The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-13 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIGEN.CE.

APPOINTMENTS.
Commanders.—Michael do Courcey, a very gallant
and meritorious officer, to the Helena, 16-gun sloop, at
Cork, about to proceed on foreign service; Humphery
J. Julian confirmed, in the Resistance troopship, at
Sheerness.
Paymaster and Purser.—Charles Simpson, to the Cy-
clops steam-frigate, at Portsmouth.
Gunner.—Charles Simpson, to the Cyclops.
Boatswain.—William Kitt, to the Cyclops.
Carpenter.—Robert Yule, to the Cyclops.
Naval Cadet.—Viscount Gullamore, to the Fisgard
pendant-ship, at Woolwich.
ANNUAL VISIT OF THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY
TO CHATHAM DOCKYARD, SEPT. H.—This morning, at
half-past ten o'clock, the Admiral's tender, the Wildfire
steam-vessel, from Sheerness, passed the Dcckyard with
the Admiralty flag at the mast head, and proceeded up
the Medway to the Stroud station at the Gravesend and
Rochester Railway, and there embarked Admiral James
Militias, Captain M. F. Berkeley, Right Hon. Lord John
Huy, Captain A. Milne, Captain Archibald Irvine, C. 8.,
director of engineering and architectural works; Cap-
tain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8.; Captain A. Ellice,
comptroller of steam machinery; and Captain Henn}
Eden, private secretary to the First Lord.
who came by train from Gravesend, their Lord
ships having disembarked at ten minutes after ten, A.M.,
from the steam-packet Adder, Master Commander John
. . .„ .

Hammond, which left Woolwich at eight o'clock. Their
Lordships on landing were received by Capt. Sir T
liouchier, K.C. 8., Captain-superintendent of the yard.
and Alexander Karley, Eq., master attendant ; F. J.
Laire, E,q , master shipwright; and other officers of th,
yard. Colonel John Wright, K.H., commandant of Of
Royal Marines, also met their Lordships, and presented
them with the strength of the division. Their Lordships
attended by a numerous train of officers, proceeded tt. 99th Foot—Lieutenant William J. Hamilton to be
inspect the several departments of the yard, and the. Captain, by purchase, vice Bull, who retires; Ensign
works connected with the raising of three extensive iron William Forward Allston to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
sheds for building first•clazs ships ; also a new basin, vice Hamilton; Allan Macdonald, Gent., to be Ensign,
capable of holding a first-rate lice-of-battle ship and by purchase, vice Austen, Sept. 12.
threeLfrigates ready for service. Their Lordships thee Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Alexander Morphy
inspected the slip from which the Mars, 80 guns, wit, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dick, deceased,
recently launched : it is very defective, and wit Juno 14; Edmund Patterson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
require a considerable outlay for repair. They next Murphy, Sept. 12.
proceeded to the mast and boat house, and then t( 3d West India Regiment—Claudius Kerr, Gent., to
slip No. 8, where the Ellin steam -vessel of 90 tons be Ensign, without purchase, vice Poole, appointed to
is building. She is to be a mail boat for con- , the 22d Foot, Sept. 12.

veyarice of dispatches from Gosport to Os
borne, and is beinf, built upon the dia•
gonal principle, with mahogany. She is expected to bt
the fastest packet in the service. Their Lordships thou
proceeded to the parade-ground belonging to the Dock-
yard Brigade, and minutely inspected the defective state
of the wall, recently erected by contract, and which ha,-
sunk in parts several inches. They next inspected the
Armoury of the Dockyard Battalion, and the cleanlines,
of the arms and the regularity of the department gave
much satisfaction. Their Lordships next witnessed the
process of making sheets of c pper and copper bolts,
&c.; but owing to the great heat of the furnaces, their
Lordships did not remain there any length of time, and
at one o'clock they repaired to the residence of the cap
tain superintendent, and took luncheon. At two o'clock
they inspected the seamen and seamen riggers, and also
the dockyard police force. Admiral Dundas and Cap-
tain Berkeley, with Lieutenant Wise, director of police,
inspected the station, and each department gave the
utmost satisfaction. Finally, after visiting the guard.
ship Poictiers, their Lordships took their departure, and
went on board the Wildfire, which conveyed them to the
railway station, where a special train wrs in readiness to
take them to Gravesend, and they returned to Woolwich
by the Adder steam-packet.

UNATTACHED. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Sir
John Scott Lillie, from Major half-ply Unattached,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ;
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Abraham Josias Cloete
(Deputy Quartermaster-General, Cape of Good Hope),
trom half-pay Captain 21st Light Dragoons, to be Ma-
jor, without purchase; Lieutenant James Black, from the
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, without
purchase, Sept. 12.
BREVET.—Lieutenant Herbert Benjamin Edwardes,

of the Ist European Regiment of Fusiliers on the
Bengal Establishment, to have the local rank of Major
in the Lahore territories, Sept. 12.
floarrrAL STA?P.—Assistant Surgeon James Webster,
M.D., from 93d Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon to the
Forces, vice Grant, appointed to the 53d Foot, Sept. 12.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County Pa-

latine of Lancaster.

William Legh Clowes, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieute-
nant, Sept. 7.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.
William Dawson Damer, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu.
tenant, Sept. 9.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 5.

The following promotions hare this day taken place,
consequent upon the death of Rear-Admiral Mauritius
Adolphus Newton De Starck :—Rear-Admiral of the
White Right Honourable Earl Cadogan, C. 8., to be
Hear-Admiral of the Red ; Rear-Admiral of the Blue
Phipps Tiornby, C. 8., to b© Rear-Admiral of the White;
Captain Sir Watkin Owen Pell to be Rear-Admiral of
the Blue.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. IL—Field-Marshal the Marquis of
Anglesey, the Master-General of the Ordnance, arrived
here on Friday afternoon, in his yacht the Pearl.
On Saturday morning, accompanied by Major-General
the Hon. Henry Murray, Commander of Form; for the
Western District; Colonel Oldfield, Royal Engineers;
Lieutenant-Colonel Rowland, Royal Artillery; Captain
F. H. Rimington, Royal Engineers; and Captain G.
Graydon, Royal Artillery, the Noble Marquis proceeded
to inspect the defences at Mount Wise, and thence went
to the Plymouth citadel. The more especial object here
appeared to be the examination of the recent improve-
ments and additions to the sea-facing of this important
fortress, executed under the active superintendence of
Colonel Oldfield, the resident Commander of Engineers
for the district. Proceeding across the Parade the dis-
tinguished party ascended the ramparts to the Old Sa-
luting Battery, and turning to the eastward passed
through Cumberland Battery to the south-east point
of the fortifications, where a 32-pounder on a revolv-
ing platform has been erected for the protection of
Catwater and its vicinity. Some time was occupied
in the inspection of this position and in the examina-
tion of the asphalte covering on the main walls
and embrasures from the Old Saluting Battery to
this point. Passing through Prince Edward's Battery
and Curtain, the Noble Marquis descended from the
Magazine,
where and examined the church,th
al-
most entirely reconstructed, and ,
the Grand
where some serviceable additions have been made. The
dry condition of this building and its contents met with
the approbation of the Noblo Marquis. The lower fort,
on which has been recently built a guardhouse, powder
magazines, a furnace for red-hot shot, was nfrct
inspected; after which his Lordship and the Colonel of
Engineers left the citadel by water, and having joined
the yacht proceeded to St. Nicholas Island, where a half-
moon battery on revolving platforms has been con-
structed and new barracks and furnaces erected;

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
Thomas Wright, grocer, Longton, Staffordshire.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Samuel Price, underwriter, Fish-street-hill, City.
BANKRUPTS.

Lawrence William Ash, corn and coal merchant,
White Lion-street, Pentonville, to surrender Sept. 26, at
half-past eleven, and Oct. 24, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom-
bard-street; Lovell, South-square, Gray's Inn.
Thomas Keating, druggist, St. Paul's Church-yard,
Sept. 27, at two, and Oct. 24, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.ld ewry ;
Edwardsofficial assignee, HardwickFrederick's-
place, and Davidson, Weaver's-hall
plac
e, o
Basinghall-street.
Edward Hammond, oil crusher, Rotherhithe-street,
Rotherhithe, Sept. 28, at half-past one, and Oct. 20, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall-street; Symes, Weston, and Tees-
dale, Fenchurch- street.

John Miller, bookseller, Oxford-street, Sept. 19, at
two, and Oct. 24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's
place, Old Jewry ; Nicholson and Parker, Lime-street,
Leadenhall-street.

John Dillon, ironmonger, Hereford, Sept. 19 and Oct.
24, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Gwillim, Here-

_
ford; Suckling, Birmingham.
John Croudson, money scrivener, Wigan, Lancashire,
Oct 11 and 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Hilton,
Wigan; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bed-
ford-row, London.
Thomas Rowell, merchant, Hartlepool, Durham, Sept.
27, and Oct. 24, at one, at the Newcastle District Court.
Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Turn-
bull, Hartlepool; Forster, Newcastle.
William Wallace and George Dormand (and not
George Dormond, as advertised in last Gazette), ship.
owners, Sunderland, Sept. 13, at twelve, and Oct. 13, at
two, at the Newcastle•upon-Typo District Court. Wak-
ley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Nixon,
Clifford's Inn, London; Brunton or Cooper, Sunderland.
Christopher Green, coal merchant, Beckford-row,
Ws.'worth-road, Sept. 20, at two, and Oct. 24, at half-
past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Messrs.
Baddeley, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields.
John Yates, jun., corn factor, Colwich, Staffordshire,
Sept. 21, and Oct. 31, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. W hitmore., official assignee, Birmingham ;
Crabb, Rugeley; Smith, Birmingham.

On Sunday the Marquis of Anglesey dined with the
Commander of the Forces at the Government-house,
Mount Wise; and on Monday left Plymouth in his
yacht accompanied by Cokniel Oldfield, R.E., for the
westward.

This morning Rear-Admiral Reynolds hoisted his
flag, blue at the mizen, on board the frigate Southamp-
ton, 50, in Plymouth Sound, and was saluted by the
Port Admiral's ship, San Josef, 110, Sir Thomas Mait-
land, in llamoaze.
Iler Majesty's store depot, Andromache, 26, Master
Commander T. Johnson, arrived on Friday from the
Cove of Cork, and was this afternoon towed into Ha-
mosze by the steam•sloop, Hermes.
The emigrant ships Lady Kennaway, for Port Ade-
laide, and the Johnson, for Port Philip, sailed to-day.
The Walmer Castle sails this evening.
The Earl of Wilton, in his yacht the Tarifa, arrived
this morning from the eastward.
Wind northerly, light breeze, with clouds.

DIVIDENDS.
In the Country.
W. Bagnall, Burslern, Staffordshire, grocer, Oct. 5, at
eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Matthews and C.
D. Matthews, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, and Chip-
ping Camden, Gloucestershire, bankers, Oct. 5, at eleven,
at the Court, Birmingham—M. G. Rose, Moreton in
Marsh, Gloucestershire, innholder and victualler, Oct.
16, at eleven, at the Court, Rristol—J. Straker, Jarrow-
lodge, Durham, brickmaker, Oet. 5, at half-past ten, at
the Court, Nowcastle-upon-Tyne—A.Marsland, Maccles-
field, Cheshire, silk manufacturer, 9ct. 6, at twelve, at
the Court, Manchester—J. Prince, cloxhoe, Durham,
grocer, Oct. 6, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne---J. Andrew, Dean Water, Cheshire, and Man-
chester, calico printer, Oct. 6, at eleven, at the Court,
Manchester—W. Lax, Darlington, Durham, land
surveyor, Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Court, _Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
R. Cappur, Nantwich, Cheshire, cheese factor, first
dividend of 2s. 6d. on Thursday, Oct. 12, or any subse-
quent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
G. Cappur, Nantwich, Cheshire, cheese factor, first
dividend of ls„ on Thursday, Oct. 12, or any subsequent
Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
11. Hollis, Liverpool, tea dealer, Is. 9d., on Thursday,

ARREST OF A CHARTIST WRITER.—Mr. Superin-
tendent Beswick, of the Manchester police force, appre-
hended Joseph Barker, of Wortley, near Leeds, about
seven o'clock on Monday evening, on a bench warrant,
for sedition. Mr. Barker, irho has made himself con-
spicuous as a Writer in a weekly publication called 714 c
People, was one of the body of Chartists against whom
indictments were preferred at the late Liverpool assizes;
and it was by virtue of the warrant then issued against
him that he was apprehended. On Saturday last he put
forth an address to the electors of Bolton, offering him-
self as a candidate to represent that borough iu Parlia-
ment in the room of the late Mr. W. Bolling. He had
addressed a meeting in Bolton on Friday evening, and
came into the town to deliver a second speech on Mon
day, but was taken into custody by Mr. Berwick, with
Whom was Mr. Superintendent Harris, of the police force,
shortly
,;asto speak.
before the holding of the meeting at which he
peak. Mr. Barker was at the office of Mr. IL M.
BAIRD, ADJOUARTNBEIDR2,-1-
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The evidence given
nurned this morning, at nine o'clock.
new
inwroas of a similar Datum to that before
adduced, no rmation being elicited. The in-
quiry had not terminated when our report left.

Oct. 12, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours
of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liver-
pool.
J. Blackburne, Liverpool, tailor, second dividend of 25.,
and first dividends of ss. upon new proofs, on Thursday,
Oct. 12, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours
of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liver-
pool.
H. Dutchman, Liverpool, merchant, 1 lid., on Thurs-
day Oct. 12, or any subsequent Thursday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Ba.singhall-street.
T. Earle, Castle-street, Long-acre, funeral carriage
master, Oct. 6, at one--F. Webster, Writtle, Essex,
innkeeper, Oct. 7, at one—J. M. M'Kenzie and J. Fraser,
Pancras-lane, City, warehousemen, Oct. 4, at eleven—
s. Bayly, Folkstone, Kent, Cheesemonger, Oct. 5, at
three—T. H. Forster, Haymarket, chemist and druggist,
Oct. 5, at one—G. Parnell, Walworth-common, brewer,
Oct. 5, at half-past twelve—J. Foster, Wilson-street,
Finsbury, fringe manufacturer, Oet 5, at two.
In the Country.
R. Yarnell, Newport, Monmouthshire, gardener, Oct.
30, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Penny, Merthyr
Tydv il, brewer, Oct. 10, at eleven, of the Court, Bristol,
J. M. Pennman and T. Pennman, Sunderland, apothe-
caries, Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne—T. Nesbitt and R. Cairns, Sunderland, brewers,
Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—
J. Straker, Jarrow, Durham, Bricklayer, Oct. 5, at
eleven, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne—T. Gilbert-
son, Birkenhead, flour dealer, Oct. 5, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool—W. Brooke, Birmingham, manufac-
turing chemist, Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Court Birming-
ham—R. Ellerbeck, Pilkington, cotton spinner, Oct. 4,
at twelve, at the tCourt, Manchester—T. G. Ferguson
and H. Taylor, Manchester, merchants, Oct. 4, at eleven
at the Court, Manchester.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and
a Bench of Magistrates.)
Mr. PRENDERGAST, in the course of yesterday, said
he was about to make a somewhat extraordinary ap-
plication, and it was one, too, which very much af-
fected a gentlemen of the name of Wooller, who in
years gone by occupied a very celebrated position be-
fore the public. Mr. Wooller, however, was not the
same as he had been in the days to which he referred;
for the the truth was, that the infirmities with which
that gentlemrn had long been visited had rendered
him quite a different man. However, be that as it
might, Mr. Wooller had, in serving a client, placed
himself in a difficulty. It appeared that a person
whom Mr. Wooller was instructed to defend had been
convicted by the magistrate at the police-court of
some offence arising out of transactions in respect of
the possession of a watch, and thinking, as well
as his client, that the latter had a good de-
fence, he had given notice of an appeal against
the conviction at the last sessions. The defendant,
however, it would seem, had only one surety to
offer at the time • therefore, on his solicitation, ✓Mr.
Wooller consented to become the second surety. The
necessary sureties were thus given to appear and pro-
secute the appeal. By some mistake, however, the

appeal was not entered, whereupon the recognizances
were entreated, and in pursuance of that estreat the
Sheriff had taken Mr. Wooller in execution, and that
gentleman had consequently been some days in prison.
As the matter now came before the Court, the ques-
tion was, whether the recognizances in the case of Mr.
Wooller were to be enforced or not.

The Learned JUDGE inquired the nature of the case
in which Mr. Wooller's client had appeared before the
magistrate.
Mr. PRENDERGAST replied, that it was connected
with some transaction about the possession of a watch,
and Mr. Wooller's client was ordered either to de-
liver up the watch, or to pay the supposed value,
61. 10s. This was the decision against which the appeal
was to be made.

At the Court of Review, Oct. 3.
J. Lovesy, Cheltenham, bookseller—F. Coker, Ship..
ham, Norfolk, timber dealer—T. Whinney, Panton-
street, Haymarket, licensed victualler—H. Bolton,
Luton, straw manufacturer—J. Coward, Kenton, near
Harrow, schoolmaster—H. Heywood, Manchester, auc-
tioner—R. Harding, Bridgwater, draper—P. Pattison,
Cornhill, tailor and draper—W. Cole, Calverley, York-
shire, consulting engineer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Elizabeth Dobson, T. Dixon, and F. Dobson, Salford,
Lancashire, grocers and tea dealers—Elizabeth Dobson
and T. Dixon, Salford, Lancashire, tea dealers—R.
Johnson and W. Brandvvood, Eccleshill, Lancashire,
coal merchants—J. Cheyne and I. T. Shutt, Harrogate,
Yorkshire, stock and sharebrokers—B. Wright and H.
Wright., Madeley, Shropshire, ale and cyder merchants
—P. R. Dummett and H. P. Badger, Sheffield, manu-
facturers of cutlery—J. Traxton and T. W. Webb,
Holborn, lithographers—J. May. sen., and J. May, jun.,
Baughurst, Hampshire, farmers—J. Holt and W.
M`Lean, Bury, Lancashire, tailors and drapers—R.
Roberts and R. W. Roberts, Cross-street, Finsbury,
wine and spirit merchants—J. E. Partington, sen., T.
Dorrington, and J. E. Partington, jun., Chorlton-upon-
Medlock, Lancashire, surgeons (so far as regards J. E.
Partington, jun.)—J. Jones, W. Jones, J. Lees, J.
Lees, J. Lees, W. Booth, J. Marsland, J. Worthington,
N. Worthington, J. D. Worthington, and G. H.
Worthington, Oldham, colliers (so far as regards
J. Jones, J. Worthington, N. Worthington, J. D.
Worthington, and G. H. Worthington)—G. Reyes
and S. Foden, Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton
manufacturers—D. Smith and J. Smith, Sheffield,
corn dealers—S. Ives and J. Swan, Paternoster-row,
booksellers—C. Ring and T. Hood, Bristol, china and
glass dealers—W. 0. Lamond, W. A. Smale, and A.
Lamond, stook and share auctioneers (so far as regards
W. A. Smale)—G. C. Gascoyne and W. M. Hoison,
Newark-upon-Trent, cigar dealers—G. C. Walker, sen.,
G. C. Walker, jun., and E. H. Walker, Doncaster, che-
mists and druggists.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
William Atkins, Sheffield, cordwainer.
Isaec Renney, Sheffield, table-blade forger.
John Frederick Ilollis, Hurley, Berkshire.
William Moody, Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
Boulton Phillips, Wolverhampton, licensed victualler.
George Penketh, Wolverhampton, grocer.
James Winstanley, Liverpool, blacksmith and wheel.
wrigh t.
George Newell, Appleton, Cheshire, blacksmith.
James Rowley, Manchester, colour maker.
George Hallifax, Sheffield, shoemaker.
John Applebee, Smethwick, Staffordshire, draughtsman.
William Mountford, Horseley-heath, Staffordshire,
butty collier.
Thomas Dumolo, Great-bridge, Staffordshire, provision
dealer.
Samuel Parkes, Olbury, Worcestershire, journeyman
cooper.
John George Pilfer Wood, Wolverhampton, tailor.
Robert Barlow, Newcastle-under-Lyme, hat manu-
facturer.
Abel Fletcher, Bilston, Staffordshire, butty collier.
Richard Woods, Liverpool, ironmonger.
Thomas Shipman, Liverpool.
Robert Halls, tobacconist, Cambridge.
John Kettle, Cambridge.

The Learned JUDGE then asked for the production
of the client (Morrison).
The client was not forthcoming.
The Learned JUDGE thereupon said that he should
be sitting for several days, and if Mr. Wooller would
on any one of those days, deliver up his client, Mor-
rison, or cause the payment of the 61. 10s., or the sur-
render of the watch, the Court would then have no
difficulty in directing the release of that gentleman.
As soon as Morrison was in custody, then there would
be no difficulty in the case. Let Morrison come in
and surrender, or let Mr. Wooller produce him ;
and then, when the principal was in limbo the
Court would at once proceed to the assistance of Mr.
Wooller.
Mr. PRENDERGAST was inclined to think that the
results pointed out were not the most seductive, nor
were they in his opinion sufficiently so to induce a
man to come into court personally.—(Laughter.)
The Learned JUDGE said, that either the watch,
or the 61 105., or the person of the client Morrison,
must be forthcoming before the Court could interfere.
THE GAMING-HOUSE PROSECUTIONS.—Mr. BRI-
ERLEY was instructed to apply to the Court to direct
that a certain witness who had been subpconaed in
the recent gaming-house prosecution in that court,
but who upon being called did not answer, should
be ordered either to be fined or indicted for
contempt. It would be in the recollection of
the Court that at a late sessions a person was
indicted by a gentleman of the name of Bond for
keeping a gaming•house, and that upon the trial a
witness, on being called, did not make his appearance.
Another trial against another defendant was about
to come on, and the prosecutor having subpoenaed
the same witness had since heard that the man did
not intend to come to the court ; and, moreover, that
a person of the name of (as we understood) Moses
Hart, or Moses Jacobs, had been going about to the
different witnesses, advising them not to attend to the
subpoena. His application now, therefore, was, that
the Court would direct that the particular witness in
question should be fined or indicted for the contempt.
The Learned JUDGE said that if the party were
subpoenaed and he did not appear when called at the
trial, the consequence would be that he would have
to abide the penalty. That would be ample time to
deal with the case.

John Rowberry, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, coach

proprietor.
Samuel Price, Ruthin, Denbighshire, provision dealer.
John Lea, \Vahan, Staffordshire, cabinet maker.
Finley Frazer, Great Bolton, Lancashire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. Douglas, Ferryden, general merchant and fish.
curer, to meet within the Star Hotel, Montrose, Sept. 18.
and Oat. 9, at eleven.

W. Eccles and W. Eccles, jun., Glasgow, merchants,
to meet within Garrick's Hotel, George's-square, Glas-
gow, Sept. 18, and Oct. 9, at two.
W. Balloch, sen., Muirpark, itirlingsbire, farmer and
cattle dealer, to meet within Campbell's (late Gibb's)
Red Lion Inn, Stirling, Sept. 16, and Oct. 7, at twelve.
Balloch, jun., Muirpark, Stirlingshire, farmer and
cattle dealer, to meet within Campbell's (late Gibb's)
Red Lion Inn, Stirling, Sept. 16, and Oct. 7, at twelve.
A. Pope, Tarves, veterinary surgeon, corn and cattle
dealer, to meet within the Lemon-tree Tavern, Aber-
deen, Sept. 16, and Oct. 7, at twelve.
J. 'Croup and Sons, Strathmiglio, Fifesbire, manufac-
turers and merchants, to meet within the Albert; Hotel,
Cupar-Fife, Sept. 19, and Oct. 12, at one.
J. Mundell, Edinburgh, stock broker, to meet within
Dowell's Sale Rooms, Edinburgh, Sept. 16, and Oct. 7,
at twelve.

J. Brown and Co., Leith, confectioners, to meet
withi❑ the Ship Hotel, Edinburgh, Sept. 18, and Oct. 9,
at one.

D. Wright, Burn of embus, Perthshire, manufac-
turer, grazier and farmer, to meet within William
Miller's Inn, Doune, Sept. 16, and Oct. 7, at two.
W. Shanks, Airdrie, spirit dealer, to meet within
Drummond's Royal Hotel, Airdrie, Sept. 15, and Oct. 6,
at twelve.

FOREIGN DRUGS.—An inquiry having recently
been instituted as to the liability to duty of magnesia
imported from abroad, it having been customary at one
of the principal outports to levy the ad valorem duty of
10
various
in consequence of its having under-
gone
ingredients, and therefore no longer retaining the cha-
racter of a simple drug, but as the article termed calcined
magnesia is in public and general estimation considered
to be a drug, and is, in fact, largely dealt in by all drug-
gists, it has become matter for consideration whether it
should not be admissible free under that general head in
the tariff, as the table of duties does not define the de-
scription of drugs which shall be free from liability to
duty, or otherwise, neither that they shall be merely es-
sences, or not a combination of different materials, or
shall not bo in a prepared state, but simply enumerated
as " drugs," without reference to their actual character
or qualities. For these reasons, and on the principle
that all articles which are applicable to and intended for
medicinal purposes, whether in their primitive state or
having undergone a degree of manufacture, should be
considered drugs, provided they are not actually and in-
dividually mentioned in the tariff as being liable to duty
under any particular rate, it has been considered that
such was the intention of the Legislature in repealing
the duty on drugs, and that magnesia is such an article,
and therefore admissible duty free. The question as to
what constitutes a drug has frequently engaged the at-
tention of the revenue authorities, when there was some
doubt entertained_whether articles which were not en-
tirely, and only applicable to medicinal purposes, should
be considered drugs, but no doubt existed as to those
which were applicable to medicinal purposes being so
classified. This decision, as it will govern future im-
portations of the article, is of much interest and im-
portance.

_
LIR NEW METROPOLITAN SEWERS ACT.—The
new Act to consolidate and continue in force for two
years, the Commissioners Metropolitan Sewers (11 and
12 Vic., cap. 112) will take effect in a few days, on the
issuing of a new Commission, by which several Acts of
Parliament will be repealed. The object of the present
Act is to invest in one Commission the powers now
vested in several, in the counties of Middlesex, Surrey,
Essex, and Kent, not being more than:l2 miles distance
frost St. Paul's Cathedral, bat not within the City or
Liberties. The Commissioners to be named aro to be
styled " The Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers."
The Act is a very long one, containing 149 clauses, and
six schedules of forms to be used in carrying it into force.
The Lord Mayor is, by virtue of his office, a Commis-
sioner under this Act, and the corporations is to ap-
rights,
point four Commissioners under the same. All property,
&e., of former Commissions are to be transferred
under the
new Commission. Extensive powers are
given by this law to the Commissioners for making re-
gulations for an improved drainage, as well as to enforce
improvements. By the
other sanitary 146th section the
Commissioners of Sewers for the city of London may
exercise and put into execution, within the City and
Liberties thereof, the like powers and authorities for
enforcing house drainage, &c.,
so that the same shall not
be a nuisance or injurious to health, the expenses of
which are to be paid by improvement rates or charges
for default, which powers are now given to the Metro-
politan Commissioners of Sewers. The new Commis-
sion will be notified in the Londe': Gazette in a few
days.
POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPEES.—By the Act 11 and
12 Vict., cap. 117, which came into operation on the 4th
inst., it is provided that all newspapers from the Channel
Hands, or from the Isle of Man, shall be liable to the
payment of rates or dwies of postage' This enactment
was rendered Lccessary by newspapers being printed in
the Channel Islands, and forwarded to various parts of
England. The Act is to be deemed a Post-office Act,
and its term to be construed as directed by the 3 and 4
Vict., cap. 96.
POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The following notice has
been issued by command of the Postmaster-General:—
The sub post town heretofore called "Lane End," in
the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, in the county of Staf-
ford, will in future be designated Longton. Postmasters,
&e., will make the necessary alteration iu any official
list in which the name may appear.

Mr. BRIERLEY remarked that the prosecutor had
no power to compel the man's attendance.
The Learned JUDGE said that an application ought
to have been made to the Court on the subject of the
contempt when the former trial was on. The quarter
sessions at which it was now said a contempt had
been shown to the Court, was defunct ; and it was
impossible to originate and try at another quarter
sessions any act of contempt which at the latter
period it was urged had been committed at a pre-
vious quarter sessions. Thus the Court could not
now direct that the witness should be indicted ; the
Court had no power to do so. The Learned Counsel
could indict the party if he thought proper, but that
Court could not order such a proceeding.
Mr. BRIaRLET submitted that the contempt had
been shown to the Court, and not to himself as counsel
for the prosecution, and again submitted that his
Lordship ought to direct an indictment.

The Learned JUDGE—Certainly not. The con-
tempt was to the last quarter sessions, and as there
was no continuity between one quarter sessions and
the quarter sessions which follows, it was quite clear
that so far as the Court itself was concerned, it could
not without a case had been adjourned over in the
usual form, take notice of it at a new and fresh quar-
ter sessions. The Court of the preceding quarter
sessions was defunct.
Mr. BRIERLEY still contended that the Court
should take notice of a contempt which had clearly
been shown towards it.

The Learned JUDGE said, if the Learned Counsel
' chose to take out letters of administration of the
estate of the late quarter sessions—although the judge
of the Court were yet living in himself—and act upon
that administration, of course he could not help it ;
but with respect to the quarter sessions at which it
was urged the contempt in question had been offered,
that Court was without doubt defunct.—(Laughter.)
The:prosecutor, if he thought proper, could indict the
witness, but the Court could not direct such a pro-
ceeding.
The matter here dropped.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS.— George Herbert, aged 16,
and Thomas Wallace, aged 16, were convicted of hav-
ing stolen a quantity of bacon, the property of one
Thomas Wright.
The Learned JUDGE said, he would just advert to
the history of these boys. First, there was the boy
Herbert. This was the description which had been
furnished to him by the active officer (Lockyer) of
the Westminster House of Correction :—" George
Herbert, aged 16, was tried at the Middlesex Sessions
on the 18th of August, 1846, in the name of
William Kelly, and sentenced to seven years'
transportation, which sentence was ultimately
commuted to two years' Imprisonment, with
the view of his being sent to Parkhurst.
This was one of those cases in which the Prison In-
spectors had chosen to interfere in total ignorance of
the character of the boy, whilst in that court they
had received every information about him, and had
sentenced him accordingly. By direction of the In-
spectors of Prisons, it would seem the boy, instead of
being sent out of the country, had been removed to
the Millbank Prison on the 3d of November, 1846,
from which place he was discharged on the 2d of
August last." This was a portion of the boy's career,
but he was informed by the officers that he had long,
although so young, been a notorious thief, and con-
nected with the worst gang of thieves in the neigh-
bourhood of Drury-lane. Indeed he had been one of
what were termed the " swell mob" pickpockets, and
had been most daring in his vocation for a consider-
able time. Moreover, he was told that he was one of
the worst conducted boys who had ever been sent to
the prison. If the Inspectors of Prisons would inter-
fere in these cases he could not help it, but here was
one of the consequences. The boy had previously
been convicted three or four times, and then that
Court had sentenced him to transportation for the
purpose of his being sent to Parkhurst, with the
hope of his reclamation. The recommendation of
this Court had obtained the customary commutation
of the sentence to two years' imprisonment, but con-
trary to the former course of proceeding in such cases,
the boy, instead of being sent to Parkhurst to be
taught some trade or handicraft, was transferred to
the Milbank Prison, from which he was released only
as recently as the 2d of last month, and here he was
again at their bar in little more than another month.
It was impossible that such an incorrigible and ac-
complished thief could be allowed to remain in the
country, and he did hope, notwithstanding he was so
short (the boy is not taller, although 16, than one of
10 or 11 years of age), he would be sent away. In
the present case the evidence was very clear against I
that boy, whilst Wallace, who was in his company,
had been repeatedly convicted, an i was only just come
out of prison after a six months' sentence. The sen-
tence of the Court now was, that each of the priso-
ners should be transported for seven years. As to
making any recommendation in the case, he should
not forward any more recommendations, seeing that
the object with which that proceeding had been
adopted had been frustrated by the interference of
the Inspectors of Prisons. It would, therefore, be •
altogether useless.

The prisoners appeared to receive their sentence of
:ransportation as though such a sentence %as quite
n th® regular and looked-for course; of things.

ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.—The council of admi-
nistration of this institution have unanimously pre-
sented to Mr. Eames, the secretary, an elegant silver
salver, upon which the following inscription is en-
graved :—" Presented, on his marriage, to A. I. S.
Eames, Esq., secretary of the Royal Naval School, by
the council of administration, in testimony of their ap-
probation of his able and indefatigable exertions for the
welfare of that institution, during a period of seventon
years."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Cornelius Von Rigendam, a young Dutchman, was
brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having
stolen Holland bank notes and securities for money
to the amount of between 1,5001. and 1,6001. A re-
ward of 501. had been offered for the apprehension of
the prisoner, who, it • was conjectured, had imme-
diately after he got possession of the property set off
for London in order to get it exchanged. Amongst
the stolen property were two Russian bonds, each of
which was for 1,000 florins, and payable on the Ist
of September.
Mr. E. Clarke, clerk to Messrs. Bult and,Co. of
Cheapside, bullion dealers, said, "This morning the
prisoner called at our counting-house and tendered for
sale four Dutch bank notes for 100 florins each. In
consequence of information which I had received re-
lative to the description of the person who presented
the notes, I had reason to believe that they had been
stolen, and I sent for an officer and gave him into
custody."
Mr. C. Hodgson (superintendent of the City police)
said, " I received information respecting the pri-
soner, in consequence of which I have taken steps
for his apprehension, and I have now an officer in
pursuit of him. The name of the owner of the notes
which the prisoner tendered for sale is Julius Rind-
skopf, who I expect will be in town on Friday next."
The LORD MAYOR—Do you believe, if I remand
the prisoner until Friday, that you will be able_to
procure evidence as to his identity ? Mr. Hodgson—
I do.

The prisoner, who does not appear to be more than
18 years of age, and could not speak a word of
English, was informed, through the medium of an
interpreter, of the nature of the charge against him,
but did not utter a word.

It was stated that the prisoner was a messenger in
the house of Mr. Rindskopf, and had been sent on
Monday, the 4th inst., with the coupons to get them
cashed, but never returned. When he found, at Mr.
Bult's house, that it was all up with him, he dropped
a pocket-book in which were written down the
numbers and particulars of the notes which he had
stolen. An officer was dispatched to examine his
trunk at his hotel, and it is expected that almost the
whole of the property will be recovered. lie was re-
manded till Friday.

GUILDHALL.
Mr. Irtheard Allgood Dickinsox, of 27, Denmark-
row, Coldharbour-lane, Camberwell, was charged be-
fore Alderman Challis with obtaining a bill of
exchange for 3001. under false and fraudulent pre-
tences, on the Bth of August last.
From the evidence of Benjamin Wheatley Tracy,
a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, residing at 225,
Maida-hill, Edgware-road, and Henry Lowless, of
Hart's-lane, Bethnal-green, formerly a solicitor, but
now a commission agent, it appeared that in August
last the former gave the latter a bill of exchange for
3001. to get cashed for him, at the same time placing
in his hands 100 shares in the Callington Mining
Company, in Cornwall, as a collateral security. This
bill Lowless entrusted to the prisoner, having known
him for some time, and he also gave him the
shares. A few days after Dickinson came to
Lowless, and said he could not get the bill cashed
in consequence of the party whom he expected
would do it having referred to the Mining Journal
and found the shares only quoted at 141, but that if
they went up only one per cent. he had no doubt he
could find some one to advance the money. In con-
sequence of this representation he allowed him to
keep the bill and shares for the purpose of making
another trial. The prisoner again came and repre-
sented that he could not effect his object, but he could
get it discounted if the prosecutor had no objection
to taking 1001. worth of wine and the rest in gold.
This proposition was also assented to, but it had never
been carried out. In a few days more Mr. Tracy
received a letter from the secretary of the Mutual
Communication Society, the contents of which in-
duced him at once to stop payment and demand that
the prisoner should restore the bill. Dickinson said,
that it was not in his possession, blit in the hands of a
man named Clark, who would give it up on being
paid his commission. This Lieutenant Tracy agreed
to do, upon condition that the prisoner wrote a note
to Clark desiring him to give it up, which he did ;

but Clark would not give it up, and prosecutor find-
ing he was about to be duped gave Dickinson into
custody. _ _

Alderman CHALLIS asked what was the date of the
bill, and by whom drawn and accepted ?
Mr. Lowless replied, that it was dated the 3d of
August for three months, was drawn by Messrs.
Smith, Row, and Co., accepted by Lieutenant Tracy,
and made payable at the London and Westminster
Bank, as per advice from the North and South Wales
Banking Company. It was not endorsed.
Alderman CHALLIS asked the prisoner what he had
to say in his defence ?

He merely said, that if he had time he would be
enabled to communicate with Clark, and the bill
would be returned as well as the shares.
Alderman Culla,' s decided on remanding him
until Friday.
The secretary to the City of London Trades' Pro-
tection Society, who attended to watch the case, in-
formed the Alderman that he had been given to un-
derstand that Dickinson was not the real name of the
prisoner.