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having taken were placed on a board outside of his '
shop. A little girl who was in the street where the
prosecutor lives, saw the prisoner walking along with
another little girl, who proved to be his sister ; on
arriving at the prosecutor's shop the prisoner thlibe-
rately took up the boots, and giving them at once to
his sister, both walked away. The first-mentioned
child immediately ran and gave information of the
robbery to the prosecutor, who pursued the parties
until be secured the prisoner and his sister, when he
caused them to return hack with him. When he bad
got them into his shop, upon questioning both, the
little sister stated that her brother, the prisoner, had
brought her out for the purpose of stealing something.
Upon this the prisoner offered to pay him for the boots ;
but the prosecutor replied, " No ; I shall do no such
thing, for it is quite clear you are tutoring this poor
little sister of yours in the paths of crim e anddepra-
vity, and I will therefore bring you to justice." The
wife of the prosecutor then interceded for the prisoner,
and besought her husband to accede to the proposition
he had just made of paying for the boots. The pro-
secutor, however, was not to be diverted from his
purpose, he remained inflexible against all entreaties,
and eventually gave the prisoner into the custody of
a policeman.
The prisoner, in his defence, now declared that the
statement his sister had made was untrue.
The Learned CHAIRMAN, on leaving the case to the
jury, complimented the prosecutor upon the course
he had adopted in this painful case. He had done
perfectly right in rejecting the proposal the prisoner
had made of payment. He had done himself great
creditin bringing the prisoner to that bar, for there
could be no doubt but that he had been training up his
young sister to the commission of acts of theft and
wickedness.

The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty.
The Learned CHAIRMAN then told the prisoner that
there was more guilt in a moral point of view in the
line of conduct he had been pursuing by training up
his little sister in crime and wickedness than there
was in the mere act of stealing the boots. It was
impossible for any one to disbelieve the fact that he
had been engaged in tutoring his own sister, a little
child of tender years, to commit theft, and that he
was inculcating in her youthful mind that which
could not but in the end terminate in her total ruin.
The prisoner did not appear to be known by any of
the officers, and therefore it might be assumed that
this was his first offence. The sentence upon him
consequently was that of three months' imprisonment
and hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BO W-STREET.

A well-dressed elderly woman, named Hannah
Thomas, was charged before Mr. Henry with having
given a false character to a man named Maunsell,
and thereby causing him to be employed as a footman
in the family of Mrs. Russell, of 16, Lowndes-street,
Belgrave• square.
The complaint was preferred under the 32d of
George 111., chap. 56.
Mr. Williams, an attorney, appeared for the pri-
soner.

Mr. Sidney F. Russell, residing with his mother in
Lowndes-street, stated that a man calling himself
Maunsell applied at their house for a situation as
footman, referring them for a character to " Mrs.
Thomas, of 40, Keppel-street, Russell-square," with
whom he said he had lived for two years in the same
capacity. He was told to call again a few days after-
wards, and on Friday week witness called at the
house in Keppel-street, and was introduced by a maid
servant to the prisoner at the bar. On being ques-
tioned respecting Maunsell, she said he had lived with
her as footman for two years, was a very holiest
and sober man, well up to his duties, and in every
particular a servant whom she could recommend.
Upon this representation Maunsell was taken into
Mrs. Russell's service, but had not been there two
days before he was found utterly incompetent to fill
the situation ; he was therefore paid a week's wages
and received notice to leave on Monday morning,
when, finding him extremely insolent, witness went
out to seek for a constable. He was absent on this
mission nearly two hours, and on returning with a
constable discovered that the man had decamped with
a quantity of plate to which he had access. Witness
and the officer then called again at 40, Keppel-street,
and saw Mrs. Styles, who said the prisoner, Mrs.
Thomas, was her sister-in-law ; that she was gone into
the country, and that her " town address " was un-
known to her. This woman referred them, however,
to a Mr. Eyton, living in the same house, observing
afterwards that she did not like, from motives of
delicacy, to state where her- sister-in-law was.
in the evening, on calling again at Keppel-
street, witness and the constable found all
the three parties, Mrs. Styles, Mr. Eyton,
and the prisoner, there together. Witness told
the prisoner that he feared she had given Maunsell
a character which he did not deserve ; upon which
she expressed her regret, and hoped that he had not
stolen anything subsequently admitting that she had
seen the man on the Tuesday morning (the day after
his dismissal), and that he had attributed his discharge
to some insolence which he had offered his master,
distinctly stating in reply to her inquiries that he had
not stolen anything. The prisoner added, tiiat she
had certainly done wrong in giving him a character
as he had not been in her service for five years; and
she promised to exert her utmost to discover his re-
treat and cause his apprehension. Subsequently she
said she gave him a character at the request of a third
party. She mentioned the names of one or two of
the prisoner's companions, and said that the servant of
Mrs. Styles, named .John Cannon, could find him out;
but she declined allowing witness and the officer to
see this man, and left the room with the pretext of
sending him out to search for Maunsell. Witness
found at length, after several fruitless interviews
with the prisoner, that there was no probability of
her aiding in the discovery of Maunsell, and so
gave the officer instructions to take her into custody.
On going to Keppel-street for this purpose, he
was referred to 12, Alfred-street, Bedford-square,
where he found the prisoner in a beastly state of
intoxication. In her lodgings he picked up several
letters addressed to the prisoner from ladies or gentle-
men to whom she had recommended servants, includ-
ing one from Miss Annesley, of Blessington-park,
Oxford; and there can be no doubt that she was a
systematic trader in this line.

The prisoner's attorney contQnded that there was
no deception in the meaning of the Act, inasmuch as
the prisoner had not assumed a false name.

Mr. HENRY declined to put this construction upon
the Act, and after expressing his conviction that the
deception was one of the grossest kind, and the pre-
sent case in all probability by no means an isolated
one, ordered the prisoner to pay the full penalty of
201., or he committed for two months.
;,As the prisoner had not the money in her posses-
sion, she was sent to prison in the ordinary way. She
had a somewhat respectable appearance, and wore
green spectacles.
A gentleman in attendance said that he had taken a
servant recommended by the same woman, and had
been robbed in consequence, in a similar manner. He
intended also to prosecute her for that offence.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.
Alfred Halford, whose real name is Thomas Harris,
was brought up for final examination, charged with
having committed wilful and corrupt perjury, and
also with having obtained 101. from a gentleman
named Lloyd, by fradulent pretences.
It will be recollected that a few days ago the pri-
soner, accompanied by Mr. Lloyd, Lord Henry
Lennox, and some of the detective force, came to this
court, and made a deposition upon oath, that he knew
of a conspiracy among several persons connected
with the turf to poison several racehorses, in order to
win large sums by betting against these horses. In
proof of his statement he produced several letters
from the alleged conspirators, and several packets of
poison, which he said had been sent to him by some
of the gang. The prisoner also pretended that a 'plot
was laid against his life, on account of the disclosures
he had threatened to make. On the sworn statement
of the prisoner warrants against four persons named
in the depositions were issued. Inspector Shackell
was entrusted with the warrant, but having, in the
course of his inquiries, learned a few particulars of
the prisoner, he suspected the whole story was a fa-
brication, and eventually he received charge of the
prisoner himself.

- Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution.
Mr. HARDWICK expressed a doubt o
f thejurisdic-
tion of the Court with respect to the perjury.
Mr. Humphreys said the Court had jurisdiction
unquestionably in this matter.
, 'e. case for obtaining money under false pre-
tences was thenen gone into.
Mr'
Lloyd, of No. 7, Lower Brook-
street, said, on the 10th of December he received a
letter, dated from
IT°. 3, Peerless-place, City-road,
purporting to give kim information that certain
parties had conspired together to drug or poison
past year, and that if the
mraecaenhsorwseesredeureinrdghe
afforded
or
bringing forward the
evidence, he would prove his charge. The sum men-
tioned in the letter he believed waslol.
The letter
was signed "T. Alford." Witness had mislaid or
destroyed this letter. In consequence of receiving
this letter, witness wrote to the presumed writer,
sapirdis he prisoner
hrad called
been
k
directing his answer to
_Kirton's coffee-
house, 3, Peerless-place, and asking the sender
of the; letter to call
The
at his house, in Broo -s
on
trheiamt;
and
sent by his father
ness had received. The prisoner assured him that his
in reference to the note which wit-
conspiracy
to
conspiracy had existed for
father had also been implicated in the c
poison horses, and that the
some years. The object of the conspiracy was to
poison or drug racehorses, and that large sums had
been paid to him at various times for doing th. a
is
service. The prisoner added, that his father had
wish to retire from these doings, and that his main
reason for coming to this determination was because
certain Perseus had behavecl illiberally towards him.

The prisoner also said if 101. were given to his father
to bring up three witnesses, named Wood, Phelps,
and Parker, his father would be able to prove dis-
tinctly several cases of drugging or poisoning horses
during the past year. The prisoner said that though
he had been aware of the proceedings of this band
of conspirators for some time, yet he had never
been implicated in their transactions. His
father, he believed, did not intend to tell
all he knew. His father intended to deceive
him, so far as only to show up some of the parties
who had been guilty of these practices, and to con-
ceal the names of others. The band were anxious
for him (prisoner) to join them : he was averse to the
proposal, but as his father had behaved unkindly to
him, he was willing to tell all he knew upon being
remunerated, and protected, after his story had been
proved to be true. Witness told him to communicate
such information as he said he was in possession of,
and if his statements should be true, he would reward
and protect him. With the view of enabling the
prisoner's father to produce his witnesses, he gave the
prisoner 101. This money was to be given to the
prisoner's father. Before witness gave him the
money the prisoner produced a letter signed J. P.
Williams, to his father. The letter was dated from
the Prince of Wales Hotel, Brighton. It went on to
state that the writer expected an offer of 2,000
guineas to make a particular horse safe—that the
writer also intended to make Kent's horse safe, and
that he should advise him to go to Manchester and
lay against these horses, by which means they ought
to clear a couple of thousands a-piece. After
giving the prisoner the 101., witness had several
interviews with him, and also received several
letters purporting to come from his father. At one
of these interviews the prisoner produced a letter
which he said was his father's authority to him to
open his letters. The prisoner, in addition to letters,
brought some packets of drugs, which he said were
used to poison the horses. The packets contained
some kind of poison. Witness communicated what
he had learned from the prisoner to Lord Henry
Lennox. Afterwards accompanied Lord H. Lennox
to this court, at the time the prisoner made his de-
position.
By the prisoner—Did not I say to you that I did
not want any reward until L laad done whati said, I
would do? Mr. Lloyd—YoU tnight hdivg salt ist4s,:k
Prisoner—Did I not tell you that I did not want
money but a situation, and did_ you not answer, that
the Duke of Richmond had great power, and would
assist me to what I required ? Mr. Lloyd-i-LI don't
recollect saying so.
Prisoner—Did you not say if I showed such a
conspiracy existed, that I should have 1,0001. reward ?
Mr. Lloyd—l said you would no doubt have a very
large reward. .
Prisoner—And did you .not say it would not be
safe for me to go to Goodwood, because a certainiord
who was concerned in the disclosures would give me
a thrashing ? Mr. Lloyd—ll certainly told you: I
thought it would not be prudent for you to be seen at
Goodwood. _ _

Prisoner—When I gave you one of the packages
and the letter marked with four crosses, did you not
get agitated and tremble, and did you not say that
you knew the handwriting ? Mr. Lloyd—l do not
recollect anything of the sort.
Inspector Shackell, of the detective force, said he
received charge of the warrant authorising him to
apprehend four individuals named by the prisoner.
He went about from place to place with the prisoner,
but could learn nothing about the parties in ques-
tion. In consequence of information witness re-
ceived, and the prisoner failing to keep an appointment
he had made with him, he expressed his suspicions to
Mr. Lloyd that all the prisoner's statement was a
fabrication. Witness afterwards looked for the
prisoner, and having found him out he taxed him
with falsehood. He also told the prisoner that he
had given a false name and address. The prisoner
said he had met with his father and brother, and they
had prevented him front keeping his appointment.
Witness replied this was not true, as his father was
dead and he had no brother. The prisoner said if
time was given him he would undertake to prove that alt
he had said was true. and that a conspiracy to
poison racehorses did exist. The prisoner said he lined
at 13, Castle-street, Finsbury-square. This was a
falsehood.

Cross-examined by the prisoner Went to Ben
Quint's in search of one of the parties. Ben
Caunt knew him by description, but not by name.
lie said he was a card sharp. Witness went to the
University billiard-rooms in search of another of the
parties named in the warrant, but could not meet with
him. _ _ _

Mr. Henry, distiller, of 13, Castle-street, Finsbury
square, proved that the prisoner had never lived in his
house. _

Emily Baker, waitress at Kirton's coffee-house,
Peerless-place, City-road, proved that the prisoner
frequented the house, and that he was generally en-
gaged writing letters. The prisoner received and
opened letters directed to Henry llalford. Had
never seen the prisoner's father at the house.
The landlord of the coffee-house proved that the
prisoner sent off Titrious letters, resembling those pro-
duced by Mr. Lloyd.
Inspector Shackell said his belief was that the
letters were in the prisoner's own handwriting.
Lord henry Lennox said the prisoner gave him
three letters, which he produced. The prisoner ac-
cused a person at Goodwood, but he (Lord H. Len-
nox) had confidence in the accused, and did not
believe the imputation.
The prisoner re-asserted the existence of the con-
spiracy. He had not asked for any reward until he
had proved the truth of his story. If time were
given, he would prove all that he had stated was true.
The prisoner was then fully committed for obtain-
ing money under false pretences.

ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Yestei'clay morning a cold-blooded and deliberate
attempt to murder an aged woman, named Wilks, was
made by a man who has absconded.
Mrs. Wilks resides in a small tenement in Nor-
man's-buildings, Cannon-street- road, St. George's-in -
the-East, and her daughter had been keeping com-
pany with a man of the name of Mason, who wished
her to leave her parent, and live with him. At the
instigation of her mother, she refused to cohabit with
Mason, and he repeatedly threatened the most deadly
revenge against Mrs. Wilks and her daughter. At
one o'clock yesterday morning the inhabitants of
Norman's-buildings were alarmed by cries of murder
proceeding frcm the house inhabited by Mrs. Wilks.
Upon Entering a room up stairs an appalling scene
presented itself. Mrs. Wilks lay stretched on her
bed, weltering in her blood, which proceeded from a
deep wound in her throat, and cuts on her arms and
hands, while by her side was a little girl, three years
of age, who appeared the very picture of terror, and
was clinging to her grandmother.
Mr. Broadwater, a medical practitioner, was soon
in attendance, and ascertained that she had received
no fewer than eleven wounds. There was one cut
nearly penetrating to the carotid artery on the right
side of the throat, two inches in extent. It appeared
that Mrs. Wilks had received the wounds on her
hands and arms while they were uplifted, and in pro-
tecting her grandchild, whom the villain attempted
to stab. The wound on the neck is the only dan-
gerous one inflicted ; and there is no doubt he
thought it had completed his deadly purpose, for he
immediately afterwards left her and made his escape,
leaving his shoes and hat behind him.
The unfortunate woman now remains with very
little hope of recovery. In the course of the day she
was enabled to describe to the police the murderous
attack made upon her. She stated that she was just
dozing off to sleep, when she was made sensible of a
man being in the room, and at the same instant re-
ceived a " job" with a knife upon her arm. She was
raising herself up in bed and distinctly saw Mason
before her with a knife in his hand, and he re-
peated the blow, and cut her across the hand.
She called out murder, and her grandchild screamed
and clung to her. She was afraid that Mason would
kill her daughter's child, and covered it with the bed
clothes. Mason continued " jobbing" at her with the
knife till she became insensible. The poor creature
bled profusely from the wounds she received ; her
grandchild's face and neck were also covered with
blood when the police entered the:apartment. Search
was made for the weapon used by Mason, and it was
found upon the floor. It is a common black-handled
table knife. The blade of the knife was covered with
blood up to the hilt. On searching the house the
police found Mason's hat and shoes in the lower room.
In the course of the day the officers ascertained
that Mason had called at his own lodgings, No. 9,
Felix street, Hackney-road, at an early hour yester-
day morning, and after changing his coat went out
again. The coat he left behind him was seized by the
police. There are stains of blood upon it. The man
did not speak a word during the time he was in the
room, and it is somewhat singular, as he had to walk
from Cannon-street-road to Hackney without hat or
shoes, that he did not attract the notice of the police.

CHLOROFORM.—THE DOCTOR CAUGHT NAPPING.
—A FACT.—A young lady, suffering from toothache,
went into a surgeon's shop a few days ago to have a
tooth extracted on the painless principle. Having in-
haled a small quantity of the substance, dropped on a
handerchief, she immediately became insensible ; the
tooth was extracted without the slightest feeling, and
she went away shortly afterwards, highly satisfied at
haying so easily got rid of what had caused her so much
had.
hand,
e
suffering. After she was gone, the surgeon and a gen-
tleman who happened to be present during the operation,
were remarking what a pleasant flavour the chloroform
afnodrmhetraatfotrh ethtime
pr he
saedeetehee
fh ahnisdkierricehnidef!
hie
would have fallen to the ground; as it was, he had to
and 'pulling him, he frAr4alned. unconseiotte
forffllyten minutes, to
ttoorthheint:eist4il:onla
assist him to a chair, where, in;spite Of,allieheridetl*.ours,.
by shaking
,S.cti4ofirlsicShiothiusemAterf;:?l::
i ,
gentleman.
turning, was as much surprised as *SA his friend ei what'
had occurred.--North British AfaV.' • - •

„

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 21, 1848.
Tho Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Walter Charles Metcalfe Plowden, Esq., to be her Ma-
jesty's Consul in Abyssinia.
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 21.
3d Dragoon Guards—Second Lieutenant James Win.
terbottom, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment (Riding
Master), to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Williams, ap-
pointed to the 12th Light Dragoons, January 21.
14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Barrett to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holder, who retires ; Stan-
ley 011ivant Black, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Barrett, Jan. 21.
29th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Joseph Singleton,
from ;the 64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Francis,
appointed to the 64th Foot, Jan. 21.
31st Foot—Captain George Francis White to be
Major, by purchase, vice :Bulkeley, who retires; Lieut.
James Peter Robertson to be Captain, by purchase, vice
White; Ensign Charles James Orton Swaffield to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robertson; Ensign Thomas
Edward Pedder, from the 56th Foot, ;to be Ensign, vice
Bernard, who exchanges, Jan. 21.
48th Foot—Lieutenant William Frceme Wyndowe to
be Adjutant, vice Wheeler, who resigns the Adjutantcy
only, Jan. 21.
56th Foot—Ensign Frederick Robinson Bernard, from
the 31st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Pedder, who exchanges,
Jan. 21.
64th Foot—Le, John Canavan to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Jopp, deceased ; Ensign Robert
Mockler to be Lieutenant, vice Canavan, Jan. 12 ;
Lieutenant Henry Francis, from the 29th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Singleton, appointed to the 29th Foot ;
Gentleman Cadet William Ball, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, vice Mockler, Jan. 21.
67th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Walter Lawrence
Inglis, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Davy, who resigns, Jan. 21.
76th Foot—Lieutenant William Charles Bancroft,
from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant,
s to be vicBeoDthuFdgoeoot_n,
Ewnhioignex.
Achtatnugioes Jan. 2
Scheberras
ehebe rl.
ra
Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Gordon, who retires; Robert
Daniel David Lecky, Gent., to be Ensign, by parsitase,
vice Scheberras, Jan. 21.
86th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Edward Jerome,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Stuart, promoted, Jan. 21.
3d West-India Regiment—Lieutenant Ralph Dudgeon,
from the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bancroft, who
exchanges, Jan. 21.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—George Charles Henry
Waters, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Winterbottom, appointed to the 3d Dragoon Guards,
Jan. 21.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant Surgeon John Henry
Brummell, from the 40th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of
the Second Class, Jan. 21.
COMMISSARIAT.
Deputy Commissary General Francis Edward Knowles
to be Commissary General.
Commissariat Clerk John Hiram Allinson,
Commissariat Clerk Rupert Brownrigg B. Bower,
Commissariat Clerk Henry Maule,
Commissariat Clerk John Francis Rogers,
Commissariat Clerk Hugh F. Durnford,
Commissariat Clerk Thomas Strickland,
Commissariat Clerk Charles Thomas Walcot,
Commissariat Clerk James Wilkinson Woodley,
Commissariat Clerk Robert Henry Smith,
Commissariat Clerk Primrose G. Julyan,
To be Deputy Assistant Commissaries General.
The commissions of the said Commissariat Officers to
bear date Dec. 28, 1847.
Erratum in the Gazette of 14th January 1848.

22d Foot—For Lieutenant " Fleming Gough Howell
Games Williams," from the 41st Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice Hunt, who exchanges, read, Lieutenant " William
Couch," from the 41st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hunt,
who exchanges ; and
41st Foot—For Lieutenant Witliam Hunt, from the
22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice" Williams," who ex•
changes, read ♦ice " Couch," who exchanges.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Hilary Term.-11th Vietoria.t

29th January, 1848.
This Court will, on Tuesday, the Ist day of February
next, and the three following days, and on Tuesday,
the Bth day of February, and the four following days,
hold sittings, and will proceed iu disposing of the
business in the Special Paper, Crown Paper, and New
Trial Paper, and will also hold a sitting on Saturday, the
26th clay of February, and give judgment in cases pre-
viously argued.

BY TIM COURT.

WHITEHALL, JAN, 17.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Frederick Mar-
shall, of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, Gent•, to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has also appointed George
Hargrave, of Caistor, in the county of Lincoln, Gent.
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court o
Chancery.

WHITEHALL, J. 19.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel Peeling
Brabner, of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lan-
caster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Thomas
Hadduelc, of St. Helen's, in the county palatine of
Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

George Hadfield, paint manufacturer, Lirarpool.
Edward Boaz Smith, timber merchant, Scarborough

BANKRUPTS.

George Cork, livery stable. keeper, Islington, to sur-
render Feb. 4, at half-past eleven, and March 3, at half-
past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee; Cooke, King-street, City.
1V illiam Pershoase, 'Pattie dealer, Trafalgar-road,
Greenwich, Jan. 28, at half-past one, and March 6, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee, Coleman-street, City ; Russell, Martin's-lane,
Cannon-street.
Brailsford Bright, merchant, Bridge House Hotel,
Southwatk, Jan. 28, at half-past one, and March 1, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee, Basingliall-street ; Lawrence and Flews, Old
Jewry- Chambers.
Charles Andrews, fruiterer, Brighton, Feb. 2, and
March 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Belcher, official assignee ; Rickards and Walker, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, London ; Bennett, Brighton.
John Alexander, druggist, Yeovil, Somersetshire,
Feb, 1 and 28, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Slade and Vining,
Yeovil ; Terrell, Exeter ; Treherae and Co., Barge-
yard-chambers, London.
John Calvin Dreaper, corn merchant, Liverpool, Feb.
8 and 25, st eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co.,
Bedford-row, London; Lowndes, Robinson, and Bateson,
Liverpool.
John Dawson, maltster, Fairford, Gloucestershire,
Feb. 4, at twelve, and March 3, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Leo-
nard, Bristol.
Richard Parsons, builder, Plymouth, Feb. 1, and
March 7, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Her-
naman, official assignee, Exeter; Cross, Plymouth;
Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London.
John Kershaw, draper, Brecon, Feb. 4 and March 9,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman.
official assignee, Bristol; Abbott and Co., New Inn,
London; Clarke, Bristol.
James Batson and Son, iron masters, Great-bridge,
Staffordshire, Feb. 1 and 29, at half-past ten, at the
Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee,
Birmingham; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
James Rossiter, baker, Tor, Devonshire, Feb. 1 and
28, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman,
official assignee, Exeter ; Drake, Torquay; Terrell,
Exeter; Sudlow and Co., Bedford-row, London.
John Bond Cooke and George Shaw, hat manufac-
turers, Denton, Lancashire, Feb. 4 and 25, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official as-
signee, Manchester; Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields; Brookes, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Frederick Chaplin and William Henry Chaplin,
tanners, Bishops Stortford, Jan. 98, at half-past two, and
March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett,
official assignee, Basinghall-street; Ring, Bread-street,
Cheapside.
Jane Louisa Seymour and Emily Seymour, milliners,
Bristol, Feb. 7 and March 2, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ;
Holme and Co., New Inn, London; Prideaux and Sons,
Bristol.
William Hancock, fellmonger, Ticknall, Derbyshire,
Feb. 11 and March 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Notting-
ham • Dewes, Ashby-de-la-Zouch; Reece, Birmingham.
John Honor Parker, carrier, Castle and Falcon-yard,
Aldersgate-street, Feb. i, at half past one, and March 3,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official
assignee, Aldermanbury ; Todd, Thavies Inn.
Thomas Clarkson, painter, Liverpool, Jan. 31 and
March 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple,
London ; Robinson, Liverpool.
John Shallcross, provision dealer, Liverpool, Feb. 1,
and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Johnson and Co.,
Temple, London ; Bremner, Liverpool.
Joseph Robinson Pim, brick maker, Birkenhead, Che-
shire, Feb. 1 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and
Co., Bedford-row, London; Rowe, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
W. M'Dowall, Pemberton-row, Gough-square, printer,
Feb. 12, at half-past eleven-G. Armfield, jun., Croydon,
Surrey, coach builder, Feb. 11, at one- Stearman,
Princes-street, Cadogan-street, Chelsea, carpenter and
builder, Feb. 11, at twelve-W. H. Stray, Lambeth-
walk, hat manufacturer, Feb. 14, at one-W. Palmer,
Uxbridge, jeweller, Feb. 11, at half-past eleven-J.
M'George, Wardour-street, Soho, ironmonger Feb. 11,
at twelve-J. Laxton, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire,
coal merchant, Feb. 11, at half-past twelve-T. Sher-
lock, Lower Rosomon-street, Clerkenwell, bruahmaker,
Feb. 11, at eleven. _ .

In tke Country.
E. J. Staples, Bristol, surgeon, Feb. 15, at half-past
eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Knee, Trowbridge,
Wiltshire, grocer, Feb. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Bris-
tol—J. Watson, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, farmer, Feb. 15,
at one, at the Court, Leeds—H. W. Frampton, Bideford,
Devonshire, grocer, Feb. 17, at one, at the Court, Exeter
—J. Payne, Weymouth and hlelcombe Regis, tailor,
Feb. 17, at one, at the Court, Exeter—N. T. Hawke,
Penvance, tea dealer, Feb. 17, at one, at the Court,
Exeter—C. Malpas, Manchester, victualler, Feb. 12, at
11, at the Court, Manchester—S.lStott, J. Stott, and W.
Stott, Rochliffe-vale Mill, near Bacup, Lancashire, cotton
spinners, Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—
C. Edmonstolle, Oyer Darwen, Lancashire, paper mann-

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facture; Feb. 16, at twee
'ye: at the Court, Manchester—
M. Horan, Bolton, Lenexa hire, grocer, Feb. 15, at one,
at the Court, M --W. Ferguson, Liverpool,
ancheatel,
draper, Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J.
Hudson, Newcastle-upon-upon-9Yne, marine store dealer,
u.t, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Feb. 11, at:eleven,at the Gee.

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PAYMENT die DIVIDENDS.
S. Bretton and T. Tunwell,
,Charlotte,-street, Fitzroy-
square upholsterers, 35., on tiaturday, Jan. 22, and
three following
Saturdays, betw, gen the hours of eleven
and two, at the offiee of Mr. Gro. 1111 A bchurch-lane.
J. Mathews, Charleston, linendrt, 'Per, 53.4 d., on Satur-
day, Jan. 22, and three following. Sat urdays, between
the hours of eleven and two, at the or:Tico of Mr. Groom,
Abehurch-lane.
W. Moody, High-street, Aldgate, tailor, 2s. 9d, on
Saturday, Jan. 22, and three followir 1g Saturdays, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
J. Coney, Holderness Wharf, llarro nv-road, mason,
10d., on :Saturday, Jan. 22, and three following Satur-
days, between the hours of eleven and t Ivo, at the office
of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
H. Phillips, Tothill-street, Westminst tr. linendraper,
55., on Saturday, Jan. 22, and three folio wi mg Saturdays,
between the hours of eleven and two, al the office of
Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
T.',,Zil‘Donnell, Pall-mall, bootmaker, 3 id., any Wed-
nesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the
office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street.
W. Wilks, Leeds, Yorkshire, builder, Ti . Id., on Tues-
day, Jan. 25, or any subsequent Tuesday , between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr . Hope, Leeds.
W. Hardwick, Leeds, Yorkshire, auc ti. Dneer, 6s. Bd.,
on Tuesday, Jan. 25, or any subsequent Tuesday, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at tl le office of Mr.
Hope, Leeds.
J. Birley, Eccles, Lancashire, card manufacturer,
2s. 2id., on Tuesday, Jan. 25, or any sui )sequtnt Tues-
day, between the hours of eleven and one , at the office
of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
J. Salmon, Beaumont, Essex, earpente r, second divi-
dend, is. 7d., and first and second divide ad, 6s. 4d., new
proofs, on Saturday, Jan. 22, and two following Satur-
days, between the hours of eleven and twQ, at the office
of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
H. Emanuel, Hanover-square, goldsmiah, second divi-
dend, 4s. 2d., and first and second divider d 16s. 6d., new
proofs, on Saturday, Jan. 22, and two :following Satur-
days, between the hours of eleven and Vs to, at the office
of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry,
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall- etreet.

W. Hammer and J. Hanniier, Whitechapel-road,
coachmakers, Feb. 12, at half-paw twelve —E. G.
Shackel, Leadenhall-street, grocer and tea dealer, Feb.
12, at half-past eleven—C. Holt, Bouv erie- street, Fleet-
street, hotel keeper, Fob. 11, at half"-past twelve—J.
Black and J. Morison, Railway-place, Fenchurch-street,
dealers in sacking and canvass, Feb. 12. at eleven—J.
Gowen, High-street, Colche:ter, boot and shoe manu-
facturer, Feb. 11, at eleven—F. H. Agar, New Wind-
sor, grocer, Feb. 14, at half-past two—J. Butler, Saffron
Walden, upholsterer, Feb. 14, at half-past twelve—J.
H. Page Pancras-lane, City, auctioneer, Feb. 11, at
twelve—W. Carruthers, Desborough-terrace, Harrow-
road, victualler, Feb. 16, at one.
In the Country.
R. Price, Waterloo, Lancaster, dealer in coals, Feb.
14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Hudson, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, dealer in marine stores, Feb. 11, at
half-past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyre—
S. Stott, J. Stott, and W. Stott, Rockliffe Vale Mill,
Bacup, Lancashire, cottonspinners, Feb. 14, at twelve,
at the Court, Manchester—J. Guest, Manchester, cotton
spinner, Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court,
-Manchester—
F. Beeston, Stockport, carpenter and builder, Feb. 11,
at twelve, at the Court, Manchester--•N, Batho, Man-
chester, machinemaker, Feb- 12, at eleven, at the Court,
Manchester—W. Lawton, Liverpool, hotelkeeper, Feb.
11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Jordan, J.
White, and J. L. Aldridge, Coventry, brewers and malt-
sters, Feb. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—B.
Davies, Birmingham, druggist, Feb. 19, at twelve, at the
Court, Birmingham.
At the Court of Review, Feb. 11.
R. Strong, Box, Wiltshire, quarrymaster—W. Alex-
ander, Bath, shittmaker—J. Denton, Bourn, Lincoln-
shire, butcher—T. Bevan, Brecon, corndealer—S. Duly,
Brighton, toyman—R. Chantler, Eccles, Lancashire,
joiner and builder—J. Gibson, Motcombe-street, Bel-
grave-square, oilman—J. M`Kenna, George-street,
Hanover-square, and Russell-street, Chelsea, tailor—
J. L. Norton, Birmingham, stationer and printseller—J.
Powell, Lugwardine, Herefordshire, cattledealer—W.
Eccles, Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire, cotton spinner—E.
Smith, Brentwood, Essex, cheesemonger—Anne Beetson
Graham, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, milliner—H.
Bowen, Coventry, clothier—M. 0. A. Durant, Burhage,
Leicestershire, surgeon.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

C. Reeves, sen., C. Gres ves, and C. Greaves, jun.,
(so far as regards C. Reeves, sen.), Birmingham, sword
cutlers—S. Old field, C. Brown, and J. Allen (so far as
regards C. Brown), Huddersfield, woollen cloth manu-
facturers—J. Babbington and H. Boulton, llorncastle,
Lincolnshire, printers—W. Higgins, jun., and H. Hig-
gins, Northampton, maltsters—W. Pugh and J. T.
Bell, Portman-place, Edgware-road, chemists—A. J.
Bruce and W. Cloake, Liverpool-street, City, fixture
dealers—J. Harrison, J. Heinle, and R. Wilson, Kendal,
Westmoreland, worsted spinners—J. Olroyd, R. Hodg-
son, and J. Morton, Bread-street, Cheapside, ware-
housemen—W. Sanders and B. D. Collens, Bristol, paper
stainers—W. Wreford and J. S. (Jarland, Ottery, St.
Mary, Devonshire, surgeons—B. Elliott and T. Simpson,
Nottingham, joiners—W. Harrison and W. Harrison,
Charlesworth, Derbyshire, cotton spinners—J.J. Collier
and T. Farrar, Manchester, yarn agents—R. Middleton,
son., R. Middleton, jun., and W. Middleton, Manchester
and Darlington, curriers—W. Arnold, jun., and J.
Veale, Bristol, waggon warehousemen—E. E. Cronk,
G. Cronk, and J. Webb, Sevenoaks, auctioneers—
C. Wainwright and G. W. Wainwright, plate glass
manufacturers—J. T. Merrick and P. R. Wilkinson, New
Oxford-street, paper stainers—W. Lonsdale and W. N.
Barton, Regent-street, hosier—C. D. Makepeace and
W. Farmer, Birmingham, screw manufacturers —J.
Thomason, and J. Longworth, Manchester, white lea-
ther Makers—H. Rodgers, T. Russell, H. It. Horsfield,
and E. Machin (so far 'as regards E. Machin), Sheffield,
saw manufacturers—J. Snow and J. Harvey, Newark-
upon-Trent, chemists—H. Harriet, J., H. S., and G.
Mackeson and Harriet S. Backhouse, Hythe, Kent,
brewers —T. Nott and E. Brayley, Goodge-street,
Tottenham-court-road, cheesemongers—S. Greg, W. R.
Greg, and C. Lampert, Manchester, commission agents
—W. Preston and J. Radford, Piccadilly, upholsterers
—J. Trueman, J. Cook, J. Trueman, jun., W. Cook, and
IL T. 'Windsor, Mincing-lane, City, general brokers—
W. J. Robinson, M. Cullwick, and C. Reeves, jun. (so
far **regards C. Reeves, jun.), Birmingham, wholesale
grocers—S. Arlom, G. Arlom, and W. Woffenden (so
far as regards W. Woffenden), Almondbury, Yorkshire,
fancy cloth manufacturers—G. Hicks and H. G. Marshall,
Old Broad-street, City, stockbrokers—J. B. Scott and
C. Barber, Manchester, calico printers— G. Henry and
T. Southworth, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, linendra-
pers—J. Woodhams and W. Baker, Bromley-mills, near
Bow, millers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

William Redman, Penzance Cornwall, painter.
Richard Grenfell, Bosoliack,, Cornwall, mine agent.
Matthew Copland, Great Yarmouth, publican.
James Glanville, Exton, Devonshire, farmer.
William Gardiner, St. Sidwell, Exeter, fly proprietor.
George Cash, Wolverhampton, clerk.
William Henry Turner, All Saints, Herefordshire,
veterinary surgeon.
John Gilliam, Feldamoor, Surrey, beer shop keeper,
Edward Kirby, jun., Maidstone, paper maker.
James Martin, Canterbury. victualler.
Stephen Somers, Lyncombe, Bath.
Thomas Holt, Ainsworth,
,Lancashire, beer seller.
Thomas Fowler, Faversham, Kent, grocer.
Thomas Hosegood, Halberton, Devonshire, tailor.
Paul Mills, Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucestershire, baker.
Thomas Rowe, Lanner, Cornwall, innkeeper.
George Craze, Cane, Cornwall, butcher.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
D. Gillies, Glasgow, baker, to meet Jan. 27 and
Feb. 17, at one, at the Albert Tavern, Glasgow.
R. Ferguson, Bathgate, grocer, to meet Jan. 29 and
Feb. 28, at twelve, within the Star and Garter Hotel,
Linlithgow.
J. Ramsay, Glasgow, joiner, to meet Jan. 28 and Feb.
Is, at twelve, within the Royal Exchange Committee-
room, Glasgow.
T. Williams and R. S. Macniven, Glasgow, lace mer-
chants, to meet Jan. 28 and Feb. 18, at one, within the
Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow.
J. Gardner and Son, Glagow, hair cutters, to meet
Jan. 29 and Feb. 16, at two, within the Waverley
Tavern, Glasgow.