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THE PRINCE'S CLUB-HOUSE,
Corner of St. aamea's-street, in

Notice.—Noblemen find Gentlemen are reopectfully informed
this establishment is 7.tow prepared for their reception, with aug-
mented arrangements and increased accommodation.
Princes' Club, Great James's-street. Entrance in Piccadilly,
No. 162.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR,-,
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital Z 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers 'moon:int and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assared has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selectin.j. benefits, and the conversion
of hip interests to rsteet other conveniences er necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS 7.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying freru to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Prott scale.
, EXAMPLES.
1
ri) '4 I Berms Bonus in
c g Premium. 2 !
added. Cash.

I'4 I Berms Bonus in 2 N li.i 41 N 1/2
Premium. 2
q I added. Cash. g.'-IN aO r.
I 2.
..

A 1837 4191 13 51
1£ 1 Zs.— 1838 165 13 0
1839
I i 138 13 6
8
61 100*, 74 3 4
140:
89 0 0

The ayieioi of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.

P. FERGUSON CAMROUX, S.

.AW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
44 Fleet-street, 12th January, 1846.
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Notice is hereby given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the
PROPRIETORS of the LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY will
be held at the Society's Oflice,,Tleet-street, London, on MONDAY, the
2d day of February next, PA Half-past Eleven o'clock in the Fore-
noon precis*, pursuan:4 to the provisions of the Society's Deed of
Settlement, for the Pilrpose of receiving the Auditor's Animal Report
of the Accounts of he Society up to the 31st December last, and for
general purposes, _ . .

By order of the Directors,
GEO. KIRKPATRICK, Actuary,

UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST
GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
THE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, EAST
INDIA, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
• 13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. •
DIRECTORS.
Camastax—Lient.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK SMITH, K.H.
DEPUTY-CIIAIRMAN—CoI. Sir WILLIAM GOSSETT, G. 8., K.C.H.
Admiral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.8., M.P., Lord of the
Admiralty
Major-General Sir J. Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H.
General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H.
Major-General Sir P. Ross, p.C.M.G., K.C.H.
Lieutenant-General Sir F. W. Mulcaster, K.C.H,
Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B.
Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., R.A.
Major-General Taylor, C. 8., E.I.C.S.
Major-General Edward Wynyard, C.B.
Major-General Arnold, K.H., R.E.
Major-General Cleiland, E.I.C.S.
Lieutenant-Colonel H. Hanmer, K.H., late R.H.G.
Lieutenant-Colonel Parches, E.I.C.S.
Major Chadwell Clerke, K.H., F.R.S.
Archibald Hair, Esq., 141;.D., late R.H.G.
Captain Melville Grindley, E.I. Army Agent
Captain William Lanoey, R.E.
William Chard, Esq., Navy Agent
James Nugent Daniell, Esq.
ACTUARY—John Finlaison, Esq., the Gov&nment Calculator.
Assurances are granted upon the lives of persons in every station
of life, and for every part of the world, upon particularly favourable
terms.
Persons assured in this office may change from one country to ano-
ther without forfeiting their policies.
A Bonus, amounting to thirty per cent. on the actual value of the
policies, was apportioned to the:assured at the First Septennial Meet-
ing, held in the year 1844.

JOSEPH C. BRETTELL, Secretary.

MERCHAINNTtr TRADRA?vCEAEROSCI'ASTIHONIP LOAN and
Offices—London, 2, Fish-street-hill ; Glasgow, 88, St. Vincent-street ;
Dublin, 12, Lower Sackville-street.
SA/TWAY, January 24.—This being the last day for receiving Ap-
plications for Shares, the Committee of Management will immedi-
ately proceed to the Allotment.
LIST OF AGSNT3.

Wm. Cafferata, Esq., Exchange-buildings, Liverpool ; Messrs. Flint
and Tootal, Hull; Messrs. Drewry and Richardson, Newcastle-on.
Tyne ; R. W. Ogilvie, Esq., Newcastle-on-Tyne ; W. J. Barker, Esq.,
Sunderland; Messrs. Carr and Sons, Whitehaven ; Tiffin Bell, Esq.,
Workington ; Messrs. Wood and Son, Maryport ; Henry Smith, Esq.,
Fleetwood; T. Sanford, Esq., Exeter; A. W. Forbes, Esq., Glasgow;
J. Mac Lellan, jun., Esq., $B, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow ; Messrs.
Girdwood and Co., Leith; J. /1. Bankhead, Esq., 12, Lower
Sackville-street, Dublin; Robert Henderson, Esq., Donegal-quay,
Belfast.

VUNTER'S HONDURAS TURTLE.—This
turtle being killed in Honduras, the choicest parts are selected
and preserved in air-tight cases, the full Ilalour of the turtle is
thereby entirely retained.
To be procured of the agents, TAYLOR and GRIGNON, 2, Suf-
folk-street, Pall-mall East, in cannisters, 14s. each, sufficient to
make soup for sixteen persons. Where also may be procured
Gunter's Hqnduras Turtle Soup, ready for immediate use, in quart
cases, at 10s. each.

This day, price Sixpence.
IA;AI L AY RESPONSIBILITIES.-Mr.
MULOCK'S SECOND LETTER, in answer to the im-
portant question, " Who are the Parties Legally Responsible for the
Preliminary Expenses of a Railway Association ?" will appear in the
Mining Journal of this day (Saturday), Jan. 24.
Published at the Mining Journal Office, 26, Fleet-street, London,
and may be had of all booksellers and newsmen, Price Sixpence.

MR. Al CHBOLD'S NEW WORK.
THE LAW of LANDLORD and TENANT,
with all the necessary Forms, including the Pleadings in all
Actions by and against Landlord and Tenant, and the evidence neces-
sary to support them, in I vol. 12m0., will be published in a few days,
by Messrs. Shaw and Sons, Publishers, Fetter-lane.

Tr HE FALL OF NAPOLEON, an Historical
AL, .
_Romance. By LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J. MITCHELL.

*i* The rapid sale of this Work, and the Author's desire to ex-
amine some late continental publications connected with the subject
of which it treats, have delayed the Second Edition for a'time ; but
the publisher hopes shortly to announce its speedy appearance.
The RISE of NAPOLEON, by the same Author, is now in course
of publication in " Fraser's Magazine." I'art I. appeared in the
January Number.
G. W. Nickisson, 215; Regent-street.

THE PATRICIAN of this Day, Saturday,
Price 6d. Edited; by JOHN BURKE, Esq., Author of the
" Peerage," will contain, in addition to all the news of the week—
I. The Openinz of Parliament, with an account of the Meuse of
Lords-2. An -Historical Summary of Parliamentary Proceedings-
3. Administrations since 1804-4. Fragments of Family History :
Ancestry of the Duke of Wellington, Royal Family of Spain, the De-
scendants of Cromwell, &e.-5. Memoirs of Baronets and Country
Gentlemen deceased, during 1845 (concluded)-6. Collectanea,
Heraldry, &c.
Office, 30, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden,
Where may be also had, in a separate form, price
.10., the Essay,
"WHO IS AN ESQUIRE?"

On the 3rd of January was published, No. 1, price Three Half-
pence, of
rrHE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
An Illustrared Weekly Periodical, combining Amusement,
General Literature, and Instruction, with an earnest and business-
like inquiry into the best means of satisfying the Claims .of Industry.
Among the more important arrangements already made, the
Pro-
prietors have to announce : •
1. Tales for the People, by Mary Howitt, commencing with " How
the World Mended with Timothy Coseington."
2. Lectures to the Working Classes, by W. J. Fox, commencing
with " The Duties of the Press towards the. People.'
3. The People's Portrait Gallery of Eminent Living Persons, from
Original Paintings by Margaret Gullies. With accempanying papers,
" What have they done for the,People ?" commencing with 'Charles
Dickens, and William Wordsworth, by William Hewitt and others.
4. Poetry for the People, by Ebenezer Elliott and others.
5. Scenes from Society, by Kenny Meadows, with accompanying
letter press, commencing with " The Pit at the Play," by Angus B.
Reach and others. . •
6. Essays, Tales, Sketches, Br,c. by Mary Leman Gillies, Thornton
Hunt, Camilla Toulmin, Arnheldt Weaver, John Saunders, sad
others. .. •

7. National Monthly Holidays : What they have been, what they
are, and what they should be, by William Howitt. Illustrated by
eminent artists, whose names will be duly announced.
8. The People's Picture Gallery of living British Painters, • com-
mencing with the Favourites, by Edwin Landseer.
9. Homes for the People, with designs and estimates, commencing
with the Duke of Devonshire's Cottages at Edensor. . . .

10. The Organisation of Labour, commencing with accounts of
actual experiments in Social Progress.
11. The Annals of Industry—A Weekly Record of all that it most
concerns the working man to know with regard to the statkof
Trade—Strikes—Amount of Employment—Decrease of the Itopri:Or:i
Labour—Bearings of Law upon Industry, &c. The Annals are
open alike to employer and employed, and are written in a spirit of
calmness and perfect impartiality towards both, from original ma-
terials supplied—on the part of the employed—by Trades' Secretaries
and others, in all parts of the country.
The Engravings are by W. J. Linton.
The whole of the above subjects (Nos. 7 and 9 alone excepted) are
commenced in the first five Numbers, price Three Halfpence each, or
in the First Part, price Eightpence-halfpenny, published on the Ist of
February
Stamped copies forwarded, post free, to any part of Great Britain,
on receipt of postage stamps or money to the amount of 3d. for single
copies, 2s. Bd. for a quarter's subscription, and 6s. 6d. for a year.
London, Artizan-office, Wellington-street North, Strand. Sold by
all Booksellers, of whom Prospectuses may be obtained.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Lectures selected for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan
and Professor P.achoffner, in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILO-
SOPHY, will be illustrated by interesting and brilliant experiments.
A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE In POTATOES will be
delivered by Dr. Ryan, and also On the ATMOSPHERIC RAIL-
WAY, by Professor itachefiner, a Working Model of which, ear-
ryisg several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA-
-TROPE are very effective. The FRYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Ex-
periments by means of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among
the various additions to the Working Models is Coleman's NEW
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for as?ending and de-
scending Inclined Planes. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL
FRUITS: Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part
In the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Half-
past Five, and from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening.
Admittance, One Shilling. Schools, Ralf-price.

HITE CONDUIT-HOUSE TAVERN.
R. ROUSE takes the opportunity, at the commencement of
a new year, of expressing his profound gratitude to the public, and
to those numerous societies and friends who so liberally honoured
him with their patronage during the last year, and to inform them
that he has already commenced booking his Annual Summer Dinners
and Festivals, &c., and that to insure any particular days for cele-
brating the same, an early application would be advisable, as his
arrangements and dinners during the past year, having given such
general satisfaction, he is led to anticipate an increased share of the
public patronage.—Omnibuses take up and set down at the door from
Eight o'clock in the morning till, Eleven at night.

•
liVESIT233O7OOURaNreEs
of
I.OOrEl
each.
hACDE
Deposit 101.
TRUSTEES.
George William Anderson, Esq., 69, Harley-street
Samuel Scott, Esq., 1, Cavendish-square
Charles Wardell, Esq., 43, Westbourne-terrace.
Barman—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Burgoynes, Thrupp, and Clark, 160, Oxford-street
Westbourne-terrace is confessedly one of the finest ranges of build-
ings in the metropolis. Its proximity to Byde-park and Kensington-
gardens, great width, elevation, and gravelly soil, and the very
elegant and commodious arrangement of the interior of the man-
sions, present a combination of attractions which must render it a most
valuable investment; particularly where the object is to secure a
provision for a child or children, because by nominating such child or
children there must necessarily be a good income for such as survive.
The proprietor of every share of 100/. will have the privilege of
nominating one life at any time previous to the 24th December,
1846 ; and should the nominee die before that dny, then another
life may be substituted, so that all the subscribers may be en an
equal footing on the 25th December, 1846, the day from which the
rents will be receivable by the Company.
Prospectuses, with fhll particulars, may be had of Messrs. Bur-
goynes and Co., No. 160, Oxford-street ; of Mr. Thompson, Architect,
No. 2, Conduit-street West, Hyde-park ; of the Secretary to the
Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street : and of J. Tippett, No. 34,
Westbourne-terrace, who will show the houses.

NOTICE TO EQUITABLE POLICY HOLDERS.
U NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,

No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
The attention of Equitable Policy Holders is Particularly called to
the HALF CREDIT SCALES of PREMIUM of this Company, by
which table the bonus to be declared at the next investigation, in
January, 1850, may be secured at a pfesent annual payment of one-
half the rates charged by other companies. In the event of death the
sum insured will be paid less the amount of premiums on credit. Should
the life insured survive the declaration of the bonus, the policy may be
allowed to lapse, and the Company will renounce all claim for the
half premiums which may be due thereon , or, in the event of the
party being at that time in bad health, the policy can be kept up
by commencing to pay the full premium of the age as when first
accepted. The above plan, originating with the Company, was
found peculiarly advantageous at the last equitable division is 1840,
when it was largely adopted. and many of the policies then effected
are still in force, and latge bonuses have been added to them on the
scale of the following table;—
Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy.
£5,000 ...... • • 6 years 10 months •• • • X 683 6 6

5,000 ........ 6 years •• • •
5,000 ........ 4 years •••••••• • • • • • • 400 0 0
5,000 ........ 2 years •.••••• • • • • • • • ,200 0 0
Proipectuses and every information may be obtained on application
to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and F. Lennox Boyd,
Esq., at the offices, i, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

FREEHOLD, ST. ANNE, SOHO, MIDDLESEX.
TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to
an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in
a Cause of WALKER v. DORSET, with the approbation of Sir
Gum{ WILsoN, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the Auction
Mart, near the Bank of England, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day of
January, 1846, between the hours of Twelve and One in the
Afternoon.
A FREEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSE, No. 16, Queen-street, near
Solib-iquare, in the parish 'a Saint Anne, Soho, in the county of
Middesex, now let on leaie for a term, of which nine years and up-
wards are unexpired.
Particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained, gratis, on the
premises, at the said Master's office in Southampton-buildings,
oChancery-lane, LLoontidsodnjeo, fs3(l,lric.
Solicitor,
ambers
re,
3a pie.e h Solicitor, Kennington-cross ;, Fleet-street;
and at the Auction Mart.
Kennington-cross.

COMMERCIAL INN, SHEFFIELD.

BREVET.—Captain M. C. Trevillian, of 68th Foot, to be
Major in the Army, Jan. 10.
HosrrrAr, STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon G. N. Foaker, from
43d Foot. to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vide
Brodie. Dec. 15, 1845

M witonA:srurm —The commission of Lieutenant E. S.
Smyth, as Adjutant in the 2d Foot, has been ante-dated to
the 16th of Dec. 1845.

_ _
Conmegmimislinotnobfyisitihna_etiQuecena.
West Middlesexp
Militia—Capt. J. H. Evelegh,
to be Adjutant, Dec. 17.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Kent.
East Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet C. M.
Lushington, to be Lieutenant, Jan. 11; N. H. D'Aeth, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, Jan. 12 ; F. M. Mulcaster, Gent., to be
Cornet, Jan. 13 ; F. C. Hyde, Gent., to be Cornet, Jan. 14.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—HILARY TERM.
9th Victoria, Jan. 22, 1846.
This Court will, on Monday and Tuesday, the 2d and 3d
days of February next, and also on Monday, the 9th day of
February next, and the five following days, hold sittings,
and will proceed in disposing of the business in the Crown
paper, the New Trial paper, and the Special paper, and
giving judgment in cases then pending.
BY THE COURT.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 24.
The Right Hon. Sir N. C. Tindal, Kut., Lord Chief Justice
of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has appointed
William Rees, of the town of Haverfordwest, Gent., to be one
of the Perpetual Commispioners for taking the acknowledg-
ments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the
Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for
the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and
for the town and county of the town of Haverfordwest, also in
and for the county of Pembroke.

LAW. INTELLIGENCE.
ROLL'S COURT, Jan. 23.

The greater part of the day was Occupied in the hearing of motions
which were quite devoid of public interest.

svutmeta v. RUNE.
This was a motion for a further order in this case against the de-
fendants, who refused to comply with a former order.
Mr. PERVIS stated the case, from which it appeared that Mr.
Whicker was the heir-at-law to Dr. Gilchrist, the testator, who died
i,nlNB4e
tohnettohewtlei
of Sydney,
tweet! 17,0001. and 18,0001. stock in the 'Commercial Bank tifeof-
Iv; P°SottriWaolresauctens teas
land, and 15,0001. stock in the Bank of Fnglatid. The testator; After
devising several legacies, bequeathed the residue of hts,property- for
tteatoefhrsOca,Curaens ,d CI,
le): :
the purposes of education, as far as it was possible. The plaintiff, as
heir-at-law and next of kin to the testator, ender these circumstances,
filed his bill, and the will having been proved in this country, a ques-
ahnedir-taht-atlatwh,ealnawd
owfhose:
tion arose with reference to the property in Scotland, which- rendered
it necessaryto prove the will in that country, which was accordingly
put in by the executorS, 811011. the
done, and the requisite steps taken with respect to the estate in New
South Wales. An answer was
4th November, 1842, a cross bill was filed, when for the first.time a
question was raised as to the domicile of the testator, who
it was stated had died in France. An order was made refer-
ring the matter to the Master to ascertain the domicile of the testator,
been. wraaissedhis,
circumstances the probate of the will had been obtained ex parte.
Mr. Whicker, Chiding that the question about domicile had
eiarnednexwatsogfuiltiten.
Inadequate
these
circumstances
pass the estate, other ne .vssary proceedhy_ s were had recourse to, and
subsequently an order against the trustees was obtained, to which
the defendants refused to accede, and the present motion was made
for the payment of the costs and the funds in the hands of the
trustees into Court.

An order for the payment of the mouey out of the Consols into
Court, by consent of the parties without prejudice to any other
proceedings in the case; was granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-ROUSE.
Joseph Thompson, charged with having stolen a banker's
receipt for 120/., the property of Mr. Hitchin, which amount
had been paid as the first deposit upon 40 shares in a rail-
way company, called the British and Irish Union Railway,
which shares were at a premium of 2 per cent.. was brought
up for final examination.
The evidence of several of the witnesses having been read

over,
The prisoner's solicitor said, he had a question or two to
put to Mr. Ebenezer Pell Brown, who had given his testi-
mony on thelast examination.
It will be recollected that the letter of allotment for.the
shares in the Company had been directed to a Mr. Joseph
Fletcher, the existence of which individual the prisoner's
solicitor altogether denied, thereby arguing that the affair
was, from beginning to end, a " stagging" concern, and that
the prosecutor must have been aware of the necessity of
having somebody to represent a person of that name before
the deed could be executed.
The prisoner's solicitor—Did you direct that any letters
should be sent to your place directed to the Rev. Mr.
Fletcher? Witness—l am not aware that I did. .
The LORD MAYOR—You must know whether you did or
did not. Witness—l do not know. Not to my recollection.
The prisoner's solicitor—l must have a direct answer.
Witness—l say Ido not recollect anything of the kind.
The prisoner's solicitor—Can you positively say that you
never desired that letters directed to the Rev. Mr. Fletcher
should be left at your chambers ? Witness—l cannot posi-
tively say that I never did.
Mr. Humphrey-s, for the prosecution, said that Mr.Hitchin
wished to say a word or two in explanation of part of the evi-
dence he had given.
Mr. Hitchin said he had mentioned in his former exami-
nation that he had never gone by the name cf Gibbons. He
meant when he said so, that he had never gone by that name
with respect to his transactions in Capel-court. He had, in
consequence ofsome family disputes tbrmerly, gone to live in
lodgings by that name, and Mr. Pyle. who was then his
attorney, knew of the circumstances under which be adopted
that name.
The prisoner was then committed for trial-at the Central
Criminal Court.
Mr. Buller, who stated that he resided at Salisbury-
terrace, Walworth, complained to the Lord Mayor'of the
conduct of a railroad company. He had, he said, got some
shares in that company, upon which he paid the sum of
40/. 12s. on the 4th of October, and from what he had learned
he could come to no other conclusion than that the company
was insolvent at the very moment he had paid the deposit.
In fact, he had ascertained that the scrip was issued subse-
quent to the loss of the Bill in Parliament.
The LORD MAYOR—Then the Bill was lost last session?
Mr. Buller—So I believe. At all events, the officers of the
concern state that the concern is altogether at an end. Now
the receiving of money after the whole business was at an end
looks very like obtaining money under false pretences.
The LORD MAYOR—Go over to the Lord Mayor's Court, in
the Old Jewry, and see whether they cannot do something
for you.
GUILDHALL.
A sailor, about 24 years of age, named Thomas Bingley,
was brought before Sir Peter Laurie charged with forging
and uttering a cheque for 121. on Messrs. Praed, purporting
to be drawn by the Hon. Mr. Grey, of Charles-street,
Berkeley-square.
Mr. Weldon, on behalf of the banking house, stated that
the Hon. Mr. Grey kept an account with the firm, but the
cheque was so unlike his writing that nobody could mistake
it for a genuine document. The prisoner was the son of a
bailiff, who was for a time in Mr. Grey's service, and he
had been relieved several times upon writing that he was in
distress. The last of these donations was made in a letter
which had been partly copied in the forged document. The
genuine letter, dated Jan. 14, ran thus :
" I fear. from your letter of this morning, that you are
very idle and discontented. I have nothing more to say to
you, and send you my last assistance of 11.
The forged letter, dated the 21st of January, began :
" I fear, from your letter of this morning that you are
very wilde and discontented, and I send you my last
assistance of 121., hoping it may do you more good than the
last."
It had an order on Messrs. Praed for 12/., written at the
foot; was dated from 43, Charles-street, Berkeley-square,
and had passed through the post, addressed " Thomas
Bingley, 101, New Gravel-lane, Shadwell." The com-
plainant said the prisoner was toe ignorant to do any mis-
chief, and he was not disposed to press the case to trial if the
prisoner could give a reasonable account of the matter. He
produced a letter written by the prisoner since he had been
in custody, and the writing appeared to be dissimilar to the
forgery.
Sir PETER LAURIE said it showed great art if the pri-
soner had caused this letter to be written and sent to himself
by post.
The prisoner said he knew nothing of the letter, except
that he received it by post, and supposed it to be genuine.
Sir PETER LAURIE thought the examination should not be
proceeded with till further inquiries had been made about
the prisoner. It was of importance to all bankers and their
customers, as well as to the public, that no attempt to utter
forged cheques should go unpunished. The severity of the
law had been relaxed to increase the certainty of prosecu-
tion ; and, without adverting to the result of that ameliora-
tion of the law, he would say that every act of forfery should
be rigidly prosecuted. Whether the imitation o the signa-
ture was good or bad, the prisoner intended to cheat Messrs.
Praed of 12/.
The prisoner was remanded.
A man who had the look of an artisan, but who refused to
give his name or any particulars whatever, was charged with
attempting to commit suicide.
John Eve, a City policeman, said he was informed about
eleven o'clock the previous night that a man had leaped
from Blackfriars bridge into the Thames. About three
hours after he met the prisoner in Chatham-place. His
clothes were thoroughly wet, and as he would not an-
swer any questions he detained him.
Sir PETER LAURIE asked him his name and occupation.
The prisoner declined mentioning either. He was, he
said, a little excited.
Sir PETER said, he took care to swim on shore. He might
be trusted with the care of himself; it was a trick to excite
compassion.
The prisoner was immediately liberated.

EDMONTON PETTY SESSIONS.
(Before Mr. BUSKE, Chairman, and Dr. RomxsoN.)
Yesterday Wm. Summerfield, a drayman, in the service of
the Messrs. Whitbread, the brewers, appeared to a summons,
upon the information of Murray, a common informer, that
he, on the 9th January, was driving a dray with reins con-
trary to the 3d Geo. IV., c. 126, and the 4th Geo. IV., c. 95,
which inflict a penalty on all persons driving a vehicle with
reins, such not being intended to be used with reins.
Mr. Norton, a solicitor, was engaged
Robert Harwood, the informer 'aged for the defendant-
s witness, said that on the
e
y saw a dray,ti which was loaded with empty casks, and drawn
da in queson he was near the Seven Sisters-rOad,
by three horses, two of which were abreast, by the side of
when
the shafts. The defendant, with whom was another man,
was driving with reins. He spoke to them, upon which,
after some delay, they both got down, but after walking a
short distance, they again got in the dray and rode in it all
the way to Shoreditch Church.
By Mr. NORTON —I have a weekly salary from Murray.
I give him an account of all informations that are necessary
to be laid against persons.
Mr. NORTON said he trusted that when the Bench saw the
source from whence the present information emanated, that
they would be inclined to dismiss the summons. The case
was not introduced with any circumstances of aggravation'
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interpretation of that clause, as by that it provided
penaltythe
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against a driver who had not the government of his horses,
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