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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY
._EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1847.

Mayor to grant another remand of the prisoners for
some time. The only additional evidence necessary
was the strict legal evidence as to the fact that the
notes were forged. The moral evidence of guilt was
quite strong enough. The authorities here had com-
municated with the Bank at St. Petersburgh, and
the moment the evidence to prove that the notes were
forgeries should arrive the case should be sent to the
proper tribunal for trial. It would, he thought, be
necessary to go over the next sessions of the Central
Criminal Court. There were two or three other wit-
nesses whom it might be considered necessary to pro-
duce, one of whom was a servant girl at the house at
which Solomon Muscovitz had lodged, which girl
could prove that Friedeburg and Aaronson had been
constantly in the room with Muscovitz.
Mr. M'lntyre said, that sort of evidence only
proved that Muscovitz had stated facts in accounting
for the possession of the notes he was accused of
having on his person. Muscovitz was an illiterate
man, and was incapable of judging of genuine notes,
a circumstance not calculated to excite surprise, as
there was scarcely a person in the justice-room who
could declare that they were forgeries.
Mr. Ballantine said that his Learned Friend seemed
to forget that amongst the notes found upon his client
was a skeleton note, the condition of which was ample
proof that it was a forgery.
Mr. M'lntyre argued that Muscovitz ought either
to be discharged or committed at once. He had
taken the notes as genuine ones, and it was out of his
power to call evidence to that fact, as his witnesses
were arraigned at the bar.
Mr. Vincent said he should postpone Aaronson's
defence to a future occasion.
Mr. Ballantine submitted to the Lord Mayor that
Mr. M'lntyre's observations with respect to Musco-
vitz might be exactly adapted to a jury, but they
had nothing to do with the Lord Mayor, who had to
consider merely whether the case was such a one as
ought to go to a higher authority. Here was a man
found in the possession of a forged note, fabricated
by the parties with whom he was found to be con-
stantly associated.
The LORD MAYOR said he had made up his mind
to remand all the prisoners till Saturday, the 20th of
November.

[ln all the notes found upon the prisoners, or in
their rooms, there are several verbal and other inac-
curacies, and in the notes which appear to have been
intended as the most finished, there is a gross error in
the last word of the note, which, as written, was
stated not to be a Russian word at all, and indeed to
be no word in any language. The notes were three
rouble notes, intended for circulation no doubt
amongst the ignorant peasantry, the bulk of whom
cannot read.]
GUILDMILL.

Yesterday Joseph Markwell, a clerk in the Post-
office money order department, was charged with
stealing a Si. note, the property of a fellow-clerk.
Mr. Bate, the complainant, stated that he received
his salary on Tuesday week, and on the Thursday
following he missed a Si. note. He did not know the
number of the note, but he endorsed his name on the
back of two notes he received, and, having ascer-
tained that the clerks were paid in notes of consecu-
tive numbers, and that the numbers of the two paid
to him were known, the discovery of the lost note
was rendered easy. By ascertaining the number of a
note he had paid away lie arrived at the number of
that he had lost. It was paid into the Bank and
traced back to the prisoner, who had erased his en-
dorsement. Upon missing the note he immediately
drew up a notice, which the prisoner, at his request,
posted up in the office.
Mr. Alderman H. HUGUES asked where the note
was stolen ; was it from the inside or off his desk ?
The complainant said he had placed it in his pocket
book, and it was stolen, or, perhaps, it had drOpped
on the floor from his book
Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES said there was some
difference between stealing and finding property, be •
cause there was an erroneous notion abroad that he
who found a thing might keep it. At the same time,
the law regarded it as a felonious act if a person ap-
propriated to his own use the property of another,
which he had lost by accident.
The prosecutor said the property was found, not in
the street, but in the money order-office, and the
prisoner was aware to whom it belonged.
Robert Tyrrell, the money-order officer, stated that
he apprehended the prisoner, who at first persisted
that the note produced was the same he had received
for his salary, but en finding the number of Mr.
Bate's note could be fixed with certainty he confessed
that he picked the note up in the room where the
clerks hang their great-coats, and, as he did not men-
tion the fact on the day, he was ashamed to speak of
it, when on the following day he heard who had
lost it.

The ALDERMAN asked what salary he had ? Mr.
Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, said 60/. a-year.
lie should leave the case in the hands of the
magistrate.

Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES presumed he would be
dismissed from the Post- office.
Mr. Peacock said he had no doubt of that.
The ALDERMAN asked Mr. Bate if he would be
satisfied if the prisoner repaid the 51., and quitted the
Post-office ? Mr. Bate said he should be satisfied, if
the Post-office authories were.

Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES said, he would be
punished by losing his place, the difficulty he would
have in procuring another, and the pain he would
endure through life from feeling that he was an
object of suspicion. He recommended the prisoner
to immediately tender his resignation and repay the

money.
The prisoner promised to do so, and was discharged.

NORTH-WALES RAILWAY.
A special meeting of the shareholders of this com-
pany was held yesterday, at two o'clock, at the Guild-
hall Coffee-house, on the requisition of a number of
shareholders, who declared their opinion that the pro-
ject could not be carried out with profit, and, there-
fore, wishing the company to be dissolved and the
remainder of the funds distributed amongst the share-
holders.

Mr. CHADWICK occupied the chair, and briefly
addressed the meeting. He said from the course
adopted by Mr. Mott and Mr. Archer, and from the
depreciation of railway property, he had arrived at
the opinion that the wisest plant would be to dis-
solve the company. The Chester and Holyhead,
for instance, was at ten pounds discount,
and some of the shareholders of the line had
stated to him that they would rather pay 51. per share
than allow the company to go on, and to render the
shareholders liable for the contract. When the pro-
ject was started, the Great 'Western was surveying,
a line to Porthdynllaen, on which their line ma-
terially depended, but it had been abandoned ;
and without that line their project would be
valueless. The directors, therefore, proposed the dis-
solution
eh of ofthe the and the return of the re-
mainder and to intimateithis by letter to
a
shareholders ; but if, from the
e
opposition with which they had had to contend, they
could not do this immediately, they proposed to
seek a Bill next session to enable them
to do so. With relation to the statement made
by Mr. Archer at the Mansion-house, respecting the
securities, he had to reply that they were safe in the
strong box of the company at their banker's, and
would be produced at the proper time. It appeared
to him that Mr. Archer and Mr. Mott had an in-
terest in the Porthdynllaen line, which was adverse
to the interests of this company.—(Hear, hear.) He,
therefore, begged to propose the immediate dissolu-
tion of the company.
Mr. HENDERSON seconded the motion, and strongly
urged its adoption, and the immediate return of the
23,0001. into the hands of the bankers. He con-
sidered that the proposition to make merely the
portion of the line from Carnarvon to Bangor was not
one which the shareholders ought to entertain.
Mr. MOTT admitted that he was interested in the
Porthdynllaen line, but said that Mr. Archer had
ceased to have an interest in it; any connexion with
him, however, he disavowed. He did not wish to oppose
the wish of the shareholders, but he besought them
to adopt an alternative, namely, the probability of
an offer of an eligible nature from some other corn•
pany. If no offer was made, he would not oppose
their wish, but he would advise them to allow the
company to dissolve in the natural course—by the
expiration of the Act. He looked upon Porth-
dynllaen as one of the most important ports in that
part of the country.
A SHAREHOLDER, a barrister, said as Holyhead
had been fixed upon as the port for that part of the
country, and as the traffic on their line would
simply consist of slates ; and as the landowners were
against it, he advised them at once to dissolve. They
might, in his opinion, divide the money, taking the
note of hand of each shareholder; or they might
seek a bill to the value. The opposition of Mr.
Archer, or any one else, would be estimated by a
Committee of the House of Commons. This gentle-
man cited several instances in which a similar course
had been adopted. He was not in favour of waiting
for any offer, except it was made in cash.
Mr. SPACKMAN also urged the dissolution of the
company, and considered that the opposition of such a
person as Mr. Archer would weigh but as a feather
in the scale against the wish of a body of share-
holders.—(Hear, hear.) He would be taken at his
value. They might be sure that the Government
would ere long bring forward a proposition to put an
end to 9-10ths of the railways—(Heer, hear)—they
would thus liberate the money of the country and
prevent the public creditor from being cheated.
The resolution was then unanimously adopted.
After considerable discussion of a personal and
libellous nature, relative to the proceedings
Archer and his solicitor, Mr. Shaw,
A vote of thanks and confidence was passed to the
Chairman, the directors, and the secretary, and the
meeting broke up. of Mr.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF

FRIDAY.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 20, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Adrien
Louis Cochelet, as Cousul-General in London for his
Majesty the King of the French.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M.
Le Feuvre, as Consul at Southampton for his Majesty
the King of the Belgians.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Hugh Keenan, as Consul at Dublin for the United States
of America.

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 22.
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Joh❑ Forster, from
the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, •ice Carter, who ex-
changes, Oct. 22.

14th Light Dragoons—Capt. Henry Edward Doherty
to be Major, by purchase, vice Ainslie, promoted ;
Lieutenant Arthur Scudamore to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Doherty ; Cornet Herbert Edwards to be
Lieutenant, by purcase, vice Scudamore ; William
D'Urban Blyth, Gent., to be Cornet, by purcase, vice
Edwards, Oct. 22.

Ist Regiment of Foot Ensign Hastings Fowler
Jones to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hawkins,
who retires ; James Aytoun, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Jones, Oct. 22.

6th Foot Lieutenant the Hon. Augustus George
Charles Chichester to be Adjutant, vice Dowker, who
resigns the Adjutancy only, Oct 22.
7th Foot—Lieutenant Harry Lee Carter, from the 6th
Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Forster, who
exchanges; Second Lieutenant Richard William Ald-
worth, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Harriott, who retires, Oct. 22.
29th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Henry W-stropp to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Kirby, deceased;
Ensign Edward Browne Hart, from the 80th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Westropp, Aug. 5.
60th Foot—William Mure, Gent., to be Second Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Aldwortb, promoted in the 7th
Foot, Oct. 22.

61st Foot—Captain James Campbell to be Major,
without purchase, vice Douglas, deceased, July 31;
Lieutenant William Alexander Dely, from the 21st
Foot to be Captain, vice Campbell, Oct. 22.
63d Foot—Captain Exham Schomberg Turner Swyny
to be Major, by purchase, vice Carew, who retires;
Lieutenant Stephen Francis Charles Annesley to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Swyny; Ensign Samuel
Fairtlough to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Annes-
ley; Cecil Charles Pule, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Fairtlough, Oct. 22.

73d Foot—Ensign William Burnop to be Adjutan
vice Bicknell, promoted, Oct. 22.
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89th Foot—Ensign Butler Dunboyne Moore to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duff, who retires y John
Atkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moore,
Oct. 22.

UNATTACHED.—Major Charles P. Ilinslie, from the
14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, Oct. 22.

MEMORANDUM. - Major-General Charles Beckwith,
upon unattached pay, as a General Officer, has been
allowed to retire from the service by tho sale of an un-
attached lieutenant-colonelcy, Oct. 22.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 19.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-General John
Francis Birch, C. 8., to be Colonel-Commandant, vice
Sir S. T. Dickens, deceased.
ADMIRALTY, OCT. 18.
Corps of Royal Marines—Henry Bradley Roberts,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; James Shute, Gent., to
be Second Lieutenant.

TITHE COMMISSION-OFFICE, LONDON, OCT. 18.
The Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales
have appointed Henry Fleming, Esq., Barrister-at-
Law, to be an Assistant Tithe Commissioner for special
purposes ; and the said llenry Fleming was sworn in,
on the 22d day of October instant, befcre Sir E. V.
Williams, at his Chambers, Itolls'-garden, Chancery-
lane, according to the Act for the commutation of tithes
in England and Wales.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 16.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Stephen Abbot
Notcutt, of Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, Gent., t(
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chan
eery.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Thomas Pearson, nail manufacturer, Birmingham.
BANKRUPTS.
William Bangley Brasted, grocer, St. Alban's-street,
Lambeth, to surrender Nov. 2, at two, and Dec. 3, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Knuckley,
Wilming-ton-square.
John Pink, architect, Westbourne-park-villas, Pad-
dington, Nov. 2, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 6, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official as-
signee, Old Jewry-chambers; Rhodes and Lane, Chan-
cery-lane.
James Venables, jun., butcher, Tottenham-court-
road, Nov. 1, at two, and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-
street; Buchanan, Basingball-street.
Samuel Stocks and Mortimer Lavater Tait, bleachers,
Manchester, Nov. 6 and 28, at eleven, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Fox, Finsbury-circus, London; Worthington, Earle, and
Berry, Manchester.

James Higginbottom Southern and George Southam,
cotton spinners, Ashton-under-Lyne, Nov. 4 and 25, at
eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson,
official assignee, Manchester; Spinks, Great James-
street, Bedford -row, London • Gartside, Ashton-under-
Lyne; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
Nathaniel Elliott, grocer, Bury, Lancashire, Nov. 2
and 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Mayhew and Son,
Carey-street, London ; Halsall, Middleton, Lancashire.
Isaac Williams, grocer, Merthyr Tydvil, Nov. 2, at
twelve, and Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Smith, Mer-
thyr Tydvil ; Livett, Bristol.
George Evans, carpenter, Bristol, Nov. 5 and Dec. 3,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman,
official assignee, Bristol; Hinton, Bristol.
William Grills, rope manufacturer, Launceston, Corn-
wail, Nov. 2, at eleven, and Nov. 25, at one, at the
Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter;
Gurney and Cowlard, Launceston; Bell, Steward, and
Lloyd, Lincoln's Inn- fields, London; Turner, Exeter.
John Marshall, corn dealer, Shipston-on-Stour, Wor-
cestershire, Nov. 2 and 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Letts, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn ; Motteram
and Knowles, Birmingham.
James Whitehead and Samuel Doyle, glovers, Boston,
Lincolnshire, Nov. 5 and 26, at one, at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Notting-
ham ; Wood and Fraser, Dean street, Soho.
Kaberry Kettlewell, jeweller, Leeds, Nov. 8, and
Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Sudlow
and Co., Chaneery-lane, London ; Middleton, Leeds.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall- street.
J. W. Pearl, Milton-street, Dorset-square' horse
dealer, Nov. 12, at half past eleven—R. Wade, Cheap-
side, tailor and draper, Nov. 12, at twelve—H. B. Brack-
nell, Oxtord-street, draper, Nov. 12, at two—J. Andrews,
Binstead, Isle of Wight, miller and coal merchant, Nov.
12, at twelve—E. Sewell, Old Bond-street, hatter, Nov.
18, at twelve—G. Otley, New Bond-street, tailor and
draper, Nov. 12, at twelve—T. Kirkpatrick, Grace-
church-street, draper, Nov. 12, at one—H. Beeston and
J. Dunston, Houndsditcb, manufacturers of Fraser's
safety ship hearths and capstans, Nov. 12, at half-past
twelve—J. Morse, Banbury, Oxfordshire, woolstapler,
Nov. 12, at eleven—H. Woodhouse and T. T. Wood-
house, Aldermanbury, warehousemen, Nov. -13, at eleven
—A. Anderson and D. Robertson, Coleman-street, in-
surance brokers, Nov. 12, at half-past one—J. G. Bourne,
Wellington-terrace, Clapham, carpenter and builder,
Nov. 13, at one.

In the Country.

J. Coulen, Cheltenham, woollen draper, Nov. 11, at
eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. Hill, Liverpool, iron-
monger, Nov. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T.
Davies, merchant and commission agent, Nov. 15, at
half-past twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Smith,
Ashton-in-Maekerfield, Lancashire, cotton spinner, Nov.
17, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T. 11. Pullen,
Sheffield,lhosier, N0v.12, at tt n, at the Court, Sheffield—
J. L. Butterell, Doncaster, grocer, Nov. 12, at ten, at the
Court, Sheffield—T. T. Cooke, Manchester, bill vender,
Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—R. Barker,
Manchester, druggist, Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester—W. Wilke, Leeds, builder and stonemason,
Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Trewick,
jun., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, draper, Nov. 18, at half-
past one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Glover,
Leeds, dyer, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
J. Hopkins and J. Drewitt, Arundel, Sussex, bakers,
sd. on Monday, and two following Mondays, between
the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. IL
IL Cannan, Birchin-lane, City.
D. Pattie, St. Alban's-place, Edgware-road, stationer,
33,, on Monday, and two following Mondays, between
the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. H. H.
Cannan, Birchin-lane, City.
J. C. Moore, Wellington-street, Strand, bookseller
and stationer, Sid., on Monday, and two following Mon-
days, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office
of Mr. H. H. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City.
C. Cox, Salford, Lancashire, wine and spirit dealer,
3s. 6d., on Tuesdays, between the hours of eleven and
one, at the office of Mr. J. Fraser, Manchester.
T. Bointon, Pickering, Yorkshire, money scrivener,
2s. 6d., on Tuesdays, between the hours of eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. H. P. Hope, Leeds.
R. Ballantyne, Liverpool, merchant, Bd., on Thurs-
days, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. J. Cazenove Liverpool.
R. Ballantyne, W. Atkinson, and A. Atkinson, Liver-
pool and London, merchants, 103., on Thursdays, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
J. Cazenove, Liverpool.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
T. Pye, King's-road, Chelsea, timber merchant, Nov.
12, at half-past one—J. Thies, Old Broad-street, bread
td
Hammersmith,
baker, Nov. 12, at eleven—C. E. Neate,
coal and corn merchant, Nov. 12, at half-
past eleven—E. M. Totterdale and J. Gruchy, Portsea,
woollendrapers, Nov. 12, at two—W. Amos, Whitstable,
Kent, coal merchant, Nov. 12, at eleven—W. Child,
Sun-street, Bishopsgate-street, shoe mercer, Nov 12, at
half-past two—T. Parsons, Maidstone, butcher, Nov. 12,
at one—G. Pratt and J. Bodle, Addison-road North,
builders, Nov. 15, at half-past eleven—L Townshend,
Sheerness, ironmonger, Nov. 13, at half-past two—H.
Tahum, Queen's Head-yard, St. Saviour's, Southwark,
hop and seed merchant, Nov. 13, at two—J, H. Tipple,
Wymondham, Norfolk, bombazeen manufacturer, Nov.
11, at eleven—A. Rule, Leadenhall-street, ship and
insurance broker, Nov. 11, at half-past twelve.
In the Country.
W. Dewhirst, Huddersfield, printer, Nov. 20, at eleven,
at the Court, Leeds—Q. Miller, Whitby, Yorkshire,