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London, England, 1846-05-16 00:00:00

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, June _ twelve, at the Biat? ,
-Littler, -draper, Liverpool, June , At, 'Wren, at
the Liverpool District Court—T. Ashworth str,jley-
worthy, common brewers. Manchester, June
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at the Manchester District Court—M. S. Keyweftc4i c A In-' .
mon brewer. Manchester, June 10, at twelve; siti. 'ffen*o chester District Court—T. Parnell, laceman, Manchester
June 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J.
Gibson, veterinary surgeon, Machester, June 16, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court—J. Curtis, chandler, Bir-
mingham, June 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court—G. Last, general merchant, Elrmingham, June 8, at
twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
B. Vanderplank, woollen warehouseman, Love-lane, City
June 5—H. J. and E. Todd, warehouseman, Bow churcfiyard,
City, June 5—S. Pursell, ironmonger, Strand, June 12—
R. Baker, stone mason, Southampton, June 5—R„ Bent,
licensed victualler, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, June 12—J.
R. Ellis, brassfounder, Houndsditch, June B—S. H. Hemblen,
grocer, lialesworth, Suffolk, June 9—J. Linnit, goldsmith,
Essex
Regent-street
June, June 9—G. Prentice, fishmonger, Tollesbury,
10—J. Johns, confectioner, Grosvenor-street
West, Pimlico, June 9—J. Pouleston, builder, Birkenisead,
Cheshire, June 9—J. Brock, innkeeper, Chester, June 9
W. B. Lupton, flax spinner, Leeds, June 9—S. Hutchinson,
sharebroker, Leeds, June 9—J. Radbone, June 16—J, Gibson,
veterinary surgeon, Manchester, June 9—W. Bonnd, jun.,
stretcher, Manchester, June 10—J. S. Gregson, grocer, Man-
chester, June 11—J. Pinner, undertaker, 'Regent-place,
Globe-road. Mile-end-road, June 5—T. Wiiders, conimon
brewer, Sloane-street, June s—l. Roberts, grocer, Modd,
Flintshire, June 5—J. APGibbon, bootniaker, Liverpool,
June b—J. Walton, coal merchant, Liverpool, June 5-5,
Stocker, sen., hydraulic engineer, Seckford-street, Clerken-
well, June 5—J. Phillips, cotton spinner, Manchester, June 5.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

E. Perryman and J. F. Burnside, stationers, Swithin's-
lane, City—S. Hughes, J. Hughes, and E. Hughes, colour
makers, Cobridge, Staffordshire—J. Hanson, T. Smith, W.
Morton, and D. Morton, fancy woollen manufacturers, Hud-
dersfield—J. Crookes, jun., and S. Balsdon, tailors, Gros-
venor-street, Bond-street—W. H. Bentley and W. Haigh,
shirt manufacturers, Carey-lane, City—C. Targett and E.
Butler, grocers, Berkshire—J. Rome and C. J. Goodwin,
corn millers, Heath, Derbyshire—T. Moore and J. Mayson,
surgeons, Chester —J. Beynon and S. Bevan, ironmongers,
Llahelly Carrnarthenshire—J. Hobday and J. H. Cheetham,
jlib.creßenwa_se:nrs,avi:Scatonundatlhille7BpsotofiplAa.r.d, Matthewsaper
muslin manufacturers, Manchester—J. Hunt and G. Hunt,
sB Temple-bar—G.anril J.
Kerman,
and R. H. Townend, hotel keepers,Crown-court, Cheapside--
Clegg and J. jsvcre. Bowen, mendr , dgnorth—J. A.
Pickard and J. Trouglt t'
stockbrokers, Liverpool—W. F.
and H. Harrison, cheese factors,
timber merchants, Liverpool—J.
G. White and J.
h Walsall, Staffordshire-4.
hip brokers, L' and T. Beesley, bowler makers, Liverpool—s, Kayfield
Mitton and W. Nealor, attorneys, Burnley, Lancashire—T.
Chancery-lane—J. Haley, J. "uthampton-buildings,
founders„Calverlev, Yorkshire (so Haley,
r asanrd -B.
OJdy, iron-
J. W. Petters and J. Wormleighton, builders,egargs B. Oddy)--
Clerkenwell—C. Hanbury and J. Dewsbery Doswell-street,
mingham—T. James and J. T. Walters, preinfigimneeiP Bey'
Staffordshire—W. and J. Sticknev, farmers, Ridgnfu ont
Yorkshire, East Riding—T. and W. Stones, builders, Black-
burn, Lancashire—J. Greaves, J. Hartley, and J. Hartley,
' waste dealers, Leeds—W. Marsden I. Marsden, and a.
Marsden, fancy cloth manufacturers, Donaster—J lii`Carthy
and N. Robinson, bagatelle-board makers, Compton-street,
Clerkenwell—R. and W. Gould, hatters, Ludgate-hill.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
James Gordon, jun., sharebroker, Aberdeen, May 21 and
June 11, at one, at the Chambers of Messrs. Alexander and
Webster, Aberdeen.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
STEAM. BOAT REGULATIONS.—The captains of no less than
thirty-five of the river steam-boats appeared before Alder-
man Gibbs, who sat for the Lord Mayor, to answer infor-
mations issued at the instance of the Watermen's and
Lightermen's Company, wherein they were charged with
acting as commanders without being licensed by the said
Company. These proceedings were a preliminary step to
enforcing the bye-laws recently passed by the Corporation
for the regulation of steam-boats, particularly to prevent
the over-crowdin when la
has long been deemed so dangerous to the public. hen all commanders of steam-boats shall
have been duly licensed, the boats must also be licensed to
carry only a certain number of Passengers, according to
measurement.
(fiThere appeared, in support of the informations, Mr. Cooper
rm of Clark and Cooper), solicitor to the Watermen's and
Lighhtermen's Company; and for the defence, the solicitors
for the respective steam-boat companies, viz., the London
and Westminster (wooden boats), Waterman, Citizen, Eagle
and Falcon (Gravesend); the Putney, Old Woolwich, Chel-
sea (iron boats); and Diamond (Gravesend) Steam-boat
Companies. The first five companies have signified their in-
tention of taking out licenses, twenty-one of the informa-
tion. as against them, were not proceeded with.
The solicitor for the Gravesend Diamond Company said
that their steam-boats had now been:established many years,
and had given great satisfaction to the public, who had not
complained or called for the bye-laws, which were therefore
not necessary.
Similar remarks having been made by Mr. Catterns for
the Old Woolwich Company, and all having intimated that
they should appeal against any conviction, the evidence in
the cases was taken pro forma, and the captains of the four-
teen boats, viz., the Cricket (penny boat), Moonlight, Day-
light, Matrimony, Bride, Bridegroom, Bridemaid, Wedding
Ring, and Bachelor (Chelsea iron boats); the Ariel, Sylph
and Fairy (Woolwich); the Rainbow (Putney); and the
Diamond (Gravesend), were each fined 40s, and costs.
The Cricket only paid the fine; for all the others notice of
appeal was given. This will have the effect of deferring the
carrying out of the bye-laws for nearly two months longer,
as the next London Sessions will not be held till the 9th of
July.

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The case excited great general interest, and the Court was
much crowded throughout, particularly with those connected
with the steam and other navigation cf the river.
BOW-STREET.
John Farr, alias Farmer, Cook, &c., was brought before
Mr. Jardine for further examination, charged with stealing
the London mail-bags from the Gravesend Post-office, in
June, 1845.
Mr. Peacock attended for the Post-office, and Mr. Lewis,
solicitor, defended the prisoner.
Mr. Wm. 11. Waller stated, that he was clerk in the
banking-house of Hills, :Mcßae, and Co., of Gravesend, on
the 26th June, 1845, on which day he wrote a letter, ad-
dressed to the Commercial Bank, Lothbury. He inclosed
seven bills of exchange for 1,2591. 2s. 6d., a cheque for 1001.,
and four 201. notes of the Canterbury bank,—the numbers of
which were 742, 744, 745, and 746. He sealed the letter,
and then posted it at Gravesend, between seven and nine in
the evening. The three notes now produced are unques-
tionably the same, their numbers being 742, 744, and 746.
On the following morning he ascertained in London that thet
letter had not reached its destination.
Mr. Charles S. Combes, postmaster of Gravesend, (loosed
that the letter spoken of by the last witness would have
reached London by the mail-bag leaving Gravesend at two
o'clock in the morning. The bag containing the letters was
sealed at half-past eleven. The letter produced by the last
witness, and addressed to the Commercial Bank, bears the
Gravesend post-mark of June 26, 1845. The mail-bags for
Deptford and Dartford were made up at the same time, and
the three were strapped together as usual. He then placed
them upon the floor in the passage, leading from the office
to the street-door, it being customary for the mail-guard
to call at two o'clock in the morning to receive them. The
guard obtained them by ringing a bell, upon which the
servant inside pulled a wire communicating with the latch
of the street-door, and let him in. At one o'clock witness
saw the bags safe in the passage. At about a quarter
past two in the morning witness heard the house-bell
ring, and was informed that the three mail-bags were
missing from the lobby or passage, when the guard arrived
for them. Did not see the bags again till the Bth of the
following September, when they were discovered at No. 4,
Edwin-street, Gravesend, many of the letters being still in
them, unopened. Others were open, strewed upon the floor.
Upwards of 100 were left unopened. The letter produced
was among them, having been placed, to witness's know-
ledge, in the London bag. The London letter-bill, made out
by witness, and also placed in the bag, was likewise found
among the letters in the London bag.
Henry Everett stated that he was a letter-carrier, and was
in the habit of sleeping at the Gravesend post-office for the
purpose of giving out the London, Dartford, and Deef-tforcl
maili-nbags.
morning,Theyme
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pulled a a quarter-past
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of the street-door, and
opened it. ,geatnrdij,2gboyutaofcogedtri,vhanecpeunadedopatewdire
which communicated with the latch of
and taken the bags.
on pulling the bell._
could sometimes see
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the guard
;, but he
Mr. Peacock—So that, in fact, anybody might have en-
tered Mr. Peacock hoped that such a practice was not allowable
from a window after he had got the bags.
at the Gravesend post-office now. Witness--Certainly not.
Mr. Lewis—Because you have now taken the precaution
onh e
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bell of June,ring a
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to lock the stable-door, the horse having been stolen.
Witness resumed—He heard the Rochester mail-bags
bahroouagthttenanrndinlenfttesinthep
afterwardsftg sa ghe e
in,
upon which witness pulled the wire and opened the door again.
He then saw John Reese, the London mail-driver,
enter the
passage, and begin to arrange the bags as usual. He could
see what Reese was doing from a window over the door, by
sitting up in the bed.
By Mr. Lewis.—His bed was situated on the ground floor,
about seven yards from the passage, so that he could see who
was in the passage through a glass door, there being a light
over it.
Examination jresumed—Reese presently missed the Graves-
end bags and called up witness. They could see nothing of
them but the Chatham bags :were all safe.
William Maddox, of Gravesend, said that he conveyed the
mail-bag from Chatham to Gravesend on.thenight of the 26th
June last, reaching the latter office at two in the morning.
On arriving there he rung the bell, as he was accustomed to
do, and the door came open, and he then threw in his three
bags, and left again, shutting the door after him. When on
the door steps I did not observe any other than the Sidney
bag, but there might
have been others upon the floor. It
was not his place to look after them.
John Reese, of 40, Newgate-street, London, stated that be
was the driver of the Gravesend and London mail on the
night of June 26th last. He reached the Gravesend Post-
office at a quarter past two, on the morning of the 27th, and,
having rung the bell as usual, entered the passage to take
possession of the Gravesend bags, which, however, were
missing. He then called up Everett ; but they could not
find them.
Harry Jones, a clerk in the Commercial Bank, proved that
the letter containing the notes did not reach the firm in the
usual course, as appeared from the bank books.
Mary Harle proved that the bags and letters spoken of by
the postmaster were found at an empty house in Edwin-street,
p
Gravesend, where she went to clean, em
and which had been un-
inhabited for a considerable time.
George W
hittick (the witness present at the former exa-
mination) proved that the prisoner tendered one of the 201.
Canterbury bank-notes at the shop of Sewell and Cross, the
drapers, of Soho.
Another witness proved the payrnent of one of the other
notes at the shop of Fortnum and Mason, oilmen, Piccadilly,
also by the prisoner ; but he admitted that he could not swear
positively to his identity.
Jonathan Whitcher, who apprehended the prisoner at 163,
Sloane-street, Chelsea, after having watched and followed
him from several houses in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane
the previous night, deposed that on accusing him of steal-
ing the four Canterbury notes, he said " it was all a mistake.
and he was not the man," He then asked when the notes
were changed. Witness replied on the 6th of April, upon
which he said he could prove that he was in France at the
time, He refused to give his name or address at the station-
house, but subsequently stated that his name was John
Farmer, and that he was a glover, having no fixed residence.
John Shirt, another constable, found a quantity of goods
at the prisoner's house, which had been purchased by the
notes produced.
The prisoner was then remanded upon the above charge
till Friday next.
It being nearly five o'clock, the other cues were alio de-
terred to TueedAy and Friday next.