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London, England, 1840-09-26 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1840.

No. 14.992

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centre of LEEDS, in the County of York, with a vrell-estab-
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The party becoming tenant will be required to take the fix-
tures, plate, stock, &c. at a valuation, which, with the sem re-
quired for goodwill, will amount to bet 7, een 500/. and 6001.
This is a most eligible opportunity for any porson aisposed to
enter into a business of this description, the late pro?rietor,.
Sir. John Reid, having had a first-rate connexion on the pre-
:Discs for upwards of six years, and the business will be carried
on by his ssidosv until disposed of.
Appl.cation to be made to Mr. James Stott, solicitor, Leeds.
24, Bank-street, Leeds, Sept. 24, 1840.

LONDON
and, by near
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BRITISH INDIA ANTI-SLAVERY
SUGAR ( OMPANY.

fo prevent further unavailing applications for Shares, notice
is hereby given that it is not intended to allot a smaller number
of shares than ten to any applicant not being in Retail Gro-
cery, Confectionary, or other trade connected with the sale of
Bugar, , in order to simplify which the allotment will be as fol-
!ows•---

10,000 Shares of 101. each, to Grocers, &c.
1,000 Ito. of 100/. to the Public.
500 do. of 1,000 Rupees each, for India.
The deposit upon the first being U. per share, and on the two
lttter 101. per share, payable to the Bankers of the Company,
Messrs. Twining, Strand, or Messrs. Drewett and Fowler,
Prints-strent, or some Banker, to their order.
Applications must speedily be made to the Secret o iah
Gunder, Esq. ; the Solicitors. Messrs. Wilkinson d
Guildhall-yard; E. M. Elderton, Esq, 40, Queen-square,
Bloomsbury ; or W. S. Northhouse, Esq., Temporary Ma-
nager, 4, Parliament- street.
British India Sugar Company's Offices, Guildhall-
yard, Sept. 15, 1840.

FAST INDIA COTTON COMPANY.
Capital 500,000/., in 20,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit 21. 103. per Share.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Alills,:and Co., London.
Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Messrs. Becket, Blayds, and Co., Leeds.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Swaine, Stevens, ariaeo.,Yr;dcrick's-place, Old Jewry,
and 10, Whitehall.
The principal object of the East India Cotton Company will
be the supply of the English market with a cheaper and supe-
rior Cotton of Incian growth.
The overwhelming importance of this question, in relation
to the manufacturer and the shipowner, was strikingly brought
before the Directors of the East India Company by a deputation
from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on the presenta-
tion of a memorial, which stated " That the quantity of cotton
imported into Great Britain in the first 11 months of the year
1838 amounted to 1,374,316 bales, of the value of 14,000,0001.
sterling, in its unmanufactured state, of which only 96,110
bales were from the East Indies, of the value of about 600,0001.
or only 5 per cent. of the whole value of cotton imported, about
90 per cent. of our supply being drawn from foreign sources.
That the value of the above quantity of cotton in its manufac-
tured state was 40,000,0001. sterling per annum, giving freight
to 300,000 tons of shipping, and employment to upwards of
2,000,000 of persons," and concluded by pointing to India as an
available, and at the same time, a more desirable source of
supply.
1 hat a large profit is to be derived by improving the culture
of cotton in India, and preparing it for the English market, has
been placed beyond a doubt by the successful results o ti x
periments recently made ; the difference in quantity alone,
superior quality between the indigenous cotton raised withou
care, and such as is well cultivated, being in the same field, as
five to one in favour of improved culture.
It was evidently a conviction of the great interests at stake,
which induced the East India Company (31though rohibitel
themselves by the terms of their charter from trading of any
kind) to procure from the United States within the last twelve
months, at their own cost, through the express mission of Cap-
tain Bayles. a body of experienced cotton planters, who are
How on their way to India.
A Deputation of the East India Cotton Company have had
interviews of a highly encouraging nature with the late Chair-
man and the Deputy Chairman of the East India Company, the
President of the Board of Control, the Board of Trade, and
the several parties in London, at Manchester, Liverpool, Glas-
gow, Newcastle, and Bristol, interested in this most importan
object, all of whom agree in the urgent necessity that a Com-
pany should be formed for the purpose of carrying out this ob-
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judgment., calculated to ensure ample returns to parties em-
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channel of profit and employment to British shipping.
Applications for share and prospectuses, with the names of
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Bucklershury, London.
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THE ECLECTIC REVIEW,
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CONTENTS.
L Memoirs of Sir Samuel Romilly.
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4. The Epistle to the Romans—Haldane and Chambers.
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The Frankfort Journal states than an arrange-
ment has been made between Prince Michael of Servia
and the Turkish Commissioner, Mousa Effendi, through
the instrumentality of the Russi-in Consul. According to
this the obnoxious Councillors. Messrs. Petroniewitsch and
Wuesitelt, together with their principal adherents, are to
be banished from Servia, but ate to be allowed annual pen-
sions. Other persons compromised in the recent tr 04195
are to be
brought before the competent tribunals.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WALSALL RACES- .WEDNESDAY.

The Barr Beacon Stakes ( ach, b
ft, and 5 only if declared, with 30 added. Twice round
and a distance. (12 Subs, 9of whom declared.)
Mr. Flintoff's gr h The Friar, 5 yrs, Mt ]lb
Mr Jackson's b c Wines, 4 yrs, 7st 21b 2
A good race.
Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added. Heats once

round and a distance.
Mr. Peel's Saul, 5 yrs, 9st 31b ...( Whitehouse) 2 1 1
Mr. Flintoff's The Friar. 5 yrs, Bst 71b
Mr. T. Lamb's ch fby Zinganec, 3 yrs, Est 91b 3 3 dr

Won by a length.
The Hurdle Race was won in two heats by Mr. Was-
ow's Mary Wood, beating Mr. Friend's Protege.

THURSDAY.
Sweep takes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added. Heats

twice round and a distance.
Mr. Flintoff's Prudence. 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Dodgson) 1 1
Mr. Barrow's Catharina, aged, 91t. 71b 2 2

A good race. '
The TAlly-ho Stakes nere won in two heats by Mr.
Lowe's Isabella, 4 yrs, 103 t llb (Mr. Friend), beating
two others.

LINCOLN RACES—WEnNitsnAT.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; for three-yr-olds, 84t
21b ; four yrs, 9st 41b ; five yrs, 9st 111 b; six yrs and
agrd, lOst. Two mile heats.
Mr. Bowes's Epirus, 6 yrs (Holmes) 1 1
Mr. Hutchinson's Fanny, aged

Won easy.
The 131arkncy Stakes, of 15 sous, each, 10 ft, with 25
added from the fund; fur two-yr-old eel's, 83t 51b; and
fillies, Bit 21b, &c. Thrre-quarters of a mile. (5 Subs )
Mr. Bill's gr c The Squire (1-leseltine) I
Mr. Peck's b g Tournament
The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sous. each. Gentlemen riders.

Two-mile heats. (12 subs.)
Mr. Simpson's b g Aggravator, list 11Ib 1 I
Mr. Hunter's Cedric, aged, list 111 b
Mr. Stevenson's True Blue, aged llst 111 b....

OSWESTRY RACES.—WEnNesnay.
The Oswestry Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 30 added.
Mite and a half. (4 subs )

Mr. Price's Prince Albert, 3 yrr, 7st 121 b (Cartwright) 1
Sir 'l'. Stanley's Marmaduke, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b...
Mr. Jackson's Una, 4 yrs
Won by a head.
The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sova. each. Two miles and
a quarter. (10 subs.)
Mr. T. Walter's Chantilly, 4 yrs (Marlow) 1
Mr. Corbett's Jenny Jones, 4 yrs 2

Won easy.
The Town Eate of 501. Mile and half heats.

Mr. Corbett's Jenny Jones, 4 yrs, Sit 21b
Mr. Copeland's Chantilly, 4 yes, Bst 71b 2 0 2
The second was a dead heat, the others won by a head.
The Cavalry Cup, mile arid a half, was won in two
heats by Ali% W. Churton's Lottery, 6 yrs, 125 t., heating
several otherF.

THE REGISTRATIONS.

MARILEBONE.
PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.

Yesterday the revision of the lists of voters for the
Borough of Marylebone was resumed before Mr.
Falconer, at the Vestry Rooms of the Parish of St.
Pancras, in Gordon-square, to which place the Court
had been adjourned from the Court-house, Marylebone.
In the parish of St. Pancras the Registration pos-
sessed in a considerable degree greater interest than that
of the adjoining parishes, and during the proceedings
the Court was much crowded. Messrs. Ivimey and
Allen on the part of the " Borough of Marylebone Re-
form and Registration As:ociation," again appeared as
the advocates of the Liberal cause, and Messrs. Ernest,
Greenwood, and Rook for the Conservatives.
Mr. Edwin Ward Scadding, the well known Tory
agent for the borough, who had been struck off the
Register by the Overseers on account of his refusal to
pay his poor-rates, upon the alleged ground of their
illegality, claimed again to be admitted in respect of his
house, No. 4, Gordon-street.
Mr. Ernest said he appeared for the purpose of sup-
porting the claim of Mr. Scadding, and in the first place
he had submit that there was really no rate existing
in the parish of St. Pancras, inasmuch as the rate of
August 1839 had been made in defiance of the law. The
objection to the rate teas that it was not made by
proper and qualified parsons as vestrymen, and that it
was not signed by a majority of persons legally autho-
rised. In the first place he would show the constitution
of the Vestrymen in that parish and their authority over
the making of rates. By the Ist and 2d of William IV.,
chap. O. the Vestry was composed of 120 persons, a
third to go out by rotation, and an election of a similar
number to supply their places annually. By the 14th
section of the Act the Churchwardens were compelled
to call a meeting prior to the day of election, at which
they presided, for the purpose of nominating inspectors
of Votes, four to be appointed .by themselves, and four
by the meeting. At the meeting held for this purpose in
May, 1839, on the nomination of the Four Inspectors by
the meeting, on that occasion a show of bands was
taken, but a division was refused by the Church-
wardens, to the party who demanded it, and under
protest they proceeded to the election, which was not
a valid one, and which had been dee:ared by the Court
of Queen's Bench not to be so. He therefore submit-
ted that a rate made by such Vestrymen, so returned,
was not valid, and that it went for nothing more than
mere waste paper.

Mr. Ivimey resisted the claim, and submtted that it
was not the province of the Barrister to inquire into a
question, which in reality was still pending, and which
would have to be argued before the Court of Queen's
Bench. The only question he apprehended the Court
could take cognizance of was, whether the rates had
been paid or not.
Mr. FALCONER said he did not think the question
raised was one which came within his province ; he
would, however, like to see the face of the disputed rate.
Mr. M'Gahcy, the vestry.clerk, produced the rate,
and said it was good and formal on the face of it, hav-
ing been signed by ten Vestrymen on the 14th of Sep-
tember, 1839, and confirmed subsequently by Arthur
Smith and Robert M' William, Esqs., Justices of the
Peace, resident in the district.
Mr. FALCONER said that the face of the rate show-
ing its confirmation.by the Magistrates, certainly gave
prima facie evidence of its being a legal one. With re-
gard to the position assumed by Mr. Ernest as to the
power of the disputed Vestrymen, the proceedings in
the Dublin Committee relative to the Paving Commis-
sioners was distinctly against him, as also by the 47th
of George 111., chap. 59.
Mr. Ernest said he would viaive that point, and con-
fine himself to the Act the 2d William IV., chap. 90,
and the 4th section of the Local Act, both of which
distinctly set forth that no rate should be good and valid
unless made by the majority. Although seven persons
were sufficient to make.a rate, still it was required that
that seven be the majority. He would call for the
minute of Vestry of the date the rate was made, and
it would be found, that although thirty-eight Vestrymen
were present, but ten had signed it, which was not a
majority.
Mr. Ivimey said Mr. Ernest had completely cut his
own throat.—( Laughter.) In the first place, he ob-
jected to the rate upon the ground that it was made by
Vestrymen not legally elected ; and secondly, that the
said " illegal" 'Vestrymen had not signed it, being the

majority. —
Mr. FALCONEIt said it was clearly his opinion that
he had not the power to try the question raised, al-
though it appeared a very proper one for another place.
The rate had all the appearance of being formal, and he
bad no prima facie evidence to prove it otherwise, nor
had be any power to call witnesses to do so. Had the
rate not borne upon the lace of it the signatures of the
Magistrate he should have at once decided that there
was no rate, but on the contrary he had no hesitation in
saying it was good. The power of his Court was defi-
cient in trying a question like the present. and the poor-
rates not having been paid he must disallow the claim.
Christopher Ripley was objected to by the Conserve-
tives; upon the ground that he was not the occupier of
a houso No. 8, Chapel-street, Tottenham-court-road.
Mr. Ripley said, his mother, who is 80 years of age,
assigned the lease of the house and business to him two
years since, and that he had been the occupier of it
from the hour of his birth.

Mr. Henry Ernest, who was the objector in the case,
said, on being sworn, that he was clerk to Mr. Seed-
ding, who was the receiver of the rents of the estate on
which the house in question stood. The lease was in
the name of Lucy Ripley, and no assignment whatever
could take place without licence from the estate, which
had not been given.
In answer to Mr. FALcoNur., Mr. Ripley positively
swore that the house was assigned to him, and that he
considered himself entitled to vote for it. .

Mr. Ernest—He never shall vote for it while the
estate have the power of preventing him.
Mr. Allen—You are not Returning Officer.—
(Laughter.)
Mr. Ivimey apprehended that it was not the pro-
vince of the barrister to try the question of whether it
was requisite to have a license from the estate for the
assignments or not, and he hoped he would not compel
Mr. Ripley to produce it after the avowed throat that
advantage would be taken of it.

Mr. Ernest said he had only made the objection from
pure principles of justice.—(oh, and laughter.)
Mr. Allen—Who ever would have given you credit
for such a crime ?—(Loud laughter.)
Mr. FALCONER said the witness having positively
sworn to the assignment being made to him, he should
disallow the objection.
Name retained on the register.
Several other cases were. then gone into, in which
the Reformers were very successful, but it is to be re-
gretted that the efforts of the Reform agents, Messrs.
Ivimey and Allen, were greatly retarded by the inter-
ference of several persons who are well known for their
extreme ultra opinions, and also by such conduct, only
contributed to the success of the Tory party.

PADDINGTON.

Mr. FALCONER then proceeded to give judgment in
the cases of Messrs. Godwin, Smith, Tart, and others
which were referred to in this Journal of yesterday,
and which is of paramount importance, inasmuch as it
may probably affect the right of nearly one thousand
persons.to be placed upon the register at the registra-

tion for 1841.
The Learned Barrister said that the questions raised
in this case rose out of the 3d section of the Reform
Act, which enables the occupiers of houses, the land-
lords of which are liable for the payment of the rates
for the relief of the poor, to have themselves personally
rated, incidentally the matters in dispute had frequently
been before him, but not in the distinct form in which
they were now presented. The 30th section appears to
have created much difficulty, and parish officers
did not appear to understand the course that
they ought to pursue when such claims as
those to which it refers are made. At least, in the
parish of Paddington, the Overseers had misunderstood
the course that they ought to have followed, and in
some considerable parishes in the Tower Hamlets the
same misunderstanding existed. It was rather de-
sirable that he should enter fully into the particulars
of this case. The facts wore these. Mr. Green, the
landlord of several houses in Cuthbert-street, Hall
Park, entered into a composition with the parish of
Paddington for the payment of the rates of these
houses. His name was consequently entered upon the
rate-book, as rated in respect of all of them, at a less
sum than that at which they would have been charged
if separately rated. When he let the houses he in
formed the tenants that he would qualify them to he
put upon the Register. In performance of this promise
he attended on the parish officer with one of his tenants
of the name of Pozard, and directed, with the assent of
Fozard, that Fozard's name, and that of other tenants,
should be inserted in the rate-book. The parish
officer states that the application was merely to insert
the names of the tenants, and to couple their names
with that of the landlord ; that lie did not consider
that a claim to be sated was made, and that the land-
lord gave no direction that an alteration should be made
in the rating. He therefore kept the name of Green,
as landlord, on the rate ; the amount of rate charged
on a composition of all the houses remained unchanged,
and the names of the tenants of each of the houses
were entered after that of the landlord, and on the
same line the descriptian of each house occupied by
them. Tkie rates were always demanded of and paid
by Green. In one respect the statement of Green does
not agree with that of the parish officer. He differs in this,
that the parish officer says that Greco directed that the

PRICE sd.

rating should not be altered. This Green does not admit
He however made no application, that his tenants
should be separately rated, so as to disturb the entry in
the rate of the amount of the composition, and the
tenants gave him no authority to have it altered. He
says be was willing to take upon himself all the conse-
quences of his application, and that if the rating had
been increased he should have been charged himself
with the increase. He told his tenants when they
entered that he would qualify them all, and he consid-
ered himself bound to pay the rates. He is not posi-
tive if Smith or Tart directed him to make for them
a claim to be rated. From this state of facts the dis-
puted matter might be omitted from consideration,
though the effect of Green's evidence really es-
tablished the evidence of the parish officer.
The questions then are, whether an authority was given
by the tenants to the landlord to claim that they should
be rated, and whether they are rated in conformity with
the provisions of the statute. The latter question he
would take first. The 30th section provided that when
the occupier of a house, &c., should claim to be rated,
the Overseers of the parish in which such premises are
situated are thereby required " to put the name of such
occupier on the rate for the time being." This, it is said,
h.xs been done in this case, and that no alteration in the
rate is directed by the statute to be made in the rating of
the landlord. It appeared to him (Mr. Falconer) that
the 30th section must be taken in connection with the
27th section. The putting the name upon the rate as
directed by the 30th section is in order that the party
shall fulfil the condition of the 27th section, by
being himself rated in respect of all rates made
on the premises occupied by him. According to
the proposed construction of the 31st section, the
party claiming to have his name on the rate is not to
be separately rated, Ido nut think that the section
admits of such an interpretation,- nor see any good
reason by which it may be supported. Why should
the tenant of a house for which the landlord is liable to
pay the rates be placed in a more advantageous posi-
tion than the poorer class of householders, who are
personally liable to pay them Is their political inde-
pendence likely to be aided by such means ? The
rent for the poorer class of houses is generally as low
as will afford the smallest amount of profit on the capi-
tal invested, and the smaller the amount of rates paid
for their occupation of such houses, one of the veins: of
10/., rated separately, at its full value, is a greater
charge upon a tenant than a house of the value of
101., rated under a composition rate. Is there any
provision in the Act to put these two
classes of tenants upon the same footing ? Is not
the power to claim to be rated, given in order that the
tenant of a compounded house, may, as far as practi-
cable, separate himself from a dependence on his land-
lord. Is it not in order that he himself may pay the
rate in respect of his own tenement without being sub-
ject to a caprice which might delay the payment, until
the time of payment shall have passed, within which
it should have been made, in order that he shall appear
on the register ? If so, and he claims to be separately
rated, what is the effect? Is it not that he shall be
rated to the full amount of the rate that the house he
occupies, if separately rated, would be liable to be
charged ? A composition for rates for several houses
means a payment in respect of all, less in amount than
would be payable for the aggregate of all of them if
separately rated. But what title has the tenant of one
house to have his own rating reduced in respect of the
payment of the rates of other houses in which he has
no interest ? When he is rated separately, he must be
rated to the full amount to which the value of his
house extends. This it is certainly the duty of parish
officers to do, when a claim to be rated is made under
the 30th section of the Reform Act. It is true that
compositions with the landlord under many local Acts
are imperative, and are for the benefit of the parishes
in which the tenements are situated. But the Reform
Act protects this interest of the parish in composi-
tions, by reviving the liability of the compounding land-
lord, when the tenant of a house that has
been included in a composition, fails to pay the amount
of his separate rating occasioned by his claim to be per-
sonally rated. No injury can therefore result to a pa-
rish by disturbing a compounded rating in order to
make this sepat ate rating. In the case under consi-
deration the parish officers have not adopted a proper
course, and have not properly rated Godwin. Any
mistake, however, they may have committed in this re-
spect, will not affect his title to be registered, if he
claimed to be rated, or gave his landlord, Green, suffi-
cient authority for this purpose. New Green never
intended to discharge himself from his own personal re-
sponsibility for the rates. He says that he was really to
take upon himself all the consequences of his
ap-
plication to the parish officers—that he was willing
to charge himself with any increase in the amount
of the rating—but he did not direct that
his tenant should be made personally liable to pay the
rates. The authority given by the tenants does not ap-
pear to have gone further than to allow Green to do
what he should think sufficient to gain for them the
franchise. What he thought necessary to be done they
would sanction. They do not appear to have been
willing to incur any personal responsibility. Green
plainly considered that his contract . prevented his
directing that such a responsibility should be imposed
upon them. I therefore do not think that there was a
sufficient authority to rate them. As regards Tart and
Smith, the landlord is uncertain what passed respecting
the rating, but it does not altogether dispose of the
case. The names of the tenants are in the rate-book.
In what way is the entry made ? Green's name is
entered for the compounded rate, and is the
party charged with it. The parish officer
states that he did not insert the other
names with a view to rate them, but they
are not rated, and their names merely show
which of them occupy the tenements opposite their
names. They certainly are not separately rated so as
to be charged independently of the landlord, and the facts
stated do not throw the slightest doubt upon the ex-
' planation given of the entry of their names. I shall,
therefore, remove from the Register the names of God-
win, Tart, and Smith. The name of Fozard, I have
already decided shall be retained. He is not correctly
rated,-but he personally applied to have his name put
upon the rate, and the effect of such an application en-
titles him to have his name continued upon the Regis-
ter, though the parish officers were not aware of what
it was their duty to do when his claim was made.
The Court rose at 4 o'clock, and stands adjourned
until this day.

DREADFUL MURDER at DUNDEE.

Betwixt Saturday night and Sunday morning, an
awful murder was committed by a young man residing
in the Hilltown, under circumstances of the most pain-
ful character—his mother being the victim. The fatal
deed has created the greatest sensation in the town ;
and the inquiries we have made enable us to state the
facts as follows :—lt appears that John Wilson, starcher,
who lives with his mother at Hilltown, returned home
at a late hour on Saturday night, and having given a
large portion of his wages to his parent, left the house.
He went to the flat above, which is occupied by an old
woman with whom he is on improper terms of intimacy.
His mother suspecting where he bad gone, followed him
some time afterwards ; and, having found him
in company of Elizabeth Strachan, (the person re-
ferred to), ordered him to go away. The deceased
had a lamp in her hand, and her son went down
stairs along with her. On the stairs, however,
a dispute arose, and in the heat of passion the
deceased was struck several severe blows by her son.
She sank down in a state of insensibility on the lower
step of the stair, having a wound in her head towards
the left temple, and a contusion on one of her eyes. The
alarm having been given, she was carried into the house
by the neighbours, and died in two hours afterwards.
The young man at first eluded the police ; but, hearing
that his mother was dead, he immediately delivered him-
self into the hands of the officers, who were in active pur-
suit. Mrs. Wilson was a woman of the most temperate
habits, but she has been separated from her husband for
several years. Her unfortunate son had been invariably
kind and attentive to her, and this renders the murder
more deplorable. On Monday Wilson was brought to the
police bar to go through the usual form of remitting the
case to the Procurator-Fiscal for prosecution. The pri-
soner appeared in a butte of the greatest dejection, and
uttered a few words, to the effect that ne was entirely
ignorant of the committal of the crime at the moment
at which it must have happened. Dr. Webster was
then called. He stated that he had eitatnined and
opened the body of the deceased. eccased. There was an injury
if
on the right brow, as inflicted with some sharp in-
strument. Internally he found a large quantity of
clotted blood covering the whole surface of the brain,
and extending downwards to the base. That was occa-
sioned by the external injury, and death had ensued in
consequence. Dr. Cock had also examined the
body
of
the deceased, and agreed in every particular with Dr.
Webster. Tne case was remitted to the Procurator,
and the unfortunate man was removed from the bar.—
Dundee Courier.

EVENING EDITION.

HAMMERSLE Y'S BANK.

(CIIiCULAR.)

" September 25, 1840.
" I beg to acquaint you that my late brother, Mr.
Haminersley, the sole surviving partner of the late firm
of Hammersleys and Co., having by his will named mo
legatee of his business and property belonging to it, and
also residuary legatee and sole executor, I have dis-
claimed and renounced the acceptance of such bequests,
and all benificial interest whatever under the will.
" But, in the hope of being useful to the friends of
the late firm I have determined to take upon myself the
character of executor, and to prove the will at the
earliest moment it can be done.

••••• • •.•
Being, however, sensible that in the investigation
and arrangement of affairs of such magnitude, and to
which I am a perfect stranger, delay must necessarily
occur, I have, in order to alleviate to the utmost of my
power the inconvenience which may be thus occasioned
to the friends of the late firm, opened a communication
with the house of Messrs. Coutts and Co., who are
kindly disposed to aid that object. I enclose a copy of
their letter to me, and um authorised to say that they
will be prepared to receive any communication you Ina)
wish to make to them.

" I have the greater satisfaction in taking this step,
from knowing that it was the wish of my late brother him-
self to effect an arrangement with that house, to guard
against the inconvenience which would occur to the
friends of his house by his death.—l. am, your very
faithful servant."

(copy.)
Strand, September 25, 1840.
" Dear &I.—After expressing our deep regret for the
severe loss you have sustained in the melancholy and
unlooked for death of your late brother, we beg to state
that, having maturely considered the wishes you have
communicated to us in such obliging terms, we have the
satisfaction to think that no difficulty is likely to arise,
on our part, in affording the facilities you anticipate may
possib!y, to a certain extent, be required by the con-
nections of your late brother's house, for whom you na-
turally feel so deep an interest.
" We are, dear Sir, your very faithful servants,
(Signed) " COUTTS AND CO.
" Charles tlammersley, Esq."

WOOLWICH, SEPr. 25.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.—At two o'clock on Thursday
afternoon the whole of the Royal Horse and Foot Ar-
tillery at present in the garrison were assembled on the
parade in front of the barracks, under the command of
Colonel Cleveland, to witness the presentation of medals
to Sergeant Collarmaker J. Beaumont, Royal Horse
Artillery ; Company Sergeants—John Ferguson, sth
battalion ; William Anderson, .sth battalion ; James
Hickson, 3d battalion ; and John Mathison, .sth bat-
talion ; Gunner Benjamin Sellers, Royal Horse Artil-
lery ; and Gunner and Driver James Greenfield, .sth
battalion—for long service and good conduct.
The whole of the corps having been formed into a
square, the Commandant, S:r Hew Dalrymple Ross,
K.C.8., and Deputy Adjutant-General, called the
above-named men forward, and complimented them
upon their having gained the highest honour a soldier
could look for—the approbation of his Sovereign and his
officers. Brigade-Major Cuppage then read the services
of each man which had entitled him to this distinction,and
the gallant Commandant, in handing the medals to them,
observed in the most feeling manner, " I am an old sol-
dier myself, but this is the most pleasing moment of
my life when I have the gratification of rewarding those
who have faithfully performed the duties of theie pro-
fession, and acted throughout their long services as
brave and gallant soldiers ;" and he would call upon all
present to endeavcur to emulate those worthy men, who
would now be able to show and refer with pleasure to
the testimony of her Majesty and their officers' appro-
bation of their valuable services rind good conduct.
He was sorry to have on this occasion cause to point
out the irregularities which bad been committed by
some of the old soldiers who had lately joined the garri-
son from India, which would preclude them from the
medal and gratuity. To each individual present to whom
medals were awarded, the Commandant addressed some
kind words, but when he delivered the medal to Sergeant
Mathison, of the sth battalion, his approbation was the
highest that could be conferred. This brave and gallant
soldier having served during the whole of the Penin-
sular war, and been present at most of the general en-
gagements in those glorious campaigns, he had subse•-
quently served eight years in America. In addition to
the silver medal, containing round the edge the rank
and name of the party to whom it is presented, and on
one side the Queen's arms, surrounded by trophies of
war, and on the obverse, " Reward for long service and
good conduct," a gratuity of 13/. is given to each ser-
geant, 71. to each corporal or bombardier, and 5!. to
each gunner or driver, and the same is given annually to
one sergeant, one corporal or bombardier, and one
gunner and driver, in every battalion or corps of 700
rank and file and upwards. As a further mark of ap-
probation, it is also enjoined that notification be made
ox the church door of the parish to which the soldier
belongs, as a testimonial to his friends and relations of
his character and bravery,
At the conclusion of the parade the following was
issued and inserted in the order-books of every troop
and battalion :

" General Order, September the 24th, 1840.—The
undermentioned non-commissioned officers and men hav-
ing been recommended for medals and gratuities, agree-
ab:y to the 49th article of the rules and regulations for
pensioning soldiers of the Ordnance corps, viz.:—Staff-
Sergeants, Thos. Blackic, Royal Horse Artillery ; Wil-
liam Livesy, of the Company of Gentlemen Cadets ;
and Robert Marsh, 6th battalion. Sergeant Collarmaker
J. Beaumont, Royal Horse Artillery ; Company Ser-
geants John Fcrgusaon and William Anderson, sth bat-
talion ; Jas. Hickson, 3d battalion, and Jas. Shand, 4th
battalion ; Sergeants Colin Anderson, 2d battalion, and
John Mathison, sth battalion ; Gunners Benjamin
Sellers and John Carter, Royal Horse Artillery •
Driver Robert Parks, Royal Horse Artillery ; Gunners
and Drivers William Wright, 24 battalion, William
Robertson, 3d battalion, James Sturgeon and James
Greenfield, sth battalion, and Gunner Robert Kirkaldy,
Invalid Artillery, the Master-General has directed it to
be announced in general orders, that it is always grati-
fying to him to reward old and meritorious soldiers for
good and faithful service, and he accordingly approves
of medals and gratuities being given to each of the
above individuals, agreeably to the said regulations,
" H. D. ROSS,
" Colonel and Deputy Adjutant-General."
The medals and gratuities will be transmitted to the
parties whose names are contained in the above general
order, but who could not attend owing to the distance of
their places of residence, having all retired from the ser-
vice last year on weli-merited pensions, which they enjoy
in addition to this mark of distinction.

THE HISTORY OF A FLIRT, RELATED BY
HiasELF.—We are requested to state that the above new
work of fiction, in 3 vols, post Bvo., is published this day
by Mr. Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street, and may
now be i.ad of all booksellers, and at all the libraries. Mr.
Colburn has also just published " Oliver Cromwell," en
Historical Romance, edited by Horace Smith, Esq.. 3
vols. ; and " The Cashmere Shawl," a Talc of the East,
by Captain Wbyte, author of " The King's Page," &C"
3 vols.
•
D. Horne, Esq. (W.S.), D. S. Wem"sLe Esq.,
Deputy
and Kenneth Mackay, Esq., have been appointed P
Lieutenints of Caiihness.