The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-21 00:00:00

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

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DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
R. Perry, hatter, Leeds—first and final div. of 81,4 d. in the
Nand, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
J. B. HeNewell, dyers, Thornhill Briggs, Yorkshire—first
div. of Is. IVtl. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office
of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
W. H. Osburn, stock broker, Bradford, Yorkshire—first
div. of 9s. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of
Mr. Hope, Leeds.
J. Stonehouse, mercer, Scarborough, Yorkshire—first div.
of is. 6d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of
Mr. Hope, Leeds.
W. Beckitt, money scrivener, Doncaster—second div. of
ls. 10d. in the pound, and a first and second uiv. of 48. 4d.
In the pound on new proofs, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
B. Galway, draper, Tooley-street, Southwark, Feb. 5, at
half-past eleven—R. Mitchell, merchant Lime-street, City,
Feb. 5, at eleven—J. Graham, stationer, Jewry-street, Ald-
gate, Feb. 9, at one—Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Rail-
waY Ijompany, New Broad-street, Feb.ll, at eleven—H. A.
D,:mglas, merchant, Old Broad-street, City, Feb. 9, at one—
Brentnall, builder, Cold Harbour-road, North Brixton,
Feb. 9, at two—J. C. Johnson, merchant, Laurence Fount-
/ley-lane, City, Feb. 9, at two—T. Oakley, farmer, St.
Albans, Feb. 10, at two—A. Stocken and W. Utton, coach-
makers, Halkin-street, Belgrave-spare, Feb. 11, at two—A.
V. Leaman and W. Andrew, mahogany dealers, Fenchurch-
street, Feb. 10, at one—W. Brewer, grocer, Krnsington-
gravel-pits, Feb. 11, at one—lt. G. Newby, harness maker,
Norwich, Feb. 11, at half-past twelve—F. Tatham, sculptor,
Newman-street, Oxford-street,Feb. 11, at half-past twelve—
D.
Arnold, pipe-maker, St. Albans, Feb. 11, at twelve—J. F.
Burness, baker, Twickenham, Feb. 11, at eleven—E. Crofts,
bricklayer, Castle-street, Southwark, Feb. 11, at twelve—J.
Z. Orem, clerk to a wine merchant, West-square, St.
George's-road, Southwark, Feb. 11, at half-past eleven—J.
Adams, rope maker, Maldon, Essex, Feb. 11, at half-past
eleven—B. H. Stevens, smith, Wimborne Minster, Dorset-
shire, Feb. 11, at one—S. Cowell, comedian, Walcot-place,
Lambeth, Feb. 11, at eleven—P. Stewart, clerk in the Ori-
nance-office, Craven-place, Old Kent-road, Feb. 11, at one—
W. Blake, linendraper, Bromley, Essex, Feb. 11, at eleven—
J. Sawyer, attorney, Goulden-terrace, Barnsbury -road,
Islington, Feb. 11, at half-past eleven—G. Harling, butler,
Brighton, Feb. 11, at twelve—D. Allen, spirit merchant,
High-street, Southwark, Feb. 11, at half-past twelve.
In the Country.
J. Massey, engineer, Etruria, Staffordshire, Feb. 9, at half-
past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—T. Crane,
brewer, Kegworth, Leicestershire, Feb. 12, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court—W. Baldock, grocer, Notting-
ham, Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Exchange-rooms, Notting-
ham—F. Shaw, eating-house keeper, Manchester, Feb. 12, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
H. Mayhew, printer, The Shrubbery, Parson's-green,
Feb. 11—W. Reeves, live stock dealer, Horseferry-road,
Limehouse, Feb. 11—R. K. Payne, grocer,' Brighton, Feb. 12
—A. Burton, coal merchant, Pimlico, Feb. 5-11. Newton,
chemist, Northumberland-street, Strand, Feb. 11—F. W.
Farley, hatter, Liverpool, Feb. 9—W. Perry, ironfounder,
Wolverhampton, Feb. 11—J. Payne, tailor, Weymouth,
Feb. 10—C. Malpas, victualler, 3lanchester, Feb. 12—W.
Wells, coal merchant, Bankside, Southwark, Feb. 9—J.
Pryer, stock broker, Birchin-lace, Southwark, Feb. 9-11.
Coptier, mercer, Ludlow, Shropshire Feb. 9—W. Hildrow,
grocer, Darlington, Durham, Feb. 92. J. Birley, card manu-
facturer, Eccles, Lancashire, Feb. 9—G. F. Keracher, licensed
victo.aller, Holloway, Feb. 9.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. and F. Symonds, surgeons, Oxford—G. Lenox and W.
'Metcalf, wine merchants, Liverpool—W. Webster, and C.
Johnson, merchants, Sheffield—S. Duke, C. Duke, and S.
Duke, jun., tailors, Ilastings—J. and C. B. Warner, brass
founders, Crescent, Jewin-street, Cripplegate—J. Crowther
and J. Brook, stock brokers, Halifax, Yorkshire—J. Stafford
and J. Johnson, bleachers, Foggbrook, within Offerton,
Cheshire—lL and G. Allen, mercers, Birmingham—J. Kinder
and J. Sorrell, attorneys, Jewry-street, Aldgate—W. and J.
Shawcross, worsted manufacturers, Stockport—R. Kay and
M. Owen, molasses manufacturers, Boltcn-le-Moors, Canca
shire—W. Barker and W. Puckey, tailors, Manchester—S.
Myers and E. Guigues, patentees for improvements in print-
ing on leather, Bermondsey—G. W. Peel and T. Allen, mer-
chants, Wood street, City—T. and J. Reeves, coal merchants,
Kent—T Dawber and M. Middlehurst, Aspull,
Lancashire--R. K. Habgood and W. Wakefield, drapers,
Fairford, Gloucestershire—J. Wade and D. Crowther, cloth
finishers, Huddersfield—W. Ingham and I. Lockwood, fancy
manufacturers, Lepton, Yorkshire—S. Davis and J. B. Hamil-
ton, confectioners, Grange-walk, Bermondsey—M. Tyrrell
and J. Alford, coach painters, Little Grove-street, Portman-
square—J. Bulmforth, 1). Smith, and J. Booth, engineer,,
Leeds—C. Webb and W. Leapingwell, apothecaries, Oxford
—D. G. Clarke and E. M. Macklin, warehousemen, Gresham-
street, City—J. Bradley and T. W. Hanson, upholsterers.
Halifax, Yorkshire—J. J. Foquett and L. Worsley, attorneys,
Newport, Isle of Wight—G. and S. Rooke, jun., brass-
founders, Birmingham—De Prez d'Hers and C. Bradley,
importers of foreign goods, Lower Thames street—W. and
H. Bunks, painters, hull—G. Parrott arid E. J. Cornock,
tanners, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
Robert Logan, baker, Paisley, Jan. 25 and Feb. 15, at
twelve, at Fraser's George Inn, Paisley.

DA:RING HIGHWAY ROBBERY
AND MURDER.
'Sit itemEnts, JAN. 18.—A most unprovoked and cold-blooded
murder has been, within the last tew days, committed upon
Mr. John Riley, a respectable tobacconist of this town, the
inquest upon whose remains was opened on Saturday night,
before Mr. Badger, one of the coroners for the West Riding
f Yorkshire. The facts are these:—Mr. Riley, after closing
his place of business, which is in Waingate, went on Mon-
day evening last to spend an hour or two with some friends
at the New Market Hotel, in the Cattle Market, which
place he left perfectly sober soon after twelve o'clock,
in order to proceed to his residence, which is situated
a short distance from the town. On the road leading to a
village named Grimesthorpe, it would appear that he had
proceeded in safety until he reached a somewhat lonely
place, about 300 yards from the last line of houses, on what
is called Spital-hill. At this place he was attacked by two
for three men, who, after one of them had exclaimed, " D—n
lint, here lie is," struck him so violently in the forehead
with a life-preserver or other bludgeon as to produce instant
insensibility; for, although he so far recovered at a subse-
quent period as to be enabled to crawl home, a distance of
about R quarter of a mile, he was incapable of giving any
other account of his assailants than that they had taken from
him about 30s. in money, his silver watch, his hat, and his
walk,ing-stick.
After being insensible for upwards of an hour on the
ground where he had been knocked down, and in a complete
-pool of blood, he reached his house about twenty minutes to
two o'clock. His face at that time was covered with blood
and dirt, his right hand pocket was turned out, and his
braces were broken. Each eye was fearfully blackened, to
the extent of nearly an inch all round ; he had a large lump
on the centre of his forehead; and his nose was smashed, and
covered with coagulated blood. His hands also were covered
',frith blood; and there were severe abrasions and bruises on
both his knees. There were likewise serious bruises on
various pa.'as of his person, all of which sufficiently indicated
thahe must, although perhaps unconsciously to himself,
, struggled violently with his assailants.
Oat reaching home his first words uttered to his wife were
*4. Mary, they
batted nearly
ultic killed me." His Wounds and
bruisea were and poed by his wife, arid medical
and surgical aid were called in in a few hours afterwards, but
notwithstanding their skill, the unfortunate gentleman lin-
gered until two o'clock on Saturday morning, when he died
Itom the effects of the barbarous usage to which he had been
lluNected.
'There seems little reason to doubt that the murderous
assailants had been in ambush, awaiting the arrival of their
victim; the entrance to a narrow lane immediately opposite
to the place of attack affording ready shel-er and conceal-
ment. It is somewhat singular, that a!th,ugh the fatal
Spot was on a public footpath, and within thirty yards of
one of the public gas lamps, that the watchman, whose
duty it was to pass and repass the place once in every hour,
should not have seen the unfortunate gentleman whilst he
aid in this insensible state. The only information at all
bearing upon the matter which this official is capable of
giving is, that shortly before the time at which the assault is
sapposed to have occurred he had a conversation with two
men, at one part of his beat, who said they were going to
Grimesthorpe, and who then went in the direction of the place
where the robbery and violence were committed. This may be
considered in some degree confirmatory of a statement made
by the dying man, that he thought he knew the voice of one
of the men, and that he came from Grimesthorpe. Hitherto.
however, the affair is involved in mysiery, although the
police are making every exertion to eiscover the perpetrators
of the diabolical outrage.
The circumstances, of which the above is only an outline,
were detailed by various witnesses before the coroner on
Saturday evening, but to give time ter further evidence, and
to allow a post mortem examination of the deceased to be
1114(1q the inquiry was adjourned to Thursday next.

" SBCRET POISONINGS .
APP antz AT CLAVERING.—
'THE FARMER..-.ND EXAMINATION OF MR. T. NEWPORT,
:
the Right llon. LoitcivEßlNO, ESSEX, TUESDAY.—Y,•sterday,
brooke, the Rev. Birch Woolie,
and other magistprraetzßrznet at the gaol of this town to inves-
tiga'ie a charge
Mr. Superintendent Clarke, of
the Essex constabulary forbie
o.villag
in,
tithe
eainst Mr. Thomas Newport,
a wealthy farmer, living
scene of the recent murders by
Chesham to atiminister some deli3tdilrinln
, for inciting Sarah
8 of Clavering, the
scion Taylor (since deceased \
~ with l'n'tir" oan infant, Solo-
ioner was apprehended on Frid•
pr .. • ent to murder it. The
aY last b N
Shackell, of the metropolitan "detective" Y :Ir. Inspector
was sent down at the instance of Sir George Grey, free, who
tary of State. The evidence gone into went cl7' t'e Secre-
wily to al w
that the mother of Lydia Taylor had applied for r i• ° .
Newport, and that he told her the child must be got
eriiecif to
must
Reporters were, however, excluded, and the pri,ioner was roe.
"Banded.
ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—On Tuesday
the bakers at the west end of the town made an advance of
one halfpenny in the price of bread of the second quality.
In Tottenham-eourt-road, Oxford-street, Drury-lane, Clare-
market, tic., the 41b. loaf sells at 91,4 d. ; household bread
manufactured from undressed meal at Bd. to 81Ad. per 41b.,
weighed to the purchaser; country bread, unweighed, from
61/2d. to 71,d, per loaf; flour (second) 9d. per quartern. The
beet bread varies in price from lOU d to II 1,0. ; and in some
instances h charged for
. is Charg •
the 41b. loaf. On the Surrey side
of the river the genera • •and
price for seconds 13 Od., for the i
best bread 1 Icii per 4Th :
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