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The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-14

nine or ten of the judges from their respective cir-
cuits ? Why consent to the farce of calling them
together, some of them leaving causes only half
heard, inlorder to obey:the mandate ? If the law Lords
were alone competent to decide the question, why
bring justice into contempt by asking for and obtainTg
honest opinions, by which they are not only never in-
tended to profit, but which they have treated with the
most contumelious disregard ? The remedy for suc h
an evil as the late decision is not easy, but it is,
nevertheless, attainable. Judges who, like Lord
Campbell, are engaged almost daily during the session
in debating political questions in Parliament; men
whose political violence and rancour have rendered them
notorious as party agitators ; are certainly not the sort
of authorities to decide unaided, not to say in the teeth
of the other judges of the land, questions which
are reserved for the highest tribunal in the country ;
and it is, therefore, time that a controlling power,
supported as on the late occasion by the most
eminent judicial opinions, should be exercised over
them, lest, " dressed in a little brief authority," they
play " such fantastic tricks before high heaven " as
may make " even the angels weep." If it
shall be affirmed that the House of Lords will
incur a loss of dignity by allowing its privi-
leges to be something more than a fiction, as the late
decision would leave them, it is even more clear that
it will suffer a great deal more if it persists in per-
mitting three political Lords to overbear the judg-
ment, not only of a court of law, but of the great ma-
jority of the judges. We have elsewhere transcribed
from the Morning Herald of this day a triumphant
answer to the apologies which have been offered for the
conduct of the " illustrious three," by whose dictum
this disgrace has been brought upon the country ;
from which it will be seen that in spite of the absurd
vaunting of Mr. O'Connell and his friends, the verdict
itself (bating Lord Denman's solitary condemnation of
the challenge) remains wholly undisturbed on the sth,
Bth, 9th, 10th, and 11th counts, which embody every
part of the charge ; and that he therefore remains, to
all intents and purposes " a convicted conspirator."
The sentence when pronounced was legal ; the
objection applies to the mode in which it was entered
upon the record, although it differed in no respect
from the ordinary precedent on such occasions. To
the ovation, arising from the interposition of the
quirks and technicalities of the law, Mr. O'Connell
is perfectly welcome ; and we trust that the prosecu-
tion, however terminated, will have taught him the
propriety of enjoying it with moderation.
London, England, 1844-09-14

PUNCH'S CHARGE TO JURIES.

Gentlemen of the Jury,—You are sworn in all
cases to decide according to the evidence; at the
same time, if you have any doubt, you are bound to
give the prisoner the benefit of it. Suppose you have
to pronounce on the guilt or innocence of a gentle-
man accused of felony. You will naturally doubt
whether any gentleman would commit such offences ;
accordingly, however strong may be the testimony
against him, you will, perhaps, acquit him. The
evidence of your own senses is, at least, as credible as
that of the witnesses; if, therefore, your eyesight
convinces you that the prisoner is a well-dressed
person, you have a right to presume his respectability ;
and it is for you to say whether a respectable person
would be likely to be guilty of the crimes imputed to
him. In like manner, when you see a shabby-look-
ing fellow in the dock, charged, for example, with
sheep-stealing, the decision rests with you; first,
whether or not that individual is a ragamuffin; and,
secondly, how far it is probable that a man of that
description would steal sheep. Of course, as has been
before said, you will always be guided by the evi-
dence ; but then, whether the evidence is trustworthy
or not is a matter for your private consideration.
You may believe it if you choose, or you may dis-
believe it; and whether, gentlemen of the jury, you
will believe it or disbelieve it, will depend on the con-
stitution of your minds. If your minds are so con-
stituted that you wish to find the prisoner guilty,
perhaps you will believe it; if they happen to be so
constituted that you desire to find him not guilty—
why then, very likely, you will disbelieve it. You
are to free your minds from all passion and prejudice,
if you can, and, in that case, your judgment will be
unbiassed; but if you cannot, you will return a
verdict accordingly. It is not, strictly speaking,
for you to consider what will be the effect of your
verdict; but if such a consideration should occur to
you, and you cannot help attending to it, that verdict
will 'be influenced by it to a certain extent. You
are probably aware, that when you retire, you will be
locked up till you contrive to agree. You may arrive
at unanimity by fair discussion, or by some of you
starving out the others, or by tossing up ; and your
conclusion, by whichever of these processes arrived at,
will be more or less in accordance with your oaths.
Your verdict may be right ; it is to be hoped it will ;
it may be wrong; it is to be hoped it will not. At all
events, gentlemen of the jury, you will come to some
conclusion or other ; unless it should so happen that
you separate without coming to any.—Punch.
London, England, 1844-09-14

STRAND THEATRE.

Last night, after the entertainments at this theatre
had concluded, a silver cup of choice workmanship
and elegant device, was presented by the performers
to the manager, whose spirited interposition at the
moment of extreme embarrassment, we have been in-
formed, saved this popular place of resort from being
closed altogether. A select party of friends who were
invited were regaled in very handsome style upon the
stage to witness the presentation. The performers,
headed by Mr. H. Hall, the stage manager, ap-
proached Mr. 11. B. Roberts, the lessee, to testify
their grateful sense of his liberality and enterprise in
rescuing them from the lot of even larger theatres,
which had unfortunately been compelled to close but
too prematurely for the interest of the performers.
Taking the cup in his hand, Mr. Hall said—
" My dear sir, or rather my dear Mr. Roberts, I
having been associated with you in the management
of this theatre can best bear testimony to the gene-
rous enthusiasm which led you to aid the company,
when others fell from them.
" It has been said of our unfortunate profession that
gratitude is not amid our virtues.
" It has been said, but what is the fact ? Here are
the ladies and gentlemen of the Strand Theatre
anxious to show that, as you have not been wanting
to them they will not be wanting to you.
" This, Henry Ball Roberts (for I wont mister or
esquire you), is an humble, but sincere, tribute to
your genuine worth—there is not an individual here
but appreciates you as an actor, and as a man—not
one but feels that this theatre must have sunk had you
not (at a great risk) stepped forward to save it.
" Weke you absent I could say much more, but,
present, respect for your feelings enjoins silence. Ac-
cept this cup, and believe that those who present it to
you thank you for your past exertions, anticipate
your future triumphs, and in all sincerity wish health
and prosperity to you and yours, and to all that are
near and dear to you."
The speech was received with great applause.
The inscription on the cup was highly appropriate :
" When the ship's all a wreck, he who steps forth to
lead her safe to harbour should be her captain."
On the cup was also inscribed the following testi-
monial :—" Presented to Henry Ball Roberts, Esq.,
by the ladies and gentlemen of the Strand Theatre,
as a slight tribute of respect for the manner in
which, under disastrous circumstances, he aided his
brethren."
Id I
London, England, 1844-09-14

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Coxhead and P. Richards, Cheapside—T. Hall and
W.:Ridsdale, starch manufacturers, Lenton, Nottingham-
shire—J. C. Hughes and E. Palmer, auctioneers, Con-
duit-street, New Bond-street—J. Pinner and T. Davis,
upholsterers, Bridgnorth—H. Day and J. Evans, attor-
neys, Bristol—J. Cadman and W. Webb, brewers,
Pontypool, Monmouthshire—E. Oakes, jun., and W.
Oakes, corn dealers, Kinswinford, Staffordshire—J.
Waller and P. Waller, dress-makers, Congleton, Che-
shire—J. Swift and J. Brindley, earthenware manu-
facturers, Stoke-upon-Trent—R. Parkinson, jun., and
, J. H. Parkinson, wool-brokers, Leeds—R. Casson and
W. Bettison, printers, Kingston-upon-Hull—W. Paget,
sen., T. Paget, C. Paget, S. Siddon, and W. Hollins,
cotton spinners, Derby (so far as regards W. Paget)—
B. Beesley, and T. B. Beesley, ironmongers, Birming-
ham—E. Revell and J. Wood, jun., merchants,
Denbydale, Yorkshire—W. Jackson and T. M.
Mackay, ship-builders, Liverpool—J. Laffitte and.
L. Louizet, importers of foreign goods, Ad-
dle-street, Wood-street—John Lees and Jh. Lees,
cotton manufacturers, Manchester—H. Wallace and
E. D. Broughton, attorneys, Nantwich, Cheshire—H.
Croft and J. S. Wooller, dyers, Bradford—J. Carden
and J. A. Whittard, linendrapers, Bristol.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
RICHARD FRASER and STEPHEN FRASER,
tailors, Edinburgh, Sept. 16 and Oct. 14, at twelve, at
the chambers of Mr. Robertson, South St. Andrew-
street, Edinburgh.
DAVID KTER, slate merchant, Irvine, Sept. 18 and
Oct. 12, at ten, at the Eglinton Arms, Irvine.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending Sept. 10, 1844, is 325. I Id. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Btitain.

SUICIDE BY HANGING.—On Friday morning,
shortly after eight o'clock, Thomas Noy, aged fifth, an
officer formerly holding a situation in the Recruiting-
office, Duke-street, Westminster, committed suicide at
his residence, Tower-street, Waterloo-road, where he
resided with his daughter. He had been in a despond-
ing state for some time, owing to his being discharged
from his situation for some misconduct. Not coming
down to his breakfast at his usual hour, his daughter
went into his bedroom to call him. On entering she
found him suspended by the neck with a rope, fastened
to a hook in the wall. A surgeon was sent for, who
found that life was quite extinct. His body was quite
warm. A letter was found near the deceased, addressed
to the Coroner for Surrey, which is in the possession of
the police.
London, England, 1844-09-14

DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Carruthers, distiller, Speldhurst, Kent, Oct. 8, at
half-past eleven—J. Garnet, hatter, Tooley- street, Bo-
rough, Oct. 8, at half-past twelve.
In the Country.
F. Jordan, jun., and IL L. Magrath, merchants, Liver.
pool, Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court
—C. Elliott, tallow merchant, Leeds, Oct. 10, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
J. Bail, cabinet-maker, Salisbury, Oct. 5—R. Hodg-
son, mercer, Bishop Auckland, Durham, Oct. 7—W.
Weir, iron merchant, Carlisle, Oct. 7—J. W. Robey,
builder, tipper John-street, Fitzroy-square, Oct. 4
J. W. Mardall, insurance broker, New Shoreham, Sussex,
Oct. 4—J. Elliott, innkeeper, Caxton, Cambridgeshire,
Oct. 4—J. F. Wood, surgeon, Oxford, Oct. 4—A. Port-
way, tea dealer, Braintree, Essex, Oct. 4—B. W. Blake,
merchant, City-road, Oct. 4—W. Dethick, lime mer-
chant, Templo-street, Whitefriars, Oct 4.
London, England, 1844-09-14

WOOLWICH, FRIDAY.

RETURN OF THE BLACK EAGLE STEAM-VESSEL:—
It will be recollected that, in the description of the
royal progress, the Black Eagle steam-vessel, under
the command of Captain the Earl of Hardwicke, was
stated to be several miles astern of the royal yacht
on reaching the Nore. On proceeding to sea, Cap-
tain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence made signals for the
Black Eagle to advance, and delayed the progress of
the royal steam yacht until both were opposite each
other. His Lordship then made signals to start both
at the same time, to ascertain which of the vessels
would first reach Dundee. The Black Eagle soon
showed her superiority over the royal yacht as a
sea-going steamer, having gained three miles in six
hours against her fast opponent. The Black Eagle
continued a-head at the same rate throughout the
voyage, and consequently was the first to reach the
Frith f Tay and Dundee. The Black Eagle re-
turned to Woolwich shortly before ten o'clock this
forenoon, under the command of Captain the Earl of
Hardwicke.
MILITARY FLoGGlNG.—Yesterday morning, at a
quarter to seven o'clock, the troops were mustered on
the garrison parade to hear the proceedings of a
general court-martial read against two gunners of
the Royal Regiment of Artillery, named Smith and
, the crimes alleged against them being, that
of striking a non-commissioned officer of the same
regiment whilst in the execution of his duty ; also,
desertion, selling their regimental necessaries, and
rubbing a comrade. The prisoners were found guilty
of the charges preferred against them, and were sen-
tenced to receive one hundred and fifty lashes each,
the finding of which sentence her Majesty finally ap-
proved of. The troops were then marched off to the
rear of the Royal Artillery barracks, where the un-
fortunate men were ordered to strip, and were then
tied up to the triangles, and the horrors of the scene
commenced. '1 he unfortunate culprits received the
number awarded them without imploring mercy,
though their sufferings were truly awful to behold.
The men were then conveyed to the Ordnance Medi-
cal Hospital to be cured. A number of other gun-
ners of the Royal Artillery, who had been tried by
court-martial for offences, were sentenced to various
terms of imprisonment in the Penitentiary, and were
marched off under escort for that destination.
London, England, 1844-09-14

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRKSTONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.

AhRIVALS.
SEPT. 6. Camilla, schooner, Thomas Hallifax, jun.,
from Cherbourg.
7. Dream, cutter, George Bentinck, Esq., from Dart-
mouth ; Gem, schooner, John Hambrough, Esq., from
Cherbourg ; Rowena, cutter, George Simpson, Esq.,
from Southampton.
9. Flower of Yarrow, cutter, Marquis of Conyngham,
from Dartmouth ; Dove, cutter, Lindsey Shedden, Esq.,
from S. uthampton.
12. Medina, cutter, A. J. Hambrough, Esq., Dart-
mouth.
London, England, 1844-09-14

BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1835.
London Office, No. Z, MOORGATE.STREET.
September 12, 1844.
NOTICE OF DIVIDEND
The COURT of DIRECTORS hereby give notice that a HALF-
YEARLY DIVIDEND of Four per Cent. (being at the rate of Eight
per Cent. per annum) will be PAYABLE to the Proprietors of O'd
Shares in this Corporation on Tiwasnsv, the 10th day of October
next, at their Offices as above, between the hours of Ten and Three ;
and that a Dividend at the same rate will likewise then be paid on
the First and Second Instalments of 10'. each upon the New Shares.
The Transfer Books of the Bank, both for Old and New Shares, will
be Closed on Friday, the 119th instant, and continue so until the Di-
vidend becomes payable.
By order of the Court,
WILLIAM MILLIKEN, Secretary.

THE HEPTAPRXMION FINE ART
DISTRIBUTION.
Mrs. PARKES begs to inform the Public that, by the advice of
her Friends, and for the satisfaction of the Subscribers, she has fully
authorised a COMMITTEE of GENTLEMEN to act for her in the
General Management e her present scheme. The Public will he
assured thereby of its being carried to successful termination on the
30th instant. _ _

At a Meeting of the said Committee, held at 22, Golden-square,
this day, WILLIAM UPCOTT, Esq., in the Chair, it was resolved
to publish the following Address :
The COMMITTEE of the lIEPTAPRAMION LOTTERY for
the management of Mrs. PARKES'S Grand Scheme hereby give
notice, that they have consented to act for her interest, and as a
guarantee to the Public for its due fulfilment according to the Pro-
spectus as before published.
They earnestly request all Persons Intending to subscribe to take
Tickets immediately of her Agents, or at 22, Golden-square, where
these celebrated Prizes of the BOWYER GALLERY are to be seen
daily, and where descriptive Catalogues and Prospectuses are to be
obtained.

The Committee particularly recommend the Subscribers to defer
their selection of Engravings, to which the Tickets entitle them,
until after the drawing, for the purpose of being enabled to choose
from a larger number of finely-executed Plates than those already
announced in the Prospectus.

The Lottery must be drawn on the 30th instant, as that is the last
day allowed by Act of Parliament.
(Signed) EDWARD PAGE, Secretary.
September 11, 1844.
London, England, 1844-09-14

BANKRUPTS.

DANIEL DAVIES. and HENRY DAVIES, road
contractors, AsyluM-road, Old Kent-road, to surrender
Sept. 21, and Oct. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Venning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhouse- yard.
?JAMES SIMPSON HOLMES, ship broker, Liver-
pool, Sept. 19; at one, and Oct. 9, at one, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ;
Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London; Littiodate and
Bardswell, Liverpool.
THOMAS JONES and JOHN JONES, soap-boilers,
Liverpool, Sept. 19, and Oct. 9, at one, at the Liverpool
District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ;
Cotterin, Throgmorton-street, London ; Fletcher and
Hull, Liverpool.
JOAN SUGDEN and DAVID SUGDEN, fancy
cloth manufacturers, Springfield, Yorkshire, Sept. 25,
and Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Fearne, assignee ; Cumming, King-street, Cheap -
si'de,riondon ; Brook and Freeman, Huddersfield ;
Sykes, Leeds.
INSOLVENT PETITIONS.
J. W. -Bellis. clerk, Union-street, Bishopsgate-street
Within, Sept.-17, :at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy,
Green, official assignee.
W. Forty, horse dealer, Upper Slaughter, Gloucester-
shire, Sept. 30; at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, assignee.
W. hatter, Wigan, Sept. 27, at one, at the
Manchester'
A
nche:tifithirri.l t°n.
District Court. Fraser, official assignee.
J. Marcroft, innkeeper, Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, Sept.
27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne,
official assignee.
R. Routledge, blacksmith, Market Weighton, York-
shire, Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Hope, official assignee.
T. Wharton, labourer, Skipton, Yorkshire, Sept. 27,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official

assignee.
J. Dean, hair-dresser, Halifax, Sept. 27, at eleven, at
the Leeds Dist! ict Court. Fearne, official assignee.
R. Bloore, jun., licensed victualler, Stoke. upon-Trent,
at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District
Sept, 24,
Court. Bittleston, official assignee.
H. Cope, coal higler, Radford, Nottinghamshire, Sept.
27, at eleven, at the' Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee.
London, England, 1844-09-14

FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS.

The Marchioness of Anglesey, from Cowes Castle for
Uxbridge House ; the Marchioness of Wellesley, front
Rose-mount for Knightsbridge ' • the Marquis of Bland•
ford, from Marine Parade ; the Duke of Montrose, from
Mrs. Goodwin's house, for Belgravo-square ; the Earl of
Cadogan, from the Pavilion for Piccadilly ; Lord Clon-
brock,
from the Parsonage-house for Clonbrock Ahascra,
Ireland ; Ward, Esq., from No. 4, Bath-buildings ;
Thomas Hallifax, Esq., from Egypt House for Lombard-
street ; Mrs. Armstrong, from South-parade ; Mr. Ham-
mond, from ditto.
The numerous departures have thinned the town of
much of its fashionable company, but as this is the beet
season for bathing, and as the rents are always much re-
duced this month, numbers generally arrive. Sir Edward
Paget and family are expected at the Castle on Monday.
Oak-hill House and Rose-mount Cottage have been both
taken to-day.
CHEAP TRAVELLING.--1,104 availed themselves of the
liberal offer given by the South-Western Company on
Monday last; the price from Southampton to London and
back was Bs., or los. from the Isle of Wight, for the trip.
Many went who never went before, and the number of
letters to their friends, announcing their safe arrival, and
the wonders they had seen, seriously annoyed the
postmen.
London, England, 1844-09-14

Al' AND ABOUT STATIONS.

CUTTERS—Phantom, Charlotte, Rein Deer, Whim,
Lufra, Aurora, Corsair, Nymph, Dream, Rowena,
Falcon, Intrepid, Wave, Dove.
SCHOONERS—CamiIIa, Medina, Gem.
KETCH—Kestrel.

The Royal Yacht Squadron cutter Ware, Marquis of
Blandford, has had a new false keel put to her, by Mr.
Ratsey, and on Monday was launched afloat.
The cutter Lufra, belonging to Lord John Scott, has
since been hauled up on the patent-slip in the same yard,
for the purpose of having a thorough overhaul and refit.
Mr. Ratsey built this beautiful yacht about twelve years
ago, and notwithstanding her age, she has been found,
after a general survey, to be quite sound, her copper has
been taken off, and she is to be newly coppered and a re-
gular refit.
There is a new yacht, of about 50 tons, building in the
same yard for Mr. Gray, of Liverpool, and from all ap-
pearance bids fair to be a clipper ; sh• is in a very for-
ward state, and will be launched next month.
The cutter Flower of Yarrow, belonging to the Mar-
quis of Conyngham, will, it is said, proceed shortly to
Harwich with her noble owner. Yesterday her mizen-
mast was stepped, having been converted from a cutter
into a yawl.AShe will be ready for sea in the early part of
next week.
London, England, 1844-09-14

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DR. ADAM CLARK._

In a ♦ery large volume 00410, at the reduced price of is. 6d., in
cloth. The few remaining copies of
AN ACCOUNT OF THE INFANCY, RELI-
GIOUS, AND LITERARY LIFE OF Dr. ♦DAM CLARKE,
L.L.D., F.A.S., partly written by himself, and continued by one of
his Daughters. The Second Edition.
London: printed for the Author, and sold by Thomas Tegg, 73,
Cheapside, and all other Booksellers.
London, England, 1844-09-14

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Constituted by Act of Parliament.
Capital 500,000/.
EDINBURGH-3, George-street,
LONDON-82, King William-street.
GOTRRNIR.

His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUGH and QUEENSUERRY.
DEPUTY-GOVERNOR.
The Right Hon. the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE.
DIRECTORS,
IN EDINBURGH.

Alex. Clapperton, Esq. James Robertson, Esq.
George Patton, Esq. James Hay, Esq.
Chas. Pearson, Esq. George Moir, Esq.
Thomas Innes, Esq. J. M. Melville, Esq.
Eagle Henderson, Esq. Humphrey Graham, Eft.
David Smith, Esq. John Sligo, Esq.
Adam Paterson, Esq. Alex. James Russell, Esq.
William Wood, Esq,
IN LONDON.
Right Hon. Lord E. Bruce, M.P. Jame' Gadesden, Esq.
Sir James Eyre, M.D. William Haigh, Esq.
Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P, Edward Thomas Whitaker, Esq.
George Frederick Young, Esq.
MANAGER —William Thomas Thomson, Esq.
This Company is constituted by Act of Parliament H. Gul. IV.,
cap. 81, and in accordance with that Act its whole affairs are con.
ducted. It was established in 1825, and the success which has
attended its business places it among the first Institutions in the
kingdom for the Assurance of Lives. The Assurances effected
during the year 1843 alone exceed one.third of a million sterling.
THIRD DIVISION OF PROFITS.
Parties assuring before 15th November next will participate in
the Division of 1845, when the Profits for the Five Tears then
completed fall to be divided, and they will secure one year's addi
tional claim for Profits at each future division.
ADDITIONS TO POLICIES DECLARED IN
1835 AND 1840.
Guaranteed Date of With Bonus
Sum in Policy. Policy. Addition.
£l,OOO ...1825 £1,337 10
£l,OOO 1826 £1,312 10
£l,OOO 1627 .1:1,287 10
£l,OOO ......... ...£1,262 10
Further Additions will be made in 1845 and every fi
thereafter. Later Policies have also large additions.
PETER E WART, Resident Secretary.

0
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,ye years

02, King William street.
Persons intending to effect Assurances should observe the ap.
proach of their birth-day, as each year adds to the minuet payment
required.

ASHFORD, near STAINES. Fifteen Miles from Hyde park.
SUPERIOR FARM, MANSION, and GROUNDS, TITHE.

FREE, and LAND-TAX MOSTLY REDEEMED.

MESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS are
directed to SELL by PRIVATE CONTRACT,

A very eligible FREEHOLD ESTATE, situated at Ashford,
about three miles from the market town of Staines, and within
easy distances from Brentford, Uxbridge, and other market towns,
comprising an excellent FARM, containing 233 Acres of produc-
tive arable, meadow, and pasture land, a substantially.built conve-
nient farm-house, barns, stables, and other suitable agricultural
buildings, labourers' cottages, &c., let •n lease, which expires at
Lady day next. Also several Copyhold Tenements, forming alto.
gether a most desirable investment.
For further particulars apply to Messrs. Adam Murray and
Sons, surveyors and land-agents, 47, Parliament-street.
London, England, 1844-09-14

BANKRUPTS.

DANIEL DAVIES and HENRY DAVIES, road
contractors, Asylum-road, Old Kent-road, to surrender
Sept. 21, and Oct. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenbouse-yard.
JAMES SIMPSON HOLMES, ship broker, Liver-
pool, Sept. 19. at one, and Oct. 9, at one, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ;
Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London; Littledale and
Bardswell, Liverpool. _

THOMAS JONES and JOHN JONES, soap-boilers,
Liverpool, Sept. 19, and Oct. 9, at one, at the Liverpool
District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ;
Cotterill, Throgmorton-street, Loudon ; Fletcher and
Hull, Li7erpool.
JOAN SUGDEN and DAVID SUGDEN, fancy
cloth manufacturers, Springfield, Yorkshire, Sept. 25,
and Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Fearne, official assignee ; Cumming, King-street, Cheap-
side, London ; Brook and Freeman, Huddersfield ;
Sykes, Leeds.
London, England, 1844-09-14

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sept. 13.
The Court sat to-day for the purpose of hearing IT,.
plications for bail, of which there were thirteen original,
and fourteen adjourned bail cases ; of the latter eight
were tuwn, and six country bail.
IN ItH.GE..ORGE NATHANIEL DAVIS.
This insolvent, who was a prisoner in the gaol of
Southampton, 'applied through counsel to be liberated
upon bail until the day appointed for the final hearing:
file was described first as a carcase butcher in Salisbury;
and also officer to the Sheriff of that county, and next as
the proprietor of the Steam packet Hotel, Boulogne-
sur-Mer, and lastly of Southampton.
Mr. COOKE, on behalf of several of the creditors, read
several affidavits. in opposition to the application, first
upon the ground of a fraud, and next because it was a
friendly arrest tinder which the insolvent was confined.
It appeared that' the insolvent had contracted a large
amount of debts in the town of Salisbury, when he sud-
denly disappeared, and after some time it was found that
lie 'had taken the Steam-packet Hotel at Boulogne.
After remaining there for a length of time he returned
to England and went to Southampton, where he com-
znenced business as.. a cider merchant and commission
agent. In a very short time after his arrival in that
town he was arrested, on a judge's warrant, for a very
small sum, by a-person who had been nearly connected
with him, and he had now sought to be admitted to bail.
The stffidavits stated that one of the persons named- as
bail called upon-.the opposing creditor, • and, requested
bun to oppose his being taken as a surety, as he did not
like it.

Mr. Coosa said, as it had been proved that the in-
.solvent ran away to-France from his creditors, taking
which him a large sum in ready money, also that he was
:now in custody at the suit of a friend, he trusted .the
Court would not allow him that privilege; which was
intended for honest creditors.

Mr. Commissioner LAW said this was a ease upon
which he did not wish to decide without consulting pre-
cedents upon the subject, and therefore adjourned it for
.a short time.
London, England, 1844-09-14

Vag CELZ.&37ECOITa.

The removal of Fort Clarence Military Lunatic Asy-
lum from Fort Clarence, near Rochester, commenced on
Thursday. On Friday the first division, consisting of
twenty military insane officers, were taken away in con-
veyances en route for the' establishment which has re-
cently been fitted up at Shorn Cliff, near Dover, as a
temporary asylum fur the accommodation of the military
lunatic patients. To-day (Saturday) the second division,
comprising forty-five insane soldiers, with six insane
women, proceed by the same route. It is supposed that
the establishment will remain at Shorn Cliff for about
three years, at which period it is expected the new
asylum, about to be built near the Bluebell-hill, on the
Maidstone road, about three miles from Rochester, will
be completed.
The performers at the Strand Theatre have presented
Mr. Roberts, the lessee, with a silver cup,. for his able
and gentlemanly conduct as manager.
The circular of Messrs. John Railton and Son, share-
brokers, Manchester states that the thirty-one Railway
Acts passed in Parliament this session will require a
capital of 11,761,7171.
A mural monument has just been erected in Bampton
Church, Westmorland, to the memory of the Rev. John
Bowstead, 8.D., formerly of St. John's College, Cam-
bridge.
By direction of Government a sum of nearly 6,0001.,
remaining over and unclaimed from the slave compensa-
tion fund, is to be employed in educating the rising gene-
ration of the African race in that colony.
An American Episcopal minister, the Rev. C. T. Tor-
rey, is in the felons' gaol at Baltimore, awaiting his trial,
on a charge of having assisted two slaves to escape—
one from Maryland, and the other from Virginia.
Scarcely a day passes without the arrival of a quan-
tity of foreigh fruit, by the steamers, from the Conti-
nent, which is the cause of the great profusion, and con-
sequent cheapness of all descriptions of the article at
the present time in the markets.
London, England, 1844-09-14

DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Carruthers, distiller, Speldhurst, Kent, Oct. 8, at
half-past eleven—J. Garnet, hatter, Tooley street, Bo-
rough, Oct. 8, at half-pait twelve.

_
In the Country.
F. Jordan, jun., and H. L. Magrath, merchants, Liver.
pool, Oct. 10; at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court
—C. Elliott, tallow merchant, Leeds, Oct. 10, at eleven
st the Leeds District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to th© contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.

J. Bail, cabinet-maker, Salisbury; Oct. 5—R. Flock
son, mercer, Bishop Auckland, Durham, Oct. 7-`V
Weir, iron merchant, Carlisle. Oct. 7 —J. W. Robey
builder, Upper John-street, Fitzroy-square, Oct. 4
J. W. Mardall, insurance broker, New Shoreham, Sussex,
Oct.-4—J. Elliott, innkeeper, Caxton, Cambridgeshire,
Oct. 4—J. F. Wood, surgeon, Oxford, Oct. 4 —A. Port-
way, tea dealer, Braintree, Essex, Oct. 4—B. W. Brake,
merchant, City-road, Oct. 4—W. Dethick, lime mer-
chant, Teroplq-street, Whitefriars, Oct 4.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Coxhead and P. Richards, Cheapside-;--T. Hall and
W.:Ridsdale, starch manufacturers, Leriton, Nottinghant-
shire—J. C. Hughes and E. Palmer, auctioneers, Con-
duit-street, New -Bond-street—J. Pinner and' T. Davis,
upholsterers, Bridgnorth—H. Day and J. Evans. attor-
neys; Bristol—J. Cadman and W. Webb, brewers,
Pontypool, Monmouthshire —E. Oakes. jun. 'and W.
Oakes, corn dealers Kinswinford, Staffordshire—J.
Waller and P.-Waller, dress-makers, Congleton, Che-
shire—J. Swift 'and J. Brindley, earthenware manu-
facturers, Stoke-upon-Trent—R. Parkinson, jun., and
3. H. Parkinson, .wool-brokers, Leeds—R. Casson and
W. Bettison, printers, Kingston-upon-Hull—W. Paget,
sene, T. Paget, C. Paget, S. Siddon, and W. Hollins,
cotton spinners, Derby (so far as regards W. Paget)-,--
B. Beesley, and T. B. Beesley. ironmongers, Binning-
hana—E. Revell - and •J. Wood, jun:, merchunts,
Denbydale, YOrkshire—W. Jackson and T. M. I'
Mackay, ship-builders, Liverpool—J. Laffitte and
L. Louiaot, importers of foreign goods, Ad-
dle-street, Wood-street—John Lees and Jh. Lees,
cotton manufacturers, Manchester "-.:41. Wallace 'and
E. D. Broughton, attorneys, Nantwich, Cheshire-L.-H.
Croft and J. S. Wooller, dyers, Bradford—J. Carden
and'''. A. Whittard. linendrapers, Bristol. •
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
RICHARD FRASER and STEPHEN FRASER,
tailors, Edinburgh, Sept. 16 and Oct 14, at twelve, at
the chambers ,of Mr. Robertson, South St. Andrew-
street, Edinburgh.

• DAVID KIER, slate merchant, Irvine, Sept. 18 and
Oct. 12, le, ten, at the Eglinton Arms. Irvine. .
' PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week. ending Sept. 10, 1844, is 325. 11 d. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.
London, England, 1844-09-14

CLOSING PRICES.

• BRITISH FUNDS.
Back Stock .... .
3 per Cent. Red Ditto BQnds ....... 01 pm
per Cent. Cons.
i% per Cent. Red — ,Ditto New Annuities --
New 3% per Cent......-
New 5 por
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 76 pax
Jen Bank Stock for Acct.... 001
Oct. 1850.;,.
....... Consols for VON
Jan. - India Stock for Acct...
.... -
London, England, 1844-09-14

DEATH OF DR. GILLESPIE.

It is with feelings of the sincerest regret that we
announce the sudden death of Thomas Gillespie,
LL.D., Professor of Humanity in the University of
St. Andrew's—an individual well-known to the lite-
rary world for his many beautiful contributions to
the poetry of his country, and known also to the
classical world as an author and a teacher. Dr.
Gillespie had been a few weeks in the country, at
the house of Mr. David Tennant, schoolmaster of
Dunino, enjoying the pleasing pastime of an angler,
to which he was a great votary. In the afternoon
of the 10th inst., when in apparent health at Dunino,
he was suddenly taken ill, and though the assistance
of Drs. Reid and Adamson was speedily had from
St. Andrew's at seven o'clock, all was in vain, and he
breathed his last at two in the morning. His loss
will be felt as a severe blow by his colleagues, and
also by a very wide literary and social circle. The
Doctor had the rudiments of his education in the
celebrated seminary of Wallacehall, in his own native
parish of Closeburn, Dumfriesshire; and, after pass-
ing the curriculum of the Dumfries Academy, long
and justly noted among our Scottish seminaries, he
enrolled himself as a studentwin the University of
Edinburgh, with a view to the Church ; and, after
making his way through the divinity hall with marked
approbation, he obtained license as a preacher. A few
years after, upon the presentation of the United Col-
lege, St. Andrew's, he was inducted as minister of
Cults, in the Presbytery of Cupar, where, after the
manner of the Spanish adventurer, he had the words
of the Roman poet carved over the portal—
" Invent portum, sees et fortuua ralete.
Sat me ludistis, ludite nuns alios."
His immediate predecessor in the winistry at Cults
was the Rev. Mr. Wilkie, father of the late lamented
Sir David Wilkie; and we have heard Dr. Gillespie
condemn his own want of taste in having, upon his
entering to the manse, unconsciously, in the cleansing
process, washed away many rude drawings from the
walls of the nursery, the work of the infant painter.
Like a kindred spirit the Doctor had a great admi-
ration of the genius of Wilkie ; and in the course of
his pilgrimage in Cults, he collected many interesting
London, England, 1844-09-14

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
returned to the residence of the King of Hanover on
Thursday, after attending the ceremony of the nup-
tials of Viscount Grimston with Miss We gland.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an
airing yesterday in an open carriage, from her resi-
dence, Clarence House, St. James's.

MISS PEEL.—Letter's were received in town yes-
terday from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, dated
Thursday evening, half•past six o'clock, giving a more
favourable account of the young sufferer. The report
of the medical attendant was more favourable, but
there was still considerable fever. The family were
less uneasy.
The Earl of lladdington has left town for Plymouth.
London, England, 1844-09-14

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and a THIRD EDITION et SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POS7, containing PARLIAMENTAIti and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour.
London, England, 1844-09-14

DEATH OF DR. GILLESPIE.

It is with feelings of the sincerest regret that we
announce the sudden death of Thomas Gillespie,
LL.D., Professor of Humanity in the University of
St. Andrew's—an individual well-known to the lite-
rary world for his many beautiful contributions to
the poetry of his country, and known also to the
classical world as an author and a teacher. Dr.
Gillespie had been a few weeks in the country, at
the house of Mr. David Tennant, schoolmaster of
Dunino, enjoying the pleasing pastime of an angler,
to which he was a great votary. In the afternoon
of the 10th inst., when in apparent health at Dunino,
he was suddenly taken ill, and though the assistance
of Drs. Reid and Adamson was speedily had from
St. Andrew's at seven o'clock, all was in vain, and he
breathed his last at two in the morning. His loss
will be felt as a severe blow by his colleagues, and
also by a very wide literary and social circle. The
Doctor had the rudiments of his education in the
celebrated seminary of Wallacehall, in his own native
wish of Closeburn, Dumfriesshire ; and, after pass-
ing the curriculum of the Dumfries Academy, long
and justly noted among our Scottish seminaries, he
enrolled himself as a student in the University of
Edinburgh, with a view to the Church ; and, after
making his way through the divinity hall with marked
approbation, he obtained license as a preacher. A few
years after, upon the presentation of the United Col-
lege, St. Andrew's, he was inducted as minister of
Cults, in the Presbytery of Cupar, where, after the
manner of the Spanish adventurer, be had the words
of th• Roman poet carved over the portal—
" Inveni portum, spes et fortuna valeta.
Sat me ludistis, ludite nunc alios."
his immediate predecessor in the ministry at Cults
was the Rev. Mr. Wilkie, father of the late lamented
Sir David Wilkie; and we have heard Dr. Gillespie
condemn his own want of taste in having, upon his
entering to the manse, unconsciously, in the cleansing
process, washed away many rude drawings from the
walls of the nursery, the work of the infant painter.
Like a kindred spirit the Doctor had a great admi-
ration of the genius of Wilkie ; and in the course of
his pilgrimage in Cults, he collected many interesting
London, England, 1844-09-14

property which belonged to the second Mrs. Dark,
a woman who lived with him, and the Magistrate con-
' sidering the case of a slight nature against them.
Mr. Humphreys attended for the prosecution ; Mr.
Wontner for the prisoners.
On the accused being placed in the dock,
Mr. Humphreys observed, that at the time when
the prisoners at the bar had first been captured, there
was some reason to suppose that the crime of murder
had been committed. The strictest investigation had
taken place into the eircu instances attending the death
of Alfred Dark. and he fe;t it his duty to state that
then:, was not the slightest pretence for such a charge,
the deceased having met his death by accident, while
shooting at some birds in the country.
Evidence was then given as to the amount and the
ownership of the goods.
Mr..BURRELL ultimately said he should remand
Ge,,rge Boddington and Lear for three weeks, but
would take bail for their apearance. The others he
would discharge, on their entering into their own re-
cognizancvs to appear.
134i1 was. in the cours,. of a planer of an hour, put
in for 13.0.!i•loon told L,ar
London, England, 1844-09-14

INSOLVENT PETITIONS.

J. W. Belli& clerk, Union-street, Bishopagate-street
Within, Sept. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, official assignee.
W. Forty, horse dealer, Upper Slaughter, Gloucester-
shire, Sept. 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, official assignee.
W. Atherton, hatter, Wigan, Sept. 27, at one, at the
Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee.
. J. Marcroft, innkeeper, l4awmarsh, Yorkshire, Sept.
27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne,
official assignee.
R. Routledge, blacksmith, Market Weighton, York-
shire, Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Hope, official assignee.
T. Wharton, labourer, Skipton, Yorkshire, Sept. 27,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee.
J. Dean, hair-dresser, Halifax, Sept. 27, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee.
R. Bloore, jun., licensed victualler, Stoke-upon-Trent,
Sept. 24, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee.
H. Cope, coal higler, Radford, Nottinghamshire, Sept.
27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee.
London, England, 1844-05-18

were lessened it would induce many persons to insure their pre-
mises who were now deterred by the heavy expenses of it.
Mr. MARK PHILIPS said the greatest difficulty some-
times was experienced in effecting insurances upon farming
premises. If only a stove were erected in a dairy a large extra
charge was made, on the ground of it being hazardous. How-
ever it was not so much his intention to interfere with the ar-
rangement of those offices, as the matter was an extremely
difficult one to deal with. However, the fact of its being so
difficult made it incumbent upon the Government to make the
duty as low as possible.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when the numbers
were—
For the original motion
For the amendment 22
Majority —47
The remaining clauses were then agreed to, the House re-
sumed, and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday.
Mr. GREENE brought up the report on the Isle of Man
Customs, which was received.
The West India Relief Bill then went through Committee,
and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday.
Mr. WYSE moved for the appointment of a Select Com-
mittee on Art. Unions.
Mr. EWART seconded the motion, which was agreed to
without discussion.
Mr. HUTT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the
laws relating to aliens.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN moved for leave to bring in a
Bill to prohibit the holding of vestries rn churches.
Mr. HUME objected to the motion, and it was eventually
postponed until Monday.
Sir J. GRAHAM gave notice of his' intention to move for
a Select Committee to iiquire into the operation of the Gilbert
Poor-law ActF.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at One o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(Frcm the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
THIIRDSAY, MAY 16.
NAVAL OFFICERS.

Motion made, and Question put, " That it is the recom-
mendation of this House, that previously to the preparation of
the Estimates for the year 1845-46, a Plan of Retirement
should be devised, with a view to render the Naval Service
efficient, and of rewarding old and meritorious Officers :"
The House divided :

MINORITY—AYES, 28. •
Aglionby, H. I.—Cockermoutla Maher, Nicholas—Tipperary
Bannerman, A.—Aberdeen Mitcalfe, H.—Tynemoti• h
Barnard, F. G.—Greenwich Morrison, James—lnverness -
Berkeley, Hon. M. F.—Gloucester Plumridge, Captaln—Pe..i y ii:and
Lerkeley, Hon. H. F.—Bristol Falmouth
Busfeild, William—Bradford Rous, Captain—Westminster
Chapman, B.—Westmeath Scholefield, J.—Birmingham
Collett, John—Athlone Stuart, Lord J.—Ayr
Dalmeny, Lord—Stirling Tancred, H. W.—Banbury
Denison, W. J.—West Surrey Troubridge, Sir E. T.—Svi.tvrch
Esmonde,'Sir T.—Wexford Co. Wakley, Thomas—Finsbury
French, F.—Rosscommon Wawn, J. T.—South Shields
Gore, Robert—New Ross Wemyss, Captain—Fifeshire
Harris, E. A. J.—Christchurch TELLERS.
Hatton, Capt.—Wexford Go.: Napier, Sir Charles—Marylebeno
Hume, Joseph—Montrose, &c. Pechell, Captain—Brighton
London, England, 1844-05-18

Names of Com-
panies.

Canals.
Ashton and Oldhaut
Ashby-de-la-Zoneh..av
Basingstoke
Br ecknock & Abergay
Birmingham,l-16thsh
Do. and Liverp. June
Chelmer & Blackwater
Coventry
Crom ford
Dudley
Derby
Danube and M.-tyne
Ellesmere anti Chetter
Erewash .......
Forth and Clyde
Grand Junction

.........
Grand Uni0n......,....,
Grand Surrey
Grand Western.,,,.._
Glarnorgansh., ay. cost
Gloucester & Berkeley
Grantham
Huddersfie.d
Kennet sod Avon ll
Lancaster
Leeds and Liverpool.,.
Leicester
Leicester & Northamp.
Loughborough
Monmouthshire
Montgomeryshire .
Melton Mowbray
Mersey and
Macclesfield

Neath
Peak Forest av
Regent's (or London)..
Rochdale av
Shropshire ......
Somerset Coal.
Do. Lock Fund Stocis
Stafford and Worcester
Shrewsbury
Stourbrldge
Stratford .on.Avon...av
Swansea
Severn & Wye &
Trent & Mersey, 14 sh.
Thames & Medway..av
Warwick and firming.
Warwick and Napton
Worcester & firming
Wilts and Betts av
Wisbeach ...........
Wey and Arun

Docks.
Commercial
East and West
London

Ditto Bonds
Bristol av
Do.Bnds,var.amounts
St. Katharine

Ditto Bonds...—.
Ditto Bonds
Southampton

Bridges
Hammersmith
Southwark, new Subs.
Ditto New of 7% pr c
Waterloo
Ditto Old Ann. of Si
Ditto New ditto of 71
Ditto Bonds
Vauxhall.
London, England, 1844-05-18

NEVIGATEI AND LEADENHALL.

We had: only a ' moderate supply of ' poultry hero
yet the demand was heavy, at barely late rates. Capons, 4s
to 7s; Guinea Fowls, 2s to 3s ad ; Fowls, 2s to 4s ; Chickens,
2s to 3s ; Ducklings, 2s 3d to 3s ; Goslings, 5s to 8s ; Pigeons,
5d to 9d ; and Rabbits,
,9d to Is ad each. For each kind of
prime Meat we had a steady demand at a trifling improve-
ment in the quotations, while those of other qualities were
fully supported. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d
to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 3s ad to 4s 6d ; and Pork,
2s 4d to 4s 2d per Blbs.
lIIINGERPORXI.

Although the supplies of- most articles on sale were by no
means large, the demand was throughout heavy, at barely
late rates.

NEWPORT.

The supplies of Meat were Oiii-nTcderate, while the trade
ruled steady at our quotations. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d;
Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to Gs 2d ; Veal, 38 Gd
to 4s 6d; and Pork 2s 8d to 4s 4d per 81bs.