The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-23 00:00:00

OFFICE. OF THE CITY POLICE 1 POLICE INTELL -:ENCE.
COMMISSIONER. MANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday Mr. Harvey, the City Police Commis- Alderman Patin (the Lord Mayor elect) stated ie.
sioner, investigated a case of public importance as the Lord Mayor that he had received 501. from a lady o.
rank to be disposed of fer the ,service of a poor lad
regards the conduct of the force, in consequence of
having received the following letter :
named Chesterton, who was forced in a gale of win.'
into a fire in the cabouse.o! a ship in which he was cabin
'TO DANIEL W. HARVEY, ESQ., COMMISSIONER OF
boy, and burned dreadfully in the face. The lady hat.
THE CITY POLICE. sent a gentleman to him (Alderman Pirie) to request tha
" Old England Office, 172, Fleet-street, he would make inquiry of the Mayor of Cirencester
" Monday,.Oct. 18, 1841. where the poor disfigured boy was known; and he ac-
" SIR,—I feel bound, in justice to my feelings, to lay cordingly communicated the circumstances to that gen
the following case, affecting as it does the character of tleman, whose letter did great credit to the heart an;
the police force of the City of London, before you, as understanding of the writer. He thought it right ti
the Commissioner thereof, and to request from you an state that if it bad not been for the humane publication,
investigation. Having been this morning brought be- of the frightful injuries this unfortunate lad sustained.
fore the Alderman presiding at Guildhall, on a charge such noble interposition would not have been made. The
of having been, on Saturday night last, " drunk and lady had read the affecting and unobtrusive appeal in one
of the-newspapers. The following was the letter of tin
disorderly," made by policemen No. 315, at the sta-
Mayor of Cirencester:—
tion-house, Black-horse-court, and having been acquit-
" SIR—I have the pleasure to inform you, that my
tea by the fore-mentioned Aldermen, after 1 bad en- wife has at length succeeded in obtaining a very desirable
(lured an imprisonment of fifteen hours, the said police- master for the poor lad, Chesterton, for whoM you have
men declared, in the bearing of two of my friends, that so humanely interested yourself. The person who has
' O'Brien (meaning the individual who now addresses hitherto employed him will hare no further occasion fur
you, Sir,) was a vagabond, and had been convicted of his services after to-morrow, and my wife has been there-
drunkenness at the Worship-street police-office some fore unremitting in her inquiries. The proposed master
time ago, and fined ten shillings.' This I declare to is a boot and shoemaker, in a considerable way of busi-
be a deliberate and malicious calumny on ness, of the name of Legg. He is a near neighbour.
his part, and I therefore respectfully, but Both he and his wife have been known to us from their
childhood. They are most respectable, worthy, and
firmly, demand an investigation, as I deem the po-
religious people, and it will be the lad's fault if he does
licemen capable of openly stating what I am prepared
not receive from them almost parental care. My wife
to prove a malicious falsehood, unfit to belong to the apprehended the disfigured appearance of the youth, and
police force of the City of London. I further charge his other peculiar circumstances, would have been an ob-
policeman 316 with having stated, in open Court, before jection to his being taken into the houae; but the master
the presiding Alderman, that ' I had been convicted at presses having him under his entire superintendence, and
the Worship-street Police-office of drunkenness, and will take him on a trial. The terms he requires are
fined ten shillings, and that my conduct on that mica- premium 201., and a guarantee for clothes being pro-
sion had been beastly.' This I also solemnly declare to vided for the npprentice, during the term, which, as he
be a deliberate and wanton falsehood, never having en- is now sixteen, will be for five years, or 201. in addi-
tered on any occasion, the police-office at Worship- tion, and the master will provide clothing/to that amount,
street, or any other police-office io London, until this and produce vouchers for the expenditure.
if "Shouldan
a thish o arrangementexcellent
thel
poor
lady
yml
Ineydeht(h)staohveh
kind anapprobationd
morning, when I was made to appear at Guildhall. Ib oil n t oi. -f
now demand at your bands, Sir, in terms of the utmost fuluri:ieten intentions wai e
.een.communi-
cated by you, it may be inpinold. iately carried into effect respect, an inquiry into the conduct of these two pie-
The only- advance: to be requirede at present will be for.
'icemen, and into the truth or falsehood of their state-
ment, at your earliest possible convenience. providing a few clothes for him, that he may enter
"I" have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient, hum- on the usual trial, the sequel of which, it is hoped, will
ble servant, " MICH AEL W. O'BRIEN, M.A. induce his kind patrons to do for hint what may be fur-
Editor of the Old England Newspaper, and ther required of them.
Member of Lincoln's Inn. "I cannot refrain from remarking that the interference
Mr. Briggs, of Cireepside, stated, that after the in the behalf of this poor youth was more than ordinarily
case in which Mr. O'Brien was defendant had been providential. He has long been one of the objects of
dismissed, he heard Burroughes (policeman 315) say myt woiffeh's care andn solicitude, and the extraordinary
ilsorpeesethtatiltooripsosstiflilona
‘inhillpoffaavonsleems to
lead to to the hope " O'Brien is a damned vagabond, and was convicted of
drunkenness et the Worship-street police office some vidence. It is rather singular that. your ret‘t.eriastilopurl'd-
time ago, sad fined 10s," Witness perfectly recollected have been addressed to one whose wife had been previ-
the words, and mentioned what he had heard to his ously most interested for the lad, and that the operation
friend Mr. O'Brien. The manner-of Burroughes, the po- upon him at St. Bartholomew's Hospital should have
!iceman, was peculiarly insulting on this occasion. Wit- taken place in the presence of her brother, Mr. Law-
ness also heard Brand (policeman, 316), state to the rence, the surgeon. I have the honour to be, Sir,
1841.
Alderman that O'Brien had been convicted at the
"Oct. Your most obedient humble servant,
19,
Worship-streat police-office of drunkenness, and fined "GEORGE BEVIR."
fen shillings, and that his conduct on that oocasion had Alderman Pirie then handed to the Lord Mayor a note
Alderman
he had received from the benevolent patroness of
been most beastly. the disfigured boy. It was, he stated, the lady's wish
thather Another gentleman, who accompanied Mr. O'Brien
to the Guildhall police-office, confirmed the statement he felt great difficulty in complying with the request to
of Mr. Briggs. conceal it. Tho following is a copy of her Ladyship's
Burroughes stated that Brand, who formerly belonged note :-
to the metropolitan force, assured him that Mr. O'Brien " The Dowager Lady presents her compliments
had been at Worship-street under the circumstances to the Lord Mayor elect, and begs to return him many
above-mentioned, and he considered that it was his thanks for his obliging note, and still more obliging offer
duty to mention the matter in the office. of being her almoner for the -benefit of the poor lad
Brand said be really believed, when he saw Mr. Chesterton, which she accepts with gratitude, and has
O'Brien, that that gentleman bad been fined at Wor-
the pleasure of inclosing a note for 50/, which she
ship-street six or seven years ago for drunkenness. He
thinks, from the statement in the Mayor of Cirencester's
very. interesting letter, will answer all demands fur pre-
was now, however, inclined to think that Mr. O'Brien mum, clothes, and present outfit, to enable him to enter
was not the person, for he had made inquiry at the upon his trial without delay.
office, and ascertained that the man's name was Morgan. "The Dowager Lady has not taken a copy of
Mr. Morgan appeared to him to be about 36 years of the letter she returns, but she'would very much like to
age. When he mentioned the circumstance to Bur- have one, if the Lord Mayor elect has no objection and
roughen lie said it confidentially, and without wishing will indulge her. Lady cannot close her note with-
that it should be publicly stated. out repeating her thanks for all the trouble the Lord
Mr. Harvey—You say you are inclined to think you 1 Mayor elect has taken on her account. In fact, without
arc mistaken ; are you not convinced that you are I his assistance, she does not know how sho could have
mistaken ? accomplished her object. " October 21, 1841."
Brand—l am, Si: ; but I was so confident at the Mr. Hobler handed over to the Lord Mayor elect two
time that Mr. O'Brien was the person I had seen at 1 sovereigns, which had been transmitted to him far the
Worship-street, that if the Alderman had put the book to , service of the boy, who, it may be recollected, upon
calling at the Mansion-house to return thanks for the
me I do believe I would have sworn it. l care and skill bestowed upon him in the Hospital, where
Mr. O'Brien—There is not the slightest doubt of that. ' the surgeons actually made a face for him, expressed him
Mr. liiervey (to Brand)—Have you the least doubt self in terms of earnest gratitude.
upon the subject now ? The LORD MAvon said, that in his Mayoralty he ha.
Brand—Not the least. I am convinced that Mr. witnessed immense good done by the Press in every pos
O'Brien is not the person. 1 sible way.
Mr.. Hervey—Have you any witness to show that
there was a striking resemblance between Mr. O'Brien
and the person tou charged with drunkenness at Wor- 1
ship-street.
Brand then called a metropolitan policeman, who re- I
collected perfecly well, according to his statement, the
occasion on which Mr. Morgan was brought before the
Magistrate at Worship-street, and he recollected tho
personal appearance of Mr. Morgan who did not re-
semble
any person present.
Mr. Harvey—Was the conduct of Morgan on that
occasion such as to deserve the ep.thet of " beastly ?" •
Metropolitan policeman— Certainly, it was. The
language he used was such as I should not like to re- ,
peat here.
After a very full investigation,
Mr. Harvey addressed Mr. O'Brien. He regretted I
exceedingly the occurrence which had taken place. i
With respect to Brand, it appeared to him that that
officer in mentioning to Burroughes that Mr. O'Brien
bad been at Worship-street office, spoke his real opinion; '
strange and extraordinary as the delusion was, and
that he spoke it too in the confidential manner in which
policemen were in the habit of communicating with
each other. and without meaning that it should be re-
peated. It was, howem, the duty of Brand the mo-
ment he found that he was mistaken, to offer every re-
paration is hie cower by apology to the gentleman who
had been insulted. The witness called by Brand
rendered him no assistance whatever. On the contrary,
he said that Morgan resembled nobody in the room,
and thus put out of the question the argument as to
identity. Still he (Mr. Harvey) did not consider that
Brand acted under anything worse than an erroneous
impulse, and ho dared say that Mr. O'Brien would be
satisfied if that policeman begged his pardon.
Brand hero vary submissively apologised to Mr.
O'Brien.
Mr. Harvey said, with respect to Burroughes, it lies
entirely with you Mr. O'Brien, whether be remains
with the fore* a day longer. I will feel it to be my
duty, if you require it, to discharge him immediately.
But I think it necessary to state that he stands well in
our reports, and that a dismissal from the police is a
very serious bar to a man's procuring a situation of any
other kind. That we have good reason for kneeing.
Nothing can justify such conduct as these gentlemen
have described.
Mr. O'Brien said he forgave the man for tie offence
personally to himself, but he considered himself bound
to add his. solemn declaration that such a person
was not fit to be in the City police force.
Mr. Harvey then told Burroughes that he had to
thank Mr. O'Brien that be was not at once deprived
of his situation, and that if ever there should be proved
against him any charge, however alight, he should
from that moment leave the force for ever.
Mr. O'Brien said that Burroughes had refused at the
station-house to let him have a bit cf paper upon which
to communicate to his family where he was confined.
Butroughes, who bad appealed for mercy in the name
of his wile and children to Mr. O'Brien, then made
the most humble request for forgiveness, and having
obtained it from that gentleman's humanity, retirel
along with Brand, who was also advised to exercise
great caution in the public discharge of his duties.

MARLBORO UG H-STREET.

Yesterday Miss Sandford, who represented herself as
a teacher of the guitar, livin; in Little Puhoney-street,
appeared before Mr Hardwick to sustain a charge of
assault which she had previously preferred against Mr.
and Mrs. Hunt, of Allington—Strect, Pimlico.

The circumstances out of which the present charge
arose ere rather singular. In, 'the police reports a few
weeks back appeared a case under Ahe head " Marl-
borough-street Police office," in which Mr. Hardwick
inflicted a fine of 51. upon a Mr. Laverty for an
alleged indecent assault at night, in Regent street,
upon Mrs. Hunt, who then represented herself as
a married woman, and that she was, at the time when
Laverty came up to her, waiting for her hush,:nd is
the street, and that they lived in private life, upon an in-
come of 2001. per annum, arising out of property in the
Went Indies. Believing her statement, which, however,
was contradicted most vehemently by Mr. Laverty, Mr.
Hardwick, as already stated, inflicted the full penalty. A
few days after this, Miss Sandford came to this office,
and stated that she had been most grossly insulted in the
street by Mr. and Mrs. Hur.t, in consequence, as she pre—
sumed, of her being an intimate acquaintance of Mr.
Laverty. The offensiee conduct having been repeated by
Mr. Hunt, who shook his fist in her face, asking her at
the same time how " her fellow" liked his birth, and
telling her that a trap was laid for her, he applied a most
offensive epithet to her. Mr. Hardwick, who had pre-
viously mentianed that from facts which had recently
come to his knowledge his opinion of the truth of the
charge against Mr. Laverty had been materially shaken,
immediately granted A summons against Mr. and Mrs.
Hunt for the assault. _ •

In the course of the examination yesterday Mr.
Laverty repeated that the charge made against bim by
Mr,. Hunt was entirely without foundation ; he had
never either spoken to Mrs. Hunt or touched her. When
he was suddenly charged by Hunt with haring insulted
his wife he was for the moment quite staggered at the
extraordinary nature of - the accusation. He did not,
however, care so much about the pecuniary loss he had
sustained as that he was anxious to clear his character
in the eyes of his friends. -lie added, that as he was
walking, a few night 4 afterwarols in Piccadilly with a
young friend he saw Mrs.--r Hunt, whom he immediately
pointed out to his friend as the person who had traduced
his character. That friend was now in Court.

A young man, named Askell, said that on Mrs. Hunt
being pointed out to him he left his friend, and Mrs.
Hunt came up to him and solicited him to accompany
her to a house in Shepherd-street.
The charges of assault against Mr. and Mrs. Hunt
were then gone into.
Mr. Flower attended for the complainant, and Mr.
Wontner for the defendants.

The complainant repeated the nature of the assault,
which was trifling in itself, but, as already stated, ac-
companied by threatening and offensive language.
Mr. Wontner cross-examined the different witnesses
at some length, but did not shake their testimony.
In defence, it was contended that Mr. and Mrs. Hunt
knew nothing of the complainant ' • that it was, there-
fore, very unlikely that they should single her out as the
acquaintance of Mr. Laverty ; and, further, that they
were both at Hampstead at the time the assault was
alleged to have been committed. Mr. Wontner did not
call any witnesses to prove these assertions.
Mr. llinnwicK said, that when the charge was pre-
ferred against Mr. Laverty by the defendant it had been
met by him with a most strenuous denial of its truth,
and the present charge was met in a similar manner. It
was quite clear that there was gross:perjury on one side
or the other, but ther2 wasjso much mystification in the
affair that it was utterly impossible to say on which.
He was, however, bound to say; that had ho been aware
at the time the charge was brought against Mr. Laverty,
by the present defendant of certain circumstances which
had subz:equently come to his knowledge they would have
materially operated ontttmp opinion which he had then
formed.
In the present case, :wile assault was trivial,he should
fine the male prisanori4Os. and costs, and discharge the
female.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT Or• BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 22.
(Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.)
IN RE MESSRS. WALKER.

This having been the day appointed for the final ex-
amination of the bankrupts, whn carried on business a%
engineers and millwrights in St. John's-square, a num-
ber of the creditors unfler the fiat were in attendance,
and the bankrupts subjected to an examination by the
Learned Commissioner, in which no circumstances were
elicited beyond those which appeared in the previous
one, when they were adjudged to have passed finally.

Hunt paid the fine, at the same time expressing his
determination to indict all the parties for a conspiracy.
Mr. Flower observed that his wisest course would be
to make no further stir in the matter.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HOLYW ELL HUNT RACES—(CoNcLunEn).
Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, for 2 yrs, 7st, and 3 yrs
9st ; fillies allowed 21bs. T.Y.C. (3 Subs).
Mr. Price's Ernestine, 2 yrs ............ (Cartwright) 1
Mr. Mostyn's Miss Tatt 3 yrs ........
Mr. Thomson's c, by Shrigley, out of Fenella, 2 yrs 3
Won very easily.
The Mostyn Handicap of 20 sons. each, h ft, and 5 only
if declared, with 103 added, 2 miles. (10 Subs.) .3 paid.
Mr. Wilson's Show-lad, 3 yrs, 6st (Simpson) 1
Lord Westininst,er's Lampoon, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb
Sir R. W. Bulkeley!s Cerito, 3 yrs, 6st,6lb
W.,on easy.
The Stand Handicap of 10 sors. each, and 30 added.
Mile ilia.
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Spring-heeled Jack, 4 yrs,
7st slb ....................................... (Whitehouse) 1
Mr. T. H. Price's Lady Abbess, 5 yrs, 7st 71b 2
Lord Stanley's ithodanthe, yrs, Bst ' 3
Won cleverly.
The Hukce-Pokee Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 20 added.
.T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 70L, and the last to pay
101. to the second. (6 Subs-)
Mr. J. Thompson's filly by the Mole, out of Fenella,
3 yrs, 7st 31b ............(Cartwright)... 1
Mr. Mostyn's Miss Tatt, 3 yrs, ist 3lb 2
Mr. Osborne's Hope, •
Woulis: head-
yrs, a feather

BRUSSELS, OCT. 20.—The Duke of Ossuna, a
Grandee of Spain, has arrived at Brussels. The Duke,
who is son-in-law to the Duke of Beaufort, left Madrid
in consequence of recent events ; his father also left
Spain, but by another route ; and the Duke, who hoped
isvery
to have heard that be had arrived in Belgium before
him,
Another journal says that it is his brother, and not his
father, who left
uneasy at not having any news of him.
Spain at the same time, and about, whom
he is uneasy.,

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1841.

FROM LAST IN 1G HT'S GAZETTE
At the Court. at. Backingharn Palaee, the 21st, day of Octo-
Jer, 1841, present the Qu.‘en's Most F.xcellent Ma'rsty in
Council.—lt is this day o Herod by her Majesty in Council,
Lhat the Rirliamenr be prorozued from Thursday the Eleventh
day of Noiember next, to '1 uesday the Twenty-first day of
December next.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Iggulden the
younger, of Deal, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 20, 1841.
The Queen has been i leaskd to grant to the Right Hon.
William Lord Hrytesburv, G.C. li., the several offices of Go-
vernor and Captain of Isle of 'Wight, and Governor of
Carisbrook Castle, in the said Isle, in the room of James Ed-
ward, Earl of Malmesbury, deceased.
Commsssion by the Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire.
P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P., to be Vice-Lieut., Sept. 28.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham.
Capt. G. Witham to be Deputy Lieutenant, Aug. 31.
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
HENRY DUNCALFE RUSHBURY, money scrivener,
Fitzroy-place, Southwark-bri ge-rod.
JOHN ALEXANDER SMITH, linen draper, Oxford-
street.
WILLIAM TURNER and GEORGE HICKMA N,
jewellers, Rawstorne-street, Clerkenwell.
JAMES JACKSON, woollen draper, Brewer-street,
Golden-square.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
CHARLES DANIELL jeweller, Oxford-street.
BANKRUPTS.
RICHARD ARCHARD JONES, linen warehouseman,
Friday-street, Cheap:ide, London, to surrender Nov. 3, at
eleven, and Dec. 3, at twelve, at the Court o Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Ba:ingliall-stre.tt ; Lofty and Potter,
King-street, Chearside.
THOMAS PETERS, tailor, Cambridge, Nov. 4, and Dec.
3, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Cambridge. Adcock,
Cambridge ; Smith, Bedford-row, London.
NATHANIEL FRALEY and JOSEPH EMERY MER-
CHANT, linendrapers, Bristol, Nov. 3, at two, and Dec. 3, at
tis else, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Jenkins and Ab-
bott, New Inn, Loildr-m ; Clarke, Bristol ; Brittan, Bristol.
GEORGE SUMMERIIAYS HENLEY, auctioneer, Sa-
voy-street, Strand, Nov. 2, at one, and Dec. 3, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official
assignee; Dickinson, Pall-marl.
JOHN SMITH, hatter, Deptford-bridge, Kent, Oct. 30,
and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking-
ton, official assigace, Coleman-street-buildings ; Collins and
Rigley, Crescent-place, Tiridze-street, Blaekfriars.
WILLIAM HASLETT, grocer, Liverpool, Nov. 1, and
Dec. 3, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row,
London ; Liddles!ale arid Bardswell, Liverpool.
NA I'HANIEL FRALEY, linen-draper, Bristol, Nov. 5,
and Dec. 3, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Wan-
sey, Lothbury, London ; Hassell, Bristol.
JAMES GALPIN, brewer, Marnbull, Dorsetshire, No-
vember 1, and DecemLer 3, at twelve noon, at the Greyhound
Inn, Blandford Forum, Dorsetshire. Cornbe, Staple Inn,
London ; Phdlips, Weymouth.
EDMUND, otherwise EDWARD BUMPSTEAD, grocer,
Halesvrorth, ;Suffolk, Nov, 2, and Dee. 3, at one o'clock, at
the King's Head Inn, Beccles. Thompson, Field, and Deben-
ham, Salters'-hall, London.
WILLIAM MILNES ATKINSON, maltster, Beccles,
Suffolk, Nov. 2 and Dec. 3-, at one, at the King's Head Inn,
Beech's. Teesdale, Symes, and Weston, Fenchurch-street,
London.
BENJAMIN JAMES and JOHN MORRIS JAMES,
tanners, Manchester, Nov. 4, at one, and Dec. 3. at two, at
the Commissioners'-rooms, Mancliester. Lawndes, Robinson,
and Bateson, Liverpool ; Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bed-
ford-row, London.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Crandall, builder, Brixton-road, Surrey, Nov. 12, at half-
past twelve—Z. Delcroix, milliner, New Broad-street, Nov.
12, at twelve—T. Miller, artists' colourman, Nov. 15, at
twelve —W. Northcroft, builder, Egham, Surrey, Nov. 12, at
one—H. Ford, grocer, Aylesbury, Nov. 15, at two—J.
Knowles, H. Rodwell, G. It. Parker, and J. 'l'. King, silk
brokers, Throxmortoa-street, Nov. 15, at. half past twelve—
T. M. Temple, carver, Great Titchfield.street, Middlesex,
Nov. 17, at one J. Fairmaner, shopkeeper, Farnham,
Surrey, Nov. 12, at half-past twelve—T. Ashton, bill
broker, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Nov. 12, at eleven—.
C. Gell and T. Carman, lead merchants, Tottenham-c iurt-
road, Nov. 12, at half-past eleven—S Simpson, cheesemonger,
Oxford- street, Nov. 12, at twelve.
In the Country.
J. Linsley, woollen cloth merchant, Leeds, Nov. 26, at
three, at the Commissioners.-rooms, Leeds—J. Jenkins, auc-
tioneer, Haverfortivrest, Nov. 17, at half-past eleven, at the
Ma-iners' Hotel, Haverfo?dwest—J. Suwero!t, scrivener, Ha
verforilwest, Nov. 17, at half-past ten, at the Mariners' Hotel,
Haverfordwest—S. Bryan, shoe manufacturer, Hardingstone,
Northamptonshire, Nor. 18, at twelve, at the Dolphin Inn,
Northampton—J. Hugill, spirit merchant, Whitby, Yorkshire,
Nov. 15, at three, at the Angel Inn, IVhi:by—T. Smith,
grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nov. 17, at twelve, at the
Bankrupt Commission room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—E. Sed-
don, cotton-spinner, Bury, Lancashire, Nov. 17, at ten, at the
Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—C. Lawton, shoemaker,
Livi rpool, Nov. 13, at three, at the Clarendon rooms, Liver-
pool—J. Honey, linendraper, Redruth, Corns-all, Nov 30, at
eleven, at the Town Clerks'. office, Falmouth—J. Hicklin,
printer, Nottingham, Nov. 15, at twelve, at the George the
Fourth Inn, Nottingham.

CERTIFICATES—Nov. 12.

S. Myers, victualler, Smeaton, Yorkshire—H. Kipping,
broker, Maidstone—J. Westherl, smaliware manufacturer,
Manchester—C. Slaybery, apothecary, Earl's-court, Old
Brompton—C., A., and J. Potts, ship-builders, Monkwear-
mouth-shore, Durham—W. George, musical instrument
maker, Fleet-street, City.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

R. M. Crosbic and W. APLean. drapers, Heywood, Lan-
cashire— A. G. Robinson and R. Talbot, Liverpool A. Cham-
bers and T. Barnett, cut nail manufacturers, Birmingham—
W. P. Knowles and J. Roberts, ironmongers, Liven),lot—
D. Smart and W. A. Pos'lethwaite, attorneys, Emswurth,
Southampton hire —J. and J. Jones, basket makers, Wattage,
Berks—W. and J. Dunmo .e, fancy ho3iers, Leicster—H.
Phillip; and H. iNI•Evoy, manufacturers of patent straps. Bir-
mingham—J. W. Leech and C. Robinson, tailors, Oxford—
E. and A. Lees and G. Halla?, coal-merchants, Oldham—S.
Lees and G. Hallas, coal merchants, Oldham—J. W. and J. B.
Moore, merchants, Liverpool—J. B. and J. W. Moore, and
J. 11. Dickinson, merchants, Rio de Janeiro (so far 25 regards
J. \V, 51nore)—W. M. Boyd and H. C. Scott, wine mer-
chants, Piccadilly—J. Anderson and A. Stewart, surgeons,
NewcasVe-place, Edgeware-road—J. Blackburn and T. Holds-
worth, builders, Hulme, Lanca,hire—W. S. Morris and J. F.
Lee, calico printers, Manchester—J. and W. Gosling, white-
smiths, Ipswich—G. Docker and W. Bates, brasiers, Bir-
mingham—J. J. and J. Gre'ory and T. Nock, coal masters,
Westbromwich, Staffordshire—T. Dugdale, R. Penketh, S.
Robinson, R. Baxter, and T. Littler, coal proprietors, Thatts-
heath, Lancashire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

THOMAS LANCASTER and JOHN CLARK, calico
printers, Glasgow, Oct. 26, and Nov. 16, at twelve, at the
Eagle Inn, Glasgow.
JOHN M4GLASH AN, solicitor-at-lsw, Edinburgh, Oct.
26, and Nov. 16, at two, at the RoyAl Exchange Coffee-house,
Edinburgh.
THOMAS GENTLES, plumber, Paisley, Oct. 29, and
Nov 19, at twelve, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley.
WILLIAM BROCK, starch manufacturer, Glasgow, Oct.
29, and Nov. 19, at one, at the Chambers of Messrs. Lamond
and Monteith, Glasgow.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovadl Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending Oct. 19, 1841, is
345. 4d. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain.

THE POOR MAN'S CHURCH.
(From the Wilshire Independent.)
On Monday, the 4th instant, a labouring man, named
Ralph Weston, a parishioner of Marden, in this county,
was killed by the wheels of a waggon passing over him.
A grave was dug in Marden churchyard, and • every
preparation made for the funeral, which was appointed
to take place on the following Friday. The Curate, the
Rev. D. Parsons, attended, and, to the surprise of all
present, peremptorily refused to suffer the corpse
to be carried into the church. The afflicted widow
entreated him to admit the body into the
holy edifice, her friends supplicated him to con-
sent, but ie vain ; the door of the " Poor Man's
Church " was closed against the unoffunding
corpse of the " poor man," his sorrowing relatives were
forbidden to enter, and were contumeliously pointed to
the yard, where, and where alone, this Christian teacher
would condescend to perform the service, denying to
them that part of it which they have been taught to
look upon as being the mast important, and essentially
necessary to constitute Christian burial ! The people,
indignant at this cruel conduct, refused to carry the
corpse to the grave, and returned horn. with it. On
the Sunday morning they took it again to the
churchyard, again they were attended by the
Curate, and again they wore refused admit-
tance into the church. Tho Curate attempted
to read the service in the yard, but his pa-
rishioners would not listen to him ; a scene of confusion
ensued ; with all haste they lowered the coffin to its
resting place, filled in the earth as quickly as possible,
and showed the sense they entertained of his conduct by
groaning at him and hooting him. On that day the
church was deserted, not more than four or five per-
sons choosing to attend the service, and such is the im-
pression the conduct of this successor of the Apostles has
had on his parishioners, that a petition, praying for his
removal from his cure, has been drawn up, and has re-
ceived the signatures of nearly all of them.
But what could be the Rev. Gentleman's reasons for
this extraordinary conduct—for doing that which has
thus roused the indignation of his flock ? He shall an-
swer for himself, for he has thought it necessary to
publish a defence of his proceedings. Hero it is :
" TO THE PARISHIONERS OF MAIDEN.
" MY DEAR PARISHIONEES—I now think it right, for
your sakes, and for my own, to inform you of the reasons
for which I refused to allow the body of Ralph Weston
to be taken into church.
" When I went to speak to Ralph Weston on Sunday,
August Bth last, about other things, he then in the pre-
sence of one or of two persons declared, that he would
leave off coming to church—that he thought neither
church nor parson necessary for a man's salvation—
openly defended and praised the Ranters who infest and
disturb our parish on Sundays—and avowed himself to
be a swearer habitually, and living an evil life—and on
the whole rejected the Church utterly. And he, most
unhappily for himself, lived Up to his words. He con-
stantly frequented the Ranters' meetings, in defiance of
my private warnings and public preaching, and of the
order of the'Church.
" On Monday evening, October 4th, I was told of his
fatal accident. I immediately said that I would ride up
to the Plain to see him if there were any hope of life not
being extinct. But I was assured that he had died in-
stantly ; which was true.
" So that he died without ever having repented in
words to me, or that I know to any one else, of his
wicked language, purposes, and life.
" Thereture 1 resolved (and I am sure that I resolved
on good grounds, such as yourselves may see are good)
to mark what the Church thinks of lives so contrary to
the Gospel, by refusing his body the privilege of being
carried into that church, from which while alive he
had cut himself off. How great a grief and trouble this
sad event has been to me, all who know me well, know.
That God may have mercy on his soul can be desired by
• none so earusstly as by
" Your affectionate faithful clergyman and friend,
,'
"D. A. PARSOIS, Curate of garden.