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with the prisoners, were also placed in the dock with
them, but it will be seen that the evidence in the
present case did not effect them.
About a month or five weeks ago two men named
Ensor and Dignum were taken into custody, the
former charged with burglariously breaking into the
dwelling-house of a gentleman of fortune named
Toby, at Chelsea, and carrying off some very
valuable plate, and the latter with the extensive rob-
bery at Mr. Archbutt's. In the course of the inves-
tigation it transpired that Ensor and Dignum, al-
though in custody on distinct charges, were on very
intimate terms, and that Dignum had introduced
1 Ensor to Jane West, a female servant of Mr. Arch-
butt's, in whose care his house was left during a short
absence from London with his family. On the day
1 succeeding that on which Mr. Archbutt left town
Jane \Vest, at the solicitation of Ensor, went out for
three or four hours with him, leaving the house in
charge of Dignum, who was at that time a clerk in
Mr. Archbutt's office. On the following morning it
was discovered that the house had been robbed, and
Dignum was subsequently given into custody. There
was not sufficient evidence to warrant a detention of

either of the men, and after a short remand they were
discharged, but Dignum was again taken into custody
for fraud, and convicted at the Central Criminal

Court.
On the prisoners being placed in the dock yester.
day,
George Hunt, police-sergeant, V 4, stated, tha
having received information on Monday night that a
robbery was about to be committed at Chelsea, he
went to a place called the Woodman, at Chelsea, and
took Chitty, Connor, and M'Laren. He had been
instructed to take Chitty and two others, who were
supposed to be concerned in Mr. Archbutt's robbery,
but the two men, Connor and INPLaren were not the
parties of whom he was in quest. He, however, sub-
sequently apprehended Anderson, who was one of the
men wanted.
John Dignum, the person above spoken of, was
then put into the witness-box. He said he was clerk
to Mr. Archbutt up to the 6th of September. He
had known the prisoneis Chitty and Anderson for two
months, and had been introduced to them by Ensor,
who invited him, two or three days before the rob-
bery at Mr. Archbutt's, to meet him at a public-
house in 'Westminster, which he did, where it was
arranged, in the presence of Chitty and Anderson,
that Ensor, who proposed the plan, should take
Jane West out, that he (Dignum) should
be left in Mr. Archbutt's house, and that
Chitty, Anderson, and another, named Bryant, should
come, during the servant's absence, and rob the
place on the following Sunday. Mr. Archbutt went
out of town on the next day, and on the Sunday he
(Dignum) went to the house, and found Ensor with
the servant, Jane West, and the two latter shortly
after went out for a walk. Anderson, Chitty, and
Bryant' soon after came and committed the robbery,
breaking open a number of drawers and cupboards to
get at the property. Bryant then went away with
the spoons, forks, and other articles of plate, and the
others shortly afterwards with the linen and wearing
apparel. Witness left with Ensor, and went to a
public-house called the Bell, where Bryant gave
them a sovereign each, and Ensor then left witness,
observing that he was going back to Mr. Archbutt's
to sleep. On the following morning witness met
Ensor, when he produced Mr. Archbutt's pocket-
book, and taking a gold chain from it, said they had
overlooked that. Witness, after his conviction for ob-
taining 1/. 12s 6d. from Messrs. Musgrove fraudu-
lently, voluntarily communicated the particulars of
the robbery at Mr. Archbutt's to that gentleman.
The prisoners Chitty and Anderson declined saying
anything in defence, and were remanded until Mon-
day, M'Laren and Connor being discharged.
WORSHIP-STREET.

A respectably-dressed middle-aged man, who gave
the name of William Jameson upon the charge- sheet,
but whose real name was afterwards ascertained to
be Wm. Ashcroft, residing in Albert- square, Com-
mercial-road, was charged with having wantonly and
maliciously thrown a number of large blocks of
granite upon the rails of the Eastern Counties Rail-
way, and endangered the lives of nearly two hundred
passengers by the down-train to Broxbourne.
Immediately upon taking his place in the dock, and
the case being called on, the prisoner, addressing the
magistrate with great coolness and composure, said
—" I admit at once
.having placed the stones upon
the line, and, to avoid giving unnecessary trouoie,
wish to plead guilty to the charge."
The MAGISTRATE, however, told him that the mere
confession of a prisoner charged with such a serious
offence was insufficient, and ordered the evidence to
be proceeded with.
Mr. Charles Johnson, a gentleman residing at
Layton, was then called, and stated that while fishing
in the River Lea, near the Stratford marshes, and
about 200 yards from the railway, between four and
five o'clock on the preceding afternoon, he saw the
prisoner climb over a side gate, and approach a pile of
large granite paving stones, contiguous to the rail,
several of which he deliberately picked up and pitched
over the embankment on to the line. The witness
distinctly heard the roll of them in their descent, and
the prisoner, after thus lodging there a great number,
clambered over the embankment after them, and re-
peatedly stooped down, apparently to arrange them
in some position. After being thus occupied for
about a quarter of an hour, he again got over the
gate, and advanced to the witness, who asked him if
he had been clearing the rails, to which he briefly
answered in the negative and abruptly turned the
conversation upon angling, in which they were en-
gaged, when a London train appeared in sight, and
witness, who suspected something wrong, having
significantly pointed it out to the prisoner, he, with-
out any observation, walked rapidly off in the direc-
tion of the marshes. Witness had not time to give
an alarm, when the train passed over the spot where,
as it afterwards appeared, the obstruction had been
placed, but almost immediately stopped, and the
engine-driver ,had run back and was throwing the
stones off the line, when the witness went up and
pointed out the prisoner as the author of the mischief.
The instant he had done so the prisoner increased his
speed across the marshes, but was pursued by two of
the guards and taken into custody.
Thomas Davidson, the stoker, stated that the train
in question, which was the down train to Broxbourne,
consisting of eight carriages, and containing about
200 passengers, had nearly reached the Lea-bridge
station, at a speed of 20 miles an ,hour, when he ob-
served a number of large stones lying across the line.
He immediately blew off the steam and opened the
whistle, but, although the breaks were instantly ap-
plied with full force, the impetus of the train carried
it violently up to the stones, which were thrown off
by the iron guards, and several of them completely
crushed. As soon as the train could be stopped he
hastened back and picked up 14 or 15 large paving
stones, some of a weight of about 501bs. each, and a
short way in advance found eight more scattered
about upon the up-line. The witness added, that
had not the stones been fortunately perceived in time
and the speed of the engine slackened, the train must
have been suddenly brought to a check, and the most
fearful consequences probably ensued.
Abraham Kilburn, the guard, stated, that after the
train had been stopped the prisoner, who was running
rapidly across the marshes, was pointed out to him by
Mr. Johnson, and pursued by witness and another
guard, who bad nearly reached him when he turned
round, and, advancing towards them, asked what was
the matter ? Witness seized him by the collar, and
having accused him of placing the stones upon the
line, he replied evasively, " You did not see me do
it," and on telling him he must be either very wicked
or drunk to act in such an infamous manner, he de-
nied that he was so. Witness then conveyed shim to
the Lea-bridge station, and on afterwards returning
assisted in picking up no less than 22 large granite
stones from the rails of both lines.
Uriah Fuller, another guard, stated that the pri-
soner remained in his charge until he was conveyed
to the Shoreditch terminus by the six o'clock up-
train, and that he was satisfied he was perfectly sober.
When called upon for his defence, the prisoner said
that he was sauntering along in the neighbourhood of
the line, when he observed on. e or two stones lying
upon the rails, and that having thoughtlessly picked
up some others from an adjoining heap, from which
the first had been taken, he flung them there also,
without reflecting for a moment upon the consequences
likely to result from such a dangerous
act. He was
now, however, perfectly sensible of its impropriety,
and also of the painful position in which he had
foolishly placed himself, and, regretting his conduct
exceedingly, hoped the magistrate would take a leni-
ent view of it, and decide upon a summary adjudi-

cation.
Mr. ARNOLD, however, told him that in a charge
of such a serious description he had no alternative but
to send the case before a jury, and ordered the depo-
sitions of the witnesses to be at once taker, and the
prisoner to be fully committed for trial at the Central
Criminal Court.
The prisoner was much agitated on hearing the de-
cision, which he had not apparently anticipated.

EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—We have heard
the particulars of an extraordinary circumstance that
happened lately in Glasgow, which may almost be de-
nominated a romance in real life. A person in business
died lately who'e life was insured for 30,0001. Imme-
diately after his death this sum was laid claim to by no
less than three families, consisting each of a wife and
children ; and what is singular, the one family seems
not to have been cognizant of the other. Which family
is the legitimate one nobody can at present say, until
further inquiry is made; but it seems that each marriage
was celebrated by clergymen in this city, and the wives
have been maintained in a respectable manner. It
appears that he was in the habit of living for a fortnight
4te time in each house aueces.sively. It is reported that
this
person poisoned hinakeif, and that_ he had bueu en-
gaged in several forgeries.--Railway and Shipping
Journal (Glasgow).

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF
TUESDAY.

WHITEHALL, OCT. 23, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to order a conga
to the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of
Manchester, empowering them to elect a bishop of that
see; and her Majesty has also been pleased to mom
mend to the said Dean and Chapter the Rev. James
Prince Lee, A.M., to be by them elected bishop of thf;
said see.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 26.
The Queen has beau graciously pleased to appoint
Captain the Honourable Robert Gore, R.N., to be her
Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General in the
Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
DOWNING- STREET, OCT. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Edmund
Walker Head, Bart., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the

province of New Brunswick.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Sir
Donald Campbell, Bart., to be Lieutenant. Governor of
Prince Edward Island.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint John
Iles Mantel!, Esq., to be Chief J ustice, and Sidney
Billing, Esq., to be Queen's Advocate and Police Magis-
trate, for her Majesty's settlements in the Gambia.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Walter
Ferrier Hamilton, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Henry
Hughes Onslow, promoted, Oct. 18 ; George James
Campbell, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Robert Gairdner,
promoted, Oct. 19.
PRIZE MONEY. _ _

London, Oct. 26.

Notice is hereby given to the officers and company of
her Majesty's ship Cygnet, Mr. Henry Layton, com-
mander, that the proportions arising from the bounty
money on the tonnage of the slave-ship Rosa, destroyed
September 24, 18-15, in company with her Majesty's
ship Alert, will be paid to those entitled to share, or to
their representatives, on the 4th of November next, at
No. 3, Clifford's Inn ; and the shares not then claimed
will be rtcallzd every Wednesday and Tharsday, for
three months to come, agreeably to Act of Parliamf nt ;
but the shares of such of the officers and crew who would
have shared for the ships Merchant anu Sansone will
be subject to a deduction fur expenses incurred by the
detention of those vessels.
Proportions due to each Class.
s. d. s. d.
Commander 99 8 oi Fourth-class ... 7 13 10
First-class
Second-class ... 23 1 6 Sixth-class
I
Third-class
W. and E. CHARD, Agents.
B ANKRUPTS._ _ _

William Lawrence, grocer, Ealing, Middlesex, to
surrender, Nov. 2, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 10, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee, Coleman-street ; Espin, Bedford row.
Henry Mockett, merchant, New Shoreham, Sussex,
Nov. 8, at one, and Dec. 6, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old
Jewry Chambers; Harbin and Co., Cleinent's Inn;
Mardall, Shoreham.
Richard Shakespeare, tailor, Banbury, Oxfordshire,
Nov. 4, at one, and Dec. 6, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquaud, official assignee, Old
Jewry Chambers, London ; Sharp, Verulam- buildings,
Gray's Inn.
John Laxton, coal merchant, Rickmansworth, Hert-
fordshire, Nov. 6, at one, and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Tucker an'l Co. Threadneedle-street.
George Holditch, John Flinn Holditch, and Edward
Duncan Holditch, cider merchants, Bank-side, South-
wark, Nov. 11, at half-past one, and Dec. 17, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee,
Alderznanbury ' • Wire and Child, St. Swithin's-lane.
Charles Fletcher, watchmaker, Regent stri Nov. 3,
and Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basingball-street; Taylor and
Collison, Great James street, Bedford-row.
Anthony Carter, saddler, Romford, Es ex, Oct. 29, at
half-past eleven, end Dec. 2, at half-past two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street- buildings; Rickards and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Henry Knapp, banker, Abingdon, Berkshire, Nov.
10, at twelve, and Dec. 23, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Neate, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Ormond, Abingdon.
Thomas Martin, licensed victualler, Nicholas square,
Hackney-road, Nov. 4, at half. past one, and Dec
8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Thrupp, Win..
chester-buildings.
Howard Horsley, warehouseman, Liverpool, Nov. 5
and 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Gaze-
Dove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent, Temple,
London; Irlam and Fletcher, Liverpool.
A ndrew Leighton, broker, Nov. 6 and 26,' at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official as-
signee,Liverpool ; Rowland and Co., Threadneedle-street,
London ; Jel ons, Liverpool.
Robert Davies Evans, draper, Wrexham, Denbigh.
shire, Nov. 5 and 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Turner, official assignee; Liverpool ; Phil
pot,
,jun., Montague-street, Russell-square ; Hughes,
Wrexham ; Evans and Sons, Liverpool.
Richard Seholes, grocer, Bury, Lancashire, Nov. 9
and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Clarke, Gray, and
Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; Whitehead,
Bury.
Thomas Dawber, calico printer, Manchester, Nov. 5,
at eleven, and Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Johnson, Son, and \Veatherall, Temple; Higson and
Robinson, Manchester.
Joel Gee, cotton spinner, Dukinfield, Cheshire,
Nov. 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Atkinson,
Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester ; Abbott, Char-
lotte-street, Bedford-square, London.
James Guest, cotton spinner, Manchester, Nov. 6, and
Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-
street, Bedford-square, London ; Messrs. Atkinson,
Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester.
William Smith, cotton manufacturer, Colne, Lan-
cashire, Nov. 9 and Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester;
Atkinson, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-street, Bed•
ford-square, London.
Mary Warburton, hat manufacturer, Bury, Lan-
cashire, Nov. 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Manchester
District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester;
Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields ;
Whitehead, Bury.
John Hooper, market gardener, Honiton, Devonshire,
Nov. 4 and 30, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Laidman, Exeter;
Clowes and Co., Temple, London.
Arthur James, oil merchant, Newcastle upon-Tyne,
Nov. 5, at half-post ten, and Dec. 17, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; B riding and Pope,
Scott's-yard, Bush- lane, London ; Forster, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
Thomas Ridehough and John Ridehough, worsted
spinners, Mytholm Royd, Yorkshire, Nov. 9 and Dec. 7,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee, Leeds; Emmett and Co., Bloomsbury-square,
London; Alexander and Harnmerton, Halifax; Cour.
tenay, Leeds.
John Ross, hosier, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Nov. 5 and
Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Brown, Not-
tingham.
Henry Turner, scrivener, Wolverhampton, Nov. 3
and 27, at one, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Robinson, Wol-
verhampton; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
John Lenton, butcher, Bourn, Lincolnshire, Nov. 5,
and Dec. 3, at eleven, tit the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Lees, Not-
tingham.
Daniel Pearson, engine manufacturer, Tipton, Staf-
fordshire, Nov. 10, and Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir-
mingham ; Bolton, Dudley ; Motteram and Knowles,
Birmingham.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basingball-street.
R. Cogan, Leicester-square, glass merchant, Nov. 20,
at one—W. Jennings, Bungay, Suffolk, maltster, Nov.
20, at half-past one—F. Wakefield and C. G. Wakefield,
Old Broad. street, brokers, Nov. 17, at half-past twelve—
W. Morton, Cannon-street-road, Commercial-road, dra-
per, Nov. 17, at eleven—W. Burrows, Grove-street,
Hampstead•road, builder, Dec. 1, at eleven—L. Briant,
Stamford-hill, coal merchant, Nov. 18, at twelve—J.
Ager, Northampton, boot and shoe manufacturer, Nov.
19, at one—W. S. Brown, sen., and W. S. Brown, jun.,
Broad-street, Ratcliff, sail makers, Nov. 19, at eleven—
C. Vyse, Ludgate-street, straw bonnet maker, Nov. 19,
at half-past two—Mary Elizabeth Bell and J. Bell,
Finch-lane, Cornhill, neWsvenders, Nov. 19, at half•past
one—T. 11. Pinr.3er, Southampton, Cheltenham, and
Gloucester, tailor, Nov. 19, at half past eleven—C.
Houghton, Dudley-grove, Paddington, ironmonger, Nov.
19, at twelve—l. Boyd and R. Harmer, Spital-square,
silk manufacture rs, Nov. 17, at twelve—J. Coney, Hol-
derness- wharf, Harrow-road, mason, Nov. 16, at two—
T. H. May, Little Britain, baker, Nov. 16, at one—W.
Tydeman, Chelmsford, Essex, timber merchant, Nov. 19,
at twelve—R. Hayday, Milk-street, Cheapside, silk
warehouseman, Nov. 19, at eleven.

In the Country.
J. Came, jun., Falmouth, grocer, Nov. 18, at one, at
the Court, Exeter—C. Burrows, East Stonehouse, and
J. Gliddon, Plymouth, Devonshire, beer brewers, Nov.
17, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—W. D. Hay, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, baker, Nov. 22, at half past ten, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—G. Bagnall, New-
castle •upon-Tyne, music-seller, Nov. 18, at half-past ten,
at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—C. Fox, Kingston-
upon- Hull, victualler, Nov. 17, at half-past ten, at the
Court, Kingston•upon-Hull—T. M'Conkey and A.
Howie, Larabe,g, Down, and Lancashire, bleachers, Nov.
23, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—F. Berner, West
Kirby and Birkenhead, Cheshire, tea-dealer, Nov. 23, at
twelve, at the Court, Liverpool.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
R. Gaunt, Ingmanthorpe, Yorkshire, rape dust-mer-
chant, ss. Bd., on Thursday, Oct. 28, or any subsequent
Thursday,. between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Stansfeld, Leeds.
G. Strawbridge, Bristol, mason, 2d., on Wednesday,
Oct. 27, or any subsequent Wednesday, between twelve
and two, at the office of Mr. Acraman,
J. Taylor, Golcar, Yorkshire, commission agent, 2s.
6d., on Wednesday, Nov. 17, or any subsequent Wednes-
day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Free-
man, Leeds.
J. Corbett, Mansfiel I, Nottingham, wool dealer, 155.,
on Friday, n,v_ 19, or any sub.equfmt Friday', between
eleven and two, at the ("thee of Mr. Fii:valitii:Shelligd..
J. Woodhead and J. Woodhead, Bradford, Yorkshire,
worsted stuff manufacturers, 6d., en Weduesatty, Nov.