The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-24 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Jan. 23.

(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and

a Bench of Magistrates.)
John Thomas Simpson Jones, a respectably dressed
man, aged 36, who was stated to be one of the most
notorious begging-letter 'impostors in England, was
indicted for having obtained, by false pretences, two
halves of a 51. Bank of England note, and also the
further sum of 31., from Mr. J. Collinridge, a gen-
tleman of fortune residing at Sunbury in the county
of Middlesex.
Mr. Phinn and Mr. Lempriere conducted the case
for the prosecution, and Mr. Prendergast appeared for
the defendant.
Mr. PRENDERGAST said he had to apply to the
Court for the postponement of this case upon the
ground that the defendant was prepared to plead
autrefois acquit. To enable the defendant, however,
to do so, it would be requisite to obtain the record of
the former trial of the defendant upon the same
charge. The trial having taken place at Bath, as yet
he was instructed that the defendant had not sufficient
time to procure the record.
Some discussion having arisen upon this applica-
tion, and it appearing that the defendant had been
committed on the 9th inst.,

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The Learned JUDGE held that he had had ample
time to send for the record, and directed that the trial
should at once proceed.
The defendant was thereupon arraigned, when he
pleaded autrefeis acquit; but as he was unable to pro-
duce the record of the previous trial, and as he wan
not prepared to put in that plea in writing, and also
refused to advance any other plea,
The Learned JUDGE desired th•tt the plea of " Not
Guilty" should be entered.

Jatnes Brewer' said—l am now a prisoner in the
gaol of Bath under a conviction for having obtained
money under false pretences, or rather through the
means of "begging letters." I have known the de-
fendant about three years. In last July we both
lived in lodgings at 21, Lillington-streef, Vauxhall-
road, where, upon a particular occasion, I showed
the defendant a letter which the present prosecutor
had given me, by which I v.'as to obtain medical
treatment at the dispensary in Bath. The defendant
at once took down the prosecutoi's addr.s t, and soon
afterwards ha wrote a letter to thA gentleman, which
he gave me to take down to Gfavesend for the pur-
pose of putting it into the post-office in that town.

This is the letter [The letter was then read, and was
as follows.] :
"Gravesend, July 30, 1849.
"Sir,—Permit me to aidress you in a case of charity
at the earnest entreaty of James Brewer, a young man
whom you have been very kind to on several occasions,
and some months ago you gave him 1/. 3s. to take him
to Leamington. Ho was ordered here for the benefit of

ca,ston.

sea-bathing, but the air being too keel for his delicate
frame he has been advised to endeavour to gain admis-
sion to Vie Consumption Hospital, Br ,mpton, near Lon-
don. He is in very distressed circuaist inc.s, and has no
means of paying the fees of that inmtitution, and is also
indebted hero to his landlady for b )erd, &c. Your kind-
ness to him Wire induces him ti hope you might once
more, and fir the last time, render him some little as-

sitt inc,, to enable him to make up 505., all that he is de-

ficient of. I have take❑ more th.an usual interest in his

case, having given him some linen and 11. 10F. in cash,
which is as much as my limit .d rota is will permit me to

do. The sail intelligence of a death in my family
obliges me to leave home in a few hours for Set Vand,

and will be absent some weeks; thertfire, you will be

pleased to return an answer to the poor youth himself,
along with the enclosure, which is of impel tance to him,
addressed—' James Brewer, post- .ffi .T,Graves-nd, Kent;
to be left till called f)r;' and I have instructed Miss

Scott, my sister, to acknowledge the reee.pt f
Trusting that the motive which actuates me in complying
with the request will be cleaned an apology,
«I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
JOHN H. SCOTT, M.D.

" To John Collinridge, Esq., 1.1)0."
The witness then continued—l posted eight or
nine other letters at the same time as I posted this
one which has just been read, and when I went to
Gravesend, a few days afterwardQ, I received several
letters in reply to them. One of these replies was
from the prosecutor, enclosing a Post-office order f
31., and another wa from the late Queen Dowager,
forwarding a donation of 61. Having obtained cash
for the Post-office order I returned back to London,
'and then the defendant and myself divided the 8/.

equally between us. Shortly after this I went to
reside in Bath, and the defendant, with a woman of
the name of Farr, who lived with him, also went
down to live with me. I arta the person referred to
in the above letter, but it was all a fiction as to my
wanting to get into the Consumption Hospital at
Brompton. The letter was written by the defendant.
Cross-examined--I have been what you call a
"begging letter impostor" for about three years. I
was led into the system by a companion of the de-
fendant's of the name of Sullivan. I have not obtained
my living b 7 the means of any employment since the
year 1843, in the course of which year I was thrown
from a coach in the Somerset-road, by which accident
I was severely hurt. There were two of these charges
brought against me at Bath; hut I pleaded to one of
the indictments, and was sentenced to four months'
imprisonment and hard labour. I do not anticipate
that the sentence will be mitigated in the event of the
present defendant being convicted upon this occasion.
Inspector Tate, of the constabulary cf Bath, and
another officer of that body, produced a number of
" begging letters," and answers to such letters, which
they had found in Brewer's house. They also pro-
duced several volumes of the Court Guide, a copy of
Burke's Peerage and of Dodd's Peerage, and Dodd s
Parliamentary Companion, all of which they had
found in the same house.
The officers in their cross-examination said, that

Brewer and the defendant had been apprehended on
suspicion of having stolen a gold watch, and that it
had been whilst they were searching the house in
which they lived that they bad found the letters and
books. .

The prosecutor then proved that he had received
the letter above cited, and that believing that the re-
presentations it contained were true he had forwarded
the Post office order for 31.
The post-mistress next proved that the money had
been paid to the prisoner, to whom the letter had been
addressed, and by whom it bad been received, " There
Was no such person," she added, " as Dr. Scott living
in G-ravesend."
This was the whole of the evidence offered in re-
spect of the count in the indictment for the fraudu-
lent obtaining of the Post-office order for 31.
Evidence was then produced in reference to the fraud
of obtaining the two halves of the 51. Bank of Eng
land note, from which it appeared, that whilst the
'defendant was living in Bath, he had by some means
or otheraliscovered that the prosecutor was remotely
'related to the family of Cellinridge, in Northumber-
land,whereupon he at once assumed to be one of the
same family, and wrote "a letter, and procured from
Mr. Coilinridge a Si. Rink of England note.
Evidence was then given, to prove that this letter
;.was
,in 'the handwriting of the defendant One of
these witnesses lived at 21, Lillington-street, and she
statea, furthermore, that the defendant sometimes had
assumed the narne3 of M‘Kinlay and of Mini), and
that he frequently had gone out dressed as a clergy-
, The defendant had oftentimes told her that he
obtained an excellent income by sending begging
letterr.
Mr. PELENDERGA.ST, on the part of the defendant,
submitted that this indictment could not be main-
. lained, and advanced that proposition upon the ground
that in respect of 'both of the counts in the indictment
the 'venue wBB wrongfully laid. The fraud was
cherked 'to' }ive' been. committed in the county of
Middlesex, whereas in the one case the money had
been received in Kent and in the other in Wiltshire.
Thus, therefore, the completion of the fraud had been
effected in those two ceunties, and not in Middlesex.
He submitted, therefore, that the indictment was bad.
Mr. PHINN, on the other hand, contended that the
completion of the fraud had been accomplished so
soon as the, prosecutor had, parted, with and posted the
money at Sunbury, upon the faith of the truthfulness
of the statements which had been put forth in the de-
fendant's lettev.
The Learned JUDGE was of opinion that the venue
, was correctly laid. He would, however, if the parties
wished it, send up a case for the opinion of the Court
of Exchequer Chamber.
_ Both counsel assented to his proposition.
Mr. PRENDERGAST then addressed the jury at con•
siderable length on behalf of the defendant.
The Learned JUDGE having, summed up,
The jury eventually returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. PHINN said, he thought it was necessary that
the Court should be informed that the defendant was
one of the most skilful as well as most impudent of
" begging-letter" impostors that had ever been
known ; and he had been running his career for some
time with vast success. He had assumed every class
of character. At one time he was a clergyman,
at another he was a physician, and at another he
was deputed by a religious society. It was in the
first and the last named of these characters that he
had obtained several large contributions from the late
Queen Dowager. He had also been the accomplice
of a man who had recently been sentenced to trans-
portation.
Horsford, the Mendicity officer, here stated, that
within the last three years the defendant had been in
custody seven times, and had been convicted on three
occasions.
The Learned JUDGE said, that the extent of the
frauds which the defendant had committed might be
guessed at from the many and the high names which
he found in the letters which had been handed up to
him. It was perfectly clear that his depredations
' upon the benevolent had been carried out to a very
large extent. The defendant must be remanded until
the next sessions, when he must be brought up for
judgment, and in the meantime he would prepare and
send up the case for the opinion of the Court of Ex-
chequer Chamber.
The defendant was then removed.
THE ARGYLL ROOMS.

In the course of the thy the grand jury ignored a
bill of indictment which had been preferred before
them by Stowell, the informer, against F. Bryer and
another, as the proprietors of the Argyll Rooms, in
Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

James Barton was brought up, charged with hay•
ing forged a cheque for 151. upon the banking firm
of Rogers, Olding, and Co, of Clement's-lane. He
had been apprehended by Storey, an officer, in Dean-
street, Soho. The officer held another forged cheque
for the same amount, and purporting to be signed by
the same drawer, upon the same house, which cheque
had been presented at the house by a woman of in-
different character.
John C. Payne, of Holborn-bars, boot and shoe-
maker, said,—The prisoner owed me a long-standing
account of 41.18 x., and he called upon me on Monday
fortnight, and said he was very sorry he could not call
before, that he had just received a sum of money on
his deceased mother's account, and he came to pay
me, if I could change a cheque drawn by a Mr. Ben-
nett upon Rogers and Co., which he produced. He
said, " I should not have brought it to you, sir, but
I received it since five o'clock, and I want to be off to
my work at Kingston the first thing in the morning." I
rather demurred as to cashing the cheque at first, and
asked him who Mr. Bennett was, to which he replied
that the gentleman was his mother's agent or exe-
cutor, and was conducting her affairs. I knew that
his mother was dead, and after some hesitation I gave
bim the difference between the debt due to me and
the amount of the cheque, or rather in mistake 104.
more. Next morning I felt uneasy about the matter,
and I went to the banking-house and presented it. The
clerk wrote upon it " No account," and I then applied
to the police.
A. gentleman from Rogers's banking-house said
the person who drew the cheque kept no account at
the house.

Tne prisoner, upon being asked whether he. was
desirous to ask any question of the witness, or to say
anything in explanation of the cause of the accusation,
said, "Nothing at. all."
Il was remanded till Thunday.
IVilliant Garrett wa ChargiAl Nvith having stolc,n
chest, which contain.,-.fl cigars to the value of 181.
Thdington, the officer. sail the prisoner was one of
five persons who had robbed a lady some time ago.

Four of the thieves had been transported for thi
offence, but the prisoner had got away upon that

The prisoner—l was not in that robbery, and sorae
of the police know that I was not.
Another of the, active officers of the City force said
the prisoner was well known in other parts of the
town by the nickname of " the Fiddler,"_ and had
been concerned in very extensive street robberies:

Aldertnan HUMPIURY—I think we shall be able w.
send you after your cotnpanions this time, and I com-
mit you for trial aceordingly:___

WESTMINSTER.
A respectable-looking woman, about 35 years of
age, presented herself before Mr. Broderip on Tues-
day with a letter from a .benevolent lady at Chelsea,
who recommended her me to the attention of the
magistrate as one deserving pecuniary assistance. .
It appeared from the lady's communication, that
the bearer was a Mrs: John Turner, of's, Bond'
street. Chelsea, the wife of a veterinary surgenol
who, with her two young children, had, although
formerly moving .in a respectable sphere, been. for
some time past in the most abject state of want. She
had for some time after the loss of her husband
earned a scanty subsistence for herself and fa' ~
roily by her needle until her health became
so seriously impaired and her sight so much affected.
that she was unable to continue her work, and fell
into great distress. She has fur the last two years •
hen residing with' an aged and afflicted mother-in-
law, a Mrs Sarah Turner, the relict of a retired •
tradesman, who possessed considerable property, but
owing for the necessary expense of bringing up a large
family, with a variety of unforeseen misfortunes, her
means became exhausted, and she was found with her
children and Mrs: John Turner by th,e benevolent
lady above alluded to in the deepest distress. -
Mr. BnODERIP having, as usual, directed that in
quiries should be made by one of the summoning
officers, the latter yesterday reported to him that-the
account given was in every respect quite correct, and
that it was, as stated, a most deserving case, which
had been frequently relieved by the kind-hearted lady
who had recommended it.
Mr. Bitonuarp,• before whom reports of the result
of inquiries into other cases' were brought at the same
time by the officers, and to which various sums outuf
the scanty means at his disposal were awarded,
directed that the • poor widow should have 10s., for
which she cxpresed her gratitude.
CLERKEN WELL.

William _Davis was charged with having violently
assaulted and wounded Patrick Mooney, of No. 11 •
Saint's-court, Milton-street, St. Luke's, by which his
lite is placed-in danger.
Police;Constable Jeremiah'Finden, No. 300, N
vision, said that at about thiee o'cloek yesterday
morning he was ore duty in Macclesfield-street, city,
road, when the prisoner rushed out of the house •
No. 7 in that street, and told him that his wife bad:
brought-home a man who was in his (prisoner's) bid' •
and he wanted him (witness) to interfere to turn hitn
out. -Witness said he could not, and advised him to:
go and order him away, and he would stay outside.
The prisoner left, and shortly afterwards witness
heard cries of "Murder," when be entered the hottee,
inuotnpany of Carter, 173 U, and on proceeding-to
the first floor back apartment they found the
prisoner and the injured man Mooney fighting
and struggling together, the latter being undressed
and bleeding profusely from frightful wounds in hie
I head. The prisoner was taken to the station-house,
and Maoney was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital, where he was now confined to his bed in a Pe
rilous condition. On making inquiries, it was
certained that the prisoner returned home • 11°°"`,•
pectedly and found Mooney in bed. Mrs. Davis urge('
him to jump out of the window, out of which she`
threw his clothes; but be was afraid; and on the'..-
prisoner discovering him there, he struck him -011 tir
bead with a shovel and inflicted several 'desperete.
wounds. Witness found Mooney's clothes the.
back-yard. He.. produced a surgeon's certificate c.or
scribing the nature.of the wounds and the danger's'
state of Mooney.
Carter, 173 Cr, confirmed this testimony.
Air. Cmann inquired whether Mrs.' Davis was in
attendance ?—.Carter replied that she was waiting. •
outside the court.
Mr. COMBS directed that she should be brought
s
in, when a tall, portly, vigorous-looking woman" a
introduced into the witness-box. She said, the PrL
soner was her husband. On the previous night tni:
Man Mooney accosted her in the City-road, and f°l
lowed her home ;- he forced himself into the bons!!
• and then into her bed-room, and he would not lea!! .
• the place. She told hitn several times to go awake
but he would
.not. He ufidresied himself. °,"- •
told him that., when her husband " Came home "e
would catch it. He wanted her to go to bed w--
ith
him. She would not do so; and when he went t° -
bed she threw his clothes out of the 'window. Tier
husband did not come home for five honrs after this, •
when she let.him in, and told him that a man was it"
bed snoring. •
Mr. COMBE -(tO the prisoner)—You hear all this.;
do you believe it ? Prisoner—No ; I don't be'
lieve it.
- Mr. COMBE—Nor I; you must be very credulous
if you do. •
The prisoner said nothing to the charge, and,
case was remanded until the fate of Mooney cati the
"b'„
made known.

SOUTHWARK.

Edw. Connor and Henry Johnson, two well-dressed'
men, were brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged ;°,;15
on suspicion of having committed several burg
and robberies which have lately taken place in '5O
parish of Lambeth. There were upwards of
skeleton keys of all sorts and sizes, capable of openint.,
street-door locks, latches, and room doors, found
the lodgings of one of the prisoners.
Policeman 67 L stated that between five an s. % A i%
-
o'clock that morning, while on duty in the Cornol",,
road, Lambeth, his attention was drawn to the twit
prisoners, whom he observed lurking about, app both
watching his movements. Knowing them to be lino,
su,p:eted characters, he went towards them, end tbei
walked away together ; and, finding be foneWn't
them, they then separated and went in differ:he
directions. He (the policeman) pursued Connor' -he
ran away, and secured him in the New• cut, w"-cat
immediately flung something away, which turns t'
_to be a skeleton key and a pair of pliers, used by the
glars for opening the street-doors of houses 0°
rnl
latch. Tne policeman added that recently love of
h,.uses in the district had been entered by ineatiery
skeleton keys, and plundered of property to '"se
considerable amount, and that he had reason to lug'
the prisoners were concerned in them. at
Policeman 66 L stated, that the same tuornifter,
an earlier hour he observed the prisoners toge hen
and, having concealed himself from view, he saw ,t; to
wa!k up the steps of two houses, and apparently 'Lloes
effect an entrance with skeleton keys, but the u-aid
being bolted on the inside as well as locked they soe
not suceeed in their object. He then saw thelni,re 6/
away, and they were followed by police-consta".t of
L, who secured Connor, while he went in purein dy,
the other prisoner, and, on taking him into 019f:has,
found in his pockets a skeleton key, Lucifer mats el-
and aho a box of composition for taking the iini)o3
sions of the wards of any description of 10ck.,,,,; e of
some of the same substance was found on o°'''s.
the skeleton keys in the possession of the prisoner 6..
Sergeant Harris, 6 L, stated that after the 13 10'
soners were taken into custody he proceed t,•
Connor's house, No. 2, New-street, Webbersfwele
in company with Romayne, a police-constable% 160.
on searching underneath his bed, they discovers Wife,.
skeleton keys. A woman, who passed a 3 his ,tit 4
and was at home at the time, was asked Tor hor
the keys, and she said that they did not belong taste
husband (meaning Connor), but that they been
brought and left there by a young man, with:
0.414
name she was unacquainted, but whom she
know if she saw him again. an
,mayne stated that he searched the Wnindup/i'
ferred to, and found in her possession several v/00
cates relating to property pledged at different
pao
brokers' shops in the name of Mary Connor'
(Romayne) knew both prisoners to be the en°ooo,
associates of thieve.), and knowing their ehnlitiinet
he had been watching them for some length ni rises
suspecting that they were concerned in the vsoloa
robberies in the district. He added that Johns: seitb
been in custody a few days ago at Bow-stre"
another mast, upon whom were found skeleton keg ioon
latter was convicted upon the occasion, but J cotv
was discharged, since which period he had bee°
,pei•
stantly in the company of Connor, his fell°ll
soner.
the Pr
Mr. A'BECKFTT said, he should remand - f such
soners until next Monday ; the circumstanenos th°,
a vast number of. skeleton keys being fount' tura n'
house of one of the prisoners evinced the ".oded,
their calling, and the woman should also be remand in
in order to ascertain whether the duplicates fel'
her possession related to stolen property.

BIETLI.
On the 19th inst., at'Shoreham, Sussex, the wifeo
f the
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On the o
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at Frognal, Hampstea- sen. a, the "l'e
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Henry H. Gibbs, Eq., of a son. I(ec
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On the 29th inst., at the Vicarage, Chart ' . . the
the wife of the Rev. W. A. Vaughan, of a son. . 'fats,
On the 21st inst., at Albury-placo, Chesbunt,
wife of A. C issels Howden, Esq., of a son.
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On the 16th ir.st., Grace,DlE
theD. relict of the late ilsr:
17.
Chalmers, D.D., LL.O., of Edinburgh. (Ivo lio, ,
On the 16th inst., at L'Orient, Brittany's ---,!t, pia
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T.evescente, R.N., many years British Consul at tm— -
rellct of the
awd 6 t.
latOeltnloiern2aostch,,iines,tE.,salt.,Naev,e'dm7a.s-1.-street, Luoys of
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On the 23th inst., at glligh t t%lrs. Milne' -
JAmes Milne, Esq., aged 89. - ga e'
Stole Se'
On the., =.2.lst rust., .IYilliamsßateman, ESCI' , Of
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NIGHTLY SHELTER for the HO USELESS
PREstnEst —The Right Hon. the LORD MA.YOR.
TREAsurtEn—JOHN LABOUCItIEI:E, Eeq
applicants admitted hixe been As follows, viz. :

__1ii;;;;7575;7;
1,29 t-

Total.

1,975

Lodgitif,9

7,5q.1

Rationi of Broad.

17,556

C
The
ri._ uninaittee of the Society for affording Nightly Shelter to the
,eri7yeless beg leave to inform the public that, urged by the great s .--
In ad .°f the season, they have ventured to open the Eastern-Asylum,
dition to the Central one opened on the 31st of December.
.The
Committee in taking this step, have thrown themselves on the libe-
rality of ' . rie,et the Public, as the funds in hand and subscriptions already
di„., vecl are quite Inadequate to defray the expenses of two Asylums,
—.mg the usual period of the Asylums remaining open.
Subscriptions since those last reported.
Ito.Al the Committee Room. (John Thornton, Esq. •
55 0 0
1b5..,4; W. Spllsbury .£2 0 o,Josh. SI Oen, E -q. . • 0 0
J• L rigilt • • . 2 0 ()Ilion and Rev. 11. C.Cust 3 0 0
ar..._•. _4•llderdon, Esq.,don 1 1 OLT. F. P. Scrivener, Esq 2 0 0
i11..r. Anderdon, don. . 1 1 0 Geoue Reed, E.g. . . 5 0 0
4 0 .
4: Durant,
.
:i 0 OH.W. C. ant C. C. . 0 15 0
•Terh.Gabalu• Esq. . .2 2 0 Messrs. Lowrance and 0
4.14. reaterek, Esq. • I 0 0 News . . . . 3 3. 0
C. i• R • • • . 1 0 0 Lady Charlotte Fitzroy . 2 2
.no, B. • • . 1 0 0 Gcorge Field, Esq. . .1010 0
C. it.
Leabitt• Esq. . .20 0 0 Michael Gray, Esq. .1 0 0
,s 4. Orisewn,..,, •.._ • . 5 00 J. Gray, Esq . 1 0 0
~,,. :A. -""', r-,;(1. .50 0 Ediman, Esq. . .5 0 0
es• irol•••,*, • • . 0 30 J. Harman, Esq. . • 1 0 0
It°s. Wig:,::l., .C!lstries Dixon, Esq. .10 0 0
ts. o,ho-1,-40'• -,,sq• .2 2 0 Miss Ellis '. . .2 2 0
• . 1 1 0 Miss Jane Ellis' . . 2 2 0
/444 Ruck Es,.,
Y. 1, •• • . 2 2 0 Michael Wills, Esq. . 2 2 0
don. • Watson, 21 J. J. Mile., I:,q. . . 2 2 0
C• • • • • I 0 0 Mrs. D. Laloyichere .10 0 0
/i., • 0
1 0 Oill. Si. Thornton, Esq. . 2 0 0
light t • •
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At, eager, EN. . . 1 1 ois. C. . . . . 210 0
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Item • 'eager and Co. .5 0 01T. Devits. Esq. . .5 5 0
Sir Erl',lltaton and Co. 55 0 Rawson Reid, Esq. .5 5 0
• uocon hart., ' 2 10 0
„.floa. • 2d G. Smiles, Esq. . .
11,• R. Ila„;•,, • . . 5 00L. X. . . . . 2 0 0
t:Y. -'''ngg• Req. . 5 e 0 Baker, Tucker, a^d Co. . 5 5 0
-"la • • • . 1 0 0 One who wishes he could
ten rl• nr4olts and Max. give more . . . 2 0 0
oWils•fitlaa,, •,.. • • • . 2 20 W. C'. . • • • 1 0 0
"111 81—,•-• • sq. • . 2 00 J. Labouchere, Esq. .10 0 0
.9.:e. 4'''' Esq. . . 2 0 0 Jane Parves . . . 5 0 0
airs • •• • . 1 1 0 Walker, Parker, and Co. 10 10 0
• C,
Jams Marlhion, of At Sir J. W. Lubbock and Co.'s.
sal,. .., .
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nun.. .„,. • . 5 00 S. Rona, Esq. 2 0
j•-•reu --, Esq, . 5 00 A. 8., per Willis and Co. 5 0 0
ps-4:11eimi,.... • L,' • • 2 0 0 Major-Gen. Barker, per
M. P 1 -•-•'' Esq: . 5 0 0 Glyn and Co. . .
11.1 t. Wen. r4q. „ 1 of. Ricketts, Bouteher, and
in a R ni•
~.: 10 10 0
v•-•:...• Rerik;;;•`22, E3l. .200 J. R. Durant, Esq. • . 5 0 0
p,_- Vida - " p.'"ll • • 2 0 0 Mrs. Sharp . • • 1 0 0
ai '''-a treed' -Ll• • • 110 0 Win. Fox, Esq. . . 5 0 0
""dss Catherinec-r Esq. • 1100 S. N. Aarbor, Est.
J.w. Hardy . 010 0 Geo. W. Young, Esq. . 5 0 0
te• . • • .100 F. G. Walford . .
1 0 0
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!nel I; *c • • . 1 10 C. Prince, Esq. . . 1 1 0
—4l el •• • • .010 0 Geo. Fludyer, Req., per
ti are,
. Per William Glyn . •
It. T'"•-•••''' Esq• • 1 1 t Mrs. F. Plrie .
ittisiidlor, sq. : : 2 00 Burnside,
Esq.
Zak Atitier• Esq. . .11 0 T. 11. P. • •
hal A Si
E'rl•• Per Cen-
J. •••sylata Mrs. siontell're
,„A. 'Wh ,: • . 0 I() 0 At Messrs. Glyn's.
unto it,,aker. Esq.,
Mrs. Davidson . • 1 0 0
It&rlis.',Ylifier, isq 010 0 Sir. J. Davidson . .1 0 0
04,e, dleistttoin. ditto,: ditto 0 5 0 A Lady • 2 0 0
1 0 0 At Messrs. Hoare's.
k waterwn,4,.• • . 1 0 0 Mrs. Collie . . . 1 0 0
i "1'..„. D nr-„`", uEsq,dltto 1 00 F. kosher, Esq. . . 1 0 0
'Mat u`
-4, Esq. 2 2 0 Mrs. H. Rosher . . 1 0 0
~, t ellen, Esq •
.
t..f._As Atli„._ .• per Win. De Capell Brooke,
woos.
Wir 'Os • • 01 0 0 Esq. • • . . 5 0 0
ah,,4,_•Ca1d,,,,• ~„(1' • . 1 10T. B 1 0 0
Sir 'inks, es' Esq. .1 0 0 John J. Pocock, Esq.
A Chhas• Snfqk • •30 0 At the London Joint-Stock Bank.
ni'-Yrnoos it - • . 7 0 0 William Curling, Esq. . 5 0 0
~,:nr, iL,., • per ri. Twin. At Sapte, Muepratt, and Co.'s.
4 '9' • •
n •V. -te._, • .20 0 0 Mrs. Lydekkert„ . . 5
5
0
h'entrai , ".Pole, per Sante, 3fuspro , and Co.
.e. k ipsYltun . . 5 0 0 Misses Wad . . 5 0 0
Per g 'tqnlan; E Henry Tudor, Esq. .2 3 0
eo °th,* Pa Esq„
, ,:, . Payne, and A. 8., per Sapte and Co. 5 0 0
Jas, At the''Tr _ .10 0 0 At Messrs. Hankey and Co.'s.
, .ftloth,li._easurer's. Rev. John Weston . 1 1 0
Jet;"s,,Y, Es „ ' r'sq• . 2 2:0 Union Bank of London.
•loper, •• • . 1 0 0 Jas. Aitken, Esq. . . 2 2 0
iLsq• . . 2 2 0

2 0 0

Subscriptions rue Ifeem.„ Th..
MI
City.
Alp nk MIAMI and Co.
11,_434 4:4lek. Bart., and Co.
11esr;Payne, and Co.
IteisTh-n ,o7n,llaiiitax, and Co.
kess-' isnes Loyd and Co.
litA„.rtt sarnett, Hoare, and Co.
413. Sapte,Muspratt, and Co.
Qc9llllJoint-Stock Bank.
llgio4na?4 Westminster Bank.
lgat. of London.
'll'.s Society employs no it
41441sleareoninlIttee-room, 75,
January 15'

:trod as under :

. 2 5 00
, 1 0 0
. 1 1 0
. 1 1 0
. 2 00

West.
Messrs. Hoare and Co.
Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co.
Sir Claude Scott and Co.
Messrs. Cocks and Co.
!Messrs. Bouverle and Co.
London and Westminster Bank.
Messrs. Hatchard and Co.
Messrs. Nisbet and Co.

inerant collectors.
C. W. HICK, Chairman.
Old Broad-street,

likST INDIA HOUSE, JANUARY 15, 1850.
I/lOURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
El ~That
lrltoueci h .
Sp - ANY do h,
A alCOmr General Courtereby of the give
saidnotice Company will be held
1,;5,2 1.11 Leadenhall-street, on FRIDAY, the 28th instant, at
`Adica sroc,lo the Forenoon, at the desire of Nine Proprietors of
as expressed in the following letter, viz. :
. 0 tlm " London , January 7, 1850.
.1
.I
1.41111,—.5.
"ly non an and Directors of the East India Company.
Its 4 Able Sirs,—
tsah.! Ilderstgned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly quail-
-147.ta see,cßtest that you will convene, at your earliest conve-
vneg littcrelal General Court of Proprietors, for the purpose of
pleuemto °43lderation the accompanying motion, and that you
Ptiblish the same with this our requisition.
e have the honour to be, Honourable Sirs,
Tour obedient Servants,
(slgned) "J. SULLIVAN.
" JOHN BRIGGS.
" GEO. FORBES.
"JAS. STEWART FORBES.
" W. 11. STEPHENS.
" M
" THOS. DICKTNziON.
•
" PETER GORDON.
01 " SAML. GOODFELLOW.
for 4. ' That
ti cOrdes of all papers relative to the engagements
10.101 beitTered into by the British Government with the Ern-
klbahEt,,,,t4les or ',. 1n 1%03 and 1804, be laid before this Court, together
other papers and correspondenee that may have
414 e "'eh place up to the present period in any way affect-
- ngagetzi
eras."

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary

~_ _
qII4E SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great
hi 44'141 ni Windmill-street, St. James's. .
ENT, Jun.
I%s Aekt) rector and Conductor, M.
/4 C'I'P,,,T It Y. for Tuition and PraertteUro'ffeDssoArNs DANCING, ;key,.44-yrfor the Season. Teaching by Pro ,e,.,er.Te,_ anconi.
bii_Pbeh,T! of Private Tuition apply at the. office.—Te,Tna of Sub-
S'x months, 5/. 5s
Er: nioiith'r Morning and evening practice,.
Trerah'i',.. 11. is.; one evening, Is. EyubsCribers' tickets not
Wein: aeade„
Tit k,,,i t V will open for evening practice
_a,t_eal,Q.uarter to Eight
4'vlttlNpejtrilnate at Half-past Eleven I) cul,,' za for MONDAY
is xi,
miN2O, IT of M. LA.URENT, jun., '
, ' 9 the 4th "February.
Sllllll NOvE LT Y
tv,,loss,
ql,-,, I.:0- --, NIcOLL is called NICOLL' S PA T EdN Tt
aFtloln) E.Rf
most recently introduced by
eit qnowia(l..7.ToT, such novelty :;onsistin in
,thoeTa
tahpe original
44eti formation ef NICOLL'S
, fP(thi-fjubllTy preserved.
1:1Ault:' Ihre kin' clofinwghielitis, howbeervserin fait
and the Ferrb
4'14,4Z-ere their beautirfeual annttlimdelicate down is well known to (
ter,lehicanxtte
elloe_most severe cold, and even the small quantit.3
ert, nth., tb_ ',Tressed and concealed between th.e two hands, wil
NI
ter, holt unation of a Palettt, which, while it has most extra-
ittn..4lo(eit j',"k• has, nevertheless, more warmth than the fines'
rtLitthu,
4e han.ket, the great desideratum for a nter garment
t lie his eoreplished, namely, personal warmth
,without fatigue.
114, 'rarer rieett°ll is invited at MESSRS. NICOLL S wholesale and
, liG. ooms,
and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, coaNnILL,
Pr itt ~ London.
tb,',7 1,1 ;IN NI PALETOT (Registered 6 and
jr't'r ,c,',l eel,. 65) WAREROOMS,
itklirly l'i,',,,', 22, CORN HILL.
114, 116, 120, REGENT-
,,,,OI t -ye asstnned the use f the word PALETOT, but Messrs.
l 4 ' ' lir% th
lip. 01h., e sole Patentees of the design and material.
Aillich,,,iale and Counting House Departments for the London
itt. coae Shipping and Woollen Trades are in CI NGE-
tie,' ltic,p",,,lllLi,, and 120, REGENT-STREET. thc'ell by 1,,,,, is the distinguishing, name given
.te a ga_rmsean.t.
(114,41,10ita'oYal Letters Patent from general imitation. It has
EI-1 tiltgea or Messrs. NICOLL'S original invention, e R
4,
Iltili„,lS sr PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH. The NICOLL PA -
be be r Gallic St
a,0,,,,0h5rz0l One, Two, Three, and Three-and a-half
rodeo —dig with the climate or purpose for which they may
otrrov
~„,,,,.y,..._'s CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
flat,,,,,tt f -,:ornmended as a simple but certain remedy to all
itr,11,,,,.,ra1ri indigestion, sick headache, bilious and liver corn-
lit 'oeb.,s"tairrt, and acidty of the stomach, depressed
.spirits dis-
rail% &c.7-P
li°ltnt Palpitations, spasms, general debility.,ecnots:tiavree-
or4 ill theilsheY act as a powerful tonic and gentle apentbous,
ands
tlqil'ila4,:` oPeration, safe under any circumstances, and
111(i"ii,-,,,r41-:tielinh:dettltil7atbear testimony to the benefits to be derived from
4 414, , ee, .
Is. I%d, 2s. 9d., and I Is. each, in every Town
~............_DerstuZillt: sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not
Parchase au imitation.
NI ----------o
G 1.
114,, One ), a It I A
and
or i
Itlig, tkg th 'Alf the "rend are desolately single, d the other
114'tt" sin
tnarriod. questionably contented. D ,
em.
tt ~.-1111,- deterrMno the former, and miscalculated hopes
etsi"',, tioe -.",,?' The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
kilt 1;0414' worldly prudence, and the indissolule,
irneegrapeat an:
kld. I
.Oktn ht.ITY ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical _
app.=
tre-"341 4, "'WI, are the great hindrances to domestic h.
els.
kit tnt 'nett. Th,
. lie ___•
pear dowry should not be the only marrlat I
„491...smetpict ohd instice deasand that health should form an 'tea
~a '" Vrap,,,, ,It 111 one dignbles the alliance. Blighted hopes em
Reader, it
4,,steretiVd°ll sorely than poverty or misfortune.
Likele ',418 -e°ncoro o, procure Dr. CLVERWE2Luillittlise.
,714417 nostt knob and Married Life, "pub. in
ri s"-‘1 ". D.'-..."‘ ItatlPS Is. 6d each). Let no :v ,ela
rie1i",1ter,,,,..-t,k feeling' deter yo'a by their titles, nor be hinderz
~'st ,' The,„—__""Ouoh of their supposed contents, from obt _ u
Nolty-`0 el,"`ro let intended eertinly for mere idle cariosity, 10 '
tip eii7,,Perutal of those mere deeply
41. st.tblve . aniltss'ta' ftatagonistle to the empyrical trash put forth o
interested, to whew,
Lstty -or, erc•oeota, by ungwaiged authors, which alone or.
..7 6.1)41311‘4„4 dietract to - the age. Furthermore, two othe.
4ve,t4t 1241, claim year attention (same price Is. each..
Alte,,,, end -.4. s', .) called .. What to Eat, Drink, SW
,tits
netlf:b„, ...OW to be Happy" They are not merely
"ft - 41,eisli" eq.. In quantity a library volume, nor are they the
I°4l'lll 01,241. soribblings of the hour, but the study of the author',
ho 4, Of ii:e4ll present existence, health, and position to this ob-
bO,nitLaziens he would inculcate--to do unto others as h,
tler,.. illanm,ll4--to live after natures laws—and to keep alwaYl
'3, 5,14, 9g; Pates the way." The above works may be had ot
lq,e) "'Nil. ester-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann
key,,,,_froeit',Petes, 5, Holborn-hill ;or direct (by post or other.
/10,,,i.V s,,r° leather (who may be conferred with personally
"S "soilge), IQ. Argyll-elate Regent-street; and al
.., Hite._
~I 1 p -'atea THIRTY-FIRST EDITION.
Irrs, bb .
,aeCA.c.,,A,O Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Stool.
444, "t,,,, ITT, A.„"IBQIIALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA •
lotitbe, „„'Llea ~T.,4n IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
st, tit_
te.irged to 195 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
4,, ore the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
°ism., iho 144,1 N'r FRIEND, a Medical Work oa
itlt73 indn, ...tithe and decav of the genArative system, from ex-
qltatipharkagertsto. Infection and the in use of m nettry,
1., t,,eatioim.Ofml444ll"—age, and the means of obviating cettain CI-
Art LAMP ana-,-,llStrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
!Id PZ.ekt, L0,,,,C°, Consulting Surgeons, 10, Berners-street, Ox-
,.,.'Nerte-plestt.3. Pleblished by the Authors : sold by Strange,
-.41-11ir-3' Ilteifirr; mu:mayBanger. 150, Oxford-street ;
h,.1.4,-.rlot. -1130-oftelet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
-10at I' treats ~, ..._
/.4. and
le Ea„sl ma anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
tee4.l II le
by Six Coloured Engravings.
`414 ~,_ !ix eats oft eons nences resulting from excessive lathe'.
111 e. 'll inmeetab eq
oAtrft, . )veakne_ le effects on the system, producing raentrl
'('lT‘e4l'3' Thre, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity.
Itto I„.kaar. tr,atae3xplanatory Engravings.
tre.82.7._ or se,,'„i,,the diseases rcsalting from Infection, either in
-agre„„_7"oneet. --,„,"arY form, and contaiA.s explicit directions Inn
P...',ngs,* .als section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
ley ;,..'r Iv
app,Vie,Liolele i4O Prescription for the Prevention of Thee& t
toder.,,his iii„„ea,,,_tian, by which the danger of infection ad 01,
PA,. .otiee ''''''ll't Part of the Work should no eeic?,e the
t4t,:-.4 y ~. •
t, -IL .. 'Lwow ,_
Prima
143"ttsb,4._aesm—Ile consideration of marr3sge, and iti.
oseoriect eriticaysnactive union are also considered, and
betttkrvees ...ski' taus op 8 Philosophically inquired intO. TklaeluX is exclusi7sly employed in treat-
reel,: Th4"1118.1 debility iin t
iare.l. for peri°ntelotrated D'eto—r-:1-118' sec„ 11 a. and 335. per
I.,r;,..„truptiou ids the blood I, .c.as.',ere
ofFrenee, an anti-syphilitic
ferry's 8 putlyti; e abuse of sr(1•0 nfron, secondary itymp-
'lsln4l4 rercledy fgo,.sPeeill.., C r7-13s 2e. 9a 4..6d. and
338,
per bottle. 'itts:r till bladder.gunorr4,3B.ceet stricture. and chronic iniianuaa-
-414 .
tit2ll.cese ig i,„„„;nt.._._9*. ie_e. if by letter, 11. A. sailtut,
,1117I'fel" adM-Z, to >r• I;l4riidab,its' and position in society.
hllaeil kik is aenic tt the Establish/neat only, y
till Tr It 19 gen, "04111r3. PorfF. Stergcons, are in atten-
-"I 4 li CVO 17 It
lizitrte.' °z6)rdmitfatt, London, from Els,
" 94 *VII free =gnu to Call