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London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

,1)00-RS TO BE OPENED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.

ouTliw---ARK BRIDG.b.
, I=Teoti
of -e 41 hereby given that the A'...sT
NUAN GENER 1L MEET-
-11.1/the PROPRIETORS of the SOUTHWARK BRIDGE will be
at the
',ll nmpany's Ofllce, Queen.street-place, on TUF-SDAT, the
aYnext, at Twelve for One o'clock.
Vile Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
Oftee n JAMES LEITH, Secretary.
...........__lsan-street-place, April 20, 1844.

GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF

. COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND.
,_ Incorporated by Royal Charter, A. D. 1690.
`4l)ltal 1,000,0001. in 10,0001. shares of 1001. each.
Old Broad-street and Castle Baynard Wharf.
GovEalloa—AßEL LEWIS GOWER, Esq.
..
iii • IhPirrt-QovEarrog—JAINIES ALSTON. Esq.
Vr
nen,
-/. J°ll4 Enthoven, Esq. A63D3TANTS.
4Cat4- Glaxistone, Esq. Francis Movratt, Esq.
~
John Nix, Esq.
jos'il relrse Kennard Esq. Archibald Paull, Esq.
Wlll, awrie. Esq. John John Henry Pelly, Esq.
te ace Little Es. Alfred Ricketts, Esq.
krti, Logan, i q'
Ata„A fig. William Scarth 3loorsom, Esq.
,r44onollnell, Esq. Louis Vigurs, Esq.
Tile c" Ricketts, Esq. Gregory Seale Walters, Esq.
tilder, iirrt Of Assistants of the Governor and Company of Copper
viDEN, c.figland hereby 'give notice, that the HALF-YEAR'S Dl-
hr ann", declared on the 6th instant, at the rate of Rye per,
cent.
Meek o f 1 'e of deduction for income-tax, on the paid-up capital
/tree% the Company, is now payable at their house, Old Broad-
order order of the Court of Assistants.
..........______ W. INGLIS, Secretary.

MUSIC OF AMERICA.
ult,
AL Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the
x POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
stit,4le Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to delivcr
Ii,VIIcAS of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different
,*'1.044,7.,.., The present subject is the MUSIC of AMERICA, on
4sciac'„,"_ednesday and Friday Evenings at Eight o'clock ; and on
tact, to,,,'''unrsday and Saturday, at Three o'clock. The next su`,-
1701"In.encing On the 25th inst., will be on the MUSIC of GER-
-,040,,,Au the other Lectures and Exhibitions as usual. LONG-
ZISSof ,8 PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW
`.l44ZtarG VIEWS, including the OLD and NEW HOUSES of
NT, with the FIRE, &c., &c.

No. 16,126. LONDON, SATURDAY :1,4: R SIT Nsi APRIL 20, 1844.

and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, Containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour.

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TRREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

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

LETTERS of CREDIT on BOMBAY.—The
UNION BANK of LONDON having been appointed AGENTS
for the BANK of WESTERN INDIA., are authorised to reseive
sums not exceeding 5001., to be accounted for in Bombay, in rupees
at the exchange of the day.
By order of the Directors,
W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager.
Union Bank of London, No. 9, MoorgaV-Street.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR.
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu-
tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
tense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short
optionpolicies—
hof selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to
suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division
of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that
the :Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy
on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the
amount already invested; and this bonus, according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future
premiums
Policy. Annual Bonus Jo '
b I Prem.
'
Entry' No. !Age] Sum.' Prem. I Added. Bonus. Reduced.

EXAMPLES.

..; . C.
\

X I X s. d.i s. d.l
,837 I39 159 I 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 65819 9 8194
1838 114 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7'123 0 6 16 9 7

Another Bonus will be declared in the present year.

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.
The best and most varied provision for alter-life hitherto offered—
every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty-
eve, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d.,
or 3491. 11s. cash, or policy at death of 4661.1ar advantages at
fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment—
two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re-
presentatives In cases of premature death.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

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

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S-PALACE,

APRIL 19, 1844.
Notice is hereby given, that the carriages coming to her
Majesty's Drawing-room, on Thursday, the 25th of April, are
to fall into the line at the top of St. James's-street, come down
theleft-hand side, and enter at the iron gate nearest the Palace,
s't down at the Arcade, return by the iron gate nearest to Marl-
borough-house, and pass through Pall-mall into St. James's-
square, by George-street. When called, they are to pass from
St. James's-square, by Charles-street, into Regent-street,
Jermyn-street, come down St. James's• street as before, take
up, and go away through Pall-mall. No hackney . carriages
will be permitted to come within the gates. For all persons
having the privilege of the entrée, tickets will be delivered
at the Board of Green Cloth, on Tuesday next, between
the hours of eleven and three o'clock ; their carriages
are to enter the gate at Constitution-hill, proceed down St.
James's-park, through Stable-yard, into the Ambassadors'-
court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. The car-
riages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Minis-
ters, and Great Officers of State may afterwards wait in the
Ambassadors'-court, and those of all ether persons having the
entree may wait in Stable-yard or St. James's-park till called ;
they are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and
pass away up the left-hand side of St. James's-street. No car-
riage will be admitted with company a second time with the
same ticket, to prevent which it must be prodoced at Consti-
tution-hill gate, and Stab,e-yard gate also, where a corner of
it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance ; and no
person can be allowed the privilege of the entrée by any other
approach to the Palace than the gates last mentioned.
LIVERPOOL, Lord Seward.

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

•
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of April,
18,t4, present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council.
This day the Right "Honourable JOhn Hope, Lord Justice
Clerk of Scotland, and the Right Honourable Sir Frederick
Pollock. Knt., Lord Chef Baron of her -Majesty's Court of
Exchequer, were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and tuok their re-
spective places at the Board accordingly.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
William Earl of Lonsdaie to be Lord Lieutenant and Custos
Rotulorum of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmore-
land, his Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to he
taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supre-
macy.
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the re-
presentation of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of
Council of Education, to appoint the Rev. H. Walford
Bel-
lairs, the Rev. Frederick Watkins, and Joseph Fletcher, Esq.,
to be three of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools.
WHITEHALL, Aran. 17.

SECOND NOTICES.
G. Bradlaugh, miller, Ipswich, April 25, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
F. C. Wollen, tailor, Bath-street, City-road, April 25; at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee.
E. West, shipping-agent, Bexley-heath, Kent, April 26, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
J. S. Reynblds, milliner, Reading, April 25, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
W. Presley, hop warehouseman, Prospect-place, Old Kent-
road, April 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee. . .

W. Richardson, builder, Liverpool, April 23, at twelve, at
the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee.
W. Parry, miller, Hope, Flintshire, April -23, at half-past
eleven, at the Liveipool District Court. Turner, as-
signee. •
G. Butler, plumber, Stanton-Saint-John's, Oxfordshire,
May 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, offficial
assignee.

W. W. Groves, hitter, Gerard-street, Soho, May 1, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson;official assignee.
11: Smith, house carpenter, Wheat-lane-end, Southampton-
shire, May 1, at half-past one, at the Court of -Bankruptcy.
Johnson official assignee.
T. Simpson, clerk, Brougham-place, New-road, Max 1, at
twelve, at the Court.of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
W. H. Crook, baker, Southampton, April 27, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
W. Seys, farmer, New Hems.", Monmouthshire, April 24, at
half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official
assignee.

W. Evans, fanner, Gadder, Monmouthshire, April 24, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller official assignee.
R. W. Bryant, tailor, Chippenlitim,.44iitsilier-Apit24-;-at
half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman,
official assignee.
T. Johnson, draper, Wellington, Shropshire, April 24, at
one, at the Birmingham District rt. Christie, official as-
signee.
G. Fleming, omnibus driver, Dudley, April 23. at eleven,
at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee.
W. Wainwright, Post-office clerk, Birmingham, April 25,
at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston,
official assignee. . _

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
pa'sed under the Great Seal. granting the dignity of a Knight
of the Urited Kingdom of Great Britain and unto
William Chalmers, of Glenericht, in the county of Perth. Esq.,
Com,anion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the
Bath and Colonel in the army.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 19._ _ _ _

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Lees,
Doctor in Divinity, to the church and' parish of Stornoway, in
the presbytery and isle of Lewis and county of Ross, vacant by
the transportation of. the Rev. John Cameron, late minister
thereof, to the church and parish of Edderton, in the pesbytery
of Tain.

P. Potter, Leominster, Herefordshire, April 24, at half-
put ten, t the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, offi-
cial a.s.gnee.
J. Seel, joiner, Liverpool, April 24, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee.
J. Edwards, farmer, Bodidris, Denbighshire, April 23, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official
assignee.
J. Bell, licensed victualler, Manchester, April 24, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee.
W. Bassford, cowkeeper, Liverpool, April 26, at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee.
W. Eggleston, salesman, Manchester, April 23, at twelve,
at the 'Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee.
W. Walker, basket maker, Oldham, Lancashire, April 23,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee.
S. Peel, leather-dresser, Colne, Lancashire, April 23, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official as-
signee.
C. Cotgreave, law stationer, Chester, April 23, at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Ba!inghall-street.

C. Clarke, linen draper, Banbury, Oxfordshire, May 10, at
twelve—R. Feild, varnish manufacturer, Plummer's-row,
Whitechapel, May 10, at half-past twelve —G. Booth, lime
burner, Princes-street, Lambeth May 10, at twelve—E. Flo-
ranee, jun., potato dealer, Subdeanery, Sussex, May 10, at
eleven—G. C. Bridge, grocer, Mallon, Esset, May 10, at one.
In the Country._

fer to the proposed abolition of some of the .prin-
cipal offices ; the compensation for their loss to the
present holders ; and the elevation of their deputies to
the rank'of principals. Why, in the name of common
honesty, should these changes be proposed, and this ex-
pense be imposed on the public ? Where is the reason ;
and what the authority ? With the exception of two
or three clergymen—who, under the present system,
hold posts in connexion with the Ecclesiastical Courts, or
their registries, whether in, town or country—are, any
of the other principals, or heads of the various de-
partments, incapable of performing, in propria per-
sona, that portion of the public business " which
they have hitherto been accustomed to perform by
deputy ? Or are they, being practitioners of the Eccle-
siastical Courts—whether of the Prerogative Court in
London, or of the Consistorial Courts in the country,
and, consequently brought up, from an early period
of their lives, to the study of the civil and ecclesiastical
laws, received a sound classical education, and thus
trained for all the ordinary duties of their profession—
are these gentlemen, we ask, to be considered by the
Legislature, under the direction of the Government, of
such mean talents as to be incapable of executing the
common' matters of form and ordinary routine of the
offices every-day business of their ?lf they be com-
petent, why are they to be superseded ? Why are
the deputies in these offices to be made principals ?
And why is the country—already heavily burdened
with retired allowances and compensations—to be fur-
ther taxed with the maintenance in idleness of a num-
ter of -superseded principals, and to have the- extra
burden placed upon it of supporting a new set of prin-
cipals in the lieu of those who have been removed ? If
the present principals, indeed, were to refuse, when
called upon by the Government, to conduct the business
of their departments in person which demand the
Government would be perfectly justified in making,
as it is purely and entirely by sufferance that they
have been hitherto allowed to treat their posts
as though they were sinecures—if these principals,
whether registrars, or clerks of seats, or seal-keepers,
orclerksor papers,esigtena od, shouldrbyw in any instanceshateverotheofifc refuse
ial term
they may be d
to act—as they well know they ought to act—in person,
and not by deputy ; then, indeed, the Government
evenwou thenl would e
tperfectlyjustifiedherewenldbe no pretence
in
superseding
fe rperpetuating
them.
But
another Chancery job, and securing to a set of idlers a
good income for life.
STANDARD.—A good suggestion from Mr. Milner
Gibson certainly comes upon the public by surprise, yet
the suggestion thrown out by the Member for Manchester
last night is undoubtedly a good one, if only—but this
condition perhaps accounts for Mr. Milner Gibson's
making the proposition—it were not nearly impossible to
act upon it. An exposition of the resources, the labour,
and the produce of the agriculture of the country, would be
indeed profitable to the whole community, but most
-eminently profitable, as the Right Honourable Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade demonstrated, to the
agriculturists. Engaged as they are in the most
capricious and uncertain of all the pursuits of in-
dustry, they have of all men the least light as to
their most prudent policy, or to their reasonable
prospects. The cotton millowner has but to inquire
how many bags of cotton have been bought up by others,
how many bales of goods shipped for exportation or con-
signed to wholesale houses in the trade, to know pretty
exactly the resources, the condition, and the prospects
of his market. The woollen manufacturer, the manufac-
turer of hardware, the merchant, in short, every one but
the farmer, has a tolerable guide to the competition he
may count upon, and the demand he may expect. The
farmer has no-such guide ; he often sells his produce
10 or 20 per cent. below what the state of supply would
dictate—sometimes holds it over for a price 10 or 20
per cent. beyond what the state of the supply warrants.
This is not the farmer's fault ; his trade is in all re-
spects an honest trade—he has nothing to conceal,
and could conceal nothing if he had, for all his work
is emphatically upon the surface. The mischief to
the community and to him, is the effect of wanting that
perfect information which Mr. Milner Gibson's proposi-
tion, if practicable, would elicit. What is to be done to
cure this evil, which is of more weight than may at first
sight appear, is a question of no little difficulty. The
condition of statistical information, or rather statis-
tical ignorance, in this country is in truth extremely
mischievous, and would be disgraceful were it not
the consequence of our free Constitution, and our habits
of freedom. We fancy that no one has a right to pry
into our private affairs ; and an awkward custom, which
finance ministers of all times have indulged in, to
lay their hands upon whatever they find definite
and tangible, causes us to exclude such. intru-
sion with a sensitive jealousy. All inquiries, such
as Mr. Milner Gibson proposes, are sure to be
consideaed as preliminary to the imposition of some new
tax, the more rigorous collection of some old tax, or
at least :the privation of some advantage. The mis-
chief of the ignorance which this prejudice creates
is, however, as we have said, very great—great, far
beyond the mere loss in particular trades—for it
really perverts the whole legislation of the king-
dom, and often gives a perfectly false direction to
public opinion. In the absence of all information, men
may go right or go wrong ; but, under the direction of
partial information, they are sure to go wrong. Now
all our statistical information is in every sense of the
term partial—partial as incomplete, and partial as
generally selected, and prepared to serve some temporary
and party purpose. The consequence is, that in
the discussion of any public question, every one
can find some facts to serve his purpose, while
no one is able to adduce all the facts, from a full consi-
deration of which only, can a fair inference ever be drawn.
We might cite any of the great controversies that have
divided public opinion to illustrate this truth. The
corn-law question for example. In this one would
think the greater or less value of the home market
ought to be an important consideration ; yet no approxi-
mation, upon any authority, has yet been made to
a comparative estimate of the home and foreign mar-
kets. Again, it is contended in the discussion of. the.
Factory Bill, that the labourers in factories must work
twelve hours a day, in order to perfect the necessary
amount of goods ; but we have not the least in-
formation as to the number of days of the
year during which they must work these twelve
hours, and questionless, without this information,
Parliament is in no condition to form a correct opinion
as to the truth or falsehood of the alleged necessity of
women and children working twelve hours a-day, and
submitting for fourteen hours to imprisonment. In
the management of our private affairs, if a man
pretends to satisfy us with a confessedly partial
account, we laugh at him as a fool, or turn our
backs upon him as a rogue—yet it is upon
partial accounts that all public decisions are
at present come to. Whether it shall be always so
must depend upon the arising of some Ministry wise
enough, and bold enough, and powerful enough,-and en-
joying leisure enough, to effect a full and fair analysis
of the statistics of the kingdom. Sir Robert Peel's Ad-
ministration has all the requisites of wisdom and bold-
ness and strength, but unfortunately it has not the op-
portunity of leisure.

R. Waddington, grocer, Boston, Yorkshire, May 16, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—M. Raphael and A. Na-
than, silversmiths, Hull, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court—W. W. Robinson, linen draper, Beverley, York-
shire, May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—E. Met-
calf, currier. Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, May 16, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court—G. Knowles, corn dealer, Halifax,
Yorkshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—
J. R. Atkinson, wine merchant, Caistor, Lincolnshire, May 14,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Etock, linen draper,
Leeds, May 16. at eleven, as the Leeds District Court—J. and
W. Green, timber merchants, Wetherby, Yorkshire' May 14,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. Cheetham, sett.,
surgeon, Stockport, Cheshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Man-
chester District Court—W. Caton, ironmonger, Preston, Lan-
cashire, May 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court
—E. Poore, druggist, Bampton, Devonshire, May 15, at
twelve, at the Exeter District Court—J. Goss, draper, Devon-
port, May 14, at one, at the Exeter District Court—J. J. Bul-
man, nil merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 10, at one, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Bell, earthen-
ware manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 10, at eleven,
at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
T. G. James, builder, River-street, Myddleton-square, May
10—W. Bourne, woollen draper, Coleman-street, Maylo,--
E. P. Best, wine merchant, Crutched-friars, City, May 10-
J. Aldred, wholesale stationer, Nottingham, May 13—T.
Greening, surgeon, Worcester, May 11—J. Thomson, iron
manufacturer, Stoke-upon- Trent, Staffordshire, May 28—G.
Thomson, iron manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire,
May 28—J. Reaveley, commission agent, Hammond's-wharf,
Queenhithe, May 10—H. Southgate, auctioneer, Fleet-street,
May 10—.. Ballard, brazier, Maidstone, Kent, May 10—
H. F. Turner, painted baize manufacturer, Myddleton-street,
Clorkenwell, May 10—T. Sanders, shoe-maker, Ramsgate,
May 10—W. Fuller, coal merchant, Poplar, May 10—S. Bil-
-
lington, woollen draper, Birkenhead, Cheshire, May 10—C.
Williamson, hosier, Regent-street, May 10—T. W. Wright,
dyer, Nottingham, May 10—G. H. Crowther, stationer,
Warrington, Lancashire, May 10—H. M. Newton, victualler,
Kirkburton, Yorkshire, May 10.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
F. H. Perry
minster—C. Coney and M. Chambers, lodging -house keepers,
and F. Paul, brass founders, York-street, West-
Southport, Lancashire—H. Davis and F. F. Thompson. sur-
geons, Tenbury, Worcestershire—C. Hough and W. Gaunt,
joiners, Nottingham—G. M'lntyre, R. M'lntyre, and J. Dew•
son, engravers to calico printers, Salford, Lancashire (so far as
regards J. Dawson)—G, and W. Smith, farriers, Farnham,
Surrey—J. Sutcliffe and J. White, worsted s tuff manufac-
turers, Bradford, Yorkshire—G. and J. Wareham, plumbers.
Birmingham—W. Chandler and S. Holah, chemists, Minories
—T. 111‘ Lean and J. Powell, bakers, Gloucester—J. T. and J.
Arley, coal merchants, Newbury, Berkshire—T. Ward and .1.
Niblett, jun., ironmongers, Dorking, Surrey-3s. and Jn.
Baker, grocers, Portslade, Sussex—E. Prosser and R. F.
Knight, curriers, Hereford—J. Abbey and T. Bradley, tallow
chandlers,Brookinan letter Huddersfield,p repress
p
Coathupes, Homer, and Cliffe, crown window
—H. Baxter and W. Orton, linen drapers, Rochester—Lucas,
rYinoterkrss,hircei—emTen.
eLs.aluarnleer, and T. W.
manufac-
turers, Bristol—U. Davenport, J. Grindrod, and T. Patrick,
glaCssarey-street
engineers, Liverpool—E. and J. Mason, brick makers, Car-
marthen—R. W. and C. P. Fox, surgeons, Torquay, Devon-
shire—D. Roberts and T. Powlson, letter press printers,
Manchester.

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

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

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM.
- LADIES' DRESSES.
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KlMT.—Court
costume, composed of black crape dress over silk, richly
trimmed with jet and cordeliere ; train and body of rich black
damask, trimmed with crape and jet. Black feathers, crape
lappets, and jet ornaments.
DUCHESS OF BEDFORD.—Train of handsome black satin,
a bouquets d'or, lined with black silk, elegantly trimmed with
gold r►bbon," and looped with bows; body and sleeves richly
trimmed with gold lace ; skirt of rich black satin, handsomely
trimmed with goldblonde and satin ; a profusion of diamonds
and rubies. Headdress of feathers, and splendid parure of
diamonds and rubies; lappets of gold lace.
COUNTESS OF LEICESTER.—Court costume composed of a
tarlatane dress over glace silk, trimmed with Brussels lace
flowers ; train and body of rich white brocade, trimmed with
Brussels lace ; plume of feathers, Brussels lace lappets, and
diamonds. .

THE ComaEss OF Citututmoirr.—Court costume en devil,
robe of black crape cropee dessous of rich glace silk, the dress
elegantly trimmed en tablier, with coques and raches ; train
en suite. Headdress, feathers and lappets.
THE HON. Mits. R. DENMAA.—Costume de Cour ; a very
rich blue and white broche dentelle poult de soie ; train,
looped with agraffes of blush roses, corsage en cceur, orna-
mented with rich renaissance lace, berthe, and sabots; a
white tulle illusion dress en tunique, trimmed with blush
roses over rich white glace gros de Naples. Headdress, plume
of feathers, rich renaissance lace lappets and ornaments.
THE How. MRS. WELD.—Costume de Cour, composed of a
rich broche lavender and white satin, lined with gros de
Naples, and tastefully ornamented with tulle passementerie
and nceuds of ribbon, embroidered blonde petticoat, trimmed
en tablier, with tulle and ribbon, blonde, berthe, and sabots.
Headdress, feathers, lappets, and diamonds.
THE How. Miss GEORGINA linv—Train and boddice of
azure blue morie, ornamented with roses, clematis, and tulle;
dress of white glace silk, richly flounced with lace. Head-
dress and ornaments, ostrich feathers, pearls, and diamonds
M .
ins. CHARLES LUSHINGTON—White satin dress, richly
embroidered in gold lama; train and body of white and gold
brocaded satin, trimmed with beautiful gold blonde lace ;
Court plume of white ostrich feathers, tipped with mara-
bouts and gold; blonde lappets; a magnificent diamond
tiara ; diamonds, earrings, with a superb emerald and diamond
necklace, and emerald and diamond stomacher.
MRS. HOWARD arHINSTONE—Train of rich pink poult
de soie trimmed with point lace and nceuds de rubans ; slip
of white satin, covered with Honiton lace with deep flounce.
Headdress, plume, lappets, wreath, and diamonds.
Miss REYNOLDS.—Court costume, composed of a white
tulle dress and tunique, over blue glace silk, trimmed with
bouquets of mixed hollyhocks ; train and body of rich white
watered silk, trimmed with tulle and bows of blue ribbon ;
body and sleeves ornamented with blonde and flowers. Head-
dress,plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds.
Miss DOUGLAS HALFORD.—COUTt costume, composed of a
tulle dress and tunique over satin, trimmed with bouquets f
mixed sweet peas ; train and body of rich pink wateredsi °lk,
trimmed with blonde and ribbon, Plume of feathers, blonde
lappets, and diamonds.

General Tom Thumb is said to be netting 4001.
a week in the metropolis of trkgland, a sum which must soon
literally make him "worth his own weight in (15 initerial
lbs. only) in gold." Diminutive as the General is, 4oli Mid
to enjoy gaol With,

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THE WILLS. FORGERIES.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
- - OLD-COURT.

At the sitting of the Court yesterday the Prisoawes Bar-
ber, Fletcher, Saunders, and Georgiana Dorey, were again
placed at the bar.
Mr. Essen then rose to reply on the part of the prosecution.
He commenced by expressing his astonishment that his
Learned Friend on the other side should have stated that the
object of the prosecutors in this case was to steal a verdict,
and that the proceedings on their part had been conducted
with acrimony. They wished to obtain a verdict by no other
means than fair and legal ones. This case was one of great
public importance, and demanded the fullest and most rigid
scrutiny. Of Mrs. Dorey he would say nothing ; she, by
pleading guilty, had admitted her crime. With regard to
Barber and Fleteher there was no doubt that they had been
in connection on the subject of the will and the transfer of
the stock. At the Bank of England they were found toge
ther with Philpotts, the stockbroker, and a conversation took
place about• °hanging one of the 1,0001. notes into gold.
Philpotts spoke of it as if Barber and Fletcher had a joint
interest. After alluding to the evidence as it affected Lydia
Saunders, he told the jury they had heard a most elo-
quent address from his Learned Friend (Mr. Wilkins),
but he cautioned them against being led away by allu-
sions • foreign to the real matter they had to try.
He had alluded to the value of the privilege of trial by jury,
a topic very important where there was a question between
the Government and the people, but wholly foreign to the
question they had to try. lie entreated them to pay no at-
tention to the address which they had heard from counsel,
except-so far as it Imre ou the real merits of the case before
them. He prayed them to give the most calm consideration
to this cause. That Barber and Fletcher had co-operated to-
gether was his statement in the opening, and the Learned
Counsel who addressed them on behalf of Barber had dealt
with that fact as if Barber had merely acted as attorney for
Fletcher. Now, he begged of them to remark, that in his
opening he had charged Barber as an accomplice, and as
having a criminal knowledge of the fraud which
was going on. That -he had -acted in the ca-
pacity of attorney in the matter there was no doubt;
but: it should be recollected that the assistance of an at-
torney was absolutely necessary. It could not be said that
he was merely acting as attorney for Fletcher in entire igno-
rance of there being any fraud. They must have known
that the stock about which they were making inquiries from•
Captain Foskett, was the property of Miss Slack ; that
another person of the same name resided somewhere else;
as Mr. Barber was keeping back from Captain Foskett and
Miss Slack, the fact which was in his knowledge, that 3,500/.
Consols was standing in the name of that lady in the Bank
of England. The Leaned Gentleman then went on to comb
ment on the various arguments of Mr. Wilkins. He said,
advisedly, that the question they had to consider was, whes
ther any ordinary man of business could entertain a reason-
able doublithat Barber had known that he had found the
real owner of the stock, for he had got all the facts which
would enable him to identify Miss Slack as the person to
whom it was owing. Barber stated he believed her
to be the person. The treaty with •Captain Foskett, and
Miss Slack was closed, because there was no offer made.
There was a promise given to communicate any information
received on the subject, but no communication was made;
and shortly after the second act of the drama, which con-
cluded in the appropriation of the property, was perpetrated.
Could any person reasonably doubt that *Barber knew that
Anne Slack, of Abbot's Langley, was the owner of this pro-
perty? No doubt the case was most ingeniously managed,
and if it did not afford a melancholy evidence of human de •
pravity, they must be Featly surprised at it. How could
they account, after this, for Barber receiving the woman
Saunders and the will? Not all the eloquence and fine figures
of the Learned Counsel could explain this, on the ground
thrt he was only acting as a skilful and shrewd attorney.
Barber and Fletcher had been looking for the owner of the
stock ; if they had found her, there was an end of the matter.
But after some time the very will relating to the matter is
brought, and Barber is employed, it is said, as an attorney
by Fletcher. • Did it raise no suspicion on the part of Bar-
ber, that after having been looking for the owner of this
property, a will was brought to him respecting it by Flet-
cher? Why, what had Fletcher to do with any property left
by Anne Slack? Could any reasonable:person be misled in
supposing that this was the act of a guilty accomplice?
It was said that Mr. Barber was a respectable man, and had
heretofore borne an honourable character. They all knew
that when great frauds were to be committed a person of re-
spectable character was the person most likely to perpetrate
them. Such a person was frequently indispensable to the
commission of crimes of this nature. Was it the business of
an attorney fairly employed to go to the Bank and receive
6001. in gold almost uncounted mto his hand? The clerk
said it was a most unusual thing to receive so much money
in gold. He did not ask Fletcher any questions as to how he
made out the supposed Emma Slack, or where he had found
her. Was there no suspicion in this ? Three thousand
pounds of the money had been traced to Lydia Saunders and
Fletcher. More than 4,0001. had been received. It was
proved that 6001. had got into the hands of Barber. Where
was the rest? They did not pretend to be able to tell. It
was the duty of a clever person, of course, to leave no trace
of it. Let (hem weigh what had been the conduct of the
prisoner Barber after the forgery of the will had been found
out, and after Mr. Freshfield had spoken to him of the sub-
ject. If he had felt himself an innocent man, would he not
on the instant such a charge was made against him, say, " I
only acted as attorney in the matter ;'I acted for another;
Fletcher is the man who is guilty, if anybody is guilty ?"
Then it was said that he was watched by the police,
and that lie had never been seen speakin g to Fletcher.
Why, if he was guilty he would be the last person
whom he would be seen speaking to. There was no person
whom he would more cautiously avoid. When Barber was
brought to the Mansion-house, and had heard the case
against him, and after his application to be let out on bail
was refused, he then for the first time after a short consi-
deration gave up the name of Fletcher, and said he was the
man who employed him. The Learned Gentleman then
alluded to the attack which had been made uponl Mr. Fresh-
field by the counsel on the other side Mr. Wilkins).
He regretted that his Learned Friend bb been be-
trayed into such an attack. Mr. Freshfleld was a gentle-
man of undoubted respectability, and what could be more kind
on his part than to go to Mr. Barber and inform him of the
accusation which was made against him in this very act for
which he was now attacked. It had been insinuated that Mr.
Freshfield was not to be believed, because he had suppressed
an important fact. The fact said to be suppressed was one
entirely immaterial, and had nothing whatever to do with
the material point, namely, the suppression of Mr. Fletcher's
name ty Mr. Barber. But the statement of Mr. Freshfield
was most important, and the Learned Counsel wished to do
every thing to damage it. The Learned Gentleman,
after some further observations, concluded a very able and
temperate speech, by calling on the jury dispassionately to
weigh the evidence in this important case, and to give a ver-
dict according to their reason and their judgment.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS then summed up, and told the jury
to admit nothing for their consideration except what appeared
in the evidence before them. They must discard everything
which had been said by counsel on both sides, except so far
as it was founded upon the evidence. The first thing he had
to remark was that there was no evidence at all as to the
actual person who forged the will ; but that did not dispose of
the important case before them, for there was no doubt that
the will was forged. As he referred to the evidence, he
should make such observations upon it as he
thought proper, but if the jury did not coincide
with him as to their justness, they would of course
disregard them. With regard to Lydia Saunders, the case
against her rested a good deal on the testimony of the
Nevilles, but there were two or three others who spoke of
her with more or less certainty as being mixed up in the
transaction. With regard to Barber, the main and pressing
question for their -consideration was, whether he had acted
truely and solely as an attorney, fairly employed, without
any guilty knowledge of the will being forged. There was
no doubt that it was Barber who tendered the will for pro-
bate. There was no question raised upon that point,
but it was said that this and everything else which
be did in the transaction was done as an attorney,
It had been proved that he received 6001., and that he went
away with it, but what he did with it afterwards nobody
knows. Whether he returned it to the supposed owner, or
whether he appropriated it to himself, they had no means of
judging. That part of the case which required their most serious
consideration was the negotiations which were carried on in
the autumn of 1842. Who induced or directed Mr. Barber to
write to Captain Foskett they had no proof. He had cer-
tainly informed him that the subject on which he was inqui-
ring was for the benefit of Miss Slack, for he asked whether
she was a person of nerves strong enough to bear an ad-
dition of a large sum of money to her means. After the
correspondence which had taken place between Mr. Barber
and Capt. Foskett, it would be for them to consider whether
Barber had not been the real person to whoM the money
belonged. The next thing they would consider was the con-
duct of Mr. Barber after this correspondence. The general
result of the evidence of Mr. Freshfield and Capt. Foskett
was to raise an inference against Mr. Barber, but whether it
did so or not was for the consideration of the jury.
.
Mr. WILKINS begged to remind his Lordship that Captain
h as the cer-
Foskett described his sister as a lady of 28,
tificate at Doctors'-commons had described the pereerson in the
will as a person 68 years of age.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said, that whene
je
the whole
,wthhoelye of
,the
'evidence and documents was before the
consider whether Mr. Barber was in such a position as would
vhiei
have led him to suppose that the will was a forgery.
Mr. Freshfield told him he was suspected, it was for them
to say whether he ought to have said that he was onl
, and that lie acted throwthroughout for
an attorney
Fletcher. Ailftletrhesocasmee further_
.observations, theg Learned
proceeding to read the evidence, when the jury
Judge was
retired to take refreshment.
After a lapse of about twenty minutes the Jur returned
into Court, when
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS proceeded to read the evidence at
length. After the Learned Judge had finished the evidence,
he told them, that if the evidence was such as to leave a•us t
and reasonable doubt ontheirminds the prisoners should just
andhave
the benefit, but if there was no doubt on their minds they
would give their verdict accordingly. He again begged of the
jury not to regard any observations which were addressed to
them, except so far as they were founded on the evidence.
The question they had to consider with regard to the prisoner
Barber was, whether he had merelyordinary acted as an
at-
torney would act in the matter, r whether he had produced
the will for probate, well knowing oit to have been forged.
The jury then retired to consider their verdict.
The
.prisoner, Barber, seemed to have retained his self
possession throughout the trial, frequently handing down
notes to his counsel, till the close of the Judge's charge ; he
then appeared to become extremely agitated and nervous.
After an absence of about an hour and twenty minutes,
the jury returned with a verdict of. GUILTY AGAINST
ALL THE PRISONERS.
Mr. Barber—l am not guilty, my Lord, and Mr. Fletcher
here knows that I am not.
The prisoners were then removed.
The Court then adjourned till Monday morning.

• -
GIBBS FOR MAYOR.—Alderman Gibbs, in the
handsomest way, and to save the Court of Aldermen any
trouble, has already elected himself Lord Mayor, and will, on
the 9th of November, proceed per fourpenny steamer to West-
Miabter, Vest 4=4 ija....,FIOWA.

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