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OXFORD CIRCIIIT.-GLOUCESTER, AUG. 5.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Wightman.)
CHARGES OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST A BANK MANAGER
AT TEWKESBURY.

Theodore Evans was arraigned on several charges of
larceny and embezzlement alleged against him while act-
ing as manager of the Twekesnury branch of the Glou-
cestershire Banking Company. The case excited a great
deal of interest on account of the extent of the alleged
c,efalcations, and the highly respectable position which
the prisoner had occupied up to the time of making the
charge. He had been hailed out, but on the case being
called on he surrendered, and took his place in the dock
with other prisoners. Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Cripps
conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Ski..ner defended
the prisoner. The trial occupied three hours on Mon-
('ay, when the prisoner as indicted for stealing sums of
1,0001., 5001., and 2501., the moneys of the bank. The
following is a summary of the facts :
The prisoner was manager of the Tewkesbury Branch
Bank from Sept., 1849, to April last, when, at the re-
quest of the directors, he resigned. His successor, Mr.Ap-
pleby, on going through the accounts, found several dis-
crepancies, and a deficiency of 3,2501. was apparent on
the a,sets. On the day when he made the discovery
(July 2 last), the prisoner told Mr. Appleby that he had
lent sums of money amounting to 1,7501. to certain par-
ties, without making entries in the bank notes of the
transaction, viz, 1,0001. to Mr. H. Brown, M.P. ; 5001.
to a Mr. Waller; and 2501. to Mr. J. Nind, and he pro-
duced two cheques of 5001. each to pay Mr. Brown's
1,0001., and told Appleby to place the 7501. lent to
Allen and Nind to his account. He refused, however,
to account for the remaininn. 1,500/. The way in which
he had been enabled to make these advances without
the knowledge of the Bank was this : when the quar-
terly balances were made up he directed a clerk named
Chadborn, by whom the work of taking out each cus-
tomer's credit balance was done to make up the defi-
ciency by stating the balance due to different customers
at sums from 5001. to 2501. less than the actual amount.
Thus, at the Michaelmas balancing in 1855 he told the
clerk Chadborn that there was 1,7501. deficient, and he
was to take it nut of such balanc.s as would bear it.

Chadborn acc,rdingly, in maki:-,g out the balances on
that quarter, sta'ed the balan .e due to Mr. T. Smith at
7891.95. 2d instead of 1,2811. 9s 2d. (the actual balance
then due to Mr. Smith) Mr. W. Smith's balance was
set down at 1,0311. 134. 1,1., instead of 1,5311. 13s. ld. ;
Mr. Strickland's balance at 4421. 2s. 101., instead of
61)2/. 2t. 10d., and Mr. Tombs' balance at 2,5761. 163.
61., instead of 3,0761. 164. ld. These four balances
showed an aggr.gate of 1,7501. less than the actual
am, nut due to the cust•nner,.. This plan was repeated at
the December balancing, the deficiency being further in•
creas-d, and ,o again at the Lady-day balancing. Tntre
was also a false :statement of 500/. as to the amount of
stock notes in hand.

To prove these and c9llateral facts the following w

nts,e. were x.immed

Mr. N. Hay land, managing director of the bank, who
prove,t that the prisoner bad no authority to lend ionne.),
of the bank without having the transaction recorded in
the book, and that he had never told him (3/Ir. Hartland)
of any advance made to Mr. Brown, Mr. Allen, or Mr.
Nind. He went through the quarterly balances with the
prisoner, and they appeared correct at Michaelmas,
Christmas, and Lady-day. The prisoner's salary com-
menced at 2501., and was increased to 4001. He had for-
&Aden him making advances without due precaution.
limns held ten shares in the bank.

Mr. Appleby, Evans's successor, proved the di,covery
of the deficiency, as mentioned above, and the circum-
stances attending the interview of the 2d July. Mr
Brown's cheques are dafed April, 1855 Witne-,s received
them in July, 1856. Evans said he bad lent the money
secretly, as he did not wish Mr. Hartland to know any-
thing ab,,ut it.
Mr. Chadborn gave in detail the instruction of Evans
as to the mode of " cooking" the quarterly balance. On
remonstrating with him, he said he alone was responsible.
At the close of the examination and cross•examinatic,n
of the witnesses, his lordship said he thought there was
not sufficient evidence of the prisoner's intention to corn.
mit a felony, for the bank appeared to hold him respon-
sible for the money, and he told the jury they must find
a verdict of not guilty.
The jury, accordingly, returned a verdict of not
guilty upon the charge of f luny.

Mr. Huddleston then said there were other cbanzes
against the prisoner of stealing the 2501. advanced to Mr.
Nind, which had been repaid by that party with interest,
but which bad never been credited in the bank book.

It was therefore arranged that this case should be
gone into before a fresh jury to-day, the prisoner's bail
being enlarged in the meantime.
On the case being called on again this morning,
Mr. Huddleston, addressing the court, said the bank
had considered the view which his lordship had taken on
the previous day that the case did not come within the
criminal category, and that they considered the charge
of embezzlement would rest upon the same grounds as
that of felony, of which the prisoner had been acquitted.
Mr Justice Wightman said it appeared the prisoner
was at liberty, as it were, to help himself to the moneys
of the bank. He was not a clerk, but the manager.

Mr, Skinner said there had no doubt been some irre-
gularities, but nothing more.
Mr. Huddleston added that no doubt the bank would
have approved of the advance of Mr. Nind, had it been
mentioned to Mr. Hartland. The bank would treat this
as an irregularity and not as a fraud, and he should
therefore offer no evidence upon it.
His lordship remarked on the difficulty of trying a per-
son for embezzling his own property.' The accused was
a shareholder in the bank.
The accused then left the court with his friends.
CHARGE OP MURDER.
Wzlliant Hoßk•na was cl,arg-d with the wilful murder
of J,s•s=ph 11,therali, at Redlz,r,u,h, on the Bth June.
A.!iither indictment chsrg him with the manslaughter.
TII,e fact. were these

On the morning of Sneday, June 9,
the police of
Strou:l found in the road at Rodboroush the dead body
of tre decen,=ed, bleb had been tt aek,d a distance of 200
yards by blood, as if flown gfr in a watering pot. On
the previous n;ght prisoner and deceased had been seen
drinking and quarrelling together at a public-house, and
it appears that about midnight they proce,'ded along the
road together, and were not seen after. Next morning
prisoner was observed to have a black eye, and blood on
his clothes. When apprehendel on the charge, he said
the deceased had attacked hi,e, that they fought on the
road and went along the roa together, quarrelled again,
and that the deceased, returning once more to the attack,
he (prisoner) " drew his knife and put into Lim." Sevc-
ral_frighiful stabs v.. ere found ie the deceased's abdomen.
He was fou,io guilty of the manslaughter. Fifteen
years' transportation.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Joseph :Perrin was charged
before Sir G. Carroll with haviog stolen a cash-box con-
taining 441., the property of his employers.
Mr. James Turnham, cashier to the North of England
Insurance Company, at No. 11, Cheapside, said—The
prisoner was employed as a servant to the company, and
on the 30th of July last absconded from his employment
without notice. After he was gone, I found my desk bad
been broken open, the key of the store-room abstracted,
and that room opened, and the cash-box, which contained
441. and vouchers, gone. I have since seen the cash-box
in the handslot the police, and last night the prisoner
came to me at my residence, No. 10, King William-
street, and I gave him into custody. He said nothing to
me, nor did I say anything to him. He was crying when
I saw him. Yesterday a person called upon me whom I
believe to be the prisoner's brother, and I went with him
to the station-house in Bow-lane, where he gave to the
inspector 161., viz , a 51. note, and 11/, in gold. I had
described one of the sovereigns to the police, and one of
those 11 was that I had described, and formed, I believe,
part of the money stolen with th ash-box.

A metropolitan policeman said—When I took the pri-
soner into custody upon Mr. Turnbam's charge, he was
crying and said he was sorry. As I was taking him to
the station-house, he said he had spent part of the money,
been robbed of part of it, and sent part of it back, and
the cash-box he had thrown away.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
Mr. Samuel Newman, a person of very respectable
appearance, was brought before Sir G. Carroll.
A policeman said that between 11 and 12 o'clock that
day the prisoner came to him in a very excited state and
said a gentleman wanted to see him. The prisoner then
broke a pane of glass in the house of the gentleman, who,
however, refused to give him into custo•ly, when taken
into the house and pointed at as the delinquent. The
prisoner then drew a pistol from his pocket and pre-
sented it at the door of the house, and witness told him
that he must go to the station-house, and the prisoner,
whose anger had increased, declared that if a person
wile was in the house were to make his appearance, the
pistol should be discharged at him, and he had another
pistol fur himself. At the station house the two pistols,
loaded with, powder and ball, and capped, were found
in his possession.
The prisoner said his wife and family had been ruined
by the person against whom he bad used the threats,
and who had robbed him of 11,0001. His poor family
would not have a bed to lie on that night in consequence
of the treacherous conduct of the man he alluded to.
A gentleman in court said be believed there was
nothing at all to be apprehended from the defendant,
although at that moment he was in a very excited state.
When that ebullition should pass away there would be
no fear of the consequences.
Sir G. Carroll said he must require, as securities for
the peaceable conduct of a gentleman capable of such
conduct as had been described, two sureties of 1001.
each ano the defendant himself in 2001.
GUILDHALL. Chas. Richards, a journeyman
baker, out of place, was charged before Alderman Challis,
on remand, with stealing a bag, containing about 61. in
silver.

The complainants, Mary and Ann Sales, keep a chan-
dler's shop in Bridgwater-girdens. The defendant be-
came acquainted with them by serving them with bread
about four months ago. He paid his addre,ses to Mary,
and having been accepted, his v;sits were constant there
until last Thursday evening, when Ann went out, leav-
ing her sister au the prisoner together. He was sittinw
on the sofa, and was several times left in the room by
Mary, who had to attend to the shop. When the pri-
soner left he promised to return, and shortly after he
was gone the bag containing all their little stock in trade
was missed. Finding he did not come back as he pro-
mised, they made inquiry after him, and then faind he
had not been to his ciub as he said, nor bad be slept at
his lodgings on that night. On the following morning
Ann Sales went to look after him in the neighbourhood
of Regent's•park, and found him at his mole's. She de-
sired him to go will her to her sister, and he consented
to do so, but on the way he ran off. She raised the cry
of stop thief, and he was captured. It was then dis-
covered that although be had been a long time out of a
situation, and was shabbily dressed previous to Thursday
evecirg, he was then dressed in his best clothes, which
had not been visible for a long period. He had a gold
ring on his finger, and 11. 7s. 21 in his pocket.
Alderman Cnallis said he should not let the prisoner
escape justice, and he would therefore remand him again
and nave the matter placed in the hands of an experienced
detective, to try and trace the money. There was not a
moral doubt but that he bad stolen the money, and if he
had any conscience he would restore that which was not
s luanfiered. His conduct had been most cruel and
heartless,

BOW-STREET.—Harry Broome, th' ex•champi,:n of
England, and propri,ter of the Norfolk Tavern, in the
Strand, waited on Mr. Henry.
Mr. Broome stated that in passing through Duke-
street, Lincoln's-inn.field., he saw three little children
huddled toge her on a straw mattress on the fuotway
pavement. On inquiring how they came there, he found
the youngest, an infant in arms, was suffering from small-
pox, its face being frightfully disfigured, and the poor
child, it appeared to him, was in a dangerous state. He
learned on inquiry that the parents were out of the way
—no one cauld eay where—and the landlord had turned
the children out, and put the bed and some other articles
into the street. The eldest girl (abort 12) told him they
had been to the workhouse and were refused admission.
He hoped the magi,trate had power to do something for
them, as it was really fearful that a child in such a state
of disease should be out in the streets.

Mr. Henry would send an officer with the children to
the workhouse to recommend theirad mission, andshould
that be refused he would give an order.
Blunden, the summoning officer, was accordingly sent
with the children to the workhouse. They were at once
admitted, and it was explained that there bad bien no
actual refusal. Some outdoor relief had been given,
broth and other necessaries being supplied ; but the re-
lieving officer bad ultimately stopped the supply, offer-
ing to receive the whole family into the house. The
father and mother had rejected this proposal, and the
officer declined to receive the children without them.
This, however, had been done on the receipt of the ma-
gistrate's message.
John Callaghan, Dennis Callaghan, Catharine Calla-
ghan, and Mary Callaghan, four of the Irish inhabitants
of Orange-court, with br3ken and bandaged heads, and
faces so covered with blood that the features were
scarcely distinguishable, were charged with disorderly
conduct.

The prisoner Mary Callaghan had, on the previous
day, charged two women, named Macarthy and Stark,
with assaulting her, by way of revenge for giving evidence
against them in a former case. Macarthy and Stark
wi:re fined 4/. each, and in default sentenced to a term
of imprisonment. After the case was disposed of, Dennis
Calla,..ban, the husband of Mary Callaghan, when on his
way home from the court, gave vent to his joy at the re-
sult by executing a jig round an itinerant fiddler, who was
performing Irish melodies in Orange-court. This brought
upon him the summary vengeance of a zealous Macar-
thy, who cut his head open with a spade, and in a few
minutes all the Macarthys and Callaghans in Orange-
court joined in the fray, which amumed the character of
a regular faction fight. On the approach of the police
all but the four poisoners disappeared. but these re-
mained in possession of the ground, loudly challenging
their opponents to return. The police, atter much vain
expostulation, restored quiet by removing the prisoners
to the stAtion. _ . _

Mr. Henry, after a long and patient investigation, de-
cided upon discharging the prisoners, who had already
suffered enough, and grafted there warrants against
those of the opposite faction who appeared to have been
the first aggressors. The magistrate observed that he
was determined to do all in his power to put down the
system of intimidating and assaulting witnesses.

PLEIMENIVELLO7:Mr. Frederick Word, of No, 7,

WORSHIP-STREET.—Shafts Wood, described as a
blacksmith, was charged with having assaulted Alice
Croly, six years of age, with intent to strangle her.
John Croly, the father of the child, a jobbing shoe-
maker, living in Park place, Haggerstone, said—Tbe
prisoner during the last fortnight has occupied the house
next door to my residence. Yesterday afternoon my
little girl returned from the National School in such a
state of excitement and suffering that.she could hardly
stand. She appeired completely stupefied. On asking
her what was the matter, she pointed to her throat,
which was greatly inflamed and discoloured, and kept
on exclaiming, " Oh, the man, the man." She at length
told me that the prisoner had decoyed her into his house
and carried her up stairs into his bedroom, where he
stripped off her clothes and attempted to strangle her.
She was unable to explain in what way she had effected
her escape, but on hearing the statement I hastened to
the prisoner's house, which was strongly barricaded
hack and front. I forced open the back door, and made
my way, with several of my neighbours, to the up-
stairs room, which was also locked, but we burst
in the panel and found the prisoner lying on the
bed. On questioning him as to what lie had dot,*
to the child, he at first made no answer, but on
asking him what had become of the rope with
which he had endeavoured to strangle her, he told me
that I would find it in the cupboard, oil searching which
I discovered the piece of cord produced, knotted in seve-
ral folds as it now appears, and on showing it to the
primmer he coolly observed, "That is what I did it
with." The witness added that he bad previous'y sent
for a policeman, who arrived soon afterwards, and the
prisoner was given into cust,dy.
Mr. Wm. Henry Coward, the divisional surgeon of
police, stated that on examining the child be had found
an excoriation round her neck, which had evidently
been caused by the pressure of a cord, accompanied
with considerable extravasation of blood, and from the
extent of the injuries she had sustained he was surprised
that she had escaped suffocation.
William Sparkes, a tradesman in the neighbourhood,
stated that- he had known the prisoner fir some years,
and in common with several of his friends he considered
him to be not right in his mind.
Sergeant Collins, of the N division, stated that an
officer was in attendance who bad prisoner in custody
about three years ago for a gross act of indecent exposure.
Remanded.

WESTMINSTER. —James Janniway, aged 21, a
soldier, recently returned from the Crimea, r.ceivit,g a
pension for a wound in the hand, was charged with firing
a pistol, supposed to be loaded with pebbles, at Char-
lotte Stanley, living in Brewer-street, Chelsea.
The prosecutrix is a prostitute, and has been ac-
quainted with the defendant about 12 months, during
wkich time, as she stated, he bad frequently beaten and
ill-used her. According to her version of the affair, the
prisoner had been sitting in her room about half an hour
(having previously followed her through the streets for
some time) when he suddenly drew a pistol and fired it

at her. He then drew another, but she ran down stair.
to her landlord, who gave the prisoner into custody.
A policeman deposed that the prisoner when arrested
said that if he got out of that he would serve complain.
ant worse.

Anotherpoliceman said that he found some pebbles and
nails in the fireplace of the room where the pistol had
been discharged. The loaded pistol was found to be
charged with gunpowder and pebbles.
The prisoner said that complainant was sitting on his
knee, and he asked her if he should fire one of the pis•
toll off ? She said " yes," and he fired it. lie asked
her if he should fire the other off, and while he wa•i try-
ing to do so she ran away, and he was shonly after-
wards taken into custody. He should like the woman
to be called who was with them in the afternoon.
Mr. Arnold remanded the case for the attendance of
the witness referred to.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—E. Clark, a decent-
looking young woman, aged 25, was placed at the bar,
before Mr. Beadon, under the following circumstances :

Mr. J. W. Wilcocks, the pfoprietor of the Green Dra-
gon Tavern, Maddox.street, Regent-street, said that the
prisoner was supplied with refreshments in the afternoon
about 5 o'clock, at the bar, and shortly after she retired
to the back part of the premises. No notice was taken of
her at that time, but subsequently one of the waiters
went up stairs into the coffee room, and found the bon-
net of a female, which he brought down to the bar, and
stated that he had picked it up from the floor. The bon-
net was referred to the several servants, but the owner
could not be discovered. Witness afterwards wens up
into his sleeping apartinent, and to his great a,touisb-
inept found that the prisoner had undressed herself, and
actually stowed herself away in his bed. An alarm was
raised, when she was soon visited by the whole of the do-
mestics, but she positively refused to leave her comfort-
able and downy position. A poiice-constable, however,
wam called, and sbe very reluctantly got up and dressed
tierself, when she was conveyed to the station.
Mr. Boadon—What do you mean by such c-nduct?
Prisoner (laughing)—Wny I was toll to go there by
a Mr. Banks—at least I believe that is his name.

A police•constable stated that the prisoner was re-
spectably c innected, and lived at Stepney. She was
not sound in ker mind, and was subject to fits.
Mr. Bead•.•n—Then let her be conveyed to the work-
house in Mount-street, wkere she must remain while
something is done for her.
The prisoner was accordingly removed to the work-
house by a constable.
Sarah Gibbs, a young woman in the service of a dress-
maker, re-iding at No. 50, Conduit-street, Regent-street,
was brought up on remand for attempting to destroy her
illegituna.te offspring.
The evidence has already appeared.
Mr. Beadon asked the prisoner, in the usual way, if
site had anything to say in answer to the charge, when
she replied, in a frtint voice, "No, I have nothing to say."

The whole of the voluminous evidence was then reaol
over to the witnesses, after which the prisoner (Rho vas
in a weak condition) was fully committed to Newgate
for trial at the ensuing sessions of the Central Criminal
Court, Old Bailey.

LAMBETH.—Mr. James Syme, who described him-
self as the chairman of the committee of management of
tht Norwood Provident Association, applied for a sum-
mons against a person in the employment of the asso-
ciation, to coropel him to deliver up the books of accounts.
The applicant handed to the magistrate the rules of the
association, signed by Mr. Tidd Pratt, the registrar of
friendly societies in England. On looking at the first
rule, which stated "This association shall be denomi•
nated the Norwood Association, and its object shall be
to provide every article of food and other necessaries
usually consumed by the public at a fair and t quitable
rate," Mr. Elliott observed that the association was a
mere trading community, and not a benefit society,
and he was therefore much surprised at finding the rules
verified by Mr. Tidd Pratt, such a proceeding being
quite unnecessary.
The applicant said that the association, whose object
was to purchase cheaply the necessaries of life, and re,
tail them to the members and the public at the lowest
profit, were anxious to obtain all the legal protection in
their Po wer, and therefore had the rules submitted to Mr.
Tidd Pratt, who had certified to their being in confor-
mity to the law..
Mr. Elliott remarked that by the 12th clause of the
rules the committee were empowered to borrow money
without any limit, which he considered highly objec-
tionable.
Mr. Symo said that the oommittee had not as yet bor-
rowed any money, but traded on the subscription of the
members, of whom there were about 100. The person
against whom he wanted the summons had been put
into the grocery department of the business about three
months ago by the committee, and, in conformity with
the rules of the association, be at that time obtained se.
curity from the Guarantee Society for 1501. The so-
ciety, wishing to obtain the books kept by him of their
transactions, had applied for them, hut he refused to
deliver them up unless the receipt from the Guarantee
Society was handed to him.
Mr. Elliott observed that there was an arbitration
clause in the rules which took the matter out of the
hands of a magistrate.
Mr. Syrne replied that the words of the arbitration
clause were that " It any dispute shall arise between any
member and the trustee,, treasurer, or other f.fficer of
the society, or the committee thereof, it shall be referred
to arbitration ;" but the fact was that the pat..), against
whom he applied was neither a member nor an officer of
the kociety, but merely a servant or shopman put into
the grocery department at 'it weekly salary.
Mr. Ellto3 said, that being the case, the applicant
must go to the County Court, as he bad no jurisdiction
in the case.

HAMMERSMIT.II.—James Bridge, a sausage
and saveloy maker of No. 16, New•str, et, Nutting hill,
appeared to anmwer a I.,ulninons at the instance of
the Kensington vestry, charging him with having a
quantity et meat which was in the course
of preparation for u.e, totally unfit for the food of man.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Giles Loveitt, inspector of nuisances for Kensing-
ton, said—On Friday aftrrnoon I went to the defen-
dant's house, and in the back parlour I found a quantity
of beef, some of which was in pickle. I took some of
the meat out of the tub, and found that it was quite pu-
!tiid. kW Rack on the goer, iu which there were

DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 1.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute so much of
the present diocese of the bishopric of New Zealand as
comorises all that portion of the middle island of New
Zealand which lies to the southward of a geographical
line drawn across the said middle Island, at the northern
boundary of the territory set apart for the Canterbury set-
tlement under the provisions of the Act 13 and 14 Vic., c.
70 ; tog,ther with the southern Island of New Zealand,
and the Auckland Islands, and all adjacent islands lying
to the southward of the 43d deg. 5 min. of south latitude,
into a separate and distinct diocese, to be called " The
Bishopric of Christchurch," and to appoint the Rev. Henry
John Chitty Harper, D.D., to be ordained and consecrated
Bishop of the sai.i diocese.
WHITEHALL, AUG. 2.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev.
Gilbert Frankland Lewis, M.A.' the place and dignity of
canon of the cathedral church of Worcester, the same
being void by the death of the Hon. and Rev. Jas. Somers
Cocks, late canon thereof.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Au*. 4. _ _ _ _

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Jas. R.
Smith, junior, as Conbul at London, for the-I:Mitt:lcl States
of America.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Aug.. 4.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trado and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a deepatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, en-
closing a copy of the following French Imperial decree, re-
lativeAo the importation of certain descriptions of iron.
Art. I.—ln conformity with the regulations of the or-•
dinance of May 29, 1813, sheet iron, iron centers, and
other articles of iron intended to be employed in the
construction of iron ships and boilers for steam engines,
will continue to be admitted free of duty, on condition of
an engagement by the importers to re-export, within six
months, manufactured articles of the nature of those de-
scribed above, of a weight equal to the weight of the mate-
rials admitted to the privilege of the temporary free im-
port.
Art. 11. Such sheet iron, iron corners, tgac., cannot be
imported, and iron ships and boilers cannot be re-exported,
except through established warehousing ports (entrepots
reels), and through the offices on the frontier open to tran-
sit trade.
Art. C.l deficiencies will give rise to the applies-
tion of the penalties imposed by the Art. 3 of the law of
the sth July, 1836.
All discovered deficiencies arising from waste in the
manufacture may, however, be considered as involving the
payment of the duty attaching to the raw material.
Art. IV.—The regulations of the before-recited ordi-
nance of 1843, which are not re-enacted by the present
decree, are abolished.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
Tower Hamlets—Harrington Fulke, Esq., M.D., to be
Deputy Lieutenant.
County Palatine of Durham—John Ri.hard Westgarth
Hibiyard, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Durham Artillery Regiment of Militia —First Lieutenant
Edward Featherstonhaugh to be Captain, vice Stobart, re-
signed.
Dorset (Queen's Own) Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
Lieut.-Col. the Lord Rivers to be Lieut.-Col. Commandant,
vice the Earl of Ilchester, resigned ; Captain the Lord
Digby to be Lient—Colonel, vice the Lord Rivers, pro-
moted ; Lieut. John Clavell Mansel to be Captain, vice
the Lord Digby, promoted ; Cornet Jas. George John Tem-
pler, to be Lieutenant, vice Mansel, promoted; Anthony,
Lord Ashley. to be Cornet, vice Templer, promoted.
Royal Nk.rth Gloucester Regiment of Militia—William
Clarke, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Hunt, promoted.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.

Departmeut of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Aug. 4.

Notice i 9 hereby given to the Officer; Seamen, and

Marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the
distribution of proceeds arising from the Finnish barque
Preciosa and cargo, captured on the 3d August, 1853, by
her Majesty's ship Firefly, will commence on Thursday,
the 23th August, 1856, in the Prize Branch of the Depart-
ment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admi-
ralty, Somerset-I-louse."
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may he legally entitled to claim the share
of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re-
quested to present the same at this office.
Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may
desire to receive his share from the collector of customs or
inland revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to
intimate the same by letter, to bo addressed, " On Prize
Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in
which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely
stated, as well as the place of the nearest collector of cus-
toms or of inland revenue, from whom it would be con-
venient to receive such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :

E s. cl. £ s. d.
1
Flag share
Captain llO 13 11 1 Seventh class
Second class
Thirl class l5 4 4 1 Ninth class 2 10 3
Fourth class
Fifth class

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset House, Aug. 4.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri-
bution of proceeds arising from sundry deals captured at
Rasso, by her Mijestv's ships Firefly and Harrier, and the
ship of war L'Aigle, belonging to his Imperial Majesty the
Emperor of the French, between the Ist and 6th Septem-
ber, 1855, will commence on Thursday, the 28th August,
1.56, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Ac-
countant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-
house."

Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders. assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re-
quested to present the same at this office.

- Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may
desire to receive his sharp from the Collector of Customs
or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is re-
quired to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On
Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Lon-
don," in which letter his own place of residence is to be
precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collec-
tor of Customs, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would
be convenient to receive such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :

£ s. d. £ a. d.
Flag share
Captain, each... 72 6 5 Sizthclass 4 14 8
Commander 36 3 2 I Seventh class 3 3 1
Second class lB 8 0 Eighth class 1 11 6
Third class
Fourth class 9 9 2 Tenth class
BANKRUPTS.

John James Vonder Heyde and Christopher Octavos
Vonder Heyde, tobacco manufacturers, Lower Themes-
street, to surrender, Aug. 20, at half-past eleven, and Sept.
24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruotcy. Stansfeld,
official assignee ; Lowrance, Flews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-
chambers _ _

Henry Edward Burns, licensed victualler, St. Martin-
street, Leicester square, Ang. 11, at half past eleven, and
Sept. 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfel I, official assignee ; Flavell, Bedford row.
Wm. Reay, provision de der, Birmingham, Aug. 15, at
half-past eleven, and Sept. 4, at ten at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittleston , official assignee, Birmingham;
Hodson and Allen, Birmingham.
William Underwood, tailor, Frith-street, Sohn, Ang.
13, at two, and September 17, at , at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Kelly, New
Inn, S'trtn• I.
John Stopford Taylor, e.pothecary, Liverpool, Aug. 18,
and Sept. 8. at eleven, at the Liverpool istrict Court.
C .zenove, official assignee. Liverpool ; Dodge, Live pool.
Robert Johnston and James Jerram Pratt, merchants,
Billiter-square, City, Aug. 14, at half-past one, and Sept.
12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy Carman, offi-
cial assignee, A blerran,nbury; Lawrance, Plews,and Boyer,
Old Jewry-chambers.
Richard Thompson Jopling, bookseller, Southampton-
buildings, Holborn, Aug. 15, at half-past twelve, and
Sept. 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Carman, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Barrow, Clay-
ton-place, Kennington.
John Greatwood, confectioner, Handswortb, Aug. 15,
at ha'f-past eleven, and Sept. 4, at ten, at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittlestone, official assignee, Birmingham
Brown, Birmingham.
Francis Jelley, jun.,brewer, Stamford, Aug. 26 and Sept.
IA at half-past ten, at the Nottingham District Court.
Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Law, Stamford ;
Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Peter Sinclair, hotel keeper, Waterloo-place, Edinburgh.
John C 41130.41 Taitex and iilsllollo agent, Vaikirk

BRIDGES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
t
I s. d. 31 5. d.
flungerford .... • • • • • • -- —7%
Southwark .... • • • • • • 110 0 0
Ditto New of 7% p.c. 1/. per cent. 10 0 0
Waterloo . • •• •• LOO 0 0 --
Ditto Old Ann. of 31. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 —.•—
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 —. 26 %
Vauxhall .. .... . • • • • • 965. 70 10 3 21
DOCKS.
Dividend Amount .
Name of Company. per of Paid. II Price
Annum. Share.
I
--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Commercial .. . • .....• 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. -
East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock.
East C santry • •
London . • • • • • • • • • • 5/. pr cent. Stock.
Ditto Bonds • • • 4/. per cent.
St. Katnarine . • . •• 4 per cent. Stock. 88'
I onthampton • .. ..
Victoria • • • •
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
, Annum. Share.
--.
I s. d. 4 's. d.
Australasia........... 201. per cent. 40 0 0 all 102 N
British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 f t -
Commercial of London. 10/.per cent. j 100 0 0 20 0 0
Colonial .... —....— 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
10nian........ • . • . . . .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. 20 0 0 all 0 22
London and County • . 10/. percent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 35
Londn and Westminatr 141. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 43
London Joint-Stock . IV. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 31
Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
Ditto, New.• • .. —81. per cent. 10 0 0 all
Nationr.l of Ireland.... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0
Nat. Provincial of Eng. ! Si. per eent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 79
Ditto. New .... 81. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Oriental Bank Corpora. ,81. p. cticbs. 25 0 0 all 41%
South Australia • • .... 1141 p.ct.& bs. 25 0 0 1 t -
Union of Australia.... '3Ol. per cent. 25 0 0 65
Ditto ...............301. per cent. 2 lb 0
Union of L0nd0n...... 201. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 28%
Union of Madrid ... •• i 40 0 0 all

LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 5. !oh
STOOL EXCEIANGE.—The market is not doing nil ar,
business to-day, and the transactions in the leading at* "-
are limited, but prices are a shade higher than yew V
day.

BdANCHESTER, AUGUST 5.
STOWE EXCHANGE.—This market was firm to-d. 90
and doing a fair amount of business. Sheffields, 35 3--
Ditto, 61. Pref., p.—Leeds, 98 4-11 dlands 85
South Eastern and Dovers, 221—Eastera Counties, 14 g
—East Lancashire, 21;—Great Western of Canada, 25""
Cheshire Junction, 19 g.

BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 5.
.3TOOl{ EXCHANGE.—The market has been firm to-day'
but doing a very inconsiderable amount of business•
Birmingham New Union Mills were done at .3}—Wolves
hampton and Staffordshire Banks, 20—Gres st Western.
Birmingham Guaranteed Stock was done at ',76l—Soutis
Staffords, 2i dis.