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TILE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 3.

The Queen has been graciously: pleased to appoint the
Hon. John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, now Secretary
to her Majesty's Embassy at St. Petersburgh, to be her
Ilajesty's Envoy Extraordinary. and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to the Emperor of All tne Russias.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Andrew Buchanan, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at Florence, to be Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at the Court of Russia.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
the Hon. Peter Campbell Scarlett, to be Secretary to her
Majesty's Legation at the Court of Tuscany.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 5.

2d Regiment of Life Guards—R. B. Hesketh, Gent.,
to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Montgomery, whose appointment has been cancelled,
April 5.
2d Dragoons—Captain J. R. T. Graham, from half-
pay of the Regiment, to be Captain, vice Lord W. Hill,
deceased ; Lieutenant G. A. F. Sulivan to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Graham, who retires ; Cornet H. T.
C. S. Pigott to be Lieutenant, vice Sivan ; W. W.
Hozier, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Pigott,
April 5.
6th Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon C. G. Logie, M.D.,
from 72d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dolmage,
promoted to the 54th Foot, April 5.
11th Light Dragoons—Cornet J. T. Wightman, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Aberdour, who re-
tires; W. G. B. Cresswell, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Wightman, April 5.
Ist, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Brevet
Colonel T. F. Wade, from half-pay Unattached, to be
Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice G. M`Kinnon, who
exchanges; Lieut. and Captain E. B. Reynardson to be
Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Wade,
who retires; Ensign and Lieut. the Hon. R. W. P.
Curzon to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice
Reynardson; Ensign C. G. Ellison, from 4th Foot, to be
Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Curzon, April 5
11th Regiment of Foot—Captain W.Jesse, from half-'
pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Bertram C. Mit-
ford, who exchanges ; Lieutenant A. F. Jenner to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Jesse, who retires ; Ensign
'W. Chalmers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jen-
ner ; C. J. Powell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Chalmers, April 5.
49th Foot,--H. E. Quin, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, April 5.
21st Foot—Second Lieut. T. W. Prevost to be First
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rumbold, promoted in Ist
West India Regiment ; W. H. Ballingall, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prevost, April 5.
54th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Dolmage, from the
-6th Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Ingham, who retires
upon half-pay, April 5.
72d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Horn iblow, M.D.,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Logie, ap-
pointed to the 6th Dragoons, April 5.
73d Foot—Captain G. C. Collins, from half-pay 61st
Foot, to be Captain, vice W. H. Kenny, who exchanges ;
Lieut. M. C. O'Connell to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Collins, who retires ; Ensign W. C. Bisse to be Lieute-
nant, by purshase, vice O'Connell ; A. C. Knox, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bisse, April 5.
86th Foot—Captain W. Butler, from half-pay 27th
Foot, to be Captain, vice H. Fenwick, who exchanges ;
Lieutenant J. H. Thursby to be Captain, by purchase,
April 5.
UNATTACHED—Brevet-Colonel Sir De L. Evans,
K.C.B. from Captain half-pay sth West India Regiment,
to be Major, without purchase, April 6.
BREVET.—Capt. W. Butler, of the 86th Foot, to Le
Major in the army ; Capt. G. C. Collins, of the 73d
Foot, to be Major in the army, July 22, 1830 ; Capt.
J. R. T. Graham, of 2d Dragoons, to be Major in the
army, Jan. 10, 1837.
STAFF.—CoI. T. E. Napier, on half-pay imattached, to
be Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in
Ireland, vice Colonel Wade, who resigns, April 5 ; Pay-
master C. IL Peirse, from the 16th Foot, to be Par-
master of a recruiting district, vice H. B. B. Adams, who
I.tires upon half-pay, April 1.
)IEMORANDUM.—The date of the commissions of Se-
cond Lieutenant Tritton, of the 23d Foot, and Ensign
Marshall, of the 28th Regiment, are 28th March 1844,
.and not 29th ultimo, as previously stated.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 3.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain W. Y.
Fenc,:ick to be Captain, vice Cornelius, retired on half-
pay ; YLrst Lieutenant H. A. Turner, to be Second Cap-
tain, vice Fenwick ; Second Lieutenant D. M'Dowall
Fraser to be First Lieutenant, vice Turner, March 30 ;
Sergeant-Major R. Eager, to be Quartermaster, vice
Barnes, retired on full-pay, April 1.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
J. Loveday, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 1.

WHITEHALL, MARCH 19.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Charles
Wilkinson, of the City of York, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.

PHILIP PHILLIPS, printseller, Southampton-street,
Covent-garden, to surrender April 17, at twelve, and
May 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager,
official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Foord, Pinners'-
hall, Old Broad-street, City.
FRANCIS JOHN PEGLER, woollen draper, Read-
ing, Berkshire, April 12, at half-past two, and May 17,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore,
official assignee, Basinghall-street, London; Wood and
Fraser, Dean-street, Soho.
JAMES KING, tea dealer, Budge-row, City, April
17, at eleven, and May 17, at two, at the Court of Bank-
. ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee ; Dawes and Sons,
Angel-court, Throgmorton-street.
WILLIAM GIBSON CLIFT, coach broker, Cross-
:lane, High Holborn, April 30, at half-past twelve, and
May 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur-
quand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers ; Jones,
Mark-lane.
NEVILLE BEARD, leather seller, Beech-street,
Barbican, April 18, at half-past one, and May 21, at one.
at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Follett, official assignee.
Sterating, Staple's-inn.
ALFRED JOHN SAGE, chemist, High-street,
Whitechapel, April 18, at one, and May 21, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Green, official assignee.
Rawi;sngs, Crosby-hall Chambers, Bishopsgate-street,
Within.
GEORGY, HENRY DARBY LAWRENCE, mer-
chant, Horns y, Middlesex, April 10, at three, and May
,at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Blunt and Co., Lothbury.
JEFFERIES BRIGINSHAW, publican, Wands-
worth, Surrey, April 10, at half-past twelve, and May 15,
at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnhon, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; James, Basinghall-street.
THOMAS COLLINS HODSON, linrn-draper, Leo-
inf:aster, Herefordshire, April 12, at half-past eleven, and
May to, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
official assignee, Birmingham; Lloyd, Milk-
Chris
street, tiClitigPSide, e,
London; Bartleet, Birmingham.
.MICHAEL DEVINE, grocer, Liverpool, April 15,
at half-past eleven, and May 9, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liver-
pool; Cornthwaite and Adams, Dean's-court, Doctors'-
commons, London; Cornthwaite, Liverpool.
JOHN BROWN, grocer, Weymouth, April 18, and
May 14, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Hertzel,
official assignee, Exeter; Hill and Matthews, Bury-court,
St, Mary-axe, London; Terrell, Exeter.
NOTICES OF. INSOLVENCY.
W. Young, servant, Paddington House, Tulse-hill.

.T. Samuel', dyer, Guildford:-
T. Ellis, stonemason, Corbar, Derbyshire.
G. Bottom, cloth weaver, Huddersfield.

M'Carthy, clothier, Portsmouth.
J ister, worsted spinner, Brighouse, Yorkshire.
w. A ~.hbury, licensed victualler, Walcot, Somersetshire.
H. mart,:), oheelwright, Moulsham, Essex.
E. Brown, commission agent, Ilorescomb, Gloucester-

shire.
R. Page, hair ci:esser, Neithrop, Oxfordshire.
T. Frankis, jun., shopkeeper, Gloucester.
J. Barrett, surgeon, Bath.
IL Prichard, clerk, Park-road, Marylebone.
C. Grimani, traveller, Frederick-place, Old Kent-road.
W. H. Bay field, fishmonger, Charlotte-street West, Is-

lington.
E. It‘Gurk, tailor, Southampton.
T. Harrison, manufacturer of files, Sheffield.
.J. Perry, livery stablekeeper, Ann's-place Lant-street,

L'orough.
A.:thton' provision dealer, Manchester.
W. Go‘.7.gh, coach builder, Bullbrook, Berkshire.
W. W. 1-)l7ltt, customs clerk, Hanover-street, Peckham.
J. Bispham,- Manchester.
W. H. Stephens, undertaker, Deptford-lane, Peckham.
Hind, licensed victualler, New-street, Covent garden.
G. Standley, plumber, Northampton.
H. Johnson, butcher, Liverpool.
W. Linscott, turner, Exeter.
J. Cock, labourer, Somersetshire.
,J. Bettles, shoe maker, Robert-street, Chelsea.
O. Seymour, brewer, Brighton.
3, Hargreaves, shoe-maker, Blackburn, Lancashire.
W. White, carrier by water, Sheffield.
S. Jacobs, commission agent, Great • Union-street,
Borough-road.
W. Neal, cattle-dealer, Flower's-place, Holloway.
J. R. 'l'orbock, clerk, George-yard, Cripplegate.
S. R. Woollett, blacking-manufacturer, Woolwich.
.1. A. Blow, captain R.N., Wilmot-sq., Bethnal-green.
W. F. Perry, Poslingford, Suffolk.
Habbijarn, jun., commission agent, Crescent-street,
Euston-square, St. Pancras.
W. Austwick, farmer, Monk Fryston, Yorkshire.
W. Calvert, tailor, Worthing.
u'. Morton, knife manufacturer, Sheffield.
X.• Banes, licensed victualler, Bath.
S. J. Cafley, silk-weaver, Denes, Norfolk.
W. Carter, pig jobber, Artillery -row, St. John's,Westmr.
G. lieffill, tailor, Chenies-street, Bedford-square.
a Sladden, farmer, Herne-bay.
IL llaworth, labourer, Bacup, Lancashire.
J. Rust, watchmaker, Ladbrook-grove, Notting-hill.
Davison, boarding-housekeeper, Liverpool.

SECOND NOTICES.
,:flazael, miller, Kirby-street, Poplar, April 11, at
one, at :he Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as-
signee.
J.stuckflefl/41, harness-maker, John- street North, Mary-
lebone, April 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
_Pennell, official aosignee.

H. J. Story, Arusdel-street, Haymarket, April 11, at
-two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as-
nee.
'J. Hunt, farmer, Hadham, Hertfordshire, April 11, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. l'ennell, afficial
as-
wignee."

N. Bennett, coach smith, Church-terrace, Waterloo-
road, April 11, at two, at the Court (:)' Bankruptcy.
Pennell, official assignee.
R. Palmer, omnibus conductor, West Ham, Essex,
April 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John-
son, official assignee.
W. Hole, Maida-hill West, Paddington, April 10, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington,
official assignee.
S. Bartram, St. Mary-street, Whitechapel, April 8, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee.
J. Gear, professor of music, Howland-street, Fitzroy-
square, April 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee.
T. Hollis. mariner, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, April
13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee.
W. R. Chaulk, farmer, Blackmore, Essex, April 16, at
half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking-
ton, official assignee.
C. Sterck, green-grocer, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico,
April 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking-
ton, official assignee.
J. Slade, carpenter, undertaker, Bexley-heath, Kent,
April 16, at the Covrt of Bankruptcy. Johnson: official
assi2neee.

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T. Bate, land agent, Neath, Glamorganshire, April
12, at half-past eleven. at the Bristol District Court.
Acramin, official assinee.
W. Griffiths, grocer, Whitford, Flintshire, April 10,
at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official
assignee.
P. Lucas, commission agent, Congleton, Cheshire,
April 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Cout.
Hobson, official assignee.
G. Taylor, butcher, Lanends, Cheshire, April 9, at
one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official
assignee.
J. Hill, fruiterer, Rochdale, April 10, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee.
T. Jackson & J. Jackson, bobbin and skewer turners,
Ashton-under-Lyne, April 10, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Fraser, official assignee.
J. Turner, shoemaker, Longdendale, Cheshire, April
10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stan-
way, official assignee.
R. Hill, baker, Cheltenham, April 11, at half-past one,
at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee.
J. T. Griffiths, victualler, Llanelly, Carmarthanshire,
April 12, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee.
D. Gregory, coal-merchant, Cheltenham, April 11, at
half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
man, official assignee.
T. Hughes, farmer, Newland, Gloucestershire, April
11, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman,
official assignee.
M. S. Phillips, butcher, Suffolk-parade, Cheltenham,
April 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol.
T. Minchew, carpenter, Bilston, Staffordshire, April 11,
at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston,
official assignee.
W. Dickenson, baker, Nottingham, April 12, at half-
past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy,
official assignee.
E. Weatherstone, plumber, Cheltenham, April 11, at
half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee.
J. Kerrison, provision dealer, Hyde, Cheshire, April
10, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, offi-
cial assignee.
T. Hooper, Richmond, Lancashire, April 10, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official
assignee.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending April 2, 1844, is 345. Sid. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

The anwer to enquiries in Portman-square yester-
day was, that Mr. Ball had passed a better night, and
the symptoms are more favourable.
LORD ABINGER.—We regret to state that the ac-
counts received at his Lordship's residence in Spring-
gardens, from Bury St. Edmonds, continue unsatisfac-
tory-. Letters, which came to hand this morning, state
that his Lordship had not rallied, any, and continues
much the same as when the last accounts left. Mr.
Bransby Cooper remains in attendance on his Lordship.
The inquires of the nobility and gentry at his Lordship's
were exceedingly numerous this morning.
UNIVERSITY OF Si'. ANDREW'S.—The Students of
Divinity attending St. Mary's College, St. Andrew's, wishing
to testify their regard to the Very Rev. Principal Haldane,
invited him to honour them with his company to breakfast
in the Black Bull inn, on Thursday, the 28th inst. Accord-
ing:y, a very large party, including most of the gentlemen in
town, elders and friends of the Established Church, sat down
to breakfast ; Mr. James Anderson, Student of Divinity, in
the chair, supported on the right by the Very Rev. Principal
Haldane, the Rev. Dr. Buist, Professor of Ecclesiastical His-
tory; Professors Jackson, Alexander, Dr. Ferrie, &c.; on the
left by Provost Playfair, Robert Lindsay, Esq., of Straiton ;
James Lumsdaine, Esq., of Lathallan. Mr. William Graham
acted as croupier. We observed amongst those present—
Drs. Anderson, Reid, Gillespie, Mudie, Smith ; Colonel Play-
fair, John Bain, Esq., banker, Dr. Woodford, and the Rev.
Messrs. Mason, Thomson, Cutler, Scott, Black, Foggo,
Martin, Herdman ; Messrs. J. Cusack, W. P. Dickson, &c.,
Students in Divinity. Grace was said by Dr. Buist.—Scottish
Record.

UNivEusrrir or LONDON.—A general meeting of
the Council of the University of London was held on Wed-
nesday, at Somerset-house. In the absence of the Earl of
Burlington, the Chancellor of the University, the chair was
taken by Mr. J. G. S. Fefevre, the Vice-Chancellor. The fol-
lowing gentlemen were elected examiners for the ensuing
year :—Classics : Rev. Dr. Gerrard and Mr. T. B. Burcham,
'M.A., barrister-at-law. Mathematics and Natural Philoso-
phy : Mr. G. P. Gerrard, 8.A., and Professor Heaviside. Logic
and Intellectual and Moral Philosophy : Rev. Henry Alford
and Mr. T. B. Burcham, M.A. Political Philophv and Poli-
tical Economy : Mr. Nassau W. Senior, M.A. chemistry :
Professor Daniell, M.A. Botany : Rev. Professor Henslow,
M.A. The French Language : Mr. C. J. Delille. The Ger-
man Language : Rev. Dr. Bialoblotzky. Hebrew Text of
the Old Testament, Greek text of the New Testament, and
Scriptural History : Rev. W. Drake and Rev. W. Stone.
Law and Jurisprudence : Professor Greaves. Medicine : Dr.
Billing and Dr. Tweedie. Surgery : Sir Stephen Hammick
and Mr. Bacot. Anatomy and Physiology : Mr. Beevuan,
F.R.S., Professor Shcopz, M.D., and Professor Jones.
Midwifery : Dr. Rigby. Materia Medica and Pharmacy :
Dr. Perraira.
A newspaper has noticed that the word " Ireland"
resolves itself into the following imperial title, " Daniel R."

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, April 3.
(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
AIKIN AND ANOTHER V. FAITH AND OTHERS.

This was an action to recover 1561. 15s. brokerage
for obtaining a charter for the ship Taglioni, belong-
ing to the defendants, as trustees for a company,
called the London, Newcastle, and South Shields
Shipping Company.
Mr. Watson and Mr. Cardwell appeared for the
plaintiffs, and Mr. Martin and Mr. Sergeant Murphy
for the defendants.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Willis, of
the firm of Chapman and Willis, brokers, of this
town, that in the year 1840, they were general
agents and brokers at Liverpool for the company in
question. The defendants were trustees of the com-
pany, and had acted as such at several general meet-
ings. Among other vessels which Chapman and
Willis had under their care for the company was the
ship Taglioni, for which in August, 1840, they sought
to obtain a freight. For this purpose they applied, as
Mr. Willis stated, to Aikin, the plaintiff, who finally
obtained a customer for the ship, in a person of the
name of Boggs, and she was finally chartered for a
voyage to Calcutta and back at 9/. 10s. per ton.
This offer was communicated by Chapman and Willis
to Mr. Edgely, the Secretary of the Company at
London. It was approved of. On August 28, the
charter-party was executed through Aikin and Co.,
and on the 29th a copy of the same was forwarded by
Chapman and Willis to Edgely. On this copy the
words " James Aikin and Son, brokers," were printed
at the top of the page. The receipt of this was ac-
knowledged by Edgely, for the company. The vessel
did not sail on the proposed voyage for some time
after, and in the interval was sold absolutely to Boggs
the charterer, so that she never actually carried any
freight under the charter-party. It appeared, how-
ever, from the statement of Mr. Willis, and other
persons who were called, that the right of the broker
to his commission accrued immediately on the execu-
tion of the charter-party, although as a matter of
commercial practice he seldom required payment till
the freight had actually been carried. Under these
circumstances, no claim was made by Aikin on the
company until the 31st of August, 1843, in which
interval Boggs, the purchaser of the Taglioni, had
become bankrupt. About that date Mr. Edgely, as
secretary, received a letter from Aikin and Co., say-
ing that their mutual friends, Chapman and Willis,
had been in communication with him (Edgely)
on the subject of the commission for the Taglioni,
and requesting that it might be settled, as it had
been long due. To that they received a reply,
stating that the claim had been already made
through Chapman and Willis, and the Directors
had refused to entertain it, but that Aikin's letter
would be laid before them at the next meeting.
Some further correspondence then took place between
the parties, in the course of which Mr. Edgely, for
tghetlivaetssietl.shosuuldbsbeleumaentdl7eyBolhn:7oßsnoe6gvdgse)r,
the trustees, stated. their determination to resist the
theclaim,
pu racreas
ea alleging eogfi n
Edgely proposed, to avoid litigation, that the plaintiffs,
should accept half the brokerage (namely,i
stating that Chapman and Willis had consented 't
abandon the other half, to which, by the practice ofo
the trade, they were entitled. This gave rise to a
correspondence between Chapman and Willis and
I Mr. Edgely, the former denying that they had made
any such offer, but admitting that they had agreed,
as the case was somewhat hard, to be cont*nt with
one half of the gross amount of commission paid to
Aikin, whatever that might be. Mr. Willis and
several other witneses were examined, as to the prac-
tice in Liverpool as to brokerage, and stated it to be,
that when there was a broker for the ship, and a
broker also for the merchant chartering the vessel,
that the two brokers divided the gross amount of
commission between them. It appeared also to be
usual for the broker through whose hands the freight,
when carried, first passed, to deduct the whole com-
mission from the freight before he paid the freight

over, carrying a moiety to the credit of the second
broker.

.__.
It appeared, from the cross-examination of Mr.
Willis, that he expected to receive one-half of the
commission which the plaintiffs might recover in the
present action. He stated that a person named
Walters, a partner in the London, Newcastle, and
and Shields Shipping Company, resided at Liverpool,
and was an agent for the company in the general out-
fitting of their ships. Chapman and Willis were
general agents, and also brokers. In the present case
they acted as agents for the company, and
employed Aikin and Co. as the brokers to procure a
freight for the ship. He admitted that the plaintiffs
had stated to him some short time ago, that when the
vessel was sold to Boggs, Walters had told Aikin he
was to look to Boggs for the commission.
Mr. MARTIN then addressed the jury, contending
that it was perfectly understood between the parties
that Boggs was the party to whom they were to look
for the commission. He submitted also, as a point of
law, that there was no privity of contract between the
plaintiffs and defendants—that they had employed
Chapman and Willis as their brokers, and were liable
to them if to anybody. He also called Edgely, to
show that, in other dealings of a similar nature with
the company, no claim had been made by the plaintiffs.
Mr. WATSON replied, and the case being summed
up, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for
the full amount claimed-1561. 15s.

CHESTER, April 3.
(Before Mr. Justice MAULS.).
James Leigh was indicted for cutting and wound-
ing Ann Leigh, his wife, at Altrincham, with intent
to murder her. He was also indicted on a second
count with wounding, with intent to do some grievous
bodily harm, and upon a third count, with a common
assault. The prisoner pleaded " Not guilty."
Ann Leigh, the wife of the prisoner, deposed to
having been married six months to the prisoner. On
the 4th of January her husband came home to his
dinner. She was then ill, aw: had raised her head
up against the mantel-piece. He said, when he came
in, " Where is my dinner ?" She replied, " Why,
Jem, don't begin mithering me, lam poorly." She
said, " Get thee some bread and butter for once."
He went into the pantry to get some, and then went
next door. She was reared up against the mantel-
piece, when the prisoner returned, but did not speak,
and went to a table-drawer, and then came behind
her and held up her head with his left hand, and cut
her throat with the other. She then sprang from
her chair, and screamed " Murder ! murder !" She
attempted to get up, and he then knocked her down
on her face. He then throttled her, cut her again,
and cut her thumb and forefinger to the bone. He
kicked her afterwards in the side, and the prosecutrix
then said, " Dear Jem, let me be." She then got
up and threw herself into the arms of a woman, one
of the witnesses. The prisoner said, " I will tell
them thou halt done it thyself." Some person then
came to the door, but the prisoner pushed the door in
his face.

Cross-examined by Mr. TOWNSEND—That was
when she was on the floor. It was a severe cut on
her side.

Elizabeth Gorton remembered seeing the prisoner
at half-past twelve o'clock coming into the house with
bread and butter. He then said he was obliged to
get a little bread and butter for his dinner. He
asked whether his wife had said anything about
having been out with a gentleman. She said she had.
She told him it was a pity he had not more sense
than get such things in his head. The prisoner on
being taxed said he had nothing to do with it. Wit-
ness went into the yard, and saw everything confused,
and Ann Leigh sitting on a chair, her clothes all
bloody, but could not stand to look at her, and went
back.

Elizabeth Warburton deposed to looking through
the window, and seeing the prosecutrix on the floor,
and the prisoner standing beside her. As soon as he
saw her, he (the prisoner) said, " She has cut her
own throat." She put her hands on witness's shoulder
and said, "He has done it himself." Mrs. Gould
then came up, and put a pocket handkerchief on her
throat; and she took my apron and put it round her
neck.
Margaret Gould—Was a neighbour. She heard
cries, and was very much alarmed. She attempted to
go out, but, in consequence of some little altercation with
her husband, desisted for a time ; she afterwards went
out, and looking into the window, saw the prisoner
and Ann Leigh, who then rushed out, and fell
into her arms. Her face was a complete purple,
and her eyes starting out of their sockets, as if by
pressure. There were marks of three bloody fingers
upon her neck, and the flesh was torn down or
stretched. There was also a large cut on each side
of the throat, and she took her handkerchief and
bound them up. She repeatedly said, " He's done it ;
he's done it ;" and his arms half-way up w ere clotted
with blood. She said, "You villain, you have mur-
dered her." He said, "Nay, she's done it herself."
Ann Leigh then said, "Oh, no, he did it, he did it."
She then had a cap on, and her . hair was dishevelled
and clotted with blood.

Cross-examined by Mr. TowxsEND—Was in the
theatrical profession, and had played leading parts in
tragedies. The prosecutrix said a hundred times that
the prisoner had done it. She repeated that it was
not a figure of speech, and that he was bathed half
the way up the arm in blood.
Several witnesses were called by Mr. Townsend,
the counsel for the prisoner, to prove that the prose-
cutrix was of a violent and ungovernable temper, but
not one of them could prove anything very important.
Mr. John Pownall, surgeon, was then called, who
said he was called to the prosecutrix about one o'clock,
and found her sitting in a chair, with both her hands
lifted up to her throat. She was then very weak, and
her complexion was exceedingly pale. He found two
wounds on either side of the throat, under the jaw-
bone, more than an inch in length, and a quarter of
an inch in depth. They were incised wounds, and
effected by some sharp instrument. Saw also a
wound on the left cheek and left eye; one wound
also on the thumb and forefinger. The cut on the
thumb was considerable. An attempt at strangula-
tion would discolour the face, or give it a red or livid
appearance. . _ _

Cross-examined by Mr. TOWNSEND She was very
ill from disease of the lungs, and her present appear-
ance was from natural causes. He had examined
where she was kicked, and found no external bruises,
but a slight degree of tenderness to the touch. The
wounds inflicted had missed the important part, and
were quite healed.
By a juror—Were the wounds so situate that a
person might inflict them upon herself ? Witness—
f hey were.
William Brundred—Was at the house. The pri-
soner said to him, " Well, William, you see lam
fixed; but I am as innocent as thou art." He asked
him what made his hands over blood, and the prisoner
said he had stopped her from bleeding. He saw a
razor, and it was spotted with blood. The prisoner
cleaned the razor with a cloth, and washed his hands.
Charles Balshan deposed to the prisoner saying that
he struck her after her throat was cut, and believed he
struck her on falling upon her.
The Learned JUDGE summed up most elaborately,
and

The jury having retired, returned with a verdict
of Guilty on the second count, which was with felo-
niously assaulting with intent to do some grievous
bodily harr.
Sentence—Transportation for the term of his na-
tural life.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKEN WELL.

A genteelly attired young man, who gave his name as
Mathew henry Lane, 3, Brompton-crescent, Brompton,
and who laboured or affected to labour under consider-
able nerveus excitement, was charged with:having been
drunk and disorderly on the previous night.
It appeared from the evidence, that at a late hour on
the previous night, the prisoner was broughtto George-
street station charged with breaking a pane of glass.
The evidence did not warrant his detention and he was
discharged. He had no sooner got outside George-
street station than he commenced kicking at a private
door in George-street. Jarvis, police-constable 41 E,
three different times requested of him to go away, but
he became much more violent than before, and his con-
duct caused a crowd to assemble. He was then taken
to the station-house and locked up.
Mr. GREENWOOD—What are you? Prisoner—l have
no occupation.
Mr. GREENWOOD—What is your profession or occu-
pation. Prisoner—l have none.
Mr. GREENwooD—Then what are you. Prisoner—l
am what they call a gentleman. I have independent
means and live on them.
Mr. GREENWOOD—SureIy you have been brought up
to some profession or other occupation. Prisoner—No,
I have been in a University, and am about to enter
into one of the Inns of Court for the legal profession.
Mr. GREENWOOD-4 am not quite sure they would
admit you if they were aware of your conduct.
A decent-looking tradesman came forward and stated
a
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persons
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on everyswho
saw him break it were not in attendance; he saw him
running away.
Jarvis, in answer to a question from the Magistrate,
said the prisoner was drunk.
The prisoner, who answered the questions of the
Magistrate with the greatest reluctance, was fined 10s.
The fine was paid at once.
Dxspenoic —Yesterday the Clerkenwell Board of
Guardians offered a reward of 14 guineas for the appre-
hension of fourteen individuals who have recently de-
serted their families, thus leaving between sixty and
seventy persons chargeable upon Clerkenwell parish.
One of the deserters bears the histrionic name of Charles
Mathews, and another the historical one of Cade. The
parochial. authorities do not, however, in accordance
with Parhamentaryprecedent, style the latter gentleman
Mister, although, apparently, much better entitled to it
than his renowned namesake, having been not long agc
a respectable tradesman in Gray's Inn-lane.