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London, England, 1846-04-11 00:00:00

not iii attendance, the magistrate adjourned the case
until yesterday, and admitted the defendant to bail.
Yesterday Mrs. Martha Bowler, the complainant,
stated that, on last Saturday evening, between seven and
eight o'clock, she went to defendant's house and asked
for him. The servant denied him, but Mr. White called
out that he was at home, ard desired the complainant to
walk in. The defendant was seated, and had a glass
containing some beer in his hand. When asked her
business, complainant said she was landlady of the Star
and Garter, and had come to demand ss. 6d., an amount
due for gin-and-water, beer, and tobacco, which she had
,upplied the defendant and his friend with on Thursday
evening last. He said he did not owe her anything, and
he would not pay her. Complainant observed it was very
hard, and then defendant said, " I'll not pay you—go
out of my house, you --." He then dashed a glass of
beer in her face, jumped up from his chair and struck
her in the side with his fist. Ile then caught hold of
her arms, and pressed them so violently as to bruise
them very much ; afterwards he pushed her violently out
of the house. She would have fallen had not her daughter
saved her from so doing. Her daughter had gone pre-
viously to ask for the money, and the defendant pelted
her with mud and stones. She did not suppose that the
defendant would have served her so, but he pelted hk r
also, after turning her out of the house.
Mr. PAYNTER said he was desirous of knowing how
the debt was incurred.
The complainant said that the defendant and another
gentleman, who was outside the Court, and who were
strangers, came to her house on Thursday evening, and
had two glasses of gin and water, and some tobacco.
They ultimately had two more each, and treated some
bell-ringers to some beer. The defendant said he had
no money, but if the complainant would send her pot-
man with him he would pay him. The potman went,
but returned empty-handed. Complainant sent four
times for the money before making application herself.
Cross-examined by the defendant—She did not strike
him in the face, and throw him upon the floor, or use
the poker to him. He did not say it was an unjust de-
mand, and he would see her another time about it.
Elizabeth Ann Beckley, a married daughter of the
complainant, proved that she went, between six and seven
o'clock on Saturday evening, to defendant's house ; he
was denied to her, but she found him in the garden.
When she told him her business, he thumped her on
the back twice, and said, " Get out, ycu stinking --,"
Witness went afterwards with her mother, and heard
defendant address the same coarse language to her
parent, and saw him pHsh her out of the door and down
the steps. She would have fallen had not witness sup-
ported her.
Cross-examined by the defendant—Did not call him a
thief, a villain, and a swindler.
John Everett, a carpenter, living in Surrey-lane, and
Battersea.
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opposite defendant's house, distinctly proved that de-
fendant assaulted both mother and daughter, and although
he was quite sober, made use of language most dero-
gatory to the character of a gentleman.
Two other witnesses, named Hill and Bennett, proved
that when they interfered to protect Mrs. Bowler, the
defendant applied most foul language to them, and
threatened to thrash them.
'The defendant's answer to the charge was, that on the
evening in question he was in his garden with a friend,
when the complainant's daughter came up to them, and
abused them most scandalously ; she was not satisfied
with that, but she called his lady a kept mistress. Cer-
tainly, after such language, he could not be expected to
be very calm, and he turned her out of the premises.
With respect to the widow, when she entered the room,
she said, "You th ef, you liar, you beat my daughter ;"
and then she struck him a blow on the ear, which sent
him reeling, and as he was recovering himself, she gave
him two blows with the poker. Her violence was so
great that his wife, who is very young, ran up into her
bed-room. He at last took her by the arms, and by the
exertion of some strength, turned her out of the house.
She then knocked at the door, and when he opened it
called him a swindler and thief. Two or three men, her
friends, were outside in his garden, and they bullied him
and told him he was a swindler. He positively denied
having made use of any such language as was imputed to
him, and did nothing but in self edefence, to prove which
he would call two witnesses.
Mr. Bernard Tanham Dryden was called—He said he
had been in the royal navy, and now held the rank of
Lieutenant in the Indian navy, and at present resided at
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FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL-, APRIL 9, 1846.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, for granting the
dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland unto Major-General Sir Henry
George Wakelyn Smith, of Alliwaul, on the Sutlej,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military
Order of the Bath, and to the heirs male of his body
lawfully -begotten.
Notice is hereby given, that we, the undersigned,
being three of the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma-
jesty's Treasury, have, in pusuance of the execution of
the powers vested in us by an Act, passed in the eighth
and ninth years of the reign of her present Majesty
Queen Victoria, intituled " An Act for the general regu-
lation of the Customs," appointed the port of Preston,
in the county of Lancaster, to be a port for the importa-
tion of tobacco.
Given under our hands, at the Treasury-chambers,
Whitehall, this 31st day of March, 1846.
WILLIAM CRIPPS.
RALPH NEVILLE.
S. T. CARNEGIE.
Office of the Poor-law Commissioners,
Somerset House, April 7, 1846.
In pursuance of an Act, passed in the session of Par-
liament held in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of
his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 76, inti-
tuled "An Act for the amendment and better adminis-
tration of the laws relating to the poor in England and
Wales ":
This is to give notice, that the Poor-law Commis.
sioners have appointed John Thomas Graves, of the
Inner Temple, Esq., barrister-at-law, to be an Assis-
tant Commissioner of Poor-laws ; and that the said
John Thomas Graves, on the 7th day of April instant,
took the oath required by the said Act before the Hon.
Mr. Justice Cres:well, one of the Judges of her Ma-
jesty's Court of Common Pleas, at his chambers, in
Itolls'-gardens, Chancery-lane.
By order of the Board,
• EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary.
Office of the Poor-law Commissioners,
Somerset House, April 7, 1846.
In pursuance of an Act passed in the session of Par-
liament held in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of
his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 76, in-
tituled, "An Act for the amendment and better
administration of the laws relating to the poor in Eng-

land andWales:"—
This is to give notice, that the Poor-law Commis-
sioners have appointed John Ball, of No. 85,
Stephen's-green, Dublin, Esq., barrister-at-law, to
be an Assistant Commissioner of Poor-laws for a
period of six months, from the second day of
April instant ; and that the said John Ball, on the
3d day of April instant, took the oath required by the
said Act before the Hon. Mr. Justice Cresswell, one of
the Judges of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at
his chambers in Rolls' gardens, Chancery-lane.
By order of the Board,
EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary.
Office of the Poor-law Commissioners,
Somerset House, April 7.
This is to notify that, in pursuance of an Act passed
in the session of Parliament held in the first and second
years of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria,
intituled " An Act for the more effectual relief of the
destitute poor in Ireland," the'Peor•law Commissioners
have directed John Ball, Esq., Assistant Poor-law
Commissioner, to carry the provisions of the said Act
into execution.
By order of the Board,
EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary.
ADMIRALTY, APRIL 7.

Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant and Quar-
termaster C. Miller to be Captain, vice Dwyer, trans-
ferred to the Artillery Companies of the Corps ; First
Lieutenant H. Bremer to be Captain, vice Logan, trans-
ferred to the Artillery Companies of the Corps ; Second
Lieutenant H. G. J. Davies to be First Lieutenant, vice
Miller, promoted ; Second Lieutenant It. V. Allen to be
First Lieutenant, vice Bremer, promoted.
Commissions by the Lord:Lieutenant of the Tower

Hamlets.
G. C. Reiman, Esq , to be Deputy-Lieutenant; A.
W. Beetham, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, April 7.
Commissions by the Lord. Lieutenant of Herefordshire.
F. R. Haggitt, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, April 6.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxford.
Col. H. Dawkins, R. B. Marsham, Esq., J. S. Phil-
lips, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenants, March 27.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant S. W.
Gardiner to be Captain, vice Lampet, who retires,
April 2.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of
Forfar.
W. B. Gardyne, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ;
Lieutenant-Colonel J. Dalgairns to be Deputy-Lietv
tenant, March 27.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham.

Derham Bowlby, Gent., to be Lieu
tenant, March 23.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Bate.

The Lord Rossthore to be Deputy Lieutenant; the
Right Hon. J. S. Wortley to be Deputy Lieute-
nant ; Lieutenant Colonel C. Stuart to be Deputy
Lieutenant; A. Fallarton, Eq., to be Deputy Lieutenant;
R. M‘Kirdy, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; W. Mar-
shalMEsq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; D. Salmond, Esq.,
to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; A. Sharp, Esq., to be De-
puty-Lieutenant ; C. V. Stuart, Eiq., to be Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, March 7 ; N. Jamieson, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant, March 17.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 8.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Montague Georg°
Smith, of Hemel Henri :teal, in the county (f Hertford.
Gent., to b a Master Extraordinary in the nigh Court
of Chancery.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

Joseph Whalley and Charles Whalley, nurserymen,
Liverpool,