The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-10 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, APRIL 8.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE. )
OFFICIAL. ASSIGNEES —The disappearance of Mr. Ab-
bott c,ntinues to keep alive (if possible) a greater degree
of excitement in all the Courts here than obtained upon its
first announcement to the public. It was well understood,
for some days past, that all the other official assignees were
preparing a memorial to the Lord Chancellor, praying his
Lordship to institute the most stringent inquiry into the
state of the whole of their cash balances, from the period
of their respective appointments to the present hour—a
proceeding which is equally creditable to their judgment
and their sense of honesty and honour. It had been ru-
moured that Mr. Abbott had not given the securities re-
quired by the Act of Parliament upon his appointment,
and that, two or three years before it took place, he had
been in insolvent circumstances; but, upon inquiry at the
(Trice of the Chief Registrar, we found that the former part
of the rumour was untrue.

In the course of this morning a communication WAS re-
ceived, by the different official assignees, from the Lord
Chancellor, requiring them to furnlsh an account of the
names of their respective sec arities, their calling, and place
of abode. A meeting of M. Abbott's creditors has bee❑
convened for an early day.
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCUIT—GLoucEsTER, APRIL 8.
CROWN COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice CoLERIDOE.)
TRIAL FOR MURDER.—Cliarles Budge, i:ged 18, was
indicted far the wilful murder of Martha Shedden, at Ho;-
field, near Bristol, on the 25th of January last, by inflict-
ing divers, wounds upon her head with a hammer, or some
sharp instrument.
The prisoner, who has a very youthful appearance,
pleaded Not Guilty in a very firm voice.
Mr. GREArES opened the case for the prosecution. The
unf)rtunate deceased was 67 years of age, and resided with
her husband and her mother, who is 97 years old, and is
deaf, blind, and bedridden. The prisoner h6d been em-
ployed by Mr. and Ars. Shedden, and on the morning of
the murder was met by that gentleman, who was proceed-
ing to Bristol, going in the direction of Horfield. They
had a little conversation, and then went their respective
ways. On the return of Mr Shedden and one of his sorts
from 13iis;o1, /snout seven 'in he evening, they
knocked at the duo , but to one answered them,
and they, after waiting a few minutes, entered
by the back door, which was open, and found the house
in darknesss, and stumbled over some thing which, on pro.
cuing a light, was Nand to be the bady of the murdered
woman lying in a pool or. blood, with eleven wounds o!
h,.•r head, one of which was an incis, d wound an inch aid
a half in length. It was the opinion of toe medical man
t:-.at they hail been tnflicted with a hammer. The pockets
of the deceased were taken away, containing a purse and
ss. Some drawers up stairs were also broken open, and
some silver spoons, knives and forks, and other articles,
were stolen. The prisoner was seen at the hots e dining
the day, and was well acquainted with the premises. lie
was taken into custody the same night, and cominiqed on
the Coroner's warrant on the 27tti, two days after the
murder, the Jury having returned a verdict oh wilful mur-
der against him.
A number of witnesses we, e called to prove thcse state-
ments.

The particulars of the murder have already appeared in
Pie Sun, and it ig needless, therefore, to give tile evi-
dence at length. The following are the deposition?., of the
constable who arrested the prisoner, and the chemist who
examined his dress, which was stained with spots like
blood :

Henry Lewis—l apprehended the prisoner at a house in
Alfrod-court, Bristol, about half-past ten o'clock, on the
night of the 25th of January. He was in bed, and h s
mother, Mr. Butt, Mr. Baldwin, and Mr. Smith went up
stairs with me. His mother said, " Charles, here is a po-
liceman after you, what have you done ?" I told her to
g) up stairs, and she went. I said, " I wanted hirr."
He asked what for? I told him it did not matter the.l.
He got up, put on his clothes, and said he was innocent,
and would go anywhere. His mother a,ked what was thc
matter ? I said, an old lady had been murde.ed at Hor-
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field, and her son was suspected. Sue said, " Good God 1
Ch,trles, if you are guilty I hope you will suffer, ~.nd if you
are innocent I hope you wont." He said, if he was guilty he
wished he might break his neck down stairs. His mother asked
the lady's name several times, and the priioner said, •6 Why,
Nit.; Shedden, to be sure ; do you think I should murder my
mistress ?" I am positive Mri. Shedden's name was not
imintloned by no, nor by any one else previous to the phi_
saner. I searched him, and found a pun° and two dupb-
Cht,!F. I handcuffed him, and hi 4 mother fainted away. I
took him to Horfield. He trembled and shook. It. said
he had been having some beer at Mrs. Knight's, and, get-
ting out of the warm bed he was cold. He said he had

been doing something to a gun at Mrs. Knight's, and had
been to Horfield, helping Mrs. Shedden t.) beat some
carpets, but he left at ten minutes past twelve. There
were some marks of blood on the trousers, and a spot of
blood on his boots. Have had the clothes in my posses.
sion ever since. (The clothes were produced.)
Cross-examined—lt was nearly eleven o'clock. The
prisoner's brother was in bed. There were some policemen
outside the door, one of whom came in when the prisoner's
mother fainted away. Do not remember seeing a man
named Kinnaird. There were two of the Bristol Police
there. I do not recollect any other conversation than
what I have related, except that Mrs. Shedden had told
him to come again on the morrow. Am positive no one
told the prisoner it was Mrs. Shedden.
William Herapatb, chemist, and Magistrate of Bristol,
was called by Mr. Greavea and sworn.—l saw the
trousers at the inquest. I have made experiments on two
spots I found on the; trousers. I produce them. One of
them I found to be blood, and ti,e other bLekh,pm. I
cut them out. There are experiments by which I can
aETerrain that tile spot is blood. There was a s'ot of
blood on the boots. I ex.mined the jacket on which
was a spot of blood inside the sh eve. The lining appears to
1),..ve been torn out. There is blood on the lett sleeve of the
The sort of mark on the .sle.,!ve is just such a one
ai would have been made by a bloody arm eing put into
it, and the iining turn out, the r1,,0d having pew,tiatrd
through. I ex:anined the b,Aly ; the ounds
on
the bead
appeared to have been i.,fl.ctod n ith a cutting instrument,
and to have been given with great force. Some of the
wounds were two or three inches thep.
Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDlttt—Cannot sac after
a certain time what age blood is, bow long it has been lost,
especially when it is dry and coagulated. I saw tk,.e pti.
soner's things on the 27th, but n:erely inspected them.
C,n't soy when the marks of blood were made.
On the case for the prosecution being closed, Mr.
MACLEAN. on the part of the prisoner, asked the Jury if
they wished to hear him. After a few minutes' consult'.
Lion the Jury desired him to proceed. The Learned
Counsel commencA hi; address.

The JUDGE toll the Jury tfutt it was not whether thi
should let a guilty man escape—the question was whet,t r
cf:iemyehaag,
d.tihnestrhight man—whether the evidence brought tCe

The Fireman—lf we have a doubt, my Lord, I believe
we must give the prisoner the benefit of it,
The JUDGE—Cert3ialy; you are hound in law to do so.

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After consulting some time the Jury wished t.) retire,
when his Lordship told the:n that if they convicted the
prisoner there was no alternative, but he must be executed;
and the question was whether they were prepared, upon
the evidence a lduced, to send him to the gallows. The
Learned Judge then proceeded to comment on the parts
of the evidence touching the prisoner, and said it the evi-
dence of Sowerby was to be taken and balieved the case
for the prwecution was at an end, and her evidence acquit,
the prisoner; but Mr. Shedden appears to throw some
doubt on her testimony. The son, again, centre-
diets the father with respect to the footsteps. It
was not for him to dictate to them which was right,
but there was a contradiction, and therefore a doubt. The
Learned Judge concluded as follows :—Are you satisfied
that you can convict? It is not as a question of favour to
the prisoner, because you must deal out justice, but if you
were sitting in ray place would you be satisfied upon thi,
evidence to send the prisoner out of the world ?
The Jury immediately returned a verdict of Not guilty.
Mr. MACLEAN said that if the case had gone on he
could satisfactorily have proved an alibi.
The vial terminated at half-past four.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT—Nanwrcli, APRIL 7.
( Before Mr. Justice BOSANQUET.
William Greenacre was indicted for feloniously robbing
William Bessey on the Queen's highway, and taking from
him property to the amount of 1401.
It appeared, in evidence, that the prosecutor, who was
a merchant, at Pepps, in Norfjlk, had been to Yarmouth
market, and left it, with 1401. in his picket, to travel home
in his gig. Upon arriving at Collier's-hill, about three
miles from Yarmouth, he received a violent blow on his
head from behind, and before he could recover from its
effects, he found that a man was pulling him over the back
of the gig. Another man, whom he sw. re was Vie pr-
sotier Greenacre, ran to the horse's head, stopped him,
jur,►ped into the gig, and plundered him of all the money
which he had, with the exception of 6d.
The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fif-
teen years.

CHESTER ASSIZES, APRIL 6.
( Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
POISONING CASE AT STOCKPORT---thl his Lordship
taking his seat this morning at nine o'clock, the Attorney-
General applied to the Court to traverse toe trial of the
four Sandys (charged with the wilful murder, by poison,
of the three children) until the next Assizes, on the ground
Tina the tender yeara of one of the principal v itnessos fur
tile prosecution, Robert Sandys, brother of tiie deceased,
had prevented him being examined. before the Grand Jury.
lln was only six years old, had heel examined un the
Coroner's inquest, and was a material evidence.
Ills Lordship looked over the depositions, and found
that the boy's testimony was most essential for the ends of
justice, and directed alit the application he made in the
form of an affidavit.
Mr.
r. Coppock, the Town Clerk of Stockport, accord-

ingly prepared a strong affidavit, showing the importance
of yoUng Sandys' examination, and, although the prisoner's
Counsel opposed the application, it was agreed to, and the
trial now stands over till the next Assizes. Upwards of
forty witnesses are concerned in this diabolical case.

NORTHERN CIRC T.—Lx reßrooL, APRIL 7.
(Before Mr. Justice MAULE. )
MURDER AT ASHTON.
Joseph Holland was indicted for the wilful murder of
Thomas Garland, on the Oppenshaw-road, between Ashton
and Manchester, on the 31st of October last, by striking
him with a piece of iron called a pricker.
This was another of those shocking outrages arising out
of tie combination imong the sawyers at Ashton.
It appeered that the deceased, together eith two person,s
of the name of Keogh and a person named Harney, had, in
defiance of the.orders of the society at Ashton, come from
Manchester to. take work from the master-sawyers, who
wt re under the bar, of the " strike." The deceased was
working with a Mr. Goldeborough, and on the day in
question two delegates from Manchester called on him
and other " knohsfieks," as they were denominated, and
endeavoured to induce them to give up wok, and return
to Manchester. These delegates, who were witnesses at
the trial, did not, by their own account, belong to the
union, but had been induced by the payment of a small
sum of money to come from Manchester, and undertake
this task on the behalf of the " turnouts" at Ashton. Their
expostulation with thrieleceased and others was unavailing,
it appearing that theeeoor, fellows had been out of work at
Manchester, and had been obliged by necessity to seek
for work where they could. It appeared that. though
they lodged in Ashton during the week, they every'Sa-
turday returned to their residences in Manchester. On
the day in question the 4elegates, in bringing the result
of their mission to the Ashton, sawyers, heard threats of
the most serious kind made use of by the prisoner and
others, especially a person of the name of Grimes, and
one of the name of Roberts, neither of whom is in custoey,
and were warned riot to take the same road to Manchester
as that which would be taken by the deceased and his
companions. In the evening the dsceaiede with the
three Keoghs and Harney, set out for Manchester.
They bad proceeded but a mile and a quarter when
they were set upon by 14 or 15 men, armed with bludgeons
and weapons of various kinds, with which they were most
mercilessly beaten. The assailants then ran off in the
direction of Ashton. Harney had made his escape after
getting a few blows in the beginning of the affray, and on
returning found James Keogh seriously injured, two of his
ribs being broken, and Garland with the bones of his
nose crushed, several severe wounds on the head, and one
of his fingers broken, hanging from his hand. He said he
was killed. He was unable to walk, and was carried to
the infirmary. The surgeon dressed his wounds, and
wished to amputate the finger. This, however, he stre-
nuously resisted, and after having such remeoies applied as
the state of the wound would permit, he went home. He
returned several times to the Hospital, and had the finger
dressed. There was, in the surgeon's opinion, no hope of
saving the finger, and he was warned that the wound might
prove a dangerous one unless amputation were resorted to.
He still continued obstinate. On the 15th of Novem.
bee be was admitted an in-patient at the hospital. The
wounded finger was then gangrenous, and symptoms of
lockjaw had made their appearance. The shattered por-
tion of the finger was amputated, and every means were
used to save his life, but he died a few days after his ad-
miesien. The prisoner Holland, together with Grimes
and Roberts, were sworn to positively, as having been of
the party who were engaged in the attack. Holland was
seen to strike the deceased several times with some heavy
weapon, and after the scuffle there were found on the spot
two instruments, called prickers, made of iron, of about
the thickness of one's finger, about two feet and a half long,
and pointed at both ends. The prisoner had abscondee.
On the 26th of January he was met by one of the wit-
nesses. near Denton, about five o'clock in the morning.
He asked how he was to get through Denton wills ,ut
the police seeing him, as he was afraid of being taken up
for the Oppenshaw-road job. He was finally appreeended
in Dublin.
Mr. WILKINS addressed the Jury for the prisoner.
His LORDSHIP having summed up, and pointed out the
law as to illegal and violent attacks of this kind, tesuitieg,
however Ind itentionally, in the deatii of the party at-
tacked, the Jury, after a few minutes:' consuiteien, with-
our leaving the hex, pronounced a verdict of Guilty.
His Isordsl ip then proceeded to pass sentence of death
upon the prisoner. There was nothing in the case to
enable him to hold out the slightest hope of mercy, and
he entreated the prisoner to prepare for the awful fate
which awaited him.
The prisoner heard his sentence unmoved, and retired
with aeperent unconcern from the dock.
John WrVianis, who was yesterday acquitted of the
charge ef murder, Samuel Hardwicke, Henry Hardwicke,
and a number of others, were placid at the bar charged
with a conspiracy and assault at Ashton, ariaiug also out
of the " Union at that town.
The prisoners expressed a wish severally to withdraw
their plea of hot guilty, and plead guilty.
Dr. BROWN, Mr. MURPHY, and Mr. Wiektres for the
several prisoners, said they were instructed on the part of
those who had now pleaded guilty, to state that they felt
the deepest contrition for the offence into which they had
been betrayed, and that they were determined for the fu.
ture to avoid ail connection with the Union, or any com-
bination of the kind.
Mr. Serjeant ATCHERLEY, Attorney-General for the
county Palatine, said he hoped the Court would not think
he was abandoning his duty as prosecuting for the Crown,
if he expressed his willingness that all, except Williams,
should be diicharg“l, on giving proper security to appear
and receive judgment if called on. Oa Williams he prayed
the judgment of the Court.
It was then directed that the prisoners should be dis..
charged on entering into their own recognizences of 100/.
pith two sureties of 25/. each, to appear and receive judg-
ment if called on, and in the meantime to keep the peace.
Williams was then placed at the bar, when the Judge
sentenced him to be imiiihoned and kept to hard labour
for eighteen cilendar months, and at the expiration of the
time, to eater into recognisances in 2001., with two sure-
ties in 501. or four in 25/. to keep the peace for two years,

WESTERN CIRCUIT—TAuNrox, APRIL 6.
Richard Roynon was indicted Ix maliciously cutting
and wounding Elizabeth Veal with in►ent to murder her.
Eizabeth Veal—l live at Sutton Wick, and am 19 years
of age. On Monday, the 12th of October, about five
o'clock, I was in the turnpike-road leading from West
Harptree to Chewstoke. The prisoner met me. I asked
him if he had seen a cow, and he said, " No." He asked
whose it was, I said, " Robert Veal's." He said,
" Whereof?" I said, "Of Sutton Wick." I went on my
way. When I had gone about 50 or 60 yards the prisoner
came running up to me. I turned round. He did not
speak, but pushed me down, and kept me two or three mi.
notes. I struggled and got away. I screamed " ,Murder"
thiec er four times. He took no liberty with me. I
got up and ran across the road towards Pickford_lane.
I got as far as the corner of the lane when he came
up and pushed me down again. He knelt o❑ my chest. I
said, " Don't kill me." He then pushed something into
my mouth, so that I could not cry out. He remaine I
kneeling on me three our four minutes; he then jumped
up, picked up his umbrella, and ma up the lane. I got
up an i found I was bleeding about my neck. I then
torrid my throat had been cut. I went towards the
Bowl, and met Mr. Co:lins, the surgeon, and he and the
laadlord helped me into the inn. I then beimme insensi-
ble. He hal a high-crowned hat and a blue coat. I bad
not known the prisoner before. I have no doubt of his
being the man.

Cross-examined—_l had bee i walking two miles and a
half before this happened. The prisoner was en entire
st anger to me. I did cot find the cut in my throat tiil I
got up.

Itibert Co am a surgeon. I met Elizabeth
Veal that evening. Sac called my attention to her
throat. I turned round and saw a quantity of blood, and
the girl staggering. I got off my horse in time to save
her from falling. When we got to the inn she was in a
fainting state. I examined her throat, and found a wound
three inches long, and half an inch deep, on the right side
of ihe throe.: the carotid emery was exoesed: She had
on two handkerchiefs, which saved her life. Her life was
in clanger. Upon hearing the prisoner speak in another
part of the house, she said " That's the voice of the roan.'
When she saw him she said " That's the man who cut my
throat." The prisoner made no reply. I then took him
close to her, and she again said that wan the man. Ttis
was on toe Wednesday. She saw him again on the Fi
day. She then swore before the Magistrate that he was
the man. The prisoner upon this almost fainted away.
Richard Weston—ln consequence of information I ap.
prehended the prisoner on Tuesday. Upon examining
the clothes I found some spots of blood on the fr,,nt of the
blue coat and on the leggings. On his shirt there was a
spot of blood ; there was blood on tht inside of the breeches
pocket. There was a small spot of blood on the umbrella.
His hand had been cut.

Mr. Collins recalled—The prisoner's thumb was cut so
as to produce blood. I asked him when it was done, and
he said some weeks ago. I took off the rag, and found it
hsd been done not longer ago than three days. I told him
I thought it had been done in drawing the knife across
her throat, and he made me no answer.

Mary Ann Pople—On returning from milking on the
Monday afee'rnoon I saw the prisoner in the road. I after-
wards saw him at the Blue Bowl, and said I bad met him,
and he said," Yes, and that he had wished me good night."
I had met hint about half a mile from the Blue Boal.
Mr. Justice EastuNts then summed up the case, and
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with intent to
murder.
The Learned JUDGE then told the prisoner that as, by
the providence of God, Veal's life had been spared, be did
not feel that he should desert bis duty to the public, under
the feeling which at present agitated the public- mind, if
he forbore to pass upon him that sentence which would
doom him to an early and ignominious death. But though
he recorded the judgment, and his life would be spared, it
could only Le upon condition of his being transported for
and he would have to pass the remainder of his days
in a state of degrading slavery and hard toil in a foreign
land.

Judgment cf death IT a ; then recorded against thz pri.
soner.

1 Gall is v. ry plulosaphical and eloquent in over-
throwing the doe rinse of exec:llene:, of touch being the source
of superiority of in: el icet, a.,d of this sense especially rectify-
hars, and gVing us a better knowledge of the external
Those who h Ave not read both his large and octavo
work may not he awa-e for what absurdities he had to op-
pose Buffon, Condiliac, Cuvier, Herder, Richeratd, Vicq
d'Azyr, blind followers of Anaxagoras and Galen As phi-
losophers have ascribed the superiority of man's intellect to
his hand, anti of the elephant to its trunk, the constructive-
ness of the beaver to its tail, and the ferocity of the tiger
to its teeel and claws, the poor man may be excused who
was lately executed at Che!nisford, and left the following
dire:-tuns .—" I Edward Clarke. now in a few hours ea-
Peetiag to d.e, do sircereiy wish, as my last request, that
three of my fingers be given to my three children, as a
wari.ilg to them as my fingers were the cause of bringing
myself to the gal;ovvs and my children to poverty." The
request was .complied with by the surgeon,Llliotson's
Human Physiolovy.

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FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, APRIL 6, 1841.
The Queen has-heen-pleascii to appoint his 11751 Highnocs
Prince Albert, Rang! r of the Great Park at Windsor.
4 , "

WHITEHALL, APRIL 7.
The Queen has--been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great. Seta of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, appointing, Admiral the Honourable Sir
Robert Stopfnrd, G. C. 13.; WI-re Master of her Majesty's Hos-
pital at Greenwich, in the county of Kent? in the room of Ad-
miral the Honourable Charles Elphinstone Fleming, deceased.

WHITEHALL, APRIL 2, 1841.
The Lord Chancellor has appirited Joan Turner Rawlinson,
of Horsham, in the County of Sussex, Gent., and Edward
Dakin Stanton, of Chorley, in the county of Lancaster, Gent.,
to be Masters Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

WAR-OFFICE, A 1" 1 L 9.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Capt. G. B.
Mathew, from half-pay Unattached, to he Lieutenant and
Captain, vice C. H. Nicholson, who exchanges ; Lieu'. R. H.
Glynn to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, v;t•e Ma-
thew, who retires ; C. L. B. Maitland, Gent. to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Glynn, April 9.
4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign G. L. Thomson, from the
27th root, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Curtayne,
promoted in the 82d Foot, April 9.
18th Foot—Lieutenant J. P. Mitford to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Moore, who retires upon full-pay, April 9.
:34th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. E. Currey, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgen, vice Gordon, deceased, April 9.
56th Foot—Captain H. W. Paget, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice A. D. Cuddy, who exchanges, re-
ceiving the difference; Assistant-Surgeon M. Ryan, M.D.,
from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice M. Neill, who retires upon
half-pay, April 9.
59th Foot—Lieut. J. Mockler, to 'be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Manners, who retires upon full-pay ; Ensign J. 11.
Ciay to be Lieutenant, vice Mockler, April 9.
62d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon 8, M• Vittie Lloyd, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice M'Caskill, deceased,
April 9.

92d Foot—H. De Quincey, :Cent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Paters3n, who retires, April 9.
HOSPITAL STAFF. —To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces
—J. Rutledge, M. D., vice Ryan, promoted in the 56th Foot ;
W. K. Si,vettenham, 51. D., vice Currey, appointed to the 34th
Foot : W. Arden, Gene., vice Lloyd, appointed to the 63d
Foot, April 9.

The following places have be en duly registered for solemnize
ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of 6th and 7th Wil-
liam IV., chap. 85:—
Independent Chapel; Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire.
Gibson-street Chapel, All Saints, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Brunswick-place Chapel, St. Andrew's, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.
Groat-market Church, St. John's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Independent Chapel, Pickering, Yorkshire.
Spetchley Chapel, Spetehley, Worcestershire. •

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

JOHN TOLLITT, bookseller, Liverpool.
FRANCIS SPINK, miller, Bridlington, Yorkshire.
BANKRUPTS.

MARY ANNA CROSS and ELIZABETH CROSS,
' spirit-merchants, Kingston-upon-Hull, to surrender April 24,
at one, end May 21, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-
upon-Hull. Arnold and Burn, Clement's-lane, Lombard-
street, London; Hill, Kingston-upon-Hull.
JOSEPH ANKRETT, grocer, Walsall, Staffordshire,
April 27, at twelve, and May 21, at eleven, at the Swan Inn,
Wolverhampton. Dove, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
London ; Barnett, Walsall ; Suckling, Birmingham.
HENRY SAMUEL, tobacconist, Leadenhall-street, Lon-
don, April 21, at two, and May 21, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ;
Berry, Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross.
JOHN EDWARD NEW and FREDERICK NEW,
stationers, Aldg,ate, London, April 24, at half•past one, and
May 21, at twelve, at the Coui t of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official Assignee ; Clark and
Cooper, Sessions-house, Old Bailey.
JOSEPH MORRIS, victualler, Birmingham, April 16,
and May 21. at eleven, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham.
Sheppard, Thomas, Lepard, and Williams, Cloak-lane, London.
' THOMAS GARLICK, carpenter, Greenwich, April 16, at
two, and May 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Suter and Bristow,
Greenwich.

GEORGE BRADSH IW, draper, Welshpool, Montgomery,
April 21, and May 21, at eleven, at the tioyal Oak Hotel,
Welshpool ; Abbott and Arney, Bedford-square, London ;
Bennetts, Manchester.

JEREMIAH WHITFIELD, carpet and floor-cloth ware-
houseman, Bi,hopsgate-street Without, April 23, at one, and
May 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, .Basinghall-
street. Turquand, Copthall-building;, Official Assignee; Sole,
Aldermanbury.
CHARLES LUNDY, straw-hat manufacturer, Kingston-
upon-Hill, April 23 and May 21, at one, at the George Inn,
Kingston-upon-Hull. Field, Finchley-common, Middlesex;
Tenney and Sidebottom, Hull,
EDMUND SEDDON, cotton-spinner, Bury, Lancashire,
April 27 and May 21, at eleven, at the Commissioners' 11,orns,
Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle-
temple, London ; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Manchester.
SAMUEL SMITH, engraver, Manchester, April 24, and
May 21, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester.
Fox and Meek, Basinghall-street, London; Hitchcock, Man-
chester.

FRANCES ROBERTS and CAROLINE ROWE, mil-
liners, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London, April 24, at
two, and May 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, the official assignee;
Donne, New Broad-street.
THOMAS HOWELL, builder, Brighton, April 22 and
May 21, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Brighton. Faithfull,
Brighton ; Faithfull, King's-road, Bedford-row, London.

• DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of I3ankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
H. Lee, saddler, Down-street, Piccadilly, April 30, at twelve
—W. Strange, wine merchant, Abingdon, Berkshire, April 30,
at half-past twelve—A Cock and M. J. Wellard, sugar re-
finers, Union-street, Shadwell, April 30, at half-past one—.J.
Holliday, mast maker, Wapping, May 3, at two—S. Stuart
milliner, Pall-mall, May 6, at twelve-T. Ashton, bill broker,
Berger-street, Oxford -street, May 6,. at one—C. Hall, up-,
bolsterer, Piecadlly, May 6, at eleven—C. Lacy, butcher,
Hackney, May 6, at twelve—A. G. ,W, Biddulph, J. Wright,
H. Robinson, and E. W. Jerningham, bankers, Henrietta-
street, Covent-garden, May 4, at eleven.

In the Country.
M. Reynolds and J. M. Knight, ironmongers, Rugby, War-
wickshire, May 5, at two, at the Craven Arms Hotel, Coventry
—Robert Bradbury, grocer, Dudley, Worcestershire, May 4,
at two, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—E. Haliley, cloth
merchant, Leeds, May 7, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Leeds—J. A. Lee, E. Holt, T. Bell, and W. Hook-
less, iron:mongers, Liverpool, May 4, at one, at the Claren-
don-rooms, Liverpool—E. Elsworth, worsted-spinner, Leeds,
May 1, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds,-John
Baker, scrivener, Woodlands, Blagdon, Somerietshire,
May 11, at twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—
J. and H. Risdale, stuff-merchants, Leeds, May 1, at eleven,
at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds T, Milner and C.
Bedford, confectioners, Kingston-upon. Hull, May 4, at twelve,
at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull—D. Keighley,
cloth-manufacturer, Rawdon, Yorkshire, May 7, at one, at the
Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—G. S. Halloran, merchant, Bel-
fast, Ireland, May 1, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Li-
verpool—E. Brown, draper, Chudleigh, Devonshire, May 5,
at twelve, at the Old London Inn, Exeter.
CERTIFICATES—APRIL 30.
J. T. Ratcliffe, stationer, Blackman-street, Southwark—.T.
Collett and T. Hades, butchers, Liverpool—R.. Silk and T.
Brown, coach •build, rs, Long-acre—W. Jackson, merchant,
Louth, Lincolnshire—S. G. Whitehouse, roar-merchant,
Northampton—S. Partridge. Carlisle-place;-''Lambeth—J.
Porter, cAllenderer, Barnsley, Yorkshire—E. Richardson,
merchant, Sun lerland—E. Jones, soap-manufacturer, Liver-
pool.