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N 17,1172.] LONDON', WE EVENING

BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL.
The Gallery for the Exhibition and Sale of the Works of
British Artists will be OPENED on MONDAY NEXT, the 7th inst.,
and continue open daily, from Ten in the Morning till Five in the
Evening.

Admission, Is.—Catalogues, Is.
WILLIAM BARNARD, liteper.

THE BEST ENGLISII WATCHES.
•
B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No.
• 9, Coruhill, London, opposite the Bank, request the atten-
tion of purchasers to their stock of London-made PATENT LEVEE
WATCHES, which are manufactured by themselves in their own
house. In silver cases, with the detached escapement and jewelled ;
the prices are four guineas and a half, and eight guineas each ; •r in
geld cases, 10, 12, 14, and 16 guineas each. The ♦ery large stock
offered for selection includes every description, enabling a customer
to select that which is more particularly adapted to his own see.

RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN-
TAIN PUMPS, whisk roll the water upward', 'without
either friction or falWriag, therefore *an never be surpassed ; souse-
nueutly this the nut iraportant discovery ever made fbr the pre-
servation of life aid property iiither at sea or ou Laid.

AT 111
asineroas skips it kas already saved, sad the oaptains gratefully ac-
knowledge Ls glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall
suillee :

" Captain Greig, fI 5 *lobes to London, states that the Fountain
l'utup being fitted la the Caroline, its great power was the means of
saving Um skip aid 2411 9onls oa 6oard, two seams in the bottom
Lein partly left vrilhent calking."
" Tao Argas brig, from Cadic, sprang a leak whoa throve days oat
at sea, and soon after her ontnison pump cheated and became use-
less. Captain Rutherford states all than depended upon her Foun-
tain Pump, whioli for ninstoca days and sigleteen nights was In ae-
tion without a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in London,
with a tkaak Goal far Ike Fountain tamp."

02f
the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely batter service than a
lire brigade. The♦ apt instantaneensly at the outbreak eta fire.
"We are delighted with the invention—it is a great boon to so-
etety."—Editors Liverpool Mail.
The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of
Norwich from destrietion, for cut of eighteen different properties en
Ire to and near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly,
includiat in the seven the Qaeen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the
elevou, Messrs. liorten's dycry, and 12,60.1. worth of consigned pie-.
perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, a.id lour heals, and Messrs. Butcher's
groeury warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun-
powder therein front exploding, which must have spread ermined de-
strantlan and death.

'• North Walskatu.—At this ire the Portable Engin* was of great
service, ani by having one of them ready, there Is no doubt bat half
the property sow destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Chro-
nicle, ♦ngust 22, 1846.

At a Norwich gm June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were
the pets of the pnblio. The cry was, feed the little engines and they
will do the work, whist' proved true. The four large engines present
prove,' nselees.

- Portable ingines speedily prove steam-boilers to a date* atmo-
spheres.

Now the fist is this, all firmer Force Pumps, Lift-force Pampa,
I-Aft Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and
scrape the water towards by frietion, which wastes two-fifths of the
power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Tenn
ail Mitten, with many ether eminent experimenters, lamented
thus :—The quantity ot water actually raised by any machine seldom
exceo.'s half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and
leakaite ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world bad
tried In vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects
la bydraalio machines, nevertheless, at last the ♦ictory is woe, and
won for ever ; for frictien ant leakage are low both annihilated by
the lien rolling principle ie pumps, and their effect augmented (Yew
twelve to twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and frequently with-
out wore outlay.

Mist Men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials ibr 41 seeends, but
seine men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric-
tion Panic an active sound-winded young man of 141 lbs. weight can
raise 111,000 lbs. of water ono foot high in a minute, and with a Foun-
tain ramp 1,001 The. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most
extraordinary iterative advantage is gained over perpetual and nni-
Terse' ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power.
John Ciento& Roberts, Req., in his popular work, No. 1,111, did
well in placing llosset's Frenck Pump Abortion (that slaps the water
upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good
deal et Folly. nteause Mr. lfallett, DW,lin, a thorough-bred pump-
maker, Yr. Baddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Ur.
Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the
two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled Jelin Bull
and Paddy it No. 1,183, and in No. 49ti, Bock-raker liilling:on's
remarks are preposterous. However, on the ether hand, Dr. Birk-
beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many ether discerning men,
after witnessing tie perfect efeet and the beautiful simplicity of the
rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain.
able character:—The Fountain Pump is the most important improve-
ment la the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two
thous:Lad years—the greatest advancensent In the useful arts in
leodera tines.

The Consummation Fountain Pumps are snecessflilly carried oat
for private and public uses, at lifts below and above ISO It et altitude,
h,r luau, horse, and steam power; delivuring from half a pint per
stroke to ISO barrels of water per minute, aid rendering every fair
trial at **impetigo, ridicule's, whilst their durability is gaaranteedi
at less coot tkaa ospemeon pump.

W. SPIALDIISS.

l'untala rump Works, Werwish, Nos. 1),, 1847

e.e Ilechauies Magacins, Nos. 231., 364, 333, 423, 4311, 433,
482, 446, 437, 489, 4911, 411, 436, SOS, 819, 310, 828, 533, 654.,
727, 804, 1,040, 1,110., 1,103. Nei. illustrated are starked lase.

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EIMONEITR M./CHINE is exclasively ased in
the *sloes of tau Eight Mon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
Arlonßand Siosioty, the loyal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
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tion for the AdvAnoonteit of deienoe.
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The ol,jest of this Association is totally to abolish the use of
climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
eruplsylag them are subjested by the Sd and 4th 'victoria, cap. 85,
are continually resorted to. This brooch of lie law is acquiesced in
by a large portion if the pablis, frora a unvictioa of the atterita-
poeilbility in ialarnerable eases of cleansing a chimuey ter flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all locoosity for its infringersent, the inge-
aisle and elective tanionsur machine has been invented. This
laceatlen ocusists of four brushes furling a square bead, which
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creating an even pressure on all fear sides of a shismay. The
rods attached to this hoed or brush are supplied at intervals with
universal spring joists, capable of turning oven a right angle
and the whole is marmousted with a doable revolving ball, leaving
also a universal spring joist, wkick leads the brush with certaiaty
past every angle, and into ovary corner, cleansing its routs 'lost
perfectly. The capabilities •f this machine are best decoustrateil
by Ike fact, that it is exclusively used 111 the Goventment and
aniser•us Who ()flees, while the paerenage bestowed by a large
%umber of the nobility and gentry is oontinuiag their annual con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their swiss of its superiority, as well
as of the tthilaatbropis views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
may be obtained, and a working model of the raaelthis see*, at the
ell e.: of the solicitor, I', Dolman, Esq., INS, Jertnyn-street,
James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birckin-lase ; at
W. Meath, Deg.'s, Wag's Head-curt, Graceshurch-street; and at the
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of Lichfield
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Bristol
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Leppel
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lum, Bart.
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the Suffolk Fire Office
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THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE

SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

WOKING, TUESDAY.—The adjourned inquiry into
the circumstances attending the above accident was
resumed this morning, before Mr. C. J. Woods,
Coroner for East Surrey, and the jury empannelled
on the 17th ultimo, at the Railway Tavern, near the
station at this place.
Mr. Dalrymple (of the firm of Bircham and Dal-
rymple, of Bedford-row) again attended on behalf of
the Railway Company.
Mr. Gooch, tho superintendent of the locomotive
department ; Mr. Stovin, the manager of the traffic ;
and Mr. Godson, the superintendent of the line, were
among the officials of the company present
The jury having answered to their names,
_ _

The 'CoiloNEu, addressing them, said they would
bear in mind that on the last occasion of their meet-
ing the proceedings had been adjourned for the pur-
pose of forwarding an object perfectly just and proper,
viz., the production before them of two persons said to
be involved in the present inquiry. He was of opinion
at that time that the Secretary of State had the power
of ordering the attendance of the parties alluded to,
but since then he had received an official letter on the
subject from Sir George Grey, which he would read
to them. The Coroner then read as follows :
" Whitehall, Jan. 27, 1848.
" Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George
Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
26th instant, and to inform you that he has not the
power of issuing an order on the gaoler for bringing
before you, as coroner, the two prisoners to whom you
refer, to be examined as witnesses on the inquest now
pending; nor does the magistrate who committed the
prisoners possess that power.
" Sir George Grey would be most ready to assist
you by all means in his power, with a view to pro-
mote the inquiry which you are now carrying on, and
regrets he cannot assist on the present occasion
"I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

" S. M. PHILLIPS.

" C J. Woods, Esq. 'County Coroner, Godahning."

The evidence was of a character similar to that
already published. After some further prelimi-
nary business, and several witnesses were examined,
the inquiry was again adjourned until the 15th
instant.

CITY COMMISSIONERS OF
SEWERS.

Yesterday the Commissioners of Sewers for the city
of London assembled most numerously in the Guild-
hall.

Mr. LAWRENCE, after the minutes of the proceed-
ings of the last court had been read, called the
attention cf the court to Mr. Leslie's burners, which
had been introduced in the Green Park and other
parts of London, and which had been described as
constituting a great improvement upon the old plan
of lighting. The experiment could be made at a
very moderate rate, and some gentlemen had inti-
mated their intention to try it at their own houses
since it had been spoken of. It was his wish that the
Court of Sewers should be beforehand in testing the
efficacy of Mr. Leslie's plan ; and he moved, there-
fore, that twelve of that gentleman's burners should
be put up for trial at once in the Guildhall, or its
neighbourhood.
Mr. ORBARD seconded the motion of Mr. Lawrence.

Some objection was intimated.
Mr. lIARatioN said the proposition was most fair.
The greatest care must he taken in the comparison
between Mr. Leslie's and the old system, and the only
way in which justice conld be rendered was by actual
reference to the mete?. The experiment of a dozen
burners was exceedingly cheap, aria the committee of
general purpo?2,:fs would take care that the test should
be most strict.

Mr. LAWRENCE stated that Mr. Leslie, upon being
asked whether he could calculate upon reducing the
price of gas twenty-five per cent., declared that he
could reduce it for the City a vast deal more, and the
principle of purification formed an essential component
in his plan.
Mr. OBBARD said he apprehended that the effect of
purification upon the smell was calculated rather to
do injury instead of benefit, as there could be then no
means of ascertaining whether an escape took place
until a complete blow up took place. Under such
circumstances, would it not be prudent to keep on the
smell ?

A MEmega expressed his opinion that the smell of
gas was not at all objectionable, and that one of the
experiments recently made on the alleged improve-
ments had failed.

The Committee, however, would not listen to the
rapid conclusion that the experiment had been a
failure, and decided upon testing at once Mr. Leslie'Li
burners.

The inspectors made generally very favourable
reports of the attention of the contractors to the sca-
venging of the streets, lanes, and alleys ; but some
instances of omission were brought forward against
two of the contractors, who were immediately fined.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LAMITETH.—Lasit night,
about half-past ten o'clock, the immediate vicinity or the
Weaminster-road was thrown into a state of consider-
able alarm through the sudden outbreak of a fire. The
flames were discovered by some of the neigrabours
breaking through the roof of the fruit stores belonging
to Mr. Moses, the foreign fruit importer of Mount-street,
Westminster-road. There being an abundance of water
immediately procured, the firemen set their engines to
work, but they were unable to get the tire exti:hguished
until the building in which it originated, togethwr with
the stock in trade, were nearly destroyed.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'STOFFICE, FEB. 1, 1848.
Orders for the Cjurt's going into mourning on Thurs-
day next, the 3d instant; for his late Majesty Christian
VIII. King of Denmark, viz.—The ladies to wear black
silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, neck-
laces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans
and tippets. The gentlemen to wear black, full
trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords at:l'i
buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday,
the 17th instant, viz., the ladies to wear black silk or
velvet, coloured riubons, fans and tippets, or plain white,
or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black
ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and
black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and
silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and
buckles. And, on Thursday, the 24th instant, the
Court to go out of mourning.
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 31.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Major-General Sir John Hunter
Littler, of the Bengal Infantry, Knight Commander of
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to bo an Ordi-
nary Member of the Military Division of the First
Class or Knights Grand Cross of the said Order.
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 31.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Arthur Bailey,
Eq., to be Surveyor-General for her Majesty's Settle-
ments in the Falkland Islands.

‘VIIITEUALL, JAN. 31.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reve-
rend Edward Hartoop Grove, M.A., the place and
dignity of a Canon of the cathedral church of Worcester,
the same being void by the death of the Reverend
William Digby, late Canon thereof.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 31.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ludwig
von der Plurdten, as Consul at Malta for his Majesty the
King of Hanover.
Commission by l'be Lord-Lieutenant of Derbys%re.
John Broadhurst, jun., Etq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Argyllshire.
The Earl Compton to be Deputy-Lieutenant; The
Honourable Augustus Henry M'Donald Moreton
to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Neil Malcolm, }lig., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant; Alexander Campbell. of Auch-
indarrach, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Archi
bald Jasues Lamont, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Alexander Campbell, of Monzie, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant; Murdoch MacLaine, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant; Duncan Mac Neill, Esq.. to be Deputy
Lieutenant, Jan. 24. _ _ _

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwick.
Warwieksltire Yeomanry Cavalry—Major King to be
Lieutenant-001011e1, vice Sir Francis Lawley, resigned,
Jan. 25.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
HILARY TERM, ELEVENTH VICTORIA.

Monday the 3 Is.; day of January.
This Court will hold sittings, on Friday th• 18th day
of February next, for the purpose of giring jedgrnent in
all cases then standing fur judgment.
BY THE COURT.
Read in open Court, Edward Bennett.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 23, 1847.

The Iti4ht Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight,
Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of
Common Pleas at Westminster, has appointed
Henry Stiles, of Northleach, i❑ the county of
Gloucester, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual
Commissioners fur taking the acknowledgments of deeds
to be executed by married women, under the Act passed
for the abolition of fines and recoveries and for the sub-
stitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for
the county of Gloucester.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 27, 1545.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Stafford Baxter
Somerville, of Doncaster, in the county of York, Gent.,
to be a Muster Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

George Holland, licensed cictuallcr, runway,
,War-
wickili ire.

John Stringer, draper, Kingston, upon-Hull.
John Hall, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry.
BANKRUPTS.

William Wyatt, coach maker, Neitlarop, Banbury,
Oxfordshire, to Surrender, Feb. 10, at two, and March

17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan,
official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Sharp, Gray's Inn ;
Franeillon, Banbury.
John Clayton, Manchester warehouseman, Crown-
court, Cheapside, Feb. 10, at half-past twelve, and
'March 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Teague,
Crown-court, Cheapside.
William Pike Barrett, ironmonger, Palace-row, New-
road, Feb. 11, at eleven, and March 17, at one, at the
Curt of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official., assignee,
Basinghall street ; Lavrranee and Plews, Old.J'ewry-
chambers. str'
John O'Donnell, bricklayer, Sidney-street, Olfelsea,
Feb. 11, at half•past one, and March 14, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Druce
and Sous, Billiter-square. _ _ _

John Sheppard, brewer, Shirley, Southampton,
Feb. 11, and March 14, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Walker and Grid-
ley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury ; Deacon and
Long. Southampton,
John Bezzell, builder, Deptford, Feb. 7, at one, and
March 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Atkins
and Andrews, White Hart-court, Lombard-street.
John George Moore and Henry Bayliss, warehouse-
men, Norwich, Feb. 11, at two, and March 10, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurck-lane; Abbott and Wheatly, Rolls-yard, Chan-
cery-lane; Miller and Son, Norwich.
Thomas Luker, innkeeper, Great Coxwell, Berkshire,
Feb. 8, at one, and March 17, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-
chambers ; White and Co., Bedford-row, London ;
Crowdy, Farringd.n.
Alfred King, timber-merchant, Oxford, Feb. 10 and
March 26, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett,
official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basingball-street ;
Ruck, Mincing-lane.
John Bentlett, grocer, East Peckham, Feb. 7 and
March 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Culeman.street ; Dods, St.
Martin's-lane.

William Starr, currier, Lynn, Norfolk, Feb. 10, at
half-past one, and March 25, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbary ;
Haslam, Copthall-court.
Jason Pigg, grocer, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, Feb. 8
and March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Nicholls and Doyle, Bedfo•id-row, London.
Robert Rowell Fretwell, shipowner, Greenwich, Feb.
16, at two, and March 16, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Cotterill, Throgmorton-street.
henry Cross, farmer, Kirton, Suffolk, Feb. 8, at
eleven, and March 8, at one, at die Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Kirk,
Symonds Inn, Chancery-lane.
John Bumby, cattle dealer, Manchester, Feb. 13, and
March 7, at eleven, •at the 'Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulk-
ner. Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London ;
Lees, Manchester.
John Thompson, licensed victualler, Sheffield, Feb.
18 and March 17, at. ten, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Moss, Sergeants'
Inn, London; Toottit, Barnsley.
Joseph Parker, grocer, Blackburn, Lancashire, Feb.
14 and March 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Milne,
Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple; Sale, Worthington,
and Shipman, Manchester ; Neville, Ainsworth, and
Hollinshead, Blackburn.

J.kmes Rand, provision dealer, Preston, Lancashire,
Feb. 10, and March 2, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ;
Mayhew, Son, and Reynolds, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn,
London ; Blacichurst and Son, Preston.
Charles Middleton Kernot, chymist, West Cowes, Feb.
8, at halt-past twelve, and March 9, at ono, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall.
street ; Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn.
Thomas Fox, George Rippon, Christopher Akenhead
Wawn, and William. Lishman, coal merchants, West
Cornforth, Durham, Feb. 11 and March 17, at twelve, at
the Newcastle-upon-T) lie District Court. Wakley,
official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Lawrence,
Crowdy, and Bowlby, Old Fish-street, Doctors' Com-
mons, London; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle-upon-
Ty n e.
George Cradock, rope maker, Darlington, Durham,
Feb. 15, at half-past ten, and March 10, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyner Burrs Great Carter-
lane, Doctors' Commons; Steavenson,_
John Tucker, attorney Plymouth, Feb. 15 and March
14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirteel.
official assignee, Paul-street; Stogdon, Exeter ; Keddell
and Co., Lime.street, Loudon.
Robert Spencer, printer,' Saint Sidwell, Exeter,
Feb. 15, and Match 14, at eleven, at the Exeter
District Court. Hernarnan, official assignee, Exeter ;
Bishop and Pitts, Exeter ; Harris, Lincoln's Inn.
Samuel Benny Serjesnt, attorney-at-law, Callington,
Cornwall, Feb. 10, at one, sad March 8, at eleven, at
the Exeter District Court. Ilirtzel, official assignee,
Exeter; Snell, Callington, Cornwall; Stogdon, Exeter;
Fox, Finsbury-circus, London.
William Bagnall, grocer, Burelem, Staffordshire, Feb.
19 and March 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Harding,
Burslem ; Spencer and Rollings, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-stecet,
E. Tone, Twickenham, tea dealer and grocer, Feb.
22, at one—C. J. Hamilton, Islington, bookseller, Feb.
23, al. one—J. Ullathorne. spencer-place, Brixton-road,
builder, Feb. 24, at half-past two—B. Coles, Olney,
Buckinghamshire, tea dealer and grocer, Feb. 22, at one
—W. Byers, High street, Shoredi,ch, woollen ware-
houseman, Feb. 23, et twelve.
In the Country.
T. Watson, Torquay, Devonshire, innkeeper, Feb. 24,
at one, at the Court, Exeter—E. Thompson, Salford,
Lancashire, licensed victualler, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the
Court, Manchester—E. Thwaite, Oldham, Lancashire,
machine maker, Feb. 23, at twelve, at the Court, Man-