The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-20 00:00:00

THE SACK OF NETJILLY.
(From Galignanis Messenger.)
On Saturday a young man named Robert was
brought to trial before the Court of Assize of the
Seine, on the double charge of having been concerned
in the burning and devastation of the Chateau of
Neuilly the favourite residence of Louis Philippe,
and of attempting to extort money under threats
from the Marquis de Nicolai. The prisoner had led
an adventurous life and had been in prison for rob-
bery. He was dressed with a certain elegance, and in
the course of the trial dwelt with great complacency
on his successes among women. The indictment set
forth that on the morning of the 25th of February,
after the revolution had been accomplished at Paris,
a number of people went to Neuilly, and demanded
to be allowed to visit the Chateau. As the soldiers
who had been placed to protect the edifice had been
withdrawn, there was no means of opposing this de-
sire. The regisseur, accordingly, gave orders that
they should be admitted, and it was hoped that
they would content themselves with a simple visit.
Presently the number of visitors greatly increased,
and after a time amounted to several thousands. All
went on well at first, but some men having called for
drink the cellars were broken open and the people
rushed in. After drinking to excess some of them
proceeded to commit acts of devastation. They tore
to pieces the rich furniture, destroyed the pictures
and works of art, and threw the remains of all out
of the windows. A heap having been made of the
furniture, &c., the drunken mob set it on fire. The
flames extended to the Chateau itself, and soon re-
duced a great part of it to ashes. The leaders of the
mob, who excited them to devastate and destroy,
were observed to be perfectly sober, and appeared to
have great control over them. Chief among these
leaders was the prisoner, who wore a red belt round
his waist. He was observed in the thickest of the
frightful scenes, and was detected, in company of
another man and a woman, in pillaging a number of
costly articles. The second charge was, that the
prisoner had written to the Marquis de Nicolai,
threatening that if he did not put a sum of 3,500 f.
under the porte cochere of his house at a particular
hour, his Chateau in the country should be
burned down by a gang of forcats. The
prisoner, in answer to questions put to him, said
that he had gone by the names of Vicomte de
Ribeyrolles and Baron de la Tour, partly because
he bad been condemned to imprisonment in early life
under his own name of Robert, partly because he got
on better in the world and succeeded better among
women. His imprisonment, he said, had corrupted
him, and on leaving gaol he again fell into crime.
" But," said he, " God did not abandon me. I met
with an English woman who knew my life, but did
not reject me. She was to me what Madame War-
ennes was to Jean Jacques Rousseau. I have
devoted my life to her. With her I have travelled
through England and Germany, and my heart, what-
ever may arrive, will always be hers." After answer-
ing some questions relative to a key of the Marquis de
Nicolai'a house which he had obtained, after which a
considerable robbery was committed, the prisoner
went on to say that he went to Neuilly on the 25th
of February with between 5,000 and 6,000 persons,
and that the Chateau was burning when he arrived.
He remained there two hours, and the next day
went to St. Cloud. He denied that he had
excited the people to devastate and burn Neuilly,
though the President warned him that he had
been recognized by several persons; and be also
denied that he had endeavoured to excite the people
to go and burn down the Chateau of St. Cloud.
Being asked what a paper found on him with the
inscription " Boulogne, Laferriere en Brie, Chateau
Rothschild I" meant, he could not or would not say;
neither would he say whether he had written it; but
if he had, he said, he had probably done so to know
how to spell M. de Rothschild's name. The Presi-
dent, however, told him that he had most likely
written the note in order that he might send a letter
to M. de Rothschild similar to that he had sent to M.
de Nicolai. The letter to the latter gentleman was
then read, and the prisoner admitted haring written
and sent it. The letter, as set forth in the indict-
ment, threatened M. de Nicolai that his Chateau at
Montfermeil should be burned down, as had been that
of M. de Rothschild at Suresne, if he did not deposit
3,500 f. under his porte cochere. The prisoner went
at the time he had fixed to get the money, but in-
stead of receiving the cash was captured by the
police. The witnesses were then called, and they
gave some curious details as to the devastation of the
Chateau of Neuilly.
M. Aubert, formerly regi4seur of the Chateau,
stated, that after the soldiers had gone away, he re-
mained with only about 50 persons, and as they could
not hope to resist the eineute, they put aside their
arms. At first the people were orderly, but the de-
vastation afterwards commenced, and was carried on
in spite of the exertions of a number of energetic
men, who threatened the thieves with death. The
floors soon became strewed with the necks of bottles,
broken glass, and the remnants of destruction. The
next day the witness went to the Château with General
Ordener, and the General, though he had seen many
fields of battle, wept at the sight of the horrible de-
struction which had been effected. "In the cellars,"
says the witness, "we found dead men with their
faces lying in wine ; others so drunk that they could
not stand upright; others who had to be pushed on
like blocks or brutes. There had been 90,000 bot-
tles and 1,200 casks in the cellar, but only 160 bottles
and 600 casks remained." A number of other wit-
nesses described the dreadful devastation. One who
distinguished himself in opposing the work of destruc-
tion, said that he had been attacked by some of the
drunken men, and rolled among the broken glass ;
" but," said he, " I killed one, wounded another, and
the third ran away !" A powerful woman, who had
been armed with a sword, deposed that she had pre-
vented the chief gardener's house from being burned
down, but the President told her that her conduct in
the course of the devastation had not been right ; and
he added, " Frightful things occurred ; at a moment
at which most infamous scenes were taking place in
one of the chambers, the bed, the ceiling, and the
floor gave way, as if by the punishment of Heaven,
and all disappeared 1" A witness, said that many
persons were burnt to death, and that the most abo-
minable orgies took place on the beds of the King,
Queen, and Madame Adelaide. Some Polytechnic
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succeed.
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prisoner having acted as a leader in the devastation,
and having shouted, " All must be burnt 1 all must
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the law, and give their spurious and second votes to the
Government favourites—a hedge worthy of the whole
transaction. In the meanwhile, the controversy which
is carried en about particular candidates is not without
amusement to those who can afford to laugh at the
exacerbation of feuds so ephemeral. It would be diffi-
cult to convey a notion cf the intense and itter indig-
nation of the other Conservative journals, e • the mono-
poly of recommendation asserted by the Constitutionnel
and the Journal des Debuts. And the obnoxious
trinity of Fould, Adam, and Roger, is everywhere
opposed, but eminently and formidably, by the
names of Delessert, Bugeaud, and Emile de Gi-
rardin. Another pretender there is, not supported
by the Moderates, unless it may be partially out of ill-
will and pique to General Cavaignac, in the person of
Prince Louis Napoleon. It is not difficult to understand
why his name is so often, and, as it appears to us, so un-
necessarily, brought before his countrymen. He is al-
ways coming in, always resigning, and always standing
again. But something more than this is required to
enforce and establish his superb pretensions. An ami-
able, honourable, accomplished, and popular gentleman,
he is by no means in so fair a public position as the
Princes of the House of Bourbon, who represent a
principle, and who, even were they cretins, could scarcely
be worse than Louis XIII. or Louis XVI. But, to con-
tinue Napoleon, you must be something more than his
nephew and the son of Hortense ; and his legitimate
successor is more likely to be found among those who
have fleshed their swords and earned their laurels in
Algiers, than in his own family and blood. Thus, we
think that the Reforms and the lien Public, which are
running in couples to hunt down the Prince, are giving
themselves much pleonastic trouble. Were he member for
Paris to-morrow, he would probably only play second
fiddle to his cousin, who has given promise of
some ability and eloquence ; and, were he even Presi-
dent, or "something more," he would scarcely prove
a serious obstacle to that regenerative radicalism, which
is the dream of the Reforme, or that coute qui coute as-
cendency of M. de Lamartine, which seems to be the
sole object of the Bien Public. However, to a light
nation like the French, the reproduction of ridiculous
passages in political history, is not without its effect.
And the etory of " the gilt eagle of wood, with Na-
poleon's victories in magnificent letters on its breast,"
and " the live eagle in its cage," and " the three-cor-
nered hat," and " the sword of Austerlitz," and the
" star of Eugene Beauharnais," are awkward reminis-
cences just now. While the quotations which the .Rd
forme has disinterred from the Prince's past speeches.
proclamations, writings, and examinations, are still more
fatal and untoward. He spoke, it seems, of "the revo
lutionary mud" with which an agent of his had mixed
himself up, much to his disgust; and with which he by
no means desired "to dirty his name." He also, it is as-
serted, invoked the aid of Russia in an unhappy phrase,
"In adopting me, this Power elevates me ;" while
General Montholon's frank confession before the
Orleanist Chamber of Peers, is severely stigmatised as
exposing the nature of the Bonapartist movement:—
" The Prince sought every means of entering into
France with arms in his hands, for the sake of retaking
the Crown." While we think that General (Cavaignac
has little to fear from the claims of the Napoleonists, he
may yet perceive in the vista "the beginning of the
end," in so far as his present authority is concerned.
Be the result of this election what it may, and even sup-
posing that two of the illoniteur's candidates be returned
(the third, M. Gervais, has retired), the Government
can scarcely withstand the rude shock which it received
the other day, in the speech of M. de Falloux, and the
ignominious capitulation to which it was reduced. The
confidence of the Assembly has been withdrawn from it.
The 'time-servers of the Centre and the Plain, upon
whom alone its majority depended, will rat, as they in-
variably have ratted; and General Cavaignac has no
other resource but to throw himself on that mountain,
to which his policy in office has proved so odious and
offensive.
ADVERTISER.—It is a long time since we advocated
the necessity of employing some effective means for the
purpose of saving this metropolis from the annoyance
and danger which inevitably result from the foul state
of the river on whose banks it is built, and we cannot
therefore but view with satisfaction the willingness of
any of our contemporaries to aid in bringing about this
" consummation devoutly to be wished." The subject is
for a variety of reasons, peculiarly seasonable, and we
therefore gladly resume our efforts for the purpose of
accomplishing an end which all would not fail to desire
and endeavour to accomplish, if the matter were only
presented before them in its proper light. The inhabi-
tants of London ought to:understand that the man who
writes " London is my dwelling-place," ought to be able
to boast of residence as puro and healthy as any place in
which a large community can be congregated. It is
true that the gathering people together in large masses
may give rise to a state of the atmosphere which is quite
incompatible with the enjoyment of health, but it is at
the same time true that this result is by no means a ne-
cessary consequence of living in cities. It is quite
within the power of the good citizens of London
to breathe in a pure and clear atmosphere, and
to contemplate with pleasure the fine stream which
now from Battersea to Blackwell is converted
into a noxious drain. We know a case which occurred
lately, in which a Londoner was innocent enough to
imagine, that he might enjoy a pleasant trip from
Waterloo-bridge to Greenwich-pier, when the tide was
running down. When we state that our friend was a
man with a nose, and with lungs, which have the habit
of inhaling whatever kind of atmosphere may surround
him, it will not be necessary that we should state how
grievously lie felt himself disappointed on the occasion to
which we refer. The bad odour produced by the influx
of the numerous drains, the contents of which were
diluted by the stream, so as to give them the greater
power of dispersion through the whole region, convinced
the passenger that he was expending his groat for the
misery of steaming along a drain some fire or six miles
in extent. For such a person it is not necessary to state
that Watermen's steamers will in future ply in vain when
the tide is running down. In the fond recollection of
bygone days, he may apostrophize the famous stream,
but while he sings, "Flow on, thou gentle river," he will
surely betake himself to some rapid conveyance, which
will place between him and the " gentle river," the greatest
possible amount of distance in a given amount of time.
We refer to this particular case only because it
is one of ten thousand which occur every week at this
season of the year, to the great damage of the people of
London, and what in the estimation of too many is still
worse, the deterioration in the value of property in the
neighbourhood of the Thames. With respect to the
state of the atmosphere, similar cause of complaint
exists. The policy of the city of London, whether well
or ill-directed all persons must judge for themselves,
has exempted the citizens from the operation of the
Health of Towns Bill, and deprived us of one means by
which it was proposed to remove the nuisances which
abound in various directions. Still, let it not be sup-
posed that we are doomed always to remain in the un-
healthy state to which we are at present exposed. We
do not expect that London will ever be able wholly to
dispose of its "home made cloud;" but we might ren-
der that cloud much lighter than it is at present, and save
the air we breathe from the intolerable and dangerous
impurities with which it is now filled. The smoke
nuisance of London may be abated, if it cannot wholly
be removed. The large manufactories in various direc •
tions, whose huge chimneys send forth their
dark and heavy volumes of soot, contribute
greatly to the atmospheric pollution, from which
the public health suffers. Those huge establish-
ments need not be as they now are, the causes
of annoyance and injury to the public. They can all
consume their own smoke. There are several inventions
applicable to this object, any one of which would suffi-
ciently accomplish the purpose. If we should be told, as
formerly we have been that the expense of using the
required apparatus is too great, we must venture to leave
that matter to the consideration of the parties concerned.
Those who are producing large wealth by these means
ought not to be permitted to damage the public for the
sake of avoiding a trifling expenditure. By proper at-
tention on the part of the community to their own in-
terest, nuisances of this and every kind by which the air
is polluted must be ultimately removed. We are glad
to perceive a disposition to recur to a plan which has
been formerly advocated in these columns, of running a
trunk lino of drainage along each bank of the river, so
as to prevent the offensive matter from entering the
stream, to pollute it. It is generally known, but the
fact is not duly appreciated, that the offensive contents of

our sewers may, by simple exposure to the atmosphere,
be converted into a valuable fertilizer of the ground. We
have seen a notice lately in illustration of the manner
in which this fact is beginning to be appreciated.
We refer to a ease in which the contents of a sewer wero
removed in a barge, for the purpose of being placed on
the land, and the price given for this manure, we hope,
will be such as to create a large amount of traffic. The
truth is, that, for want of a proper arrangement, we are
not only allowinc, our fine river to be polluted, we are
also depriving the fields by which London is surrounded
of the fertilizer by which their productive power would
be greatly increased. The refuse of a vast city, by a
most wonderful law of nature, can be converted into the
means of preparing a supply for the wants of its living
inhabitants. The plan, therefore, of saving all this
refuse for agricultural purposes is that to the accom-
plishment of which the public purpose should be di-
rected, and for the carrying out of which we have an
abundance of scientific agency available. Among the
various plans suggested to accomplish this most desirable
end, we have not seen any one with the details of which

we feel perfect satisfaction; but a very little time
would suffice, if the object were really determined

on, to accomplish all that is required. The ex-
periment to which we have just referred will,
we have no doubt, serve to stimulate the enter-

prize of those persons who have hit on that parti-
cular method of turning the public nuisance to a good
account. But we need not say, after the views lately

expressed, this method of acting cannot be carried on
without danger to the health of the parties engaged.
If the contents of the trunk lines of sewers were con-

veyed to places down the river, it would be quite prac-
ticable, by means of hose such as are now employed to
empty cesspools, to transmit the manure by boats and
suitable means of land carriage, to every place where
the fertilizer may be wanted, without at all exposing
those engaged in the undertaking to any danger or an-
noyance. Unhappily, the natural enterprize of our
countrymen has been greatly depressed by the excesses
of the railway mania period; but we hope that the
country will, before very long, recover a proper amount
of confidence and activity; and, should the Government
not have previously taken the subject under its own con-
trol, we know of none which would be more worthy of
fie energy of the commercial and philanthropic, than a
well-devised scheme for saving the river from pollution,
imparting to the land that nutrition which is now,
by bad
community, management, made u source of pestilence to the

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A YACEIT VOYAGE TO NORWAY, DENMARK, AND
SWEDEN. By W. A. Ross, Esg.—We know not when we have read any work, no matter the subject or species
of composition, with so much unalloyed content as
these varied and amusing volumes. It will be asked
what do they describe to render them so attractive.
Are you a salmon fisher ? read the book, and 'twill
tell you. Should you like to stalk the reindeer ? read
the book, and 'twill answer. Are you fond of strange
towns, strange people, strange lands and scenery—fond
would you be of ploughing the ocean in your own trim-
built yacht with the friends of your bosom ? read this
book, and you will see it done by others. Lord Rodney
in his Iris cutter, accompanied by the author and Cap-
tain P., left Greenwich to cruise round the coasts of
Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, chiefly in search of
salmon rivers. They were not, however, all absorbed by
fishing and sporting adventures. They visited and en•
joyed, like accomplised gentlemen as they are, Copen-
hagen, Elsineur, Gottenburg, Christiana, &c., and Mr.
Ross describes those places and their prominent features

with such graphic pleasantness, that you see them beam-
ing before you. They penetrate the interior of Norway,
and as they explore Its rivers, mountains, woods, and
fells, their admirable chronicler describes what they saw
with daguerreotype detail, and with thefreedum and glow
of pencil and oil colour.—Bell's Life.
FIRE IN CLEMENT'S-INN.—Yesterday afternoon,
between the hours of twelve and one, flames were ob-
served issuing from the windows of No. 12, Clement's-
inn. The alarm of fire was instantly raised, and on
some men proceeding thither, it was found that the
whole of the upper part of the passages and staircases
was on fire. With great exertion, however, the flames
were kept under until the arrival of the engines of the
London Fire Brigade and others, which succeeded in
preventing the spread of the damage, and ultimately
extinguishing the fire. The loss has thus not been
groat ; and we understand the premises were insured.
A basket, which was used as a receptacle for ashes, was
Found on the spot where the fire originated, burnt to a
cinder ; and it is supposed the firo was caused by some
hot cinders being thrown into it with the ashes.

THE RADCLYFFES OF DERWENTWATER MEMORY.
-It is understood that the representative of the attainted
Esrls of Derwentwater, Mr. Robert Radclyffe, of Fox
Denton-hall and Ordsall Manor, in the county palatine
of Lancaster, will shortly raise a claim to the family's
ancient Earldom of Sussex and Barony of Fitzwalter,
before the House of Lords. A case is to be submitted
to an eminent peerage barrister for his opinion on its
merits previous to being laid before the law officers of the
Crown. Should the claimant's title to the older peerage
be established (as we trust it may), it is presumed, he
will then proceed to seek for a reversal of the attainder
of the chivalrous but ill-fated Charles James, last Earl.
Although the larger portion of the Derwentwater estates
is inalienably granted to that amble institution, Green-
wich Hospital, there are yet some relics of their Scot-
tish possessions that the Crown. has the power of restor-.
irig along with this title, which it is stated, is the last of
the attainders caused by adherence to the SPlart dynasty
remaining unreversed.—Darlington Times,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 19.
(Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.)
WILLIAM BEECHAM'S BANKRUPTCY.
The bankrupt in this case, described as a banker
and money-scrivener, at Hawkhurst, Kent, applied
for and obtained his certificate to-day, without the
least opposition.

IN RE ---- PRICE.

This bankrupt, formerly connected with the Belle
Sauvage Inn, Ludgate-hill, applied for further pro-
tection, that previously granted by the Court having
expired. The application was grounded on the 2d
section of the new Act, which empowers the Commis-
sioner to grant an order of release to a bankrupt
whose examination being adjourned sine die, or his
certificate refused, may be incarcerated at the suit of
a creditor.

In this instance a creditor, named Newman, op-
posed the application, and
His HONOUR, having carefully perused the section
of the Act referred to, said, that under the circum-
stances of the present case he could not consent to
order the bankrupt's discharge, inasmuch as no judg-
ment of his guilt or innocence could be arrived at
until he had passed his last examination and came up
for his certificate. When this was done, he (the
Commissioner) would have the facts fully detailed,
and be thus enabled to form a satisfactory opinion on
the merits of the case. He must therefore decline to
accede to the application, but would appoint the 7th
of November for the bankrupt's examination.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Francis Shea, a shoemaker, living at 7, George
passage, Snow-hill, and Catherine Shea, his wife,
were placed at the bar before Alderman Lawrence on
the charge of assaulting, with intent to murder, their
landlord and landlady, Mr. and Mrs. Cox.
After hearing some evidence, Alderman LAWRENCE
asked when the complaining parties would be able to
attend ?
The son replied that it was possible they could
come to-morrow (this day).
Alderman LAWRENCE remanded them accordingly.
BO IV-STREET.
Isaac Norcott and Charles Gibson Norcott, two
young men, were charged with stealing a gold
watch, a cash-box, and a deed-box containing three
sovereigns, and between 20s. and 30s. in silver, from
the dwelling-house of the Rev. J. P. Denham rector
of St. Mary's, Strand. ,
The prisoners were nephews of the prosecutor's
housekeeper, and one of them, Charles Norcott,
visited his aunt at the residence chambers of the rev.
gentleman, in New-inn, on Tuesday evening, the sth
inst. He remained there about two hours, having
once absented himself from the room where they had
been sitting, on which occasion she heard a stumbling
noise in the passage. She did not take particular
notice of the circumstance at the time, thinking it
probable that he had mistaken his way in the dark;
but she now believed it possible that he might then
have admitted his brother, the other prisoner, into the
house. She went out with Charles at about ten
o'clock, and he took leave of her in Wych-street, after
which she saw nothing more of him. Her master re-
tired to bed as usual, and she believed that she secured
the house by bolting the doors, &c., before going up
herself. Between five and six o'clock the next morn-
ing the Rev. Mr. Denham, having just risen, disco-
vered that the front door was unbolted, and unlocked
from the inside ; and he afterwards missed his watch
from a shelf in his study, his cash box, and a deed box,
the latter containing 31. and some'silver. There hap-
pened to be nothing in the cash-box but an empty
pocket-book.
The gatekeeper of New Inn, Wych-street, who was
on duty on the Wednesday morning, deposed that he
saw Isacc Norcott pass through the gate at about a
quarter part five o'clock. There was no thorough-
fare at that hour, but witness knowing that he was a
nephew of Mr. Denham's housekeeper, and supposing
that he had come from there, did not put any ques-
tions to him.
Prosser, the chief constable of Coventry, deposed
having apprehended both the prisoners at their uncle's
in Coventry. They had arrived there, and were
sleeping together. He searched them, and found the
gold watch and pocket book beloning to the prosecu-
tor, both in the possession of Isaac Norcott.
The Rev. Mr. Denham stated that he had known
the prisoners a long time. They were the sons of a
former sexton of the parish, and he had interested
himself considerably in their behalf. He obtained a
situation in the Post-office, through the influence of
some friends, for Isaac Norcott, and had given reli-
gious instruction and advice to both the prisoners.
He believed that his housekeeper, who had been
in his service ten years, had allowed them to share
more than half her wages ; but, latterly, believing
Isaac to be a worthless, idle man, he had desired that
he should not be permitted to call at his chambers.
The prisoners offered no defence.
Mr. HINRT committed them both for trial.
George Bridge Mullins, a well-dressed young
man, who stated that he was a surgeon, living at 34,
Southampton-street, Strand, was placed at the bar
' charged with having conspired, with the Chartists
already committed from this court, to levy war
against the Queen and Government, &c.
Powell, the Chartist witness, repeated his former
depositions respecting the meeting of Tuesday, the
15th ult., at the Lord Denman public-house, where
the prisoner Mullins occupied the post of chairman,'
and made the seditious speeches attributed to him.
He called upon the meeting to turn out and fight,
and, at the suggestion of Cuffey, put it to the mem-
bers present, individually, " whether they would or
not ?" He told them to speak out honestly and
bravely. He accompanied the deputation who went
out to arrange the plans for the intended insurrection,
and, on their return, informed the meeting what
they were expected to do. He said that Mr. Ritchie
had been appointed to lead the noble band of men
who had volunteered to fire buildings, railways, &c.,
and put the propositions as to the watchword by
which they were to be admitted to the Orange Tree,
to meet their leader. In conclusion, he exclaimed,
" May God's bitterest curse hang upon the soul of
that man that shall betray any one of us."
The prisoner said, in the absence of his solicitor,
he should not cross-examine the witnesses.
Thomas Barrett, a shoemaker, living in Charles-
street, Lisson-grove, stated that he was a member of
the " Robert Emmett Brigade " section of the Chartist
Association, which held its meetings at Morgan's
OPaddington, and at Bree-
ulden-street, Marylebone.
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of August last, he saw him at Breeden's, and heard
him tell the meeting " to prepare themselves and be
in readiness for the great crisis that was coming."
Also, " that it would be necessary to make a small
sacrifice to enable them to assist the committee of
progress." On Wednesday, the 16th, there was
another meeting of between thirty and forty mem-
bers at the same place. The prisoner arrived there in
a cab in company with another man who had a
musket. The prisoner looked into the room,
but did not go in. A man Named Smith
went and tapped him on the shoulder, and said to
him "My boy, I thought you were taken." He
replied, " No, they shall only take me with my life."
Witness saw the pike-heads in the hands of several of
the Irish Confederates at the meeting ; also two
pistols. After the prisoner retired several others
followed him, and after a short absence he looked
into the room again. Smith came back with him and
said to the meeting that " they must prepare to be
in Crown-street, Soho, and in Seven-dials, by ten
o'clock, to meet their leaders, and if he saw a good
muster he would give the word of command." Some
one asked how they should carry their arms, whether
openly or secretly ? Smith replied, " The best way
you can." Witness walked towards Crown-street
and Seven-dials, and saw about thirty Chartists and
Confederates whom he could recognise, including
some who were present at the meeting at Breeden's.
A man named Liddell had stated that he only just
escaped apprehension at the Orange Tree by about
five minutes. lie stated it privately to Smith and
others; and also that he had some combustibles in
his pocket to take there, but seeing the police at the
house he hastened away as speedily as possible.
Sergeant Thompson, of the F division, stated, that
he apprehended the
prisoner at his father's house,
3, Tatham-court, John-street, East-street, Old Kent-
road, on Monday evening. Having a suspicion that
the prisoner was in the house, he watched the return
home of the father, and then forced his way in with
him. He found two ladies concealed in the coal-
cellar, and the prisoner was up stairs, attired in his
mother's clothes, with a bonnet and veil on. When
discovered he offered no resistance, but merely re-
quested time to put on his own apparel. Witness
and a brother officer (West) then took him to the
station.

The prisoner reserved his defence. He begged his
worship to allow him to go to gaol in a cab, owing
to his indisposition ; but, in the absence of a certificate
relating
to his health, Mr. Henry declined making
any distinction in his favour.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.

iIIARYLEBONE.
Frederick Bishop was placed at the bar for final
examination, before Mr. Broughton, on the charge of
having stolen a considerable quantity of cloth, &c.,
from the Paddington terminus of the Great Western
Railway.
The evidence went to show that, on Sunday after-
noon last, a parcel, containing cloth, silk, &c., value
upwards of 30/., was sent to Pickford's office in
Regent street, from Messrs. Kennedy and Co., Sa-
ville-row, addressed to Mr. Gould, Bath; it was
forwarded by the carriers to the railway station,
whence it had by some means or other, been ab-
stracted, and on the next morning the goods were
found in the possession of the prisoner, who was car-
rying them in a sack along the south Wharf-road, a

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short distance from the railway premises. The pri-
soner when stopped threw down his load and made
off, but was subsequently captured by Hughes,
13 D.—He was fully committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
John Whaller Gardiner, a young man of genteel
exterior, who has passed under the assumed names of
E. H. Green, Rutter and Co., and Straubenzee and
Co., was again brought before Mr. Bingham for
further examination, charged with having stolen a
bill of exchange for 2001., which was entrusted to
him by Mr. William Barnwall, of 81, Jermyn-street,
foe the purpose of getting discounted.
Mr. Hobler said he should apply for a remand, in
order that the prisoner might hear the evidence
brought against him by Sir William Woraley. What-
ever charges were brought against his client, he
thought a sufficient time ought to be allowed for the
attendance of all the witnesses; he should, however,
apply to have the prisoner admitted to bail.
Mr. Read said he had no objection, providing
twenty-four hours' notice was given.
Mr. BINGHAM said he had not the slightest objec..
tion to that, and would remand the prisoner until
Thursday week.

James Hill Albony to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Maxwell; Ensign Brent Neville to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Albouy; Alfred Constantine Norman
Smyth Pigott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Neville, Sept. 19.
47th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Call Lodder to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Grant, who retires; Ensign Wil-
liam Henry Longmore to be Lieutenant, by purchase
vice Lodder; Thomas Law R,berts, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Longmore, Sept. 19.
50th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Peter John
Petit to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice An-
derson, who retires ; Brevet Major William Langley
Tudor to be Major, by purchase, vice Petit; Lieutenant
Heathfield James Frampton to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Tudor; Ensign William Bellers to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Frampton ; Tindall Hebden, Gent.,
to be Eesign, by purchase, vice Bellers, Sept. 19.
83d Foot—Ensign Henry De Rinzy Pigott to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Alfred Churchill,
who retires; John Sprot, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Pigott, Sept. 19.
3d West India Regiment—William Hamilton, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Browne, whose
appointment has been cancelled, Sept. 19.
HOSPITAL STAFE—Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces
Anthony .John Dolce, M.D., to be Staff Surgeon of the
Second Class, vice Bruinmell, dee.ased, Sept. It.
BEEYET.—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Bristow, half-
pay 3itit Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846;
Captain Frederick Conyers Cotton, of the Madras Engi-
neers, to be Major in the East Indies, Dec. 11, 1847.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
The Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire
Yeomanry Cavalry—Joseph Robert Whitgreave, Gent.,
to be Cornet, Sept. 11.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Regiment of Yeo-
manry Cavalry—The Hon. William Henry Curzon to be
Cornet, vice Darwen, promoted, Oct. 21; Cornet the lion.
Henry Dugdale Curzon to be Lieutenant, vice Darwen, re-
' tired; Henry St. John Halford, Gent., to be Cornet, vice
Brooks, promoted, Nov. 9, 1847; Henry Freeman George
Coleman, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Burnaby, promoted,
April 20; Sir George Howland Beaumont, Bart., to he
Cornet, vice Clemant, August 4; Robert Wigram Ark
wright, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Henry D. Curzon, pro-
moted, Aug. 25, 1848.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
John Charles Barrett, carver and gilder, Strand.
Abraham Holmes, worsted spinner, Bradford, York-
shire.

BANKRUPTS.
Richard Gay, mustard manufacturer, Dover, to sur-
render Sept. 29, at one, and Oct. 31, at half-past twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurch-lane ; Bischoff and Cox, Coleman-street.
Stephen Gilbert Fryman, wine merchant, Rye, Sussex,
Sept. 29 and Oct. 31, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ;
Baddeley, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields.
Edward Pearson, modeller, Norwich, Sept. 29, at two,
and Oct. 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed-
wards, official assignee, Old Jewry ; Wood and Blake,
Falcon-street, Aldersgate.
Shadrach Robson, sea., farmer, Watlass Bedale, York-
shire, Sept. 27, at half-past two, and Oct. 31, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Hill and Mathews, Bury-
court, St. Mary Axe.
Henry Moseley and James Brabazon Murphy, carvers,
Derby, Sept. 29, and Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Not-
tingham; Gadsby, Derby; Reece, Birmingham.
Isaac Hurn, tarpauling manufacturer, Islington, Sept.
26, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 31, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane; Chidley, Guildhall-chambers.
William Watson, innkeeper, Golden-valley, Codnor-
park, Derbyshire, Sept. 29, and Nov. 3, at eleven, at the
District Court, Birmingham. Bittleston, official assignee,
Nottingham; Jesop, Alfreton, Derbyshire; Stephens and
Co., Queen-street, London.

John Horatio Charlton, tailor and draper, Hales Owen,
Worcestershire, Sept. 28, and Oct. 26, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming-
ham; Motteram and Co., Birmingham ; Hayes, Hales
Owen.

John Yates, sen., corn merchant, Colton, Staffordshire,
Oct. 3, and Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Pal-
mer. Rugeley; Smith, Birmingham.
John Render and Edward Render, tailors, York, Oct.
2 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds ; Nixon, Clifford's, inn, London ;
Pratt, York; Harle and Clarke, Leeds.
Richard Moyle, ironmonger, Penryn, Cornwall, Sept.
28, at one, and Oct. 25, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon,
Exeter ; Baker, Ruck, and Jennings, Lime-street,
London.

William Croudson, iron merchant, Wigan, Lancashire,
Oct. 2 and 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Norris,
Allen, and Simpson, Bedford row, London; Woodcock,
Part, and Scott, Wigan.
James Duckworth, provision dealer, Oswaldtwistle,
Lancashire, Oct. 2 and 23, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester;
Johnson, Son, and Wetherall, Temple, London; Taylor,
Manchester.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Brooks, Norwich, leather merchant, Oct. 11, at
eleven—J.T.Ubsdall, Exbury, Southampton, brickmaker
and dealer in bricks, Oct. 12 at halt-past twelve—G.
Gilbert, Folkestone, Kent, leather cutter and shoemaker,
Oct. 11 at twelve—B. Stapleton and W. Thorn, White-
friars, scavengers and dust contractors, Oct. 12, at twelve
—R. W. Philps, Dorking, fellmonger and woolstapler,
Oct. 12, at half-past eleven—C. Percival, Greenwich,
dealer in china and earthen ware and glass, Oct. 12, at
eleven—R. Oakley, Southampton, market gardener,
Oct. 11, at one—G. F. Blow, Great Dover-street, New-
ington, currier, Oct. 11, at half past eleven—C. J. Ha-
milton, High-street, Islington, bookseller, Oct. 11, at
twelve.

In the Country.
W. T. Morgan, Neath, Glamorganshire, draper, Oct.
24, at eleven, at the Court Bristol—J. Higginson and B.
Deane, Liverpool, merchants, Oct. 13, at eleven, at the
Court Liverpool—P. Hare, Liverpool, tallow chandler,
Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Court Liverpool—R. Imeary,
East Jarrow, Durham, alkali manufacturer, Oct. 13, at
twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—C. Martin,
Darlington, Durham, plumber and glazier, Oct. 13, at
one, at the Court Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Welsh, Car-
lisle, Cumberland, tailor and draper, Oct. 13, at half-
past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Gatrell, Lymington, Hampshire, upholsterer, Oct.
13, at half-past eleven—J. Gibbs, Lewes, Sussex, boot
and shoemaker, Oct. 13, at eleven—H. Ellis, Ebury-
square, Pimlico, baker, Oct. 13, at eleven—N. Bruce,
Farringdom-street, printer, Oct. 10, at twelve—W. Sharp,
Wisbech St. Peter's, Cambridgeshire, common brewer,
Oct. 13, at two—C. Humfrey, jun., Manor-street, Cam-
berwell, Surrey, merchant, Oct. 13, at half-past two—G.
Clay, Queen-street, Cheapside, woollen warehouseman,
Oct. 11, at eleven—W. Clunes, Brydges-street, Covent-
garden, pawnbroker, Oct. 18, at half-past one—W. Clo-
thier, 5, Quickset row, New-road, Fitzroy-square, sta-
tuary, Oct. 18, at one.
In the Country.
F. R. Stradling, Glastonbury, apothecary, Oct. 17, at
eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Austin, Clist Honiton,
Devonshire, builder, Oct. 25, at eleven—at the Court,
Exeter—F. H. Rendell, Torquay, Devonshire, builder,
Oct. 25, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—H. Hillier, jun.,
Birkenhead, Cheshire, innkeeper, Oct. 10, at eleven, at
at the Court, Liverpool—Jane Parker, Goosnargh with
Newsham, Lancashire, Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester.

At the Court of Review, Oct. 10.
G. Perigal, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, wine
merchant—C. Brady, Clement's-lane, Lombard street,
wine merchant—J. Every, sen., Lewes, Sussex, iron-
founder—J. S. Peirce, Southampton, saddler—J. Coop,
Radcliff, Lancashire, timber-merchant—G. C. Hol-
land, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, banker—W. Y.
Scott, North Walsham, Norfolk plumber—R. Lane,
Lisson-grove North, corn dealer—J. Laws; Broad-
street, Golden-square, grocer—W. Clay, Cheapside,
wareboustnen—J. B. Ruib, Mylne-street, Claremont-
square, cattle dealer—J. Woodyatt, Witton, Cheshire,
joiner—T. K. Adams, Birmingham, gun manufacturer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Richardson, T. F. Caldbeck, and J. S. Smith,
Lisburn, Ireland, bleachers, and Watling-street, ware-
housemen—J. Gibbons and R. Hadfield, Manchester,
power-loom cotton cloth manufacturers—G. Sakamore
and W. Smith, King's Lynn, butchers—W. Mannox
and J. Tonks, Wolverhampton, carriers—E. Rayne and
D. Burn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ironfounders and engi-
neers—J. J. Rogers and J. H. Rogers, Exeter, vete-
rinary surgeons and salesmen—Mary Rouse Ivey and
Martha Gregory, Bristol, Berlin wool and fancy dealers
and stationers—J. Lumb and J. Greenwood, Halifax,
fancy manufacturers—J. Williams, J. Holmes, and W.
Simpson, Wells, Somersetshire, paper makers (s 0
far as regards W. Simpson)—T. Roper and W.
Gray, Loughborough. Leicestershire, lace manu-
facturers—W. Paterson and J. Wither, Taun-
ton, drapers and tea dealers—M. Harrison,thahc
and R. Harrison, Chester, silk mercers—T.aJt.ldTb.aSrgmeitbhu,ilGderrese—nhAa.milaßnehrkasnhdirelidtiGmrba.ertSmtn:eAircuhsatriiht-s
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Martin's-le-Grand—T. Figgis and J..DurTdineL, St.edg Ledger, St.
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Thomas James Heiman Culverhouse, Brynmawr, Breck-
nockshire, publican.
Joseph Epps, Maidstone, fellmonger and woolstapler.
Isaac Batkin, Stafford, Ihker.

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INVVrtillitiiam Griffiths, Lock, Brecknockshire, lock keeper.
George Dry, Dinder, Somersetshire, labourer.
James Newton Nicholas, Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire,
tinplate worker.
William Wilson, Liverpool, butcher.
Patrick Kenney, Walton, near Liverpool, brick burner.
Ed ward Duncan Chapman, Isle of Thanet, railway ticket
collector.
Joseph Roper, Nottingham, schoolmaster.
Frederick Wheelhouse, Nottingham, journeyman printer.
William Coxon, 13eeston, Nottinghamshire, shopkeeper.
SCO rca SEQUESTRATIONS.
T. Patterson, Glasgow, spirit dealer, to meet Sept. 22,
and. Oct. 23, at one, within the Crown Hotel, Glasgow.