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APRIL 17, 1851.
N°. 18,273.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVE NING
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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND
EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.

DIEECTOPS.

t*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
*W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq.
*Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq.
tElliotson, M.D„ F.R.S. t*Edmund S. Sy-mes, Esq.
*Ralph Gough, Esq. tsClement Tabor, Esq.
*M. C. Maher, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq,
*John Moss, Esq. t*Augustus Vigue, Esq•
AUDITOR.
trrofessor Wheat,tone,

f 3. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street.
SURGEON.
t*E. S. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.
RCTUA.RY.
t*W. S. B, Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S.,
SECRETARY.
*D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq.
suramsTENDENT.
*W. A. Hawkins, Esq.
BANKERS.
t*Messrs. Glyn, HaUlfax,
Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS,
•Messrs. Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall-

street.
*W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throginorton-street.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE.
CAPITAL-500,0001.
The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the Ac-
cured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that
can he conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab!e the Assured is
entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance,
to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums,
without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by
simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with-
held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the
event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the
Policy, on its surrender one-hall of the annual payments will be
returned by the Society.
Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health
and payment of arrears of Premium Without interest.
Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged,
so as to make them available as securities in the hands of
third parties.
Ne Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp.
The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums is
63,0001.; tne amount covered by the Policies of the Society is
1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to
the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves-
tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As-
sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cant. on their Premiums
in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED.

ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN EXASIrLES OF .1301,4 USES ALISEAD 1 ,r,u,A.n.u. J.,
RAILWAY. , I
1
Penna-
-1)41. r EASTE it HOLIDAYS. :1., : 7 , Annual IPolicy, Bonus In uent Re-
/ezin, , ICRETS issued on Thursday, the 17th instant, and inter- Age. ill I Pre- takenl additioa Bonus In ductlen of
"aYs, will be available until Monday, the 21st inst. = m rahliEE out inll to Sum Cash. Annual
By order. Assured. Premium.
MIRK MUSH.
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General Manager's Manager's Office, Euston Station, £s. el. Xs d. £B. el.
_ April 12, 1851. 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1
,------------- lB3B 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7
Fti, 00 R CL OTHS. 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8
Pest Quality Warranted - - 2s. 6d. per square yard. 1 A s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010
Persian and Turkey pattern - 2s. 9d. do. do. 60 1000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 &11
,-oulmon Floor Cloth -- - 2s. Od. do. do. 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3
1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 81 10
CO3"aPantied Folding-screens from 30s.
'''o-fibre Mats and 3latting.—lndia Matting, Plain and Figured.
1 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 59 11
1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 410 1
-..,.._ JOWETT, Manufacturer, 532, New Oxford-street.
• —„__ ~- ......„ ..,..,,,h,ei without extra Premium

Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium
Moderate extra PremiumlTAßLE for ReFIRE OFFlCEsidence in Tropical Climate&
EQU.
Capital-500,0001.
(Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
The leading principles of this Office are —Moderate and equitable
Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits.
The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion
Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so
great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess
than calculation.
It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the
different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the
amount of annual Premiums received by each.
It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers,
that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the
true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu-
rance Company is established.
The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap-
goached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto
been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied.
Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to
the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as
security against less for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer
is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by
supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica-
tion and Average, the Premium will be prcpertioned to the risk.
The Equitable Fire ()Mee will, by a constant analysis of its own
experience, from time to time, adopt such rates of Premium as the
nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange-
ments as regards tariffs with other offices.
With this view an annual investigation will be made into each
class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett
excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have
been in forde for three years.
Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon
every description of Property on moderate terms.
Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent, without the Average Clause.
Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica-
tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents.

LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
Licensed by Act of Parliament.
ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT
M WINDMILL-
,
—"See, CharIesSTREET Emile Laurent, jun.,ES 57, Brompton-Square.)
OPEN EVERY EVENING,
With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND.
jkor,, Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt.
Able Open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence at
and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely.
Admission, One Shilling.
ing ~yrr. LAURENT'S BENEFIT will take place on the Evisi-
-----..._:23RSDAY, May 22.
AYTOR GRANITE COMPANY.
k&L,p, Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL
torido„*9 of the Proprietors in this Company will be holden at the
May Coffee House, Ludgate-hill, on THURSDAY, the Ist day of
Int,Coat, at Eleven fcr Twelve o'clock precisely, to receive a state-
lett V. the Accounts for the year ending the 25th of
.March
,last, to
trgnet our Directors in the room of Janus Andertoc, Esq., Charles
'‘'ho EN., James Harmer, Esq., and Taverner John Miller, Esq,,
r00,6° Out of office in rotation ; and to Elect Two Auditors, in the
Who 't Henry Arthur Hunt, Esq., and John Henry Taylor, Esq.,
The out of office in pursuance of the direction of the Charter.
41 „eve-named gentlemen are eligible for re-election to their save-
t,V. Also to consider the propriety of altering the day fixed
U1(118, cod of Constitution for the Annual General Meeting from
of May to the Ist of June, and the day of the Directors and
Yegr."4B ‘ntiring office from the Ist of Juno to the Ist of July in each

W. 11. PALMER, Secretary.
\oa
• , Millbank-row, Westminster, April 14, 1851.
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ARRIVAL OF FOREIGNERS.
v„,,,,
t!1. any proof were wanting thattoLdoinndo-intobuseeginkseetoperflll,ariet
ti,i'l3,
fbili,fowninndg
eintchtli
tc example, g
and tagking down their bills
oehfelets
44:,Partments to let," because, and it
is a geod reason, they are
,Y all engaged. The various exhibitions in London are highly
l• 'enised by wondering strangers, who seek novelty until the Glass
all,
tll5, ,e shall be open for their reception ; but there is no exhibition
tk,,,cas excited so much wonder and admiration as the splendid es-
t,;,."shrnent of Messrs. E. MOSES and SON ; foreigners of all nations
ti;', the spacious show-rooms, and are struck with astonish-
et and delight at the superb decorations and the enor-
X"ne stock. It is well observed by some of them, that
keaePoleon, when he called the English a nation of shop-
or ere, never contemplated that such a palace of trade as that
.... to- ,
lteh,. uSE-, and SON could be erected. Strangers who visit the
the l'"ehment daily in great numbers, are invited to walk through
qcgeacious show-rooms and warehouses, and every step they take
eiviliti.s their amazement. Whether they purchase or not, the same
tilth,q and attention are shown to visitors of all nations, and
the "ugh Messrs. E. MOSES and SON are known by repute all over
Est nobody nobody can form the least idea of the extent of their
hier4°,ishment, until they see the enormous size, and view the still
,
to
Which
stock. But accustomed as many foreigners are
Which: Prices, where food and labour are cheap, the low price fi t
sleek. they see every article in Messrs. E. MOSES and SON'S
Pecs, 'narked in a country like this, where both are the re-
ot 4, makes the establishment appear to them altogether cote
P. ~,ugreatest wonders of the British metropolis, and Messrs.
thiw„SES and SON have determined that it shall be so—
that laeir marts shall be clothing marts for the whole world, and
the „no nation shall rival them in the usefulness, the cheapness,
reig,i!le, and general quality of every article tey sell. Tha fo-
-111/4,„-rs who go home with clothing trom the establishment of
for tks• E• MOSES and SON in 1851, shall find no alteration, except
ill the better, in after years, and they may be assured that by send-
they r What they require, they will find the same treatment etas
_if
Alia ~rne for it, for such his been the system adopted by MOsES
Pret,'N that all dealings are uniform ; a system founded on small
th,;‘,
and large returns. It is by that straightforward by'
that
eyst,,2ave succeeded beyond all precedent in trade ; it is y+ that
It iTi.that their establishment has grown up to surpass all others.
Nlta3,
'e, that
,2f this great tat they have secured the confddence of the
0,, empire, cu
and that they hope to sere the pat ron-
we People of all countries.
4 handsome Almanac, for the year 1851, can be had gratis, on
The application.
of
the new edition of " Everybody's Book, containing a full report
ietter ate important trial, may be had gratis, on application, or by
t west free.
nr out
SES and SON have no connexion with any other house in
°f London, except the following :
%I, Za" City Establishment, 158, 151, 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
toll'oarld 80, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
ltd 2,"°11 West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
tr"aZarrt-street, all communicating.
kelt d " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street.
lap eld Branch, 36, Fargate.
111 kket°l*3, Clotiers, Htters, llosierS, Furriers, Boot and Shoe-
Nfs,,and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
tfre'etablishments are cloeed from sunset Friday to sunset Be-
'. when business is r.smued till Twelve o'clock.
Ict I'on parte Francaise. Qui si pada Italiano.
••••-„,........._111er spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol,

National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society.
* Equitable Fire
f* Both Offices.

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be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho;
wriq cl-strect ; maim, 39, Cornhill or direct from the author ,
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ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Roalth, Recreation, and rational Use of Time."
Narrrs;—Early Rising—Sprmg and Summer Mornings—Ex.
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WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
6. D. that three seore years and ten our course may ran."
k,
yebvlPhlar review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
!bib ,o''-debibtated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
INtl44lrtg, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and ern-
-4t404 td age with tables and rules for the diet and physical rev-
- every-day life. -

Iv.
THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
8p Truths Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
-Life,a ilgrimage, from infancy to old age. advent
40t^rk- Da3lllo Chastity and its infringements. The casualties o.
a„ tion M.
,r1r,..,-,ness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative,
-4diative, Advocacy of early aaarriago...
V.

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tlteo.„ "Tobe or not to be, that is the question."
'slsq ~-42ER7S:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
thol,`egarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
as to age, temperament, complexion, and
11.,,611414°,1 both sides,
eqs,isir.o secure healthy offspring, with the . art of rearing them.
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O`te 'l'9'lllV-five years ttedical and Forensic Referee in these
~r,--1 Reception hours daily till five. Evanio" sayer, till
nine.
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THE REMEDY FOR
IS% DISEASE.
LANGUAGES—FORTIETH EDITION.
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abtl Improved Edition, enlarged to
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Cases.
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lotion,
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner LAw.)
IN RE JAMES HENRY HANCE.
This insolvent, it may be remembered, described
himself as an agent for discounting bills of exchange,
and had advertised under the name of James.
Mr. Nichols on Saturday appeared, as before, for Mr.
Hustler ; Mr. Dowse represented Mr. Bowen ; and
Mr. Sargood appeared for Captain Campbell, Mr.
Sewell, and Mr. Robinson.
Mr. Commissioner LAw said he had required the
insolvent to give an account of what bills he had had
of certain persons named Chapman and Beesely, and
an account had been furnished showing three bills.
Was that all ?—The insolvent said there were three
or four. Every bill to which their names were ap-
peared in the schedule.
Mr. Commissioner LAW observed, that when the
insolvent's embarrassments began to thicken in Octo-
ber, 1849, when he was twice arrested, there was a
great quantity of bills out with Chapman's and
Beesely's names on them, as appeared from the latter
schedule ; for both those parties went through this
Court about October, 1849. From Beesely's sche-
dule it appeared that there were twelve bills, amount-
ing in the whole to 1,3611., received from Hance, and
paid over to Mr. Blackburn.
The insolvent said they never received any bills
from him directly. He knew of no others beyond
those mentioned in the schedule.
Mr. NICHOLS said, on behalf of his client, he had
no fresh evidence to lay before the Court. He was
only instructed to watch the case, and pray for judg-
ment at the proper time.
The insolvent was then examined by Mr. SAR-
GOOD—IIe said, in May, 1850, he received a GO/. bill
from Mr. Henry Francis Robinson, drawn by him
upon his brother, Mr. G. R. Robinson, at three
months. He did not agree to give 501. for the bill,
but was to give what he got for it, minus his com-
mission, 10 per cent. He promised to get the bill
discounted, and to send the proceeds to Mr. Robinson
as soon as he got it done. He could not say how
long he kept the bill in his possession, but he gave it
afterwards to Mr. D.L. Lewis,Tower-street, to be dis-
counted on the best terms he could get. That bill he
had never had back; but Mr. Lewis had repeatedly
promised to return it, as he had done nothing with
it. In August a person called upon him (insolvent)
about the bill, but no terms for its restitution were
proposed. He promised to get it back if possible, and
did attempt to get it from Mr. Lewis, who had never
given any reason for keeping it, but always promised
to return it. He had never, to the best of his recol-
lection, seen any other person than the one previously
mentioned about the bill. Mr. Lewis had, as far as he
knew, the bill at this time.
Mr. Commissioner LAW—And be has never given
you any value for it. Insolvent—No, sir.
Mr. Commissioner Law called the insolvent's at-
tention to his written statement that he had discounted
this bill with Mr. David Leopold Lewis, and bad
given the proceeds to Mr. Robinson.
The insolvent answered that Mr. Lewis bad agreed
to discount it, and his impression had been that he
had don© so, but now it appeared that it was not so.
Mr. Vyse stated that he was in August last butler
to the late Mr. Robinson, then M.P. for Poole, to
whom he communicated a statement which Mr. G.
Robinson (a son) bad made to him, and afterwards
called upon one Mr. James (the insolvent), whom be
informed that the father of the young gentleman had
authorised him to make some arrangement about their
bill, and to offer a sum of from 31. to Si. upon its
being returned. The insolvent said the bill was not
then in his power, as he had applied to " parties" to
discount it, but it had not been done. Witness again
offered Si. for the return of the bill, and gave his
address at his master's residence, Chester-terrace,
when the insolvent said he could not accept the offer
at that time. Witness had never heard from the
insolvent since, but a person had called, as witness
understood, from Mr. Lewis, of Tower street, about
the bill.
In answer to the insolvent, the witness said he
believed the bill had not been paid, and he had heard
that both the drawer and acceptor were out of the
country.
Mr. MALLESON, a solicitor, stated that in July last
he was desired by the late Mr. Robinson to call upon
the insolvent in reference to the bill bearing his son's
name, when the insolvent, in reply to a question,
stated that he had given no value for the bill, but that
he had it not then. Witness asked what he could get
it back for, and the insolvent replied he had passed it
away, but he thought he could get it back for Si.
Witness said he was not authorised to offer 51., but
would communicate with his client, and had not since
heard any more of the matter.
Mr. Commissioner LAw, upon referring to an ac-
count furnished by Lewis of his transactions with the
insolvent, said he found the bill in question, and
Mr. Lewis had also stated that he had commenced an
action against Mr. Robinson through a Mr. Billing.
The insolvent, in reply to Mr. Sargood, said Lewis
was not present. He had not seen nor heard of him
for the last month, nor seen anybody on his behalf.
He sent repeatedly to inquire, but Lewis was not to
be found or communicated with, and he (insolvent)
had been told that he was out of the country. He
knew Mr. Billing by name, but had only seen him
once some years ago, when he sued him (insolvent)
upon a bill of exchange, which he paid. That was a
bill which a Mr. Irving had accepted for the.purpose
of being discounted, which was not done. lie (in
solvent) was the drawer, and Mr. Billing sued him
upon it, and he paid and returned the bill to Mr.
Irving. The bill had been given to Lewis Levi before
his last insolvency. He did not know how often
Lewis Levi had been bankrupt and insolvent.
The Learned COMMISSIONER said there were three
schedules of Levi's in court, one in 1827, when his
debts were 15,5841., one in 1847, debts 12,9661.; and
one in 1849, debts 5451. He was ban pkrut in the
years 1812, 1818, 1822, 1825, andlB27, and the debts
still unpaid were about 40,000/.
Mr. SARGOOD-1 suppose your being sued by Mr.
Billing upon that was the reason which made you so
careful not to put your name to any of these bills.
Insolvent—(knits right, sir.
Mr. SARGOOD then proceeded to inquire respecting
the case of Captain Campbell. The insolvent said he
knew nothing of Mr. Henry Levi. He got nothing
from Lewis Levi for Captain Campbell's bill.
Mr. SARGOOD said that Mr. Henry Levi, of
Arundel street, had written a letter demanding pay-
ment of Mr. Se well's acceptance, and threatening pro-
ceedings as the alternative. They had wished to
examine Mr. Billing, but had been unable to catch
him.
Mr. Commissioner Lew observed that Mr. Beesely
had written for payment of this bill on one day, and
Mr. Billing wrote another demand for himself a few
days after. Hance had told them that Lewis got that
bill, and that wino and pictures were to be given for
it, but nothing came of it, and Mr. Lewis swore he
had not the least recollection of such a bill.
A clerk to the attorney said he took out a sub acne
for Mr. Billing on the Bth instant, but had not been
able to serve it. An action had been brought upon
the bill, and notice of trial given for the last Maidstone
assizes, but in consequence of the absence of Lieute-
nant Hallows, a material witness, the trial was post-
poned until the next assizes.
The insolvent said he knew nothing of Mr. Sewell
—his transaction was with Lieutenant Hallows—and
put in a letter signed by that officer :
" September 17, 1850.
" I hereby authorise you to negotiate and deal with
the bill of exchange dated this day, drawn by myself on,
and accepted by, Mr. John Sewell, of Wickhill-house,
Berks, in such way as you may think fit; and your re-
ceipt for the produce shall be an acknowledgment in my
behalf for the consideration for the same."
In reply to the COMMISSIONER,
The insolvent said he dictated the form of the letter
for Lieutenant Hallows to write, and he took it from
all he had dealings with. Lieutenant Hallows got no
money for the bill, for the best reason, that he (insol-
vent) got no money for it himself.
Mr. JAMES then called a clerk to the attorneys of
Mr. Bowen to make out that gentleman's complaint.
The witness said an action had been commenced
against Mr. Bowen by Messrs. De Paul Dastis and
Dastis, upon a bill of exchange for 2501, dated
September 18th, 1850, endorsed by Lewis to them.
Pleas had been put in, and there the matter remained
at present.
Mr. Commissioner LAW asked the insolvent if he
had been aware of any bill dated as lately as the 18th
of September, 1850 ?
The insolvent replied that he received the bill in the
morning of the 18th of September, and was arrested
in the afternoon. He had never heard of Messrs.
De Paul and Co. till the last witness called upon him
a few days since.
None of the parties had any further evidence to offer.
Mr. Commissioner Law said be had his own irn-
preesion upon this case. There had been a good deal
of matter arising chiefly out of the inquiry of
the Court into the imperfect state of the schedule.
tollitt cametle nothing,
Ile would not dispose of the case to-day, unless
it
t setreweaad:vio: very
alrn wished by the insolvent. The way in
which the Court to know
something of the case,
instead
matteri n
was that
the
spine theeia l schedulehal
balance-
sheet, te
sheet, and the insolvent had got into his hands very
shortly before his arrest, and some, as they had just

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ofDESCRIPTIONe OF THE VICTIMS
IN
Juggernaut rolled over willing
suicides, and crushed the hones
wof its victims during their
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n
enthusiasm has perished, the crusl!irer, when the sustaining
tinned through days and nights of crushing
process
dismal is still con-
despondency, till
death claims the bride of despair.
FEAT OF A PONY.—On Tuesday last, in conse-
quence of a bet made between Mr. Howe, the
Blandlord of the
ranr,
aampoatret
Plough Inn, in the bail of Lincoln, and 'AIL
butcher, a pony, the property of,
the latteriiewe w
against time. The bet on the part of Mr.
the pony could not go to Newark and back (a distanceas 'otfh3a9t
miles) in the space of four hours. This as
w accepted by Mr
Baker, who was to ride his pony, and bring back a letter.
which was forwarded to Newark, in order to prev that the
journey had been accomplished. Mr. Baker is only a light-.
made man, and the pony is of the Shetland kind, and rather
diminutive. The start took place from the Stonebow at two
o'clock, and from five o'clock the lligh-street was crowded
with spectators anxious to witness the conclusion of the per-
formance. To the great gratification of the beholders, the
gallant little_animal,performed the task with ease, and at ten
minutes before six o'clock his delighted owner had dis-
mounted under the Stonebow amid the congratulation of his
frianda.--kincoln Times.

more than one of the insolvent's earlier schedules, and
the fact of Hance giving a large quantity of bills for
nothing clearly proved there was no want of friend-
ship between them. Lewis Levi and D. L. Lewis,
father and son, were doing business generally at the
same place. Transactions had been proved with
Chapman, who said he was now the agent of Levi, and
he was employed to getsome of these bills discounted by
Mr. Blackburn. He was the agent in handing Mr.
Hustler's and Mr. Bright's bills to Mr. Blackburn. Mr.
Beesely had been heard of as writing to threaten
Mr. Sewell with proceedings if his bill were not paid,
consequently it must be presumed that he was the
holder, although subsequently Mr. Billing became
the plaintiff. Then it appeared Chapman put his name
on one of the bills, and ancther man, an insolvent'
captain, put his name on another bill as the drawer.
The result of the best consideration which he (Mr.
Commissioner Law) had been able to give to the
case was, that the insolvent, being in such very des-
perate circumstances, and getting some of these bills
in September, when he had been waiting for months
to be arrested, and one he got the very morning of
his going to prison, having got 2,0001. and more of
bills into his hands from persons who got nothing, it
was not sufficient to say it was not proved what the
value of these bills was, and that they might not be
worth anythinm. The Court must look on them as
property, and °it was those on whom he looked as
confederates that refused .to prove the value by
showing what had been done with the bills. The sim-
ple fact was, the insolvent having got these bills into his
hands just before his insolvency, and after he had
been twice arrested, chose to hand theM over to two
particular friends, and that was a concealment or
keeping back of property, which was a defiance to the
Court that must necessarily be treated as a misdeal-
ing with property, and so it would be treated in the
judgment.
The insolvent said, he knew nothing of Blackburn,
and never saw him in his life. He never had a trans-
action with him. The bills he gave to Lewis were to
I get discounted, and if that had been done the parties
L would have had their money.
The insolvent was then sworn to his schedule ; after
. which

heard, almost within an hour of going to prison, a
considerable mass of bills, 2,0001. or 3,0001. in amount,
which he had handed over to his friends, as they ap-
peared to the Court to be, while these transactions
were utterly unnoticed in the schedule. In the
special balance-sheet, which went back to May or
June, he put down, to show his means of livelihood,
that he had received from Mr. David Leopold Lewis
a sum of 2401, but upon his own notes and bills
Lewis was entered as a creditor "for money borrowed
and advanced by him to me on sundry bills of ex-
change, the particulars of which I cannot set forth.
He also holds my promissory notes." Not a name
of any of the parties to these bills was given, and
therefore he (Mr. Commissioner Law) thought it not
unreasonable to know something of these dealing.,
and accordingly required the particulars. Mr. Lewis
attended and produced an account, which both parties
swore to as being the whole account between them.
This account was intelligible enough, and contained
four bills for 150/., 200/., 60/., and 251. respectively.
Something then happened to throw a doubt upon the
completeness of that account by a party who claimed
to oppose, and who said that Lewis had got a bill of
his, upon which Lewis immediately offered to return
it within 24 hours, and the case stood over. On the
next occasion, however, the bill had not been returned,
and Mr. Lewis said he had changed his mind. That,
of course, called attention to the imperfections in the
account furnished, which was sworn to by both as a
complete account, while the clergyman's bill was not
in it at all. Upon that, Mr. Lewis explained, after
making a speech in vindication of his etc,blemished in-
tegrity, that he could not afford to give it up, and that
if he gave up all such bills he would lose 2,0001. That
declaration of course threw overboard the account
which both had sworn to, and time was given to the
insolvent to make a better account. The Court re-
quired an account of all the bills handed to Lewis and
to his father, Lewis Levi, which list had now been
furnished—whether perfect or not of course was not
known. The list referred to transactions chiefly oc-
curring since the commencement of the special
balance sheet, important in character and heavy in
amount, and formed a new history of the insolvent's
dealings, which required a good deal of consideration.
He did not wish hastily to conclude this case, and
would leave the insolvent to say whether he preferred
taking the judgment at once, or a postponement, to
allow the Court to look through the evidence.
The insolvent hoped his Honour would adjudicate
at once.
Mr. Commissioner LAW then gave his judgment.
His Honour said, on a later occasion Mr. Lewis had
given an account of what he had done with some of
these bills, and that little evidence was not unimport-
ant. It was but reasonable, considering, as he (the
Commissioner) considered, that all these were friendly
parties, by whom he meant Lewis Levi, Lewis, Black-
burn, Chapman, and Beesely, and perhaps some
others,—it was but reasonable that when a man came
to an insolvency which had been staring him in the
face for many months, during which time he had been
getting a cartload of bills, giving nothing for them,
that he should tell the Court what be and his confede-
derates had done with them. That had not been done
yet, and they were left to a considerable extent in the
dark as to how the insolvent and his friends had dis-
posed of this property. All they knew was that he
had given a very large portion of this property, for so
he (the Commissioner) should call it, to Mr. Levi,
for nothing, that person being neither a creditor
nor a debtor in the schedule, and that he had
given another and a larger portion to Mr.
Lewis, who was perhaps a creditor for a small
amount of cash, hut very small compared with
the load of bills put into his possession. Therefore it
was the fault of the insolvent and his friends that the
Court acted in a great measure in ignorance of all
the transactions, because, as he said before, they ought
to tell the Court what they had done, and they would
not. They let the Court know a little, and only a
little ; but there was sufficient to call on him (the
Commissioner) to say all these parties were confede-
rates. He had the schedule of one of these parties,
from which it appeared that in October, 1849, when
Chapman and Beesely,were going through this court,
there was one of the witnesses called here the other
day, Mr. Blackburn, entered as a creditor upon 12
bills, amounting to 1,361/., which Mr. Chapmam,
who now called himself an agent for Mr. Levi, stated
he received from Hance, who was the endorser of
some and the drawer of others, all of which were
passed to Mr. Blackburn. What had become of them ?
There were but three surviving now. Insolvent—
There are four.
Mr. Commissioner LAW—Be it so. What had
become of the others had not been told. The non-
payment of that large sum had produced nothing
uncomfortable between Mr. Blackburn and his imme-
diate endorsers, Chapman and Beesely, nor with the
prior endorser, Hance. Such was the state of the case at
that time. In the schedule there were a few
transactions iu 1848, and one or two in 1847,
of the same character as those which had
been
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complain.
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bill from a Mr. Hutton, a merchant at Derby, whose
name had appeared in more schedules than one, and
was evidently one of those persons who put their
lAtbLou Lewis,
h,e a n same
attorney,
timerne be was also arrested by
names to bills without much consideration. The in-
solvent got rid of that arrest by some means, paying the
lAorcosts.
it.of his own bills, and onehhappenedul h e
to gave
b e in
his hands to get discounted for a clergyman named
Williams. lie applied these bills to pay off Lewis,
37
whichto
and got rid of that arrest. That was a time of great
pressure, but it was a time prior to the insolvent's
getting all
in this court. His next transaction was
those bills which had been the subject of
inquiry
the
twosusuited
ed monthshini t
hand after,
and . December,it tO,
o
his own landlord
ien
t o ptay from
his
he
go
a clergyman a 50/. bill to get discounted, and it
rent. On that 501. bill he was himself sued by Mr.
m
Bertimata, a wine-merchant, who got execution
against him in May, 1850, but who was stopped for
a time by a bill which he gave them, having obtained
it from a Mr. Becher to get discounted.
Insolvent—And I paid one or two instalments off
the debt.
Mr. Commissioner Law continued—The judgment
.
which was existence in May was enforced in Sep-
tember, and the plaintiff was now the second detain-
ing creditor. Most of the transactions they had been
inquiring into had taken place since October, 1849, so
that if ever there was a man in the world deeply in-
volved in October, 1849, it was this insolvent. In
March, 1850, he was sued by the other detaining cre-
ditors, Messrs. Davis, upon the one of Mr. Williams's
bills which he had given to pay his rent, and on
which he was arrested on September 18. During
that period he had got into his bands and put out of
his hands the mass of bills they had been inquiring
into, and banded to his confederates. He (the Coin-
rnissioner) called them confederates, for so the evi-
dence showed them to be. By his own account
during that period be had handed to Mr. Lewis bills
to the amount of 1,650/., of which he said one of
251. and another of 2001., were returned to the par-
ties, leaving 1,425/. of bills handed to Lewis for
a very trifling consideration after the time when
there were ca. sa.'s out against him, when he
had twice been arrested, and was under liabilities
to the amount of from 1,0001. to 2,0001., and for
all those bills the acceptors of them got only five
paintings. The only clue which the Court had as to
the value of the paintings was from the insolvent
himself, and the evidence on that subject, from which
alone a judgment of the value could be formed, was
that one, for which a 4001. bill had been given, the
insolvent himself pawned for 61. That was one piece
of evidence as a criterion of value. The other was
that there was once a picture which he valued to two
Admiralty clerks for a bill at 45/., which he said be
afterwards pledged with Mr. Levi for 20s. That was
all the evidence there was as to the value of the
paintings ; but taking that as a clue, n o very large
value could be presumed for the five pictures which
formed the total benefit which the receptors of the
1,425/. bills had received. The bills which the insol-
vent had handed to Mr. Levi, another friend,
at all was not clear. It was said they were
amounted to 680/., for which, according to his own
account, the acceptors got 651. IS by Levi had them
handed to him to get discounted, and it must be pre-
sumed that he broke faith, and they produced nothing.
Such was the insolvent's case. All the Court knew
was that they had produced nothing to the acceptors.
What had become of them nobody would tell. Why Mr.
Levi, not being neither a debtor or a creditor, should
have them was not told, On the first occasion Mr.
Lewis said the account he produced contained all the
dealings that had occurred between him and the in-
solvent, with whom he bed become acquainted about
nine months ago. It was perfectly clear that that
was an utter falsehood. The clear understari
lug between Lewis and Hance was mauifes,
in the case of Mr. Hustler, whose whole dealing was
with Hance, but an,invoice was made out for an arti-
cle (a picture) as if sold to him by Lewis, but when
the picture came to be pawned by Hance it was in
his own name, which showed they were acting to-
gether. As to Hance and Levi, the latter oPpearedo

Mr. Commissioner Law said, for making away
with property as partly generally and partly with a
view to an undue preference to Mr. Lewis, the insol-
vent would be discharged when he should have been
in custody for a period of 23 calendar months from
the date of the vesting order (October 12, 1850.)
The insolvent protested that he had been made the
victim of other people.

COURT OF INLAND REVENUE, April 16.
(Before C. J. HERRIES, Esq., ALFRED MONTGOMERY,
Esq., and CHARLES PRESSLY, Esq.)
ADULTERATION OF BEER.
Edward Simmons Feish, proprietor of the Welsh
Harp, Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell, was charged, on
an information containing two counts, with adulte-
rating his beer with certain articles in lieu and in sub-
stitution of malt and hops, and with having such adul-
terating articles in his possession.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the information.
Dr. BATEMAN briefly stated the case on the part of
the Crown.
Mr. Frederick Pargeter stated that he was an officer
of Excise, and knew the premises of the defendant,
the Welsh Harp, Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell. The
defendant was an entered licensed victualler. He went
there on the 13th of February last, accompanied by,
Mr. Scott, the supervisor, and Mr. Cartwright, an-
other officer. They requested of the defendant, on
representing themselves as officers, permission to in-
spect his premises, which was at once acceded to.
They proceeded to the wine and beer cellars, in the
former of which they found a cask containing a gal-
lon and a half of a composition used for the adultera-
tion of beer. The cask containing it was of the de-
scription commonly used for containing spruce. The
defendant was with them in the cellar when the
cask was found, and he said that he had bought the
article for spruce, believing it to be so. Having
opened and examined the contents of the cask, he was
informed that it was not spruce, as it was as thick
as molasses, and very bitter and disagreeable to the
taste. They informed him that they should seize it,
as being an improper article in his possession. They
then examined a butt of beer that had been recently
" made up," and found on the hoops some of the same
kind of ingredients as those in the cask they had seized.
Some traces of the same mixture were found on the
sides of a pail in the cellar. The defendant and Mr.
Scott had been absent for a few moments, and on their
return to the cellar witness and Mr. Cartwright
pointed out these appearances on the barrel and pail,
and the defendant said it must be the beer. Mr.
Scott then had some conversation with the defendant,
and during this time they found a cask containing
some real spruce, which was by no means like the
one they had previously discovered. There was not
the slightest difficulty in discovering the difference
between spruce and the adulterating article; anclit was
quite impossible that any person could buy one for the
other ; in fact, it could never be sold for spruce to
any person whatever. They seized the whole, and
having taken samples of the beer, brought them away,
and delivered them to Mr. Hall, the warehousekeeper.
Mr. D. Scott, supervisor of Excise, and Mr. Cart-
wright, an officer, corroborated this evidence.
Mr. George Phillips said he was the analytical
chemist to the Board of Inland Revenue, and had
examined samples of beer brought to him from the de-
fendant's. He found it adulterated with burnt sugar,
treacle, and common salt. There was no spruce in it.
The effect of mixing it with the beer was, by the
addition of water, to give it an apparently stronger
body. There was an addition of about 13-lb. to the
butt.
The defendant denied having used anything with
his beer, and said that the articles found he pur-
chased as spruce, and knew not but that they were
so. He also asserted that there were no marks upon
the butt except the stains produced from black malt.
The COURT felt satisfied that the defendant had used
these deleterious articles as a substitute for malt and
hops, and, therefore, they should give judgment against
him in the penalty of 2001.
John Wale, a licensed victualler, of Upper Ground-
street, Blackfriars, was charged on a similar informa-
tion. The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Benjamin Elmoy said that on the 14th of Fe-
bruary be went with Mr. Cartwright to the defen-
dant's, and informed him that they were Excise
officers. They proceeded to the cellar of the house,
and there found a cask of stuff used for the adultera-
tion of beer. They told the defendant that it was
fur that purpose, and he said it was nothing of the
kind, but that he had bought it of the landlord whom
he had succeeded, and that he had tried to sell it, but
could not do so. He denied having put any of it in
the beer. It was called "ex spruce," or beer mix-
ture. The adulterating mixture was distinguished
from real spruce by the term " ex" being invariably
prefixed to it. The defendant at length said there
was no use in denying it, that he had put a pint of it
into a butt of beer to increase the body, but had
added no water to it. He also said that it was a bad
job, but he hoped the Commissioners would deal as
fairly by him as they could.
The defendant said if he had done wrong he was
very sorry for it, but he had been but a short time in
the house.
The Court gave judgment in the penalty of 2001.
Richard Cross Mayes, of the Three Colts, Three
Colts-street, Limehouse, pleaded guilty to a similar
information.
In this case Messss. Scott, Chester, and Cart-
wright went to the house, and having obtained ad-
mission to the cellar, found the defendant's servant,
John Golding, in the very act of pouring the contentse
of a pail into a butt of beer, and as soon as he saw the
officers he attempted to completely empty it into_ ther.
cask, but in doing so his arm was arrested. by_ iNwlas
Cartwright, and a sufficient quantity of the liquid
secured to be analysed, which proved to
of burnt sugar, treacle, salt, and sulphatel4gallons of
(copperas). A cask, containing. about
bea
the same description of adulterating matter, was also
ave udgment found in the cellar. mo
in the
ifstiruorne
penalty of 2001.
The following licensed victuallers then pleaded
guilty to similar informations e--t
Commercial-road
John Folkurd, the Blue Poss,
j
The Court in this case also g
East—penalty, 2001.
olrouzpike house, Stamford-
hill,Sehrann, the Ben Jonson,
Great Wild-street, Lincoln's-Inn-fielde-2001.
Gc
John Clark, of the Three Colts, Cambridge-road,
Charles
oirowlkee,evN Jennings,iiwrrjo
et n
I.e._
Mile-end. In this case there was the addition of sul-
phate of iron. Mr. Nobler appeared for the defendant,
who, in the first instance, pleaded not guilty, but
afterwards the defendant withdrew his plea, and
pleTadheedwghouille o
guilty thethe
defeninformation—penaltydantswereinfn2romoe/d that.
they might petition the Board for the mitigation of
the penalties.
d-

ErriNG FOREST.—We understand that the greater
portion of the timber standing in liainault, Epping, and
Waltham forests will be cut down during the ensuing year,
and the land will be enclosed and either brought into cul-
tivation or disposed of, as the revenues arising from them ani
some other Crown lands are hardly sufficient to meet the
expenses incidental to their management.—Chelmsford
Chronicle.