The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-05 00:00:00

THE SUN,. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINri, JAN'ETARy 5, 16;8,

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
MISDEMEANOUR.-CUARGE OF RIOT.

passed. The wheels passed over and broke her legs
as soon as she fell.
The superintendent produced the ,letter from the
coroner. _ _ _

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mrs. Reid, the wife of the prosecutor, and sister to
'the defendant Usher, was examined, in corrobo-
ration of the evidence given by her husband.
George Langridge proved the riot and confusion
that took place, but did not see any of the defendants
take part in it except Partridge and Usher.
After the examination of several other witnesses,
who proved the riot and confusion that took place,
Mr. PRENDERGAST addressed the jury for the de-
fendants, and called several witnesses for the purpose
of proving that a partnership existed between the
prosecutor Reid and the defendant Usher.
Mr. BALLANTINE replied upon the evidence ad-
duced on behalf of the defendants.
The RECORDER summed up ; and
The jury found Partridge, Lawford, John Lau-
rence, the younger, and Usher Guilty ; and Ac-
quitted John Laurence, the elder, and Thomas
Laurence. The jury also found that no partner-
ship existed between the defendant Usher and the
pros.ecutor.
The prosecutor strongly recommended all the
prisoners to the mercj of the Court.
The RECORDER sentenced Usher to three months'
imprisonment and hard labour; and Partridge, Law-
ford, and John Laurence the younger, to one month's
imprisonment,

Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL observed that the case
had proceeded as if the driver were not blameable.
He was not taken into custody at the time, nor when
the woman died, and in the absence of proof of
criminal negligence, he would take bail for the pri-
soner's attendance hereafter.
The prisoner procured bail and was liberated.
CLERKENWELL.

RUFFIANLY OUTRAGE.—Patrick Foy and Timothy
Duggan, powerful looking Irishmen, were placed at
the bar before Mr. Combo, charged with having been
concerned in a dreadful outrage on Mr. Peter Cowell,
of the Bricklayers' Arms, Whitecross-street, St.
Luke's, and several officers of the G division, whose
lives are in extreme danger, in cor.sequence of the in-
juries they received.
Mr. Sidney, solicitor, of Hatton-garden, attended
for the prisoner Foy.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Cowell, and
several officers, who were covered with bruises, that
on the evening of Monday, the 27th of December, a
mob of between forty and fifty of the lower order of
Irish assembled together in the neighbourhood of
Whitecross-street, armed with bludgeons, &c., and
paraded the various streets, hallooing in a violent
manner, and conducting themselves most out-
rageously, demanding Christmas boxes from li-
censed victuallers and the various tradesmen.
They at length paid a visit to Mr. Cowell, forced
their way in, and made an unprovoked attack upon
him whilst he was behind the bar, and injured him
severely. The prisoner Foy was the ringleader,
and fought most desperately. Information was at
length communicated to the police at Featherstone-
street, and a strong party of the force was instantly
dispatched to the spot. They requested them to
desist and go peaceably to their homes, but thin
seemed only to have the effect to stimulate them to
further violence, and they made a simultaneous attack
on the officers. Several of the constables were divested
of their truncheons, with which they were maltreated
about their heads in a violent manner, and left for
dead on the ground. The officers were obliged to
retreat for their own personal safety, hut they were
pursued for some distance, until a reinforcement of
the police arrived. Foy was taken into custody, when
a cry was raised to rescue him. Constable 81 G took
another of the rioters into custody, when the prisoner
Duggan attacked the officer, beat him about the head,
kicked and beat him, and left him bleeding and in-
sensible on the ground. Duggan escaped, but Foy,
after a desperate resistance, was secured and taken to
the station-house.
Elston, 246 G, deposed that Foy knocked down
three of the officers successively, and then attacked
witness, who was severly injured.
William Constable, 81 G, who was in a very weakly
state from injuries received, deposed that Foy was very
violent, and fought at every body right and left. He
kicked Peake, 125 G, and jumped upon him when he
was down. He also attacked Weyman, 147 G, kicked
him on the abdomen, &c., and he was considerably

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.)
The I,:riurt was occupied the greater part of the
nic.orni.ng in trying cases prosecuted by her Majesty's
761-Hat- The only case presenting any feature of in-
terns',; was one in which two very respectable-looking
women, named Caroline Jones and Rachel Levy
were charged with what is commonly known as
" ringing the changes,'= a system they evidently had
carried on for a considerable time, and to a large
extent.
Three cases were proved against the prisoners--
and, from the evidence, it appeared that in each case
ney had purchased some trifling article, and tendered
a gOoa 51. note, in payment. When they received the
change, they found that they had cash enough to pay
wi`hout changing paper, and in returning the change,
to 4.eceive back their note, they substituted a coun-
teaffeit for a good sovereign. They seemed to have
carried on this trade with considerable ingenuity, and
were familiar to the officers of the Mint. When de
tected at last by a confectioner's counterman, they
assumed a very indignant manner, and vehemently
denounced him for daring to attribute any criminality
to them.

The jury unhesitatingly found them Guilty, and the
Court ordered each to be imprisoned with hard labour
for' eighteen calendar months.
The defrauded tradesmen were repaid out of the
bank-notes found upon the prisoners.
Henry Butt, 42, pleaded guilty to an indictment,
which charged him with embezzling and stealing 3/.
7s. 6d.' 71. 6s. 4d., and other sums of money belong-
ing to John Yeoman Rood, his employer.
Witnesses were called who gave the prisoner a
good 25 years' character.
Sentenced to 12 months hard labour.
:Tames Dowding, 50, was indicted for stealing eight
ounces of tea, the property of the St. Katherine's
Dock Company.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Sentenced to two months' hard labour.

injured.
Other officers, who exhibited bruises, gave similar
testimony.
Mr. Peter Cowell, of the Bricklayers' Arms,
Whitecross-street, gave confirmatory evidence.
Mr. Mayhew, surgeon, deposed that he had at-
tended the injured officers. One of them was in great
danger. 147 G was suffering from a wound on the
head three inches and a half in length, and went to
the bone of the skull, probably inflicted by a trun-
cheon. He was in a dangerous state. The blow was
so very violent that the jaw was fixed for several
days. His ribs were also broken. His arms and
hands were injured and sprained. He had evidently
been jumped and trampled upon.
Mr. Sydney, for the defence, attempted to set up
an alibi for Foy, and called same witnesses, who
failed in that object, and he then suggested that bail
should be taken.
Mr. COMBH declined accepting bail, saying it was
one of the most cowardly outrageous proceedings that
he had ever heard of. He should eventually commit
the prisoners for trial, but he would now remand
them for a week to ascertain the fate of the injured
policemen.—They were then locked up.

John Gordon, late a general postman, was indicted
for unlawfully obtaining, by false pretences, a half-
crown, the money of H. J. Langton, a half-crown,
the money of Jos. Rownson and others, and two
shillings, the moneys of Robert Branston, with intent
to cheat and defraud them of the same.
The facts of this case have already appeared in our
police intelligence, under the head of Guildhall.
None of the parties who appeared to prosecute,
- tnoiaver, could positively identify the prisoner as the
persm to wh()_--- they the money.
Inabsence of 1 .itive proof as to identity, the jury
founathe prisoner Not Guilty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Samuel Uriah Scoter, the Newington letter carrier,
was bought up for final examination upon the
clrarge; of having forged an order for the payment of
money, and with having uttered a forged indorsement
to a bill of exchange.
111 r. Muliens, of the firm of Bush and Muliens,
the solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for Pro-
tection against Forgeries and Frauds, attended for
the prniecution, and Mr. Ilobler attended for the
prisoner.
.The whole of the evidence which was detailed at
the former examination of the prisoner was read over,
the depositions were signed, and the prisoner was
committed for trial.

LAMBETIL
CHARGE OF BILL STEALING.— William Chandler
and William James Loughten, alias Rippleside, who
have been in custody since Stturday last on a charge
of obtaining two bills for 250/. each from Captain
Shrapnel by false representations, were placed at the
bar for further examination.
Mr. hope, a solicitor, attended on the part of Cap-
tain Shrapnel for the prosecution, and Mr. Games ap-
peared for the prisoners.
The evidence taken on Saturday having been read,
Captain Henry Needham Scrope Shrapnel entered
the witness-box, and on being sworn deposed that
on the 23d of November last he saw an advertisement
in the United &race Gazette, which ran thus :
" Money ready to be advanced on reel or personal
security, in amounts not less than 1001. nor exceed-
ing 5,0001. Letters from principals or their solici-
tors only, to be addressed (paid) to Mr. Rippleside,
Ashly's post-office, North Brixton ;" and being in
want of some cash, he had replied to it by letter. To
this he received an answer by return of post, from
the prisoner Chandler. A correspondence followed
on the subject of his having some money advanced on
his acceptances, and Chandler wrote to him to be in
town on Tuesday, the 21st of December, when he
promised to get his bills discounted to the amount of
3001. or 500/. He (Captain Shrapnel) accordingly
came to town from Gosport, on the 21st, and the
prisoner Chandler, on the same evening, called on
him at the Tavistock Hotel, Covent-garden, when he
introduced himself, and said he was the person who
had oLtained for him an advance of 2,000/. some
years ago, on his property, and added, he should be
happy to get him any money he then wanted from
the same person.
Mr. NORTON—Was that the fact, that the prisoner
Chandler had got you 2,0001. advanced upon your
property ? Captain Shrapnel—Not at all, sir ; that
loan was negotiated through a Mr. Douglas ; but
Chandler, I believe, was connected in some way or
other with the office where the deeds were made out,
and by this means became acquainted with the fact.
The other prisoner (Loughten) was a stranger to
him. lie (Captain Shrapnel) told Chandler that he
wanted 5001., and his reply was, that lie could get it
at once for him upon his bills. lie then suggested
that he should draw two bills for 2501. each ; and he
did so upon stamps which he (witness) purchased.
These Chandler took away with him, but on the fol-
lowing day returned, and said that Mr. Morton, a
gentleman residing in Manchester-square, and who
was going to advance the money on the bills, objected
to one of them, and said he proposed that one should
be a bill drawn in the ordinary way, and not a pro-
missory note. He (Chandler) at the same time pro.
duced a stamp, and drew on witness at six months
for 2501., and requested him to accept it, which he
did. Chandler then took away this bill and the
promissory note, and not only promised, but gave
"'I am, Sir, your obedient servant, an undertaking in writing to that effect, that. he
" ' HY. HUNTON.' should return them or 4251. on the following even-
"l then wrote, with the necessary remittance, by ing, but he had not seen him from that time to the
post-office order, to send me the Times forone quarter ; present.
but no newspaper has yet reached here. I have since Mr. Games—Now, Captain Shrapnel, are you pre-
written Mr. Hunton, but no answer has yet come to pared to swear that you should be provided with the
wind. On inquiry at the publishers of one of our means to take these two bills of' 500/. up in six
local papers in which the advertisement appeared, I months ? Captain Shrapnel—l swear I should. .
received the letter from which I annex an excerpt. Mr. Games—Perhaps you would explain to the
"If it be not possible to bring such a person to Magistrate how
you would be prepared to meet the
punishment, may I ask the favour of your Lordship bill. ? CaptainSh rapnel—l don't think lam bound
noticing these circumstances in the Police-court, that to do •so. can only say that they should be pro-
the pUblic may be on their guard against this new in- vided f •o I
ve.ntion of the London sharper; -_-I have the honour Mr. Games—Pray what does your property consist
to,be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient aer- of? Captain Shrapnel—Of houses and land.
vant, " G. B. BRAND. Mr. Games—Have you made a return to the Insol-
"To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor vent Debtors Court .of this property ? Captain
of London, &c."
Shrapnel—l have.
,Excerpt from letter of Mr. Park, of the Northern In reply to the questions of Mr. Norton, Captain
Warder, Dundee, to Mr. Brand, 25th December, Shrapnel said that he had consented to give a security
847 : that would be available, in the event of his not taking
"I have your note lam afraid this Mr. Hunton
up his bills when they arrived at maturity, and that
,an intake. The advertisement was sent to us to the prisoner Chandler had led him to believe that Mr.
'ert three times, and after the first insertion to send Morton, of Manchester-square, was the person who
e account, and the money would be remitted. This was to advance the money on the bills.
As done, and no answer being returned, we wrote to
London agent to ca 'l at the residence of the per•
, and inform us about him. The answer returned
(
that the place was a coffee-room, and the waiter Mr. William Mabberly, the gentleman who had
glop the prisoner into custody, and who was ex-
Itroned on Saturday, was next put into the witness
box, and stated that on Sunday last Mr.. Morton
wno more about Min than that the letters were called on him, and said he had seen in the newspapers
le called fo
MAYOR begged to acknowled r there.'.' an account of the examination of the prisoners, and
/; he LORD ge the re- in which it was also stated that he (Mr. Morton) had
34 a cheque for Si. from E.P., for the poor-box, received one tho bills to discount. He admitted
i* more he regretted to say, was in a very poor con- having receivedof one of the bills from Chandler, and
r. remons\though the new year had already commenced. intended discoun
soon as he (Chandllnegr)
tteetsafiLth,atiiitshould, through the press, have to it,
requested.but could no not s!o Chandler,so qhuei t
also
o
represented, had requested an advance on the bill,
.2-.. the contributions of the
saying that Capt. Shrapnel required some money to
eo."turn many thanka-'to. ',go,.
, pay his hotel expenses before he left town, and. he in
iiieral and humane. e -
GUILD HA L L. -- -
consequence gave him 201. In his cr ss.exansmatlon
',George Carter, the driver of one' tiof Wilson s
Islington omnibuses, was brought before e aSir Chap- the witness admitted seeing the prisoner° Chandler
4in Marshall, charged with having caused riche death
at Horsmonger-lane gaol on the day bef
ora
a poor woman named Smith. denied having told him that if he paid 101. or' but
12/.
the. policeman, who had apprehended the pill'faoner,
the expenses which the captain had been put
ated that he had no evidence to offer against f,.4-'e to, the charge should not be proceeded with. His
prisoner, but that he was directed to be apprehended 1) ,
~ for gains
from M Bedford, the coroner, who was rai-ason gong to the prisoner, he
.said, was to as-
,l letter i r. cer,:"ain whether he had really received 201. on the
oliout to hold an inquest, but deemed it. proper that 1,:.0 '
The "" t'Chandler at first said he had only 10/., but
the prisoner should be first takenl, into custody.
-r•h ultimate:€4y admitted he had `)01. The witness added
letter was it, the hands of - r.. Spary, the superin-
tendent of the police. The affair occurred on the that Mr. Morton was very willing to give up the bill,
piaiziirdeN
jd . the 20/. he had advanced was paid to him.
9.01 th December, in Chancery-lane, and the woman
' don the 28th. She was now to be disin- a . °
, , RTON was of opinion that, taking the whole
was bum of. the cl .rcumstances into consideration, and the par-
aetred by order. of the coroner. . - ticular 'fact of the compinsolVencylainant not having' mentioned
:The prisoner said hewas
a wordy to the prisoners about his recent ,
riament, but he could bring half a dozen people to taken by surprise at that
he dik
i not think that a criminal charge coould be sup-
rove-d that he was not to blame. The woman was not
ponied against the prisoners. He had n objection,
knocked down by the horses. She was walking on
zrowever, to hold them to bail to attend on a future
the pavement, when something caused her to slip , -.'
i s /day, if the prosecutor should desire it.
4 1 Mr. Games hoped his Worship would be satisfied
down.. Her body fell on the pavement, but her leg
projected beyond it at the moment hie omnibuii
i

Mallens said he had mentioned in stating the
sage in the first instance, that the prisoner had in-
closed a number of postage stamps in the letter to
-ne of the banking houses, in order to make up the
3oney in such a manner as that the concern could
lostnit to him the whole amount demanded in even
tot)ney. It would, he gave notice to Mr. Hobler, be
tulown upon the trial that some more postage stamps
vpre found by John Forrester at the house of the
pitsoner, and that thQy corresponded with the stamps
which had been sent to the banking house, and from
which it was evident they had been separated.
llobler expressed much doubt as to the efficacy
of such testimony.
Mr. Mullens observed that it would be for the jury
to decide upon that point-.
.The prisoner was then conveyed to Newgate.
,The LORD MAYOR said he found that the advertise-
ment frauds were still vigorously practised, as the
public would see by the following correspondence,
the publication of which in the newspapers would, in
his opinion, operate as a corrective more effectually
than any other system of exposure or caution :
"Kirrieinuir, 28th December, 1847.
" (Forfarshire, N. B.)
" My Lord,—For several weeks past an advertise-
ment has appeared in our local newspapers in terms
of the one enclosed, viz. The advertiser is pre-
pared to supply the following newspapers on the day
of publication—the daily Times, Morning Advertiser,
Morning Chronicle, Morning Herald, Evening Sun,
and the Globe, or any daily leading journal, at 31.
per annum, or 18s. per quarter, and on the following
day, at half-price. To be paid in advance. Address
to Henry Hunton' newsvendor, 29, Farringdon street,
City, London.' On the 13th current, I wrote this
Hunton, inquiring if I rightly understood his
lidvertisement, and whether he would supply me with
a copy of the Times in terms of it. In answer I
received the letter and printed letter, which I take
the liberty to inclose. (Here appeared the ad-
vertisement above copied, and the following few
lines :—)
" 29, Farringdon-street, London, Dec., 47.
"' Sir,—ln reply to ycurs, 1 beg to say that I will
post and send the paper, according to my advertise-
ment.

with their own recognizances ; and after a protracted
examination the prisoners were liberated, upon their
entering into their own securities to attend on a
future day.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF
TUESDAY.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 3. 1848.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Thom-
son Gordon, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the shire
or sheriffdom of Edinburgh, in the room of Graham
Spiers, Esq., deceased.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 1.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet Major Robert
William Story to be Lieutenant• Colonel, vice Dowse,
deceased; Second Captain Hon. Robert French Hand-
cock to be Captain, vice Story; First Lieutenant Francis
Beckford Ward to be Second Captain, vice Handcock;
Second Lieutenant Spencer John Childers to be First
Lieutenant, vice Ward, dated Dec. 21.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

Thomas Lands, boot and shoemaker, Edgeware road.

BANKRUPTS.

Frederick Ashford, grocer, Ipswich, to surrender Jan.
15, at twelve, and Feb. 17, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Taylor,
Mark-lane ; Pownall,:lpsvvich.
Joseph Harper, shipwright, Burr-street, East Smith-
field, Middlesex, Jan. 13, at half-past one, and Feb. 17,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore,
official assignee, Basinghall-street; Linklaters, Leaden-
hall-street.

William Baxter, hotel-keeper, Northumberland-street,
Strand, Jan. 10, at half past two, and Feb. 15, at half-
past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,-
official assignee, Coleman-street ; Wontner, Skinner-
street, Snow-hill.
John Elliot, cattle dealer, East Ham, Essex, Jan. 15,
at half-past one, and Feb. 12, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder-
tnanbury ; May, Princes-street, Spitalfields.
George Graves, cheesemonger, Norton Folgate, Jan.
19, at eleven, and Feb. 19, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall-street ; Pod and Co., St.
Martin's-lane.

Richard Nelson Reeve, licensed ♦ictualler, Clerken-
well green, Jan. 21, at eleven, and Feb. 19, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee,
Aldermanbury; Linklaters, Leadenhall-street.
Richard Harris I'ugh, warehouseman, Aldermanbury,
Jan. 11, at one, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee.; Henaman,
Basing• lane.
John Geale, job master, New Burlington-mews, Re-
gent-street, Jan. 14, and Feb. 11, at halt past one, at the
Court
.of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
ehurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Willoughby and Co.,
Clifford's-ion, Fleet-street.
George Webb and Archibald Tunno Webb, wine
merchants, Great Saint Helens, Jan. 14 and Feb. 11, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee, Abchurch lane, Lombard-street; Gale, Basing-
hall street.

Owen Kelly, coal and provision merchant, Cannon-
street, City, Jun. 14, and Feb. 11, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jevvr,y ; Van Sandau, and Cumming, King-
street, Cheapside.
Robert Arthur, leather seller, Wilson-street, Fins-
bury, Jan. 12, at twelve, and Feb. 17, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. 801, official assignee, Coleman•
street-buildings ; llindmarsh, Crescent, Jewin-street.

Thomas 11:1w-son Inchbold, bookseller, Ludgate-hill,
Jan. 12, at eleven. and Feb. 17, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Lawrance and flews, Old Jewry-chambers.
James Edwards, thread manufacturer, Allington,
Dorsetshire; Jan. 14, at one, and Feb, 15, at eleven, at
the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee,
Exeter ; Templer and Son, Bridport ; Terrell, Exeter ;
Clowes, Temple, London.
Thomas Pratt, druggist, Newton Abbott, Jan. 12, at
twelve, and Feb 9, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Cowlard,
Lincoln's Inn-fields.

John Lea, brickmaker, Cheltenham, Jan. 14 and Feb.
15, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman,
official assigne, , Bristol; Baylis and Co., Basinghall-
street; Winterbotham and Co., Cheltenham
Robert Carlyle Brand, linen draper, Wigan, Lanca-
shire, Jan. 17 and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Manchester
District. Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ;
Sharpe, Field, Jackson, and Newbold, Bedford-row,
London ; Mayhew, Wigan.
George Blake and James Blake, soap manufacturers,
Liverpool, Jan. 21, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool;
Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Lowndes,
Robinson, and Bateson, Liverpool. -
Edward Brookfield, farmer, Woodcott, Chester, Jan.
18 and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and
Co., Bedford-row, London ; Edleston and Co., Nant-
wich; Curry and Statham, Liverpool.
Francis Kirkby, grocer, Leeds, Jan. 24 and Feb. 17,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, offi-
cial assignee, Leeds ; Dingwall, Tokenhouse-yard. ;
Upton and Clapham, eds.
Bridger Rontree, grocer, Hylton Ferry, Durham,
Jan. 13, at hall-past one, and Feb. 22. at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Fell, Sunderland;
Robe and Edmunds, South-square, Gray's Inn.
Hugh Williams, builder, Birkenhead, Jan. 17, and
Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Milne and Co.,
Temple; Kelsall, Chester; Lowndes and Co., Liverpool.
Owen Parry Roberts, grocer, Llanddansant, Jan. 17,
and Feb. 10. at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry,
London; Evans and Son, Liverpool.
Thomas Westall, auctioneer, Manchester. Jan. 14 and
Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Ilobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Toulmin and
Chester, Staple Inn, London ; Wilson, Manchester.

Shaw, W. J. Maxwell, and J. B. Hinde, (as far as
regards I'. G. Shaw), Salisbury-street, Strand,
and Manchester, wine merchants—J. Boucher, J.
Jackson, and J. C. Boucher, Birmingham, men's mercers
and clothiers—C. Ingleby, G. P. Wragge, and W. R.
Cope, Birmingham, attorneys and solicitors—L. Ellis,
J. Russell, and C. Clowes (as far as regards L. Ellis),
Leek, Staffordshire—S. Smith, and H. Smith, Sun-
court, Cornhill, insurance brokers and underwriters—
A. Scott and J. Thorpe, Bishopgate Within, tea dealers
satnrde
et grocers—T.city,
errust—tonvv,
.osladgßarr,oawd-.
Spencer, J. Wilson, J. Town, and G. Spencer (as far as
regards W, Sager), Marsden, Lancashire, coal proprie-
socillaraknedr shareand Ab
brokers—W.
proprie-
tors and coal dealers—J. Thorpe and J. Hassall,
Nottingham, corn factors—E. Chapman and C.
Day, Broken wharf, Wapping, and New London-
street, City, coal-merchants—J. Mequiner and W.
Kilner, Sheffield engravers and copperplate printers—
W. Waterfield and T. Smith, Leicester, builders,
—J. Wright and C. J. F. Thomas, Little Moorfields,
City, and De Beauvoir-square, Kingland, autioneers and
estate agents—G. Stapleton and T. Stapleton, Richmond,
Yorkshire, bankers—T. Binks and A. Steains, Liverpool,
wholesale tea dealers—W. Aickman and 0. Menzies,
King's Lynn, Norfolk, ironfounders—J. Mackay and P.
Sutherland, Liverpool, merchants—C. Firth and J.
Battye, Birstal, Yorkshire, attorneys at law and solici-
tors—T. Broadbent and C. Swallow, Manchester, mer-
chants—Ann Chatterton and R. Chatterton, Kingston-
upon-Hull, common brewers—J. Thorp and T. S. Thorp,
Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, millers and corn factors—J.
Green and W. A. Bond, Liverpool, wine and spirit
merchants—L. A. Burton and W. Dent, Newcastle-
street, Strand, plumbers and lead merchants—J. Eames
and R. W. Eames, West Cowes and Newport, Isle of
Wight, brewers and coal merchants—J. H. Hicks and
B. Hull, Plymouth, surgeons and apothecaries —W.
Barry and W. E. B Arry, Piccadilly and Bishopsgate-
street, stationers—R. Robinson and W. Galloway,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, nail manufacturers —D. R.
Robinson and T. G. Vawdrey, St. Austell, Cornwall,
surgeons and apothecaries C. L. Bahr, D. Behr-
end, and H. Stewart, Liverpool, ship brokers—
F. Beol and G. J. Cockshott, Deptford, Kent, printers—
' J. Spink and 11. Spink, Wolverhampton, lock manufac-
turers—B. Bright, W. M'Culloch, and W. Squire,
Bishopsgate Within, wholsale druggists—Jane Newton
and J. Newton, Bankside, Southwark, fire brick mer-
chants —T. Pennell and T. Mark, Kidderminster,
printers—W. Preller and H. Frommel, Liverpool, ge-
neral merchants—H. Waterhouse, W. Morris, and D.
Morris (as far as regards 11. Waterhouse), Chorlton-
upon- Medlock, Lancashire, cotton spinners—F. Brod-
ribb, T. Matheson, and R. Lloyd (as far as regards E.
Brodribb), London and Liverpool, tea and East ledia
brokers—T. Bell, W. Littledale, and J. Hamilton, Har-
rington, Cumberland, Harrington Chemical Company—
B. Owtram, W. Atkinson, and E. Tootal, City, ware-
housemen (so far as regards W. Atkinson)—H. Shepherd,
jun., and C.J. Hilton, Faversham, Kent, common brewers
—IL i-locombe and G. Simms, Manchester, booksellers
—R. T. Evans and A. T. Maher, Manchester, corn and
flour merchants—M. Webb, sen., T. F. Webb, and
M. Webb, jun., Ketley and Dawley, Shropshire,
surgeons and apothecaries (so far as regards M. Webb,
jun.)—T. Watkins and C. Hope, Fenchurch-street, tea
brokers—W..o. Jackson and J. Jenkyu, Johyt-,street,
Adelphi, 'solicitors and attorneys—J. Archer and J.
Archer, Grove- place, Lisson grove, cigardealers—G.
Ogle and T. W. Younghusband, Great Winchester
street, City, attnrneys—W. Atkinson and E. Tootal,
merchants—J. Wright and W. Sharp, Devonshire- street,
Qeeen's-square, goldsmiths—T. Mee and W. A. King,
shipjoiners, Nelson Dock, Rotherhithe—J. Hastwell,
sen., and J. Hastwell, jun., Broadwall, Christchurch,
cut glass manufacturers—J. IL Schroder and 11. 0. Post
—J. Sidebottom and J. Sidebottom, Mottram in Long-
den-dale, Che.hire, cotton spinners and manufacturers
—J. W. Walsh and J. D. Thomson, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
attorneys and parliamentary agents—T. H. Purtas and
T. Ford, Liverpool, omnibus proprietors—Ann Sewers
and Hester Sewers, Princes-street, Hanover- square—
R. B. Seeley, W. Burnside, and G. Seeley, Fleet-
street, booksellers and publishers (ea far as regards
W. Burnside) —J. Stevens and J. Stevens, jun.
Amblecote, Staffordshire, glass manufacturers —B,
Lewis and T. James, Gutter-lane, City, merchants
and wholesale linen warehousemen—B. S. Gaden
and J. G. G. Seeger, Poole, coal and corn merchants
—I. Taylor, J. Crompton, and J. Taylor, Old-
ham, cotton spinners (so far as regards J. Crompton)—
M. Workman, T. S. Workman, and J. W. Workman,
Reading, surgeons and accoucheuts—J. Fildes and T.
Fildes, Manchester, tinplate' workers and packing case
makers—lL Johnson, Grace G. Johnson, Catherine
W. Johnson, and Anne R. Johnson, North- end, Ful
ham, schoolmaster and schoolmistresses (so far as re-
gards Catherine W. Johnson)—J. A. Armstrong, J.
Armstrong, jun., and [I. B. Shaw, Liverpool, cotton
brokers—E. Fairbrass, sen., and E. Fairbrass, jun„
Ramsgate, enopers—R. Mercer. and J. Mercer, Liver-
pool, joiners and build,ers—G. D. Doudney and J.
Doudney, Fleet-street, Old Bond-street, and Burlington-
arcade, tailors—P. Chamberlain and J. G. Stracban,
Basinghall-street, Blackwell Hall, factors—J. H. Nos-
worthy and T. Wells, Coleman-street, lithographers,
engravers, and printers—J. Jackson, J.-Turner, and R.
Williamson, Manchester, dyers, printers, and finishers—
R. A. Westbrook and G. Gisby, Ware, Hertfordshire,
attorneys and solicitors —J. Davis, Ampthill-square,
Hampstead road, , and H. P. Davis, Clarendon square,
surgeons—J. R. West and H. W. West, Lower Thames-
street, Rotherhithe, and Mill-wall, Poplar, mast and
block makers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Edward Akers, LiverpoOl, Miller and corn broker.
John Halliday, Liverpool, publican.
oLaidnhenamsh,irLea,nceaasbihnierte,maker.
plumber.
William Whitehead, Oldham, Lancashire, mining agent.
John Given, s
Williamson;Oldham,
John Buford, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, cattle
dealer.
Richard Alsop. Manchester, grog...
George Wood, Manchester, drysalter.
I'homas Parkinson, jun., Manchester, horse dealer.
George Kersey, Fakenham, Suffolk, yeoman.
Henry Francis Tabium Clarence, Moreton, Essex,
farmer.

DIVIDEN DS.
At the Court, Basinghall- street.
W. Cleversley, Cumberland place, Old. Kent-road,
floor cloth manufacturer, Jan. 25, at one—B. Abbey and
J. Smith, Acre-lane, Clapham, brewers, Jan. 28, at
eleven—ll. Drew, Bury St. Edmunds, milliner, Jan. 25,
at one—P. F. Page and P. N. Page, King's-road, Gray's
Inn, builders, Jan. 25, at half-past one—J. Plumley,
Reeding, stone mason, Jan. 25, at two—A. B. Graham,
Park street., Grosvenor square, milliner, 27, at one—J.
Hymns, Jewry-street, Aldgate, watch manufacturer, Jan.
27, at one—W. Quincey, Old-street, St. Luke's, tin plate
worker, Jan. 25, at half•past one.
In the Country.
R. Watkins and S. Watkins, Manchester, tailors, Jan.
28, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—A. Bentley,
Bury, Lancashire, iron founder, Jan. 28, at twelve, at
the Court, Manchester—W. Jerrems, jun., Gainsborough,
urocer, Jan. 26, at ten, at the Court, Leeds—S. Philips,
Kingston-upon-Hull, hatter, Jan. 26, at ten, at the Court,
Leeds—F. Glover, Leeds, dyer, Jan. 25, at eleven, at the
Court, Leeds-L-T. 11 igginson, Liverpool, pawnbroker,
Jan. 28, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—ll. Foau,
Sometsetshire, glove manufacturer, Feb. 9, at
eleven, at the Court, Exeter.

Thomas Vickers, Eccles, Lancashire baker.
Lyon Lazarus, Plymouth',..lltivonshire, commission agent.
James Boreham, Stoi market, Suffolk, farming bailiff.
Leonard Tricker; Biddleston, Suffolk, saddler.
John Frost, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, riding master.
John Elson Burslen], Staffordshire, licensed victualler.
John Hawke, St. Columb Major, Cornwall.
SCOTCH. SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. M. Bell, Glasgow, merchant, to meet Jan. 8 and
and Jan. 29, at one, within the Crown Inn, Ayr.
W. and P. Morison, Devonside, Clackraannan, manu-
facturers, to meet Jan. 7 and Feb. 4, at eleven, within
Mrs. Stark's, Crown Inn, Alloa.
I. H. Cockburn an 3 B. M. Cockburn, Leith, West
India merchants, to meet Jan 11 and Feb. 2, at two,
within the Royal Exchange Coffee house, Edinburgh.
W. Pride, Glasgow, coach proprietor, to meet Jan. 10
and Jan. 29, at twelve, within the Black Bull Hotel,
Glasgow.

J. Connell, late of Portobello, to meet Jan. 10 and
and Jan 31, within the Ship Hotel, Edinburgh.
P. Ewing, Glasgow, merchant, to meet Jan. 10 and
Feb. 2, at two, within Comrie's Royal Hotel, Glasgow.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN
EDINBURGH.

STATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVY
IN COMMISSION,
WITH THE YEARS WHEN BUILT, AND DATES or COMMIS-
SION OF THE OFFICERS IN COMMAND.
(From Colburn's United Service Magazine.)
Acheron, 3, at., 1838, Corn. J. L. Stokes, 1846, Woolwich
Acorn, 16, Ib3B, Corn. J. E. Bingham, 1841, East Indies
Actieon, 26, 1831, Capt. George Mansel, 1840, Coast of Africa
Adder, 1, st., Mast.-Com. J. Hammond (act. ), Pembroke
Advice, 1, st.-tug, Lt.-Com. C. A. Petch, 1828, Pembroke
Alarm, 26, 1845, Capt. G. G. Loch, 1841, North America
and West Indies
Alban, 1, st. v., 1826, Master-Corn. M. Bradshaw, 1842,
Devonport
Albatross, 16, 1841, Corn. A. Farquhar, 1844, Coast of Africa
Albion, 90, 1842, Capt. C. H. Fremantle, 1825, Channel
Squadron
Alecto, st. v., 1839, Corn. Y. A. Massingberd, 1842, South-
east Coast of America
Alert, 8, Com. H. Dunlop, 1842, Coast of Africa
Alligator, 26, 1821, Hospital Ship, China
Amazon, 26, 1821, Capt. James J. Stopford, 1841, Medi-
terranean
Amphion, st., Capt. W. J. Williams, 1841, Lisbon
Amphitrite, 26, Capt. T. R. Eden, 1844, Coast of Africa
Andromache, 26, store-sh., 1832, Mast.-Com. I'. Johnson,
1503, particular service
Andromeda, 44, store-Eh., 1829, Com. E. W. Gilbert, 1822,
particular service
Antelope, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. F. Smyth, 1826, Mediterranean
Apollo, 8, tr. sh., 1805, Cora. W. Radcliffe, 1630, particular
service
Arab, 16, Cern. W. Morris, 1846, Cape of Good Hope
Ardent, st. v., 1841, Lieut.-Com. \V. C. Nowell, 1823, Me•
diterranean
Asia, 84, Rear-Ad. P. Hornby, Capt. R. F. Stopford, 1840,
Devonport
Asp, 1, at., Lieut.-Com. W. W. Oke, 1825, Portpatrick
Astrea, 16, at., Mast.-Com. W. Yeames, 1810, Falmouth
Athol, 2, tr. sb., 1820, Mast.-Com. E. J. P. Pearn, 1827,
particular service
Avenger, at.-v., 1845, Capt. C. G. E. Napier, 1841, Channel
Squadron
Avon, st.. v., 1825, Corn. H. C. Otter, 1831, partic. service
iklleisle, 24, tr-s. 1819, Capt. J. Kingcome, 1838, par. service
Bellerophon, 78, Capt. R. L. Baynes, C. 8., 1828, Mediter-
ranean
Bermuda, sch., Lieut.-Corn. A. D. Jolly, 1842, North Ame-
rica and West Indies
Birkenhead, st.-v., 1845, Corn. A. H. Ingram, 1841, Devonport
Bittern, 16, 1840, Corn. T. Hope, 1841, Coast of Africa
Black Eagle, st.-v., 1831, Mast.-Com. S. B. Cook, 1838,
Woolwich
Blazer, 3, st.-v., 1834, Lieut.. Com. G. Smith, Coast of
Africa
Blenheim, 56, st.-v., Capt. R. A. Yates, 1824, Portsmouth
Bloodhound, st.-v., 1845, Lieut.-Corn. R. Phillipps, 1830, par-
ticular service
Banetta, 4, Lieut.-Cont. F. E. Forbes, 1843, Chatham
Bramble, 10, 1822, Lieut. C. B. Yule, 1842, tender to Rattle-
snake, East Indies
Brilliant, 22, 1t314, Capt. R. B. Watson, C. 8., 1842, Cape of
Good Hope
Britomart, 10, Corn. W. C. Chamberlain, 1344, Coast of
Africa
Bull-dog, st.• v., 1845, Commander A. C. Key, 1845, Mediter-
ranean
Caledonia, 120, 1808, Admiral Sir John West, Capt. M. H.
Dixon, 1811, Devonport
Calliope. 26, 1837, Capt. E. Stanley, 1838, East Indies
Calypso, 20, 1845, Capt. H. J. Worth, 1840, Pacific
Cambrian, 36, Cora. J. H. Plumriage, 1822, East Indies
Canopus, 84, 1794, Capt. F. Moresby, C. 8., 1814, Channel
Squadron
Carysfort, 26, 1836, Capt. G. H. Seymour, 1844, Pacific
Ceru-, tender, Sec. Master T. Fogden (act.), Sheerness
Ceylon, 2, 1810, rec. ship, Rear-Adm. Sir L. Curtis, Bart.,
Lieut. J. A. P. Price, 1842, Flag-Lieut., Malta
Cherokee, st.-v., Corn. W. N. Fowell, 1839, Lakes of Canada
Childers, 16, 1827, Corn. J. C. Pitman, 1842, China
Cockatrice, Bch., Mast.-Com. Jas. Rundle, 1836, Portsmouth
Collingwood, 80, 1841, Rear-Adm. Sir G. Seymour, G.C.H.,
Capt, R. Smart, K. H., 1827, Pacific
Columbia, st.•surv..v., 1829, Capt. W. F. Owen, 1811, De-
vonport
Columbine, 18, 1826, Corn. J. C. D. Hay, 1846, East Indies
Cornet, st.-v., 1822, Lieut.-Com. C. G. Rigge. 1838, Lisbon
Comus, 18, 1828, Corn. E. C. 'F. D'Eyneourt, 1842, South •
east Coast of America
Confiaoce, st.-v., Sec. Master J. Jagoe (act.), Devonport
Constance, 50, 1846, Capt. G. W. C. Ceurtenay, 1828,
Pacific
Contest, 12, 1846, Corn. A. McMurdo, 1813, Coast of Africa
Cormorant, 16, st., 1842, Com. F. P. B. Seymour, 1817,
Portsmouth
Crescent, 42, rec. sh., 1810, Lieut.-Com. T. C. Meheux, 1838,
Rio de Janeiro
Crocodile, rec. sh., 1827, Rear-Adm. Sir T. Ussher, K,C. H.,
Lieut.-Com. S. R. Protheroe, 1826, Cork
Cuckoo, st. -v ,Com. H. Dumaresq, 1842, Portsmouth
Cygnet, 10, Corn. G. Kenyon, 1843, Chatham
Dadalus, 16, 1828, Capt. P. McQuhae, 1835, China.
Daring, 12, 1844, Corn. W. Peel, 1846, North America and
West Indies
Dart, 3, Lieut.-Com. E. A. Glynne, 1840. Coast of Africa.
Dasher, st.-v., 1837, Lieut.-Com. A. Parks, 1815, Sheerness
Dee, 2, st.-v., 1832, Mast.-Com. T. Driver, 1809, particular
service
Devastation, st.-v., 1841, Corn. R. C. Michell, 1843, Coast of
Africa
Dido, 20, 1836, Capt. J. B. Maxwell, 1837, East Indies
Dolphin, 3, Lieut. Hon. It. F. Boyle, 1843, Coast of Africa
Doterel, at. p., 1826, Mast.-Corn. J. Grey, (act.), Holyhead
Dover, st. p., Dover
Dragon, st. v., 1845, Capt. W. H. Hall, 1844, Lisbon
Eagle, 50, 1804, Capt. G. B. Martin, C. 8., 1828, particular
service
Electra, 14, 1837, Cora. F. W. P. Bouverie, 1842, (act. ),
North America and West Indies
Endymion, 44, 1797, Capt. Hon. G. F. Hastings, 1845,
North America aid West Indies
Erebus, bomb v., .1827, Capt. Sir J. Franklin, 1822, Arctic
Expedition
Espiegle, 12, 1844, t. om. F. A. Campbell, 1846, China
Eurydice, 26, 1843, Capt. T. V. Anson, 1841, Cape of Good
Hope
Excellent, 1810, Rear-Ad. Prescott, C. 8., Capt. H. D,
Chads, C. 8., 1825, Portsmouth
Fairy, yt., 1845, tender to Victoria and Albert, Portsmouth
Fanny, tender to Victory, Portsmouth
Fantonoe, 16, 1839, Com. T. P. Le Hardy, 1837, Mediter-
ranean
Favorite, 14, 1829, Com. A. Murray, 1840, Coast of Africa.
Ferret, 8, 1840, Com. G. Sprigg. 1844, Coast of Africa
Firebrand, st. v., 1643, Com. Sir T. Herbert, Capt. J. Hope,
C.- B. 1838, S.E. Coast of America
Firefly, st.-v., 1832, Lieut.-Com. T. C. Ponsonby, 1827,
Portsmouth
Firequeen, st.-v., Corn. Johnston, Portsmouth
Fis,eard, 42, 1819, Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer, K.C.8.,
Commander in Chief of Woolwich ordinary, Woolwich
Flamer, at. v. 1831, Lieut.-Com., G. Lavie (Corn)., Medi-
terranean
Flying Fish, 12, 1844, Com. P. H. Dyke, 1844, Coast of
Africa
Fly, 18, 1831, Com. R. A. Oliver, 1844, New Zealand
Fox, 42, 1829, Commod. Sir H. Blackwood, 1837, East Indies
Fury, at. v., Corn. I. Wilcox, 1846, East Indies
Garland, st. v., Mast.-Corn. L. Smithett (act.), Dover
Geyser, st. v., 1841, Com. F. T. Brown, 1840, Cape of Good
Hope
Gladiator st. v., 1790, Capt. J. Robb. 1841, Mediterranean
Grampus, 50, 1784, Capt. H. B. Martin, C. 8., 1828. Pacific
Grappler, st.-v., 1846, Lieut.-Com. 'F. H. Lysaght, 1841, Coast
of Africa .
Grecian, 16, 1838, Corn. L. S. Tindal, 1831, S.E. Coast of
America
Griffon, 8, 1832, Com. J. P. Thurburn, 1841. S.E. Coast
of America •
Growler, st. v., 1841, Corn. J. M. Potbury, 1844, partic.
service
Harlequin, 12, 1836, Corn. J. Moore, 1813, Mediterranean
Harpy, at. v., 1845, Lieut.-Com. J. W. Tomlinson, 1826,
S.E. Coast of America •
Hecate, 4, st.-v., 1840, Corn. R. Moorman, 1845, Mediter-
ranean
Beds, st. v., 1839, Com. C. Starmer, 1842, Mediterranean
Herald, 26, 1823, surv., Capt. H. Kellett., C. 8., 1842, Pacific
Hercules, 72, Mast.-Com. R. Felton, 1814, Sheerness
Heroine, 6, 1841; Corn. C. Edmunds, 1841, Coast of Africa
Hibernia, 104, 1840, Vice-Ad. Sir W. Parker, Bt., G.C.8.,
Capt. Peter Richards, C. 8., 1828, Mediterranean
Hound, 6, 1846, Com. G. H. Wood, 1846, Coast of Africa
Howe, 120, 1815, Capt. Sir James Stirling, 1818, Chan-
nel Squadron
Hydra, st., Coro. J. Skipwith, 1842, Chatham
Imaum, 72, Commod. G. R. Lambert, 1825, rec. ship, Jamaica
Inconstant, 36, Capt. John Shepherd, 1840, Devonport
Inflexible, at. v., 1844, Corn. J. C. Hoseason, East Indies
Jackal, st. v., 1845, Lieut.-Com. G. Western, 1837, Coast of
Portugal
Jasper, st. v., Mast.. Corn. E. Rose, 1823, Pembroke
Juno, 26, 1845, Capt. P. I. Blake, 1841, Pacific
Kestrel, brig, Lieut.-Cons. H. Baker, 1846, South East Coast
of America
Kingfisher, 12, 1945, Com. F. W. Horton, 1846, Coast of
Africa
Kite, st.-v., 1835, Mast.-Com. G. Filrner, 1838, Portsmouth
Lark, 2. sur.. v., 1830, Lieut.-Corn. G. B. Lawrence, 1843,
North America and West Indies
Lightning, 2, st.-v., 1823, Mast.-Com. Petley, 1844, Ports.
mouth
Lizard, st., 1844, Lieut.-Cont. W. A. R. Pearse (act.), S. E.
Coast of America
Locust, 3, st.-v., 1840, Lieut.-Com. F. R. Power, 1839, Me-
diterranean
Lucifer, at , sur.-v., 1825, Corn. G. A. Frazer, 1841, Ireland
Madagascar, 44, 1822, Mast.-Com. W. J. W. Burney, 1841,
particular service
Mariner, 16, Corn. C. M.lMathison, 1843, Coast of Africa
Mastiff, sur. v., 1847, Corn. A. B. Becher, 1841, Orkney Islands
Meander, 44, Capt. Hon. H. Keppel, 1837, Chatham
Medea, st.-v., 1833, Corn. T. H. Mason, 1841, China
Medina, 2, st.-v., 1840, Mast.-Com. W. Smithett (act.),
Liverpool
Medusa, 2, IL-v., 1839, Lieut.-Corn. J. G. Raymond, 1828,
Liverpool
Melampus, 42, Capt. J. N. Campbell, C. 8., 1827, East Indies
Merlin, 2, st., 1839, Lieut.-Com. A. T. Mann, 1827, Liverpool
Meteor, 2, st., 1824, Lieut.-Corn. G. Bottler, 1811, Mediter-
ranean
Minden, 20, sto. sh . Master J. Mitchell, 1827, China
Minos, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. J. Harper (act), 1845, Lake Erie
Modeste, 18, 1837, Lieut.. Com. R. J. J. G. Macdonald, 1842,
(act.), Pacific
Mohawk, Lieut.-Com. John Tyssen, 1832, Lake Huron
Monkey, st.-v., Sec. Master W. Bryant, Woolwich
Mutine, 12, Corn. Palmer, Mediterranean
Naiad, 42, sto. sb., 1797, Mast.-Com. W. L. Browne, 1831,
Valparaiso
Nautilus, 10, 1830, Lieut.-Com. W. T. Rivers, 1841, Ports.
mouth
Nerbudda, 12, 1830, Corn. E. Peirce, 1842, East Indies
Nereus, 42, store depot, 1821, Mas.-Coma F. W. Bateman,
1837, Valparaiso
Nimrod, 20, 1828, Corn. J. R. Dacres, 1841, C. of Good Hope
Oberon, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. G. J. Gardner, 1815, Malta
Ocean. go, 1805, Vice-Ad. Sir E. D. King, K. c,u , Capt.-
Supt. D. Price, 1815, Capt. J. N. Nott, 1842, Sheerness
Odin, st.-v., 1846, Capt. Hon. F. T. Pelham, 1840, Mediter-
ranean
Onyx, st.-v., 1843, Lieut.-Corn. R. Mudge, 1815, Dover
Otter, st.-surv.-v., Lieut.-Com. E. Wylde, 1814, Holyhead
Pandora, 6, 1833, Lieut.-Corn. James Wood (a), 1841, Pacific
Pantaloon, 10, 1831, Corn. H. J. Douglas, 1845 (act.), N.
America and West Indies
Penelope, at...v., 1829, Commodore Sir C. Hotham, K.C.8.,
Capt. L. T. Jones, 1840, Coast of Africa
Perseus, rec. sh., 1812, Lieut.-Com. Greet, 1840, off the
Tower
Persian, 16, 1839, Corn. H. Coryton, 1841, North America.
and West Indies
Philomel, 6, 1842, Com. W. C. Wood, 1841, Coast of Africa
Pigmy, 1, st.-v., 1827, Lieut.-Com. A. Darby, 1828, Pem-
broke
Pike, 1, st., Lieut.-Com. A. Boyter, 1815, Portpatrick
Poictiers, 72, 1809, Capt.-Sup. Sir T. Bourchier, K.C.8.,
1827, Chatham
Polyphemus, 1, it., 1839, Corn. APCleverty, 1842, Coast of
Portugal
Porcupine, st.-v.,1844, Lieut.-Com. E. F. Roberts, 1841, Me.
diterranna

On Friday evening a fire broke out in the engine-
house in connexion with the extensive printing
establishment of Messrs A. Fullarton and Co., pub-
lishers, Stead's-place, Leith-walk. In anticipation of
the new-year, the whole of the individuals employed
in the establishment were granted a holiday in the
afternoon, so that the premises were closed fully an
hour and a half previous to the breaking out of the
fire. At the outset it did not present a very alarming
appearance, and it is said that it might easily hare
been subdued had there been a sufficient quantity of
water, and individuals numerous enough to assist in
its extinction. From the inflammable nature of the
materials, the fire soon, however, assumed such a
mastery that all attempts to confine its ravages
to the place in which it was first discovered be-
came impracticable. Mr. Wood and the Edin-
burgh fire-brigade arrived at the scene of con-
flagration about three-quarters of an hour after
the alarm was given ; but owing to the scarcity
of water, some time elapsed before the engines
mild be brought into play. Indeed, so limited
was the supply of water during the whole time
the fire lasted, that one of the five engines present
(four from Edinburgh, and one from Leith) was kept
pumping water out of a burn at the rear of the pre-
mises to supply the hose of the others. The fire con-
tinued to wax stronger as it went upwards, until
reaching the third storey, which was used as a ware-
house for the storage of printed books in a finished
and unfinished state, it burst forth with great fierce-
ness and intensity—illuminating the horizon for miles
around. In a very short time thereafter, the whole
of the upper storey of the buildir.g, extending in
length to about a hundred yards, was in a complete
blaze. The roofs of the different compartments into
which the premises were divided speedily fell a sacri-
fice to the devouring element. Through the ener-
getic efforts of the fire-brigade, the fire was eventually
subdued about eleven o'clock, but not until the second
and third storeys of the extensive building were
completely swept by its ravages. The lower storey,
with the exception of the engine-house in which the
fire originated, is preserved, but it must be con-
siderably injured by the immense quantity of water
which was poured upon the premises. In the second
storey, which was used as the composing-room, the
fire progressed but slowly, so that time was afforded
for the removal of the greater quantity of the cases
and types; and as the lower storey escaped with com-
paratively little injury, the printing presses and
machinery will be saved. In addition to the loss
sustained by the destruction of books in a finished and
unfinished state, a number of valuable copper and
steel plates have been destroyed. Altogether, the
damage done must amount to several thousands ; but
we are glad to learn that the Messrs. Fullarton are
insured to an amount that will go far to cover the
most of it. The property, which belongs to Mr.
M‘Murray, wire-cloth manufacturer, is also insured.
Mr. M'Murray's own manufactory, which is con-
nected with the premises consumed, `ran a great risk
of being set on fire ' • and, indeed, it is scarcely pos-
sihle that it could have escaped but for the exertions
of Mr. Wood and his fire-brigade. We observed
several of the city authorities present, lending their
assistance and advice during the conflagration. We
may state, in conclusion, that upwards of 120 indi•
viduals will be thrown out of employment by this
calamity. It has not been ascertained how the fire
originated.
Scarcely had the alarm created by the above con-
flagration subsided, until a report was communicated
to the police that another fire had broke out in the
workshop of Messrs. Hay and Addis, plumbers and
brassfounders, Hill-street-lane. The lieutenant on
duty immediately dispatched a special messenger to
Mr. Wood and the fire-brigade, who hastened to the
spot with three engines, leaving one to play upon the
burning embers of Messrs. Fullerton and Co.'s estab•
lishment. Unfortunately, one of the engines, in
coining down the Mound, which was in a slippery
condition, run violently against a lamp-post, which it
it levelled. In con,equence of the force of the con-
cussion, one of the firemen, who was riding upon the
engine, fell to the ground, and received, among other
serious injuries, the fracture of his collar-bone. The
fire, meanwhile, had been blazing for upwards of
an hour, and but for the activity of a number of
individuals who kept pouring water upon the roof of
the counting-house at the rear of the premises, the
flames might have communicated to the shop in
George street—all three, shop, counting-house, and
workshop, being connected together—when a fearful
amount of damage might have been the result. The
three engines, as soon as they were fairly commenced
to play, did such effectual service that the fire was
confined entirely to the premises in which it origi-
nated. We learn that a large quantity of lead and
other materials have been destroyed; and as for the
building itself, none of it remains except the bare
walls. Captain Robertson, of the 71st Regiment, on
hearing of the fire, immediately proceeded to the spot
with the Castle engine; but by this time the fire had
been got so much under that their services were not
required. Whatever else may be said of the ushering
in of the new ye'ar, this at all events is true, that its
advent has been marked by two of the greatest fires
that have occurred in this city for a long period:—
Scotsman.

BIRTHS.
On the 28th ult., the lady of P. Loudon, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 29th ult., in Sackville-street, the wife of S. Cart-
wright, jun., Esq., of a daughter.
On the 30th ult., at Jewry-street, the wife of Henry Had-
ow, Esq., surgeon, of a son.
On the 31st ult., at Chislehurst, Mrs. T. B. Stow, of a
daughter.
On the 2d inst., at Clapham New-park, the wife of 'S. B
Yenning, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 2d inst., in the Grove, Camberwell, the wife of the
Rev, W. Whitehead, of a daughter.
On the 2d inst., in Grove-road, North Brixton, Mrs. Neale
Horne, of a son.
On the 2d inst., at Norwood, Middlesex, the wife of Lewis
Berger, Esq., of a son.
On the 2d inst., in Guildford-street, Russell-square, Mrr,
B. B. Upton, of a daughter.
On the 2d inst., the wife of Julius Bordeer, Esq., of Green
street, Grosvenor-square, of a daughter.

MAARIED.
On the 15th if November, at Bombay, J. Percy Smith,
Esq., Lieutenant of her Majesty's 10th Royal Hussars, to
Frederica, daughter of Major Deacon, of her Majesty's 28th
Foot.

DIED.
On the 28th ult., Mary Charlotte, the infant daughter of
Edward Wakefield, Esq., of Gifford, Ireland.
On the 29th ult., at Weston Zoyland, Somersetshire, the
Rev. William Marshall, aged 70.
On the 31st ult., at Bath, Patrick Kirwan, Esq., of Cregg,
Galway, Ireland.
On the Ist inst., at Edinburgh, John J:smieson, Esq._
On the Ist inst., in Fiusburv.square Charles Evelyn
Houghton, Esq ,Commanderln thi Royal Navy, aged 63.
Coo the Ist inst., Harriet, wife of Jam, ss Sedgwick, Esq.,
Kensington.
On the Ist inst., at Torquay, Eliza Letitia, eldest daughter
of the Rev. Dr. A inger, of St. Bees, Curnlni.rland.
On the 2d inst., Joseph, son of Mr. William Dent, Clare-
mont-place, North Brixton, aged 17.
On the 2d inst., at Wateringbury-plaoe, Kent, Mathias
Prime Lucas, Esq., aged 86.

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