The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-02 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Yesterday John Chisholm, a master baker in the
Kent-road, who for many years has borne the cha-
racter of a respectable tradesman, was further ex-
amined on a charge of passing a" flash" note for 101.,
as one of a genuine description, to Joseph Wilkinson,
alias Black Joe, a master sweep and man of colour,
residing at Peckham.
Mr. Roberts attended for the prosecution, and Mr.
Games for the defence.

In addition to the evidence before given William
Spong was called and stated, that having formerly
belonged to the P division of police, he used, while
on duty, frequently to pass and re-pass the shop of
Mr. Chisholm, and was therefore well acquainted
with his person. Seeing in the newspapers that the
prisoner had absconded upon being accused of passing
the flash note, and observing him in the neighbour-
hood of Paddington he gave information to the police,
and on that day week he accompanied a policeman to
a. house, where he found the prisoner. While on his
way from Paddington to Lock's-fields station the
prisoner frequently exclaimed, " This is a mo,t un-
fortunate occurrence. I have not had a moment's
peace since it took place. It is the greatest misfor-
tune that has befallen me all through my life." • In
his cross-examination the witness denied that he had
asked any question of the prisoner calculated to elicit
such observations from him as those he (witness) had
just repeated.
Mr. Souter, an ironmonger in High street,Peckhani,
deposed, that on Wednesday fortnight he was sent fur
by Mrs. Wilkinson, the wife of the prosecutor, to
receive 51. 75., which she owed him, and on going to
her house, she asked him if he had the difference
between his debt and a 101. note ; and he replied he
had not, but should return home for it. He returned
home for the thane, and on going a second time to
the house of Mrs. Wilkinson, she handed him what
she, no doubt, believed to be a Bank of England note.
On looking at it, however, he (Mr. Souter) saw that
it was what was termed a "flash" note and entirely
worthless, and he informed Mrs. Wilkinson that it
was not worth one farthing. Mrs. Wilkinson told
him that it had been received from Mr. Chisholm, a
baker in the Kent-road, in payment for a horse; and
he recommended her to get it changed as soon as
possible.
Mr. NORTON—Do you consider this " flash note,"
as you call it, a good imitation of the Bank of Eng-
land note ? Mr. Souter—lt is a better imitation, and
resembles the Bank of England notes much closer
than any I have ever seen. It is an engraver's note,
and printed and circulated, I suppose, as a specimen
of the engraver's skill, and is better executed, and a
better imitation of the real Bank of England notes
than those of the "Bank of Elegance," &c.
Mr. NORTON said he felt bound to send the case
before a jury. He should, however, remand the pri-
soner to a future day, and in the interim had no ob-
jection to take good bail, himself in 2001., and two
sureties in 1001. each, for his appearance on that day
week.

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.
IN RE HAMMOND.

Yesterday the adjourned hearing of the case of Mr.
W. J. Hammond, the well-known comedian, came on
before Mr. Commissioner Parry.
Mr. Payne solicitor, appeared for several of the
creditors, and Mr. Cornock for the insolvent.
Mr. Hammond was examined by Mr. PAYNE.—He
stated that the rent was charged distinctly in the
balance-sheet; the theatre was open nearly the whole
of the year. The rent was 251. per month, and that if
some articles which were there were sold by auction,
they would not realise above 181. They consisted of
some dresses and other things, which be might term
his working tools, and were they taken away from him
he could not work.
Mr. CORNOCY said he should confine himself to the
question whether the bankrupt contracted debts with
a reasonable prospect of paying them. He had paid
Messrs. Whitty and Ellis an amount of 1811., and now
owed them 38/. • that would show he was desirous of
liquidating his debts. Mr. M‘Lean, the auctioneer,
had sold the goods at the theatre for 1401., and they
were seized under a distress for rent. Mr. Hammond
did not receive anything for himself.
Mr. Sefton, agent to the landlord, Mr. Lane, was
then called by Mr. CORNOCK.—He stated that on the
Bth of July, 1846, the rent due was 142/. There had
been a negotiation from Mr. Lane to take the goods
at a valuation of 200/., but it failed, and they were
afterwards seized. The goods realised 1401., and the
proceeds were handed over to Mr. Lane's attorney.
Mr. Lane wanted possession of the theatre, and Mr.
Hammond refused to go out unless he had 25/., which
was paid to him.
On cross- examination by Mr. PAYNE, Sefton stated
that the rent was to be paid monthly, but the first
25/., due the 13th of May, was not paid till the 25th
of October, and the rent had been remaining back
ever since. The goods were nearly all sold to one
person, named Wilson.

Mr..CORNOCK put in a document, showing that the
furniture which had previously been the subject of
comment was the property of Mrs. Douglas Jerrold.
Mr. PericE examined the bankrupt respecting a
pianoforte which he had at his residence. Mr. Ham-
mond said it was Mrs. Jerrold's property. He added
that she had the means of buying the furniture, and
that her income was now about 401. per annum.
Mr. PAYNE remarked that the furniture, which had
cost 8001., was sold for 1401., whereby there was a
loss to the creditors of 6804 which would have paid
nearly all their debts. The things had been sold in a
reckless manner, and the insolvent had never asked
what became of the proceeds. The bankrupt had
been contracting debts without the probability of
paying them. He owed 7,0001. in 1841, and was
discharged from those debts, and 1,9001. in 1843, from
which he was also exonerated ; and he had been again
before the court in 1847 seeking for a discharge of a
sum of 800/. ; and if all the circumstances were
examined, it would be seen that there was no time
when he had a reasonable prospect of paying his
debts. It was too true, as the bankrupt had stated,
that his profession was all a lottery ; but still he had
gone on contracting debts when he might have seen
there was no chance of liquidating them. He con-
cluded by observing that the insolvent could not,
under the circumstances, obtain his final order, and
if he did it might be at some very lengthened period.
Mr. CORNOCK, on behalf of the insolvent, said that
all the opposing creditors, except one or two, were
interested in the letter, as it had been termed ; they
were aware of Mr. Hammond's means, and gave him
credit, knowing his position ; there had; consequently
been no fraud exercised towards them. He had not
spent anything on himself, and what was laid out was
for the required expenses of the theatre. As to his
former bankruptcies, he had obtained his final order
at once, and in one instance was complimented by the
Commissioner for the way in which he kept his books.
The Learned COMMISSIONER then went over the
circumstances of the case, adverting to some of the-
items of receipts and expenditure, one or two of
which seemed to be in favour of the insolvent. It f
appeared that between the 7th of September and I.

the 10th of Oetoher the receipts were suPl, es to
leave a
.batahee of 1151. 105., after defraying the
expenses, but looking to the general statement
he thought the profession might, as the insolvent had
designated it, be termed one of mere lottery. There
was, however, a course open to all persons who found
themselves in difficulties of such a nature, and that
was to come at the earliest possible moment to that
court, and seek protection not only for their own per-
sons ,but for their creditors. And whether or not that
property which had cost 8001. would have realised
more than 1401., he could not lose sight of the fact of
the two former insolvencies. He would not question
the view of the decisions and orders made in these
cases, but as the bankrupt had on former occasions
failed to meet demands amounting to nearly 10,0001.,
he should have exercised due caution when he was
again engaged in his profession, and that due caution
had not been exercised. He should therefore feel
himself bound, in accordance with the Act of Parlia-
ment, to decline naming a day for the final order.—
Mercury.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF

FRIDAY.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the
28th day of September, 1847, present the Queen's Most
Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by
her Majesty in Council, that the Right Hon. the Lord
High Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom
called Great Britain do issue writs for further pro•
roguing the Parliament, from Tuesday, the 12th day of
October next, to Thursday, the 11th day of November
next.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the
28th day of September, 1847, present the Queen's Most
Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered
by her Majesty in Council, that his Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a Form of
Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the
late abundant harvest ; and that such Form of Prayer
and Thanksgiving be used in all churckes and chapels in
England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-on-
Tweed, on Sunday, the 17th day of October next. And
it is hereby further ordered, that her Majesty's printer do
forthwith print a competent number of copies of the said
form of prayer and thanksgiving, in order that the same
may be forthwith sent round and read in the several
churches and chapels of England and Wales, and of the
town of Berwick on-Tweed.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the
28th day .of September, 1847, present the Queen's
Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day
ordered by her Majesty in Council, that all ministers
and preachers, as well of the Established Church in
that part of Great Britain called Scotland as of the
Episcopal Communion, protected and allowed by an
Act passed in the tenth year of the reign of her late
Majesty Queen Anne, cap. 7, do, at some time during
the exercise of Divine Service in their churches, con-
gregations, or assemblies, on Sunday, the 17th day of
October next (or so soon as the ministers of such
churches, congregations, or assemblies respectively shall
be enabled so to do), put up prayers and thanksgivings
to Almighty God for the late abundant harvest.
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the
213 h day of Sept., 1847, present the Queen's Most Ex-
eeticut Majesty in Council, her Majesty was this day
pleased, upon the representation of the Right Hon. the
Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to
appoint Henry George Bowyer, Esq., and Thomas
Browne Browne, Esq., to be two of her Majesty's In-
spectors of Schools.
DOWNING-STREET, OCTOBER 1, 1847 _

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Fitz-
gerald, Esq , Commander in the Royal Navy, to be
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the ter-
ritory of Western Australia and its dependencies.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Richard
Graves Mac Donnell, Esq., to. be Governor . and-Connnrander-in-Chief in and over her Majesty's settlements
in the Gambia and their dependencies..
Her Majesty has ulso been pleased to appoint Richard
More O'Ferrall, 4sq. to be Governor end Commander-
in-Chief in and over the island of Malta and its de-
pendencies.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to .appoint
Henry D. Warden, Esq. Captain in tl,e Corps of Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to be British Resident among the
Tribes on the north-eastern frontier of the settlement
of the Cape of Good Hope.
WAR OFFICE, OCT. 1.

tit Dragoon Guards—Hugh Hamilton, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Wallace, appointed to the 26th
Noot, Oct. 1.

2d Dragoons—Surgeon Robert Dunkin Smyth, from
87th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice John Winterbcale, who
retires upon half-pay, Oct. 1.
7th Light Dragoons—Second Lieutenant William
Percival Heathcote, from the RI& Brigade, to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Bond, who retires, Oct. J.

Scots Ptisilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant and
Adjutant Francis Haygarth to have the rank of Lieute-
nant and Captain, Sept. 30; Captain the Honourable
Richard Charteris, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieu-
tenant and Captain, vice Rushbrooke, who exchanges,
Oct. 1.

7th Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster Sergeant John
Hogan to be Quartermaster, vice John Ledsam, who re-
tires on half-pay, Oct. 1.
10th Foot—Lieut.-General Sir Thomas M'Mahon,
Bart. and K.C.B. from the 94th Foot, to be Colonel, vice
General Sir John Lambert, G.C.8., deceased, Sept. 28.
17th Foot—Captain William Reader, from 3d West
India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Prendergast, who
exchanges, Oct. 1.
20th Foot—William Henry M'Neill, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Hebdin, who retires ; Staff
Surgeon of the Second Class Isidore Anthony Blake,
M. 8., to be Surgeon, vice Fishbourne, who exchanges,
Oct. 1.

21st Foot—Paymaster Richard Butler Low, from 53d
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Erskine, who exchanges,
Oct. 1.

26th Foot—Brevet Major Ferdinand Whittingham to
be Major, by purchase, vice Davenport, who retires ;
Lieutenant Albany French Wallace to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Whittingham ; Ensign Christopher Ed-
ward Blackett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wal-
lace ; Cornet William Edward Wallace, from Ist Dra-
goon Guards, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blackett,
Oct. 1.

33d Foot—Major-General Henry D'Oyly to be Colo-
nel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating,
K.C.8., deceased, Sept. 28.
40th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Mahony Hickson,
from the Ceylon Rifle R liment, to be Lieutenant, vice
Payne, who exchanges, Oct. 1.
53d Foot—Paymaster George Pott Erskine, from 21st
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Low, who exchanges, Oct. 1.
64th Foot—Quartermaster James Howes to be Pay
master, vice Ralston, appointed to the 4th Dragoon
Guards; Lieutenant John Sears, from half pay of the
39th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Howes, appointed
Paymaster, Oct. 1.

811 t Foot—Assistant Surgeon Charles Frederick Ste-
phenson, M.D., from 9th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon,
vice Schooles, promoted on the Staff, Oct. 1.
87th Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class William
Leslie Langley, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Smyth, ap•
pointed to the 2d Dragoons, Oct. 1.
89th Foot—Lieutenant William Augustus Gaussen
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stanley, who retires ;
Ensign Charles Henry Elphinstone Holloway to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gaussen ; William Drum-
mond, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holloway,
Oct. 1.

91st Foot—Acting Sergeant-Major James Paterson
to be Quartermaster, Oct. 1.
94th Foot—Major-General Sir William Warre, C. 8.,
to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas
M'Mahon, Bart., and K.C.8., appointed to the 10th Foot,
Sept. 28.

Rifle Brigade—Brevet -Major Lieutenant and Captain
Robert Frederick Brownlow Rushbrooke, from the
Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Captain, vice Charteris,
who exchanges ; Adam Steuart, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heathcote, appointed to
the 7th Light Dragoons, Oct. I.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign and Quartermaster
Edward Kirby, from the 58th Foot, to be Ensign, vice
Patterson, promoted; George Ross Caldwell, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kirby, who retires, Oct. 1;
Charles John Patterson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice De
131aquiere, who retires, Oct. 2.
3d West India Regiment—Capt. Thomas Prendergast,
from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice Reader, who ex-
changes, Oct. 1.

Ce3lon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Richard Sowden
Payne, from 40th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hickson,
who exchanges, Oct. 1.
Hosrmia STlPL—Surgeon Thos. Moore Fishbourne,
M.D., from 20th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second
Class, vice Blake, who exchanges; Assistant Surgeon
Henry James Schooles, M.D., from 81st Foot, to be
Staff Surgeon of Second Class, vice Langley, appointed
to the 87th Foot, Oct. 1.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Ca-
valry—The Hon. Henry Dugdale Curzon to be Cornet,
Sept. 18.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Francis Buchanan Hoare, printer and publisher, Lin
coin's Inn-fields.

BANKRUPTS.
Joseph Robinson, builder, Maldon-road, Middlesex,
to surrender October 11, at half-past one, and November
15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Goddard and
Eyre, Wood-street, Cheapside.
William Byres, woollen warehouseman, High-street,
Shoreditch, October 12, at half-past eleven, and Novem-
ber 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Tur-
quand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Linkht-
ters Leadenhall- street, ; Walker, Canterbury.
John Fielding Isherwood, painter and iilumbe_ir, Clap-
ham-road, October 12, at half- past eleven, and Novem-
ber 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrupty. Johnson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Dawes, SerjeAnt's-
inn, Fleet-street.

Richard Thomas Tubbs, silk agent, Aldermanbury,
Oct. 12, at one, and Nor. 11, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings ; Hutson, Upper Clifton-street, Finsbury.
Charles Skinner Coe, shoemaker, Oxford-street, Oct.
12, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 18, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Billing, King-street, Cheapside.
John Newton, ship builder, Stockton, Durham, Oct.
8, at half-past one, and Nov. 16, at twelve, at the New-
castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as-
signee, Newcastle upon-Tyne Waron, Stockton-on-
Tees ; Hark, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
George Young, grocer, Bristol, Oct. 15 and Nov. 12.
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official
assignee, Bristol; Sabine, Bristol.
Thomas Bevan, corn dealer, Brecon, Oct. 14 and Nov.
11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton,
official assignee, Bristol; Britten and Sons, Bristol;
White, Eyre, and White, Bedford-row, London.