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London, England, 1859-11-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 18.

BRIBERY AT NORWICH.-EXTRAOR-
.DINA.RY PROCEEDINGS.

NORWICH, Nov. 18.

Proceedings of great importance have com-
menced here in reference to an alleged attempt to
corrupt a town councillor (Mr. Joel Fox) on tho
9th of November last, by the offer to him of £5OO
to induce him to vote for eight Tory aldermen. A
charge has been preferred against Mr. Albert J.
Collins, a solicitor in the town, of conspiring with
Mr. Henry Croxford and others to corrupt Mr. Fox
as stated. The case has already been part heard ;
and on the resumption of the inquiry Mr. Power,
Q.C., appeared on the part of the prosecution, and
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine for the (lettuce.
Mr. Fox was recalled, with a view to a cross-
examination.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine objected to his stating
anything said to him by Mr. Croxford in the ab-
sence of Collins, as anything uttered under
such circumstances could not be evidence against
his client.

The magistrates, after deliberating in private,
decided that questions only should be put bringing
out the alleged act done.
Mr. Fox then proceeded to state that on the 9th
of November he met Mr. Croxford at the Hop-Pole
Gardens, and after having some conversation with
him he proceeded to his house, where he was offered.
£5OO, in three £lOO and four £5O Bank of Eng-
land notes, to vote for eight Tory aldermen. He
said to Mr. Croxford that he must have the
halves of the three £lOO notes and the numbers
of the four 50's. Mr. Croxford left the house and
was absent about seven minutes ; when he returned
he said, " 1 have consulted Mr. Collins"--

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—No ; hold your tongue,
Mr. Joel. (Laughter.)
M. Power—l am afraid that is what my friend
has come down for.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—He will wish to hold
his tongue before I have done with him. (Great
laughter.)
Witness—After he said something to me he gave
me three halves of the £lOO notes, and I took the
numbers of the other four. They were given me to
vote for eight Tory aldermen.
Mr. Hitchman, chief constable of Norwich, pro-
duced a sealed packet containing halves of three
£lOO notes, and also a memorandum purporting to
be the numbers of others.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine objooted to the reception
of evidence in reference to the numbers of the notes.
Secondary evidence was inadmissible as long as
primary evidence could be obtained.
The magistrates decided by a majority of ten to
nine to receive evidence on the subject.
Mr. Power said Mr. Croxfoid had absconded,
and although photographic portraits of him had
been circulated all over the kingdom, he could not
be found.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said if his learned friend
had mentioned this before he probably should not
have made the objection. (Laughter.)
Mr. Fox having been handed the memorandum,
said it contained the number of the notes which he
had taken down. They were 2,759, 27,588, 27,587,
and 27,589.
Mr. Power—lt seems to me that you have left
an 0 out as regards the first note.
Witness—After I had received the throe halves
and taken the numbers I went home and cleaned
myself, and then went to the Council Chamber. I
took iny seat on the Liberal side of the of the
cil, and produced the three £lOO notes, mak-
ing also a statement with reference to the £5O
notes. I did not vote for the eight Conservative
aldermen, but for eight Liberals.
By Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—l am a true Liberal.
My name is Joel Fox. I never had any other names.
By trade I am a farrier. I am a native of Germany,
but I have lived in England nearly 30 years. I
have not been unfortunate in Norwich. I shall
not answer the question.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You must answer a
good many things before I have done. Have you
been in difficulties ?

Witness—l shall not answer the question.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Have you been: a
bankrupt ?

Witness—Never.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantinc—Hare you compounded
with your creditors ?
Witness—No, sir.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine--Never ?
Witness—l shall not answer the question.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Three or four times?
Witness—No, sir ; not once according to my
belief.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Do you mean you
don't kn4w ?
Witness—Yes, I do know.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You didn't do all this
of your own accord, did you?
Witness—No, sir.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Who arranged with
you this plant-upon Croxford?
Witness—There was no arrangement made. I
named it to a certain party—Mr. Wilde.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—What Mr. Wilde is
that? Mr. Wilde No. 1 ? William the First ?
(Laughter.)
Witness—Yes. I believe him to be a very re-
spectable man.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—What is he besides
being respectable ?
Witness—l can't say what he is. I say he is a
respectable man.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—What is he besides
being respectable ?
Witness—Well, he is an auctioneer, of my poli-
tics, pure Whig. I named this matter to him first
on the Sunday morning before the 9th of Novem-
ber. I went to Mr. Wilde at his own houso, and
told him the temptation which was held out. I
said to him, " I believe they are trying all they
can do to do something."
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—And it was agreed
that you should take the money, with the view of
taking in Croxford. Joel Fox out with it. It
must come. (Laughter.)
Witness—l did what I thought best. They did
all they could to spoil the election of Lord Bury
and Mr. Schneider at the general election, and I
did all I could to trap them now. They were
guilty, but only one side was prosecuted before the
committee of the House of Commons.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—There was not a pin
to choose between them ?

Witness—No, not a pin to choose between them.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You speak as a
Liberal, and know it ?
Witness—One side was as bad as another.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You as a Liberal
town councillor say one side was as bad as
another? You know it?
Witness—Yes.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—And so inasmuch as
your side was caught out at the late election you
determined—

Witness—l was determined to show that the
others were not pure.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—What you want to do,
Joel, is to purify Norwich ?
Witness—lf I can. (Loud laughter.)
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—And Wilde, who is
likewise " William the First," wants also to purify
Norwich. Didn't he say so. You and ho were to
act together in this matter?
"Witness—Wilde would not have been guilty of
bribery if the other side hadn't begun first.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—There is such a thing
as a conspiracy to make a person commit a crime.
You and Wilde were to act together ?
Witness—Not exactly ; there was no partnership.
I thought they ought to be served out. I am friendly
with Mr. Wilde, and he knew everything I knew.
I don't know whether he was at the council meeting
at which I produced the notes. He does not sit as
a councillor. He wont with me, but I really don't
know whether he was in the room when Iproduced
the notes.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—When you pt up and
did the patriot with these halves, didn't you see
him beside you P

WitneSs-LI don't remember. Suppose I did, I
really can't recollect now.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You are charging my
client with a conspiracy. Now, I am trying to
make out a conspiracy against you. Did you com-
municate to anybody else what was going on be-
tween you and Croxford ?
Witness--4 will swear I did not. Mr. Wilde
might; I did not. I don't believe I did. I can't
remember. Mr. Foster Moore was with Mr. Wilde
when I told him about the matter. lie might have
heard it. To the best of my belief I did not name
it to any one.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Can you tell me where
Mr. Wilde is? Have you seen him to-day ?
Witness—No; I have not spoken to him to-day.
I saw him last night.
By Mr. Power—Crox ford came to me on Satur-
day night and made a purchase ; and, in conse;
quence of something he said to me, I went to hini
on the Sunday. I never said anything to Mr.
-Wilde till after that.

A cashier and clerk from Mosses. Hankey's, tho
town agents of Messrs. Harvey and Hudson,
bankers of Norwich, proved that, on the 7th of
November, 5 £lOO and 2 £5O Bank of England
notes were sent down to that firm in a registered
letter.

Mr. It. J. H. Harvey, of the firm of Messrs. Har-
vey- and Hudson, was then sworn, and asked by Mr.
Power whether he was a banker at Norwich. .

Mr. Harvey—l am.

Mr. Power--Allow me to call your attention to
this letter of the sth of November.

Mr. Harvey—l decline to answer any questions
for fear I should, by my answer, be implicated in
this charge.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said it was the privilege
of a witness to take this course.

Mr. Power pronounced it insulting to the admi-
nistration of justice for any gentleman to refuse to
give evidence.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said his learned friend
had no business to insult the witness in such a man-
ner, and he trusted the bench would protect Mr.
Harvey in his legal rights.
Mr. Power contended that no witness was privi-
leged to decline to give information to a court of
justice. He must ask the witness with reference
to a letter of the sth November, whether this
(pointing to a particular part of the paper) was his
handwriting ?
Mr. Harvey—l decline to answer any questions
in this case, for fear by my answer I should be im-
plicated in this charge.
Mr. Power said the Court must compel Mr.
Harvey to answer the question, unless they be-
lieved it had a tendency to implicate that gentle-
man. It was not considered that Mr. Harvey Was
implicated, bat the Court would surely not allow
the ends of justice to be frustrated.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said it was a most cruel
thing, in a fishing inquiry like the present, to get
hold of a gentleman's books and mermranda, which,
with the malignant fooling existing in the town,
might afterwards be distorted into something like
a charge against him. After the manner in which
the case had been conducted, Mr. Harvey had no
reason to reproach himself for the course he had
adopted.
Mr. Power believed that Mr. Harvey was inno-
cent, and that he was merely the channel through
whose hands the notes passed. The inquiry, how-
ever, was one of national importance, and the Court
must not permit the ends of justice to be frus-
trated.

The magistrates decided by 14 to 6 that Mr.
Harvey ought to answer the question.
Mr. Harvey—l am the best judge of what will
implicate me, and I decline to answer.
Mr. Power said he must ask the Court to commit
the witness.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine contended that the
bench had not the power of doing so.
The court was cleared, and the proceedings ad-
jourded for an hour. On the re-admission of the
publ;e, . - . -.- -

The Mayor said the magistrates wished, before
any final decision was come to with regard to Mr.
Harvey's refusal to answer the question addressed
to him, that the counsel for the prosecution should
proceed with his caso.
Mr. Power—l wish to ask you, Mr. Harvey,
whether you found Mr. Colins, the defendant, and
Sir Samuel Bignold together at your bank when
you reached it on Wednesday, the Oth of November.
Mr. Harvey—l give you exactly the same answer
as before.

Mr. S. Hill was next called, and examined by
Mr. Power. He said—l am a clerk in Messrs.
Harvey's bank, and acted as a cashier on Wednes-
day, the 9th of November. lam not aware, of my
own knowledge, of the £lOO notes transferred from
Hankey's being received. No £lOO notes or £5O
notes were delivered to me by Mr. Harvey. I did
not pay over any £lOO or £5O notes on the 9th of
November. It is the cashier's duty to pay them
over. It is the habit of the bank to balance the
books every evening. If £5OO leaves the bank,
there is means of knowing whether £5OO has been
paid. I must here ask whether I ought to answer
these questions. It was not my duty to balance the
books. A Mr. noddy makes up the books. The
amour t received from London and the payments
made would be shown. I saw Mr. Collins at the
bank. Sir Samuel Bignold was with him. Mr.
Harvey was not there when they came in. I saw
them first when they came into the room where I
was—Mr. Harvey's room. They remained there
nearly an hour before Mr. Harvey came. When
Mr. Harvey came I left. I left Mr. Harvey, Sir
Samuel Bignold, and Mr. Collins toge thcr. They
remained together not more than five minutes at
the outside. lam not aware of my own knowledge
of Mr. Collins receiving any money through our
bank. It was the cashier's duty to pay money. I
saw Mr. Collins leave. Mr. Harvey opens our
letters sometimes. I cannot say who opened the
letters on Nov. 8. Four of the clerks are privileged
to open business and registered letters.
By Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Mr. Collins is a
solicitor, and is occasionally consulted by Mr. Har-
vey, professionally. I have seen him frequently at
the bank. Sir Samuel Bignold is occasionally, but
not frequently there.
By Mr. Power—l don't remember ever seeing
Sir Samuel Bignold and Mr. Collins there together
before.

Mr. W. C. Lound examined by Mr. Power—l am
a cashier in Messrs. Harvey's bank. I produce
several of the books.

Mr. Power applied to look at one of them.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine objected. The book
was but a memorandum, and could only be used to
refresh the witness's memory.
Mr. Power said he only wanted to see whether
there was au entry in the book which dealt with
this .£5OO.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine replied that his learned
friend had no right to make the present tribunal a
court of inquisition. It would be a monstrous act
of tranny to compel Messrs. Harvey to give up their
books ; and unless force was used, the book at pre-
sent applied for would not be taken from them. He
protested against his learned friend looking at pri-
vate memoranda and private books, with the view
of getting up a caso of which he knew nothing at
all.

Mr. Power asked the witness whether the book
contained entries of the payments made on the 9th
of November.
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Witness—l decline to answer the question, as it
may possibly implicate myself.
Mr. Power—Upon that day did you pay over
£500.t0 Mr. Collins'
Witness—l object to the question on the former
ground.
Mr. Power—That it tends to criminate you ?

Witness—Yes.
The Mayor repeated the question.
Witness—l decline to answer.it.
The Mayor—Will you please to state on what
ground
Witness—As I fear I may be implicated by such
answer in the present case.

Mr. Sultzer, one of the magistrates, said there
appeared to be a most determined effort to frustrate
the ends of justice.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine asked whether this was
the opinion of the bench generally ?
Several magistrates (Conservatives) replied in the
negative.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—lt is not decent, then,
for an individual magistrate to express an opinion.
The Mayor said it was the opinion of the magi-
strates that the witness should answer the question.
Witness—l must decline to answer it.

The Mayor—l believe it is the unanimous opinion
of the magistrates that ycu should answer it. We
shall take the advice of the law officers of the Crown,
and adjourn the case.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said he must apply to
the bench to hear a case in which a summons had
been granted against William Wilde, William
Wilde the younger, William George Wilde, James
Stores, and Sir William Foster, Bart., for a con-
spiracy to bribe at the last election for the city of
Norwich,

Mr. Power—Sufficient for the day is the evil
thereof.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—l must trust to my own
wisdom. I prefer it to my learned friend's.
The Mayor intimated that the magistrates would
go into the case.
The inquiry was then adjourned, the bail of Mr.
Collins, the present defendant, being enlarged for
his reappearance.

It will be seen that political matters are coming
to a crisis in Norwich. The parties summoned in
the second case referred to by Mr. Sergeant Bal-
lantine are all Liberals, and further reprisals are
threatened by their friends against fresh Conserva-
tives. Unless matters can be hushed up, it is diffi-
cult to see where the proceedings will end. Sir
Samuel Bignold, who is referred to in the course
of the evidence already given, has several times
contested Norwich in the Conservative interest, and
at present claims one cf the vacant seats.

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GUILDHALL.--James AloysiuslledPerry,
described as a medical agent, of 77, Newman-street,
Oxford-street, who was remanded on bail, upon a
charge of obtaining £430 under false pretences, ap-
peared before Alderman Humphery, having been
brought up from the Queen's Prisori upon a habeas.
The facts of this case, which have already ap-
peared, are briefly as follows :—About three or four
years ago a Mr. Chas. Tapling became acquainted
with defendant,who was at that time connected with
the management of Drury-lane Theatre, of which a
Mr. Jarrett, or Gerratt, was the lessee. A few weeks
after the acquaintance the defendant applied, on the
strength of certain privileges, consisting of a pri-
vate box and admission behind the scenes, granted
to Mr. Tapling, for an advance of £3O, stating that
he required the money to enable the lessee to keep
open the theatre. Mr. Tapling advanced the money,
which he understood was to be applied in paying
the ballet girls' salaries, and accepted as security a
cheque drawn on the London and Westminster
Bank by Jarrett, which he agreed to hold over for
a few days in order that funds might be lodged to
meet it. When it was presented, however, it was
returned dishonoured, and endorsed, "No account
—no effects." Shortly after that Mr. Tapling met
defendant, and on telling him that the cheque had
been dishonoured, he said he would make it all
right in a few days. Mr. Tapling neither saw nor
heard anything of the defendant until he gave him
into custody about a fortnight ago. At the end of
the first examination the defendant was remanded,
and arrested by the sheriff's officer on leaving the
court upon a civil process.

Mr. Beard, for the prosecution, intimated that
Mr. Tapling was unavoidably detained at Man-
chester, and that a further remand for a week was
therefore desirable.

Mr. Levi, for the defendant, said it was quite clear
that Mr. Tapling felt there was no case against the
defendant, as the money was advanced upon Jar-
rett's cheque and for Jarrett's use, and the privilege
he enjoyed of going behind the scenes was the mo-
tive which induced him to oblige Jarrett.
Alderman llumphery said he understood the case.
It amounted to this, that Mr. Tapling had a stall or
private box at the theatre, and wishing to go be-
hind the scenes to see the ballet girls, he was wil-
ling to pay for the privilege. (Laughter.)
Mr. Levi said that was the cant to a certain e--
tent, but he relied upon the circumstance that the
money was advanced to Jarrett, and not to the de-
fendant, for his answer to this charge.
Alderman llumphery said it was evident that
Mr. Tapling being, like many young men, flush
with money, was willing to pay £3O for the entree
of the theatre, including the privilege of going be-
hind the scenes among the ballet girls—(laughter)
—and that he took the cheque to secure his £3O in
the event of his privilege being restricted.
Mr. Levi said that was the real state of the case.
The theatre was not kept open long after the cheque
was given, and Jarrett subsequently had to seek
the protection of the Insolvent Court, and Mr.
Tapling therefore sought to get the amount of the
cheque from the defendant.

Alderman llumpheq said he supposed the theatre
closed too soon for Mr. Tapling, and that he consi-
dered his privileges too much abridged for the
amount he had paid—(laughter)—and felt disap-
pointed accordingly.
Mr. Levi said there was no doubt it was that feel-
ing which had actuated him in these proceedings.
It was a simple matter of debt, and his object in
making a criminal charge was to procure his arrest
upon a civil process.
Alderman Ilumphery said he should like to have
Mr. Tapling present before he disposed of the case.
Mr. Levi said he must object to any remand, as
the defendant was put to the expense of £4 or £5
for a habeas every time he was brought up ; but if
Mr. Tapling would pay that expense, he would ac-
cede to a remand.

Alderman llumpliery said he thought it was only
fair that Mr. Tapling should bring the defendant
up at his own expense.
Mr. Levi said he had not attempted to quash the
arrest until he knew how this case would terminate;
but if the defendant were discharged from his re-
cognisances, he would undertake that he should ap-
pear if Mr. Tapling would go to the expense of a
habeas, and he would further promise that for two
days the defendant should not be removed from the
Queen's Prison.

Alderman liumpliery upon this undertaking dis-
oliarg‘sd the defendant, at the same time stating that
Mr: Tapling might give him into custody again
whenever he felt in a position to establish the charge.
Mr. Levi said he had no fear of Mr. Tapling doing
anything of the kind.
The defendant was then discharged.

L A MBETH.—SERIous COMPLAINT AGAINST A
CLERGYMAN.—Inspeotor Bent, of the A division of
police, and who is employed on the South-Western
Railway, attended before the Hon. G. C. Norton,
with a young lady who had been a passenger by
that line of railway, and who had a charge of a
serious, if not a highly culpable character, to prefer
against a clergyman, who is the incumbent of a
large and influential parish in the metropolis.
The lady, who appeared to be about 19 or 20 years
of ago, and of prepossessing appearance, on enter-
ing the witness-box said that on the night before
she got into a secund-class carriage of an up train
at Kingston, and at Wandsworth the person of
whom she had to complain got into the same car-
riage, took a seat right opposite to her, and soon
commenced the conduct of which she had to com-
plain to his worship. He placed his leg, unper-
ceived by her, in the first instance under her dress
and between both hers, and acted in a manner to
convince her his intention was to insult her, and the
instant she discovered this she moved away to
another part of the carriage. She was, however,
followed by the same person, who renewed his in-
sults.

Mr. Norton—How often did he act in the manner
you ha-e described after you removed?
Applicant—Only once, but he did it several times
on the first occasion, and tried to repeat it, when a
gentleman in the carriage saw that I appeared very
mach annoyed by him, spoke to him about it, and
said if I did not give him in charge he should. He
also ordered him to sit on the other side of the car-
riage, the side I was on, but some distance from
me.

Mr. Norton—Did the person move voluntarily at
the gentleman's request ?
Applicant—Yes, sir.
Mr. Norton—Did lie say anything on his doing
so?
Applicant--Yes. He said he did not think he
had offended any one, and that if lie had done any-
thing to offend me he hoped I would excuse it.
Mr. Norton—Did you make any complaint to the
gentleman you have mentioned before he inter-
fered ?

Applicant—No, sir, but I endeavoured to get out
of the person's way as far as I could by sitting
back, and I suppose the gentleman observed me,
for he at once said to the person, " You are very
much annoying that lady."
Mr. Norton—The person's willingness to move,
and his expressions would, lead to the belief that he
was unconscious of offending, or doing so inten-
tionally.
Applicant—He must have been quite well aware
of it, and had there not been a third person in the
carriage I do not know the extent of insult which
I might have been subjected.
Mr..Norton—The second-class carriages are not
very wide; and may it not happen, particularly to
a lady of sensitive mind and feeling that an acci-
dental touch may be taken for an intentional in-
sult. Now, I wish to ask you Whetheh the act of
which you complain was deliberate and intentional,
or whether it may not hese been the result of ac-
cident ?

Applicant (emphatically)--I am quite certain it
was intentionally clone, rind that he meant to insult

me.

Mr. Norton—Can you state whereabout this mis-
conduct took place ?
Applicant—During the journey from Wands-
worth, and not many miles from the Waterloo-
station.

Mr. Norton—What is the person complained of ?
Mr. Bent—He is a clergyman, sir, whose name I
have got, and I have attended hero with this young
lady, by direction of Mr. Young, the station-
manager at Waterloo-station, to take out a summons,
or take such other p'oceedings as your worship
may determine on, as it is Mr. Young's and the
Company's. determination to protect all passengers,
and more particularly ladies travelling on the line.
• I beg to call your worship's attention to the fifth
' rule in the Company's bye laws, which may meet
this ease, and which states that, " Any person found
in a carriage or station, in a state of intoxication,
or committing any nuisance, or otherwise wilfully
interferinr, with the comfort of other passengers, is
hereby subject to a penalty of 40s.
Mr. Norton directed that a summons be taken
out for this rule, and the necessary instructions
having been taken, the summons was issued.
It appears, though the fact did not transpire
before the magistrate, that the clerical offender has
already suffered pretty dearly for his conduct, for
it so happened that the gentleman who is paying his
attcintions to the insultedflady was waiting her
arrival at the Waterloo stat;op, and on being made
acquainted with the circumstance, he " slipped
into" the reverend divine, and gavo him a severe
pummelling.

GLASGOW WATER COMMISSION.—At a meeting
of this body on Thursday it was agreed to go tc Parliament
Or additional powers to the amount of £300,000.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

WHITEHALL, Nov. 16.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Charles
Avery Moore, B.C.L. to the vicarage of Sutterton, in the
county and diocese Of Lincoln, void by the death of the
Rev. William George Nott.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. August
Carl Gumpert as Consul at Bombay for the Free Hanseatic
City of Hamburgh.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 18.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-General John Oldfield to be

Colonel Commandant, vice Lewis, deceased.--- --
3d Regiment of Dragoon Guai ds—Lieutenant John Charles
Boucher to be Captain, by purchase, vice Still, who re-
tires; Cornet Henry Mapleton Hockin to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Boucher.
Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Michael Clarke to be Adju-
tant, vice Lieutenant Harding, deceased.
11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles Philip Viscount
Royston, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant,
vice Yates, promoted, without purchase, to an Unat-
tached Company.
14th Light Dragoons—Corset James White has bean per-
mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com-
.

mission.
Royal Artillery—Sergeant Major-George Alexander Shep-
herd to be Quartermaster, vice Elliott, promoted to be a
Captain, in the Coast Brigade.
Royal Engineers—Brevet-Major William Collier Menzies
to be Lieutenant-Coleuel, vice Fenwick, deceased ; Capt.
Douglas Galton, from the Seconded List, to be Captain,
vice Menzies.
2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Mackie Laurent to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Page, who retires.
3d Foot—Lieutenant William Pitt Butts, from the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Mer-
rett, who exchanges.
6th Foot—Lieutenant Henry John Lawrell to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Mill, who retires.
10th Foot—Ensign Ernest Archibald Berger to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Kenny, who retires; Assistant-
Surgeon William Langworthy Baker, from the Staff, to
be -Assistant-Surgeon, vice Rennie, promoted on the
Staff.

15th Foot—Lieutenant William George Herbert Taylor
Fairfax, from the 31st Foot, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice John Smyth, who retires.
22d Foot—Ensign William S. Ward to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Henry B. Chichester, who retires.
27th Foot—William Herring, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Coffey, promoted.
32d Foot—Brevet-Major Richard Henry Magenis, from the
90th Foot, to be Captain, vice Knox, who exchanges.
54th Foot—Ensign Sir Charles Wentworth Burdett, Bart.,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Parr, deceased.
57th Foot—Ensign Charles Mansfield Clarke to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Slade, promoted.
60th Foot—Ensign George Hewitt Trotman to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Steel, deceased.
77th Foot Ensign Randle Jackson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Peach, who retires.
90th Foot—Captain Rebell Trotter Knox, from the 32d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Magenis, who ex-
changes.
96th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Osborne Barnard to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Nugent, promoted to an Unat-
tached majority; Ensign John Leslie Toke to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Barnard ; Augustus Frederick
Arthur Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Toke.
98th Foot—Ensign Thomas Francis Swinford to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Woodward, whose promotion,
by purchase, on the 11th March, 1859, has been cancelled.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Frederic Carl Playne to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Rowles, who retires ; Ensign
Cecil G. A. Drummond to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Playne ; Ensign Rowland Egerton to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Evans, who retires •, Ensign the Hon.
T. J. Wynn, from the 86th Foot, to be Ensign, without
Eurchase ; Richard Winstanley Ormerod, Gent., to be
nsign, without purchase; The Hon. Charles North to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Drummond ; Frederick W.
Duncoinbe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Egerton.

ht West India Regiment—Sergeant-Major Patrick Molo-
ney to be Quartermaster, vice Thomson, appointed Pay-
master.

Royal Canadian -Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Thomas
Merrett, from the 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Butts,
who exchanges,
_ . _

UNATTACHED.

Captain St. George Mervyn Nugent, from the 96th Foot,
to be Major, by purchase.
Brevet-Colonel Thomas Holmes Tidy, Major on half-pay
14th Foot, late Deputy Ad,;,-atant-Genoral in Jamaica, to be
Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Surgeon-Major Edward Hugh Blakeney, who retires on
half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Deputy Inspector-
General of Hospitals, in accordance with the Royal War-
rant of Ist October, 1858.
Assist.-Surgeon Duncar, Robertson Rennie, from the 10th
Foot, to be Surgeon, Vico Thornton Marshall, placed upon
half-pay.
Assist.-Surgeor, St. John Killery, from the 29th Foot,
to be Assist.- Surgeon to the Forces, vice Baker, appointed
to the 10th root.

BVET.
Major and Brevet-Lieut R.-EColonel George Durnford, re-
tired full-pay 70th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, the
rank being honorary only.
Brevet-Major H. B. Lumsden, 59th Bengal Native In-
fantry, to be Lieut.. Colonel in the Army.
Major William HenryCobbs Lye, 13th Bombay Native
Infantry, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army.
Captain Alfred William Lucas, 7th Bombay Native In-
fantry, to be Major in the Army.
Captain Edward Armitage Hardy, Ist Bombay Cavalry,
to be Major in the Army.
Captain John Gordon Petrie, Bombay Artillery, to be
Major in the Army.
Captain George (Ileig Brown, Bombay Artillery, to be
Major in the Army.
Second Captain Henry Wm. Gullwer, Bengal Engineers,
to be Major in the Army.
MEMORANDA: M.—Major Edward Carter Giffard has re-
paid the difference which he received on exchanging to half
pay Unattached in 1847, and been permitted to retire from
the service by the sale of an Unattached Majority, he being
about to become a settler in Canada.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 15.
Corps of Royal Marini's—First Lieutenant Edward Fitz-
gerald Pritchard to be Captain, vice Pengelley, retired on
full pay; Second Lieutenant Henry ll.arford Strong to be
First Lieutenant, vice Pritchard, promoted.

COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—John Cross, Gent., to
be Quartermaster.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
2d Regiment Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet
William Maberly to be Lieutenant, vice Fitzgerald, re-
signed.

County of Stafford—Lieut.-Colonel Francis William
Newdigate, to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Henry Ellwell,
Esq., to bo Deputy Lieutenant.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
William Henry Armitage, Gent., to be Ensign.
Renfrewshire Volunteer Rifles-sth Company—James
Anderson, Gent., late Captain Prince of Wales Royal Re-
giment of Renfrew Militia, to be Captain ; John Birkmyre,
Gent., to be Lieutenant; James Dunbar, Gent., to be
Ensign.
Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers-2d Company—Josiah
Yeomans Robins, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
City of Edinburgh Artillery Militia—John Boulton,
Gent., Adjutant of that Regiment, to serve with the rank
of Captain from 6th September, 1859.
Breakneck Volunteer Rifles—James Williams, Esq., to
be Honorary Surgeon to the Ist Company.
Royal Gloucester Regiment of Hussar Yeomanry—John
Edward Dorington, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Dickenson,
resigned. _

City of Bristol Rifle Volunteer Corps—Captain Arthur
Mowbray Jones, to be Adjutant, with the rank of Captain.
let Company of Derbyshire Volunteer Rifles—John John-
son, Esq., M.D., to be Honorary Surgeon.
Robin Hood Rifle Volunteer Corps—Thomas Rawstone
Starey, Gent., to be Captain ; Anthony John Mundella,
.Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Robert Evans, Gent., to be En-
sign ; Richard Birkin, jun., Gent., to be Captain ; Richard.
Robert Patterson, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Bernard Brad-
ley, Gent., to be Ensign ; Thomas Isaac Birkin, Gent., to
be Captain ; John Patterson, • Gent., to be Lieutenant ;
Francis Bryan Baker, Gent.; to be Ensign; Frederick
Wiliam Parsons, Gent., to ,be Captain; John Smith
Wright, Gent., to be Ensign ; Henry Smith, Gent., to be
Captain ; William Lambert, Gent., to be Lieutenant ;
William Walter Miller, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Monmouthshire Militia—Arthur Edward Benson,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Dowling, resigned.
The London Scottish Rifle Volunteer Corps—George
Mackenzie, Esq., to be Captain..
Dorset Regiment of Militia—Captain Edward Atkyns
Wood to be Major, vice Homing, resigned.'
2d Worcestershire Rifle Volunteers—Colonel Arthur
Charles Lowe to be Captain; -William Norris, Esq., to be
Lieutenant ; William McLaughlin, Esq., to be Ensign.
Reigate, or sth Surrey Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps
—The Hon. William John Monson to be Captain ; Francis
henry Beaumont, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Henry Lain-
son, Esq., to be Ensign.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 16th day
of November, 1859:

ISSUE in pAnTmExT.
Notes issued £30,711,170 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 16,236,170
Silver Bullion .... _

£30,711,170]

BANKING D.
Proprietors' Capi-
£11,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
chiding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioncrs of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

counts) 6,425,066
Other Deposits 14,642,617
Seven Day and
other Bills 862,053

X 39,633,592
M. I

£30,711,170

Dated Nov. 17, 1859.

oEPARTIISNT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £10,925,157
Other Securities 18,870'785
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 624,5C0

£39,663,592
:ARSIIALL, Chief Cashier.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
he Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 15th day
of Nov., 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :

Per cwt.
From tha British possessions in America 23s 51d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 15s 11d
Average price of the foregoing 22s 4d

BANKRUPTS.
RuLreno Duval, milliner, New Bond-street, to surrender
Nov. 30, at twelve, and Dec. 30, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
William Holmes Wakelin, bulkier, Ealing., Dec. 2 and
Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Louson Anderson, linen factor, Cannon-street
west, city, Nov. 30, at half-past one, and Jan. 2, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Henry Elliott, clothier, Chcapside, city, Dec.
1, at cloven, and Dec. 26, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Thomas Foreman and Thomas Johnson, carpenters,
Favershani, Kent, Dec. 2, at hall.past two, and Jan. 3, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Pratt, farrier, Dean-street, Soho, Nov. 30, at
one, and Dec. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Andrew Wigdahl, ship broker, Lower Thames-street,
city, Dec. 1, at eleven, and Dec. 29, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
James Price, builder, Maidenhead, Berks, Nov. 30, at

half-past one, and Dec. 30, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
David Allen and John Smith, warehousemen, Manchester,
Nov. 30 and Dec. 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court.
Samuel Johns Back, tailor, Kingston-upon-Hull, N 0,4
30 and Jan. 11, at the Townlyall,

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
W. B. Weatherman, brewer, Greenock.
J. Robertson, merchant, Broomhead, Banffshire.
A. Craig, currier, Glasgow.
J. Blain, farmer, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire.