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MARK LIUISII.

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Corone_Proprictor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee.
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reaPectfully intimated
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REMARKS ON THE

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court was held specially for the con-
sideration of the reference to the Officers and Clerks
Committee upon the office of Recorder.
SCHOOL FOR ORPHANS OF FREEMEN.
Mr. WHITE, the Chairman of the Coal, Corn, and
Finance Committee, introduced the subject of refer-
ring to a Committee the Act for establishing a school
for orphans of freemen of the city of Loudon, by
moving,
" That it be referred to the committee over which he
presides, to obtain a design with plans and specifications
for the erection of the building, and to report the same
.to the Court."
Mr. PERKINS moved as an amendment,
" That the president and governors appointed by this
Court on the 17th day of January last, for the purposes
of the Corporation School, be constituted a committee
to carry into execution the Act of Parliament for esta-
blishing a school."
And, upon the rejection of the first motion, when
the amendment became the original question,
Mr. M. Horwoon moved as an amendment,
" That it be referred to the City of London School
Committee to carry the Act into effect."
A discussion of considerable length took place, but
it was finally decided, on the motion of Mr. Deputy
OBBARD, that the whole business should be referred
to a ward committee, which was thereupon appointed.
THE OFFICE OF RECORDER.
Mr. BROWN, the chairman of the Officers and Clerks
Committee, brought up the following report :
" We, your committee, to whom on the sth of Sept.
it was referred to consider the duties and emoluments of
the office of Recorder of this city, and to report thereon
previous to the election taking place in the Court of Al-
dermen for a succeosor to the Hon. C. E. Law, and to
whom, on the same day, were referred the proceedings
of the Court of Aldermen, with the report of the com-
mittee of the whole Court upon that office, do certify
that we proceeded in the reference, and have perused
the duties set forth in the report of the committee of the
whole Court of Aldermen abovementioned, and, subject
to some amendments which we have made, we recom-
mend the same for adoption by your Hon. Court, toge-
ther with other duties which we have inserted therein,
and we have caused the whole to be hereunto annexed.
"We bog, further, to recommend that your Hon.
Court should rescind the 48 standing order—' That the
Recorder be advised with in all cases relating to the
City affairs when it may be necessary to take the opinion
of counsel.'
" And, having referred to the proceedings of this
Court in respect of the salary of the late Recorder, and
especially to those cf the 28th day of April, 1837, by
which it appears that this Court added the sum of 5001.
per annum, thereby making it 3,000/. per annum, and
having well considered the high importance and dignity
of the office of Recorder, and the weighty responsibilities
which devolve upon him; and having also taken into full
consideration the resolution of the Court of Aldermen
that the Recorder should be required to attend and sit
daily at the sessions of the Central Criminal Court, by
which additional duties will be cast upon the office, we
are of opinion, and recommend that this Court should
continue the salary of the Recorder at the sum of 3,0001.
per annum, which said sum shall be in full of all fees,
emoluments, and advantages heretofore received by the
Recorder from the city's cash, or from the sheriffs or
otherwise; and, if from any circumstance the duties of
the Recorder shall be altered and diminished and the
salary reduced accordingly, we are of opinion that the
Recorder should have no claim for compensation in re-
spect of such reduction.
" All which we submit this 14th day of September,
1850.

pORTLAND BREAKWATER,
By JOHN HARVEY.
And FIRST and SECOND ADDRESSES of his SON,
Mr. JOHN HARVEY,
Postmaster of Weymouth,
The suCessful Promoter of the Breakwater.
"'-

This work appeals moot forcibly to the nautical and mercantile
friends of Great Britain. The Act of Parliament for the " Portland
Harbour of Refuge and Breakwater" received the Royal Assent 11th
of May, 1847; 11.R.H. Prince Albert laid the First Stone on the 25th
of July, 1849.
The Book of Remarks, &c., is wa-mly recommended to the public:
it has two Embellishments—one, a Map of the environs of Weymouth
and Dorchester (including the Railroads and Breakwater), describ-
ing a circle of 12 miles round Weymouth, and forms a complete
Chart of the Bay—most useful to mariners—the depth of water hav-
ing been carefully added. This Map is sold separate at 6d., and if
sent free by post 10d. The mho' is a View of Weymouth Bay, &c.,
with the proposed Breakwater and Harbour, price 3d. separate, and
4d. if sent free by post.
The Government works (1858) exhibit an interesting scene of ac-
tivity, and attract numbers of visitors daily; some of the Breakwater
in an unfinished state is now seen projecting from the shore, and the
deposition of stone from the quarries is regularly and rapidly carried
forward by railway. A number of additional tram waggons have
lately been receive I at the works, with a view to the employment
of a still larger number of convicts, on the arrival of wham this
great national enterprise will be carried on with increased rapidity.
Amongst the remarkable machinery to be observed on thew works
may be mentioLed a gigantic crane on a moveable platform, intended
for the raising of stones from the recesses of the quarries, and which
is capable of sustaining with ease the immense weight of 60 tons An
engine has also been recently erected for the chemical impregnation
of the driving piles for their preservation, by a new and ingenious
process, by which they are rendered impervious to the action of
water. The interest which attaches itself to Portland from its rare
and 'abundant fossils, its striking geological stratification, and anti-
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quarian remains is sufficiently notorious. These attractions are now
varied and enhanced by the grand exhibition of the fertile resource+,
the all-conquering ingenuity and profound achievements of the skilful
engineer, bending to his uses the most stubborn obstacles, and eir-
cumscribing.the power and sway of the mighty ocean.
PORTLAND HARBOUR OF REFUGE. _ _ _

The inhabitants of Weymouth and Portland, feeling that a debt of
gratitude is owing to Mr. John Harvey for his and his father's un-
tiring exertions, both by personal application and writing, in bringing
before, successive Governments and the public the necessity of a
Breakwater at Portland (now happily commenced), have resolved
on entering into a subscription to present him with a suitable testi-
monial. The late Mr. John Harvey was, in 1803, by the especial
command of his Majesty George the Third, appointed Fostmaster of
Weymouth, and the present Mr. John Harvey succeeded his father
in the same situation in the year 1817. Subscriptions will be re-
ceived by the Weymouth Banks, Libraries, and Post-office, end it is
hoped that the country generally will unite with the inhabitants of
Weymouth and Portland, in promoting this laudable object.
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11. BROWN. " D. W. WIRE.
" THOMAS HALL. " EDWARD WATSON.
" JAMES WATERLOW. " J. S. BARNARD.
"J. R. FARRER. " W. G. HUMPHRY."
Mr. BROWN, in moving that the report be agreed
to, urged the necessity of abolishing the fees of the
office, and of making the established salary such as
would encourage applications from the moat eminent
men of the profession.
Mr. DR JERSEY suggested the propriety of avoiding
the consequences of a precipitate judgment upon a
matter of such importance as the appointment of a
judge.
Alderman LAWRENCE said the election of Recorder
would take place on Tuesday next, in the Court of
Aldermen, and no doubt the amount of salary settled
by the Court of Common Council would have an effect
upon the choice which must then be made.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR rose to move an amendment.
It was known to the members of the Corporation that
the salary of the office of Recorder had been raised
from time to time from a very small to a very large
amount, and that Recorders upon being appointed
looked forward uniformly to an increase of pecuniary
remuneration for their services. To give the largest
salary at once upon the appointment of the officer
would be injudicious, inasmuch as it would prove a
source of dissatisfaction to him to have no expectation
of additional profit, at the same time that there was no
security for the adequate performance of the im-
portant duties of the situation.—(Hear, hear.) When
the salary of Mr. Law as Recorder was fixed at
2,500/. a year, it was considered that the Corporation
had acted-with great liberality. He thought that in
providing a salary for a successor to that gentleman,
they should not exceed that sum, and they might,
upon finding that the qualifications of the new judge
were unexceptionable, and that all the duties were
punctually as well as ably performed, make the addi-
tion which would meet the present recommendation.
_

He knew that many men of eminence at the bar con-
sidered 3,0001. a very large allowance for the per-
formance of the duties of Recorder, and he would not
object to so liberal a proposition when the Corporation
were satisfied that the person upon whom the election
should fall deserved the increase.—(Hear, hear.) In
fact, the question in the committee was, whether the
salary should be 2,5001. or 3,0001, and the proposi-
tion of the larger amount was carried by but a small
majority. Mr. Taylor then moved—" That the sa-
lary of the Recorder be 2,5001., instead of 3,000/. a
year."
Mr. BLAKE seconded the amendment. He was
of opinion that it would be a very bad compli-
ment to the late Recorder to vote at once to his suc-
cessor the full amount of salary which Mr. Law had
been considered entitled to after many years' service,
and it would not be at all advisable in the Court to
give out of its own hands the power of showing ad-
ditional testimony of its approbation.
Alderman LAWRENCE advocated the grant of the
larger salary. He called upon the Court to recollect
that when the late Recorder was appointed, the Cen-
tral Criminal Court, with all its onerous duties, was
not in existence, and that the Learned Gentleman was
allowed to go on circuits and hold briefs, which con-
siderably added to the profits of his office. By the
report of the committee the Recorder would be pre-
vented from availing himself of any professional ad-
vantages. Everything would be included in the sa-
lary to be given by the Corporation.—(Hear, hear.)
It would be found, that :in the history of the Re
corders of London, there was nothing like a rota-
tion principle acted upon. The inferior law
officers seldom reached that office, although
many Recorders had been elevated to most
important judicial situations. The last three Re-
corders had been elected by rotation, certainly. For
100 years previously there had been no example of
the kind ; and he believed he spoke the sentiments of
the Court of Aldermen, when he said they were de-
termined to elect the best man they could find, and
that their private feelings of friendship would not be
allowed to operate in the choice.—(Hear, hear.)
Now, if the Corporation were determined to abandon
the principle of rotation altogether, and choose the
most eligible person, they must pay for it.—(Hear,
hear.) If they only gave 2,500/. a year to their
Recorder they would circumscribe their choice, and
they would fail to get a man whose talents and style
of character were suited to the place. They must
consider that they not only offered an inferior salary
to that which the late Recorder received, but they
required the performance of 50 per cent. more duties
than he had ever performed. They must consider
that the new Recorder would be by the new regula-
tions in a condition to be called upon by the Corpora-
tion for professional aid without receiving extra fees,
and he apprehended that as there was to be no ex-
pense, applications to the learned gentleman would
abound.—(Hear.) In short, 3,0001. a year would
buy a good man, and 2,5001. a year would not come
up to the mark.—(Hear, and a laugh.)
Mr. Deputy OBBARD said it was the pride of the
country that her Mejesty's judges were independent
of the Crown, and he thought it rather a degenerate
movement in Mr. Taylor to endeavour to make the
highest City judge dependant upon the Court of Com-
mon Council.—(Hear.) It was as much as to say,
that if the Recorder happened to please the members
of the Court, irrespective of the ability with which he
might perform the duties of the office, he should feel
it in the increase of his salary. He did not approve
of the object of those who advocated the amendment,
who required more attention to the business of the
office and offered less pay.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. DE JERSEY agreed in the opinion that the
Court ought to select the best man they could find ;
but they were not going in the right way to accom-
plish that object in pressing on the question in such
a hurry. The Lord Mayor ought to be called upon
to appoint a special day for the consideration of a
matter of so much importance.—(Hear, hear.) Mr.
De Jersey referred to the comparatively small salaries
received by the old Recorders, many of whom were
raised to the highest judicial dignities. Sir James
Eyre had, he said, never received more than 4001.
a year as Recorder, and he believed there were 100

men in Westminster-hall who were eminently
qualified to perform all the (duties. He was glad
to hear Alderman Lawrence decry the principle
of rotation. Perhaps it was meant the Court
should understand that the Court of Aldermen did
not intend to act upon that principle.—(A laugh, and
cries of " Hear, hear.") Now, the Court of Common
Council, in electing their Common- Sergeants, did not
always look for the best man, although they always
gave them the best salaries.—(A laugh.) Certainly
some former samples did no great credit to their judg-
ment. He called upon the Court to vote no higher
salary than that proposed in the amendment. No
doubt a future application for an increase must be
expected ; but they ought to wait and ascertain the
strength of the claims. There never yet was an
officer of the Corporation who did not come up for an
addition to his allowance. There was not a single
exception to that rule.— (Laughter.) Now the Court
ought to consider that they bad nothing
to do with
the election of the officer to whom they were about
to vote a salary. They ought to take care of their
money.—(Hear, hear.) If the Aldermen should elect
a good man in every respect qualified to do justice to
the office, the Court of Common Council could and
would reward him, but precipitation in such a case
must be injurious. Let the Court look to the labours
of the judges of the land when the duties of the Re-
corder were spoken of as laborious. For 6,000/. a
year a judge in one of the courts of law were obliged
to undergo the most severe wear and tear of body and
of mind, and to perform more than double the duties
of the Recorder, at the same time that the expenses
necessarily attendant upon his station seriously
abridged the profits of his calling.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Deputy LOTT said, that taking into, conside-
ration the nature of the duties the Recorder had to
perform, he did not think the sum of 3,0001. a year
too much.

Mr. Bow En. said that no good could arise from the
adoption of the amendment. The ordinary man who
wou!d be candidate for the office at 2,5001. a:year,
would calculate that to a certainty he would reach
the larger amount, while a man of eminence and high
qualifications would reject the offer, at the same time
that he would not hesitate to accept of that which his
predecessor enjoyed.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. R. TAYLOR advised the Court to exercise
caution in dealing with a matter with which the
Court of Aldermen had to do. He disapproved of
some judicial appointments which had been made. It
was not always that a good advocate made a good
judge. Sir James Scarlett was a capital advocate,
but what a judge !—(A. laugh and cries of " Hear.")

He thought-it only right to put the Court in mind of
one thing which occurred to him on the subject of the
rotatory system alluded to—when Mr. Knowles,
their Common-Sergeant, was candidate for the office
of Recorder, the celebrated Sir James Macintosh
was proposed for the same situation, and Mr. Knowles,
who was compelled by the livery to resign, some
years afterwards was successful.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. PEWTRESS was for the smaller salary. The
late Recorder was a man of great •humanity, and had
numerous excellent qualities, but as an adviser to the
Chief Magistrate he was by no means sound. That
Court had witnessed occasions on which his counsel
was subjected to serious condemnation. He hoped
the Court would keep in their own hands the only
check they had upon the exercise of an authority that
might be made injurious to them.—(Hear.)
Mr. WIRE was most decidedly in favour of the
recommendation of the committee, and thought the
honour and happiness of the citizens of London were
involved in the question of a liberal demonstration to
their chief judge. Those who argued for the amend.
ment did not appear to be aware of the value of a
pure and independent bench. Mr. Pewtress had
alluded to the late Recorder as an adviser, but did
not state what would have certainly operated as a
corrective of the evil which he condemned. If the
Court had resisted the Recorder, instead of submitting
to him, no inconvenience could have resulted from his
interference.—(Hear, hear.) The fault was decidedly
in the Court. It was, he contended, the duty of the
Court to make their judges independent of the popu-
lar body, and they had done so in the case of the late
Recorder, and they would do so in the case of the
future. He was an economist, but he would not

allow his principle of economy to interfere with the
principles of justice. He had had much experience in
the court in which the late Recorder generally pre-
sided, and he knew that the Honourable Gen-
tleman performed his various and extensive duties
with great ability and humanity, and when it
was considered that the Central Criminal Court

dealt with a population of 2,000,000 some
idea might be formed of the difficulties he had
to encounter and the labours he had to undergo. The
question was not whether 100 men were ready to
take the situation, but whether the Court could get a
properly qualified man. He trusted that the Court
of Aldermen would elect some able man in progress
to eminent station.—(Hear, hear.) He did not think
that any man in that court knew who would be
elected. He believed the Court would look for the
best man, and he believed they would readily give up
any favourite and adopt the man who had the most
indisputable pretensions.—(Hear.)
Mr. BROOK said that the City had their eyes upon
the members of the Court as to the vote upon the
question of the salary, and that every one, at least in
his ward, who should vote for more than 2,5001.
to the Recorder would certainly be called over the
coals.—(Laughter.)
Mr. J. WooD spoke in favour of the report of the
committee. He expressed a wish' that the elec-
tion should lay with the Court of Common Council,
but he had every reliance upon the Aldermen on the
question.

The Court then divided, when there appeared,—
For the amendment-2,5001. a year .. 24
For the adoption of the report-3,0001. a year 35

Majority in favour of the report ll
The Court then adjourned.

FROM TII-40NDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 3, 1850.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour
of Knighthood upon Edwin Landsoer, Esq., Royal
Ac ademician.

WAR-OFFICE, SEP"... 17.
2od Life Guards—The Hon. Thomas Hatton George
Fermor to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Miller, whe retires, Sept. 17.
3rd Dragoon Guards—James Swinburne, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Knatchbull promoted,
Sept. 17.

14th Light Dragoons—Major Charles Steuart to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice King, de-
ceased, July 7; Captain John Besketh Goddard to be
Major, vice Steuart; Lieutenant Richard Buckley Prot-
tejohn to be Captain, vice Goddard; Cornet Thomas
Edward Gordon to be Lieutenant, vice Prettejohn,
Sept. 17.

17th Light Dragoons—Lewis Edward Knight, Gent,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Learmontbl promoted,
Sept. 17.

jet (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign
and Lieutenant Albert Evelyn Rowley, to be Lieutenant
and Captain, by purchase, vice William Drogo Viscount
Mandeville, who retires, Sept. 17.
4th Foot—Henry William Paget Butler, Gent., to be
Bower,
Ensign, by purchase, vice Ansel', promoted, Sept. 17.
11th Foot—O'Neil Stewart Segrave, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Vigors, promotd, Sept. 17.
William
mb
Bangere Ensign,from the
Ist l4lWestvice Cave, who
exchanges, Sept. 17.
Foot—Ensignlndia
Regiment,Wi
16th Foot—John King Rendall, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Parker, promoted, Sept. 17.
28th Foot—Captain Edmund Gilling Hallewell, from
the 20th Foot, to be Captain, vic3 George Butler Stoney,
who retires on half-pay 20th Foot, Sept, 17,
31st Foot—Captain Edmund Mortimer, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major David
Fitz Gerald Longworth, who exchanges; Lieutenant
Robert Mackenzie to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Mortimer, who retires; Ensign William Henry Barry
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mackenzie, Sept. 17.
33d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Webster, M.D.,
from the 93d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Demp-
ster, who exchanges, Sept. 17.
34th Foot—Ensign Edward Herman Marsh to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harvey, who retires;
John Leslie Moore, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Marsh, Sept. 17.
41st Foot—Arthur George Evelyn Morley, Gent., to
be Ensign by purchase, vice Leche, promoted, Sept. 17.
61st Foot—Ensign Henry Brackenbury to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Woolhousc, deceased, June
25; Gentleman Cadet William Henry Wilson Puttotin,
from the Royal Military College, to be -Ensign, vice
Brackenbury, Sept. 17.
62d Foot—Glynn Grylls, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Hopkinson, promoted, Sept. 17.
63d Foot—Edward Joseph hunt, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Sheldon, promoted, Sept. 17.
70th Foot—William Wiltshire Lynch, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Penton, promoted, Sept. 17.
72d Foot—Oswald Barton Feilden, Gent., to bo En-
sign, by purchase, vice Rice, promoted, Sept. 17.
74th Foot—Robert Henry Drury Lowe, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Corrigan, promoted, Sept. 17.
77th Foot—William Acton, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Kent, promoted, Sept. 17.
78th Foot—Captain Colin Campbell Mclntyre to be
Major, without purchase, vice Taylor, deceased, June
19; Lieutenant William Henry Ridge to be Captain, vice
Mc Intyre ; Ensign Joseph P. 11. Crowe to be Lieute-
nant, vice Ridge; Sergeant-Major Alexander McLeod
to be Ensign, vice Crowe, Sept. 17.
81st Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Edward Sorell to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major James
Ward, who retires upou full pay, Sept. 17.

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91st Foot—Frederick Welter Ricketts, Gent., t 3 be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Crampton, promoted in 3d
West India Regiment, Sept. 17.
92d Foot—William David Inverarity, Gent., to be En-
sign by purchase, vita Campbell promoted, Sept. 17.
93d Foot—William Turner, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Mukenz'e, who retires; Assistant-Sur-
geon Jamas Carroll Dempster, M.D., from 33.1 Foot, to
be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Webster, who exchanges,
Sept. 17.
98th Foot—Philip Henry Farrell Harris, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Gardiner, promoted, Sept. 17.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign William Cave,
from 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bower, who ex-
changes, Sept. 17.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon James
Sl‘Gregor, M.D., to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class, vice John Duncan M'l)iarmid, M.D., who retires
upon half•pay; Assistant-Surgeon Edmonds Robert
Richardson, from the 95th Foot, to be Assit,tant-Sur-
geon to the Forces, vice M'Gregor, Sept. 17.
BREVET.—Captain Edmund Mortimer, of the 31st
Foot, to be Major in the army, Nov. 9, 1846.
BANKRUPTS.

James Bensley Larks, draper, Norwich, to surrender
Sept. 27, at eleven, and Oct. 29, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ;
Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry.
John Savill, draper, Saint Neots, Sept. 27, at one,
and Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Coles,
Adelphi-terrace, Strand; Fosters, Cambridge.
Abraham Solomons, merchant, Basinghall-street,
Oct. 4, at eleven, and Nov. 5, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basioghall-street; Lawrence and Plews, Old
Jewry-chambers.

Joseph Turner, draper, Eastbourne, Sussex, Oct. 4,
at half-past two, and 29, at half-past eleven, at tho
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane, Lombard-street; Linklaters, Charlotte-row,
Mansion-house; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury.
Elias Marcus, builder, Vincent-street, Limehouse, Sept.
27 and Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Court of 'Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Marten,
Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing-lane.
Edward Palfrey Simmonds, commercial traveller,
Birmingham, Sept. 28, and Nov. 4, at ten, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee,
Birmingham; Slaney, Birmingham.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. B. Nunn, Colchester, tailor, Oct. 4. at eleven.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
T. Spratt, Sloane-terrace, Sloane-square, St. Luke's,
Chelsea, coachmaker, certificate of the third class—lL
Blain and C. T Pearce, Vauxhall-gardens, Vauxhall,
wine merchants, certificate of the third class---W. F.
Newton, Dover-street, Piccadilly, milliner, certificate of
the first class—W. Skinner, High-street, Aldgate, clo-
thier, certificate of the third class—G. B. Absalom,
Portsmouth, coal merchant, certificate of the third class
—J. W. Hickling, Mann's-wharf, Montague-close,
wharfinger, certificate of the third class—E. B. Thomas,
Leominster, wine and spirit merchant, certificate of the
tirst class—J. Boycott, Kidderminster, draper, certificate
of thersecond class.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
S. J. Hennis and J. J. Hennis, Chiswell-street, Fins-
bury, auctioneers—S. Parker and W. Parker, Sheffield,
horn and bone merchants—T. Reay and J. Robinson,
Liverpool, cutlers—W. Wareing, T. Thackeray, and D.
Thackeray (as far as regards W. Wareing), Staley-
bridge, Cheshire, cotton spinners—T. Bramwell, F. R.
Hughes, and J. P. Henderson, Heworth, Durham, carry-
ing on the patent air process of manufacturing prussiates
—R. Soden and J. Hart, New. Broad-street, merchants—
J. T. De La Salle and W. Christie, Cannon-street, City,
watch and clockmakers—William; Dodds and William
Harriman, Blaydon, Durham, fire brick manufacturers—
J. Mackie and W. Mackie' Liverpool, provision mer-
chants—A. C. Stewart and G. Cockburn, Liverpool, pro-
vision and commission merchants—F. B. Johnson and
G. Wickens, jun., Aldermary-churchyard, Watling-
street, merchants—R. Hunter and H. Williams, Bangor,
Carnarvonshire, printers and publishers—E. Williams,
P. N. Putterill, and S. S. Parsons, Tottenham-court-
road, curriers (so far as regards E. Williams)—W. Cud-
bird and R. G. Molesworth, Norwich, sawyers and wood
turners—C. Griffiths, D. Jones, E. Griffiths, B. Ro-
berts, and F. Roberts, Wrexham and Gresford, Den-
bighshire, Hanmer, lintshire, and Oswestry, Shrop-
shire, millers and corn dealers (so far as regards F.
Roberts)—J. Lord and 11. Lord, Halifax, Yorkshire,
dyers—H. Charlton and S. Charlton, Manchester, tent
dealers and general warehousemen—W. Warneford, E.
Warneford, and R. Warneford, York, linen and woollen
drapers (so far as regards R. Warneford) —J. B. Croxall
and; A. J. Davenport, Birmingham, black ornament
manufacturers—W. Gordon, W. Gordon, jun., and G.
Gordon, Princes-stairs, Rotherhithe, ship.chandlers and
sailmakers (so far as regards W. Gordon).

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Edward Cope, Bristol, attorney.
Robert Stocker, Bristol, tea-dealer.
Thomas Ettery, Bristol, smith.
John Lock Millerd, Bristol, miller and grocer.
George Higgins, Huddersfitld.

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Philip Nicholas, Boswarthen, Cornwall, grocer.
Thomas Hargreaves, Neath, Glamorganshiro, attorney.
at-law.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
F. P. Denovan, jun., Grangemouth, shipbroker and
trader, to most within the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk, Sept.
21 and Oct. 12, at twelve.

D. Clerk, Elgin, merchant, to meet within Murray's
Hotd, Elgin, Sept. l and Oct. 9, at eleven.
R. Hope, Edinburgh, baker, to meet within Steven-
son's Rooms, Edinburgh, Sept. 23 and Oct. 14, at twelve.
W. Marshall, Edinburgh, artist, to meet within
Stevenson's Rooms, Edinburgh, Sept. 25 and Oct. 16, at
twelve.

A. Robertson, Dundee, salmon fisher, to meet within
,he British Hotel, Dundee, Sept. 25 and Oct. 24, at
,welve.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Board of Admiralty having concluded their
inspection at Queenstown, left that port in their
steam-yacht, Black Eagle, Master-Commander Cook,
at five A.M., on Sunday. Their Lordships arrived at
Milford, and inspected the dockyard and Admiralty
establishment there on the 16th, and yesterday
morning proceeded to Holyhead to visit the packet
station, whence they were expected to return to town
last night by railway.
Prince Ernest of Leiningen joined the Fox frigate,
Captain Lambert, at Spithead, on Saturday last, as
a cadet. He formerly belonged to the Arrogant,
which ship he left at Bordeaux a short time back.
There is a rumour that the Fox will go back into
Portsmouth Harbour to have Mr. Grant's cooking
and distilling galley fitted on board. As the ship
stows but a short quantity of water (we believe only
95 tons), this galley would be most serviceable, es-
specially as she is going on the East India station,
where the water procured is often of bad and unwhole-
some quality.
Admiralty orders are at Devonport for the Belle-
rophon, 78, Captain Baynes, C 8., on her arrival at
that port from the Mediterranean, to be paid off " all
standing." None of her stores are to be returned to
the dockyard, and she
,is to be immediately re-com-
missioned as an advanced ship, with a crew of 300
officers and men.
Apollo troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, is re-
ported ready to proceed to Spithead to-day. She
takes artillery to Barbadoes and Jamaica, and returns
to Woolwich with the reliefs.

Buzzard steam-sloop will not be completed at
Woolwich until the latter part of next month.
Elfin royal yacht tender, Master-Commander
Balliston, is having her defects made good. She will
not be out of the engineer's hands before the 3d
October.

Firefly steam-vessel, Commander Seymour, will
leave Woolwich, for Greenhithe and Devonport, on
the 25th inst., and will be ready to sail for the coast
of Africa on the Ist prox.
Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, is ordered to have her ar-
mament to be ready at Woolwich, but not to be em-
barked at present.
Hercules store-ship, Master-Commander Fulton,
was towed out of Gibraltar, August 25, by the Janus
steam-sloop, for England. She certainly ought to
have made her appearance somewhere in the English
Channel before now-23 days from Gibraltar.
Penelope steam-frigate is reported to be taken out
of dock at Portsmouth on the 19th.

Retribution, 22, steam-frigate, Captain Warden, is
reported to be this day ready at Portsmouth to pro-
ceed to Spithead. She looks remarkably well now,
with her 400• horse engines and heavier armament.
Her engines, we understand, weigh between 12 and
13 cwt. per horse power.

Sanspareil screw line-of-battle ship, ordered to be
launched at Devonport next month, is not to go off
the stocks at that time, consequently the hands that
had been working upon her have been taken off.
Sinbad lighter, Follett master, has arrived at
Devonport, with stores from Woolwich and Ports-
mouth.

Teazer screw-schooner, Lieut.-Commander Selwyn,
sailed from Queenstown on Sunday at 10 A.ax., for
Woolwich, to be paid off.
Wasp screw-sloop will be ready fur commission at
Woolwich, by the 30th instant.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.
Our correspondent, in his last letter from Malta,
announced the arrival at that port of Vice. Admiral
Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-
in-Chief, .in the Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain T.
0. Knox, leaving the fleet under the temporary com-
mand of Captain the non. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., of
the Powerful ; and that the ships were to come into
Malta harbour by twos for water. After the depar-
ture of the Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, and the
Powerful, 84, Captain Dundas, on the 2d instant,
the Caledonia, 120, Captain Carter, and Ganges, 84,

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Captain Smith, C. 8., went in, and having watered
I and filled up with provisions, sailed out again on the
4th. On that day the Terrible, 21, steam-frigate,
Captain Hope, C. 8., ran into the Sleima creek, where
she anchored near the Scourge, 6, steam-sloop, Come
mender Lord F. Kerr, and the Firebrand. The
Queen, 110, Captain Wise, and Hogue, 56, screw-
ship, Captain Macdougall, alsowent into Malta on
the 4th, when the Commander-in-Chief shifted his
flag from the Firebrand to the Queen, and on the sth
the Firebrand proceeded to sea.
On the 7th inst. the admiral and family embarked
on board the Queen, and that ship was towed out by
the Terrible, and the Hogue also went out on that
day. No one seems to know where he is bound ;
some say Corfu—perhaps the most probable destina-
tion—whilst others are equally sure he will exercise
his ships in a trial cruise to Gibraltar. If the qua-
rantine now imposed on arrivals from cholera-infected
places be not speedily removed, it is asserted by those
wh ) imagine themselves well informed on Sir
liam's movementsf that he will not visit us again
under a month. Our own opinion is that he is pro-
ceeding on a cruise to Corfu.
On entering the port of Malta the flag-ship and the
Hogue were endangered by one of the largest water-
spouts ever seen in the Mediterranean, and the dan-
ger was not passed until two guns fired from the
Queen and one from the Hogue had succeeded in
breaking it.
Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, C. 8., was ex-
pected at Malta, on the Bth instant, every hour.
She was to remain a week at that port, and would
then proceed to Devonport to be paid off, all
standing.
Hogue, it was understood, would not return to
Malta, but would leave the fleet and proceed direct to
Spithead.
Scourge was the only sea-going man-of-war in
Malta Harbour on the Bth instant.
The gallant commander of the Medina, steam-
packet, Lieutenant Darby, had entirely recovered
from the effects of the very serious accident which
kept him seven weeks in the hospital. He would
resume the command of the Medina on her arrival at
Malta from Marseilles, with the outward mail.
Dr. Chapman, also of the Medina, was fast recover-
ing from an illnees which once presented symptoms
of great danger.
A court of inquiry bad been recently assembled at
Malta, at which charges preferred by Lieutenant
Glinn, commander of the Triton steam-packet, were
considered. The person affected was the assistant-
surgeon of that vessel, who subsequently tendered his
resignation.

Oberon steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander
Gardiner, was expected at Malta on the 9tb, with
mails from the lonian Islands and Greece.
Triton steam-packet was to convey the overland
portion of the homeward India mail (expected about
12th instant from Alexandria, by the peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Ripon) to Marseilles.
Merlin steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander
Bathurst, was under orders to convey from Malta to
Alexandria the outward India mail, expected about
14th instant, per Medina, from Marseilles.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Pottinger, from Southampton, arrived at Malta on
the morning of the Btb, at half-past six, and was to
leave as soon as she had coaled for Constantinople.
The Erin, of the same company, was daily expected.
She was loading fruit at Smyrna.
Propontis, one of the new line of screw-steamers,
was also daily expected. She, too, was loading fruit
at Smyrna.
PEMBROKE DOCKYARD, SEPT. 16.—The Marten,
12-gun brig, is now ready for launching, and it has
been arranged that the event shall take place on
Thursday next, the 19th inst., at about five o'clock
in the evening. She is a finely-modelled vessel, and
has been constructed on the plan of Sir Wil-
liam Symonds, the late Surveyor to the Royal
Navy. This will be the last launch that will take
place during the present year, but in the course of
the ensuing season it is expected that several large
men-of-war will be launched from the building-slips,
especially a magnificent first-rate, the Windsor Castle,
of 120 guns, which is already in a very forward state.
The practice of the Royal Dockyard Battalion in
ball-cartridge firing has j ast concluded, and the pre-
cision and accuracy shown by the gunners in firing at
the floating target, both from field-pieces and other
guns, has been most creditable ; they are now an
efficient and disciplined body of men.
WOOLWICH, SEPT, 17.—The Teaser steam-vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander Jasper H. Selwyn, is ex-
pected at 'Woolwich by this evening's tide, on her
return from the coast of Africa, where she has been
stationed since the latter end of 1848.
The Resistance troop-ship, Master-Commander
Bradshaw, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the
17th of August, in six days from Quebec, and was to
embark a company of Royal Sappers and Miners at
Halifax, and then leave that port for Woolwich.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Stromboli steam-
sloop, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, was paid
off alongside the dockyard to-day.
The Thetis, 36, Captain Kuper, at Spithead, will
sail in a few days to join Commodore Martin's squa-
dron at Lisbon, offering the first opportunity of send-
ing letters, &c., to officers and men gratuitously.
His Netherlands Majesty's schooner Atalanta,
Lieutenant-Commander J. A. Merck, from Helvoet-
sluys, arrived off this port on Sunday, and came into
harbour yesterday, by direction of M. Louis Van den
Bergh, his Netherlands Majesty's Vice-Consul at this
port. She is to await the arrival of the Prince von
Orange frigate, hourly expected from Lisbon, to
remain here some days.
The Sprightly tender sailed to-day for Plymouth
with supernumeraries.
The Margaret Evans American line of packet ship
arrived to-day from London, and having embarked
stores, sailed for New York at 10 A.M.

POISONING AT LAUGHARNE,
CARMARTHENSHIRE.
The utmost excitement has been created in the
vicinity of Laugharne, Carrnarthenshire, owing to the
deaths of two, and the serious illness of many other
persons, and which, from the investigation of Mr.
Herapath, the analytical chymist of Bristol, there is
but too much reason to fear have been caused by
arsenic. Although the inquest on one of the bodies was
formally commenced on Saturday, and, of course, ad-
journed in order to obtain the result of Mr. Hera-
path's analysis, we may state, that from the appear-
ances which the stomach presented there is but little
reason to doubt that the death of the unfortunate
deceased was caused by poison. The dreadful cir-
cumstances of this case and the occurrences which
have led to a judicial investigation, may be briefly
narrated as follows :—lt seem that about a fortnight
since three of the female servants of Mr. T. Se-
verne, of Brixton, in the neighbourhood of
Laugharne, after partaking of some soup for
dinner, were suddenly seized with violent and
severe illness. The usual symptoms attendant
upon the operation of arsenic were exhibited, such as
great vomiting and purging, and the most excruciating
pains in the stomach and bowels. Medical assistance
was, of course, called in, and, as in most of these
cases where no suspicion of poisoning existed, the
symptoms were attributed to gastro enteritis, or else
to English cholera in a severe form. Two
of these unfortunate girls were removed to the
residences of their friends, but the third, a young
woman named Rebecca Uphill, remained at Mr.
Severne's house, and, after two days of great suf-
fering, expired. Shortly before her decease she was
visited by a medical man, who stated that she was
suffering from cholera, and, after her death, he gave
the usual certificate to that effect. The deceased was
interred in Laugharne churchyard on the following
Friday; and now appears theextraordinary manner in
which the real cause of death was brought to light. The
remains of the soup above alluded to, it seems, were
thrown into the hog-trough, and soon after the pig had,
with the accustomed verocity of that animal,
swallowed the whole of it, it was taken ill and
died. A butcher, who was called in, on .opening
the carcase, found that both the stomach and in-
testines exhibited unmistakable traces of severe
and active inflammation. It was now re-
membered that about two months before this occur-
rence Mrs. Severne died very suddenly, and that after
au illness resembling in many respects the illness of
the three female servants. This and some other cir-
cumstances having caused suspicion to be entertained of
one of the servants, a letter was written to the coroner,
who, after making official inquiries into the facts, or-
dered the exhumation of the body of the girl Uphill,
and announced his intention of holding an inquest on
the body. The exhumation took place on Thurs-
day last, when, in the presence of_ proper witnesses,
the stomach, intestines, &c., were carefully removed,
and conveyed to Mr. Herapath for the purpose of
chemical analysis. Subsequently to the exhumation
a post mortem examination of the body was made by
Mr. Hamilton, of Laugharne, and Mr. Hughes, of
Carmarthen. They found very suspicious appear-
ances, and particularly the stomach and bowels bore
marks of a high state of inflammation. The result
of the investigation is looked forward to with much
anxiety.

Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenee and S it George Womb-
well returned to town on Monday, from paying A yisit to his
Majesty the King of Hanover.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
DONCASTER RACES.
2ASTER, MONDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLOCK.--..
iveral special and ordinary trains arrived after our list
'steel was dispatched, all of them being more or less
_ due; they brought a very large accession of com-
pany, and gave strength to the general opinion, that this
will be one of the best meetings held at Doncaster
for many years. The subscription-room was the ren-
dezvous after dinner, but although the crowd was great,
there was very little disposition to speculate. The bu-
siness turned chiefly on the Champagne Stakes, for
which the Storm, the Venus filly, and Hippolytus, were
severally in force. Mark Tapley and Minimum were in
high favour for the Yorkshire Handicap, and Priestess
was backed rather freely by a section of Dawson's party,
8 to 1 was offered against any other. Scarcely anything
was done on the St. Leger, but 5 to 4 was laid several
times on the crack, and 8 to 1 taken in hundreds about
Beehunter. The Irish horses were not in much favour,
and the Marchioness d'Eu's starting was stated to be
doubtful. It was announced in the course of the even-
ing that the stewards were of opinion that Clothworker
was not disqualified from starting. The following were
the closing averages:
CHAMPAGNE STARES.
.57
ttoo
12 asstTHriipepkosltyretusss
7 to 4 agst Storm
sto 2 agst Venus filly I
YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
3to 1 agst Mark Tapley 9to 1 agst Stron bow
p4to 1 at Minimum 10 to 1 agst Clothworker
Bto 1 agst Priestess I g

ST. LEGER.
5t04 on Voltigeur (0 125t0 1 agst Chatterbox
sto 1 agst Pitsford 125t0 1 agst Russborough
1
Bto 1 agst Windischgratz 25 to 1 agst Mrchnse. d'Eu
Bto 1 agst Bee hunter (t) 40 to 1 agst Theltalian (t)
20 to 1 agst Cyprus