The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-27 00:00:00

WANDSWORTH.

Wm. Mayo, a carpenter, in the employ of Mr. D.
Nicholson, a builder and contractor at Wandsworth, was
charged with stealing, at Ashford, two passenger tickets,
of the value of Is. 9d., the property of the South-West-
ern Railway Company.
James Horsford, a ticket-collector at Richmond,
proved that on Friday evening the prisoner got out of
the five p.Bx. Datchet train, which is first and second
only, and presented a third-class ticket from Ashford.
He demanded the excess fare, 4d., and the prisoner said
he had only paid Is. to the station agent at Ashford,
which would be the price of a second• class ticket from
that place. After some trouble the prisoner paid the
money demanded, and ho was allowed to go about his
business, it not being known at that time that a fraud
had been committed.

Charles Gardiner, the company's policeman at Putney
station, stated that on the evening previously mentioned
a man, who was now present, alighted from the five P.M.
dispatch train, and handed him the ticket produced.
which purported to be a third-class ticket from Ashford
to Wandsworth. Witness told him the ticket was wrong
and there was additional fare to pay, when he said the
porter at the Ashford station, who acted for the agent
during his absence, had given it him, and he paid ls. Bd.
for is, but he got out at Putney because he wanted to
call at Fulham. As he was recognised as one of Mr.
Nicholson's workmen he was allowed to go, and the
ticket was forwarded in due course to the agent at Ash-
ford.

Police-constable Bent, of the V division, who is spe-
cially employed by the South-Western Company, said
the prisoner had been at work at the station at Ashford,
and on Friday afternoon, during the absence of the
agent, he had sent the porter after some chips, and dur-
ing his absence bad stolen and stamped the tickets. One
was only partially stamped. What led to his detection
was taking third-class instead of second.
William Field, a labourer, said he worked with the
prisoner at Ashford. They left Wandsworth together
in the morning, and it was agreed that the prisoner
should pay for the money down and up, and he would
pay him again in the evening. He found prisoner at
the station, who said he had got the tickets, and he
received his from him in the train. He did not notice
which class it was, but supposed it to be a second.
The prisoner, who has the appearance of a respectable
man, complained bitterly of his detention in Sudbury
station-house from Saturday evening, and said he could
explain everything satisfactorily; and having been cau-
tioned by the magistrate, he said he went into the station
and asked th• porter for a time bill, and was told to take
one; he did so, and at the same time picked up two tic
kets which were lying there, intending to pay the agent
for them the next morning, as the agent had on other
occasions trusted him.

Mr. PAYNTER asked if it was true that the agent had
been in the habit of trusting the prisoner?
The agent said he had let him have a ticket on on•
occasion only, and then he had considerable trouble in
getting his money.
Mr. PAINTER said the evidence of the porter at Ash.
ford station was important, and he should remand the
prisoner till Thursday next, but he would take two sure.
ties in 101. each, fer his re-appearance on that day.
The prisoner, not being provided with bail, was
locked up.

GRATUITOUS PUBLIC AILUSEMENTS,-..The British
Museum, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, open Mon-
days, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from ten till four
o'clock. The National Gallery and Vernon Collectioa,
Trafalgar-square, open the first four days of the week,
from ten to four. The Royal Society of Arts, John-
street, Adelphi, daily, from ten till dusk. The Museum
of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
Sir John Soanes's Museum, Lincoln's-inn-fields. The
Museum at the India House, Leadenhall-street, from
eleven to three, on Saturdays. Mr. Saull's Museum, Al-
dersgate-street, daily. The Council Chamber and Mu-
seum, and Guildhall, and the Egyptian-hall, at the Man-
sion-house, City ofLondon. The Royal Exchange and Ves-
tibule at Lloyd's. The Mint, Tower-bill, in parties not
more than six, by application to the Master, the Right
Hon. R. L. Shiel. The Royal Hospitals at Chelsea and
Greenwich. The Botanical Gardens at Chelsea. The
Geological Museum, Craig's:court, Charing-cross. The
Missionary Museum at the Centenary Hall, Bishops-
gate-street. The Tower of London, except the Regalia
and Armoury, charge 6d. The Thames Tunnel, admis-
sion Id. The New House of Lords, by a trifling gra-
tuity to the housekeeper. The private Collection of
Paintings at Buckingham Palace, by application to the
Chamberlain. The State Apartments at Windsor
Castle, by tickets to be obtained of the chief printsellers.
The Cartoons at Hampton Court Palace. The Arbo-
retum and Botanical Gardens at Kew. Westminster
Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral are open free during Di-
vine service only.
Txls WEATHER.—Winter has made a sudden
descent upon us, after an unusually protracted season of
wet. In the beginning of the week the weather was
mild, but on Wednesday the thermometer descended
"fast and furious," and has been at a very low point for
the last 48 hours, with a bright sky, and no present
indication of change. A week ago everybody expected
hat we should this year have a green Christmas ; but,
instead of that, there is every prospect that the yule log,
the skating, and the other etcetara supposed to be the
fittingattendants upon the season, will be called into
requisition. Previous to the setting in of the cold, we
had some very tempestuous weather, and several dis-
asters at sea are:reported. On Saturday a fierce storm
raged in the North of England and the South of Scot-
land ; and at Glasgow one or two lives were lost in con-
sequence. The Banshee, steamer, from Liverpool to
Dublin, nearly foundered.—Gloucestershire Chronicle.
Preparations are making for the immediate recep-
tion, in Chesterfield-street, of the Countess of Dun-
donald and Lord and Lady Cochrane, who attend at the
marriage of the Duke de Quiche and Miss Mackinnon.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY.
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 26, 1848.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give
orders for the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel
George Buller, of the Rifle Brigade, to be an
Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the
Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honour-
able Order of the Bath ; and of Colonel Duncan
M‘Gregor, Inspector- General of the Constabulary Force
of Ireland ; and Lioutenant-Cofonel Charles Rowan,
C,B , one of the Commissioners of the Police of the Me-
tropolis ; to be ordinary members of the Civil Division
of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the
said Most Honourable Order.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 19.
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Corps of Royal Marines—Francis Lloyd Dowse,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; Ambrose Wolrige,
Gent,, to be Second Lieute❑ant.

BANKRUPTS.
William Bruce, baker, Albany-street, Regent's-park,
to surrender Jan. 4, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Canner), official assignee, Birchin-lane;
Webber, Caroline- street, Bedford-square.
Thomas Tilbury llaydon, butcher, Wandsworth, Jan.
11, at twelve, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Smith, Sten-
ning, and Croft, Basinghall-street.
Andrew Davidson Young, commission agent, Grace-
hurch street, Jan. 1, at half-past one, and Feb. 5. at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tut quand, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Lloyd, Milk-street.
Patrick Cruickshank, John Melville, and William
Faun!leroy Str et, merchants, Austin-friar•, Jan. 111,
at one, and Feb. 13, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assign( e, Frederick's.
place, Old Jewry ; James and Co., New Bank .buildings,
Lothbury.
Andrew Smith, wire rope manufacturer, Marylebone-
st eet, Middlesex, Jan. 9, at one, and Feb. 5, at half-
past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee, Coleman-street; Wheelock, Chancery-
lane.
Owen Parry, carver, Fleet-street, Jan. 6 and Feb. 17,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Wilson,
Furnival'a Inn. •
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Charles White Dillon, stationer, Rathbone•place,
Oxford-street, Jan. 3, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 8, at
twelve, at the Ctittrt of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee, Basinghall-street; Lawrance and Plews, Old
Jewry Chambers.
Francis Douglas Ilaviland, hop merchant, Burwash,
Sussex, Jan. 8, and Feb. 9, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-
lane; Walker, Furnivers Inn.

John Hall, timber merchant, Shrewsbury, Jan. 10,
at twelve, and Jan. 30, at ten, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
Gordon, Shrewsbury; Hodgson, Birmingham.
Anthony Gardiner, jun., timber merchant, Chepstow,
Monmouthshire, Jan. 9 and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee Bristol;
White, Eyre, and White, Bedford-row ; W. and C.
Bevan, Bristol.

William Toms, jun., victualler, Saltash, Cornwall, Jan.
10 and 31, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirt-
zel, official assignee, Exeter ; Beer and Rundle, Devon-
port ; Stogdon, Exeter ; Penkevil, West-street, Fins-
bury-circus.
William Bryan, jun., coal dealer, Garton on the
Wolds, Yorkshire, Jan. 10 and 31, at half-past ten, at
the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee,
Hull, Chilton and Co., Chancery-lane; Hodgson, Great
Driffield; Bell, Hull.
Joseph Elliott, draper, Liverpool. Jan. 10 and Feb.
5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool; Reed, Friday-street, Cheap-
side; Sale and Cu., Manchester.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall- street.

M. Foletti, Upper Summerfora street, Mile-end, look-
ing glass manufacturer, Jan. 19, at eleven—J. Hender-
son, Belfast, bookseller and stationer, Jan. 19, at one—
W. Nash, Budge-row, City, tea dealer, Jan. 19, at eleven
—J. Gerry, Gilbert street, Oxford-street, builder, Jan.
19, at half past eleven—T. C. Stanbrough. Berners-
street, Oxtord-street, wine merchant, Jan. 19, at half-
past one—Elizabeth Curtis and T. J. Curtis, Aylesbury,
plumbers, Jan. 19, at one—E. Parkinson, Whitby,
Yorkshire, grocer, Jan. 18, at one—lL Howell, Shrews-
bury, draper, Jan. 17, at eleven—J. Teasel, Norwich,
carpenter and builder, Jan. 17,:at eleven—J. Laxton,
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, coal merchant, Jan. 17,
at half-past eleven—H. Searle, Oxford, tailor and draper,
Jan. 17, at twelve—H. S. Searle, Queen's- place, Ken-
nington, surgical instrument dealer, Jan. 17, at half-past
eleven—G. H. Haworth and R. Archbutt, Manor's-
street, King's-road, Chelsea, ironmongers, Jan. 17, at
twelve—J. M'George, Wardour-street, Soho, ironmon-
ger and smith, Jan. 17, at half-past twelve—G. M'Donell,
Mincing lane, wine and spirit broker, Jan. 18, at twelve
—J. Gates, J. Coates, R. T. Bartlett, and G. Beck, Wat-
ling-street, warehoinemen, Jan. 18, at twelve—W. R.
RiAman, Clement-lane, City, insurance broker, Jan. 18,
at half-past twelve—C. Green, St. Mary, Overies -dock,
Southwark, wharfinger, Jan. 18, at half-past eleven—J.
Haddock, Bury St. Edmunds, pawnbroker, Jan. 18, at
eleven—W. Tomlin, Charing cross, carpet warehouse-
man, Jan. 18, at eleven—H. Carpenter, Cranborn-street,
Leicester-square, oil merchant, Jan. 18, at half-past
elaven—F. Pinder, Bishop's Stortford, tanner, Jan. 17,
at one—H. Clark, Redcross-street, and Plummer'il-row,
Whitechapel, oil and colour merchant, Jan. 17, at half-
past twelve—J. Brocklehurat, High Holborn, lamp and
gas fitting manufacturer, Jan. 17, at one.
In the Country.
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J. Lucas, Cardiff, general hhopkeeper, Jan. 18, at
twkilve, at the Court, Bristol—W. E. Gundry, Bridport,
banker, Jan. 18, at one, at the Court, Exeter—W. Yow-
ler, Crediton, Devonshire, auctioneer, Jan. 25, at one, at
the Court, Exeter—W. Dame, Exe'er, plasterer, Jan.
25, at one, at the Court, Exeter—l. Linde Moca• ta, Li-
verpool, commission merchant, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool—J. Horafield, Sunderland, merchant
tailor, Jan 18, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne—T. Tyson, Whitehaven, builder, Jan. 18, at half-
past one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Sud-
daby, Kingston-upon-Hull, millwright, Feb. 14, at half.
past ten, at the Court, Kingston-upon-Hull—A. Wal-
ker, see., M. Walker, A. Walker, jun., and R. Hasluck,
Birmingham and Philadelphia, merchants, Jaa. 23, at
ten, at the Court, Birmingham.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

J. Betts, Winchester, upholsterer, Ss. 4d., on Satur-
day, Dec. 30, and two following Saturdays, between
eleven and two, at ',the office of Mr. Groom, 12, Ab-
church-lane, City.
W. T. Dowers, Took 's-court, Chancery-lane, law sta-
tioner, 2s. 4d., on Saturday, Dec. 30, and three follow.
lug Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Groom, 12, Abchurch-lane, City.
J. S. Dobson, Harlow, Essex, surgeon, 2s. 6d., on Sa-
turday, Dec. 30, and three following Saturdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, 12, Ab-
church-lane, City.
T. W. Martin, Oxford, tailor, Is., on Saturday, Dec.
30, and three following Saturdays, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Groom, 12, Abchureh-lane,
City.
R. Lamb, Stockton-upon-Tees, iron-merchant, 3d., (in
addition to a previous dividend of 2s. 3rd.) on Saturday,
Dec. 30, or any following Saturday, between te❑ and
three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Royal-arcade, New -
castle-upon-Tyne.
J. Baker, Staunton-upon-Wye, Herefordshire, vic-
tualler, 3s. 4d., on any Thursday, between eleven and
three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Waterloo-street, Bir-
mingham.
C. Cooper, Willenhall, Stafordshire, grocer, ls., on
any Friday, between eleven and three, at the office of
Mr. Whitmore, Waterloo-street, Birmingham.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
W. Farlar, Brompton-square, builder, Jan. 19, at
twelve—J. Vaile, High Holborn, auctioneer, Jan. 18, at
one—Mary Norgate, Taviatock Villas, Taviatock-
square, schoolmistress, Jan. at twelve—J. Norton,
Johnstone and Paisley, manufacturer, Jan. 18, at eleven
—A. Turnbull, Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey, and
Russell-square, tanner, Jan. 19, at twelve—S. G. Fry-
man, Rye, Sussex, wine and spirit merchant, Jan. 19, at
eleven—J. Noble and R. E. Noble, Down-street, Picca-
d►lly and Ebury-street, Pimlico, plumbers and glaziers,
Jan. 17, at two—J. C. Dicker, Vere-street, Oxford-
street, merebant and shipowner, Jan. 17, at one—M. E.
Bensusan, S. L. Bensusan, J. L. Bensusan, and J. L.
Bensusan, Magdalen-row, Great Prescott-street, Good-
man's-fields, merchants, Jan. 17, at twelve.

In the Country.
R. W. M'Donnell, Bitton, Gloucestershire, paper
manufacturer, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol
—W. Angus, Gateshead, Durham, banker, Jan. 18, at
half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J.
Jepson, Driffield, Yorkshire, draper, Jan. 31, at half-
past ten, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull—O.
Roberts, Tyn-y-Coed, Carnarvonshire, cattle dealer and
farmer, Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—G.
Crocker, Yeovil, Somersetshire, ironmonger, Jan. 31, at
eleven, at the Court, Exeter—E. Lyue, Liskeard, Corn-
wall, attorney at law, Jan. 31, at eleven, at tha Court,
Exeter.

Court of Review, Jan. 16.
C. E. Newcomen, Austin-friars, City, merchant—J.
Green, Hansclon, Hertfordshire, blacksmith W. D.
Ewens, Bread Winsor, Dorsetshire, butter merchant—
J. Westlake, alias J. Cundy, Tavistock, Devonshire,
cattle salesman—T. Newetead, Norwich, linen draper
—J. Noble, Liverpool, baker—W. Payne, Lewes, Sussex,
clothier and draper—W. Darby, Walsham in the Wil-
lows, Suffolk, baker and confectioner—R. Foxley,
Herne, Kent, brick and tile maker—R. J. Cambridge,
Cheltenham, cigar dealer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Pritchard and R. Aldersey, Liverpool, wine mer-
chants—W. Homer and W. G. Eyles, Luton, Bedford-
shire, straw bonnet manufacturers—H. W. Westrop and
J. Grover, Burets St. Mary and Sudbury, Suffolk, grocers
—B. Froggatt and G. Richmond, Manchester, printers—
W. Currie, W. Newton, and J. Newton, Liverpool, ship-
owners—T. Oliver and I. Atkin, Nottingham, lace ma-
nufacturers—R. Coultharn and R. C. Cross, Barnard
Castle, Durham, and Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland,
attorneys—H. and J. Clark, Brighton, drapers—J. Bubb,
R. S. Lingwood, and B. Bubb, Cheltenham, attorneys-
-11. Laurence and G. 11. Laurence, Royal Exchange-
building, bill discounters—E. Shackle and J. W. Stan-
brough, Bota►ell Hayes, Middlesex, brick manufacturers
—E. Clarke and C. Walden, Neate-street, Coburg-rovd,
Old Kent-rood, japanning table-cover printers—W. Art-
leur and J. Watson, Great Windmill-street, Hay-
market, saddlers —A. Ashworth and J. Dig-
gie, Birtle-cum-Bamford, Lancashire. cotton spin-
ners—H. Osborne and A. Lord, Rochdale, Lan-
cashire, tailors—J. Grout, W. Martin, "J. Brown, R.
Tidswell, and G. P. Hubbuck (so far as regards G. I',
Hubbuck), Foster.lane, City, Ponder's-end, Middlesex,
Norwich, Yarmouth, and Ditchingham, Norfolk,
crape manufacturers—J. Nicholson, W. Muschamp,
Ward, T. Mallinson, F. Shaw, C. R. Scholes, G. Mal.
lineon, J. Beaumont, J. Rowley, W. Rowley, W. Mal.