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the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Mr- , sequence was, that in a very short space of time the
mingham. whole of the stable, from the racks to the roof, was en
M. Hadley, druggist, Walsall-second div. of 6icl. in the fire. With great presence of mind the lad tied cloths
pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Bir- which lay handy round the eyes of the horses, end by
mingham. these means they were led quietly from the danger
N. Beard, leather seller, Beech-street, Barbican-div. of
lid, in the pound, May 7, and any following Wednesday, at which surrounded them. The neighbeurs in the isolated
the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court. Basinghall-street. cottages skirting the immediate vicinity, with the utmost
E. Turmaine, porter merchant, Canterbury-final div. of readinees and good will, repaired to the scene of (k-
-1 d. in the pound, May 7, and any following Wednesday, at struction, and a mounted express was sent off without
the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. d. lay to Mr. White, of Sittingbourne, for the rhcenix
• S. Skinner, brewer, Thatcham, Berkshire-div. of id. in engine, and to the Kent Fire .office, for the powerful one
;the pound, May 7, and any following Wednesday, at the office belong fig to their establishment in the same town. Post
of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. horses were immediately furnished, arel in less than half
C. Dotesio, hotel keeper, Slough-div. of 4s. in the pound, an hour after their receipt of the incormation both en-
May 7, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. •
Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. glues were upon the spot. Fortunately a rivulet, branch-
ing from the Swale, at King's Ferry, flows close by the
W. C. Thompson, merchant, Liverpool-second div. of
15-16ths of a penny in the pound, May 12, and any following farmyard, and consequently no lack or scarcity of water
Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. was experienced. Notwithstasiding the utmost exertions
Broughton and Garnett, bankers, Nantwich-fifth div. of of the firemen, the fire continued to spread with fright-
3d. in the pound, making with previous dividends 18s. in the fug rapidity_ from the stabling to the stacks of wheat
pound, May 24 and 31, and any following Monday, at the and beans in the yard, and thence to ;he sheds contain-
office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. ink the aericuLural implements and the waggon lodges,
Sayle and T. Booth, iron masters, Sheffield-second div. all of which were totally censumed. We regret to state
of 2s. 6d. in the pound, and, upon new proofs, a first div. of the' upo t the intelligence be'ng communicated to Mr.
7s 6d. in the pound, May 6, and any following Tuesday, at reelg.e,r, he fell down insensib!e, and that he has since
the office of Mr. Fearne, Leeds. suffered considerably by the violence of the shock.
T. Burton, shoemaker, Bramham, Yorkshire-first and final
div. of 2s. sd. in the pound, May 5, and any following 'rues- About 300 quarters of grain are destroyed, besides 150
day, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. quarters of beans and ether produce, most of which,
I.:. L. Aarons, oilman, St. James's-place, Aldgate-first however, is insured in the Norwich Union Fire-office.
div. of Is. 10d. in the pound, May 3, and any following Sa- The fire was not fully extinguished, nor had the engine,
turday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old ceased to play yesterday (Monday) morning at nine
dowry. • o'clock. when the reporter left for Fitvei•shaw. Mr.
D.. Roderick. victualler, St. Martin's-court-second div. of Ludgater bears an excellent character am.;ngst, his
2d. in the pound, May 3, and any following Saturday, at the labourers and throughout the entire vicinity of Sitting-
office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. bourne and Faversham, where he is well known, and is
T. Berridge, tobacconist, Manchester-second div. of 80. .
hl
hi
gy respected.
in the pound, May 7, and any following Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
C. A. Bradbury, draper, Stockport-final div. of ls. 2id. in
the pound, May 7, and any following Wednesday, at the office
of Mr. Putt, Manchester.
J. Whitlow, laceman, Manchester-first div. of 4s. 6d. in
the pound, May 7, and any following Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. C. Johnson, merchant, Lawrence Pountner hill, City,
May 29, at twelve-J. Johnson, builder, Abingdon, Cam-
bridgeshire, May 29, at twelve-A. M. Soulby, wine mer-
chant, St. Mary-at-Hill, City, May 29, at twelve-S. Jackson
and T. F. Jackson, woolstaplers, Bermondsey-street, May 29,
at twelve-G. Winning, upholsterer, Dover-street, Piccadilly,
May 29, at half-past eleven-C. Teesdale and R 'Coulson,
furnishing warehousemen, Westminster-bridge-road, May 29,
at eleven-H. Turner, cow-keeper, Theobald's-road, June 4
at two-H. Bundy, builder, Upper York-place, Portland'
Town, May 28, at half-past ono-W. Meek, ironmonger,
Southampton, June 6, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
J. Potter and W. Maude, calico printers, Manchester, May
28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court-W. Hegin-
bottom, cotton spinner, Ashton-under-Lyne, May 28, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court-J. Jones, fell-
monger, Chester, Mee, 29, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court-11. W. Blackburn, woolstapler, Bradford, June
17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court-J. Prior, brush
manufacturer, Hull, June 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court-J. Prior and II Brady, brush manufacturers, Hull,
June 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court-J. Wood,
W. Wood. J. Wood, S. Wood, G. Wood, and J. Wood, ma-
chine makers, Birstall, Yorkshire, June 12, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court-R. Elliott, merchant, Sheffield, June
12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court-W. Harris, Tut-
bury, Staffordshire, May 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court-W. Ambrose, timber merchant, Awre,
Gloucestershire, May 29, at twelve, at the Bristol District
Court-W. Adamson, butcher, Hexham, Northumberland-
shire, May 29, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis-
trict Court-J. Brown, cooper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May
29, 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.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

Yesterday, a Court wes held for the dispatch of public
business. As it was understood that the• subject of the
late proceedings in the chapel of Newgate, when th.
condemned sermon was preached, in the presence of
Hocker, the murderer, Coilnor, the person accused of
murder, the other prisoners confined in the gaol, and
several strangers of both sexes, would b- brought for-
ward, the Court below the bar was densely thronged.

THE CONDEZvINED SERMON.
Alderman and Sheriff SIDNEY, after having presented
the usual Sheriffs' returns of the state of the prisons,
said the Sheriffs thought it right to irif,rm the Court
that some remarks had been made in the lions,. of Peers
on the subject of the admission of the public to hear the
condemned sermon in the chapel of Newgate, and also
with reference to the public exeetition of the convict
murderer, Hocker. The Sheriffs had deferred making
any reply to these remarks, knowing as they'did know
that the Secretary of State had directed an inquiry into
the facts and circumstances attending the matter, and
when the report which would be the result of the in
quiry should be laid before the Legislature, and fur-
nished to them, the Sheriffs would be ready to enter fully
into the case, in their own defence.
Sir PETER LAURIE observed that he for one could not
but thank the House of Lords for interesting themselves
upon that which he thought was a most ne'arious tour-e
of proceeding.
Alderman and Sheriff HUNTER rose to address the
Court, but resumed his seat. _ _

Alderman CaALLis here interposed, and called upon
Sir Peter Laurie to retract the expression lie had made
use of.

Alderman Sheriff SIDNEY observed that he should
have thought Sir Peter Laurie's sense and gentlemanly
conduct would have induced him to renal the expression
to which he had given utterance, since that the Sheriffs
had delayed and deferred a reply to the grave charges
made against their conduct, pending the inquiry set on
foot by the Secretary of State. Sir Peter Laurie had
been a magistrate sufficiently long to know that exp'ote
statements were not always to be relied upon.
Sir PETER LAURIE -I know nothing to renal. I

J. Taylor, carpenter, Market-street, May-fair, May 29
W. Meek, ironmonger, Southampton May 27—R. Kipling,
warehouseman, Wood- street, Cheapside, May 30—J. Bur-
rell and T. Hall, iron founders, Thetford, Norfolk, May 28--
IL Turner cow-keeper, TheObald's-road, Bedford-row, May
28—W. Henderson, mercer, Sunderland, May 28—W. Fer-
guson, draper, Liverpool, May 27—J. Jones, fellmonger,
Chester, May-27—T. Robinson, lime burner, Eccleston, Lan-
cashire, May 28—E. Brown, merchant, Birmingham, May
30—R. Champion, furrier, Friday-street, May 27—J. For-
rester, harm manufacturer, New-cut, Lambeth, May 27—S.
Smeeton, cattle salesman, West Smithfield, May 27—C. S.
Haward, grocer, Colchester, May 27—H. Bentley, commis-
sion agent, Liverpool, May 27.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Williamson, H. Anderton, and P. llarrison, dyers,
Pendleton, Lancashire—W. G. Winnan and R. George,
woolstaplers, Penzance—S. Reed and T. Walton, goldsmiths,
Fetter-lane—R. Cameron and J. Dow, surgeons, Almond-
bury, Yorkshire—J. Fringe and G. Bland, wine merchants,
Change-alley—J. Jones and R. S. Marsh, apothecaries,
Liverpool—L. and A. Heyman, outfitters, Liverpool—E.
Charlton and J. Green, size manufacturers, Ardwick, Lanca-
shire—J. and R. S. Wilson, builders, Birmingham—H. P.
Fischer and F. Lous, merchants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—
J. Lugg and B. Shaw, surgeons, Upper Queen's-road, Cam-
bridge-road, Mile-end—J. Bloxsome and J. S. Carr, linen
drapers, Woodridge, Suffolk—E. Simpson and J. Kendell,
cabinet makers, Lancaster—P. C. Toker and W. F. Gostling,
proctors, Godliman-street, Doctors'- commons— H. J. F.
Toplis and H. Butterfield, foreign merchants, St. Paul's
Churchyard—J. Cunningham and H. Robley, West India
merchants, Bristol—J. D. Bertolini and A. Christie, hotel
keepers, St. Martin's-street.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Davidson, painter, Aberdeen, May 9 and 30, at
twelve, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen.
Alexander M'Arthur, jun., merchant, Tarbert, Argyleshire,
May 15 and June 12, at two, at M`Calman's Inn, Tarbert.

merely meant to say that "thank God there is a House 0.
Lords." . . .

Sheriff HUNTER said he was not aware that his col-
league had the slightest intention of making any obser-
vations in reference to the proceedings in another place,
hut he n-as prepared to express his opinion as to the pro.
priety of the observations which had been made in the
High Court of Parliament Ile felt that his colleague
and he were placed in a certain position from not having
been aware of the nature of two orders which ere on the
records of the Court, and which were made, the one so
far back as the year 1825, and the other, an exp!anation
of the former order, in 1842. It was due to the public,
as well as to themselves, that he shou!d at once express
the reasons why the Sheriffs were not aware of the exist-
ence of any such rules or laws as these orders to which
he referred, being in force. He found,however, that in the
books of the Court there was to be seen an order which,
with the permission of the Court, he would now read.
" Court of Aldermen, March 29, 1825.
" The Court proceeded in the adjourned con:iierad.m
of the report of the Committee in relation to the several
gaols of this city, recommending the public to be ex-
cluded from hearing the condemned sermon at his Ma-
jesty's gaol of Newgate, and the said report, as delivered
in and read in this Court on the 18th day of January
last, was now again read in these werds :
" 'l'o the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and Court
of Aldermen, 'we whose' names are hereunto subscribed.
your Committee, in relation to the set,rai gaols :,f the
City, to when', on toe 30t0 day of Nevember last, it v;a,
referred to coi,sider wh.-t her it may or may not lit future
be expedient to exclude the public from the chapel in
Newgate on the Sunday preceding the day on which
any convict or convicts may in future be ordered for
executi:,n, and to report our opinion thereon to this
Court, do certify that we have taken the same into our
most serious consideration ; and, after due deliberation,
are dreidedly of ,pinion tht:t in future it will be expe-
dient to exclude strangers altogether from the chapel in
Newgate on the Sunday preceding the day on which any
convict or convicts may be ordered for execution, in the
same manner as they are excluded on other Sundays ;
and we recommend to this Honourable Court to give
the requisite directions accordingly.
" All which we submit. Dated this 18th day of
January. 1825.

" M. WOOD.
" J. J. sum'.
" A. BROWN.
" Which report was well liked and approved of by
his Court, and ordered to be observed accordingly."
The next order was to the following effect :
" Court of Aldermen, June 24th, 1842,

" Resolved and ordered, that the practice of ex-
cluding strangers from the chapel in the gaol of New-
gate, during the performance of Divine worship, on
Sunday, be henceforth adhered to on every Sunday
previously to the day that may. he appointed for the
execution of any convict or convicts, as well as on other
Sundays, conformably to the spirit of a resolution of
this Court, passed on the 29th day of March, 1825,
after consideration of a report from the Committee, in
relation to the several gaols of this City.
" Ordered that Mr. Town-Clerk do deliver a copy of
the foregoing resolution to each of the future Sheriff
of this City, immediately on their being sworn into
office. " MERE W ETHER."
Their esteemed friend, the Town-Clerk, since this
affair, had addressed to him (Sheriff. Hunter) a leti:er,
stating that he was not aware of the necessity
upon him, of sending copies of these
brdei-s to the
_Sheriffs, and consequently they had not been furnished
either to Sheriff Sidney or himselt.—(Hear, hear.)
He assured Sir Peter Lainle that he did not at all flinch
from, but rather approved of the expressions to which
he had given utterance.
Several Voices.—You die not hear them.

Sheriff HUNTER. resumed—They might not have been
quite delicate or proper, but he hardly knew what it was
the worthy Alderman had said. eft' this, however, he
might rest assured, that the Sheriffs were gratified with
the referenee ordered by the Secretary of
.State for in-
quiry into the whole matter. At present, however, he
only wished that the Sheriffs might stand right with the
Cce,rt and the_ pifelic when they were ignorant of the
existence of any such orders as those which he had felt
it his ditty to read. If they had been in possession of
such documents, then he should have been disposed en-
tirely to agree with Sir Peter Laurie. He repeated that
he was not sorry the 'matter had been made the subject
of reference for inquiry—into that inquiry he would not
at present enter. For the present, tie was content to
mention the fact that the Sheriffs were not aware of the
existence of these, or any other orders, regulating the
manner in which they were to proceed on these affecting
—to him, deeply affecting—occasions. He deeply re-
gretted that any circumstance sheath; have arisen to call
for any observations, either in that Court or in any
other, upon, the conduct of the Sheriffs.
The TowN-CLERx. hoped the Court would be kind
enough to indulge him with an opportunity of saving a
few words on this subject, which, in substance, he had
already stated to the Prison Inspectors, and to the Gsoi
Committee of that Court. The order of 1842 was made
on the very day that he was sworn into office, and upon
it he had acted within three or four days afierwards,
sending copies to Sir William Magnay and Mr. Rogers,
the then sheriffs. In his office there was kept a book in
which were entered all matters which were to be done
annually or periodically; but, unfertunately, these orders
had been omitted to be entered, and undoubtedly thr
fact was, that copies were not sent either to Aldermen
Musgrove and Moon, the preceding sheriffs, or to Alder-
men
Hunter and Sidney, the present sheriffs. The
n. glect or oversight undoubtedly rested on his (the
Town-Clerk's) office, and for it he was atraid he must
take all the liability which attached to it. He was bound
to say that the Sheriffs had no knowledge of the order
of 1842, as they ought to have had furnished to them.
With respect to the order of 1825, it was not necessar3,
by its terms, that it should be communicated to the
Sheriffs ; and on searching the books, he could find eo
memorandum to the effect that it lad ever been com-
municated to the Sheriffs or to the keeper of the gaol.
Sir P. LA um said that the statement just made went
very much to exculpate the Sheriffs. Indeed, he might
add that there existed such a morbid curiosity in the
public, even of the higher class, that he believed it was
scarcely possible for the Sheriffs to withstand the uppli•
cations made to them for admission. Some idea of the
extent to which this diseased fieling of curiosit; ran
might be formed by a circumstance he Proulei,
There was at present in Bethlem Hog,;etal a man who
had been tried and acquitted on 0,7,e ground of insanity.
(Sir Peter Laurie was here s':pposed to adude to the case
of cleifoesb who fired hi her Majesty in the Park.) lie
would not mention the man's name, but he ph dged his
honour to the fact that a lady of title was anxious to
procure th'et Individual's autograph, and upon being
refused Ote favour she actually employed a solicitor, who
wAs 'well knew% to obtain it for her. He would say
such was a morbid curiosity, the exhibition of which
was very disgraceful to the party. He had been now
twenty years connected with the Corporation, and he
had heard but one condemned sermon, and he never had
been, and he never would he, a party to torturing a con-
vict under 4010120 e of death to confess to him (Sir Peter
.1-Aur4) his guilt. He never— •
Th Loop MAToa interrupted—That is not the