The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1841.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
The case of Ricfardby Hibbert, who stands charged with
having improperly disposed of a will, or testamentary
paper, found in his mother's box after her death, was
brought up for examination on Wednesday and yesterday.
The case has excited much interest and curiosity.
Mr. Randall appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Humphries attended for the prisoner.
Alderman GIBBS, who presided at the former exami-
nation, sat during the investigation. He asked, when
the prisoner was put to the bar, whether the document
which had been spoken of, as in the possession of .the
prisoner, was forthcoming ?
Mr. Humphries —The prisoner knows of no document.
Alderman GIBBS-I have given the prisoner every op-
portunity of coming to an accommodation with his family,
by postponing this case for a considerable time, at the
desire of his ou n Counsel, and now he must take the
consequences.
Ann Hunter, the nurse who attended Mrs. Hibbert,
was then examined, and repeated the evidence. given on
a former examination.
Alderman GIBBS said—Can it be proved that Mrs.
Hibbert made a will at all ?
Mr. Randall—l can prove that she made a will at
Hackney, and I think before witnesses. I submit that
the paper which the nurse found, and gave to the pri-
soner, was a testamentary paper. It will be for a Jury
to say whether it was a will or not.
A number of persons were then called and proved that
a will had been made, upon which
Mr. Alderman GIBBS committed the prisoner to take
his trial at the Central Criminal Court,
GUILDHALL.
Henry Griffin, James Steptoe, and Edward Sherman,
the three men who had been previously examined on the
charge of stealing a bale of silk from the Chipping-
Norton waggon (in collusion with the driver, James
Leedon, who turned approver), addressed to Mr. Hiron,
Camden, Gloucestershire, were again brought up for ex-
amination yesterday, and additional evidence haying been
adduced in support of the charge, which was con,idered
not to be sufficiently conclusive, they were remanded for
a week.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 10, 1841.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George White,
Esq., to be Secretary and Clerk of the Council, and Remem-
brancer of the Court of Exchequer, in the Island of Barbadoes.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 10.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Erskine Douglas
Sandford, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff Depute and Steward
Depute of the shire, sheriffdom, or stewartry of Kirkcudbright,
in the room of Alexander Wood, Esq., resigned.
The Queen has a'so been pleased to appoint Robert Whig-
ham, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff Depute of the shire of
Perth, in the room of Adam Anderson, Esq., resigned.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 8.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Clark
to the church of the united parishes of Daviut and Dunlichity,
in the presbytery and shire of Inverness, vacant by the resigna-
tion of the Rev. Simon Mackintosh.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 9.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Simon
Macintosh to the church and parish of Inverness, in the pres-
bytery and county of Inverness, vacant by the death of the
Rev. Robert Macpherson, late Third Minister there.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire.
Cambridgeshire Militia— Campbell, Esq., to be Captain,
July 1.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 4.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Abraham Howell, of
Welchpool, in the county of Montgomery, Gent., to be Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chaneery. •
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
WILLIAM DAVIS, tailor, Strand.
HENRY ROSTER BIGGS,' carpenter, Brower-street,
Golden-square.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
JOHN TOMES WATSON, linen draper, Worcester.
BANKRUPTS.
JAMES STUTTARD, JOHN STUTTARD, HENRY
STUTTARD, and THOMAS STUTTARD, cotton manu-
facturers, Manchester, to surrender Dec. 24, and Jan. 21, at
two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Abbott and
Arney, Charlotte.street, Bedford-square, London; Bennett,
Manchester.
PETER WILLIAMS and CHARLES MOTTRAM,
warehousemen, Wood-street, Jan. 4, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Coleman-street-buildings,
official assignee; Hardwick and Davidson, Cateaton-street.
THOMAS WARD, victualler, Nottingham, Dec. 24 and
Jan. 21, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Notting-
ham. Yallop, Furnival's Inn, London • Parsons' Nottingham.
THOMAS SA UNDER', linen-draper, Northampton,
Dec. 20, at three, and Jan. 21, at one, at the Cross Keys Inn,
Northampton. Turner and Ilensman, Basing-lane, London ;
Hensman, Northampton.
JOSEPH HADLAND, farmer, Castle Dykes, Northamp-
tonshire, Dec. 21, and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Globe Inn,
Weedon Beck, Northamptonshire. Capes and Stuart, Field-
court, Gray's Inn, London ; Roche, Daventry.
ROBERT POWELL, linen draper, Brighton, Dec. 20 and
Jan. 21, at two, at the Town-hall, Brighton. Soles, Alder-
manbury, London.
WILLIAM EDWIN OLDHAM, commission-agent, Man-
chester, Dec. 23, and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Commis-
sioners'-rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall,
King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; Bagshaw and Steven-
son, Manchester.
GEORGE HUDSON, victualler, St. Peter's, Isle of Thanet,
Dec. 27, at eight, and Jan. 21, at ten, at the Albion Hotel,
Ramsgate. Chaplin, Gray's-inn.square, London.
PAUL AXNIANN and JOHN GEORGE CHRIST,
merchants, Mark-lane, Dec. 24, and Jan. 21, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, offi-
cial assignee ; Lovell and Hallivvell, Great Ryder-street, Saint
James's.
SARAH PARTRIDGE, victualler, Birmingham, Dec.
17, and Jan. 21, at two, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham.
Austen and Hobson, Gray's Inn, London; Bower, Birmingham.
ROBERT RENDELL, draper, Newton Abbott, Devon-
shire, Dec. 20, at twelve, and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee ; Parker, St.
Paul's Church-yard.
JOHN RAILTON and JAMES PAVEY. manufacturers
of mousseline de lain-es, Dec. 24, and Jan, 21,'at two, at the
Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Baxter, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, London ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester.
ANTONIO LAFARGUE, merchant, Great Sant Helens,
Dec. 23, and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee; Phillips, Lombard-
street.
DANIEL MATTHEWS and ANTHONY GARDNER,
grocers, Cheltenham, Dec. 27, and Jan. 21, at one, at the
Royal Hotel, Cheltenham. Blower and Vizard, Lincoln's Inn.
fields, London ' • Pruen, Williams, and Griffiths, Cheltenham.
THOMAS CHARLTON and EDWARD THOMPSON
spirit dealers, South Shields, Jan. 7, at eleven, and Jan. 21,
at one, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. Trehern and White, Leadenball-street, London ;
Dale, North Shields

Th 0111 A S MORTEN, sen., builder, Hillingdon, Middlesex,
Dec. 22, at one, and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman-street-build •
ings ; Poole and Gamlin, Gray's Inn.
JAMES MONTEITH, mercer, Totness, Devonshire, Jan.
10, and 21, at Whidden's Royal Hotel, Plymouth. Whiteford
and Bennett, Plymouth; Soles, Aldermanbnry, London.
DAVID BUGL ASS, victualler, Sunderland. Dee. 24,
and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Bridge Hotel, Sunderland.
Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard, Cheapside, Lon-
don; Wilson Sunderland.
REUBEN RICH A RD SON, dairyman, New-road, Middle-
sex, Dee. 24, at two, and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Galsworthy, Ely-place.
JOSIAH TAYLOR, oil and colour-dealer, Liverpool,
Dec. IS, and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms,
Liverpool. Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's.buildings,
Holborn; Norris, Barrington-street, Liverpool.
JOHN ANDERSON, oil-merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 18
and Jan. 21, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
I.owndes, Robinson, and Bateson, Liverpool ; Sharpe, Field,
and Jackson, Bedford-row, London.

DIVIDENDS.
R. Gooddy and W. E. M'Kee, millers, Kingston-upon-
/lull, Jan. 14, at twelve, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-
Hull—J. and W. H. Hamilton, calico printers, Manchester,
Jan. 6, at ten, at the Cnmmissioners'.rooms, Manchester.
CERTIFICATES—DEC. 31.
R. Robinson, common brewer, North Shields—J. and W.
Lloyd, builders, Atherstone, Warwick,hire—H. J. Todd, ware-
houseman, Wood-street, City—C. Colls, C. 'Thompson, and
R. P. Harris, jun.. bill brokers, Lombard-street, City.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. and C. Brine, marble masons, South-row, New-road
—A. Moore and J. H. Seal, silk manufacturers, Milk-street,
Cheapside—J. Floyd and G. Savage, china manufacturers,
Foley Staffordshire Potteries—J. T. Clifton and S. Davies,
coal merchants, Great Yarmouth—G. and J. Calli 9, grocers,
Padiham, Lancashire—R. Parfitt and E. Brien, pawnbrokers,
Bristol—S. Seller, W. J. Seller, and J. Huxley, spirit mer-
chants—G. and J. Withers, hatters, Bristol—R. and T. Ogden,
cotton spinners, Manchester—S. Wade, F. B. Wade, and S.
M. Wade, cotton dealers, Liverpool (so far as regards F. B.
Wade) —G. and F. B. Gill, commission agents, Nottingham
—J. Fowler and M. Davis, timber merchants, Bolton-le-
Moors, Lancashire—W. and J. Stoveld, bankers, Petworth,
Su,sex —A. Mearns, M. Robertion, and A. Robertson,
scourers, Darwen, Lancashire—W. Land and W. H. Besly,
surgeons, Exeter.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
JOSEPH OUTR 1M and CO., merchants, Glgsgow, Dec.
13 and Jan. 3, at two, at the Writing Chambers of W. Steele,
Glasgow.

WILLIAM MEIKLE. manufacturer, Glasgow, Dee. 13
and -Jan. 4, at twelve, at the Writing Chambers of J. Simpson,
Glasgow.
JAMES MITCHELL; merchant, Laurie3ton, Stirling-
shire, Dtc. 13 and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel,
Stit

THOMAS BALFOUR, merchant, Edinhurgh, Dec. 13
and Jan. 3, at three, at the Exchanee Hotel, Leith.
JOHN WINK, farmer, Springfield, Elgin, Dec. 15 and
Jan. 5, at one, at R. 1114Intosh's, innkeeper, Elgin.
WILLIAM ANNAN, ironmonger, Dunfermline, Dee. 15
and Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Spire Hotel, Dunfermline.
GEORGE DUNCAN and CO., engineers, Glasgow, Dec.
16 and Jan. 6, at twelve, at the Chambers of J. Lamont,
Glasgow.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending Dec. 7, 1841, is
3Rs. sd. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain.

Despatches from the Governor of New South Wales,
and also from the Governor of Newfoundland, were re-
ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office.

a person in Mr. Cave's position—for instance, 3001. for
a present of two coaches to Messrs. Hall and Dickson;
a " Murillo" to a Rev. Gentleman as a gift for past kind-
ness; a large expenditure for the education of the chil-
dren of a person named Lipscombe ; 8401. to buy a com-
mission in the Army for his nephew; and a host, of
such donations. He also found that the bankrupt lost
upwards of 8,0001. by Shillibeer, an omnibus proprietor;
and that he likewise purchased a patent for manufactur-
ing lead and zinc, which had since been bought by two
gentlemen, named Crompton and Howell, upon which
there was a loss, after laying out nearly 40,0001. In the
bankrupt's then circumstances his conduct was inex-
cusable in entering on such speculations.
The bankrupt said some of the most eminent engineers
in London and Liverpoo: seemed to regard that patent
as very valuable.
Several other points of evidence having been gone
th rough,
Sir C. F. WiLt.Luts said the case would stand over to
the 14th inst., when he had determined to allow the
bankrupt to pass his final examination.