The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-19 00:00:00

VEIE SUN, LONDON,'SATURDAY

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the pleasure
grounds of Osborne House yesterday forenoon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
went to the beach yesterday morning, and took their
accustomed exercise.

THE REGISTRATIONS.
_ LI VERP 0 OL.

On Tuesday the Court for the annual revision of the
list of voters for the election of members of I'arlisment
for the borough, was opened in the Sessions-house,
Chapel-street, before T. S. Brandreth, Esq. The busi-
ness was not proceeded with until Wednesday, when the
claims and objections in the out-townships of Everton,
Kirkdale, West Derby, and Toxteth-park, were taken.
Mr. Bretherton, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the
Reform party, and Mr. Bremner for the Tories.
On Wednesday the Reformers succeeded in striking
off 200 from the list for the out-townships.
Yesterday the claims and objections for the borough
were proceeded with, when the Reformers struck off 35,
subject to an appeal, arising out of the following circum-
stances:—lt appeared that in the service of the notices
of objection to the overseers, the solicitor for the Tories
required proof of service. The proof given was, that a
portion were delivered at the parish office, and an inquiry
made as to the time of closing the office on the 25th of
August, which was stated to be eight o'clock. On the
20th of July and the 31st of August, however, the office
is open till twelve. The notices were taken to the office
a little after eight, and it being closed, they were left at
the house of one of the overseers, agreeably.to an inti-
mation which had been given by Mr. Litherland. The
overseer received them, and on the following morning
delivered them to Mr. Litherland, who inquired what
time they were sent in to the overseer, and was informed
a little before twelve o'clock. Mr. Litherland being
satisfied, published them in the list of objections.
The REVISING BARRISTER considered there was not
sufficient proof of service, as the overseer was not there
who received them, nor the party who served them; he
accordingly struck out all who did not attend to prove
their qualification, subject to an appeal.
Some discussion ensued upon the point.
Mr. Bretherton contended that there was sufficient
proof, as the notices had come into Court from the hands
of the proper officer. It appears that such proof had
never been required previously in similar cases, and, the
Reformers were not, consequently, prepared with their
witnesses.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, attended
by Countess Hauck, and Count Puckler, arrived in town
at eleven o'clock yesterday morning from Cashiobury-
park, Herts, the residence of her Majesty the Queen
Dowager. The Princess was received at the Euston-
square Terminus by his Excellency the Chevalier
Bunsen, the Earl of Denbigh, and Baron Witzleben.
Her Royal Highness and the whole of the party en-
tered two carriages of the Queen Dowager, and drove to
the Temple, where the Princess and her suite alighted
and paid a visit of inspection to the Temple Church.
Her Royal Highness next visited St. Paul's Cathedral,
and was conducted through the interior of that sacred
edifice. The Princess went to the Bank of England and
inspected the different offices of that establishment. Her
Royal Highness then proceeded to the residence of the
Prussian Minister on Carlton-house-terrace, where a
drjcuner was served to the illustrious visitor and thewhole
of suite.

After luncheon her Royal Highness inspected the
Pantheon and Madame Tussaud's exhibition, and then
proceeded to the Euston-square terminus. The Princess
left town by the London and North-Western Railway,
attended by the Countess }laack and Count Puckler on
her return to Cashiobury Park.
Lord John Russell arrived in town yesterday from
Wimbledon. Sir George Grey had an interview with
his Lordship.

LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITU

TION.

Last evening Mr. Sherer g;Ve the first of a series of
lectures in this institution, on the general minstrelsy of
Scotland, which he illustrated by singing ten gems of
Scottish song. We have seen very flattering critiques in
the provincial press of Mr. Sherer's talents as a lecturer,
and his powers as a vocalist, and the reception which he
drew from his audience on Friday evening was suffi-
ciently confirmative of the truth of all we have heard of
him. His illustrations were prefaced by a brief reca-
pi.ulation of the origin of the peculiar music of his
native mountain land, and the history of its songs, with
some short account of the authors of these beautiful
effusions. Each of his songs he also preceded by an
explanation of the circumstances under which it was
written, told its plot or story accompanied with a trans-
lation of Scottish words, and he then recited it with
gracefulness of manner and in tones of pathos or arch
humour, as the character of the song required. In all
these particulars Mr. Sherer excels, and this portion of
his entertainment alone would afford no small amount of
gratification to an audience of cultivated minds—aye,
and even to the uncultivated, who are equally susceptible
to the power of elegant elocution. His singing, how-
ever, is the charm by which he holds his audience in a
spell and excites their feelings to their utmost stretch.
" Kelvin Grove" was perhaps never sung with more
effect, and well merited the encore it received. " The
Bonnie House o' Airly" was also given with great spirit.
Mr. Sherer's rich humour and comic vein found full play
in " Come under my plaidie," " Tak yer auld cloak
about ye," and " The barring o' the door." These pro•
duced repeated bursts of laughter, and the last was en-
cored. The quality of this gentleman's voice is full and
rich, combining great sweetness and power in both its
upper and lower tones, and his execution is in perfect
good taste.

The borough objections will be proceeded with to-da:
after which the claims and objections of the freemen w:
be heard.—Liverpool Mercury.

LINCOLN.

Mr. Chamberlain, the barister, revised the city list of
Parliamentary voters on Tuesday. Mr. Hitchins ap-
peared for the Liberal party, and Mr. Brown, solicitor,
for the Conservatives. The following are furnished as
the results:—Liberal claims 34, sustained 21; Conserva-
tive claims 9, sustained 9; Liberal objections 23, sus-
tained 21; Conservative objections 47, sustained 26.
Lincoln Mercury.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SOUTH

`'PARK.

Last night, shortly before ten o'clock, a fire of great
extent broke out on the premises of Messrs. Saddler,
Firth, and Ross, the extensive mustard and saw mills,
situate in Great Guildford street, Southwark, and from

be immense quantity of inflammable materials known
,o be contained in the premises the greatest fears were
entertained that, as it was bounded on the sides and rear
by several small streets and courts, the whole of them must
have met with inevitable destruction. From the early period
of the evening at which the fire broke out but few per-
sons had retired to rest, and the greatest activity was
soon shown to remove such articles of household furni-
ture to a place of safety as circumstances appeared to
require. The fire-escape from Fleet-street was also
in readiness to afford assistance in case it should be
needed. The first indication of fire was discovered
by one of the workmen, who on going near that portion
of the premises used as sawing-mills, found smoke
issuing from it, which shortly after burst into flames,
communicating to the upper floors, the whole of which
were soon completely burnt away. From thence the
fire spread to the mustard and crushing mills, which,
from the inflammable nature of its contents of oil-cake,
oil, &c., were soon in a complete blaze, illumining the
vicinity to such an extent that the smallest object on the
ground could be observed for a considerable distance
around, with the most perfect distinctness ; and so in-
tense was the heat that an approach to the seat of the fire
was for a time nearly, if not wholly, impossible.
The engines from the Waterloo-road, Southwark-
Tidge-road, Farringdon-street, Chandos street, Jeffrey-
square, and Watling-street stations were promptly in
attendance, the latter, accompanied by Mr. Braidwood,
the superintendent of the Fire Brigade establishment,
who, immediately on his arrival, gave the necessary
orders for cutting off as much as possible any commu-
nication.

To save the saw-mills or mustard-mills appeared to
be quite hopeless, consequently the efforts of the firemen
were then directed to the house containing the valuable
steam-engines and machinery, and the surrounding
premises; and it was hoped from the plentiful supply
of water that was obtained that this would have been
effected. The quantity of oil which kept continually
falling, however, completely baffled them, and the
engine-house soon shared the fate of the other portions
of the premises, destroying the entire contents of what
was inflammable, and rendering the other part com-
pletely useless from the excessive heat and the falling
timbers.

The adjoining premises of Messrs. Evans and Co.,
coopers, the destruction of which appeared at one time
a matter of certainty, escaped uninjured, as also did
those of persons resident in Russell-place, Essex-
street, &c.

It is a somewhat remarkable fact that a receiving-vat
for the crushing-house, which was fixed close to the
latter place, containing between 2,000 and 3,000 gallons
of oil, although at times almost surrounded by fire,
escaped uninjured.
By eleven o'clock the fire was completely subdued,
and too much praise cannot be awarded to the firemen
who had the direction of the hose in the interior of the
premises, their situation being frequently that of great
peril and difficulty.
The readiest assistance was afforded by the immense
mass of persons that had assembled, amounting to
several thousands, and one or two large firms in the
neighbourhood who keep private engines on their pre-
mises volunteered their use on the occasion.

The damage done to the stock and premises it is at
present utterly impossible to estimate, but it must be
very heavy indeed.

Mr. Firth, one of the partners in the firm, stated that
the property was insured in one or two offices, but that
he was quite unable to say whether it was to such an
extent as would cover their loss.

So large a conflagration has not been witnessed in the
metropolis for some years, the greater part of South-
wark being completely illuminated, and its reflection
upon the river had a most singular and novel appear-
ance, which drew so large a number to Blackfriar's-
bridge to witness it, that the footpath and roadway were
rendered nearly impassable.

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT ROTHERHITHE.—Yesterday
evening, shortly before five o'clock, a fire of a most fear-
ful character, by which several hundred pounds worth of
property was consumed, broke out in the premises be-
longing to Mr. Thomas Knight Tippett, an oil and
colourman, situated at 3, Stringer's-row, Lower-road,
Rotherhithe. It appears, that whilst the proprietor of
the buildings was passing through the kitchen with a
measure containing four gallons of spirits of turpentine,
he fell over a chair, and the whole of the turpentine
fell on to the floor, and into the fireplace. Owing to
the combustible nature of the spirits, not half a minute
passed away before the apartment presehted one im-
mense sheet of flame, and it was with the greatest diffi-
culty that Mr. Tippett could effect a safe retreat. The
engine from the station in the neighbourhood, belonging
to the London Brigade, quickly attended, but unfortu-
nately it could not be set to work for upwards of twenty
minutes, on account of a want of water. Meanwhile the
flames made dreadful havoc, seizing upon everything of
an ignitable character in the shops, and extending from
thence to the two upper floors of the building. Several
other brigade engines with Mr. Braidwood, the superin-
tendent the West of England engine with Mr. Connor-
ton, and those of the parish, arrived in rapid succession,
and as soon as the mains in the district yielded any
water, the firemen, under their foreman, Mr. Henderson,
set to work most vigorously, but upwards of two hours
were spent before they succeeded in extinguishing the
flames, and not before the whole of the stock in trade
was consumed; the furniture, wearing apparel, and other
effects destroyed, and the premises entirely gutted. An
adjoining house, No. 4, Stringer's row, has the back
windows burnt out; and the house in the occupation of
Mr. Lilly, straw-bonnet maker (No. 2) is exten.3ively da-
maged. Mr. Tippett's stock in trade, we understand,
was insured for only 4501., and the building for 2001.
The other parties were uninsured.
FIRE NEAR HOUNSLOW.—Between-twelve and one
o'clock yesterday morning, one of two ricks of clover
hay, containing about sixty loads each, belonging to Mr.
Mathew Sherborn, of North Hyde, in a field in Craw-
ford-lane, about two miles north-west of Hounslow, 'was
discovered to be on fire. The discovery was made by
one of the labourers in Mr. Sherborn's employ, who
resides in a cottage not far from the ricks, who imme-
diately alarmed the neighbourhood, and in a very short
time numbers of persons arrived in rapid succession, and
exerted themselves to the utmost in endeavouring to ex-
tinguish the flames, but without effect, and the devouring
element quickly extended to the adjoining rick, which
with the first became one body of fire. The fire conti-
nued burning throughout the night and during the
greater part of yesterday, the whole of both stacks being
completely destroyed. The loss is estimated at about
400/., the principal portion of which is fortunately
covered by an insurance office. There is no doubt that
the fire was accidental, and was occasioned by over-
heating,
THE SUSPECTED MURDER BY POISONING IN
ESSEX.—FRIDAY EVENING.—This morning, at ten
o'cloctr, Mr. C. Lewis, one of the coroners for Essex, re-
sumed, for the fourth time, the inquiry into the sus-
pected murders by poisoning of James and Joseph
Chesham, the children of Sarah Chesham, who at pre-
sent is awaiting trial in the Chelmsford gaol, on a charge
of attempting to administer a deadly drug to an infant.
Some additional testimony was received, after which the
inquiry li'ls ti di o timed fu Que gawith,

iTTE.

The periodical intimations which the French receive
of the incompleteness of their Algerian conquest appear
likely to be given this autumn in a more forcible tone
than usual. At this season of the year Abd-el-Kader
ordinarily contrives to convince the world that he is nei-
ther dead nor disabled, and he now seems willing to
show that his recent retirement from the scene which
supplied the French with such materials for gratula-
tion has been turned to as good purpose as if he had
been sweeping the plains of Algiers at the head of a
hundred squadrons. From the information which we
have published during the last few days, it may be col-
lected that the Emperor of Morocco, so far from being in
a position to assist his French allies in securing or sub-
jugating their slippery foe, is actually in danger of being
supplanted in his authority by this indomitable chief ;
and that there is a probability that the resources of the
Moorish empire will be brought up in support of a ge-
neral rising throughout the very provinces which the
last French returns reported as either desolate or paci-
fied. Abd-el•Kader has two mighty engines at his
command by which he can raise the population of
the country. The French are obnoxious as invaders
and as inti2els. They are considered as much in-
vaders at this moment as they were on their first
landing. Whatever fifteen years service may have
done in forming a formidable army, or in gaining glory
for the African Chasseurs, it has done nothing whatever
towards reconciling the Arab race to the contact of the
French. Nor is this in any degree surprising. It
would be difficult to point out any moral or social
benefit which the natives have derived from
the strangers. We do not mean to assert, that in
this particular they ever enjoyed such ample oppor-
tunities of doing good as were found and embraced by
the Company's servants in Hindostan. The equitable
and patriarchal rule which has been discovered to exist
in full vigour throughout the Sahara, and up to the far-
thest known limits of the real Desert, honourably admi-
nistered as it appears to be, commended by its antiquity.
and admirably calculated for the habits and manners of
the people, is not likely to be easily superseded by the
Code Napoleon. The Arabs are not plundered by
their chiefs or impaled by their governors. Their
extortions seem confined to strangers and trespas-
sers, with some occasional practice against a weaker
neighbour. It is very questionable whether much
of the civil polity of the French, either in form or
spirit, could be advantageously introduced amongst
the itinerant herdsmen of the Sahara, or the more
settled population of the Tell. But if the French
had not this opportunity of exhibiting themselves in the
character of protectors or legislators—if they were net
enabled to rescue the oppressed and helpless from the
rapacity and cruelty of tyrants, and to convey the ru-
diments of law and justice to a people who had never
experienced the blessings or heard the name of either—
yet they might at least have set an example of supe-
rior civilisation in mitigating the horrers of war, and
in rejecting the savage enormities of retaliation and
revenge which are reckoned among the virtues of bar-
barism. This they have not done. They have offered
to the natives nothing in the shape of example or in-
struction which might compensate for the hatefulness
of their presence. They will be remembered by nothing
but their razzias. They have "spared no efforts, and
stopped at no sacrifices, to establish their supremacy in
the country, but without any ulterior object of humanity
or philanthropy which a native can comprehend. And
therefore, they are but invaders still. The Arabs can
see nothing but pollution in their presence, or expect
anything but indignity from their sway ; and at the first
call of a native chief they rush as eagerly to arms for
the expulsion of the hated stranger as they did on the
day when the first French legion set foot on the shores
of Africa. The other element of Abd-el-Kader's power,
as it is perhaps the stronger and more widely operative
of the two, so it is certainly one over which the French
have less control, and for the influence of which they
are less to blame. They cannot be said to have pro-
voked the religious jealousies of the people
by any too didactic exposition of their owu
creed. They hare not committed the ordinary
mistakes of a too zealous proselytism. Their policy
in this respect has been a vast deal more like that of
Napoleon in Egypt than that of ourselves in India.
There is no fear of any Vellore in Algeria. If we are
not deceived in our recollections of a statistical paper
concerning the affairs of this Mediterranean province,
is..ued by authority some time ago, mosques were enu-
merated amongst the public buildings which had been
raised at the expense of France. But the blaze kindled
by Omar and Amru still burns with a fierceness
over its native and congenial sands which was
seldom found amongst the isolated and degene-
rate invaders of Hindostan. Neither Mussulmans
nor Brahmins on the banks of the Ganges ever
gave us so much trouble as the sincere fanaticism
of Morocco and Algiers is apparently preparing for the
French. Abd-el-Kader has but to point to the infidels,
and the holy war is raised in a moment from Tangier to
Boua, and his exasperated squadrons rush upon the
Christains with as much zest and zeal as ever Mahomet
commanded or Kaled taught. So powerful is this feeling
in the breasts of the Arabs and Moors that it appears
not unlikely to overwhelm the sentiments of loyalty
which attach the latter people to their Sovereign. A
Mussulrnan and a warrior who promises to lead them
against an infidel and a foe obtains in their eyes a popu-
lar legitimacy, and a practical claim to homage, superior
to that due to a vacilating or inactive Emperor. They
would rather be Abd-el-Kader's soldiers than the Em-
peror's subjects ; and at this moment a powerful French
division is concentrated on the borders of Morocco in
the expectation that to their tasks will be added that of
interfering in the affairs of the empire, and combating
the resistance of a population which is passing en masse
to the ranks of their most formidable foe. Such is ap-
parently the programme for the ensuing season, and such
the price which France is paying for those advantages
and prospects of her Mediterranean settlement which
we explained a week ago.—Times.

WAR IN AFRICA.

DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 16, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Earl of Elgin
and Kincardine to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief
of her Majesty's provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, and
Nova Scotia, and of the Island of Prince Edward, and Go-
vernor-General of all her Majesty's provinces on the Con-
tinent of North America, and of the Island of Prince
Edward.

DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 18.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Partridge,
Esq., to be Deputy Commissary of Police for the Island of
Mauritius.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 16.
The Queen has been pleased to nominate, constitute, and
appoint the Right Hon. Sir James Robert George Graham,
Bart., to be one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Eng-
land, in the room of the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart.,
resigned.

The Queen has also been pleased to nominate the Right
llon. Sir George Grey, Bart., being one of her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, an Ecclesiastical Commissioner
for England.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 16.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
unto Edward Pine Coffin, Esq., Commissary General of her
Majesty's Forces.
WAR OFFICE, SEPT. 18.
9th Light Dragoons, Richard Hoghton, Gent. to be Cornet,
without purchase, vice French, promoted, Sept. 18.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign Edward
Heneage Dering, from 68th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Verner, who retires, Sept. 18.
14th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant William Douglas to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Martin
Crean Lynch, who retires upon full-pay, Sept. 18.
29th Foot—Brevet Major Edward Lugard, from 31st Foot,
to be Captain, vice L'Estrange, who exchanges, June 20.
31st Foot—Captain Harry Piesley L'Estrange, from 29th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Lugard, who exchanges, June 20.
34th Foot—Lieutenant Mawdistly Gaussen Best to be Ad
jutant, vice Bourke, who resigns the Adjutantcy only,
Sept. 18.
44th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Edward Robertson, M.D.,
frum 69th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Murray, promoted on
the Staff, Sept. 18.
47th Foot—Captain George Thomas Evans, from 74th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Patton, who exchanges, Sept. 18.
54th Foot—Edward John Mathias, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Marriott, appointed Quartermaster,
Sept. 18.
61st Foot—Lieutenant Christopher Rowland Richardson,
from 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Maunsell, who ex-
changes, June 15.
62d Foot—Lieutenant Richard Maunsell, from 61st Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Richardson, who exchanges, June 15.
68th Foot—Charles Ughtred Shnttlewortb, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Dering, appointed to the Cold-
stream Regiment of Foot Guards, Sept. 18.
69th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant
George Losack ; Lieutenant William James Bury M'Leod
Moore, Sept. 18.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieut. Frederick
George William Fearon, from 57th Foot; Ensign Gordon
Henry Evans ; Ensign Denis Dunne, vice Losack, Sep-
tember 18.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—James Hamilton Bel-
ton, Gent., Sept. 16; Charles Gilborne, Gent., Sept. 17;
Richard Fitz Gerald, Gent., vice Evans, Sept. 18; Oliver
Coathupe, Gent., vice Dunne, Sept. 19.
To be Assistant Surgeon—Assistant Surgeon Robert Vil-
liers George, M.D. trom 3d West India Regiment, vice Ro-
bertson, promoted in 44th Foot, Sept. 18.
74th Foot—Captain Walter Douglas Phillipps Patten,
from 47th Foot, to be Captain, vice Evans, who exchanges,
Sept 18.

both Foot—Ensign Robert Glifton Gordon to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Bodle, appointed Quartermaster.
June 20; Quartermaster-sergeant Robert Crawford to be
Ensign, vice Gordon, Sept. 18; Lieutenant George Bodle to
be Quartermaster, vice Hayes, deceased, June 20.
84th Foot—Ensign David O'Brien to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice M'Cann, deceased, May 20.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign Thomas Parker Wright
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Potts, deceased,
Aug. 7.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Serjeant Major Patrick
M'Loughlin, from Coventry Recruiting District, vice Dagg,
promoted, Sept. 17.
William Henry Penoyre Strachan, Gent., vice Wright,
Sept. 18.

ad West India Regiment—Anthony Concannon, M.D., to
be Assistant-Surgeon, vice George, appointed to the 69th
Foot, Sept. 18.
STAFF—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Havelock, of
53d Foot, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to her Majesty's
Forces serving at Bombay, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Martin,
deceased ; Veterinary Surgeon Charles Brett, from 12th
Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary-Surgeon to the Cavalry
Depot at Maidstone, vice Black, deceased, Sept. 18.
hOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Denis Murray, M.D., from
44th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, vice Charles
Quartley Palmer, who retires upon half-pay, Sept. 18.
MEmortANDum.—The Christian names of Ensign M`Beath,
of the 25th Foot, are John Home.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 18.
List of Non-commissioned Officers and Private Soldiers of
her Majesty's 10th Regiment of Foot, killed or died of
wounds, received in Action with the Enemy on the Sutlej.
William Anderson John M`Coy
Anthony Betts Samuel Mick
Robert Blaster William Moore
George Bradley Frederick Norman
John Brady Thomas O'Connors
Terence Cleary John Oldnow
John Connors Michael Piggott
Edward Evans Thomas Pilkington
Patrick Fitzgibbon Richard Robinson
John Gleeson (Corporal) John Shepherd
W. H. Graham (Sergeant) William Smith
henry Hartley Henry Starkie
George Hickson John Thompson
Thomas Kelly Hugh Thornton
Martin Kiely John Turner (Corporal)
Philip Kirby John Tyres
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Sam.. 16.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant Edward
Eldon Robert Dyneley, to be First Lieutenant, vice Mackie,
deceased, Aug. 4.

BANKRUPTS.
James Joseph Fryer, stockbroker, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, to
surrender Sept. 30, at one, and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane,
Lombard-street ; Lindsay and Mason, Cateaton-street.
James Blunden, grocer, Basingstoke, Sept. 30, and Oct.
29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Johnson, Son, and
Weatherall, King's Bench-walk, Temple.
John Hatcher, butcher, Poole, Oct. 7 and Nov. 5, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official as-
signee, Fr ederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Holme, Loftus, and
Young, New Inn, Strand; Parr, Poole.
John Edward Campbell Koch, East India merchant, Win-
chester-street, City, Sept. 28, at twelve, and Oct. 30, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assig-
nee, Coleman-street, City ; Ilelleary's, Fenchurch-street.
Leopold Anton Victor Rudolphi, merchant, Sunderland,
Oct. 2, at eleven, and Oct. 30, at one, at tile Newcastle- upon-
T;
Loveland and Beckitt ,
• WakleY, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne; Cooper, Sunderland
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OPENING OF TIIE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS TO
BARRISTERS.—Iiitherto no counsel had the privilege of
pleading at the bar of the Common Pleas except ser-
geants-at-law ; but an Act passed last session (9 and 10
Vict., c. 54), abolishes this exclusive privilege, and next
term juniors will have right of " audience." This Act
is unusually concise. It runs thus :—" Whereas, it
would tend to the more equal distribution and to the
consequent dispatch of business in the superior Courts
of common law at Westminster, and would at the same
time be greatly for the benefit of the public, if the right
of barristers-at-law to practise, plead, and to be heard
extended equally to all the said Courts ; but by reason
of the exclusive privilege of sergeants-at-law to practise,
plead, and have audience in the Court of Common Pleas
at Westminster during term time, such object cannot be
effected without the authority of an Act of Parliament ;
be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this pre-
, sent Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the
same, that from and after the passing of this Act all
barristers-at-law, according to their respective rank and
seniority, shall and may share and exercise equal rights
and privileges, of practising, pleading, and audience in
the said Court of Common Pleas at Westminster with
the said sergeants-at-law; and it shall be lawful for the
justices of the said court, or any three of them, of whom
the Lord Chief Justice of the said Court shall be one, to
make rules and orders, and to do all other things neces-
sary for giving effect to this enactment."
COMMONS INCLOSURE.—By the Act of Parliament
which came into force on the 26th ult., " to amend the
Act to facilitate the inclosure and improvement of Com-
mons," power is given to the commissioners to vary or
amend their provisional orders at any time before they
certify in their general annual report that the proposed
inclosure would be expedient to be made. By the 4th
section it is enacted, with respect to allotments for exer-
cise and recreation, "that where allotments for exercise
and recreation, or for the labouring poor, or for any
other public purpose, shall have been made the condition
of any provisional, or any supplemental provisional
order, it shall be lawful for the commissioners, on the ap-
plication in writing of the valuer, at any time before
such valuer shall have made his award, under seal, to
allow an equal quantity of the land proposed to be in-
closed to be allotted for either or both of the purposes
aforesaid, or for any other public purpose in lieu of
that which may have been directed to have been al-
lotted by the original or any supplemental provisional
order." There are 15 sections in this Act to amend the
Act of last year.

Thomas Barrow, shirt-maker, Manchester, Oct. 1 and 23,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official
assignee, Manchester ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris,
Temple; Goulden, Manchester.

DIVIDENDS.
Oct. 16. C. Moyle, linen draper, Whitechurch, Salop,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—Oct. 12. J.
Wilkinson, grocer, Manchester, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court—Oct. 12. R. Priestly, grocer, Manchester, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court.

CERTIFICATES.
Oct. 12. C. Airs, innkeeper, Newport, Isle of Wight, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London.—Oct. 13. G.
B. Wadsworth, apothecary, Broad-street, Golden square, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy,—Oct. 12. W. Kennett
and J. H. Reynolds, tallow-chandlers, Lamb-street, Spital-
fields, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.—Oct. 12. G.
Sex, livery-stablekeeper, Stone-cutter-street, Farringdon-
street, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.—Oct. 9. J.
W. Ellis, warehouseman, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.—Oct. 13. R. Knight
and A. Knight, jun., stationers, Budge-row, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.—Oct. 13. C. APKinnell, wine-mer-
chant, Fenchurch- street, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.—Oct. 16. E. Brailsford, music-seller, Old Steine,
Brighton, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.—Oct. 13.
T. Winfield, tea-dealer, Bristol, at twelve, at the Bristol
District Court.— Oct. 10. R. K. Frankish, builder, Scar-
borough, Yorkshire, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
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PARTNERSIIIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Robson and Co., South Shields, brass founders—T.
Waterman and J. Ellerby, Wellington Chambers, London-
bridge, Southwark, hop merchants—A. Brodie end F. Allen,
Bromley, manufacturing chemists—T. Jones and W. Jones,
Chester, millers—J. Backhouse and P. M'Donald, Man-
chester, fustian manufacturers—W. Lupton and Co., Sal-
ford, Lancashire, common brewers, so far as related to the
said W. Lupton—W. Aitkin and Co., Lancashire, cotton
manufacturers—J. Hunt and H. Madicom, Exmouth-street,
Clerkenwell, woollen drapers—R. Hall and J. Hall, Basing.
stoke, whitesmiths—F. N. Johnstone and F. Marshall,
Great Tower-street, City, wine merchants—W. Barber and
C. Barber, Macclesfield, small ware manufacturers—R.
Walton and J. Schofield, Warwick, hosiers—H. Harper and
Co., Lancashire, iron founders, so far as regards the said S.
Kay and C. Atkinson—J. Clissold and W. Thomas, Glou-
cestershire, malsters—J. Morton and R. H. Townsend,
Warwick, contractors—T. Hindle and W. Davis, Bradford,
tailors—R. Smith and T. Heaton, Manchester, pawnbrokers
—R. H. Barker and Co. Wakefield. manufacturers of
worsted yarns—J. H. Palmer and Co., as far as regards
Wilkinson Dent—J. Hook and R. Ible, Liverpool, brick-
layers—T. Beames and A. Ilatherell, Bristol, mercers—
T. Coleman and Co., Lime-street, leather merchants—T.

A brutal-assault was committed on Tuesday by a
paviour, named Simon, a man remarkable for his mus-
cular strength, on a woman named Brone, of whom he
had become amorous, but who had resisted all his so-
licitations. In the absence of the woman's husband
Simon entered her room, and on her still refusing to
yield to his wishes, gave her a violent kick in the abdo-
men, although in an advanced state of pregnancy. She
fell senseless to the ground, and in the course of the day
gave birth to a dead child. Some neighbours rushed in,
and notwithstanding the strength of Simon, succeeded in
overpowering him, and handing him into the custody of
the police. The medical men who attended the woman
in her delivery have given their opinion that the child
was killed by the kick given by the ruffianly assailant of
the mother.—Galignani.
COMMITTAL OF A GAME-KEEPER FOR SHOOTING
A YOUNG WOMAN.—William Ilayter, the game-keeper
of the Rev. Walter Radcliffe, of Warleigh, Devon, has
been committed for trial at the next Exeter Assizes,
charged with wilfully and maliciously wounding Marina
Hacker Indies, a girl of sixteen yearS of age, by twice
shooting at her on the 4th of September last. The fol-
lowing extract from the report of the examination of
the prisoner, which appears in the Plymouth Journal,
will put the reader in possession of the facts of the
case :—The complainant was the daughter of a person
who rented land of the Rev. Walter Radcliffe, and he
occupies a portion of garden ground which abuts upon
a plantation. It appears that between this piece of
ground, so cultivated, and the plantation, there is no
fence of any description, and on the 4th of Sept. the
complainant thought it no harm to enter the plantation to
gather blackberries. She had ascended some distance
upon the incline, when the defendant made his appear-
ance, and called out to her in language of a very bad
description, and ordered her to start from that place.
The poor girl was somewhat surprised at such a saluta-
tion, and she endeavoured to make the best of her way
off from the place, and in her attempts to get away, the
defendant discharged one of the barrels of the gun at
her, and though fortunately it did not take effect, he
was not content with that. His intention was not to
frighten her merely, for when she got further down the
hill, he fired another barrel at her, and the consequence
was that two of the shots entered her person—one
entering her thigh and the other one of her fingers.
Fortunately for the defendant, the principal charge
entered a tree, near where the complainant was standing
at the time, and a very large number of shots were found
in that tree.

Coleman and Co., Fenchurch-street, wine merchants—G.
Poore and IL Chapman, Liverpool, stationers—J. Lees and
A. Bottomley, Oldham, Lancashire, cotton spinners.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
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James White, furrier, Edinburgh, Sept 22 and Oct. 18, at
twelve, at Stevenson's -rooms, Edinburgh,

,
Thomas Lorimer, accountant, Glasgow,Sept. 24 and Oct.
16, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Buchan, Glasgow.
Alexander Gall, draper, Fraserburgh, Sept. 24 and Oct.
15, at the Soultoun Inn, Fraserburgh.
Alexander Dewar, accountant, Dingwall, Sept. 25 and Oct.
9, at twelve, at the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall.

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PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro-
duce of the British possessions in America, computed from
the returns made in the week ending September 15, 1846, is
325. sd. per cwt.

DARING ROBBERlES.—Yesterday information of
the following robberies was received by the police:—
From the store room of Mr. Peter's coach factory, Adam-
street West, St. Mari lebone, about fifty yards of crimson
Chelsea, six
six
five pence in ign
lutestring silk, eleven yards of fine drab cloth, and a pair
of Wellington boots; from the office of thecsloervkerteothse,
Boardtwo
hoafl
f.sovereigns,
6d. Luls e n
copper, and a black dress coat; from the house of Sir
John Hall, her Majesty's Dockyard, Deptford, a 10/.
Bank of England note, No. 96,005, dated the 4th of July,
1846; from the house of Mr. Brooks, 4, South-row, New-
road, five silver tablespoons, six dessert spoons, three
teaspoons, three saltspoons, and a soup ladle, all King's
pattern, and four dessert knives and four forks, with
pearl handles.
Bordeaux was visited by a violent storm during
the night of the 9th. The rain fell in such torrents
that for more than an hour the streets wero perfectly
impassable. At Lajarre, near Saintes, the light-
ning struck the mallepost and overturned it. The
courier bad both his arms broken by the fall. The
horses released themselves from their harness, and
ran off.

COMMENCEMENT OF THE JEWISH YEAR. —O❑
Monday next, -the 21st inst., the year 5607 of the Jewish
era begins,

EVENI NG, SE PTEMER ig, 1A46.
FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZE

NE W ZEALAND.

There has just been issued in a printed rorm (pursuant
to an order of the House of Commons, dated 26th lilt.),
a document colitaining further papers relative to the
affairs of New Zealand, and which were recently pre-
sented to Parliament by command of her Majesty.
The following are extracts therefrom, presenting the
most interesting and important portions of the COT-
respondence :
PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE CONSTITUTION.
COPY OF A DISPATCH FROM LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
GREY TO LORD STANLEY.

Government House, Auckland, Jan. 27.
My Lord,---There is one subject of much importance
to this colony, to which I am anxious to request your
Lordship's early attention ; this is the difficulty I forsee
that I shall experience in administering this govern-
mrnt in such a manner as to satisfy her Majesty's
wishes, sinless some chance is made in the constitution
of the colony. If, in the present state of New Zealand,
the framing and enacting of laws was left solely to
the Governor and his Executive Council, it is pos-
sible that the Governor, by having a steamer at his
disposal, and frequently making visits to every portion
of New Zealand, might administer the Government in
such a manner as to be satisfactory to her Majesty and
consonant with the interests of the colony. This, how-
ever, would be a very imperfect arrangement, wholly
dependent for success upon the energy and health of the
Governor.

I am, however, now quite satisfied that I shall find
great difficulty in carrying out the government of the
whole island with my legislative council, constituted as
it is at present.
New Zealand is divided into several settlements, sepa-
rated by long intervals, having, in some respects, interests
totally different from each other, and none of them ex-
ceeding the other so much in wealth and importance as
to possess preponderating influence and recognised su-
periority.
From the very limited nature of the society in these
s:nall settlements, I cannot hope to find in any one of
them gentlemen of such extended information and ac-

quaintance with the whole island, and of such large
views and forgetfulness of local interests and local
clamours, as to be able in all instances to legislate with
a view to promote the interests of these islands as a
whole, perhaps in some cases even to the apparent de-
triment of their own peculiar fettlement in which all
their fortune is embarked. Nor can lat present indulge
any hope of finding gentlemen in sufficiently affluent
circumstances to abandon their hopes for the purpose of
repairing to another settlement to fulfil protracted
duties in the legislative council. Nor can I, referring
to the very imperfect means of communication which at
present exist, ever hope to be able to keep the inhabi-
tants of the distant settlements so sufficiently informed
upon the intended legislative measures of the Govern-
ment as to enable them to acquaint me with their views
and feelings with regard to such measures previously to
their being passed into a law.
I beg further to state, that I feel doubtful whether the
creation of municipal bodies, with extended powers of
passing bye-laws, will remove these evils. I fear that
this measure would rather increase them, and that the
municipal bodies, feeling that just grounds of complaint
existed regarding the imperfect mode in which the
legislative body discharged its duties, would endeavour
to usurp an authority and power which did not belong to
them, and neglecting their own duties, would busy
themselves with those properly belonging to the Legisla-
ture. I also feel satisfied that they would soon contract
large debts, the settlement of which would ultimately
prove very embarrassing to the Government.
Upon the whole, a simple mode of avoiding the diffi-
culties which exist in this respect, would be to create a
Lieutenant-Governorship in New Zealand.
The Governor-in-Chief and his Council would then
exercise supreme legislative jurisdiction in one portion
of the island, whilst, in another portion, the Lieutenant-
Governor, previously to assenting to any Bill passed by
his Council, would in the usual manner transmit it to
the Governor-in-Chief, in order that he might decide
whether any amendment should be insisted on, as a
necessary condition on which alone the Lieutenant-
Governor should assent to the Bill. I think it would be
indispensable to the general welfare of the colony, that
uniformity of legislation upon subjects connected with
the aborigines, administration of public lands, and other
matters of general interest to the whole islands, should
be secured by some provision of this nature.
Undoubtedly some increased expenditure would, if this
course were adopted, have to be incurred for the creation
and maintenance of a separate Government establish-
ment, but I think that by judiciously curtailing that now
in existence, no very large additional expenditure would
be necessary, and the executive, as well as the legisla-
tive duties of the Government, would be so much more
efficiently performed, and the development of, the re-
sources of the colony would be so much more rapid, that
there is every reason to think that the whole colony
would, under the proposed arrangemcnt, be able to de-
fray the whole of its expenditure at a much earlier
period than it could otherwise do ; so that an ultimate
saving would result to the British Treasury. Indeed I
feel quite satisfied that New Zealand will soon yield a
large revenue.

(Signed)
LETTERS FROM NATIVE CHIEFS ; THEIR DESIRE FOR

G. GREY.

BRITISH LAWS.

Lieutenant-Governor Grey, in a dispatch to Lord
Stanley, dated Port Nicholson, February 17, 1846, writes
as follows :

I beg to transmit for your Lordship's information, the
copy of a very remarkable letter, which has been addressed
to me by fifteen of the most influential chiefs in this
part of New Zealand ; indeed every chief of great im-
portance but one has signed it. These chiefs express,
in the most deliberate and decided manner, their
desire that the laws of the Queen should be firmly and
permanently established among them, in order that they
may be raised to a more enlightened state. I have quite
satisfied myself that this letter is entirely their own pro-
duction, and that the idea of addressing it to me origi-
nated with themselves, and that it was written at a dis-
tant native village, where they were not in communica
tion with Europeans. It, however, accorded so entirely
with my own known and recorded views, that I enter-
tained in the first instance some suspicion that it might
have been an artful piece of flattery, written with some
ulterior object. Subsequent events, however, convinced
me that it was written in complete sincerity.
Mr. Kemp did not reach the pah of Taupe until late
on the evening of the 16th, when both my letter and
message were received with a satisfaction which left
no doubt whatever of the sincerity of the
fifteen chiefs who had written to me, and my letter
was immediately forwarded by a messenger on horse-
back to the chief signing the letter, who lived nearest to
the pah of Taupo, at which my reply had first been re-
ceived; whilst Puaha, a chief of great influence, to
whom Mr. Kemp had delivered my letter, started at
once, and travelled all night, in order that he might wait
upon me this morning. It was impossible that any one
could have expressed himself with greater propriety than
Puaha did when he saw me, and I have every reason to
believe that he will exert the whole of his influence to
preserve tranquillity and good order in this part of New
Zealand. I have, &c.

(Signed) G. GREY.
P.S.—Since writing the above dispatch, I have re-
ceived two letters, copies of which are inclosed, from
Te Rauparaha and three other of the principal chiefs in
this part of New Zealand, from which your Lordship
will see that they participate in the general feeling of
satisfaction at the determination of the Government to
require from the natives as well as Europeans obedience
to our laws.

G. GREY.

(Signed)
(Translation.)
Taupo (Porirua), Jan. 19.
Friend, the Governor—We salute you. We are now
living in considerable uncertainty; we are living in con-
siderable anxiety in reference to your intentions, as to
what they really are ; this was not the case formerly
while our friend and guide Mr. Hadfield was dwelling in
the midst of us ; we used to hear what your (the Go-
vernment's) intentions really were ; then our minds
were free from anxiety, and however frequently it may
have been said to us by white persons, " Your land will
be forced from you, you will be destroyed," or expres-
sions of like character have been used, Mr. Hadfield
used at once to say, " Regard not these expressions,"
whereupon our irritable feelings became calmed. There-
fore, our request to you now is, that you may be pleased
to provide for us some friendly adviser who shall be able
to understand both our customs and those of the white
people, that he may constantly explain to us the laws of
the Queen ; we are anxious that the laws of the Queen
should be firmly and permanently established among us;
that by that means we may be raised to a more enlight-
ened state, for we have already ministers of God teach-
ing us the laws of God.

We now end this communication, deliberately con
sidered.

(A true translation.)
(Signed)

11. TACY KEMP,
Protector of Aborigines, South Division.
(Signed)
THE NGATITOA TRIBE:
TE RAUPARAHA
TE WATARAUKI NOHORUA
RAWIRI KINGI PUAIIA
HENRY MARTYN TE WWI
ROBERT IIuRUMUTU
THOMPSoN TE RAUPARAHA
NOBLE TE TAIEPA
PAEA.

THE NGATIAWA :
WILLIAM KING WM
WATA TE HERNPOUNAMU
RIWAI TE AHU
TUE NGATIKAUKAWA:
TE WATANUI
ZACUARIAII TE REINGA
SOLOMON TOREMI.

Wellington, Feb. 16.
I have received your letter of the 19th of January last,
I am much pleased at the sentiments which that letter
contains ; I feel satisfied that those who wrote such a
letter must be men of sufficient intellect to understand
the measures I intend to pursue, and that they will
readily assist me in conferring benefits upon their coun-
try, and will be glad that they themselves can take a
share in raising New Zealand to a higher state of civi-
lisation, and in preventing the recurrence of those atro-
cities which formerly so much disgraced these islands.
As you felt in doubt as to what my intentions were,
you did well to apply to me to remove those doubts ;
always follow the same course, and whenever you are in
doubt, write to myself or Major Richmond.
We will give you an immediate answer ; the Queen
has directed me to do all in my power to insure your
safety and happiness.

Maoris and -Europeans shall be equally protected, and
live under equal laws; both of them are alike subjects
of the Queen, and entitled to her favour and care ; the
Maoris shall be protected in all their properties and pos-
seni9lls, and no (nact Allan be allowed t 9 take gnYthiug

away from them or to injure them ; the Europeans sh aII
be protected i❑ their property and possessions, and no
one shall be allowed to take anything from them or to
injure them, nor will I allow Maoris to injure one an-
other : an end must be put to deeds of violence and
blood. You will always find me ready to aid you 'as
far as lies in my power ;. if, therefore, you are at any
time in doubt and difficulty, do not hesitate to write to
me ; you shall receive a kind and friendly answer. I
think that it would be well for you to send some of your
number to Wellington to see me ; I can then say many
things which are too long for a letter, and after having
met one another, we should be more intimately ac-
quainted. (Signed) G. GREY.
Otaki, Feb. 17.
My dear Friend, the Governor—Salutations to you.
We have received your letter ; we have heard your.
words, like the light of day to us ; our hearts are glad
at your words ; friend, now will I bold fast your words
for good, and for living in quiet, both of natives and
Europeans ; but your protecting word has come forth,
for one and for the other ; your kind words are a light
to us. Now, for the first time, I can say there is day-
light to the natives ; and now the errors of this place
will not come forth through me—l mean the errors of
the natives ; if you cannot come here, will you write a
letter to me; that is all. Written by me,
(Signed) TE RALTARAII.A.
To the Governor.

(Translation.)
Kaiwarawara, Port Nicholson, Feb. 21.
The Governor,
This is our deliberation. We have decided that the
natives of the faith should hearken fully to the laws of
the Queen, which proceed from your mouth, from the
Governor. Leave us below under the wings of the regu-
lations of the Queen and yourself. Let a good regulation
be commenced, that the faith may grow among us ; that
we may not profess faith in God while we are reverting
to error, because there is no one to use the scourge; that
our race, the native people, may grow; and that we may
forsake our evil customs, great and little quarrels, such
as taking away land, removing land marks, robbery,
murder, and very many other of our customs among
ourselves. Now this is our consideration; it is for your
good customs to beat down our evil customs, with the
help of God, that the work left for us may be the culti-
vation of provisions for the life of the body, and the faith
of Christ for the life of the soul. It is for you and for
the ministers of God to make these evil people grow (in
good), that they may grow; then they will hearken to
the truth, to the Queen, to the governor, and to the
minister.

It is for you to observe these considerations ; it ends
here. From the people of your tribe, the ggatiawa.
(Signed) WILLIAM KING WITI.
LEVI TE AHU.
THE TEACHER OF WAIKANAH.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE OF HIS EXCELLENCY