bad, but
before he did so the witness, who suspected that she
had been poisoned, taxed the prisoner with it, and
asked him what he had been doing to her, but he
made no reply, and went out. Deceased remained
unconscious throughout the night, and on partially
recovering her senses the next morning clasped hold
of her, begged her not to leave her, and, entreating
her to shut and lock the door, displayed
the utmost alarm, as if she apprehended
some external violence, and continued in that
frightened state until the time she died. The prisoner
had repeatedly slept out before this occurrence, but
continued at home the whole time his mother was ill,
and confined himself to the frost room. The de-
ceased was never sick until she was brought in so by
the prisoner, and the retching she was then attacked
with was of the most terrible character and lasted for
several days; it ultimately ceased under medical
treatment, and beef tea, wine, and other restoratives
being administered, she appeared to be rapidly re-
covering, until the following Wednesday, when,
having taken some arrowroot in the course of the
afternoon, a sudden relapse took place, reducing her
to the same state as when first she was seized, and
she expired at four o'clock the following morning,
repeatedly during that time complaining of an excru-
ciating pain in the chest. All the restoratives given
the deceased were handed to her by the married sister,
but were always prepared in the other room in which
the prisoner was. Witness repeatedly asked the
prisoner to go and see his mother during
her illness, but he had the strongest ob-
jection to do so, refused, and did not visit her more
than twice or thrice, for a few minutes each occasion,
the whole time she was so affected, and only then
when she had urged him. The first time he visited
his mother she did not speak to him, but " watched
him round the room with her eyes," and appeared
relieved when he had left it. Before her death wit-
ness was so satisfied that the prisoner had given her
something deleterious, that she openly accused him of
poisoning his mother; to which he made no reply,
when the deceased, who
expressed her concurrence
overheard
edi
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,hweananrsdd leavingetzhceai,
n the room,
observation,m T
e poor girl's right; serve
him right."
In cross-examination by Mr. Jarman, the witness
said that she had been on very good terms with her
brother up to the time he made an attempt upon her
life; but, since then, she had avoided him as much as
possible, from fear of sustaining fresh injury at his
hands. Upon the attack being made on her, she
applied at the police-station for protection, but was
too ill to apply to a magistrate, and afterwards fore-
went the complaint to save her mother annoyance.
The prisoner was at home the whole night that
her mother died, but her married sister had left
the house in tears when she found her mother was
dying, and exhibited the greatest grief. The prisoner
was also frequently at variance with his mother and

the rest of the family on the subject of this married
sister, who was somewhat addicted to drinking, and
whom the deceased was anxious to have about her,
but whom the prisoner displayed great anxiety to
exclude from the house. (The witness became so
faint in the course of her examination that she was
led out of court, and some time elapsed before she
was capable of resuming her evidence, which she
continued,
difficulty.) incessantly drinking water, with great
Mr. Denis Hacon, the surgeon, was next examined,
and in addition to his former testimony, to the effect
that the deceased had undoubtedly died from poison,
expressed his conviction that she must have been
labouring under the effects of arsenic at the time he
was first called in to her, which the medicine he pre-
scribed for her had so alleviated and neutralized that
she had every prospect of recovery, and that the
sudden relapse that succeeded on the Wednesday
must have been occasioned by a second dose of the
same deadly poison, administered in the interval be-
tween two of his visits.
Sergeant Hawkes intimated that he had several
other witnesses to produce, who would carry the case
still further at the next examination, amongst whom
was another medical gentleman, who would also de-
pose to the fact of the deceased having been poisoned.
Mr. Jarman submitted, that although certainly
some suspicious features existed in the case, and nu-

merous opportunities for the administration of the
poison by the prisoner had been proved, there was no
direct evidence to show that he had availed himself of
them, or to positively criminate the prisoner, against
whom, it should be recollected, that the most material
allegations had been made by a witness between
whom and the accused it was acknowledged that
some serious disagreements had existed ' • but if the
magistrate had determined upon holding him in cus-
tody, he trusted that bail would be accepted for his
future appearance.
Mr. Hammill, however, declined acceding to the
request, and ordered the prisoner, who displayed
great coolness and self-possession throughout, to be
brought up again on Friday, for the completion of
the evidence against him.

Parliament opens on Thursday, and the Observer
will publish, on Sunday morning, the 21 s t November, a
gratuitous half-sheet stamped supplement. The exten-
sivemarkets, publication of the Observer commences at six, and
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edition,
abroad. which ,
Sixpence.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF
TUESDAY.

THE PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL CHAMBER,
SOMERSET-HOUSE, Nov. 16, 1547.
The names of those who were this day appointed by
thfr Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
to serve the office of. Sheriffol.' the county of Cornwall:—
Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, of Tregols.
Humphry Wiliyama, of Carnanton, Esq.
Augustus Coryton, of Pentillie-Castle, Esq.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 15,
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Archibald
Davidson, Esq., to be Sheriff of the shire or sheriffdom
of Kincardine, in the room of George Louis Augustus
Douglass, Esq., deceased.
DOWNING• STREET, Nov. 16.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles
Zachary Macaulay, Esq., to be manager of the currency
for the island of Mauritius.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint
Hougham Hudson, junior, Esq., to be Civil Commis-
sioner and Resident Magistrate of Somerset, in the set-
tlement of the Cape of Good Hope.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint P. A.
Ganteaume, Esq., to be Registrar-General for the island
of Trinidad.
Iler Majesty has further been pleased to appoint
William Gillam,' Esq., to be Registrar and Secretary,
Clerk of the Enrolments, and Clerk of the Council, for
the island of Domirica.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
William Goddard, hosier, Nottingham.
BANKRUPTS.

C hristopher Holt, hotel keeper, Bouverie-street,
Fleet street, to surrender Nor. 26, at one, and Jan. 7,
at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Carman, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Sibley, Penton-
Tulle.

John Pratt Carpenter, baker, Drummond-street,
Euston-square, Dec. 1, at half-past one, and Jan. 7, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Buchanan, Basinghall-
street.
Henry Hicks, saddler, New Bond-street, Nov. 27, at
half-past eleven, and Jan. 6, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury;
Smith, Barnard's Inn.
John Cramond, ship broker, Lime street, City, Nov.
23, at two, and Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Marten, Thomas,
and Hollams, Commercial Sale-roo:es Mincing-lane.
John Arnell, coal- merchant, Stanhope-street, Hamp-
stead-road, Nov. 26, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 7, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Wilkin and Mingaye, Fur-
nival's Inn.
Thomas Samson Jukes, tailor, Great Winchester-
street, City, Nov. 23 and Jan. 4, at halt-past eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ;
Clark, Finsbury-place.
William Willis, wool broker, Trowbridge, Wilts,
Nov. 26, at twelve, and Dec. 29, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; League, Crown-court, Cheapside,
James Parker, coach proprietor, Princes-road, Not-
ting-hill, Nov. 26, and Dec. 17, at half-past two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. Ab-
church-lane, Lombard-street; Freeman, Great James-
street, Bedford- row.
John Bannister Faulkner and Bintbam Falian, mer-
chants, Old Broad-street, Dec. 1, at eleven, and Jas.
6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Puldell,
Cheapside.
Henry Smith, paper manufacturer, East Mailing,
Kent, Nov. 25, and Dec. 29, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official Assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Clabon, Mark-lane, London.
Peter Tunney Dobson, draper, Tunstall, Staffordshire,
Nov. 27 and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Heed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday street, Cheap-
side; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman. Manchester.
John Knee, grocer, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Nov. 29,
at eleven, and Dec. 28, at twelve, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Brittan and
Sons, Bristol; White and Co., Bedford•row.
Jane Parry and Elizabeth Parry, drapers, Carnarvon•
shire, Nov. 30, and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool;
Towsey and Co., Coleman-street, London; Banner,
Liverpool.
John Collins, common brewer, Manchester, Nov. 29,
and Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner,
Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London; Chew,
Manchester.
Thomas Watson, innkeeper, Torquay, Devon, Dec. 1
and 22, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Herna-
man, official assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter; Cowlard,
Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Joha Bower Livesey, stationer, Liverpool, Nov. 26 and
Dec. 21, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co.,
Old Jewry-chambers; Pemberton, Liverpool.
Frauois Henry Agar, grocer, New Windsor, Berkshire,
Nov. 23, at eleven, and Dec. 27, at half-past ten, at the
Court of Bankruptc:, . Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street ; Bowen, Queen-square, Bloomsbury.
Watson White, grocer, Newington-causeway, Dec.
1, at ono, and Jan. 6, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall street; Tucker and Co., Thread-
needle-str. et.
John Robinson, dyer, Honley, Yorkshire, Nov. 27 and
Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
offiAal assignee, Leeds; Williamson and Hill, Great
James-street, Bedford-row; Sykes, Leeds.
John Russell, grocer, Leamington Priors, Warwick-
shire, Nov. 30 and Dec. 21, at twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir-
mingham; Forder, Leamington Priors; Rushworth,
Birmingham.
Emily Yeoland, milliner, Liverpool, Nov. 26, and Dec.
21, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old
Jewry-chambers ; Pemberton, Liverpool.
Thomas M‘Tear, William Hadfield, and Edmund
Thompson, merchants, Liverpool, Dec. 7, and Dec. 17,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Adams,
Old Jewry-chambers Pemberton, Liverpool.
Isaac Bass, jun., painter, Ipswich, Nov. 26, at half-
past one, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Kirk,
Symond's Inn; Galsworthy, Ipswich.
Charles John Hubbard, brewer, Stockwell-park-road,
Surrey, Dec. 1, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 6, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee,
Alderinanbury; Lawrence and Co., Old Jewry-chambers.
James Crossley, victualler, Horsecroft, Nov. 27, at
eleven, and Dec. 17, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ;
Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple; Lord, Rochdale.
Charles Ashford, packing-case maker, Birminglism,
Nov. 30, and Dec. 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
Fewkes, Birmingham.
John Clarke, livery stablekeeper, Conduit-stables,
Sussex-gardens, Paddington, Dec. 1, at half past one,
and Jan. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
official assignee, Aldermaubury ; Depree, Lawrence-
lane.

Andrew Schofield, attorney-at-law, Oldham, Lanca-
shire, Nov. 27 and Dec. 17, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ;
Jaque,' Edwards, Jaques, and Layton, Ely-place, Hol-
born, London ; Chew, Manchester.
Jonathan Higginson and Richard Deane, merchants,
Liverpool, Nov. 26 and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Turner, official assignee. Liverpool;
Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row ; Lowndes, Robinson, and
Bsteaon, London.
George Calvert Holland, banker, Worksop, Notting-
hamshire, Nor. 26, and Dec. 24, at ten, at the Leeds
District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield
Moss, Sergeant's Inn, London ; Raynor, Sheffield
[boob° and Yeomans, Sheffield.
Frederick Law, corn and flour dealer, Manchester.
Nov. 29, and Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester; John-
son, Son, and Weatherell, Temple, London; Pollard,
Manchester.
Robert Debe nhani, draper, Edward street, Portman-
quare, Nov. 25, and Dec. :30, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Reed, Lang :Ord, and Marsden, Friday-
street, Cheapside.
Charles Henry Fereday, coal dealer, Testenhall,
Staffordshire, Nov. 30 and Dec. 21, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court. Yalpy, official assignee,
Birmingham; Manby and flawkesford, Wolverhampton.
William Goodman Henfrey, druggist, Coventry, Nov.
27 and Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Smith, Birmingham.
Robert Blake, jun., soap manufacturer, Norwich, Nov.
26, at two, and Dec. 17, at half-past twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry;
Ashurst and Son, Cheapside.
Cesar Adam Marcus Count de Wuits, plaster manu-
facturer, Baldwin's-gardens, Leather-lane, Holborn,
Nov. 25, at half-past two, and Dec. 23, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street-buildings; Becknells and Co., Connaught-terrace,
Hyde-park, London.
James Kershaw, woollen manufacturer, Featherstall,
Lancashire, Dec. 3 and 23, at eleven, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Hopwood and Son, Chancery-lane, London ; Harris,
Rochdale.
Thomas Law, flour dealer, Manchester, Dec. 1 and
22, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser,
official assignee, Manchester; Canliffes, Cherlewood, aad
Bury, Manchester; Keightley, Cunliffe, and Beaumont,
Chancery lane, London.
Ozias Day, baker, Devizes, Wiltshire, Nov. 29 and
Dec. 28, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
man, official assignee, Bristol; Wall and Co, Devizes;
Child and Co., Bedford•row, London.
Thomas Ryland and William Llewellyn Ryland, Britan-
nia metal workers, Coleshill-street, Birmingham, Nov.
30 and Dec. 21, at ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Mot-
teram and Knowles, Birmingham.
William Walton, timber dealer, Willenhall, Stafford•
shire, Nov. 24 and Dec. 22, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Watson, Stourport ; Hodgson, Birmingham.
Alfred Alsop, lead merchant, Bonsall, Derbyshire,
Nov. 26 and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Notting-
ham ; Enfield and Sons, Nottingham.
Thomas Davies, draper, Aberavon, Glamorganshire,
Dec. 2 and 28, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Hudson, Bloomsbury-
square, London ; Hopkins, Bristol.

James Hansor, hop merchant, Hanley, Staffordshire,
Nov. 29 and Dec. 20, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham;
►Stevenson, Llanley.

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
T. C. W. Pierce and G. Homan, Manchester, mer-
chants, 3s. 4d., on Tuesdays, between the hours of ten
and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
T. Morley, Oxrd-street, jeweller, 2s. WI, on Thurs•
day, Nov. 18, and three following Thursdays, between
the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr.
• Pe!cher, king's Arms-yard, Coieman- street.
E. Edmunds, Loundes-street, hosier and glover, Gs. Bd.,
on Thursday, Nov. 18. and three following Thursdays,
between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of
Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street.
J. Ilitchins, Chichester-place, Gray's Inn-road, leather
seller, 55., on Thursday, Nov. 18, and three following
Thursdays, between the hours of twelve and three, at the
office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street.
J. R. Palmer, Walton, Lancashire, professor of
dancing, 5d., on Thursday, Nov. 18, or any subsequent
Thursday, betwaen the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
T. Wright, Birkenhead, ironmonger, 8,,., on Thurday,
Nov. 18, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours
of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.
R. Wright, Coppice-row, Clerkenwell, timber mer-
chant, Is. 6d., on any Wednesday, between the hours of
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Cole-
man-street.

J. Robson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, furniture broker,
2s. 4d., on any Saturday, between the hours of ten and
three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

DIVIDENDS. -
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
E. Hodges, Circus-street, New-road, St. Marylebone,
wine merchant, Dec. 7, at one—R. Stcekdale, Crosby-
square, merchant, Dec. 7, at two—H. Coleman and E. R.
Hall, Colchester, iron founders, Dec. 7, at half-past eleven
—J. Boyd and J. Boyd, Wellington Chambers, South-
wark, hop merchants, Dec. 7, at twelve—A. Palmer,
Feltwell, Norfolk, druggist, Dec. 7, at half-past twelve—
W. Blenkarn, Stockwell Park-road, builder, Dec. 7, at
one—J. M. Maude, Peckham, cement manu'acturer, Dcc.
8, at half-past eleven—W. Urlwin, Watford, Hertford-
shire, fellmonger, Dec. 9, at one—J. Metford, jun.,
Southampton, ironmonger, Dec. 9, at eleven—W.
Moody, High-street, Aldgate, tailcr, Dec. 9, at eleven—
H. Emanuel, Hanover-square, goldsmith, Dec. 9, at
twelve.

In the Country.
W. Marshall and H. Rodgers, Liverpool, ironfounders,
Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— H. Hilton and
E. Hilton, Over Darwen, Lancashire coil merchants.
Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—E. Ililton
and N. Walsh, Over Darwen, Lancashire, paper makers,
Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Kirby,
Liverpool, hotel keeper, Dec. 10, at eleven, at the Court,
Liverpool—R. I): Wilmot, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 10,
at twelve, at tile Court, Liverpool—W. Thompson, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, merchant, Dec. 10, at half-past ten, at
the Court, 'Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Hall, Carlisle,
victualler, Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-
upou-Tyne.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
I. C. Taylor, Change-alley, Cornhill, tailor, Dec. 7,
at half-past eleven—G. G. Coldrey, Lawrence lane,
City, merchant, Dec. 7, at half-past twelve—J. Hitchins,
Chichester-place, Gray's Inn- road, and Upper White-
cross-street, leather-seller, Dec. 7, at twelve—J. Pat-
tenden, Leonard street, Shoreditch, general dealer, Dec.
9, at twelve— E. Whitbread, Brett-terrace, Hamp-
stead-road, and Stuckley- terrace, Camden Town, baker,
Dec. 7, at twelve—C. Paddon, Milner-place, Lower
Marsh, Lambeth, and Charlotte-terrace, New-cut,
clothes salesman, Dec. 7, at eleven—T. Lovegrove,
Pangbourne, Berkshire, plumber and glazier, Dec. 7, at
eleven—J. W. Dyer, Middleton-street, Cierkenwell,
cheesmonger, Dec. 8, at half-past twelve.
In the Country.
11. Wanstall, Durham, grocer and tea-dealer, Dec.
9, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. J.
Day, Liverpool, ship broker, Dec. 8, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool—S. Lord, Liverpool, wool dealer, Dec.
8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool.
At the Court of Review, Dec. 7.
C. Gilman, Canal-terrace, Camden Town, oilman and
grocer—J. Cooper, Billericay, Essex, cattle salesman
R. Wills, Tottenham-court, New-road, statuary and
mason—A. Bartlett, Millbrook, Hampshire, fly proprie-
tor—J. Gale, Chaple-hill, Monmouthshire, and Chepstow.
wine and spirit-merchant—G. E. Neate, Creek-wharf,
Hammersmith, coal and corn-merchant—G. Bolton, Li-
verpool, stock and sharebroker—J. L. Butterell, Don-
caster, grocer—T. W. T. Dowers, Took's court, Cursi-
tor-street, Chancery-lane, law stationer—C. G. Hill,
Preston and Blackpool, Lancashire, artist and picture-
dealer, T. Pye, King's-road, Chelsea, timber and coal-
merchant—J. Thie:,, Old Broad-street, City, baker—
E. M. Totterdell and J. Gruchy, Portsea, woollen-dra-
pers—T. Parsons, Maidstone, licensed victualler—G.
Barbidge, Moorgate-street, auctione- r—T. Wilkinson,
Quadrant, Regent-street, and Bathurst-street, Sussex-
square, ironmonger—G. Cosway, Tiverton, woolstapler
and cloth manufacturer—J. Osborn, Oakham, Rutland-
shire, glass and china-dealer—W. W. Coleman, South-
ampton, provision- merchant.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

T. Gillett and C. Dickenson, Trafalgar-grove, Green-
wich, grocers and cheesemongers—G. Lambert and S.
Beale, Leadenhall-market, meat salesman—J. Smith
and W. Smith, Reading, Berkshire, curriers—J. R.
Appleton and IL Whitell, Newcastle-on-Tyr:9, dry-
salters—J. Hodge and T. Johnson, Skinner-street,
Bishopsgate, Italian warehousemen—W. F. Robinson,
I. Hadwen, and I. Hadwen, jun., Liverpool, brokers—
J. Marshall and J. Henderson. Deptford-bridge, wheel..
wrights—S. Lloyd, W. Lloyd, and J. Bowman, King's
Mills, Leicestershire, drysalters—R. Warr sand J. Luker,
Bristol, linendrapers—J. Blinkhorn and W. Blinkhorn,
Cheltenham, builders—J. Marriott and J. Bramwell,
cotton brokers—M. IL Picciotto, J. P. Mongredieu, and
D. I. Pieciotto, Crosby square, Bishopsgate-stre, t, and
Manchester, merchants —J. Bough and P. Bough,
Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, tailors—W. Fitz
patrick and W. Tew, Walsall, Staffordshire, railway
contractors—E. M. Cooper and J. Withingtor, Man-
chester, merchants and commission agents—G. A.
Ward and R. Ward Downlaum-market, Norfolk,
linseed crushers and millers —G. Russell, jun. and
G. Russell, sen., Cheapside, bootmakers—H. Mitchell
and H. R. Mitchell, Clarence-street, Greenwich,
publicans—D. Mitchell, J. M. Mann, and J. Wood,
Cloth fair (as far as regards J. Wood)—T. J. Feld wick
and C. Birch, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street,
boarding-house keepers—T. Wieksteed and J. Radford,
Old Ford and Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, civil en-
gineers—M. Tankard and W. Hodgson, Bradford, York-
shire, worsted spinners—B. Penrose, D. Starbuck, and
J. Sheppard, Jan., Cadoxcon-juxta-Neath, Glamorgan-
shire, proprietors of collieries (as far as regards J.
Sheppard)—T. S. Bodstein and G. A. Bergman, Bread-
street, Cheapside—J. Stretch H. Alderson, and J.
Perrin, Thatto- heath, Lancashire, glass bottlernakers—
J. Hunt, W. Brown, and G. H. Bond, Bromley Hall
New Colliery, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, coal masters.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Philip Fenton, Kirton, Suffolk, boot and shoemaker.
Samuel Cheetham, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, table•knife
cutler.

John Stray, Sheffield, razor scale presser.
James Lowcock, Sheffield, small shopkeeper.
Wright Kemp, Wellington-road, Ashton-under-Lyne.
William Harrison, Derby, licensed victualler.
John Carline, Liverpool, beer-shop-keeper.
John Jones, Liverpool, haberdasher.
Lewis Schultz, Exeter, travelling jeweller.
William Walter Pierce, Canterbury, tinman.
Thomas Wybrow, Gravesend, boot and shoemaker.
William Baddeley, jun., Newcastle-under-Lyme.
James Mason, Loughborough, Leicestershire, manufac-
turer of glove pieces and shawls.
Richard llack, Loughborough, Leicestershire, boot and
sh( emaker.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
D. Forrest, Glasgow, insurance and stock broker, to
meet, Nov. 22, and Dec. 13, at two, within the chambers
of Messrs. Steele and Donis, writers, Glasgow.
W. Downie and J. Scott, Edinburgh, shawl manufac-
turers, to meet. Nov. 17, and Dec. 10, at twelve, within
the Royal Exchange Coffee house, Edinburgh.
I). Gilmour, Gairlochead, Dumbartonshire, smith
and farmer, to meet, Nov. 19, and Dec. 10, at lwelve,

within the Inn, Sinclnir•street, Helensburgh, Dumbar.

tor shire.

A. Robertson, Perth, merchant and grocer, to meet
Nov. 20 and Dec. 11, at one, within the Salutation Hotel

Perth.

R. T. Pattison and J. M'Gibbon, Glasgow, muslin and
shawl printers, to meet Nov. 18 and Due. 9, at twelve,

within the office of Messrs. M'Ewan and Auld, accoun-
tants, Glasgow.
The Right Hon. A. Gordon, Viscount Kenmure, to
meet No. 22 and Dec. 15, at two, within the Selkirk
Arms Inn, Kircudbright.
J. Mackenzie, Devon, Clackmannanshire, ship-owner,
to meet Nov. 22 and Dec. 13, at twelve, within Thomas's

Royal Oak Hotel, Alloa.
11. D. Cockburn, Glasgow, share-broker and accoun-
tant, to meet Nov. 20 and Dec. 11, at twelve, within the

cham7 hers of Messrs. Ilacdowall and Murray, writers

Glasgow.
J. London, Paisley, grcoor, to meet Nov. 20 and Dec.
11, at one, within the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley.
J. Hodge, Edinburgh, grocer and spirit merchant, to
meet Nov. 20 and Dec. 11, at ono, within Graham's
Anchor Tavern, Edinburgh.

CARPENTERS BENETOLENT INSTITUTION. —On last
evening a very numerous adjourned meeting of this
trade was held at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey. The object
of the meeting was to hear the report of the Committee
appointed by the last meeting, and to adopt the rules
previous to enrolment), for the support of the aged or
infirm carpenters, and for the erection of an asylum for
the reception of members and their wives. The elec-
tion of a board of Directors, and other officers, for the
year, formed a particular feature in the proceedings.
The contributions agreed to are six shillings per annum,
to be paid quarterly. Mr. J. Wartnaby was called to
the chair, and said he hoped that au institution, such as
the present, would receive the support of every member
of the trade. He hoped that the Licensed Victuallers'
Asylum would be looked upon as a worthy precedent for
themselves, and trusted that an honourable rivalship
would soon exist. He then called on the secretary to
read the report of the last meeting. Mr. Bush, secretary,
read the report and the rules relative to the constitu-
tion, government, trustees, bankers, secretary, collector,
funds, and regulations at meetings, all which were agreed
to seriatim, with some verbal amendments. A vote of
thanks was then given to the chairman, and the meeting
separated.
Sir Augustus D'Este has lately erected, in St.
Lawrence church-yard, a splendid tomb, which we hear
is to contain the remains of his mother, the late Duchess
of Sussex, and the Countess of Dunmore, which are to
be removed from the church, and it is also a wish of his
that at his decease ho should be interred with them.—
South-Eastern Gazette.

, THE LATE EXTENSIVE SEIZURE
S OFF HEERNESS.' •
One of the largest seizures that has been nrde for
sAne years past was ?fiected on the nitrht of Merda-Y7
Stli instant. It app.mrs that abouthalf-rast eight
o'clock that ev:Jiirg the crew )f the Vigi!art, a reve-
nue cutter, Commander Gowliand, whilst lying off
the Little Nore, below Sheerness, observed a vessel
approaching to the southward of them. Finding they
were observed, the smugglers immediately put up
their helm, and reversing their-course put back again.
After a chase of about twenty minutes, during which
several shots were fired into the smuggler, which
then hove to, the crew quietly surrendered their
vessel. The boat proved to be the Hannah, of Nal-
don, and in the hold were—found 6,0431b5. of tobacco
and 5301b5. of snuff; which, together with the craft,
were taken alongside the Vigilant, and the next day
lodged in the Custom-house at Rochester. On
Friday the prisoners, John Rigden, Henry Brown,
Samson Burford, and Robert Osborn, were brought
before the county magistrates for final examination.
The case excited much attention, and the court
was densely crowded. The solicitor of the Board
of Customs, together with the Collector and
Comptroller of the port of Rochester, attended
to watch the proceedings. The prisoners plea"
" Guilty" to the charge of being found on board with
contraband goods ; but Rigden, an old man belonging'
to Whitstable, said he was not at all aware
of what
the vessel contained, that he was lying off the Little
Nore in a fishing boat when the crew of the Hannah
hailed him, and asked him to pilot their vessel up the
river, which he consented to do, and until he heard
the guns fired he did not suspect anything 105
wrong. They were all convicted in the penalty of
1001., which not being forthcoming they were com-
mitted to Maidstone gaol until the fines are paid.
The prisoners asked if they would be allowed to
maintain themselves whilst in confinement. The
magistrates said on that point they could make no
order, but were of opinion that the regulations of the
prison would not allow it. The solicitor to the Crown
intimated that such would be allowed if the prisoners
were provided with the means. The prisoners were
then removed in custody, and on leaving Rochester
for Maidstone gaol were loudly cheered by a large
party of their associates, who had assemhled to bid
them farewell. The value of the cargo, it was stated,
was 2391. 4s 3d., the duties payable thereon/
1,894/. 19s. 2d., and the value of the vessel, 200/.