The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-08 00:00:00

COURT OF SEWERS.

A Court of Sewers for the city and liberty of West.
minster and part of the county of Middlesex, was held
yesterday at the Sewers'-office in Greek-street.
The Chair was taken at Twelve o'Clock, by T. L.
Donaldson, Esq.
The Court, having disposed of the greater portion of
the routine business before it, proceeded to the conside-
ration of the subject of sanctioning the order of the 28th
May, for arching , over about 1,000 feet of the King's
Scholars' Pond Sewer, Mr. Thomas Cubitt agreeing to
construct one moiety at his own expense, and to build
the remainder at 21. 12s. per foot run, making the cost
to the district about 1,3001.
Mr. LESLIE, at some length, opposed the proposition,
and moved, as an amendment, that Mr. Rennie and Mr.
Tredgold's reports, together with a previous Committees'
reports as to the line of the King's Scholars' Pond
Sewer should be reprinted and sent to all the Com-
missioners, and that the propositions for improving that
sewer should be considered at a Court specially sum-
moned for that purpose on some early day—the Court
to sit at ten o'clock.
The amendment was lost by a majority of four, after
some discussion, there being eleven hands held up for
the amendment, and fifteen against.
The original motion was declared to be carried by a
majority of fourteen.
The next business the Court proceeded to consider
was, to receive the reply of Mr. George Bird, contractor,
to the notice sent to him by order of Court, relative to
the failure of portions of the main sewer built by him in
Gloucester•road, Paddington.
On the matter being called on,
Mr. GAIIROD, a solicitor, stated that he appeared as
the agent and solicitor of Mr. Bird.
Some discussion arose as to whether Mr. Garrod
could be hoard till Mr. Bird had sent in a written reply.

It was, however, determined by a majority of the Court,
that he should be heard.
Mr. GARROD then proceeded at considerable length
to address the Court on behalf of Mr. Bird. He con-
tended that Mr. Bird had performed his contracts
strictly; that the materials and workmanship be had
employed, had never been complained of by the sur-
veyors of the Court or their clerk of the works; that
the accidents that had taken place were caused by the
form of the sewer, and not by bad materials or bad
workmanship ; and that, under such circumstances, the
Court was not in a position to call upon Mr. Bird to
remedy the defects in the sewer. He also defended Mr. Bird
against the statements made by Philips, one of the clerks
of the works, and asserted positively that Mr. Bird, in-
stead of doing less, had done more work than ho was re-
quired to do by his contract. lie was satisfied that the
Court had come to the decision they had done without
mature deliberation, and he, on Mr. Bird's behalf, was
willing to abide by any judgment the Court might come
to after it had fully weighed the case. If the Court de-
termined that the accident was caused by the fault of
Mr. Bird, he was willing to do all in his power to put it
in repair ; but if the Court, after due consideration, de-
termined it would not act as judge and jury, Mr. Bird
was willing to submit the case to any Court or any in-
dependent gentlemen.
Mr. GAnnoe, on being called upon to give, on a future
day, a written answer for Mr. Bird, said that he could
do so in three minutes. The answer was—that Mr.
Bird asserted that he had done the work according to
the contract, and was not liable to make it good.
After some further discussion, the further considera-
tion of the question of Mr. Bird's reply was adjourned
till Tuesday week, at twelve o'clock.
The Court then adjourned.

INGENIOUS ROBBERY.—About six months ago two
men, named Bovington and Andrews, were convicted of a
robbery at the copper-mills at Esher, belonging to Lord
Hotham and Sir George Berkeley. It was at that time sup-
posed that a man named Reuben Hunt, who was an engineer
and a manager of the mill, had some knowledge of the rob-
bery, but he absconded, and it was only a few days ago that
police-constable Rogers, of the D division, happened to see
him in Piccadilly, and, knowing the circumstances, took him
into custody. Two examinations of Hunt have taken place
before the Kingston magistrates, and upon those occasions
some curious circumstances were elicited respecting the rob-
bery. In consequence of the individuals who had rented
the mill of Lord Hotham having become bankrupts, the
mill had been shut up, but one of the persona already con-
' con-
victed was placed upon the premises. By an ingenious .
trivance, the brass screws were taken off the paper presses,
and also a quantity of brass from a large water-wheel. All
the cavities were tilled up with clay, which was rubbed over
with brass filings, so that the casual observer could net detect
the change, and it was only pon close inspection that
the crake was detected. o less than 1481bs of brass
was taken from the presses, and although the metal
as old brass could not be very valuable, yot the
presses in their original state coat a good deal of
money. It appears that great confidence had been placed
in Hunt, and before the discovery of the robbery Mr. La •
coste, the agent of Lord Hotham, offered to recommend him
strongly, as an engineer. A solicitor,. who attended before
the magistrate on the part of the prisoner, endeavoured to
show that the property did not belong to Lord Hotham, but
to the creditors of the late lessees, and therefore that the
question must be decided in a superior court. The magistrates,
however, overruled the objection, and a great many deposi-
tions were taken, preparatory, as it was understoo'd, to the
committal of Hunt for trial.
CASUAL LABOURERS or LONDON.—At the present
seasop no less than 600 to 800 hands are temporarily employe
at Covent-garden market in shelling peas.

IRELAND.
MR. O'CONNELL IN PRISON.

DUBLIN, JUNE s.—Yesterday, as welllas on every previous
day since the sentence, considerable numbers of our most re-
spectable citizens, including many Liberals who are not re-
pealers, such as Archbishop Murray, Mr. Purcell, Mr. Ber-
wick, &c., left their names at the Richmond Bridewell. This
day, in accordance with the published notification, no visitors
were admitted. Some surprise has been caused by the non-
appearance of any: address from Mr. O'Connell since his in-
carceration; but in this respect Mr. O'Connell is not a free
agent, inasmuch as the prison regulations, as interpreted by
the committee of superintendence, prohibit the issuing of any
political document.

THE WRIT OF ERROR.

The assignment of error, in the case of the Queen v. O'Con-
nell and others, was handed in before the rising of the Court
of Queen's Bench. The Freeman's Journal of this day says :
" The Crown have now, upon this proceeding, to enter a
joinder in demurrer, which they may take four days to do,
but which it is expected they will forthwith enter, and then
the Court will be called upon to decide. Of course that deci-
sion will only be pro forma, because the points relied on in
the assignment have already been ruled by the Court against
the traversers. The decision thus come to will be entered on
the record, and new writs of error will be then brought upon
the whole record, on behalf of each of the defendants below.
This process, unless any unforseen delay shall shall be given
on the part of the Crown, will be complete before the termi-
nation of this week, and the writs will be dispatched to the
House of Lurds before the commencement of the next. It
may not be here out of place to state that there can be no,
error assigned upon the celebrated charge of the Chief Jus-
tice, nor upon the fact that evidence which, in law was ad-
missible as against certain traversers only, had been per-
mitted to go to the jury as against all. These matters can-
not appear upon the record, and, therefore, cannot come under
the judicial cognizance of a court of error, whose province it
is, to correct errors in the record. The counsel for the con-
spirators' are doing everything in their power to speed the
final decision in the case."

POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.

The following reports are abridged from the provincial
journals received this day :
COUN'TY OF KERRY.

. TRALEE.—A preparatory meeting was held on Monday in
the Chamber of Commerce, the Rev. Mr. O'Flahorty in the
chair, when a requisition was drawn up and numerously
signed,
,convening a meeting for Sunday next in the square,
to express their condolence and sympathy with and for Mr.
O'Connell on the injustice of his incarceration.
KILLARNEY.—A correspondent thus writes :—" The most
numerous and respectable meeting I tier witnessed in Kil-
larney was held to-day (Sunday), in the Court-house, Denis
Shine Lawlor, Esq., in the chair, to express sympathy with
the imprisoned patriots, and to mark the deep indignation
of the people against the injustice of the sentence that con-
signed them to a dangeon. Resolutions with that view were
passed, and to morrow all work ceases,. and the shops are to
be closed.

ON THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
It is rather surprising that the measures lately proposed by
her Majesty's Ministers for the future regulation of the cur-
• rency should have- been received with such general approba-
tion by all parties. We can only aeeount for this favourable
reception of the Government project by supposing that few
persons are disposed to go very deeply into currency ques-
tions at all. It; however, it was more generally known that
the property of all men fluctuated with the variations of the
currency, this subject would command very general attention.
The Government measures have been so fully discussed in
the newspapers that it would 'be quite superfluous to go
through them again in detail. The chief subject, however, under
consideration must not be omitted—the note circulation. This
resolves itself into two divisions—the note circulation of the
Bank of England, and the note circulation of private and
joint-stock banks. The former is now to be limited to
14,000,000/. upon securities, and to an additional sum vary-
ing with the deposit of bullion in possession of the Bank.
This deposit of bullion at the present time is about
16,000,0001. ; therefore, the Bank of England, under
the. new regulation; may issue notes to the amount
of 30,000,000/, or about 8,000,0001. above the present
amount of its circulation. The bank of issue is to
be distinct, from the general banking department, and the
prOfits of the circulation above 14,000,000/. are to accrue to
Government, and the general banking department must hand
over bullion to the bank of issue for all notes it requires be-
yond the sum of 14,000,0001. We have here an attempt at
providing for the exigencies of the country, and a security to
the public for all notes issued by the bank, in the shape of
a deposit of bullion, &c. ; but, in case of the withdrawal of
that bullion, a corresponding contraction of the Bank of Eng-
land notes. Let us examine the natural results of this ar-
rangement. In times like the present, when we are suffer-
ing from an abundance of money, with interest running at
2 per cent. in the London market, we are liable to the further
issue of 8,000,0001. of Bank notes, and the consequent reduc-
tion of interest to 1 per cent. In times of scarcity, when gold
is leaving the country, and interest running at 5 per cent., or
above, we shall be subjected to a violent contraction of the
Bank of England note circulation, thereby increasing the rate
of interest, and the difficulty of obtaining discounts, and pro-
ducing failure and distress throughout the whole country.
This, then, is the necessary operation of the new Govern-
ment measures regarding the Bank of England note circula-
tion. By all sound writers on the currency, it has been
plainly shown, that the Bank of England has erred
most during times of a full currency add favourable ex-
changes, by increasing her circulation of notes, and lending
money at very low rates of interest, instead of contracting
her' accommodation, and retiring from the money market
until the glut of money had passed away. In the Govern-
ment project we see, instead of a check upon this evil, on the
contrary:, a decided opportunity granted to the Bank of Eng-
land to augment it. We see, also, instead of the valued
power of accommodating the public by liberal assistance, in
times of scarcity, an absolute withdrawal of that power in
direct proportion as it is most likely to be required. Having
said thus much on the subject of the Bank of England cir- I
culation, we come to the second division of our subject—.
the circulation of the country bankers.
Here we are, indeed, at a loss to imagine why the banks of
Scotland and Ireland are wholly omitted from the regula-
tions which are proposed for the English banks of issue. If
the object of Government is this, as nearly as possible to
assimilate the currency of the country at large to a metallic
currency, the first step should undoubtedly have been, that
of withdrawing the small notes still in circulation in Scot-
land and Ireland ; but, instead of this measure, the circu-
lation of the country banks in England alone is to be
subjected to an arbitrary limitation, taken from the
average of the last two years' circulation—a period
showing an average the lowest that could possibly be
found ! We object, in toto, to the charge made by
the Government against the country banks of issue,
that they constantly augment their notes, when the Bank of
England is endeavouring to contract her's. If they were
guilty of this practice, they would certainly afford the coun-
try some relief during a period of commercial pressure and
difficulty; but the circulation of country notes (not payable
in London) has been shown to depend upon a certain local
demand, which is regulated by the prices of agricultural and
other produce, and by the payment of rent,• taxes, &c, and
has nothing whatever to do with the operation of Bank of
England paper, which alone finds its way into the centre of
trade and commerce, and adjusts the balance of all large pay-
ments in London, or throughout the provinces. A contrac-
tion of the circulation of Bank of England notes, by causing
a general fall in prices, will speedily reduce the circulation of
country notes; but, above all, it should be borne in mind,
that the regular exchange of country notes between banker
and banker, and the general practice of allowing interest on
all deposits in the country, alone prevents a country bank
note from circulating any length of time. Viewing, then,
the Government scheme as•ft whole, though attended with
some-advantage, we cannot but see that it is fraught with much
danger and some injustice. With danger, because it will
have a tendency to increase the fluctuations of interest, from
extremely low to extremely high rates • also to afford extra-
vagant accommodation at one time, and very hurtful pres-
sure at another. With injustice, because it is founded upon a
false assumption that the country bankers are answerable for
contrary exchanges, and able to counteract the stringent
measures of the Bank of England ; whilst, if they -were so,
the Scotch and Irish banks are entirely left out of the ques-
tion, as if they were beyond the province of legislative in-
terference.

CAIIERCIYEEN.—The inhabitants of Caherciveen are to
meet on Thursday next, to denounce the prosecution and
the injustice of the late proceedings in the Queen's Bench.
LISTOWEL.—The people of Listowel had their shop-
windows closed on receiving the intelligence of the Libe-
rator's incarceration.—Kerry Examiner.
COUNTY OF KILKENNY.
CALLAN, SUNDAY EVENING.—The most numerous meeting
ever held in Callan took place in the parish chapel-yard, for
the purpose of adopting measures suitable to the present
crisis. There could not have been, at the smallest calcula-
tion, less than 5,000 persons present. The temperance band
was in attendance, with their instruments muffled with black
crape. Arrangements were made for setting on foot the col-
lection of the repeal rent. After giving three cheers for
O'Connell and his brother martyrs, Repeal, for Smith
O'Brien, and the Queen,. the meeting separated.—Kelkenny
Journal.

CITY OF KILKENNY.—In accordance with a requisition
numerously signed, directed to the Mayor, a meeting was
held on Saturday last, in the Tholsel, for the purpose of
adopting an address, to be presented to Mr. O'Connell, on the
occasion of his imprisonment. After the adoption of resolu-
tions, the meeting separated, having given three cheers for
O'Connell and Repeal.—Kiilienny Journal.
A prayer was offered at each of the chapels of the Arch-
diocese of Cashel, by the direction of the Archbishop, for the
safe delivery of the Liberator from his captivity. The clergy
of the diocese of Kiilaloe have resolved to send through their
enlightened and patriotic Prelate their subscriptions to the
Repeal Association, in the course of next week.—Tipperary
Vindicator.

COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.
NEsracir:—lt having been announced that an adjourned
meeting was to take place in the Temperance-hall, at two
o'clock on Sunday, for the purpose of organising the vigor-
ous collection of the repeal rent, that spacious building was
thronged to excess long before the appointed hour. When
the gentlemen who were to take part in the proceedings ar-
e-rived, the crowd became so dense that it was found necessary
• - to adjourn to the church. Even that edifice was hardly suffi-
cient to accommodate the immense multitude who had •
assembled. On the motion of T. Fitzpatrick, Esq., solicitor,
the , Rev. Nicholas Power, C.C., was called to the chair.
After an argumentative and eloquent speech, the Rev. Gen-
tlemup_called upon every man to contribute to the repeal
fund, and raise up such a treasury as would convince their
Tory rulers that repeal was not dead. Sixty-three gentlemen
• came forward and paid 11. each, after which smaller subscrip-
, poured iu from all parts of the meeting. Men, women,
and children contributed ; never in the course of our lives
did we witness such enthusiasm ; the nainds.ofthe people are
worked up to the highest state of excitement; they think of
-nothing, speak of nothing but O'Connell. The various trades
of Nenagh hasp contributed separately—all grades and
classes are animated by the same feelings. • It is calculated
that by the end of alie present week the amount of repeal
rent collected in Nenagh will exceed 1001.
ROSCREA.—There was a parochial meeting on Sunday to
express sympathy with the Liberator on his imprisonment;
the =Very Rev. T. Blake in the chair; E. S. Egan, Esq., Se-
cretary. It was decided that as soon as the repeal rent was
collected (in about a week) that a deputation should proceed
to Dublin to present. an address to Mr. O'Connell.
Tentena.atoins.—A meeting of the people of Templemore,
Killeagh, and Clonmore, was held on Sunday in the chapel-
yard here, to address our beloved Liberator.
THURLES.—A most numerous meeting was held in this
town,, at which spirited and energetic resolutions were adopted.
BoninsonErGin—The repeaters of Borrisoleigh held a pre-
paratory meeting on Sunday, and will hold a general meet-
ing of the parish on Thursday, to determine on the best means
of testifying their sympathy with the Liberator in his impri-
sonment. Never on any former occasion was the feeling of
the people so thoroughly alive to the painful but inspiriting
position of the repeal cause as at present.
CLONMEL, SUNDAY EVENING.—The meeting to-clay was
one of the most enthusiastic ever held in this town. The
spirit ofnatiunality has been never more earnestly manifested.
Clonmel will send nearly 2001. to the fund.
CARRION-ox-Suni.— A very crowded and respectable
meeting of the inhabitants of this town and its vicinity was
- held on Sunday, at the Town-hall, to express the popular
sympathy and condolence with the Liberator and his fellow-
martyrs. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed. The meeting
separated, giving three cheers for O'Connell.
FETlLARD.—Archdeacon Laffan, the ever-vigilant patriot,
heads the people here. The meeting on Sunday was most
enthusiastic. A great collection will be made in sustaiument
of the national treasury.
Hoev-Cnoss.—The Rev. Michael Laffan presided at the
meeting here on Sunday, and addressed the assembled mul-
titude in a most effective speech.
BALLYCAIIILL.—A most numerous meeting was held in
this parish, Mr. Michael Moylan, head repeal warden, in the
chair. The Rev. John Molony having been requested to act
as secretary, ascended the platform, and soon after read aloud
and solemnly the sentence on the Liberator and the other
traversers, and told in simple and affecting language the cir-
cumstance of O'Connell's daughters meeting their venerable
parent at the prison door, and welcoming him there for the
lore ofcountry. The tears were seen streaming down in all
parts of the meeting, and great sensation continued for some
minutes. The Rev. Gentleman then read the addresses of
Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Smith O'Brien. "For you (he con-
tinued) these addresses were unnecessary. Peace and agita-
tion you would have without them. I know you all well,
and mire am I not one of you is even dreaming of anything
but peace and constitutional agitation. Did you ever love
O'Connell as you do to-day ?---(Cries of Never.') Were
you ever so determined to make such sacrifices, and to be
alwayse led and said by him ?—(Cries of Never.) I be-
-e you. • Though agitation, meetings, and resolutions are
just now excellent things, they will not do without the shil-
lings. The fines for all must be paid. The funds of the
Repeal Association must be supplied.—(Cries of You shall
have the shillings in abundance nest Sunday.')" The
meeting separated with loud cheer!. for O'Conell and
Repeal.
CASstEL.—Under the presidency of the Venerable Dean
M`Donnell, a most influential meeting VMS held on Sunday,
and a series of admirable resolutions adopted, with a deter- -
mination to collect the repeal rent immediately.—Tipperary
Vindicator.
-• COUNTY OF LIMERICK.
A requisition is in the course of signature fifr presentation
to the High Sheriff, Richard Quin Sleeman, Esq , on an early
day, for the purpose of convening a public meeting of the
county, to express their opinions on the State Trials gene-
rally, but particularly on the incarceration of our beloved
Liberator.—Litnerick Reporter.
• ,
TUE EM 1-
EMPEROR OF ILITSSIA.—The. Black Eagle
CORPORATION 0? LIMP:RIM—This day (Tuesday) a spe•
cial meeting of the Corporation was held, convened for the steam-vessel, Commander S. B. Cook, has been ordered to
be fitted, at 11roolwich, for the express purpose of receiving
purpose of adopting au address to the Liberator, and sending
a deputation to present it to him in prison. Addresses his Imperial Majesty, and conveying the royal visitor to the
Continent, on his return to his own dominions. A number of
were unanimously adopted to the Liberator and the other
traversers.—Thicf. workmen are employed on the Black Eagle to make the
MURDER IN TrprEnauv.—We regret to inform our necessary alterations and additions required for the occasion,
O
readers of the perpetration of a barbarous murder between and they are to be finished with.all possible dispatch. A.
on
room, constructed of wood, is in progress of erection on the ak
tlhey-Pmorningark, BalalybSaturday, theritt, and Kinnett
Ist y, in
instan t the K,
between the's County,
; deck, for his Imperial Majesty's use. A similar room was
'
hours of seven and eight o'clock. The victim, in this instance, constructed on the deck of the Cyclops, steam-vessel, belong-
was James Stapleton, lately a resident in this town, and the Mg to the King of the Netherlands, which had the honour of
supposed cause of this cruel deed was the circumstance conveying the Emperor to this country. It is expected that
the Lightning, and probably otheresteamers belonging to her
a his having taken a small farm of seven acres, out of which
one Michael Conway was evicted. Sir Williana Lynar,R.Me Majesty, will embark the suite and carriages.
foiind the murdered man lying inside a ditch, horribly inuti-
.CIIartACTERISTICs-e-At the -review at Windsor, a
fated. None of the neighbouring people went near the re- spectator, exulting in the magnificence of the warlike array,
mainsat of Stapleton, nor could they be induced to do so—the exclaimed, " What does Old Nick think of that?" To which
f eas they alleged; being, that he had taken the ground out irreverent question, a Quaker -like personage, who neverthe-
,of which others tmd been thrown. It appeared at the inquest less evinced great curiosity, and who mistook the personage
that Stapleton was first fired. at—that he ran off, and having referred to, replied with a groan, he feared " Old Nick would
becia overtaken inside the ditch to which he fled fur protec- be but too delighted with it."
than, his assailants beat in the back part of his head with a I THIMBLE-RIGGERS EVADING TUE LAW.—The in-
tion of which we.au3t,auPPoeed to be the stock of a gun, a por- ' dustrious, although it cannot be said honourable, fraternity of
found in the poor man's hand. It is said thimble-riggers have set to work to evade the law relative to
that a child passing at the time heard the cries of poor their vocation as defined by Sir James Graham, and their
Stapleton begging the murderera to spare his life and he success was exhibited on many parts of the road from
would quit the land; but this •aga/arssitti us perfectly apo- Windsor to the Slough railway station on Wednesday last.
eryphal. An immediate search
Lynar and the police, the result of whic.hwuated by Sir Wm. ; The instructions to the police were, to remove or destroy the
that four per- I tables on which the pea and thimble movementspere per-
sons named Conway were arrested; but nothing
mere suspicion at taches them. The police birirae(lir than formed, which they have literally effected; but the thimble-
riggers now substitute a small board, appearing only about
ton, and a guard of police is placed over the cattle on his one foot square, and half an inch thick, and sitting down on
ground.—Tipperary Vindicator.
the road side, perform their sleight-of-hand movements upon
• it while resting on their knees. At one part of the road
The mortal remains of the late Marchioness of three thimble-riggers were actively engaged within twenty
Bristol were interred in the fomily mausoleum at Ickworth, ards of each other, surrounded by numerous country people,
near Bury St. Edmund's,' on Wednesday, in the presence of losing their cash like simpletons and becoming the laughing-
stocks otliemvoarreticertitous spectators. The thimble-riggers
all the weathers of her Ladyship's family.
UNITED HILLS MINE COMPANY.—Thursday the had evidently
testate with them, pltted'at the
]James
Grahamto a
N%oau,
unlcfie
ntdh e
it
impossible
approachostshib
loef their
uenemies,
annual meeting of this Company took place at the office, in •
atunrdnssiorf
jtahme
o
Adams-court, Old Broad-street, Mr. Robert Clarke in the
the evil, unless he is prepared to em to emounted and empower them to seize the nepwe portable. pea boards
chair. The Secretary read the report of the Directors, from
which it appeared that the profit on the United Hills pit,
when found in the possession of parties using them for the
purpose of cheating others.
during the last,vear, had recess 706/. ss. 9d., but which was
THE MURDER, AT WESTON-SUPER-MARE.—Sub-
hadSparrow; been paid for the purchase of Wheal Fanny and Wheal sequently to the date of the report, which wwhiaschhsevled published
Charles, which mines were as yet unproductive of profit. On • in our yesterday's impression, an inquest
the whole adventure, therefore, there was a balance against body a the murdered woman. The evidence of theuPesneravanfhte,
the Company of 344/. 14s. 4d. The balance of outlay for Ann Evans, who was the principal witness, added the year on Wheal Sparrow was 869/. 3s. 10d., but the in- facts to those detailed in our report, except some partieculliaerw
creasing monthly returns from this mine justifies the Direc- of the last quarrel, in which the murderer and his wife were
s
tors in the belief that in a few months it would be totally I engaged, and the constant repetition of threats which he at
extinguished, and that Wheal Sparrow would then become a I last fatally put in execution. After the several witnesses
source of considerable profit. The Directors trusted at their ; had been examined, the prisoner was called in to hear the
next meeting to present a much more favourable statement evidence. lle said it was lust, and added, "I did not wish to
.oinfgtho,etitre,xaffteairaseivas the expenses now incurred were for open- ! punish her. I saw she fetched breath. I knew it would
of a very profitale,lsere
.votectstreeturn.
ground, which would furnish the means happen sonic time or other, but was in hopes that I should
thanks were The report having been adopted, have been kept from it." The jury returned a verdict of
meeting a(ljournsd, the Chairman and Directors, when the " Wilful murder" against Joel Fisher, who was then con-
mittt;dfor trial.

TO THE EDI7'OR OF THE SUN.
Sru,—l agree with every word which your sensible and
pithy correspondent " Common Sense," has written on• the
the subject of the wicked as well as stupid measure of Peel,
relating to the Currency and Banking. I ask, will commer-
cial Britain allow this obstinate mad man to go on and in-
volve the country in the desperate ruin he is preparing for it?
Are we to have e repetition of the scenes and miseries of
1825, and nothing done to stop him in his cruel career?
What, Sir, are the merchants of London about ? Why do
they not instantly meet and enter their indignant protest
against a measure, the miserable consequences of which, if
carried, no one at present can justly estimate ? It really is
appalling to think of what awaits us, and yet to witness the
besotted indifference that seems to have seized upon the pub
lic mind with regard to it.
I earnestly entreat you, Mr. Editor, to try by your power-
ful pen to awaken the whole mercantile body of this country,
and endeavour, if possible, to save us from the frightful mis-
chief that this measure involves in it. Your correspondent
has most justly termed the framer of it a " lunatic," but we
aro a nation of lunatics if we suffer it to pass.
Sir, yours respectfully,
Manchester, June 4, 1844. A MERCHANT.

WATERLOO BRIDGE. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS,
PROPOSED LOTTERY FOR ITS DISPOSAL. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
Thursday, the half-yearly general meeting of the Wa- GLOBE.--The Dissenters' Chapels Bill is within sight of
terloo-bridge Company was held in the Crown and Anchor port, uninjured by the stormy opposition by which it has been
Tavern, Strand—the Rev. Mr. Rush in the chair, assailed on its passage. The debate which last night arose on
The Secretary read the report, which stated that the tolls the second reading will go far to remove the misapprehensions
of the bridge were on the increase, which, since the last half of the sincere, and the misrepresentations of the interested,
year amounted to 9,0871., being an increase of 2,5661. over the opponents of the measure. The very large majority of 190 in
corresponding period of the preceding year. This might favour of the measure may well be appealed to by the Ministry
partly be accounted for by the increase of traffic occasioned as an answer to the accusations brought against their pru-
by the stoppage of Westminster-bridge. This circumstance dence, for damaging their position with the country by in-
enabled the managing Directors to make a dividend of 12.. troducing the Bill, and persisting in pressing it against the
on each annuity. The Company also proposed to go to I'ar- formidable opposition which its object had provoked
liament to obtain a Bill to enable them to form an enbank- from the • confederation of Churchmen and. Dis-
ment or public terrace on the banks of the Thames, which senters, who had entered into a kind of holy alliance against it.
would greatly enhance the value of their property. The We have reason to believe that so late as Wednesday the Go-
managers also anticipated a further source of revenue by the vernment was undetermined as to proceeding with the Bill
removal of the several toll-gates on the Surrey new roads, during the present session. It was only upon an assurance
which would take place this year ; and also from the forma- that the opposition would give a cordial support to the mea-
tion of the new street from Long-acre to Charlotte-street, sore;that Sir Robert Peel consented to brave the opposition
Bloomsbury, which was in a great state of forwardness. with which he was threatened from the Inglis and Plumptre
The report was confirmed, and adopted. section of his own friends. To allow the Government to stand
Mr. COATES said he had a very important motion committed, to the Bill, malgre the expostulations and up-
to make. He observed that Waterloo-bridge was the braidings of the " unco' pious" portion of the community,
finest structure of the kind in the world, but it was similar to was in Sir Robert Peel both courageous and politic. Had the
the Irishman's benefit, it was all loss, and no gain ; he con- Premier succumbed to the party on his own benches which
sidered that this bridge should be open to the public, it being sought in this instance to force upon him, as principles of leek-
one of the finest ornaments to the metropolis. This was the lation, the dogmas of their school, he would have resigned him-
age of speculation. The bridge had cost two millions of self to the most intolerant of guides, and would inevitably have
money—he proposed to sell it, as the shopkeepers say, at "a found himself committed to the policy he affected to countenance,
tremendous sacrifice"—(Loud laughter)—in fact, to get rid of when in opposition, for the purpose of obtaining their aid to obtain
it "at half price." His plan was as follows :—to issue a the Government. Sir R. Peel having obtained his object, he now
million of tickets, at 21s. each, and that the prizes should be gently loosens the bonds by which the bigots of his party sup-
limited to fifty ; the fortunate holders should, by the terms posed he was bound to them for ever. He shows them, in
of the lottery, make the best bargain they could, and sell the every possible way, that though they were valuable in their
bridge to Government, on the condition that it should be place for the purpose of keeping up a delusion in the
thrown open to the public. country, he has too much prudence to attempt to carry on
The CHAIRMAN reminded Mr. Coates that, to be enabled to the Government upon the principles they would force upon
do this,theymust have an_ Act of Parliament to authorise the his adoption. Sir R. Peel knows that he can depend for aid
proposed lottery. npon the men he once treated after another fashion. When any
Mr. COATES—Certainly, which could easily be procured. measure in accordance with the principles upon which they, as
The CHAIRMAN said the present meeting was not competent a Government, sought to legislate, is endangered by the im-
to entertain the motion, due notice of which ought to have practicable adherents to obsolete principles, Sir Robert Peel
been given, so that especial general meeting of proprietors knows that he may depend on his opponents for the necessary
might be called on the subject. aid to carry such measures. The Liberals are ready to
Mr. Cosa Ea fully concurred, and said he would cause a rescue him from the hands of his dangerous allies, who are only
special meeting to be summoned, for which purpose he would held in subjection by the certainty that their defection on
withdraw Isis motion. such occasions would be more than made up from the oppo-
A PROPRIETOR—The expenses of the bridge are frightful. site benches. We think that such conduct on the part
It costs us more than 20,000/. per year; this is paying too of the Liberals is marked by consistency of principle and
clear for our whistle. I think Mr. Coates's plan an excellent generosity of spririt. They see their own principles of
one, and shall support it when brought forward. legislation adopted by those who successfully resisted them,
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the when made the basis of measures brought forward by them-
meeting separated. selves. Instead of reproaching the Government with incon-
sistency, and imitating the example so frequently set them by
their political opponents, the Liberals show their fixed attach-
ment to principles by aiding the Government in carrying mea-
sures in accordance with them. Thus the cause of truth and
justice is advanced. Those who have become converts
to the principles they formerly denounced, are open
to the accusations of these who once acted with them in check-
ing and counteracting their progress. The Liberals are, how-
ever, worthy of commendation for thus showing themselves
free from the factious spirit which was formerly embodied and
arrayed against them. By imitating such an example, they
might, it is true, avenge their own cause. But the paltry
party advantage would be more than counterbalanced by
the loss of reputation they would incur, as a party ; and,
with the loss of character, of the moral force which is
derived from it, in the estimation of the country. The de•
bate and division of last night will afford a new illustration of
the general truths we have here stated. But for the aid
which the Liberals generously afforded to the measure of the
Government, it would have been abandoned, or defeated.
Mr. Macaulay's admirable exposition and defence of the
principle of the Bill aided and enforced Sir William
Follett's vindication of the legal points which are
involved in the change it . proposes to effect. That
part of Mr. Macaulay's speech, in which he demonstrated the
inconsistency of the Dissenting portion of the opponents, was
most effective. By arraying themselves against themselves—
their conduct, when seeking relief from laws which affect their
own privileges, with their conduct in resisting similar changes
of the law when those changes are necessay to afford relief to
others—left nothing to be desired. It must close the mouths of
the most clamorous, and convince them of the mischiefs they
are likely to inflict upon themselves, when they thus stultify
their cause by striving to injure others.
STANDARD.--" The Socinians' Frauds Protection Bill"
was last night read in the House of Commons by a large
majority, 307 to 117. The second reading was moved
by the Attorney-General, whose appearance in the House,
after his late serious indisposition, occasioned a degree
of satisfaction which was warmly and generally acknow-
ledged. Undoubtedly, the adoption of the measure, odious
and mischievous as it is, by a man so universally
respected and beloved as Sir W. Follett, greatly softened the
tone of those whose duty it was to oppose it; but of course
nothing could materially affect the numbers on both sides.
The Ministerial party was reinforced by the Roman Catholics,
represented by Mr. Shell, with the semi-Romanist party repre-
sented by Mr. Monckton Milnes, and that party to which we
do do not like to give its proper name, but which it may be re-
membered a few years ago, under the guidance of Mr. Joseph
Hume, divided thirteen against the acknowledgment of a
Divine Providence in an Act of Parliament. Supported by
these respectable allies, or rather supporting them—for the
Romanists, semi-Romanists, and the others are really the prin-
cipals in the case, and the Ministers merely auxiliaries—the
Government divided in the great majority that we have men-
tioned. There is something remarkable in the number
assembled upon this occasion (which, if the matter discussed
merely respects a few suits more or less in the courts of
equity, as is pretended, cats be regarded as of but very inferior
interest) ; a House of 430—pretty nearly the fullest House of
the :session—was somehow collected—nobody will say to give
effect to the feeling of the country ; but how collected,
and with what ends we can only partially explain.
'1 he Roman Catholics were there to damage the
Protestant religion and the Protestant Church to the
utmost of their power, as (but for a certain oath) it is their
duty to do—the Tractarians were there, to provide facilities
for the nursing of every heresy—we hardly need say with what
purpose the enemies of religious truth mustered in their full
force. There were, however, persons voting in the majority,
whose motives our sagacity cannot fathom. They will, how-
ever, no doubt, be able to explain these motives to their con-
stituents upon the hustings, as it is very certain they will be
called upon to explain them, and in a somewhat peremptory
tone, too. Last night's vote is not an event to be forgotten in
a hurry by a people like the people of England ; and
though it was said that there was a signal prepon-
derance of argument in favour of the Bill last
night, we can find none of these arguments in its
favour that will bear the cool free air of the hustings. This
boast of the preponderance of argument, indeed, affords to
us a remarkable i!lustratiors of the opposite conclusions at
which men arrive, according to the side on which
they contemplate a subject ; for if we were called
upon to say on which side the preponderance of argument
lay, we should not hesitate a moment to decide in favour of
Sir Robert Inglis and his friends ; and if called upon to recon-
cile this decision with•our respect for the men of indisputable
wisdom and integrity, to some of whom we are unfortunately
opposed. who have come to an adverse decision, we should say
that the whole difference lies in our respective views of—
what is an argument? They to whom we are opposed may
think a consideration of expediency, and of very low ex-
pediency too, an argument in such a case. We think diffe-
rently; we think that in all measures respecting the adminis-
tration of justice, and still more in all measures affecting the
truth of religion, considerations of right and considerations of
right only, are the arguments to be admitted. It seems to
us no less absurd to admit arguments of expediency
in questions of justice and of religious truth, than to
drag in abstract moral principles into an argument upon a
corn-tax or a bank regulation. Right has its department, and
expediency has a different department ; and questions affecting
justice and religion are not to be argued upon maxims
drawn from the " expediency" category. Now, what
are the arguments advanced in favour of the Bill ?
First, there is precedent, the statutable prescriptions.
We have answered that argument by showing that
the ground upon which statutable prescriptions rest is,
the assumed acquiescence of the party out of possession.
and the consequent inference that the possessor has had a title,
or proof of a title lost by lapse of time; but cessante ratione ces-
sat et lea, and therefore no prescription has hitherto been per-
mitted to protect an abuse of a trust, because in that case
the sentinel himself has turned traitor. We might answer
the argument from. precedent by the nullum tempus laws in
favour of the Crown and the Church. It has never been pre-
tended that these laws were not just and wise at the time of
their introduction; but surely at no time were Crown and
Church property more exposed to invasion, than religious trust
property is proved to be at present, by the very reasons as.
signed for passing the Bill now in the House of Commons.
Mr. Macaulay talked of the statutes of Merton and West-
minster in the thirteenth century, as establishing the doctrine
of prescription. Does Mr. Macaulay know what was the
tenure of property in the thirteenth century, or rather does
he not know that whatever formal titles men might claim,
all depended upon the uncertain breath of a tyrant,
or the equally precarious award of the ' vole du fait
Why not revive the trial by combat, among the
other legal institutions of the thirteenth century? But this is
all idle babble. We have now means for perpetuating proofs
of title and of ascertaining title, if lawyers would only let us
use them, such as our ancestors never dreamed of, and there-
fore there is now tenfold less excuse for smothering justice under
prescription than there was even a century ago. Prescription
is the slovenly resource of barbarism, or of a barbarous neglect
in the administration of justice. It is not as we advance in
civilization that we ought to multiply prescriptive laws.

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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The failure of Messrs. Thomas Johnson
and Co., bankers at Romford, was advised in the City
this morning. The concern is, it appears, by no means
a large one ; but, nevertheless, much inconvenience is
expected to arise on the spot, the notes having some-
what extensively found their way into circulation.
A. Correspondent refers to some material features of
the savings' banks question, which have yet obtained but
a small share of public notice. Admitting to the full
extent stated the loss sustained by the Government in
keeping up these institutions, allowance should also be
made for the large sum which goes back to the Govern-
ment, under the head of " Separate surplus fund," and
a much greater amount, which will also fall in as un-
claimed balances. The difference between the interest
received from the Government and that paid to the de-
positors, after deducting the expenses of management,
constitutes the " surplus fund" of each bank. All of
them, in their annual report to the Commissioners, state
the amount of that fund for the year ; and the Commis-
sioners, after allowing something to remain as a balance
in the hands of the bank, appropriate the remainder.
By a return of this item made lately to Parliament, and
moved for by Mr. Masterman, its amount was shown
to be 3613,000/ for the whole period. The unclaimed
balances are believed to be a much more important
item. It is well known that a large number of de-
positors keep entirely secret the fact that they have
funde so placed, and as deaths are constantly occurring,
there are innumerable cases in which they are not ap-
plied for, or not recovered when they are so, for want of
legal evidence. Most of the savings banks of long stand-
ing are aware that large sums stand in their books for
which no application has Leen made for years ; and, in
fact, suggestions have been made on this head to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, that ho should order re-
turns to be made by the trustees of savings' banks gene.
rally, of all balances which have been ten years without
any change or claim. This would be to adopt the same
course as that practised at the Bank of England in re-
gard to unclaimed dividends, and would probably in
proportion yield a larger sum to the Government. These
suggestions are well worthy of attention, for the system
is a very interesting one, and should have support even
at some loss to the nation. If there have occurred great
abuses under it which a little more vigilance might have
-prevented, it 'is unfair to punish the innocent for the
guilty, which the new measure about to be introduced
will certainly de. The rate of interest to the depositor
should not be less than .3 per cent.; and the limitation
of deposits to 150/, and pf deposits.and interest united

to 2001., seems to be a fair one, which there is no neces-
sity for altering. Attention is most urgently required
to the prevention, by restraining clauses, of any evasion
of that limit, and it is believed that there would not then
remain any just complaint of the expense to the nation
of maintaining these institutions.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAy 30, 1844.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George
Tradescant Lay, Esq., to be her Majesty's. Consul at Amoy,
in China.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Rutherford Alceck, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Foo-
chow-foo, in China.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Charles Edward Keith Kortright, Esq., to be her Majesty's
Consul at Carthagena, in the republic of Mew Grenada.
The Queen has also been gmeinusly pleased to appoint John
William Perry Farreu, Esq., to be Her Majesty's Consul in the
Philippine Islands.
WHITEHALL, JUNE 7.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto
William Cornwallis Harris, Esq., Major in the Bombay Corps
of Engineers.

WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 7.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant G. W. C. Jackson In be
Captain, by purchase. vice Tumor, who retires; Cornet P. S.
Thompson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jackson, June 7.
Gth Dragoons—C. Tower, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Fitzwygram, promoted, June 7.
11th Light Dragoons—Captain I. Jones to be Major, by
purchase, vice Rot ton, promoted; Lieutenant B. Harrison to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Jones ; Cornet G. T. Duo-
combe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harrison. June 7.
14th Regiment of Foot—F. Fortescue, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Swinburne, appointed to the 83d Foot,
June 7.

15th Foot—Quartermaster R. Imray, from 83d Foot, to be
Quartermaster, vice Cartmail, who exchanges, June 7.
36th Foot—Captain W. T. R. Brady, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major W. H. Adams, who
exchanges; Lieut. P. L. 111•Dougall to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Brady, who retires ; Ensign J. A. Brockman to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Dougal: ; D. Tom, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brockman, June 7.
41st Foot—A. E. Ilardinge, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Wethered, promoted, June 7.
56th Foot—Capt.. Sir W. Maxwell, Bart., from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, vice John Charlewond, who ex-
changes ; Lieut. L. C. Conran to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Sir W. Maxwell, who retires ; Ensign F. M. Ramsay to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Conran ; H. C. Lanauze, Gent.,
from the Ist West India Regi-
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85th Foot—Lieut. D. W. P. Labalmondiere to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Em,lie, who retires ; Ensign J. W. Walling-
ton to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Labalmondiere ; Ensign
J. D. Swinburne, from the 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Wal-
lington ; Ensign and Quartermaster J. Cartmail, from 15th
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Imray, who exchanges, June 7.
87th Foot—Captain Henry Thomas Earl of Chichester, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice C. T. Graves, who
exchanges; Lieutenant Radcliff to be Captain, by purchase,
vice the Earl of Chichester, who retires-; Second Lieutenant
W. H. Taylor to be First Lieutenant,, by purchase, vice Radcliff;
J. Fitz Gerald, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Taylor, June 7.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieut. T. J. Dobson, from the
61st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Huson, Who exchanges;
J. Rose, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Spratt,
who resigns, June 7.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet Lieutenant. Colonel J. R. Rotton,
from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase ; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. Crosse, from Major
half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur-
chase ; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Sir F. Watson, from Cap-
tain half-pay Portuguese Service, to be Major, without pur-
chase, June 7.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon W. W. Bell, M.D. from the
26th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, vice J.
French, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, June 7.
BREVET.— Captain W. S. R. Brady, of the 36th Foot, to
be Major in the Army, June 28, 1833;
Captain H. T. Earl of
Chichester, of the 87th Foot, to be Major in the Army,
Nov. 23.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Taylor and I. Lomas, cap makers, Trafalgar-street, Wal-
worth—J. S. Hudson and T. Maish, printers, New Bridge-
street, Vauxhall—T. M. Owlett and T. Badcock, grocers,
Cranbrook, Kent—J. Aldgate sand J. Nassau, grocers, Ely,
Cambridgeshire—W. Robinson and W. Reeves, live stock
dealers, Horseferry-road, Limehouse—W. Yates, W. Yates,
jun., B. Yates, and J. Yates, card makers, Cleckheaton,
Yorkshire—E. Lum, W. Smith, and J. Bell, cotton spinners,
Little Bolton, Lancashire—J. Shepherd and C. Todd, en-
gineers, Leeds—T. Taylor and J. Newbould, maltsters,
Gainsborough, Nottinghamshire—E. Hacker and C. Bailey,
milliners, Cheltenham—T. French and W. Collier, drapers,
Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire—T. Bemrose and C.
Blackburn, tallow chandlers, Spalding, Lincolnshire J.
Crewe, jun., and W. Neale, grocers, Wolverhampton—J. W.
and C. H. Smith, ironmongers, Pavement, Finsbury.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
JOHN PATERSON, mason, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, June
10 and July 1, at one, at R. Young's, innkeeper, Ardrossan.

MEstonartnum.—The date of the commission of Ensign
Richard Maclaine, in the 78th Foot, to be 31st May, 1843,
instead of Bth April, 1842.
Lieutenant-Colonel Manley Dixon, upon half-pay unattached,
has been allowed to retire from the army, with the sale of an
unattached lieutenant-colonelcy, he having become a settler in
Canada, June 7.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry—R. C.
Ben icke, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Cookson, promoted,
May 24.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
Trinity Term.-In the seventh year of the Reign of Queen
Victoria.
Thursday, June 6.-This Court will, on Tuesday the 18th
day of June instant, and on the following days-namely, Wed-
nesday the 19th, Thursday the 20th, Friday the 21st, and
Saturday the 22d days of the same month, hold sittings, and
will proceed in disposing of the business then pending in the
new trial and special papers.- By the Court.
Read in open Court, June 7, 1844. SAML. DARE, Master.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
TRINITY TERM-In the seventh year of the reign of Queen
Victoria, June 6, 1844--This Court will, on Saturday the 29th
day of June instant, hold a sitting, and will proceed to give
judgment in cases that stand over for the judgment of the Court.
N. C. TINDAL.
WHITEHALL, MAY 31.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Coare Kingsford,
of Canterbury, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
JAMES BATTEN, sheep-dealer, Tilehurst, Berkshire,
to surrender June 20, at half-past twelve, and July 25, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street, London; Hill and Ce,.:
.Throgmorton-street,
London.
, JOSEPH LEVET, carpenter, Soham, Cambridgeshire,
June 20 and July 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Wilkin,
Amwell-terrace.
JAMES YOUNG, laceman, Aldermanbury, June 20, and
July 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee, Coleman-street ; Wilson, Aldermanbury ;
Soles, Aldermanbury.
WILLIAM BARNES, bonnet maker, Ludgate-hill, June
14, at half-past twelve, and July 19, at twelve, at the Court ol
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane, Lom-
bard-street : Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside. '
GEORGE FIELDING, ironmonger, Thame, Oxfordshire,
June 21, and July 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Foster, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street;
Tippetts, Pancras-lane, City.
JAMES BARGUS WILLIAM KNIGHT, printer, St.
James,s_walk, Clerkenwell, June 16, at one, and July 9, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street : Green, Basinghall- street.
WILLIAM TURNER, builder, Manchester, June 19 and
Chester, Teulmin, and Chester, Staple Inn, London ;
July 10, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official as-
signee;
Chapman and Roberts, Manchester.
JAMES LINTHWAITE SMITII, cabinet-maker, June
18, and July 23, at one, at the
.Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee Birmingham ; Brown and Palmer,
Leicester.
GEORGE JENKINSON, butcher, Wolverhampton, June
15 and July 18. at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
ham ; Clark, Wolver-
JOHN PARKER, corn miller, Hull, June 17 and July 10,
hßai
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Smith,offic official
Birmingham.assignee,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official as-
signee, Leeds; Tilson and Squance, Coleman-street, London;
Wells, Hull ; Horsfall and Harrison, Leeds.
-IMEON HARTLEY SPENCE, maltster, Leeds, June
22, and July 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds ; Milton, Southampton-buildings,
Chancery-lane, London; Dunning and Stawman, Leeds.
NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
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J. Rae, Toxteth-park.
P. Doran, Blundell-street, Liverpool.
J. Thompson, innkeeper, Peterborough.
T. Hall, butcher, Great Ashby, Leicestershire.
J. P. Hillhouse, tea dealer, Bedford.
J. Williams, silk weaver, Bethnal-green.
J. Rees, manufacturer of pills, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire.
J. S. Harvey, traveller, City-gardens, Islington.
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W. Mace, victualler, Worcestershire.
T. Dale, provision dealer, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
C. George, maltster, Worcestershire.
C. Cheetham, hatter, Pimlico.
B. B. Wilson, surgeon, Holrne, Westmoreland.
J. Mitchell, wheelwright, High-street, Vauxhall.
W. Baaford, engineer, Ratcliffe-highway.
F. W. Cole, builder, Hammersmith.
F. Ilillen, warehouseman, Shepperton Cottages, Islington.
G. S. Mann, eating housekeeper, Bucklershury.
G. A. Penton, commission agent, Salamanca-cottages, Chelsea.
W. Massingham, clock maker, King's Lynn.
J. Brazendale, publican, Liverpool.
W. Forty, horse dealer, Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire.
W. Westfield, butcher, Randwick, Gloucestershire.
J. Tanton, farrier, Gough-street North, Gray's Inn-read.
R. Spillett. farmer, Lenham, Kent.
T. Peel, freight-collector, Liverpool.
E. Wilson, schoolmaster, Marylebone.
J. Overton, solicitor, Tavistock-place.
J. Mahony, chee,emonger, Union-street, Southwark.
E. P. Walcam, Clifton, Bristol.
T. Johnson, Alpha-road, Regent's-park.
J. Bickle, licensed victualler, Bath.
C. Scovell, tailor, Walcot, Somersetshire.
E. M. Hague, schoolmistress, Richmond, Surrey.
J. Davies, fellmonger, Kingsutton, Northamptonshire.
J. Tench, Birmingham.
T. Markley, dealer in provisions, Manchester.
R. Parker, -ship-chandler, Gravesend.
J. W. Wright Charsfield, Suffolk.
T. Bodger, carpenter, Hatton-garden.
N. Daniell, dentist, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square.
W. Baker, currier, Bedford-row, East-street, Old Kent-road.
G. Roalfe, carpenter, Bishopsbourne, Kent.
J. Froggett, trimming manufacturer, Pheenix-st., Spitalfields,
W. Lewin, carter, Upper Thames-street, City.
S. Stephens, porkman, Blackfriars-road.
E. Bobbitt, house agent, London-street, St. Pancras.
H. Harris, sheet-iron roller, Gothersly, Staffordshire.
J. W. Wood, BirrniEghain.
J. Tarbotton, provision dealer, Knaresborough.
C. Copley, farmer's servant, Colton, Yorkshire.
11. Hart, steel pen manufacturer, Napier-street, Hoxton.
A. Bird, beerseller, Kidderminster.
J. Santer, sen., hop dealer, Devonshire-buildings, Dover-road.
J. Hennessey, Weedon Becke, Northamptonshire.
SECOND NOTICES.
It. Coppers, schoolmaster, Tunbridge-wells, June 14, at half-
past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee.
J. G. Hatcher, coachmaker, Tunbridge-wells, June 13, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee.
P. Stock, plumber, Gray's Inn-lane, Holborn, June 13, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee,
W. H. Webster, painter and glazier, Mount-pleasant,
Gray's Inn-lane, June 13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Pennell, official assignee.
J. Collins, toy dealer, Blackfriars-road, June 10, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
I. F. Coyle, Alexander-square, Kensington, June 13, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
W. lore, bootmaker, Bri.tol, June 14, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee.
J. Naylor, laceman, Liverpool, June 11, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Bird official assignee.
J. Lynes, labourer, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, June 18, at half-
past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson; official
assignee.
H. W. Tunmer, clerk, Reading, June 18, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
J. J. Limebeer, shoo maker,.Great Queeu-street, Lirmoln't

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending June 4, 1844, is 355. 9id. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thergof into Great Britain.

LAW INTELLIGENCE. •
COURT OF QUEER'S BENCII, June 7. •
(Sittings in Banco.)
EX PARTE JOHN FULLER.—HABEAS CORPUS.
Mr. GUNNING applied for a writ of habeas corpus directed
to the keeper of Huntingdon gaol, ordering him to bring up
the body of John Fuller, a prisoner in his custody, in order
that the cause of his committal might be inquired
into. The prisoner had been committed under the
provisions of the 11th George 11. fur removing goods, in
order to prevent his landlord distreining upon them for rent,
but the order of committal contained as many defects as
could possibly be crowded into such a space. The
Act directed that the summons should be granted
by two justices, and the matter heard and the
order made by the said justices. In this case the sum-
mons had been granted, and the order made by different
justices. That objection alone was fatal ; but there
was another objection. The Act directed that the justice
should reside near the place from whence the goods
were removed; in this instance the order set forth that the
justices resided near the place to where the goods had been
removed. The order was also stated to be made at St. Ives,
without stating that St. Ives was in the county of Huntingdon.
Lord DENMAi —Take. the writ.—Application granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKEN IV ELL.
Benjamin Beadle, a cab-driver, was charged with
cutting and wounding Jane Hughes, an unfortunate girl,
and also with an assault of a very aggravated character
on Police-constable Nott, G 29.
The prosecutor was sitting quietly in the Guy Earl of
Warwick public-house, in Gray's Inn-lane, between five
and six o'clock yesterday morning, when the prisoner
entered, and, after using some language of a very
rough and offensive description towards the complainant,
asked her to think some gin and milk. She refused,
upon which the ruffian, without receiving further provo-
cation, flung the glass at her, and broke it to atoms on
her forehead. The unfortunate woman was dreadfully
mangled by the splinters of glass. She became in-
sensible, and bled profusely from the wounds. She ap-
peared in Court with her head bound up, and seemed to
be suffering considerable pain.
Another witness deposed that, immediately after the
girl fell from the blow of the glass, the prisoner seized a
pewter pint pot, and flung it at her head, but, fortu-
nately, it did not strike her. When the police were en-
deavouring to remove the prisoner to the cell, he sud-
denly threw himself on his back, and gave Nott such a
kick in a delicate part of his person that the officer al-
most fainted from pain, and he was still suffering from
the effects of it.

Mr. GREENWOOD said a case of greater brutality had
seldom come before him. He would fine the prisoner
5/, or two months' imprisonment, for the assault on the
female, and when the penalty had been paid, or the im-
prisonment suffered, the prisoner should be brought up
on the charge of assaulting the contable.
Police-constable 75 E was charged with a violation of
duty, and with assaulting Mr. C. J. Prentice, a shop.
keeper in Goswell-street-road.
The complainant and a number of others were return-
ing home from Hampton-court on Sunday night lust
under the influence of liquor. They quarrelled in King's-
road. The constable was called upon, and, in endeavour-
ing to remove the complainant to the station-house
struck him with his truncheon, but not until the com-
plainant had struck the constable several times.
The complaint was dismissed.
11/ARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Ann Brady, a young woman, suffering from a severe
opthalmic disease, and who, from her turbulent conduct, en-
dures at least six months' imprisonment out of the twelve,
was again charged with drunken and disorderly behaviour,
and making use of obscene language in the public street.
Police-constable, No. 185 of the C division, stated that
about twelve o'clock, as he was on duty in Oxford-street, he
saw the prisoner accost and forcibly detain several gentlemen,
at the same time begging of them. He remonstrated with
her, knowing that she had only been discharged from prison
that morning, but she disregarded what he said, and made
use of very disgusting language.
Mr. HARDWICKE—Why will you persist in such conduct?
It is very painful to us to be obliged so continually to punish
you. Prisoner (crying)—What can Ido ; you give me no
chance. I was only discharged from gaol yesterday morn-
ing, after an imprisonment of six months. I have been so
continually in prison, and the punishment is so severe, that if
on the moment of coining out, I get half-a-pint of beer or a
glass of that infernal gin, it drives me mad ; and so sure as
I come out of prison in the morning, I am back again there
at night.
Mr. HARDWICKE—You are committed for a month.
Prisoner (wringing her hands)—For God's sake, don't
send me back to that horrible place. Give
use a chance of
reclaiming myself. I promise that I will never offend again.
Mr. Flaupwicia.--The making use of obscene language we
never look over.
The prisoner was then removed by the gaoler to the lock-
up cells.

MAYEBONE.
Susan Smith, a servant girl,L
with Mr. Swaine, draper, of 40,
Chapel-street, Edgeware•road, was placed at tke bar charged
with felony.
The complainant stated that for a considerable time back
he had Suspicions that some of his servants were dishonest,
and for the purpose of setting those suspicions at rest,
he, with the consent of those under his roof, deter-
mined to have their boxes searched. The prisoner
exhibited considerable reluctance to submit to this
test, but at last consented, and there wore found in her box
several duplicates of articles stolen, and property belonging
to complainant. She was given into custody. A number of
pawnbrokers' assistants were in Court, and produced pro-
perty pledged at their masters, which was identified by Mr.
Swaine as his.
The prisoner, who cried bitterly, was fully committed for
trial.

IRON LIGHTHOUSE FOR BERMUDA.--A guiding
light is about to be thrown over the waters of the " vexed
Bermuthes," from the lantern of a east-iron lighthouse, which
has just been constructed at the foundry of Messrs. Cottam
and [fallen. Cornwall-road, Lambeth. The lighthouse is put
together, with the exception of the lantern, and was yester-
day shown to several scientific gentlemen. It is at present
108 feet high, and when surmounted with the lantern its
height will be increased thirty feet. The structure is com-
posed of plates of cast-iron, which are fastened together by
iron bolts and screw 4, and it is ascended by an internal cir-
cular staircase. The diameter of the lighthouse at the bottom
is twenty-four feet, which gradually diminishes to fifteen feet
at the top, where the lantern is to be fixed. The weight of
the whole is about 250 tons. It will occupy about ex weeks
to take the structure to pieces and pack it ; and it is expected
that after the foundation has been made for itgi reception, the
lighthouse may be erected On the pla e of its Huai d9git ination
in, two tuonth3.

Inn-fields, June 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee.

H. Mopsey, Baker's-row, Walworth, June 18, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
G. Warburton, joiner, Harpurhev, near Manchester, June
12, at one, at the Manchester bistrict Court. Hobson,
official assignee.
J. Standen, block pitcher to a calico printer, Salford, June
12, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official
assignee.
T. Close, confectioner, Halifax, Yorkshire, June 12, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee.
E. Wilkinson, Blyth, Yorkshire, June 12, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee
W. Birbeck, artist, Stoke-upon-Trent, June 13, at twelve,
at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official as-
signee.

.J. Walker, pen manufacturer, Behan, Worcestershire,
June 12, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit-
more, official assignee.
E. Brown, commission-agent, Gloucester, June 14, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official as-
signee.

Aspinwall, salesman, Manchester, June 12, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee.
E. M. Shaw, Manchester, June 14, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee.
P. Lancashire, gardener, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lan-
cashire, June 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Hobson; official assignee.
R. H. Hoskins, dealer in cigars, Liverpool, June 11, at
twelve, at the Liverpool Di,triet Court. Bird, official assignee.
C. W. Spear, waiter, Liverpool, June 11, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Bird. official assignee.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
C. Killick and J. Sadd, paper stainers, Blackman-street,
Borough, June 29, at half-past twelve—R. Webster, vic-
tualler, Oxford-market, June 24, at twelve—H. Cotman,
draper, Norwich, June 29, at two—J. Tubb, draper, Basing-
stoke, Hampshire, June 22, at half-past one—H. Baker, mer-
chant, Mark. lane, June 29, at twelve—A. Scott, auctioneer,
Cambridge-street, Golden-square, June 29, at one—J. and
T. Wh,telavr, carpenters, Litchfield-street, Soho, June 29, at
half-past one—J. W. and R. Gray, corn dealers, Bishops Wal-
tham, Southamp'on, June 29, at eleven—E. H. Labatt, mer-
chant, Mincing-lane, June 29, at two—E. P. Best, wine mer-
chant, Crutched-friars, June 28, at half-past one—S. Cox,
horse dealer, Hendon, June 27, at eleven—J. Bohn, book-
seller, King William-street, June 28, at eleven.
In the Country.
W. Mills, upholsterer, Birmingham, July 1, at half-past
twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—H. Elvins, inn-
keeper, Warwick, July 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court—S. Bettison, wine merchant, Leamington Priors,
July 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—C. Wit-
Hams, enrrier, Sunderland, July 1, at twelve, at the Newcas-
tle-upon-Tyne District Court—R. Penny, mercer, Cocker-
month, Cumberland, June 28, at twelve, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
H. Channel, coal merchant, Southampton, June 28—E.
Graham, singing master, Dover-street, Piccadilly, June 28—
W. Brown, victualler, Wapping, July 2 —R. Penny, mercer,
Coekermouth, Cumberland, June 28—C. Johnson, lime
dealer, Rochdale, Lancashire, July I—R. Barker, druggist,
Manchester, July I—J. Laidman, ship owner, Liverpool, June
28—H. Hitchep, ironmonger, Halifax, Yorkshire, July 3—R.
Webster, licensed victualler, Oxford-market, Oxford-street,
June 28—H. Cotman, draper, Norwich, June 28—R. Gent,
traveller, Manchester, June 28—J. D. Payne and L. Rushton,
furriers, Birmingham, June 28 —W. Pott, silk throwster, Mac-
clesfield, Cheshire, June 28—W. Scott, wine merchant, Re-
gent-street, June 28—R. T. Hicks, wine merchant, Cooper's-
row, Tower-hill, June 28-4. E. Ridout, woolstapler, Ring-
wood, Southampton, June 28—G. M'Donnell, wine broker,
Mincing-lane, June 28—A. Dskeyne, smallware dealer, Bol-
ton-le-Moors, June 28—G. Tattersall, hosier, Noble-street,
June 28.