The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EIVENING, JANUARY 17

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 16.

BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT.

PLANCHE V. JAMEEL-THEATRICAL REPRESENTATION.-
"A PLEASANT NEIGHBOUR."

Mr. Heath, the Judge, at the sitting of the court gave
judgment in this case, which was reported on the 27th
ult., to which an important question was raised respect-
ing theatrical representations. The action was brought
to recover a penalty of 405., under the 3 and 4 William
IV., c. 15, known as the " Dramatic Authors' Act,"
for the defendant having permitted the representation
of a piece called "A Pleasant Neighbour," of which
the plaintiff is the author. The defence set up was, that
although the Lord Chamberlain's licence was to the de-
fendant, the original lessee, yet, having let the theatre
to Mr. Geo. Bolton on the night on which the piece was
performed, he was not liable. On the other side it was
contended by Mr. Geo. Lewis (Lewis and Lewis), the
attorney for the Dramatic Authors' Society, that, under
the authority of the 7th sec. of the 6th and 7th Viet.,
c. 18, it was clearly the intention of the Legislature, by
the words of that section, to convey to the public the
person absolutely responsible for all matters in connec-
tion with the theatre.
His Honour (Mr. Heath) considered the matter of some
importance, and took time before be gave his judgment.
He now delivered his opinion, remarking that his mind
was made up on the hearing of the case which related to
a performance at the Queen's Theatre in Tottenham.
street, but he would not hastily decide the matter. He
referred to the acts and the licence of the Lord Cham-
berlain to Mr. James, which was clearly a personal li-
cence, and not to the place. He held that Mr. James was
liable, and gave judgment for the plaintiff with costs.

THE GREAT NORTHERN FRAUDS.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-JAN. 16.

[The following appeared in part of our impression of
yesterday
(Before Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes.)
Leopold Redpath and Charles James Comyns Kent
were placed at the bar this morning to answer the in-
dictments of fraud and forgery preferred against them by
the Directors of the Great Northern Railway Company.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Gif-
lard prosecuted ; Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Tindal
Atkinson defended Redpath ; Mr. Hawkins and Mr.
Thompson defended Kent.
On the learned judges taking their seats on the bench
Kent was ordered to retire, and Redpath was tried
singly, upon one of the indictments charging him with
forgery. The document was described as a transfer of
a stock, and there were a variety of counts in order to
meet any legal difficulties that might arrise.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, in addressing the jury, ex-
plained the nature of the prisoner's duty as the transferer
of Stock in the Great Northern Railway. The particular
charge was that of forging and uttering a transfer deed,
numbered 3,623. It appeared from an examination of
the books that an amount of stock was brought into the
books of the Company about the time the forgery was
alleged to have taken place, in favour of John Morris,
who was described as of Manning tree, Essex, gentleman,
and the manner in which it was brought in appeared by
the books of the company in the following entries,
" OB 197 B," which represented the old books of the
company folio 197 B. The name of the attesting wit-
ness was Shaw. Not only were there no such persons
as Morris and Shaw, but there were no such entries in
the old books as indicated by the numbers in the new
books. The account was altogether fictitious—an in-
vention of Redpath's for the purpose of establishing that
fraud which he ultimately carried out.
Evidence was then adduced to bear out the statements
of the learned gentleman, which was merely a recapitu-
lation of the evidence published in The Sun during the
examination of the prisoner at Clerken well Police-court.
Mr. Sergeant Parry having addressed the Court for
the prisoner,
The Jury retired, and, after a short absence, returned
into Court, and gate a verdict of "Guilty."
Leopold Redpath and Charles James Cornyn Kent
were then arraigned for feloniously forging and uttering
a transfer to George Sidney, with intent to defraud.
The particulars of this ease were similar to the last ;
and, as the facts are so fresh in the recollection of the
public, it is unnecessary now to repeat them. •
After the examination of a number of witnesses,
Mr. Hawkins then proceeded to address the jury on
behalf of the prisoner Kent. He said that the prisoner
was precluded by the law from giving his own account
of the transaction, and he complained that he had not
been treated fairly by the manner in which the case had
been brought forward against him. He had been for
several years in the service of the company—his integ-
rity bad never been impeached. He bad always done
his duty, and be hoped to be able to satisfy them that
there was not the slightest foundation for the charge
that was made against him. He confessed be was sur-
prised at the weakness of the case for the prosecution,

and it appeared to him that even upon the facts as they
bad been proved these was nothing to show that there
was any fraudulent intention on the part of the prisoner,
and if that was not made out the prisoner was entitled
to an acquittal. So far as the case of Mr. Redpath was
concerned, he had nothing to say ; but whatever might
have been the nature of his proceedings, he submitted
that there was nothing whatever to show that Kent was
at all mixed up with any fradulent proceedings, or that
when be signed this transfer he had the least idea that
be was doing abything, wrong. What evidence was
there that he had aided or abetted Mr. Redpath in
the commission of any fraud ? He submitted that there
was none at all that would justify the jury in coming to
such a roncluelon. What was there to show that Kent
knew that Redpath had no authority t ) make use cf
the name of the witness Hammond, particularly when
they recollected the manner in which that witness had
given his evidence, and his admission that Redpath
had told him that he had stock standing in his name
They would also recollect that he did not deny that he hal
been told a great many times by Mr. Redpath that he
bad made use of his name ; and he asked them, upon
all these facts, whether there was anything to make
it appear clearly that Kent knew that Redpath had
no authority to make use of the name of Ham-
mond, and whether he might ,not have attested
the signature in a perfectly innocent manner ?
The learned counsel then referred to the fact of
one of the five transfers being proved to have been
attested by Cawkell, another clerk; and Kent had only
done the same thing ; and if one of them was guilty of
orgery and fraud, it was clear that they were both
equally guilty. Again, let them look at the position of
his client. Mr. Redpath had almost unlimited confi-
dence placed in him ; he evidently was allowed by the
directors to do almost what he pleased ; and was it to
be wondered at that a junior clerk in the office should
have done what his superior required of him, when he
no doubt told him at the time that it was all right, and
that he was o rly transferring stock that belonged to him,
and which he had paid for ? It was impossible for him
to call either of the prisoners to prove the facts ; hot he
submitted that there was quite enough in the evidence
that had been adduced for the prosecution to justify the
j ury in coming to the conclusion that this was the real
history of the transaction. The learned counsel then
proceeded to observe upon the absence of any evidence
to show that Kent ever obtained the slightest advantage
from the transaction, or that a farthing of money was
received by him for what he slid upon the occasion, con-
cluding by expressing a confident hope that the jury
would not upon the facts before them convict the pri-
soner Kent of an offence which might subject him to a
sentence of transportation for a long period.
A great number of respectable witnesses were exa-
mined, who gave the prisoner a most excellent charac-
ter from the earliest period of his life.
Mr. Baron Martin then proceeded to sum up.

His Lordship said that, with regard to the prisoner
Ref:P Atte, it appeared to him that if the jury believed the
evidence of the witnesses there could ha no doubt that be
had signed the name r,f a non-existing person to atansfer
Glf stock for the purpose of fraud, and if that was madenut he wag, in law, undoubtedly guilty of forgery. In
"eference to some observations that had been made upon
the subject of some supposed proceedings of the direc,ore,
and to their disposing of stock under the namedofnoe for
he
persons, he could conceive that this might.
the purpnee of preventing alarm in the public mind,
or preventing a panic from the supposition that
they were parting with their interest in the railway; but
it was a totally different thing when a person dealt with
stock which in reality had no existence, and where the
transaction, as appeared in this case, was entirely fictiti-
ous ; and he therefore considered that even if such a pro-
ceeding as that suggested had taken place, it had nothing
whatever to do with the question as to the guilt or inno-
cence
of the prisoner Redpath. With regard to the other
prisoner, Kent, the case was very different, and he xas
bound to tell them that the mere act of attesting a false
signature was not sufficient to support the charge of
forgery, but they must also he satisfied that at the time
he so acted be was aware of what he was doing, and had
a fraudulent intention, and if it was a mere act of irregu-
larity, the jury would not be ju.tified in finding
guilty upon the present indictment. He could not help
also observing that it did seem rather odd that Cawkeli,
the other clerk, who was proved to have done exactly the
same thing upon two occasions, was not prosecuted, but
remained i.i the service of the company, ebile a prosecu-
tion was instituted against the prisoner Kent for a pre-
cisely similar act. He concluded by saying that the jury
would take all these circumstances into their considera-
tion, and if any doubt existed upon their minds, the good
character the prisoner had received from a great number
of highly respectable persons ought to have considerable
weight upon their decision.
The jury almost immediately returned a verdict of
guilty against Redpath, and not guilty as regarded Kent.
Sergeant Ballantine Paid that there was another in-
dictment for felony against Kent, but as the circumstances
were precisely the same he should'not, after 'what had
fallen from the Court, and the verdict of the jury,
proceed with those charges. There was, however, one
indictment for misdemeanour, and he should like to
have time to reflect whether he ought to proceed with it
or not, and he proposed that it should stand over to the
next session, and that Kent should in the meantime go
at large upon his own recognisance.
Mr. Hawkins said be must protest against such a step
it would involve the misery upon the
prisoner of having a charge
being taken, as
hanging over him for an.
ther month.
Sergeant Ballantine said if his learned friend would
not consent to what he proposed, he should go on v. ith
the case.
Mr. Denison, the chairman of the Greatto M
Northern_r_.
Railway, here made a private communication

Sergeant Ballantine, and he then again addressed the
Court, and said that Mr. Denison had left the matter
entirely to his discretion, and he had therefore great
pleasure in withdrawing from the whole of the remaining
charges.
Baron Martin said he thought the learned sergeant
had taken a very proper course. The case was very
slight, and he had very great doubts upon the indictment
that had been tried whether therereallyiwas any evidence
to go to the jury.
A. burst of cheering followed this observation of the
learned judge.
Verdicts of not guilty were then taken upon all the
remaining indictments against Kent, and he was ordered
to be discharged from custody.
The prisoner Redpath was then called up for judg-
ment.

Mr. Atkinson said that before his lordship passed sen-
tence he trusted he might be permitted to state that the
railway company had taken possession of property be-
longing to the prisoner that was worth between forty
and fifty thousand pounds, and which he was instructed
was more than sufficient to cover the whole of his defal-
cations.

Mr. Justice Willes—Mr. Atkinson, this is not a case
of set-off.
Sergeant Ballantine said the statement was a mon-
strous assertion, altogether without foundation.
Mr. Justice Willes then addressed the prisoner as fol-
lows—Leopold Redpath, you have been found guilty of
forging an instrument in the nature of a deed, which is
an offence, under all circumstances, of a most aggra-
vated character, considering how people's property and
interests are involved by such instruments. That is
not the extent of your crime. In the course of the
forgeries and frauds you have committed you
must have led many other persons into positions of sus-
picions, and who are now suffering from the consequences
of your misconduct. Kent, no doubt, did what he did
under your bad advice, and he added a written lie to the
instrument you had forged. It has been said by one of
the learned counsel that this practice of attesting signa-
tures without the knowledge of their being genuine is a
very common one in brokers' offices ; but I can only say
that, if it be so, it is very contrary to what I have ever
seen, and it is a practice certainly that cannot be too
strongly reprehended. It is well also that it should be
known that any person who does such an act is not only
liable civilly, but he is liable to be brought to the bar of
this court to answer a serious criminal charge. These
frauds that you have committed also have this aggrava-
tion, that they were committed upon your masters, and
your offence is also aggravated by the fact that you were
receiving a good salary, and had no excuse for commit-
ting such an offence. Offences of this kind are greatly
on the increase, and as was observed yesterday by my
brother Martin, it would seem that the servants of large
companies, who are not brought into contact with their
masters, really seem to have none of that affection or
regard that ordinarily exists between servants and their
employers, and that they take every opportunity to
commit plunder upon them. This is not all. In the
disposition of your case, apparently, you have instructed
your counsel—for such instruetions could only have
come from you—to cast aspersions upon your masters,
and I must say that I consider this a very base proceed-
ing on your part, and one that greatly aggravates your
crime. The scale upon which you have committed these
depredations shows that you are a person greatly ad-
vanced in crime, and you must have obtained large sums
of money—indeed, if what has been stated by your
learned counsel be true, you must have possessed
yourself of between forty and fifty thousand pounds'
worth of tangible property by means of your depre-
dations upon the property of the company whose
servant you were. It appears, indeed, from all
the facts, that you must have forged no less than
twenty deeds, and that by this means you have pos-
sessed yourself of at least thirty or forty thousand pounds.
You forged upon a large scale, and played for heavy
stakes, and you must have been aware that if you were
convicted you would be called to a heavy account.
That account is now closed, and the sentence upon you
is, that you be transported for the term of your natural
life.

The prisoner did not seem in any way moved by the
observations of the learned judge, and when he had
concluded he turned round and walked away without
attempting to make any observation.

The court was then adjourned to Monday, Feb. 2.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan,. 16.

MANSION-HOUSE.—THE FRAUDS ON THE CITY OF
LONDON UNION.—John Paul, charged with extensive
forgeries and frauds upon the City of London Union, was
brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination.
Mr. Humphreys again attended on the part of the pro.
secution, and Mr. Crawford, from the office of Mr.
Wontner, appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Humphreys said—lt will be in your lordship's re-
collection that when I last attended here I commenced a
case with regard to a cheque for 4251. 12s. 2d., homed by
the guardians of the Poor-law Union of London in favour
of the London Life Assurance Association. Two witnesses
were then examined, Mr. Heath, who was the guardian
present when the cheque was signed and issued, and Mr.
Lovell, the clerk at the Bank of London, who received
the cheque, or note referring to the amount of the cheque,
at that bank in favour of the prisoner Paul. That cheque,
your lordship will recollect, we had not been able to find,
although no doubt it bad been returned in due course by-
Messr:,. Smith, Payne, and Co. I shall produce the coun-
terfoil of the cheque, and also the minute of the board of
that day when it was ordered to be drawn ; and with
that and the production of the elerk from Messrs. Smith
and Payne's, and the production also of a clerk from the
London Life Assurance Society, to prove the non-pay-
ment to them of either the cheque or the amount. I shall
complete the case and ask for a committal upon it.
Mr. J. T. Rowsell, clerk to the City Poor-law Union,
said—On the 17th June last I was present at a meeting
of the board. Part of the busi❑ess was to pay a'claeque
for 4251. 12s. 2d. to the London Life Assurance. I have
no recollection of the cheque except from referenc! to
documents, but upon looking at the minute book I have
no doubt; that a cheque for that amount was drawn,
signed by three of the guardians, and countersigned by
myself.

Mr. B. E dred, under-clerk to the union, said—l pro-
duce a counterfoil in the cheque book of a cheque for
4251. 12s. 2(1. I also find the words, " London Life As-
sociation. Principal and interest."

Mr. W. B. Shirley—l am a clerk in the Bank of Lon-
don. I find an entry in our waste book of 4251. 12.. 2d.
on the 17th June last. It refers to a draft of John Paul
upo❑ Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co. The amount was
placed to the credit of the prisoner.
Mr. N. C. Henry—l am a stockbroker. On the 17th
June I was a clerk in the house of Messrs. Smith, Payne,
and Co. I produce the book belonging to that firm,
which contains an entry on the 24th Sept., in my writ-
ing., of 4251. 12s. 2d. 1 paid the cheque to the Bank
of London. It was the habit of Messrs. Smith and
Payne to return paid cheques to their customers.
Mr. S. Giles, the accountant of the London Life As-
sociation, stated that that body had never received the
cheque in question.
This case beinl. completed,
The L -rd Mayor, after giving the prisoner the usual
caution, a'ked him whether he had anything to say.
Prisoner—My lord, I beg to reserve my defence till a
future occasion. ,

He was then fully committed upon this charge.
Mr. Humphreys—The next case will be a charge of
stealing two cheques, of the respective amounts of 771.
10s. 7d and 771. 17s. 9d.
Mr. Douglas, one of the guardians, said—The two
cheques produced are signed by me in conjunction with
others. One, which is dated July 22, 1856, payable to
Messrs. Collins and Hall, and addressed to Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co., is for 771. 17s. 9d. The other,
for 771. 10.4. 7d., which is dated November 18th, is also
payable to Messrs. Collins and Hall, and addressed to
the same bankers.

Mr. Lovell—l am a cashier in the Bank of London.
I produce a book containing an entry of the receipt of
the cheque for 771. 10,i. 7(1. The entry on the slip is
"cheque, 771. 10s. 7d." This sum was placed to the
prisoner's account.

- Mr. J. R. Glanvill, another cashier in the Bank of
London, said that the cheque produced for 771.178. 9d.
he received by a credit ticket, in the name of the pri-
soner, on the 22d of July last. The credit ticket was in
the prisoner's handwriting.
Mr. T. Evison, cashier at Messrs. Smith and Payne's,
said—The cheque for 771.178. 9,1. was paid by me on
the 23d of July to the Rink of London, and debited to
the City Union.
Mr. B. Smith, also a cashier at Messrs. Smith and
Payne's, said—On the 19th of November last I paid the
cheque for 771. 104. 7d. to the Bank of London, and
placed it to the debit of the union.
_ . .

Mr. Abbis, one of the guardians, said—On the Bth
instant I found the two cheques for 771. 17s. 9d. and
771. 10,3. 7d. in the office usually occupied by the pri-
Eoner.

This case being now closed, the prisoner, in answer to
the Lord Mayor, said he should reserve his defence for
a future occa,ion.

He was then fully committed upon this charge also.
Mr. Crawford—My lord, the prisoner has a statement
to make in answer to these charges, but, under my
advice, he reserves his defence for the present.
The prisoner was then fully committed for trial.

GUILDHALL._A young man named Gardiner, in
the employment of Mes,rs. Baxendale (late Pickford s)
the railway carriers, was brought up before Sir It. W.
Carden, charged with embezzlement.
Win. Hazed, having been sworn, said—l am a carman
in the employ of the prosecutors, and, on the 2d January
of this year I took my delivery book to the prisoner, who
is the settling clerk, to have it cast up, when, on my
paying in the amount of 2/. 145., he saiq he wanted
2/. 2s. out of it for money he had paid out. He accord-
ingly made out the ticket for the remaining 125., which.
with the latter sum I sent up the spout (a means of com-
munication with another department above) to the cash-
office. I produce my delivery book, containing the cast-
ing up of the account of the 2d January in the prisoners'
writing,

Mr. Porter, a clerk in the cash office in Messrs.
Baxendale's establishment, said—j received the ticket
and the 12s. on the 2d January. The prisoner has not
accounted to me for the 2/. 2s. deducted from the amount
handed over to him by the last witness.
Wm. Wright said--I produce the porter's delivery
book, which ought to show the actual amount sent up
to the cash department on the 2d January. This book is
kept by the prisoner, and contains an entry in his hand-
writing of the receipt of 21. 144. from Hazel', on that
day. The prisoner bad ❑o authority from me to make
the deduction he claimed, and he has not accounted to
me for the sum in question.

The solicitor for the prosecution said this was a very
intricate case, and he required time to get up the evi-

dence with regard to other charges of a similar character;
he therefore wished for a remand.
Remanded accordingly.

BOW-STREET.—A. boy, named John Sayers, was
charged with defacing the handsome Addlestone hand-
rail of the staircase at the British Museum, by carving
his name on it.

He was caught in the act by Richard Tidy, one of the
attendants. Ho had written "J. Sayers," and was put-
ting the finishing strokes to the final S when interrupted.
The letters were about three-fourths of an inch in length,
and too deep to be chiselled out.

He was orderd to pay 31., the value of the stone, or be
imprisoned for six weeks.
He was committed in default.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Mr. Alfred Hughes, the
assistant relieving officer of Mile-end New-town, was
charged with a series of aggravated assaults upon his
wife.

Phoebe Hughes, a delicate-looking woman, stated
that she had been married several years to the defen-
dant, by whom she had a family of four children, and
that be had for a long time past cruelly treated her. On
the previous evening, she was invited byt he landlady to
accompany her to the theatre, on returning from which,
shortly after eleven o'clock, she found that her husband
had reached home before her in a state of intoxication,
and that be was then lying asleep on the children's bed.
Not wishing to disturb him, witness went into an ad-
joining room and was composing herself to sleep, when
the defendant entered and ordered her to get up im-
mediately and leave the house. On her remonstrating
with him, he dragged her out of bed and dealt her a
kick, from the effects of which she had been ever since
suffering great pain. The landlord of the house and
other persons then interfered.
Confirmatory evidence of the assault having been
given by Mr. Christopher Hayman, in whose house the
prisoner and his wife lodged, and by police-constable
Reading, H 814,
The Magistrate observed that it was only in consider.
ation of prisoner's wife and family that he abstained
from committing him for six months, and that he should
order him to put in bail for his good conduct for that
period.

SPORTING NOTES.

NOTHING NEW.

The trite proverb which states that no news is good
news is not applicable to turf affairs. In the sporting
world an absence of intelligence is indicative of feeble
speculation and a general stoppage of business. The
publication of the entries for the Spring Events roused
turfites into temporary activity, but their curiosity was
soon gratified. The lists of nominations for certain
meetings show some shortcomings, and compared with
former years there is a striking falling off. Neither the
Chester iCup nor the Great Northern Handicap has
obtained so many entries as it did last year, but
still in the aggregate the principal stakes hare "closed"
most satisfactorily. The entries at Newmarket are
particularly good. Certain horses have been backed
with a spirit and determination for the Chester Cup that
induces suspicions people to believe that the supporters
of them are already acquainted with the imposts which
will be allotted to them. This is what has been termed
in cricketing phraseology, "standing in with the bowler,"
and nine times out of ten the supposition proves to be
as unjust as it is unfounded. Chester alone has supplied
many instances of the error of those whims. The weights
for the Cup will, it is announced on authority, be pub-
lished on Tuesday or Wednesday next. Mr. Topham
has a hard task before him to allot the weights in accord-
ance with the prejudices and preconceived notions of
backers and owners of horses. To borrow another simile
from the cricket ground, every owner of horses fancies he
has a right to an innings, and thinks himself badly used
should the handicapper bowl him out by not " pitching
the ball" with glaring partiality.
The weights for the other Spring Handicaps will also,
it is expected, be ready for publication in the course of
next week. Throughout last season public opinion set
in steadily in favour of those handicaps over which the
stewards of the Jockey Club were supposed to have
control. And no wonder, for better specimens of the
difficult art of handicapping were perhaps never fur-
nished than those which were issued directly from Old
Burlington-street.
The rascally destruction of dogs and foxes in Buck-
inghamshire has e excited considerableited
sportsmen,d
an
mach
tand
n
attention amongst
has been expressed at the detection and conviction of one
of the offenders. .

On Monday( will state at length my notions on the
Derby horseeE or 1857.
Jan. 17. A FRESH MAN.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
Two THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES.
4to 1 agst Loyola (taken)
6 to 1 agst Vedette (taken)
7 to 1 agst any other
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
100 to 6 agst Minos (taken)
85 to 1 agst First of May (taken to 501.)
None of the other favourites named.
CHESTER CUP.
33 to 1 apt St. Giles (taken)
85 to 1 agst Maid of Dement (taken)
35 to 1 agst Comedian (taken)
50 to 1 agst Warlock (taken)

Siunington Tues. Marton
Fri. Tylas-bridge
Smith's, Mr. Assheton Mon. Everleigh
Tucs. Stowel•lodge
Thur. Chute-lodge
Fri. Speery-well ll 0
Somerset West Tues. Heddon, near Crowcombe 10 30
Fri. Williton

Southdown, (A. Dono-
van's) Mon. Street-green
Wed. Clapham lO 45
Fri. Poyning's-Crossways lO 45
Southwold (Mr.CookVion. Cawkwell ll 0
Tues. Greetham
Thur. Market Stainton
Sat. Welton-wood ll 0
Staffordshire, North ... Mon. Seighford
Wed. Doddington
Fri. Hinstock lO 30
Suffolk Tues Felsham-green
%Thur. Lidgate
Sat. Elmswell Lion
Surrey Union Mon. Newlands-corner
Thur. Baynards
Sat. Fetcham Downs lO 30
Sussex, East Mon. Battle-abbey
Wed. Sidley-green
Fri. Gardner-street
Tiokham - Mon. Squirrels, Stockbuly lO 30
Thur. Longbeach lO 30
Sat. Lynsted
Tiverton Mon. Werthy-bridge .
Thur. The Stag's Head
Tivyside Mon. Pontcunnon-bridge
Thur. Cenarth-bridge
Trelawney's, Mr. Tues. Hanford-bridge lO 30
Sat. Scobscomba
Tynedale Mon. Fenwick lO 45
Wed. Chollerford lO 45
Fri. Sixth Milestone, Military-
road lO 45
V.W. H., Lord Gifford's Tues. So uthrop
Thur Red Lodge
Sat. Marston-village
Vaughan's, Sir R. W... Mon. Waen Turnpike-gate lO 0
Thur. Llanrhaidr lO 0
Sat. Rhaghatt lO 0
Vine,EarlPortsmouth's Mon. Hanningtcn
Wed. Craven Arms, Emborno 11 0
Fri. Wherwell-wood ll 0
Sat. Kingsclere
Warwickshire (North) Tues. Berkswell
Thur. Boonton lO 45
Fri. Henley-in-Arden
Warwickshire.
Tues. Mitford-bridge
Thur. Austy-wood
Fri. Clifford Chambers lO 45
Wheatland Tues. Faintree-hall
Fri. Willey-park
Worcestershire ,Mon. Copcut Elm
Wed. Grafton-wood lO 30
Fri. The Cliffey
Wyndham's, Colonel... Mon. Oakhurst Woods
Wed. Fitzhall
Fri. Drumswick-bridge ll 3G
Sat. Drove Kennels
Wynn's, Sir W, W Tues. Whitchurch Racecourse 10 30
Tues. Cefn-park
Thur. Hard wick
Sat. Penley-hall lO 30
York and Ainsty Mon. Skelton
Tues. Copmanthorpe
Thur. Arkendale
Sat. Escrick

1 HARRIERS.
Alton Beagles... Mon. Chisenbury Priory
Fri. Beech Clump, Stanton
Down ll 0
Brighton
Wed. Thunder's Barrow lO 45
Sat. The Dyke
Brooksend, Thanet Mon. Sarre Mill
Wed. Hoatk Mill lO 30
Fri. Hengrove
Brookside .... Mon. Newmarket-hill ll 0
Thur. Telscombe-Tye
B. V.
Fri. Doles Ash Clump l2 0
Crewkerne - Tues. Beaminster Down
High Peak ... Tue 3 Green Cowden
Thur. Gotam Gate ll 0
Sat. Waterloo Inn ll 0
Huntingdonshire° Tues. Over ll 0
Thur. Wiston Mill
Newcastle & Gateshead Mon. Frenchman's-row
Fri. Taufield
Somerset . Mon. Stapleton lO 45
Torquay . Tues. New Inn ,St.Mai7 Church 10 30
1 Williams's, Mr , E Tues. Dousland Barn ....... ... 11 0
Fri. Berry's Bridge, near
Hawkestorr Wood ... 10 45
WorthingFarmtn 's' Sub. Tues. Black Patch
IRISH.
STAG HOUNDS.
Ward Union . ... Mon. Seventh Milestone, Ash-
bourne- road
Wed. Ballintry Gate 1 0
Sat. Dunboyne 1 0
Fox HOUNDS.
Dennis's, Mr. Wed. Gates'zown, Moylongh ... 11 0
Sit. Caraatilla
Galway Blazers Wed. Pallas .. . ll 0
Sat. Rahasane ll 0
Kildare
Thur. Eighteenth Milestone
Sat. Blackchurch
Louth _Tues. Dunany
Fri. Hilltown
Meath ..... ....
Thur. Slaue
Sat. Moynalty ll 0
HARRIERS.
Ballytore - Mon. Belau-gate
Fri. Rathtoole
Dungarvan.......
Fri. Garryduff lO 30
The Rock, Cash of Mon. Gould's Cross ll 0
Thur. Woodhouse ll 0
Lecale
Thur. Ballynarry l2 0
Pa1mer5t0n,.,,.,,,,., Mon. Pearmount l2 0
Fri. Conty
Wicklow . Tues. Churchmount ll 0
Fri. Jack White's Cross-roads 11 0

1857.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

WINDSOR-CASTLE, JAN. 16.
His Royal Highness The Prince has been pleased to
appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Frederick Ponsonby,
Grenadier Guards, to be Equerry to his Royal Highness.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 16.
The Q aeon has been pleased to grant unto Arthur John
Pack, Etq., Companion of the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath, Lieutenant-Colonel in her Majesty's Army, and
Assistant-Quartermaster-General to the Army in the Cork
District, her royal licence and authority that he and his
issue may take and henceforth use the surname of Reynell.
in addition to and before that of Pack. And to command
that the said royal concession and declaration be registered
in her Majesty's College of Arms, otherwise to be 'void and
of no effect.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 15.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, enclosing
a copy of a Portuguese Royal Decree reducing to five per
cent. ad valorem the duties on the importation into Portu-
gal of charcoal and other fuel, as fixed by Article 4 of the
recent decree.

WAR-DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, JAN. 15.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieut. and Captain the Hon.
Roger Mostyn to be Instructor of Musketry.
3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign the Hon, James Wilfrid
Hewitt, from the 4th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Eames, who
exchanges ; Lieut. Eustace Greg has been permitted to
resign his Commission. _

Foot—Ensign Richard Fairfax Eames, from the 3d
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hon. J. W. Hewitt, who ex-
changes.

Bth Foot—Captain Richard Raphael Meade, from the
94th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hartley, who exchanges.
21st Foot—Lieutenant Henry Wellington Hartford,
from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
de Ruvignes, who exchanges.
23d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Wells, from the
25th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel
Lysons, who exchanges.
24th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles Carroll Dempster,
from the 46th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hollo-
way, appointed to the Staff.
25th Foot—Brevet-Colonel Daniel Lysons, from the 23d
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wells, who exchanges.
30th Foot—Lieutenant Charles John. Moorsom to be
Instructor of Musketry.
40th Foot—Assistant•Surgeon Thomas Mines, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ligertwood, promoted
•n the Staff.

46th Foot—Assistant-Surgeou John George Faught,
from the Hospital Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Dempster, appointed to the 24th Foot.
51st Foot—Ensign Riland W. Oldham to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Gloag, who retires; Robert Norton Cobb,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Oldham.
62d Foot—Captain G. W. Bulkeley Hughes, from half-
pay 62d Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Cooch,
whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive
Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1851.
65th Foot —Assistant-Surgeon William Snell, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Park, promoted to the
Staff.

74th Foot—The surname of the Ensign promoted to a
Lientenartcy, by purchase, in the Gazette of the 9th inst.,
is Deare and not Dear, as previously stated.
77th Foot—Lieutenant Rawland Broadhurst Hill to be
Adjutant, vice La Feuvre, resigned.
81st Foot—Sydney William Bell, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Schlotel, promoted.
89th Foot—Lieutenant Savage Hall to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Brevet-Major Mercer, who retires ; Captain
Edmund Morris, from half-pay 89th Foot, to be Captain,
vice Hall, placed upon half-
Pay ; Assistant-Surgeon Julius
Wiles has been permitted to resign his commission.
94th Foot—Capt. Richard Wilson Hartley, from the Bth
Foot, to be Captain, vice Meade, who exchanges.
95th Foot—Lieut. John North Crealock to be Instructor
of Musketry.
99th Foot—Lieut. Allan Macdonald to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Montgomerie, who retires ; Ensign Wm.
John Kempmn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mac-
donald ; James Wardle Harman, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Kempson ; Lieut. T. Hollingsworth Clark-
son to be Adjutant, vice Macdonald, promoted.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut. Henry Martin Moorsom to be
Instructor of Musketry.

2d West India Regiment—Lieut. Charles Henry Theo-
dore Bruce de Ruvignes, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Hartford, Who exchanges.
Gold Coast Corps—Ensign Charles Hewett to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Kysh, appointed Paymaster
91st Foot.

DEPOT BATTALIONS—To be instructors of Musketry—
Captain W. J. M. Cuninghame, Rifle Brigade ; Captain
George H. Twemlow, 7th Foot ; Captain Edmond W.
Sargent, 18th Foot ; Captain John Drysdale, 42d Foot ;
Captain William Joseph Carden, 77th Foot ; Captain
John Charles Sweny, 91st Foot; Captai❑ Alex. Bruce
Wallis, 33d Foot; Captain James Spratt, 68th Foot;
Captain John S. Swann, 54th Foot ; Captain Stephen B.
Gordon, 45th Foot.
UNATTACHED.—Major George Robeson, from the Ist
West India Regiment, to be Lieut.-Colonel, without pur-
chase ; Brevet Major Charles Cooch, 62d Foot, to have his
brevet rank converted into substantive rank, under the
Royal Warrant, 6th Oct., 1854.

HOSPITAL STAFF.
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Samuel Maitland
Hadaway, from half-pay, to be Deputy Inspector-General
of Hospitals, vice Nl`Andrew, promoted.
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Alex. Sheriffe
Macdonell, from half-pay, to be Deputy-Inspector-General
of Hospitals, vice Dartnell, who retires upon half-pay.
A esistant• Surgeon James Lewis Holloway, from the 24th
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Faught,
appointed to the 46th Foot.

The undermentioned Acting Assistant-Su►geons to be
Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces :—William Meyler Mil-
ton; Washington Patton; John James Henry, vice
Mosse, resigned.