The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-17 00:00:00

filZ SUN, LONDON, WEDNES DA v-

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

The weekly meeting of this body was held to-day,
and the attendance was unusually numer us ; several
Members of the House of Commons were present,
viz. :—Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. Dillon Browne, Mr.
J. P. Somers, the Hon. Cecil Lawless, Mr. Maurice
O'Connell, Mr. John Reynolds, Mr. M. J. O'Con-
nell, Mr. Devereux.
The chair was taken by the Hon. Cecil Lawless,
M.P.

Mr. John O'Connell having read several commu-
nications,

Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL, M.P., addressed the
meeting at some length on the subject of the Irish
fisheries, and urged their development as a matter of
national importance.
The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr.
J. Reynolds, M.P., Mr. Dillon Browne, M.P., and
Mr. J. O'Connell, M.P.
At the termination of the proceedings the rent for
the week was announced to be 371. 103. 6d.
The meeting then adjourned.

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.
ELECTION OF LORD RECTOR.

We regret to learn that an attempt is about to be
made by a few of the divinity students to oust the
present Lord Rector, Lord John Russell. 'We are
surprised that this should be the case, seeing it has
ever been the understanding that the Lord Rector
should remain in office two years at least—an under-
standing which has been universally acted upon, ex-
cept in the case of Kirkman Finlay. The candidate
who is to be set up in opposition is Colonel :pure, of
Caldwell, M.P., a man who, whatever may be his
virtues, is surely in no manner so well calculated to
adorn the University as the present Rector.
Much has been attempted to be made of the fact
that the present rector has not yet appeared at the
University for the purpose of being installed, but we
believe not many could have desired that Lord John
Russell should leave his public business at a period
so fraught with importance as that since his election,
more particularly during these later days. 'We trust
that this attempt of the few will prove unsuccessful,
and that Lord John Russell will not be excluded the
rectorial chair on account of a too earnest attention to
business during times so serious as the present. The
election takes place to-day.—North British Mail of
Monday.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND
CAPTURE.

A robbery of a most disgraceful character was, late
on Saturday afternoon, perpetrated by two private
soldiers on a corporal, on the Penicuik-road. It ap-
pears that the three soldiers, who belong to the 30th
Regiment of Foot, at present stationed at Newcastle-
on-Tyne, had been sent from that place to Greenlaw
Barracks, Penicuik, in charge of a prisoner. After
arriving there and delivering up their charge, the
corporal asked the officer in command for a pass to
Edinburgh for himself and his comrades to spend
Sabbath in town. This was immediately granted,
and the soldiers set off in company. One of the
privates, named Campbell, a native of Edinburgh,
called with his companions at an acquaintance's, who
happened to reside on the way, where they obtained
some refreshment, and after that they repaired to the
Fishers' Tryst public-house, which lay also in their
way, where they had some spirits, for which the
corporal paid. They shortly thereafter resumed
their walk, and had not proceeded far when, being at
a lonely part of the road, one of the men, named
Robinson, felled the corporal to the ground,
and laying hold of him by the throat, rifled
his pockets of their contents, which consisted
of a purse, containing 2/. Bs. 4d., besides a pair of
gloves, silk handkerchief, &c. The other private,
Campbell, stood over the unsuspecting victim in a
menacing attitude, and threatened to take his life if
he stirred or made any noise. After accomplishing
their villanous purpose, they proceeded on their way
to town with their booty, leaving the corporal lying
by the roadside. When the soldiers reached Clerk-
street they applied to a police-constable on duty to
procure them a lodging-house to rest for the night, as
they complained of being fatigued, and they were ac-
cordingly shown to a house in Sibbald-place. In the
meantime the corporal recovered from his attack so
far as to be enabled to pursue the robbers. He, how-
ever, could not overtake them, but on reaching Clerk-
street he met with the same constable who had pro-
vided them with quarters, to whom accidentally he
related the circumstances of the attack. They were
speedily removed to repose their fatigued limbs and
renew their broken slurabers in the cells of the police-
office, where they will remain till brought before the
sitting magistrate to-day, by whom they will most
likely be remitted to a higher court. One of the rob-
bers has been seventeen years in the army, and the
other seven.— Calodouian Mercury.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 16.

LODER AND ANOTHER V. PURI)AY.

This action, which was brought for the alleged
infringement of the copyright of a musical composi-
tion called " Festal," was tried before Mr. Justice
Cresswell, at Guildhall, on Friday and Saturday last,
and a verdict found for the plaintiff with nominal da-
mages. A full report has appeared in The Sun.
Mr. Sergeant BYLES, in pursuance of leave reserved
by the Learned Judge, now moved for a rule to show
cause why the verdict should not be entered for the
defendant, or why there should not be a nonsuit or a
new trial. The motion was grounded upon certain
points of law, which were reserved in the course of the
trial for the decision of the Judges, and also upon the
refusal of Mr. Justice Cresswell to receive certain
evidence which was offered on the part of the de-
fendant.
The COURT granted a rule.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARYLEBONE.
Yesterday Ann Si,Rons, Mr. Hickman, a City mer-
chant, occupying chambers in Lincoln's Inn-fields,
and Benjamin Simons, the father of the first- named
prisoner, who was shopwoman to Messrs. Marshall
and Stinton, silkmercers, &c., Vere-street, Oxford•
street, were placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton
for re-examination, Ann Simons being charged with
having stolen goods from the house of her employers
to the amount of from 2,0001. to 3,0001„ and the
two latter prisoners with receiving a great portion
of the same property, knowing it to have been
stolen.
The particulars of what previously transpired
upon the former inquiries have already been made
public.
The court was yesterday crowded to excess, the
case,lfrom the magnitude of the robbery, having ex-
cited an extraordinary degree of interest.
Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Ballantine, and Mr. Humphery
attended, as heretofore, on the part of their respective
clients.
Mr. Tedman, inspector of the D division, who has
had the case in his hands from the commencement,
brought forward some additional witnesses, whose
evidence was principally corroborative of that which
upon previous investigations had been adduced.
In order to afford time for the completion of the
depositions, the prisoners were remanded till to-
morrow (this day), when they will be committed for
trial.
CLERKENWELL.
Yesterday Mr. William Astley, a retired trades-
man, said to be possessed of considerable property,
residing at No. 24, Edwin-street, Camberwell, was,
at the instance of the parish officers of Islington,
charge€l with having deserted his wife and leaving
her chargeable to the parish. The wife, a feeble
old woman attired in pauper's clothes, and who ap-
peared very ill, was allowed a seat during the in-
vestigation.
It appeared that the defendant formerly carried on
a respectable business in Islington, and lived with his
wife and family, but differences existed between him
and his wife, and they were uncomfortable together.
About nine years ago he left off business and deserted
her and his family, and ever since he had eluded the
vigilance of the parish officers, who had made every
effort to trace him. Two years ago his wife was
driven to distress, and compelled to apply. to the
parish for relief, when she was admitted into the
workhouse, where she had ever since been supported
at the parish expense. Information was at length
received that he was living in comfortable circum-
stances in Edwin-street, Camberwell, with a young
woman who was received as his wife, when he was
taken into custody and brought to this court.
Mr. Hicks, a parish officer, said it was a very ag-
gravated case. The defendant had not allowed his
wife a farthing since he had deserted her. He was
a man of property, and very recently a considerable
legacy had been left him by lais brother. He called
defendant's son, who deposed that a few weeks ago
his uncle died and left him (defendant) a legacy of
2001., which he bad received, and he had property in
the Bank.
Defendant denied this, and said he did not keep out
of the way; they knew where to find them.
Tubbs, the beadle, said he went to Edwin -street,
Camberwell, where he found defendant residing in a
respectable house, well furnished with goods, and a
young woman was dining with him as his wife, and
was known as Mrs. Astley.
Mr. COMBE inquired the age of the defendant.
He was informed that he was sixty-four years of
age.
Mr. CO:MBE asked whether the parish pressed for
punishment.
Mr. Hicks—We have a claim of 171. against the
prisoner for the support of his wife whilst in the
workhouse, and unless he can come to some arrange-
ment and maintain his wife, we must press for his
committal to prison.
Mr. COMBE asked the defendant if he could pay
that sum, and come to terms with the parish officers ?
Defendant—No ; I can't afford it. I cannot.
Mr. CoMaE—Why, you have recently received
200/., and you are keeping a woman, and neglecting
your wife. Defendant—And what would you have
me do ; would you like me to lire like a sheep upon
a eommon ?—(A laugh.)
Mr. CoMaE—Will you pay Si. down off the 17/. ?
Defendant—No; I have paid debts with the 2001.,
and I have only got 161. left out of it. 'I would
rather go to prison.
Mr. Comns—You had better make some proposal
to the parish officers. You must pay the money and
support your wife, or you will go to the House of Cor-
rection for one month. Would you like to go to the
House of Correction ? Defendant—No. lam an old
man. lam 64.
Mr. COMAE—I advise you to speak privately to the
parish officers, and come to some arrangement, or
you will go for a month ; and understand, that at the
expiration of that month you may be brought here
and committed for another month if you refuse to
support your wife, and so on ; and you may be in
prison for the remainder of your life, so do as you
please.
He retired with the parish officers into a private
room, and, after a consultation of about a quarter of
an hour, they returned to the Court, when
Mr. Hicks said the old man would come to no
terms, and said he would rather go to prison than
part with his money.
Mr. COMBE—WeII, it is a question between him
and the parish officers ; if they press for it, I must
commit you to the House of Correction for one
month.
The defendant was again asked if he would pay Si.
off the 171., in preference to going to prison ?
Defendant (hesitatingly)—No, I would rather go
to prison.
.Jr. COMBE then committed him to the House of
Correction fur one month, and he was conveyed
thither in the course of day, whilst his wife was taken
hack to the workhouse.
WESTMINSTER.
William Thomas, a footman, in the service of Mr.
William George Campbell, barrister, and one of the
Commissioners of Lunacy, residing at 37, Thurlow-
square, Brompton, was charged with the following
outrageous conduct at his master's house :
Mr. Campbell stated, that at about nine o'clock
that morning, on ringing as usual for prayers, he
found the defendant absent, and on inquiring the cause
was informed by one of the other servants that he was
ill. He immediately went to the defendant's room
and found him in bed. On speaking to defendant he
got up, when complainant observed that he was much
intoxicated. Complainant immediately gave him
notice to quit, and informed him that he would give him
him his month's wages, the agreement between them
being a month's warning, but he could not permit
him to remain any longer in his establishment. Com-
plainant then returned up stairs from the defendant's
room, but shortly after, on hearing very loud talking,
went out again, when defendant, who had nothing on
but his shirt and trousers, endeavoured to force his
way in that condition into the breakfast parlour, where
Mrs. Campbell was seated, and complainant found it
necessary to use all the strength he possessed to pre-
vent him. He positively refused to leave the house,
and Mrs. Campbell was so alarmed that she went to
the residence of a neighbour and sent for a policeman.
On the latter coming, the complainant gave defendant
another opportunity of receiving his money and leaving
the house, but he positively refused ; and on com-
plainant going into the pantry to look at the plate,
defendant followed and locked himself and complainant
in, but did not assign any reason for this extraordi-
nary conduct. It was found necessary to give him
into the custody of the police, and as they were taking
him up the area steps he wilfully broke six panes of
glass with his feet.
It was proved that defendant was very riotous in
the street, and that a cabman who was called refused
to take him, intimating that he knew defendant, and
that if he conveyed him he would break his windows
—a consequence that ho appeared to apprehend from
some previous experience of his propensities in that
way.
A neckerchief belonging to his master was found
in prisoner's possession, but Mr. Campbell did not
wish to press any charge against him with respect to
that, as he conceived that, although the defendant had
taken the liberty of wearing it, he perhaps did not
intend to steal it. Defendant had been previously
guilty of drunkenness while in Mr. Campbell's service.
Defendant, who blubbered like a child during the
whole of the examination, said he was very sorry,
and hoped his master would take him back into his
service.

Mr. BRODERIP observed, that defendant's conduct
had been most outrageous, and called for the heaviest
punishment. Defendant had to thank his master for
his kindness in. considering that he had with respect
to the neckerchief been guilty of the unwarrantable
liberty but too frequently taken by gentlemen's ser;•
vants, of wearing their masters' clothes, affil had not

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 Us., 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 daughter
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,
anti 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 nearly 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 Ler 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 froat 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 comp!aining of an excru•
ciating pain in the chest. All the restoratives given
the deceased were handed to her by the married sister,
hut 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,
and was leaving the room, when the deceased, who
overheard the observation, expressed her concurrence
in it, and exclaimed—" The 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 sonic time elapsed before she
was capable of resuming her evidence, which she
continued, incessantly drinking water, with great
difficulty.)
Mr. Denis llacon, 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. Ilammill, 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.

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Sixpence.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF
TUESDAY.

THE PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL CHAMBER,
SOMERSET-HOUSE, Nov. 16, 1847.

The names of those who were this day appointed by
the Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
to serve the office of Sheriff of the county of Cornwall.:—
Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, of Tregols.
Humphry Willyams, 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.
DUWNING•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
Heugham Hudson, junior, Esq., to be Civil Commis-
sioner and R?sident Magistrate of Somerset, in the set-
tlement of the Calla of Good Hope.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint P. A.
Ganteaume, Eq., 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 Domitica.

BAN RUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
William Goddard, hosier, Nottingham.
BANKRUPTS.

C hristopher Holt, hotel keeper, Bouverie-street,
Fleet-street, to surrender Nov. 26, at one, and Jan. 7,
at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Cannel), official assignee, Birchin-lane; Sibley, Penton-
vine.
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 Hollatns, Commercial Sale-rooms 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 Alingaye, 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 Bintham Falian, mer-
chants, Old Broad-street, Dec. 1, at eleven, and Jas.
6, at half-past eleven, at tho Court of Bankruptcy.
Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court ;
Cheapside.
Henry Smith, paper manufacturer, East Melling,
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;
Reed, 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; Britten and
Sons, Bristol; White and Co., Bedford-row.
Jane Parry and Elizabeth Parry, drapers, Cirnarvon-
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.
John 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.
Franeis Henry Agar, grocer, New Windsor, Berkshire,
Nov. 23, at eleven, and Dec. 27, at half-past ten, at the
Court of Bankruptcy . Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street -,_Bowen, Queen-square, Bloomsbury.
Watson White, grocer, Newington-causeway, Dec.
1, at one, 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,
official 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. Cannon, 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,
Aldermanbury; 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, Birmingham,
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, Aldermanbury ; 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 ;
Jaque3, Edwards, Jaques, and Layton, Ely-place, Hol-
born, London ; Chew, Manchester.
Jonathan Hgginson 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
Bateson, London.
George Calvert Holland, banker, Worksop, Notting-
hamshire, Nov. 26, and Dec. 24, at ten, at the Leeds
District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ;
Moss, Sergeant's Inn, London ; Raynor, Sheffield ;
Hoole and Yeomans, Sheffield.

Frederick Law, corn and flour dealer, Manchester,
Nov. 29, and Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; John-
son, Son, and Weatherell, Temple, London; Pollard,
Manchester.

Robert Debenham, draper, Edward street, Portman.
square, Nov. 25, and Dec. 30, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street•
buildings; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday.
street, Cheapside.

Charles Henry Fereday, coal dealer, Testenhall,
Staffordshire, Nov. 30 and Dec. 21, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee,
Birmingham • Manby and Hawkesford, Wolverhampton.
William Birmingham;
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 an:l 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, Dcc. 1 and
22, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser,
official assignee, Manchester; Canhffes, Charlewood, and
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, Littuley.

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

T. C. W. Pierce and G. Homan, Manchester, mer-
chants, 3s. 4d., on Tuesdays, bet%.een the hours of ten
and one, at the offie,a of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
T. Morley, Oxford-street, jeweller, 2s. 101, on Thurs.
day, 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.
E. Edmunds, Loundes-stret, hosier and glover, 6s. 83.,
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. Hitchins, Chichester-place, Gray's Inn-road, leather
seller, 55., on Thursday, Nov. lB, 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, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Cazmove, Liverpool.
T. Wright, Birkenhead, ironmonger, Bs., 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, ls. 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. Stockdale, Crosby-
square, merchant, Dec. 7, at two—R. 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. Paltncr,
Feltwell, Norfolk, druggist, Dec. 7, at hall-past twelve—
W. Blenkarn, Stockwell Park-road, builder, Dec. 7, at
one—J. M. Maude, Peckham, cement manu'acturer, Dec.
8, at halt-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, taller, Dee. 9, at eleven—
11. Emanuel, Hanover-square, goldsmith, Dec. 9, at
twelve.

In the Country.
W. Marshall and IL Rodgers, Liverpool, ironfounders,
Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— H. Ililton and
E. Hilton, Over Darwen, Lancashire, coil merchants,
Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—E. llilton
and N. Walsh, Over Damen, 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 the Court, Liverpool—W. Thompson, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, merchant, Dec. 10, at half-past ten, at
the Court, Ne,i castle-upon- Tyrie—J. Hall, Carlisle,
victualler, Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-
upon-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— B. 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, Clerkenwell,
cheesmonger, Dec. S, at half-past twelve.
In the Country.

H. 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. Pre, King's-road, Chelsea, timber and coal-
merchant—J. Thies, Old Broad-street, City, baker—
E. M. Totterdell and J. Gruchy, Portsea, woollen-dra-
pers—T. Parsons, Maidstone, licensed victualler—G.
Burbidge, 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.