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London, England, 1846-10-14 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

CIRCULAR LETTER OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF POR-
TUGAL To THE CIVIL GOVERNORS OF THE KINGDOM,
ON THE APPROACHING GENERAL ELECTION OF THE

CORTES.

(Translation.)
Most Excellent Senhor,—A general election of Depu-
ties is going to' take place under very extraordinary, and
difficult circumstances. The duties of Government are
als6 difficult, and it is mine to recommend to your Ex-
•cellency and all thOse whO exercise authority in the
Queen's name, an especial and faithful observance of all
those duties. .

The representative system, the only one capable of
realising and securing liberty, .is yet new to us, and we
ate but little experienced in, it. Factions, both in and
out of power, have exerted 'themselves to vitiate and
change it, [chiefly by preventing the right of election.,
from being exercised in full liberty, with than indepen-
deuce and intelligence so necessary, and without which
the constitutional system becomes absurd or deceptive.
Faithful to these principles, and to the mission which
her Majesty has pleased to confide to them, the Ministers
have endeavoured to remedy these evils by submitting
to the Queen the decree of the 27th of July last, which
now supplies the want of electoral laws; and in order
that it may produce the salutary eliect which her
Majesty desires, it is requisite that all public authorities,
in their respective spheres, should engage, by a strict
and severe maintenance of impartiality, to cause. a rigid
observarce of the rules prescribed in that decree, and
by abstaining from all interference in the choice of in-
dividuals. This is always the duty of Government; but
now, perhaps more so than ever, for that harmless in-
fluence which with beneficent intentions it is lawful to
use in ordinary causes may now become suspected,
whilst the remembrance is so-recent of abuses and vio-
lences which other influences exercised. The Govern-
ment abstains, therefore; from the• use of its own means—
it does' ot solicit, much-less require, of any subordinate
authority to proreete any individual candidate whatever,
but considers as_ its candidate' every upright, faithful,
. .
and intelligent man in the country, who is firm in his
principles to the freedom of the monarchy, and who has
supported them in every crisis without exaggerated
exaltation. Those men of sense who do not proclaim
one doctrine to-day, and support another to-morrow--
who do not' excite party passions in order to repress
them afterwards, or to see succumb the cause they pre-
tend to maintain, by the very excess of their advocacy—
these are the men whoni the Government wishes to ob-
tain the suffrages of the nation ; these will be its true
.. .a . ,
representatives in love, in loy_alty.to the institutions ,of
the charter, to the august dynasty which-gave and re-'
stored it to us, and to the Queen, in whose.na t imewtis
given its, to regain it before all Europe by competing,
not only by the sword, but by the triumph of' those
'principles with which we still desire to combat the' in-
ternal and external enemies of our liberty and inde-
pendence.
' The Government, however, is not exclusive ; it de-
sires not, nor can it be so. Her Majesty the Queen
Donna Maria 11. is Queen of all Portuguese, and all
opinions have a right to be represented in the Cortes.
put Government also has the right, and not only the
right but the duty, to maintain those which it considers
most favourable to the liberty and prosperity of the
nation, to the maintenance of public order, and for the
inteiist and glory of her Majesty's throne.
It is incumbent on your Excellency, as chief of the
administrative authority of your district—an authority
entirely paternal, beneficent, and protective, to enlighten
and instruct the minds of the electors ; to do all in your
power that they may not be misled; -to direct them, in
tine, without interfering to govern them.
It is her Majesty's pleasure, and I direct your Excel-
lency in.her august name, to follow scrupulously these
rules, and have them observed by those under your
orders ; likewise that you will spare no pains nor en-
deavours to make. the people know the true state of the
country, and the. nature of the trust to be confided to
those who are to choose their representatives.' .
That the, indifference pr . condescension of some, the
factious spirit of others, contemptible personal opposi-
tions, the hatred of factions, do not blind the eyes
of the ' electors. to .the true and sole object—the
>Ovation and hollow of the country, and to the
credit of this great national movement, in which all
parties united, and which hitherto has not been
disgraced, it is proper to bear in mind that the
whole social, political, and financial machine has,
been. . -shaken by this effort. . The Ministry have
solicitously prepared and facilitated the mission of
the Cortes ; they have already incurred great re-
sponsibility in the reforms and reductions they have
made, and they are aware that much yet remains to be
done; but the Cortes alone can fix on firm and solid
bases the establishment of a system of justice and true
order, and put an end to the constant reactions which
for so many years have distressed us, consumed the re-
sources of the nation, and destroyed the elements of
prosperity which a few years of tranquillity and peace in
the observance of truly constitutional principles cannot
fail to elicit. •
From the manner in which the future Cortes fulfil
their duties depends, therefore, all the credit of the
national movement of 1846, which Europe and all pos-
terity will designate as glorious or absurd, as loyal or
factious, according to the term and conclusion it may
have.
The national voice, which called for the reforra of
some existing laws, and especially for checking the
abuse of laws, was heard and attended to by the guar-
-dian benevolence of her Majesty the Queen, but that
voice did not encourage subversive or extravagant prin-
ciples. The plan of the Government is the same, and
it is this which the Cortes are called to unfold and con-
solidate. .

To revise the charter, so that its precepts may become
more evident, and free from absurd and false interpreta-
tion, will be a new tribute to the revered memory of its
august author, and the fulfilment of a wish and desire he
of ten manifested.

To reform the tributary laws so that the contributors-
may pay with the greatest equity and the least sacrifice,
possible.
To make a strict revision of the number of persons in
all public establishments, to fix it unalterably, and thus
secure a progressive and safe increase of economy.
To found the national credit on these bases, and to
proscribe the system of fanciful credit—the ruin of
public income and private fortunes.
To give real protection to commerce and agriculture,
by the construction of roads and ways of communication.
To diffuse instruction amongst all classes, so that
science may be spread by its practical application to the
arts. _ _ _

To attend, above all, to the moral education of the
people, by providing for this purpose the means of
education and instruction of the clergy.
To organise the public force, and simplify the admi-
nistrative and fiscal system.
To regulate the qualifications for admission to public
employments.
Finally, to render effective the responsibility of all.
These are the measures which the Ministry undue.

stands the nation to desire ; these are what it undertakes,
and the electors should keep them in view when choosing
their representatives. The only support which the
INlinistry desires and solicits is that of . deputies who
sincerely profess, and apply their doctrines with intelli-
gence and gravity. Such men it desires for
.',udges of
what has been done, and for councillors and arbitrators
of what is still to do.
I trust your Excellency will be fully convinced of
these truths, and make the right and loyal use of them
which her Majesty desires, as this is the service which
,her Maiesty will most highly appreciate. Be watchful
that the access to the electoral urn may be free, easy, and
. safe for all electors without distinction, and that neither
public foice nor any private force do violence to their
liberty.
In the solemn meetings which the law directs to be
held and authorises, do not allow the intervention as
Such of civil or judicial magistrates, much less of any
military authofity ; taking care, however, to preserve
order and the laws, which you are bound to guard.
Be careful likewise that the ecclesiastical authority
interfere only to guide the minds (conscience) of the
people: The law only calls the priests to the act o"
election as magistrates of the civil registry ; but by no
means in their quality or religious office, which must ab-
stain from all interference in political strife.
Finally, I request your Excellency to make known,
through all your district the conterfts of this circular, and
of the electoral law, which I sent you some time ago,
accompanying them with your instructions to your de-
legates and subordinates, so that the action of the Ge •
verrment may be unanimous and simultaneous in pro-
d
tecting the freedom of voting, in guaranteeing an
ilia:tinting it.
May God preserve your Excellency.
Palace of Be:em, Slit. 19, 1846.
(Signed) Duke DE P.ALMELLA.
To his Excellency the Civil Governor of

EXTORTION BY A TOLL COLLECTOR.—At Mary-
lebot;:e Police-court, yesterday, William Butt, the col-
lector at the Pine Apple Gate, Edgware-road, was
summoned for having exacted 6d. toll for a small four-
wheel chaise attached to the back of a cart load of furni-
ture. The toll-collector stood upon the law, which
enacts that additional toll shall be paid for any "coach,
chaise, or chair " fixed or tied to another vehicle. The
magistrate said that the law indeed bore him out iu ex-
acting toll for the child's carriage, and that the sutn-
, mons must be dismissed, though it was a Shylock
l kind of triumph of which the collector had no reason
to boast,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 13.—The St. Vincent, 120, was
got into the harbour yesterday In the very nick of tipe,
just at the top of high water, and a 3 the tides are Mill
neaping, and a strong northerly wind came on in the
night, and still continues, it is evidwit that shs could not
have been got in until the next spring.- Ins what is
called close and rather dangerous pilotage& for had ,she
grounded she must have been ruined, as it would have
been almost impossible to have got her off until the in-
creased flow floated her. The oroad pendant of Com-
modore Sir Francis Collier was not " struck at sunset
last evening," nor did Sir Charles Ogle's flag take its
place on board the St. Vincent to-day. The gendatit is
still flying (5 P.m.).
The Acheron steam-vessel, Lieutenant commanding PA':
A. Dunlap, sailed fur Ireland to-day to be under. the -"it
orders of the Commissary-General. She also, like the
Dasher, took a number of marines from this division, to
be employed as occasion directs in the suppression of dis-
turbances, and as guards.

The Powerful, 84, .advance-ship, was brought from her
moorings yesterday alongside th yard, and has been un-
maseed to-day. lier lure and mizeetuast are to be ap-
propriated for the Vengeance. 84, which is ordered to be
prepared for commission. The pendant was hoisted this
morning tin board the Belvidera, provision depot, by Mr.
Peter Wellington, Master Commanding.
The Blazer.stcam-vessel, -under the temporary com-
mand of her First-Lieutenant, Wingrove, arrived here
at noon-to-chiy, from Harwich, to take on board marines,
and proceed to Ireland, to 'be employed in a similar way
to the l)asher and-Acheron. Cqtain' Washington' Was
left at Harwich to c-.lnplete his charts or survey.
The :Cornet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commagding
Charles U. Johnson, was unducked last evening, haying.
had her forefoot repaired, which had been damaged is
her last cruise. ,
The Emerald and Mercury tenders sailed this after-
noon for Plymouth, wish extra riggers belonging to that.
dockyard, which had been lent to the St. Vincent. ' • -
The extra marines of thiS division' which were'em-
barked on hoard the St. Vincent to make up her,com-
plement, disembarked from her this afternoon, and
marched to barracks.

The Wasp, 16, Commander Usther, arrived at St. He-
lena, from a cruise, on the 21st of August, and left on
the 27th for Ascension, en route to England to be paid off..
. .

The Larne, 18, Commander Brisbane, was off liaben-
da, coast of Africa, on the 2d of August. A private
letter says—" Fortune has, however, changed a little
more in our favour, the old Larne having actually cap 7
tured two slavers in one day ; they were empty vessels,
one old and leaky, so we took her dimensions and burned
her : the other was sent to St. Helena. Dr. Burke
has succeeded Sloggett as our surgeon. We go to St.

Helena in about two months for another recruit ; that
will be our last visit to that island. All well."

By accounts from Simon's Bay up to the Bth of AU-
gust, we learn that her Majesty's brig Helena, Sir C.
Ricketts, arrived there on the 4 t h -inst., having left Quil-
limaine on the Ist of July. and St. Augustine's :Bay,
Madagascar, on the 22d. Off the former place, her Ma-
jesty's ship Cleopatra was left cruising, fur the suppres-
sion of the slave-trade, and was expected at Simon's
Bay some time in Septembtr. At St. Augustine's. Bay
the English barque Ariel arrived the morning the
Helena left, for a cargo of bullocks. Tne master of ber
reports having ♦isited Tamatave on the 12th, in hopes of
obtaining a cargo at that place, but the Ovahs are as
hostile as ever, and will not have anything to do with us.
The Americans hatt been trying to oren a trade with
them for live stock; between Mauritius and Bourbop, but
had failed in their object, being placed under the:.same
restriction as the English and the French. Sevc.ral
English and Fiench bullock vessels were heard of in the
Mozambique Channel, and appeared to Joe proettring
cattle without much difficulty at Tublah harbour, the
Island of Johanna, and other ports on the west coast of
Madagascar.
The following French ♦essels of war were lying at
Bourbon on the 11th of June:—

The frigate Belle Poule, 60; the flag-ship Berteau,.
0; the Voltiguer,. 20; -the Bucolique, 20; the Zelee
and steam-sloop Crocodile, and ,three more were ex-
pected shortly, viz., the Reine Blanche; 50; the Ar-
mide, 46; and the steam-ship Velote, but nothing, was
acidof any expedition to Madagascar at that time.
,The Helena,, after leaving Simon's Bay in February
last, unfortunately lost 17 of her crew from fever and dy-
sentery, contracted in the Mozambique Channel and Zan-
zibar,, making a, total of 33 deaths since her leaving
England, in Jan., 1844. At one time on this cruise she
had sixty men on the sick list, or more than half her
coMpletheift. 'lt may be recollected, this brig was simi-
larly titifOrtunate last year, several men having died from
a malignant fever, caught on bat service in the rainy
season. There were, several bad cases still on board,
most of which it was supposed will be sent to England,
for the recovery of their health. The Commander; Sir
Cornwallis Ricketts; had also been dangerously ill, but
was fiMTecoiering. •
SIR W. -PARKER'S SQUADRON.
(From the Gibraltar Chronicle.)
SEPT. 30.—Ships of War in the Bay—Her Majesty's
shiPa Hibernia,' Viee-Aditiral Sir W. Parker, Gi.C.B.,
Captain P. Richards, C. 8.; Trafalgar, Commodore Sir
James J. G. Bremer, K.C.8., K.C.H.; Rodney, Captain
B. Collier, C. 8.; . Albion. Captain N. Lockyer, C. 8.;
Vanguard, Captain. W. Willes; Superb, Captain A. L.
Corry. Steamers, Cylops, Captain W. F. Lapidge;
• Virago, Commander J. Lunn; Rattler, Commander H.
Smith. Portuguese Government steamer Condo de
Tojal, Lieutenant C. A. da Coka Sitnas.
OcTonma 2.--fler Majesty's: shipS Eibernia,(the Vice-
Admiral ship), Superb, and Trafalgar, le! t the anchorage
this morning, in tow of the steamers Cyclops, Rattler,
and Virago. The Rodney, Vanguard, and Albion will
follow when the steamers return after passing the Straits,
or other expected steamers arrive, to perform the ser-
vice. The first-named ships have since put back; the
Superb and Trafalgar anchored off Sandy Bay, and the
Hibernia, Cyclops, and Rattler returned to our port,
while the Virago kept cruising about.
' OcrotEn 3.—The Hibernia and Rattler got Under
way last night, and anchored off Sandy Bay, on the
Spanish coast, oppbsite Gibraltar.
Ships of War in the Bay—Her Majesty's ships Rodney,
Captain E. Collier, C. 8.; Albion, Captain N. Lockyer,
C. 8.; Vanguard, Captain W. Willes.
Off Sandy Bay—Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Vice-
Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8., Captain P. Richards,
C. 8.; Trafalgar, Commodore Sir James J. G. Bremer,
K.C.8., K.C.H.; Superb, Captain A. L. Corry. Her
Majesty's steamers Rattler, Commandsr H. Smyth; Vi-
rago, Commander J. Lunn. .

CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER.
Yesterday, at noon, Mr. C. J. Carttar. Coroner for
the Western. Division of the county of Kent, held an in-
quest at the United Service Tavern, Woolwich, on the
body of a wale infant, aged three weeks.
_ _ _

It appears that a woman, named Goldfinch, residing
in Taverson-place, New Charlton, was confined about a
month ago. On Friday a terboon last, between 12 and
1 o'clock, Mr: Henry Timpson, A medical practitioner,
was called in Mae to see the *child, whom he found to be
labouring under the influence of some narcotic poison.
In-addition to several other females, a woman named
Simcock, who seemed in 'great trouble, said she hid
given the infant some stuff out of a bottle, and that
although part of the same stuff had killed her own child
Within a few hours of the time it was giien to it, kill she
thought as there was scarcely any of it left in the bottle,
that if she put a little water to it, and gave the child
some, there Was still strength enough in it to do thcechild
some good. The mother of the child, who seemed in
great diitress of mind, said, " I wish you had not recom-
mended me to give it ; oh, that I should have been so
foolish as to give it to the child." 'Mr. Timpson imme-
diately put the child.into a warm bath, and administered
the usual antimonial and zinc emetics, and for some time
the child seemed to rally, but it ultimatety dieftri Sa-
turday at noon. The bottle contained syrup 'poppies.
The CORONER then issued his order for the ekbuma-
tion of, the child of the woman Simcock, and directed
Watts, the constable, to take the wotuFt into custody on
the charge of wilful murder, both as regards her own
child and that of the deceased.
The inquiry wag then adjourned to afford time for an
analysis of the contents of the stomach.

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DEATH or A CIIILD ON BLACRFAIARS BRIDGE, BY
AN Ox'—On Monday afternoon, about half-past two
o'clock, 'an accident of a fatal nature occurred at the foot
'of Blackfriars Bridge, under the following circum-
stances :—The 3d Regiment of Buffs, on march for. Du-
blin, passed over the bridge at the time above stated, and
when near Chatham-place, the band struck up a lively
air. Three oxen, belonging to. Mr. Arnold, of G.odalm-
lag, on their way to the South-Western Railway,. were
being driven in an opposite direction at the moment, and
the sound of the music caused one of them to start off
at a furious rate towards the soldiers. One of the sol-
diers, for self-preservation, held out his fixed bayonet
towards the ox, which pierced the nostrils and increased
hii fury. The bayonet of another struck against the
skull cif the beest which bent it nearly in Leo..' The
animal then made a start towards Chatham-place, ;when
a little girl. between nine and ten years of age, crossing
the road at the time, Was knocked down, the ox treitding
upon her cheat, City policeman Gayley, 348,4wme-
diately ran to the child, and carried her iu hiss to
the house of Mr. Holden, surgeon, New Bridge-street,
once-deft with
had scarcely
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reached it when the poor child expired. The bi•ody was
then conveyed :o St. 13artholoraco -
w's Ho spital, wher the
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caused it
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in.- the child the clothes of the policeman were house surgeon
b,. a
rupture
ptur gave ofir the cvehsiss vessels
com-
pletely saturated with blood. Up to seven o'clock last
evening the body of the child had not been identified.
A N OLD TRICK NEWLY REVlVED.—Yesterday
two policemen, while on duty in the Blackfriars-road,
had their attention drawn to a female apparently in a
strong fit and foaming at the mouth.. The men ob-
tained some water and sprinkled her face, but she seemed
to get worse; so much so that it was deemed absolutely
necessary to remove her to the nearest surgeon's, which
was accordingly done, when the medical man, after a
brief examination. round a large piece of mottled soap
in her mouth; and when they searched her pocket they
discovered a large .quantity of coppers. The officers,
at the advice of the surgeon, placed her on a truck
and dragged her to the station-house, where she was .
instantly recognised as an old hand at similar tricks, and
was locked up.
The Court of Common Pleas will exhibit somemarked changes next term—a new Lord Chief Justice, a
new Duisne judge, with a Court open to the whole bar ;
the exclusive privileges of sergeants-at-law_having been
-put au end to, after an existence of 600 years, by an Act
of the last session of Parliament
RIITFORD AGEICULTURAL :,17-..OOIETY. —The Duke
of Newcastle has intimated his willingness to preside at
We -Aintral tudefing- of this society; •which- is-to take
place at Retford, Lear Doncaster, on Tuesday, the 27th
natant. . •
. .

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
FOREIGN. OFFICE, Oar. 10, 1846.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Theodore
_
Salvesen, as Consul at Grangemouth, for his Majesty the
King of Hanover.
WAR-OFFICE, Oar. 13.
ffi
ed Ocers
List of Casualties by Death of Non-Commission
ttalion
and Private Soldiers of her Majesty's 60th (lst„ Ba durin)
g
and 86th Regiments of Foot, in the East Indies,
the month of June last.
60th Foot (Ist Battalion)—James Arnoldivl%i
llllicahma
Brittle,
i
worth, William Ancant, Samuel Abrahan3,Budden, William
Thomas Buttery, William Brookes, h Canning, George
Middle, George 8001, William Buley,g William Chew,
C
Cakebread, William J. "illiam Crain, 31i-
Samuel Churchill, James Clark,harltonw,
TChouoltnehasanE,dGgeesor3glearDkaEvdis..,
ch .el Coulehan ( Bugler), Thomas
Patrick Dowdle, William Doweireteher, John Forbes,
William
Dowers,
wards, Charles Farmer, John F
Forbes (Sergeant),
.James Gahagan (Bugler), Alexander
Charles Grant, Francis Gore,
Geddis, James Gibbs,
Adam Guthrey, Thomash Haywood, John Hendry
(Sergeant), Patrick Harrison, Thomas Hart,
William Hastings, J'iluepglies, James Inglis, William
, lly
„ Thomas Keogh, James King,
Keating, James Kelly, Logan, James Maloney, John
Henry Lipscomb,
MtEwen, James Milner, James Molyceux, Francis Moore,
a el Motley, John Mullen, Thomas Murdock, James
!iimckuoll, John Noble, John Nutt, James Picken, Thomas
Pollock, John Preston, J. Rees, M. Reilly, R. Reynolds,
Denis Homey, James Shea, John Shea, Thomas Sheldrick,
Charles F. Smith (Sergeant), Samuel Smith, Frederick
Stevens, Edward Stevens, Robert Stewart, John Tennent,
Alexam:er Thompson (2), Thomas Thompson, Henry Tonhan
(Corporal), William Tough, Stephen Turnbull, George Ver-
non, Charles Webb, Joseph Webb, Thomas Williamsou, Mat-
thew Wilson, William Wright, Henry Yarwood.
86th Regiment—William Armstrong, William Bindley,
James Brown, Thomas Brown, William Brown, George
Brown, John Bible, Michael Burns, Hugh Beatty, William
Brennan, John Bows, Alexander Brough, James Brusev,
G. J. Byrne, James Byrnes. Thomas Birtch (Corporal),
John Bowker, Joseph Black, William Curry, John Curteis,
Michael Collins, Patrick Carroll, George Clarke, Patrick
Cummins, John Cranshaw (Sergeant), John Clarke (Ser-
geant), Patrick Clancy, James Campbell, William Connolly,
Patrick Carey, John Clabbon, Bernard Cahill, Laurence
Conry, Michael Condon, John Crimmins, Peter Colum,
Tho.s Curran (Sergeant), Patrick Coleman, Wm. Campbell,
James Chitty, Denis Cullen, S. Cuttle, M. Chamberlain,
James Cline, Thomas Caffery, Robert Donlan (Sergeant),
Michael Darcey, Edward Donohoe, John Doyle, aiichael
Doyle (Corporal), Martin Doyle, Martin Doyle (Corporal),
John Dorbv, Thomas Dunn, Patrick Donnelly, Thomas
Doran, John Dryden, Thomas Donelly, Michael
Duggan, Martin Daily, Richard Eales, James Farrell,
James Flynn, James Finney, Michael Fitzgerald,
Robert Fleming, Josiah Fleming, Michael Fay, Joaeph Fla-
nagan, Patrick Farrell, Patrick Fitzpatrick, John Fannen,
Thomas Fury, Michael Ford, John Farmer, S. Fawcett, Jo-
seph Garner, John Gates (Corporal), Isaac Green, John
Gallagan, James Glynn, Samuel Graham, John Graham,
John Gorman (Sergeant), John Gordon, John Gregson,
Thomas Gowland, Michael Gleeson, Samuel Hannon,
Matthew Higgins, Henry Herrman, Henry Hardinge, James
Harnan (Serger.st), Richard Hornby, Richard Hall, John
Harrison, Robert Henderson' John Haggard. John Home,
Edward Halfcree, Patrick Healy, David Hawthorn,
William Harris, Thomas Hopkins, Edward Hughes,
William Jackson, William Jamison (Quartermaster
Sergeant), William Jordan (Corporal), John Kennet,y,
Edward Kashie, John Kenney, Charles Kelley, Peter Keun,
Michael Kenny, Joseph Keely, Charles Kildea (sergeant),
William Key, Patrick Landers, John Lanty, Thomas
Lyons, Stephen Lynch, Martin Lynch, John Lynch, Michael
Lynch (Corporal), Laurence Lambert, Richard Littler, Pa-
trick Larken. John Lackey, Stephen Lennan, Mich. Lawless,
Israel Lee, Charles Larking, William J. Larmour, Thomas
Lee, William Lavray, Thomas Lewis, Thomas BPl3ride
(Sergeant-Major), William M'Cormick, James M'Darby,
Michael M'Donnell, John M'Nally. James 'M'Donald, Ed-
ward Marshall (Corporal), Benj. Marcroft, Patrick Murphy,
John M'Evoy, J. M'Mahon, J. M‘Call, T. Malone, R. Milne,
John Morgan, William M'Neill (Sergeant), Hugh M'Gee,
Robert Wlntyre, Patrick Morriss, William Mayers, John
Murray, Philip M‘Dermott, Michael Meery, W. M'Grath
(Sergeant), Denis Mahony, Patrick Naughton, Michael
Nowlan, James Newman, John Nevin, Frederick E. O'Connor,
John O'Brien, John O'Neill, Owen O'Neill, Patrick O'Neill,
James O'Neill, Edward O'Sullivan, Thomas O'Sullivan,
William Parker, John Price, Edward Pinnen, Joseph Pear-
son, Thomas Patterson, Abel Pimblett, Henry Piper, John
Patterson, James Plumb, John Quarter, John Ramsay,
Joseph Rees, Patrick Reilly (Sergeant), Owen Reilly,
Michael Reilly, Bernard Reilly, Thomas Reynolds, E.
Rhatigan, John Roche, William Rhodes, David
Rhodes, George Robinson, Edward Robinson, Patrick
Rooney, John Ross, Henry Rodgers, Thomas Rourke,
Charles Rourke, Patrick Roundtree, William Rutledge,
Samuel Ryan, Patrick Ryan, William Sancred, Isaac
Saunders (Corporal), John Shaw (Corporal), Joseph
Shaw, Timothy Shea, Peter Sheridan, Nicholas Sheeky,
James Sinnott, William Smith, Blucher Smith, James
Smith, Daniel Smith, George Smith, John Smith,
Henry Simpson, James Simpson, James Sipper, John Sykes,
Joseph Taylor, Joseph Telford, Peter Thompson (Sergeant),
John Thompson, James Thompson, Daniel Vernon, Thomas
Vincent (Corporal), Patrick Ward, William Ward, Benjamin
Wheeler (Corporal), William Whitfield, John Wood, Thomas
Wright.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 12.
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, Lord
Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has
appointed John Lane the younger, of Stratford-upon-Avon,
in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be one of the
Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of
deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed
for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitu-
tion of more simple modes of assurance, ha and for the county
of Warwick.
OFFICE OF: THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS,

Somerset House, October 13, 1846.
In pursuance of as Act, passed in the session of Parlia-
ment held in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his
late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled " An Act
for the amendment and better administration of the laws
relating to the Poor in England and Wales ;" and
of the subsequent Acts amending and explaining the same;
and of the Act, of the second year of the reign of her Ma-
jesty Queen Victoria, intituled" An Act for the more effec-
tual relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland :"

This is to give notice, that the Poor-law Commis-
sioners have appointed John Ball, Esq., of No. 85,
Stephen's-green, Dublin, Barrister-at-law, to be an Assist-
ant-Commissioner to act in Ireland, and as such Assistant-
Commissioner to carry the said last mentioned Act into exe-
cution ; and that the said John Ball, on this 13th day of
October, 1846, took the oath required by the said first-men-
tioned Act before the Honourable Mr. Justice Erle, one of the
Judges of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at his house,
Ormley, Ham, in the county of Surrey.
THE NATIONAL DEBT.

The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo IV.,
c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual
expenditure thereof, for the year ending the sth day of July,
1846, amounted to the sum of two million eight hundred and
twenty thousand four hundred and seventy-two pounds,
thirteen shillings and sixpence,

The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of 705,1181. 3s. 4d.
(being one-fourth part of the said surplus of 2,820,472! 13s.
6d.) will be applied under the provisions of the said Act, be-
tween the 12th day of October, 1846, and the sth day ot
January, 1847, to the following purposes, viz :
To be applied to the purchase of Stock ... £55,118 3 4
To be applied to the purchase of Exche-
quer Supply Bills, or Deficiency Bills..

Add Interest receivable on account of Dona.
tions and Bequests, to be applied to the
purchase of Stock

650,000 0 0

£705,118 3 4

1,272 14 3

4706,390 17 7

S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General.
National Debt Office, October 10, 1846.
BANKRUPTS.

Stephen Joyce, ironmonger, London-wall, City, to sur-
render Oct. 22, at half-past one, and Nov. 26, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street. buildings; Hudson, Bucklersbury.
Charles Bindley, trimming manufacturer, Chapel-street,
Spitalfields, Oct. 23, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 23, at
half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers, London; Hudson,
Bucklersbury.
James Pitkeathly, timber merchant, Gloucester-street,
Regent's Park, Oct. 23, at twelve, and Nov. 23, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old
Jewry-chambers; Fraser, Furnival's Inn.
Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company, New
Broad-street, City, Oct. 31, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 11,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee, Coleman-street; Lawrence and Plew, Old Jewry-
chsmbers.
William Hopeful Lerew, apothecary, Upper Norton-street,
Fitzroy-square, Oct. 22, at two, and Nov. 27, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-
lane, Lombard-street; Lowless and Son, Hatton-court,
Throgmorton-street.
John Kearry, grocer, Stratton-ground, Westminster, Oc-
tober 29, at two, and December 3, at twelve, at the 'Court
of Bankruptcy; Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Baylis and Drewe, Basinghall-street.
William Barker, cotton-spinner, Tottington Higher-end,
Lancashire, Oct. 23 and Nov. 19, at twelve, at the Manches-
ter District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Bower, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, London ; Johnson,
Manchester.
0- Christopher Carlisle Clancey, saddler, Chorlton-upon-Med -
lock, Lancashire, Oct. 21, and Nov. 18. at eleven, at the
Manchester District Court. Fraser, official aisigaee, Man..
cheater; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-
row; Law, Manchester.
Thomas Crowther, wine merchant, Liverpool, Oct. 20, and
Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan
official assignee, Liverpool; Sweeting and Bjrrce, Sownamp-
ton-buildings, London; Whitley, Liverpool.
John Wheelright, farmer, Saint'Milborough, Salop, Oct.
31, and Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Waterloo-street, Birming-
ham; Motteram mad Knowles, Birmingham; Smith, Witham,
and Brookfield, Bedford-row, London.

Joseph Vowles, teazle dealer, Compton Bisbop, Somerset-
shire, Oct. 27, at one, and Nov. 24, at twelve, at the Bristol
District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Alman,
Bristol.

Jonathan Dumbleton, innkeeper, Love-street, Hotwells,
Bristol, Oct. 29, at eleven, and Nov. 24, at twelve, at the
Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol;
Gray, Bristol.

Charles Henry Purnell, coal merchant, Liverpool, Oct.
27, and Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Cornthwaite and
Adams, Old Jewry, London; Fisher and Stone, Liverpool.
John Heaven, painter, Bristol, Oct. 27, at twelve, and
Nov. 24, at eleven. at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol ; Sabine, Bristol.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED:
E. Thomas, wine merchant, Clifton—a div. of 4s. in the
pound, on new proofs, together with a second div. of Bd. in
the pound, on Wednesday, Oat. 21, or any subsequent Wed-
nesday, at the office of Mr. 24iller, Bristol.
J. Butes, ironmonger, Cheltenham—first div. of 91,4 d. in the
pound, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, or any subsequent Wednes-
day, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol.
E. Sutton, calico printer, Salford, Lancashire—first and
final div. of 20s. in the pound, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, or
any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser,
Manchester.
J. Johnson, timber merchant, Salford, Lancashire—second
div. of ss. 4d. in the pound to those who have only received
a div. of 3s. 10d. in the pound, and a first and second div. of
9g. 2d. in the pound on new proofs, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, or
any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser,
Manchester.

J. Lythgoe, cooper, Liverpool—second div. of 33/4d. in the
pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Turner,
Live Tool.
H. &el goldauth) Liverpool—a div. of 91d. is the pound,