The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-13 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, JULY I, 1844.

The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint
Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge,
Knight Commander of the Most Hon. Military Order of the
Bath, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Most Hon.
Order.

DOWNING-STREET, JULY 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major James Agnew
to be Colonial Secretary and Registrai• for the island of Do-
minica.

The Queen has also been pleased to appoint George Heylizer
Aertsen Porter, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary and Registrar
for the Virgin Islands.
DOWNING-STREET, Jutr 10.
The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint Sir
Edmund Lyons, Bart., Captain in the Royal Navy, and her
Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of
Greece, to be a Knight Grand Crass of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath.
WAR-OFFICE, Rix 12.

17th Light Dragoons—H. W, Lindow, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Hobson, promoted, July. 11 • W. I. Ander-
ton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lines, promoted,
July 12.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Second LieUtenant Hon. P. Bar-
rington, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Russell, who retires, July 12.
41st Regiment of Foot—T. Wilson, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Hardinge, appointed to 53d Foot, July 12.
53d Foot—To be Assistant-Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeon
A. Gordon, M.D., from 35th Foot; C. H. Fasson, Gent.,
July 12.

59th Foot--Lieutenant W. F. A. Gilfillan, from half-pay
60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clay, appointed Paymaster
29th Foot; Ensign R. J. Lloyd to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Gilfillan, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet T. H. Paken-
ham, from. Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Lloyd, July 12.
60th Foot— ro be Assi-tant.Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeon
S. Macfarlane, from 3d Foot; Assistant-Surgeon F. J. F.
Payne, from 2dFoot, July 12.
61st Foot—To be Assistant-Surgeons--Assistant-Surgeon
D. Lucas, from the 68th Foot ; W. H. Jephson,M.D.,July 12.
72d Foot—Ensign F. Brandling to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice James, who retires ; G. g. Mackenzie, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brandling, July 12.
80th Foot—T. Fardrew, Gent., to be Assistant. Surgeon,
July 12.
..Rile Brigade—Ensign W. J. Colville, from 4th Foot, to be
Second Lieutenant, by purchase, viee Barrington, appointed to
the Scots Fusilier Guards, July 12; Ensign W. D. M. Best,
from 70th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Webster, who retires, July 13. "
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain' H. W. S. Stewart, from
half-pay unattached, to be Captain, viceli. A. Aitchison, who
exchanges, receiving the difference; Lieutenant W. Hardisty
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stewart, who retires; Second
Lieutenant B. Venwick to be First Lieutenant by purchase,
vice Hardisty ; V. Wing, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant by
purchase, vice Fenwick, July 12.
BREVET..Captain 11. W. S. Stewart, of the Ceylon Ride
Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23.
STAFF.—Captain J. Middleton, from Paymaster 2d Batta-
lion Rifle Brigade, to be a Paymaster of a Recruiting District,
vice Francis: Wemys, who retires upon half-pay, July 12.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian name of Lieutenant Jones,
appointed Adjutant to the 60th Foot, on July 5, 1844, is
Douglas, and not John Francis, as previously stated. ~The.
name of the Quartermaster appointed to the 81st Foot, on the
2ith June, 1844. is Charles Correll, and not James Carroll, as
previously stated.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 10.

Corps of Royal Marines—Colonel Second Commandant J.
Owen to be Colonel Commandant and Deputy Adjutant-Ge-
neral ; Colonel Second Commandant J. Wright to be Colonel
Commandant of the Chatham Division, vice Lawrence, who
retires en full pay ; Lieut.-Colonel C. Menzies to be Colonel
Second Commandant, vice Wright. promoted ; Captain and
Brevet H. Mitchell, to be Lieut.. Colonel, vice Menzies, pro-
moted; First Lieutenant T. Lemon to be Captain, vice Mit-
chell, promoted ; Second Lieutenant A. Butcher to be First
Lieutenant, vice Lemon, promoted.

Commissions by the Lord LieutOnant of Yorkshire.
Second West York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Major
G. Pollard to be Lieutenant- Colonel (Commandant) ; Capt.
W. Moore, to be Major, vice Pollard, promoted ; Lieutenant
S. Waterhouse to be Captain, vice Moore, promoted; Cornet
H. Akroyd to be Lieutenant, vice Waterhouse, promoted;
J. P. Edwards, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Akroyd, June 19.
Bradford Troop of Second West York Regiment of Yeo-
manry Cavalry—T. H. Horsfall, Esq., to be Captain; Cornet
G. Haigh to be Lieutenant ; J. Mann, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant ; G. Addison, Gent., to be Cornet, June 19 ; C. K.
Clarke, Gent., to be Cornet., vice Haigh, promoted, July 10.

WHITEHALL, Ju 3.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed H. C. Margetts, of
March, in the county of Cambridge, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, JULY 8.

The. Lord Chancellor has appointed T. J. Maltby, of
Cheshunt, in the county of Hertford, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.

GEORGE FRYER, grocer, Alfred-street, City-road, to
surrender July 20, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 16, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Hill and Matthews, St. Mary Axe.
WILLIAM ROBERT WOOD, dentist, Brighton, July
23, and Aug. 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen-
nell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lamb, Bucklersbury.
FRANCOIS EMANUEL CARNEL DE LA MARCO-
TELLE, merchant, Fenchurch-street, July 19, and August
21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; James, Basinghall-street.
THOMAS GAUGE THORN, builder, Southampton,
July 23, and August 26, at.twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Fitch, Gray's Inn;
Stace, Southampton.
SIMON SOUTHEY, cabinet manufacturer, South-street,
Finsbury-market, July 29, at twelve, and Aug. 20, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fre-
derick's-place, Old Jewry ; Watson. Worship-street, Finsbury.
HENRY WHITTAKER,- silk throwster, Macclesfield,
Cheshire, July 27 and Aug. 16, at eleven, at the Manchester
District Court. Fraser, official assignee. Manchester; Lowe,
Sweeting, and Byrne, Southamptoli-buildings, London ;
Brockleburst and Bagshaw, Macclesfield ; Slater and Heelis,
Manchester.

WILLIAM WEIR, iron merchant, Carlisle, Cumberland,
July 23, at half-past two, and Aug. 27, a 0• two, at the New-
castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official' assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Mounsey and Gray, Staple Inn, Lon-
don; Bendle, Carlisle; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
THOMAS BIGGS, woollen-draper, Bath, July 26, at one,
and Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
man, official assignee, Bristol; Whittington and Castles,
Bristol.

THOMAS GRIFFITHS, tailor, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staf-
fordshire, July .23 and Aug. 20, at half-past ten, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, 'Binning-
ham • Middleton, Stone; Hodgson, Birmingham.
WILLIAM BOND, publican, Liverpool, July 23 and
Aug. 27, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Nethersole, Essex-street, Strand,
London ; Owen, Liverpool,
JAMES ALEXANDER FORREST, glass merchant,
Liverpool, July 23, and August 27, at half-past twelve, at the
Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool;
Johnsen and Co., Temple, London ; Grocott and Dodge,
Liverpool.

NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
A. Clarance, potato dealer, Romford.
J. Allanson, corn miller, Kirby Alalzeard, Yorkshire.
W. Smallwood, pawnbroker's sbopman, Manchester.
J. Birley, commission agent, Bawtry, Yorkshire.
J. Fleming, carpenter, Halifax.
S. H. Sale, commission agent, Ashton-under-Lyne.
F. Drake, machine-maker, Huddersfield.
T. Arundale, colliery agent, Whitkirk, Yorkshire.
J. Sibley, blacksmith, Luton, Bedfordshire.
G. Wimshurst, carpenter; Chrisp-street, Poplar.
A. Bray. perfumer, Poston New-town.
R. Dauber, tailor,•Liverpool.
H. Beasley, stone-mason; Walcot, Sotnersetshire.
W: Rowland, farmer's aFsistant, Llaneilan, Anglesea.
R. Higgins, meat-salesman, Newgate-market,
R. Derbyshire, butcher, Liverpool.
H: Laundy, law-stationer, Thanet-place, Strand. •
J. Tyler, shopman, Walcot, Somersetshire.
T. W. Debby, cutler, Myddleton-street, Clerkenwell.
W. E. Adams, painter, St. Chad's-row, St. Pancras.
J. Friend, shoe-maker, Hytt.e, Kent.
J,. Cottorell, beer-seller, Banbury, Oxfordshire.
A. Hodg‘on, machine-maker, Bradford, Yorkshire.
R. Isabell, builder, Swansea.
W. Lewis, baker, Heston, Middlesex.
J. Pickard, saddler, York. •
H. Hustler, cloth-manufacturer, Yeadon, Yor)lslticei,
J. Forrest, victualler, Bradford, Yorkshire.
T. Dallman, tailor, Newman-street, Marylebone.
W. Blount, Seymour-crescent, Euston-square.
H. Fowler, grocer, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire.
J. Berenbnrg, commission agent, Southampton-street, Strand.
A. Newcomb, cabinet maker, Albion-place, Walworth-road.
D. Mendes, saddler, Middlesex-street, Whitechapel.
J. L. Roberts, packer, Salford, Lancashire.
E. Inns, North Moreton, Berkshire.
E. Halinbourg, milliner, South Molten-street, Oxford-street.
J. Turner, butcher, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
J. W. Barlow, coal agent, Liverpool.
A Beaumont, fancy manufacturer, Gawthorp, Yorkshire.
T. L. Rogers, farmer, Knockin, Shropshire.
C. W. Bond, eating-house keeper, Long-lane, Bermondsey.
G. Garrett, sail cloth agent, Stockton, Durham.
R. Copley, farmer, Broomball, Yorkshire.
G. Woodley, artist, Howland-street, St. Pancras.
J. Fairall, stamper, Sussex-place, Peckham.
H. Nodes,
Viney-hill, Gloucestershire.
haroraYienii.,anlirudenell4place, Shoreditch.
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farmer e rta ke
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eo Robert-street,
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Gloucestershire.
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R. Peters, labourer, Vtney-hill,
J. Watson,, quarry
J. Catt, confectioner, Gravesend.
H. Archer, wheelwright, Brewood, Staffordshire.
1. Page, painter, Canterbury.
W. Alcock, Burton Strather, Lincolnshire.
J. Reynolds, joiner, Liverpool.
G. Mather, organist, Bronti-place, Walworth.
D. Duncombe, aoffee-house keeper, Drury-lane.
G. Attock, coach builder, Liverpool.
R. Jones, farmer, Wrexham, Denbighshire.
J. Sawyer, coffee-house keeper, Stratford, Essex.
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SECOND NOTICES.
E. Bobbitt, house agent, London-street, St. Pancras, July
18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee.
J, Jenkins, painter. Praed.street, Paddington, July 18, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
J. S. Harvey, traveller, City-gardens, City-road, July 18, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
-R, Ackland, farmer's bailiff, Alapledurwell, Southampton,
July 18, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee.
J. Townsend, jun , undertaker's assistant, Charlton, Kent,
July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official
assignee.
T. H. Johnson, cigar dealer, Shepperton-street, lilington,
July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee.
G. Parker, cattle dealer, Norwich, July 18, at eleven, at the
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Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee.
plumper, §lop seller, Sr. Albanls,-Jiiii 18, et eleven.
itt thP Court of Baukruptcy. Alsager, official assignee.
E. Wilson, schoolmaster, High-street, Marvlebone, July 18,
at. eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee.
J. Tanton, horse dealer,,Gough-street North, gm's InT
read, July 113, at eleven, al the Court of Bankruptcy. 'A -
sager, official assignee. ' •
RoVihmin, Mot maker, Charlotte-strget, Portland-plate,
Maryleboie, July 18; at elevep, at the Gontt etellaiikrepfey!
Whitmore, official assigned.
W. S. PreStonrbroker, Rupert-street; St.-James's; July 18,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee.
W. Forty, horse dealer, Upper Slaughter, Glotweatershire,

July 19, at twelve, at the Bristol Dist?-ict Court. Kynaston,
official assignee.
J. Rees, pill manufacturer, Led thatopton, Gloucestershire,
July 18, at eleven, at the Bristol Di strict Court. Kyrnsttn,
official assignee.
T. Markey, egg dealer. Manchestc r, July 19, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court. Sta nway, official assignee.
J. Wheeler, labourer, South Littlet on, Worcestershire, July
17, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy,
official assignee.
E. P. Walcam, lodging-house keeper, Bristol, July 19, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee.
G. A. Penton, commission agent, Chelsea, July 18, at
eleven, at the Court ofßankruptcy. Whiti.lore, official assignee.
G. Habbijam, jun., Cumberland-street East, Regent's-
park, July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al-
sager, official assignee.
J. Reed, boot maker, Cheam, Surrey, July 18, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee.
J. Riches, news agent. Norwich, July 18, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee.
H. Dale, grocer, Worthing, July 19, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee.
T. Jeeves, bricklayer, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, July 23, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
W. Lillie, wheelwright, Deptford-bsiiigo. July 23, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee.
J. Seager, nn,dertaker, Wood-street, Lambeth-walk, July
16, at twelve, at the Conti, of Pa Tik ruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee.
. . . _ _

G. Kersting, schoolmaster, Broad-street, natcliff, Stepney,
July 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee.

T. Basham. brewer, Fiel4ate-street, Whiterhapel-road
July 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee.

J. Tench-, Hanbury, Staffordshire, July 16, at half-past ten,
at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee.
J. Hilton, clerk, Ware, Sornersetshlre, .fuly 0, at twelve,
at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee.
T. Carter, shopkeeper, Walcot, Sonsersetshire, July 16, at
eleven. at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee.
D. Roberts, printer, Manchester, July 17, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee.
G. Powell, coal dealer, North Birkenhead, Cheshire, July
16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official
assignee.

Doran, Liverpool, July 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool
Distria Court; Thrd Gffjcial gsgignee,
J. Rae, Liverpool, July 16, at half-past twelve, at the Li-
verpool District Court. Bird, official assignee.
W. H. Jones, cordwainer, Kidderminster, Worcestershire,
July 17, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court,
Val y, ()facial assipee.
W. Francis, farm steward, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, July
19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official
assignee.

Middle, jun., b►ltter dealer, Midsomer Norton, Somer-
setahire, July 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, official assignee. •
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
H. Alden, stationer, Oxford, August 6, at eleven—J. Hard-
ley, miller, Newport, Isle of Wight, August G, at half-past
eleven—F. J. Manning, money- scrivener, Dyer's-buildings,
City, August 2, at half-past twelve.
In the Country.
R. Hine, grocer, Sutton, Macclesfield, August 7, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court—X. Glover, jun„ ironmon-
ger, Leicester, August 20, at one, at the Birmingham District
Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
H. Alden, stationer, Oxford, August 6.—E. 13rennand,
ironmonger, Highgate, August 5—E. Hodson, linen-draper,
Thrapston, Northamptonshire, August 3—W. Parsons, grocer,
Southampton, August 3—S. Bache, builder, Milford Cot-
tages, Peckham, Surrey, August 2—W. Monk, jun., currier,
Nottingham, August 3—J. Owen and S. Owen, merchants,
Sheffield, August 7—G. F. Wright, innkeeper, Ma leley,
Shropshire, August 5—J. Howarth, cotton-spinner, Lee Mill,
Bacup, Lancashire, August 2—J. Deakins, horse-dealer,
Elmley Castle, Worcestershiro, August 2—J. Pritchard, iron-
founder, Witney, Oxfordshire, August 2—J. J. I. Syer, un-
dertaker, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, August 2—J. Palmer,
draper, Lynn, Norfolk, August 2—S. Fuller, warehouseman,
Gutter-lane, Cheapside, August 2—J. Hudson, leather-seller,
Fore-street, City, August 2—G. E. Phillips, saddler, Ply-
mouth, August 2—H. Cleeve, cow-keeper, Rettendon, Essex,
August 2.—W. Nichol', spinner, Halifax, Yorkshire, August 2
—W. Emmins, builder, Montpelier-row, Brompton, August 2
—J. H. Roby, coffeehouse-keeper, Manchester, August 2
W. Hubbuck, pawnbroker, South Shields, Durham, Aug. 2.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. W. Gittens and W. Gittens, cabinet-makers, Camden-
town—D. Ainsworth and C. Edmonstone, fustian-manufac-
turers, Manchester—J. Knott and J. Crowther, smiths, Ash-
ton-under-Lyne, Lancashire—T. Case, A. Kurtz, J. A. Case,
and J. G. Morris, tar-distillers, Liverpool—J. Buston and W.
Parsons, upholsterers, Maidstone, Kent—E. Lees and W.
Bowring, coal-merchants, Oldham, Lancashire—J. Hopps and
J. Scott; worsted-spinners, Wakefield, Yorkshire—S. Risley
and F. P. Chappell, solicitors, Chancery-chambers, Quality•
court. Chancery-lane—D. Edmunds and S. Leigh, maltsters,
Bristol—J. Treffry, J. Treffry, jun., and G. Frean, biscuit-
bakers, Plymouth—S. Baker, T. Phillpotts, W. M. de Charms,
and S. W. Baker, West India merchants, Fenchurch-street,
City—T. Phillpotts and A. H. Phillpotts, commission-mer-
chants, Gloucester—R. Currey and W. Kirk, snuff-manufac-
turers, Fleet-street—L. Kenyon, and J. Kenyon, manufac-
turers, Hinchliff Mill, Holmfirth, Yorkshire—R. Lambe and
D. Fraser, importers of mineral waters, Great Prescot-street,
Middlesex—H. Withers and J. B. Denton, surveyors, South-
ampten—R. Wilkinson, R. Holt, and G. Smith, calico-
printers, Manchester—C. Barnes and T. Pratt, livery-stable-
keepers, Southampton—W. Wanklin and T. B. Stallard, wine-
merchants, Leominster—A. Ranwell and E. Browning, Nor-
ton Folgate, City—C. T. fropkinsen and W. Harris, tailors,
Lamb's Conduit-street.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
RODERICK MACKENZIE, writer to the signet, Edin-
burgh, July 17, and Aug. 7, at two, at the Royal Exchange
Coffee•honse,Edinburgh.

Rev. ALEXANDER SCOTT, Colinsburgh, Fifeshire,
July 19 and Aug. 9, at two, at Mrs. Ronald's Inn, Colinsburgh.
ROBERT ALLARDICE and JAMES LAUGHTON,
booksellers, Kirkgate, Leith, July 16, and Aug. 6, at two,
at the Chambers of John Murdoch, Leith.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
Tke Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending July 9, 1844, is 335. Bd. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSUR.•

ANCE COMPANY.

GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE-
HOLDERS of the UNITED KINGDOM LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY, held in their Office,
No. 8, Waterloo-place, the sth of July, 1844.
Hananel de Castro, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the
Directors, in the chair.

The annual reports of the affairs of the Company for
the year 1843, required by their deed of settlement,
having been laid before the meeting and approved, Mr.
Stuart expressed the great satisfaction with which the
Directors again met the Shareholders, to have an oppor-
tunity to explain to them the very favourable progFess
of their affairs. lstly. The assurances effected during'the
year 1843 amounted to above 350,0001., more by above
60,000/. than in 1842. 2dly. The premiums of assu-
rance were greater by 7,7731. in 1843 than in 1842.
3dly. The increase of the funds of the Company in 1843
amounted to 26,6451. And, 4thly, the report of their
Actuary, Mr. King, showed that the number of deaths
of the assured since the establishment of the Company
in 1834 had only been 136, instead of 238, the number
provided for by the tables of the Equitable Society.
It would also be gratifying to the Proprietors to learn,
that the amount of assurances effected in the first half
of the year 1844, was greater by 35,142/. than in the
first half-year of 1843; that the premiums of assurance
were proportionally gre tter to the extent of •1,064 L, and
also that the annual income of the Company, at 30th
June, 1844, as nearly as it can be ascertained, was 72,1701.
The general result on which Mr. Stuart congratulated
the Shareholders, is, that in about ten years the paid-up
capital of the Company, all of which is invested in
Government 'securities, had been far more than quad-
rupled after payment of all claims and expenses, after
appropriating a bonus of two per cent. per annum from
the dates of their policies to the assured holding par-
'ticipating poliCies, and after payment to the Shareholders
of half-yearly dividends, at the rate of fed' per cent. per
annum, from the dates of their advances to Ist January,
1841, and of six per cent. from that date.
The meeting would also, Mr. Stuart added, be glad to
know, that the Directors had secured the additional
accommodation required fOr the office bearers and clerks,
in consequence of the increasing transactions of the
Company, by the acquisition of the premises adjoining
to those of the CoMpany, now in the occupation of the
London and Westminster Bank, to be ceded by the latter
on removing their establishment to a house in the neigh-_
bourhood now preparing for them.
Mr. de Casto, the Chairman of the Meeting, expressed
his ontire concurrence in Mr. Stuart's statements, and
confirmed the view of the affairs of the Company laid
before the meeting. He congratulated the shareholders,
that there were good grounds for their believing that
their affairs were managed with caution, prudence, and
judgment.

The meeting unanimously approved of the reports
made to them, and voted .:their thanks to the Chairman,
Deputy-Chairman, and Directors, and zaost espeeially to
Mr. Edward Boyd, the Resident Director sad the Founder
of the Company, to whose unceasing exertions and to the
talent he had displayed, the Company was under the
deepest obligations.
The thanks of the meeting having then been voted to
Mr. de Castro for his conduct in the chair, the meeting
separated.

PLEASING RESULTS.—With the gaiety assumed by
nature in the brightness of the summer season there are
few disinclined to participate; and in pursuit of those
rational enjoyments personal 9remens, in all their
variety, are necessarily objects of desire—those, of
which the perfection and durability are at once obvious
and important, meet their most available preservative in
Lowland's Lotion; first, as a decided remedy fur all
cutaneous impurities • and, secondly, as an elegant, mild,
and effective appendage to the toilet, removing every
species of local discolouration, defending the skin from
all the well-known effects of heat upon its surface, and
as contributing largely to continued delicacy and fresh-
ness of the complexion.
THE UNKINDEST CUT op ALL.—Mr. Roebuck has
been abusing in Parliament the daily press. What, in the
Hanle of pity, have we done that we are not included in the
lion. Member's abuse ?—Punch.

BENNNVIS WHISKY.—In a late number of our
paper an account appeared of the sale of the wines,
spirits, &c., of the late Duke of Sussex, in which it was
stated that two dozen of whisky, presented to. his Royal
Highness by one of our Scotch Members of Parliament,
sold fqr -19§t ptr. toile, The whisky, for which this
linPrPeetiOnted prioe was given, we now learn, was made
by Mr. Macdonald of the .Bennevis Distillery, and,
though only a few years old, was preferred to t.ite.
ent other celebrated old whiskies, sotae of thepqrja4,al
age of twenty-five, in his Royal Eiglinese Cellar. The
dew of Bennevis, ao famous' among the 11.4
th64nliunfain and the'floo,d,',' it nlpppw , 5t4,104 44
high as teiiie clo,ud-.capP,ed rrip-imiain' whence it arises'.
,Nor it 14s'i kfloWn'and reliAed abroad than at home,
io proof of which it may be mentioned, that Mr. Mac-
donald was appointed last-year 'to make whisky for his
:Majesty the King of Holland. It may be added, 4s the
fact is not generally known, that whisky =yip sent
abroad, for ship stores, duty free../,nvhrness•Coul'ier.

(,) TT L Y 15, i 844,

SUMMER ASSIZES.
OXFORD CIRCUIT—Abingdon, July 19.
(Nisi Prius Court.—Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL).
• GREEN AND ANOTHER V. BRADFIELD.
Mr. Godion (with whom was Mr. Carrington) appeared in
this case for the plaintiffs; and the defendant was represen-
ted by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Tyrwhitt.
This was an action brought to recover the sum of al •
leged
by the plaintiffs, the assignees of the estate and effects
of one RiChard Pusey, a bankrupt, to have been paid to the
defendant by Way of fraudulent preference. The trial occu-
pied between four and five holm,- bat :the really material
facts of the- case may be- stated in a very few lines. It ap-
peared that Pusey, the bankrupt, who carried on business as
a baker at Drayfee, ibund himself a good deal embarrassed
in his circumstances in August and September last, when a
pewit named Cox, fromwhom he had purchased some wheat
for flow, watedy made applications to him for money.
and at last Induced Pgey to premip that he would let him
• haVe the amount which he was to receive from the I,bingdon anion, which Pusey supplied-. with bread, at the-end of the
September quarter. The defendant (Bradfield) had so a-
plied to busby rbr some Maley tt,ir flour It Lich had been sold
and delivered, and on the morning of Monday, the 2,1 of Oc--
, toter last, Posey gave his brother John an order for 191.,
which he had received from the Abingdon, union, and 111.
more in cash', hi' hand °yet, to the defendaqt. , (3111 the saim
day a ATT..' i•if-hn, whom Pusey had exproe a wish to see. called upcn. him, and some ponyersatien.took p.laee about
Puie34_! &u-tit, t'il49vqtd3_ o.wctiia 4.-Nat aaio
;Imre Money titan he ccioo4 114,Y/ and that lit toold not
carry on his business. Us Was recommended to go to a
solicitor, and having acted upon that recommendation, an
assignment of Pusey's property for the benefit of
his creditors was agreed upon,. and Mr. COX:1 aftcvward,t the petitioning creditor, and one o tht`. to In the D-re-
sent action, conseuted 4q Di-A 44 age of the trastoPs under the
deed. - '4114e p.retiehrifefendant was then applied to for the
same purpose, but the deed of assignment wait never acted
upon, as- Mr. Cox subsequently foul out that the defendant
had received the 30/. now 10 iutestion,, and expressed his de-
termination to 11144 a t'nse alaankropt rather than that the
defendant should retain the money. ,The defendant was
equally resolute; "he had got the 'money, and ho should
issued against Pusev, upon a deciar.ation of insolvency made
and advertised by .Pile himself. Reliance was placed,- on -on behalf ei'the atslgnees, upon statements rattde bothby the
banlcrupt and the defendant, that there hact_nOt. been any
pressure" on the part of the defendant to compel Pusey to
pay the 301. i 41A ttgLankrut)t himself admitted in the course
of his piarnination tuat he might have said, perhaps
half a dozen times, that the reason- he had prefbrred paying
Bradfield was, becauie he was his largest creditor.. Pusey
stated, howeyn flat at the time when he paid the money he
did not think about becoming a bankrupt, but that it was
his intention to try and get on again; although it appeared
that his debts altogether amounted to 450/., while the debts
owing to him which could be put (lowa as "good," amounted
to 59/. odd, and the doubtful debts were 2501,
Lord Chief 4400 TINDAL, in summing up the evidence,
told the jury, that the ground ,on which the plaintiffs
sought to recover the 304 was; that Richard Pusey, know-
ing that his affairs were in that condition and posture
that a fiat in., bankruptcy would be issued against him,
thought proper, of his own accord, to pay that sum toMr. Bradfield, one of his creditors; and if the jury were sa-
tisfied upon the evidence that the money was paid without
any pressure on the part of Mr, Bradfield, and also that
Pusey knew he must be a bankrupt, and paid the money in
contemplation of bankruptcy, the plaintiffs had a right to
recover i but unless both circumstances concurred, they
should find for the defendant. The two points, therefore,
which they must consider, were very narrow indeed, and the
evidence relating to them lay within a very small compass;
for it did not signify. a doit, as it seemed to him, whether
Cos had pressed for his money or net. Cox was pressing
Pusey for payment, no doubt, from night till morning, and
so might twenty other persons have done.; but the question
for their consideration upon the first point was, whether the
money paid to the defendant was a voluntary payment. In
order to constitute " pressure," it was not necessary that
legal proceedings should have been resorted to ; but if the
pressure was such that it overweighed Pusey's own inclina-
tion, and induced him to pay against his will, that would be
sufficient pressure within the meaning of the bankrupt laws.
Assuming them to be satisfied that the pressure was made
out, they would then have to say whether they were also
satisfied that the payment was made in contemplation of
bankruptcy. They, would observe that the flat did not issue
till nearly seven weeks after the payment of the money; and
although there was no doubt that Pusey was in embarrassed
circumstances at the time, It did not necessarily follow that
he contemplated bankruptcy, as a man might hope that his
affairs would rally and come round again.- Nothing appeared,
either, to lead the mind to the conclusion that a bankruptcy
was contemplated at the meeting which took place when the
assignment was propos'd, and the bankrupt himself stated
that he had never thought of such a 'thing. HoWever, they
would take the whole of the evidence into their consideration,
and return such a verdict as they thought the evidence would
warrant them in finding.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
The special jury cause of "Doe, dem. Major and others r.
Cundell, ' was settled, and the civil business having been all
thus disposed of, the Lord Chief Justice tried two or three
prisoners, and rose at five o'clock.
CROWN COURT.--(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY.)
Thomas Crofts; aged 48, a hairdresser, was indicted for
having, on the 18th of November last, at Newbury, com-
mitted a felonious assault upon the per-Son of his own daugh-
ter, Ann Crofts.

Mr. Selfe conducted the case for the prosecution, and the
prisoner Was defended by Mr. Carrington.
It appeared from the evidence given by the prosecutrix,
that in November last she resided with her father at New-
bury, her mother being dead, and that on the day upon which
the offence was perpetrated, her father came home in a state
of intoxication, about nine o'clock in the evening, and was
assisted by her up stairs to bed. According to her account,
violence was then offered to her, but she did not call for as-
sistance, because her father threatened to cut her throat if
she cried out. Two or three hours afterwards the prisoner
went. down stairs, and left the house, saving that he was
going to drown himself ; upon which Ann Crofts went to
the houie of a neighbour, a Mrs. Challis, and went with her
in search of him.. She said nothing, however, at that time
to Dirs. Challis, nor to a person named Eliza Ann White, who
came and slept with her that night, about what had occurred
upstairs, nor did she communicate her story to anybody till
the 28th of November, although she had two married aunts
living within half a mile of Newbury. 'On the 28th of No-
vember she told Mts. Challis what had happened to her, and
Mrs. Challis taxed the prisoner with it ; but although he ad-
mitted the fact, according to the evidence for the prosecution,
no charge was preferred against him till May last, when a
quarrel having taken place between Ann Crofts and the pri-
soner, who had then lately come into possession of between
1001. and 2001., he struck her, and. she convicted him before
the' magistrates of an assault. He was fined 10s. Gd. for the
misdemeanor, and while Ann Crofts was going down stairs
from the justice-room, she told the magistrates the same
story about the occurrences of the 18th of November which
she repeated to-day.

_ Mr.. CARRINGTON' addressed the jury for the prisoner. 4.
Verdict-,-Not guilty. •
Thomas May was found guilty of a rape upon Janette God-
dard, a child between ten and twelve years of age, and was
sentenced to transportation for life.
SINGULAR CASE OF Annucnox.--Thomas Robins, a good-
looking lad of 18, was indicted, under the statute 9 George
IV., c. 31, for having taken Jane Willavize, an unmarried
girl under the age of 16 years, out of the possession and
against the will of her father, William Willavize.
Mr. Selfe conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was de-
fended by Mr. J. J. Williams.
The prosecutor is a farmer occupying 600 acres of land,
for which he pays a rent of 7001. a year, at West Woodhay,
in this county, and the prisoner was his under carter. Mr.
Willavize kept no female servant ; and it appeared that his
eldest daughter Jane, a buxom-looking lass, apparently 18
years of age, although her father stated she was 15 years
old on the 9th of October, 1843, occasionally performed
menial offices, which brought her in communication with the
young and handsome under carter. On the night of the 6th,
or the morning of the 7th of May, the prosecutor missed
both his daughter .and the prisoner, who usually slept in
the house ; .and it appeared from the evidence of the young
lady hersel, that _ _

• " On such a night as this," •
she found a ladder placed against the door of a hay-loft,
which communicated with her bed-room, saw her swain
standing at the bottom, whom, she said, she expected to
find there, and ran off with him, first to Reading, and thence-
to Old Breutford, where they were found by the incensed
father living together as man and wife about a fortnight
afterwards. The young lady frankly admitted that it was
she who had offered to go oft with the prisoner, and not the
prisoner who had proposed to run away with her.
Mr. Williams submitted' that' under these circumstances
there was 'no " taking" within the meaning of the Act of
Parliament. ,
Ills Lonnstur, however, was of a different opinion, and the
jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, the prisoner was
fined Is., which he immediately paid, and was discharged.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Buckingham, July 11.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDER,SON.) • ,
James Holbrook was indietud for feloniously setting fire to
a wheat rick, the pruporty of John Harris, in the night of
the 28th of March.

Mr. Birch prosecuted the prisoner, whom Mr. Saunders de-
fended.

The prisoner was a carpenter, and the felony in question
was committed from private and personal motives. He had
married a niece of the prosecutor, and one consequence of
this union appeared to be, that private. disagreetnents grew
up between the prisoner and his wife's . uncle, and frequent
quarrels took place. In the- evening of the day mentioned
in the indictment the wheat rick 'of the prosecutor was dis-
covered in flames, and the prisoner was seen deliberately walk-
ing in a direction from the fire towards his own house die did
not attempt to assist in extinguishing the flames. From this
circumStanoe, and that of the prisoner having indulged in
40110 threats against his uncle, suspicion fell on_ him, and
he 'was apprehended, and immediately admitted that lie had
committed the offence. This, be continued to assert for
some time; but on the following day he regarded his situa-
tion as oile.of peril, and denied, that he himself did, it, but
saidthat it was committed by a little boy, to whom he gave
the matches with which the fire was lighted. Evidence of
threats against the prosecutor on the part of the prisoner was
given, and he was shown to have been loitering about the
rick-yard just before the fire broke out.
The Learned BARON summed up the evidence, the jury
found the prisoner Guilty,.and he was sentenced to be trans-
ported for life, after an impressive admonition.
The other cases tried were of the most commonplace cha-
,racter.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT—York, July 11.
' The Northern Circuit commenced yesterday by the arrival
of the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Creswell last even-
ing, when the commissions of assize were opened both for the
coanty and for the city of York.
This morning the Lord Chief Baron charged the grand
jury of the city, and the Learned Judges breakfasted, as is
usual, with the Lord Mayor.
At noon their. Lordships proceeded to the Cntle, where
the Lord Chief Baron took his seat on the civil side, and Mr,
JustiCe Cresswell proceeded to charge the grand jury of the
countyin the Crown Court.
The assizes are not likely to be heavy. The entry of causes
is not yet cloyed, but is not expected to be more than between
00 andl'O.
-_:The calendar contains the names of 68 priganors for. the
county, which are comprised in 46 cases. In the city therp
arbiour prisoners, in two casc,a, There is cale'd-„age of wit_
ful murder, in which no iewer than sly ilersons are:accused ;
2 caws of foriwy, 7 of robber, ri of stabbing and wounding;
8 of manslaughter, 5
Sheep stealing 1 Of hpke .atealiug
or arson, 1 e.,f letteristeallng.• Upoilr-t'he whole the calendar
is c4doired .
SUE .—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.)
UORRODALE V. FREAK AND 'ANOTHER.
• This was an action for assault and false imprisontneat.
Mr. Wilkins appeared for the plainti#:, ;,,wl kr, Martin for
the defendants.
It appeared thab the defendants had been the constables
,of Now ga4cri,in the. North Riding, for tbfl
and on the 15th of April, 1843, had been, chosen and ,sworn
in to the same office for the following year. little before
eleven o'clock in the, mnipg. Of tat days which happened
VD bp Saturday,ibey went round the town to clear the

• public-houses and beer -shop ,
s t the hours at whir;
who hat being .
they were bound to shut
up. There was a person nanic,,
Noble kept a beer-shop, into whiCh they went, and tin
people turned out. They then went into the-street,
Ith•
soon after, hearing a noise in a house which,it was' aid, tilt.,
mistook for Noble 5, and Iv:licit adjoined to it, they weg: i;-,
and turned the owner and his with out of their otrn hon.,.
file noise and hubbub occasioned by these proceedin,
brought a number of people together, and the "plaintitl
among the rest. Altercation ensued between and the
constables, and it was sworn by one witness thatLim one of th:Au
struck.him a violent blow on the thigh with his 'staff; :Ind
brought the plaintiff to the ground. They then took Inv%
to the lock-up, procured the' koy, an4l thrust him in, wht4itt
they kept. him during the whole ofSattirday nighi, all Sun-
day, and Sunday night, and it was not till Monday ;nothing
that he was liberated.
Mr. MARTIN addressed the jury on the part .of the de,
fendants, and denied that they truok the plaintiff, and mutt
be was instructed that t !;‘ , ,;;s his coming to the.grour4
was that he 7 thi.ew hi::-, ~ ';' ..,.....i to resist being Wiest
es
p:ison. The Learned (.;-,,kakan did not 'call any witnesses
in 'support c!" that. ‘,;.,ision of the story, and n.:imitted that
there Illilit ;4. re VCritiCL agiirist him. Tho LottniCiEF II:taw; summed up :TO evidence. and
the jury, after a n
.6hort deliberation, a ret.tt verdict tJr the
:
,ilaintill---DaMtle s, 20/. Arne

CROWN SIDE.
Samuel" PettY was indi".."Led for forging a . certain receipt
acquittance fer Os, 2:1 l‘ith intent to defraud one.
Taylor. •-•
•11,:sieg ftid Mr 'll. Hill co:idocted the prosecution, and
31. r. 'Wilkins and Air. Pashley the defence..
• The prisoner, it Uppeared, had been a clothier at r.redtbrd,
in 'rather a re+eetable way of business, and in the_beginnin7
of last year hil(1 dealings, amongst other parties, will Hain Taylor, a woolstapler in the same town. In the January
of that year 'tailor sold to the prisoner a considerable quan-
tity of goods, the invoice Of which was delivered to hint at
tit6-tiMe. On the Ist of March, these goods not being paidfor, for, the prisoner applied to Taylor for afurther parcel,
laylor ref-Used to let him have, except.- on condition of the
fbrmer parcel being pail for, anti on these terms the prisoner
finally roecived goods, from Taylor to the amount of
1431, 4s, 2d. An invoice was sent for these goods. in
handwriting
.of.TaVlor. In the course of the same inoti•li
Taylor, having met with a heavy loss by the failure of
Baines and Co., was obliged to call his creditors to;#
and an assigment of all his goods for their benefit was
cute(' by Inin'to John Adamson and others. In the .7.117=e
of May. following Mr. Adamson, in collecting the deb,,
irr
to the insolvent Taylor,. called on the prisoner, by whom he
was informed that his debt to the iasolvent's estate amounted
to about 170 L, to which sum it had been increased by the
addition of a bale of goods on the 2d of March. On asu &se-
quent application in the month of November the prisoner
stated that his account, with the exception of 351., !ma het. a
settled; and he produced two invoices, one for the goods de-
liveEvd, In January, and one for those delivered in Mss, r,
both purporting to have been settled by Taylor. An inter-
view subsequently took place, at which Taylor, the prisoner,
and his solicitor, and sonic of the trustees of the insolvent,
.were present, when Taylor declared the receipt, or acqttittace,
appended to the second invoice to be a forgery. Au action
.was commenced by the assignees to recover the full amodkt.
The prisoner pleated payment of all except 35L, which he
paid into court. The case came on for trial at the last Yolik
.-Assizes before Mr. Baron Rolfe, when a verdict was obtained
for,tlie ptaiutifts, •This prosecution was accordingly com-
menced.
The jury, after a considerable retirement, returned a ver-
dict of Guilty. The sentence was deferred.
TVE

£S: ERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, July 11.
The commission for holding the assizes for the county of
Hants was Opened in this city between five and six o'clock
yesterday afternoon, by Mr. Justice Wightman, who WAS
met at the railway station by the High Sheriff. Mr. Justice
-Patteson arrived by the mail train. This morning theqr
Lordships attended divine service at the Cathedral, and soon
after twelve o'clock repaired to the Courts, Mr. Justice Wight-
man presiding in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice Patteson
sitting at Nisi Prins. Although it was expected that the
business here would have been heavy, still it has turned out
otherwise. There are only 12 mks and 31 prisoners, but
among the latter are the following charges :-1 for murder;
for manslaughter; 1 for maliciously cutting and wounding;
3 for arson ' • 3 fur rape (2 of them on children of 7 and
.t
years); 2 for highway robbery; and 2 for burglary.
In the Crown Court Mr. Justice Wightman has tried a,
man for cutting and wounding, where the wound was of the
slightest description; and in which the jury considered the
prisoner had acted under such provocation that he was fully
justified in acting on the defensive, and he was therefore ac-
quitted. His Lordship has also tried a man for manslaughter,
but in this ease the whole affair was a public-house quarrel,
-ending in a tight, which the prisoner throughout had been
anxious to prevent. •
In the Nisi Prins Court, Mr. Justice Patteson, after taking
sonic- undefended causes, tried two actions of ejectment,
which will form a subject for discussion in the Courts next
term. • .

GL A A fOR GA N S 1.1 11W.— Cardff, July 8.
These assizes commenced this day before Baron Rolfe.
The cause list only contained 11 causes, and the calendar of
prisoners only 15 prisoners.
John Rees and Ann Williams were indicted for 'administer-
ing poison to the female prisoner's mother, Mary 'Vaughan.
11Ir. Williams and Mr. Richards appeared for the prosecu-
tion ; the prisoners were undefended.
Verdict—Guilty. . Transportation for life.
William Edwards, William Jones, and R. Thomas were in-
dicted for feloniously having set fire to and burn down a cer-
tain outhouse at Merthey, in this county.
Mr. R. C. N. Carne and Dr. N. Came appeared for the
prosecution; and Mr. V. Williams and Mr. Richards de •
fended the prisoners.
The whole point of this case turned upon the word " cow-
house" in the indictment, and which word is not in the Act of
the ith William IV. and Ist Victbria, c. 89.
The Learned JUDGE, after hearing the arguments of coun-
sel, decided that a cowhouso was not a stable within the
meaning of the Act,-but he would reserve the point as-to the
word " outhouse ;" however, the prisoners were acquitted on
the merits.

Tuesday, July 9.

TIIE QUEEN V. DE BURGH: TIIO3I,As.
Mr. "Wilson appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. V.
• Williams defended the prisoner. -
The prisoner is a gentleinan, and brother of Mr. D. Tho-
mas, of Pwllyurach, in the county of Glamorgan, a man of
considerable landed property. The Prisoner was indicted under
aggravated circumstauces,*for cutting and stabbing one W.
Rice, with divers intents;
William Rice—l am gardener to Colonel Tuberville, at
Lanblethian, in this county. I remember meeting the pri-
soner; he was with my sister, coming out of a shed attached
to my father's house. I did not like the prisoner to follow
my sister, as I knew it was for a very bad purpose. I tried
to take my sister from him. She ro.ri from me. I then weut
to Mr. Thomas, and desired bins to go about his business.
He was then on foot; It was near eleven o'clock. He then
got on his horse. I agab "told bins to be off ; he was very
abusive. I threatener►' to strike him. He then backed Ns
horse for three or kur vards. I went to him and again told
him_ to.be off, a'ail raised my ann up, and then I felt my arm
as if a sharl., instrument had entered it. I felt wounded, and
then I struck him, and he then galloped off. I called out to
my father that I was shot in the arm. • I thought I was shot,
because I knew that the 'prisoner generally carried pistols.
I bled very much. I walked to Cowbridge, nearly half a
mile, to Mr. Lewellyn, a surgeon. I felt very weak. I• had.
my wound dressed that night and next morning. I was be-
fore the magistrate on the Sunday.
John Rice, the second witness, said—l am the father of the
last witness. I remember my son calling out that he was
stabbed by Mr. De Burgh Thomas. I saw my son and. Mr.
Thomas, and Mr. Thomas said, "Don't touch me for your
life." My son said lie had been shot in the arm. I saw the
hole in his coat, and blood flowing out. He then went to the
doctor with my other son. (This man had been made so
drunk as to be unable to give his testim;my, and was com-
mitted by the Judge.)
Mr. Lewellyu, a surgeon—l ex'amined prosecutor's left
arm. I found a wound about an inch long and about the
same in depth. It was a cle..dtly cat wound by a sharp iu-
strument.
M. Hervey—l am a policeman. I produce the bloody
clothes.

(The clothes were here produced, literally soaked with
blood.)
William Rice was here recalled by the Judge, and upon
being questioned about his father's intoxicated state, he
stated that some of the prisoner's relatives had got hold of the
witness (his father), and had plied him with drink so as to.
Make him incapable of giving his evidence. This disgraceful
conduct was severely commented upon by Baron Rolfe.
Mr. V. WILLIAMS addressed the jury for the prisoner, who,
after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty of a
common assault. Sentence—three months' imprisonment.

• COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, FmnAy.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked
this morning to the farm. Her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness returned to the Castle m a pony phaetc,n.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken an
airing in the forenoon in a carriage. Their Royal Highnesses
the Princess Royal and the Prince Alice were taken in the
pleasure grounds of the Castle.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited he
Majesty.
In the afternoon'the Queen, accompanied by the Princess
Royal, and atteCied by the Viscountess Jocelyn and the
Hon. Miss Pivot, took an airing in an open pony carriage
and four. -Ills Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the
Equcnies in Waiting, Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, were
on horsehack;

The royal party returned to the Castle soon after six o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing
this afternoon, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, in an
open carriage.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice was taken an air-
ing in the Slopes, this afternoon.
The Royal dinner party at the. Castle, this evening, in-
cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna
Maria Dawson, the Countess Josephine Wrati-slaw, Sir George
trouper, Bart., and Lieut.-Colonel Berkeley Drummond.
'The band. of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended during
dinner.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance at the Caitle
during the evening.
The Bead of the ROyal Horse Guards attended at the
Castle on Thursday *evening, and performed during dinner
tin following pieces :—Overture, (Weber); Waltz, "Dublin,"
(Labitzky) ; Selection, " Teri," (Ringmuller) ;. Quadrille,
(Leduc); Polka.

weir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of
Meeklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron Knesebeck and
Baroness Ahlefeldt, honoured the Duke and Duchess of
Beallfert with their company to dinner yesterday tht their re-
sidence in ArlingtOu-street.
Her 31ajestv's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Al-nu
were inspeaed yesterday at St. James's Palace, their
Captain, Lord Forester, who expressed his amohation of
the appearance of the corps.
- The Governor and Deputy-Governor of tLe Bank of Dog-
land-had an interview with the Chancelor of the Exchequer
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing- street. Mr.
John Wobd, Chairman of the, Hoard of liKeise alSo had an
interview with the Right lion. Gentleman.

JOINT-STK-IC BINKS.---110 Government have fol-
lowed nv.tbeir line of polleA4 V.ith respect to public comps-
vAltte., by bringiu,,.tviAA A Dill "to regulate joint-stock banks England," wiAia. i:entains 45 clauses, It enacts, amongst
other pro‘fichiivtvi., the following :—.l;Jint-stock banks hereafter
ctqa,ia-eil must conform to ttis Act, and no more than
persons will be allowed to carry on the trade of bankers in
England, under an:;-Agrecment or covenant of co-partnerdhip,
entered into P!..to' the 6th of May last passed, unless by virtue
•of letter; rzicnt, to -be granted. by her Majesty. The pro-
`,ltlikd company must petitlon for a charter, to be granted on
the favourable report of the Board of Trade. A deed of set-
tlement, contaleing vrovisions for certain special purposes,
must he prepared. No company to commence business until
• *;ae. deed is executed, anti at /east one-half of the shares paid
Incorporation, it 5.11.4 to limit the shareholders'
`Au tfills:4e--sclikange shit promissory notes made, accepted,
pr 4tenuned, on behalf of a company must be signed by two
directors. The 43d clause enacts that existing companies
may be brought under the operation—that is, " take the be-
nefit" of this Act.

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YARD, on MoNDAT NEXT, July 15, 1844, at Two o'Clock,
precisely, the following Goods, viz.:-
2,000 BIRD'S EYE PINE APPLES, of the same fine description
as imported last season, just landed, ex Reis Effendi, from Eleuthera.
To be viewed on the Morning of Sale, and Catalogues to be had of
KEELING and HUNT, Brokers.
2, Monument-yard ; and 9, Pudding-lane.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING JULY 13,
Will be performed (last time this season) Donizetti's Opera, entitled
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.
'the part of Edgardo by Sig. Moriani; Enrico, Sig. kornasari ;
Bidebent, Sig. Paltoni; Lucia, Madame Persiani.
Between the Acts a Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Cerito and
M. St. Leon will appear.
To conclude with GISELLE Giselle, Mdlle. Fanny Elssler.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box
Office, Opera Colonnade.
Signor Costa's new Opera,
on Tuesday next.

" Don Carlo.," will be repeated

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Signor MORIANI respectftilly informs the Nobility, Patron: to
the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that HI, BENtk IT and
last appearance will take place
ON THURSDAY NEXT, JULY 18,
When will be performed Donizetti's Opera,
LUCREZIA BORGIA.

Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Grisi ; Orsini, Mdlle. Favanti ; Alphonso,
Signor Lablache ; Gubetti, Signor Paltoni ; Astolfo, Sig. A. Giubilei ;
and Gennaro, Signor Moriani (for this occasion only).
Between the Acts a Divertissement, by Mdlle. Fanny Elseler,
Mdlle. Cerito, MM. Perrot and St. Leon.
With other Entertainments, the particulars of which will be
forthwith announ• ed.

To conclude with a Favourite Ballet, in which all the principal
Artistes of her Majesty's Theatre will appear.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box.
-dfico., Opera-colonnade. Doors open at Seven; the Opera will coin.
retice at Half-past Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LES EE.
THIS EVENING, JULY 13,
Will be repeated the Prize Comedy of
QUID PRO QUO; or, THE DAY OF DUPES.
With a Prologue spoken by Mr. Webster.

Earl Oe Hunsdon, Mr. Stuart; Load Bellamont, Mrs. Nisbett ;
Jeremy Origson, Mr. Strickland; thruy, Mr. H. Holl; Captain
Sippett, Mr Buckstone; Sir George Mordent, Mr. W. Fsrren ;
Countess of Hunsdoa, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Mary Rivers, Miss
Julia Bennett; Mrs. Grigson, Mrs. Glover; Bridget I rim, Mrs.
,Humby.
After the Comedy Mr. John Parry will sing " Fayre Rosamonde."
After which, will be repeated a New Farce, entitled THE MIL.
LINER'S HOLIDAY. Sir Simon Sparkes, Mr. Buckstone; Mr.
Pennywig, Mr. Strickland; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett;
Miss Potts, Mrs. Humby.
To conclude with THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love
and the Polka. Philli pot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste;
who will dance the celebrated Polka.
orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, .Ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, -?s.; Upper
illery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
H
Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at alf-past Six, and the Performances
commence at Seven. . _

Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. L T. Archer. at the Box.
o'ice. from Ten till Five.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING,JULY__I3.

Last Night of the Prize Comedy QUID PRO QUO; or, The
Day of Dupes, until the return of Mrs. Nisbett, from her Live. pool
Wig ,geinent. Positively the Last Night of THE TRUMPETER'S
DAUGHTER ; er, Love and the Polka, in which Me. Webster add
Madame Celeste will introduce their celebrated Polca," as danced
at the Courts of Russia and Prussia.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STU ELT.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, JULY 13,
NVill be performed LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucy, Miss
Austin ; Edgar, Mr, Allen.
After which, LOVE AND CHARITY. In which Messrs. Fitz..
James, Ozberry, and Mrs. Stirling w,ll perform.
'lO conclude with a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE
WONDERFUL LAMP, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin.
A banazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin. Mr. Wright; Princess
Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanhi.

"LHEA FRE ROY AL LYCEUM,
LATE ENGLISH OPERA.
HOUS
Under the Managetaent of Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, JULY 13,
Will be prOcLuced a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZ LE.
WIC. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining,
Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner,
St mum, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley ; Miss For.
rescue, Miss Wool/ar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss
grove, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley.
To be lohowed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKA MANIA•
rharacters by Mr. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. heeley, Miss
Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO-
MENTOUS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F.
Vining, J. W. Collies, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. -

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF A III&
Prenr;etor and Manager, Mr. BATTY.
•
SPLENDID JUVENILE FETES.
Great Success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and Military
and Naval Spectacle.
THV EVENING. JULY 13,
Will be repeated al entire new Military and Naval Equestrian
Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of
Ain°, by 8.-itish Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, &c.,
to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast
of 250 Lanterns.
After which a graceful and novel pageant, entitled THE ROY L
COTILLION 'OF ERA NC IS THE FI EST; or, The Beauties of the
Louvre. Marguerite de Valois, Mrs. Batty.
New and unequalled Scenes of the Circle—Extraordinary. Feats
of Horsemanship by Monsieur Louis Tournaire, S g. Cermani, Herr
liesback, La Petit Isabelle, Mr. Newsome, &c., with Mr. B. Smith's
highly trained Steeds.
In conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLECHASE; or, En;-
lane's Harvest Home.
The doors will open nightly at six o'cloc.c, and the i,riormances
commence at seven. Box-ottice opened daily from ten till four. The
private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated wi. h care and
splendour. •
Acting and stage:manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE
THIS EVENING, JULY 13,
Will be performed an entirely new Aquatic Spectacle, introducing
Three Scenes of Real Water, entitled THE MOUNTAIN CATA.
R ACT; or, The Enchanter's Spell.
After which, a Lilliputian Ballet, entitled Napoleon's Gene-
rosity," in which the Brockstedt Family—three German Lilliputians,
only 24. 32, and 36 inches in height—will perform.
To conclude with a New Drama, called THE CARPENTER OF
ROUEN, in which Messrs Hudson Kirby, Hicks, Neville, Vale,
Heslop, Johnson, Mrs. Daly, Miss ferrey, and Mrs. R. Honner will
perform.
Places and Private Boles to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box..
office, from Eleven to Four.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Daylight View of
LONDON in the OLDEN TIME!
Painted by Danson and Telbin.
The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all
former precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer
are all struck with its extraordinary beauty and fidelity of delinea-
tion, and are unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex-
hibition ever witnessed. To view it only ar a vehicle for the terrific
display at Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen in the calm stillness of
the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa.
tious Lake, to be fully appreciated.
The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS, on Mer Cays, Tues.
,lays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, conducted by Mr. Godfrey,
icsa scale of more than usual excellence: but words fail m
titsto the awful representation of
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON.
fearful characteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same
me so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic
Alt, that delight is predominant over terror; and the thousands
who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit
that Seuthby, the Unrivaled Pyrotechnist, his achieved a matchless
triumph.
The Gardens and Zoological follection are in the most perfect
state, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far
the most atetective lounge in or near t;:e metropolis.
k ceding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at
Dusk. Admitt ince, One Shilling.

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
ONE SETILLTNCI Admission to THE NAT OLEON MU-
SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Coll3etion of Histo-
rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed
by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a
cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in-
structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro-
pean history, viz.—CHARLIIS 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and
LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often,
during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of
Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladles,
also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; tUYI the Pro-
izietoe has recently been able to increase, by several very fine
pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number anti variety of
MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relic'. and other
zuriositles, in this most instructive and, as hundreds- have said it
right to be, a Neional Museum. Many thousand have inspected it,
in,' THIRTY PRIYCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
nave stated that it ought to be seen by every ode. The price of admis-
lion Is reduced to ONE Si:TILING.
The NAPOLEON MUSECM is to be seen only at the .' Egyptian
Hall," Plccinlilly, daily from Ten till Dusk.

THE WEATHER.—Swq OFFICE, .101. Y 13.
DIERMOMETER, Lowest, 55; Highest, 70; 'Noon, 66
BAROMETER, 29.97.—Widn, S.W.

NarE.—Tbe number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point, and 55 temperate. In BaromAtets fair is
asoally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

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