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NOTICE !
THE LONDON OFFICE OF THE STAR
PACKET COMPANY IS
REMOVED FROM LONDON-BRIDGE WFIARP,
TO THE
, • OLD SHADES PIER,
ABOVE LONDON-BRIDGE,
THE PACKET LEAVES EVERY MORNING AT
NINE.
N.B. No charge for wharfage or passengers luggage.
Star-office, Thornton's Wharf, April 13, 1844.

ETTERS of CREDIT on BOMBAY.—The
, UNION BANK of LONDON having been appointed AGENTS
for the BANK of WESTERN INDIA, are authorised to receive
sums not exceeding 50e1., to be accounted for in Bombay, in rupees
at the exchange of the day.
By order of the Directors,
• W. W. SCRI3IGNOUIL Manager.
Union Bank of London, No. Et, Moorgate-street. •

.ORLEANS, TOURS, and BORDEAUX
RAILWAY COMPANY.
SOUMISSIONNAIRES.
WILLIAM MACKENZIE, of Liverpool rind Paris;
ALPHONSE LAURENT, Banker, President of the Tribunal of
Commerce,' lois ;
ANTOINE LUZARCHE, Iron-master, Chateau de Clavieres, and
•

Bery.
Capital, £2,600,000, in Shares of £2O ; Deposit, Li per Share
(which will be returned without any deduction, if this Company be
not the one authorised by law).
The PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of the ANGLO-FRENCII
COMPANY, who sought to obtain the lease of the Railway from
Orleans to Tours in the last and present session of the French Cham-
bers; profiting of an access of subscriptions amounting to several
millions of francs above the capital required for the section to Tours
only, and encouraged by the very favourable terms offered, and since
officially submitted to the Chambers, by the Minister of Public
Worksrlaave now tendered for the whole line from Orleans, through
Tours, Poitiers, and Angouleme, to Bordeittix". 'Mb Compsll3, is
formally and legally re-constituted for this object, on the model of the
Paris and Rouen, and Rouen and Havre Companies. The capital
and Directors will be French and English, in equal proportions. The
French lists are filling steadily, and the deposits paid at the Com-
pany's bankers in Paris, and the provinces traversed by this line ; tj,ie
portion of the capital reserved for England is in great part engaged,
as the original holders in the Tours line will obtain a preference, and
their deposits of 21. last year will entitle them to a double number of
Shares in this Company.
A Deputation from the Company is on its way to England, to com-
plete the arrangements with the English Shareholders, and, in the
meantime, 'applications may be made for the remaining Shares to
Messrs. Jonah Wells and Son, Stockbrokers, Old Broad-street, Lon-
don ; Messrs. Ewart and Bell, Stockbrokers, 3; Copthall-chambers,
London; and Messrs. Coleman and Todd, Stock and Share Brokers,
Liverpool.—By order of the Pro visional Committee,
WILLIAM MACKENZIE,

. J. D. BARRY,
Representing the English Shareholders,
Committee-Rooms, 24, Rue de Rivoli, Paris, April 13, 1844.

HINTS on SEA RISKS; price 35., which con-
tains some Practical Suggestions for diminishing Maritime
Lcisses both or Life'and Propeity, intended for the I.The of Officers in
the Mercantile Navy. By Lieutenant EDWARD JENNINGS, R.N.
"This work -possesses the' valuable" 'property of its instructions
being conveyed in a brief, intelligible, , and practical form ; and will,
we doubt not, prove of great value to tilt mariner under the various
trying circumstances in which he may, be plaCed:"=—Exeter and Ply-
mouth Gazette, Jan. 10, 1844.
London : Sold by R. B. Bate, 21, Poultry; Admiralty Agent for
Charts, Plans, &c.; and by all Book and,Chartsellers. •

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JASIES'S-PALACE,

APRIL 19, 1844.
Notice is hereby given, that the carriages coming to her
Majesty's Drawing-room, on Thursday, the 25th of April, are
to fall into the line at the top of St. James's-street, comedown,
the left-hand side, and enter at the iron gate nearest the Palace,
set down at the Arcade, return by the iron gate nearest to Marl-
borough-house, and pass through Pall-mall into St. James's-
square, by George-street. When called, they are to pass from
St. James's-square, by Charles-street, into Regent-street,
Jermyn-street, come down St. James's- street as before, take
up, and go away through Pall-mall. No hackney carriages
will be permitted to ecme within the gates. For all persons
having the privilege of the entrée, tickets will be delivered
at the Board of Green Cloth, on Tuesday next, between
the hours of eleven and three o'clock ; their carriages
are to enter the gate at Constitution-hill, proceed down St.
James's-park, through Stable-yard, into the Ambassadors'-
court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. The car-
riages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Minis-
ters, and Great Officers of State may afterwards wait in the
Ambassadors'-court, and those of all other persons having the
el'ir‘e-malm4itisk,Stable-yard or St. James's-park till called ;
they are then f 6 fake in the same order as they had set down, and
pass away up the left-hand side of St. James's-street. No car-
riage will be admitted with company a second time with the
same ticket, to prevent which it must be produced at Consti-
tution-hill gate, and Stable-yard gate also, where a corner of
it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance ; and no
person can be allowed the privilege of the entrée by any other
approach to the Palace than the gates last mentioned.
LIVERPOOL, Lord Steward.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of April,
1814, present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council.
This day the Right Honourable John Hope, Lord Justice
Clerk of Scotland, and the Right Honourable Sir Frederick
Pollock, Knt., Lord Chief Baron of her Majesty's Court of
Exchequer, were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and took their re-
spective places at the Board accordingly.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
William Earl of Lonsdale to be Lord Lieutenant and Custos
Rotulorum of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmore-
land, his Lordship this day took the oaths 'appointed to be
taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supre-
macy.
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the re-
presentation of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of
Council of Education, to appoint the Rev. H. Walford Bel-
lairs, the Rev. Frederick Watkins, and Joseph Fletcher, Esq.,
to be three of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 17.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight
of the Ur ited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto
William Chalmers, of Glenericht, in the county of Perth, Esq.,
Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the
Bath and Colonel in the army.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 19.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Lees,
Doctor in Divinity, to the church and parish of Stornoway, in
the presbytery and isle of Lewis and county of Ross, vacant by
the transportation of the Rev. John. Cameron, late minister
thereof, to the church and parish of Edderton, in the pesbytery
of Tain.

Entry.Policy.Na, Age
Age. sum. Arßreninua.l
ABdodneuds.
BCoasnhus. Redeumced.
X X s. d. X s. d. X s. d. X s. d.
1837 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 6 58 19 9 819 4
1838 ll4 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7

Another Bonus will be declared in the present year.
DEFERRED ANNUITIES.
The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered—
every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty
live, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d.,
or 3491. 1 ls. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at
tfty, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment—
two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re-
presentatives in cases of premature death.
F. FERGUSON CASIROITX, Sec.

WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 19.
4th Regiment of Foot—D. J. Gamble, Gent o, be En.
sign, by purchase, vice Ellison, appointed to theW or Grena-
dier Regiment of Foot Guards,Aprill9.
16th Foot—Ensign G. A. E. Wall to be Lieutenant, by
purchase. vice Nembbard, who retires ; George De la Poer
Beresford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wall,
April 19.
18th Foot—Capt. A. N. Campbell, from 92d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Sir W. Macgregor, Bart., who exchanges,
April 19.
28th Foot—J. Meacham, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Marshall, whose appointment has been cancelled,
April 19.
40th Foot—Lieut. G. Webb, from Ist West India Regi-
ment, to be Lieutenant, vice Olpherts, promoted in Ist West
India Regiment, April 19.
43d Foot—R. Agar, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice
Thompson, who resigns, April 19.
47th Foot—Lieutenant .1. Orr, from half-pay 89th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Elrington, appointed Paymaster 13th
Light Dragoons; Ensign H. C. Lodder, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Orr, who retires; J. Birney, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase" vice Lodder, April 19.
56th Foot—Lieutenant J. Waddell to be Adjutant, vice
-Lacy, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, April 19.
63d Foot—E. N. Daly, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Masterson, deceased, April 19.
73d Foote—Lieut. P.. 8. Bicknell to-be Adjutant, vice Brown,
promoted, April 19, 1844.
87th Foot—First Lieut. W. P. Lea to be Adjutant, vice
O'Brien, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, April 19.
92d Foot—Captain Sir W. Macgregor, Bart., from the 18th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Campbell, who exchanges, April 19.
95th Foot—Lieutenant E. J. Cruice to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Tathwell, deceased • Ensign J. A. R. Raines
to be Lieutenant, vice Cruice, April 5; T. B. Feneran, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Raines, April 19.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign R. D'Oyly Fletcher to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Webb, appointed to the 40th
Foot ; W. Sankey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Fletcher, April 19.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
—J. Morley, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice T. B. Charlton,
promoted.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of

T. Bowskill, butcher, Liverpool.
W. Chadwick, worsted spinner, Bradford.
J. Purse, upholsterer, Brighton. -
A. Robert, fruiterer, York-street, Caroden-towu.
W.:Goodall, tailor, Bradford.

C. K. Nicholls, lierkani:s;eet West, Lambeth.
J. Everitt, twine-spinner, Great Yarmouth.
R. Pool, clothes dealer, Manchester.
S. Pas,ey, coinmercial traveller, Back Vine-street, Minories.
C. Strong, cabinet-maker,Lyncombe andiWidcombe,Somerset.
J. Elderkin, beer-seller, Brook-green, Hammersmith.
SECOND NOTICE&
G. Bradlaugh, miller, Ipswich, April 25, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
F. C. Wollen, tailor, Bath-street, City-road, April 25, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee.
E. West, shipping-agent, Bexley-heath, Kent, April 26, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
J. S. Reynolds, milliner, Reading, April 25, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
W. Presley, hop warehouseman, Prospect-place, Old Kent-
road, April 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee.

W. Richardson, builder, Liverpool, April 23, at twelve, at
the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee.
W. Parry, miller, Hope, Flintshire, April 23, at half-past
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as-
signee.
G. Butler, plumber, Stanton-Saint-John's, Oxfordshire,
May 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, offiicial
assignee.
W. W. Groves, hatter, ' Gerard-street, Soho, May 1, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson "official assignee.
H. Smith, house carpenter, Wheat-lane-end, Southampton-
shire, May 1, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee.
T. Simpson, clerk, Brouglianiplaee, Niit-road;Msty 1, at.:
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
W. H. Crook, baker, Southampton, April 27, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
W. Seys, farmer, New Hons., Monmouthshire, April 24, at
half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miner, official
assign e.
W. Evans, fanner, Gadder, Monmouthshire, April 24, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee.
R. W. Bryant, tailor,. Chippenham, Wiltshire, April 24, at
half-past eleven, at the. Bristol District Court. Acraman,
official assignee.
T. Johnson, draper, Wellington, Shropshire, April 24, at
one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official as-
signee.
G. Heming, omnibus driver, Dudley, April 23. at eleven,
at the .Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee.
W. Wain Wright, Post-office clerk, Birmingham, April 25,
at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston,
official assignee.
P. Potter, Leominster, Herefordshire, April 24, at half-
past ten, A the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, offi-
cial assignee.
J. Seel, joiner, Liverpool, April 24, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee.
J. Edwards, farmer, Bodidris, Denbighshire, April 23, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official
assignee.
J. Bell, licensed victualler, Manchester, April 24, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee.
W. Bassford, cowkeeper, Liverpool, April 26, at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee.
W. Eggleston, salesman, Manchester, April 23, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee.
W. Walker, basket maker, Oldham, Lancashire, April 23,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
•
assignee.
S. Peel, leather-dresser, Cnlne, Lancashire, April 23, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official as-

captains, when it was thought advisable to set an inquiry on
foot as to the fate of the crew, the name of the vessel, &c. A.
formal application was made to the toco•sa,' or principal chief
of the island, but for sonie days without any success.
Meanwhile Captain Rounds had recovered various articles
from the wreck, including the anchors and chains, a' large
quantity of new iron Looping; which had evidently been
burnt to a white heat, the figure-head, the full-length figure
of a woman with a coronet, the lower dead eyes, and a large
quantity of rigging, &c. The whole of the oil barrels
remaining in the hold'of the vessel were partially burnt, and
their contents, of course, wasted. Some few casks, however,
were subsequently found• on the island, where they had, no
doubt, been placed by the natives after taking possession of
the vessel and before it was destroyed. It was well known
that when whaling ships touched at these islands the native
women frequently come on board in large number s, and, ge-
nerally speaking, they are considered well-conducted savages.
On this occasion advantage was taken of their familiarity,
and the fact that a vessel had been attacked and the crew
murdered was elicited from several among them, and con-
firmed by a variety of circumstances. Captain Rounds then
decided on requiring an explanation of the whole affair from
the King or chief, and took an armed party- on shore with
him for that purpose. The chief met the party, and ap-
peared considerably alarmed at the manner in which Captain
Rounds pursued the investigation ; but, after several into -
views, no satisfactory information was obtained on the sub-
ject. Captain Rounds insisted that the chief should repair
on board his ship, and even went so' far as to threaten to
hang him in case some explanation was not afforded. The
chief himself appeared willing to go on board, tut the natives
would not allow him, and at this point all further communi-
cation between them ceased ; the natives taking to their
canoes, and seeking refuge within the creeks with which the
island abounds. Here. it was found impossible to pursue
them, but from the women and a few stragglers among the
iiienT the following particulars were-obtained:—
The Harriet had put into the island for wood and water,
and the intercourse between her crew and the natives was
apparently carried on in the usual friendly manner. A deep
plot, however, seems to have been laid by the natives, which
was at the same time wholly unsuspected by Captain Bunker.
One day, shortly after their arrival, the captain and the sur-
geon went ashore shooting—two boats' crews being engaged
in collecting wood, and one in taking in water. Out of a crew
of twenty-seven to thirty persons, only five remained on board
thz ship, and this fact doubtless being observed by the na-
tives, who were anxiously watching an opportunity, they
simultaneously attacked the different parties, killing each
almost instantaneously. Resistance would appear to have
-been hopeless, for, although the island is not more than
twenty-seven miles in circumference, it is very thickly popu-
lated, and from three hundred to four hundred natives were
frequently seen on the shore at one-time by Captain Rounds.
The five persons who were on board ship at the time observed
the attack on their comrades, and, seeing a number of canoes
putting off towards the vessel, they hastily embarked in a
boat, and have not since been heard of, the probability being
that, as Strong's Island is situated at a long distance from
any other, they also must have perished in the course of the
few following clays. In the course of Captain Round's inves-
tigations on the island he fortunately discovered four or five
leaves of the Harriet's log, from which it appeared that the
ship had recently been to Port Jackson for the purpose of
undergoing some repairs, and the captain had made an entry
to the effect that he had had some trouble with his crew.

Finding all their endeayouis fail to procure more information
the several ships above alluded to bore up and stood away
from the island together—parting company some days sub
sequeatly.
The Harriet was the property of Messrs. Boulcott, of Paul's-
wharf, London. She left England in June, 1839, and has
consequently been absent nearly five years. No tidings has
been heard of her during the last eighteen months, and her
owners had recently effected an additional insurance of
1,500/., making a total of 7,500/. Many of her crew left
at Sydney, whose places were supplied by others ; it is there-
fore impossible to give the names of those lost correctly.
It is generally believed that three other vessels have been
destroyed in a similar manner at the same island, information
to that, effect ,having been obtained by Captain Rounds.
These vessels are supposed to have belonged to some of the
Sandwich. Islands—ships from that locality visiting Strong's
Island for the purpose of collecting the beach le mar, a species
of worm, in which a considerable trade is carried on with
China.
Captain Hammer states it as his opinion, that although
there may be no Englishmen resident on the island at pre-
sent, there must have been at some previous time, as the na-
tives are so well versed in the English language. He adds,
that the natives appeared extremely desirous to prevent his
becoming acquainted with any of the circumstances of the
affair, affecting a degree of indifference with regard to the
American captains. On entering the harbour it was sug-
gested to him tht it might be advisable to hoist the Ameri-
can standard at the mast head, instead of the union jack.
This, however. he declined to do.
The Sussex brings home a cargo of 1,500 barrels.

THE MARINERS and GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Expressly established for Insurances cut the Lives of Mariners,
(whether members of the Royal or Mercantile Navy) and Military
ofileers.—lt is to be noted that the Policies of this Company will
cover voyages of every description and service in every part o f the
globe.
The Lives of Fishermen and Boatmen also insured.
High rates of premium have hitherto operated against this kind of
Assurance, but as the scale now adopted will be found as low as is
consonant with the risk, it is believed that this fact, coupled with
other advantaaes, will induce a great increase of insurers.
Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted upon very moderate
Premiums.
The Premiums for General Assurances are based upon a new ad-
justed table of mortality.
Ten pound per cent. of the profits to be applied in making a provi-
n for destitute and disabled Mariners.
Arthur-street, London-bridge. WM. M`NIELL, Manager.

PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN
NUITY COMPANY,
9, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON.
Established in 1826.
This Society is supported by an ample subscribed Capital, and by a
considerable accumulated premium fund.
Assurances are effected at a low rate of premium, without profits,
or at an increased premium, with participation in the profits of the
Office.
A Bonus in, ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre-
miums received (equivalent to a reversionary bonus of about 30
per cent.) was declared in May, 1842, on all beneficial policies on
which three annual premiums had been paid in the previous De-
cember.
A division of the profits takes place every five years, and the hold-
ers of beneficial policies can receive their bonuses in ready money, or
have them applied in augmentation of their policies, or in reduction
of their future premiums
Assurers may contracti, o pay their Premiums either in one sum, In
a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pay-
ments, or on the ascending or descending scale.
Officers of the Army and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted
with chronic and other diseases, and such as are going beyond the
limits of Europe, are also Assured at moderate rates.
Prospectuses and all necessary information may be obtained at the
Office. MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary.
Aimomm.mminesome

bids his undertaking a personal canvass. Surely, the
generous feeling of the citizens of Exeter must in such
a case render a personal canvass superfluous. Sir
William Follett is in principles and conduct" without
shadAv of change," the same Sir William Follett
whom the citizens of Exeter returned to Parliatneat
by a great majority in 1835; in 1837, and again in
18-fl. The only change in him is, that he has
greatly extended his reputation, added to its lustre,
and thus augmented the honours of his native
county, which in another age will add his to
the rich catalogue of illustrious names of which
the men of Devon are naturally and justly proud.
An opposition to Sir William
,Follett is, however,
threatened—an opposition we must think insulting to
the sense and honour of the electors of Exeter, and
rendered especially disgusting by its utter hopeless-
ness, and by the supposed inability of the Attorney-
General, from temporary indisposition, to fight
his battle in person. The OppOsition candidate is
said to be General Briggs. Who is General Briggs ?
We look in vain to the pages of Pole, Prince, Ris-
don, Dunsford, Carew, and Polwhele for evidence
of any connection of the eminent house of Briggs
with the county of Devon. Well, but the candidate
is a General: his name, however, does not shine in
any page of the annals of. the Peninsular war, or in
the glorious roll of the Waterloo heroes. Ile is an
Indian general ; but the military history of India is
apparently as negligent of his merits as the military
annals of Eurppe, or as the chronicles of Devon are of
his linewrbe. --Ffe is' a General, aria that most inconsi-
derable of all things—an unknown, undistinguished
General. high military rank, associated with obscu-
rity, perfectly realises the figure of " the little statue
upon the mighty pedestal" whiCh grows less by
its elevation. We can respect an old soldier, su-
baltern or captain, of whose name we never heard
before ; because, however important their services,
however signal their gallantry, both may have passed
unnoticed in the crowd; but we cannot extend the
same charity to an unknown General, for all a
General's exploits are sure to be trumpeted, and
when we hear for the first time of a General,
we are disposed to set him , down with the
class spoken of by Frederick the Great.
" These fellows," said the sarcastic hero, "have
not as much claim to favour as my baggage
mule, which has seen more service than any of
them, and has fully as much sense and spirit. Their
sole plea of merit is that they have contrived to keep
a long time out of the way of being knocked on the
head—a caution for which the Sovereign that must
feed and pay them has little reason to be grateful."
Until we hear what are the services of General Briggs
we shall without hesitation assign him to this class.
Meanwhile let the electors of Exeter decide between

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Yorkshire..
The Right Hon. the Earl of Mulgrave to be Deputy Lieu.
,enant ; H. Coore, Esq., to be ditto ; Sir W. Lawson,
_ Bart.
obe ditto; G. Witham, Esq., to be ditto ; J. T. Wharton
E q., to be ditto, April 16.

Big nee.
C. Cotgreave, law stationer, Chester, April 23, at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
C. Clarke, linen draper, Banbury, Oxfordshire, May 10, at
twelve—R. Feild, varnish manufacturer, Plummer's-row,
Whitechapel, May 10, at half-past twelve —G. Booth, lime
burner, Princes-street, Lambeth May 10. at twelve—E. Flo-
rence, jun., potato dealer, Subdeanery, Sussex, May 10, at
eleven—G. C. Bridge; grocer, Maldon, Essex, May 10, at one.
In.the Country.
R. Waddington, grocer, Boston, Yorkshire, May 16, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—M. Raphael and A. Na-
than, silversmiths, Hull, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court—W. W. Robinson, linen draper, Beverley, York-
shire, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—E. Met-
calf, currier, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, May 16, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court—G. Knowles, corn dealer, Halifax,
Yorkshire May 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—
J. R. Atkinson, wine merchant, Caistor, Lincolnshire, May 14,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Etock, linen draper,
Leeds, May 16, at eleven, as the Leeds District Court—J. and
W. Green, timber merchants, Wetherby, Yorkshire' May 14,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. Cheetham, seri.,
surgeon, Stockport, Cheshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Man-
chester District Court—W. Caton, ironmonger, Preston, Lan-
cashire, May 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court
—E. Poore, druggist, Bampton; Devonshire, May 15, at
twelve, at the Exeter District Court—J. Goss, draper, Devon-
pert, May .14, at one, at the Exeter District iurt—J. J. Bul-
man, oil merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 10, at one, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Bell, earthen-
ware manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 10, at eleven,
at the Newcastle-upon.. Tyne District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
T. G. James, builder, River-street, Myddleton-square, May
10—W. Bourne, yroollen draper, Coleman-street, May 10—
E. P. Best, wine merchant, Crutched-friars, City, May 10—
J. Aldred, wholesale stationer, Nottingham, May 13—T.
Greening, surgeon, Worcester, May 11—J. Thomson, iron
manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, May 28—G.
Thomson, iron manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire,
May 28-3. Reaveley, commission agent, Hammond's-wharf,
Queenhithe May 10—H. Southgate, auctioneer, Fleet-street,
May 10-1. Ballard, brazier, Maidstone, Kent, May a
te,
10—
H. F. Turner, painted baize manufacturer, Myddleton-street,
Clorkenwell, May 10-.-T. Sanders, shoe-maker, Ramsgate,
May 10—W. Fuller, coal merchant, Poplar, May 10—S. -Bil-
lington, woollen draper, Birkenhead, Cheshire, May 10—C.
Williamson, hosier, Regent-street, May 10—T. W. Wright,
dyer, Nottingham, May
H. Crowther, stationer,
Warrington, Lancashire, May 10—H. M. Newton, victualler,
Kirkburton, Yorkshire, May 10.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

OLD COURT.
',Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
After a lapse of about twenty minutes the jury- returned
nto Court, when

Mr.-Justice WILLIAMS proceeded to read the evidence at
length. After the Learned,Judge had finished, the evidence,
he told them, that if the evidence was such as to leave a just
and-reasonable doubt WI theirminas the prisoners should have
the but if there was no doubt on their minds they
would give their verdict accordingly._ He again begged of the
jury not to repird any observations which were addressed to
them, except so far as they were founded on the evidence.
The question they had to consider with regard to the prisoner
Barber was, whether he had merely acted as an ordinary at-
torney would act in the matter, or whether he had produced
the will for probate, well knowing it to have been forged. .
The jury then retired to considr their verdict.
_The prisoner, Barber, seemed to have retained his self
possession throughout the trial, frequently handing down
notes to his counsel, till the close of the Judge's charge ; he
then appeared to become extremely agitated and nervous.
Alter an absence of about an flour and twenty minutes,
the 'jury returned with a verdict of GUILTY. AGAIW
ALL THE PRISONERS.
Mr. Barber-I am not guilty, my Lord, and Mr. Fletcher
here knots that I am not.
The prisoners were then removed. . ,
The'Court then adjourned till Monday morning.

BANKRUPTS.
JOHN BATTYE, linendraper, Courtney-terrace, Kings-
land, to surrender May 2 and 31, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane,
Cornhill; Dodd, New Broad-street.
MATTHEW WALLER, patent electro-plater, Percy.
street, Tottenham-court-road, May 3, at one, and June 1, at
half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Buchanan and
Grainger, Basinghall-street.
JOHN CARPENTER, surgeon, Bothwell, Northampton-
shire, April 30, at twelve, and May 30, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Colman-street, City ;
Cattlin, Ely-place • Thompson, Northampton.
JAMES JOSEPH IRON SYER, undertaker, Bridge.
street, Blackfriars, April 30, at two, and May 21, at half-past
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee,
Sambrook-court ; Melton, Gray's Inn.
artfield, Sussex, April 30, and
JOSEPH TODD, dealer, H
May 21, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official
assignee, Aldermanbury ; Elmslie and Preston, Moorgate-
street.
RICHARD ALLINSON, ironmonger, Whitehaven, April
26, at one, and June 10, at is o, at theNewcastle.upon-Tyne
District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon.
Tyne ; Stubbs, Furnival's Inn, London; W. and H. Perry,
Whitehaven; Inglesdew, Newcastle-upNeon-w-upon-Tyne,
WILLIAM PAYNE, builder,
wca
April 426, at twelve, and June 4, at two, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New-
castle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and Compton, Cross-court, Old
Jewry, London ; Hodge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
JAMES SLACK, filtering machine manufacturer, Man-
chester, April 30, and May 22, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Nether-
sole, Essex-street, Strand, London ; Foster, Manchester.
GEORGE ROTHERY, currier, Wakefield, May 6 and
24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official as-
signee, Leeds ; Dean, Batley.
JAMES DOWEL, brewer, Chepstow, Monmouthshire,
April 26, at twelve, and June 6, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
trict Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; W. and C.
Bevan, Bristol.
JOHN ATKINS, beer-house keeper, Aston, Warwickshire,
April 27, and May '24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Chaplin,
Gray's Inn, London ; irmingham.
JAMES DIMENT and Harrison,jOHN GRIMES, plasterers,
Bristol, April 26, and June 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Peters and Abbott,
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JOHN BUCKLEY LORD and MICHAEL COGHL AN,
cloth manufacturers, 111eitham, Yorkshire, April 30, and May
23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official as-
signee, Leeds - Sudlow, Sons, and Torre, Chancery-lane,
Londou ; FIoy:INOTICES and Booth
OF INSOLVE, Huddersfield ;
NC Y Nayler, Leeds.
.
W. Fletcher, farmer, Amcatts, Lineolnshirli
T. Thompson, chemist, Harwich, Essex.
T. Shaw, bookseller, Tarporley, Cheshire.
R. Watson, farmer, Luddington, Lincolnshire.
E. Taylor, cooper, Bradford.
S. Ellis, joiner, Bradford.
S. Firth, innkeeper, Halifax.
E. Lloyd, baker, Liverpool.
T. W. Parkinson, stationer, Ilminster, Somersetshire.
W. Plant, hat-block turner, Stockport.
W. Hogg, saddler, Hulme, Lancashire.
E. Bentley, cordwainer, Whalley, Lancashire.
R. Davidson, journeyman bricklayer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
J. Locke, surgeon, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-place.
E. Randall, postilion, Bath.
W. Barber, engraver, Hermes-street, Pentonville.
W. H. Worley, copper-plate printer, Shaftesbury-st., Hoxton.
W. R. Rolfe, pastry-cook, High-street, Shoreditch.
E. Oxborrow, blacksmith, Ipswich.
J. Perry, butcher, Birmingham.
A. C. Gulley, landing-waiter, Bernard-street, Russell-square.
J. Moore, milkman, Twerton, Somersetshire.
I'. Wild, clerk, Upper Stamford-street, Blackfriars.
C. Loach, publican, Birmingham.
H. Gompertz, Oak-cottage, Old Brompton.
W. Elson, licensed hawker, Northampton.
W. Pinto, warehouseman's assistant, St. George's-buildings
Hoxton-square, Shoreditch.
J. Bunker, shopman, Northampton.
J. Haigh, clothier, Kirkburton Yorkshire.
B. K. Trueman, carpenter, Kidderminster
J. Litherland, nail maker, Huddersfield.
W. K. Thorburn, shopkeeper, Halifax.
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A. Smith, tailor, Bungay, Suffolk.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, April 19.
(Before Sir JAMES WIGRAM.)
TAYLOR U. THE EARL OF lIAREWOOD.

F. H. Perry and F. Paul, brass founders, York-street, West-
minster—C. Coney and M. Chambers, lodging -house keepers,
Southport, Lancashire—H. Davis and F. F., Thompson, sur-
geons, Tenbury, Worcestershire—C. Hough and W. Gaunt,
joiners, Nottingham—G. M'lntyre, R. M'lntyre,and J. Daw.
son, engravers to calico printers, Salford, Lancashire (so far as
regards J. Dawson )—G. and W. Smith, farriers, Farnham,
Surrey—J. Sutcliffe and J. White, worsted s tuff manufac-
turers, Bradford, Yorkshire—G. and J. Wareham, plumbers,
Birmingham—W. Chandler and S. Holah, chemists, Minories
—T. M'Lean and J. Powell, bakers, Gloucester—J. T. and J.
Ailey, coal merchants, Newbury, Berkshire—T. Ward and J.
Nibfett, jun., ironmongers, Dorking, Surrey—Js. and Jn.
Baker, grocers, Portslade, Sussex-=.E. - Prosser and R. F.
Knight, curriers, Hereford—J. Abbey and T. Bradley, tallow
chandlers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—T. Lauder and T. W.
Brookman, letter press printers, Clement's-lane, Carey-street
—H. Baxter add W. Orton, linen drapers, Rochester—Lucas,
Coatbupes, Homer, and Cliffe, crown window glass manufac-
turers, Bristol—U. Davenport, J. Grindrod, and T. Patrick,
engineers, Liverpool—E. and J. Mason, brick makers, Car-
marthen—R. W. and C. P. Fox, surgeons, Torquay, Devon-
shire—D. Roberts and T. Powlson, letter press printers,
Manchester.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
JAMES ROBERTSON, vintner, Brehin, April 27 and
May 20, at eleven, at the chambers of Speed and Will, Brechin.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Mugcovado Sugar, for the
week ending April 16, 1844, is 355. 80. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

HORRIBLE MASSACRE IN ONE OF
THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.
The details of another attack on an English whaler and of
the slaughter of the whole crew by the natives of one of the
South Sea Islands, have just been received by the Sussex, a
whale ship belonging to Mr. Lyall, M.P. for the City of Lon
don, under the command of Captain Hammer, which arrived
in the river the day before yesterday, after an absence of
fur years and three months.
The particulars disclose nothing calculated tf, throw light
on the cause of the melancholy catastrophe. On the con-
trary, there appears to have been an absence of all motive
for the attack, except that arising from a desire to plunder
the ship, which, as will be seen by Captain Hammer's state-
ment, was first burnt to the water s edge and then scuttled in
eight fathoms water. The following details, kindly supplied
to the reporter by Captain
.11ammer, contain all the facts
• known in reference to the painful tragedy
Captain Hammer states that on the 30th of April last year,
having occasion to take in water, he bore down towards the
island marked Quallan on the chart, but usually termed
Strong's Island by British seamen, being in lon. 162 E., lat.
6 N. ()n approaching the harbour he observed three Ameri-
can ships and one Canadian vessel lying at anchor. These
vessels subsequently proved to be the Pacific, Captain
Rounds, from St. John's, :New Brunswick, and the Lydia, the
Lexington, and the Pearl, three American whalers. As the
Sussex neared the island the captains of each of these vessels
came off in boats to meet her,. and Captain Rounds, of the
Pacific, immediately communicated to Captain-Hammer the
fact that the wreck of an English whaler, called the Harriet,
belonging to the port of London, and commanded by Captain
Bunker, was lying in eight fathoms water within the har-
bour. Having each anchored at a convenient distance from
the shore, Captain Hammer returned with Captain Rounds
on board the Pacific, where portions of the Harriet's log- '
'eekshad cast anchor in a
previously
book, her figure. head, anchor, &c., all of whichrevio had been
Captainbeenre-
covered at that time, were shown to him, by which the
identity and fate of the vessel was placed beyond a doubt.
Thei
whale,
native observed this, and re-
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in fishing. They put to sea, and in the course of a day or
withtcantieheyupcaptured.
a
marked to the captain a few hours afterwards, " Why do
you keep looking about here for fish to procure oil? There
is a ship lying in the harbour full of it." It should here
be mentioned that the inhabitants of Strong's Island speak
the English language remarkably well, and, as the manner
of the native in question olds such as to lead Captain
Rounds to believe that he might place some reliance upon
his information, conceiving it also possible that a ship
might have been wrecked near the island, he at once deter-
mined to bear down upon it without loss of time. Arriving
there the man pointed out the spot where the ship lay, and
on soundings being taken, it was discovered that some large
object metbthe lead. Captain Rounds then, with consider-
able ingenuity, rigged'out one of his large oil-casks in the
form of a diving-bell, and having made the necessary pre-
parations a man was sent down, who immediately reported
the fact of the hull uf a vessel burnt to the water's edge
lying beneath its surface in about eight fathoms. The Ame-
rican ships above named, were lying in the harbour at this
time, and Captain Rounds at once comnumierted the cir-
cumstances which bad come to his knowledge to the several

their late accomplished, able, and faithful represen
tative and this intruder.

_ln_ this case the bill was filed for the purpose of
proving an estate administered, and, amongst other pur-
poses, inquiring vlliether Daniel William Davidson had
come into actual possession of an estate to which he was
entitled under the will of Robert Davidson, made in the
year 1810. On the Bth of March, 1842, a decree was
made in the original cause. By that decree, it was re-
ferred to the Master to make inquiries as to the state of
the family, and also as to the accounts of the property ;
and it was ordered, that the Master should also inquire
and state whether Daniel Wilson Davidson, in the will
named, had come into actual possession of the estate ;
and if so, under what title and whateireumstances. The
Master made his report, stating the facts.
his HONOUR, after entering fully into all the points
of the case, declared it to be his opinion, that Daniel
Wilson Davidson was not in the actual possession of Oa
estate.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Apri/19.
(Sittings in Banco.)
The Court was occupied the whole morning in hear-
ing motions for new trials in cares which had been tried
at the last Lent assizes.

GLOBE.—The Times City article puts forth the
following statement, as serving towards the expla-
nation of the fall of more than 1 per cent. within
these few days, in Consols:—" As it appears that the
greatdr part of the sales have originated with brokers
who usually act for the Scotch banks, it has been
conjectured that the very sagacious managers of
those institutions have obtained some scent of the
nature of Sir R. Peel's new measures relative to
banking, which he is to communicate after the
budget, on the 30th instant, which induces them to
take up a defensive position, and by selling their stock
to provide themselves with a large amount of dis-
posable funds to meet the emergency. The point on
which they are most apprehensive is the circulation of
their small notes ; and should these be withdrawn, in
order to assimilate the Scotch currency with that of
the rest of the United Kingdom, their place must
be supplied with gold, which can only be ob-
tained by a sale of stock and Bank of England notes."
[t may in some degree appear to confirm the con-
jectured surmises of the Scotch bankers, that Sir
Robert Peel has shown something like a small-note-
phobia on several occasions ; and has attributed to
small notes a power, which (under the condition of
convertibility, and free competition in banking) we
cannot conceive as belonging to them, whether for
good or evil. On the last day of the session of 1842,
Sir Robert Peel, after remarking on the tendency of
his tariff to mitigate the existing distress, concluded
by saying—" I admit that there are modes by which
a temporary prosperity might be created. I might
create a temporary prosperity by the issue of 1/.
notes, and by encouraging. the Bank to make large
issues of paper ; but such a prosperity would be
wholly delusive. It is much wiser, in my opinion,
to abstain from the application of the stimulus."
This is quite the style of lEolus (or Sir Jabesh
Windbag) with bladders full of that commodity which
mankind were so anxious to raise. Mr. Tooke, in his
recent pamphlet entitled " An Inquiry into the Cur-
rency Principle," remarks on this magnificent piece
of flatulence of the Prime Minister, "At the time
when Sir Robert Peel made this remark—namely,
in August, 1842—the rate of interest had fallen
below what it had been for several years before,
and most assuredly nothing like a return of pros-
perity, however short-lived, had yet manifested
itself. He cannot, therefore, any longer hare sup-
posed, whatever may have have been his impression
when examining Mr. Page two years before, the rate
of interest being then still comparatively high, that
mere advances on securities, that is, loans or discounts
by the Bank (always assuming that the securities are un-
exceptionable), could have the desired effect. How,he
would have proposed the extra issue to be made, with
the view of creating temporary prosperity, does not ap-
pear." There is no reasoning with a fixed idea; and if Sir
Robert Peel has a fixed idea about one-pound notes, he
has probably given it, by this time, an apartment
for life in the structure of his brain. In that
case we take leave to consider him not a whit
less mad about currency, in his way, than the
Brummagem men in theirs. Time will soon show
whether this is the case. Meanwhile, we will
trouble the Minister to take along with him the fact
that, while the number of banks in Scotland has in-
creased, the notes in circulation have diminished.
The same thing might be said of the country circula-
tion in England. If Sir Robert Peel is really going
to take the field against Scotch and Joint-stock
Banks, having for his banner the ragged petticoat of
the Old Lady of Threadneedle-street (no embroidered
garment of a lloly Virgin that), why, we can only
say. we wish himjoy of this new and most gratuitous
" difficulty" to his Government !

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE;
(YESTERDAY.)
QUEEN-SQUA#E.
Maria Foster, a young woman, was charged with absenting
herself from the ChelSea workhouse, and with deserting her
female child. ,

•

Mr. Daniel Sutton, the master of the workhouse, said that
the defendant was an inmate of the workhouse up to Tuesday
last, when she absented herself, leaving a child, six years old,
chargeable to the parish. She was admitted to the workhouse
on the 7th March last, but had been an inmate three 3,ears ago,
when she was passed to her parish in the neighbourhood of
Brighton. She had not been to the workhouse since Tues-
day last ; and having come there drunk, and at an unsea-
sonable hour, she was refused admission. Ile found her last
night; in a public-house in Chelsea, and gave her into custody-
on the above charge.
Mr. BOND inquired the amount of expense to which the
parish had been put in supporting the child since Tuesday.
Mr. Sutton—highteenpence.
The defendant said she had been to the workhouse since
Tuesday, but not having an order, the porter refused to
admit her. _ _ - - -

Mr. BOND committed the defendant to the House of Cor-
rection,,and to be kept at hard labour for fourteen days.
Mr. Sutton said that when the term of her imprisonment
had expired, he should send the child to the House of Cor-
rection, with an intimatiou that if the defendant thought
proper to return to the workhouse with her child, she would
be again admitted.

George Harris, a respectably-dressed young man, was
placed at the bar on the following charge
Mrs. Oldham, a young married woman, said the defendant
was formerly in the habit of paying his addresses to her
sister; the connexion had, however, been broken off. The
defendant met her sister last evening in Bridge-street, when
he abused her, making use of highly improper language,
and followed her to her residence in John-street, forcing his
way into the house, and threatening to take her life. His
conduct was very violent. Her sister, from the defendants
misconduct, was unable to attend. Her father happened tc.
come in at the time, when the defendant struck him several
times, and threatened to choke him, and was not ejected
from the house without considerable difficulty.
Mr. Benjamin Riches, the father of the last witness, who
holds a situation in the House of Commons, corroborated her
evidence, and said that he had every reason to believe that
his daughter, as we llas himself and fatnily, were in danger
from the violence of the defendant. He had been guilty of
similar misconduct about three months ago, when he was
brought to that office, but having promised not to repeat it,
the charge was withdrawn.
The defendant, whose conduct during the examination
was very flippant, denied that he forced himself into the
house, but that he merely went there to speak to Miss Riches.
lie did not, however, deny assaulting Mr. Riches.

Mr. BOND said the defendant's .conduct was most im-
proper; he must pay the stun of 30s. for the assault, or in
default be committed to the House of Correction for three
weeks. He must also enter into sureties to keep the peace
towards Mr. Riches and his family.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND
DEATHS.-ANNE SLACK'S CASE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sie,—Very shoray after the birth of his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales 1 read in your paper that the
registrar of rib attended at Buckingham Palace, for
the purpose of registering such birth. Here we find the
public officer fulfilling his duty to the letter, and "in.
forming himself carefully" of such birth ; he was not
satisfied at a stranger calling upon him and telling him
that a Prince of \Vales was rre and on such casual in-
formation registering the same. No ! he carried out the
6th and 7th Win. 4, c. 36, s. 18, which enacts that
" every registrar is hereby required to inform himself
carefully of every birth and every death which shall
happen in his district, and to learn and register, with-
out fee, the particulars required respectively touching
every such birth and every such death, as the ease may
be," &c. I believe that Buckingham Palace is in the
Pimlico registrar's district ; if so, we find this same
officer registering the death of Anne Slack as taking
place on a certain day at South-terrace, Pimlico (no
such place being in his district), on the information of a
perfect stranger, without proceeding to " inform himself,"
according to his duty, laid down in the Act of Parlia-
ment, as to the correctness of the information of death
left at his office ; and it appears that he was not aware
of having registered a fictitious circumstance until the-
party was in custody for felony who had given him the
information. The consequence of this registering officer
having been " slack" in the performance of his duty is.
that a fraud and felony were carried out to completion ;
had this officer proceeded " to inform himself carefully"
as to the correctness of the statement of Mr. Robert
Hart (alias Fletcher), of James-street, Commercial-road
East (a fictitious name and address), before he had pro-
ceeded to register the death of Anne Slack, of South.
terrace, Pimlico, we should not now find such an entry in
his books, or a will of such party stated to have been
living at such place, and dying in such place, recorded
at Doctors'-commons, or a probate of such will have beer'
exhibited at the Bank of England, or a sum of unclaimed
dividends standing in the name of Anne Slack, trans-
ferred by the Bank of England, under the authority or
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt, into the name of a party not legally entitled to
such unclaimed stock and dividends.
registrations; but if the duties are.
was TheraAsscetd forfor the Registration
the
protection o
fo ftthßoeibrpethusebal
iarernibde3d, Dooffieuatetihaassi
will perhaps say, that the pay
Frauds." The registrar
giving facility
iedda
tteo
forlae
with
any
othiiinsaotffiedee,TAapopAeacrtsftoor ittooughtto Impositionsbedeno-
h entry will not remunerate
ment of one shilling for
acquainted
tnhetherena.
lexftiiu4el;selt.iheisoßcucaginohnrtecttolowiriaohalegdleinitabacnedeceotintholeimbaesealelfalonld
itoiheecoduugtileas required, übi ia•evde, asnadtisbfieefdorehiliiieisehlafd
whetheririderttike
numeration would ho ample or not ; surely it is not the
time after election, and after neglecting his duty as he is
reported to have done, to say, it would not pay me "to
inform myself carefully" as to the correctness of the in-
frot rinsi aqttit,i)tne oft emNe'elegNr.birth
iima,enenedlttiohltnli
aneetagytahoNN werereporteddone a
tot
that panuyt aoffistee.op
ceks
to these indiscriminate entries of births and deaths. It
cwi•
iasst
obduyt af fre
begging
produced a registrar's certificate of a herwa se taken intosh e
oburymi
death to assure the
parties whom she solicited of the truth of her statement.
On inquiry, it was found that no such death had taken
place, as represented in the registrar's certificate. This
double fraud I believe to be in daily practice by begging
imposters, and facility given to these impositions and
frauds by registrars neglecting to inform themselves
carefully of the truth of the reports left at their officee—
a pretty way, indeed, to swell up the amount of shil-
lings for fees for registration if they are allowed to re.
gister any report of a birth or death brought to their
offices by strangers
I know nothing whatever of the registrar upon whom
I have made this attack, further than the reports in the
public newspapers, so that, if my statement be incorrect,
I can only say that I shall be willing to make him the
most ample satisfaction for the insinuations I have thrown
out. I have no personal feeling against him, and only
take take the present case, as reported, for theb purpose
instancing the evils the public are liable to
nanegilnedctiliniagutahie, ilrddountiocts
towards him
ffil)xiCaLlaSmeteNall.
by placing an anonymous signatureiatsmt olioei
da
tt
obt aces
fair
suchs
a 7 directedia t ot;hainnkd
communi-
cation,resjden et lei.efifoarnae
sdior,n3c. hesitateoitto(r)sß u].tly,i;
lova.
Ilfracombe, April 18, 1844.

The more robust of the pensioners in this town, to
the number of about 140, are this meek having their
clothing distributed out to them at the Barracks. The.
dress consists of a blue surtout coat, with scarlet cuffs
and collar, and dark trowsers, with a broad scarlet stripe
one inch and a half in breadth. The men are "to pa-
rade" on Thursday next, at the Barracks, when the
arms and accoutrements will be distributed, and tho
whole of their appointments made good.— Nottinhant
Review.