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No. 16,999. LON DON,

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU-
RANCE SOCIETY.

CALEDONIAN AS.YLUIII.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1815.
For ,•upporting and Educating tho Children of Soldiers, Sailors, and
Marines, Natives of Scotland, who have died or been disabled in
the Service of their Country, and of indigent Scotch parents, re-
sident in London.

OFFICE, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital 500,0001.

Enipowered by Act of Parliament.

The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na-
tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the Letter advance-
ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received
the approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and
officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan
Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them t establish a
Branch Office in connexion with those Societies and the Operative
Classes generally, in which their services might he successfully en-
gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open
communication with the different Societies, with the view of more
effectually dlsseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus-
trious classes, and a plan has been Droposed with that object.

Notice is hereby given that a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT
of the Corporation will be held in the Hall of the Scottish Hospital,
Crane court, Fleet-street, on MONDAY, the 221 of March (instant),
at Two o'Clock precisely, to consider Notice of Motion given at the
General Court, on 3d December last--That all votes recorded by
unsuccessful Candidates at this or any future Election be carried
forward for their benefit at future Elections, so long as they are
eligible to remain on the list of Candidates.
The Chair to be taken at Two o'Clock precisely.
JOHN BURNIE, Secretary.
March 10, 1847.

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BANKRUPTCIES. SUPERSEDED.

Thomas Beti'bow, drapet:, nidloe,, Montgomeryshire.
James Hilton, stockbroker, Victoria-street, Manchester.
BANKRUPTS.
John Thorogood, innkeeper, ,Xldgate High-street, City,
to surrender March 19, at eleven, and April 23, at half-past
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore,
official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; J. T. and H. Baddeleys, Leman-street.
Paul Biddle, tallow-chandler, Judd-street, New-road,
March 19, at two, and April 23, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-
lane, Combat ; J. and T. Davies, Coleman-street.
Robert Saw, grocer, Hammersmith, March 22, at one, and
April 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee, Coleman-street ; Dodds, St. Martin's-lane.
Samuel Ffitch, malster, Writtle Essex March 22, at two,
and April 26, at twelve, at the CO '
Court of Bankruptcy. Tur-
quand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers, City; Walker,
Furnival's Inn.
William Martin, grocer, 'Skinner-street, Somers'-town,
March 32, at half-past one, and April 26, at half-past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee,
Old Jewry-chambers,
City; Walsh and Co., Lincoln's Inn
fields.
Joseph Thomas Townsend, carpet dealer, High-street,
Islington, March 23, at eleven, and April 24, at half-past
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee,
Sambrook-court, Basing,hall-street ; Pain and Hatherley,
Basinghall-street.
Henry Charles Broom, grocer, Lawrence Pountney-hill,
City, March 23, at half-past eleven, and April 24, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder-
manbury ; Van Sandau and Co., King-street; Cheapside.
Edward Abel Taylor, licensed victualler, Tottenhan-court-
road, March 23, at one, and April 23, r‘t eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edwards. • official assignee, Fredericles•place,
Old Jewry; Holmer and Son, Bridge-street, Southwark.
William Little, paper manufacturer, Borough-road, South-
wark, March 24, at one, and April 29, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings ; Hall, Moorgate-streetif
Henry Lovatt aid William Hindo Larkman Curran, mer-
cha-As, Liverpool, March 26 and Aprill.l7. at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, Liverpool ; Norris,
Allen, and Simpson, Bedford-row, London ; Norris, Liverpool.
John Armitage, woollen cloth merchant, Paddock, York-
shire, March 29 and April 16, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. Hope, official assignee ; Sparham, Chancery-
lane, London; Sykes, Milns-bridge, near ludderstield ;
Sykes, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

T. Wilson, C. K. Wilson, and W. Wilson, linendrapers,
Liverpool—a div. of 71/2d. in tlio pound, on Thursday,
March 25, or any subsequent Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Turner, Liverpool. •
. T. Wilson, C. K. Wilson, and W. Wilson, linendrapers,
Liverpool—a first div. of 6s. 6d. in the pound, on Thursday,
March 25, or any subsequent Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Turner, Liverpool.
W. Bradley, flax-spinner, Leeds—first div. of Is. 3d. in the
pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS.

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At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingball-street.
W. Giles, boarding-house keeper, Brighton, April 7, at
wave.

In the Coun,try, (

William Hiller, tailor, Saint 11-dims, Monmouthshire,
April 6, at half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Tilley, wooltendraper, High-street, Southwark, April 7
—W. Cleversley, floor-cloth
manufacturer, Old Kent-road,
A pril 5—A. Russell, saddler, Ashford, Kent, April 14—T.
Clarke, mister, Cheltenham, April h)—W. R. Vaughan,
builder, Bristol. April B—J. Newby, Leicester, April 9—T.
Bailey, printer, Wolverhampton, April B—J. Moorhouse,
cattle dealer, Rotherham
.'Aare
-market,
arter,k. Aentne,
April
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builder, Rotherham', Yorkshire, April 2—J. Varney, grocer,
edel
tCb,°:::illiendie.e.rrisni:askiteigi:!!Pvgae,srsPAa°Fir:i I Turner, grocer, Le% estoff,
Sussex, April 2—J. Nicholls, builder, E gdbaston, Warwick-
shire, April -2—M. Dent, bookseller, York, April 2—J. Pope,
lime burner, Bristol, April 2—W. L. Collins, brewer, Wood-
street, Westminster, April 2.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Taylor and T. Heydon, coach makers, Coventry—J.
While, T. Unsworth, and J. Massey, manufacturers of silk
goods. Loughborough, Leicestershire—H. Smith and M.
Lfoirtteßolt
Yorkshire—J.
onLnc a s
Maxwell, dress makers, Carlton-terrace, North Brixton—J.
Beanland. W. Beanland, and J. Mho:worth, builders, Brad-
andTl.:iNt'i,
a,rdc,obalrasmseforcuhnadnetrss:
Batley, Yorkshire—G. Wicks and T. Turvill, carriers,
Chelmsford—H. G. L. Long and J. Gregory, merchants,
Lancashire—E. it
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and T.
Smith.
Sheffield—C. Norrington, and G. 11. Gifford, corn dealers,
Tavistock—J. and J. Perry, wsolcomb manufacturers,
Leicester—R. Roskell and J. Rocket!, jun.—C. Todd and J.
Foster, brassfounders, Bacup, Lancashire—R. Radcliffe, J.
Hardman, and W. Ainscough, bleachers, Grimesbottom,
Lancashire—T. L. and J. Brown, leather pipe makers,
Whitecross-street—T. Mallinson, W. Mallinson, and J. Mal-
linson, woollen merchants, Huddersfield (so far as regards
J. Mallinson)—C. Gayford, sen., and C. Gayford, jun., wine
merchants. Old Bond-street—J. Watson and P. Jackson,
ribbon warehousemen, Wood-street, Cheapside—C. Pearson
and W. H. Holdich, attorney's, New Sleaford, Lincolnshire
—G. Osborn, sen., and G. Osborrity jun. woolstaplers, New-
port Pagnell, Buckinghamshire—W. ,Hewitt and T. Wall-
worth, manufacturers 9f British gum, Manchester—J. R.
Ashworth, H. Swinscoe, and E. Lees, fustian manufacturers,
Manchester (so far as regards H. Swinscoe)—S. Baker, W.
M. De Charms, and S. W. Braker (so far as regards S. W.
Baker)—S. Baker and W. M. De Charms, general mer-
chants, Fenchurch-street—J. Grayston and G. Erie, stock
brokers, York—E. Alexandre, J. L. Bourdon, and P. G.
Meugens, sugar refiners, Finch-street, Whitehapel (so far as
regards E. Alexandre—E. Jones and W. Wright, market
gardeners, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire—W. Morgan, J. Fry,
F. Fry, and C. Shapland, coal miners, Bristol—T. Herring,
W. Herring, and E. Herring, chemists, Aldersgate-street (so
far as regards E. Herring).
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
James Rodger, grocer Dairy, March 18 and April 12, at
one, at the King's Arms Inn, Ayr.
David Haig, plumber, Dalkeith, March 18 and April 7, at
twelve, at Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh.
Robert Hardy Mitchell, twine manufacturer, Dundee,
March 17 and April 8, at one, at the office of Mr. Hay,
Dundee.
Archibald Fullerton, clothier, Inverness, March 19 and
April 9, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Prophet, Inverness.
William Murray, farmer, Mains of Pi tkeathley, Perthshire,
March 22 and April 14, at two at the Star Hotel, Perth.
James Thompson, woollendrapers, Edinburgh, March 18
and April 15, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Alexander,
Edinburgh.
James Bishop, land surveyor, Tipperlinn, near Edinburgh,
March 19 and April 9, at the chambers of Messrs. Cairns and
Moffatt, Edinburgh.

PRICE F SUGAR.
The average price of BrownO or Muscovado Sugar, computed
rom the returns made in the week ending March 9,
1847, is 325. ?lid. per cwt.

SHERIDAN KNOWLES AND
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HOSPITALITY OF GLASGOW.
And yet can we ourselves forget the welcome that greeted
us, when, poor—almost stark caked in our circumstance—
we entered, as a foreigner—a perfect stranger—a city—the
inhabitants of which share with their countrymen the repu-
tation ,of exclusive clannishness ; with only half a dozen
letters ofrecommendation in our hand. How those letters were
honoured! How those to whom we brought them collected their
pidly ; not transiently, but permanently!
connexions and friends around us I—feasted and fostered us!
How their kindness warmed into attachment, net slowly,,but ra-
ment has cheered and gladdened us for nearly thirty years !
How it manifests, now all the solicitudct and fervour oan
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own brother's love 1 Glasgow I capital* hospitable cities!
we neither drew our breath in you, no spent our youth in
How that attao.l-
- You are neither part nor parcel of our father-land
T of and heart, did
yet base were we, to utter penury of
we not feel as your son ; for never pill (4 our own was
cherished by you more fondly, mo cleavingly than we
were! Wert ? Ay, and are! May your civic motto be
ever fulfilled May you flourish, of Glasgow !—Sheridan
Know'es' New Work of " George Lovell."

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VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE Cow'ANy.--The first
septennial meeting was held on Thursday at the offices of the
company, No. 18, King William-street. The r the
company, ac
taken by Benjamin Hawes, Esq. Mr. Retiay, tuary,
read the report of the directors, which stated that during
the ' past year 188 policies had been issued, cowering
l. 99,064; in-
surancesh to the amount of 117,844/. The receipts f
company during that period were 21,b 01 , Stl t. 17s. 4d.,
o ttli:
expenditure, including claims by h, Sre,
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whi.di left a balance of 12,4421. 12s.trid. tO-Ise carried to the
general fund, which, including the subscrid capital,
amounted to 80,3061. Os. 6d. The total number of policies
issued since the cotweeneement of the company was 1,578.
The income of the company was nearly 22,000/. pet= annum.
The directors recommended a dividend of 21 fide
cent. on
the amount of the paid-up capital, equal to 12s. 6d. per share
to the proptietors and the insured, on Ihe participating scale
—a bonus averaging 23 per cent. on the amount of premium
paid.
THE TIBER —Captain Bingbani;the commander of
the unfortunate steamer Tiber, with ,his -officers and crew,
have arrived at Southampton, from Oporto, in the Madrid
Captain Bingham reports that it was during-the prevalence
of a very thick log the ship struck on a reef of rocks, and
that in less than twenty minutes she tiled amidships, and
became a total wreck. It is known hat. the cook, a little
Spanish boy, and the Spanish General, Lecarte, perished.
Immediately after the disaster was known her Majesty's
ship Bloodhound was dispatched to Englartd with what small
portion of the mail was saved, as well Its letters, papers, and
dispatches to the Peninsular and Oriental ;Company. So
sudden was the break up of the vesselLthat not a bit of the
passengers' luggage, or in fact anythi of consequence, has
been saved. The beach was strewed for three or
four miles with portions of the wreck stores; trunks, &c ;
and these were speedily seized upon bylhe nativea and car-
ried away. Captain Bingham and sonie of the officers and
passengers walked to Oporto after the Wreck, and obtained a
guard for the protection of any property that might be saved,
but previous to their return to the scene of disaster, almost
everything had been plundered by the, thieves .who crowded
round the wreck in great numbers. W!lat little was secured
was sold on the beach previous to Gilitain Bingham's leav-
ing. The Tiber was an iron ship, built by Messrs. Tod and
M`Gragor, in 1846, expressly for the Italian line, She was
a remarkably' fast and very handsonie boat, of 800 tons,
fitted with two engines of 280-hotee porter. She has only
made three voyages to Gibraltar. and in the last was
tine:Ceeded Captain
Russell, com-
mandedby Captain Bingham, who
Russell, now in the Erin.
CAUTION TO YOUTIL—The pr etice of stripping
children of their clothes appears not t Abe confined to mere
infants. We understand that an at mpt was made on
Tuesday evening, about nine o'clock, 0 the son of a re-
spectable citizen, a youth about twelft years of age, by a
man, under the pretext of sending him down an inside com-
mon area-stair, No. 3, East Register-stteet, for the professed
purpose of delivering a letter. The boy refused to go the
errand, as he suspected the intention of the man, from
having read in the newspapers that several children had been
stripped under similar circumstances.—Caledonian Mercury.
A deputation of the Middlesex Magistrates had an inter-
view with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home Office
upon the subject of juvenile crime. The deputation consisted
of Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. Colonel Thomas Wood,
M.P , Mr. Henry Pownall, Mr. John Wilks,i,,Mr. Benjamin
Roach, Mr. James Freshfield, Sir A. Y.
0404 n, Bart., and
Mr. C. H. Cottrell,

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MARCH 13, 1847.

SD.

Wordsworth defended Gray, and Mr. Charnock, with
Mr. llodwell, -appeared for the other prisoner.
In this cash the legal evidence was very slight indeed
against the prisoners. It appeared they had been keep-
ing company together, and the result was the birth of a
child in the month of November last. This child died
on the 11th January following, and the coroner's jury
returned a verdict that it died of convulsions. From
subsequent inquiries that were made, it was thought
proper to apprehend the prisoner Bright, and she then
admitted that she had given the child three or four drops
of soap liniment, which she said she thought would do it
good, and when the body was opened there did not ap-
pear the slightest trace of death being occasioned by poi-
son. With regard to the man, the only evidence against
iiina was, that he had been keeping company with an-
other young woman, and that she refused to heve any.
thing more to do with him after the female prisoner was
delivered of a child by him, and upon this he said, that
he would not mind killing the child any more than a
sparrow if it was not for the law, and some other ex-
pressions of a similar character.
Mr. CHARNOCK suggested that it would be advisable
to call the surgeon as the first witness, and•accordingly,
Mr. Bell, surgeon, of Chelmsford, was examined, and
his evidence tended to show that there was no proof of
the child having died from any other than natural
causes.

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE upon this stopped the case,
and the jury, uncler his Lordship's direction, returned a
verdict of Not Guilty.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT. —Nottingham, March 11.
The commission was opened th►s morning in the
Shire hall, at hall-past ten o'clock, by Mr. Baron Parke
and Mr. Justice Pattewn, their Lordships having been
met at Lady Baybridge, and escorted into the town by
John Vero,....uf Carlton-upon-Trent, Esq., Uigh Sheriff,
and a numerous retinue of attendantii, officers, and
javelin men.

The calendar for the county contains 17 prisoners—
one for shooting with intent to do some grievcius bodily
harm; one for poisoning ; one for stabbing, cutting,
wounding, and maiming; ono for sheep7stealing; one for
killing and slaying; one Tor highway robbery; and the
others for minor offences. .

In the town calendar there are also 17 prisoners—two
for forgery, one highway robbery, and the rest for
larceny.
Among the prisoners in the town is Emmanuel White,
a well-known Chartist, who is charged with forgery.
After Mr. Justice PATTESON had opened the commis-
sion in the Borough Court, he called attention to the
case of White in his charge to the grand jury.
There are nine causes and one special jury case on the
civil side, some of which are said to be of considerable
interest. An indictment is about to be preferred, at the
instance of the Commissioners in Lunacy, against a per-
son of the name of Large, lately a keeper in the Lunatic
Asylum, having been guilty of alleged gross neglect in
leis duty. Some weeks ago a person of the name of
Doubleday was removed to the asylum, after attempting
self-destruction, and committed to the care of Large, with
strict injunctions on no account to leave him, as he was
predisposed to commit suicide. Large undertook the
patient; but instead of remaining with him, he went out
of the room between eleven and twelve at night (the
very first night of Doubleday bring in the asylum), to
get his tea. He remained for a considerable length of
time boiling his kettle, making his tea, &c. On his re-
turn he found the patient had been out of bed, torn up his
shirt, tied it round his neck, and attaching it to the bed-
post, hung himself. Ile was quite dead.
Amongst the causes to be he-ard in the County Court is
one which, if not settled in quick time, may let out some
of the Nottingham election secrets, as it is an action by
Mr. Flower, to recover an election bill agaMst Sir John
Hohhouse.

Their Lordships attended Divine service at St. Peter's
Church, where an admirable sermon was preached by
the Rev. Roger Pocklington, of Wa Sheriffs' chi p.
lain, and immediately afterwards proceeded to the County
Hall, and in both courts tried the prisoners in the town
calendar, Mr. Baron Parke sitting in the Nisi Prins, and
Mr. Justice Patteson in the Crown Court.

NURT HERA G U.l York, March 11.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
Joshua Sharp, aged 39, a woolstapler, was pat on his
trial on a charge of forgery of a conveyance of land.
Mr. Overend (Mr. Hardy with him) stated the ease
for the prosecution, and called
John Harrison, the prosecutor, a man 82 years of
age, who said—flive at Brainley. I know the prisoner.
His wife is my sister's daughter. Her maiden name was
Sarah Haste. I have land (between five awl six acres)
at Bradley Hill. I never conveyed it away. I never
gave any deed respecting it to the prisoner. I cannot
write. I never put my mark to any deed for the pri-
soner. He once wanted me to put my mark to some-
thing, but I wanted some one to see it that understood
it. I did not see what it was. I wouldn't say nothing.
I never put a mark of nooakind nether to that nor nowt
use. I never saw it (the deeds of lease and release,
which were attached together), before last October. I
never had any conversation with the prisoner about dis-
posing of my land at Bradley Hill. I have had it 37
years. I have never disposed of it in favour of the pri-
soner's wife.

Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Wmarrs—lt is
happen (perhaps) tour or five weeks since I. made my
will. Betty truant wor (was) happen there. She is my
brother's daughter. tier husband first told me of this
deed. I have another piece of land of 1 acres, in the
same parish, with four houses upon it;"in one of which I
live. I lent the prisoner 100/, when he married. I never
intended his wife to have that land, or any part of it.
Richard Sugden, formerly a worsted manufacturer,
examined— I was at the rrisoner's :even years ago last
June. My partner, Abraham Marsden, was there too.
George Haley was sent for. When he came the prisoner
asked if we would sign a parchment document (the deeds
of lease and release). It was not opened out. The pri•
soner said, "It's all right.; it purports to be a deed of
gift from my old uncle to his niece " (prisoner's wile), so
I then signed it (both). There was, no other person
present. I also signed this (the memorial). I did not
see the seal on it. I cannot tell whether it was on or
not. After it was signed the prisoner folded it up im-
mediately, and took it up stairs, from whence he had
fetched it. I saw Haley and Marsden sign it. Haley
went away directly when he had signed. As he went
away the prisoner opened a door, and an aged man en-
tered the room in which we were. He was deaf. The
prisoner said to the old man, " It's all right, uncle." He
said that in a loud voice, and then in a lower ho said
to Marsden and me, " This is the uncle that is making
the property to my wife." The witness Harrison is not
that man.

Cross-examined—The old man did not say " Very
well " when the prisoner said " It's all right. The mat-
ter (the signing) was not mentioned to the 'old man.
I and Marsden had gone to the prisoner's about business
It was done in a hurry, and 1 was more occupied with
oar own business than the signing of the deed, and I had
iorkot that I had done such a thing till the present
question was started in October last. The deed was nut
on the table when the old man came in. I never saw
the witness Harrison till October last. I knew at the-
moment he was not the old man who had come into the

room.
By the JUDGE—I have never seen that old man before
or since.
Abraham Marsden corroborated the last witness. I
did not see the mark or seal on either of the deeds
or on the memorial. I did not know the old man that
came in. I have never seen him since. Harrison is not
that man.
George Haley, a schoolmaster, the other attested wit-
ness, corroborated the other witnesses as to the signing,
and added, that the words, " Signed, sealed, and deli-
vered by the said John Harrison," were not there when
they signed the deeds, nor the words, " Lease fur a
year.'
Betty Guant said the prisoner's wife showed her the
deeds in October last. The prisoner was not at home.
She read them over. I gave information to the prase-
cutor, and to the constable. After he had been examined
on this charge, before he was taken from the rosin, the
prisoner said it was a forged deed; it was his father
Haste's doing. He said he would do anything if they
would get Harrison to make it up. He said the tame
several times over.
Cross-exatnined—She expected to have part of the
land.
E. Sharp—The prisoner's wife asked me to take the
deeds to him at York Castle (he was then in the prison
on some other charge). I told him an offer had been
made to induce him to give them up. He declined, and
requested her to retain possession of them till his return
home.
Cross-examined—No part of the attestation WIIS in
the prisoner's handwriting. The seals of the deeds
Were the seals of the late Mr. Lister, who was the pri-
soner's solicitor.
Mr. Baron ROLFE told the jury. that the prisoner was
charged with having forged the deed, which gave the
estates to the priSoner himself for life ; after his death
to the prisoner's wife for life, with remainder to the •
prisoner and his heirs. He said there had been nu
uttering, and the only question, therefore, was, were
they satisfied that the prisoner forged the' deeds. On
this point, was the old man's testimony given in such
a manner that they could place implicit reliance on
it ? He then made some remarks ou the attesting
witnesses having attested the deeds without having, ace
con'ing to their present account, seen it actually exe-
cuted. He said that, on his examination before the
magistrates, Sugden had sworn that the deeds were lying
folded up on the table when the old man came into the
room. He had also sworn that the old man was like
Harrison, but that he was not sure whether it was he
or not. His Lordship also told the jury, that as the
deeds had been prepared, it was highly probable that
the words " signed, sealed," &c., were put on before
they left his office ; but his Lordship did not tell the
jury, nor did Counsel remark on the absence of the
words " being first read over to him," which the at
testation ought to have contained, as Harrison
marksmdn, and would have contained, had the deedswbacs-ena
executed in the presence of; r the attestation drawn by,
a lawyer.
The jury retired, and after being absent some time,
returned into Court, and gave a verdict of Not Guilty.

At Verviers some disturbances took place on the sth,
in consequence of the announcement of the tax on
bread. Although there has been no fresh outbreak,
there is still considerable agitation.

SPANISH AMERICAN BOND-
HOLDERS. -

notary pub!ir, was brought be6le.
the Lord Mayor on suspicion of having stolen a bill of ex-
change for the sum of 291.135. 6d., which had been placed
in a desk in the office of his master.

The prosecutor said that on Tuesday morning, the 9th inst.,
the prisoner and another porter of the house and himself were
in the premises, when one of the clerks, who had the bill in
his care, went upon basiness to Glyn's banking-house,
leaving it behind on the desk. About five o'clock the bill
was mond, and it was foUnd to have been taken to a bank-
ing-house at which it was made payable, and to have been
honoured.

A clerk in the Accountant-General's office in the .Bank of
England produced two cancelled Bank of England notes, the
one for 20', and the other for 51, numbers 5,164 and 39,761,
v. Bich bad been paid into the Bank on the 9th of March.
A cleik in the issue department of the Bank stated that
on the acme day he paid twenty-five sovereigns for the two
notes. He remembered having made the payment, but he
did not know to whom. He fancied that two persons called
with the notes.
Mr. Newton's clerk identified the bill produced as one
which he had placed with others in his drawer, about a quar-
ter before nine o'clock on Tuesday. He went out, leaving
the prisoner, another porter, and another clerk in the office,
having first renewed and entered the Bill for 291. 13s. 6d. in
the book. In the evening of the same day he missed the
bill by checking the bankers' book.
A clerk at Messrs. Jones, ,Lloyd's banking-house, stated
that the bill had been presented on Tuesday morning, at the
counter, for payment, but he did not know by whom, and
paid.

Trew, the officer, said that at half-past three o'clock on
Thursday, he took the prisoner into custody in the bar of a
publichouse, reading a newspaper. Upon being told that he
must go to his master, and being taken hold of he said "Do'nt
collar me, I know all about it.' Witness told him he was
charged with having stolen 29/. from his master, and he then
said he knew nothing at all about. it. Upon being taken into
the presence of his master, who told him in witness's pre-
sence, that his handwriting could be sworn to, he said
" If that's the case, it's little use for me to say anything."
Upon being asked where he had slept the night before, he
said at the Saracen's Head, but he refused to tell where he
had slept on the night of the day on which the bill had been
stolen. No more money was found in his possession, than
7s. 6d.
The prisoner, who hung down his head during the exami-
nation, was remanded till Wednesday. -

We have received copies of additional correspondence
between Colonel Yturreguy, the Peruvian Minister in London,
and the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders. Under
date 15th of February, the Chairman of the Committee ad-
dressed Colonel Yturreguy, to know if be was prepared, on
behalf of his Government, to make the long-promised com-
munication regarding an adjustment of the Peruvian debt.
In reply, Colonel Yturreguy, under date 18th of February,
stated that he had received a communication from the Peru-
vian I,linister for Foreign Affairs, recommending that the
committee should send an agent to Lima to conclude such
arrangement as might be found practicable, and desiring him,
if the committee objected thereto, to acquaint the Peruvian
Government, "in order that it might adopt the necessary
measures"—a point of information which he, the Colonel,
had already transmitted (under date 16th of January), in
consequence of an intimation he had previously received from
the committee; that it was not practicable for them to take
'the proposed course. Under these circumstances, the Chair.
man addressed to Colonel Yturreguy the following further
communication :

" 13, Austin-friars, Feb. 26, 1847.
" Sir,—On behalf of the Committee of Spanish American
Bondholders, I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of
your Excellency's letter of the 18th inst.

" The committee regret extremely the unsatisfactory
nature of the. communication. They are under the necessity
in consequence of taking the liberty to point out to your
Excellency the position of the foreign debt of Peru in this
country. _ _

" Upwards of twenty years have now elapsed since any
dividend has been paid to the bondholders. On the 13th of
"May, 1842, the Peruvian Consul in London transmitted to
the committee a copy of the decree of the Government of
Peru, dated at Lima, 15th of January, of that year, of which
the following is a translation :
Mere follows the decree to the effect that the Peruvian
Republic would cause to be deposited in the Bank efEngland
one-half of the net proceeds arising to the republic from the
sale of guano in Europe to form a fund towards the liquida-
tion of the foreign debt, and that pending this accumula-
tion the Government would send a commissioner to the bond-
holders in London to arrange the mode of payment of their
entire claims.]
"In a further communication from the same Consul,
dated May 21, 1842, he stated, in answer, to an inquiry from
the committee, that the amount to be derived from the guano
contract fcr the purposes of the dividend would altogether
depend upon the successful introduction and value of this
article cf manure amongst agriculturists in Great Britain and
other countries.

" On the 10th of November, 1843, in reply to an inquiry
from this :committee as to whether any fuuds had been
deposited in the Bank of England, and whether any steps
had been taken to carry into effect the other part of the
decree of the 15th of January, 1842, the Consul wrote as
follows :

" In reply to your letter of the 6th instant, I beg to in-
form you that no funds have been deposited in the Bank of
England according to the first article of a decree of the Peru-
vian Government, dated the 15th of January, 1842; neither
has any sum whatever come into my hands for that or any
other purpose on account of the Government. lam also un-
informed of any steps having yet been taken in compliance
with the second article of the said decree, towards arranging
the settlement of the whole debt.

' I regret to say that Peru has again been afflicted since
the date of that decree with a succession of revolutionary
movements and domestic conflicts, which have been attended
by various changes of Government and measures, and I re-
main, in fact, without communications from the Minister or
authorities relative to the loan of later date than the decree
referred to, or any other subject even of a more recent period
than the 29th of July, 1842.'
" Matters remained in this state until the arrival of your
Excellency in this country. The committee were in the
meantime continually expecting that as soon at the' political
condition of Peru should become more settled a representa-
tive of the Peruvian Republic would be dispatched to this
country. In the month of July last, I bad the honour, in
company with some other members of the committee, of an
interview with your Excellency, the result of which inter-
view was that your Excellency undertook to communicate
with the Peruvian Government in such a manner as you
trusted would lead to a satisfactory arrangement of the fo-
reign debt.

4-Seven months have now elapsed since the date of that in-
terview, and the only information which the committee now
receive from your Excellency is an invitation from the Go-
vernment of Peru to send an agent to Lima to arrange
with the Government the adjustment of this debt. In the
meanwhile the bondholders have seen that the article of
guano, upon the suscessful consumption of which in this
country the immediate means of the Government to meet
the charge of its foreign debt were stated mainly to depend,
has found complete acceptance in this country, and has been
introduced into general consumption at a remunerating price.
" Permit me, sir, on behalf of the committee and the
long-auffering bondholders, respectfully to place before yon
the following considerations :

" 1. That the Government of Pern borrowed this money
in London; that the interest thereon is payable in London;
and that, consequently, it is in this city alone that any pro-
positions should be made for adjusting the liquidation of
that debt.

"2. That the Committee have no authority from the
bondholders at large to dispatch an agent to Peru, nor any
funds wherewith to bear the expenses of such a mission.
"3. That no individual, or body of men, has the power to
compromise the rights of the bondholders. It is the duty
of the committee, as representing their interests, to confer
with any representative of Peru on suitable terms of adjust-
ment, and to bring such terms to the consideration of the
bondholders; but the ultimate decision thereon must rest
with the bondholders themselves.

"4. That the Republic of Peru is bound not only by every
obligation of public honour, good faith, and integrity to
proceed without delay to the adjustment of its foreign debt,
but by the special promise to do so contained in its decree of
the 15th of January, 1842.

"5. That the produce of the article of guano notoriously
furnishes the Government with ample means for doing so.
" I need add nothing to enforce the weight of theses on-
siderations. Your Excellency must see that there is no
ground of equity or justice on which the adjustment of this
matter can any longer be postponed, and that the Govern-
ment of Peru, after having five years since engaged to send
a commissioner to London to effect this arrangement, should
now, when it has its official representative in this capital,
invite the bondholders to send an agent to Lima to effect
the adjustment there, is a course of proceeding which could
not have been looked for at its hands.—l have, &c.,
" G. IL ROBINSON,
" Chairman of the Spanish American Bondholders.
" To Colonel Yturreguy, &c."

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